Sale 1011 — United States Stamps & Postal History, Foreign
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 21-24 June, 2011
Category — Waterway, Railroad and Transatlantic Mail
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1284
3c Brownish Carmine, Ty. I (11). Ample to full margins, two neat pen strokes, perfect strike of red "Steamer Bayou Belle. Capt. J.S. Walker." oval handstamp on Buchannan Carroll & Co. cover to New Orleans, couple staple holes at top of and above the handstamp, minor back flap tear, Extremely Fine strike of this scarce Red River name-of-boat marking, ex Clippert and pictured in Milgram on p. 108
E. 400-500
300
1285
3c Dull Red, Ty. II, III (11A, 26). Two covers with ms. steamboat markings, first No. 11A ample to full margins, pen-cancelled with matching "Steamer GM Relf" written in a different hand from the address and so most likely applied by the route agent, on cover to New Orleans, Very Fine, second cover with No. 26, pen-cancelled, on June 1860 way bill to Urbana Va. via Chesapeake Bay and Rappahannock River, endorsed via schooner Mary Anna, ms "Steam Boat 2 cts. due" (in error as the 2c fee was eliminated in April 1855 and not reinstated until 1861), cover forwarded to Saluda Va. with no additional forwarding postage charged, interesting and unusual use
E. 200-300
150
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3c Brownish Carmine, Ty. II (11A). Full margins to just in at left and bottom left, vivid color, tied by bold strike of Mobile "Steam 5" double-oval handstamp on folded letter to Mobile, endorsed " Valuable" and "Farmer" (name of boat), letter datelined "Feby 26th, 1852", light file folds well clear of stamp, Very Fine, scarce marking prepared for use on stampless letters but occasionally found on stamped letters
E. 300-400
200
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3c Brownish Carmine, Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Two folded letters from New Orleans to Robert A. Barnes in St. Louis Mo., first with deep shade Brownish Carmine stamp, ample to full margins, tied by perfect bold strike of "STEAM 5" straightline handstamp of St. Louis, letter datelined 26 March 1852, second Dull Red stamp, Position 39R2L, bright color and full margins, tied by unusually bold "STEAM" straightline handstamp of St. Louis, datelined 1 June 1853 and endorsed on dateline "Collier", file folds on each do not affect stamps, Extremely Fine, with 1996 P.S.E. certificate, a gorgeous matched pair of covers
E. 500-750
650
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3c Dull Red, Ty. IV (26A). Position 49L10i, bright color, tied by neat strike of "WAY" framed handstamp, matching "New Orleans La. Jan. 30, 1859" circular datestamp on Carroll Hoy & Co. cover to New Orleans, small top flap repair, otherwise fresh and Extremely Fine, with 2002 A.P.S. certificate
E. 200-300
140
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Steamboat Covers. Six covers, either 3c entires or stampless, several better incl. bold strike of "Steamer Cote Joyeuse" handstamp on folded letter (P.S.E. certificate), "U.S. Mail Packet, Steamer Lizzie Simmons, Geo. H. Kirk Capt., Maurice Langhorn Clerk" handstamp on 3c Red Nesbitt entire, "Steamer Stacy." red handstamp with black "Steam 5" handstamp, "CREOLE" straightline handstamp on 3c entire, "Red River Packet St. Charles" red handstamp on 3c entire, "U.S. Mail Packet Natchez" blue handstamp with matching "Route 7309" handstamp on 3c entire, finally "Regular New Orleans, Ouachita River and Bayou Bartholmew Packet, Trenton" pre-printed at top of yellow stampless cover with contents, few flaws but overall Fine-Very Fine, attractive group
E. 1,500-2,000
1,100
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New Jersey Railroad Ribbon Markers. Collection of 22 covers, nine postal cards and four tickets, 1870's-1900, most with blue oval or double-circle datestamp with name of railroad and town, incl. fifteen reportedly unique, generally Fine-Very Fine, ex Arch
E. 300-400
200
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3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Ample to clear margins, tied by bold strike of "Virginia Central R.R. May 4" route agent's circular datestamp on small cover to Richmond Va., backflap tear, Very Fine strike of this extremely rare route agent datestamp (Simpson Rarity 9), ex Chase
E. 300-400
200
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United States-Belgium Postal Convention, 1859. One-page document signed by President James Buchanan, ordering the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to the "Proclamation of the Postal Convention between the United States & Belgium of the 21st of December last", dated "20th October, 1860", some splitting and faults, unusual original postal document
E. 150-200
225
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Egypt to New York. Cover bearing Great Britain, 1865-67, 4p Vermilion, 6p Red Violet (43, 51; SG 94, 97), 4p wing margin at right, tied by "B01" in barred oval handstamps of Alexandria, to Customs House in New York, neat "Cairo JA 20, 1871" circular datestamp, endorsed "Via Brindisi" and with red "2 Cents" credit handstamp to the U.S., indistinct red New York receiving datestamp, with original contents datelined "Horusko, Nubia/100 miles above Cataract, January 1st 1871", missing part of top flap, minor cover wear, Very Fine, attractive and fascinating use which must have been hand-carried from the expedition to enter the mails in Cairo, ex Starnes
E. 200-300
800
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Italy to Georgia. Folded letter datelined "Buonconvento Tuscany, June 22nd 853" to Savannah Ga., red two-line "Venezia 30 Guigno" handstamp, also with red "Franca" handstamp, "Aachen" and "Paid 25cts" handstamps, , red "Boston Br. Pkt. Paid Paid 30 Jul. 21" circular datestamp, various backstamps incl. Berlin and Verviers, light wear, Very Fine, scarce use, carried outside of the mails to Venice and charged the 30c rate by U.S.-Prussian convention, routed thru Magdeburg and Minden, processed at Aachen and/or Coeln-Verviers traveling office, thence thru Belgium to Liverpool and then on the Cunarder Europa, ex Starnes
E. 300-400
500
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Transatlantic Stampless Covers. Collection of 77 covers described and mounted on pages in five volumes, 74 are stampless, two have G.B. 1sh embossed and one has Peru 1d embossed, many to or from New Orleans, a solid representative collection of treaty-rate mail and ship letters, a few from early 1800's but most from 1840's, 50's and 60's incl. "Packet Letter" framed handstamp, Retaliatory Rate, American Packet rate to France, etc., generally Very Fine, a fascinating collection which could form the nucleus for expansion or plenty of $50 to $100 covers for the internet or mail-bid seller
E. 2,000-3,000
2,500
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Transatlantic Covers. Four covers, first Batavia N.Y. to Belgium, with red "Batavia N.Y. Jan. 1" circular datestamp and matching "Paid" and "5" handstamps, unusual backstamps incl. "Boston Am. Pkt. Jan. 9" and "Boston Br. Pkt. Jan. 17" circular datestamps, 1855 London and receiving backstamps, framed exchange office handstamp showing division of rate, second British Guiana to Conn, on blue folded printed "Mercantile Intelligencer" of "Demerara, City of Georgetown, July 5, 1850", third Denmark to Minnesota, with neat "Naksov 2 Ost. 3/12" circular datestamp and bold "U.S. Currency/12" handstamp, boxed "Via Tydskland" and Copenhagen backstamps, last Emden to San Francisco on Hannover 1gr entire with blue three-line Hanover datestamp and scarce blue "Hamburg Packet 12/Aug. 18" transit, Very Fine group, ex Starnes
E. 500-750
550
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Incoming Ship Rate Covers. Six covers, first three 4c rates, 1795-97, origins incl. Wakefield, London and Hamburg, each with ms. "4", ports of entry incl. New York, Philadelphia and Newport, few faults, all appear Fine-Very Fine, scarce rates, next three covers with one entering at New Orleans to Houston bearing 10c Bank Note, one 5c entire to Azores and forwarded to New Bedford Mass., last bears Mexico 25c stamp tied on cover to Louisiana with "Not Found" handstamp, Fine-Very Fine
E. 400-500
350
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Ship Rate Covers. 1855-63, 23 covers, range of origins incl. England, France, St. Thomas, New South Wales (bearing 6p stamp), range of entry points and rates, few with stamps, few faults, many are Fine-Very Fine, an interesting group
E. 750-1,000
650
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Forwarded by (J)ames Jones. Clear strike of red two-line handstamp on folded cover to Cape Palmas, (Liberia) West Africa, docketing on back indicates New York origin, light vertical file fold well clear of marking, Very Fine, extremely scarce and desirable use, the recipient, Dr. Thomas S. Savage, graduated from Yale Medical College, was the first missionary sent to Africa under the auspices of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he was in Cape Palmas starting in 1836, returned to America and then came back in 1839 with his new wife, who died of disease in 1842, later he would publish information about a previously unknown variety of mammal, the gorilla -- this forwarding agent marking is unlisted in Rowe
E. 500-750
700
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Stampless Foreign Mail Forwarders. Four folded letters, incl. perfectly struck blue "Forwarded by Uslar Heymel & Co., Vera Cruz" oval handstamp on letter datelined "Mexico, 19 April 1854" to New York, second with blue "Forwarded by Morrison & Philips, New York" oval handstamp on letter datelined "St. Thomas June 30, 1868" from Danish West Indies to Lanman & Kemp in New York City, (this forwarder unlisted in the Rowe book), third with red "Forwarded by Miller & Houghton, New York" oval handstamp from Puerto Rico to Lanman & Kemp in New York City, datelined "Aguadilla May 1st 1862", (carried outside of the mails), last with red "Forwarded by C. J. Fox, Aspinwall N.G." oval in conjunction with red "Forwarded by Ramon Leon Sanchez, Cartagena N.G." oval handstamp and blue "Albert Matthieu, Cartagena N.G." backstamp on letter datelined "Barranquillo 19 May 1859" from Colombia to Lanman & Kemp in New York City, scarce triple-forwarder use, ex DeVoss, Very Fine-Extremely Fine group
E. 500-750
425
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