** 51 w G.B. - RED "POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER/LIVERPOOL" C.D.S.: 20 Mar. 1815 EL (minor faults/filing creases) to Providence RI with a fine (for this) strike across the join, as per regulations, of the 2 ring Tab. PPWSL1 in red with "BOSTON/MS" d.s. and straight line "SHIP" in red on the front. This is a "2_" (oz.) letter and has been charged "P 7/6" (would have been 22/6 if charged the full rate!) and also "152" (cents) on arrival in the US. Very attractive and rare thus. PHOTO - see plate no. 9 £150 ** 52 G.B. - "POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER/LONDON" C.D.S.: 19 July 1815 EL from London to Providence RI with a v. fine strike of the London 2 ring Tab. PPWSL1 across the flap and seal but neatly opened with scissors. Endorsed "p Mary" and with a manuscript charge of "1/5", on arrival in the US it was struck with a fine "BOSTON/MS/AUG/28" d.s., a straight line "SHIP" and rated "32" (cents) all in red. Late use of the PPWSL on a fine and attractive cover. PHOTO - ABOVE. £150 ** 53 G.B. - POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER LONDON: 25 Mar. 1815 EL (faults) from London to Quebec with London two ring Tab. PPWSL1 (flap trimmed so day/month line missing) endorsed "P Lavinia" and rated in red manuscript "8/-". Despite faults a scarce destination for PPWSL's. £100 ** 54 G.B. - COMMITTEE OF LLOYDS RAMSGATE AND DEAL: 30 June 1822 EL (faults/filing crease) from Grenada to Forres via Deal. Across the join is a fine strike of the scarce double circle "AG(ENTS FOR) the COMMITTEE OF LLOYDS RAMSGATE & DEAL" around the outer rim and inside the circle "Forwarded/By Y.O.H. servt/Goodwin Curling & Co./Deal". Finally rated "2/2" with boxed additional "_" and stepped "DEAL/SHIP LETTER" (Tab. S8) in black on the front. Despite faults a scarce cover. £100 ** 55 G.B. - TRANSATLANTIC MAILS: 1842-72 selection inc. 1842 env. (with contents) from Edinburgh to Philadelphia with on reverse flap scarce Liverpool octagonal d.s. (no code) (Tab. M24) alongside a "SHIP LETTER/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (Tab. S13); plus four EL's/E (minor faults/creases) all with single tied 1d red, with either "NEWSPAPER" in blue, "PER BOOK POST" in green, "JOHN K GILLIAT & Cos/REGISTERED/CIRCULAR " cachet in blue and ms. "printed Sheet". (5 covers). £90 ** 56 G.B. - 1d PINK ENVELOPE (UNDERPAID) TO CHICAGO: 15 Oct. 1873 1d pink env. cancelled with a London SE9 duplex to Chicago with double oval "INSUFFICIENTLYPREPAID", pencilled "Due 11" and fine two line "U.S. CURRENCY/11" on the front and a "CHICAGO ILL/DIRECT" d.s. on the reverse, both in blue. Rare thus. £80 ** 57 G.B. - MISSION BOAT "CLAREEN" CACHET ON PPC: 22 June 1908 PPC from Falmouth to München, Germany with v. fine strike in purple of the cachet "Brought on Shore/at Falmouth by the/Mission Boat "Clareen"/ and posted by/Chaplain Badger/B.&F.S.S.". Unusual and scarce. PHOTO – ABOVE LOT 52. £150 ** 58 GERMAN/U.S. MAILS: 1799-1810 small group of early EL's. with 1810 from "off the Mouth of the Eyder" to Portsmouth NH with fine "NEW YORK" d.s. and "SHIP" h.s. in red; 1799 from "Bremen" with v. fine Bishop mark, straight line "BOSTON" and "SHIP" all in black; plus two dated 1801 from "Bremen" to Newburyport MS with "BOSTON Ms" d.s. and "SHIP" h.s. in black. Scarce early mails from Germany. (4 covers). £80 ** 59 GERMAN/U.S. MAILS: 1881-1938 miscellany of covers (some with minor faults) inc. 1883 unstamped EL from Exin to Minneapolis with double circle "NEW YORK//DUE/10/CENTS" d.s. and 10c brown P. Due cancelled by "target" h.s.; 1887 from Boston to London and redirected to Bremen with several Tax h.s. and ms. charge marks; 1918 Registered to Bavaria with 3c Victory issue(3) & 6c orange "Flying Jenny" Air stamp on 2c Postal Stat. env.; 1938 2c Postal Stat. env. uprated, cancelled by the Supplementary mail cancel and carried on the SS Queen Mary, etc. Good selection. (10 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 9 £120 ** 60 INDIAN MAILS TO U.S.: 28 Dec. 1873 env. from "COCANADA" to "West Conson"() via London with boxed "POSTAGE/1 ANNA"(deleted) London, Bombay and Chicago d.s. on the reverse and two "HYDERABAD" d.s. and a v. fine "U.S. CURRENCY/24" of Chicago in blue on the front. A busy and attractive cover. £70 ** 61 MACAO STAMPLESS LETTER WITH CANTON F.A.C.: 25 June 1842 EL from Macao to Cincinnati, Ohio forwarded through Canton "pr Huntress " with fine strike of the scarce red FAC "FORWARDED/BY/RUSSELL & CO/CANTON" across the join. Fascinating letter from a son to his mother "We left Peru....had a delightful passage across the Pacific. " He then goes on to write "This will give you an idea of the operations of the English & the progress of the Opium traffic which latter I have good opportunities of seeing as we are anchored in the midst of a fleet of smugglers....the Enlightened Britains protecting and encouraging sucjh an abominable a trade... " etc. Struck with a red "NEW YORK/SHIP/DEC/9" and rated "29 " on arrival. An attractive cover and a personal insight into the Opium War. PHOTO - see plate no. 9 £200 ** 62 MACAO - STAMPLESS SHIP LETTER TO U.S.: 26 Oct. 1857 consignees EL (light filing crease) from "Macao" to New York "pr Norseman" and struck with fine circled "6" on arrival in New York. The letter accompanies a consignment of "24 Cases Silk costing $4372.39...". £100 ** 63 MAURITIUS TO FRANCE: 1846-58 group of covers all sent from Mauritius to France, several with India h.s.'s inc. 10 June 1846 EL Port Louis to Marseille with red Madras d.s. on reverse; 20 Sep. 1848 EL Maurice to Bordeaux with part strike of the 2 ring "MAURITIUS/PORT (LOUIS)" d.s. and a fine "COLOMBO/STEAMER LETTER" d.s.; 15 Apr. 1853 Maurice to Nantes via London with v. fine oval "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" d.s. and boxed "COLONIES/&c ART.13" etc.;9 Dec. 1856 EL Maurice to Paris with fine red "PAYS ETR Y SUEZ/AMB.G" d.s. and on the reverse fine orange "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" d.s. (opens to display), ETC. A wide variety of marks and a fine group. (12 covers). £150 ** 64 MAURITIUS TO FRANCE: 1855 trio of E (minor faults) struck with senders cachet "JULIEN GONNET/MAURITIUS" to Paris. All have fine to v. fine strikes in red of the "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" d.s., two have been sent per "Spirit" and the third per "Timima", all are further endorsed "via Ceylon & Marseille". A good variety of rates (one is double rate) and marks. (3 covers). £100 ** 65 NETHERLANDS TO THE US: 1801-16 EL's from Amsterdam to Boston/Rhode Is./N. Yarmouth Ms. with good variety of Boston d.s. inc. 5 variety in orange and red plus different size "SHIP" h.s.'s.; two have ms. London FAC's. A fine and attractive group. (6 covers). £65 ** 66 NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES MAIL TO U.S.: 1835 EL from Java to Bangor, Maine addressed to "Horatio Nelson" with fine red "NEW YORK/SHIP" d.s. and ms. charge of "27", fascinating letter written "6800 miles from Boston" plus 1842 E from "Batavia" to London rated "1/6" struck with red oval "INDIA". Interesting pair. £75 ** 67 ST. HELENA - STAMPLESS COVER TO BOSTON: 8 Feb. 1840 EL from St Helena to Boston via Salem. "We find on anchoring that the "Pilot" sails today for Salem...." etc. Fascinating letter about the passage around the Cape of Good Hope, loss of most sails, both anchors etc. With a v. fine "SALEM/MASS/APR/1" d.s., straight line large "SHIP" and small "7" all in red. A fine and scarce cover. PHOTO - see plate no. 9 £150 ** 68 TRANSATLANTIC MAILS: 1823-67 range of stampless EL's carried to the USA by named ships, predominantly from Europe, with various postal markings inc. 1842 Antwerp FAC, v. fine large black "SHIP/6", Philadelphia "SHIP", octagonal "6" etc. Good selection. (25 covers). £75 ** 69 TRANSATLANTIC MAILS: 1794-1818 small group of covers inc. stained 1794 EL from "Dublin" to Trenton NJ with scarce straight line "NY OCT 28" and ms "p the Orange/Capt. Carbery"; 1801 EL from "Belfast" to Portsmouth NH "p Edward of Philadelphia" with small "SHIP" (crease) and "PHI" c.d.s. both in claret; 1801 EL from "Leeds" to Boston "p Mercury/via New York" with fine black clam shell "NEW.YORK" d.s.; 1816 EL (stained) from "Barton" to Maine with weak "SHIP" and "BOSTON" d.s. in red plus EL's 1802 from Coleraine and 1818 from Birmingham both to New York. Good early group. (6 covers). £100 ** 70 TRANSATLANTIC MAIL - NEWBURY PORT/MASS C.D.S.: 14 July 1814 EL from "Liverpool" to New York then re-directed to Savannah Georgia and ms. "Per favor of Capt Filcomb/Ship Caroline" with v. fine "NEWBURY PORT/MASS" d.s. and v. fine "SHIP" both in black plus the postal calculation in ms. "25" over "20_" over "45_". An attractive cover. £65 ** 71 TRANSATLANTIC MAILS - FROM LONDON: 1801-07 selection of covers with a variety of marks inc. 1805 EL to Fredrick Town with fine "BALTE MD" d.s. and straight line "SHIP" in red; 1801 EL to Providence RI with v. fine "BOSTON MS" d.s. and "SHIP" in black; 1804 and 1805 EL to Providence RI with "BOSTON MS" and "BOSTON MS/" d.s.'s plus straight line "SHIP" in red; 1807 EL to Portsmouth NH with v. fine "BOSTON MS/....." plus "SHIP" in black etc. Filing creases do not detract from a fine early group of covers. (7 covers). £85 ** 72 TRANSATLANTIC MAILS - EARLY NEW YORK SHIP COVERS FROM LONDON: 1787-1818 group of EL's from London to the US inc. three 1787-92 without postal marks, near fine 1802 black "NEW YORK" clam shell; 1803 to Providence RI with red oval "NEW YORK" d.s.: pair 1810 & 1818 with "NEW YORK" d.s. and "SHIP" in red, etc. (8 covers). £60 ** 73 TRANSATLANTIC - PIONEER STEAMSHIP MAILS: 1839-46 group of EL's (some faults and usual filing creases) carried by the Pioneer Steamship Great Western with a wide range of voyages. Seven have good to v. fine strikes of the red "PAID SHIP LETTER/LONDON" d.s. (Tab. S51), three have good to v. fine strikes of the "SHIP LETTER/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (Tab. S13) with a wide variety of ms. charges/rates etc. (14 covers). £160 ** 74 U.S. MAILS TO FRANCE: 12 May 1863 wrapper from New York to Lyon endorsed "Steamship Europa" and franked with 30c orange (Scott #71) neatly tied by black barred cancel with v. fine "NEW/PAID/YORK/24" d.s. and French entry mark, overstruck with boxed "PD" all in red. Light filing crease but scarce and attractive. £100 ** 75 U.S. MAILS TO G.B.: 1867-8 trio envs. (faults) franked with 1861 Issue inc. 1867 San Francisco to Annan with pair of tied 12c black, 1868 New York to Wolverhampton with two 12c black tied by fancy "cork" cancels and 1867 Richmond to Liverpool with 24c grey tied by "cork" cancel and red "NEW YORK PAID" d.s. (3 covers). £75 ** 76 U.S. MAILS TO THE NETHERLANDS: 1794-1889 selection inc. 5 Aug. 1794 EL Philadelphia to Amsterdam with weak circled "TP" in black; 1862 part wrapper franked with tied 1c blue & pair of 10c green endorsed "p St Borussia/p Open Mail/via Ostend" plus 1889 Reg'd env. with Registration label and 10c brown (2) cancelled by New York oval h.s. Interesting group. (3 covers). £80 ** 77 BALTIMORE FREIGHT MONEY: 9 Feb. 1839 EL (stained and filing creases) from Baltimore to London with quadruple rate manuscript "75" over "50" over "125", with "BA(L)TIM(O)RE/MD" d.s. and oily "PAID" plus "NEW YORK" d.s. all in red; 6 July 1841 EL (filing crease and repaired tear) from Baltimore to London with triple rate "37_" over "56_" and fine orange/red "BALTIMORE/MD" and weak "PAID"; on arrival in Liverpool() the Freight Rates have been deleted and the letter has been rated "8". Faults but scarce. (2 covers). £120 ** 78 PHILADELPHIA FREIGHT MONEY: 1839-41 group of four covers (minor faults/filing creases) all charged freight money from Philadelphia inc. 23 Mar. 1839 E to London "p Packet Ship Roscius" charged "25" and with fine blue "PHILADELPHIA/PA" d.s. and red "NEW YORK" d.s.; similar E per "S America" dated 12 June1839; 31 Jan. 1840 EL to Halifax "p South America" rated double rate "50" in pencil and ink plus 24 Feb. 1841 E to London also rated "50"; all have boxed blue "PAID" of Philadelphia. A fine and attractive group. (4 covers). £150 ** 79 WESTBOUND RETALIATORY/REPRISAL RATE COVERS: 27 June 1848 env. (staining) from Clapham to New Haven carried on the second westbound Retaliatory Rate voyage by NIAGARA, rated 1/- and struck with Clapham, London and Boston d.s.'s plus Liverpool lozenge (Tab. M28); 12 July 1848 EL from Newcomber to "winesborough post office fairfax District" SC carried on the EUROPA on her maiden voyage, with part "BOSTON/SHIP" d.s. and small "34" both in red. An attractive pair. £100 ** 80 WESTBOUND RETALIATORY/REPRISAL RATE COVERS: 28 July 1848 E from London to Boston carried by the ACADIA on the sixth Retaliatory Rate voyage with London d.s., ms. "1/-" and small "24" h.s. in red; 25 Aug. 1848 EL from Liverpool to New York carried on the tenth Retaliatory voyage by the HIBERNIA with "BOSTON/SHIP/MS" d.s. large "58" h.s. overstriking a tablet "PAID AT/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (Tab. M3) all in red plus 24 Nov. 1848 EL from Manchester to Boston carried by CANADA on the 23rd Retaliatory voyage rated double with ms. "2/-" in red and a blue ms. "58". (3 covers). £120 ** 81 WESTBOUND RETALIATORY/REPRISAL RATE COVERS: Trio of westbound Retaliatory or Reprisal rate covers from voyages 13, 17 and 23. 14 Sep. 1848 EL Glasgow to Boston with fine "GLASGOW/PAID" d.s., ms. "1/-" and two strikes of the large "34" one overstruck by a "29" all in red; 13 Oct. 1848 EL Manchester to Boston rated double at "2/-" with blue ms. "58" applied at Boston plus 26 Sep. 1848 EL Batavia to Boston via Liverpool with overstruck h.s.'s of London and New York. (3 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 9 £120 ** 82 FORWARDING AGENTS CACHETS: 1803-55 Large group of FAC's from both London and New York inc. 1836 two E's New York to London with both v. fine red and black examples of "FORWARDED THROUGH/HUDSONS/NEWS ROOM/FOREIGN SHIP/LETTER OFFICE/NEW YORK"; 1839 EL New York to London with v. fine red "FORWARDED THROUGH/GILPINS EXCHANGE/ READING ROOM..." etc; London examples which are mainly fine strikes, include Forbes Forbes & Co., Barings Brothers(3 different), Coxhead & Goldsmid, Morrison Cryder, ms. forwarders etc. An excellent selection with in addition a variety of Ship Letter marks. (14 covers). £150 ** 83 NEW YORK FORWARDING AGENTS CACHETS: 1840-59 group of covers (minor faults/filing creases) addressed to Europe with a wide selection of fine to v. fine New York FAC's inc. Harndens, Meyer and Tuckens, HE Moring, Meyer and Sons, July 1840 Prices Current with both"...LP DELUZE..." etc. in green and v. fine "GILPINS EXCHANGE/READING ROOM..." etc. in red, Wm W DE Forest & Co., Collomb & Iselin, John Derand & Co etc. A good variety of Ship, Packet, Accountancy h.s.'s also noted. (14 covers). £120 ** 84 FORWARDING AGENTS CACHETS: 1795-1853 group of FAC's inc. EL (faults) 10 Mar. 1820 Liverpool to Montreal "SHIP ATLANTIC/SAILED/MARCH 17/W MATLOCK" in red; 1 Nov. 1794 EL Glasgow to Virginia with ms. FAC of "Thomas Buchanan"; Dec. 1839 New York to Paris with v. fine "...GILPINS EXCHANGE/READING ROOM..."etc.; 1842 EL New York to London with v. fine red oval Harnden's; other fine to v. fine strikes of TW Ward, further Gilpin's Exchange(2), Collomb & Iselin(2), etc. A fine group with different Ship, Packet and Accountancy marks. (12 covers). £85 ** 85 TRANSATLANTIC POSTAGE DUE MAIL: Small stampless env. (slightly trimmed to the right on opening) (c.1880) to New Bedford (origin unknown) with blue pencil "4"and v. fine "NEW BEDFORD MASS/4/SHIP" d.s. on the front and a 1c and 3c US Postage due labels tied to each other across the back flap. A scarce postage due h.s. £50 ** 86 SPECIAL NEW YORK FOREIGN MAIL CANCELLATIONS: Pair of 1875 E's from New York to France with strip of three 3c green (faults) and to Germany with 5c blue cancelled by different fancy New York cancels. (2 covers). £70 ** 87 REGISTERED TRANSATLANTIC MAILS TO EUROPE: Pair of 1896 Reg'd. env. franked with Columbus issues to France with 1c Blue and Columbus 6c purple(2) plus to Germany with Columbus 3c green and 10c brown (faults). Both have several Registration and receiving office h.s.'s to front and back. An attractive pair. £50 ** 88 POSTAL STATIONERY AS TRANSATLANTIC MAILS: Small group of 1893 Columbus Anniversary Postal Stationery env.'s all with ship name endorsements used to Germany(9) and one to Switzerland inc. 1c blue uprated with 3c green Columbus, 5c pale brown(6) and 10c dark brown(3). Fine lot. (10 covers). £50