381745 | Overseas ➝ United States of America ➝ U.S. Postal History
Opening: 120 €
Everts, Wilson & Co's Express, Paid, 1861, ornamental printed frank on 3c. Nesbitt postal stationery cover, struck with large blue oval “Everts, Davis & Co's Express / Forbestown / Feb 27 1861”, with year in manuscript, alongside blue oval “Wells, Fargo & Co / Marysville / Feb 28” datestamp, or Oroville, California, slightly reduced at left, otherwise quite fresh, a rare Everts & Wells Fargo conjunctive use, illustrating the connection in Marysville, of which only a small number of examples are recorded.
Opening: 120 €
"VIA PANAMA" directive with illustrated sidewheel steamship design, 1860 (April 5), with imprint of Geo H. Bell, stationer, franked with 1859 10c green, tied by neatly-struck San Francisco c.d.s., to New York, reduced at top and sides and repaired in places, a few small edge tears, but a scarce illustrated route directive, with 1979 Philatelic Foundation certificate.
3818005 | Overseas ➝ United States of America ➝ U.S. Postal History ➝ Cancellations and Postal Markings
Opening: 50 €
1851, U.S. Express Mail Boston Mass. 3 Cent, ample to large margins, well tied by "U.S. Express Mail Boston Mass. May 12" cds. folded cover to Philadelphia Pa.; usual file fold, otherwise fine.
Opening: 100 €
1900, U.S. Postal Station, Paris Exposition, May 19, 1900. Three strikes of duplex postmark (Bomar type P00-01) tying three 5 c green and 10 c black (corner flaw) on cover to Germany with receiving backstamp Wiesbaden 20.5.00 and blue crayon for taxe. Fine and the earliest known usage of this postmark!
Opening: 50 €
1928/31, Five First Flight covers American Clipper to Mexico, Guatemala, Rep. Dominicana, including FF Dallas-San Antonio, FF San Juan Pittsburgh, appropriate flight cachets, fine.
Opening: 40 €
1928/33, Three First Flight covers American Clipper to Cuba, Havana, Santiago and Nuevitas, additional FF Honduras - Guatemala 1933 with "T.S. de C." overprint, appropriate flight cachets, fine.
733500 | Airmail ➝ Zeppelin ➝ Treaty Post
Opening: 70 €
1936, New York to Frankfurt, Hindenburg First Flight cover with appropriate cachet and Frankfurt arrival pmk, fine
115530 | German Empire ➝ Cancellations ➝ Francocancellations
Opening: 80 €
"BERLIN P.E.8 15/7 67" in rotviolett, zweimal sauber auf Briefkuvert mit Leitvermerk "via Hamburg oder Bremen" über das Stadtpostamt "HAMBURG ST.P. 16.7.67" mit gestrichenem Rötelvermerk "6 ½" (Silbergroschen) und neuem Blaustift-Vermerk "f 4 ½" (Silbergroschen) sowie rotem EKr. "HAMBURG PACKET JUL 20 PAID 3" in die USA.
155000 | German occupation and field post 1939-45 ➝ POW-mail
Opening: 50 €
1943/44, Two Prisoner of War letters from a German Officer at the "Trinidad-Colorado" POW Camp, passed by both U.S. and German censors, additional POW mail from UK with same sender, tiny spots otherwise fine trio.