VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE MULTIPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1857 ISSUE FROM PLATE ONE, PAYING SIX TIMES THE 10-CENT RATE TO MEXICO.
Ex Grunin, Klein and Sevenoaks. With 2001 P.F. certificate.
FINE APPEARANCE. POSSIBLY A UNIQUE USE OF THE NEW YORK OCEAN MAIL DATESTAMP ON THE 30-CENT 1860 ISSUE.
Ex Polland, Grunin and Myers.
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE 1857 ISSUE COVER TO HAITI. VERY FEW COVERS FROM THIS CLASSIC PERIOD ARE KNOWN TO THIS ISLAND DESTINATION.
Franked to pay the 33c rate by British Mail via Southampton, this was actually accepted as fully prepaid and sent at the 34c rate by British Mail via St. Thomas.
Ex Gibson and Piller
VERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED USE OF THE 30-CENT 1860 ISSUE ON A COVER THAT WAS CARRIED ACROSS THE LINES BY EXPRESS AND THE ONLY RECORDED THRU-THE-LINES EXPRESS COVER TO GERMANY (FIVE KNOWN IN TOTAL).
This cover was posted from Confederate New Orleans and is franked to pay the 30c rate via Prussian Closed Mail. It was datestamped August 12 by Adams Express Company in Louisville, ten days prior to demonetization of the old stamps. The 30c stamp was probably applied at the Adams office in Louisville. The Walske-Trepel census records five thru-the-lines express covers in the June 15-August 26 period, including three carried by Adams (two to France, one to Germany) and two by American Letter Express Co. (to France and Switzerland). This is the only cover to Germany and the only 30c cover among the five recorded.
Special Routes Census No. N-AD-61. Ex Grunin
VERY FINE. A COLORFUL AND SCARCE 30-CENT 1860 ISSUE COVER TO SPAIN, CARRIED BY THE VANDERBILT, WHICH WAS BUILT BY CORNELIUS VANDERBILT FOR TRANSATLANTIC PACKET SERVICE AND LATER SERVED AS A UNITED STATES NAVAL SHIP DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
Built for direct competition with the British Cunard Line, the passenger mail steamship Vanderbilt was named for steamship and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. Flying the flag of the Vanderbilt European Line, she sailed (in summertime only) until the Civil War. The Vanderbilt was then chartered to the government as a transport, but when the Confederacy unveiled the C.S.S. Virginia, Vanderbilt offered the services of his ship -- which had 50 feet of iron plating forward -- as a ram to destroy the ironclad. Armed with two 200-pounder, twelve 9-inch, and one 12-pounder guns, she arrived at Hampton Roads after the duel between Virginia and Monitor. She then sailed in a yearlong search for the Confederate raider Alabama, during which time she captured several blockade-runners.
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE THREE-COLOR 1857-60 ISSUE FRANKING ON COVER TO THE CANARY ISLANDS. A FANTASTICALLY RARE DESTINATION IN THE CLASSIC PERIOD.
We have offered only two others in the 1857-67 time period, including one with a similar franking (but with the 5c Orange Brown No. 30) and one with 1861-66 Issue stamps. All three are addressed to the James Wood.
With 1981 P.F. certificate
VERY FINE. A RARE USE OF THE 30-CENT 1860 ISSUE ON A COVER TO GREECE. FROM THE REVEREND HILL CORRESPONDENCE.
Our computerized records contain just one other usage to Greece with the 30c stamp, which was used with a 12c 1857 to pay the Prussian Closed Mail rate. This is the only single-franking we have offered since keeping computerized records. The stamp pays the 30c rate via French Mail.
Ex "Patrick Henry" and Kapiloff
VERY FINE AND CHOICE. BELIEVED TO BE A UNIQUE THREE-COLOR FRANKING WITH THE 30-CENT 1860 ISSUE TO FINLAND.
Ex Waterhouse, Haas, Ishikawa and Sevenoaks.
VERY FINE. A COLORFUL AND RARE 1857-60 ISSUE FRANKING FOR THE 84-CENT RATE FOR A THREE-QUARTER OUNCE LETTER TO AUSTRALIA BY BRITISH MAIL VIA MARSIELLES.
Ex White, Krug, Grunin and Kapiloff. With 1975 P.F. certificate
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED COVERS TO THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE 1857-60 ISSUE, AND THE FINER OF THE TWO WITH THE 30-CENT 1860 STAMP.
George H. Peirce came to the Philippines from New England as a 19-year old clerk in the firm of Peele, Hubbell & Company. By 1862 he was responsible for buying one-third of all the abaca exported from the Philippines. In 1868 he became a partner in the firm. The Peirce correspondence began to leak out into the marketplace in the 1980's, and in 1994 the auction sale of 29 Peirce covers, under the name "The Manila Find," was held by H. R. Harmer of New York. Over half have their stamps either reattached by hinges or missing. The cover offered here was included in the 1994 Harmer's auction.
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL USE OF THE 3-CENT AND 30-CENT 1857-60 ISSUE ON A COVER TO BANGKOK, SIAM.
Ex Grunin, Kapiloff and Myers. With 2004 P.F. certificate
VERY FINE. A RARE 1857-60 ISSUE FRANKING TO PAY THE 45-CENT RATE TO HONG KONG BY BRITISH MAIL VIA MARSEILLES.
Built for direct competition with the British Cunard Line, the passenger mail steamship Vanderbilt was named for steamship and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. Flying the flag of the Vanderbilt European Line, she sailed (in summertime only) until the Civil War. The Vanderbilt was then chartered to the government as a transport, but when the Confederacy unveiled the C.S.S. Virginia, Vanderbilt offered the services of his ship -- which had 50 feet of iron plating forward -- as a ram to destroy the ironclad. Armed with two 200-pounder, twelve 9-inch, and one 12-pounder guns, she arrived at Hampton Roads after the duel between Virginia and Monitor. She then sailed in a yearlong search for the Confederate raider Alabama, during which time she captured several blockade-runners.
Accompanied by note from Calvet M. Hahn, who states that this was carried via Southampton, despite the 45c prepayment for British Mail via Marseilles.
With 1991 P.S.E. certificate
VERY FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE 1857-60 ISSUE COVER TO HONG KONG BY BRITISH MAIL VIA SOUTHAMPTON.
With 1988 P.F. certificate