Lot Details

June 2023

"Erivan" Collection Part IX and Canal Zone Stamps and Covers

June 20-21, 2023 in New York City

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.

LOT# : 32
Date: 21.06.2023 - 21:00

1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue

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)

Scott 286
6
Starting Price: $1,000
Hammer Price: $1,000