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The Harvey Mirsky Collection of the United States 1847 Issue continued...

Foreign Mail including U.S.-Great Britain Treay Mail continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2495   Image5c Red Brown, 10c Black (1, 2). Single of former, horizontal pair of latter, deeply cut into at top and bottom respectively, tied by red "New York 19 Jan 1" New Year's Day credit datestamp on large part of 1851 folded cover to Glasgow, Scotland, red "America Liverpool Paid JA 12 51" transit, margins cut in because the stamps were originally folded over top edge

A SCARCE COMBINATION USE OF THE 5-CENT AND 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE TO GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

This was carried on the Cunarder Africa, which departed New York on Jan. 1 and arrived in Liverpool Jan. 12. The franking overpays by 1c the 24c treaty rate to destination. This is the only 1847 Issue cover used to Glasgow. (Image)

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 E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2496 c Image5c Red Brown (1). Large margins to in, tied by two strikes of red grid cancel, matching "New Orleans La. Jun. 15" circular datestamp on 1851 folded cover to Bordeaux, France, carried on the Cunarder America, which departed Boston June 25 and arrived in Liverpool July 7, neat strike of red "COLONIES/&c ART.13" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, Calais transit, "15" decimes due handstamp, receiving backstamp, some wear including stamp with light bend, Very Fine appearance, scarce cover sent on the last packet sailing before the 1847 issue was demonetized, the treaty with Great Britain set the U.S. internal rate on packet mail at 5c per half-ounce regardless of distance (except for West Coast mail), prior to the treaty this would have required 10c for the U.S. rate still in effect for distance to port of departure, which was greater than 300 miles (Image)

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 E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
2497 c Image5c Red Brown (1). Large margins all around, bright color, tied by blue circular datestamp, second strike of the same "Philada. Pa. May 6" circular datestamp on blue 1851 folded cover to Jarnac, France, sender's ship-name directive "per Steamer Asia" and carried aboard that Cunarder, which departed New York May 7 and arrived in Liverpool May 17, bold strike of red "COLONIES/&c ART.13" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, Calais transit, "15" decimes due handstamp, transit and receiving backstamps, some wear including cover tear at bottom, stamp lifted and replaced with pressed horizontal crease, also with small age spot at bottom, still Very Fine appearance, scarce use to France, this is the only reported use to Jarnac, which is just outside of Cognac, with 1998 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
2498 c Image5c Red Brown (1). Large margins to full, bright color, cancelled by red grid, matching "Cleveland O. Apr. 24" circular datestamp on 1851 folded cover to Paris, France, carried aboard the Cunarder America which departed Boston on April 30 and arrived in Liverpool May 12, neat strike of red "COLONIES/&c ART.13" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, Calais transit, "30" decimes due handstamp, receiving backstamp

VERY FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE USE OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE ON A COVER TO PARIS, FRANCE.

The 30 decimes due marking indicates this was charged the double 15 centimes rate in France, because it weighed more than the 7.5 gram limit for a single-rate letter. The U.S. post office weighed mail in ounces, so this fell under the half-ounce limit (between 7.5 and 15 grams). Of the 30 decimes due, 20 decimes went to England and 10 decimes went to France for internal postage.

With 1989 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
2499 c Image5c Red Brown (1). Two singles, one with large margins all around, other with three large margins and just in at bottom (pre-printing paperfold at top left), tied by Philadelphia blue "6" in octagon handstamps, matching "Philada. Pa. 10 Mar. 19" integral-rate circular datestamp on light green 1849 folded cover to Prussia, sender's routing directive "pr. Liverpool Steamer via Ostende", carried on the Cunarder America, which departed Boston March 21 and arrived in Liverpool on April 3, "America per England" boxed handstamp at lower left, "Res. 5/4" backstamp applied at Cologne, manuscript rates including "2/10" at upper right (2sh10p for 16p double-rated transatlantic carriage, 12p for double-weight British transit fee and triple the 2p Belgian transit fee), "28-1/2" rate at left which converted the British due to silbergroschen, crossed out and re-rated "35-1/4" after internal Prussian postage was added, bottom stamp slightly affected by file folds causing tiny tear

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND UNUSUAL COVER. THIS IS THE ONLY COVER WITH THE 1847 ISSUE STAMPS CANCELLED BY THE OCTAGONAL "6" HANDSTAMP OF PHILADELPHIA, AND IT IS THE ONLY COVER FROM THE UNITED STATES KNOWN WITH THE "RES" TRANSIT MARKING OF COLOGNE. A WONDERFUL AND FASCINATING EXHIBITION ITEM.

This cover was the subject of an article by Harvey Mirsky in Chronicle 221 (copy accompanies). In the article, he notes that the octagonal "6" handstamp of Philadelphia was specifically intended for use on inbound ship letters arriving at the port of Philadelphia and addressed to a local recipient. It must have been used on this cover in error, and contrasts nicely with the "10" integral-rate circular datestamp. The cover required 10c in postage because it was overweight, causing a doubling of the transatlantic carriage fee and also the British internal fee. The rates to Belgium were calculated according to -1/4 oz. rather than -1/2 oz. increments (in grams), which caused a tripling of that fee since this must have weighed between -1/2 and -3/4 oz. The "Res" marking was used in Cologne because the normal device was lost. It was in use from February 1849 to January 1850, and this is the only U.S. cover reported with this marking.

Ex Baker and Kapiloff. With 1993 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. 7,500-10,000

SOLD for $16,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

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