Louisiana 1803, May 21. Ship's register cover from New Orleans to Bordeaux, bearing fine strikes in red of "Yndias" straight-line and the exceedingly rare "Nueva Orleans" oval handstamps on dispatch, signed by Marín, the postmaster of New Orleans, with accompanying "franco" notation indicating postage paid, being 32 reales handwritten on back following the norm for this postal document. Well preserved on reverse with all four flaps complete,...
Maritime Mail of Spanish Colonies in America
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Spink Investphila Maritime Mail of Spanish Colonies in America
The “Nuevo Mundo” Collection, Stampless maritime mail of Spanish Colonies in America, also including stamps and franked mail of Latin America
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Lot #159 - Louisiana
Louisiana Independent Period 1813, June 1. Entire letter in Spanish datelined in New Orleans and sent to Veracruz (Mexico), charged on arrival with "3" reales due marking in red to pay the single maritime rate. A very fine and rare entire. Cert. Comex. Ex Kouri.
Lot #160 - Louisiana
Louisiana Independent Period 1813, June 21. Entire letter to Veracruz (Mexico), datelined in New Orleans, from where it may have been carried privately to Havana, entering the mails in Cuba to be forwarded to a Spanish destination, bearing small "Indias" straight-line handstamp in red of Havana (P.E. 37), and rated on arrival with "3" reales due marking, as stipulated by the 1812 tariff for an unpaid single weight letter. Only four items are...
Lot #161 - Louisiana
Louisiana Independent Period 1813, July 1. Entire letter, written in Spanish, from New Orleans to Veracruz (Mexico), carried by the "Proserprina" schooner as denoted at lower left, presumably struck in Havana with "3" rate marking for an unpaid single-weight maritime letter, and "Yndias" straight-line handstamp, both in black. The "Yndias" handstamp is identical to the type previously used in New orleans. As the post office was closed with...
Lot #162 - Louisiana
Louisiana Independent Period 1815, Dec. 3. Entire letter from New Orleans to Veracruz (Mexico), strauck in transit at Havana with two-line "Islas De/Barlovento" handstamp (P.E. 33), which was very rarely struck in black. The only letter so far recorded, originating from New Orleans, with this postmark. Signed Guinovart. Ex Kouri.
Lot #163 - Louisiana
Louisiana Independent Period 1853, Feb. 1st. Entire letter from New Orleans to Madrid, displaying transit c.d.s. of Vigo and, in a distinctly red shade, "Yndias" straight-line and "5.R" handstamps of Madrid. This extremely rare "Yndias" postmark of Madrid has not been reported in any catalogue.
Lot #164 - Louisiana
Louisiana Independent Period 1853, April 25. Folded cover from New Orleans to Havana, endorsed "Empire City", struck in red on departure with "Paid/20" marking and c.d.s., rated "2" reales on arrival with "NA" (North America) denoting origin of the correspondence, this being a rare handstamp.
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