Foreign Stamps and Covers continued...
Japanese Offices in China
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Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
3665 |
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Janapese Offices in China and Korea Postal History, four
Offices in China and three Offices in Korea including Two Shanghai IJPO, two Moukden INPO, one each Chemulpo, Fusan and Ninsen postmarks, F-VF. (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image1) |
300-400
SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:07 PM |
3666 |
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Two Japanese Offices in China Covers to USA, each cover with
a pair of Japanese Offices (Scott #10) stamps which were unaccepted, zeroed out, both addressed to Portsmouth VA and redirected, J42 10c U.S. postage due affixed to each cover, multiple due markings, covers and adhesives soiled with some faults,
still Fine pair. (Image1) |
200-300
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:08 PM |
3667 |
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Two Japanese Offices in China Covers to USA, #10 5s Orange
yellow pair tied by Chefoo IJPO 24 Jun 00 cds, #12 10s Blue tied by Chefoo IJPO 10 Jul 00 cds, both envelopes with Shanghai IJPO transits, both some soiling and addressed to Portsmouth VA, Fine pair. (Image1) |
150-200
SOLD for $290.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:08 PM |
3668 |
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Two Japanese Offices in China PPCs, #5 1-+s Violet tied to
ppc by Tietsin IJPO and #6 2s pair tied to ppc by Shanghai IJPO strike, both cards addressed to France, Very Fine, nce pair (Image1) |
100-150
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:09 PM |
3669 |
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Five 1900 Japan Covers including Offices in China to USA,
three have Offices in China adhesives with either #10 pair or #13 all tied by Shanghai IJPO strikes, two covers with Japan #103 10s blue postmarked Nagasaki, all addressed to portsmouth VA, mixed condition though some are Fine or better. (Image1) |
100-150
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:10 PM |
3670 |
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1, 3-4, 7, 9-10, 12-19, 1900 1s/-Ñ1 Overprints, various
degrees of o.g. incl few with bits of light toning, some nibbed/ rough perfs as usual, 3s couple small thins, o/w F-VF, many with an "SSC" handstamp on gum (Scott $280) (Image1) |
60-90
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:10 PM |
Japanese Offices in Korea
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
3671 |
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1904 Postcard to Denmark, 1-+s Ultra and 2s Lt green with
forged overprints tied on postcard commemorating Japan's 25th Anniversary of joining the UPU (pictorial design on back) by Chemulpo 25 Jan 04 cancels ("25" inverted), ms. "Via Siberia" and with Russian transit postmarks incl TPO 262 and 286,
Kjobenhavn 19.2.04 arrival cds on address side, card with a bit of postal wear and some light bends at left not affecting stamps, a Fine use of these to a desirable destination, various notations of Peter Holcombe on address side incl portion erased
where he indicates the overprints were forgedrnStamps overprinted for the Korean Office in Japan were withdrawn from sale to the public Apr 1, 1901 but were valid for postal use until the end of 1922. (Image1) |
300-400
SOLD for $290.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:11 PM |
Korea
Lot |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
3672 |
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Over Eighty Korean Postal History Items, includes covers,
postal stationery, sea mail, printed matter, aerograms, Japan used in Korea, many are more modern, usual mixed condition but most are F-VF, unsorted and nice for the researcher or online dealer (Image1) |
200-300
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:11 PM |
3673 |
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1937/38 Covers to USA with Japan Franking, pair of covers
sent to the U.S. with pairs of 10s Japanese stamps, two different comb-type cancels, KEIZYO / TYOSEN (first recorded use in 1938) or KEIJO / CHOSEN, bit roughly opened with torn backflaps, Fine and scarce (Image1) |
250-300
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:11 PM |
3674 |
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1942 Revalued Japan Postal Card sent from Seoul, 5s postal
card + 45s red handstamp for use in Korea, scarce RELEASED WITHOUT EXAMINATION BY CENSORSHIP marking applied by US Forces, Very Fine (Image1) |
200-250
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:12 PM |
3675 |
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132-73, 1951-52 Participating Nations Flags, includes Italy
with and without crown, NH though few values some lightly disturbed gum as often (shows through on #147), usual rough perfs, 134 horiz crease, o/w fresh and F-VF (Scott $1,010) (Image1) |
300-400
SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:12 PM |
Liberia
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
3676 |
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"Monrovia February 8th 1847" Dateline on Folded Letter to USA from
Liberia President JJ Roberts, dateline on folded letter addressed to Benj Coates in Philadelphia, two+ page letter signed "J.J. Roberts", cover with blue Baltimore Apr 7 cds, "SHIP" and "12" handstamps, ms. "Barque Siberia Packet/ Capt.
Goodmanson", some splits along the folds but still Fine and rare. rnLengthy letter discusses variety of topics, and Roberts notes "I am becoming, sir, more and more convinced of the impracticability of obtaining for the people of color in the United
States equal rights." rnJoseph Jenkins Roberts was a native of Virginia and the son of free -½blacks-+ whose heritage was more than seven-eighths white. At the age of 20 he immigrated to Liberia with his mother and younger brothers, became a
merchant, and also became an unofficial aide to the white governor of the colony, Thomas H. Buchanan, a member of the American Colonization Society, which sought the return of American freedmen to Africa. On Buchanan-+s death in 1842, Roberts was
appointed the first black governor of the colony.rnBenjamin Coates was a Quaker reformer and publisher whose work toward the abolition of slavery led to a relationship with many prominent people connected to Liberia, including its president. The
philosophical inclinations of Benjamin Coates were shaped in part by the abolitionist networks of his day. Coates was convinced that a new colony in West Africa, populated by black Americans, was the best strategy for ending slavery and giving
African Americans a positive fresh start. In this regard, Coates was involved with the American Colonization Society, an organization which established the colony of Liberia to resettle free black Americans in West Africa Coates forged an alliance
with African American Joseph Jenkins Roberts, who emigrated to Liberia in 1829, and became a symbol of the personal, financial, and economic opportunities that could be had in Africa. From the 1840s until Roberts' death in 1876, Coates and Roberts
collaborated to encourage emigration, advising their black correspondents to emigrate, and encouraging their white associates tornhelp them do so. (Image1) |
900-1,200
SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:12 PM |
3677 |
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c.1848/49 "U.S.S. Yorktown Monrovia April 13th" dateline on
4-page letter with salutation "My dear Mrs. Ray", there was more to the latter than this folded sheet as there is no closing and the narrative at the remains an "unfinished" sentence, letter with some dampness staining but still intact and legible,
Very Fine (no photo; see online scan)rnThe letter of a personal nature but with some interesting comments regarding Liberia and its people and some of the Yorktown's mission. "..to have the opportunities of studying the character and customs of the
Liberian people in public and private..", "I have had the honor of dining with His Excellency the President ....at the ward room of the Yorktown.", "..the Republic of Liberia is a glorious republic. That the sovereign people thereof are free,
enlightened and democratic; and that the President is (as one of his aides one day remarked) 'The President is a great nigga." "When we got down there (New Cess), however, we found there was a slave factory to be broken up, which with the assistance
of a French steamer they did, capturing the slave-dealers and burning the towns of the chiefs who supported them."rnThe first USS Yorktown was a 16-gun sloop-of-war of the United States Navy used mostly for patrolling in the Pacific and anti-slave
trade duties in African waters. She was wrecked off Maio, Cape Verde in 1850. Yorktown ranged up and down the west coast of Africa, going as far south as Cape Town, Cape Colony, as she labored to curtail the slave trade. In the course of her patrols,
the sloop captured slave-ships Pons, Panther, and Patuxent. On 2 May 1846, Yorktown departed Porto Praya and returned to the east coast of the United States, reaching Boston on the 29th. There, on 9 June, the sloop was once again decommissioned.
Subsequently recommissioned at Boston, she sailed on 22 November 1848 for her second deployment with the African Squadron searching for slave ships. On board at this time as acting Master was future Confederate Navy commander William Harwar Parker.
(Image 2) (Image1) |
750-1,000
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:12 PM |
3678 |
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1839/57 Folded Letters to USA, 13 letters addressed to Benjamin Coates in Philadelphia (2 incl one from Pres Roberts), Walter Lowrie in NY City (9) and two others in NY City, interesting content concerning variety of subjects - life
in Liberia, political issues, disease incl smallpox, mission work, people of Liberia, etc., stampless covers with variety of US postmarks, some typical wear but a Fine lot of delightful narratives from Liberia during its early years (no
photo)rnWalter Lowrie was a teacher, farmer, and politician from Butler County, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate, where he served as chairman of the Committee on
Finance during the 2nd session of the 17th Congress (1822-23). After his term as a Senator, Lowrie stayed on as Secretary of the Senate for eleven years. In 1836 he moved to New York City and went to work with the Missionary Board of the Presbyterian
Church. He remained with them until his death in 1868. |
4,000-5,000
SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:13 PM |
3679 |
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1955 Sports Issue Printer's Proofs, six sheets of proofs
printed on ungummed "waste paper"; two sheets with one side four panes of the 12c printed at 90-¦ angle over the light green color of the 3c; other side light green color of the 3c printed on remainders of pages intended for a work on processing
cloth; four sheets with one side four panes of the 3c in red; other side with four panes of the 10c airmail in blue (one sheet a double impression) printed on remainders for a MacGregor sporting goods ad; Very Fine and undoubtedly unique (Image1) |
250-300
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:13 PM |
3680 |
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C77 var., 1954 $5 UNESCO Airmail, Imperforate plate proof, imperforate pane of six sheets of four with captions on ungummed paper and on glossy gummed paper, both with printer's crop marks in margins, Very Fine and scarce (see online
scans) |
150-200
SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:13 PM |
Libya
Lot |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
3681 |
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112-21, 1951 2fr-480fr Surcharges for Use in Fezzan, set tied
over four registered covers to the US with the 192fr and 480fr values being single frankings, all tied by Ghadames Fezzan 18 5 1952 hexagonal date stamps and backstamped Elizabeth NJ Jun 16, F-VF, only 3,690 sets were issued and on cover uses are
invariably philatelic (Scott $793 as used singles) (Image1) |
400-600
SOLD for $270.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:13 PM |
3682 |
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Two Italian - Libya Covers, 1912 registered with 10c, 15c(2)
stamps overprinted Libia as well as 25c E1 special delivery to Austria and redirected, second is 1924 with 20c pair #6, and 25c revalued 80c pair #38 on registered cover to Austria, scarce pair, F-VF (Image1) |
100-150
SOLD for $70.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:14 PM |
Libya - Occupation Issues - Fezzan-Ghadames
Lot |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
3683 |
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Exhibit Collection of Postal History of Fezzan-Ghadames, 1900/52,
27 covers and cards tracing the 20th century postal history of the region starting with an Italian Administration after their defeat of the Turks in 1912 and then the French after defeating the Axis powers in 1943, some of the covers
included are shown above and the balance on the website; some of the more important covers being a 1914 provisional Fezzan postmark on cover to Rome, 1914 unfranked cover Fezzan to Napoli with GOVERNO DELLA TRIPOLITANIA / RESIDENZA DI SOCNA"
handstamp, 1943 cover with trio of provisional postmarks on cover with "R.T.S. DU TCHAD/ BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LA COMPAGNIE" cc, two 1944 French Field Post Office 560 covers - one with 3-line "MISSION SCIENTIFIQUE FRANCAISE / DU FEZZAN / 18 FEVRIER 23
AVRIL 1944" cachet and the other a cachet marking opening of Fort d'Omano at Mourzouk, c.1945 unfranked to an administrator in Tunisia with a "TERRITOIRE de FEZZAN / Le Gouverneur Militaire" handstamp, assorted philatelic covers with specially issued
Fezzan-Ghadames issues, etc., F-VF, a lovely group of thesde truly elusive covers (see online scans) (Image1) |
3,000-4,000
SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:14 PM |
Liechtenstein Postal History
Lot |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
3684 |
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Liechtenstein 1922/59 Covers Assortment, group of 17 covers,
used internally as well as to Canada, England, Switzerland and U.S., interesting usages and frankings including 1938 cover with FRANCO label from Triesenberg; also printed matter, airmail and registered uses from Eschen, Ruggell, Schaan, Triesen and
Vaduz. F-VF (see online scans) (Image1) |
250-300
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 06:14 PM |
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