WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY continued...
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| 381 |
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 MAIL TO FRANCE VIA SPAIN: 1854 EL (part cut down internally) Santiago de Cuba to Paris carried on S.M. Conde de Regla with green
SANTIAGO D CUBA/50/ISLA DE CUBA cds opposite a border entry ESPAGNE/PAR ST LUZ cds, rated red "5R" hs and "5" decimes. Cross Reference: FRANCE, SPAIN, CUBA (Image)
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Starting at £ 50
Currently...£50.00
Currently...USD 65.50
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 382 |
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 USA-GERMANY - PRUSSIAN CLOSED MAILS VIA GB: Pair inc. 1854 EL Boston to Leipzig endorsed p Baltic Steamer p Prussian Closed Mail
with 23/N YORK AM PKT ds, red Aachen receiving ds on reverse; and c. 1855 env. (light foxing) Boston to Offenburg endorsed Per Prussian closed Mail via Liverpool with fine red BOSTON 7 BR. PKT/PAID ds part overstruck by red boxed AACHEN 20//FRANCO
hs. Good pair.Cross Reference: GERMANY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 46
Currently...£46.00
Currently...USD 60.26
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 383 |
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 FRENCH ATLANTIC SAINTES-ROCHEFORT COASTAL SERVICE: 7 Apr. 1856 EL to La Rochelle ex Taillebourg franked 20c tied by the GC2703 hs
and posted in the steamers box during a stop at Taillebourg en route to Rochefort, with v. scarce and fine SAINTES/BAT A VAP (Salles 414) ds. Fine.
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Starting at £ 110
Currently...£110.00
Currently...USD 144.10
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 384 |
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 FRANCE - BLACK SEA CRIMEA MAILS: Pair inc. Feb. 1856 E to Marseille via Constantinople post unpaid with fine boxed MER NOIRE hs
(Salles 917) and 20c hs, plus Dec. 1856 env. to France with open style "30" hs and alongside a ESCAD. DE LA MEDITEE/MARSEILLE ds (Salles 245) with variety of ambulant ds on reverse. (2 items)Cross Reference: MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR, FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 50
Currently...£50.00
Currently...USD 65.50
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 385 |
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 FRANCE-USA TRANSATLANTIC - PREPAID MAILS BY BRITISH STEAMERS: 1857-66 with 1857 EL New York to Charente, endorsed Steamer Canada
prepaid 90c, sextuple rate with red NEW/PAID/YORK cds, red entry ETATS UNIS SERV. BR. A.C./M ds; 1859 EL New York to Charente endorsed Steamer Arabia with red N.YORK/BR PKT/PAID ds crossed through and below red NEW YORK/PAID/BR PKT/24 ds, etc.; 1866
EL Havre to New York endorsed Steamer persia via Queenstown franked tied 80c red with red "3" hs alongside, boxed PD, N.YORK.BR.PKT./3Cts PAID ds, etc. plus 1860 env. + content Huelad to Buffalo franked tied pair 80c red with large boxed P.D.
alongside, framed curved red Br. Service hs, etc. Fine group. (4 items)Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL
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Starting at £ 50
Currently...£50.00
Currently...USD 65.50
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 386 |
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 USA & FRENCH MAILS - ACCOUNTANCY DURING INTERIM PERIOD: Interim Period mail inc. 5 Jan. 1857 EL Boston to Cognac with fine red
BOSTON/PAID cds and boxed GB/1F 60c hs below; 21 Jan. 1857 EL New York to Cognac prepaid 5c for British Open Mail with boxed GB/1F 60c hs; 31 Jan. 1857 EL Savannah to Bordeaux via New York with PAID hs and alongside "5" in circle indicating 5c paid
with boxed GB/1F 60c hs; 26 Mar. 1857 env. paris to Boston carried on the final voyage during Interim Period with fine BOSTON/5Cts/BR PKT ds, red boxed P.P., etc. (5 items)Cross Reference: ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 50
Currently...£50.00
Currently...USD 65.50
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 387 |
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 FRANCE-USA - TRANSATLANTIC UNPAID MAIL BY BRITISH SHIP: 1857-67 with 1858 env. Paris to Washington DC via Liverpool with red boxed
curved BR Service hs & BOSTON/15 ds, etc.; 1860 env. Neuchatel to Princeton NJ with fine red SUISSE/PONTARLIER ds & Br Service hs via Cunard SS Persia to New York; 1865-7 trio Smyrne to New York (Lannaman & Kemp correspondence) with variety of NY BR
PKT US NOTES ds; 1860 E Boston to La Rochelle via Cunard SS Europa BOSTON/3 cds and opposite fine ET UNIS SERV. BR A.C./J ds; 1857 EL Havana to Paris via New York Forwarding Agent B. BLANCO (red cachet on reverse) charged nine times rate of 72
decimes on delivery. (7 items)Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SWITZERLAND, CUBA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 50
Currently...£50.00
Currently...USD 65.50
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 388 |
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 SOUTH AMERICA - ACCOUNTANCY HS EX ARGENTINA & URUGUAY: 1857-69 trio with 1869 EL Buenos Aires to New York via France & GB with fine
BUENOS AYRES/PAQ. FR. J No.2 ds and a v.fine oval FR./2F20C hs (Salles 3102) alongside, etc. plus 1857 pair Montevideo to Paris or Bordeaux with boxed G.B./1F 60c hs. (3 items)Cross Reference: ARGENTINA, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, URUGUAY (Image)
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Starting at £ 46
Currently...£46.00
Currently...USD 60.26
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 389 |
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 FRENCH GUINEA TO FRANCE VIA SIERRA LEONE & ENGLAND: 9 Dec. 1859 EL Rio Pongo to Bordeaux endorsed via Plymouth but in fact routed
via Liverpool & London with SIERRA LEONE cds, London and Paris cds, etc. and a v.fine pentagon GB/2F __ accountancy hs with ms 10 charge to recipient.Cross Reference: SIERRA LEONE, FRANCE, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 170.30
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 390 |
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 MAILS TO FRANCE BY SPANISH PACKET: 1865 E Matanzas to Marseille endorsed per Infanta Isabel (Compania Transatlantica Espanola)
franked tied 1real to pay double rate, with MATANZAS.ISLA DE CUBA cds, Madrid transit cancel and French Par St Jean de Luz and Bordeaux a Cette ambulant ds plus 1859 EL Havana to Paris carried out of mails on Vapores Correos Transatlantica Ter, the
posted and cancelled CORUNA cds, v.fine red/brown ESPAGNE/PAR ST JEAN DE LUZ entry cds plus Pyrenees a Paris and Bayonne a Bordeaux ambulant cds. Fine pair. Cross Reference: FRANCE, SPAIN, CUBA (Image)
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Starting at £ 110
Currently...£110.00
Currently...USD 144.10
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 391 |
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 USA & FRENCH MAILS - ACCOUNTANCY HS: 1859-1871 group inc. 1859 env. Covington to Berne with fine COVINGTON cds, PAID 21 and oval
GB//40c below; 1866 env. St Louis to Aagau via SS Napoleon II (French Line) with red ETATS UNIS/PAQ FR B No. 4 ds, boxed F./30 hs, etc.; 1871 EL New Orleans to Aigre with New York transit ds bold "4" hs and fine triangle on box GB/2F__ accountancy hs
plus 1870 EL Paris to New York endorsed pr Scotia from Liverpool with fine */FR/2F accountancy hs, etc. Fine quartet. Cross Reference: ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, FRANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SWITZERLAND (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.15
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 392 |
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 FRANCE - CHANNEL LE HAVRE TO BREST SERVICE: 14 Mar. 1860 single-weight EL Le Havre to Gouesnou franked imperf 20c (faint crease)
tied by indistinct diamond numeral cancel with v.fine LE HAVRE/BAT.A VAP ds (Salles 319 - in use 1858-60) and on the reverse a v.fine Brest transit ds (Salles 319a). Posted in a movable box on board the Hambourg (La Compagnie Brestoise) for the Le
Havre to Brest Service. Fine and scarce. [Ex Maybury Sale 822 Lot 300]Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 170.30
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 393 |
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 FRANCE-USA - TRANSATLANTIC US SHIP PREPAID IN FRANCE: 1860-69 group with 1860 env. Paris to Philadelphia via Vanderbilt Line SS
Illinois franked 80c red tied PC "N", red boxed PD, etc.; 1860 E Bordeaux to New York endorsed pr Steamer Adriatic for New York franked 80c red tied fine GC 441 with boxed PD and red boxed curved Am. Service hs, etc.; 1869 EL Le Havre to New York
endorsed par Str Hammonia (HAPAG) franked 80c pink tied GC 1769 with red boxed PD but below a red boxed AFFRANCHISEMENT/INSUFFICIENT hs, etc.; 1866 EL Paris to New York via Calais & Queenstown franked 2 x 40c orange tied dotted star "4", boxed red PD
and red N.YORK AM.PKT/PAID ds; 1867 env. Cherbourg to Newton NJ franked 80c red tied GC 1602 with boxed red PD alongside routed via Paris & Liverpool. (5 items)Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 104.80
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 394 |
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 FRANCE MEDITERRANEAN RARE PAQUEBOTS POSTES HS: 25 Jan. 1861 EL (minor faults) Alexandretta to Marseille carried by SS Amerique
departing Alexandria 1 Feb. arriving Marseille 6 Feb. with fine and rare double circle PAQUEBOTS-POSTES/(MARSEILLE) hs (Salles 754). Salles comments: Very curious and late use of an old stamp from the "Administration des Postes" period. Roumet Cert.
(2022).Cross Reference: FRANCE, TURKEY (Image)
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Starting at £ 340
Currently...£340.00
Currently...USD 445.40
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 395 |
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 GAMBIA TO FRANCE BY AFRICAN STEAMSHIP CO. VESSEL: 25 Aug. 1861 mourning env. Bathurst to Espas, Gers with BARRERE FRERES/RIVIERE DE
GAMBIA/BATHURST cachet, red BATHURST PAID cds with red PD in circle. With red "5" indicating the credit to GB and both Calais and Bordeaux ambulant ds and on the reverse a MANCIET cds. A rare early commercial letter from the Gambia. [Ex Glover &
"Athenian"; see Cavendish Apr. 1996 sale lot 42 realised £1725 + BP]Cross Reference: FRANCE, GAMBIA (Image)
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Starting at £ 340
Currently...£340.00
Currently...USD 445.40
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 396 |
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 FRANCE MEDITERRANEAN - SHIP NAMED CANCELLATIONS INC. "GODEWERY" ERROR: 1861-4 trio with Feb. 1861 E Odessa privately to
Constantinople then to Malta with v.fine HYDASPE/* ds (Salles 783) with Malta cds on reverse but actually carried on the SS Balkan; Oct. 1861 EL Constantinople to Marseille with fine red small boxed PAQUEBOTS/DE LA/MEDITERRANEE hs overstruck by a
fine PHASE/* ds (Salles 813) plus, Nov. 1864 EL Constantinople to Paris franked France 40c + 10c tied v.fine blue GC Anchor with blue boxed PD and blue, name error, GODEWERY/* ds (Salles 777). Fine trio.Cross Reference: FRANCE, MALTA, TURKEY (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 104.80
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 397 |
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 SENEGAL TO FRANCE: 1862 small env. Goree to Paris endorsed Voie transatlantique de Bordeaux with v.fine blue GOREE/* cds part
overstruck with equally v.fine "6" hs and opposite a fine red COL.FR.PAQ.FR./2/BORDEAUX/2 cds; light Paris cds on reverse. Carried to St Vincent on feeder service, SS Merovee, then to Bordeaux by SS Bearn. Fine and attractive.Cross Reference:
FRANCE, FRENCH COLONIES (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 170.30
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 398 |
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 FRENCH N AFRICA SERVICE - MAIL CARRIED BY NON-POSTAL VESSEL: May 1863 EL Marseille to Constantine franked 20c blue (SG95) tied by
GC5055 hs with fine MARSEILLES/BATEAU. A VAP. (Salles 499) ds alongside and a blue MAROCAIN cachet below. Marocain was operated by the Transports Algeriens Co. Scarce. Cross Reference: FRENCH COLONIES, FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 110
Currently...£110.00
Currently...USD 144.10
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 399 |
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 CROSS-CHANNNEL MIX:QV 4d stamp on 1864 cover to France with uncommon barred '6' cancel, 1860 EL to Malta with 6d stamp and routed
via France, scarce use of barred 'A01' to cancel a p.due mark (1905); also French covers inc. 1866 E with 20c and MORE/TO/PAY, 1882 E (faults) with fine coloured drawing of a girl chased by a bull, 1881 incoming E with fine triangular NW/TPO/M
railway transit, etc. (25) (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 104.80
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 400 |
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 REUNION TO FRANCE, ETC. - LIGNE U & V: 1864-1934 with 1864 E St Denis to Nantes endorsed via Suez with red boxed PD hs taken
privately to Mauritius then P&O to Suez, etc.; 1897 env. to Chambery endorsed Corps expeditionnaire du Madagascar with CORPS EXPre DE MADAGASCAR/L.U. No. 1 ds (Salles 2325/1); 1892 env. to Bordeaux franked Colonies 25c overprinted REUNION with fine
blue Reunion St Denis ds part overstruck by fine LA REUNION A MARSEILLE/L.V. No.2 ds (Salles 2308); 1899 PPC Bagamoyo to Tannwald franked tied Deutsch- Ostafrika 10pf red with fine LA REUNION A MARSEILLE 1/L.U. No.3 ds (Salles 2322) alongside; 1934
env. Reunion to Paris franked 75c overprinted 60 tied fine LA REUNION A MARSEILLE No. 6 ds, etc. (8 items)Cross Reference: FRANCE, REUNION, AUSTRIA, TANGANYIKA/TANZANIA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.15
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
