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Sale 346
U.S. and Canada Stamps and Postal History
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Lot 663 |
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), strip of 3 used with a 12¢ black (69) tied by "Bethany, W. Va., Oct 10, 65" target duplexes on cover to Adelaide, South Australia, paying the $1.02 Bremen-Hamburg rate via Marseilles, red "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid, Oct 14" exchange office c.d.s. with matching "24" credit, red London PAID transit c.d.s. (Oct 25) with Adelaide (Dec 15) receiver on front; slight perf damage at right edge due to placement of strip, Very Fine and choice and a very uncommon routing.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 664 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type III (15), horizontal strip of three with full margins all around, tied by light Bangor Me. c.d.s.s, Aug 3, on 1857 cover to Honolulu, Sandwich Islands; Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
The cover is addressed to Hon. Elisha H. Allen who was chancellor and chief justice of the Kingdom of Hawaii and marked "for Mrs. Allen".
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Lot 665 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), used with 3¢ green (136, 147) combination strip of three (only the middle stamp with grill), all tied by two-ring cancellations on cover addressed to "Sultan Abdalah, King of Johanah, Comorro Islands, Indian Ocean", matching "West Falmouth Mass Apr 24" c.d.s., red partial New York transit and red crayon "20" credit rating, red "London Paid 5 MY" transit and matching "1d" colonial credit handstamp; couple small cover edge faults, light cover toning affects few perfs on 3¢ strip, Fine.
Estimate 25,000 - 30,000
AN EXTRAORDINARY AND RARE DESTINATION, NOT ONLY FOR THE 1869 PICTORIALS, BUT FOR ANY 19TH CENTURY U.S. STAMPS.
Expertization: 2007 PF Certificate.
The Comoro Islands was an important stop along early Islamic trade routes frequented by Persians and Arabs. Despite its distance from the coast, Comoros is situated in the middle of the major sea route between Kilwa and Mozambique, an outlet for Zimbabwean gold. France first established colonial rule in the Comoros in 1841. The first French colonists landed in Mayotte where Andrian Tsouli, the King of Mayotte, signed the Treaty of April 1841, which ceded the island to French authorities.
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