Lot
95 o/
(Supplementary Mail) New York Incoming and Outgoing Foreign Mail Cancels. A wonderful specialized study of the New York "numeral in barred oval" cancel on and off cover, this cancel was used primarily during the Banknote period and was used on both incoming & outgoing mails, the main use of this cancel on incoming mail was to obliterate arriving ship mail from foreign destinations, the collection is comprised of 34 United States covers or cards used to foreign destinations, 8 United States covers/cards from arriving ship mail, 82 foreign covers or cards with the cancel used on incoming mail, plus a 494 stamps showing the barred numeral cancel (mainly on foreign stamps). Many countries are represented such as Brazil, British Offices in the Levant, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Danish West Indies, Haiti, El Salvador, France, Great Britain, Mexico, Gibraltar, etc., many better and unusual usages are included, noted is a cover sent from Haiti to New York with 1888 label of S.S. Atlas Ship Wreck, mixed condition, a fabulous basis for an award winning exhibition collection of these rare markings, close examination is recommended to fully appreciate this collection. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $10,000