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30c Orange (38). Well-centered, bright color, tied by grid cancel with bold "New Orleans La. Oct. 31" (1860) double-circle datestamp on blue folded letter to La Ferte-Mace, France, red "New York Paid 24 Nov. 17" credit datestamp, French entry datestamp and three transit and arrival backstamps, fresh and Very Fine, choice 30c 1860 cover to France
5c Orange Brown (30). Used with 10c Green, Ty. V (35) and 30c Orange (38), cancelled or tied by red grids, matching “New York Paid 18 Jul. 13” (1861) 18c credit circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Lyon, France, sender’s ship-name directive “Depart par steamer Hammonia” at top and carried aboard that HAPAG vessel, transit and receiving backstamps, file crease thru 5c and 10c stamps, appears Very Fine, a colorful triple-rate franking, covers from this correspondence are more commonly found with the 5c Ty. II Brown (Scott 30A), this is a far more desirable example franked with the Orange Brown, which is much scarcer on cover, ex Frelinghuysen, with 2012 P.F. certificate
30c Orange (38). Used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), each with perfs in, cancelled or tied by red grids on blue folded cover to Buenos Aires, Argentina, sender's blue oval handstamp, "New-York Am. Pkt. Nov. 24" (1860) red circular datestamp on back, magenta manuscript "12" credit, red London Paid transit datestamp (Dec. 6), sender's directive "pr Bremen via Southampton", stamps affected by light creases, still a Fine and colorful cover, very scarce 30c use to South America, ex Gallagher and "Sevenoaks", signed Ashbrook
30c Orange (38). Vibrant color, tied by well-struck red grid, light strike of matching "New York Paid 6 Jul. 20" (1861) credit datestamp on blue folded cover to Lyon, France, red boxed "PD" handstamp also ties stamp, sender's routing instructions at top, ultramarine Havre transit, receiving backstamp, fresh and Very Fine, small Colson handstamp, Ward backstamp
30c Orange (38). Tied by blue grid cancel, matching "Chicago Ills. Jan. 29" (1861) double-circle datestamp on cover to Lubz, Germany, also tied by red "N. York Hamb. Pkt. Paid 20 Feb. ?" credit datestamp, manuscript rates, Hamburg and receiving backstamps, slightly reduced at top and bottom, missing top flap, still Very Fine, ex Moody
A lovely three-color 1857-60 Issue franking to France from the Payen correspondence30¢ Orange (38), vivid color, used with 5¢ Brown, Type II (30A) and 10¢ Green, Type V (35), tied by red grid cancels and 5¢ and 10¢ by "New York Paid 36 Nov. 27" (1860) 36¢ credit datestamp on blue folded cover to Lyon, France, from the Payen correspondence with beautiful calligraphic address, sender's ship-name directive "Steamer by Canada"--carried on that Cunarder, departing Boston on November 28, 1860, and arriving at Liverpool December 9--French arrival datestamp (December 11), boxed "P.D." handstamp, receiving backstamp
Very Fine and immaculate. A colorful franking paying the 45¢ rate to France from the Payen correspondence.
Ex Alfred H. Caspary.
30¢ 1860 Issue pair on a colorful cover to the Cape of Good Hope30¢ Orange (38), horizontal pair, well-centered with vibrant color, used with two 3¢ Dull Red, Type III (26), tied by large "Paid" grid cancels, red Boston American Packet circular datestamp on back (about half of marking missing due to a tear), on May 1861 blue folded cover to Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, red crayon "24" double-rate credit, sender's ship-name directive "Via England per Hammonia"--carried on that HAPAG steamer, departing New York on May 18, 1861, and arriving at Southampton May 30--red "London Paid" transit datestamp (May 31), manuscript "2" British Colonial credit marking, Capetown (July 19) and Port Elizabeth (July 21) receiving backstamps, small pieces of back missing affecting Boston and Cape of Good Hope markings
Extremely Fine. A colorful and rare 30¢ 1860 Issue franking paying the double 33¢ rate to the Cape of Good Hope via Southampton.
Ex Stephen D. Brown, Edward S. Knapp, Charles A. Shierson, Philip G. Rust and Dr. Leonard Kapiloff.
The celebrated and unique "Patriotic Pony" cover to Europe-- one of the iconic items of American postal historyWells Fargo & Company Pony Express, $1.00 Red (143L3). Position L9, three full margins to slightly in at left, tied by clear strike of blue "Pony Express, San Francisco, Sep. 14" (1861) Running Pony oval datestamp with matching "PAID" in oval handstamp, used with 30¢ Orange (38) to pay Prussian Closed Mail rate, tied by "Atchison, Kan. Sep. 27" double-circle datestamp on Civil War patriotic cover depicting three-quarter portrait of George Washington and quote from his Farewell Address--"To the Efficacy and Permanency of Your Union, A Government for the whole is indispensible", no imprint but similar to illustrations and type used by Hutchings & Rosenfield of San Francisco (two other known examples of this design are used from Stockton, California, and Vancouver, Washington Territory).
The cover is addressed to Mr. H. Hauschildt at Elmshorn in Schleswig-Holstein, then under Danish crown rule, with sender's directive "by Hamburg" (18.5 miles south of Elmshorn) and in the same hand on back "Stadt Altona"--Altona was a Danish harbor town on the Elbe river.
The cover was carried on the Pony Express trip departing San Francisco on Saturday, September 14, 1861, and arriving in Atchison, Kansas, on September 27. At this date the western terminus for the Pony relay was at Placerville, and the eastern terminus had been moved from St. Joseph to Atchison, due to Confederate bushwacker attacks on railroad lines near St. Joseph. From Atchison it was sent by railroad to New York for the October 5 sailing of the Hamburg-American line's Saxonia, which off-loaded the mail at Southampton on October 17. Mail for the German-Austrian Postal Union (GAPU) was transported to Aachen for processing. From there the cover was sent north to Hamburg. Since Elmshorn was located in Schleswig-Holstein, then under the Danish monarchy's rule, the cover was turned over to the Royal Danish Postal Agency in Hamburg and transported to Elmshorn. Danish postage was collected from the addressee.
The sequential transit markings follow the route described above: red "N.York Am. Pkt. 7 Paid Oct. 5" (1861) 7¢ credit datestamp dated on the departure day of the HAPAG Saxonia; red framed "AACHEN 19 10/FRANCO" (October 19) transit datestamp and matching framed "FRANCO/PREUSS. RESP. VEREINS/AUSGANGS-GRENZES" handstamp (Paid to the GAPU Border); "HAMBURG 20 10" (October 20) datestamp on back; "KDOPA HAMBURG 20/10" (October 20) Royal Danish Postal Agency in Hamburg double-circle datestamp on back; "HOLST. EISENB. POST SP. BUREAU Z2 20/10". (Holsteinisches Eisenbahn Postspeditions Bureau) Holstein railway datestamp on back; red crayon "4" on front for postage due in Danish rigsbank skilling.
THIS EXTRAORDINARY COVER HAS SEVERAL RARE OR UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES--IT IS:
ONE OF THREE RECORDED CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC COVERS CARRIED BY PONY EXPRESS, TWO OF WHICH ARE IN PRIVATE HANDS
ONE OF SIX PONY EXPRESS COVERS TO DESTINATIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THOSE SIX, IT IS THE ONLY COVER TO DENMARK OR GERMANY, THE ONLY PATRIOTIC COVER, AND ONE OF FOUR WITH A PONY EXPRESS STAMP
THE ONLY PONY EXPRESS COVER WITH A 30-CENT POSTAGE STAMP.
The overall condition of the cover is excellent. We note that the 30¢ stamp has a few short or toned perfs, there are two vertical creases at center of cover clear of stamps, an edge tear above the "Paid" handstamp is sealed, and the cover has been lightly cleaned.
FKW Census E160. Illustrated in Ashbrook, The United States One Cent Stamp of 1851-1857, Vol. II (page 294), Brookman, The United States Postage Stamps of the 19th Century (page 259), Nienken, The United States Ten Cent Stamps of 1855-1859 (page 238), Coburn, Letters of Gold (page 77), AMERIPEX '86 color feature in Chronicle 130, Frajola-Kramer-Walske, The Pony Express: A Postal History (page 78), and Walske-Frajola, Mails of the Westward Expansion, 1803 to 1861 (page 231).
Ex Lawrence L. Shenfield, Katherine Matthies (exhibited at SIPEX 1966; Siegel 1979 Rarities of the World, Sale 544, lot 251, to Paliafito), Robert Paliafito (sold privately to Ishikawa) and Ryohei Ishikawa (Christie's Robson Lowe sale, Sep. 28-29, 1993, lot 355, to George Kramer).
30c Orange (38). Used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), each with perfs in, cancelled or tied by red grids on blue folded cover to Buenos Aires, Argentina, sender's blue oval handstamp, "New-York Am. Pkt. Nov. 24" (1860) red circular datestamp on back, magenta manuscript "12" credit, red London Paid transit datestamp (Dec. 6), sender's directive "pr Bremen via Southampton", a Fine and colorful cover, very scarce 30c use to South America, ex Gallagher and "Sevenoaks"
30c Orange (38). Bright shade, tied by large "Paid" grid cancel, red "Boston Paid 12 Dec. 29" credit datestamp on square-shaped 1860 cover to Mostaganem, French Algeria, handsomely addressed with explicit detail ("Africa", "Algerie", "Province d'Oran"), French transit circular datestamp front and back, Mostaganem receiving backstamp, couple small edge tearsVERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND EXOTIC DESTINATION IN THE CLASSIC PERIOD.
Although Algeria was considered by French postal authorities to be part of France (with the same rates), it is highly regarded as a separate destination by postal history collectors.
Ex Haas and "Sevenoaks"
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