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1915/57, 43 covers and cards from ottoman period to first fights, including WWI censor cards from Aleppo and Damas, parcel card cancelled Damas 5 to Bagdad overland mail, french mandate with T.E.P.528 and 614, several modern censor marks, parcel tag to USA, additional few old photos of Damas and Egypt ship at harbour, mainly fine.

1883/99, album page with 41 classic issues, 1889 different overprint types 1 and 2, unused and fine.

1851/57, 12 c. black, a pair and a single, margins in places and right-hand stamp lightly creased, tied by neat "DU BUQÜE JUL 29 1857" datestamp to yellow envelope routed via New York American Packet (August 1, 1857) and "Prussia closed Mail", "AACHEN 13.8. / FRANCO" datestamp and "Franco Preuss. resp.Vereins. Ausg(angs)-Gr(enze)" instructional marking alongside, to "Zillis, Ct. Bünden, Schweiz, Europa", tiny border crease and rough opened at left, otherwise fine and attractive.

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1893, Columbian Exposition 2 c. tied by special machine cancel "WOLD'S FAIR STATION CHICAGO 1893 OCT.23” to underfranking advertising cor "Der Deutsche General-Komisser California Midwinter International Exposition” with tax mark "T 1/15” to Dresden, Germany with arrival mark

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1893, Columbian Exposition 2 c. tied by machine cancel "CHICAGO ILL. APR.3.1893” to Sharp & Smith advertising cover "World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893” to New York with arrival mark, fine

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1863, letter from Buenos Aires to Boston, mailed with the branch packet "Mersey” to the "Magdalena” in Rio de Janeiro; on 11.7.1963 the ship left Southampton, with arrival on 6.8.1963. The weight was 2 oz., noted "96” being 4-times the 24 c. debit on the U.S. Post Office for a letter across the Atlantic by an American Packet, "via Southampton” in manuscript. In Queenstown, it caught the Inman Line ship "City of Washington” on 6.8.1963, with arrival cds. "BOSTON AM. PKT. AUG 18”. Charged $1.80 in silver coins and $2.20 in banknotes (noted 1,80 / 2,20 in U.S. NOTES). Scarce two-time Atlantic-crossing and highest known postal rate of a maritime depreciated currency cover. Cert. Wijnands (2022) ex Booth

"VENETIA” violetter L1 mit handschriftlichem Datum "7/III(99)” auf kleinformatigem Brief mit Grant 5 C. mit Federkreuz-Entwertung und nebengesetztem EKr. "AUS WESTINDIEN P.HAMBURG. DAMPFER ÜBER CÖLN” nach Hannover mit Ankunftsstempel, in einwandfreier Erhaltung

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1850/1950, interesting holding in two booklets and envelope, used with few fancy cancellations, incl. better values and varieties, parcel with perfins, coil pairs, officials, BoB, mainly fine.

1860/1950, interesting holding in envelope, unused, incl. better values and varieties, officials, BoB with Specimen, few Porto Rico and Shanghai, some local reprints, mainly fine.

1860/1950, interesting holding in little album, early issues unused no gum, later issues mint never hinged, incl. better values, air mails, imperf pairs, Jefferson booklet pane misperf,  mainly fine.

1873/1925 (ca.), Postage Dues and Officials, small group mostly used with duplicates, noted Interior, Navy, Post, etc., better selection of Department of State, Postage Dues (ex Mi.-Nr. 2-43) and Parcel stamps, mixed condition, in one small stockbook

1840/60 (ca.), Harnden Express postal history collection, , neatly-written up on pages, over twenty items beginning with a letter from William F. Harnden to the President of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad (ex Burrus), followed by a range of desirable pieces, including a rare 1847 entire to Russia (Wibourg) showing framed "POSTAGE PAID / TO DESTINATION / BY / HARNDEN & CO / OF / LIVERPOOL”, circular "PAID / H. & Co”, and reverse with "FORWARDED BY / HARNDEN & CO / BOSTON”, 1840 folded letter with "FORWARDED FROM / HARNDEN’S / PACKAGE EXPRESS & FOREIGN / LETTER OFFICE” (Boston), 1840 transatlantic to the United Kingdom with circular "FORWARDED BY / HARNDEN’S EXPRESS / FROM / BOSTON”, 1842 Havana to London forwarded via New York and Boston, 1866 Harper’s Ferry receipt, various types of "HARNDEN EXPRESS” and "HARNDEN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN EXPRESS” envelopes, full-rigged ship illustrated "FORWARDED BY / HARNDEN & CO / NO 20 WATER ST / LIVERPOOL” oval on two folded covers, four scarce labels from Cincinnati (white), Wall Street (blue), Savannah (orange) and Baltimore (orange), concluding with embossed Livingston & Co "Late Harnden Express Forwarder” envelope with embossed illustration on flap, transatlantic letters carried via the Acadia, Columbia, Caledonia, Britannia, etc, condition varies, some items with faults, but an important assembly of scarce material recounting the history of this pioneering independent express company.

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1848/60 (ca.), Eastern Express Companies, just over twenty items, written-up on pages, noting Adams Express Company, New York, two stampless covers with different embossed corner cards; Bryant & Spear’s / Penobscot Express, Boston, green label on cover to Maine; rare "Forwarded by / Prince’s / Boston & Portland / Express” label in red on folded cover (untied, vertical crease); Wells & Co’s Express, with 1848 entire from Albany to Buffalo, 1849 cover from Buffalo to New York with yellow "Wells & Co’s” label, 1850 entire from Albany to New York with pink label, small group of receipts for payment showing the partners, offices, agencies, etc; Livingston, Wells & Co Express group with 1854 entire from Paris to Massachusetts forwarded with blue cachet, c. 1855 envelope with cachet of Paris agency forwarded to New York; Wells, American Express Co. covers with yellow "Buffalo, Albany & New York” label, "St. Johnsville” in red, "Albany” in green, varying condition, some covers and labels with faults, crease, etc, but a fascinating group to continue further study of this popular field.   

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1865/1960, ca. 160 covers incl. many airmail covers, cards with better picture postcards and postal stationeries, with u.o. patriotic cover "The Union Forever" with 3 c., registered covers, many postal stationeries with additional frankings and advertising covers and cards. In addtion some modern mint never hinged and used stamps ex 1983/94 with sheets and express stamps inkl. booklet 1983, mostly fine