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Cuba - United States Mails continued...
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| 1622 |
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 Cuba, 1854 (Nov. 8) Havana, Cuba to New York N.Y. Blue folded letter from the Lanman & Kemp correspondence, carried by U.S. Mail S.S. Co. Philadelphia to New York, New York "40"
due handstamp for quadruple rate of 1½-2 ounces, Very Fine and scarce quadruple rate.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1) |
Est. $150-200
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| 1623 |
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 Cuba, 1855 (Dec. 22) Havana, Cuba to New York N.Y. Blue folded letter with bold strike of "Charleston S.C., Dec 28" cds and matching "HAVANA" straightline handstamp,
pencil "60" rating for six-times the 10¢ steamship rate, endorsed per "pr. 'Quaker City' ", actually carried on the Isabel which departed two days before the Quaker City; some wrinkling, Very Fine,
ex-Kouri.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
ONE OF ONLY 10 RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS CHARLESTON "HAVANA" STRAIGHT (THREE IN BLACK). THE HIGHEST RATE USE KNOWN CARRIED BY STEAMSHIP.
In the same time period, 1854
to 1856, Charleston used a single-line postmark "Havana" (9.8x2.6 mm) struck on letters exceeding ½ ounce in weight. This letter likely contained several letters to be sent onwards, the recipient is a well-known forwarder.
Illustrated and described by Kouri in Chronicle 201, pp. 63-73. This Charleston "HAVANA" straightline is scarce with only ten recorded (seven blue and three black). The Karrer example was not in the census. (Image1) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1624 |
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 Cuba, (1849 Treaty) 1856 (Jan. 22) Havana, Cuba to Sheffield, England via New York. Datelined folded letter endorsed "pr. Empire City via New York" at top, "New.York, Am.
Packet., Mar 1" exchange backstamp and "26" debit handstamp to G.B., "Liverpool, America, 13 MR '56" entry cds with bold strike of rare "1/2½" due handstamp and partial "ART-2" backstamp,
blue Sheffield (3.14) arrival backstamp, Fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
The "ART-2" handstamp was struck on unpaid letters from foreign countries transiting through the United States to Great Britain under the
1849 Treaty. (Image1) |
Est. $400-600
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| 1625 |
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 Cuba, 1859 (Nov. 4) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba to New York N.Y. Datelined folded letter bearing ½r blue (12), top sheet margin, tied by oval cancel, blue "Cuba, 4 No.
59" cds, bold New York "Steamship, 10" circular due handstamp for ½ ounce less than 2,500 miles, Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
(Image1) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1626 |
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 Cuba, (Blockade Mail) 1862 (Mar. 1) Havana, Cuba to New Orleans La. via Charleston. Cover front with "Charleston S.C., Mar 6 186" cds and matching "Steam-Ship" oval
handstamp with red crayon "12" due rating for 10¢ postage plus 2¢ ship fee; some toning, Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
During the Civil War, Southern ports were blockaded. Blockade runners managed to slip
through the blockade with mail and other items. One of the major points (besides Nassau, Bermuda) for smuggled mails was Cuba. (Image1) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1627 |
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 Cuba, 1866 (Apr. 17) Charleston S.C. to Trinidad, Cuba via New York. Printed circular bearing 2¢ black (73) tied by New York grid cancel, Cuba "NA 1" oval due
handstamp, Trinidad (5.3) arrival backstamp; minor ink erosion, Very Fine, prepaid at the 2¢ printed matter steamship rate.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1) |
Est. $150-200
SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1628 |
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 Cuba, (New York via Bermuda to Cuba) 1867 (Mar. 28) St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to New York N.Y. Lanman & Kemp correspondence folded letter bearing sharp "U.S. Mail Steamship, Fah
Kee., 28 Mar 1867, St. Jago." (Milgram 434) ornately framed datestamp on backflap, New York "Steamship 10" in circle handstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
On August 10th 1865 Capt. John
Sterling purchased for $65,000 the wooden screw steamer "Fah Kee" from the U.S. Quartermasters. She was a U.S. Naval vessel during the Civil War. He contracted with New York's Waydell & Co. to run a regular mail packet from New York
to St. Jago de Cuba. The contract with Waydell was run under the provisions of the Foreign Mails act of 1845 but only lasted three years as opposed to the normal ten years of the Act. The vessel was sold to the Bermuda authorities in 1868. (Image1) |
Est. $400-600
SOLD for $475.00
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| 1629 |
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 Cuba, (New York via Bermuda to Cuba) 1869 (Oct. 19) New York N.Y. to Manzanillo, Cuba. Gray folded letter bearing 10¢ green (68) pair, small flaws, tied by New York
foreign mail grid cancels, carried as endorsed by "Fah Kee" via Santiago de Cuba, Manzanillo (11.12) arrival backstamp, black "CVBA" straightline on flap and matching "2" Real due handstamp, Very Fine
use at two-times the 10¢ rate.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
ONE OF LESS THAN 10 STRIKES RECORDED OF THE "CVBA" STRAIGHTLINE.
Instead of the "NA" handstamp for Norte America, St. Jago de Cuba struck a
"CVBA" handstamp (Cuba) from 1866 to 1872. (Image1) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Cuba - United States Mail - Group Lots
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| 1630 |
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 Cuba, U.S.-Cuba Ship Mail, 1800-1863. Group of 9 covers including 1800 Havana to Philadelphia with New York clamshell postmark, 1801 New York to Havana carried privately, 1831 Mantazas to
Philadelphia with red "Charleston S.C., May 27" cds and "Ship" handstamp; 1834 Mantazas to Boston Mass. with red "Ship, 6" fancy ribbon handstamp, 1846 Mantazas to New Orleans with small "Ship" straightline and large
"6" due handstamp, and 1863 Havana to New York with "New-York, Ship, Sep 18" cds and matching "8" due handstamp, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1) |
Est. $300-400
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| 1631 |
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 Cuba, U.S.-Cuba Contract Steamship Mail, 1849-1868. Group of 14 covers, routes include Cuba-Charleston, N.Y.-New Orleans-Havana, Mexican Line (N.Y.-Havana-Vera Cruz) and
N.Y.-Charleston-Havana; noted includes 1850 Havana to Portland per "Isabel" with perfect bold red "Charleston S.C. '12½' Apr 25" cds, 1869 Philadelphia to Santiago de Cuba bearing #96 pair via "Columbia", 1868
New York to Tampico care of Havana bearing #68 strip of three, etc.; some faults, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1632 |
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 Cuba, U.S.-Cuba Steamship Mail, 1849-1868. Group of 9 covers including 1849 Havana printed report to New York with "6" in circle due handstamp for circular rate (ex-Winter); 1850
Havana to Boston with "Steam / Ship" and circled "12½" due handstamp; 1858 Mantazas to Bristol via New York with "Printed Circular." straightline and "New York, 2" in circle due handstamp for circular rate; 1851
Havana to Boston with "Steamship 12½ Cts" in circle due handstamp; two 1852 covers with "Brattleboro Vt." cds and "Paid" handstamps with "10" and "20" single and double ratings to Guines, 1868 Havana to
New York with "Philada" cds and "Steam, 10, Ship" in circle rating; some mixed condition, F.-V.F. group.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
(Image1) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1633 |
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 Cuba, Cuba to France via New York, 1855-1869. Group of 11 covers mounted on exhibit pages under the 1851 and 1857 treaties, includes 1855 to Bordeaux with red "New York, Am. Packet, Aug.
8" cds via Collins Line Atlantic, 1858 to Bordeaux with black "New York '18' Dec 18" exchange cds via Inman Line City of Washington, 1865 to Lyon with black "New-York, Jan 5" exchange cds and "10"
circled due handstamp carried by Havre Line Europe, and 1866 to Paris with "New-York, Dec 29" exchange cds and circled "10" due handstamp via French Mail with red "Etats-Unis, Paq. Fr. H No 4, 29 Dec 66" paquebot
datestamp, etc., F.-V.F.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1634 |
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 Cuba, Balance of Cuba Maritime Mail. Group of 24 covers including 18556 use via New York with "Not Paid" framed handstamp, 1856 Havana to Madrid with ½r blue strip of three, 1851
Havana to Tours, France with large "25" due handstamp, 1860s Boston to Havana with 10¢ #68, 1869 Paris to Havana with France 80c rose strip of three, etc.; some faults, F.-V.F., an interesting group.
Estimate; $300 -
400. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
British Commonwealth
Great Britain
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CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 1635 |
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 Great Britain, 1840 "Congressional Mulready". Facsimile of the Mulready A34 lettersheet produced as an essay for presentation to the U.S. Senate (the third page of Daniel Webster's
Senate Resolution of June 10, 1840); some side splits and light soiling, F.-V.F., with 2008 B.P.A. certificate.
Estimate; $15,000 - 20,000.
AN EXTREMELY RARE MULREADY ESSAY PRODUCED BY DANIEL WEBSTER FOR HIS 1840 SENATE
RESOLUTION.
Postal reform was such a popular success in Britain that within two decades it was adopted by dozens of countries around the world. An early sign of that global change was a U.S. Senate resolution on "a reduction of the
postage on Letters" submitted by Daniel Webster of Massachusetts. A leading senator who later became Secretary of State, Webster submitted his resolution on June 10, 1840, about a month after the first British stamps were issued.
Webster
proposed "to connect the use of stamps, or stamped covers, with a large reduction in the rates of postage." He attached a London newspaper's reproduction of a British Post Office notice announcing the first stamps, and a facsimile of the
British "Mulready" postal stationery. Nothing came of Webster's proposal at the time. In 1845, however, U.S. postage was greatly reduced and simplified to just two rates-5 cents for mail sent less than 300 miles, and 10 cents for longer
distances. The United States introduced the first U.S. postage stamps in 1847, following Britain itself, Brazil, and some Swiss cantons. (Image1) |
Est. $15,000-20,000
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| 1636 |
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ME2 |
 Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Envelope, 1d black. Stereo A 150, addressed to Clapham and canceled by neat bold red Maltese cross cancel, straight line "TP, Temple" handstamp and reverse with
two different red "My 9, 1840" boxed date stamps; some minor cover wear at left, Very Fine, a very early usage. Scott No. U1.
S.G. Spec. No. ME2; £900 ($1,110); Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1) (Image2)
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S.G. Spec. £900 ($1,110)
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1637 |
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ME2 |
 Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Envelope, 1d black. Stereo A 149, addressed to Surrey and canceled by bold red Maltese cross cancel, reverse with London "My-13, 1840" cds, Very Fine.
Scott No. U1.
S.G. Spec. No. ME2; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1638 |
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ME4 |
 Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Envelope, 2d blue. Stereo a 201, addressed to Kent and canceled by black Maltese cross cancel, straight line "T.P., Portugal St." handstamp and reverse with red
London "Sp 5, 1842" date stamp; central scuff slightly affecting design, F.-V.F. Scott No. U2.
S.G. Spec. No. ME4; £2,500 ($3,080); Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1) |
S.G. Spec. £2,500 ($3,080)
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1639 |
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ME3 |
 Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Letter Sheet, 2d blue. Stereo a 99, bold color, Very Fine and choice. Scott No. U4.
S.G. Spec. No. ME3; £425 ($520). (Image1) |
S.G. Spec. £425 ($520)
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1640 |
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ME4 |
 Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Letter Sheet, 2d blue. Stereo A23, nick on reverse and some light fold separations, F.-V.F. Scott No. U4.
SG No. ME4; £425 ($520). (Image1) |
SG £425 ($520)
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| 1641 |
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Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Lettersheet and Envelope Balance. Of 13 items; includes five 1d Mulready usages (2 envelopes, three lettersheets) and two unused (envelope and lettersheet), a used 2d
lettersheet and two unused (envelope and lettersheet), also a Mulheaded caricature and a couple of Deraedemaeker reproductions; condition generally F-VF.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. |
Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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