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		PUERTO RICO
1884	*	1879 (18 Junio). Sevilla - PUERTO RICO. Frente de sobre oficial / Servicio Militar, franco en origen, con escaso Sevilla / Franco ds / 10grs. Enviada por buque frances via Santander (paq fr nº4 octagonal 22 Jun 79) al frente, tasada con 60cts de peseta por ser via francesa y pagada a la llegada con sellos de Puerto Rico que son franqueados como forma de pago. Pieza excepcional. Unico caso conocido de combinacion entre España y Puerto Rico al ser transportada por buque frances, en el interim periodo entre Berna y UPU.	£1.200
1885		1890. 6ms castaño (Ed 75). Curiosisimo sello REPINTADO a MANO de origen contemporaneo a su emision. Se acompaña de otro original para comparacion.	£100
1886	*	1892 (7 Junio). San Juan - Uruguay. Rarisima tarjeta postal privada circulada con franqueo correcto de 3 centavos. Via NY / USA. Llagada dorso.	£400
		ROMANIA
1887	*	1873 (30 July). Jassy - UK (8 Aug). Fkd env 15b red brown (x3) cds + red + black "P.D.". British Legation seal env on reverse. XF usage. Very nice item.	£275
1888	*	1882 (22 April). Bucarest - Bulgaria. 10b stat card transit + arrival on front. Surprisingly unusual dest mail.	£40
1889	*	1890 (17 March). Bucarest - FINLAND / Abo. 10b stat card via Rusia / St Petersburg transit + arrival on front. Very scarce dest mail.	£40
		RUSSIA
1890	*	1851 (8-20 March). St. Petersburg - USA / San Francisco / EL DORADO (THE GOLDEN ONE!) California Gold Rush period. E boxed departure dated. Russian P O to NY / Franco Prusia / Aachen (28 March) and London (29 March), NY with doble fwding agent red cachets on reverse, display great opened, incl Gilpen + Rham Moore, with Sacramento / California red cds 7 July on front + collect 5. Exceptional Rusian California Gold Rush cover + transcontinental crossing.	£450
1891	*	1874. Rostov - GREECE. Multifkd env via Kharkov, Odessa, Constantinople Greek Post Office, Pireus and Athens + due red 80 lepta in crayon (cash payment) VF scarce connection from this Russian town.	£240
1892	*	1921 (1 Aug). VLADIVOSTOK ISSUE. Vladivostok - Austria. Registered fkd env / LBL ovptd 20k ovptd / 14kp + 10kr. Via Yokohama. Scarce Far East local usage on cover (Yv 17º).	£160
		Russian Levant
1893	† *	1902 (11 March). Office in Turkey. Smyrna - France. Multfkd ovptd issue env violet cachet. Via Odessa (16 March) cds on reverse.	£240
1894	*	1913 (23 Feb). Smyrna - France (17 March). Registered multifkd env. via Rusian P.O. Constantinople. Circulated. Rate 3.05 piaster. Espectacular exhibition item in prestige condition.	£300
1895	*	1913. Constantinople - France (30 Oct). Registr multifkd ovptd issue env. arrival cds. Correctly circulated. VF condition. Espectacular exhibition item.	£300
		SERBIA
1896	*	1911. Niegouche - France. Registered multifkd front and reverse env. scarce item of this recently discovered railway correspondence.	£180
		SIAM
1897	†	1885. 1 tical red ovpt on 1 s stamp. Sir 7*. F-VF.	£100
		SOUTH AFRICA
1898	† *	1836 (17 Aug). ZULULAND - USA / Lincoln, Mass. EL full text red Boston cds on front + 6. Zulu Land heading. Letter from a Catholic woman missionary in Zululand. She is a very devout and earnest teacher who has gone to Africa with another Sister who had lately "rested from her labors" (passed away), leaving the writer the solitary white woman missionary amid the blacks who have never seen a white person before her coming. She tells of the life of the Zulus, how when the girls are of marrying age, they are sold as cattle to their future husbands, to be more of a slave than a wife. They plant, raise, and harvest the crops and if the husband dislikes her, he sends her away where she wanders as an outcast. The writer also speaks of the little blacks outside her door as she writes, calling "Mama" and asking for presents. Very moving piece of African Postal History.	£450
1899	*	1838 (17 Nov). Capetown - INDIA. EL fwded on reverse by Isaac chase with red GPO box + box charge. Displays excellent. Mns endorsed "Per Clifton".	£240
1900	*	1901 (11 Feb). Boer War. FPO. Kimberley - UK (12 March 01). Ilustrated Hotel C. Burgard env. FM. VF.	£50
1901	*	1902 (24 Sept). NATAL. Pretoria - USA. Posted ilustr env fkd 1d perfin + tax + US dues 3c x2 / tied on reverse. Scarce early comb usage.	£140
1902	*	1941 (23 June). SUDAN - AIRMAIL - WWII. Durban - SUDAN, fwded with Sudanese new fkg. Air fkd env, taxed + new fkg to continue as airmail. Several transit + labels. Scarce combination.	£200
		STRAITS SETTLEMENTS - SINGAPORE
1903	† *	1896 (1 Sept). Penang - USA. Registered multifkd env cds + box reg mark. Via Sing + S Fco / USA reverse. VF.	£240
		SURINAME
1904	*	1902 (21 June). Paramaribo - USA / Br. Via Trinidad / BPO. Fkd env Queen W 12 1/2c x2 + King 25c pair, cds. "Per Prince William IV".	£60
		SWEDEN
1905	*	1836 (26 Oct). Gotheburg - USA. EL full text departure cds. Via Liverpool / fwded by Casor Nephew (cachet on front) over to Boston. Per Sheffield. Via Ystad - Hamburg both Royal Danish P O + T & T. Red NY / 3 Dec about 4 diff transit charges + for transits on reverse. VF early transatlantic usage from this town.	£180
1906	*	1851 (8 July). Stockholm - MADEIRA. EL full text fwded at Lübeck (14 July) by 6F Nötling & Sobine where posted onward via Ostende - London. Exceptional routing / destination which shows great opened.	£400
1907	*	1858 (30 Aug). Atvidaverg - USA. Stampless env departure cds via Kopenhagen (50cts), Hamburg Royal Danish Post office (6 Oct) Hamburg T & T (6 Oct). Prussia / Aachen (70 ct), Boston / British Packet (21 Oct) + 42 cents credit / charge on front + mns charge (4 diff). Scarce small town transatlantic usage.	£450
1908	*	1876 (2 Nov). Ostra Rolanda - USA / Rhode Island. Stampless, env with full text contains, Wenersborg cds (9 Nov), taxed + NY / due 2cts.	£160
1909	*	1925. Kristinehavn - Malta / Birchicara. Register fkd env single 60ore / UPU Congress / cds. Via Italy. Scarce stamp on cover.	£80
		SWITZERLAND
1910	*	1806 (23 May). SWITZERLAND - NETHERLANDS - SPAIN. MAIL DISRUPTION BY NAPOLEON WARS. St. Gall - Spain / Cartagena. EL full text, mns franco Versoix (Geneva Canton) + Spanish entry "OLANDA" (xx/R) + 9 reales mns. Arrival 16 June. Extraordinary routing.	£550
1911	*	1873 (21 Dec). Chur - France. Fkd env. 5c (x2) + 10c (x2) on nice blue ilustrated sender´s cachet cover.	£100
		SYRIA
1912	*	1855 (18 Aug). Tripoli - UK / London. EL full text in arcab, Tripoli / Syrie (18 Aout 55) cds, MONTH INVERTED. Via Beyrouth, Paris (3 Sept). French 13 decimes + British 1sh mns charges. Unusual dest mail.	£240
		TURKEY
1913	*	1875. Tokat - Istambul. Armenian addresse env fkd 2 bisected / ovptd blue box. VF. (see web for reverse image).	£120
		URUGUAY
1914	*	1846 (28 Sept). Montevideo - France. E doble ring cds Correo de Montevideo + red Colonies Art 13 + Argl / Calais (31 Jan 47) red cds. Scarce mail combination system on transatlantic crossing. Sent by the Branch packet "Griffon" sailed 28 Nov to Rio Janeiro / arrived 12 Dec the Express left + 12 Dec and arrived Falmouth. 28 Jan 47. Postage due 15 centsimes.	£140
		USA
		~ For USA – Mexico XIX mail Postal History see also lots 1001 to 1395 from Heath Mexican Maritime Mail Catalogue # 42 ~
1915	*	1723 (27 July). Pennsylvania - UK / Bainbridge / Yorkshire (London 26 Nov). EL with full text. Transit time 4 months, addressed to John Fothergill in Wenlegdale / to be left att Joseph Dobson in Bainbridge Yorkshire by way of London. Postage 4d changed to 8d written in Quaker style. Superb early postal transatlantic crossed letter in excellent condition, showing very well.	£1.100
1916	† *	1784 (30 April). New Orleans - France. Colonial SPANISH Period. (1763 - 1802). Via Cap Francais "Cap" handstamp for this period (1782 - 84 Rev Jamet), and no transit. Charge marked faint "Colonies" of Bordeaux Colonial Post "B" of Grand Poste. Entire letter with full text in excellent condition.	£1.200
1917	*	1793 (10 March). Nueva Orleans - France / bordeaux. SPANISH COLONIAL Period fiscal document infor delivery endorsement payment of a sum of 1,500 pounds through London. V rare.	£40
1918	*	1799 (14 July). Baton Rouge - Bayeau Sarah. SPANISH LOUSIANA. EL full text. Before any established mail route, Hence, courrier carried. Johnson, on Jan 15, 1778, petitioned Spanish Gov Miro to set aside as public land 150 arpents at white cliffs on the river, below later built fort Adams, and later known as Ellis Cliffs (12 miles below Natchez) (Site of indian Chiefs). Johnson was a pioneer in formation of West Republic of Florida in 1810. Letter has legal content and refers to order of Spanish Governor.	£1.800
1919	*	1801 (17 April). Mipkin - St johns. SPANISH LOUSIANA. EL with full text endorsed by "Scarmouch on horse" text refers to milling rice in vicinity of "Santee Canal" (Santee River SC). Pioneer Plantation mail / carried on horse back by slaves.	£750
1920	*	1803 (1 April). FRENCH LOUSIANA PERIOD. New Orleans - France / Paris & Mayence. Two covers full text written at NO, with date in French Republican calendar (11 Germinal An 11).	£450
1921	*	1809 (20 May). Montesano - Thompson Creek. SPANISH COLONIAL LOUSIANA and WEST FLORIDA. This post taken by Spanish Military Governor de Galvez in his Campaign to drive out British in 1780. EL with full text. Exceptional rarity, with endorsement. Spanish Colonial LA, W. Fla, mail to "Thompson Creek" originally an English W. Fla Post taken over by Spanish Military Governor de Galvez in his campaign to drive out British in 1780. To Alcalde (Mayor) James Perrie "of second division of Feliciana" letter dated Montesano May 1809. Docketed on address leaf May 23, 1809 letter refers to "John Corgee" as "Bearer" of letter, there being no established Spanish Posts. "Montesano" was site of Baton rouge area large plantations where fulwar skipwith resided in 1810 and was Parish by Governor General of Louisiana and previously of miss. Terr.	£1.800
1922	*	1811 (13 Oct). New York - UK. EL full text via Cork / ship letter red doble line of front + London fwding agent Oyden Richards onto Liverpool. Modified charges.	£70
1923	*	1812 (6 Sept). New Switzerland - San Agustin. SPANISH FLORIDA. To the commander of the attacking troops. Francis Phillip Fatio (who owned a plantation at new Switzerland on the St Johns River); and nine members of his family plus two slaves were saved from the Indians by Capt. Tomlinson Fort, (in command of Newman) and taken to block house fort stallings. Lt. Col. Smith reported to John McIntosh, who was a secret agent of president Madison, directed Siege, and was president of the patriots "Republic of Florida". Later under International Pressures, president Madison had to order withdrawal of troops from Florida. "Captain Fort will present you with a morning report of the 5th of September of the detatchment under my command from which you will perceive our sickly state. I have been assured from day to day with the expectation of getting a reinforcement of cavalry from St. Mary´s but have been dissappointed and am still at a loss to know whether or not I shall be accompanied by a single horseman. Most of my men are too much debilitated for an active campaign without the assistance of Cavalry but I can but raise one hundred men. If you can pay me a visit at this time I should be very happy for these miserable militia are no Sabba. I am still very weak though recovering. I refer you to Captain Fort for particulars who with his officers are the only persons in this detachment to whom I look for most efficient and manly support" + EL with full text. Endorsed "Captain Fort". Outstanding historical letter.	£4.000
1924	*	1828 (8 June). Lynchburg - FRANCE / Sens. EL full French text, cds + paid depart + red box pays d´outremer Le Havre + cds (9 July) + 19 decimes. Mns post paid to NY. VF transatlantic early crossing.	£300
1925	*	1848 (8 Aug). NY - Germany / Mittenwald. EL full text, via London (20 Aug), French "Art 13" (xxx) + oval ausland. Munchen 45 mns (xxx) on front. Carried by steamer Europe + transit Munchen.	£120
1926	† *	1849 (22 June). Dubuque / Iowa - France. EL full text via Burlington / Iowa + red paid + "X" corner. French Art 13. Carried via NY and London (16 July). VF attractive transatlantic usage.	£110
1927	*	1850 (22 Jan). Philadelphia - FRANCE. Env fkd 5c brown (Sc 1), complete margin, tied blue grill, red box Colonies Art 13 + 30 decimes charge. Some ironing, otherwise a presentable overseas number one usage.	£400
1928	*	1857 (1 Oct). Walnut Hills / Ohio - Ireland, fwded to Germany. Stampless env, depart blue cds + paid, blue "AMERICA / DUBLIN / PAID / OC 19 / 1857" superb cds on front + blue "Mount Charles / Donegal" pmk on front diff charges and transits or word front + reverse. A lovely p history item.	£400
1929	*	1862 (Dec). Barcelona / Spain - Rockland / Maine / USA. Patriotic cover franked with pair 2 reales green (Sc 60: with pre-printing fold), prepaying the single letter rate to the United States via the British Open Mails. Stamps tied by BARCELONA cds and numeral "2" cart-wheel cancel, and front shows red London. Paid transit plus Boston Br PKT arrival cds with integral "5" cents postage due. Reverse shows red and blue trim plus embossed Eagle on Shield with Union and Constitution emblem, along with ESPANA / LA JUNQUERA transit. An exceptional transatlantic cover, showing rare incoming use of a patriotic envelope during the Civil War period, plus an unusual franking with printing variety. The only patriotic Civil War cover used from Spain that we are aware. Displays excellent.	£1.400
1930	*	1869 (July). NY - UK / Walsall / Staffordshire (15 July). Env fkd 1869 issue. 12c green, grill (Sc 117), MISPERFORATED vertically, tied cork, via Birmingham carried by vessel City of Antwerp of the Inman Line. At this blue US PO Contracted and considered American Packet.	£150
1931	*	1871 (19 March). Bernardina / Fla - UK / Scotland, over 3c green stat env insuf paid + taxed "7 1/2d" march + 1/2 mns. Scarce pmk.	£150
1932	*	1872 (9 July). FANCY CANCEL. St Louis / Mi - UK (23 July). Env fkd 3c large ABN, insuff paid + 4 1/2d GB London charge mark, cancelled FANCY CANCEL St LOUIS "SunFace". Cole JO-97. Arrival cds.	£150
1933	† *	1874 (17 July). NY - MEXICO / Merida. EL. Full text market report as printed matter rate fkd 3cts green + "05 cs" Veracruz charge as PM). Per City of Mexico. Unusual + scarce.	£35
1934	*	c.1877 (14 Feb). NY - Germany / Bavaria (28 Feb). Registered env fkd 2c + 15c pair tied cork cancel, "NY / Registered / mns date 14 Feb" + red doble ring + "DIRECT SERV / PAID ALL" red doble box (scarce) + "reccomandirt". Endorsed "documents without value / 4".	£200
1935	*	1881 (8 June). Cleveland / OH - UK / Devonport. Fkd env 3c + star fancy cancel, taxed "10"c US + "2d" arrival. Via NY. VF.	£150
1936	*	1896 (17 Sept). Melrose Highlands / Mass - UK / London fwded GB stamps. Registered multicolored fkd + GB new fkg + late fee 2d violet cachet. VF comb item.	£160
1937	† *	1900 (17 Jan). Birminghan / Alabama - Australia / NSW. Registered adv ilustrated 2c stat env + 4c brown Lincoln horiz strip of four complete MARGIN PRINT, pen cancel + transit violet cachet.	£100
1938	*	1900 (12 May). Newton / Mass - Australia. Registered 1c sat env + 5 adtls. Multicolor AR pmk. VF.	£40
1939	† *	1900 (9 July). Enmark / Iowa - Australia. Regsitered 4c stat env + 3 adtls 6c red wine pair.	£60
1940	† *	1904 (2 Mar). Key West / Fla - Australia / NSW. Reg Colon 5c embossed stat env + 5c Lincoln + 5c adtls + further 3 on reverse incl 4c (1901 Comm Service) / Maritime Hospital. Depart cds date error. Fine.	£80
1941	*	1917 (6 Feb). NY - FRANCE. NAUFRAGE at SEA. Manhattan Brooklyn Bridge fkd PPC (stamp missing) mns "ACCIDENT EN MER".	£180
		Hawaii
1942	† *	1896 (28 Dec). Honolulu - UK. Env fkd ovptd 1893 / 10c provisional, tied grill. VF.	£100
		Ryukyu Is.
1943	† *	1952 (11 Jan). Kadena - USA. Fkd postcard via red. Airmail mark + Tokyo (17 Jan). Nice.	£80
		VATICAN
1944	*	1936 (19 Aug). Citta - CHINA / Shanghai. Registered pair of env with 8 diff values, both arrival (5 Sept) cds. Scarce set on cover + rare destination.	£200
		VENEZUELA
1945	*	1875 (5 Nov). La Guayra - Spain / Malaga. EL fkd France 40c + 80c (x2) anchor romboid doble letter rate via French Consular La Guayra and Caribbe "Ligne A / Pq Fr nº2" on reverse. Fine and scarce. Red 8 reales Spanish entry.	£550
1946	*	1903 (29 April). Ciudad Bolivar - UK. Env fkd Estado LA Guayra / 50cts pre-control - cacheted stamp + tied red cds, fwded locally. Via Port Spain / Trinidad. Extraordinary rare overseas transatlantic usage of this issue.	£1.200
		WORLD FLIGHTS
1947	*	1936 (11 Oct). CHINA - RUSSIA . WORLD FLIGHTS. Rohrsdorf - CHINA / Shanghai (8 Nov). Air multifkd env carried via Moscow, with violet date cachet (9 Nov 1933). Vladivostok transit on reverse + Divisa censor label + Russian censorship PS. Very scarce item.	£120
		WORLDWIDE POSTAL HISTORY
1948	u	XIX mostly. Group of aprox 10 items, including some India usages, Bulgaria - Singapore, Portuguese S. Thome 1895 passport with British + Portuguese fiscals, etc.	£40
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