Confederate States of America continued...
Regular Issues continued...
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12 |
 Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue. Four mostly large margins, tied by "Charleston S.C. Feb 15 186" cds on blue folded letter datelined "14 Jan 1864" stating it was going via "Nassau on the monthly
mails", carried by Fannie from Nassau, Bahamas arriving Feb. 13th, "Wilmington N.C. Feb 12" cds with manuscript "12" cent rating (beneath stamp), forwarded to Greenville S.C. with 10¢ blue
(12), four mostly large margins; cover edge nick and small tear, F.-V.F., Walske No. BI-Wm-59, ex-Karrer.
Scott No. 12; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
A RARE INBOUND BLOCKADE COVER FORWARDED WITH C.S.A. POSTAGE. (Image1) |
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 422 |
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12c |
 Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ greenish blue. Tied by part strike of Augusta Ga. cds on 1865 blue flag-of-truce cover to Liverpool, England addressed in care of Frazer Trenholm (the well-known blockade-running
agents), "Old Point Comfort Va. Jan. 16" cds applied at exchange point and matching "24" cent due handstamp, black "N. York Am. Pkt. '21' Jan. 21" debit exchange cds, carried by Inman Line Edinburgh from New
York Jan. 21st to Liverpool arriving Feb. 3rd, Liverpool U.S. Packet (2.3.65) arrival backstamp and matching "1/" one-shilling due handstamp; fragile envelope paper with small edge tear and some slight wrinkling and nicks, Very
Fine, ex-Franklin D. Roosevelt, MacBride and Antrim, with 1985 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 12c; Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A RARE AND UNUSUAL CONFEDERATE COVER SENT TO ENGLAND VIA FLAG-OF-TRUCE AND AMERICAN PACKET FROM NEW
YORK.
A cover from the Confederate States to England would typically be sent via a blockade runner. However, this was clearly sent by flag-of-truce via the Richmond-Old Point Comfort route. (Image1) |
Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Semi-Official Covers
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| 423 |
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 Confederacy, Nitre & Mining Bureau Semi-Official Exhibit Collection. Of 25 covers, a front and a couple ephemera items mostly mounted on exhibit pages in binder, a comprehensive study of semi-official imprint envelopes
including nearly all the major printed imprint types as well as several new imprint varieties; with highlights including the only recorded example of the type WD-NM-01 imprint, type WD-NM-07 imprint on legal size cover franked with 1863, 20¢
green (13) from Richmond, Va. (only recorded usage of the 20¢ issue on a Nitre & Mining Bureau imprint cover), nice type WD-NM-08 imprint cover franked with 1862, 5¢ blue, Stone 3 (4) accompanied by a second
cover with a unlisted variety of the imprint (mixed serif/sans serif fonts), type WD-NM-09 imprint cover showing a unique turned cover usage (Scott #6 pair usages both sides), fresh type WD-NM-10 imprint cover franked with 1863,
10¢ blue (11) tied by violet Augusta, Ga. town postmark, the unique WD-NM-15 "Disbursing Office" imprint on hand-carried cover to Capt R.C. Morton noting to contain "500 Postage Stamps", interesting turned cover with
manuscript notation "Proposal to build Nitre Shead", two related semi-official covers from the Central Laboratory in Macon, Ga. (WD-OD-19) and the Charleston Arsenal (WD-OD-14), ephemera items including a 1864 Nitre & Mining
Service C.S., 6th Dist. check; a wonderful collection of these scarce imprints with many important semi-official imprint items throughout, condition well above the norm overall, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate; $4,000 - 6,000.
On April 11, 1862, an Act of Congress established the Nitre Corps as the independent Nitre and Mining Bureau under the War Department, for the purpose of supervising the mining of materials needed for military purposes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $4,000-6,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
Patriotic Covers
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| 424 |
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CN-1C |
 Confederacy, Cannon & 12-Star Flag. Illustrated Patriotic design on orange buff cover to Trevilians Depot, Va. bearing 5¢ green (1), four margins, light corner crease, tied by "Abingdon, Va., Apr.
1" 1862 cds, Extremely Fine and attractive, ex-S. Brown, Birkinbine, Hill, with 2009 C.S.A. certificate.
C.S.A. Catalog No. CN-1C; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THIS PATRIOTIC DESIGN BEARING THE
1861 5¢ GREEN ISSUE. (Image1) |
Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 425 |
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CN-1 |
 Confederacy, Cannon and Flag. Patriotic design in black with verse 56, on yellow cover to Oxford, Ga., bearing 5¢ blue (7) horizontal pair, manuscript cancels and tied by "Crawfordville, Ga., Dec
22" cds over flag portion of design; small edge flaws, F.-V.F., an attractive patriotic usage.
C.S.A. Catalog No. CN-1; Estimate $500 - 750.
(Image1) |
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 426 |
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SM-1 |
 Confederacy, Mounted Dragoon and Verse. Illustrated Patriotic design with slogan 35, verse 5 on light buff cover to Fanezwood Va., bearing 5¢ blue (4), large margins with tiny corner nick, tied by
"Richmond, Va., Jun. 5, 1862" cds (Powell type 3); reduced slightly at left, Extremely Fine and choice, ex-Kohn, with 2009 C.S.A. certificate.
C.S.A. Catalog No. SM-1; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
A LOVELY
PATRIOTIC COVER IN PRISTINE CONDITION. (Image1) |
Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Flag of Truce Covers
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| 427 |
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U.S. 26 + U27 |
 Confederacy, U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red. Vertical strip of three, tied by "Old Point Comfort, Va. Dec 14" double-circle datestamp on circa 1861 3¢ red Star die buff entire addressed to Mrs. Charles
Ellet Jr. at Georgetown, D.C., manuscript "Exd" indicating Flag of Truce use; large part of flap missing with couple small edge tears, Fine, An unusual flag of truce use with an unusual franking.
Scott No. U.S. 26 + U27; Estimate
$1,000 - 1,500.
The earliest use of this Old Point Comfort Va. postmark is December 6th 1861, positively dating this cover to 1861.
Charles Ellet, Jr. was an important engineer, having designed and built the first suspension
bridge in the Americas in 1842, over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. In 1853 he became chief engineer for the Virginia Central Railroad. He played a strategic role in the naval aspects of the Civil War, having proposed conversion of steamships
into naval ram vessels. After the CSS Merrimac was built according to Ellet's plans, did the North act by appointing him Colonel of Engineers and commissioned to buy vessels for conversion into rams. On June 6th 1862, a battle was fought in which
he commanded the USS "Queen of the West" and rammed the CSS "Colonel Lovell", cutting her nearly in two and sinking almost immediately. Ellet was in an exposed position and was shot in the knee that led to his death. (Image1) |
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Prisoner of War Covers, Northern Prisons
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| 428 |
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 Confederacy, Johnsons Island, Sandusky, O. Incoming cover addressed "Lieut Col. Inser, Prisoner of War, Care Major Pearson, Johnsons Island", franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (natural s.e.) cancelled by
target, matching "San Francisco, Cal. Mar 29, 1864" cds and straight line "Registered" handstamp, manuscript "Due 10¢" and endorsed "$150 draft, Hill" in pencil at left additionally tying stamp,
Very Fine.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
A VERY RARE REGISTERED LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TO PRISONER AT JOHNSON ISLANDS.
Registered mail service was available in the United States during the war years of 1861 to
1865. Registered letters known to prisoners contained money and by registering the letters, they were guaranteed delivery to the prisoner. (Image1) |
Est. $1,000-1,500
CLOSED
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 Confederacy, Chesapeake Military Prison, Camp Hamilton, Virginia. On yellow Prisoner of War cover bearing 1861, 3¢ rose tied by "Old Point Comfort Va. Aug 14" double circle date stamp, addressed to "Mr.
Jefferson W. Stubbs, A Prisoner, Fort Hamilton near F. Monroe, Virginia", gum residue for C.S.A. stamp removed as mandated (not always followed) when it crossed South to North, endorsed "via City Point" and underneath in light
pencil "Per Flag of Truce", flap faulty and some edge wear, Very Fine, ex-Warren.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
HARRISON LISTS ONLY THREE COVERS KNOWN FROM THIS RARE FEDERAL PRISON.
Stubbs was a prominent
citizen and former County Commissioner of Gloucester County Va. He was described in a petition signed by numerous citizens of the county as an elderly gentlemen guilty of nothing more than being the father of three sons in the Confederate Army. He
was released several months later after taking the oath of allegiance. The Chesapeake Military Prison was established in the summer of 1863 and operated until August 1865. It housed Federal soldiers incarcerated for various offenses as well as many
civilian prisoners. (Image1) |
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Confederacy, Johnsons Island, Sandusky Oh. Prisoner cover bearing 1861, 3¢ rose tied by "Sandusky O. Nov 15 '64" duplex and addressed to Miss Emma C. Mebane at Mebaneville, N.C., in combination with
1863, 10¢ blue, four large margins, tied by "Richmond Va. Jan 21" cds, reverse with "Prisoner's Letter, Johnsons Island O., Examined, GSB" oval examiner's handstamp, endorsed "Per Flag of Truce via Fortress
Monroe"; minor edge discoloration, Very Fine, ex-Warren.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
This cover was sent by Capt. William G. Mebane of Company B of the 13th Tenn. Inf. who was captured as a POW at Marietta Ga. on
June 27, 1864. The addressee was his cousin whom he later married in December 1865. Emm's father was Giles Mebane who was the Speaker of the North Carolina legislature during the war years. (Image1) |
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Confederacy, Old Capital Prison, Washington, D.C. prisoner of war folded letter datelined "Old Capitol Prison", addressed locally to a past acquaintance at the Patent Office, franked with well centered
2¢ black (73), some light gum toned perfs at top, tied by "Washington D.C. Dec. 16 '63" cds duplexed with target cancel, boxed "Henry R. Todd" Provost Marshal's Office examiner handstamp (Harrison box
type Ia) with manuscript "CWT" initials (Charles W. Thompson); right portion of lettersheet missing, Very Fine, with 2009 P.F. certificate.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
A VERY RARE BLACKJACK USAGE PAYING THE
DROP RATE FROM OLD CAPITOL PRISON BEARING A RARE PROVOST MARSHALL EXAMINER'S MARKING. (Image1) |
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Prisoner of War Covers, Southern Prisons
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| 432 |
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65 |
 Confederacy, Clara Barton, Gen. Correspondent - Correspondence Office with Friends of Paroled Prisoners, Annapolis, Md. Printed corner card cover to Auburn, O., franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (flaw) canceled by
"Washington, D.C., Apr 28" cds and quartered cork duplex, with original enclosure of a printed form letter datelined "April 27, 1865" and signed by Clara Barton with note reading…Your communication of March 28 is
received, and the name of Shaw Delos, Co. E 102 Ohio has been placed upon my lists. It will constitute my most earnest endeavor to bring these lists within the notice of returned prisoners everywhere. Be assured that as soon as any information of
interest to yourself is gained, it will be most promptly and cheerfully forwarded to you., Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 65; Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
A REMARKABLE MISSING PRISONER OF WAR NOTICE LETTER SIGNED BY CLARA BARTON -
LATER TO BE FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
After the end of the American Civil War, Clara Barton discovered that thousands of letters from distraught relatives to the War Department were going unanswered because the soldiers they were
questioning about were buried in unmarked graves. Many of these soldiers were labeled just as "missing". Motivated to do more about the situation, Miss Barton contacted President Lincoln in hopes that she would be allowed to respond
officially to these unanswered inquiries. She was given permission, and "The Search for the Missing Men" commenced.
After the war, she ran the Office of Missing Soldiers in Washington, D.C. The office's purpose was to find or
identify soldiers killed or missing in action. Barton and her assistants (including Jules Foley who is given credit in letter) wrote 41,855 replies to inquiries and helped locate more than twenty-two thousand missing men. Barton spent the
summer of 1865 helping find, identify, and properly bury 13,000 individuals who died in Andersonville prison camp, a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia. The union soldier in the above notice was one of these prisoners of Andersonville, and
was paroled on April 18th shortly before Barton's letter of reply was written.
She continued this task over the next four years, burying 20,000 more Union soldiers and marking their graves. Congress eventually appropriated $15,000
toward her project. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $4,750.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Confederacy, Castle Thunder, Richmond, Va. Yellow inner cover sent by Cpl. John Carr to his wife in Keedysville, Md., endorsed "Prisoners letter per flag of truce" at top, clear strike of "Old Point Comfort,
Va., May 3" cds and matching strike of "Due 3" straightline in circle handstamp, original letter accompanies with type transcript; some edge wear and light soiling, Very Fine, ex-Warren.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.
A VERY RARE USAGE FROM CASTLE THUNDER WITH ONLY 11 COVERS RECORDED FROM THIS CAMP, ESPECIALLY CONTAINING THE FULL LETTER.
The original lengthy letter is datelined "Richmond, Va / Castle Thunder April 25, 1864", and reads in
part "My imprisonment seems to have changed my whole being, yes my very soul…I thank my God, that it has made me learn to be a better Christian and to think more seriously of death, and my God."
The Castle Thunder Complex was
composed of Greaner's, Whitlocks and Palmers Tobacco Factories joined by a fence forming a compound. The prison's most notorious commandant was Capt. George W. Alexander. As a Confederate solider fighting in Maryland, Alexander was captured
in 1861. While awaiting execution by the Union Army, he escaped and fled to Richmond. Once in Richmond, Alexander took command of the Castle Thunder Prison. Security at the prison was intense under Alexander, and prisoners are said to have complained
of Alexander's brutality. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Confederacy, Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. Orange prisoner-of-war cover to Mark Fisher Esq. in Trenton N.J., unusual soldier's letter endorsement provided by fellow prisoner, Captain William D. Wilkins, "For Clark
Fisher U.S.A." and additional "Prisoner of War, Soldiers Letter" at top, censored with manuscript "exd HW." by Captain Henry H. Wirz, later of Andersonville Prison infamy, "Due 3" handstamp for U.S. rating; couple
minor stained spots, Very Fine, ex-Walske, Warren.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.
A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE COMMANDANT HENRY WIRZ'S CENSOR MARKING ON A FLAG-OF-TRUCE COVER FROM LIBBY PRISON.
Henry H. Wirz took
command of Libby Prison beginning in late 1862. In March 1864, he was assigned to Andersonville (Camp Sumter). After the war, Wirz was charged with conspiracy and murder by Federal authorities. His trial was held in the Capitol building in
Washington and was presided over by Union General Lew Wallace. A number of former prisoners testified on conditions at Andersonville, many accusing Wirz of specific acts of cruelty (some of these accounts were later called into question by
historians as exaggerated or false). The court also heard from Confederate officers and considered official correspondence from captured Confederate records. Wirz presented evidence that he pleaded to Confederate authorities to try to get more
food and maintained that he tried to improve the conditions for the prisoners. Wirz was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to death. On November 10, 1865, he was hanged in Washington at the site of the current Supreme Court building -- the only
Confederate official to be tried, convicted and executed for war crimes resulting from the Civil War.
References: Illustrated in Harrison on page 92.
(Image1) |
Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Confederacy, Roper Hospital, Charleston, S.C. Prisoner of war adversity cover made out of lined paper addressed to Miss Mary H. Harmer in New York City, with "Port Royal, S.C. Sep 29, 1864" cds and matching
"Due 3" rating handstamp, endorsed "Prisoners letter, by Flag of Truce" and "Ex'd" examiner's marking, reverse with "Soldier's Letter, Stewart L. Woodford, Lt. Col, Agent of Exchange" endorsement; cover
with two small tears at the top and sealed flap tears, F.-V.F., with 2001 C.S.A. certificate.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
A SCARCE PRISONER USE FROM ROPER HOSPITAL, THERE ARE 19 COVERS RECORDED. (Image1) |
Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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7 |
 Confederacy, Camp Sorghum, Columbia S.C. Orange cover from prisoner-of-war to Enoch Cross, M.D. at Newburyport Mass., endorsed "Henry M. Cross, Lieut. of Mass, Prisoner of War, Columbia, S.C.", and with manuscript
"Exd J.C. Martin, Camp Comdr"examiner's marking, franked with CSA 1862, 5¢ blue, horizontal pair, tied by bold strikes of "Old Point Comfort, Va. Dec 16" cds and matching "Due 6" circled rating handstamp for
U.S. unpaid rate; cover faults including tear at right, F.-V.F., ex-Monroe, Warren.
Scott No. 7; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF ONLY 20 RECORDED COVERS FROM CAMP SORGHUM, THIS BEING A PARTICULARLY SCARCE PRISONER USE
BEARING THE 1862 5¢ BLUE.
There were three prisons in Columbia. Galen Harrison recorded only 15 total prisoner usages bearing the 1862, 5¢ blue #7.
(Image1) |
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Confederacy, Taylor's Tobacco Warehouse, Richmond, Va. Prisoner of War cover bearing 1861, 3¢ rose, small flaw, cancelled by grid and addressed to "Sergeant George G Noyes, Prisoner of War, Richmond
Va", reverse with pencil notation "Gen Williams Washington D.C.", matching "Worcester Mass Feb 3" cds, entered Confederate mails with blue "Norfolk Va. Feb 14 1861" dcds and "5" due rating handstamp; some soiling
and small backflap tear, Very Fine, ex-Walske, Warren.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED POW COVERS FROM TAYLOR'S TOBACCO WAREHOUSE IN RICHMOND VA.
George Gustavus Adams Noyes enlisted in
Company D, Massachusetts 15th Infantry Regiment on July 12, 1861, and served alongside his brother Francis H. Noyes who died at Antietam in September 1862. On October 21, 1861, George was taken prisoner at the Battle of Ball's Bluff, in Leesburg
Va. After exchange in late February 1862, he was mustered out on disability in April 1863. He died in 1905.
Taylor's Tobacco warehouse opened as a prison following the Battle of Ball's Bluff on October 28, 1861. Regimental histories
report that all the men from the 15th Massachusetts were confined at Taylor's following the battle. Residents of Massachusetts were the first to form a relief effort for their imprisoned soldiers and raised several hundred dollars to purchase
necessities to send to the men (Harrison, p. 101). (Image1) |
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
United States Possessions
Hawaii - Postal History
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| 438 |
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 Hawaii, Forwarded By C. Brewer & Co. Clear strike of red oval handstamp on flap of folded letter datelined "Royal School, Honolulu, Oahu, S. Is. Mch. 23 /46" by Amos Starr Cooke to Aaron Seeley, Danbury
Conn., endorsed "Via Mexico" at bottom left, slightly indistinct Vera Cruz Paid (8.13) transit cds, entered U.S. mails with "Pensacola Flor. Sep 12" cds and manuscript "10" due rating for the 10¢ per ½ oz.
rate for over 300 miles; letter with preprint paper fold, Very Fine, Gregory Via Mexico census no. 60, ex-Advertiser, with 1996 P.F. certificate.
Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000.
A REMARKABLE USE FROM HAWAII TO CONNECTICUT VIA
MEXICO AND FLORIDA DURING THE MEXICAN WAR ROUTE DISRUPTION.
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE C. BREWER & CO. OVAL FORWARDERS HANDSTAMP.
Cooke began this letter with the hope that a ship would arrive soon, bound for Mexico;
on June 3rd he writes: "that a vessel sails for Mazatlan today at noon, so I must hurry…there has been an arrival of an English war steamer with two masts. She remained in our harbor eight days & was visited by large number of natives &
foreigners. This mission & their children were invited & so were chiefs & scholars. To the natives & our children it was a novel sight. I think the time is not distant when we shall have steamers plying between this & other ports of the ocean & the
two continents, America & Asia. The Sandwich Islands are becoming the centre of much influence & we hope that influence is growing better, as well as wider…The Congress, Commodore Stockton,is daily expected with a new commissioner, & a
new consul. We hope they will do much better than the present incumbents, who are still doing what they can to destroy the Government & foment quarrels between it & the foreign residents. Mr. Brinsmade since his return has joined with them & I trust
will soon get to the end of his rope. He has fallen from his former height & will fall still lower if he does not cease his opposition to Government. Other foreigners against their own good unite with Messr. Brown, Ladd, Hooper & Brinsmade, who have
no business but to find fault with Govt. …My position brings me in close contact with the Govt. of these Is. & if I should continue in this school I may think it to be my duty to take the oath of allegiance, & become a subject of his Majesty.
But in this, I shall make haste, slowly, for at present it appears a leap in the dark…" Peter Brinsdale had gone to Europe for the purpose of creating a joint stock company to take over the the proprieties & rights of Ladd & Co. of Hawaii.
However, a contract with a Belgian company, also signed by Kamehameha III, ended in the ruination of Ladd & Co. and Brimsdale's humiliation;
This cover, along two others (census no. 59 and 61), were carried by the French bark
"Jeune France" from Honolulu departing Jun. 4th 1846 to Mazatlan. Forwarded in the Mexican post most likely by Messr. Mott, Talbot & Co. to Vera Cruz where marked Paid Aug. 13th and sent out to the blockading squadron probably by the British
consul. Then sent by USS "Princeton" to Pensacola Fla. where entered the mails 10¢ due (no ship fee added because letters were entered by a U.S. naval ship). From Pensacola, the letters went north in the Great Northern Mail.
Total transit time was just 109 days, quite good considering the conditions.
References: Illustrated and discussed in Fred Gregory's Hawaii Foreign Mail to 1870 on proof. I 122-123, fig. 20-10.
The three
recorded strikes of the C. Brewer & Co. Forwarders handstamps:
1. 1846 Mar. 23, Honolulu to Danbury Conn., Gregory fig. 7-26, ex-Advertiser, the cover offered here.
2. 1846 Mar. 25, Honolulu to Royalton Vt., Gregory Via Mexico census no.
59.
3. 1846, Maui to Dorchester Mass. via New York (Feb. 1, 1847), ex-Risvold. (Image1) |
Est. $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Hawaii, Schooner 'Vaquero.'. Partial strike of straightline ship handstamp (Gregory AUXSH-SF [BARK. 'VAQUERO.'], Rarity 1RRRR) on folded letter datelined "Papeete, 13 Mars
1855" and addressed to Honolulu, Hawaii, flap with manuscript "forwarded San Francisco May 22 by Bottcker pr. Vaquero" forwarder's endorsement, clear strike of "G. B. Post & Co., San Francisco, Forwarded
by" octagonal framed handstamp; minor ink erosion, Very Fine.
Estimate; $4,000 - 6,000.
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED STRIKES OF THE SCHOONER 'VAQUERO' SHIP HANDSTAMP WITH SINGLE QUOTATION MARKS. A REMARKABLE USE
FROM TAHITI VIA SAN FRANCISCO TO HONOLULU.
The Schooner "Vaquero" departed San Francisco on May 23rd with the New York mail of Apr. 20th and European mail of Mar. 31st., arriving at Honolulu on Jun.
5th.
References: Illustrated in Fred Gregory's "Hawaiian Foreign Mail to 1870" as fig. 20-27 on p. II-412. (Image1) |
Est. $4,000-6,000
SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Hawaii, 1870 (Jun. 16-23) Honolulu, Hawaii to Brighton, England via St. Thomas. Cover endorsed "From Wm. Lintoll Steward, H.M.S. "Phoebe" Honolulu" and countersigned "G. Roberts -
Commanding Officer", carried to St. Thomas where posted at the British Post Office bearing Great Britain 1d red tied by St. Thomas "C51" grid cancel, matching "Insufficiently <> Prepaid" handstamp and manuscript "1"
pence due rating for the 2d concession rate via Panama, carried by RMSPC Nile from St. Thomas Aug. 13th to Plymouth arriving Aug. 25th, Brighton (8.25.70) arrival backstamp; cover stain and edge wear with small opening flaws at top,
Fine.
Estimate; $5,000 - 7,500.
THE ONLY RECORDED BRITISH SAILOR'S LETTER ORIGINATING AT HONOLULU SENT AT THE CONCESSIONARY RATE VIA ST. THOMAS.
Frigate "Phoebe" was part of the Flying Squadron World
Cruise (1869-1870) under the command of Rear Admiral Geoffrey T. Hornby comprising four frigates and two corvettes. The cruise was organized by the Lords of the Admiralty for three reasons: to keep up the waning prestige of the wooden ships,
to show the British flag in diverse parts of the world and for the furtherance and instruction of seamanship. The squadron set sail from Plymouth in June 1869 to return home in November 1870 having circumvented the world, made seventeen ports of call
and sailed some 53,000 miles. This was to be the last government sponsored naval expedition around the world conducted under sail. The squadron was in Port at Honolulu from Jun. 16th to Jun. 23rd 1870. (Image1) |
Est. $5,000-7,500
SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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