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June 2023
"Erivan" Collection Part IX and Canal Zone Stamps and Covers
Our June sales include Part IX of the "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Postal History and a catalogue of Canal Zone stamps and covers featuring the collections of James W. Crumpacker and Paul F. Ammons.
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used alongside 10c Green and 5c Brown (68, 76), all tied by black grids to 1863 cover to Hong Kong, China (Heard correspondence), 30c also tied by "Philadelphia Paid 24 Paid Mar 6" credit, endorsed "Per steamer" and "Overland Route Via England", March 20 London transit and red "1d" British Colonial credit handstamp, backstamped Hong Kong May 20, very fine and attractive, 45c paid the rate via Southampton despite the Overland Route endorsement
used alongside 15c Black (76), both tied by geometric cancels to 1867 cover to Zanzibar, East Coast Africa (Goodhue correspondence), care of Dr. Brooks in the Seychelle Islands, "Salem Mass Jul 12" datestamps also tie stamps, red Boston credit datestamp and London transit, backstamped Mauritius, very fine, 15c and 30c stamps pay the 45c British Mail via Marseilles rate
horizontal strip of three, tied by quartered corks to 1870 registered 3c Pink entire to New York City, "Mobile Ala. Jun 4" datestamp, manuscript "Register R. 473", Mobile and Ohio Railroad cornercard, trivial pinholes, very fine multiple of the 5c "F" grill paying 3c domestic postage plus 15c registry
Ryohei Ishikawa (Christie's Robson Lowe, 1993)
used alongside 3c Rose (65), both tied by two strikes of hollow five-point star fancy cancel, "New Hamburg N.Y. Jun 8" datestamp alongside, apparently overweight and marked "Insufficiently Paid", "New York 18 Jun 9" debit, blue Calais transit and "16" decimes due handstamp, very fine and unusual combination of stamps and markings
two singles tied by black rosettes to 1869 cover to "Surgeon James McMaster, U.S. Ship Savannah, Care of B.F. Stevens Esq., No. 17 Henrietta St., Covent Garden, London, England", red "New York Paid All Jul 6" datestamp alongside, red July 17 London arrival and double oval handstamp of "United States Despatch Agent B.F. Stevens, London Jul 19 1869", very fine and beautiful cover
Provenance: Judge Robert S. Emerson
Edward S. Knapp (Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1941)
single with cork cancel on January 16, 1873 cover from Brooklyn, New York to Glasgow, Scotland, all-over hand painted design with an owl (wearing boots) holding the address panel under his wing, red January 29 Liverpool transit and Glasgow arrival the same day, small corner faults, very fine, one of the most attractive and whimsical covers we've handled in some time
bright color, tied by perfect strike of New York Foreign Mail geometric cancel on cover to Yokohama, Japan, endorsed "Overland Mail" at top left, red "New York Dec 23" and "Yokohama Paid All Jan. 29" backstamps, extremely fine, a lovely and scarce 15c rate use
Provenance: Drucker Family (R.A. Siegel Sale 855, 2003)
bright color, tied by "New-York Jan 27 81" duplex to cover to Guanajuato, Mexico, endorsed "pr City of Alexandria", purple illustrated oval "Correos de Mexico, Vapor City of Alexandria" handstamp, Vera Cruz backstamp, very fine and attractive use
single tied by "2 Louisville Ky." oval to illustrated trifold broadside for Piper Heidsieck, obverse with red "Beware of the Dog" vignette with boy watching fence, reverse with spectacular multicolor advertisement for champagne-flavored plug tobacco, some splitting along the folds, otherwise extremely fine, an attractive and rare item
tied by "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, Nov. 21 1:30PM 94" duplex to oversized cover to Alameda, California, Chinkiang Local Post 1c Ultramarine tied by "Chinkiang * Postal Service * 5 P.M. 94 19NV" double circle datestamp, additional strike of Chinkiang datestamp on reverse, blue "Shanghai Local Post No 20 94" and December 14 San Francisco and Oakland backstamps, expertly prepared tears affect United States stamp, very fine appearance, a rare early combination of these two stamps
Provenance: Drucker Family (R.A. Siegel Sale 855, 2003)
tied by "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, May 4 2PM 95" duplex to Chefoo ½c postal card addressed to Louisville, Kentucky, "Local Post Chefoo 24 Apr 95" over indicium and repeated at left, faint blue "Shanghai Local Post Ap 26 95" datestamp, San Francisco and Louisville datestamps, small tape stains on reverse, very fine, message includes "You cannot imagine the sickness and the suffering...famine is often staring the people in the face. As one Christian sister said to me recently 'Is this the beginning of the last days?'"
Provenance: Drucker Family (R.A. Siegel Sale 855, 2003)
tied by "New York Sta. P" mute double ovals on registered cover to Kantcheufu, China, red boxed "Registered Apr. 27, 1896 Branch P.O. Station P. New York P.O." datestamp, San Francisco registry label, Shanghai Local Post 1c and 4c stamps tied by "Registered-Shanghai Ju 15" datestamp, "Customs Shanghai Jun. 15, 1896" backstamp, manuscript "Try Via Newchwang" crossed out and "Not Known" at bottom left, "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, Jul. 25 10:30AM 95" duplex (should be 1896), August 13 San Francisco backstamp and "Returned to Writer" pointing hand applied, very fine mixed franking on a registered cover that was returned to the United States
Provenance: Drucker Family (R.A. Siegel Sale 855, 2003)