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The Bernard Faust Collection of U.S. 1863-68 Black Jack Issues continued...

Foreign Mails: Switzerland
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1546 c Image2c Black (73). Used with strip of three 10c Green, diamond grid cancels, 2c tied by "Fiddletown Cal. Dec. 6" (1866) circular datestamp on 3c Pink on Buff entire to Canton Graubunden, Switzerland, light strike of red "N. York Br. Pkt. Paid Jan. 1" circular datestamp ties right 10c, "12" cents credit handstamp, blue "Aachen/Franco" boxed handstamp, transit and receiving backstamps, manuscript credits, Very Fine and attractive use sent via Prussian Closed Mail, overpaying by 2c the 33c rate, carried on Cunarder Java from Boston on Jan. 2, 1867, arriving Queenstown Jan. 11 (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
1547 c Image2c Black (73). Used with 3c Rose (65) and 30c Orange (71), cancelled or tied by targets, matching "Memphis Tenn. Jun. 24" circular datestamp on cover to Switzerland, red "N. York Br. Pkt. Paid Jul. 1" circular datestamp, "12" cents credit handstamp, blue "Aachen/Franco" boxed handstamp, transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine and colorful use sent via Prussian Closed Mail, overpaying by 2c the 33c rate, carried on Inman Line steamer City of New York from New York on Jul. 1, 1865, arriving Liverpool Jul. 12 (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
1548 c Image2c Black (73). Used with 1c Blue (63) and pair and single 10c Green (68), all tied by bold strikes of "Flower Petals" fancy cancel on folded cover to Canton Ticino, Switzerland, red "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid Oct. 21" (1865) circular datestamp, sent by Prussian Closed Mail at the 33c prepaid rate but overweight, blue "Ungenugend Frankirt" (short paid) in script two-line handstamp top right, manuscript rates culminating in "180" centimes due in Switzerland (35c), transit and receiving backstamps, minor soiling, Very Fine and unusual use, the unpaid rate to Switzerland via Prussian Closed Mail was 35c, the letter was treated as prepaying one of the rates (33c) and charged the full second rate (35c) upon receipt, carried on the Inman Line steamer City of London from New York Oct. 21, 1865, arriving Queenstown Oct. 31, accompanied by exhibit page with detailed description of all markings (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1549 c Image2c Black (73). Singles affixed front and back, used with 3c Rose (65) on back and pair 10c Green (68) on front, tied by target cancels and stamps on back by "Annawan, Ill. Aug. 4" (1865) circular datestamp on buff cover to Switzerland, red "New York Am. Pkt. Aug. 12" circular datestamp, "Paid-Only/To England" handstamp and "GB/40c" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, French and Swiss transit datestamps front and back, red crayon "220" due from recipient, stamps with small faults, couple cover edge nicks, Fine and unusual use, overpaid by 6c for the 21c rate via French Mail (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
1550 c Image2c Black, Diagonal Half Used as 1c (73a). Right diagonal half showing top of Jackson's head and one eye, used with vertical pair of 10c Green (68), trivial short perfs and scuff at upper left from separation, the bisect well tied across the cut and right side, all stamps tied by "Harrisburg Pa. Jun. 11" (1866) duplex datestamp and cork cancel on cover to Unterentfelden, Canton Aargau, Switzerland, sender carefully wrote route directive "via Havre en France, franco" and prepaid the 21c rate via French Mail, but the cover was sent by Bremen Mail, red "N. York U.S. Pkt. Paid, Jun. 14" circular datestamp, blue three-line Bremen transit handstamp, backstamped Basel and Aarau (Jul. 4, 1866)

VERY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED USE OF A 2-CENT BLACK JACK BISECT ON COVER TO A FOREIGN DESTINATION. A REMARKABLE TRANSATLANTIC COVER AND BLACK JACK USE.

This cover to Switzerland was intended to go via Havre, France, as per the sender's written directive at upper left. The sender in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, carefully affixed the precise amount of postage required for the 21c French Mail rate to Switzerland, using two 10c 1861 stamps and a diagonal bisect of the 2c Black Jack. However, after the letter reached the New York foreign-mail office, the instructions were ignored, and it was placed on board the steamer Baltic, bound for Bremen. The Baltic was a former Collins Line vessel that served as a transport ship during the Civil War and, after the war, was operated by the short-lived North American Lloyd Line (Ruger Brothers). Examples of mail carried by the North American Lloyd Line are extremely rare, because the service ran for only seven months (February to September 1866) due to a shortage of capital. In 1867 the same vessels began operating on the Bremen route under a new name -- the New York & Bremen Steamship Company -- a change precipitated by protests from the North German Lloyd Line that the American company's earlier name was too similar to its own. The Baltic sailed from New York with this cover on June 14, 1866, and arrived in Bremen on June 30, after a stop at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, ten miles from Southampton. At Bremen the blue "Franco" (Paid) handstamp was applied, and the cover traveled by train to Switzerland. The rate to Switzerland via Bremen was 19c, so the 21c postage ended up overpaying the cheaper rate by 2c.

Ex Tyler ("Mr. X", Ward sale, Dec. 6, 1938), Worden, Russo and Faiman. With letter from Stanley B. Ashbrook and 1977 P.F. certificate. (Image)

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 E. $ 7,500-10,000

SOLD for $5,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
1551 c Image2c Black (73). Used with two 5c Brown (76) and 10c Green (68), two affixed overlapping and tied by cogwheel cancels, "San Francisco Cal. Jul. 10" (1867) double-circle datestamp on blue tissue-paper cover to Canton Bern, Switzerland, red "New York 9 Aug. 3" credit datestamp, red French transit ties 2c, red boxed "PD", transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine use by French Mail (21c rate, 1c overpayment), carried direct to Le Havre by steamer Arrago from New York on Aug. 3, 1867, arriving Aug. 16 (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1552 c Image2c Black (73). Vertical pair, used with 15c Black (77), tied by circle of V's cancels, "Williamsburgh N.Y. Dec. 8" (1867) circular datestamp on buff cover to Switzerland, red "16" credit handstamp, blue "America/Uber Bremem/Franco" handstamp, transit and receiving backstamps, missing backflap, Very Fine use to Switzerland via Bremen-Hamburg Mail (19c rate) (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $275.00
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1553 c Image2c Black (73). Used with pair of 10c Green (68), slight toning around perfs and one 10c pulled perf, pen squiggle cancels with matching "Vera Cruz Ind Oct. 7" postmark, red "N. York Hamb. Pkt. Paid 12 Oct. 15" credit datestamp on yellow cover to Switzerland, manuscript rates including blue "4" (ties 10c stamp) for postage beyond the GAPU, transit and receiving backstamps, missing backflap, Fine use via Bremen-Hamburg Mail (19c rate, overpaid 3c), with 1984 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $190.00
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1554 c Image2c Black (73). Used with 3c Rose (65) and 10c Green (68), 2c and 3c faintly creased, 10c choice centering and margins, tied by bold quartered cork cancels, "Chicago Ill. Feb. 22" (1868) circular datestamp on yellow cover to Switzerland, red "Hamburg/Franco" boxed handstamp, transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine and rare, a colorful Black Jack use to Switzerland sent by North German Union Direct Mail, the 15c NGU rate was in effect for only three months, ex Dr. Rorke (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $550.00
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1555 c Image2c Black, F. Grill (93). Huge interpane margin at right, used with 10c Green, F. Grill (96) and 3c Ultramarine (114), tied by circle of wedges cancels and 2c by "San Francisco Jul. 10" (1869) circular datestamp on "Loze Brothers, Manufacturers and Importers of Watches, Jewelry, Clocks and Music Boxes" corner card cover to Geneva, Switzerland, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Jul. 20" circular datestamp, Swiss transit and receiving backstamps, 10c small corner crease, Very Fine, a beautiful and colorful Black Jack use to Switzerland, sent via Direct Closed Mail through England (15c rate), carried by HAPAG steamer Allemannia from New York on Jul. 20, 1869, arriving Plymouth Jul. 31 (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1556 c Image2c Black (73). Three periodical/circular uses to Switzerland bearing single Black Jacks, first 2c circular rate by French Mail (2005 P.F. certificate), other two are Bremen Mail 1-1/2c periodical rate and French Mail 2c newspaper rate, last with cover faults, overall Very Fine and attractive trio (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

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