1793 Folded letter to Providence, Rhode Island, USA from Capt. Rodman of the ship "Hamilton" lying at Kronshtadt, Gulf of Finland, with dateline "Cronstadt July 3rd 1793". Endorsement in lower left corner confirms text that letter handed to Capt. John Leach of the ship "Union", bound for Salem (New Jersey), who "sails the first wind to America".
Forwarded on arrival through normal U.S. mails and cancelled in transit with linear N-YORK....
Autumn Auction Series 2016
By: David Feldman S.A.
David Feldman S.A. Autumn Auction Series 2016
The upcoming David Feldman Auction Series which will be held from November 28 to December 3rd in Geneva will be one of the most extensive auction offerings.
This auction features more than 6'500 lots from all over the world in 7 catalogues and will take place over 6 consecutive days at our auction center in Geneva.
Here is the detailed agenda:
Monday 28 November
10 am CET: Overseas (Lots 30000-30599)
3 pm CET: Egypt (Lots 31000-31626)
Tuesday 29 November
10 am CET: Europe A-F (Lots 32000-32567)
3 pm CET: Europe G-Z (Lots 32568-33227)
Wednesday 30 November
10 am CET: Switzerland (Lots 20000-20365)
2 pm CET: Switzerland (Lots 20366-20843)
Thursday 1st December
10 am CET: British Empire A -F (Lots 40000-40544)
2 pm CET: British Empire – G to Samoa (Lots 40545-41044)
6 pm CET: Mauritius rarities (Lots 1-7)
Friday 2nd December
10 am CET: British Empire – Sarawak to Z (Lots 41045-41342)
2 pm CET: France & colonies (Lots 50000-50682)
7 pm CET: All World Collections (Lots 34000-34216)
Saturday 3rd December
10 am CET: Russian Ship Mail (Lots 10000-10611)
3 pm CET: Russia (Lots 10700-11090)
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Lot #10001 - Russia Ship Mail to and from America
Lot #10002 - Russia Ship Mail to and from America
1793 Folded letter from Capt. William Rodman of the ship "Hamilton", lying at Kronshtadt, sent through Capt. John Arnold of the ship "Rebeccah" to Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Forwarded through regular U.S. mail from New York Oc. 21. rated "sh 21" in top right corner = Ship 21 cents (ship fee 4 cents 17 cents for domestic postage).
Letter opens: "Capt. John Arnold will be the bearer of this. He sails the first wind and touches at...
Lot #10003 - Russia Ship Mail to and from America
1795 Entire written from St Petersburg on November 20th, addressed to Newburyport, with clear bishop mark 3 AP on obverse, rated 70, some paper splitting
Lot #10004 - Russia Ship Mail to and from America
1812 (Jul 7) Folded letter from Kronstadt to Providence, Rhode Island with fine small italic 'SHIP' mark in red, New Bedford. Ms Jan 25 cds in red and manuscript '12' marking alongside, contents refer to the economic effects of the war against Napoleon, very fine transatlantic item.
Lot #10005 - Russia Ship Mail to and from America
1834 Folded letter addressed to a firm in Boston USA datelined "Cronstadt July 27 1834", sent by sailing ship "CALUMET", circular NEW YORK Sep 21 and straight line SHIP both in red. MS '20c' indicates American "ship fee" levied at New York Mail Office for transatlantic letter.
Handed over as "Calumet" was "hauling out of docks", thereby avoiding the obligatory payment of postage for ship's letter at Kronstadt.
Lot #10006 - Russia Ship Mail to and from America
1837-56 Group of 5 sheets from the Exhibit with five stampless covers to USA from Kronshstadt or St Petersburg, noted 1837 entire to Boston with ornate Kronshstadt backstamp and cursive SHIP 6 in red on obverse, 1844 cover forwarded through London, 1847 opened out cover, slightly reduced at sides with KRONSHSTADT/STEAMSHIP/26 July 1847 backstamp, various instructional markings including three routed via Lubeck, interesting group
Lot #10007 - Russia Ship Mail to and from America
1847 Envelope endorsed from the Legation of the U.S in St Petersburg to Connecticut in the USA with BOSTON Ship Feb 1 MS cds and '12' handstamp, both in red, fine
Lot #10008 - Russia Ship Mail to and from America
1851 ALASKA: Entire letter written in German by Henrik Johan Holmberg (1818-64), a Finnish naturalist, geologist and ethnographer who departed for Alaska in 1850. Written from NEW ARCHANGEL later to be called SITKA. The Russia-America company established there had ships going to Kronstadt in the summer months and this letter was likely to have been carried by their ship 'Sitka'. The entire is addressed to Helsinki (Finland) and has a boxed St...
Lot #10009 - Russia Ship Mail to and from America
1895 Cover from Odessa to Indiana salvaged from the wreck of s.s.Elbe, sunk in the North Sea 30 January 1895 while bound for New York from Bremen. Cover damaged by seawater. Violet cachet at top right indicates in German: MAIL RETRIEVED FROM WRECK OF STEAMER "ELBE", surmounted by framed bilingual cachet in red: PAID! STAMP LOST. Despite this, 10k Russian stamp can be seen protruding from under Bremen P.O. blue & white label on reverse....
Lot #10010 - Russia Ship Mail to and from America
1908-14 ATLANTIC MAIL-Carrier: 1908 cover addressed in Russian to Yasenki and 1914 postcard to Novocherkassk, both in Russia, franked with British stamps and sent from British ports Christchurch and Barrow in Furness respectively. Both placed on ships of RUSSIAN EAST ASIATIC STEAMSHIP CO. returning from the Atlantic run and both struck with violet circular cachets, one in Russian, the other in English, reading:
RUSSIAN-AMERICAN LINE R.E...
Lot #10011 - Russia Ship Mail to and from America
1915-17 RUSSIAN ATLANTIC MAIL CARRIER: 3 covers with the different vignettes of this company on reverse, 1 tied by New York oval datestamp on registered censored cover from St Petersburg franked Romanov 50k, the other 2 uncancelled on mail to Copenhagen, 1 with dumb cancel from Libau
Lot #10012 - Russia Ship Mail to and from America
1922 Cover from Petrograd to Switzerland, routed via Germany, showing use of Imperial Russian stamps in Soviet regime. Franked on reverse 14k block of 10 and 5k pair revalued Imperial issues cancelled Petrograd 3 11 22, censored the following day (cds with triangles on front).
On reverse duplex transit mark comprising UNITED STATES/SEA POST OFFICE/Nov 15 1922 alongside encircled '2' within barred oval.
On front two-line MISSENT TO...
Lot #10013 - Russia Ship Mail to and from America
1824-70 Group of 3 stampless covers, 2 from St Petersburg to USA, 1 incoming; 1824 cover to Rhode Island 'pr.Madison' with red Boston cds and 'SHIP', 1836 letter to Boston 'pr DRYMO' with fancy 'SHIP 6' in red on front and 1870 stampless cover to Russia from New Orleans with NEW YORK DIRECT cds on front
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