U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
March 13-14, 2013

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #367
DANISH WEST INDIES
1840 (21 Feb) FL datelined West End, sent to Burlington, with blue "Ship" and Philadelphia (Mar13) arrival, faint ship endorsement at bottom, fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #368
DANISH WEST INDIES
1841 (11 Dec) FL datelined Santa Cruz, St. Croix, West End, sent via St. Thomas to Boston, with red "Ship" and New York (Jan 6) arrival, interesting contents mentioned Moravian Missionaries, fine (Along with the Royal Danish Mission College, the Moravian missionaries were the first large-scale Protestant missionary movement. They sent out the first missionaries when there were only 300 inhabitants in Herrnhut. Within 30 years, the church sent hundreds of Christian missionaries to many parts of the world, including the Caribbean, North and South America, the Arctic, Africa, and the Far East. They were the first to send lay people (rather than clergy) as missionaries, the first Protestant denomination to minister to slaves, and the first Protestant presence in many countries)
Envelope
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #369
DANISH WEST INDIES
1868 (14 Aug) large part of an outer FL (refolded) to New York, endorsed "pr Brazil Str" departing St. Thomas, where a forwarding agent applied the U.S. 10c green E Grill prepaying the 10c steamship rate (per United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Company "Mississippi"), postmarked on arrival, New York, August 21, filing fold away from the stamp, fine usage from Danish West Indies (The United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Company operated between New York, St. Thomas, Pernambuco, Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro, from 1865 until 1875)
Catalog #89
Unsold
Lot #370
DANISH WEST INDIES
1895 (8 Feb) cover from St. Thomas to USA paying 20c with a 3-color combination of 3c+5c+12c, all tied by cds, minor perf. faults, cover opened at right, fine and colorful franking, with "Paid B All" and Newport March 12 arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #6,8,11
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #371
DANISH WEST INDIES
1897 (31 Dec) cover from St. Thomas to New York, franked with pair of 5c green & gray, tied by cds, endorsed "Personal" at top and "Pretoria" at bottom, minor faults, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #19
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #372
DANISH WEST INDIES
1902 (12 Mar) U.S.Consular Agency cover from Frederikstad to Syracuse, N.Y., paying 8c with 3x1c green and 5c dull blue, tied by cds, with red Consular Seal, New York transit and arrival pmks on back
Envelope
Catalog #21,22
Price Realized
$140.00

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