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Lot# 3538 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 3538 Collections/lots worldwide

    1852-1955ca: SHIP-MAIL, Accumulation with letters, covers and postcards transported by ship or, which concerns the most recent documents, simply ship topic on cover or cards. Mounted on album pages including stampless cover from Le Havre to Lima, another from VALPARAISO to SAN FRANCISCO, two letters French India with colonial issue, registered cover Russian Levant 1893, there is a single stamp 1 Centime from Diego Suarez and a registered envelope with 5 Shilling ST. VINCENT 1898 to Germany, the later isn't an obvious ship topic item, but it has been transported undoubtedly via ship too; additionally two albums with postcards, that are weather transported with ship-mail (much of Austrian WW1 material) or represent ship topics, as well as a few stamps with the same topic.rnProvenance: Ing. Pietro Provera.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF