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  • Lot# : 854 Cuba

    Colonial 1807 (Nov 23): Entire letter from Cartagena to New York, endorsed at lower left 'p. Three Friends via Baltimore', with circular 'BALTE. MD.' datestamp of transit (Jan 19, 1808) in red at left. Rated '1½ oz' at top and '1.02' charge in manuscript. A scarce and attractive entire.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 855 Cuba

    1813 & 1818: Entire letters (2), both to Vera Cruz with earlier entire endorsed "Correo Dercubidor" and struck with "3" rate mark and "INDIAS" straight line in bright red, and 1818 entire endorsed "Gta. Vircaina" similarly rated "3" reales in red, struck with "ISLAS DE / BARLOVENTO" in black.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 856 Cuba

    1823 (Dec. 31): Entire lettersheet from L. Dutoque & Cie. in Santiago de Cuba with red two line handstamp 'Colonies / par Le Havre' to the in the Slave Trade well known Agency 'Herbert' (& Sallier) in Nantes, France, with interesting content concernig 420 'boucauds' (Slaves). Even as the slave trade ceased in other parts of the Atlantic, the Cuban slave trade continued on until 1867. The ownership of human beings as chattel slavery remained legal in Cuba until 1880.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 857 Cuba

    1825 (Feb. 7): Entire lettersheet from Martin Knight in Havanna, Cuba with black two line handstamp 'Colonies / par Nantes' to the in the Slave Trade well known Agency 'Herbert' (& Sallier) in Nantes, France, with interesting content: "Nous n'avons pas eu beaucoup d'arrivages en Mules qui se vendent façilement entres $220 à 400". 'Mules' is the pseudonym for Slaves. In 1807, both Britain and the United States (1808) banned the Atlantic slave trade. Unlike in the rest of the Americas, the 19th century European-descended Cuban elite did not form an anti-colonial movement.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 858 Cuba

    1842/43: Covers (2) from Havana to London with 1842 cover showing oval "FORWARDED BY / COLLOMB & ISER / NEW YORK" with framed "Liverpool / Ship" of transit (Aug 29) and rated "1/4d." due; 1843 cover endorsed "per Caledonia" with weak oval "HARNDEN & Co. / BOSTON" and fine oval "FORWARDED BY / MEYER & STUCKEN / NEW YORK" in red, charged "1/-" due on receipt (June 14).
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF
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