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 continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1067		1806, New York to France via Havana. Folded letter in French datelined "New York le 28 Fevrier 1806" to Toulose, France, via Havana, red "ISLAS DE/BARLOVENTO" two-line handstamp, manuscript "8" and "10" rates, Very Fine, scarce routing during the Napoleonic Wars (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction
1068		HAVANA. Mostly bold magenta straightline handstamp and manuscript "1" rate on folded letter datelined New York, May 6, 1809, to local Havana merchant, carried privately by ship and put into the Havana post office as a local letter, Extremely Fine, scarce (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $200.00 Will close during Public Auction
1069		1842, New York to Cadiz via Havana. Folded letter datelined "New Orleans 5th Feby. 1842" to Cadiz, Spain, via Havana, ship-name directive "p Aguila", Aceval Penasco & Co. manuscript forwarder's marking on back dated Feb. 22, mostly clear strike of "HABANA" straightline handstamp, ms. "11" (vellon) due marking, slightly toned file fold, Very Fine, very rare use of the Havana straightline (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 400-500 SOLD for $425.00 Will close during Public Auction
1070		New-York Dec. 23 (1848). Red circular datestamp on Nov. 24 blue folded letter to Cadiz, Spain, via Charleston and Havana, sender's directive "By way of Habana By Charleston line of steamers", held for postage at New York, pencil and blue ms. "12-1/2" rate to Havana, red "Paid" arc, orange-red "Empresa N. America 11 Ene 1849" circular datestamp, matching "HABANA" straightline, red "7R" due handstamp, Very Fine, rare use of "Habana" straightline on U.S. mail to Spain (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1071		San Francisco Cal. Paid Jul. 6, 1859. Red circular datestamp and red crayon "20" rate on folded letter to Havana, Cuba, clear strike of "YNDIAS" straightline handstamp, "3" due handstamp, Havana circular datestamp and "N" in circle on back, minor age stains, Fine, rare use of "YNDIAS" handstamp on mail from California (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
1072		"NA" with "N" Inverted. Bold strike of handstamp on folded cover to "N. P. Trist, Consul of the United States, Havana, Cuba", no other markings, Very Fine, unusual with the "N" inverted, the recipient, Nicholas Philip Trist, was appointed U.S. Consul in Havana in 1833, his personal pro-slavery position and involvement in falsifying documents to make it appear that Africans were really Cuban-born slaves culminated in the Amistad affair and he was eventually recalled (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $120.00 Will close during Public Auction
1073		1841, Boston to Havana, Cuba. Folded letter datelined "Boston Feb. 25th" (1841), to Havana, endorsed "per Sarah" and carried privately aboard that brig to Matanzas, neat strike of "N.A." in circle handstamp, fresh and Very Fine, very rare marking, only two examples of this marking are recorded in black (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1074		1842, U.S. to Matanzas, Cuba. Folded letter datelined "North Kingston January 30, 1842" and addressed to Matanzas, Cuba, bold strike of blue "N.A." in circle handstamp, some slight edgewear, Very Fine, this is the latest known use of this marking and the only reported example struck in blue (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 400-500 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1075		1841, New York to Havana, Cuba. Folded letter datelined "New York 27th December 1841" to Havana, Cuba, ship-name directive "Harriet Smith" at lower left, red "E/NA" in circle handstamp, red "Forwarded Through Gilpin's Exchange Reading Room and Foreign Letter Office, N. York" oval backstamp, Very Fine, scarce, only one other example of this "E/NA" in circle handstamp is recorded struck in red (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
1076		"NA " Markings. 21 covers mostly from 1850's, mostly inbound uses to Cuba but also a few others such as Galveston Tex. to France via Havana and Spain with blue "NA" and "1" markings, few earlier uses incl. 1823 from New York to Havana and 1826 Amsterdam to Matanzas, rates incl. 1, 2 and 5 reales due, overall fresh and Fine-Very Fine, a wonderful group (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
1077		Charleston S.C. Feb. 26 (1849). Clear strike of red circular datestamp with matching "12-1/2" handstamp on Feb. 21 green folded letter from Havana, Cuba to New York, light horizontal file fold well away from markings, Very Fine, scarce, only two covers are reported with this rate marking used on contract steamship mail, Charleston started using rate handstamps (instead of manuscript) to indicate postage due in February 1849 but only for single-weight correspondence addressed to the U.S. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $350.00 Will close during Public Auction

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