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Opening: 100 €
1748 (April 21), part letter sheet from the Massingberg plantations, endorsed "pr Capt. Oike W.G.P" ("Whom God Preserve) to London, arriving in London 15th of April and charged with "5"d., fine



Opening: 120 €
1833, folded letter dated "New Orleans den 2 April 1833" with double-forwarding to Herrnhut, reverse with red Forwarder cachet "FORWARDED BY G.W. SCHMIDT & CO." for the route New Orleans-New York and black cachet "FORWARDED BY H. H. MEIER & Co BREMEN" for the route New York to Bremen, fine



Opening: 200 €
1848, (May 16) folded letter from "ST.P.A. BREMEN 16 5" endorsed "per Washington" via New York to Petersburg, upon arrival charged with "34", a fine and scarce entire from the 5th trip of the Washington



Opening: 200 €
1849, (10 July) folded letter from "BÜNDE 11 7" endorsed "via Bremen" with double-circle "ST.P.A. BREMEN 12 7" and manuscript "29" with red boxed "PAID ALL." alongside, carried on the Ocean Steamer "Hermann", to Baltimore, the paper partly somewhat repaired or stabilized, an attractive and rare letter
Provenance: Arthur Salm (May 1992), lot 163.



Opening: 150 €
1850, (14 Feb.) partly paid folded lettersheet from "HANNOVER 14 Feb" endorsed "Via England and New York per US. Steamer" via "St. P.A. BREMEN" where the red boxed "PAID PART." applied, to St. Louis, upon arrival in New York black integral cds. "NEW YORK 12 MAR 10cts" struck, a fine and scarce entire, signed Kruschel and Carl. H. Lange



Opening: 100 €
1850, (June 12) folded letter from "SCHARMBECK" with manuscript "2" gr. and adjacent straight-line "Paid to Bremen." via "ST.P.A. BREMEN 13 6" to New York with "24" c. handstamp applied, some aging and wear, otherwise fine



Opening: 100 €
1851, (8. Febuary), folded letter from Philadelphia with red provisional octagon rate stamp "PHILA 5 Cts PAID" alongside, endorsed "Germania" via "NEW YORK FEB 13" to Gerlingen, upon arrival red "9 AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied, the recipient charged with "58" kr., fine



Opening: 100 €
1852, (May 11) folded letter from "MÜNSTER 11 5" via. "ST.P.A. BREMEN 13 5" with manuscript mark "5" alongside, and New York with black integral cds. "N-YORK MAY 30 25cts." to Philadelphia, fine



Opening: 100 €
1851, (25 June) folded letter from "MAINHARDT 25 JUN 1851" via "ST.P.A. BREMEN 28 6" with the "Washington" to Virginia, the adressee could not be determined, therefore later returned, various accountancy marks and crayon alongside, the sender was finally charged 1fl 12kr., fine



Opening: 100 €
1852, (23 April) folded letter from "COBURG 23 APR. 1852" endorsed "via Bremen per Steamer" via "St. P.A. BREMEN 27 4"with accountancy mark "7" applied and via New York with black integral cds. "NEW YORK 27 cts. APR 17" to Reading, some minor ageing, otherwise fine



Opening: 100 €
1852, (18 June) folded letter, paid to Bremen, from "NEW YORK JUN 19" with straight-line "PAID PART" alongside to Herford, upon arrival in Bremen red "AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied and "3" Sgr. taxed in blue and black, some minor aging, otherwise fine



Opening: 100 €
1852, (22. June) folded letter from "WESTBEND JUL 3" endorsed "Germania" via "NEW YORK JUL 7" to Dusslingen, upon arrival in Bremen red two-line "32/9 R AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied, the recipient charged with "41" kr., fine



Opening: 100 €
1852, (5. Aug), folded letter from "PHILADELPHIA AUG 5" with red provisional octagon rate stamp "PHILA 5 Cts PAID" alongside, via New York to Weltzheim, in Bremen erroneously red two line "18/6 AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" struck, this corrected by two strikes of red two-line "32/9 AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN", recipient charged with "41" kr., fine



Opening: 150 €
1853 (1 March), folded wrapper from "GLASGOW MAR 1 1853" charged with "4/8" and Victoria 1841 1d. red-brown tied by numeral "159", paying the late fee, to San Francisco, adhesives touched, otherwise fine and attractive



Opening: 100 €
1853, (6 July) folded letter from "FRANKFURT 6 JUL 1853" endorsed "per Steamer via Bremen" via "St. P.A. BREMEN 10 7"with accountancy mark "7" applied and via New York with black integral cds. "NEW YORK 27 cts. AUG 4" to Boston, some minor ageing and wear, otherwise fine



Opening: 100 €
1853, (8. Oct) folded letter from New York with integral cds. "N. YORK U.S. PKt. 14 OCT 8" to Chemnitz, treated as 22¢ letter with 14¢ claim to Bremen, although Saxony had already joined the additional convention about the reduced postal union postage of 2 sgr. Upon arrival in Bremen red two-line "4½/2 Sgr. AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied with red crayon "6 5/10" alongside, a fine and attractive entire



Opening: 150 €
1854, entire letter from Boston via New York, the 'Prussian closed mail', Kopenhagen and Helsingborg to Lund in Sweden, endorsed "fco. Hull" (?), partly faint "NEW-YORK BR. PKT 23", marked "11Sgr." in red crayon and charged "1RBs" upon arrival.



Opening: 150 €
1854, (Jun 17) folded lettersheet from "N.YORK U.S. PKT 9 JUN 17" endorsed "pr. Steamer Hermann" to Berlin, upon arrival red three-line "4½/2 Sgr. AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" applied and manuscript charge "6½" added, slightly re-folded and some ageing, otherwise fine and scarce entire



Opening: 100 €
1854, (12 Dec.) envelope from "LORCH 12 DEC 1854" endorsed "über Bremen" with blue double-circle "ST.P.A. BREMEN 16 12" to Philadelphia. Upon arrival, the letter was undeliverable and could not be delivered despite notice, with two-line "ADVS 1 Cts" set alongside, so after a little over a year the letter was returned the same way with interegral cds. "N. YORK U.S. Pkt. 22 FEB 13" struck alongside. Later opened for sender identification and closed with vignette "COMMISION FOR RETOUR LETTERS". The consignee was ultimately charged "33" x, opened out for display and same faults as to be expected, a very scarce and attractive entire



Opening: 100 €
1855, (15 Jul) folded lettersheet from "ST.P.A. BREMEN 15 6" endorsed "p. Steamer Wahington" with adjacent red "10." and boxed "PAID." to Utica with "N. YORK U.S. Pkt. JUL PAID" on front, some ageing, otherwise fine



Opening: 150 €
1855, (Oct 9) quadruple weight large format envelope paid with "72" (US c) from "LA FAYETTE OCT 9" endorsed "Per the Bremen Steamer", via "NEW YORK NOV 3" and Bremen with red "Paid to Bremen" and "AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN" alongside to Vaihingen, where the recipient was charged triple-weight "27" plus "2" delivery fee, soem minor imperfections, an attractive and scarce entire which vividly illustrates the different weight progressions through the American ounce and the German lot



Opening: 100 €
1856 (Mar 20), folded letter from "HAMBURG 20 MAR 1856" endorsed "via Bremen per Washington" with black accountancy mark "5/10" alongside to New York with black integral cds. "N. YORK U.S. PKT APR 13 15" alongside, minor ageing, otherwise fine



Opening: 100 €
1856, (May) lettersheet endorsed "p North Star" via "ST.P.A. BREMEN 26 5" with boxed "See Brief." and red crayon "2½" (Sgr.) alongside, to Amsterdam, the recipient was charged "40" (cNL), fine and scarce entire



Opening: 150 €
1856, (29. Nov) folded lettersheet endorsed "p. Washington" with black integral cds. "N. YORK U.S. PKt. 14 NOV 29" alongside via "ST.P.A. BREMEN 18 12" to Amsterdam, with red crayon "6 3/4" (Sgr.) alongside, the recipient was charged "65" (cNL), fine and scarce entire



Opening: 100 €
1857 (25. Aug), folded letter from "CASSEL 25 8 1857" with manuscript mark "3/6 3/4" alongside via "ST.P.A. BREMEN 29 8" with red "15" and boxed "PAID." alongside, transported with the "Ariel" to New York, fine