Sale 27: The Autumn Sale

Lot 218    

Canada, 1854 Folded Cover to Great Britain. A lovely blue folded cover with red "Montreal" postmark with bold matching "8dStg.Paid10cCy." handstamp in red, "Liverpool Pkt Letter" tombstone handstamp applied on arrival, Very Fine and rare, a lovely cover.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $400

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Lot 219    

Canada, 1858 Registered Cover to New York. Neat cover with red "Montreal" postmark & matching boxed "Registered Paid 9P" handstamp to New York, cover with magenta registry number at bottom, Very Fine and scarce, a lovely cover showing this scarce marking which pays the 3p registry fee + the 6p postage to the United States.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $450

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Lot 220    

Canada, 1863 Montreal, Canada to Louwain, Belgium. Cover with partial red "Montreal Paid Canada" datestamp, with red crayon "10", red "1/" and "1/2", with red "London, Oc 12 63 Paid" cds, red handstamp "Paid" and red manuscript "24" upper right corner, "Angleterre Par Ouest 2 12 10" transit cds, receiving cds on the reverse, F.-V.F., a scarce destination.
Estimate    $200 - 250.

Realized: $130

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Lot 221    

Canada, 1864 Cover from Montreal to Belgium. Small ladies cover postmarked with red Montreal handstamp with matching straight line "Paid" with manuscript "19cts" rate to Louvain, Belgium, Very Fine, a rare usage during the "Cents" rate period.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $190

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Lot 222    

Canada, 1886 Registered Cover to Great Britain. Attractive cover franked with 1875 5¢ Registry tied by target cancel on 1886 cover to Great Britain in combination with 2c + 3c + 5c Small Queens with "Victoria, Brit. Col." cds alongside, 5c adhesive small little flaws, Very Fine and attractive.
Scott No. F2    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $525

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Lot 223    

China, 1844-45 Canton, China to London, England via India. Four folded covers used in 1844-45, all routed via Marseilles & manuscript rated as follows: "1/10", "2/3", "4/6", and "8/2" due in England, last backstamped with oval "Forwarded by W.E. Edmonds", all four covers from Huth correspondence & analyzed for rate structure, Very Fine, an exceptional lot.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $700

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Lot 224    

China, (Circular) Foochow, China to New York, N.Y. Printed circular attached to blue wrapper, endorsed "Printed Circular Via Marseilles", fancy "3" & "8" rate handstamps with a black manuscript "6" superimposed, Augustine Heard & Co. correspondence, Very Fine.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $3,000

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Lot 225    

China, 1923 Cover to United States. With printed corner card of the "American Consular Service" & franked on reverse with pairs of the 1923 1c + 4c Temple of Heaven issue tied by "Antung" bilingual cds's, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $130

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Lot 226    

China, 1924 Cover to Connecticut. Franked with United States 2¢ Pan-Am + 3¢ Washington-Franklin tied by bilingual "Shanghai" postmarks with magenta Paquebot handstamp at left, backstamped "U.S. Transpacific Sea Post/East/S.F. No. 16" cds, Very Fine and unusual.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $240

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Lot 227    

Cook Islands, 1893, Registered Cover to United States. A handsome cover franked with 1892 1d + 1½d + 2½d + 10d cancelled by violet "Rarotonga" grid with cds of same below, backstamped with bold violet "Government of the Cook Islands" handstamp, sent via Wellington to San Francisco, 2½d small tear, Very Fine.
Scott No. 5-8    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $240

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