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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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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