Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
January 9-10, 2024
Welcome to our January 9-10 Sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. The sale contains 1,508 lots and will be offered in four sessions, beginning with United States and U.S. Possessions. Worldwide sections include France, Germany, Italian Area, with many individual rarities. British Commonwealth, with a further selection of G.R.I. errors and varieties. There are solid selections from rest of the world, with additional items from the Carl A. Kilgas and Martin Stempien estates, plus nearly 200 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings and featuring a comprehensive collection of British Commonwealth (estimated to realize $100,000), multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #949 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 #950 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 #951 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 #952 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 #953 MEXICO 1826 (Aug) outer FL from Mexico City to Rixheim, France, with "Colonies Par Bordeaux" black handstamp, forwarded by "Lentagne, Suberville & Co" (city unknown), with September 12 arrival pmk, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #954 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 #955 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 "1 1/2" (oz) and therefore rated 18 shillings on arrival, filing folds, otherwise fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #956 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 #957 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 $450.00 |
 | Lot #958 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 in London on 15th September. A complicated and rare item, one of only three such letters known, ex-Rosenthal | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #959 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 #960 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" handstamp, little paper erosion, otherwise fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #961 MEXICO 1856 selection of six covers and one coverfront, mostly Hidalgo franking, some fractional, good variety, with one Guadalajara on FL, plus two "Society for Social Reform" Venezuela labels, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #962 MEXICO 1856 (19 Oct) FL from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, franked with 4r red, large margins, tied by oval departure pmk, endorsed "per Estraordinario", with 21 October arrival docketing, filing folds away from the stamp, fine First Printing of 4r on cover (paying 3r for 1oz over 30 Leagues, plus 1r Extraordinario) Catalog #4 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #963 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, canceled 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 $475.00 |
 | Lot #964 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 #965 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 #966 MEXICO 1892 5p blue green, face free cancel, fine, signed Friedemann, O Catalog #230 Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #967 MEXICO 1895-96 Mail Train, 10p deep blue, two different, fine-v.f., scarce, * Catalog #256,268 Catalog Value $1,550 | Price Realized $700.00 |
