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Lot 6173 - 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 6173 - 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

Guadeloupe: 1889 cover, franked with 25c on 20c red on yellow-green Commerce, cancelled with Guadeloupe / Pointe-a-Pitre double-circle c.d.s. (5 Mar), paying the registered letter rate to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, endorsed “voie Anglaise”, with Basse-Terre (6 Mar), St. Thomas (9 Mar), New York (23 Mar), St. John NB (26 Mar), and Halifax (27 Mar) backstamps, scarce and most attractive.

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 6189 - 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 6189 - 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

Venezuela: 1893, 10c postal stationery card, postmarked with neatly-struck “Aus Westindien / Uber Coln / P. Hamburg-Dampfer” c.d.s. (15 Oct), to Hamburg, Germany, bold violet TEUTONIA ship marking struck on front, Hamburg c.d.s. receiver (16 Oct), a choice steamship handstamp.

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 6168 - 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 6168 - 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

1917, 10c ultramarine Registry stamp, with 2c Washington, tied by Christiansted c.d.s., to cover from the National Bank of the Danish West Indies, to Staten Island, New York, with “Christiansted / Registered” (19 May), “Charlotte Amalie, Saint-Thomas / Reg’d” (21 May), New York (28 May) and Staten Island (29 May) backstamps, some edge creasing and tone spots, but a scarce usage of the 10c registry stamp on mail from the 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

Denmark danish west indies
Lot 6184 - 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 6184 - 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, Hamburg America Packet Company, 10c black, blue-green, & yellow, on folded letter datelined La Guaira, 9 October, cancelled with black target, endorsed “por Lotharingia”, to Carupano, conveyed via St. Thomas where the adhesive was affixed, light filing folds, an unusual usage between two Venezuelan cities, a direct route between La Guaira and Carupano being shorter; with 1898 Holcombe 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 6200 - 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 6200 - 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

Puerto Cabello Steam Ship Co, 1867, 2r. orange-yellow, Caracas printing, tied to folded cover to Livorno, Italy by “Correos/Caracas” double-circle, endorsed in manuscript “Steamer via Southampton”, carried thus via London, where struck with boxed “G B/ 1F60c” accountancy mark, “ANGL AMB CALAIS” (29 Oct) entry c.d.s., French “10” (decimes) due mark for unpaid letters over 7.5g, backstamped Paris (29 Oct), Paris a Bordeaux (29 Oct) and Libourne (30 Oct), light filing folds and slight toning spots, covers appears to have been lightly cleaned, otherwise fine and scarce, with only a small number of examples recorded on cover.

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 6179 - 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 6179 - 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

Puerto Rico: 1900, United States 5c postal stationery cover, “Porto Rico” in blue below indicia, uprated with 5c Garfield, to Paris, France, backstamped with St. Thomas transit (20 Mar), endorsed “p. vapor Espanol”, crossed-out and “Francais” written overtop, postmarked “Le Havre” (4 Apr), piece torn from back flap, else fine.

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 6195 - 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 6195 - 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

Puerto Cabello Steam Ship Co, 1866 folded entire, datelined Porto Cabello, 24 October, to Bordeaux, France, the 2r fee presumably paid in cash, endorsed “p. R.M. Stmr” in manuscript, choice strike of scarce sailing-ship illustrated “St Thomas La Guayra & Po. Cabello Steam Packet” handstamp, blue London c.d.s. transit backstamp (12 Nov), boxed black “G B / 1F60c” accountancy mark on front and black “10” (decimes) due mark of France, indistinct Calais entry mark on front, backstamped Paris, Paris a Bordeaux (13 Nov) and Bordeaux (14 Nov), light filing folds, a fine rare entire with visually-appealing ship marking, of which only a handful are recorded.

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 6174 - 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 6174 - 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

Italy: 1868, three-colour franking on folded cover, paying the 1l50c rate, cancelled with “13” dotted obliterator and postmarked Genova (28 Oct), endorsed “voie d’Inglaterra”, prepaid to London, with further “1.20” manuscript rate notation adjacent, struck on receipt by the British Post Office with red PAID c.d.s. (30 Oct), manuscript “1” (shilling) due, thence to St. Thomas, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (16 Nov), horizontal fold clear of adhesives, a scarce early incoming cover.

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 6190 - 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 6190 - 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

1896, 2c postal stationery entire, uprated with 12c lilac & green, 10CENTS on 50c, 1c single, tied by St. Thomas c.d.s. (2 Feb), cancelled with straight-line violet BOLIVIA purser’s mark, to Cap Haitien, Haiti, there handstamped with violet oval of forwarding agent Otto Schutt & Co, backstamped Cap Haitien, address crossed-out and redirected to Sommer Herrmann Y Cia in Mexico City, with LIGNE B French paquebot transit (8 Feb), Mexico c.d.s. arrival backstamp (28 Feb) and violet oval Herrmann Y Cia commercial datestamp (29 Feb) on front, a scarce entire, signed Wahl, with 2003 Nielsen 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 6169 - 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 6169 - 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

Brazil: 1893, 200reis postal stationery cover, postmarked with Rio de Janeiro double-circle (29 May), to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, endorsed “via N. Orleans & Belize”, with St. Thomas (10 Jul) and Tegucigalpa (1 Sep) c.d.s. transit, an unusual routing. 

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