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Lot 6151 - Denmark danish west indies -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Lot 6151 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

1877, folded cover to Veracruz, Mexico, franked with two 1876 30c brown, paying the basic 60 centimes rate for a letter up to 15g, tied by  “St. Thomas / Paq Fr B No 4” c.d.s., same-day St. Thomas c.d.s. of the Danish West Indies Post Office below adhesives, a few trivial stains near adhesives, else a fine and scarce cover, one of three examples recorded by Dubois showing this combination of paquebot and DWI markings.

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

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Lot 6119 - Denmark danish west indies -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Lot 6119 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

1870, folded letter datelined St. Thomas, July 28, to Hamburg, Germany, franked with two 1864 1d rose red , plate 125, an horizontal strip of four 3d rose, plate 5, all cancelled with C51 oval obliterator of St. Thomas, 1d reds also partially tied by red St. Thomas PAID c.d.s. (29 Jul) and London transit, Hamburg machine arrival backstamp (8 Aug), horizontal fold clear of adhesives, an impressive double rate letter, fine.
Provenance:
Collection André Bollen, Heinrich Köhler, Wiesbaden, 8 Feb 1983, lot 653
 

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Denmark danish west indies
Lot 6146 - Denmark danish west indies -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Lot 6146 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

1875, folded letter dated 4 May, to Bordeaux, France, franked with 1875 1r vermilion, sheet margin single showing portion of adjoining stamp at left, into design at foot, tied by Correos / Guaira c.d.s., endorsed “via St. Nazaire” in manuscript, struck with La Guayra (7 May) French Consular c.d.s., “12” (decimes) due mark in black, “Ligne A Paq FR No 2” (7 May) c.d.s. and Bordeaux (26 May) backstamps, vertical fold clear of adhesive, else a fine and uncommon franking.

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Denmark danish west indies
Lot 6162 - Denmark danish west indies -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Lot 6162 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

1873, folded letter to Portland, Maine, franked with 1871 30c brown horizontal pair, tied by dotted lozenge cancel, postmarked with Guadeloupe / Pointe a Pitre c.d.s. (10 Jul), passed to the British Post Office and cancelled on front with scarce “Guadeloupe / PAID” c.d.s. (11 Jul), and backstamped with “Guadeloupe / A” c.d.s. (11 Jul), manuscript “4” (pence) in red crayon for the journey to St. Thomas, endorsed “Per U.S. & Brazil Mail Str via St. Thomas”, the United States portion unpaid and thus struck with crisp “N.Y. STEAMSHIP / 10” entry mark (21 Jul), trivial light filing fold, an unusual and important entire conveyed from the French P.O. in Guadeloupe by the British Agency through the USBMSC via St. Thomas.

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

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Lot 6114 - Denmark danish west indies -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Lot 6114 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

1866, folded cover to Nantes, France, reverse with St. Thomas double-arc despatch of the British Post Office (13 Jul), carried by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company to London (30 Jul), “GB / 1F60c” British-French accountancy mark and 10 (decimes) due marking struck on front, ANGL / AMB CALAIS entry c.d.s., backstamped “Paris a Nantes” (30 Jul), with next-day arrival c.d.s., fine. 

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

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Lot 6130 - Denmark danish west indies -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Lot 6130 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

1875, cover endorsed “Prepaid” and struck with Christiansted c.d.s. (12 May), the 3c inland rate having been paid in cash, with likely manuscript notation attesting to such covered by 6d grey horizontal pair, plate 14, tied to cover to Glasgow, Scotland, by St Thomas PAID “B” C51 duplex, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (31 May), with Moller BPP handstamp, light edge wrinkling, fine and usual.

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Denmark danish west indies
Lot 6141 - Denmark danish west indies -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Lot 6141 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

1870, folded letter to Paris, datelined La Guayra [Venezuela], 3 August, struck with black “19” and endorsed “via St. Nazaire”, which traveled via St. Thomas, postmarked with neat “La Guayra / Paq. Fr. No. 1” c.d.s., a remarkably fresh entire; with 1988 Robineau certificate.

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Denmark danish west indies
Lot 6157 - Denmark danish west indies -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Lot 6157 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

1865, 3c dark carmine, brownish gum, four even margins, tied to cover by black three-ring target, adjacent United States 10c green, postmarked with St. Thomas c.d.s. (20 Dec), to Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, the 10c cancelled with two-line STEAM / SHIP in black, stamps have been removed and replaced, cover has been professionally repaired at lower right and cleaned, with some staining remaining, a rare franking; with 1975 Philatelic Foundation certificate, submitted by Louis Grunin.
The United States & Brazil Mail Steamship Company began operations in 1865, with the “Havana” departing New York on its first journey on September 29. This cover was carried on the USBMSC’s second northbound journey, on the “North America”, which called at St. Thomas on December 21, and arrived in New York on the 27th. Four other covers are recorded postmarked in St. Thomas on December 20, two others bearing 10c frankings, the others being unpaid. The 3c stamp paid the D.W.I. local charge, which the 10c adhesive paid the U.S. steamship and inland postage.
 

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Denmark danish west indies
Lot 6125 - Denmark danish west indies -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Lot 6125 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

1873, folded cover, from the firm of M. Meyer & Co, franked with Great Britain 4d vermilion, plate 13, tied by St. Thomas C51 duplex (3 Aug), to Puerto Rico, endorsed “Ppd” at left, further franked with Spanish Cuba 25c pearl grey horizontal pair, tied by fancy Maltese Cross cancellation, paying the inland postage, c.d.s. arrival backstamp, horizontal filing fold with slight separation at top, traces of toning around edges, yet an important cover, our research yielding only one other comparably-franked example (ex “Hogensborg”), rare, with 1984 British Philatelic Association certificate; ex Garcio Loma, Preston.

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Denmark danish west indies
Lot 6136 - Denmark danish west indies -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Lot 6136 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

1866, folded cover to Marseilles, France, franked with 80c rose horizontal pair (partially separated), tied by dotted anchor cancel, postmarked with St. Thomas c.d.s. (12 Dec) of the D.W.I. Post Office, endorsed “p.p.” at lower left, “St. Thomas / Paq Fr. B. No 4” (27 Dec), Paris, Lyon a Marseille, and Marseille (Jan 13) backstamps, addressee’s name partially overwritten, piece excised from back from removal of wax seal, else a fine example of this double letter rate to France.
 

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

Denmark danish west indies