U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 1-2, 2022
We are pleased to present our February 1-2 sale featuring the collections formed by Clive Metcalfe, Dr.M.K. Blumenthal and other prominent collectors. This 1,307 lot auction begins with United States and Possessions, including 19th and 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of book material. The Foreign section includes a collection of Large Dragons of Shanghai, as well as strong sections of France and Colonies, Germany and British Commonwealth. On the second day of the sale we are pleased to offer an outstanding collection of Persia and Iran, with certified rarities. This will be followed by Japanese Postal History, featuring rare covers, many not seen for decades. The sale concludes with Large Lots and Collections, with hundreds of albums ranging from single country to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and excellent cover lots. Scans of most of the lots are available on our website and additional scans are being added daily.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #214 United States - American Ship Mail from Japan 1886 5c brown stationery entire envelope, canceled "SHIP", addressed to U.S.S. Monocacy at Yokohama, Japan, with 3 July 1886 arrival pmk on front, repeated on reverse, cover redirected to Canton, with Hong Kong (July 9) and Canton (July 10) arrival markings on back (USS Monocacy, a US Navy gunboat served for nearly four decades in the Far East. During the late 1860s, Monocacy generally operated in Japanese waters, performing survey work and protecting commerce during the unsettled conditions then prevailing in much of the country. In 1871, the gunboat participated in an expedition to Korea's Han River which resulted in the seizure of forts there. Though also seeing duty elsewhere in the region, she spent much of the next thirty years in Chinese waters, patrolling that nation's great rivers and coastal areas)  | Price Realized $525.00 |
