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Specialized Collection of Disinfected Mails - Africa to Latin America continued...
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Lot Description |
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| 2721 |
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 Worldwide, (Asia) 1885 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Cover with purple circular "Office Sanitaire Djeddah, 1885" cachet handstamp of the Turkish Office of Sanitation and
Disinfection on front of cover, reverse with partial strike due to backflap missing, otherwise Very Fine, extremely rare, this is one of three known covers all from this correspondence.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2722 |
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 Worldwide, (Europe) 1735 Galata, Turkey to Venice, Italy. Folded letter datelined "28d obre, 1735 Galata", reverse with receiving docketing and red wax oval disinfection seal
(Meyers type II), Very Fine, a very rare disinfection seal.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2723 |
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 Worldwide, (Europe) 1765 Albona, Dalmatia to Venice, Italy. Folded letter from the mayor of Albona to the Counsel of Forty, with boxed "Lettere, Da Mare" handstamp and reverse
with extremely rare "S" handstamp (Sanita), letter with interesting content in which the writer defends himself against accusations of corruption in the administration and consequent disorders and insurrection among the local populace,
Extremely Fine.
Estimate; $500 - 750.
ONE OF THE EARLIEST HANDSTAMP DISINFECTION MARKINGS KNOWN. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2724 |
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 Worldwide, (Europe) 1806 Antequera to Valencia, Spain. Folded letter datelined "Antequera, 30 Junio de 1806" with red oval "Antequera, Andalucia Alta" handstamp and red "11"
rate handstamp, singular horizontal slit and disinfection stains at edges, letter from young man to his uncle and aunt with interesting content…I cannot avoid having to tell you of the great affliction in which I find myself…I
find myself alone with my brothers in Archidona not being able to communications have been cut and apart from four Officials, no one is allowed to enter., Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2725 |
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 Worldwide, (Europe) 1819 Ancona, Italy to Oporto, Portugal. Folded letter datelined "Ancona 4th March, 1819", with straight line "Genova" and "18 Mai" handstamps, reverse with
fancy oval "Sanita Aritima Di Ancona" cachet handstamp and script "Acona Santia, Nenofouri e dentro" two line handstamp below, letter in English with interesting content…I am sorry to find that they have put us under seven
days quarantine as the Solomon (ship) was not mentioned on the Bill of Health when the Newfoundland Certificate was Inducted., Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2726 |
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 Worldwide, (Europe) 1822 Cadiz to Calella, Spain. Folded letter datelined "Cadiz 4 de Octre de 1822" with red "Cadiz" straight line handstamp and single vertical disinfection
slit, letter with interesting content (in Spanish)…Even though after my arrival here on the 25th last I wrote you, I omitted to tell you why. The reason being the Epidemic which cut the communication of this city with the Port on the 26th,
but luckily it stopped only having had 5 victims confined to their homes and from that time no more victims., Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
According to S. Nathan's "The Disinfected Mail of Spain", very little
disinfected mail is found in Spain in 1822 as the few remaining pockets of yellow fever had been contained. This rare letter shows one of the last small pockets of yellow fever being contained that year in Cadiz. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2727 |
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 Worldwide, (Europe) 1826 Zante, Ionian Island to Edinburgh, England. Folded letter showing heavy disinfected heating and large horizontal slits, endorsed "via Otranto" with
bold oval straight line handstamp, red Austrian "Jonia" transit handstamp, reverse with red "Isola, Zante" circular origin handstamp and Corfu fancy oval date stamp oval; cover tear between slits on front, otherwise Very Fine, very scarce
Ionian Island usage.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2728 |
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 Worldwide, (Europe) 1830 Odessa, Russia to Genoa, Italy. Folded letter datelined "Odessa 29/10 1830" (when Russia was the only country in Europe infected with cholera),
forwarded by Basillio Paserli from Brody with oval Brody, in Galliz handstamp, opened and resealed at the Sardinian frontier with greenish blue "Guinta Sanitara Di Novara" (Health Council of Novara) oval cachet handstamp on reverse, Very
Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2729 |
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 Worldwide, (Europe) 1831 Fiume, Croatia to Venice, Italy. Folded letter with red "Fiume" straight line handstamp with large arms wafer seal of the Royal Govt. of the Hungarian
Litturaz (Croatia), cover fumigated at Trieste which was opened, disinfected (cover browned) and resealed with two red wax "Sigillum Sanitatis Tergesti" seals on reverse (type BII-F), Very Fine, ex-Meyer.
Estimate; $150 -
200. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2730 |
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 Worldwide, (Europe) 1836 Ascoli to Castignaro, Italy. Folded letter with printed letterhead "Delegazione Apostolica Di Ascoli, Commissione Sanitaria Provinciale", with blue
straight line Ascoli handstamp and oval "Commis. Sanitaria Provinciale, Ascoli" cachet handstamp on front and reverse, Very Fine.
Estimate; $250 - 350. (Image1)
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Est. $250-350
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2731 |
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 Worldwide, (Europe) 1843 Frioul to Marseilles, France. Folded letter datelined "Frioul, 11 Agosto, 1843" from a captain in quarantine at the Frioul archipelago, reverse with
script "Purifiee a Marseille." straight line on reverse, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2732 |
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 Worldwide, (Europe) 1849 Copenhagen, Denmark to Civitavecchia, Roman States. Folded administrative circular from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Consul of
Denmark, with bold "Provincia Di Bologna, Disinfettata" handstamp, various rate markings and Hamburg transit cds, Very Fine, a very scarce marking, with at least forty four example known of this handstamp cachet marking.
Estimate;
$200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2733 |
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 Worldwide, (Europe) 1853 Milan to Civitavecchia, Italy. Folded letter franked with four margin Lombardy Venetia, 1850, 15c red + 30c brown (Scott 4+5) tied by bold
"Milano 13/10" cds's, boxed "Disinfettata" handstamp (applied on Bologna) and four horizontal slits, receiving backstamp, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2734 |
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 Worldwide, (Latin America) 1828-30 Cuba & Haiti to Bordeaux, France. Two folded letters; 1828 from Santiago, Cuba and 1830 from Port au Prince, Haiti, both with "Pays
D'Outremer, Par Le Havre" boxed handstamp and matching circular date stamp alongside (red marking from Cuba and black from Haiti), both showing diagonal disinfection slits likely applied upon arrival in Havre, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 -
200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2735 |
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 Worldwide, (Latin America) 1831 Havana, Cuba to Barcelona, Spain. Folded letter datelined "Habana, Julio 18, 1831" with red "Yndia" straight line and "5R" rate handstamps,
disinfected with six strikes of cross shaped "rastel" punctures, Very Fine, scarce.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2736 |
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 Worldwide, (Latin America) 1896 Santiago, Chile, to Weisbaden, Germany. Cover with "Conservatorio Nacional de Musica, Santiago" corner card franked with 1894, 2¢ carmine
lake tied by "Santiago, 9.IX.96" cds, reverse with Valparaiso transit and receiving cds's, also a fancy boxed "Desinfectada, Por Calor" handstamp (disinfected by heat); backflap affixed inside cover for disinfection process, Very Fine,
very rare disinfection marking during the South American cholera epidemic.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Specialized Collection of Disinfected Mails - United States
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CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 2737 |
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 Worldwide, (United States) 1841 New Orleans, La. to Cadiz, Spain. Folded letter datelined "27th May, 1841" regarding the shipment of tobacco bound for Gibraltar aboard the ship
Hermitage (which likely transmitted this letter), with receiving docketing of August 11th on sideflap, red "Islas De Barlovento" two line handstamp and matching "9Q" rerated over with "5R" handstamp, two vertical disinfection slits, Very
Fine, an early disinfection usage during the outbreak of yellow fever in New Orleans in 1841.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
Although health authorities in New Orleans required the disinfection of outgoing mail during times when yellow
fever was prevalent, this letter was sent several weeks before the first official case was reported in 1841. The epidemic began on July 27th that year and Charity Hospital recorded a total of 1,113 patients as having "yellow jack" before the siege
was over in the fall of that year. (Image1)
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Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2738 |
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 Worldwide, (United States) 1879 Boston, Mass. to Northfield, Vt. Cover with "Quarantine Station., Deer Island" official corner card bearing city badge, franked with
3¢ Banknote tied by negative "10" in circle handstamp, matching "Boston, Mass., Aug 6" cds alongside, with second similar cover (stamp missing) with matching letterhead enclosure dated "13 Aug, 1879" and content…"I have boarded six
vessels this morning", Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
By the 1870's, the health officers based on Deer Island frequently held ships carrying immigrants for examination off tiny Galloupe's Island. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2739 |
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 Worldwide, (United States) 1897 London, England to New York, N.Y. Incoming cover with label affixed to reverse reading "Post Office, New York, N.Y., Nov 27, 1898, This piece
of mail matter was contained in a sack which fell overboard while being transferred at Quarantine., Cornelius Van Cott, Postmaster", front addressed to New York with partial London date stamp and stamp missing (fell off after being overboard),
Very Fine, an extremely rare quarantine related label.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2740 |
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 Worldwide, (United States) 2002-05 Anthrax Sanitized Mail. Group of five items; includes a December 2001 Hickory Farms catalog USPS bagged informing customer item has been
irradiated at a facility on Bridgeport, N.Y., two 2002 covers to departments at the Department of Energy in Washington D.C. with "Mail Sanitized" handstamps and a energy brochure to same with "Mail Inspected" handstamp, and a 2005 cover to Dept of
Energy with boxed "Received, Mail Sanitized" date stamp; includes numerous article and some correspondence, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200.
(Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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