373rd Auction

PUERTO RICO - GREAT BRITAIN: 1836, Entire letter with black "FORWARDED BY WHITMORE & Co. ST. THOMAS" to London with arrival mark of July 2, 1836 and red boxed "PACKET LETTER" on front, charged "2/2"

PUERTO RICO - GREAT BRITAIN: 1850, Entire letter from Guayama with red oval "FORWARDED BY WHITMORE & Co. ST. THOMAS" (oval in red), and British ST:-THOMAS MR 30 1850" to London with April 21 arrival mark, charged "2/2"

PUERTO RICO - GREAT BRITAIN: 1871, Entire letter from Guayanilla, endorsed "Roll Stmr. of Southampton", privately carried to St. Thomas, franked with 1 s. green, pl. 5, tied by single oval "C51", London arrival mark on front (SG Z29)

PUERTO RICO - SPAIN: 1852, Small envelope with crowned circle "PAID AT SAN JUAN PORTO RICO" and dispatch mark of July 29 1852, to Barcelona, transported in closed mail via St. Thomas to London and from here via France to Spain, prepaid to the Spanish border with "2/1", in Spain charged with additional "10 Rs" and "6 ms" at Barcelona, a special fee charged between 1848 and 1854

PUERTO RICO - UNITED STATES: 1863, Entire letter from Arecibo, transported by forwarding agent to San Juan and here posted at British PO with red "PORTO-RICO PAID" with manuscript "1/-" via "ST.-THOMAS JY 29 1863" via Spanish mail to Havana and from here to New York, charged "10" cents

PUERTO RICO - UNITED STATES: 1868, Entire letter from Mayaguez to New York, sent via "ST. THOMAS 14/9 1868" franked with 1861/67, 10 c. green, cancelled on arrival "NEW YORK SEP 21", faint filing creases not affecting the stamp

PUERTO RICO - UNITED STATES: 1872, Dated lettersheet from San Juan, franked with pair GB 4 d. vermilion, pl. 12, tied by "C61" with adjacent red "PORTO-RICO PAID MR 13 72", sent via closed mail to New York with frontside "M.Y. STEAMSHIP 10 / MAR 21" and sent to Philadelphia, few short perfs, otherwise fine (SG Z90)

UNITED STATES-GUADELOUPE: 1861, Entire letter from New York to Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, transported via forwarding agent "GEO SOLOMON & Co. KINGSTON, JAMAICA", here posted with 1860/70, 4 d. brown-orange, tied by clear "A01" and mailed from "KINGSTON JU 8 1861" via St. Thomas to Guadeloupe. A fine and rare entire (SG 4)

UNITED STATES-PUERTO RICO: 1873, yellow envelope from "NORTH ISLEBORO ME. MAR 10" franked with 1870, 2 c., 3 c. (2) and 10 c., addressed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, transported with the Red Ball line to St. Thomas and from here to Puerto Rico, where 2 stamps Cuba 1873, 25 c. and 50 c. (valid in Puerto Rico unti July 1873) where added as postage due; transit and arrival marks on front and reverse. The franking with small faults, the cover with small edge tears. An important item of Caribbean postal history; the only recorded DWI cover with US and Spanish colonial stamps. Certificate Philatelic Foundation (2013)

VENEZUELA - GREAT BRITAIN: 1850, Entire letter with clear "CORREO DE VENEZUELA / GUAYRA FRANCA" with adjacent "2" (reales) via "ST:-THOMAS SE 13 1850", Southampton and London (October 5) to Bordeaux, on front red boxed "COLONIES & c. ART.13", charged on arrival with "15" decimes

VENEZUELA TO MEXICO: 1871, Lettersheet dated "Maracaibo Deciembre 13" transported via forwarding agent "B. DE SOLA CURAÇAO" (blue marking on reverse) via "ST. THOMAS 30/12 1871" to Veracruc, franked with France Ceres 40 c. in strip of 3, tied by anchor mark with adjacent boxed "P.P.", signed Holcombe

VENEZUELA-MEXICO: 1873, Lettersheet from Maracaibo to Vera Cruz, privately carried to Curacao, showing on reverse forwarding agent mark "J. GAERSTE & Co. CURACAO / 21 MAI 73", forwarded to St. Thomas with frontside seal (CONSULAAT DER NEDERLANDEN TE ST. THOMAS" (acting as forwarding agent). Here the letter was delivered to the Danish post office with frontside "ST. THOMAS 6/6 1873" and sent on, franked with France Ceres 5 centimes green and 25 centimes blue, each in horizontal pair, tied by anchor handstamp with adjacent "ST. THOMAS PAQ. FR. B No.4". One 5 centimes affected by vertical crease and the lettersheet with some separation in the folds (fixed). A fascinating and most likely unique cover via the Dutch Consulate

VENEZUELA - UNITED STATES: 1874, Entire letter from La Guaira with frontside blue oval marking of forwarding agent F. de Aldeoca & Co. and cds. "ST. THOMAS 11/2 1874" to New York with adjacent "NEW YORK JU 11 U.S. CURRENCY"

CUBA: 1860, Lettersheet with Spanish West Indies 1857, 1 r. green in horizontal pair, tied by paria with adjacent "HABANA 31 EN. 60" (year inverted), endorsed "Vapor upt. Cuba", addressed to the exiled Spanish president Antonio de Santa Ana; upper right corner of the entire backed, otherwise a fine and interesting entire, delivered outside the Danish postal system

DENMARK: 1857, Double rate lettersheet with seal of High Court on reverse, sent from "KJØBENHAVN 21/2 1857" via "HAMBURG 24 FEB. 1857" and London to St. Croix with transit marks of the British and Danish PO at St. Thomas, charged with "2/9"; additional "8" cents inland fee was cancelled due to the official character of the letter; small ink erosion, otherwise fine, scarce

DENMARK: 1870, Lettersheet franked with 1864/70, coat of arms 2 sk. lilac, 4 sk. red and 16 sk. greenish-grey (3), tied by duplex "181/VSJ. JB. PB 3 TOG 23/2" to St. Croix with London transit mark on front; one 16 sk. missing corner perf and 3 sk. repaired at top, still fine and very attractive. Certificate Van der Linden BPP (1996)

FRANCE: 1870, Entire letter franked with Napoléon lauré 80 c. carmine from "ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE 12 MARS" via London to St. Croix; stamp with some short perfs, still fine and scarce

HOLY LAND: 1894, Cover franked with 1892, 1 pia. grey, tied by Jerusalem cds., via New York to St. Thomas with transit and arrival marks; the envelope transportation faults, stamp with small tear and affected by marginal creasing, very scarce

PUERTO RICO: 1868, Entire letter from Arecibo, franked with GB 4 d. orange (perforation faults), tied by clear "C61", addressed to St. Thomas with arrival of July 29, 1868, still fine and quite scarce

UNITED STATES: 1867, Envelope franked with 1861/67, 10 c. green and 24 c. lilac with faint adjacent "ESSEX JAN 24" to St. Thomas with faint arrival mark with red accountancy mark "8"; the 24 c. corner crease and franking with some short perfs, very scarce

USA: 1871, Lettersheet with 10 c. brown from "NEW YORK FEB 24" to St. Croix with frontside arrival mark "ST: THOMAS 28/2 1871" and charged "4" cents local postage, very fine

1851/1992, überwiegend gestempelter Bestand mit u.a. Mi.-Nr. 1 (105 + Paar + Brief), 2 (2), 180-81) (3) etc., dazu Dienst, Postfähre, Färöer, Briefe, Karten und Ganzsachen; in 2 Kartons

1851/1974, postfrische, ungebrauchte und überwiegend gestempelte Sammlung mit u.a. Mi.-Nr. 2, 6 (2), 180-81 auf Brief, Porto, Postfähre, Färöer mit Mi.-Nr. 1, 2-6, Grönland mit 15 Eisbärmarken, Mi.-Nr. 17-25, Dänisch-Westindien etc., dazu Briefe, Karten und Ganzsachen

1851/1973, postfrische, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Sammlung mit u.a. Mi.-Nr. 2 (Fotoattest Dr. Debo), 6 (3), 10 (Fotoattest Dr. Debo), 21 (4), Dienst mit Mi.-Nr. D2B auf Brief (Fotoattest Nielsen), Porto, Postfähre etc.

1975/2007, kpl. postfrische Sammlung inkl. einiger Kleinbogen, dazu noch einige Jahrbücher/Mappen, zusammen in zwei Vordruckalben

1856/1915, ungebrauchter und gestempelter reichhaltiger Sammlungsbestand mit vielen besseren Werten in überwiegend sehr sauberer Erhaltung, dabei auch kopfstehender Rahmen etc.

1856/1915, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Sammlung, teils etwas spezialisiert mit u.a. Mi.-Nr. 1 (2), 3, 4 sowie etwas fehlerhafter Nr. 9

1866/1916, postfrischer, ungebrauchter und gestempelter reichhaltiger Bestand im Steckbuch, dabei u.a. 2 Rand-4er-Blocks Nr. 2, Nr. 3 und 4 (je 4), lose Marken und Einheiten mit kopfstehenden Rahmen, Nr. 9 (2), 13 (9), 15 (15) etc., dabei auch kleine Sammlung Schiffspostmarken; sehr reichhaltiges und interessantes Objekt

1866/70 (ca.), Private Schiffspostausgaben, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Sammlung mit auch 2 frankierten Briefen, Briefstücken, Einheiten, kpl. Bogen Facit LG 21 etc.; dabei auch einige Fälschungen

WEIHNACHTSMARKEN: 1907/16, kpl. ungebrauchte Sammlung, dazu Ausgabe 1912 in kpl. Bogen

FISKALMARKEN: 1907/26, 10 BIT. und 2 Francs in kpl. Bogen mit Archivstempeln im Rand, die gleichen Werte mit Aufdruck "MAK." sowie 2 Francs auf kpl. Dokument sowie 5 Werte der amerikanischen Periode

GB USED ABROAD: Kleine Sammlung mit u.a. SG Z11, 12, 26, 27 (2) und 32 (2), 8 Briefen und 2 Vorderseiten

AMERIKANISCHE BESETZUNG: 1917/29, 6 Belege der Übergangszeit sowie 5 Briefe bzw. Ganzsachen und 1 Briefstück der späteren Z eit

HAPAG: 1875/1914 (ca.), kleine Sammlung mit 5 ungebrauchten und gestempelten Hapag-Marken, sowie einigen Vignetten und themenbezogenen Belegen

1804/68 (ca.), 39 Vorphila- bzw. unfrankierte Briefe, dabei Einzeiler "(ST.). THOMAS", Forwarding-Agent-Stempel, Schiffspost-Stempe, Post vom britischen Postamt, "PACKET LETTER" etc.

1873/1917, 21 Briefe und Karten sowie großer Briefteil mit Mi.-Nr. 3, dabei Einzel- und Mehrfachfrankaturen, Einschreiben, Brief mit Zensur sowie eine Paketkarte; sehr interessante Partie