MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY
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 AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIAN STATES - VICTORIA - 1s-6d RATE COVER TO NEW YORK VIA FRANCE: 26 Nov. 1864 E to New York Via Marseilles
franked with 6d black + 1/- blue tied by fine Melbourne Duplexes with red London "16/CENTS" Accountancy hs and a v. fine "5/N. YORK BR. PKT." cds (28 Jan. 1865) on the front. Good example of the 4d extra to transit France. Cross Reference:
VICTORIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIA TO GB - 10d VIA MARSEILLES RATES; 1865 & 1868 envs. to England franked either 6d Diadem + pair 2d blue
DLR or 6d Diadem (2) + pair 2d blue DLR, all tied by Sydney duplexes, this the 10d single via Marseilles rate (inc. one with additional 6d late fee) and redirected on arrival. (2 items) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND VIA MARSEILLE UNDERPAID: 30 Nov. 1869 env. (few repairs) to London endorsed via Marseille,
franked 6d Diadem just tied by indistinct ray cancel with Wagga Wagga c.d.s. alongside and framed "INSUFFICIENTLY/STAMPED" hs at left indicating underpaid for the route chosen. Uncommon.Cross Reference: FRANCE, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, POSTAGE DUE
STAMPS & COVERS, NEW SOUTH WALES (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £85.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 AUSTRIA. AUSTRIAN PC USED SYRIA TO CYPRUS: 1894 Austrian Administration Reply Paid 5k pink overprinted 20 PARA 20 p.stat. PC
(complete) Beirut to Larnaca, Cyprus cancelled BEIRUT/OESTERREICHISCHE POST (Smith Type J) with below a v.fine and scarce framed MB hs.Cross Reference: SYRIA, AUSTRIA, CYPRUS (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CANADA. PAID AT QUEBEC CROWNED CIRCLE TO FRANCE VIA USA & GB: 5 Sep. 1851 env. Quebec to Paris via Montreal, Liverpool and
London carried on SS Asia ex New York 10 Sep. with v.fine red [crown] PAID/AT/QUEBEC hs at top left ms British 2/- above Foreign 5 2/5 and final 2/8½, red PD and London Paid ds with red ANGL/2/CALAIS ds below. Fine and attractive. Cross
Reference: CANADA, FRANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 120
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. MAIL TO FRANCE VIA NEW YORK: 1874 EL Havana to Paris endorsed Via E U and added later pr "City of Richmond" with NEW
YORK/BR TRANSIT hs added in error cancelled by "star in circle" hs and at top right a v.fine blue ETATS UNIS/V. ANGL. PARIS cds (Salles 1791) with blue 75 hs alongside, the "75" hs only recorded in 1874. Cross Reference: FRANCE, UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, CUBA (Image)
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Starting at £ 120
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. MAILS TO FRANCE: 1798-1816 trio with 1798 EL Havana to Loudon rated 13 decimes with fine 92/GAND hs; 1814 EL Havana to
Pau rated 19 decimes with v.fine COL.PAR/LORIENT hs (Salles 7) and 1815 EL Havana to Bordeaux rated 15 decimes with good OSTENDE entry hs. Fine trio. Cross Reference: FRANCE, CUBA (Image)
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Starting at £ 120
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. CUBAN MAILS TO SPAIN: 1807-97 selection inc. 1807 EL (fragile/wear) Havana to San Sebastian with fine red ISLAS
DE/BARLOVENTO hs; 1837 EL Havana to Cataluna prepaid and cancelled with HABANA/FRANCO hs with red "1" for local delivery; 1842 EL Cuba to Madrid with red DE YNDIAS hs and red 5R hs above; 1844 EL Havana to Barcelona with fine blue CORREO
MARITIMO/No.4 hs and a fine blue FRANCO hs alongside; 1861/3 Pair EL Havana to Cadiz or Madrid franked tied 1Rl green (SG): 1865 EL Santiago de Cuba to Barcelona franked tied 1 Rl blue (SG17) with Santiago de Cuba cds below, etc. (12 items) Cross
Reference: SPAIN, CUBA (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. MAILS TO FRANCE INC. VIA ENGLAND & TO ITALY: 1818-51 with 1818 EL Havana to Bordeaux with red LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER hs
(Tab. S7) endorsed on reverse in red ms acheminee par Messrs.. with variety of charge marks inc. 5/10 indicating double rate and a fine ANGLETERRE French entry mark; 1822 EL Havana to Paris apparently carried outside the mails to London where FAC
applied Forwarded by your most obedient servant Campbell Bowden, London 6, Sep. 1822 with good red ANGLETERRE hs and charged 13 decimes; 1850 EL Havana to Paris carried outside the mails and posted by an Agent at Birmingham endorsed Van West ,
Birmingham with Calais entry ds and rated 16 decimes plus 1851 EL Havana to Genoa via London where ms red Forwarded by YOS Mildred Goyeneche was added, Calais entry ds rated 1/1d with good VIA DA/BEAUVOISIN Italian entry hs. Unusual group. (4 items)
Cross Reference: FRANCE, ITALY, FORWARDING AGENTS, CUBA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. MAIL TO FRANCE VIA SPAIN: 1817 EL Havana to Bordeaux endorsed Via di Cadiz rated 8 decimes with fine ESPAGNE/PAR
BAYONNE hs and a v.fine ISLAS DE/BARLOVENTO hs indicating the point of origin. Fine and attractive. Cross Reference: FRANCE, SPAIN, CUBA
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. MAILS TO FRANCE - "COLONIES PAR" ENTRY HS's: 1818-36 variety of place entry hand stamps inc. 1818 EL Havana to Bordeaux
with fine COLONIES PAR/LA ROCHELLE hs (Salles 66); 1822 EL Havana to Paris with fine COLONIES PAR/BORDEAUX hs (Salles 68); 1820 EL Havana to Paris with fine COLONIES PAR/ST. MALO hs (Salles 52); 1826 EL Santiago de Cuba to Bordeaux with good COLONIES
PAR/MARSEILLE hs (Salles 74); 1821 EL Havana to Paris with v.fine COLONIES PAR/CHERBOURG hs (Salles 50); 1836 EL Santiago de Cuba to Bordeaux with fine COLONIES PAR/ST MARTIN ISLE-DE-RE hs (Salles 65) with fine St Martin cds opposite and 1824 EL
Havana to Nantes with v.fine red COLONIES/PAR LE HAVRE hs (Salles 43). Fine selection. (7 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, CUBA
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. CUBA MAILS TO SPAIN & FRANCE: 1819-1850 group with 1819 EL Havana to Bordeaux endorsed venant de la havana Ille de
Cuba; 1823 EL Havana to Villanueva with v.fine red ISLAS DE/BARLOVENTO hs part overstruck by 5Rs hs; 1830 EL Havana to Madrid with fine HABANA/FRANCO hs; 1832 EL Havana to Villanueva with v.fine bold HABANA hs & 5Rs hs below plus 1850 EL Trinidad de
Cuba to Barcelona with fine blue CORREO MARITIMO/No. 1 hs and alongside a fine blue circled FRANCO hs with red Barcelona entry cds on reverse. Fine and attractive selection. (5 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, SPAIN, CUBA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 120
SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. CUBA - TRANSATLANTIC MAILS TO EUROPE: 1821-81 selection with 1821 EL Havana to Paris with red 74/LE HAVRE entry hs;
1828 E Havana to London with fine HAVANA hs; 1838 EL Havana to London endorsed p Goldfinch Packet rated 3/3; 1844 E (filing creases) to London HAVANA cds on reverse endorsed p Steamer Forth, etc.; 1860 EL Havana to Bordeaux with NEW YORK AM. PKT.
cds, blue ET UNIS SERV. AM. D/HAVRE ds, etc.; 1863 EL Havana to Edinburgh endorsed via New York with "26" hs rated 1/2½, Liverpool US Packet cds, etc.; 1865 EL Havana to Paris NEW YORK BR. PKT cds, etc.; 1881 EL Havana to Rotterdam with POR VAPOR
AMERICANO hs, endorsed Niagara, etc. Fine variety. (23 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, SCOTLAND, NETHERLANDS, CUBA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. CUBA - U.S.A. MAILS: 1825-75 group with 1825 EL Matanzas to Boston endorsed Shamrock with red HOLMES HOLE/MAS March 16
scarce port of entry hs with Ship 14½ opposite;1834 EL Boston to Havana with NA hs and over fold-in reverse a fine (Empresa) E in circle hs; 1837 EL Havana to New York endorsed via Charleston with fine red CHARLESTON/S.C. cds; 1848 EL Havana to
Portland Mne. with blue SHIP & 12 in circle hs's and blue PHILADELPHIA cds; 1849 EL St Jago de Cuba to New York with v.fine red CHARLESTON S.C./12½ cds; 1860 EL to New York endorsed via Pajaro Oceano with fine blue CUBA/CO cds part overstruck by fine
STEAMSHIP/20 hs, etc.; 1866 EL St Jago de Cuba to New York endorsed pr Fahkee with STEAMSHIP/10 hs and on reverse US MAIL STEAMSHIP/FAH KEE/[date]/St Jago cachet, etc. Fine selection. (20 items) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
CUBA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. MAILS TO FRANCE, ETC. WITH "OUTRE MER" HS's: 1828-44 selection inc. 1828 EL Santiago de Cuba to Marseille with good
boxed PAYS D'OUTREMER/PAR MARSEILLE hs (Salles 120); 1830 EL Santiago de Cuba to Bordeaux with v.fine PAYS D'OUTREMER/PAR BORDEAUX hs (Salles 115 Type II); 1833-7 pair Santiago de Cuba to Nantes or Bordeaux with fine boxed PAYS D'OUTREMER hs (Salles
105/113); 1837 EL Havana to Bordeaux with fine boxed PAYS D'OUTREMER hs (Salles 116); 1839 EL Santiago de Cuba to Bordeaux with fine red OUTRE-MER LA ROCHELLE cds (Salles 149); 1843 EL Matanzas to St Gaudens with fine red OUTRE-MER LA FLOTTE cds
(Salles 147) and circled 1D hs opposite and 1844 E Havana to London endorsed p Havre with good red OUTRE-MER LE HAVRE cds (Salles 134) and on reverse flap a Southampton ds. (8 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, CUBA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 160
SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. MAILS TO FRANCE INC. PAYS D'OUTREMER CACHET, FAC, ETC.: 1830-56 group with 1830 EL Havana to Bordeaux endorsed Pr
Courier du Mexique with fine boxed PAYS D'OUTREMER/PAR BORDEAUX hs (Salles 115); 1834 EL Havana to Bordeaux via New York with Meyer & Hupenden FAC cachet and fine boxed PAYS D'OUTREMER/PAR LE HAVRE hs (Salles 86); 1856 EL Havana to Paris carried
privately to Charleston with Cay Montaner & Co. Charleston FAC hs with red circled PD & London Paid ds; 1834 E Havana to Bordeaux with boxed PAYS D'OUTREMER hs (Salles 116); 1837 EL Havana to Bordeaux endorsed p Paquebot Borderlais No. 3 with v.fine
boxed PAYS D'OUTREMER hs (Salles 116); 1841-2 pair EL Havana to Bordeaux endorsed paquebot No. 4 or p Paquebot Borderlais with OUTRE-MER/PAUILLAC cds. (7 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, FORWARDING AGENTS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CUBA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 120
CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. LOCAL MAILS: 1830-72 selection of internal mails with 1830 EL to Havana with v.fine VILLACLARA hs; 1834 EL to Havana
with fine red PUERTO/PRINCIPI hs and bold "2" hs; 1837 EL to havana with v.fine red TRINIDAD hs; 1836 EL to Havana with v.fine MATANZAS hs; 1836 EL to Havana with fine red St JUN DE LOS/REMEDIOS hs; 1838 EL to Havana with fine red ESPERANZA hs; 1840
EL to Salvador with fine HABANA hs and below a fine 1.½ hs, later franked local mails. Good variety of fine strikes. (13 items) Cross Reference: CUBA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 120
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. MAILS TO FRANCE VIA NEW YORK, LIVERPOOL: 9 Oct. 1840 EL Cuba to Lot et Garonne carried privately to Boston and put into
the mails (no FAC). Transit via London where (oily) red Packet Letter hs (Tab. P5) and London cds were applied with rate 3/2d. Red Calais entry cds with local delivery 1d charge hs below and on reverse a Valence d'Agen cds, with final rate of 53
decimes. Attractive. Cross Reference: FRANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CUBA (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. MAILS TO FRANCE VIA RMSP: 1845-76 group all carried by RMSP vessels inc. 1845 E Havana to Paris carried by RMSP SS
Medway with Brit PO HAVANA cds, red boxed COLONIES/&c ART 13 hs part overstruck by red entry ANGL/BOULOGNE cds; 1847 EL to Loire carried by SS Forth with fine Brit PO ST JAGO-DE-CUBA cds, etc.; 1856 EL Havana to Nantes endorsed via Southampton
carried by SS Clyde with Brit PO HAVANA cds and v.fine red boxed COLONIES/ART-8 hs, etc.; 1857 EL Havana to Paris with fine boxed G.B./1F 60c hs, etc.; 1876 env. (minor creases) posted unpaid to Ossun with Brit PO HAVANA cds and fine "T" over "1-10"
Tax hs. (6 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, CUBA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 120
CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 CUBA. CUBA - INCOMING MAILS EX U.K. & U.S.A.: 1846(?) EL unpaid from a wife (nr Springfield Ill.?) writing to her husband,
Captain of the Ship Timor care of Agents at Havana with fine circled E./NA hs plus 1848 EL Cheshire to Havana unpaid with blue *EMPRESA*/N AMERICA/15 JULY 1848 ds with blue "1" hs alongside. Fine pair. Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, CUBA (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £85.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
