1895 $5 deep green, an exceptionally fine and fresh well centred example, unused with large part o.g., beautiful centring, scarce so fine.
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1840-51. Two entire letters from New York to Cádiz (Spain), conveyed by the “Elisha Denish” and “Leonice” ships, both displaying red “Estados Unidos” straight-line hs, charged at single rate with “5R” due marking. A scarce duo.
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1841(July). Entire letter from Baltimore to Cádiz (Spain), most probably carried via Havana, with involvement of forwarding agent in its carriage as indicated on reverse, hs on arrival with red “Islas D/Barlovento” in two lines (P.E. 3) denoting origin from the C
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1861-62 5c rose, a spectacular vertical block of 16, on large envelope from Chillicothe to Columbus, Ohio, tied by segmented cork cancels with dispatch cds below at left, edge faults to cover affecting some stamps, still though a stunning multiple on cover, one of the largest recorded, paying 16 tim
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1853 (April 25). Folded cover from New Orleans to Havana, endorsed “Empire City”, struck in red on departure with “Paid/20” marking and c.d.s., rated “2” Reales on arrival with “NA” (North America) indicating origin of the correspondence, this being a very uncommon hs.
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1901, Fast Lake Navigation 1c green & black showing INVERTED CENTRE variety, machine barred cancel, rebacked over creases and sealed tears, fine appearance and rare; cert. PSE (2006) (Scott $25'000).
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Puerto Príncipe. 1898 1c on 1m orange-brown, third printing, position 2, mint, lovely fresh and very fine appearance, small hinge remains to reverse mentioned only for accuracy, does not affect importance, scarce issue; only 180 printed; ex Prats.
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1898 5c on 1c black-violet, fourth printing, position 2, inverted surcharge, used and tied to a piece by Puerto Principe cds, some climate toning, strong colour, good example of this rare overprint error; signed Bloch; ex Prats.
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Guam. 1899, 1c green from the 1900 Special Printing, original gum with light hinge, "SPECIAL SURCHARGE" hs on reverse, very fine and very scarce; cert. PF (2009).
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1899 Special Delivery 10c blue from the 1900 Special Printing, original gum with top imprint selvage separated and hinged in place, manuscript on reverse of selvedge "B. 11506, Special Surcharge, O.", very fine and well centred, ex Robert. L. Markovits.
Note: In March 1900 one pane of each denomina
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1900 (Oct 4). Envelope sent registered to Saipan, Mariana Islands, with 1899 Special Delivery 10c showing variety "dots in curved frame above messenger" and 1899 4c tied by violet "AGANA GUAM" two-line ds, with Saipan arrival cds below, a very rare usage; cert. PF (1978); ex Robert L. Markovits.
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1901 (Nov 30). Envelope from the Zug correspondence sent registered to Washington, with 1899 50c horizontal pair, tied by "AGANA ISLAND OF GUAM" cds, with Agana Guam registration handstamp below with "hump" in rim to facilitate the Spanish "'tilde" accent mark over the "N" of Agana, stamps slightly
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1905 (Jun 10). Envelope from the Zug correspondence sent registered to Washington, with 1899 50c tied by "GUAM / ISL. GUAM" duplex, with registered dispatch cds adjacent, reverse with Everett arrival cds, some minor water staining not mentioned by the cert, otherwise very fine; cert. PF (1981); ex C
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Philippines » Military Mail and Stations. 1898 (June 8). Soldiers letter on pre-printed envelope "Co. B, 13th Minn. Inft., U. S. V./Remember the Maine" envelope to San Francisco, with "Philippine Station/San Francisco, Cal." departure military duplex cancel (Baker D-1), stampless on dispatch
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Philippines » U.S. Administration - Regular Issues. 1900-06, two booklet panes of six including 2c carmine, mint n.h. with fresh original gum not being affected by the usual tropicalization, cert. PSE (2002); and 4c carmine, very fresh displaying a rich colour, very fine. (Scott $1'700).
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1901 (Nov 8) Cover from Manila addressed to the Command of the German Fleet on board of the S.M.S. "Fürst Bismarck" operating in Chinese waters, delivered through the Imperial German Consulate in Shanghai, redirected to Tsingtao, with interesting paper seal of the German Consulate in Manila, franked
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1901 (Nov 12). U.S. Penalty Cover to New York via Hong Kong, bearing 5c regular issue featuring first "P" broken in the overprint, tied by indistinct town duplex cancel (possibly Cavite), corner endorsement partially crossed out and official use of the penalty cover over-ridden by use of postage sta
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1925 (Sept 16) Manila - Aparri Flight by De Pinedo. Cover franked by 2c and 4c, tied by fancy airplane cancels and Manila duplex, bearing 1926 (13 May) Madrid-Manila Flight by the Spanish Aviators Gallarzaga and Loriga. Cover to Manila franked by 2c pair and 12c, each tied by fancy airplane cancel,
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1925 (Sept 16) Manila - Aparri Flight by De Pinedo. 2c stationery card uprated with 2c, 4c, 6c, 10c and 20c, tied by fancy airplane cancels, with blue "Comm. F. de Pinedo's/Airplane Savoia 1925/Rome-Philippines-Tokyo" three-line hs, with black "Via Pinedo's Flight Round the World" dated illustrated
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1925 (Sept 16) Manila - Aparri Flight by De Pinedo. Cover franked by 2c and 4c, tied by fancy airplane cancels and Manila duplex, bearing black "Comm. F. de Pinedo's/Airplane Savoia 1925/Rome-Philippines-Tokyo" three-line hs at base, backstamped with "Via Pinedo's Flight Round the World" dated illus
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1925 (Sept 16) Manila - Aparri Flight by De Pinedo. Cover franked by 2c, 4c and 16c, tied by fancy airplane cancels and Manila duplex, bearing black "Comm. F. de Pinedo's/Airplane Savoia 1925/Rome-Philippines-Tokyo" three-line hs at right, with "Via Pinedo's Flight Round the World" dated illustrated
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Philippines » Filipino Revolutionary Mail. La Unión Provisionals. An extraordinary group of 59 stamps featuring the "blank paper" issue, with 24 singles o.g., all except one being marginal, including 2c to 25c three sets of eight each printed in black, violet and red, partial sheet reconstruc
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Puerto Rico (US) » US Military Mail. 1898 (Aug 2) Envelope (edge tears at top) with contents from Cape San Juan by a member of the USS "Amphitrite" to New Jersey, showing on reverse "Forwarded by THE UNITED STATES / GOVERNMENT DESPATCH AGENT / NEW YORK, U. S. A." three-line hs in violet, this
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Puerto Rico (US) » US Military Stations. 1899 (April 18). 2c stationery envelope (reduced at left) to Ponce, tied by "ARECIBO STA./PORTO RICO/1" duplex cancel, backstamped on arrival with the Mil. Sta. No. 1 cds; a scarce domestic commercial usage and a magnificent strike of this very rare po
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1900 (Feb 6). 2c stationery envelope (slightly reduced at left) to San Juan, cancelled by "ARECIBO STA./PORTO RICO/1" duplex cancel, San Juan cds on reverse; very fine only fourteen examples known of this Arecibo duplex.
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Puerto Rico (US) » U.S. Administration - Regular Issues. 1898 (Aug 11) Registered cover to France, franked by forerunner 2c, 5c (2) and 6c, tied by cork cancels with Ponce registration cds at lower left, New York registration exchange label alongside, backstamped in transit at New York, few u
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1902 (Apr 8) Registered cover from Ponce to France, franked by forerunners 3c and 15c, with usual peripheral tone perforations, tied by cork cancels with dispatch registration cds in purple adjacent, N.Y. exchange registration label at left.
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1899 (May 31) Registered 4c stationery envelope (Tittmann correspondence) to Santa Ana (Texas), uprated by 2c marginal pair with overprint at 25 degree angle, and 10c, each tied by Spanish boxed "R" registry marking, faint dispatch cds at lower left, New York and Santa Ana bs; scarce.
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United States - New York City - 1845 5c Postmasters' Provisionals issue, cliché on celluloid in light grey, type B of the two types produced by Sperati, with dated notation “Pas tiré (denoting that this result was not satisfactory) cliché 3/50", also "Isop" for Isophan (a type of celluloid from Agfa
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United States, New York City - 1845 5c Postmasters' Provisionals issue, glass support cliché in black and with reversed image, type B of the two types produced.
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United States - Confederate States - 1863 10c, glass support cliché in negative and with reversed impression, a particularly fine and rare example in an attractive blackish red shade, with darker surround to increase the contrast.
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Hawaii. US Possessions, Hawaii - 1863 2c Inter-Island, type F, two negative black glass support clichés headed “A” and “B” by Sperati; a unique duo suggesting the previously unknown theory of Sperati creating subtypes of type F.
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US Possessions, Hawaii - 1863 2c Inter-Island, type F (with the open top left corner), cliché on celluloid film with image reversal, designated “A” by Sperati, dated “2/34” and showing other numberings; extremely rare and desirable.
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US Possessions, Hawaii - 1863 2c Inter-Island, type F, essay on paper with two impressions in black and grey-black respectively with designations “A” and “B” suggesting that Sperati created subtypes of type F (a production detail previously unknown).
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US Possessions, Hawaii - 1863 2c Inter-Island, type F, essay on pelure paper; couple of corner creases not detracting from this exceptional essay produced using a copper die preceding the photolithography.
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Puerto Rico (US) » Spanish Issues. 1898 Two covers including an envelope franked with 6c "Habilitado" overprinted on cover front to Barcelona, tied by "Admon. Central/Puerto Rico/15 Oct98" cds, couple of faintly toned perforations not detracting from the rare usage of this issue on cover; ex
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