U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 20-21, 2016

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #240
FRENCH COLONIES Somali Coast
1900 75c brown violet & orange, used on registered cover from DJIBOUTI to Austria, with printed letterhead ENTERPRISE GENERALE DE CONSTRUCTION DES CHEMIN DE FER, addressed to a soldier in Esseg in Slavonia (now Osijek in Croatia), with LA REUNION A MARSEILLE XL.V. N.1 13/4/00 octagonal maritime transit postmark on back, also Essek arrival
Envelope
Catalog #YT 16
Unsold
Lot #241
FRENCH COLONIES Somali Coast
1900 1fr olive green & black, used on registered cover from DJIBOUTI to Esseg in Slavonia (today Osijek in Croatia), some toning, otherwise fine, with appropriate transit and arrival markings
Envelope
Catalog #YT 17
Unsold
Lot #242
FRENCH COLONIES Somali Coast
1905 cover to the United States, franked on back with 13x1fr and 6x2fr, tied by blue Djibouti cds, with New York arrival Due One Cent datestamp, returned to sender, with numerous markings including RETOUR / A L'ENVOY€/ Reclamations, Paris a Modane entry cds, triangular USA Dead Letter Office, Reclamations and Djibouti arrival, some faults, but well travelled cover making a round-trip from Somali Coast to USA
Envelope
Catalog #YT 38,53
Price Realized
$280.00

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