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Stampless Stories: A Postal History of America continued...

Ocean Mail continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
113 c ImageLiverpool to Baltimore, Packet Ship [above oval] James Munroe/Liverpool/Watkinson/Sailed Mar. 1,/1819”. Red oval handstamp (Munroe” misspelling) on printed market report and handwritten letter from Liverpool to Baltimore, red New -York Apr. 8” circular datestamp, matching SHIP” handstamp and manuscript 20-3/4” rate, manuscript Refused” indicating addressee declined to pay postage, faint toning and wear, still Very Fine, a rare Black Ball Line vessel-named handstamp used only on this Mar. 1, 1819, voyage of the James Monroe (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
114 c ImageBirmingham, England, to New York, Packet Ship [above oval] James Munroe/Liverpool/ Watkinson/Sailed Mar. 1,/1819”. Red oval handstamp (Munroe” misspelling) on front and back of folded letter to New York datelined Birmingham Feby. 15th, 1819”, arrived Apr. 9 with manuscript 6” cents due, Fine, a rare Black Ball Line vessel-named handstamp used only on this Mar. 1, 1819, voyage of the James Monroe (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
115 c ImageSumatra to Marietta, Ohio, 1821, *PACKET”. Large brownish straightline handstamp on folded letter from Sumatra datelined Bencoolen 7th November 1821” from William Jack, a Scottish botanist and surgeon who joined the East India Company and accompanied Stamford Raffles on his journey to Bencoolen (Bengkulu) in Indonesia, this letter to his brother Charles was apparently sent to Scotland, then annotated in cross-writing by a family member and addressed to Marietta, Ohio, where Charles was looking to settle, red New-York Aug. 27” (1822) circular datestamp, matching SHIP” handstamp and manuscript 27” rate (2c ship fee plus 25c postage), dampstained and well-worn, still Fine, the Packet” handstamp is not only a rare marking, but the voyage of this letter is astonishing, William Jack died in 1822 in Bencoolen -- read the exploits of Sir Stamford Raffles on Wikipedia before bidding (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
116 c ImageIndia to Washington, D.C., 1834, Philadelphia Full-Rigged Ship Handstamp. Exceptionally clear strike of this wonderful pictorial handstamp in red with matching PHILA/8/DEC.” octagonal double-line datestamp on 1834 folded cover with part of contents from India to Walter Lowrie, Secretary of the U.S. Senate in Washington D.C., manuscript 52” rate (2 x 25c plus 2c ship fee) crossed out and marked F” for Free”, sender’s ship-name directive Per the Edward”, fresh and Very Fine, Lowrie was a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, at this time he served as secretary to the Senate, the intact portion of the letter notes since I came to India” (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
117 c ImageIndia to Pittsburgh Pa., 1834, Philadelphia Full-Rigged Ship Handstamp. Slightly oily strike of this pictorial handstamp in red with matching PHILA./8/DEC” octagonal double-line datestamp on 1834 folded letter from Calcutta, India, to Pittsburgh Pa., noted Treble” at bottom but rated as a quadruple letter with red manuscript 77” for four-times 18-3/4c rate plus 2c ship fee, slight soiling and wear, letter also has some acidification inside with some brittle folds, small piece missing from wax seal, Fine appearing and rare combination of Calcutta origin and this iconic handstamp, which was used between May 1834 and September 1835, arrived on the same ship as the letter offered in lot 116 (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
118 c ImageU.S.S. Vincennes to Portland Me., 1834, Philadelphia Full-Rigged Ship Handstamp. Clear strike of this pictorial handstamp in red, matching bold PHILA./28/FEB.” octagonal double-line frame crossed out, as is the 27” manuscript rate, on incoming folded letter from Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow datelined U.S. Ship Vincennes, At Sea” to Portland Me., 1834 docketing at right, manuscript Forwarded by G.H.N. who is here, all is well" in an arc around wax seal on back, Very Fine and unusual, the Vincennes was the first U.S. Navy ship to circumnavigate the globe, in 1833 she was deployed to the Pacific for the second time and was the first American warship to call at Guam, she sailed around the world again before returning to the East Coast in 1836, she later became the flagship for the Wilkes expedition to Antarctica (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
119 c ImageHavana, Cuba, to New York via Charleston S.C. by Express Mail, 1837. Clear strike of red Charleston S.C. Mar. 28”circular datestamp, matching SHIP” handstamp on folded letter from Cuba to New York, boldly endorsed Express Mail” across top, manuscript 77” rate including 2c ship captain’s fee and triple 25c postage for express, letter datelined Havana, Mar. 20, 1837, with duplicate of letter dated Mar. 18, tear from flap extends about halfway down address panel (but not very noticeable), otherwise Very Fine, extremely rare example of an inbound ship letter sent by 1836-39 Express from the port of arrival (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $500.00
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120 c ImageLiverpool to New York, 1838, 1-1/4 Oz. 95-3/4” Quintuple Rate. Jan. 1, 1838 duplicate folded letter from Liverpool to Richmond Va. with red New-York Ship Mar. 7” circular datestamp and due markings for 5-times 18-3/4c postage and 2c ship captain’s fee, slight bleed-thru from writing, Very Fine, carried on the Liverpool Red Star Line St. Andrew (Image)

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 E. $ 150-200

SOLD for $375.00
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121 c ImageNew York to Cognac, France -- 1838 Maiden Voyage of the Great Western. Folded letter datelined New York May 7, 1838, to Cognac, France, carried directly to mail bag at ship agent’s office so no U.S. postal markings, clear strike of BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER” two-line boxed handstamp, manuscript 1/6” English debit to France for 8p ship rate fee plus 10p carriage from Bristol to London, red London May 23 backstamp, red Angleterre par Calais” arrival datestamp, 32” decimes due and May 27 Cognac arrival backstamp, Very Fine, carried on the maiden voyage of the Great Western, which departed New York May 7 and arrived Bristol May 22, 1838, the freight money fee seen on later examples was not collected on this voyage, ex Winter and Walske (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
122 c Image1839 Maiden Voyage of the British Queen. Printed woodcut illustration of the British Queen with caption on a small piece of paper affixed by sender to folded letter datelined Liverpool July 9, 1839”, addressed to New York with ship-name directive Steamship ‘British Queen’”, large manuscript 6” ship-rate due marking applied at New York ties the illustrated cut-out, proving it was affixed by the sender to decorate the address panel

VERY FINE. A UNIQUE ILLUSTRATED COVER” FROM THE 1839 MAIDEN VOYAGE OF THE BRITISH QUEEN.

The British Queen was owned by the British and American Steam Navigation Co. This letter was carried on her maiden voyage, which departed Portsmouth on July 12, 1839. This company chartered the Sirius for two voyages in 1838, in order to beat the Great Western Steamship Company as the first steamship company to make the transatlantic crossing. The British Queen was substantially larger than other transatlantic steamers used at the time, earning the company a profit. They built a second sister ship, the President, which was double the size of Cunard’s Britannia, but both ships were considered underpowered. The President was lost in 1841 and caused the collapse of the company. The British Queen was sold to the Belgian government.

Ex Hahn. With 2013 P.F. certificate. (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,500.00
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123 c ImageRichmond to Tonnerre, France, 1839. Red Richmond Va. Sep. 16” circular datestamp on 1839 folded letter to Tonnerre, France, 18-3/4” U.S. postage to New York, red PAID” and STEAM” straightlines with 25” cents freight money charge, red New York Sep. 21” circular datestamp, sender’s directive Per Great Western”, BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER” two-line handstamp, English and French manuscript debit and due markings, transit and receiving datestamps, Very Fine, a colorful private ship freight money cover, ex Walske (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

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