General Foreign continued...
Iran to Karelia continued...
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Lot Description |
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222a |
 Japan, 1935, 1½s New Year's Greeting. Miniature sheet of 20, o.g., stamp never hinged mount adhesions in corners of selvage only, rich bright color, Very Fine, a scarce New
Year's sheet.
Scott No. 222a; $700. (Image1)
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Scott $700
Selling for...$120.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 442 |
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222a |
 Japan, 1935, 1½s New Year's Greeting. Miniature sheet of 20, o.g., never hinged, rich color, tiny dent in bottom left margin, still Very Fine to Extremely Fine, a scarce and
desirable sheet.
Scott No. 222a; $700. (Image1)
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Scott $700
Selling for...$120.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 443 |
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253-254 |
 Japan, 1937, Empress Jingo, 3rd Watermark, White Paper, 5y-10y Complete. O.g., never hinged, very well centered with rich color, Extremely Fine, a very scarce pair especially this
nice.
Scott No. 253-254; $950. (Image1)
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Scott $950
Selling for...$170.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 444 |
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46037 |
 Karelia, 1922, Coat of Arms Set to the 25m Complete. Bright color and unobtrusive cancels on most, overall F.-V.F., a very scarce used set, with 20118 Kari Lehtonen
certificate.
Scott No. 1-15; $1,965.
Complete images:
View gallery or Download PDF (525KB). (Image1)
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Scott $1,965
Selling for...$290.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Liberia
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CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 445 |
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 Liberia, 1839-44 Missionary Reports. Seven reports to sent to the Board of Missions in New York City; first a 1839 50 page report on missionary settlements and conditions in the
whole of Liberia, second a 1839 25 page report on "African Missions", third a ca. 1840 4 page resolution of Episcopal and Presbyterian Missionaries stating that newly established colonies of American blacks are…exceedingly
Prejudicial to Missionary operations and propose…that we retire from their immediate vicinity and influence with as little delay as possible., exceedingly negative opinion of morals and character of colonists, etc., fourth-sixth -
1842-43 6 page reports datelined Setta Kroo and Alexandria, Setta Croo, seventh a ca. 1844 4 page report from Setta Kroo missions filled with details about missionary life and struggles, much on native tribes, etc., Very Fine, a rare
and fascinating Liberian missionary correspondence group, ex-Cockrill.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. (Image1)
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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 446 |
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 Liberia, Ship Saluda, Bound for Monrovia, Oct 2d (18)39. Dateline on 3-page letter from Dr. Wesley Johnson to his mother in Hillsdale, N.Y., entering the mails with red "Norfolk, Va., Jan
16" cds, matching "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "27" due rate, letter regarding his trip…I will tell you all that shall now occur to me since Mr Buchanan came out in this vessel last spring and I am now on a voyage to the Cape & Sierra
Leone for my health…and when I return to Bassa I shall take charge of a high school about to be established there and carried on by the Ladies' of Philadelphia, etc.; cover toning, Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 447 |
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 Liberia, 1840-1866 Benjamin Coates Correspondence. Fascinating group of 15 letters from or concerning Liberia and the colonization movement; five 1850-66 letters from Monrovia (two
folded letters posted in the U.S.) including 1850 folded letter from J.N. Lewis concerning general business affairs, 1857 folded letter sent through England from E.W. Blyden requesting paper to print his pamphlet "An Apology for the African Race",
lengthy 1849 8-page letter from President J.J. Roberts regarding trip to Europe and visiting various governments seeking recognition for Liberia, upon return he was successful in removing slave traders from several towns, mentions Henry Clay return
to U.S. Senate, 1850 3-page letter from President J.J. Roberts curious about Clay's compromise bill and the result of California's application for statehood, comments on U.S. slavery issue with note written by Coate in margin to bring this
to the attention of Mrs. (Harriet Beecher) Stowe, and a 1866 4-page letter from former President Roberts commenting on American newspaper accounts of Civil War Reconstruction, Negro suffrage, etc., 10 other 1840-50 folded letters posted in the
U.S. regarding Liberian matters including many letter from members of government concerning the slave trade, booking return trip to Liberia, etc., from persons including W. McLain, G. Wilkeson, Rev. R.R. Gurley, Rev I.W. Roberts, etc., Very Fine
overall, a marvelous historical group for the Liberian specialist.
Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000.
Benjamin Coates (1808-1887) was among a certain group of Philadelphia Quakers to become deeply involved in philanthropy, particularly those
efforts dealing with abolition and education. He was a member of several organizations, including the Friends Freedmen, the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, the Union Benevolent Association, the Institute for Colored Youth and others. 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. Coates propounded the abolition of slavery as the catalyst for
worldwide change, viewing slavery as a problem that plagued his religious community, his business relationships, his country's political system, the world economy and his Quaker conscience. Benjamin Coates was the author of "Cotton Cultivation in
Africa, Suggestions on the Importance of the Cultivation of Cotton in Africa, in Reference to the Abolition of Slavery in the United States…" in 1858.Complete images:
View gallery or Download PDF (43MB). (Image1)
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Est. $3,000-4,000
Selling for...$1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 448 |
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 Liberia, Factory Island, July 14th, 1842. Dateline on lengthy three page letter from Dr. Wesley Johnson with interesting contents his Aunt in Cincinnati, O., entered the mails with blue
"Philadelphia, Pa. Oct 10" cds and matching "Ship" handstamp with magenta "27" rating (25¢ postage plus 2¢ ship fee), letter with contents including…We have at length taken possession of this place, So long under the dominion of
his Satanic Magesty and have commenced the Sadie's Liberia High School…affording a few the means of making life and liberty; some edge splitting, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
Dr. Wesley Johnson served as a physician
at Bassa Cove under the direction of the New York and Pennsylvania colonization societies. Later he became superintendent of the high school on Factory Island under the patronage of the Ladies' Liberia School Association of Philadelphia. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 449 |
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 Liberia, U.S. Ship Portsmouth, Off Monrovia Feby 2d, 1849. Dated ship endorsement covers to Richfield Springs, N.Y., entered the mails with red "Salem, Mass., Apr 23" cds and straight line
"Ship" handstamp, manuscript "7" rate; small edge tone spot at top, Very Fine, a wonderful cover from the sloop of war Portsmouth during it's patrol to suppress the slave trade of the west coast of Africa.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
The Portsmouth, after returning in 1848 from California and Mexico, she parted Boston on Aug 29 and sailed east for Africa. There until 1 February 1849 she patrolled with the Royal Navy ships to suppress the slave trade. Between September
1849 and May 1851 she again cruised off the West African coast, returning home to Boston on June 26th. (Image1)
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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 450 |
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 Liberia, H.M.S. Groula At Sea - Off Coast of Liberia, August 29th (1853). Dateline on 8-page enclosure with cover addressed to Alcester, England, with "H.M.S. Terrible" mail steamer
endorsement and franked with G.B. 1d red paying the soldiers and seamen rate to England, tied by light Maltese cross postmark, reverse with red entry and receiving postmarks, letter with fascinating contents, Very Fine.
Estimate;
$1,000 - 1,500. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
Selling for...$500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 451 |
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U.S. 65+68 |
 Liberia, United States to Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa, 1860's. Cover addressed to the Muhlenburg Mission franked with U.S. 1861, 10¢ yellow green (three) + 3¢ rose tied
by Duncannon, Pa. cds's, red "28" credit and "1d" rate handstamp, with red New York transit cancel and indistinct backstamp, bottom right 10¢ replaced, F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott No. U.S. 65+68; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 452 |
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 Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia, 23rd Jany, 1878. Bold strike of circular postmark with manuscript date at center, on fresh cover to Cambridge, Mass. with manuscript "7d" rate and red Liverpool
transit cds, reverse with New York entry postmark, accompanied by original enclosure from a student of Liberia College appealing for financial support to further his studies…I am a native African youth, who through the providence of God has
been brought from heathen darkness to the light of Christianity and Civilization, Extremely Fine, a wonderful cover and letter.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. (Image1)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
Selling for...$500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 453 |
o |
19 |
 Liberia, 1880, 12¢ yellow. With central strike of "Monrovia, Liberia, Dec 24, 1879" rimless town postmark pre-dating the date of issuance, brilliant color, few flaws, an
Extremely Fine strike, only a few known (see Cockrill Booklet No. 23, pages 2-3).
Scott No. 19; Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 454 |
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20 |
 Liberia, 1880, 24¢ rose red. Block of 4, neat six bar cancels, top right stamp with small tear, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, a very rare multiple.
Scott No. 20; Estimate $200
- 300.
Cockrill has stated that he had never seen a used block on any 1880 issue. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 455 |
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21 |
 Liberia, 1881, 3¢ black. Tied by "Monrovia, Liberia, 3 May, 98" rimless cds on mourning cover addressed to the Liberian Coffee Plantation Co. in New Bavaria near Monrovia, second
strike of postmark on reverse, fresh and Very Fine, a very scarce local usage, ex-Cockrill.
Scott No. 21; Estimate $200 - 300.
(Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 456 |
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22 |
 Liberia, 1882, 8¢ Tied on 10¢ Registered Envelope. From Bassa to London with grid cancel, "Bassa Sep 9, 1882" cds at lower left, Liverpool Transit at left with manuscript 40 in
blue and 9d in red, backstamped with Registered in truncated box, Very Fine cover, a scarce usage from a better town.
Scott No. 22; Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 457 |
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33 |
 Liberia, 1892, 1¢ vermilion. In combination with 1892, 2¢ blue (34) on 1893, 5¢ entire to Rio Nunes, French Guinea, tied by "Monrovia, Liberia, 30 Ju 94"
rimless cds's, manuscript "via Sa Leone" routing endorsement and "Freetown, Sierra Leone, Jy 11, 94" cds's with additional strikes tying stamps, F.-V.F., a very rare destination.
Scott No. 33; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 458 |
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37 |
 Liberia, 1892, 8¢ brown & black. On 1889, 10¢ registration entire to Meridan, Conn., tied by "Monrovia, Liberia, Sep 11, 1894" rimless cds's, Liverpool transit postmark and
reverse with receiving postmark, Very Fine and attractive.
Scott No. 37; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 459 |
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37a |
 Liberia, 1892-1896, 8¢ Brown and Black with "Inverted Center". O.g., hinge remnants, well balanced centering with rich color, Very Fine, a scarce variety with great eye
appeal.
Scott No. 37a; $500. (Image1)
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Scott $500
Selling for...$140.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 460 |
o |
37a |
 Liberia, 1892, 8¢ brown & black, center inverted. Neat rimless Monrovia town cancel, perfectly centered, rich bold color, Extremely Fine and choice, a wonderful used example of
this scarce inverted center variety.
Scott No. 37a; $500. (Image1)
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Scott $500
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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