Lot n°
Symbol(s)
Estimate (CHF)
December 6, 2025 | 101
30287
F / 98
1862 cover to Paris franked 1c. (2), 3c. and 10c. with target cancels, Garettsville cds,New York transit,
red framed SHORT PAID, red french entry cds and ‘16’ decimes charge handstamp; slight fault to
backflap, an attractive three colour franking during the Civil War
400 - 500
30288
F / 102
1863 envelope bearing three-colour franking to Berlin, adhesives with four-ring cancels with Rush N.Y.
cds in association, envelope endorsed at top “via Hamburg or Bremen lines”, blue three-line AMERICA/
uber BREMEN/ FRANCO handstamp additionally tying 2c Jackson which is proud of envelope at top, a
good example of international mail during the Civil War.
200 - 300
30289
F / 102
1864 (Mar 30) envelope to Stradbally, Ireland franked 24c. with bar cancel and cds at left but was overweight
and the value of the stamp ignored and the New York Exchange Office applied a 42 cents handstamp (Apr
2), Piltown arrival backstamp, manuscript “Due 24” at top which is in similar ink and style to the “2/-”
collected in Ireland with postman’s date of 21/4/62; some small staple holes and crease at base.
500 - 600
30290
F / 102
1866 manilla envelope to Germany franked by horizontal stripof three stamps, at the right end part of
the adjoining stamp visible and is imperf between the two, tied segmented corks, red New York Paid date
stamp, blue three-line Uber Bremen handstamp, a most unusual variety listed but unpriced in Michel.
1’000 - 1’200
30291
F
Scott 63, 68a, 95, 96
1867 & 1869 pair of covers with 1869 (Jan 10) envelope from Pittsburgh to Rome, underpaying the 19
cents rate for closed mail via the North German Union with 1867-68 Grill 5c and 10c, and therefore
struck with red “4” credit hs at lower right, red framed “HAMBURG/FRANCO” ds after arriving with the
HAPAG “Alemannia” and charged with 25 centesimi in ms on arrival, Verona and Rome bs, fine; and
1867 (Nov 30) cover from New York to Genoa, paying the single rate with 1861-62 1c and 10c (2),
tied by cork cancels, below red exchange cds on dispatch denoting fully payment, placed on board the
C.G.T. “St. Laurent” with corresponding “ETATS UNIS/PAQ. FR. H N° 4/30 NOV 67” octagon; a scarce
mail through this route and exhibiting a French ship mail datestamp.
100 - 150
30292
F / 102
1868 3c postal stationery envelope to France additionally franked horizontal strip of four 3c with heavy
cork cancels, diagonal INSUFFICIENTLY PAID handstamp, New 6 York handstamp and octagonal
french maritime Etats Unis Paq Fr H no, both of Aug 8, Paris transits and arrival backstamps.
250 - 350
30293
F / 102
1868 cover to Switzerland underfranked with only single 10c. with segmented cork handstamp,
repeated at far left with Pittsburg cds alongside, New 9 York date stamp, straight-line INSUFFICIENTLY
PAID handstamp, framed ‘F/30’ accountancy, arrival backstamps.
300 - 400
30294
F
Scott 77
1868 (Feb 8) Entire from New Orleans to France with 1861-66 15c Lincoln tied by New Orleans cds and
cork cancel, with blue French “ET. UNIS / SERV. AM. CALAIS 3” blue cds, arrival bs, fine transatlantic cover.
50 - 70
1869 Pictoral Issue
30295
F / 102
Scott 117
1869 (Nov 9) flimsy envelope to England bearing single franking 12c cancelled fine segmented cork
with New Orleans cds alongside, red New York transit of 13th and Paid Liverpool cds of 24 NO at left,
a transit of 15 days.
200 - 300
30296
F / 102
1870 cover to Paris franked pair 2c., each with bold segmented cork handstamps, Brookline Mass
cds alongside, reverse with red London transit, obverse with French entry and GB/40c accountancy
handstamp; good condition.
150 - 200