Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

The R. K. Schloss Collection of Transcontinental Mails continued...

**Waterway Markings:**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Realized
102		Steam-Ship/CRESCENT CITY. Two-line handstamp with ms. "20" rate on small folded letter from Charles B. Wells to New York, datelined "Chagres Oct. 9th 1849, Isthmus of Panama", the Crescent City cleared Chagres on Oct. 17 and arrived in NYC on Oct. 20, tiny split along fold at right EXTREMELY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS NAME-OF-BOAT HANDSTAMP. AN IMPORTANT ARTIFACT OF THE EARLY MAIL SERVICE ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. Illustrated in Wiltsee, Milgram and Kutz. Ex Moyer and Jarrett. (Image)	$ 4,250
103		STEAMER/WINFIELD SCOTT. Two-line handstamp in red clearly struck on 1853 brown cover to Troy Grove Ill., perfectly clear strike of "Mokelumne Hill Ca. Nov. 25" circular datestamp with "Paid 6" handstamps, prospector's letter enclosed with interesting contents mentioning find of a four-pound gold nugget EXTREMELY FINE. ARGUABLY THE FINEST OF THE SEVEN KNOWN COVERS RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY STEAMER WINFIELD SCOTT. The Winfield Scott was a 1,291-ton steamer built in New York City in 1851, which was put into service along the Pacific Coast route in 1852. On December 2, 1853, she was stranded off Anacapa Island in the Santa Barbara Channel and lost, but the mails, passengers and cargo were saved. Our Levi records contain nine examples of the two-line handstamp, of which two were carried before the Winfield Scott was commissioned into the Pacific service. Illustrated in Letters of Gold and Milgram book. Accompanied by transcripts of the Alta California articles concerning the wreck and salvage operation. Ex Jarrett. With 1976 P.F. certificate. (Image)	$ 9,000
105		"Panama & San Francisco May 7th" Manuscript Route Agent's Postmark. Applied by temporary agent R. J. Laurensen on his single trip from San Francisco to New York, with ms. "40" rate and re-rating "80" in pencil on brown cover to New York City, creases in cover, otherwise Fine, carried by PMSS Panama on May 1, 1850, connecting with USMSS Georgia at Chagres, one of only two reported examples of this manuscript marking, ex Jessup	$ 425
106		Pan. & San Fran. S.S. Jun. 29. Red circular datestamp on 1852 blue folded cover to Boston, black "10" in circle handstamp applied at New York City, Very Fine, carried on the PMSS California and postmarked with the rare Panama & San Francisco Steamship datestamp applied by route agents Ferris and Midgett -- only 25 example reported, this being the latest known use of the marking	$ 550
107		Pacific S. Ship Way, San Francisco, Feb. 12. Manuscript way marking and "40" rate on folded letter to New Orleans datelined "Acapulco February 8/50" and again in pencil "P.S. 2 O'clock 10 Feb. 50. We are off at 6 o'clock on board the Steamer Oregon, bound for San Francisco." light wrinkles, Very Fine, one of three Pacific manuscript way markings reported by Wierenga, this cover was brought into San Francisco by the Oregon before its official route agent arrived in March 1850, thus it was treated as a way letter	$ 1,050
108		San Francisco "Way". Double-line oval handstamp and "10" rate on blue folded cover from Havana, Cuba, to San Francisco, handed to ship purser and delivered to S.F. post office as a way letter, Very Fine	$ 240
109		San Francisco Cal. 16 May. Circular datestamp and "TOO LATE" straightline with "10" due rate on blue 1852 folded letter to Allentown Pa., letter dated at sea from a ship's cook, light folds and wrinkles, Very Fine, rare marking indicating that the PMSS steamer already sailed for Panama (in this case the Oregon)	$ 200
110		San Francisco Cal. 20 Nov. Circular datestamp with "Ship 12" handstamps on cover to Comm. Jno. A. Dahlgren, Ordnance Dept., Navy Yard, Washington D.C., endorsed "U.S. Ship Portsmouth", fresh and Very Fine	$ 325
111		PURSER. Straightline handstamp with "San Francisco Cal. Apr. 12" circular datestamp and "30" in circle on blue folded cover to San Francisco, docketing indicates San Salvador origin, Mar. 24, 1869, faint toning along file fold, Fine	$ 200
112		PURSER. Straightline and "Due 7" handstamps, 3c Rose (65), tied by cogwheel, "San Francisco Cal. Aug. 6" double-circle datestamp on small cover to Vineland N.J., reduced at left, stamp discolored, otherwise Fine	$ 170
113		Steam Acapulco. Partly clear oval handstamp and "Due 7" straightline, "San Francisco Cal. Jul. 24" double-circle datestamp and cogwheel on 3c Pink entire to San Francisco, edge tear at top, slightly soiled, Fine	$ 350
114		N. York Steamship. Dateless circle and "Free" handstamp on Nov. 1855 folded letter from San Francisco to J. W. Denver in Washington D.C., Extremely Fine	$ 120

Waterway Markings:

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Realized

102

Steam-Ship/CRESCENT CITY. Two-line handstamp with ms. "20" rate on small folded letter from Charles B. Wells to New York, datelined "Chagres Oct. 9th 1849, Isthmus of Panama", the Crescent City cleared Chagres on Oct. 17 and arrived in NYC on Oct. 20, tiny split along fold at right

EXTREMELY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS NAME-OF-BOAT HANDSTAMP. AN IMPORTANT ARTIFACT OF THE EARLY MAIL SERVICE ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.

Illustrated in Wiltsee, Milgram and Kutz. Ex Moyer and Jarrett. (Image)

$ 4,250

103

STEAMER/WINFIELD SCOTT. Two-line handstamp in red clearly struck on 1853 brown cover to Troy Grove Ill., perfectly clear strike of "Mokelumne Hill Ca. Nov. 25" circular datestamp with "Paid 6" handstamps, prospector's letter enclosed with interesting contents mentioning find of a four-pound gold nugget

EXTREMELY FINE. ARGUABLY THE FINEST OF THE SEVEN KNOWN COVERS RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY STEAMER WINFIELD SCOTT.

The Winfield Scott was a 1,291-ton steamer built in New York City in 1851, which was put into service along the Pacific Coast route in 1852. On December 2, 1853, she was stranded off Anacapa Island in the Santa Barbara Channel and lost, but the mails, passengers and cargo were saved. Our Levi records contain nine examples of the two-line handstamp, of which two were carried before the Winfield Scott was commissioned into the Pacific service.

Illustrated in Letters of Gold and Milgram book. Accompanied by transcripts of the Alta California articles concerning the wreck and salvage operation. Ex Jarrett. With 1976 P.F. certificate. (Image)

$ 9,000

105

"Panama & San Francisco May 7th" Manuscript Route Agent's Postmark. Applied by temporary agent R. J. Laurensen on his single trip from San Francisco to New York, with ms. "40" rate and re-rating "80" in pencil on brown cover to New York City, creases in cover, otherwise Fine, carried by PMSS Panama on May 1, 1850, connecting with USMSS Georgia at Chagres, one of only two reported examples of this manuscript marking, ex Jessup

$ 425

106

Pan. & San Fran. S.S. Jun. 29. Red circular datestamp on 1852 blue folded cover to Boston, black "10" in circle handstamp applied at New York City, Very Fine, carried on the PMSS California and postmarked with the rare Panama & San Francisco Steamship datestamp applied by route agents Ferris and Midgett -- only 25 example reported, this being the latest known use of the marking

$ 550

107

Pacific S. Ship Way, San Francisco, Feb. 12. Manuscript way marking and "40" rate on folded letter to New Orleans datelined "Acapulco February 8/50" and again in pencil "P.S. 2 O'clock 10 Feb. 50. We are off at 6 o'clock on board the Steamer Oregon, bound for San Francisco." light wrinkles, Very Fine, one of three Pacific manuscript way markings reported by Wierenga, this cover was brought into San Francisco by the Oregon before its official route agent arrived in March 1850, thus it was treated as a way letter

$ 1,050

108

San Francisco "Way". Double-line oval handstamp and "10" rate on blue folded cover from Havana, Cuba, to San Francisco, handed to ship purser and delivered to S.F. post office as a way letter, Very Fine

$ 240

109

San Francisco Cal. 16 May. Circular datestamp and "TOO LATE" straightline with "10" due rate on blue 1852 folded letter to Allentown Pa., letter dated at sea from a ship's cook, light folds and wrinkles, Very Fine, rare marking indicating that the PMSS steamer already sailed for Panama (in this case the Oregon)

$ 200

110

San Francisco Cal. 20 Nov. Circular datestamp with "Ship 12" handstamps on cover to Comm. Jno. A. Dahlgren, Ordnance Dept., Navy Yard, Washington D.C., endorsed "U.S. Ship Portsmouth", fresh and Very Fine

$ 325

111

PURSER. Straightline handstamp with "San Francisco Cal. Apr. 12" circular datestamp and "30" in circle on blue folded cover to San Francisco, docketing indicates San Salvador origin, Mar. 24, 1869, faint toning along file fold, Fine

$ 200

112

PURSER. Straightline and "Due 7" handstamps, 3c Rose (65), tied by cogwheel, "San Francisco Cal. Aug. 6" double-circle datestamp on small cover to Vineland N.J., reduced at left, stamp discolored, otherwise Fine

$ 170

113

Steam Acapulco. Partly clear oval handstamp and "Due 7" straightline, "San Francisco Cal. Jul. 24" double-circle datestamp and cogwheel on 3c Pink entire to San Francisco, edge tear at top, slightly soiled, Fine

$ 350

114

N. York Steamship. Dateless circle and "Free" handstamp on Nov. 1855 folded letter from San Francisco to J. W. Denver in Washington D.C., Extremely Fine

$ 120