Lot
2794 
Packet Boat Postal Entires to the Caribbean, 1883-1914, collection of 14 postal entires, most originating in New York; many scarce usages including 1899 use to Barbados on 5¢ Columbian entire per "Irrawaddy" with Trinidad transit, 1895 use to Grenada on 5¢ Grant entire per "Barden Tower" with Trinidad transit, 1894 Dutch Packet Boat use to Haiti, 1910's usage to Cuba with large Paquebot handstamp (Hosking 2392, rarity D), 1913 Hamburg American Line usage to Haiti, other usages to Curacao and Jamaica, also a "No Stamps" packetboat cover from Swan Island to South Africa. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
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Realized: $1,050