WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY continued...
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 THE ROYAL PACKET SERVICE PREMIER & SECOND REGIE - WEST BOUND PAIR: 29 Oct. 1786 EL from Dunkerque to Philadelphia with faint
"DUNKERQUE" hs and "P.P.P.P." cachet indicating the prepayment of 38 (sols). forwarded to L'Orient and struck with v.fine "PAQ. L'ORIENT" hs. Carried by the French Royal Ship Agency's "Courier de New York" departing L'Orient 6 Nov. arriving New York
27 Dec. ms 2 dwt top right with 1/ - rate opposite due in local currency. Plus July 1787 part EL (4 pages only from a double rated letter) originating at Le Havre to Baltimore with v.fine "PAQ. L'ORIENT" hs. Prepaid 30 (sols) on reverse. Departed Le
Havre on Le Marechal de Castries on 10 Aug. and arrived New York 21 Sep. 1787; one of only two recorded. [Ex Steven Walske Collection sold Siegel Lot 2340 &2344 Sale 1154, May 2017] Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FRANCE (Image)
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Currently...£240.00
Currently...USD 321.60
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 SENEGAL TO FRANCE, BELGIUM, ETC.: 1818-1938 selection with 1888 env. to Germany franked tied Senegal Type Sage 25c black on pink
with "PAQUETE" hs below; 1900 env. (opened to display) endorsed "Corps Expeditionnaire du Senegal" to Dakar much redirected, then "RETOUR/A L'ENVOYEUR" hs; 1903 PPC SSProvence Dakar to Alost, Belgium with v.fine "SOCIETE GENERALE/PAQUEBOT/"PROVENCE""
cachet, etc.; 1908 PPC to Regles with Sower 10c red tied fine "BORDEAUX A BUENOS AYRES/L J. No.1" ds; 1905 PPC Vlasim to St Louis, Senegal with fine "BORDEAUX A BUENOS AYRES/L K.No.4" ds; 1920 PPC Dakar to Prague franked Senegal 10c orange & red;
1926 env. to Bordeaux franked pair 15c purple & brown Market issue tied large purple Cie "DES CHARGEURS REUNIS/TCHAD" hs; 1930 PPC to Brussels with Senegal mixed franking tied "COURRIER DE/HAUTE MER/S/S THYSVILLE", etc. Good variety of west coast
shipping lines. (34 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, FRENCH COLONIES, BELGIUM, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...USD 107.20
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 TRANSATLANTIC GB TO USA WITH RARE "SHIP MILO" HS: 13 Mar. 1818 EL Liverpool to Boston with at the bottom left the rare blue-green
double dotted circle "SHIP MILO/S.G. BRONSON/Sailed/, Mar. 27" hs. First example of this private hs that we have offered. [See Staff - The Transatlantic Mail pg.54] Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, GREAT
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Starting at £ 48
Currently...£48.00
Currently...USD 64.32
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 FORWARDING AGENTS: Pair with 1836 EL to Boston via Paris, Le Havre and New York with fine red oval "FORWARDED BY/H. EDWARDS &
Co./PARIS" hs and alongside a fine red oval "Forwarded by/EMERSON & NORWOOD/HAVRE" cachet on the reverse; plus 1837 E Havana to London endorsed pr Sheffield(Red Star Line) with on the reverse a fine boxed "LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER" hs (Tab. S13) and
alongside an equally fine red oval "FORWARDED BY/NEW YORK/24 May 1837/C.A & E. HECKSCHER" cachet. Fine pair. Cross Reference: CUBA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FORWARDING AGENTS, FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 48
Currently...£48.00
Currently...USD 64.32
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 CUBAN MAILS TO FRANCE VIA ENGLAND: Group of covers ex Cuba 1840-76 inc. 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; 1847 EL Havana to Bordeaux p. Baltimore (struck through) and then endorsed Independence with weak overstruck
red oval "FORWARDED BY/A.C. ROSSIRE & Co./NEW YORK" cachet on the top flap with a mostly fine boxed step type "WORTHING/SHIP LETTER" (Tab. S1) this the only ship letter mark recorded for Worthing of which few examples are known; 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. Fine selection. (8
items) Cross Reference: CUBA, FRANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...USD 107.20
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 LE HAVRE MAILS TO RUSSIA, CAEN AND MORLAIX: 1842-6 group inc 1842 EL from the Director of the Societe de Paquebots a Vapeur entre Le
Havre & St Petersburg to Copenhagen with v.fine "DIRECTION/du HAVRE" Company cachet across rear flap. [Ex Fred Goacher]; 1846 EL (aged/dusty) Morlaix to Le Havre with "MORLAIX/ BATEAU A VAPR" ds (Salles 308) with opposite a fine "CHERBOURG/BATEAU A
VAP" ds applied in error and crossed through with ms 7 charge; 1843 E to Havre with "CAEN/BATEAU A VAPR" ds (Salles 303) posted in the movable box onboard the Cie Nuestrienne; 1851 EL Le Havre to Flers-de-l'Orne with "LE HAVRE/BAT. A VAPEUR" ds
(Salles 302) and outlined 25 (centimes) hs; plus 1853 E Caen to Le Havre with v.fine "CAEN/BATEAU A VAPR" ds (Salles 304) etc [Ex Cavendish's Maybury Sale 822 (2019) Lot 294]. Good selection. (5 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, DENMARK,
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 FRANCE LIGNE A - PORTO CABELLO, LA GUAYRA, AGENCY STAMPS, ETC.: 1842-1900 with pre Ligne A 1842 EL Porto Cabello to Bordeaux via
Liverpool and London with boxed "PAID AT/LIVERPOOL" hs, etc.; 1872 EL (stains) to Bordeaux with fine "PORTO-CABELLO *" ds (Salles 1373) and "*LIGNE A/PAQ FR.* No.3*" ds (Salles 1401/3) carried SS France; 1876 env. to Paris with v.fine "PORTO-CABELLO
*" ds (Salles 1373) and "VENEZUELA/PAQ. FR. A No.2" ds (Salles 1420/3); 1877 EL to Bordeaux with fine "LA GUAYRA *" ds (Salles 1374) and on reverse a "*LIGNE A/PAQ FR.* No.2*" ds (Salles 1401/2); 1883 E Caracas to Hamburg franked tied Venezuela 25c
brown with fine red "*VENEZUELA/LIGNE A. PAQ. FR. No." ds (Salles 1421); 1900 env. Caracas to New York franked tied 50c grey with "LIGNE A/PAQ. FR. No. 2" ds (Salles 1406) alongside, etc. (8 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, VENEZUELA, GERMANY (Image)
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Currently...USD 64.32
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 FRANCE TRANSATLANTIC MAILS INC"FOREIGN PAID", LIGNES B, G ETC : 1845-1901 Miscellany inc 1845 EL Le Havre to New York endorsed Par
Steamer Cambria 20 Mai via Liverpool with red BUREAU MARITIME/ HAVRE cds, boxed PD, light red curved FOREIGN PAID hs, Liverpool lozenge (Tab. M26) and blue Southampton cds on reverse [Ex Roberts & Littaur]; 1867 E Guadeloupe to Moissac endorsed
Packet Francais with on reverse a v.fine and scarce *LIGNE G*/PAQ. FR. * NO.1 ds (Salles 1611) part overstruck by a second strike with 6 hs; 1878 EL Guadeloupe to Mauze franked imperf 40c orange tied v.fine PAQ. ANG/POINTE DE PITRE GUADE ds, v.fine
boxed APRES/LE/ DEPART hs with COL. FR/PAQ. FR. B No. 2 ds (Salles 1446/2) on reverse; 1890 env. Santo Domingo to Hildesheim franked 10c orange (SG80) (oxidised to brown) tied blue Santo Domingo ds with v.fine LIGNE F/PAQ. FR. No. 1 ds (Salles
1601/1), etc. (11 items)Cross Reference: FRANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GUADELOUPE, FRENCH COLONIES (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 107.20
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 FRANCE - CHANNEL LE HAVRE/ST MALO/CHERBOURG SERVICES: Trio inc. rare 5 Mar. 1847 E St Malo to Havre posted in a movable box of the
paquebot Bretagne operated by La Compagnie d'Ille-et-Vilaine with v.fine "ST MALO/BATEAU A VAP." ds (Salles 312 - in use 1846-47); 23 May 1847 EL Le Havre to Cherbourg with v.fine "LE HAVRE/BATEAU A VAP" ds (Salles 309) and 24 Nov. 1848 EL
Cherbourg to Havre with fine "CHERBOURG/BATEAU A VAP." ds (Salles 310) each rated 4 decimes. Scarce cancellations applied to mail posted in movable boxes on the Ocean and Colibri. (3 items) [Ex Cavendish's Maybury Sale 822 (2019) Lots 324 & 295]
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 134.00
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 CUBAN MAILS TO FRANCE AND ITALY: 1854-1880 selection inc. 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; 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" cds etc.; 1870 EL Havana to Paris via New York and London with "NEW/24/YORK" ds for double rate and alongside a fine clear "GB./3F60C" hs and 1880 env. (light vert. crease clear of marks/stamps) Italian
Consul, Havana to Rome franked pair tied 50c brown carried by HAPAG steamer to Cherbourg where the (unrecorded by Salles) v.fine "UNION CHERB. A PARIS" entry cds (18 Oct.) was applied. (5 items) Cross Reference: CUBA, FRANCE, SPAIN, ITALY (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...USD 134.00
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 USA-FRANCE 5c RATE FRANKED MAIL & PRUSSIAN CLOSED MAILS: Trio inc. 1854 E New York to Boulogne franked pair 1c blue plus 3c brown
tied "NEW YORK" cds with alongside a v.fine red "ETATS-UNIS PAQ BRIT/CALAIS" ds unrecorded by Salles and thought to be used on local mail. [Ex Noel Collection]; 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 plus 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. Fine
trio. Cross Reference: WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY, FRANCE, GERMANY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Currently...USD 50.92
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 CANADA - RARE ART-19 ACCOUNTANCY HS ON MONTREAL TO FRANCE MAIL: 22 Sep. 1856 unpaid EL from Montreal to Rheims with rare orange-red
boxed "CANADA /ART-19" (partly overstruck by Calais "AMB" ds) accountancy mark of London on the front with 17 (decimes) charge mark. This ART hs only used in 1856 (Salles Inconnu; VDL 721 - 8). Cross Reference: CANADA, FRANCE, TRANSATLANTIC
MAIL, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 134.00
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 FRANCE-USA TRANSATLANTIC - PREPAID MAILS ETC.: 1857-72 group 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; 1866 EL Havre to New York endorsed Steamer Persia via Queenstown franked tied 80c red with small red "3" hs alongside, boxed "PD, N.YORK.BR.PKT./3Cts PAID" ds;
1860 env. + content Huelad to Buffalo franked tied pair 80c red with large boxed "P.D." alongside, framed curved red Br. Service hs; 1868 EL Le Havre to Philadelphia endorsed pr Nebraska (Guion Line) with fine "STAVELEY & Co./THE TEMPLE/32 DALE
STREET/ LIVERPOOL/ AMERICAN EUROPEAN EXPRESS" cachet; early rate increase 1871 E Paris to Boston franked 80c red & 40c brown tied 27 in star cancel with red boxed "PD"; 1871 env. Paris to USA franked tied 40c orange & 10c bistre with fine blue boxed
"P.P." hs below and "N. Y. STEAMSHIP/10" ds, etc. Attractive group. (11 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FORWARDING AGENTS (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...USD 107.20
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 SENEGAL TO FRANCE: Pair inc. 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 plus 1865 env. (roughly opened at
reverse) Goree to Rouen endorsed Par packet Francais with Colonies Eagle 40c orange & 10c bistre tied by blue "GOR" dotted lozenges with fine "SENEGAL ET DEP/GOREE" cds with red boxed "PD" hs and alongside a v.fine blue "COL.FR.PAQ.FR./2/BORDEAUX/2"
cds. Fine pair. Cross Reference: FRANCE, FRENCH COLONIES (Image)
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Currently...USD 134.00
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 FRANCE - NICE BAT. A VAP. DS WITH GC2240: 1863 EL Nice to Marseille franked Napoleon 20c blue tied fine GC 2240 with v.fine NICE /
BAT. A VAP. ds (Salles 465) alongside. Scarce combination. R Menozzi Cert. (2008) Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 75
Currently...£75.00
Currently...USD 100.50
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 FRANCE - PIROSCAFI-MERCANTILI ESTERO & FRENCH STAMP CANCELLED AT NAPLES: 1865 EL Marseille to Palermo franked French 40c orange tied
by NAPOLI cds (Salles 693) with fine and scarce orange PIROSCAFI-MERCANTILI/ESTERO hs (Salles 692) and Palermo ds on reverse. Soluphil Cert. (2006). Cross Reference: FRANCE, ITALY (Image)
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Starting at £ 50
Currently...£50.00
Currently...USD 67.00
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 FRANCE - CIVITAVECCHIA GRILL ON FRENCH STAMPS: 1868 EL Marseille to Civitavecchia franked 40c orange + 10c brown cancelled with
Civitavecchia grill (Salles 684) with good Civita Vecchia / Via di Mare ds on reverse. Cross Reference: ITALY, FRANCE (Image)
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Currently...USD 64.32
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 FRANCE LIGNE A: 1869-1937 group inc 1853 EL St Marthe to Paris via British ship, boxed red "COLONIES/&c ART 13." hs and on reverse a
fine British "PO SANTA MARTHA" cds; 1876 env. Guadeloupe to Paris with fine "*PAQ. FR.*/ POINTE A PITRE GUAD" ds tying 40c orange with blue "COL. FR. PAQ. FR./3 ST NAZAIRE 3" ds (Salles 1357); 1885 EL Pointe a Pitre to St Malo with tied 25c yellow &
below fine red "COL. FR./LIG. A. PAQ. FR. No. 1" ds (Salles 1424); 1891 env. Cayenne to Bordeaux with tied 25c black on pink with fine "LIGNE A/PAQ. FR. No.2" ds (Salles 1406) below, company wafer seal on reverse; 1879 env. Barranquilla to Le Havre
with "SAVANILLA *" ds (Salles 1378), on reverse "LIGNE A/PAQ.FR. No. 3" ds (Salles 1402/3); 1883 Colombia 2c grey P.Stat. PC (vert fold) to Southampton with fine "SAVANILLA/PAQ. FR. No. 2" ds (Salles 1418); 1885 env. Colon to Nantes with 10c orange
tied fine "AGENCIA POSTAL NACIONAL/COLON" ds with v.fine "ASPINWALL/PAQ FR. A No 2" ds (Salles 1416), etc. (21 items) Cross Reference: COLOMBIA, SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, GUADELOUPE (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...USD 107.20
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 SCARCE RUGER LINE SS RISING STAR MAIL TO FRANCE: 22 Mar. 1870 orange-yellow env. (minor faults) Pittsburgh, Philadelphia to Paris
via New York and Le Havre franked with tied vert. pair 10c orange (SG118) with red "NEW YORK, Mar. 24" ds below carried by the Ruger Line SS Rising Star, one of only two recorded covers by this vessel. French entry "ETATS-UNIS SERV.AM/LE HAVRE" rated
24 decimes. [Ex Lopez & Baird, Rumsey Sale 8/6/2020 Lot 1001] Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FRANCE, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL
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Starting at £ 160
Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 214.40
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 YOKOHAMA BUREAU FRANCAIS TO LYON BY BRITISH STEAMER: 8 June 1875 E Yokohama to Lyon endorsed via Brindisi franked with 2x2 + single
Ceres 40c orange plus pair 30c brown all cancelled with "5118 GC" and two 40c stamps tied by fine "YOKOHAMA/BAU FRANCAIS" ds. With red boxed "PD" hs and "PAQ ANG V BRIN/A MOD" ds. Scarce and attractive cover. Cross Reference: FRANCE, JAPAN (Image)
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Currently...USD 268.00
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