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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
361 CVR 484ii image1947, 100 Years of Swiss Railways cover from Zürich, "missing spoke" variety, franked with a horizontal pair of the 5 Rp. green Spanisch-Brötli Bahn commemorative, the left-hand stamp showing the listed “missing spoke in the drive wheel” variety, tied by Zürich machine cancel to local address, the flaw clearly visible with the omitted spoke in the locomotive’s drive wheel and especially desirable here in combination with the adjoining normal example, a scarce and attractive commercial usage variety. (Zumstein 277.2 / Michel 484ii). (Image 1)

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SOLD for C$80.00
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Tibet
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
362 CVR   imageNepalese Courts in Tibet, circa late 1890s, Kerong Court to Kathmandu, Nepal, stampless registered cover, struck with choice ornate seal of the Kerong Court in Tibet, carried by runner to the Nepalese Post Office at Rasuwa, with Sun and Moon c.d.s., one year earlier than the currently documented earliest recorded date, very fine examples of these scarce strikes.

Under the Thapatail Treaty of 1855, Nepalese courts were established in the Tibetan towns of Khasa, Kuti, and Kurong, to handle legal cases involving Nepalese citizens. Mail from these courts was struck with the appropriate court seal, and carried with free-franking privileges by couriers to nearby Nepalese border towns. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Turkey
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
363 CVR   image1864 (September 2), 1pi 20pa Second Tughra thick-paper franking from Beirut to Damascus, folded commercial letter bearing 20 paras black on yellow and 1 piastre black on greyish (thick paper), both tied by the characteristic blue dotted Beirut cancel, a partial green oval J. Duchene & C° handstamp struck below, the address panel showing a contemporaneous Arabic delivery inscription reading “to the honorable Joseph Elias...") as applied by Ottoman postal staff for local routing, the interior datelined “Beirut, 2 Septembre” and signed E. Duchene & C°, reverse with minor tape remnants and part seal yet overall fresh, a scarce and attractive Ottoman letter. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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SOLD for C$950.00
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364 CVR   image1867 (February 8), 40c orange Napoleon III on folded letter to Aleppo, Syria, the stamp neatly tied by partial lozenge cancel, struck on arrival with a fine blue "Postes Françaises / d’Alep" handstamp, the 40c paying only the inland/short Levant rate and consequently shortpaid with bold blue crayon due marks applied at Aleppo and transferred to the Ottoman postal system where a pair and a single 20 paras brown Tughra postage dues were affixed on the reverse (one tied by dotted cancel), representing the 60 paras deficiency, Arabic inscription on front reproduces the addressee’s name, added by local postal staff to facilitate delivery, filing folds touching the Ottoman adhesives yet a clean and appealing mixed-franking, fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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365 CVR   image1890 (October 14), 1pi franking from Constantinople to Chicago, United States, with adhesive tied by a fair strike of the ornate oval barred obliterator with central numeral “4” and flanking small circles, fine blue CONSTANTINOPLE / GARE-SIRKEDJI / 15 October 1890 c.d.s. of the railway terminus post office used for foreign mails struck at lower left, light edge wear and mild toningyet overall clean and fine-very fine, a scarce and attractive Ottoman transatlantic usage. (Image 1)



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366 CVR   image1894 (December), 1pi single franking from Shwaifat (Mount Lebanon) via Beirut to New York, commercial cover endorsed in manuscript “from Shwaifate – Mount Lebanon via Beyrouth – Syria – Dec. 1894” addressed to New York City, bearing a 1pi pale blue Arms and Tughra issue of Abdul Hamid II, neatly tied by a full strike of the Arabic-only Beirut circular datestamp (reading Beirût with Rumi date 11/2095), reverse showing New York Paid All (20 Jan 95) receiver, light folds and mild toning typical of local paper yet overall fresh, an an exceptional example of this cancellation. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$1,600.00
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United States
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
367 CVR   image1844 (April 23), Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, pre-Mexican War military letter, folded letter showing a clear blue circular Jefferson Barracks Mo. (23 Apr) datestamp with matching straight-line Paid and manuscript “25” denoting the prepaid rate for a single letter over 400 miles, the contents datelined Jefferson Barracks, Missouri (22 Apr) in a four-page letter from Lt. I. B. Richardson to his father in Vermont reporting imminent movement of his regiment by water to Natchitoches, Louisiana and onward to Fort Jesup near the Texas frontier only months before annexation, expressing regret at leaving friends in Missouri, commenting on the possibility of U.S. troops entering Texas, and reflecting on the uncertainty of military life together with his personal wish eventually to resign and settle on a farm in Michigan, a fine and complete pre-Mexican War military letter from one of the most important western army posts, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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SOLD for C$700.00
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368 CVR 1 image1847 (circa), 5c red brown on cover from Boston to Holyoke, Massachusetts, large balanced margins all around, cancelled by black circular grid cancel, postmarked Boston / 5 cts. at upper right, no backstamps, light horizontal fold and some overall discoloration, the stamp quite fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$190.00
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369 CVR   image1850 (May 10), Stockton, California to Jacksonville, Illinois – eyewitness account of the San Francisco Fire, a remarkable Gold Rush–era stampless folded letter datelined “Stockton, Upper California, May 10th, 1850” and struck with a bold “STOCKTON, CAL / 40” circular datestamp, endorsed “Via Panama & N. Orleans” and rated “Paid 40” in manuscript for carriage to Illinois, enclosing a lengthy four-page letter, written by Ebenezer Bower Bateman while serving as a member of the California Legislature then sitting at San Jose, offering an extraordinary firsthand account of early life in Gold Rush California, with vivid description of the San Francisco fire of May 1850, which destroyed nearly one-third of the city and caused an estimated four million dollars in losses, together with his reflections on the rapid population influx, political disorder, and his own potential candidacy for Congress. A superb artifact of California statehood, the Gold Rush, and the 1850 San Francisco fire, particularly desirable with such detailed commentary. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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SOLD for C$400.00
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370 CVR   image1851 (July 18), Rodney, Mississippi to New Orleans, folded way letter "From Steamer Natchez No. 2" displaying a fair red oval steamer handstamp together with red "Way "6 and New Orleans c.d.s., the “Way 6” representing 5c due on an unpaid way letter plus 1 c fee to the steamboat officer who received it, the letter datelined Rodney and discussing corn shipments and drafts, carried on the Mississippi River packet route, minor folds, else desirable and fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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371 CVR   image1857 (June 3), Oroville, California to Stockholm, Sweden, stampless folded letter with Aachen / Franco handstamp, bearing manuscript endorsement “Oroville Cal. June 3/57 Paid 31” representing partial prepayment of the 42c rate via Prussia, carried from California by Pacific Mail via Panama and New York and entering the Prussian system with boxed red Aachen (14 Jul) Franco in use from 1855 together with the exchange handstamp "Franco Preuss: resp. Vereinsl: Ausg: Gr.", the reverse showing Hamburg (15 Jul) and S.P.A. (15 Jul) transits, with “15” skilling banco due applied on arrival in Stockholm, a rare gold-rush era letter, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$120.00
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372 CVR 24 image1857 (October 23),1c, strip of three, Type V, showing the "double circle" variety, on cover to Columbus, Ohio, the strip showing positions 52R8, 62R8, and 72R8, the 52R8 displaying the variety, tied by crisp blue Butlerville (Jennings County) Indiana c.d.s, pencil annotations on reverse, perforations of upper stamp extend slightly above envelope, an uncommon town cancel and desirable franking, fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$170.00
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373 CVR   image1859, United States Consulate in Chile, cover to Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, bearing an exceptional circular “CONSULATE U.S.A. / VALPARAISO” eagle cachet and equally fine “STEAMSHIP / 10” handstamp, complete red wax seal on reverse, the odd trivial tone spot, a choice and well-preserved example of this scarce consular marking, particularly uncommon with the “10” rate handstamp, as most recorded examples bear “20”; very fine; ex Moorhouse. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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374 CVR   image1862-3 (circa), Tenth New Hampshire Regiment patriotic cover carried by express with five “Pro Bono Publico / Norfolk, Va” wax seals, Civil War patriotic envelope printed in red with the design “The Union – It Must Be Preserved / Tenth New-Hampshire Regiment” showing a line of Union soldiers beneath a flag, addressed to Newbury, New Hampshire and endorsed “By Express” at lower left, the front bearing a range of manuscript rate and accounting notations in brown and blue pencil including “20” and “31/4”, the reverse sealed with five largely intact red wax impressions “Pro Bono Publico / Norfolk, Va” , usual imperfections for such Civil War mail, fine-very fine and scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$275.00
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375 CVR 71 image1865, 30c Franklin, single franking, New York to Switzerland, adhesive tied to folded cover by segmented cork cancel in black, red "PAID BR PKT" transit below, reverse with Bad. Bahnpost (18 Feb), Basel (18 Feb), and next-day Neuchatel backstamps, typical filing folds, a pleasing example demonstrating this rate. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$130.00
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376 CVR 288 image1898 (August 16), multi-redirected cover to Russia & Egypt and returned, franked with a horizontal pair of the 5c Trans-Mississippi issue tied by Baltimore, Md. duplex datestamp, endorsed “Via Queenstown,” addressed initially to a passenger aboard the S/S Knight Companion at Vladivostok, Russia, then re-addressed to Port Said, Egypt, and finally returned to New York City with a clear Dec 21, 1898 arrival backstamp; reverse showing transits including Port Said (Egypt), Nagasaki (30 Oct 1898), red London (13 Dec), partial Russian c.d.s., and several additional indistinct markings, a fine and strikingly well-travelled cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$120.00
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377 CVR 279, 290 image1899 (March 27), registered patent envelope from New Britain to Elmira, franked at the 11c rate, paid by the 10c Trans-Mississippi and 1c Franklin Bureau issue, tied by violet New Britain, Conn. registry datestamps, addressed to Elmira, N.Y. manuscript “Reg. Mail” at lower left, a patented envelope as indicated by the manufacturer’s imprint on reverse, a choice demonstration of the rarely encountered 11c registration rate, fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$50.00
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378 CVR   image1899 (August 7), Spanish-American War, soldiers' letter, from Santiago, Cuba, to New York City, endorsed by William E. Hoton, Ass. Adj. General, return address of the Headquarters of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5 Army Corps, Santiago, Cuba, Port Tampa Florida c.d.s. struck on front, slight overall soiling, but a scarce military cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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379 CVR 288 image1909 (October 7), registered stationery cover to Borneo, Dutch East Indies, uprated 2c Washington postal stationery envelope additionally franked with 2c Washington and three 3c Jackson definitives, all tied by Bridgeville, Del. duplex datestamps, with red New York registration label at left, addressed to Samarinde, Borneo (Dutch East Indies), reverse with New York Reg’d (8 Oct) oval transits, red Registered London (17 Oct), Postagent Singapore (13 Nov), and scarce Samarinde squared-circle (1 Dec) arrival backstamps, a fine and well-travelled registered cover to a scarce destination. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$180.00
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380 CVR   image1914 (October 28), U.S. Military Occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, cover, franked with 5c Mexican Miguel Hidalgo definitive tied by U.S.M.A.C. Veracruz, Mexico duplex cancellation on commercial cover to Mexico City (México D.F.), mailed during the U.S. occupation of Veracruz (April–November 1914), when American forces seized the port to block arms shipments to General Victoriano Huerta’s regime during the Mexican Revolution, a scarce and desirable example of genuine commercial mail carried through the U.S. Military Post Office at Veracruz. (Image 1)



SOLD for C$60.00
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