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The John Barwis Collection of Philadelphia Postal History continued...

Philadelphia Foreign Mail: 1853-1859 US-GB Treaty to UPU continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
3181       image1857 (Dec. 8) Philadelphia Pa. to Malvern, England. Cover bearing 12¢ black, plate I (36) horizontal pair, tiny tear at top affecting left stamp, tied by neat "Phila. Br. Pkt. '19' Dec 8" credit exchange cds, carried by Cunard Line Africa from New York Dec. 9th to Liverpool arriving Dec. 20th, red "America, Liverpool, Paid, DE 20, 57" entry cds, Malvern (12.21) arrival backstamp, Very Fine and attractive use cancelled by red cds, 12¢ pair catalogs $850 on cover.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

Cover is addressed to Rebecca B. Cope, who was the great-granddaughter to Thomas P. Cope. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
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3182       image1858 (Feb. 4) Philadelphia Pa. to Valparaiso, Chile. Orange buff cover bearing 1¢ blue (24), 3¢ dull red (26), 10¢ green, type II (32) strip of three, positions 78-80R, prepaying the 34¢ treaty rate via American and British packet, Philadelphia red "24" cents credit handstamp to U.K., carried by U.S. Mail Steamship Co. Moses Taylor from New York Feb. 5th to Aspinwall arriving Feb. 19th, then Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Valparaiso from Panama Feb. 22nd to Valparaiso arriving around Mar. 16th, Consular mail in closed bag, so no Panama transit or Valparaiso arrival markings; some expert edge restoration, Very Fine appearance, ex-Piller.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

A RARE USE TO CHILE AT THE 34¢ TREATY RATE PREPAID BY THE 1857 ISSUE.

Letters to the west cost of South America conveyed by British packet from Panama entered the British mails at Chagres for the trip across the isthmus. From January 28, 1855 onward he Chagres-Panama leg was by rail, a journey of only a few hours. The 34¢ treaty rate via American and British packet breakdown comprises 10¢ to Aspinwall and 24¢ British packet, with corresponding Philadelphia 24¢ credit to U.K. for British packet from Panama to Chile.

This cover was rated by the Philadelphia exchange office after having been datestamped in error by the domestic mail department. (Image1)

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Est. $1,500-2,000
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3183       image1858 (May 17) Philadelphia Pa. to London, England forwarded back to Philadelphia. Tissue-paper cover bearing 12¢ black, plate 1 (36) horizontal pair, cancelled by circular grids and tied by red "Phila. Br. Pkt. '19' May 17" credit exchange cds prepaying the 24¢ treaty rate with 19¢ credit to G.B. for 16¢ packet plus 3¢ inland, carried by Cunard Line Europa from Boston May 19th to Liverpool arriving May 30th, red London Paid (5.31) arrival cds, reverse with "Forwarded, Geo. Peabody & Co., London" double-oval, returned unpaid with London "B J, 1 JU 1, 1858" crown cds and black "3/Cents" debit handstamp to U.S. for British inland, 12¢ stamps also cancelled by "26" barred oval, returned by Havre Line Arago from Southampton Jun. 2nd to New York arriving Jun. 15th, black "Philadelphia Am. Pkt. '24' Jun 15" integral-due cds also ties pair; some ink erosion, otherwise Very Fine and interesting round-trip cover, 30-day trip.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
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3184       image1858 (May 21) Philadelphia Pa. to London, England. Cover bearing 12¢ black, plate 1 (36) pair, tied by grid circular cancels prepaying the 24¢ packet rate, partial strike of red "Phila. Br. Pkt. '19' May 21" credit exchange cds for 16¢ packet plus 3¢ inland, carried by Cunard Persia from Boston Jun. 2nd to Liverpool arriving Jun. 13th, sharp red London Paid (6.14.58) arrival cds, Extremely Fine and choice use.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
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3185       image1858 (Jun. 22) Philadelphia Pa. to Malvern, England. Cover bearing 12¢ black, plate 1 (36) pair tied by circular grid cancels, matching "Philadelphia Pa. Jun 22" cds, red "Phila. Br. Pkt. '19' Jun 22" credit exchange cds for 16¢ packet plus 3¢ inland, carried by Cunard Line Asia from New York Jun. 23rd to Liverpool arriving Jul. 4th, red "Paid in America, Liverpool, 4 JY 58" tombstone handstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
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3186       image1858 (Jul. 16) Cape May N.J. to London, England. Blue folded letter bearing 12¢ black, plate 1 (36) pair, perfs trimmed at left, tied by "Cape May N.J. Jul 16" cds prepaid 24¢ for the treaty rate, red "Phila. Am. Pkt. '3' Jul 16" with 3¢ credit to U.K. for British inland, carried by Inman Line City of Washington from New York Jul 17th to Liverpool arriving Jul. 29th, red London Paid (7.30) arrival cds; some edge wear, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
3187       image1858 (Aug. 24) Philadelphia Pa. to Malvern, England. Blue cover bearing 12¢ black, plate 1 (36) vertical pair, pos. 14-24R1, light corner crease, tied by circular grid cancels prepaying the 24¢ treaty rate, "Philadelphia Pa., Aug 24, 1858" octagon d.s. red "Phila. Am. Pkt. '3' Aug 27" credit exchange cds for 3¢ credit to U.K. for British inland, carried by Inman Line City of Washington from New York Aug. 28th to Liverpool arriving Sep. 10th, red America Paid (9.9) entry cds, Malvern (9.11) arrival backstamp, forwarded with Malvern (9.13) cds to Clifton, red London (9.13, 9.14) backstamps and matching "POSTAGE NOT PAID / TO LONDON" framed handstamp, Clifton (9.15) arrival backstamp with manuscript "1" pence due, Very Fine and scarce forwarded use.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
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3188       image1859 (Feb. 1) Philadelphia Pa. to Cape Palmas, Liberia. Orange buff cover to Rev. Jacob Rambo with bold red "Philadelphia Pa. 'Paid' Feb 1" cds and matching circled "Paid" handstamp with magenta "33" cent prepaid rating, carried by Cunard Line Europa from New York Feb. 2nd to Liverpool arriving Feb. 14th, red London Paid (2.15) and Liverpool (2.16) transits, then by African Steam Ship Co. Armenian from Liverpool Feb. 24th to Cape Palmas arriving Mar. 12th; no flap, opened on three sides and line indent in address, otherwise Very Fine and rare.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF MAIL TO LIBERIA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

Cover was prepaid 33¢ for 5¢ inland, 16¢ transatlantic and 12¢ Br. packet to Liberia. (Image1)

Est. $1,000-1,500
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3189       image1859 (Jul. 20) Philadelphia, Pa. to Grimstad, Norway. Folded letter with red "Phila. Am. Pkt. 'Paid' Jul 22" exchange cds with matching circular "Paid" handstamp with magenta manuscript "33" rating and "French Mail" endorsement for 33¢ treaty rate via French mail, carried by Havre Line Arago from New York July 23rd to Southampton arriving Aug. 4th, London (4.4) transit and red manuscript "1" shilling credit to Prussia per U.K.-Prussian convention, Hamburg (8.8) backstamp with "Franco" straightline and red crayon "6" sgr. credit indicating transit fee prepaid, Very Fine, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.

AN EXCEPTIONAL USE MISROUTED BY PHILADELPHIA TO NORWAY.

Letter placed in the British mail bag at Philadelphia exchange office by mistake and not in French mail bag, so it was put off at Southampton. London sent the letter to Norway via Hamburg in U.K.-Prussian convention, crediting 1 shilling to Prussia. Hamburg showed that 6 sgr. transit fees beyond Hamburg were paid. Unusual transit resulting from postal error at Philadelphia.

Havre Line steamships sailed the New York-Southampton-Havre route on a monthly schedule. British mails were dropped at Southampton. The clerk in Philadelphia may have been misled by the via Southampton endorsement on the letter to Norway. (Image1)

Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
3190       image1859 (Dec. 9) London, England to Philadelphia Pa. Blue folded cover with "London, DE 9, 59" duplex and two strikes of small "19/Cents" handstamp debit to U.S., carried by Cunard Line Asia from Liverpool Dec. 10th to New York arriving Dec. 22nd, "Philadelphia Br. Pkt. '24' Aug 22" exchange due cds, but insufficiently addressed, so passed to the Directory Section with "REC'D, DEC 23" framed handstamp and advertised the same day with "ADVD/1Ct." two-line handstamp, addressee did not respond so marked with bold strike of "Philadelphia, DEAD, Feb 1" cds backstamp and forwarded to the Dead Letter Office in Washington and returned to England, carried by Cunard America from Boston Feb. 8th to Queenstown arriving Feb. 20th, London red "Sent Back to England/Without a Reason/For Non-Delivery"; no net charges to either country; small edge tear and refolded, Very Fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

A SCARCE UNDELIVERABLE AND RETURNED TO SENDER TRANSATLANTIC USE.

The Philadelphia "ADVD/1Ct." two-line handstamp and "Dead" cds are the earliest recorded strikes. (Image1)

Est. $400-600
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3191       image1859 (Dec. 16) Doylestown Pa. to Brussels, Belgium. Cover bearing 12¢ black (36) vertical pair, tied by "Doylestown Pa. Dec 12" cds, red "Phil. Am. Pkt. '3' Dec 16" exchange cds, carried by Havre Line Fulton from New York Dec. 17th to Southampton arriving Dec. 30th, red London Paid (12.30) transit cds, British manuscript "2" pence debit, Bruxelles (12.31) backstamp and blue manuscript "4" décimes due rating; partial flap, Very Fine and scarce.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

This letter prepaid only for the 24¢ American packet rate to Great Britain. It was rated at Philadelphia as fully prepaid with a 3¢ credit to G.B. It was sent unpaid from Great Britain to Belgium. (Image1)

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Est. $500-750
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3192       image1859-66 (c.) Liverpool, England to Philadelphia Pa. Cover bearing G.B. 1d deep rose-red (SG 41), horizontal strips of five and six plus a single, prepaying 1s packet rate, each tied by "A92" mail-boat barred ovals prepaying 1s packet rate, Liverpool red "5/Cents" credit to U.S. for inland postage, Philadelphia failed to apply an exchange datestamp per Treaty, with 1975 B.P.A. certificate.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

The British post office pioneered the establishment of shipboard mail-sorting offices. In the Atlantic, numeral handstamps were issued to clerks aboard Cunard and Allan Line steam packets from 1859-1870. Few examples have survived on cover. The "A92" mail-boat cancel issued in June 1859 to Mr. Nash, Marine Packet Service Atlantic Line, for use aboard Cunard packets Asia and Arabia. (Image1)

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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
Philadelphia Foreign Mail: 1860-1869 US-GB Treaty to UPU
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
3193       image1860 (Mar. 16) London, England to Philadelphia Pa. Folded letter with red "Lombard-Street, Paid, MR 16" cds, "Registered, London, 16 MR 60" oval postmark and matching "Registered" crown handstamp, red manuscript "4/6" prepaid rating for four-times the 1s packet rate plus 6d registration, manuscript "20/6" credit of 26¢ for four-times 5¢ inland plus 6¢ registry fee, carried as endorsed by Cunard Line Arabia from Liverpool Mar. 17th to New York arriving Mar. 30th, red Philadelphia "Phila. Br. Pkt., Paid, Mar 30" exchange cds and magenta "96" quadruple rate restatement, Very Fine and scarce quadruple registered transatlantic use.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
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3194       image1860 (Jun. 8) London, England to Philadelphia Pa. Gray folded cover with red "Lombard-Street, JU 8 '60" origin cds bearing G.B. 6d purple and 1s green for 1s packet plus 6d registry fee, red "Registered, London, 8 Jun 60" oval and matching "Registered" crown handstamp with red manuscript "5/6" credit to U.S. for 5¢ inland and 6¢ registered, endorsed "p Asia, Registered", carried by Cunard Asia from Liverpool Jun. 9th to New York arriving Jun. 21st, red "Phila. Br. Pkt. '24' Paid" exchange cds overstrikes London registered oval.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

Additional articles effective 1 May 1856 allowed exchange of registered letters, provided that registration was fully prepaid, and that the receiving country would bear no liability for loss. Each country was to credit the other with half of their registration fee. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
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3195       image1861 (Jan. 19) Philadelphia Pa. to Wolverhampton, England. Folded cover bearing 24¢ gray lilac (37) tied by red "Phila. Am. Pkt. '3' Jan 19" credit exchange cds with 3¢ credit for Br. inland postage, carried by NGL Line Bremen from New York Jan. 19th to Southampton arriving Jan. 30th, red London Paid (1.31) entry cds, Wolverhampton (1.31) arrival backstamp; central file fold, Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
3196       image1861 (Apr. 11) Lima, Peru to Philadelphia Pa. Blue datelined folded letter bearing Peru, 1d blue tied by "Franca" framed handstamp and matching strike at center, on cover via Panama, reverse with British P.O. "PAID-TO/PANAMA" two-line backstamp, carried by steamship to New York, entered mails with "Steamship/10" circular handstamp for 10¢ due; edge wear, Very Fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)

Est. $400-600
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3197       image1861 (May 31) Philadelphia Pa. to London, England. Cover bearing 24¢ gray lilac (37) tied by circular grid cancel and also "Phila. Am. Pkt. '3' May 31" exchange cds, carried as endorsed by Inman Line Etna from New York Jun. 1st to Queenstown arriving Jun. 11th, red London Paid (6.12); edge wear, F.-V.F., 24¢ #37 catalogs $1,000.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
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3198       image1861 (May 31) Philadelphia Pa. to Liverpool, England. Cover with blue "Why don't you take it?", Winfield Scott, Jefferson Davis and Washington D.C. Cartoon Patriotic design, bearing 24¢ gray lilac (37) tied by red "Phila. Am. Pkt. '3' May 31" credit exchange cds, carried by HAPAG Line Saxonia from New York Jun. 1st to Southampton arriving Jun. 12th, red London Paid (6.12) entry cds, Liverpool (6.13) arrival backstamp, minor small tone spots, Very Fine and rare, ex-Matthies, Haas.
Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000.

A RARE USE OF THE 24¢ 1860 ISSUE ON A CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC CARTOON COVER TO GREAT BRITAIN.

The cartoon and other similar representations were created early in the war when General Winfield Scott commanded U.S. forces protecting the nation's capital from the threat of Confederate invasion. It depicts General Scott as a bulldog wearing Scott's military hat and Jefferson Davis as a frightened dog dressed in a Confederate flag and wearing a plantation owner's hat. Scott dares Davis, "Why Don't You Take It?", with Washington D.C. shown as a prime rib cut of meat between them. In April 1861 the isolated U.S. capital was exposed to invasion until sufficient U.S. forces arrived and secured the surrounding region. (Image1)

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Est. $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
3199       image1861 (Aug. 13) Philadelphia Pa. to Liverpool, England. Cover bearing 24¢ gray lilac (37) cancelled by grid and tied by light "Phila. Br. Pkt. '10' Aug 13" debit exchange cds with 10¢ debit for double 5¢ U.S. inland, matching "Insufficiently Pad" oval handstamp, underpaid double the 24¢ treaty rare by 24¢ so treated as unpaid, carried by Cunard Africa from New York Aug. 14th to Liverpool arriving Aug. 25th, Liverpool (8.25) arrival cds and "2/-" due handstamp for double the 1s packet rate.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.

Under the treaty, partially paid letters were treated as wholly unpaid, with the full rate due on arrival. No fines were applied. (Image1)

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Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
3200       image1862 (Dec. 5) Philadelphia Pa. to London, England. Orange buff cover bearing 24¢ brown lilac (70a) horizontal pair, nat. s.e. at right, cancelled by circular grids prepaying double the 24¢ packet rate, red crayon "5" for 5¢ registry fee paid in cash and matching "2½" credit to G.B., partial red "Phila. Am. Pkt. '6' Dec 5" credit exchange cds with double the 3¢ credit for Br. inland, carried by Inman Line City of Washington from New York Dec. 6th to Liverpool arriving Dec. 16th, red "Registered, London, C S, 17 DE 62" oval arrival datestamp; some edge restoration, Very Fine appearance.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

THE EARLIEST RECORDED USE OF THE PHILADELPHIA "REGISTERED" STRAIGHTLINE ON FOREIGN MAIL. (Image1)

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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

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