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Confederate States of America continued...

Confederate Postmasters' Provisionals continued...
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
81   image56XU2, 1861 5c Red on amber entire, Memphis Postmaster's Provisional, addressed to Gaines Landing Arkansas; indicia printed at the extreme upper right of the entire, properly cancelled with "Memphis Sep 4 1861 Ten" town marking, two line "DUE 5" handstamp at center (similar to the one used at Memphis); as Gaines Landing is less than 500 miles from Memphis it is possible that it weighed in excess of ½ ounce and was marked due for that reason; Very Fine and highly unusual;ex-Elizabeth Pope (1983), Buck Boshwit (2007) and D. K. Collection (2012); 2012 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $3,000) (Image1) Starting Price $1,000

SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 02:03 PM
82   image61X4, 1861 5c Gray brown on gray blue ribbed paper, Nashville Tenn Postmaster's Provisional, large margins at top and left, ample to touching at right and bottom, tied by blue "Nashville Nov 11 1861 Ten" on buff cover addressed to Jackson Miss; matching additional town marking at lower left over manuscript "Direct to Nashville, Tenn"; cover with minor edge wear at the edges and without backflap, otherwise Fine; 2012 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $5,750) (Image1) Starting Price $1,500

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83   image62X1a, 1861 2c Blue, Printed on both sides, New Orleans La Postmaster's Provisional, single stamp which has been removed from cover bearing a normal 2¢ blue New Orleans Postmaster's Provisional stamp (Scott 62X1); the error stamp with two large margins and in on two sides; both stamps were originally tied a by large sans-serif "New Orleans La. Sep" (1861) town marking on unsealed cover addressed to Burtonton Miss; the stamps paying the double 2¢ circular rate; the error stamp has now been removed for display purposes; This is the only recorded example of this rarity and it is not noted in Hubert Skinner's exceptional article on the stamps of the New Orleans Postmaster's Provisionals published in 1978; ex- Morris Everett (1993), Dr. Hubert C. Skinner (2000) and D. K. Collection (2012); 2001 and 2013 Philatelic Foundation certificates (Scott $10,000) (Image1) Starting Price $7,500

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84   image62X3, 1861 5c Brown on white, New Orleans La. Postmaster's Provisional, lower right corner margin block of six with large to very large margins, positions 30-32 and 38-40; top center, lower left and lower right stamps never hinged, balance o.g., top right stamp and lower left horizontal pair with gum stains; Very Fine appearing; 2009 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott does not price a block of six, but a block of four and a pair would catalogue $2,600) (Image 2) (Image1) Starting Price $1,000

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85   image62X3a, 1861 5c Brown on white, Printed on both sides, New Orleans Postmaster's Provisional, used with partial strike of double circle New Orleans town marking, face of the stamp appears to be from position 4 of the plate with large margins on three sides and ample to just into at bottom right. reverse side show portions of positions 3 and 4 split and printed inverted; Exceptionally rare and thought to be unique on white paper; ex- Stephen D. Brown (1939) and Hall Collection (2001); 2009 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $3,750, Scott mistakenly prices this stamp as also existing on cover, but all known examples on cover are Scott 62X4) (Image1) Starting Price $2,000

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 02:05 PM
86   image62XU1,1861 3 line black "PD 5 CTS N.O.P.O. J. L. RIDDELL, P.M" New Orleans La. handstamp provisional marking on "E. J. Hart & Co." oval merchant corner card cover addressed to Atlanta GA., double circle New Orleans La Sep 1861 town marking at upper left, entire with minor creases and light age spotting, Fine and rare provisional; this handstamp provisional was only used on mail that was to travel via the Mississippi River and is extremely scarce; 2007 CSA certificate which states that the envelope has been lightly cleaned and pressed (Scott $4,500) (Image1) Starting Price $3,000

SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 02:05 PM
87   image62XU3,1861 two line 2c Black "PD 2 CTS N.O.P.O." New Orleans La. Postmaster Provisional handstamp at lower left of cover made from a freight bill, addressed to San Antonio TX, double circle New Orleans La. Apr 7, 1862 town marking, light vertical crease through markings from contents; Fine and extremely scarce; Provisional pays the unsealed circular rate; Only 6 examples of this handstamp provisional are thought to exist and of those 6 only two are Trans-Mississippi usages; 2003 Confederate Stamp Alliance certificate which states "It is a GENUINE Scott #62XU3 marking" (Scott $9,500) (Image1) Starting Price $4,000

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 02:05 PM

Hawaii

Hawaii
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
88   imageThe only recorded cover bearing two copies of the 1859 Numeral Issue, 2 cent blue. The four cent franking pays the double inter-island rate. The unique franking consists of both shades of the Numeral 2 cent: the light blue (Sc. No. 13) and the dark blue (Sc. No. 13a).

The famous so-called ½Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor Cover» was one of the highlights in the Davis Golden Collection of Hawaiian Postal History and Stamps. It fetched the highest price for a single item in the auction of the Golden collection!

All relevant details about this prominent item are thoroughly described in the philatelic literature.

ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING ITEMS OF HAWAIIAN PHILATELY!

2011 Philatelic Foundation certificate
Provenance: Davis Golden, 2011 (Image1)		 Starting Price $35,000

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89   imageThe unique pair of folded letters WITHOUT FRANKING. The two letters are mailed from Honolulu via San Francisco and New York to France. The items are addressed: "Ruinart pere & fils" the famous Champagne producers in Reims.
Prof. Guenther Heyd (Hamburg) reported in 1957 on the reason for the lack of postage. A San Francisco newspaper reported in 1865 about a postal clerk having been transferred and dismissed due to theft of postal stamps. The young man worked on transit mail from Hawaii.
Letters coming from Honolulu were in many cases already franked with US stamps. This was done by "Forwarding Agents" in Hawaii. On arrival in San Francisco, the stamps on these transit covers were cancelled. That was the task of the supposed thief. It seems that he knew to remove the unused US stamps so well that no traces were visible. He then most likely sold the stolen stamps for cash. The thief was so ingenious that he gave the impression that the postage had been lost in the mail by the following trick. He placed little pieces of paper in size of a stamp on the places where there were stamps originally. Then he stamped the paper so it looked as though there were stamps in that place before. The fragments of the postmarks were so visible on the remaining journey of the letters. No one would question the existence of the valid postage stamps having been affixed initially.
The thief probably didn»t feel that any damage was done to the Post Office.
The San Francisco Post Office was so inefficient at the time that the citizens of the city called on President Abraham Lincoln to remove the Postmaster from power, and it is strongly suspected that these covers are evidence of this turbulent time in the city's history. A great pair of postal history covers giving a colorful insight in the Western life of the 1860ies!

Both pieces considering the gigantic postal route, in very good condition.
For further details see Charles Epting»s article in the May2016 American Stamp Dealer & Collector.
Illustrated and described in Gregory ½Hawaii Foreign Mails to 1870» (Vol. II, pp. 283 - 285
Provenance : Noel
Walske (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image1)		 Starting Price $4,500

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 02:07 PM
90   image1896 Registered 10c Entire (Blue Inside) to Germany, uprated with 1c (5; #55, four #74), 2c (2; #56), 5c (#58) all tied on U9 envelope by red Honolulu Hawaii Feb 24 1896 double circle cds (MH #274.01 R8), cover addressed to Lehe, Germany with additional strikes of red ½R» [MH#701 (R4)] and ½AR» [MH#705 (R4)] registry strikes, New York registry label [Scott FX-NY1b(ii)] and a red German P.O. ½Rückschein» (received) handstamp partially overlap some stamps, backstamped San Francisco Mar 5, NY City 3-10 (two different) and Lehe 20.3.96, Very Fine; a colorful and rare showpiece being one of the finest used 10c Blue Inside envelopes extant. (Image 2) (Image1) Starting Price $7,500

SOLD for $7,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 02:07 PM
91   imageU12a, 1893 5c Blue, Double overprint, entire with clear second overprint as well as offset of double overprint on reverse, Honolulu H.I. Nov. 4 1895 duplex postmark, addressed to Oakland and forwarded to Berkeley Cal., transit and receiving strikes of San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley on reverse, couple edge tears and wrinkles, light toning, still Fine, used double overprints are rare (Scott $3,000). Ex Pietsch and Golden (Image 2) (Image1) Starting Price $2,500

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United States Possessions

Philippines
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
92 C2a imageC2a, 1926 4c Madrid-Manila Flight Overprint, Inverted overprint, wonderfully fresh and color and o.g. with no toning or tropicalization, l.h., Fine and rare with only 100 issued; "W.B./Manila" handstamp on gum, 2014 APS certificate (Scott $4,000) (Image 2) (Image1) Starting Price $1,500

SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 02:08 PM

United States Postal History

Transatlantic Covers by Origin
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
93   image1849 Cover Bünde (Westphalia) to Baltimore, Folded letter endorsed ½via Bremen / frei» and with BãNDE / 11.7 two-line dated handstamp in black, carried on Ocean Line steamer ½Hermann», ms. ½29» (cents) paid plus framed ½PAID ALL» in magenta (extremely rare so fine - Van der Linden fig. 2125), the letter opens well for display to show ½ST. P.A. / BREMEN 12.7» transit date stamp on reverse, a Fine and scarce use
Provenance: Arthur Salm (May 1992), lot 163.
 (Image 2) (Image1)		 Starting Price $1,000

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94   image1853 Cover New Orleans to Chemnitz, ½busy» cover endorsed ½per first steamer» and with red New Orleans Sep 11 cds and ½PAID / 5», well-struck black ½N. YORK BREM. PK / 5 / SEP 19» transit cancel (first day of use of this date stamp), 3-line ½AMERICA / ãBER / BREMEN» in red (Van der Linden fig. 116) and split-rate ½4½ / 2» handstamp adjacent (4½ sgr to Bremen, 2 sgr to Hamburg), backstamped with German TPOs and arrival cancel, Very Fine, a rare entire that displays well.
The cover was carried on the short-lived W.A. Fritze & Co. steamer ½Germania», this being the maiden return transatlantic voyage for this ship and the company. The ½Germania» was the former Cunard wooden paddle steamer ½Acadia». It was renamed ½Germania» and made its maiden voyage for Fritze & Co. leaving Bremen 2 Aug 1853 arriving New York 26 Aug and the return journey leaving New York 19 Sep arriving Bremen 8 Oct.
 (Image 2) (Image1)		 Starting Price $1,000

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95   image1859 Cover Boston to Norway, Unfranked cover struck with black ½N. YORK BREM. PK / 3 / NOV 26» cds, additional rare ½8¾» rate handstamp (Van der Linden fig. 3119) in blue (6¼ sgr. to Bremen, 2½ sgr. to Hamburg), black SVINESUND Dec 19 transit cancel and charged 43 Norwegian skilling due on receipt in Laurvig, Fine and scarce (Image1) Starting Price $500

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 02:09 PM
96   imageU.S. CIVIL WAR – S.S. New Ironside 1864 inbound cover from Germany. A cover dated January 15, 1864 from Berlin addressed to ½Dr. Eduard Kerschner, United States Iron Frigate New Ironsides, Charelston Harbor, South Carolina, United States of America» endorsed ½via Bremen», German datestamp ½New York Feb 3» depreciated currency datestamp. ½New Ironsides» crossed out in pencil. Forwarded to the naval vessel ½Passaic» (manuscript pencil, see bottom left).

A remarkably rare usage from Europe to a doctor aboard the U.S.S. NEW IRONSIDES.

S.S. New Ironside - a 4120-ton broadside ironclad was built in Philadelphia. The construction of the last and largest of three ½salt-water» armored warships begun in 1861 in order to meet the needs of the Civil War and was commissioned in August 1862. Following a lengthy furnishing and arming period New Ironsides joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in January 1863. During the following year, she operated in support of the blockade of Charleston, South Carolina and took part in several attacks on the Confederate fortifications defending the city.
A great Civil War rarity! This is the only known cover sent from the Kingdom of Prussia to a crew member of a warship of the American Navy. (Image 2) (Image1)		 Starting Price $1,500

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 02:09 PM
97   image1868 Prussia and North German Confederation Cover to Curacao, Franked with Prussia 1866 10sgr rose red rouletted on transparent paper (Scott 21, Michel 20) and No German Confederation rouletted ¼gr brown lilac and two 2gr blue (Scott 1, 5, Michel 1, 5) all tied by blue Hamburg Jan 13 68 date stamps, additional red London ½PAID» transit cds, red ½12½ Cents» U.S. credit marking and red Curacao Feb 7 arrival cds, Very Fine and attractive dual franking cover, a scarce combination to a rare destination used in the first month of the New German Confederation adhesives; 2004 Flemming certificate (Image 2) (Image1) Starting Price $1,500

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 02:10 PM
98   image1875 and 1876 Forwarded Combination Covers Forwarded to Paris, Each cover with the oval ½FORWARDED BY / MUNROE & Co. / 7, RUE SCRIBE, PARIS» handstamp, the earlier 1875 cover franked by USA 2c green and 3c brown Banknotes (each with trimmed perfs) tied by New York Foreign Mail obliterators, originally mailed to Munroe»s compatriots ½Brown, Shipley & Co.» in London, forwarded by them to Paris where forwarded on to Lucerne, Switzerland with the addition of France 1871/75 15c bistre pair tied by Paris Star at Place de la Madeleine; the 1876 cover franked by 1875 Taylor 5c blue, the letter forwarded from Paris (Sept 12) to Berlin with the addition of France Type Sage 30c cinnamon. A fine and most attractive pair; each signed Goebel, Scheller.
USA/FRANCE. 1875 & 1876: lot deux lettres réadressées à Paris avec cachet oval FORWARDED BY / MUNROE & Co./ 7, RUE SCRIBE, PARIS, la première de 1875 affranchie avec USA 2c. vert et 3c. brun, les deux timbres avec dentelure ôtée, oblit. par le cachet de New York pour lȎtranger, envoyée à Londres aux compatriotes de Munroe½s ‚Brown, Shipley & Co.½qui l½ont fait parvenir à Paris où elle a été réadressée de la Place de la Madeleine (8 sept) à Lucerne, Suisse avec affr. Complémentaire français 15 c. bistre en paire verticale (Yvert No 55) oblit. étoile de Paris. La seconde lettre de 1876 affranchie avec Taylor 5c. bleu, réadressée de Paris Place de la Madeleine (12 sept) pour Berlin avec Type Sage 30c. brun (Yvert 69). Une paire attractive signée Goebel et Scheller. (Image 2) (Image1)		 Starting Price $800

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Foreign Stamps and Covers

Polar Covers
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
99   image1901 German "Gauss" South Pole Expedition; expedition card showing seals observing ship franked with Germany 10pf tied by a light Seepost cds and the 3-line "Deutsche Südpol Exped/ Kerguelen Insel/ Royal-Sound 9 NOV 1901" datestamp, Nordhausen arrival cancel, written message on design side, Fine and rare; this was the first mail from the "Gauss" expedition and the first use of a dated name marking from any French Antarctic territory; accompanied by another Expedition postcard showing an Expedition research site addressed 1903 to Cape Town (no expedition markings) (Image 2) (Image1) Starting Price $1,000

SOLD for $17,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 02:11 PM
100   image1907-09 Shackleton British Antarctic Expedition, Expedition envelope (imprint on backflap) franked with New Zealand 1d "King Edward VII/ Land" overprint, tied by Brit Antarctic Expd FE 27 08 cds with another strike alongside, addressed to "J.J. Kinsey/ Official Representative British Antarctic Expedition 1907/ Christchurch", light Christchurch backstamp, cover with light central vertical fold and some light corner bends lower left, Fine and scarce (Image 2) (Image1) Starting Price $1,000

SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 02:12 PM

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