U.S. and C.C.A. Postal History and Hawaii continued...

**U.S.-Cuba Pre-U.P.U. Mails, Collection of Dr. Yamil H. Kouri, cont.**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1101		1851, Naples to Havana via New York. Folded letter datelined "Naples, March 28th, 1851" to Coliseo, Cuba, ship-name directive "Ohio", orange-red "Empresa N. Europa 2 May 1851" circular datestamp on back applied in error (should have been "N. America"), matching "1" due handstamp, blue Coliseo receiving backstamp, Very Fine, carried on the USMSC Ohio (New York 4/26 - Havana 5/2) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
1102		1851 Havana to Quebec via New York. Aug. 7, 1851 folded letter from Drake Bros. in Matanzas to Thomas Casey in Quebec, Canada, placed into mails at New York with bold "New-York 10 Cts Aug. 23" integral-rate circular datestamp, "U.States" arc handstamp, "6D" in circle Canadian due handstamp, red Montreal (Aug. 26) datestamp and Quebec (Aug. 27) backstamp, slight wear and wrinkling, Fine, scarce use, identical in routing to the famous pair of matching 12c 1851 bisect covers sold in our Wagshal sale, this stampless cover is somewhat less valuable (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1103		N. YORK STEAMSHIP. Dateless circle with "15" rate handstamp struck inside circle on Sep. 1860 folded letter to Forest Hill, Canada, blue oval "Forwarded by M. A. Herrara & Co. Havana" oval backstamp (origin uncertain), Canadian railway backstamp, Montreal and Compton (Oct. 1) backstamps, slight wear along folds, still Very Fine, scarce route and rate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
1104		STEAM/SHIP. Two-line handstamp and ms. "30" double 15c rate on blue cover from Havana to Quebec, Canada, Apr. 22, 1862 receiving backstamp, ship-name directive "p Columbia", Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $180.00 Will close during Public Auction
1105		Mail to/from Cuba via New Orleans. Nine covers and one front, variety of markings incl. "Steam 12-1/2" (red), "Steamship 10" in circle, "Steam Ship", "Paid 12-1/2" (to Havana), "Steam", minor flaws, generally Very Fine strikes (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 400-500 SOLD for $850.00 Will close during Public Auction
1106		New Orleans La. 5 Feb. (1861) -- Confederate State Use. Partly clear circular datestamp and "Steamship 10" in circle handstamp on blue folded letter datelined "Trinidad de Cuba, January 25, 1861" to Lanman & Kemp in New York, green "Fritze & Co., Trinidad de Cuba" and "Fr. Busing & Co., Havana" oval backstamps, light vertical file folds, minor erosion spots, Very Fine, rare use, carried on the Habana, by the time this reached New Orleans the state of Louisiana had already seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy, the Habana later became a Confederate raider (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 500-750 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
1107		Ligne B Paq. Fr. No. 3, 3 Mars 69. Double-circle datestamp clearly struck on back of blue folded letter from Point a Pitre, Guadeloupe, to New Orleans via St. Thomas and Havana, France 20c and 40c Napoleon tied by anchor in diamond of dots maritime cancels, carried outside mails to St. Thomas, blue "J. F. LaFerriere & Cie. St. Thomas" oval forwarder backstamp, "St. Thomas 3/3 1869" datestamp, red "P.P." framed handstamp, sent by French CGT steamer Darien to New Orleans, file fold barely affects perfs of 40c stamp, otherwise Fine, scarce Line B cover (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 500-750 SOLD for $800.00 Will close during Public Auction
1108		La Havana 10 Fevr. 68. Octagonal datestamp on folded letter to Mobile Ala., sender's ship-name directive "p Guyane" -- one of the steamers on the short-lived Line M (Nov. 1866 to Aug. 1869) -- "New Orleans La. Feb. 14" datestamp and "Steamship 10" due handstamp, Very Fine, only three Line M covers are reported (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 500-750 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
1109		Cuba, 1875 50c Blue Green (65). Tied by red crayon "X" on folded cover to Brownsville Tex., sender's Jul. 6, 1875 blue oval datestamp, "New Orleans La. Jul. 17 5PM" circular datestamp and target cancel tying stamp, "Ship" in oval handstamp, blue crayon "5c" due, Very Fine, with Graus certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1110		1869-72, Inbound Mail from Cuba via Baltimore. Four folded letters, two to New York, one to Lincoln Mass., one to Paris, France, different markings incl. "Baltimore Am. Pkt.", cover to France also has scarce "From Havana" circle, Very Fine group (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
1111		1869, Inbound Mail from Cuba via Key West Fla. Three folded covers, incl. two to Brownsville Tex., one with "Key West Fla. Ship Mar. 10, 1869" circular datestamp and "Due 20" in circle (illustrated in Wierenga book, p. 189), other with partly readable Key West datestamp and "Due 10c" in circle, third to New Orleans with uncancelled 1869 10c, lightly struck Key West datestamp and blue crayon "Due 10", Fine-Very Fine, covers with Key West ship letter markings are very rare (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 400-500 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction

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