| 0301 |  | Troy, New York to Coliseo, Cuba, December 19, 1849 folded letter traveling by land to Charlestown, S.C. and placed on Steamer "Isabell", with blue "Dec 20" Troy NY cds, blue straight line "Paid", yellow Jan 2, 1850 "Empresa" Type 67 (RRR) and yellow "1" Due incoming markings, a Very Fine and very rare usage. (Photo) |
200-300 |
| 0302 | | Paris, New York to Coliseo, Cuba, May 14, 1850 folded letter, with yellow "18 Jun 1850" Empresa Type 62 (RRR) and yellow "1" Due incoming transit markings, a Very Fine and very rare usage. (Photo) |
300-400 |
| 0303 | | Bagur - Cataluna, Spain to Trinidad, Cuba, July 25, 1850 folded letter posted from San Feliu per red "25 Jul 1850" Baeza departure cds, with yellow "18 Sep 1850" Empresa-Espana Type 43 (RRR) double oval and yellow "12" Due (land delivery charge) incoming transit markings, blue Trinidad "19 Sep 1850" Baeza receiver on reverse, Very Fine. (Photo) |
300-400 |
| 0304 | | Palaredo, Spain to Havana, Cuba, February 7, 1851 folded letter, with red "7 Feb 1851" Baeza departure cds, yellow "15 Mar 1851" Empresa double oval Type 43 (RRR) incoming / receiver on reverse, a Very Fine and especially rare usage. (Photo) |
300-400 |
| 0305 | | St. Thomas (DWI) to Santiago de Cuba, an extremely rare and potentially unique usage, boasting a previously unlisted black "Santhomas" in oval type 17 transit marking, black "12" Due marking, and an unlisted black boxed marking in the upper left corner, sent circa 1852-53, addressed to the Senior Venezuelan Counsel in Santiago de Cuba, Very Fine and destined for the finest collection. (Photo) |
7,500-10,000 |
| 0306 | | 1854 Rivadeo, Spain to Havana Folded Entire with Blue "PENINSULA" Applied on Arrival, blue February 20, 1855 receiving mark on reverse, fewer than 10 Peninsula marks recorded. (Photo) |
750-1,000 |
| 0307 | | Baltimore to Cienfuegos, Cuba, May 8, 1857 Baltimore American Prices Current, sent per Steamship "Cahawba" for Havana via New York, with blue double circular Baltimore "Paid" and red (Paid) "2" departure marking, blue straight line "NA" and black "5" Due incoming markings, faded blue Habana transit and blue Cienfuegos receivers on reverse, Very Fine. (Photo) |
150-200 |
| 0308 | | New York to Havana, 1859 folded letter, sent per Steamship "Granada", with red "New York / Jul 18 / Paid" departure cds, black "NA" in circle and black "3" Due incoming markings, black "Habana" cds on reverse, Very Fine. (Photo) |
150-200 |
| 0309 | | 1860 (May) Oval "San Tomas" Full Blue Strike Applied at Santiago on Folded Letter from St. Thomas, blue May 5 double-circle "CUBA" on reverse, minor soiling and faint file folds; mark used on mail to or from St. Thomas, rare in black, possibly unique in blue. (Photo) |
4,000-5,000 |
| 0310 | | 1862 Outer Folded Letter from Lisbon to Havana via Spanish Mail with Black Framed "NE2" (North Europe 2nd zone) February 27 origination mark on face, February 28 Badajoz transit on reverse, rated 1 real, harmless file fold and some tropicalization, an unusual routing. (Photo) |
150-200 |
| 0311 | | New York to Havana, cover front, with red "Mar 3" NY circular "Paid" cds, blue "Pesant, Hermanos / New York" merchants-shield, black fancy maritime "NA" and "3" Due incoming markings, Fine. (Photo) |
100-150 |
| 0312 | | U.S. to Santiago de Cuba, #68 tied by duplex cork cancel on mourning cover sent "Apr 17, 1866" (answered May 1, 1866), with black "NA1" in circle incoming transit marking, Fine. (Photo) |
200-300 |
| 0313 | | Boston to Havana, two U.S. #68a tied on cover by "Jan 29" (1868) Boston duplex cds, with manuscript "per Mono Carth" steamship transit, blue "NA" in circle (very rare) and blue "2" Due incoming markings, blue "Habana 5 Feb. 1868" receiver on the reverse, Very Fine. (Photo) |
400-500 |
| 0314 | | U.S.A. to Cuba, lot of nine folded letters, all showing maritime "NA" (North America) incoming transit markings in either blue or black, handstamped by the local Cuba Post Offices after 1851 when the Empresa terminated all postal activities, assorted "Paid" and Due markings, as well as many "Baeza" type receivers, a Fine to Very Fine grouping. |
1,000-1,500 |
| 0315 | | "Islas De Barlovento" Type 3 (E), red straight double line handstamp on folded letter to Cadiz, sent circa 1800 on Schooner "Fragata Aguila", with large manuscript "9rs", Fine. (Photo) |
100-150 |
| 0316 | | "Yndias" Type 5 (E), red straight line handstamp on January 1, 1803 folded letter from Havana to Mexico, with red "1/2" Due marking, a Fine usage on a very early letter to Mexico. (Photo) |
200-300 |
| 0318 | | c.1803 Cover Havana to Madrid, folded letter (no dateline) transit through "La CoruÒa" (NW Spain) where stamped on arrival with red 2-line "ISLAS DE / BARCOVENTO" marking (rare type 4, usage 1803/21), ms. 6 (6 reales due on arrival) then by land to Madrid, Very Fine, though there is no docketing or evidence of date or origin of the letter, its contents reveal evidence it did originate in Havana, note passages "valores de las casas" (house values) showing house numbers for addresses in Havana. (Photo) |
500-750 |
| 0319 | | "Yndias" Type 5 (E), red straight line handstamp, on May 12, 1806 folded letter from Habana to Mexico, "Yndias" applied in Habana as departure mark, letter in poor condition, never-the-less a scarce usage. (Photo) |
200-300 |
| 0320 | | "Islas De Barlovento" Type 5 (E), black straight double line handstamp on September 1, 1817 folded letter from Habana to Vera Cruz (Mexico), sent per Spanish Schooner "Maritimo", Very Fine and clean. (Photo) |
200-300 |
| 0321 | | "Islas De Barlovento" Type 5 (E), black straight double line handstamp on February 2, 1818 folded letter from Habana to Vera Cruz (Mexico), sailing Spanish Schooner "Vengador", Very Fine. (Photo) |
200-300 |
| 0322 | | "Islas De Barlovento" Type 5 (R), red straight double line handstamp on April 1, 1819 folded letter from Habana to Tarragona (Spain), sailing on the Spanish Schooner per manuscript "Bergan Correo de J.M. Vengador", Fine. (Photo) |
150-200 |
| 0323 | | "Islas De Barlovento" Type 5 (E), black straight double line handstamp on March 15, 1820 folded letter from Habana to Vera Cruz (Mexico), sent via Schooner "Goleta Gallega", Very Fine. (Photo) |
200-300 |
| 0324 | | "Islas De Barlovento" Type 5 (E), black straight double line handstamp on October 27, 1820 folded letter from Havana to Madrid (Spain), with "5.R" Due transit marking, transit through Canary Islands for disinfecting, continuing from there to Madrid, Very Fine. (Photo) |
100-150 |
| 0325 | | "Islas De BArlovento" Type 5 (E), black straight double line handstamp on January 23, 1823 folded letter from Habana to Vera Cruz (Mexico), Very Fine and clean; signed En Soro (Enrique Soro Bergua). (Photo) |
200-300 |
| 0326 | | "Islas De Barlovento" Type 5 (E), black straight double line handstamp on September 12, 1823 folded letter from Havana to Barcelona (Spain), with huge manuscript "5r" Due transit marking, Very Fine. (Photo) |
100-150 |
| 0327 | | "Yndias" Type 5 (E), faded red straight line handstamp, on July 17, 18824 folded letter to Cadiz, with large red "5 R" Due marking, manuscript "Goleta Hama" (per Schooner "Hama") at lower left, tropical staining, Fine. (Photo) |
100-150 |
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