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Fall Postal History 2022
Our Fall 2022 Postal History sale includes the John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post, the William B. Robinson Collection of Wisconsin Postal History, material from the collections of Steven M. Roth and Graham Booth, FRPSL, and much more.
- Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection (111) Apply Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection filter
- Selections from the Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail (76) Apply Selections from the Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail filter
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- local Issues (3) Apply local Issues filter
- Expositions (2) Apply Expositions filter
- First Day Covery (do not use) (11) Apply First Day Covery (do not use) filter
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- Stampless Covers - General (108) Apply Stampless Covers - General filter
- Transoceanic Mails (86) Apply Transoceanic Mails filter
multiple strikes of Type F duplex tie three pairs of 2c Green Banknotes (213) to 10c Brown entire (U190) to Paris, France, overpaid 2c out of convenience or confusion, Paris receiver, light vertical file fold, very fine and attractive, ex-Kristol
Type F duplex on 1c Columbian entire (U348) to Hamburg, Germany, carried by CGT steamer La Bretagne, Paris transit datestamp and Hamburg backstamp, small tears at top, very fine, although severely underpaid there is no sign of missing stamps, it is possible the entire was mistaken for a 5c envelope and the supplementary fee paid in cash, ex-Kristol
Type F duplex ties 10c Columbian (237) to cover to London, England, additional purple "Late Mail" handstamp (considered by Piszkiewicz to be a post office marking), carried by White Star's Teutonic, London backstamp, very fine and scarce
two strikes of Type F duplex tie 1c, 2c, and 5c Small Banknotes (219, 220, 223) to 2c Green entire (U311) to London, England, arrival backstamp, very fine and colorful franking, ex-Kristol
Type F duplex ties 5c Chocolate (255) to 5c Brown entire (U223) to Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, carried on Cunard's Lucania, Swiss backstamp, very fine, ex-Kristol
magenta Type G oval ties 50c Orange (275) to legal-sized cover to Paris, France (Warnier correspondence), carried by Cunard's Campania, Paris arrival datestamp, very fine and scarce
two strikes of duplex tying 1895 2c Carmine to 2c Liberty postal card to Antwerp, Belgium, endorsed "per Majestic", Antwerp receiving datestamp, light creases, very fine and rare, White Star's Majestic sailed at noon so her normal mails would have closed at 9 AM, ex-Gundel and Kristol
manuscript origin notation, black "San Francisco Cal. Feb. 26, 1864" double circle datestamp and matching "SHIP.12" due handstamp on cover to Ellington, Connecticut, endorsed "p 'Henry Briggam.' via San Francisco", March 22 receipt docketing, "W & Co. Japan" embossed backflap, tiny opening fault at top right, otherwise very fine, the Henry Brigham departed Yokohama January 29 and arrived San Francisco February 25, very scarce and attractive, ex-White
manuscript origin notation on cover to Ellington, Connecticut, endorsed "p. Lucy E. Ashby", with black "San Francisco Cal. Apr 10 1865" double circle datestamp and matching "SHIP.12" due handstamp, embossed "W & Co. Japan" on backflap, some light wear including small tears, still very fine, the Lucy E. Ashby arrived in San Francisco from Yokohama on April 9
incoming 1872 cover to West Boxford, Massachusetts, postmarked "Yokohama Japan Oct 23" and carried by the PMSS Japan, stamp tied by "San Francisco Cal Nov 15" datestamp and quartered cork, barely reduced at right, very fine and attractive, 1982 ISJP certificate
tied by black "X" handstamps to 3c Green entire to Tokyo, Japan, "Columbus O. Jul 6 4PM" datestamp alongside, bold magenta "Too Late" oval handstamp, San Francisco and 1880 Yokohama backstamps, very fine and scarce
used alongside 2c Brown and 3c Green (157, 158), tied by corks to 1875 cover from Brunswick, Maine to American Consul in Yokohama, Japan, endorsed "Ship 'Benj. Sewell' via San Francisco", July 23 Yokohama receiving backstamp, small piece of backflap out, very fine cover paying the short-lived 15c treaty rate to Japan