Petite Treasures – May 2026.

1944, Allied Day 60 kop. bottom margin, variety 'blue colour in British and American Flag missing and red colour shifted', cancelled to order (CTO) with original gum, fine and attractive

1946, Coat of Arms with wild boar engraving (6x10cm) and additional engraving portrait Franklin D. Roosevelt (16x20cm) for the stamp issue Argentina 1946, signed by artist Don Jean Sprenger, very fine and scarce.

1935, Maritime Mail: Dr. Sun Yat-sen 5 c. green, cancelled by "U.S.T.P. Seapost S.S. Pres. Pierce" duplex on American Association imprint envelope from Shanghai (26 Apr.) to the U.S.A., fine and unusual

1901, Incoming mail USA to Hong Kong/China: US 2 c. rose postal stationery envelope used uprated with 1 c. green, 2 c. carmine and 5 c. deep blue, performing 10 c. rate, tied by fancy cancel and "OHIOWA NEBR. DEC/17/1900" c.d.s. addressed to Hong Kong China with arrival mark "HONG KONG DJA/19/01" on reverse, redirected to Port Said with arrival mark and boxed bilingual "NON RECLAME", transit Colombo c.d.s., redirected with violet "RETURNED TO WRITER", transit mark "WASHINGTON JUN/18/1901" and on reverse "DEAD LETTER OFFICE P.D.U.S. JUN/18/1901" c.d.s., tiny border faults, fine and attractive around the world cover

1905, US 1 c. black on buff used postal stationery card to Germany, Honolulu H.Isls Apr./9/1905 duplex cancellation, addressed to Görlitz and forewarded to Berlin with arrival mark on front

1938, "XII OLYMPIAD / TOKYO 1940" imprint on ‘Kokusai Line’ ship envelope from USA bearing Westpoint 5 c. blue cancelled SAN PEDRO JUN/2/1938, addressed to German Consulate in Kobe, tiny toned and vertical crease, otherwise fine. Only three covers (all from Hawaii) with US stamps and this cachet recorded in PROFI archive

1870-83, two postal stationery envelopes 1 c. blue and 2 c. red with clear cancellations South Bend Nebr. 1883 in violet & Cuyahoga Falls Ohio 1870 in blue, very attractive pair!

1846, "Haverhill N.H. Jan. 14" blue circular datestamp on folded envelope, clear strikes of ‘PAID’ & ‘5’ alongside, addressed to Lynn N.H., few tiny spots, otherwise fine

1851/56, 3 c. dull red good margins to just in at left, tied by well-struck "Taunton Ms. 3cts. Apr./18" integral-rate circular datestamp in blue to embossed ornamental border Valentine cover, addressed to Clintonville Mass., very fine.

1869, group of mint and used stamps with tiny faults. Including Landing of Columbus 1 c., 2 c., 15 c. Type I and II, 24 c., most stamps no gum or regummed, few postmarks are removed and stamps appear unused, few stamps very well centered, still fine group

1860, 5 c. brown and 10 c. green tied by clear grill obliterator in red to envelope, red "N. YORK PAID HAMB. PKT. 10 /NOV.3" (10 cent credit to Hamburg), red crayon ‘80’, on reverse Hamburg Th&T. transit mark, struck by "Fr: Grenze" handstamp, reverse with German and Swiss transit datestamps of Basel and Lausanne, stamps faults, otherwise fine and fresh.

1893, Columbian Exposition 2 c. tied by machine cancel “CHICAGO ILL. APR.3.1893” to Sharp & Smith advertising cover “World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893” to New York with arrival mark, fine

1893, Columbian Exposition 2 c. tied by special machine cancel “WOLD'S FAIR STATION CHICAGO 1893 OCT.23” to underfranking advertising cor “Der Deutsche General-Komisser California Midwinter International Exposition” with tax mark “T 1/15” to Dresden, Germany with arrival mark

1901, Railway 2 c. black and carmine tied by "Buffalo N.Y. Pan American Exposition Jun/10 1901" to envelope, via New York transit on reverse to Constantinople Turkey, at arrival postage due black on red 20 pa. und 1 pia. affixed and tied by oval "STAMBOUL" in bars cancellation, shortened on left, scarce destination and very unusual attractive mix for this popular issue. (Michel TR P24-P25)

1836, Auburn, Cayuga County to Albany, June 28 : folded letter written in Auburn and mailed at Homer, New York, bearing clear circular HOMER N.Y. JUN 28 datestamp with matching straightline PAID handstamp and manuscript rate 12½, representing the correct 80–150 mile distance rate under the 1835 postal tariff. Addressed to Azariah Flagg, prominent New York State official, the fully written letter discusses a contested land title claim before the Commissioners of the New York State Land Office, referencing legal proceedings and attorneys engaged in the matter, a fine example of early New York governmental and legal correspondence. Well preserved with strong postal markings and legible contents; an attractive and desirable example of 1830s New York stampless postal history combining correct rate usage with significant administrative content, usual file folds, otherwise very fine.

1870/71, 2 c. brown, tied by cork killer to envelope with overall ad for 'The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company', addressed to Abbeville Ga., stamp small corner fault, backflap missing, Fine (Scott 157)

1870/71, 2 c. brown, tied by cork killer to envelope with overall ad for 'The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company', addressed to Johnsonville Ohio. Some short perfs and small scuff in addresss, opened and slightly reduced at right, still fine (Scott 157)

1878, Washington 3 c. green, three covers with nice cancellations, PROVIDENCE blue, SENECA violet and UNADILLA black, fine trio

1914, U.S. Occupation of Veracruz: Washington 5 c. blue tied by "Vera Cruz Mexico May/22 1914" flag machine cancel on cover to Paris and same stamp on cover tied by “Vera Cruz, Mex U.S.M.AC. JUL/14 1914” duplex cancel used local, fine pair

1924, Special postmark honoring the world fliers arrival in USA: Around the World Flight of 4 US Army Douglas World Cruisers 1924. Postal Stationery to Seattle cancelled "Boston Mass. Airport Station Sep 5 1924" and tied by boxed cachet "Boston first landing in U.S. of World flyers", very fine

1927, Nungesser-Coli Search Expedition, Transoceanic Record Flight airmail envelope with 2 c. carmine tied by ‘Times Sq Sta NY Jun 2 1927’ machine cancel, usual printed cachet at upper left and signed by Floyd Bennett, addressed on the back side to an address in St. Johns and with a ‘St Johns Nfld Jun 11 1927’ machine cancel, corner crease at lower left, top right corner bit rounded, otherwise fine and scarce (AAMC 1055)

1931 "Justice for Hungary" flown card from Flint, Michigan, with pre-printed bilingual cachet, 1 c. franking, with Budapest arrival pmk, v.f. (in July, 1931, newspapers all over the world reported on the front page that two Hungarian pilots, Alexander Magyar and George Endress crossed the Atlantic Ocean from the United States to Hungary in a Lockheed-Sirius airplane named "Justice for Hungary." The flight was intended to call attention to the dismemberment of Hungary after World War I. It was a spectacular success. On July 15, 1931, the trans-Oceanic flight left Harbor-Grace for Budapest on a non-stop flight of 26 hours and 20 minutes (Charles Lindbergh\s flight in 1927 took six hours longer) and marked the first time that an airplane crossing the ocean had radio contact both with the starting and landing aerodromes. It was also the first time such a flight was used for political purposes. The pilots were received as heroes in Budapest),

1935, Attempted flight New York - Rome by George and Alfred de Monteverde in their plane „Francesco de Pinedo“, crashed at Floyd Bennett field shortly after the Start: Envelope from New York „City Hall Annex June 14“ bearing two stamps 6 c. orange and 2 c. red, cancelled by machine cds. "City Hall Annex Jun 14 1935 1030 PM“, showing boxed three-line cachet „this is one of 500 letters placed aboard the "Francesco Pinedo"-CS-AAK-/ at Floyd Bennett Field June 1935“ as well as green label on reverse „Transatlantic  Jun 22 1935 Crash Cover of George and Alfred de Monteverde“ and violet “New York JUN/14/1935”, fine and scarce

1938, Roosevelt 5 c. on cover from PEEKSKILL N.Y. Oct/10 to Vorarlberg Germany with arrival mark on reverse and forwarded to India with transit Madras and several Inconnu and D.L.O. cancellations, on front boxed RETOUR and redirected with two red ‘Undelivered’ & ‘to be Returned’ marks, some usual crease, very attractive Postal History on three continents.

1870, Locomotive 3 c. blue tied on cover by blue CINCINNATI O. FEB/14 and target in blue ms. ‘no arrival’, Lincoln 6 c. on cover to England 1871, Jackson 4 c. blue-green 1890 to Saxony and Parcel 5 c. carmine-rose on envelope with crease 1913 to Germany, mostly fine