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Sale 338
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
including Collections & Accumulations
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Lot 1457 |
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Danish West Indies, 1844 (Jun. 14) St. Thomas to Manatz, Puerto Rico, green folded letter bearing "Sn. Tomas" straightline handstamp in red applied upon arrival in Puerto Rico indicating the origin of the letter; some soiling along file fold, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,500
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS LARGE "SN. TOMAS" HANDSTAMP.
Provenance: Schnell
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Lot 1458 |
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Danish West Indies, 1857 (July 25) Guadeloupe to Puerto Rico via St. Thomas, folded cover bearing red "Paid at Guadaloupe" crown circle and matching Guadaloupe (7.26) origin c.d.s., red crayon rating, St. Thomas (7.30) transit and Puerto Rico (8.3) arrival backstamps, blue "S. Tomas" framed handstamp applied upon arrival to indicate origin and matching "2½" (r.) due rating handstamp; some archival reinforcing, Very Fine appearing.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
A SCARCE EXAMPLE OF THE "S. TOMAS" PUERTO RICO ARRIVAL MARKING IN BLUE.
This cover was carried by the Ship "Conway" to St. Thomas and then by Spanish steamer to Puerto Rico.
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Lot 1459 |
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Danish West Indies, 1861 (Jan. 25) Barbados to Ponce, Puerto Rico via St. Thomas, blue folded cover bearing Barbados 1d red, 4d blue tied by "1" barred oval cancels, Barbados (1.25) origin backstamp, manuscript "4" rating crossed out and red crayon "4" adjacent, St. Thomas (1.29) and Puerto Rico (2.3) backstamps, beautiful clear strike of "S. Tomas" framed handstamp applied upon arrival to indicate origin and matching "2½" (r.) due rating handstamp; Fine and rare.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Provenance: Schnell
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Lot 1460 |
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Danish West Indies, 1889 (Aug. 5) Cap-Haitien, Haiti to St. Thomas, sharp strike of c.d.s. and bearing Provisional negative "Haiti, Postes, Capt-Haitien" paid handstamp, reverse with St. Thomas (8.10) arrival c.d.s., interesting and Extremely Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400
Provenance: Schnell
The negative provisional marking was used by the new Haitian government to indicate postage paid. They did not want use the available stamps depicting the disposed leader.
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