David Feldman All World & Collections Including Rarities of the World December 11-12 2019

157 Geneva, December 11-12, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 40604 F 1839 (18 Mar.) Folded entire from St.Croix to Arbroath/Scotland, unframed LEEWARD ISLAND undated ds in green applied in Falmouth on reverse, also red MAY 7 1839 arrival cds, PACKET LETTER on face, unrecorded by Robertson, two known of which this is the only example together with a Leeward Island cancel, very fine 600 40605 F / 154 1856 (30 Apr.) Folded cover from Christiansted and St.Thomas to Copenhagen, both cancels with the ST.THOMAS 30/4 1856 cds in BLUE, carried by SS “Parana” to Southampton, reverse bears British PO St.Thomas ds, London and Hamburg transits The ST.THOMAS cds in BLUE is extremely rare , less than 5 covers are known to exist 400 40606 F / 154 1857 (17 March) Folded entire from “onboard the Atrato, 443 Miles from St.Thomas” to Liverpool, delivered onto the “La Plata”, lying the harbour and leaving on the 18th, arrival in Southhampton on April 1st (blue backstamp), single packet rate (6d), interesting contents about Atrato ship’s voyage mentioning man falling overboard and drowns 150 40607 F / 154 1861 (27 May) Folded cover from St.Jan to West End (Frederiksted), delivered at Christiansted and paid in cash and marked “fr” (Franco), some stains, still fine, items from St.jan are very scarce 400 40608 F Collection / 156 1807-63, Fascinating postal history lot of 17 covers from St-Thomas to a range of destinations including Scotland, New York per ship “Solon”, France, Madeira, Lancashire, London, Jamaica, Denmark and Canada, also privately carried item to Odense, disinfected mail, forwarding agents, various markings, a great lot for the student 800 - 1’500 Stamp Issues 40609 F / 156 1b 1861 (Sep 11) Wrapper to Christiansted with 1856 3c vertical pair, with yellow gum from St. Thomas, clear to very good margins, top stamp with small imperfections, have been lifted and replaced, tied by concentric circle cancelled with Frederiksted cds adjacent, the cover is aged with some ink corrosion and reinforcement, noted in cert. that pairs on covers are very rare, cert. Möller (2007) 1’500