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Sale 60: The Westpex Auction

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Cross-Border & Foreign Mail

Lots 1856-1864

Lot 1856    

(Cross-Border Mail) 1864, 1871 Circulars to Canada and Nova Scotia, 1864 blue printed circular with 2¢ black (73) tied by "Boston Jan 16" duplex to Montreal, Canada; and 1871 (Nov. 18) printed circular with 2¢ black (73) tied by circle of wedges to Halifax, "Circular" handstamp at top left, blue crayon "1" pence due rating, Very Fine.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $200 - 300.

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Lot 1857    

(Cross-Border Mail) 1867 (Aug.) Dayton Oh. to St. John, New Brunswick, unsealed buff cover with illustrated Globe Iron Works ad bearing 2¢ black (73) tied by circle of wedges, partial Petit Codiac (8.26) arrival backstamp and large "1" pence due rating handstamp; faults, Fine, a scarce illustrated circular use.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $160

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Lot 1858    

(Foreign Mail) 1864 (Sep. 24) Havana, Cuba to New York N.Y., datelined folded letter from the Lanman & Kemp correspondence entering the mail bearing 2¢ black (73), s.e. at right, tied by fancy cross roads geometric cancel duplexed with "New-York City Sep 30" cds, Very Fine.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $200 - 300.

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Lot 1859    

(Foreign Mail) 1866 (Nov. 5) North Edgecomb Me. to Callao, Peru, cover bearing 2¢ black (73), nat. s.e. at left, used with 10¢ green (68) pair with nat. s.e. at left, all cancelled by 7-ring target cancels, addressed to Capt. Fessenden Chase of Ship Gen. Butler, New York red "12" cent credit handstamp, Panama (11.18) transit cds; partial flap with couple top edge nicks, Fine.
Scott No. 68 + 73    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $130

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Lot 1860    

(Foreign Mail) 1867 (Apr. 2) New York, N.Y. to Bremen, Germany, William P. Wright's New York Cotton Circular sent by Kremelberg & Co. of New York bearing 2¢ black (73) tied by NYCM split grid prepaying the 2¢ printed matter rate to destination, New York large "½" (silbergroschen) h.s. credit to Bremen, carried by NGL Line New York departing New York Apr. 4th to Bremerhaven arriving Apr. 17th, blue "America/über Bremen/Franco" transit, Very Fine, ex-Richard Winter.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $280

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Lot 1861    

(Foreign Mail) 2¢ Black, horizontal pair, used with 24¢ lilac (78) tied by "Clayville Jan. 27" cds and matching grid cancels to Kurhessen, Germany, red "N. York Br. Pkt. '7 Paid' Jan 30" exchange cds, blue "Aachen Franco 14 / 2" framed transit, Waldcappel (2.15) arrival backstamp; reduced at right, some staining, Fine.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $210

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Lot 1862    

(Foreign Mail) 2¢ Black, two singles, used with 24¢ lilac (78), each tied by circle of wedges on 1864 cover with preprinted address to Furth, Bavaria, red "N. York Br. Pkt. '7 Paid' Jan 11" exchange cds, carried as endorsed by Cunard Line Australasian from New York Jan. 11th to Queenstown arriving Jan. 21st, blue Aachen Franco (1.23) framed transit, Furth (1.23) arrival backstamp; 2¢ fault at right, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $260

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Lot 1863    

(Foreign Mail) 2¢ Black, tied by cross-roads cancel duplexed with "New York City Jul 7" cds on blue folded letter datelined "Smyrna June 8th 1865" to New York City, bold "Forwarded by Duncan Sherman & Co. New-York" forwarder's oval; 2¢ faults including file fold through, otherwise Very Fine and scarce inbound use from Turkey.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $160

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Lot 1864    

(Patriotic Covers) Andrew Jackson, "The Union, Must and Shall be Preserved", unused cover with half length portrait of Jackson on reverse, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $120

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Lots 1856-1864

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