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.
red and blue patriotic design with clasped hands and a waving flag on cover to Dr. Henry C. Angell in Munich, Germany and forwarded to Vevey, Switzerland, 1c Blue, 3c Rose, and 24c Lilac (63, 65, 78) tied by black "Paid" in grid cancels of Boston, red "Boston Br. Pkt. 7 Paid Jul 8" credit alongside, red boxed "Aachen 21 7 Franco" and "Munchen 25 Jul 1862", Swiss backstamp, very fine and choice
Provenance: Katharine Matthies (R.A. Siegel Sale 353, 1969)
portrait of General Butler in black flanked with flags and cannons, on cover franked with three 3c Rose and 12c Black (65, 69) all tied by large "Paid" in grid cancels, addressed to Dr. Henry C. Angell in Florence, Italy, red "Paid N. York Hamb. Pkt. Paid Sep 6" exchange datestamp, endorsed "Per Hammonia via Hamburg & N.Y." (but carried aboard the Teutonia), various German and Italian backstamps, very fine, several partial "Paid" handstamps suggest that one or more stamps may have been removed but the Philatelic Foundation declares it an accepted underpayment and it is being offered as-is, in any case an attractive cover from the famed Angell correspondence, 2023 Philatelic Foundation certificate
Provenance: Katharine Matthies (R.A. Siegel Sale 353, 1969)
gold Magnus design depicting six soldiers under a tree, franked with 3c Rose (65) tied by "Paris Ill Dec 16" double circle datestamp, addressed to New Brunswick, New Jersey, very fine and rare
multicolored all-over Magnus design with two flags, reverse with 3c Rose (65) tied by "Washington D.C. Nov 24 1863" double circle datestamp, addressed to Lanesville, Connecticut, very fine and rare
Provenance: Jon Bischel (Nutmeg Sale 27, 2000)
multicolored Magnus design with Liberty portrait and aerial view of St. Louis, 3c Rose (65) tied by "Washington D.C. Jun 13 1861" datestamp, addressed to Red Beach, Maine, cover very slightly reduced at right into perforations, very fine and attractive
multicolored Magnus design on rebacked cover front with 3c Rose (65) tied by quartered cork, "Washington D.C. Sep 7" datestamp alongside, addressed to Burlington, New Jersey, very fine appearance
two-panel Magnus multicolored design with standing Liberty and flag and Maine state seal, 3c Rose (65) tied by 1862 Washington, DC datestamp, addressed to Camden, Maine, very fine and choice
yellow and blue design with verse beneath, franked with three 1c Blue singles (24) each with neat black grid, matching "Saratoga Springs N.Y. Aug 27" datestamp alongside, extremely fine and fresh, very few examples of this design are recorded and this example with the 1c stamp is particularly beautiful, 1988 Philatelic Foundation certificate
all-over design in gray-blue, depicting Jeff Davis as a mule when turned upside-down, Rogers imprint, two 3c Rose (65) tied by "Philatelphia Pa May 3 1862" datestamp, addressed to Boston, "Due 3" handstamp alongside, very fine and attractive
all-over red and blue patriotic design with Liberty astride an eagle and draped flags, rare "Soldier's Letter, 1st. Regt. Douglas Brigade" circular handstamp endorsed by Major Nathan H. Walworth, Cairo, Illinois datestamp and "Due 3" in circle, reduced at bottom and small stain, otherwise very fine and rare
blue on white cutout from a patriotic envelope pasted onto an orange envelope, 3c Rose (65) tied by "Paid" in circle with "Manitowoc Wis Aug 27 1863" datestamp alongside, additionally with manuscript "The Union Forever, Long May She Wave", addressed in striking penmanship to "Lieut. F. W. Borcherdt, Co. D 21st Rgt. Wis. Vols., Murfreesboro Via Nashville Tenn.", affixed to black construction paper, otherwise very fine and certainly unique
Provenance: Jon Bischel (Nutmeg Sale 27, 2000)
verse at left of waving American flag facing right, red and blue patriotic design on cover to Paris, France, 3c Dull red and 12c Black (26, 36) tied by black grid with red "Boston Paid 3 Apr 26" datestamp alongside, 3c also tied by red boxed "PD", French entry and several backstamps, very fine and attractive