Auction Detail
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 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)