Sale 73: The March Sale

Lot 1378    

1853 (Jan. 20) Philadelphia Pa. to Neuchatel, Switzerland, folded letter with blue "Philadelphia, Pa., Feb 1" cds, and red straight line "Paid" with manuscript "35" rating for Prussian Closed Mail, rate crossed out in New York and magenta "12" credit below, reverse with red Aachen transit and matching italicized "Franco" handstamp, blue manuscript "f2" rating, Basel (2.23) transit backstamp, Very Fine and attractive, ex-Barwis.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $170

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Lot 1379    

1853 (Feb. 1) San Francisco Cal. to Schaffhausen, Switzerland, folded cover with clear strike of "San Francisco Cal, 1 Feb" cds with matching "Paid" and large "26" rating handstamps, red "New York Am. Packet Mar 5" exchange cds, carried by Collins Line Arctic from New York Mar. 5th to Liverpool arriving Mar. 16th, red London (3.17) transit backstamp, red "Etats-Unis Paq.Am.A. Paris" (3.18) transit cds, Basel (3.19) transit backstamp with red crayon "270" rappen due rating, Mar. 20th arrival backstamp; some minor pencil doodles, F.-V.F. and scarce use from San Francisco at the 26¢ British Open Mail rate to Switzerland.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $250

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Lot 1380    

1853 (Feb. 26) San Francisco, Cal. to London, England, blue folded cover with black "San Francisco Cal 1 Mar" cds with matching "Paid" and "29" rate handstamps, Boston red "19" credit handstamp to G.B., carried by Cunard Line Canada from Boston Mar. 30th to Liverpool arriving Apr. 10th, red London (4.11) tombstone datestamp, Very Fine, ex-Winter.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS SAN FRANCISCO "29" RATE HANDSTAMP IN BLACK.

Letter carried by Pacific Mail Steamship Co. steamer "Oregon" from San Francisco to Panama City and by U.S. Mail Steamship Co. steamer "Georgia" from Chagres to New York. Under U.S.-G.B. Convention, U.S. internal portion of total rate from West Coast was 10¢ from July 1851 until July 1863, or 5¢ more than other locations in the U.S.

Realized: $800

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Lot 1381    

1853 (Mar. 31) Trieste, Austria to Topsham Me., cover with red cds and matching "Franco 3." straightline, red "Aachen" circular postmark with matching "Paid / 25cts." framed and "Brit: / Packet" half-moon handstamp, reverse with red "Coeln / Verviers" (4.5) backstamp and ms. ratings "32 / 38" and "32", carried by Cunard Line Arabia from Liverpool Apr. 9th to New York arriving Apr. 20th, red "N.York Br. Pkt. 'Paid 30' Apr 20" exchange credit cds, Very Fine and attractive Prussian Closed Mail use, ex-Hahn.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

The "New York Br. Pkt Paid 30" exchange cds (Winter 106) is known used 18 Dec 52 to 25 Apr 61. Although this letter appears to be datelined 1852, the correspondence, sailing data and known period of Winter 106 use, all correspondence to an 1853 year of mailing.

Realized: $350

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Lot 1382    

1853, 1854 Bladensburgh Md. to "U.S.S. Spezia, Sardinia, two folded letters, 1853 with red "Bladensburgh Md. Apr '5' " cds and matching "Paid" and "5" rating handstamps, red "New-York Br. Pkt Apr 6" exchange cds, carried by Cunard Line Asia from New York to Liverpool; 1854 with black Bladensburgh Md. Feb '13' " cds and matching "Paid" and "5" rating handstamps, "Boston Br. Pkt. Feb 15" exchange backstamp, carried by Cunard Line Arabia to Liverpool, Very Fine exhibit pair with red and black strikes.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $325

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Lot 1383    

1853 (May 21) New York N.Y. to Bremen, Germany, gray datelined folded letter with perfect bold strike of "New-York 'PAID PART' 26 Mar" exchange cds and pencil "20" rating, endorsed "Steamer Hermann", carried as endorsed by Ocean Line Hermann from New York Mar. 26th to Bremerhaven arriving Apr. 10th, Very Fine.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

THE FINEST RECORDED STRIKE OF THIS RARE NEW-YORK PART PAID INTEGRAL EXCHANGE CDS.

New York marked PAID PART as only the 20¢ Treaty rate to Bremen was prepaid.

Realized: $950

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Lot 1384    

1853 (Jun. 15) Smyrna, Turkey to Topsham Me., blue datelined folded letter with "Smyrna / 15 Jun" two-line postmark, "Trieste 21/6" rectangular backstamp, "Aachen" circular postmark along with matching "Paid / 25 cts." framed credit and "Americ. / Packet." half-moon handstamp, "Coeln / Verviers" (6.25) three-line transit backstamp, manuscript "41" and "32" ratings on flap, carried by Collins Line Atlantic from Liverpool Jun. 29th to New York arriving Jul. 10th, red "N.York Am. Pkt. 'Paid 30' Jul 10" credit exchange cds, Very Fine and rare Prussian Closed Mail use from Turkey.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

The "New York Am. Pkt Paid 30" exchange cds (Winter 36) is known used 7 Jul 53 to 12 Nov 60.

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Lot 1385    

1853 (Jun. 17) Philadelphia Pa. to Kunzelsau, Wurttemburg, folded letter with blue "Philadelphia Pa. Jun 17" cds and red "Phila, 5 Cts., Paid" octagon handstamp, red "New-York Am. Pkt. Jun 21" exchange cds, carried by Cunard Line Canada from Boston Jun. 22nd to Liverpool arriving Jul. 3rd, red London (7.4) backstamp, red "Etats-Unied Paq. Br., Paris" (7.5) transit cds, magenta "34/9" and "43" due ratings, blue Kunzelsau (7.7) arrival backstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

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Lot 1386    

1853 (Jun. 17) Liverpool, England to Montreal, Canada via New York, datelined folded letter with green Liverpool (6.17) cds with black "1/-" due handstamp, green oval "L/JU17/B" backstamp, carried on Cunard Line Africa from Liverpool Jun. 18th to New York arriving Jun.30th, Montreal "1^s.4d. C^y." circled handstamp for 1s4d due in Canadian currency equivalent to 1s4d sterling, Extremely Fine, a superb example of unpaid mail to Canada through the U.S. ex-Arthur White.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $180

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Lot 1387    

1853 (Jun. 18) New York, N.Y. to Basel, Switzerland, blue folded letter with bold strike of red "New-York Am. Packet Jun 18" exchange cds and pencil "21" prepaid rating for British open mail, carried by Ocean Line Washington from New York Jun. 18th to Southampton arriving Jul. 1st, red London (7.2) transit backstamp, red "Etats-Unis Paq.Am.A. Paris" (7.3) transit cds, blue Basel (9.4) transit backstamp and red crayon "260" rappen due rating, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Prepayment written in pencil lower left by New York post office. Basel marked letter for 260 rappen, the postage due for a double-weight letters arriving from steamers to England going to the first Swiss rayon.

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