U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 29-30, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #201 MARITIME MAIL IN THE AMERICAS MEXICO 1813 (3 Nov) FL from Vera Cruz to Spain, via Havana (received on November 21st), forwarded on November 23rd by "Cueva Manzanar y Hermanos", placed aboard the warship "Nino" to Cadiz, via the Windward Islands, with red "Islas de Barlovento" origin handstamp, red "5R" due marking, fine. Stated to be the earliest known "Forwarded Letter" from Mexico, ex-Rosenthal  | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #202 MARITIME MAIL IN THE AMERICAS MEXICO 1819 (6 Nov) FL from Bordeaux to Mexico, carried by a Spanish naval vessel "Galga" departing Cadiz November 28, routed through Cuba and therefore the "YNDIAS" marking, rated "3" reales for transit from Cuba to Mexico only, fine incoming letter from France, with June 20, 1820 response docketing | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #203 MARITIME MAIL IN THE AMERICAS MEXICO 1824 (24 Sep) FL from Mexico to London, forwarded in New York by "Le Roy Bayard & Co." (boxed handstamp) and placed on a private ship to London arriving at the port of Deal on December 24th, with "Deal Ship Letter" handstamp, charged 4 shillings due from recipient, fine | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #204 MARITIME MAIL IN THE AMERICAS MEXICO 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 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | 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. | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | 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 "1½" (oz) and therefore rated 18 shillings on arrival, filing folds, otherwise fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | 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 regular basis in 1848, but it was not until April 1853 that a contract was awarded by the government for the conveying of mail directly from Mexican ports. Prior to this, mail was generally placed on U.S. ships by forwarding agents. | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | 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 Mexican ports from Yucatan to the Rio Grande, with most of the Mexican navy captured at Veracruz. With diplomatic intervention from Great Britain, French forces withdrew from Mexico on 9th March, 1839 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | 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 (another forwarding?) to New Orleans. Forwarded by "Schmidt & Co." to Boston and forwarded from there by "Barnard Adams & Co." (oval markings from both companies) and via Cunard steamer "Acadia", finally arriving London on 15th September. A complicated and rare item, one of only three such letters known, ex-Rosenthal | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | 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 arrival pmks | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | 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-Rosenthal | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | 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 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | 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, ex-Rosenthal | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
