1824 (13 Mar) FL from Veracruz to Cadiz, red "Nueva Espana" (origin hs), forwarded at New York by "J.B. Marie" 14 April, but still rated "7R" (reales) as if it had arrived directly from Mexico, fine and interesting item -
Estimate price: $450-500
United States & Worldwide Stamps
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Cherrystone Auctions United States & Worldwide Stamps
We are pleased to present our April 29-30 sale of U.S. & World Rare Stamps and Postal History.
You are invited to browse through this select offering of 1400 lots representing virtually every area of International Philately.
The United States section ranges from Special Printings to better cacheted FDCs. Foreign Countries include Western Europe, with Austria, France and Colonies, and specialized German Area (with excellent Locals and Occupation Issues). Great Britain and British Commonwealth are also well represented. In addition, there are numerous rarities from South America, Asia, including China and Japan, Eastern Europe and Russia. As always there are about 100 large lots and collections, balances of estates and much more.
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Lot #204 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
Lot #205 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1825 (18 Mar) FL from Mexico City to London, carried to New Orleans and forwarded by H. Monro, taken on board "Le Frances" bound for Liverpool, arriving May 27th, with "Liverpool Ship Letter" handstamp, 2 shillings paid by recipient, fine example of pre-Admiralty Packet mail forwarded at New Orleans -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #206 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1825 (April) FL from Vera Cruz to Barcelona, probably originated at San Juan de Ulua (last Spanish holdout in Mexico) and carried by the Royal Spanish Navy frigate "Vengador", with "Yndias" and "7.R" due in Spain, fine example of mail carried by the Spanish Royal Navy. The Fort surrendered in November to General Miguel Barragan. -
Estimate price: $650-750
Lot #207 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1826 (18 May) FL from Veracruz to London; carried by a Royal Navy brig "Beaver" on June 4th to Kingston, Jamaica, where the mail was sorted and the red "Mexico" Fleuron added. From Kingston, the letter was sent to London on 24 July, arriving there on August 18th, with 3 shillings due noted, fine and extremely rare transit through Jamaica, ex-Rosenthal -
Estimate price: $1400-1500
Lot #208 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1826 (Aug) outer FL from Mexico City to Rixheim, France, with "Colonies Par Bordeaux" black hs, forwarded by "Lentagne, Suberville & Co" (city unknown), with September 12 arrival pmk, fine -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #209 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1833 (31 Jan) outer FL from Tampico to London, per packet "Sphinx," arriving April 5th, with handstamped "Oz at 12s/-per Oz" preceded by manuscript "1ᄑ" (oz) and therefore rated 18 shillings on arrival, filing folds, otherwise fine -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #210 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1836 (Dec) FL from Mexico City to London, forwarded in Veracruz by "Manning, Marshall and Co." (oval handstamp), placed on the ship "George Washington" 4 January 1837 to New York, where it was forwarded by "C.A. and E.H. Eckscher" (manuscript February 3 date). The letter arrived in London on 2nd March, with "Liverpool Ship Letter" box and rated 3sh 2d, fine pre-stamp forwarded item. U.S. ships began handling mail in the Caribbean on a...
Lot #211 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1837 (10 July) FL from Mexico City to Amsterdam, red "Franqueado Mexico" departure, per Packet "Skylark", red "England over Rotterdam" handstamp on back, various other markings and charges, fine -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #212 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1838 (3 Oct) FL from Veracruz to Philadelphia, carried per packet "Swift", New York, November 12 arrival pmk in red, fine cover used during the "Pastry War" (Guerra de los pasteles). In November 1838, a French pastry cook, Mr. Remontel, claimed that his shop in the Tacubaya district of Mexico City had been ruined by looters and demanded compensation. When payment was not forthcoming, King Louis-Philippe of France ordered a blockade of all...
Lot #213 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1841 (3 Apr) FL from Mexico to London, forwarded by "Hoffman y d'Oleire, Veracruz" by H.M. packet "Petrel" to New York, from where it was forwarded twice by "C. & F. Schumacher" and "Gilpin's Exchange Foreign Letter Office", taken by private ship "St. James" to Plymouth (with ship letter handstamp) and rated 8 pence for ship letters, finally arriving London on 29th May, fine letter with triple forwarding markings -
Estimate price: $...
Lot #214 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1844 (July) letter forwarded four times between its origin at Mazatlan and its destination, London. Two Mexican forwarders are indicated in the manuscript "Sengstack & Schutte" at Mexico City and "Braune Busing" at Veracruz who paid local postage required before the letter was given to the British Agency, indicated by the "Franco en Veracruz." Missing the packet by one day, it was carried by the "Tay" to Tampico then by unknown means (...
Lot #215 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1846 (Mar) FL carried out of the mails from Mexico City to Veracruz, forwarded by "R. De Munoz y Munoz" (oval handstamp), entering British mail at Veracruz 1 April 1846, sent by ship to Wakefield, via Southampton, rated 2 shillings 3 pence, with arrival pmk -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #216 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1848 (13 July) FL from Veracruz to Philadelphia, with "Paid at Vera Cruz" crown circle, departure pmk on back, manuscript 2 shillings paid, carried on the "Great Western" to New Orleans (July 23 arrival pmk), rated 22 cents for double-weight ship letter, with straight line "ship" hs, little paper erosion, otherwise fine -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #217 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1851 (6 Apr) FL From Veracruz to France, with Mexican and British Agency datestamps, via London with "Colonies & c. Art. 13" Anglo-French Convention accountancy box (which was used from February 1846 to December 1855), carried by "Trent" to St. Thomas (April 16), then by "Great Western" to Southampton (May 8), arriving at Le Havre May 9th, where it was rated 15 decimes to be paid by the recipient -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #218 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1854 (5 May) FL from Veracruz to Villa Clara, Cuba, 1sh paid (red crayon), with "Paid at Vera Cruz" crown circle, departure datestamp on back, handstamped "Yndias" (twice) on arrival in Cuba, charged "4" reales to the recipient, fine -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #219 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1855 (24 Oct) FL from Fresnillo to France, with boxed departure datestamp, sent via the British Agency at Veracruz (Dec 5 cds on flap), (arriving in London 4 January 1856). The "Colonies & c. Art. 18." (referring to the relevant section of the Anglo-French Convention treating accountancy markings) was only in use during 1856 and is much scarcer than its predecessors, "12" and "13", rated 30 decimes by France, with appropriate transit and...
Lot #220 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1859 (6 Mar) small cover from Veracruz, addressed ("aspirant de marine aboard de la Corvette L'Eurydice") to a sailor on board a British Admiralty ship "Eurydice", sent per packet "Medway" via Jamaica and Puerto Rico to St. Thomas (March 20), taken by the packet "Thames" to Panama, arriving March 30th, rated 2 shillings (red crayon), with "Paid at Vera-Cruz" crown circle, endorsed "Por Panama, Voie Anglaise", fine and delightful cover, ex-...
Lot #221 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1861 (2 Dec) FL from Veracruz to Madrid, with "Paid at Vera Cruz" crown circle, paying 1sh (in crayon), sent per "Clyde" via Havana to St. Thomas (arrived December 12), then per "Shannon" to Southampton (arrived January 1, 1862) and on to Spain, where it was charged 8Rs (in blue) on arrival January 3rd, filing fold away from the markings, fine cover to Spain -
Estimate price: $1500-1500
Lot #222 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1864 (2 Dec) cover from Tampico to France, with "Correos Franco Tampico" departure pmk, sent via London (arriving February 17th), without the customary exchange marking and London transit (having probably been left in the mailbag), rated 8 decimes, fine -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #223 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1866 (12 May) large part of a FL (side panels missing) from Veracruz to Spain, with "Franqueado Vera Cruz", quadruple-weight paid with perforated strip of 4x80c Empire, cancelled by anchor in dots, taken by steamer "France," arriving St. Thomas May 22nd and St. Nazaire June 6th, exchanged at Irun June 7th, "16Rs." due from recipient in Santander -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #224 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1866 undated cover from El Fuerte ("Franco en el Fuerte" departure handstamp) to Massachusetts, via Mazatlan, through San Francisco, with July 4 cds, handstamped "10" cents due, also rare "Steam Mazatlan", plus additional "2" on back, minor abrasions, otherwise fine, ex-Knapp, Rosenthal -
Estimate price: $2300-2500
Lot #225 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1867 outer FL from Acapulco to Madrid, sent via the Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company to Panama, forwarded by "Hourquet Poylo & Cia", who entered it into the British mails at their consular office (cds), with red London transit cds on back, rated "4R" in red on arrival in Spain, fine, ex-Rosenthal -
Estimate price: $900-1000
Lot #226 - maritime mail in the americas Mexico
1874 (4 Mar) unfranked FL from Mexico City, via Veracruz to Barbados. This letter was carried on the "Eider" to St. Thomas, arriving March 16th, then per "Arno" (March 19th) arriving the same day at Barbados. This is the only recorded pre-UPU Mexican cover to Barbados and the latest recorded usage of the "Paid at Vera-Cruz" crown circle, with "8" (d) paid, appropriate transit and arrival pmks, fine, with appropriate transit and arrival pmks...
Lot #227 - maritime mail in the americas Panama
1849 (7 Nov) FL from Tepic to Lima, forwarded in Mazatlan by Pedro Faure, sent by steamer "California" to Panama, November 22nd, forwarded by unknown agent, 1 shilling "Paid in Panama" (crown circle in red) then by the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. steamer "New Grenada" departing November 27th and arriving at Callao on 9th December. The penciled "2" is the 2r charge in Peru (1r for ship letter and another 1r for internal postage), fine. A rare...
Lot #228 - maritime mail in the americas Puerto Rico
1866 (19 Nov) from Ponce to New York, with blue forwarding agent's cachet "Forwarded by J. Arena & Co.", endorsed "Maripoza," with company departure datestamp, also oval "S.Michelena New York" struck on arrival -
Estimate price: $230-250
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