Worldwide Stamps and Covers

1923 8c dark green, large die proof, die sunk on reduced card, v.f. and rare, -
Cat. Val. $4,750

1930 Mears and Brown attempted Round-the-World flight, card carried from US to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, where the plane crashed upon take-off, signed by John Henry Mears on picture side, v.f., scarce card, only 25 cards carried -
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1894 2c vermilion, bright color, n.h. and post office fresh, fine, with 2004 PFC, -
Cat. Val. $1,900

1900 (11 Nov) cover with corner cachet Army and Navy Department of the International Committee YMCA, franked with pair of 2c carmine, tied by "Mil Sta. No.1 Pekin" cds, with "Mil. Postal Stat. No.1 China" (Nov.17) on back, sent to Cottage County, Mass, with arrival pmk, fine -
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1919 $1 on 50c violet, used, large margins all around, v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,000

1922 (11 Feb) native cover with embossed address of Rev. H.G. C. Hallock (U.S. Peace Society in Shanghai), franked with 2c Pilgrim Centenary (straight edge at right), with "U.S. Pos. Service Shanghai China" cds alongside, addressed to Bordentown N.J, fine and rare usage (a similar cover from the same correspondence realized $1,000 in our Sept 2008 sale) -
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1870 (Sep) small cover from Nagasaki, Japan to New York, franked with single 10c brown, cancelled by grids (not tied) with Nagasaki Japan 15 cds alongside, San Francisco (Sep 11) transit pmk on back, fine -
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1878 (22 Nov) cover from Meadville, Pa to Yokohama, Japan (addressed to Mrs. Rev. M.C. Harris, care of Dr.Eldridge, missionaries with Methodist Episcopal Church), franked with 5c dark blue, sent via San Francisco, with Japanese transit and arrival pmks, also Yokohama Japan Dec.26 cds on back, fine -
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1886 stationery 5c entire envelope addressed to assistant engineer aboard U.S.S. "Ossipee" at Yokohama, Japan, with straight line "Ship" and Yokohama Japan 18 March 1886 arrival cds alongside, fine (recommissioned 28 January 1884, "Ossipee" served on the Asiatic station until returning to New York 15 February 1887) -
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1918 (27 Dec) five-page letter from "Chita, Trans-Baikal" (written by a Capt. F. Fillmore to his wife in New York, fascinating contents describing life, appointments with representatives of the Japanese and Gen.Semenov (the so-called Siberian Provisional Government appointed Semenov commander of a detached unit with the headquarters in Chita), also a small photograph, accompanied by the envelope endorsed "Soldier Mail," self-censored, with "...

1919 (6 June) Roessler cover franked with 3c Victory, cancelled U.S.Postal Agency Siberia, with oval "AM.E.F. Siberia Passed as Censored Base Censor" hs, toned at right, rare -
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1873 State Department, 1c-$20, complete set of 15 large die proofs on india, die sunk on cards (approximately 157x225mm), the $2.00 to $20.00 values are hybrid proofs, nice color, some light toning, still fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,480