Mail to Other European Destinations continued...
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
Prices realized...
| 1360 |
 |
 2c Vermilion, 3c Green (178,
184). Tied by quartered cork cancels, red "New York Dec. 4" circular
datestamp on blue cover to Bucharest, Romania, partial Bucharest
1875 backstamp, Very Fine, very scarce destination, ex Gallagher (Image) |
E. 300-400 |
750.00 |
| 1361 |
|
 2c Red Brown, 3c Green, 10c
Brown (146, 147, 150). Tied by large grids, "Assumption Ills. Dec. 8"
circular datestamp on cover to St. Petersburg, Russia, red "New York
5 Dec. 13" credit datestamp, red "Wfrco 2" transit handstamp also ties 3c,
1871 backstamp, some edgewear, 3c torn at bottom right prior to use, Very
Fine usage paying the 15c NGU rate to Rusia
(Image) |
E. 400-500 |
375.00 |
| 1362 |
|
 5c Indigo (216). Tied by
"New York Nov. 1, 1889" duplex on cover to St. Petersburg, Russia and
forwarded to Brussels, Belgium, forwarding postage paid by Russia 7k
Blue (35), tied by "1" in square in circle cancel, transit and
receiving backstamps, Very Fine, scarce usage
(Image) |
E. 400-500 |
450.00 |
| 1363 |
|
 3c Vermilion (214). Rich
color, tied by bold duplex cancel on 2c Grant lettersheet (U293) to
"Tiflis, Caucase, Asiatie, Russia", "New York May 9" duplex, 1890
receiving backstamp, Very Fine usage to an extremely rare destination (Image) |
E. 500-750 |
750.00 |
| 1364 |
|
 1c Ultramarine, 15c Yellow
Orange (156, 163). Tied by neat strike of New York Foreign Mail
Star cancel (Ty. ST-8P2), red "New York 12 Sep. 25" credit datestamp on
blue 1873 folded cover to Malaga, Spain, red London transit and red
oval "PD" handstamp, 1c few small faults, Very Fine strike on this cover
sent by British Mail via France, this cancel is considered scarce, only
seven covers are recorded in the Weiss book (this cover becomes the ninth
-- and earliest recorded by a day), ex Hargest
(Image) |
E. 750-1,000 |
1,200.00 |
| 1365 |
|
 12c Blackish Violet
(162). Rich color, tied by well-struck New York Foreign Mail
Geometric cancel (Ty. GE-EN3), red "New York 5 Nov. 7" credit datestamp
on 1874 folded cover to Cadiz, Spain, red "Wfco 2" credit handstamp,
horizontal file fold well clear of stamp, short perf at top right, Very
Fine strike of this New York Foreign Mail cancel
(Image) |
E. 500-750 |
500.00 |
| 1366 |
|
 24c Purple (153). Tied by
clear strike of New York Foreign Mail Grid cancel (Ty. TR-G34), red
"New York Paid All Jan. 4" circular datestamp on 1873 folded letter to
Cadiz, Spain, various transit markings, stamp slightly affected by
cover bend, Extremely Fine strike of this scarce New York Foreign Mail
cancel, only three covers are recorded of which this is the finest strike,
illustrated in Weiss book (Image) |
E. 1,500-2,000 |
1,600.00 |
| 1367 |
|
 2c Red Brown, Grill
(135). H. Grill, clear grill points at center, used with 10c Green
(68) on 3c Green entire (U84), 10c natural s.e. at right, tied by blue
segmented corks, matching "New Haven N.Y. May 22" circular datestamp to
Geneva, Switzerland and forwarded to London, England, red "New York
Paid All May 29" transit, 10c also tied by "More to Pay" handstamp,
1871 backstamp, with original contents, Very Fine, scarce combination (Image) |
E. 300-400 |
250.00 |
| 1368 |
|
 3c Green, 10c Brown (147,
150). Rich colors, used with 2c Brown (113), cancelled by
quartered corks, "Stillwater Min. Oct. 14" circular datestamp on orange
cover to Switzerland, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Oct. 19"
circular datestamp, transit and receiving backstamps, 1870 docketing at
left, Fine usage sent by Swiss Closed Mail via England
(Image) |
E. 500-750 |
750.00 |
| 1369 |
|
 2c Red Brown (146).
Horizontal pair, tied by cork cancels and "Paid All" straightline on
wrapper to Interlaken, Switzerland, left stamp with few tears not
readily apparent, Very Fine appearance
(Image) |
E. 150-200 |
250.00 |
| 1370 |
|
 1c Ultramarine, 3c Green
(145, 147). Horizontal strip of four of 3c, perfs trimmed at sides, on
7c Vermilion entire (U185), cancelled by corks, matching "Bangor Me.
Jan. 15" double-circle datestamp to Lausanne, Switzerland, 1873
usage, red "New York Paid All Via Eng. & Ustd" handstamp, Basel and
receiving backstamps, some toned perfs, slight edgewear, Fine and colorful
franking (Image) |
E. 500-750 |
900.00 |
