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Lot 606 |
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), pair and two singles used with 5¢ brown & 10¢ green (76, 68) tied by Feb 15 town cancels on 1867 cover to the missionary, Rev. Leonard W. Kip in Amoy, China, paying a very scarce triple 45¢ British Mail rate via Southampton, red "N. York Br. Pkt. Paid, Feb 16" exchange office c.d.s., red pencil "3" and "96" credit markings in the same hand, red London PAID transit c.d.s. (Feb 27), backstamped Hong Kong (Apr 9); couple 30¢ with tiny faults, cover with trivial corner repair, a Very Fine and at top three-color franking.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Provenance: "Patrick Henry"
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Lot 607 |
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1863, 24¢ grayish lilac (78a), tied with 12¢ black and strip of 3 of 3¢ rose (69, 65), on small 1866 cover postmarked "Sandy Hill N.Y., Mar 30" Amoy, China, paying the 45¢ British Mail rate via Southampton, red "N. York Br. Pkt. Paid, Apr 4" exchange office c.d.s. with matching "40" credit, red London PAID transit c.d.s. (Apr 14) and "1d" handstamp, backstamped Hong Kong (Jun 5); fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: "Patrick Henry"
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Lot 608 |
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1859, 10¢ green, type V (35), Single tied by Boston PAID grid on 1860 folded letter to Hong Kong, China, paying double the special Hong Kong rate by British packet open mail, 3s2p due boldly written in pen, postmarked "Boston Br. Pkt., Aug 18" exchange office c.d.s. on reverse along with London transit (Sep 8) and Hong Kong receiver (Oct 29); Very Fine and very scarce.
Estimate 400 - 500
Provenance: "Patrick Henry"
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Lot 609 |
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1860, 30¢ orange (38), used with a 3¢ type I (26) tied by grid cancels on 1861 cover to Hong Kong, China, paying the 33¢ British Mail rate via Southampton, red "New-York, Br. Pkt., Apr 18" exchange office c.d.s. on reverse, red manuscript "28" credit plus red London PAID transit c.d.s. (Apr 30) and "1d" handstamp; backstamped Hong Kong (Jun 23); manuscript instruction reads "via Steamer America from Boston 17 Apl"; 3¢ with small sealed tear, otherwise Very Fine. A late use of the 33¢ rate.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 610 |
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), Used with three 3¢ rose and single 2¢ & 12¢ black (65, 73, 69) tied half-circles of Vs on 1864 folded letter sheet to Hong Kong, China, paying the 53¢ British Mail rate via Marseilles, red "Boston Br. Pkt. Paid, Feb 2" exchange office c.d.s. on reverse, red "48" credit handstamp, red London PAID transit c.d.s. (Feb 20) and manuscript "1", backstamped Hong Kong (Apr 11); 30¢ with pre-use crease, one 3¢ faulty, otherwise Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 611 |
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), used with 24¢ lilac (78) tied together by 4-bar elliptical grid cancel on 1865 cover to Hong Kong, China, red "Boston Br. Pkt. Paid, 27 Jun" exchange office c.d.s. on reverse, red "48" credit, red London PAID transit c.d.s. (Jul 8) and "1d" handstamp, backstamped Hong Kong (Aug 19), docketed "Rec. Aug. 29/ 65, Nagasaki"; right edge neatly repaired, fresh, Very Fine appearance; especially desirable with the Japanese connection; includes the original 3-page family letter. The 54¢ franking was a 1¢ overpayment of the 53¢ British Mail rate to China via Marseilles.
Estimate 500 - 750
Provenance: "Patrick Henry"
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Lot 612 |
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), three singles used with a 24¢ lilac (78) tied by segmented cork cancels on 1864 folded letter to Shanghai, China, black "New York Am. Pkt., Jan 8" exchange office c.d.s. on reverse, manuscript "96" credit and large fancy "2" (indicating double), red London PAID transit c.d.s. (Jan 25) with "1d" local charge, backstamped Hong Kong (Mar 12); a Very Fine cover from the Heard correspondence. The $1.14 franking is an 8¢ overpayment of the 53¢ British Mail rate via Marseilles. It may have been a misinterpretation of the obsolete rate of Dec. 1861 - 51¢/57¢ (¼oz./½oz.).
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Provenance: "Patrick Henry"
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Lot 613 |
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), Used with 3¢ rose and two 10¢ green (65, 68) tied by N.Y.F.M. geometrics on pretty yellow 1864 cover to Shanghai, China, paying the 53¢ British Mail rate via Marseilles, the stamps also tied by "N. York Am. Pkt./ Paid/ Jul 2" exchange office c.d.s. with red London Paid transit c.d.s. (Jul 15), manuscript "32" debit and "1" local charge, backstamped Hong Kong and Shanghai (Sep 3, 9); fresh and Extremely Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 614 |
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1861, 90¢ blue (72), fresh and well-centered, tied by target cancel on 1866 printed business announcement to Shanghai, China, postmarked Baltimore Md. c.d.s. with manuscript "Via Marseilles", red London Paid transit c.d.s. (Aug 1) and red crayon "2" (double rate) and three different manuscript credits: "68" corrected to "48" and finally to "96", backstamped Shanghai (Sep 26); stamp with a couple slightly short perfs, still Very Fine.
Estimate 40,000 - 50,000
A HANDSOME AND IMPORTANT USAGE, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS COVERS FROM THE AUGUSTINE HEARD FIND.
Expertization: 1983 PF Certificate.
Provenance: Newbury, Baker
Illustrated: Brookman, p. 238 (1947)
The rate was 53¢ per half ounce (a total of $1.06) via Marseilles; the 16¢ deficiency would have been paid by the addressee. Had the cover been routed via Southampton, where the rate was 45¢ per half ounce, the 90¢ stamp would have satisfied full prepayment.
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Lot 615 |
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1862, 5¢ red brown & 5¢ brown (75, 76), each on a separate cover used with four 10¢ green (68) from New York to Shanghai, China via London, the first (1862) by American packet, the second (1863) by British packet; the #75 has a few short perfs and its cover has been marked with a non-contemporary "No 10", otherwise both are Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 616 |
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1863, 24¢ lilac (78), two pairs used with a 10¢ green (68) tied by grid cancels on 1863 folded letter to Shanghai, China, paying double the 53¢ British Mail rate via Marseilles, red "N. York Br. Pkt. Paid, Jul 15" exchange office c.d.s., magenta manuscript "96" and red crayon "2" rate markings, red London PAID transit c.d.s. (Jul 27), backstamped Hong Kong (Sep 8); a choice, Extremely Fine cover from the Augustine Heard correspondence.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Provenance: "Patrick Henry"
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Lot 617 |
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1863, 24¢ lilac (78), Two singles used with 5¢ brown (76) tied by bold grid cancels on 1864 folded letter sheet to Shanghai, China, paying the 53¢ British Mail rate via Marseilles, red "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid" exchange office c.d.s., Aug 27, with magenta "32" credit and red London Paid transit c.d.s. (Sep 8), "1d" local charge, backstamped Hong Kong (Oct 26); red "Forwarded By/ Cary & Co./ New York" oval on reverse; stamps with minor perf flaws, small sealed tear at bottom, otherwise Very Fine. Rare with the forwarder handstamp.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 618 |
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1863, 24¢ lilac & grayish lilac (78, 78a), Two 53¢ covers with 5¢ brown (76) to China via London; first (1866) with two singles from Boston via American packet to Shanghai; second (1865) with pair from New York via British packet to Hong Kong; stamps average centering, covers Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 619 |
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1863, 24¢ gray (78b), pair used with a 5¢ brown (76), tied by grid cancels (two different styles) on 1864 folded letter sheet to Shanghai, China, paying the 53¢ British Mail rate via Marseilles, red "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid, Feb 27" exchange office c.d.s., magenta manuscript "32" credit, red London PAID transit c.d.s. (Mar 14) and "1d" handstamp, backstamped Hong Kong (May 6); Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
Expertization: signed Ashbrook.
Provenance: "Patrick Henry"
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Lot 620 |
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), Used with 5¢ brown & 10¢ green (76, 68) tied by grid cancels on 1867 cover from Exeter, N.H. (Feb 3) to Swatow, China, paying the 45¢ British Mail rate via Southampton, red "N. York Br. Pkt. Paid, Feb 6" exchange office c.d.s., red handstamped "40" with London Paid transit c.d.s. (Feb 16) and handstamped "1d", backstamped Hong Kong (Apr 8) and Swatow (Apr 10); couple small edge tears, 30¢ with nick at left, 10¢ natural straight edge, Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 621 |
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1870, 24¢ purple (153), Average centering, used with 2¢ brown & 30¢ gray black (157, 164) tied by framed circle-of-wedges cancels on 1874 cover to Ahmednuggur, India, paying double 28¢ British Mail rate via Brindisi, red pencil credit, postmarked red "Boston, Paid, Dec 9" exchange office c.d.s. with red London PAID transit c.d.s. (Dec 22) and "2d" handstamp, backstamped Indian Sea Post Office (Jan 11) and Ahmednuggur (Jan 16); 30¢ with sealed tear, otherwise fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Provenance: dos Passos
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Lot 622 |
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1870, 30¢ black (154), Horizontal pair used with 6¢ carmine (148) tied by circle-of-wedges cancels and "Boston Paid, Apr 30" exchange office c.d.s. on 1873 to Ahmednuggur, India, paying triple the 22¢ British Mail rate via Southampton, manuscript credit deletions and corrections, red London Paid transit c.d.s. (May 10), backstamped Sea Post Office (May 30) and Ahmednuggur (Jun 12), Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Expertization: signed Ashbrook.
Provenance: Krug
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Lot 623 |
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1863, 24¢ lilac (78), Strip of 3, average centering, tied by grid cancels and "San Jose, Cal., Dec 31 '64" c.d.s. on cover to Bombay, India, red "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid, Jan 20" exchange office c.d.s., red manuscript "Paid 72" the "72" crossed out, red London Paid transit c.d.s. (Feb 10), magenta "24" credit and ms. "1", backstamped Bombay (Mar 14); corner crease one stamp, otherwise fresh and Very Fine. Apparently franked for the 72¢ Bremen-Hamburg rate via Marseilles, but sent instead by American packet open mail via England, with significant overpayment.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: "Patrick Henry"
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Lot 624 |
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1860, 5¢ brown, type II (30A), Two singles used with 1¢ & 10¢ type V (24, 35) tied by Boston PAID grids on 1860 folded letter to Calcutta, India, paying the 21¢ open mail rate by American pkt. via England, "Boston A. Pkt., Oct 12" exchange office c.d.s. on reverse along with red London transit (Oct 26) and boxed "Calcutta Steam Letter" handstamp (Nov 29), a fresh and Very Fine Goddard cover.
Estimate 500 - 750
Expertization: 1980 PF Certificate.
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Lot 625 |
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), used with a 12¢ black (69) tied together by segmented cork cancel on 1868 cover to Yokohama, Japan, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit, Nov 7" exchange office c.d.s. on reverse, red "32" credit, red London PAID transit c.d.s. (20 Nov) with manuscript "1", backstamped "Hong Kong Marine Sorter, Singapore to Hong Kong" c.d.s. (Dec 25), Hong Kong c.d.s. (Jan 2), and Yokohama (Jan 13); Fine-Very Fine. The 42¢ British Mail rate to Japan via Marseilles was introduced at the beginning of 1868.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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