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Postal History continued...

Croatia
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2101 cover   image1917 (May 1), military censored postage due cover from Zagreb to Realna Gimnazija, Ruma, present-day Serbia, with violet boxed K.u.K. Zensurstelle / Zagreb / Zensuriert 3 censor mark, two Hungary 10f green and red postage due stamps tied by Ruma arrival (13 May), one stamp subsequently removed, yet otherwise fine, with interesting contents from the historian Viktor Novak.

The four-page enclosed letter is written in Croatian by Novak, later one of the foremost figures in Yugoslav historiography and paleography. Writing to his future wife Pava from the University Library in Zagreb, Novak describes the "Walpurgis Night" atmosphere of wartime Zagreb, mentions his work on "Konjović" and attendance at concerts including a performance by Weingartner, and expresses concern for Pava's wellbeing in Ruma, noting he is sending her books via official channels to ensure delivery to the school. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2102 cover   image1942-1943, two censored covers to Zelenjak and Vienna, comprising a local usage to Zelenjak (21 Aug 1942) franked with the 1942 "For the Croatian Legion" souvenir sheet, tied by Zagreb c.d.s. with large violet commemorative ZELENJAK / 28. 7. 43 / HRVATSKA cachet on front and reverse, and an express cover to German-occupied Vienna (17 Jan 1943) franked with the 1942 Labor Corps semi-postal set of three in combination with a German 1942 Military Parcel Post red-brown adhesive, all tied by F.O.C.A. / 17 Jan 43 first-day cancels with matching Zelenjak commemorative strike, some light edge creasing typical of these larger covers, else very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
Cuba
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2103 cover   image1816 (December 14), Havana to Orotava, Canary Islands, stampless folded letter, with printed contents on behalf of the firm Don Pedro Oliver & Cía. announcing the death of the firm’s founders and detailing its subsequent reconstitution, carried privately to Spain where it entered the postal system and was struck with a crisp CADIZ straight-line in red, assessed 2 reales due as an unpaid single letter, representing the rate from Spain to the Canary Islands, remarkably fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2104 cover   image1843 (September 8), the elusive "Empresa Indias" datestamp, in blue, neatly-struck on piece of incoming letter to Havana, further struck with a matching blue numeral 3 due marking, a choice example of this difficult strike, from the final decade of the company's operations, one of only a small number of examples of this postmark recorded in blue.

Established in 1827 by a group of Havana merchants, the Empresa Mercantil de Correos Marítimos ("La Empresa") was a private company authorized to modernize the mail service between Spain, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. Operating a dedicated fleet of numbered vessels, the company held a semi-monopoly on maritime mail and taxed incoming foreign letters, until it was outcompeted by British steamships and closed in 1851. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
Ecuador
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2105 cover   image1853, ALAUSI/DEBE to Quito, stampless folded cover, internally dated 1853, struck with scarce two-line ALAUSI/DEBE in red, to Quito, with legal docketing on reverse, signed "Rivadeneira", light wrinkles, fine; ex Leo Harris (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
Egypt
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2106 cover   image1833 (September 9), illustrated maritime Bill of Lading (Polizza di Carico) for cargo shipped from Alexandria to Livorno, Italy, fine vignette of a sailing vessel at upper left, headed "ALESSANDRIA D'EGITTO," detailing shipment of 31 bales of textiles (24 linen, 7 cloth) aboard the Austrian brigantine Urmeny under Captain Edoardo Medanich, cargo shipped by Stach Felice and consigned to G. Vennino in Livorno, signed by Captain Medanich at lower right, original horizontal and vertical mailing folds, most attractive.

The Urmeny was a merchant brigantine of the Illyrian fleet named for the prominent Hungarian Ürményi noble family; Captain Medanich belonged to a distinguished seafaring family from Fiume (modern Rijeka) active in the Levant trade. Livorno was at the time a crucial Free Port and primary gateway for Egyptian textiles entering the Italian states. (Image 1)



Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2107 cover   image1834 (October 6), illustrated maritime Bill of Lading for a high-value cargo of indigo from Alexandria to Livorno, Italy, lovely vignette of a sailing vessel at upper left, detailing 49 cases of cargo including 40 cases of indigo shipped by Isac Sonnino (identified as a Tuscan subject) aboard the Sardinian brigantine Tre Fratelli under Captain Fortunato Rasetto, signed by Captain Rasetto at lower right, filing folds, else very fine. (Image 1)



Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2108 cover   image1843 (October 24), Alexandria to Malta, stampless disinfected entire, carried per Cap. Scopinich, circular MALTE / PURIFIÉ AU LAZARET disinfection marking in black, two clear diagonal disinfection slits applied at the Lazzaretto of Malta for fumigation, typical light toning, else fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2109 cover   image1848 (January 10), illustrated maritime Bill of Lading for shipment of 156 bales of Egyptian cotton from Alexandria to Trieste, intricate paddle steamer vignette at upper left, cargo of 62 "pesantone" and 94 "tonde" bales aboard the Austrian brigantine Accorto under Captain G. Sopranich, consigned to Vardacca e Gialusi in Trieste, signed by Captain Sopranich at lower right, original horizontal and vertical filing folds, else very fine.

The Accorto was a traditional sailing brigantine, in this instance sailing on the eve of the 1848 revolutions. (Image 1)



Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2110 cover   image1851 (May 14), illustrated maritime Bill of Lading for 200 bales of Egyptian cotton from Alexandria to Trieste, fine woodcut vignette of a sailing ship in rough seas at upper left, cargo loaded by G. Sonnino aboard the Sardinian brigantine I Due Cugini under Captain Giuseppe Chiassaro, consigned to Messrs. Wollheim in Trieste, signed by Captain Chiassaro at lower right, usual filing folds, else very fine. (Image 1)



Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2111 cover   image1931 (March 4), Cairo to Kisumu, Kenya, Imperial Airways First Flight cover, franked with 27mi Air Post, two 10mi Agricultural Exposition commemoratives, tied by Cairo c.d.s., with neatly-struck arrival backstamp (10 Mar), fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
El Salvador
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2112 cover   image1894 (December 8), San Salvador to Pelotas, Brazil, official registered Avis de Réception stationery envelope from the Administración Central de Correos, 2c red embossed envelope, uprated by four 10c purple and one 2c blue "Seebeck" definitives tied by Correos / Registrado / San Salvador c.d.s., large red boxed R / No. 3171 registration stamp and rare boxed "SAN SALVADOR/AR" (Avis de Réception) handstamp on face, red and blue New York, N.Y. / No. 33708 exchange registration label applied in transit, reverse with New York (24 Dec), Rio de Janeiro (2 Feb 95) transit, and Pelotas (15 Feb 95) arrival backstamp, scarce and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
France
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2113 cover   image1843 (April 11), Paris to New York, transatlantic stampless folded letter, red circular BUREAU CENTRAL (11 Apr) Paris transit c.d.s., small red boxed PD handstamp, and manuscript "Port payé jusqu'à Liverpool" instruction on front, bold red rimless oval crowned PAID SHIP LETTER / LONDON (13 Apr) transit and red manuscript "1/-" credit for the trans-Atlantic packet rate, manuscript "22" decimes on reverse representing 10 decimes Paris to Britain plus 12 decimes for the trans-Atlantic packet, manuscript "6" cents due on arrival for the U.S. ship letter rate, carried on the steamer Great Western from Liverpool to New York, fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2114 cover   image1851 (November 29), illustrated maritime Bill of Lading for an unusual cargo of live plants from Marseille to Alexandria, Egypt, detailed vignette of a merchant ship with anchor and quayside barrels at upper left, with text noting the conveyance of three cases of "plantes d'Arbres Verts" (evergreen trees or shrubs) weighing 560 kilograms by Pastré Frères, carried by the vessel Bazar under Captain Périssol, consigned to Monsieur G. Sonnino in Alexandria, signed by the captain at lower right, filing folds, else very fine, and a most unusual consignment of live botanical specimens. (Image 1)



Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2115 cover   image1853 (October 10), Paris to London, folded letter franked with 40c orange imperforate Cères horizontal pair, tied by gros points grid and red boxed PD (Payé Destination) handstamp, paying the double-weight international rate to Great Britain, with black circular Paris c.d.s. (10 Oct), black Ligne de Calais ambulant (10 Oct), red tombstone-shaped Paid British arrival (11 Oct), and red shield-shaped receiver (11 Oct), stamps cut close on two sides, else fine. (Sc. 7, $1,400).

The letter is from T. J. Pettigrew, who reports being delayed in Paris by "a very bad fall down a dark stair in the Louvre," before going on to detail a successful meeting with Albert Lenoir, architect and founder of the Musée de Cluny. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
2116 cover   image1854 (9 August), 80c triple rate entire from Orleans to Cosne-sur-Loire, franked with 80c dark carmine imperforate Napoléon, four ample to large margins all around, tied by "2944" Petits Chiffres, matching strike of Orléans double-circle c.d.s. alongside, reverse with two next-day double-circle arrival backstamps, a lovely-quality example of this uncommon rate, paid with a single franking, very fine; ex Provera. (Yvert 17A). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
2117 cover   image1856 (June), Crimean War, folded cover from Kamiesch, Crimea, to Lyon via Constantinople, manuscript "Kamiesch" notation inside and manuscript "10", struck with black boxed "MER NOIRE" handstamp and two red boxed "PAQUETBOTS DE LA MEDITERRANEE" handstamps on front, French Offices "CONSTANTINOPLE TURQUIE" (5 June) double circle transit, "MARSEILLE" (14 June) transit, and "LYON" (16 June) double circle receiver on back, a fine Crimean War cover (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
2118 cover   image1870 (December 2), multi-franked maritime cover, Curaçao via St. Thomas to Vera Cruz, Mexico, franked with 20c blue and two singles and a pair of 40c orange Napoleon III Laureated, totalling 1.80 francs, one 40c with corner missing, all tied by dotted lozenge anchor maritime cancellation, St. Thomas / 1870 c.d.s. (2 Dec) below, with black "2" decimes handstamp and red PD in frame, internal docketing confirming origin in Curaçao (22 Nov) carried via the Danish West Indies, shallow vertical file fold and slight toning of the 40c issues, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2119 cover   image1896 (February 1), mourning cover from the French Expeditionary Force in Madagascar, to Cherbourg, franked with well-centred 25c black on rose Sage, tied by Trésor et Postes aux Armées / Madagascar c.d.s. (1 Feb), black mourning border, addressed to a Captain of Marine Artillery, vertical fold and light corner creasing, fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2120 cover   image1900 (October 7), internal mourning wrapper encircling a black-bordered death notification, from Toulouse to Bordeaux, with scarce postage due franking of eight 1c grey in two strips of four, the upper strip with gutter margin (inter-panneau), tied by Bordeaux c.d.s. (7 Oct, with boxed Refusé and Pour Envoyeur handstamps on face and Inconnue marking on reverse, assembly retained with original transit string, wrapper damaged in transit as evidenced by the c.d.s. strikes tying the entire assembly, fine and most unusual. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction

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