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Lot 1461 |
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Danish West Indies, 1790 (Aug. 14) St. Croix to Philadephia, Pa. via New York, carried privately to New York where entered U.S. mails with "New York Sept 21." straightline and manuscript "2.16" rating, upon arrival in Philadelphia, ms. "1/4" rating in local currency due, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 1462 |
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Danish West Indies, 1805, 1830 St. Thomas to Philadelphia, two folded letters bearing two different size circled "6" rating handstamps for the ship letter fee to port, the 1830 use endorsed as carried by Schooner "Caracas"; Very Fine pair.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 1463 |
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Danish West Indies, 1810 (Oct. 19) St. Croix to Portland Me. via Edgarton, datelined folded letter bearing manuscript "Edgarton Nov. 14" postmark and matching "Ship 19" rating for 17¢ inland postage to Portland plus the 2¢ ship letter fee, endorsed "Schooner Freeport, Capt. Shaw"; file fold and some top edge flaws, Fine and scarce use via Martha's Vineyard.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 1464 |
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Danish West Indies, 1843 (Oct. 30) Bethlehem, Pa. to St. Croix, datelined folded letter bearing attractive red "Bethlehem Pa. Oct 30" c.d.s. (date in ms.) and matching "Free" handstamp with postmaster free frank, endorsed "To be sent by first vessel to Danish West Indies"; Very Fine, a scarce example of a postmaster free frank accepted on mail abroad.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 1465 |
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Danish West Indies, 1850, 1852 St. Thomas to U.S. via New Haven, Ct., two covers both bearing the New Haven illustrated "Ship" depicting a ship's hull, in red and black, 1850 use in red with New Haven (8.12) and manuscript "6" rating for ship letter rating to port, 1852 in red with New Haven (2.2) c.d.s. and matching "7" rating handstamp for 5¢ unpaid letter rate to Rockland Me. plus the 2¢ ship letter fee; Fine pair.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 1466 |
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Danish West Indies, 1857 (Aug 1) Boston, Ma. to Demerara via St. Thomas, datelined folded letter with red Boston c.d.s. with matching "Paid" and "20" rating handstamps, endorsed "pr Str. via Havanna from N. York Aug 3/57", St. Thomas (9.15) and Demerara (9.25) backstamps, manuscript "8" inland postage due rating, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 1467 |
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Danish West Indies, 1861, 1864 St. Thomas to New York via Boston, two folded letters, 1861 use bearing Boston (9.19) d.c.d.s. with matching "Ship" and "5" rating handstamps for the U.S. ship letter rate, and 1864 use bearing Boston (3.11) d.c.d.s. with matching "Ship" and "6" rating handstamps for the private ship letter rate; latter with small flaws, a Fine-V.F. pair.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 1468 |
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Danish West Indies, 1861 (Dec. 9) St. Thomas to New York via Philadelphia, blue datelined folded letter endorsed "per Schn Normen" and bearing crisp strike of "U.S. Ship 3 cts." handstamp used by Philadelphia on mail arriving by U.S. ship during the Civil War, Very Fine and unusual use, this marking is normally found on Soldier's mail.
Estimate $200 - 300
The letter concerns a schooner that arrived in St. Thomas harbor with considerable damage.
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Danish West Indies, 1866 (Jun. 21) St. Thomas to Portland, Me., printed folded "James T. Abbott & Co's Circular." with dateline and "per "North America" endorsement, bearing U.S. 2¢ black (73) cancelled by three bar grid, file folds, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 1470 |
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Danish West Indies, 1867, 1868 St. Thomas to New York, two folded covers bearing U.S. 10¢ green (68), first with "St. Thomas 13/2 1868" origin c.d.s. and 10¢ tied by bold "N. York Steamship" circular handstamp, second with "St. Thomas 11/1 1868" c.d.s. and 10¢ tied by New York (4.21) duplex; small flaws including file fold through 10¢ Fine and scarce.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Danish West Indies, 1869 (Mar. 16) San Juan, Puerto Rico to New York via St. Thomas, folded cover bearing U.S. 10¢ green (68) tied by NYFM circle of wedges cancel, St. Thomas c.d.s., blue San Juan, Puerto Rico oval, endorsed "per Brazil Str", additional Willink St. Thomas oval on reverse; light edgewear and aging at bottom, Fine and scarce use.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Danish West Indies, 1873 (Dec. 18) Matanzas, Cuba to Buenos Aires, Argentina via St. Thomas, blue folded letter with St. Thomas c.d.s. and bearing G.B. 4d vermilion and U.S. 10¢ brown (161) with sheet selvage, both tied by blue crayon applied at the Argentine Post Office and matching "2/4" rating adjacent for inland postage due, Rio-de-Janeiro (1.27) arrival c.d.s., blue Francisco a Balli, Matanzas merchant handstamp; some light aging and horizontal file fold, Fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
ONE OF ONLY APPROXIMATELY 15 RECORDED USAGES ON THIS ROUTE, THIS BEING ONE OF TWO WITH A RIO-DE-JANEIRO ARRIVAL DATESTAMP.
Letter was carried by Spanish packet from Matanzas, Cuba to St. Thomas with U.S. stamp affixed to prepay U.S. postage from St. Thomas to Rio via the United-States-Brazil Steamship Line "Merrimac". The letter transitted the Brazil Post Office, with 4d British stamp prepaying postage by the Pacific Steam Navigation Line "Magellan" to Argentina.
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Danish West Indies, 1875 (Jan. 13) St. Thomas to New Brunswick, N.J., cover with St. Thomas c.d.s. and bearing U.S. 10¢ brown (161) tied by "N. York Steamship, Jan 20" c.d.s., docketed at top, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Danish West Indies, 1878 St. Croix to Warren, Oh. via New York, bearing purple "Forwarded by Roche Bro's & Co., St. Croix" forwarder's oval on reverse, entered U.S. mails with "New York Aug 7 '78" and "Ship Letter Due 4 Cts" duplex struck incorrectly (crossed out in pencil), updated in pencil and "Due 6 Cts" duplex struck adjacent, the 4¢ rate was to port and the 6¢ rate beyond, Very Fine and interesting.
Estimate $200 - 300
Provenance: Schnell
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