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
1296
c
Sale 1011, Lot 1296, Waterway, Railroad and Transatlantic MailTransatlantic 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