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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tied by "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, Dec. 13 4PM 99" duplex to picture postcard to Baxter Springs, Kansas, used alongside China Imperial Post 5c Orange tied by rectangular grid and "Shanghai Local Post De 13 1899" datestamp, San Francisco transit, very fine and rare mixed franking, this postcard was mailed from a tourist in Shanghai on their way to Ceylon and is a non-philatelic mixed franking, the United States stamp was applied after the China stamp was cancelled
Provenance: Drucker Family (R.A. Siegel Sale 855, 2003)
tied by several strikes of "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, Feb. 11 6PM 01" duplex on registered cover addressed to Springfield, Massachusetts, Foochow 6c Red also tied by duplex, "Foochow 23 Jan 01" datestamp alongside, Shanghai registry label and "R" handstamp, backstamped San Francisco February 26, accompanied by original registered receipt from Chinese Imperial Post, very fine and rare despite its philatelic origin
Provenance: Drucker Family (R.A. Siegel Sale 855, 2003)