Sale 45: The Winter Sale

Lot 411    

(Incoming Philadelphia) 1795 Bordeaux, France To Philadelphia, Pa. Folded letter with brown "N. York Dec 27" straight line entry postmark and manuscript "Sh 14" for 10¢ inland plus 4¢ private ship fee, Very Fine.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $350

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Lot 412    

(Incoming Philadelphia) 1796 Hamburg, Germany To Philadelphia, Pa. Folded letter datelined November 16, 1896, sent by private ship with straight line Boston arrival postmark and matching "24 Fe" Franklin mark, manuscript "Sh 24" rate (2¢ ship + 22¢ inland), Very Fine, Atlantic transit of 102 days, ex H. Feldman.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

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Lot 413    

(Incoming Philadelphia) 1799 Hamburg, Germany To Philadelphia, Pa. Folded letter datelined October 12 and endorsed "via New York, pr Capt. Dupler", "New York, Jan 16" scroll postmark and manuscript "Sh 27" rate (2¢ ship fee + double 12½¢ inland), Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

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Lot 414    

(Incoming Philadelphia) 1800 Hamburg, Germany To Portsmouth, N.H. Folded letter datelined July 18th, entered U.S. with red "Phi, Oc 2" cds with matching straight line "Ship" and manuscript "22" rate (2¢ ship + 20¢ inland), Very Fine, a scarce Philadelphia "Ship" marking used from September 1798 to March 1804, ex A. White.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

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Lot 415    

(Incoming Philadelphia) 1804 Bordeaux, France To Philadelphia, Pa. Folded letter sent by private ship of red "6" in circle handstamp for delivery at port of arrival, also a 1826 Philadelphia to Bordeaux private ship letter with red "Colonies Par Le Havre" straight line and manuscript "10" decimes due rate, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $100

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Lot 416    

(Incoming Philadelphia) 1835 Batavia, Java To Boston, Mass. Folded letter datelined February 28th with full strike of red Full Rigged Ship in octagon handstamp, matching "Phila, 29 Jun" octagon date stamp, manuscript "39½" rate (2¢ ship fee + double 18¾¢ inland), reverse with green oval "Forward. By, Pairo Stricker & Co., Batavia" handstamp, fresh and Very Fine, one of two examples of this Philadelphia maritime marking in combination with a Batavia forwarder.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

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Lot 417    

(Incoming Philadelphia) 1846-55 Paris, France To Philadelphia, Pa. 2 folded letters sent by British contract steamship via G.B.; 1846 cover by special arrangement between P.M.G. & Liverpool P.M. with blue "12" in circle due handstamp applied in Philadelphia rather than port of entry (Boston), other 1855 cover with manuscript "13" decimes pre-paid and "Boston Br. Pkt, 5, Mar 2" cds, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $100

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Lot 418    

(Incoming Philadelphia) 1854 Rome, Italy To Philadelphia, Pa. Folded letter carried privately to Bremen, with "Bremen, St. P.A., 23/3" cds and "10" rate handstamp, "New York, U.S. Pkt, Apr 14" cds, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $135

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Lot 419    

(Incoming Philadelphia) 1854-65 Bremen, Germany To Philadelphia, Pa. 3 folded letters; 1854 "pr Mathilde" with "6" in octagon handstamp, 1863 "Per Amerika" with "New York Ship Letter, 6, Oct 23" cds and 1864 "Per Hayburg" with "New York Ship Letter, 6, May 4" cds and Oelrichs & Co. oval forwarder handstamp on reverse, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

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Lot 420    

(Incoming Philadelphia) 1855 Wurttemberg, Germany To Philadelphia, Pa. Folded letter with "Herrenberg, 19/3, 55" origin cds and red Aachen transit date stamp, "N. York Am. Pkt., 30, Apr 6" cds and reverse with red "America Packet" tombstone handstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

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