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UNITED STATES-PUERTO RICO: 1873, yellow envelope from "NORTH ISLEBORO ME. MAR 10" franked with 1870, 2 c., 3 c. (2) and 10 c., addressed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, transported with the Red Ball line to St...

UNITED STATES-PUERTO RICO: 1873, yellow envelope from "NORTH ISLEBORO ME. MAR 10" franked with 1870, 2 c., 3 c. (2) and 10 c., addressed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, transported with the Red Ball line to St...

VENEZUELA - GREAT BRITAIN: 1850, Entire letter with clear "CORREO DE VENEZUELA / GUAYRA FRANCA" with adjacent "2" (reales) via "ST:-THOMAS SE 13 1850", Southampton and London (October 5) to Bordeaux, ...

VENEZUELA TO MEXICO: 1871, Lettersheet dated "Maracaibo Deciembre 13" transported via forwarding agent "B. DE SOLA CURAÇAO" (blue marking on reverse) via "ST. THOMAS 30/12 1871" to Veracruc, franked w...

VENEZUELA-MEXICO: 1873, Lettersheet from Maracaibo to Vera Cruz, privately carried to Curacao, showing on reverse forwarding agent mark "J. GAERSTE & Co. CURACAO / 21 MAI 73", forwarded to St. Thomas ...

VENEZUELA - UNITED STATES: 1874, Entire letter from La Guaira with frontside blue oval marking of forwarding agent F. de Aldeoca & Co. and cds. "ST. THOMAS 11/2 1874" to New York with adjacent "NEW YO...

CUBA: 1860, Lettersheet with Spanish West Indies 1857, 1 r. green in horizontal pair, tied by paria with adjacent "HABANA 31 EN. 60" (year inverted), endorsed "Vapor upt. Cuba", addressed to the exile...

DENMARK: 1857, Double rate lettersheet with seal of High Court on reverse, sent from "KJØBENHAVN 21/2 1857" via "HAMBURG 24 FEB. 1857" and London to St. Croix with transit marks of the British and Dan...

DENMARK: 1870, Lettersheet franked with 1864/70, coat of arms 2 sk. lilac, 4 sk. red and 16 sk. greenish-grey (3), tied by duplex "181/VSJ. JB. PB 3 TOG 23/2" to St. Croix with London transit mark on ...

FRANCE: 1870, Entire letter franked with Napoléon lauré 80 c. carmine from "ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE 12 MARS" via London to St. Croix; stamp with some short perfs, still fine and scarce

HOLY LAND: 1894, Cover franked with 1892, 1 pia. grey, tied by Jerusalem cds., via New York to St. Thomas with transit and arrival marks; the envelope transportation faults, stamp with small tear and ...

PUERTO RICO: 1868, Entire letter from Arecibo, franked with GB 4 d. orange (perforation faults), tied by clear "C61", addressed to St. Thomas with arrival of July 29, 1868, still fine and quite scarce

UNITED STATES: 1867, Envelope franked with 1861/67, 10 c. green and 24 c. lilac with faint adjacent "ESSEX JAN 24" to St. Thomas with faint arrival mark with red accountancy mark "8"; the 24 c. corner...

USA: 1871, Lettersheet with 10 c. brown from "NEW YORK FEB 24" to St. Croix with frontside arrival mark "ST: THOMAS 28/2 1871" and charged "4" cents local postage, very fine

REVAL-TALLINN: 1839, lettersheet with 15 engraved city view with german inscription beneath, with full content dated 1839, few faults and minor imperfections, quite attractive

1923, Airmail 10 m. with Päevaleht perforation, unused, very fine, certificate Löbbering BPP (2019)

1891, Coat of arms 3,50-7rbl., unused, fine

1891, Coat of arms 3,50-7rbl., used, fine

1853/61, Napoléon 1 fr. carmine in nice fresh colour and with good to large margins, tied by star cancel to entire letter from "PARIS 18 AVRIL 54" to Brignolles; a fine and scarce single franking, sig...

1862, Napoléon perforated 20 c. blue in vertical tête-bêche pair, tied by clear GC "453" to entire letter from "BERRE 12 SEPT 67" to Marseille, stamps slight decentered, otherwise very fine and fresh,...

1863/70, Napoléon Lauré 1 c. olive-green, block of 4, three stamps unmounted mint, one unused, plus three single stamps with other colour nuances, mostly unmounted mint, fine

10 c. yellow-brown, type I, unused, fine, signed Calves (Yvert 28A; 800,-)

20 c. blue, type II, unmounted mint, very fine, unsigned (Yvert 29B)

1868, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, handwritten letter with signature "Napoléon" complete with a handed inscribed registered envelope with red cds. "Bau DE PALAIS DE FONTAINEBLEAU 17.AO...

PAPILLON DE METZ: 1870, small flimsy letter, dated "1er octobre", addressed to Paris, transported on October 3 with a balloon captured by the Prussian army, fine and scarce, certificate Dr. Goebel BPP...

Bordeaux 5 c. emerald green, report II, second state, good to large margins all around, used, fine, signed Calves and certificate Robineau (1974) (Ceres 42 jb)