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EXTREMELY FINE AND SIMPLY SPECTACULAR. THE USE OF THREE DIFFERENT COLORFUL STAMPS FROM THE 1869 PICTORIAL AND ITS SUCCESSOR 1870 PORTRAIT ISSUE IS RARE IN ANY FORM. HAVING THEM ON A 28-CENT BRITISH MAIL RATE COVER TO SOUTH AFRICA IS EVEN MORE DESIRABLE. FINALLY, THE CONDITION OF THIS PALETTE OF COLORS IS IMPECCABLE. IN OUR OPINION, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL 1869 PICTORIAL FOREIGN-MAIL USAGES.
Illustrated in Rose book (p. 97) where described as one of two known 12c 1869 covers to South Africa (there are only a few other 1869 Pictorial covers to this destination). Illustrated in color in the 1869 PRA Census (p. 130). (Image)
VERY FINE AND IMPORTANT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE COVER, COMBINING THE 10-CENT AND 24-CENT VALUES FOR THE 34-CENT BRITISH MAIL RATE VIA SOUTHAMPTON, BUT CREDITED FOR THE FASTER ROUTE VIA MARSEILLES AND MOST DEFINITELY CARRIED BY THAT ROUTE.
Only three 24c 1869 covers to China are recorded in the 1869 PRA Census. This cover is the third earliest of all known 24c 1869 covers, preceded by an April 7 usage to Shanghai (ex Mack, Siegel Sale 876, lot 122) and an April 23 usage from New York to Mobile. Use of the Hong Kong-Singapore Marine Sorter backstamp is also quite rare.
Comparing this cover with the ex-Mack cover to Shanghai is instructive. Both covers were prepaid 34c and marked by the sender to go via Southampton. The ex-Mack cover did travel on the slower Southampton route and took 57 days to reach the Hong Kong transit ship (NY 4/7, London 4/17, Hong Kong Marine Sorter 6/3-8, the split dates referring to departure and scheduled arrival dates). The cover offered here, contrary to the sender's directive, was bagged for the British route via Marseilles and appropriately credited 32c, not 24c. The 32c credit comprises 24c for British overseas postage and 8c extra for fast transit via Marseilles. (Perhaps a clerk in the New York foreign-mail office was feeling charitable toward a naval officer). Comparing the transit dates with the ex-Mack cover, this journey was 10 days shorter (NY 4/24, London 5/8, Hong Kong Marine Sorter 6/10-17, for a total of 47 days to reach Hong Kong transit ship). (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE AND ATTRACTIVE COMBINATION OF THE 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE AND 30-CENT 1868 F GRILL. THIS IS ONE OF TWO RECORDED 1869 COVERS TO THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE RARE HONG KONG-SINGAPORE MARINE SORTER HANDSTAMP. A SPECTACULAR AND COLORFUL 1869 USAGE FROM THE PEIRCE CORRESPONDENCE.
The Peirce correspondence to Manila reached the philatelic community in the early 1980's. Prior to the revelation of this correspondence, Philippines was unknown as a destination with the 1869 Issue. With the dispersal of the so-called "Manila Find" by H. R. Harmer in 1994, the full scope of the Peirce correspondence became known. This cover from the Pierce correspondence is one of three examples of the 42c rate prepaid with an 1869 stamp in the franking. This is one of two covers in the Peirce correspondence with the Hong Kong-Singapore Marine Sorter backstamp. It was acquired by Elliott Coulter from covers released into the market prior to 1994. (Image)
VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE MIXED-ISSUE FRANKING FOR THE 34-CENT BRITISH MAIL RATE VIA SOUTHAMPTON AND THE ONLY RECORDED 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE COVER TO BANGKOK FOR ANY DENOMINATION.
This combination of the 10c 1869 and 1868 24c F Grill is rare for any destination. The 1869 PRA Census does not list another cover to Bangkok for the 6c value and up.
Ex West and Herzog. With 1983 P.F. certificate. (Image)