(Naval) U.S. Navy - Balance. Group of over 50 covers mostly sent to or from ships while in U.S. ports, including 1851 to the USS Albany at Charleston S.C. and forwarded to Pensacola, 1800 USS Essex guard mail letter signed by Capt. Edward Preble to Commander of the USS Congress, 1848 USS Portsmouth at sea near Madeira Islands to Athens Ga., 1825 USS Cyane at New York to Huntingdon Pa., 1836 USS Porpoise at Charleston to Boston, 1826...
Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction
By: Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc.
Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction
We are pleased to announce our Winter 2014 auction with over 3,500 lots offered over four days. The sale is highlighted by:
- The Richard Graham Collection of Naval Covers
- Transatlantic Mail including the Ken Clark Collection of Liverpool Postal History.
- The John Cunningham Collection of United States Expositions.
- Hawaii including Specialized Hawaiian Numerals
- The Charles F. Meroni Jr. Collection of Panama Registered Mail (Part II)
- Worldwide Collections and Accumulations
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Auction scedule
December 8, Lots 1 - 975 - Western Postal History - U.S. Postal History
December 9, Lots 976 - 2053 - U.S. Postal History - U.S. Possessions
December 10, Lots 2054 - 2736 - Great Britain - General Foreign
December 11, Lots 2737 - 3544 - U.S. Cover Collections - Philatelic Literature
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Lot #660 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
Lot #661 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) Navy Mail - 1860s with Civil War Related. Group of 70 covers comprising mail to or from various naval ships operating during the Civil War and shortly afterwards, plus a few Naval related like a "Our Army and Navy Forever" patriotic, better includes two Philadelphia "U.S. Ship 3 cts." circular h.s. usages, U.S.S. Colorado patriotic to Stoneham Mass. with blue "Due 3", Eagle and Shield patriotic with "U.S. Ship 3 cts" oval,...
Lot #662 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S.S. Texas Postal History Collection, 1914-2004. Extensive holding of approximately 1,000 covers and cards mostly housed in a dozen cover albums; showing the array of postal markings and usages throughout starting with early cover and letter datelined "Off Anton Lizardo, Mexico, October 8, 1914", 1915-16 usages off the east coast and West Indies, later with the showing of censor markings at the start of WWI, 1918 European...
Lot #663 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S.S. Texas Naval Correspondence, 1917-19. Of 33 covers mostly from Percy Clark aboard the U.S.S. Texas during WWI to his mother and father; each with original enclosure detailing his experience during and shortly after WWI, with interesting content including first letter…The Pres. declared war at 1:00 o'clock Thursday. They have seized the German boats in the harbors and I heard they sank one ship, many of the covers prior...
Lot #664 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S.S. Texas Naval Correspondence, 1944-45. Of approximately 300 covers most from Anthony Mayer aboard the U.S.S. Texas during WWII, good showing of U.S. Naval postmarks and censor markings including "Free" mail during Nov-Dec of 1944, V-Mail and a few ephemera items, covers mostly without contents (with letter donation forms) but includes a couple enclosures written after D-Day with interesting content including...
Lot #665 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) Secretary of the Navy Free Franks, 1800-1860s. Group of 21 comprising 1800 Benjamin Stoddert front, 1801 Robert Smith, 1810 Paul Hamilton ALS and circa 1801 folded cover, 1813 William J. Jones ALS, 1817 B.W. Crowninshield ALS, 1820 Smith Thompson, 1822 John .C. Calhoun, 1825 c. and 1829 Samuel Southard, 1830 John Branch, 1832 c. Levi Woodbury, 1829 Mahlon Dickerson, 1839 James K. Paulding, 1843 Abel P. Upshur, 1844 David...
Lot #666 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S. Navy - 1869-1900. Group of 42 covers mounted on pages including various corner cards like Navy Pay Office and Nautical Almanac Office, better includes 1881 with #183, 184 to USS Lalos at Yokohama, 1899 B.F. Stevens use to USS Olympia at Ceylon, 1885 two covers from USS Lancaster at Dakar bearing France 25c. yellow, 1887 USS Brooklyn at Ceylon with Ceylon 28c. to Philadelphia, etc.; some mixed condition, F.-V.F....
Lot #667 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S. Navy - African Squadron. Group of six comprising two 1860-61 covers from USS Sumter off the Coast of Africa on anti-slavery patrol, 1860-61 cover from New Sharon Me. to USS Mohican, African Squadron, 1845-51 c. from USS Marion that was on the West Coast of Africa or the Mediterranean; 1850 letter from USS John Adams off the coast of Africa near St. Paul de Loando to Boston Mass. via Salem, and 1848 letter from USS Brig...
Lot #668 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S. Navy - European Squadron. Group of 27 covers including 1834 USS Shark at Port Mahon to Washington D.C. with disinfection slits, 1835 USS Potomac from Port Mahon and 1836 from Cadiz, 1836 USS Constitution from Lisbon, 1860 USS Richmond from Messina Italy with Philadelphia Am. Pkt. exchange cds, 1832 USS Boston from Lisbon, 1861 USS Iroquois from Naples, USS Porpoise at Santa Cruz, Tenerife, 1836 Newport R.I. to USS Shark...
Lot #669 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S. Navy - Far East. Group of nine items comprising 1867 Windorn N.Y. cover bearing #65 (2) and #68 (4) prepaying the 45¢ rate to USS Shenandoah at Hong Kong, two 1864 Meadville Pa. covers bearing #68 to USS Jamestown at Hong Kong, 1867 Oct 24th circa cover front from USS Shenandoah probably at Hong Kong bearing #68 and red "China and Japan Steam Service" with preprinted address to Tioga Pa. (this was this first trip that the...
Lot #670 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S. Navy - Panama. Group of 8 covers mostly to US Ships at Panama in care of the US Consul, including 1856 c. with #13 to USS Independence, 1860 with #35 two singles to USS Sabine, 1860 cover with #35 pair to USS Powhatan, 1861 with #68 to USS Lancaster, 1868 with #68 to USS Minnesota, 1868 with #68 to USS Dacotah, and 1850s cover from USS Wabash at Aspinwall to Mount Holly N.J., F.-V.F. group.
Estimate; $300 -...
Lot #671 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S. Navy - Pensacola. Group of 8 covers from the Naval Yard, each with Pensacola postmarks comprising 1823 USS Seagull, 1826 USS Constellation, 1828 and 1830 USS Erie, 1834 USS Falmouth, 1838 USS Ontario, 1845 USS Col. Harney, 1847 USS Decatur; some flaws, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
Lot #672 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S. Navy - Ship Cachets, 1877-1882. Group of four with same style illustrated ship cachet in blue, comprising U.S. Ship Alliance on 1877 cover bearing GB 2½d lilac (67) tied by "G06" grid and "British Post Office, Beyrout, MY 25 77" cds adjacent to Concord Mass., U.S. Ship Hartford on cover with "Rio de Janeiro, 16 Jul 78" cds to Pikesville Md. bearing Brazil 60r. and 500r. (60r. replacement); U.S.Ship...
Lot #673 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S. Navy - Ship Covers with Steamship Markings. Group of 10 covers including 1862 USS Narrangansett from Acapulco with "N. York Steamship" dateless cds with "Steamship 10" rating h.s., 1866 USS Dacotah from Callao to Baltimore with #68 tied by "N. York Steamship" circular h.s., 1866 c. USS Saranac to Philadelphia with #68 tied by "N. York Steamship" circular h.s., 1872 USS Nipsie with "New York '20 U.S. Notes' Jan 17" cds,...
Lot #674 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S. Navy - South America. Group of 26 folded letters and covers including 1823 USS Franklin at Valparaiso, Chile from Commodore Chas. Stewart forwarded via Cadiz to Boston (6 months transit), 1826 and 1845 USS Vincennes at Rio de Janeiro, five USS Brandywine including 1828 at Peru, 1829 and 1848 at Rio, 1827 and 1831 USS Vandalia at Rio with later mentioning an uprising taking place, 1833 USS Enterprise at Para (Brazil), four...
Lot #675 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S. Navy - Spezia, Italy. Group of 5 covers comprising 1853 Norfolk Va. "Paid 5" sent by British packet (68 cents) to USS St. Louis with ms. "34" due rating, 1853 Norfolk Va. "Paid 21" to USS St. Louis with ms. "17", 1853 Washington D.C. "Paid 5" to Cmd. Harwood in care of storekeeper with ms. "17" due rating, 1854 Portsmouth Va. "Paid 5" to USS Cumberland with ms. "17" due rating, and 1856 USS Congress Spezia with May 4th...
Lot #676 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S. Navy - U.S. Banknote Issue and Other. Group of 27 covers including several Foster correspondence usages to the USS Monacacy at Yokohama, two inbound covers from the USS Wachusett bearing #184 and #185 to Philadelphia, 1885 with #205 to USS Saratoga at Lisbon Portugal, 1886 with #205 to USS Trenton at Gibraltar, 1866 USS Brooklyn at Rio de Janeiro to Annapolis, two 1870s USS Lancaster covers with cachet, four covers to...
Lot #677 - the richard graham collection of naval covers naval postal history collections and balances
(Naval) U.S. Navy - West Indies. Group of 8 covers with various ratings comprising 1850 U.S. Frigate Raritan at Havana, 1866 USS Swatara at Trinidad, 1832 US Schooner Porpoise at Jamaica, 1847 USS United States at Cape Verde, cover with embossed Havana seal to Key West, 1871-72 cover from USS Nipsic at Havana, 1860s USS Oceola at Curacao, and 1849 USS Portsmouth at Cape Verde; few faults, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $200 - 300....
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