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    Nueva Orleans / New Orleans 1813 (June 1): Entire letter addressed to Nicolas Campero y Bustamante in Veracruz, Mexico, carried to Havana and entering the mails in Cuba with "3" reales due marking in red as stipulated by the 1812 tariff for an unpaid single weight letter. Very fine and fresh choice item and quite remarkable originating from Louisiana. Cert. Comex (2014).
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2609 USA

    1849 (Feb 6): Entire letter from New York to Cognac by Cunard Steamer and endorsed "per Canada", the last voyage of the "Restored Rate Period" after the Retaliatory rate, with "AMERICA / LIVERPOOL" datestamp (Feb 19) on reverse and struck in London with framed "COLONIES / &c. ART.13" in red. Boulogne entry cds (Feb 21) and charged '52' décimes due in manuscript on receipt. Rare.
    Starting bid : 140 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 2610 USA

    1849/52c.: Entire letters (2) with one from "Reading / Pa." with red cds (Sept 17), with PAID and '5' as far as New York, thereafter with USA '24' (cents) credit marking in black and fine strike of "9 AMERICA / ÜBER BREMEN" in red and multitude of rates; second cover with "New-York" despatch cds and '20' in black; framed "NOT PAID" and "32/9 R BREMEN" in dull red. Both soiled but scarce.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2611 USA

    1861/62: 3 c. rose in a horizontal pair and 30 c. orange in a horizontal pair used on 1867 cover to Kerns, Switzerland tied by segmented cork handstamps in black with 'New Orleans' despatch cds (Sept 20) at right. "N. YORK AM. PKT / PAID" cds in red (Sept 26) with crredit handstamp '24' in red alongside. Reverse with 'Verviers / Coeln' TPO in blue (Oct 8) and Basel, Luzern and Sarnen (Oct 10) cds's. Sealed cover tear at top to right of adhesives, an attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 2612 USA

    1861/67: Lincoln 15 c. black with grill, used on 1869 cover from Rhode Island (Sept 21) to Paris by American Packet with entry marking in blue (Oct 3), forwarded locally on arrival by "MUNROE & Co. / PARIS" with cachet in black and franked by 1867 laureated 10 c. bistre tied by Paris Star '8' with Rue D'Antin cds adjacent. Envelope with corner repair at lower right but an unusual and attractive usage.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2613 USA

    1872 (17. Jun.): 6 c. carmine (no grill), cancelled by obliterator cachet on letter with full contents from "PORTLAND" Maine via "BOSTON" and "LONDON" to "BERGEN". The letter was sent to a Miss Catlin care of Baring Bros. (Bankers in London), who had moved on to a bank in "BERGEN". Hence the letter was re-expedited from "LONDON" to "NORWAY" with 3d paid in cash, evidenced by a red 3 d. cachet, and a Lombard St. "PAID" (1. JY 72) mark. "CHRISTIANIA" transit on reverse, no arrival. Unusual combination.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 2614 USA

    1933: 50 c. green, an unused plate block of six, with plate number "21171", fresh and fine multiple, unmounted og. Scott = $ 500.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 2616 USA

    P.O. in Shanghai 1919/22: The unused set of eighteen values complete, all with fresh colours, centering varies, large part og. Note the overprint flaw with broken "c" in on "60c.". A scarce set Scott = $ 2'200+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 2617 USA

    1851/1991c.: Collection with covers/cards/stamps (219 items) including 1851 3 c. on embossed ladies's envelope, 1857/61 3 c. frankings on illustrated covers, 1869 2 c. pair on cover, 1874 cover with 1870/71 12 c violet strip of three to Napa, California (signed Brettl), Wells Fargo 3 c. postal stationery usages (3), May 1875 cover to Switzerland via Ostende underpaid with Banknote 1 c. and 6 c. with scarce "New York / Via England & Ostende", 1881 cover with 2 c. and 3 c. Banknote to Syria, 1887 cover at 12 c. to New Zealand, readdressed with '2' handstamp, 1898 Trans-Mississippi 8 c. on registered cover, 1912 underpaid cover with Egypt Postage Dues, 1914 registered/AR frankings to Amsterdam (3) at 18 c. and 21 c., early 1918 airmail frankings, 1919 three covers from the US Military attache in Serbia at 3 c. concessionary rate, unusual 'Prexie' frankings, further Flight covers and Space Flights, Guam with 1902-1905 covers at 10 c. rate (4), Hawaii with 1894 cover from Lahaina and 1898 cover from Hilo, a most interesting lot with destinations incl. Chile, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Peru, Surinam, Sweden, Syria.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 2618 USA

    1861/1997: Considerable dealer's stockbook beginning with the 1861 wide perforated issue, including some grills up to 15c used, Columbus 30c orange brown mint (Sc. 239), 50c used (Sc. 240), Grant 5c dk. blue in mint block of 4 (Sc. 281), Curtiss Jenny 24c (Sc. C3) mint, 1938 Presidential issue to 5$ (Sc 803/834) unmounted plus a significant quantiy of face vale, in the region of $400. Condition of the early material is as usual mixed with many fine copies contained.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF
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