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Sale No: 382
Lot No:1908
Symbol:Brief
"PER ST COLUMBUS", very fair strike in red with adjacent large red cds. "SAN FRANCISCO. 17 JUNE 40" on envelope to East Grandy Ct., fresh and very fine; an attractive and scarce cover transported on the first sailing of the steamer Columbus
1844, folded lettersheet from Columbus, New Jersey to Washington, addressed to a Navy Captain and endorsed in manuscript "Paid 18 c", part red wax seal on reverse, fresh and fine entire with a scarce rate annotation
HUDSON RIVER MAIL, 1849 : superb strike in red of the agent´s cds., with adjacent red postage due "5" (despite the distance being within the 300 miles limit), on a folded entire from New York to Utica, fully dated inside; some very light toning mentioned for accuracy, still very fine and scarce
Sale No: 382
Lot No:1914
Symbol:Ohne
Cat No:Michel 32 P
Reissue 15 c. brown/blue, good to large margins all around, two Die Proofs in adopted colours respectively on India paper and card, Type III, one with insignificant trace of bend, mentioned for accuracy, otherwise very fine and scarce
Sale No: 382
Lot No:1916
Symbol:Ohne
Cat No:Michel 32 P
1881, Pictorial Reissue 15 c., six Trial Colour Proofs on card, fresh colours and all well margined except one close at the bottom, special printing for the Atlanta Cotton Exposition, very fine
Sale No: 382
Lot No:1918
Symbol:Brief
Cat No:Michel 32 II
1869, 15 c. brown/blue, Type II, lightly tied by target cancel to an envelope to Norway, alongside departure cds. "CLERMONT IOWA NOV 17", red transit New York and arrival cds. "CHRISTIANIA 12 12 1870", envelope teared on front and rebacked, otherwise fine. A very rare 15 c. solo usage at the July 1870 tariff, sent via the North German Union in closed mail, one of three recorded to Norway
Sale No: 382
Lot No:1919
Symbol:Brief
Cat No:Michel 37, 42
1870, Presidents 2 c. brown and 12 c. violet, tied by corn cancel to an envelope to Norway, transit cds. "CHRISTIANA 19 7 1871", the 15 cents rate (July 1870, closed mail via the North German Union) was underpaid by one cent, hence taxed with red "2" struck on front; fine and rare transatlantic mail as prepayment was then optional
Sale No: 382
Lot No:1920
Symbol:Brief
Cat No:Michel 38
1870, 3 c. green, tied by blue fancy cancel 'Flying insect' to small cover with matching "MOUNT VERNON JUL 2.."; stamp with few short perfs, otherwise very fine
Sale No: 382
Lot No:1921
Symbol:Ungeb
Cat No:Michel 73 UR
1893, Columbus 1 c. blue, fresh colour and from the lower left corner of the sheet, spectacular paper fold variety with misplaced perforations, very fine and scarce
Sale No: 382
Lot No:1922
Symbol:Ohne
Cat No:Michel 73 P - 88 P
1893, Columbus 1 c.-15c., 50 c.-5 $, cpl. set of Plate Proofs in adopted colours on India paper, the 2 $. in horizontal pair, fresh and all around good to large margins, a few values with minor paper flaws, otherwise fine and very scarce
Sale No: 382
Lot No:1924
Symbol:Brief
Cat No:Michel 74
2 c. brown-violet, tied by machine cancel "WORLDS FAIR STATION CHICAGO OCT 10" to a local 3 c. postal stationery envelope from the Pierce correspondence, printed bust of Columbus at left, also 2 c. tied by the same machine cancel to a privately printed "PUCK" illustrated envelope; some aging or toning due to storage, otherwise fine, a scarce pair
Sale No: 382
Lot No:1925
Symbol:Postf
Cat No:Michel 74 II
BROKEN HAT: 2 c. braun-violet, block of four unmounted mint, fresh colour, showing the `Broken Hat´ variety, also ten cancelled singles exhibiting the progressive worsening of the crack on the transfer roll; mostly very fine, an interesting study group
Sale No: 382
Lot No:1927
Symbol:Ohne
Cat No:Michel 76 P
4 c. blue, sunken Die Proof in adopted colour on India paper, mounted on larger presentation card with American Bank Note imprint beneath, unobstrusive corner paper weakness otherwise very fine
Sale No: 382
Lot No:1932
Symbol:No Sy
Cat No:Michel 81 P
1893 COLUMBIAN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE: used for the design of the 15 cents value and depicting the scene "Columbus Announcing His Discovery" from the now lost painting by Ricardo Baloca Cancico, 240 x 187 mm and stuck on a large card with handwritten "15c Columbian" alongside, probably from the estate of Chief engraver Thomas F. Morris, very fine and extremely rare