Salomon Rosenthal Collection of Mexican Maritime Mail
February 20, 2008
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 | Lot #525 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1856 FL from Oaxaca, October 25 to Penacastilo, Spain, franked with 1r yellow, tied by boxed departure datestamp (without year date), sent via Havana (November 15 cds) by the steamship "Alma" of the "Cia Franco-American de Vapor", filing folds away from the stamp, with blue "2r's" (in Havana) re-rated to "4 R" on arrival in Spain to be collected from the addressee. This is the only known foreign destination letter known from Oaxaca, illustrated in Mexican Maritime Mail (page 183). In the late 1850s Caribbean contracts were awarded to three short-lived ventures: The Cia Franco-American de Vapor (1856-57); Gauthier Hermanos y Cia (1857-58), and Cia de Vapores Espanioles Correos Transatlantica (1858-61).  | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #526 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1857 FL from Merida to Vera Cruz, franked with 4r red and tied by boxed 18 July departure datestamp (without year date), carried by a Spanish steamer "Union", some paper erosion, fine and rare letter. The successor to the "Empresa de Correo Maritimo", after a hiatus of several years, was the Cuban firm of "Ramon de Herrera, Bolet y Cia", whose packets called at Vera Cruz starting in 1856. However, the overall volume of Mexican mail carried by them was far less that that carried by the British, French or American ships, and examples are seldom encountered. This line continued to serve Mexico-Cuba route until 1866, but its Caribbean-Spain route was taken over by the Antonio Lopez y Cia line in January, 1862 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #527 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1859 FL from Mexico City to Madrid, franked with 2r green, carried from Havana by the steamship "Berenguer" of the "Cia de Vapores Espanolas Transatlanticos", departing April 12, to Spain. Charged 4 reales on arrival in Madrid, with 5 June 1859 cds on back (the "00" was applied at Havana to indicate that the stamp had no value, but there is no indication of postage due there), fine | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #528 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1862 FL from Campeche, September 27 to Barcelona, conveyed outside the mails to Havana, where 1 real Cuban franking was applied on 30 October, carried by a Spanish ship arriving November 25th, fine | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #529 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1863 FL franked with 2r gray, sent from Mexico, 11 June to Escoviaza, Spain, by the "Mejico" of the Ramon Herrera Line, then by an Antonio Lopez ship "Santo Domingo" departing Cuba on 30th June. There is a "4R" due on arrival (incorporated as part of the Vigo transit mark), fine | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #530 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1863 FL from Havana, franked with Cuban 1r green, sent to Vera Cruz, 18 May, by a Spanish steamer "Mejico" arriving May 24th, fine | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #531 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1866 FL from Bilbao to Mexico City, franked with horizontal strip of 3x20c, cancelled by grids, with 25 October departure cds alongside, carried via "Cadiz", fine incoming letter from Spain, charged "6" to recipient | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #532 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1866 FL from Sisal to Mexico (via Vera Cruz) by Spanish steamer "Paris" on the first trip of the Lopez Line (The Herrera firm discontinued its service to Mexico in 1866 and the route was thereafter served by the firm of Antonia Lopez y Cia) to Mexico City, January 1866, franked with 1r and 2r Eagle, cancelled by oval "Franco Sisal" hs, v.f., illustrated in Mexican Maritime Mail (color plate 2) | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #533 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1866 FL from Mexico City, March 19 to Havana, franked with 4r green Eagle, with due marking overstruck by "FRANCO" (one of two handstamps) and "YNDIAS" indicating the letter's origin, overall toning, otherwise fine | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #534 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1867 FL from Puebla, February 26 to Spain, franked with 50c Maximilian (Puebla 46 1866), neatly tied by departure cds, bold "8Rs" due from the recipient, v.f. and scarce late usage of the lithographed Maximilian, possibly the only known on a letter carried by a Spanish ship, with Madrid 11 April arrival cds, ex-Backal collection | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #535 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1868 FL from Mexico City, July 1 to Madrid, franked with 1r and 2r Hidalgo with the "Gothic Mexico" (seldom found on letters to foreign destinations) sent via a Lopez Line steamer "Paris" to Havana; from Cuba by "Antonio Lopez" to Spain, with "Admon de Cambio-Vigo" exchange office rate handstamp "8 Rs", endorsed "Vapor Espanol", fine and attractive cover, with Madrid Aug. 4 arrival cds, illustrated in Mexican Maritime Mail (color plate 2) | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #536 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1868 FL from New Orleans, 27 November to Mexico City, forwarded in Havana by "J.R. Marquette" (Dec.20 datestamp in oval), adding two 10c Cuban adhesives to pay for the Spanish ship conveyance to Veracruz, arriving in Mexico 1 January 1869, charged 3 reales due from recipient, fine | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #537 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1869 FL (March) from Yguala to Madrid, franked with perforated 50c Maximilian, tied by straight line handstamp, sent via Havana, with "8R" postage due, Madrid arrival cds, filing fold away from the stamp, fine | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #538 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1869 Large part of a FL from Madrid to Mexico City, franked with block of 8x50m violet, sent via Havana, with "2" real charged on arrival, paper erosion and toning, otherwise fine letter from Spain | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #539 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1875 FL from Veracruz to Havana, franked with 10c black, tied by May 25 cds, arriving June 1st, handstamped "3" reales due, fine | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #540 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1877 FL from Veracruz, franked with 5c and 2x10c Hidalgo, tied by Feb. 14 cds, with "Manuel Oliver" datestamp in oval, charged 4 reales due on arrival, fine | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #807 MEXICO SPANISH SHIPS - 1856-1877 1868 cover from San Blas to San Francisco, 3c Nesbitt entire bearing Wells Fargo & Co. "Paid" frank, cancelled by the twelve-tipped mute strike, with Mexico 25 centavos 1868 Issue franking at bottom left tied by "Franco S.Blas" in oval, 7 cents due in blue crayon (the contract rate was 10 cents, with the 3c envelope frank having been subtracted from the normal 10c due charge), endorsed "All relating to Mexico" at left, backflap missing, fine and rare mixed franking entire, ex-Dale-Lichtenstein collection, illustrated in Mexican Maritime Mail (color plate 6) | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
