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.
used with July 17 New York datestamp, addressed to Painesville, Ohio, very fine and particularly fresh (Scott $400)
used with New York February 8, 1863 duplex, addressed to Danville, Kentucky, docketing at top, without backflap, very fine and choice (Scott $450)
blue all-over advertising cover for the Great American Tea Company reading "Try The French Breakfast and Dinner Coffee", stamp tied by New York City duplex and addressed to Schuyler Lake, New York, Reagles imprint on reverse, very fine and attractive
tied by quartered cork cancel with "P.O.D. U.S. Co. Genl. Shanghai May 26" datestamp alongside on 1868 cover to San Francisco, carried on PMSS Costa Rica departing Shanghai May 26 and arriving Yokohama June 3, then PMSS China departing Yokohama June 5 and arriving San Francisco June 26, red "China and Japan Steam Service" oval handstamp, "San Francisco Paid All Jun 26" backstamp, barely reduced at right, very fine and attractive
used alongside 3c Rose (65) on 3c Pink entire to Annaberg, Germany, three strikes of blue fancy leaf cancel with matching "Columbus Miss. Jun 18" datestamp alongside, endorsed "Per Prussian closed mail", red "N. York Br Pkt 7 Paid Jun 27" exchange and boxed "Aachen 8.7 Franco", very fine
tied by red Williamsport, Pennsylvania handstamp to cover to Eisenach, Germany, black "Williamsport Pa. Apr 1 1862" datestamp alongside, endorsed "Per Bremen Germany", red "N.York Am. Pkt. 7 Paid Apr 5", boxed "Aachen Franco", German backstamp, very fine
tied by "Saint Joseph Ill Feb 10" (1862) datestamp to red and blue "Our Country, The Union Forever" patriotic cover to Hamelin, Germany, red "N. York Brem. Pkt. Paid 12 Feb. 15" credit datestamp, blue three-line "America Uber Bremen Franco" handstamp, Aerzen backstamp, reverse with expertly repaired tears, otherwise very fine and attractive, carried aboard NGL's Hansa departing New York February 16, en route she had mechanical trouble and arrived at Cowes six days late, she went to Southampton for repairs and her mails were forwarded via London and Ostend
Provenance: Blake M. Myers (R.A. Siegel Sale 882, 2004)
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)