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Danish West Indies
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
61 cover   image1911 (October 2), registered cover from Christiansted, St Croix, to
Aarhus, Denmark, mixed franking with 1905 40b King Christian IX in
combination with 1908 10b and 15b King Frederik VIII issues, tied
by Christiansted (2 Oct) datestamps, with St Thomas registration
handstamp and manuscript registry marking, St Thomas (3 Oct),
Korsør (21 Oct) and Aarhus (22 Oct) backstamps and two intact red
wax seals, small edge and back-flap tears, fine to very fine, a
scarce three-colour mixed-issue franking. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Denmark
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
62 cover   image1916 (February 23), registered cover from Denmark to Private Kaj
Topp in New Zealand, Killed in Action, envelope returned endorsed
“DECEASED," franked at 35øre with seven 5øre King Christian X
issues tied by Skovshoved (23 Feb) datestamps, registered at
Charlottenlund, with London (29 Feb), Wanganui and Waitara (17
Apr), Wellington (25 May) and Charlottenlund (16 Sep) transit and
return markings, two purple “DECEASED” handstamps and manuscript
“Killed in Action / Pte. K. Topp 10/1013,” accompanied by the
original Danish letter of 22 Feb and real-photo postcard stated to
depict his mother beside a marker bearing his details, some light
creasing, a poignant wartime cover; Private Kaj Topp, 10/1013, 1st
Wellington Battalion, was killed at Gallipoli on August 8, 1915. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7)

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Egypt
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
63 cover   image1845 (November 30), disinfected letter from Alexandria, Egypt, to
Malta, stampless folded letter addressed to Sig. Gius. Sonnino,
rated 5, with clear Alexandrie / Egypte (30 Nov) c.d.s. and
circular PURIFIÉ AU LAZARET / MALTE disinfection cachet, the paper
showing prominent horizontal disinfection slits from the
purification process, quite fresh, a desirable example sent during
the closing years of the Second Cholera Pandemic, disinfected at
the Malta Lazaretto on Manoel Island, an important quarantine
station for maritime traffic arriving from the Levant. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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64 cover   image1854 (March 7), stampless letter from Alexandria, Egypt, to Rome,
with extensive travel contents describing Cairo, Shepheard’s Hotel,
the Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza, folded letter struck with clear
ALEXANDRIE / 7 MARS / 54c.d.s. and red VIA DI MARE transit
handstamp, with bold manuscript 60 (bajocchi) due and teal oval
FREDERIC LOEFFLER / ALEXANDRIE (D’EGYPTE) merchant cachet on front;
slight peripheral soiling and shallow vertical crease, otherwise
sound. The four-page letter provides a traveller's account of Egypt
during a period of increasing European influence and early
organized tourism; the writer describes a 28-hour journey to Cairo,
a stay at Shepheard’s Hotel among “very respectable Englishmen” and
other high-society travellers, and visits to the Sphinx and Great
Pyramids of Giza, whose scale he found “colossal,” together with a
desert “fantasia” performed by his guides. He also refers to Abbas
Pasha and to contemporary French archaeological activity at
Sakkara, and accounts having “turned Muslim” for eight days by
shaving his head and adopting a tarboosh, while lamenting that his
“poverty” prevented him from buying the “curious objects” of the
Cairo bazaars. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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France
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
65 cover   image1792 (October 20), commercial letter from Liverpool to Cognac,
France, with early Hennessy brandy order, and detailed trade
contents, from W. Knights, French & Co. to Messrs. Hennessys &
Turner, Cognac, struck with clear black LIVERPOOL straight-line and
red London double-circle PAID / OC 23 / 92 transit datestamp,
subsequently treated as postage due in France with large manuscript
16 (décimes) charge and smaller 8 notation, the reverse with red
wax seal and recipient’s filing endorsement, a few small tears
where the seal was removed, otherwise sound, a fine example of
commercial mail written only weeks after the abolition of the
French monarchy. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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66 cover   image1794 (March 19), transatlantic folded letter from Bordeaux to
Massachusetts, with economic contents from the time of the Reign of
Terror, addressed to “Mr. Moses Brown, Marchant in Newburyport,”
privately-carried or sent under cover, without postal markings, and
bearing a manuscript accounting or weight notation at upper right,
outer wrapper creased with some soiling, but an interesting letter
sent during the Reign of Terror. Datelined Bordeaux, March 19,
1794, William Russell writes concerning efforts to recover or
dispose of an American cargo under revolutionary economic controls.
The Maximum général, enacted amid war, shortages and the
depreciation of the assignat, imposed price ceilings on essential
commodities and reinforced the use of revolutionary paper currency.
Russell reports that fellow merchants approached a local committee
concerning their cargoes and “ware told if they would Sel at the
Maximum they would pay them in paper Monenney & Such Other Articles
as they did not want,” adding that this was nevertheless “one off
the best offers we have had.” He explains that his intended voyage
had been “Blasted,” as brandy, wine, soap, candles and oil were
prohibited from export except by vessels that had brought
subsistence provisions such as flour, bread, rice, pork and beef,
commodities which could command high prices and payment in specie
or exportable produce. Captain Thomas Carter had meanwhile spent
ten weeks in Paris attempting “to git Liberty to Depart this port
but meets with no Success.” Russell also comments on the wider
maritime situation, reporting “no Likelywood of a war with Amereca”
and that he had not heard of American ships being plundered by the
British for some time. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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67 cover   image1813 (March 10), Napoleonic-era folded letter from Genoa,
Department of Genes, to Milan, with commercial and personal
contents, struck with crisp black 87 / GENES departmental handstamp
and scarce black L.R.1. (Lettre de Rayon 1) transit marking,
charged manuscript 4 decimi due on arrival in Milan, the reverse
with partial receiving strike; horizontal fold, else a fine-very
fine from the height of Napoleonic rule in the Italian peninsula. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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68 cover   image1820 (September 28), stampless letter from Liverpool to Rouen,
France, with private forwarding notation, struck with faint red
ANGLETERRE entry straight-line (Selles 5), large manuscript 19
(décimes) rate, manuscript “Single 1/11” notation at upper left and
“via Calais” endorsement at lower left, the reverse with LIVERPOOL
/ 28 SE 28 / 1820 / 206 mileage marking, circular French
transit/arrival mark and manuscript forwarding endorsement
identifying the private agent Charles Jiner, fine-very fine.
(Selles 5) Written by Gersh Viel at the conclusion of a business
trip, the letter reports that numerous foreign vessels in the
United States were available to carry cargo to France at reasonable
rates, while identifying Dublin and Belfast as particularly
favourable ports for arranging shipments to America and describing
merchants in London and Antwerp as “too timid” regarding American
affairs. Viel further announces his departure for New York on
October 1 aboard the packet ship Nestor, under Captain Shouchon.
The addressee belonged to the prominent Le Couteulx banking and
merchant family of Rouen. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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69 cover   image1826 (November 14), letter from Liverpool to Paris, with extensive
social-history contents describing the Wellington Rooms and
Liverpool theatrical life, struck with bold red oval “PAID AT
LIVERPOOL” handstamp and faint partial red “ANGLETERRE” entry mark,
manuscript 1/11 prepaid rate comprising 11d Liverpool-London
postage and 1s British postage to France, charged 19 décimes on
arrival, the reverse with unrimmed Liverpool (14 Nov) 206 mileage
datestamp and red London double-circle transit (15 Nov) with code
“26,” significant ink bleed-through from the thin paper, though the
contents remain quite legible, fine-very fine. (Salles 47) Written
by L. Oppermann in Liverpool to his uncle in Paris, the letter
describes the opening of the social season with balls at the
Wellington Rooms, Liverpool’s fashionable neoclassical assembly
rooms, and comments on the strict etiquette that “one cannot dance
unless introduced by an acquaintance,” which he found more rigid
than in France. He also discusses the local theatre, including
performances by the celebrated comic actor Liston of Covent Garden
and the versatility of Matthews, while reflecting on the difficulty
of the English language and on improving commercial prospects as
“more business” returned in the year following the 1825 market
crash. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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70 cover   image1828 (July 23), redirected diplomatic letter from Paris to Bristol,
returned through Havre,from the British Embassy in Paris to Colonel
Maclaine in Bristol, with red linear “ANGLETERRE” entry handstamp
applied at Le Havre on its return from England, two circular
“F/79/28” markings, manuscript “7½,” “1/11” prepaid return charge
and large crossed strokes on front, the reverse with Bristol (28
Jul) receiver, red “PAID” tombstone datestamp (7 Aug), intact
“British Embassy Paris” red wax seal, a complex redirected maritime
usage. (Salles 2) Written from the British Embassy in Paris by
Maria Hamilton to “My dear Martha,” Mrs. Col. Maclaine, the letter
discusses a school at Havre operated by the Rev. G.M. Jukes as a
possible choice for “little William,” enclosing the full
advertisement with details of a curriculum that included Greek,
Latin and fencing. She further provides a glimpse of the logistical
world of British diplomatic families, including frequent movement
between Paris, Bath and the French coast, and even refers to
embassy rumours that Mr. Hamilton might be appointed “Minister
Plenipotentiary” elsewhere. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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71 cover   image1830 (April 8), forwarded transatlantic merchant letter from Paris
to New York via Welles & Greene of Havre, with wine, textile and
Canton trade contents, datelined Paris and written by David Low to
Seth Low, endorsed “per Carroll” and rated manuscript “6”, reverse
with faint but identifiable “Forwarded by your Obedient Servant /
Havre / Welles & Greene” marking and manuscript forwarding
notations, normal folds and handling wear, otherwise fine. Written
during the final months of the Bourbon Restoration, the letter
discusses the commercial interests of the Low merchant family
through accounts, textile shipments, and wine consignment; David
Low records “1 Case Indias amount to 670 francs which you will
credit me,” relays instructions that “you must put the wine where
it is warm which will bring it back to its frothy state,” and notes
that “there has been some arrivals at England from Canton.” (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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72 cover   image1831 (August 30), post-July Revolution political folded letter from
Paris to Bordentown, New Jersey, via New York,datelined “Paris, 30
Août 1831,” addressed to J.M.A. Lari Esq. and endorsed “Par le
Havre,” bearing red New-York / Ship (17 Oct) entry datestamp and
large red manuscript rating, reverse additionally addressed in
manuscript to “Mr. Alonzo Faures / del Comercio / Havana,” archival
reinforcement to some separations and edge toning, the contents
complete and readily legible, fine. Written in the aftermath of the
July Revolution of 1830, the letter discusses political petitions,
parliamentary manoeuvring and public figures including liberal
statesman Odilon Barrot and the Duke of Padua. It also discusses
the financial consequences of the upheaval for Mr. Church, an
American expatriate reportedly compelled to sell his château near
Vincennes at a loss of approximately 100,000 francs while preparing
to return with his family to the United States. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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73 cover   image1834 (February 15), stampless folded letter from Reims, France, to
Marietta, Ohio, via Le Havre and New York, with contents regarding
flooding in Europe and fears of cholera, struck with black
double-circle REIMS despatch c.d.s. (15 Feb), red boxed P.P.
handstamp and manuscript “11” at upper left, endorsed for routing
via Havre, with red manuscript “2/” rate notation, red NEW-YORK /
SHIP / APR 3 c.d.s., the reverse with manuscript “7”, fine. The
letter recounts severe storms, flooding and cholera fears in Europe
during the winter of 1834; writing from Reims to her son in Ohio,
the writer reports that “horrible storms and floods have desolated
Europe,” remarks on ship losses along the French coast, and remarks
anxiously of reports of cholera in the region where her son lived. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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74 cover   image1835 (January 1), stampless cross-written folded letter from Paris
to Portland, Maine, via New York, with H. Edwards & Co. forwarding
handstamp, addressed to John O. Bartels, merchant, endorsed “Sully”
at lower left, entering the United States with red NEW-YORK / SHIP
/ FEB 21 c.d.s. and rated “58¼” cents in magenta manuscript, the
reverse with clean red oval FORWARDED BY / H. EDWARDS & CO. / PARIS
cachet and intact dark red wax seal, small imperfections, else very
fine. The letter provides an enthusiastic account of New Year’s Day
in Paris, describing the city as presenting “the appearance of one
vast Toy Shop” and recording the ceremonial music of the National
Guard, remarking upon more than a thousand drummers performing
beneath the palace windows, observing that “the noise was more like
the noise of artillery” as it echoed through the surrounding
square. He also comments on the imposing appearance of the French
military and offers a candid view of contemporary social
conventions, remarking that “the young French ladies are indeed
strictly watched." (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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75 cover   image1836 (February 6), transatlantic folded letter from Paris to
Hallowell, Maine, with extensive commentary including discussion of
slavery, bearing black “PARIS / BUREAU G / 6 FEVR 1836” despatch
c.d.s., red boxed “G / P.P.” handstamp and red “NEW-YORK / SHIP /
MAR 31” arrival c.d.s., manuscript 39½c due representing twice the
18¾c inland rate from New York to Hallowell plus the 2c ship fee,
despite the sender’s notation “Il n’y a qu’une feuille” at lower
left, accompanied by an unusually dense eight-page cross-written
letter from D. R. Goodwin, some staining, else fine. The letter
provides a first-hand account of the intellectual and social life
of an American scholar in Paris; D.R. Goodwin, later Provost of the
University of Pennsylvania, comments on the French university
world, lectures on literature and the life of St. Bernard, and
offers a sharply critical comparison between what he saw as the
formal, “heartless” conventions of European society and the greater
“sympathy of the heart” he found at home in Maine. He returns to
the “subject of Slavery,” insisting that questions of moral
principle should not become an “exchangeable commodity.” (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10)

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76 cover   image1836 (November 24), French travel correspondence from Paris to
Bedford, Massachusetts, via Le Havre and New York, with forwarding
handstamps of H. Edwards & Co. and Emerson & Norwood, endorsed “via
N. York pr Chs Carroll”, entering the United States with red
NEW-YORK / SHIP / JAN 26 c.d.s., the reverse with red oval
FORWARDED BY / H. EDWARDS & CO / PARIS and FORWARDED BY / EMERSON &
NORWOOD / HAVRE cachets; minor age-toning and light creasing,
otherwise sound. The enclosed travel correspondence from Samuel H.
Stearns to his sister Maria records an overland journey through
southern France, with observations on the Garonne valley, regional
agriculture and winter travel. Near Malauze he describes climbing a
hill and finding himself “richly rewarded for our almost breathless
toil,” with the Garonne winding below and the ruins of an ancient
castle opposite. Passing Moissac, Montauban and Toulouse, he notes
that “the vineyards have now chiefly given place to Olives &
Almonds & Figs,” while also remarking on unexpectedly severe
weather: “we rode in Montpellier in a snow storm!" (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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77 cover   image1837 (June 18), transatlantic folded letter from Paris to
Philadelphia, with account of the Champ de Mars disaster and life
with a veteran of Napoleon’s army, routed via Le Havre and New
York, with light black double-ring “BUREAU MARITIME / HAVRE” c.d.s.
(24 Jun), red boxed “P.P.” handstamp and manuscript “P. Utica”
endorsement for carriage aboard the packet ship Utica, red
“NEW-YORK / SHIP / JUL 31” c.d.s. and manuscript 14½c due,
representing 12½c inland postage from New York to Philadelphia plus
the 2c ship fee, overall toning and archival reinforcement along
the folds, the front with further tone spots due to a dried flower
once being preserved within the letter, fascinating contents. The
three-page, cross-written letter from H. Lockwood contains an
eyewitness account of a major military spectacle held on the Champs
de Mars on June 13, involving some 10,000 soldiers and 80 cannon,
which he writes “vastly surpassed the celebrated fete for the
marriage of the Duke of Orleans.” The event ended in tragedy when a
crowd surge during the departure caused what Lockwood calls a
“terrible disaster,” reporting 22 dead and 73 wounded, including a
young woman from a prominent Paris family who was crushed. He also
remarks that he was lodging with “an old soldier of Napoleon” in a
household where “not one word of English is spoken.” (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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78 cover   image1837 (August 22), medical student's letter from Paris to Augusta,
Georgia, redirected to Lexington, Kentucky, via Le Havre and New
York, struck with red double-circle PARIS / 22 / AOUT / 1837 / DES
PAIRS despatch c.d.s. and red boxed P.P. handstamp, endorsed “par
le Havre / et N. York”, entering the United States with red
NEW-YORK / SHIP / OCT 6 c.d.s., then struck with red AUGUSTA / GA.
/ OCT 21 transit c.d.s., the original Augusta address deleted and
redirected in manuscript to “Lexington Ky” with “Forwarded”
notation, with additional manuscript postal accounting at upper
right; vertical filing crease and minor archival-tape
reinforcement, otherwise sound. The correspondence from Charles W.
West to Josiah M. Dunham provides a detailed account of student
life and medical training in Paris. Writing from the Latin Quarter,
West describes it as “the quarter for the Sciences, literature, &
students; the poorest, oldest & dirtiest part of Paris, but the
cheapest,” populated by students from across the Americas and
elsewhere. He contrasts these surroundings with the city’s medical
advantages, noting that “the numerous hospitals are directed or
attended by the first men in the place and all give clinical
instruction gratis,” and outlines plans to study anatomy, surgery
and pathology during the winter. He also offers a critical view of
Parisian social life outside the lecture halls, remarking that “a
corrupt and depraved state of moral feeling is at the bottom of all
their amusements.” (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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79 cover   image1837 (September 6), stampless folded letter from Paris to the
Canton, Massachusetts Postmaster, via Le Havre and New York,
written by G. W. Jonson to Thomas A. Johnston, Postmaster at
Canton, regarding a personal health crisis in Paris, struck with
black BUREAU CENTRAL despatch c.d.s. (6 Sep) and boxed P.P.
handstamp, endorsed “Par le Havre et le premier Paquet-bot du Havre
pour New-York Aux Etats-Unis d’Amerique”, with manuscript “72” at
upper left and large manuscript “2” rate marking at upper right,
entering the United States with red NEW-YORK / SHIP / OCT 18
c.d.s., the reverse with additional boxed P.P., manuscript “6”
décimes and notation “From brother G. W. Jonson Paris Sept 6,
1837”; carried aboard the Havre Union Line packet Silvie de Grasse;
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80 cover   image1837 (May 6), stampless folded letter from Le Havre, France, to
Portland, Maine, via New York, endorsed “pr Albany” at lower left,
with partial black double-circle BUREAU MARITIME / HAVRE handstamp
and red NEW-YORK / SHIP / JUL 10 entry c.d.s., with manuscript
notation at upper right; sound with clean contents, normal folds
and small peripheral edge nicks. The correspondence from Jer.
Winslow to his sister Sarah Horton provides an account of the
commercial distress accompanying the Panic of 1837, the sender
recording that “The accounts from America are very distressing, it
looks like a general bankruptcy,” adding that conditions in Europe
were “not much better,” with numerous failures in England and
France and more expected. He notes the effect on his own affairs -
“I have suffered some by them; I never knew such a state of things
in the Commercial world." (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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