Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

The Elliott H. Coulter Collection of The United States 1869 Pictorial Issue continued...

**Mail to Germany (NGU Closed Mail via England)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
259		15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I (118). Tied by circle of V's cancel, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Jul. 29" (1869) circular datestamp on cover with printed address to Furth, Bavaria, printed route instructions "Steamer Reihn per Closed Mail via London & Ostende" with ship name in ms., sender's blue circular datestamp on back, red Verviers-Cologne transit, Furth receiving backstamp (Aug. 10), Very Fine example of the 15c Type I paying NGU Closed Mail rate, illustrated in Rose book (p. 111) (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000
260		15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Superb centering, tied by target cancel, "Yanckton Daka. Oct. 8" Dakota Territory circular datestamp on buff 1869 cover to Glucksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, grocer's corner card, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Oct. 12" transit datestamp, receiving backstamp, slight discoloration in spots VERY FINE. EXTREMELY RARE USE OF 15-CENT TYPE II PCTORIAL ISSUE ON COVER FROM DAKOTA TERRITORY TO SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Ex Haas. (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000
261		15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Deep rich colors, tied by quartered cork and duplex "Washington D.C. Jun. 25" (1870) circular datestamp on cover to the director of the Royal Museum at Stuttgart, Wurttemburg, Smithsonian Institution's blue oval datestamp, red New York (Jun. 26) and Verviers-Cologne transits, receiving backstamp, neatly docketed, slight creasing and sealed tear at top right above stamp, otherwise Fine, sent just before the end of the 15c NGU Closed Mail via England rate (Image)	E. 750-1,000
262		15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Vertical pair used with 2c Brown and pair of 3c Ultramarine (113, 114), tied by circle of wedges cancels on legal-size buff registered cover to Berlin, Prussia, "New York D Registered Nov. 6" (1869) Station D circular datestamp, part strike of dark red "New-York Registered Nov. 9" rimless datestamp and matching "Paid" straightline (rare), red Verviers-Cologne transit and matching "Recomandirt" framed registry handstamp, sender's route instructions "via Liverpool pr. Steamer 'City of Paris'", various registry markings, vertical folds clear of stamps, minor edge faults affect one 3c stamp, otherwise Very Fine, extremely rare franking for the double 15c NGU rate to Germany and 8c registry fee (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000
263		10c Yellow (116). Vertical pair, superb centering, tiny corner crease, cancelled by two strikes of blue target, "Nat. Mil. Asylum O. May 1" (Dayton O.) circular datestamp on brown legal-size cover to Ensisheim, Alsace, France, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit May 4" datestamp, "Ensisheim 2-3M 19 5" receiving backstamp, with original 1871 enclosure from an inmate to the mayor of his native town, Very Fine, carried on the Malta on the last Cunard sailing from New York for 2-1/2 years, when this was mailed on May 1, 1871, Alsace was still technically French, although German forces controlled the region -- by the time it reached Ensisheim, the treaty ending the Franco-Prussian War and ceding Alsace to Germany had been signed (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500
264		10c Yellow (116). Enormous margins incl. straddle-pane margin at right, tied by part strike of "Paid" Shield fancy cancel and "Dedham Mass. Nov. 14" (1870) circular datestamp on cover to Hamburg, Germany, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Nov. 16" circular datestamp, reduced about -1/3 in. at left, otherwise Very Fine (Image)	E. 200-300
265		2c Brown (113). Two, used with 3c Green, 10c Brown (147, 150), two 3c, tied by segmented circular cork cancel, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Oct. 29" circular datestamp on cover to Vienna, Austria, 1871 docketing and receiving datestamp on back, some perf tip gum stains, Very Fine, attractive mixed-issue franking for double 10c NGU rate to Austria (Image)	E. 750-1,000

Mail to Germany (NGU Closed Mail via England)

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

259

15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I (118). Tied by circle of V's cancel, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Jul. 29" (1869) circular datestamp on cover with printed address to Furth, Bavaria, printed route instructions "Steamer Reihn per Closed Mail via London & Ostende" with ship name in ms., sender's blue circular datestamp on back, red Verviers-Cologne transit, Furth receiving backstamp (Aug. 10), Very Fine example of the 15c Type I paying NGU Closed Mail rate, illustrated in Rose book (p. 111) (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

260

15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Superb centering, tied by target cancel, "Yanckton Daka. Oct. 8" Dakota Territory circular datestamp on buff 1869 cover to Glucksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, grocer's corner card, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Oct. 12" transit datestamp, receiving backstamp, slight discoloration in spots

VERY FINE. EXTREMELY RARE USE OF 15-CENT TYPE II PCTORIAL ISSUE ON COVER FROM DAKOTA TERRITORY TO SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.

Ex Haas. (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

261

15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Deep rich colors, tied by quartered cork and duplex "Washington D.C. Jun. 25" (1870) circular datestamp on cover to the director of the Royal Museum at Stuttgart, Wurttemburg, Smithsonian Institution's blue oval datestamp, red New York (Jun. 26) and Verviers-Cologne transits, receiving backstamp, neatly docketed, slight creasing and sealed tear at top right above stamp, otherwise Fine, sent just before the end of the 15c NGU Closed Mail via England rate (Image)

E. 750-1,000

262

15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Vertical pair used with 2c Brown and pair of 3c Ultramarine (113, 114), tied by circle of wedges cancels on legal-size buff registered cover to Berlin, Prussia, "New York D Registered Nov. 6" (1869) Station D circular datestamp, part strike of dark red "New-York Registered Nov. 9" rimless datestamp and matching "Paid" straightline (rare), red Verviers-Cologne transit and matching "Recomandirt" framed registry handstamp, sender's route instructions "via Liverpool pr. Steamer 'City of Paris'", various registry markings, vertical folds clear of stamps, minor edge faults affect one 3c stamp, otherwise Very Fine, extremely rare franking for the double 15c NGU rate to Germany and 8c registry fee (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

263

10c Yellow (116). Vertical pair, superb centering, tiny corner crease, cancelled by two strikes of blue target, "Nat. Mil. Asylum O. May 1" (Dayton O.) circular datestamp on brown legal-size cover to Ensisheim, Alsace, France, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit May 4" datestamp, "Ensisheim 2-3M 19 5" receiving backstamp, with original 1871 enclosure from an inmate to the mayor of his native town, Very Fine, carried on the Malta on the last Cunard sailing from New York for 2-1/2 years, when this was mailed on May 1, 1871, Alsace was still technically French, although German forces controlled the region -- by the time it reached Ensisheim, the treaty ending the Franco-Prussian War and ceding Alsace to Germany had been signed (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

264

10c Yellow (116). Enormous margins incl. straddle-pane margin at right, tied by part strike of "Paid" Shield fancy cancel and "Dedham Mass. Nov. 14" (1870) circular datestamp on cover to Hamburg, Germany, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Nov. 16" circular datestamp, reduced about -1/3 in. at left, otherwise Very Fine (Image)

E. 200-300

265

2c Brown (113). Two, used with 3c Green, 10c Brown (147, 150), two 3c, tied by segmented circular cork cancel, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Oct. 29" circular datestamp on cover to Vienna, Austria, 1871 docketing and receiving datestamp on back, some perf tip gum stains, Very Fine, attractive mixed-issue franking for double 10c NGU rate to Austria (Image)

E. 750-1,000