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The New Helvetia Collection of Western Expresses continued...

Foreign Mails continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
112 c ImageSan Francisco Cal. Dead Letter Office. Large double-circle handstamp with "1859" year slug and no other date on blue folded letter to Tahiti, datelined "San Francisco 24 Avril 1858" from the firm of Belloc Frere & Sescau, blue oval handstamp showing offices in Paris, Lima and San Francisco -- without any indication of prepayment, it appears that the sender simply put the letter into the mails unfranked -- the San Francisco Dead Letter Office received it in 1859, but there is no other indication of its disposition -- Very Fine, an extremely rare Dead Letter Office marking, which, when found, is usually struck on back (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
113 c ImageNEW SOUTH WALES, 1863, 2p Blue (48). Horizontal strip of three, tied by bold strikes of "Sydney 64 MY 16 C" duplex datestamp and "N.S.W." oval on blue cover to San Francisco, sender's ship-name directive "per Uruguay", "San Francisco Cal. Oct. 6" double-circle datestamp and "FOREIGN" straightline handstamp with "10" error rate, all markings clearly struck

EXTREMELY FINE. REPORTED TO BE ONE OF ONLY TWO EXAMPLES OF THE RARE SAN FRANCISCO "FOREIGN" HANDSTAMP ON MAIL FROM NEW SOUTH WALES.

From August to November 1864, the San Francisco post office incorrectly applied the 10c contract steamship rate to letters received from non-contract vessels and used the "FOREIGN" marking on letters arriving from foreign countries and addressed to United States destinations. Only two such covers are reported from New South Wales. (Image)

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 E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
114 c ImageNEW SOUTH WALES, 1860, 1sh Rose (42). Bright color, tied by "Sydney DE 2 1868" duplex datestamp and "N.S.W." oval on small cover to San Francisco, sender's ship-name directive "per R.M.S. 'Rakaia'", carried to Panama on the last sailing of the Panama, New Zealand & Australian Royal Mail Co. Line, then by PMSS Golden City from Panama to San Francisco (dep. Jan. 9, arr. Jan 22), bold "San Francisco Cal. 10 Jan. 23" (1869) circular datestamp with integral 10c steamship due rate, Very Fine, extremely scarce use from New South Wales to San Francisco on the last P&NZRMC sailing, ex Walske (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

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