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ALASKA, ALBANIA,
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ANGRA,
ANIMALS
& ANTARCTICA COVERS
& POSTAL HISTORY
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ALASKA POSTAL
HISTORY, COVERS
& ALASKAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE
See also Alaska postcards.
ALASKAN COVERS "5627. Steamer Dora at Columbia Glacier, Alaska" color showing the ship which, at the time, had the largest mail run in the world--over 2,000 miles from Valdez to the Aleutians. Mailed JUL 12 1927 at Cordova (clear territorial hand cancel, mild corner & edge wear, small spot of ink in the bottom front border. $5.00 a-a
JUL 22 1958 light US Army-Air Force APO-862 machine cancel on 3-c International Naval Review stamp franking #6 cover from USNS Chattahoochee (T-AOG82) to Texas, large black 'SEALIFT FOR SECURITY / ARCTIC OPERATIONS 1958' cachet with polar bear on both sides, neatly addressed, some envelope glue show-through on both sides, autographed by the master of the ship, large backstamp showing time of receipt by the Chattahoochee. $4.00 a NEW / NOVI / NUEVO AUG 1 1958 clear US Army-Air Force APO 121 machine cancel ties 3-c International Naval Review stamp franking #6 cover from USNS Pvt. John R. Towle (T-AK-240) to Texas, large dark yellow 'SEALIFT FOR SECURITY / ARCTIC OPERATIONS 1958' cachet with polar bear, neatly addressed, 2 faint vertical paper bends, some envelope glue show-through on both sides, autographed by the purser of the ship. $3.00 n(p)a% JUN 9 1959 clear US Army-Airforce APO 121 machine cancel ties 4-c Arctic explorations stamp to #6 cover from USNS Point Barrow (T-AKD1) to Texas, large black 'SEALIFT FOR SECURITY / ARCTIC OPERATIONS 1959' cachet with polar bear on both sides, neatly addressed, some envelope glue show-through on back. $3.75 an "Kakuhan Range as seen from the / road leading down from British Columbia / to Juneau Alaska" with Gil Smith art reproduced on a well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed AUG 11 1960 at Point Baker (light but complete hand cancel on 4-c Pony Express stamp). $2.50 am-a NEW / NOVI / NUEVO SEP 5 1960 clear Nome machine cancel ties 4-c Flag stamp franking #6 cover from submarine USS Seadragon (SSN 548, large well-struck fancy cachet in black), unaddressed or label removed skillfully, backstamped large black 'FIRST SUBMERGED / NORTHWEST PASSAGE', never sealed. $8.50 an
"Alaska, at the intersection / of Seward and Sterling Highways. / ..." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed JAN 10 1961 from Unalaska (clear hand cancel on 4-c Garibaldi stamp), faint small corner crease. $1.75 a-a NEW / NOVI / NUEVO "Alaska, on the Glacier Highway runing(sic) / from Juneau to Tee Harbor / ..." home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed JAN 20 1961 from Hyder Alaska (1960 population 32, clear hand cancel on 4-c John Foster Dulles stamp), ink smear on front. $2.25 a-a "Dall sheep rams of Alaska" showing 5 in some rocks, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed APR 10 1961 at Aleknagik Alaska (2 different hand cancels tie 2-c Jefferson & 1-c Lincoln stamps), small corner crease. $2.00 a(a)a-a "When salmon runs in Ala- / skan waters, bears come to feed on them" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed MAY 5 1961 from Chatham Alaska (clear DPO hand cancel ties 4-c Fort Sumter stamp), faint corner crease, minor corner wear. $2.50 a-a% "Alaskan bears, fed on salmon / take off for a rest" postcard showing a mother with 2 little ones trailing behind, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed MAY 19 1961 from Hooper Bay Alaska (hand cancel a little blurred but complete). $1.75 aa-a NEW / NOVI / NUEVO "Male wheateater of Alaska / in courtship antics." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed JUN 10 1961 from Port Alsworth Alaska (1960 population 34, clear hand cancel ties 4-c Kansas statehood stamp). $2.25 ab-a
"Alaska's Hawk Owl" about to pounce on a rodent, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed NOV 21 1961 from Cold Bay Alaska (1960 population 68, clear hand cancel on 4-c workmen's compensation law stamp). $2.25 ab-a "A male Spruce Grouse / Courting a hen. (Alaska)" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed NOV 22 1961 from Bettles Field Alaska (clear hand cancel ties 4-c Norris stamp, 1960 population 71). $2.00 ab-a NEW / NOVI / NUEVO "Alaska's Long Summer Days Grow / Cabbages Big as Boys" showing 2 smiling Eskimo boys in a cabbage patch, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed FEB 25 1962 from Eek (clear cancel ties higher education stamp), corner bend most noticeable from the back. $2.00 a-a% "Katmai Crater, Alaska". well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed MAR 10 1962 from Tuluksak Alaska (clear hand cancel ties 4-c anti-malaria stamp). long but faint corner crease, mild wear at one corner. $1.75 a-a% "Fairbanks, Alaska. / Eskimo mother and child / have forsaken native costume" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed APR 17 1962 from Ruby Alaska (clear hand cancel on 4-c anti-malaria stamp). $2.00 ai-a NEW / NOVI / NUEVO
"Fairbanks, Alaska" with a street scene in summer, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed JUN 1 1962 from Levelock Alaska (1960 population 88, well-inked hand cancel ties 4-c range conservation stamp). $2.00 a-a "Tanana Valley, Alaska" scenery & a Ford automobile, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed JUN 4 1962 from King Salmon Alaska (bold cancel on 4-c Homestead Act stamp). $1.75 a-a "Eliot Highway, Alaska" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed JUN 29 1962 from Larsen Bay (1960 population 72, clear violet double-ring cancel ties US-Japan commemorative). $2.00 a-a "Canyon of Caribou / Creek, Alaska" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed NOV 6 1962 from Kasilof Alaska (1960 population 80, clear hand cancel on 4-c McMahon stamp). $2.00 a-a NEW / NOVI / NUEVO "Glacier Point, Alaska" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed NOV 6 1962 from Girdwood (1960 population 74). $2.00 a-a "Taylor Highway, Alaska" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed NOV 9 1962 from Karluk (clear cancel ties Girl Scout stamp). $2.00 a-a "Nenana Highway" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed NOV 16 1962 from Copper Center Alaska (clear hand cancel ties 4-c Fort Sumter stamp). $2.00 a-a "Port Chilkoot, Alaska" a panorama of the town on a well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed NOV 16 1962 from Clam Gulch Alaska (clear hand cancel on 4-c Girl Scout stamp). $2.00 a-a "Alaska's Capital, Juneau." unattributed art showing a panorama against its mountainous backdrop, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed NOV 26 1962 from Cape Yaktaga (before it became a branch of Cordova, hand cancel ties 4-c Winter Olympics stamp). $2.00 a-a% "On Alaska Highway" showing a Ford on a curve in the road, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed DEC 4 1962 from Hoonah Alaska (clear hand cancel), corner crease. $1.50 a-a. Another with same caption but a different view, mailed DEC 4 1962 from Chugiak Alaska. $1.50 a-a "'Chilkoot' ferry to Tae / Harbor near Juneau, Alaska." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed DEC 13 1962 from Chenega Alaska (1960 population 61, clear DPO hand cancel ties 4-c silver centennial stamp), mild wear to one top corner. $1.75 a-a% "Alaska" showing faces of an Eskimo woman & child, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed FEB 21 1963 from Holikachuk (clear DPO hand cancel on 5-c flag stamp). $2.00 a-a% "Building a log cabin in / treeless part of Alaska" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed MAR 13 1963 at Cantwell (1960 population 85, clear cancel ties Noah Webster stamp). $2.00 a-a Install this webpage as a Favorite now "Kotzebue, Alaska." showing a man gardening, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed MAR 22 1963 from Chatanika Alaska (1960 population 30, clear DPO hand cancel on 4-c Andrew Carnegie stamp). $2.25 a-a "Drying red salmon in Alaska" including an Eskimo child, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed MAR 13 1963 at Berry Alaska (1960 population 81, light but complete hand cancel ties 4-c SEATO stamp). $2.00 af-a 5 JUL 1963 light but complete Army & Air Force Postal Service APO 23 hand cancel ties 5-c West Virginia stamp to #6 cover from CGC Westwind (WAGB-261) to Tennessee, fancy large violet 'SEALIFT FOR SECURITY / 1963 ARCTIC OPERATIONS / MILITARY SEA TRANSPORTATION SERVICE' cachet, neatly addressed, some envelope glue show-through on back. $3.50 ac NEW / NOVI / NUEVO OCT 21 1966 light Anchorage (Fort Richardson Branch) machine cancel with slogan 'NATIONAL PARK SERVICE / 50TH ANNIVERSARY' on small US Post Office official business penalty cover to Connecticut, almost complete Fort Richardson handstamp on back, neatly addressed. $1.25 au(o) Lot of twelve items from the 1960's, including tied Easter seal used in Kalskag. Smaller towns like Egegik & Homer. $12.00 + SEP 25 1969 clear Barrow machine cancel ties 6-c W. C. Handy stamp franking #6 cover commemorating Humble's Maiden Northwest Passage Voyage on the SS Manhattan (bold blue cachet with tiger), pencil address erased incompletely, never sealed. $4.00 a%
APR 20 & 21 1974 PANEX XIV (Gastineau Philatelic Society in Juneau) #6 cacheted covers with St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church fancy cancel & cachets, unaddressed, with stiffeners. $2.00 for both ap JUN 21 1972 North Pole cancel on #6 cover, MIDNIGHT SUN / AURORA STAMP CLUB / EIELSON AFB, ALASKA totem pole cachet in black unaddressed, never sealed. $1.50 a MAR 21 1973 Chatanika cancel on #6 cover, cachet for Poker Flats Rocket Site performing auroral research for Icecap '73, neatly addressed to Ohio, unsealed. $2.50 a JAN 16 1974 Chatanika cancel on #6 cover, cachet for Icecap Aurora program at, Poker Flat Rocket Range, Falling Sphere T.M.A. Release, neatly addressed to Ohio, unsealed. $2.50 a
JUL 9 1976 clear Sitka machine cancel ties 13-c commercial aviation stamp franking #6 cover from M.S. Lindblad Explorer (blue cachet) to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed, small Y5 & D3 US routing marks on back. $4.25 a NEW / NOVI / NUEVO JUL 19 1976 clear Saint Paul Island hand cancel ties 13-c Franklin Bicentennial stamp franking #6 cover from M.S. Lindblad Explorer (blue cachet) to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed, small C7 US routing mark on back, small corner crease. $4.25 a JUL 23 1976 light but complete Nome machine cancel on 13-c Franklin Bicentennial stamp franking #6 cover from M.S. Lindblad Explorer (blue cachet) to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed. $4.25 ab NEW / NOVI / NUEVO JUN 27 1977 clear Saint Paul Island hand cancel ties 13-c sound recording stamp to #6 cacheted cover from the Lindblad Explorer Wildlife Expedition to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed. $4.25 a. Same, but stamp is 13-c Franklin & small corner crease. $4.00 JUN 28 1977 Unalaska dial handstamp ties 13-c Christmas stamp to #6 cacheted cover from the Lindblad Explorer Wildlife Expedition to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed, small A7 & Y4 routing marks on back. $4.25 ac. Same but stamp is 13-c Pueblo art (not quite tied). $4.00 a JAN 3 1978 clear Juneau cancel on cover commemorating issue of Alaska Statehood stamp, fancy encased stamp servings as cachet, neatly addressed, from the Heritage of America series. $1.00 a JUN 20 1980 Valdez cancel on cacheted cover commemorating the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, unaddressed, 3-c Alaska & 15-c Mount McKinley stamps, informative stiffener. $1.00 a FEB 19 1982 clear APEX STATION of ANCHORAGE 99510 handstamp with star in circle design ties 20-c Franklin D. Roosevelt stamp franking cacheted (large brown collage of Eskimo, bombs, crane, Army truck, flags, and state map) cover of the Anchorage Philatelic Society for their 30th show. With enclosure picturing World War II insignias for military forces in Alaska (11th Army Air Force, Alaska Defense Command) and explaining the cachet. Interesting & attractive. Autographed, possibly by a club official. $2.50 am MAR 11 1983 clear USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) handstamp ties 18-c Virginia Capes & 3-c U. S. Navy stamps franking #6 cover to Ohio, large boxed black cachet 'POLE TO POLE / CIRCLE TO CIRCLE / WE LEAD THE WAY / ARCTIC WEST WINTER 1983' with ship & outline of Alaska, neatly addressed, never sealed, small AC & MB US routing marks on back. $2.50 ac NEW / NOVI / NUEVO AUG 1 1986 clear fancy cancel of the Bicentennial Station at St. George Pribilof Islands (pictures Russian Orthodox church) ties 22-c Adolphus W. Greely stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, neatly addressed, small S8 & AB US routing marks on back. $1.00 a JAN 3 1987 clear Juneau 99801 dial cancel ties 22-c flag over Capitol stamp franking cover commemorating Alaska's admission into the Union in 1959, encapsulated 20-c state bird & 13-c state flag stamps serve as attractive cachet, neatly addressed. $1.25 a 19.5.88 Zürich Switzerland to Anchorage first flight cover, greeting card cover size, neatly addressed with multicolor cachet, 140+60 semi-postal tied by crisp moose cancel, neatly backstamped. $5.00 afs Undated #10 cover (circa 1995) franked by handstamped BULK RATE / U.S. POSTAGE PAID / PERMIT #7 / WRANGELL, AK within box, Alaska Underwater Adventures cachet along left side, neatly opened, small corner crease affecting nothing. $1.00 a 17 FEB 1998 Fairbanks machine cancel with state outline in killer bars ties 32-c flag and porch stamp franking #10 cover to Ohio, large line drawing of Waugaman's store & text 'Greetings from Alaska', neatly opened, attractive. $1.00 a ALASKAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE "ALASKA POSTAL HISTORY LITERATURE AND MEMORABILIA" Harmers of New York auction January 13-14 1977, catalogue with prices realized. Just a few notations by former owner. $17.50 a To order from the pricelists above,
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ALBANIAN COVERS -4.12.58 airmail greeting card cover from Tiranë to Colorado, franked by 2-l 25-year anniversary & block of four 10-q building stamps clearly cancelled & tied, Vlorë return address. Any mail to Western countries at this time was unusual due to the repressive regime in power. $5.00 a -5.II.65 airmail #6 cover to Colorado, franked by 1.50-leke boar & 1-leke map & two 11-leke Popovic space stamps cancelled in Tiranë, back torn in opening. Any mail to Western countries at this time was unusual due to the repressive regime in power. $3.75 a 1.VII.65 airmail greeting card cover from Tiranë to Colorado, franked by 1.50 space & pair of 11 green & red flower stamps, corner crease, small ink smear on front. Any mail to Western countries at this time was unusual due to the repressive regime in power. $4.00 a 30.V.66 airmail greeting card cover from Tiranë to Colorado, franked by 25-q soccer & 1.10-leke stamp, backflap sealed by 5-q building & pair of 50-q soccer stamps that were not cancelled, slight envelope glue show-through, small corner crease. Any mail to Western countries at this time was unusual due to the repressive regime in power. $4.50 a 17.I.67 airmail greeting card cover from Tiranë to Colorado, franked by 15-q Congress & pair of 1.10-leke stamps, fairly clear cancels, opened neatly. Any mail to Western countries at this time was unusual due to the repressive regime in power. $5.00 a
1972 greeting card cover from Tiranë to Colorado, franked by 2.40 Trient stamp lightly cancelled, fairly clear backstamp at Tiranë (we believe so the authorities could make a record of the date). Any mail to Western countries at this time was unusual due to the repressive regime in power. $5.00 a 29.XII.79 continental postcard from Tiranë to the same city, franked by q-25 radio & television stamp lightly cancelled, view is a park in Pogradec. The addressee, Sulejman Pitarka, was a fairly well known actor in the Albanian theater. $4.00 a
29.XII.82 continental size Albanian Folk Culture Exhibition postcard mailed from Tiranë to a small town whose handwritten name we cannot interpret, franked by q-15 steel industry stamp, fairly clear cancel ties stamp. $3.75 a 1983 continental size Albanian Folk Culture Exhibition postcard mailed at Fier to Tiranë, franked by q-15 steel industry stamp, 2 small corner creases. $4.00 a Circa 1992 airmail greeting card cover from Tiranë to Ohio, franked by 7.20-leke Mother Theresa stamp. Fairly clear cancel. $3.75 Same but smudged cancel & stamp faintly creased in one corner by sender. $2.50 Inflation of 1993. Airmail greeting card cover from Tiranë to Ohio, franked with 80-q statue & six 7.20-leke Mother Theresa stamps (one pair & one block of four), rough opening at edge furthest from stamps, slight envelope glue show-through. The 80-q is from the People's Socialist Republic, so this is a mixed franking showing the country name 2 ways. $10.00
Inflation of 1993. Airmail greeting card cover from Tiranë to Ohio, franked with 2-leke Mother Theresa & three 3-leke statue overprinted & pair of 20-leke statue overprinted stamps, rough opening near one stamp, one 3-leke stamp corner missing, light cancels. $10.00 a Install this webpage as a Favorite now Inflation of 1993. Airmail greeting card cover from Tiranë to Ohio, franked with 2-leke Mother Theresa & three 3-leke JM93 track & pair of 20-leke overprinted statue stamps lightly cancelled. $10.00 a
ALBANIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE "THE ALBANIA WAR / and its / POSTAL HISTORY" by Ulysses Bellas, translated from the French by Cormac Quin, Publication Number 3 of the Hellenic Philatelic Society of Great Britain (May 1980), paperbound, 68 pages plus fold-out maps & cover, well illustrated. Recipient of the Nicolaos Atzaritis Award of the Philatelic Society of Athens. Covers August 1939 - April 1941 with special emphasis on the Italian offensive, the Greek military posts, and civilian censorship. Hard to find. Almost new, small spot of discoloration on outside edge at one corner. $18.50 a-a To order from the pricelist above, please
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ALBERTA POSTAL
HISTORY & COVERS
See also Alberta postcards
& Canadian postal history (more
generally).
| NOV 26 1929 first flight cover from Edmonton to Fort
Chipewyan via Fort McMurray (then to Columbus Ohio), #6 cover neatly addressed &
Indian cachet, clear Fort Chipewyan backstamp, slight ink smear on front. $2.25 af NOV 26 1929 first flight cover from Edmonton to Fort Fitzgerald (then Columbus Ohio), #6 cover neatly addressed with snowshoeing Indian cachet, 5-c airmail stamp tied, backstamped clearly. $2.50 af DE 10 1929 first flight cover from Fort Chipewyan to Fort McMurray (then Columbus Ohio), #6 cover neatly addressed with Indian on horseback cachet, 5-c airmail & 2 partial cancels, backstamped clearly. $2.00 af DE 13 1929 first flight cover from Fort Fitzgerald to Fort McMurray (then Columbus Ohio), #6 cover neatly addressed with snowshoeing Indian cachet, 5-c airmail stamp tied by clear cancel, clear backstamp at Edmonton on the 20th. $2.50 af
DE 8 30 first flight cover from Peace River to Fort Vermilion (then Brooklyn New York), #6 cover neatly addressed & cacheted, sender misspelled Vermilion with extra l, #5 Laurier stamp tied by almost complete cancel, clearly backstamped, envelope glue show-through, album marks on back, minor edge wear. $1.75 af DE 8 30 first flight cover from Peace River to North Vermilion (then Brooklyn New York), #6 cover neatly addressed with steamship cachet, 5-c King stamp tied by clear cancel, backstamped clearly, envelope glue show-through, album marks on back, lightly toned front. $1.75 af
DE 8 30 registered first flight cover from Peace River to North Vermilion, #6 cover neatly addressed & cacheted, 10-c building & 5-c airmail stamps tied by good cancels, eight backstamps recounting its passage to West Hartford Connecticut. $5.00 af
DE 8 30 - JAN 31 31 first flight cover from Peace River to Fort Vermilion & return (then to Columbus Ohio), #6 cover neatly addressed & cacheted, 5-c Laurier stamp tied by clear cancel, 2 different & clear backstamps. $2.50 af
JA 15 1931 first flight cover from Medicine Hat to Lethbridge, #6 cover neatly addressed with plowing cachet, 5-c airmail tied by somewhat indistinct but overinked cancel, clearly backstamped, envelope glue show-through, album marks on back, some brownish paper. $1.75 af Install this webpage as a Favorite now JA 15 1931 first flight cover from Lethbridge to Calgary (then Columbus Ohio), #6 cover neatly addressed and cacheted, 2 backstamps, small corner crease furthest from stamp, some envelope glue show-through. $2.00 af JA 15 1931 first flight cover from Lethbridge to Calgary (then West Hartford Connecticut), #6 cover neatly addressed with farming tractor cachet, 5-c airmail stamp tied by clear cancel, clear backstamp. $2.50 af JA 15 1931 first flight cover from Calgary to Lethbridge (then Columbus Ohio), #6 cover neatly addressed & cacheted, 5-cent airmail tied by SAVE TIME / USE AIR MAIL slogan cancel, 3 backstamps including Chicago, slight envelope glue show-through. $2.25 af JA 15 1931 first flight cover from Lethbridge to Calgary (then Brooklyn New York), #6 cover neatly addressed and cacheted, 5-cent airmail stamp tied, backstamped at Calgary, some envelope glue show-through. $2.25 af 1931 JAN 15 first flight cover from Medicine Hat to Lethbridge (then Columbus Ohio), neatly addressed with plowing cachet, 5-c airmail stamp tied by overinked & somewhat smudged cancel, 2 legible backstamps, some envelope glue show-through. $1.75 af JAN 15 1931 first flight cover from Calgary to Lethbridge (then Brooklyn New York), #6 cover neatly addressed with cowboy cachet, 5-c airmail stamp tied by fairly clear SAVE TIME / USE AIR MAIL slogan cancel, backstamped clearly, envelope glue show-through, toned front. $2.00 JAN 31 1931 first flight cover from Carcajou to Peace River (then Columbus Ohio), #6 cover neatly addressed & beaver cachet, two different & clear backstamps. $2.50 af JAN 31 1931 first flight cover from Carcajou to Peace River (then Brooklyn New York), #6 cover neatly addressed & beaver cachet, 1-c & 4-c King stamps tied by clear cancel, small tear at top that closes well, lightly toned front, other edge wear. $1.75 af FEB 1 31 first flight cover from Fort Vermilion to Peace River (then Brooklyn New York), #6 cover neatly addressed & bear cachet, 3-c & 2-c King stamps tied by clear cancels, backstamped clearly, some envelope glue show-through, brownish paper, album marks on back. $8.00 af DE 17 31 first flight cover from Embarras Portage to Fort Chipewyan, #6 cover with decorative maple leaf & beaver border, neat log cabin cachet, pair of 3-c coil King stamps tied by clear cancel, clearly backstamped, some envelope glue show-through, address label removed without a trace so front has fresh appearance. $2.50 af DE 17 31 first flight cover from Embarras Portage to Fort Chipewyan (then Brooklyn New York), neatly addressed & cacheted & labeled, 3-c King & 3-c coil King stamps tied by clear cancels, backstamped clearly, lightly toned front. $8.00 af DE 17 31 first flight cover from Fort McMurray to Embarras Portage (then Rochester New York), #6 cover neatly addressed & cacheted, 1-c King & 5-c airmail stamps tied. backstamped. $2.50 af DE 17 31 registered first flight cover from Embarras Portage to Fort Chipewyan (then West Hartford Connecticut), #6 cover neatly addressed & cacheted, 10-c Cartier & 1-c King & 5-cent airmail stamps all tied, 6 fairly clear backstamps. $5.00 af DE 17 31 registered first flight cover from Fort McMurray to Embarras Portage (then West Hartford Connecticut), #6 cover neatly addressed & cacheted, 10-c Cartier & 1-c King & 5-cent airmail stamps all tied, 6 clear backstamps. $5.00 af
DE 18 1931 registered first flight cover from Fort Chipewyan to Embarras Portage (then West Hartford Connecticut), #6 cover neatly addressed & cacheted, 10-c Cartier & 1-c King & 5-c airmail stamps, 6 fairly clear backstamps. $5.00 af
FEB 7 1944 advertising #6 airmail cover from Medicine Hat Brick & Tile Company to Bucyrus Ohio, neatly addressed & opened, 3-c and 4-c King stamps clearly canceled, faint corner crease furthest from stamp; red cachet shows brick, cinder blocks & tile. $3.25 aa
MAR 17 1962 Edmonton PHILATELIC EXHIBITION / MARCH 16 - 17 slogan cancel ties 5-c education stamp & Fort Edmonton cachet on #6 cover addressed to Rosemont Pennsylvania, with stiffener, never sealed, fresh appearance. $1.25 To order from the pricelist above, please
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ALGERIA COVERS
& ALGERIAN POSTAL HISTORY
ALGÉRIE / ALGERIEN / ARGÉLIA
ARGELIA / ALGERIË / ALGERIET
See also Algeria stamps
& Algeria postcards.
1904 POSTCARD TO EL BIAR from France, El Biar receiving mark, Marseille view, lightly toned back. $2.00
1908 POSTCARD TO EL BIAR from Montbrison Loire, Algiers transit mark. Montbrison view. $1.50
WWII CENSORED POSTCARD TO USA sent free by soldier, passed by US Army Examiner 11013, partial APO cancel, some information crossed off (possibly by recipient), as is. $1.00 1949 POSTCARD TO USA from Alger, franked by 20-franc brown & 15-franc coat-of-arms TCV style, photo view of "ORAN--Santa-Cruz et la Basse Ville" $2.00 1963 POSTCARD TO USA from Alger franked by 0.05 Gorges & 0.25 flag, photo view of interior of new post office in Alger, high value stamp damaged. $1.50 To order from the pricelist above, please
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ALSACE POSTAL
HISTORY & ALSATIAN COVERS
ELSASS / ALSAZIA / ALSÁCIA / ALSACIA / ELZAS
See also Alsatian postcards.
| Postcard from Strassburg October 12, 1915
(clear cancel), no stamp due to feldpost usage. View is of Strassburg. $2.00 To order from the pricelist above, please click
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AMERICANA
TOPICAL COVERS
See also Americana
on stamps
& Roadside Americana post
cards.
AMERICAN
SAMOA POSTAL HISTORY & COVERS
EASTERN SAMOA
See also American Samoa
postcards.
| Pago Pago cancel of Sep 29 1966 on a home-made view card
mailed to US (US 5-cent circus stamp), lightly inked so it appears to be only Pago Samoa.
An oddity. $1.00 To order
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ANDORRA COVERS
& ANDORRAN POSTAL HISTORY
FRENCH ANDORRA / SPANISH ANDORRA / ANDORRE
See also Andorra stamps
& Andorra postcards.
FRENCH ANDORRA
3 July 1976 FDC for the 1,20 US Bicentennial stamp, multicolor cachet, neatly addressed to Ohio. $2.50 (a) Another, unaddressed. $2.50 ab 30 AVRIL 1977 French Andorra FDC for its 2-stamp Europa issue, unaddressed & cacheted, with explanatory stiffener. $4.00 ea 28 Avril 1978 FDC for Europa, bearing the 1,00 & 1,40 stamps, multicolor carchet, unaddressed, with explanatory insert, small spot in the margin of one stamp. $1.50 ae
26 Avril 1980 TWO FDC's for Europa--the Charlemagne / Carlemany stamp & Napolean Bonaparte / Napoleo, both with multicolor cachet & unaddressed, fresh appearance. Both for $2.75 (a) 15 Mai 1981 FDC for Europa 1,40 & 2,00 stamps (high value with group dancing), multicolor cachet, unaddressed. $2.50 (a) SPANISH ANDORRA 2 May 1977 FDC for Europa bearing both the 3- & 12-pta stamps, multicolored cachet, unaddressed, with explanatory insert. $2.75 (a) 8 AVRIL 1976 FDC for 0.80 bridge stamp (complete) commemorating 700th anniversary of joint rule, multicolor cachet. $1.75 a 2 May 1978 FDC for Europa bearing both the 5- & 12-pta stamps, multicolor cachet, unaddressed, explanatory insert, fresh appearance. $2.25 ae
28 Abr 1980 TWO FDC's for Europa with the 19-pta stamp honoring Francesc Cairat I Freres, the other bearing the 8-pta honoring Antonio Rossel, both with multicolor cachet & unaddressed. Both for $1.75 a 7 May 1981 FDC for Europa with the 12- & 30-pta stamps, multicolor cachet, unaddressed, explanation printed on back. $1.50 a To order from the pricelist above, please
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ANGOLA POSTAL
HISTORY & ANGOLAN COVERS
See also Angola postcards.
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NOTICE: We now have a good variety of unused Angolan postal stationery. Specialists requiring multiples to search for color, paper, printing & size varieties can be accommodated. Please contact us with your needs, listing the Higgins & Gage numbers of what you want, and we will reply quickly with very reasonable quotes. 25-réis letter card, unused, stuck closed, clean both sides. $2.75 25-réis letter card, unused, opens easily, clean both sides. $3.75
ANGOLA COVER FRONTS - WORLD WAR II CENSORED
Left: Light circa 1942 NOVA ... cancel ties 1938 1.75-a presidential visit stamp to cover front pasted to backing card, addressed to Montgomery Ward in Chicago, part of censor tape 'EXAMINER 510'. Right: Indistinct hand cancels on pair of 50-c, 40-c & 35-c Mousinho de Albuquerque stamps making the 1,75 rate to Chicago Illinois, cover front with part of censor tap OPENED BY pasted to backing card. Both of the above fronts: $6.75 a
Somewhat light 22 OUT 194? LOBITO-2ª cancel ties pair of 80-c da Gama & 20-c da Gama stamps to cover front pasted to backing card (sigh!) to Chicago Illinois, part of censor tape 'EXAMINER 3878'. $3.75 a
1968 - 1970 Three Angola airmail covers to Cabo Verde, 2$50 rate, variety of stamps. One cancelled Malange. Minor faults present but seldom seen material. $9.50 ca To order from the pricelist above, please
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ANGUILLA COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY
 50-c
butter fish air letter with 25-c grunt fish stamp added for extra weight to Ohio, neatly
opened, clear Valley cancel. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format.
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ANIMAL TOPICAL
COVERS
ANIMAIS / SKOTINA / ANIMÁLNÍ / DYRENE
DIERLIJK / ANIMALES / ELÄIN / ANIMAUX / TIERE
ÁLLATOK / ANIMALE / DJUREN / ANIFEILIAID / ANIMALI
See also Animals on stamps,
Animal postcards &
Veterinarian post cards.
| Clear MAR 9 1938 USS FOX hand cancel ties 3-c
Charlotte Amalie stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, generic but attractive blue anchors
border all around & brown ship cachet, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.50 na Clear JUN 10 1938 USS FOX hand cancel ties 3-c Texas centennial stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, generic but attractive blue anchors border all around & brown ship cachet, neatly addressed, never sealed, lower right corner multiply creased (ironing suggested). $3.00 na Clear JUN 15 1938 USS FOX hand cancel ties 1-c Washington / Greene & 2-c Jackson / Scott stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, neatly addressed, generic brown ship cachet, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.50 na Bold JUN 21 1938 USS FOX hand cancel ties 1-c Washington / Greene & 2-c Jackson / Scott stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, neatly addressed, 2 light creases in lower right front corner suggest ironing, slight cover glue show-through on back. $3.00 na
SEPT 19 1951 Brooklyn "Remember--Only you can / PREVENT / FOREST FIRES" slogan cancel ties 3-c American Chemical Society stamp to greeting-card size cover, enclosure with decorated all-around border showing animals from topical stamp collector soliciting exchanges & offers of stamps. $1.50 pac February 8, 1965 "63rd ANNIVERSARY / WHITE SQUIRREL COLONY / OLNEY, ILLINOIS" well struck cancel on a postcard with a Muir commemorative. $1.00
MAY 6 1970 FDC for US 6-c dinosaur stamp neatly cancelled at New York City, Artcraft cachet in black, unaddressed. $1.00 au . Same but the 6-c dinosaur stamp instead. $1.00 au 10 OC 71 Port of Spain Trinidad cancel on Trinidad & Tobago 30-c agouti stamp franking #6 cover to New York City, neatly addressed, reduced at bottom in opening. $2.00 at Bold MAR 17 1973 USS DAHLGREN (DLG-12) hand cancel ties 8-c alligator stamp franking #6 cover, address label removed without a trace, paper bends at bottom corners, never sealed. $1.50 na Light APR 28 1973 USS GRAND CANYON (AD 28) hand cancel ties 8-c bighorn sheep stamp franking #6 envelope to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed. $1.75 na NEW / NOVI / NUEVO 4 / 11 / 78 official Swedish FDC for the 1.15 brown bear coil stamp, unaddressed, with multilingual explanatory insert. (2 available) $0.75 each. sa 22. 11. 78 Makokou Gabon cancel on greeting card size cover to Illinois, franked by 80-f Rubens painting of hippopotamus hunt, slightly reduced at right in opening, tiny staple holes in address. $1.50 ag 15 X 81 Registered cover from Willowvale Transkei to Johannesburg, franked by 25-c cattle improvement stamp (corner selvedge attached) tied by legible cancels, neatly opened. $5.00 ta
24 AP 82 light DANGRIGA / BELIZE cancel on 85-c tapir (tapirella bairdii) stamp franking registered #6 cover to Chicago Illinois, 6 backstamps (4 different), calculations in red ink on back, light blue scribble in top margin of stamp that is hard to understand. This stamp was unpriced new or used in the 1995 Scott Catalogue. $7.50 ba
OC 9 84 Grand Turk cancel ties 35-c Turks & Caicos Darwin stamp with prominent monitor lizard stamp to airmail #6 cover to Pennsylvania, address correction by sender, neatly opened. $1.75 at
Install this webpage as a Favorite now Clear 14.-7.-1986 Godhavn K'ekertarssuak cancel on Greenland 3.70 polar bear stamp franking #6 cover sent at the printed matter rate to Ohio, autographed by 3 members of the Department of Geography expedition of the University of Copenhagen, never sealed, small light corner crease that affects nothing, small US K7 & R3 routing marks on back. $4.25 ga NEW / NOVI / NUEVO 13 V A9 (1989) bold Tlokwenga Botswana cancel ties 10-t scrub hare stamp franking #10 cover to Gaborone, neatly opened. Probably 1989. $2.00 ba Almost complete 19 Xa90 Khorixas South-West Africa hand cancel ties 2-c Lycson pictus & 16-c warthog stamps franking #6 cover to Windhoek, light wrinkling along lower edge. $2.00 sa NEW / NOVI / NUEVO
1991 09 18 Maun Botswana cancel ties 50-t pela (animal) stamp to registered cover franking #10 airmail cover to Gaborone, attractive elephant art in Okuti-Safaris cachet, 4 backstamps include clear oval violet Main Cage Gaborone receiving mark the next day. $7.50 ba NEW / NOVI / NUEVO 1991 9 26 Maun cancel ties 5-t banded mongoose & 50-t pela animal stamps to registered stationery to Gaborone, 2 different arrival markings. $5.00 ba 1991 10 08 Maun Botswana cancel ties two 25-t steenbok animal stamps to registered airmail cover to Gaborone, 4 backstamps. $5.00 ba
16 I 92 two clear Lobatse Botswana cancels tie pair of 5-t banded mongoose stamps franking small green cover to Gaborone, neatly opened. $2.50 ba 1 29 92 two clear Gaborone Botswana cancels on strip of 4 3-t zebra stamps going around a wrapper to Gaborone. Nice! $7.50 ba 1992 Broadhurst Botswana cancel ties 40-t overprinted zebra stamp franking airmail #10 cover to New Haven Connecticut, small US K1 & N8 route markings on back, neatly opened. $2.00 ba 19 II 93 clear Mahalapye Botswana cancel ties 10-t oribi animal stamp franking small blue cover to Gaborone, neatly opened. $2.00 ba 1993 almost complete Gaborone Sorting Centre Botswana cancel ties 20-t warthog stamp franking #10 cover to Gaborone, blue & red corner card of U.S. Peace Corps (with stylized flag), roughly opened (front tear closes nicely, but back fared worse). $1.50 ba 24 II 93 clear Lobatse Botswana cancel ties 10-t oribi animal stamp franking small pink cover to Gaborone, backflap torn in opening. $2.00 ba 93 MAR 25 Ghanzi cancel ties 10-t oribi animal stamp franking #10 cover to Gaborone Botswana, small spot on back, neatly opened. $2.00 ba 1993 05 27 bold Broadhurst Botswana cancel ties 10-t oribi animal stamp to #6 blue cover to Gaborone. $2.00 ba
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ANTARCTICA
TOPICAL COVERS
& ANTARCTIC PHILATELIC LITERATURE
See also Australian
Antarctic Territory postal history,
British Antarctic Territory
postal history,
Chilean Antarctic Territory
postal history,
French Southern & Antarctic Territory postal
history
& Ross Dependency postal history.
What follows are mostly expeditions & projects.
US COAST GUARD ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS 1957 - 1986
Group of 30 different covers documenting Coast Guard operations in Antarctic waters during that time period. All #6 size, all cacheted, good variety of stamps. Ships include USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282, example shown above left from Operation Deep Freeze in 1959), USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279), USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281), USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280, example shown above right from Operation Deep Freeze in 1967), USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283), USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278), USCGC Glacier (WAGB-4), USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) & USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11). Locations include Adare Station, Palmer Station & McMurdo Sound. Nothing serious condition-wise: one has a small spot on front affecting nothing, a few cancels light in spots & 5 of the covers have glue show-through on the back. Some are spectacular: plate block, multiple cachets, etc. $90.00 for all 30. ca SOUTH AFRICAN COVERS FROM
ANTARCTICA
Group of 9 different Antarctic covers franked with South African stamps on #6 covers. Cancels & transit markings include: Marion Island / Marioneiland, Gough Island, & SANA, Good variety of stamps. Ship markings included: M.V. RSA, M.V. S. A. Agulnas (shown above). Most are cacheted. One is a first day cover. Destinations include Ohio, Labrador, Scotland, New York & England. Condition is good throughout. $42.50 for all. sa NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC-RELATED
COVERS
Group of 15 different Antarctic-related covers franked with New Zealand stamps on #6 covers. Cancels & transit markings include: Scott Base (Ross Dependency), Campbell Island, Vanda Station, Good variety of stamps mostly from 1971 - 1985 timeframe. Most are cacheted. Two are autographed. Destinations include Ohio, Labrador & Antarctica. One flight cover is wrinkled, one stamp is uncancelled, but the rest are in good shape. Shown is a Campbell Island cover to Ohio. $50.00 for all. na
ANTARCTICA PHILATELIC LITERATURE Ice Cap News, Volume 41 Number 1 (Whole Number 223) January - March 1996. 44 pages approximately 8-1 / 2"x11" with quality printing. Topics of numerous articles include: Dr. Paul Allman Siple, Northern Larsen Ice Shelf collapse, Marion Dufresne, European ice core project, Russia nearly loses Antarctic ship & much more. $5.00 a Ice Cap News, Volume 45 Number 3 (Whole Number 241) July - September 2001. 32 pages approximately 8-1 / 2"x11" with quality printing. Lengthy article on "Farley's Follies" & another on the origins of Antarctic base names. Unimportant corner bend to pages. $4.00 a. Without corner bends. $4.50 a To order from the pricelist above, please
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ANTARCTIC CROSS-REFERENCES See also Antarctica postcards.
See also British Antarctic Territory postcards. See also Chilean Antarctic Territory covers.
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JUL 24
1934 light but complete & clear USS Quail cancel with LITTLE TAN / AGA,
AUG
11 1943 Hydaburg hand cancel on pair of 1-1 / 2-c Martha Washington stamps franking #6 cover
to Ohio. Autographed by Postmaster Mrs. Linda Frank. Large, well struck black & red
cachet honoring the 200th anniversary of Alaska's discovery by Vitus Bering. Text in lower right
corner: "This cover carried by Emergency Airmail Service / at the domestic 3c rate from
place nearest point of discovery--the Indian Village of Hydaburg, Alaska."
Neatly addressed, never opened, slight browning of the paper with age,
diagonal waviness in the paper, otherwise nice. Cover sold. Still available
for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif
format. $1.50 ag
SEP
5 1960 clear Nome machine cancel ties 7-c Jupiter balloon airmail stamp franking #6 cover
from submarine USS Seadragon (SSN 548, large lightly struck fancy cachet in black) to
Missouri, backstamped large black 'FIRST SUBMERGED / NORTHWEST PASSAGE', small
ink smear on front, WP in
cachet area, not backstamped legibly. Part of cancel repeats in upper left front corner. $6.00 an
AUG
3 1961 clear & complete Barrow handstamp ties 4-c Arctic explorations stamp franking
#6 FDC to Ohio, large pictorial violet & black cachet for the historic transpolar trip
(Alaska to Greenland) of the USS Nautilus in 1958. $13.00 au(f)
APR
25 1962 FDC for Seattle World's Fair, attractive multicolor Alaska Collectors' Club
cachet, neatly addressed to Pennsylvania, never sealed. $1.50 a
12.-4.-1972 JulianehåbK'ak'ortok hand cancels tie 5-ore aurora & 60-ore ship deck
stamps franking #6 flight cover returned to sender from Barrow Alaska (clear May 10 1972
backstamp over large well struck blue Greenland Arctic Supply cachet) to Ohio, violet
pointing finger RETURNED TO SENDER Unclaimed auxiliary mark of Barrow neatly struck on the
font. $10.00 ga NEW / NOVI / NUEVO
FEB 13 1974 Chatanika cancel on #6 envelope, cachet for Defense Nuclear Agency Icecap
Aurora Program at Poker Flat Rocket Range, neatly addressed to Ohio, unsealed.
Lot
of three covers from Lenggries West Germany to Tiranë, all with 2 different
Tiranë backstamps making it clear that the authorities took notice. Cancels on both sides
may yield details under magnification. Any mail from Western countries at this time was
unusual due to the repressive regime in power. Stationery for example shown has clouds
design; the other 2 are conventional. $12.00 a
AU 9 30 partial Edmonton dial cancel ties 5-c airmail to 
DE 8 30 first flight cover from Peace River to Carcajou (then Brooklyn New York), #6 cover neatly
addressed & cacheted, 5-c Laurier stamp tied by clear cancel, clear Carcajou
backstamp, envelope glue show-through, album marks on back, album marks on front. $1.75 af
DE 8 30 first flight cover from Peace River to North Vermilion (then
Columbus Ohio), #6 cover neatly addressed & cacheted, pair of 1-c Macdonald
& one 3-c confederation stamps tied by clear cancels, 2 clear backstamps,
stiffener still in quality cover, fresh appearance. 
DE 10 30 #6 airmail cover from Edmonton to Ohio commemorating 2nd
anniversary of regular airmail, beautifully cacheted bordered front by their Chamber of
Commerce, multicolor promotional seal on back (EDMONTON / DISTRICT / IDEAL FOR
THE / TOURIST...), backstamped on arrival, small tear affects one back corner but is not
visible from front. $3.75 a-a
DE
18 1931 registered first flight cover from Embarras Portage to Fort McMurray (then West Hartford
Connecticut), #6 cover neatly addressed & cacheted, 10-c Cartier & 1-c King &
5-c airmail stamps, 6 backstamps including Edmonton fairly clear. $5.00 af
11 SEP 54 mostly clear Aboso cancel ties 6-d cocoa farmer stamp franking #6 cover
sea-mailed to Canada then forwarded to Florida, yellowish paper, some wrinkling along top edge. 'By air
mail' crossed out and 'SEA MAIL' substituted. $4.00 ga
"44 / Femme moulant le blé femme filant la laine / collections ND Phot." black & white on green back showing a group of women working, mailed 1904 at printed matter rate to Canada (well
struck blue cogwheel cancel of Bordi-Sabatt in the Constantine Department on French
stamp), faint corner crease. $20.00
"9. BOGHARI -- Le Marché Arabe" with many sheep being sold at market,
black-and-white postcard mailed there 6 -3 09 to France, clear cancels (on front in
sky & on stamp on back), tiny corner bend, push-pin tear on one short edge that is
hard to notice at first. $10.00 a-a NEW / NOVI
/ NUEVO
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MAI 1976 French Andorra FDC for its 2-stamp issue, unaddressed, cacheted, explanatory
stiffener in English. $5.00 ea
23 Avril 1979 French Andorra FDC for their 2-stamp Europa issue, unaddressed, cacheted,
explanatory insert in English. $6.00 ea NEW / NOVI
/ NUEVO
30 Abr 1979 FDC for Europa, bearing both the 5 & 12-pta stamps, attractive multicolor
cachet shows overprinted stamp, unaddressed, with explanatory insert. $1.50 a
20-réis Portuguese Africa postal card favor cancelled at PORTUGAL - PROV. de
ANGOLA in blue green ink 18 Mai 1898. Very light toning on the back. Most
unusual. $22.50 pa
Multiple 10 MAI 1901 Benguela octagonal hand cancels tie five 5-c orange (two pairs)
& one 25-c stamp franking #6 cover to Rock Falls Illinois, 11 JUN 01 Lisbon
transit a little light on back, New York City 3 machine transit marking on
back is complete & well struck, Rock Falls arrival marking JUN 30 1901 on
back is bold. The 5-c stamps overhung the top with inevitable bends to their
perfs; the leftmost of the 5-c is missing its lower left corner & is
creased at its upper left corner. Some ironing is therefore suggested.
Because the cancel is light we have a close-up enlarged view of the top edge
that is available
Clear 7. DEZ 15 Benguella backstamp on greeting-card size cover from
Benguella (2 light hand cancels on pair of 1/2-c Ceres & one 2-c Ceres
stamps tied) to Chicago Illinois, clear violet double-ring JAN 21 receiving
mark on front, censor tape 'CONTROLE POSTAL MILITAIRE tied by violet oval
'OVERT / 366 / ... AUTHORITE ...' handstamp. Wonderful except a stamp
appears to have fallen off the upper right front corner. Tragic, but still
interesting. $42.50 a
"Loanda. Campo de foot-baal." showing a soccer game in progress,
including the Angolan spectators in bleachers; color post card mailed 2 ABR.
1928 TCV from Moxico to Ecuador (clear hand cancel ties 2-C Ceres stamp),
back is lightly toned, minor corner & edge wear. In third-world countries,
the field & the bleachers becomes the stadium. Remarkable! $60.00 s(s)as-a
Well inked 29.11.41 roller cancel with 'PHILIPS / PORTUGUESA / LUZ e RADIO
in its killer bars ties censor tape with 'DEUR SENSOR / OOPGEMAAK' beside
'OPENED BY / CENSOR' sealing greeting-card size cover to Saginaw Michigan,
franking is 15-c da Gama and pair of 80-c Ceres (one affected by corner
crease) stamps lightly canceled, opening at top also generated a small
corner crease away from the stamps, long internal crease from the top
center. $22.50 a
Somewhat light Lobito 6 AGO 42 hand cancels ties 15-c da Gama & pair of 80-c
Ceres stamps franking #6 cover to Boston 'via Capetown', 'Opened by
Examiner' censor tape tied by PASSED O/4 under crown handstamp, bold 8-8-42
Elisabethville transit marking on back, return address on backflap is Cuma.
We are advised that the O censor mark is Northern Rhodesian, which is not as
common as the South African markings. $37.50 an
Light circa 1942 Bela Vista hand cancel ties 1.75-a da Gama stamp franking
#6 envelope to Montgomery Ward in Chicago, bilingual censor tape 'DEUR /
SENSOR / OOPGEMAAK' beside 'OPENED / BY / CENSOR', soil along the other
short back edge & the extreme upper right front corner, tears at bottom on
opening. $9.50 a
Light circa 1942 Lobito hand cancel ties 1.75-a da Gama stamp franking
airmail #6 envelope to Montgomery Ward in Chicago, bilingual censor tape
'DEUR SENSOR / OOPGEMAAK' beside 'OPENED BY / CENSOR' tied by well-struck
violet crest over A handstamp, return address is 'Posta Restante / Angola ≈
Lobito', considerable wrinkling & small tear along the right front edge
affects nothing philatelically important (suggests ironing), 2 small staple
holes miss everything. $9.50 a
Somewhat light 21 MAR 43 Bela Vista hand cancel ties well-centered 35-c on
85-c Ceres to #6 cover to Boston, EXAMINED BY / 7958 censor tape, somewhat
light Angola transit marking with enough there so that it will yield to
specialist examination, well struck Elisabethville 23-3-43 backstamp,
backflap apparently never sealed, a light spot along the right front edge
suggests that another censor tape has been lost (or taken off by the other
censor). $32.50 a
Two crisp 22OUT-41 LUANDA-ANGOLA hand cancels tie 80-c & 1.75-a & 30-c da
Gama stamps franking censored airmail cover to New York City, typed 'S.A.A.
/ TO CAPE TOWN.' in red, only front remains including a partial bilingual
censor tape pasted to a slightly irregular shaped card. Sigh! $3.75 a
Somewhat light 21MAR1943 VILA LUZO hand cancels tie pair of 50-c da Gama &
70-c da Gama & 10-c overprint on 45-c Ceres stamps franking greeting-card
size cover to Bath England 'via Katanga, Capetown', censor tape 'OPENED BY /
EXAMINER 7455' over another censor tape, bold backstamp 31-3 43
Elisabethville, light 28 MAR 43 VILA LUZO backstamp, 1/2" tear at top center
misses everything but does not close well. Apparently the brown censor tape
was applied in the Belgian Congo. $140.00 a
Fairly clear 25FEB1945 MOSSAMEDES hand cancels tie strip of 5 da Gama stamps
franking airmail cover to New York, 'EXAMINED BY / 7322' censor tape, bold
-2-3-45 transit marking on back, clear 26.FEV945 Luanda transit mark on
back, violet rectangular 'Taxe percu' marking on front. $190.00 a
Fairly clear 9 4 45 ELISABETHVILLE circular date stamp ties CENSURE / CONGO BELGE censor tape on #6 cover sent from Vila Luzo (light cancel ties 1.75 da
Gama stamp) to Bristol England 'via Elizabethville and Cape Town', bilingual
'DEUR / SENSOR / OOPGEMAAK' beside 'OPENED / BY / CENSOR' censor tape over
the other short edge is tied by a violet insignia over 8 well struck, neatly
opened. $190.00 ab
Somewhat light 27 5 45 Luanda Central hexagonal handstamps tie 1.75-a stamp
franking #6 cover from an importer/exporter to Toledo Ohio, opened neatly,
all-over advertising & faint circled 19 handstamp on back. $37.50 a
Clear -5 7. 1945 LUANDA CENTRAL backstamp on greeting-card size cover to
Chicago, bilingual 'DEUR SENSOR / OOPGEMAAK' beside 'OPENED BY / CENSOR'
censor tape tied by indistinct violet handstamp, opened for display, a lot
of little tears & even missing little pieces affect the back. $9.50 a
Clear 31 7 1945 LOANDA CENTRAL handstamp ties 1.75-a da Gama stamp franking
greeting-card size cover to Chicago, extra cancel on front is a bonus,
bilingual 'DEUR SENSOR / OOPGEMAAK' beside 'OPENED BY / CENSOR' censor tape
tied by violet crest over B handstamp, return address of the Banco de Angola
on the backflap, tears at the bottom where opened, wrinkling at the top
affects the stamp. $22.50 a
Light 20 6. 1945 LUANDA CENTRAL hexagonal hand cancels tie 20-c & pair of
5-a airmails & 5-c overprinted on 80-c Ceres stamps franking colorful #6
cover to Toledo Ohio, 5 g weight penciled at upper left front, extra cancel
at bottom front center helps, all-over ad on back, 20-c stamp with one
corner gone, JUN 25 TOLEDO Ohio hand cancel at bottom front partially off
the edge, neatly opened at top but a little wrinkling at the upper left
front. $42.50 a
Clear 2 JUL 1945 LUANDA 1ª SECCÃO double-ring hand cancels tie 2-a da Gama &
1-a da Gama & 1.75-a da Gama franking registered cover to Illinois, sender's
return address boxed in blue at upper right front, bilingual 'DEUR / SENSOR
/ OOPGEMAAK' beside 'OPENED / BY / CENSOR' censor tape tied by violet crest
over 8 handstamp both sides, backstamps of the New York NY Registry Division
twice & bold Chicago violet double-ring arrival SEP 28 1945, opening tears
the backflap & censor tape, 1.75-a stamp corner gone. $85.00 a
Clear 28 OUT 1945 LUCALLA hand cancel ties 1.75-a da Gama stamp franking
greeting-card size cover from Colau Francisco in Damba Congo Portugués (violet handstamped
return address) to New York City, clear boxed red O.A.T. on front,
inscription at upper right front indicates 3 grams of weight, 29 10 1945
hexagonal LOANDA CENTRAL backstamp boldly struck, mostly complete
Leopoldville -311 45 also backstamped. $190.00 ab!
Fairly clear 28 3 1946 LUANDA CENTRAL hexagonal hand cancels tie pair of 5-a
airmail & 2-a airmail & 1.75 da Gama stamps franking #6 cover to Toledo Ohio
'via Leopoldville', opened a little roughly at the top but the small
triangular pieces of paper are still there and fold into place to give a
straight edge, Leopoldville backstamp on the 29th is light, small violet
circled 5 nearby on back, long horizontal crease near the bottom suggests
carefully ironing. $32.50 a
Clear multiple 12 SET.946 LUANDA double-ring airmail cancels tie 1.75 da
Gama & 5-a airmail & 3-a airmail & 70?-c Ceres stamps franking greeting-card
size envelope airmailed to Toledo Ohio on automotive business, violet
circled 46 clearly struck on backflap, chunk of the top lost in opening.
$18.00 a
Registered #6 cover from Ambriz to Springfield Massachusetts with somewhat
blurry local markings , Luanda 1a Secçao transit on 20 FEV 1947 boldly
struck, Lisboa Central 28 MAR 47 boldly struck, New York City REG'Y DIV.
4-24-47 a little light, violet Springfield APR 24 1947 almost complete.
Franking of four 80-c (2 in pair), 5-c & 50-c to seal backflap would show
well. $65.00 a
Light 20 6. 1948 LUANDA CENTRAL hexagonal hand cancels tie 20-c & pair of
5-a airmails & 5-c overprinted on 80-c Ceres stamps franking colorful #6
cover to Toledo Ohio, 5 g weight penciled at upper left front, extra cancel
at bottom front center helps, all-over ad on back & violet circled 23 &
violet circled 57 (both well struck), 20-c stamp with one corner gone,
penciled notes at the bottom front for the buyer to ponder, neatly opened at
top. $45.00 a
3 different unused 1966 Christmas aerogramas for use by Portuguese soldiers
in Angola, 'Edição exclusiva do / MOVIMENTO NACIONAL FEMININO'. Rare. Shown
is the front of one & an interior of another. All 3 for $72.50 ac
1892. Higgins & Gage #1, unused 10-réis green on buff bilhete
postal. Higgins & Gage #1. $5.00 a
1892. Higgins & Gage #3, unused 30-réis blue on buff bilhete postal, left
bottom corner creased, toning along the short edges. $2.75 a
1897. Higgins & Gage #7, unused 10-réis green on buff bilhete postal, tiny
chip from right bottom corner. $2.50 a
1897. Higgins & Gage #8, unused 20-réis grey violet on buff, minor wear to
left bottom corner. $5.00 a
NOV 10 38 light but legible St. Johns Registered dials tie Newfoundland 15-c baby seal
stamp franking O. H. M. Service #6 registered cover to Honolulu
Territory of Hawaii, backstamps indicate
OCTOBER 5 66 Georgetown Cayman Islands cancel neatly ties 1 / Iguana stamp franking #6
airmail cover to Puerto Rico, neatly opened. 
26 December
1981 POSTED AT SEA #6 cover to Ohio, franked with French Southern & Antarctic
Territories 0.90 Otarie Femelle & 1.00 Phoque de Weddell stamps (depicting seals) tied
by legible Martin-de-Vivies-StPaul cancel, cachet of the Comandant Compagnie Generale
Maritime, violet "OP. 82 / 1" handstamp, US "R 5" marking in light
green, Columbus receiving cancel on top stamp. $12.50 fa+
30
APR 82 Belize cancel ties 85-c tapir stamp (unpriced new or used as late as the 1995 Scott
catalogue) to #6 airmail express cover to Illinois, 3 different special delivery markings
at Chicago are backstamped. $12.50 ab
23.-7.-1984 fairly clear Egedesminde hand cancel ties Greenland 3,70 polar bear stamp
(with control number in corner selvedge) franking #6 cover to Ohio, large dark violet
cachet of M. S. Nordbrise well struck, neatly addressed, never sealed, small US G8 &
P6 & AA routing marks on back. $4.75 ga NEW
/ NOVI / NUEVO
08.07.91 clear black KIYUMBA (Rwanda) hand cancel ties 10-f Galago pigmée animal stamp
franking greeting-card size airmail cover to resident of Commune Bulinga, faint vertical
crease, corner crease. Addressee leased a box at Gitarama--his only practical choice for mail
service. $7.50 ra
1991 09 18 Maun Botswana cancel ties 50-t pela (animal) stamp to registered cover franking
#10 airmail cover to Gaborone, attractive elephant art in Okuti-Safaris cachet, 4
backstamps include clear oval violet Main Cage Gaborone receiving mark the next day. $7.50
ba
1991 12 05 clear Maun cancel ties 50-t rock dassie animal stamp
franking registered stationery to Gaborone, partial receiving mark on same side in
black, and oval violet POST OFFICE / 06-12- 1991 / Received after final dispatch
/ Reg'd Mail
Cage handstamp at lower right. $10.00 ba NEW
/ NOVI / NUEVO
1998-11-25 Gaborone sorting center cancels tie Botswana gutter pairs of 20-t overprint of
rusty spotted Genet & 10-t overprint of cape fox stamps franking #6 cover to Ohio.
Gorgeous! $7.00 ab
APR 6 1979
bold SOJEX STA. / ATLANTIC CITY NJ 08401 hand cancel ties 8-c US Antarctic Treaty & 13-c
Christmas stamps & 6-p Duke of Edinburgh & 5-P Gerlach British Antarctic Territory
stamps franking #6 cover to Ohio, black boxed cachet 'British Antarctic Survey
/ 10JAN1979
in corner card area, neatly addressed, never sealed. $4.00 bn
DEC 8 1983 clear South Pole Antarctica FPO 96692 hand
cancel ties US 20-c West Virginia cardinal & FSAT 2,40-fr FSAT tracked vehicles stamps
as a mixed franking for #6 cover from the International Antarctic Glaciological Project (2
small bilingual cachets, one with Antarctic map) to Ohio, neatly addressed, small J3 &
A8 US routing marks on back, recipient's penciled annotations on back, never sealed.
$7.50 fa
84 12 30 - 85 2 20 #6 cover franked by Chinese 80 mountain stamp canceled at King George
Island (China's first expedition there) in Antarctica, two auxiliary Chinese markings in
dials showing penguins & gulls in red , also bearing an uncancelled 40-c Ross
Dependency stamp showing the Vanda Station, unsealed, neatly addressed to Ohio, toned
along both sides of one edge. $7.50 car
Lot of four 1984 covers from the joint expedition of the (Chinese) Lanzhou
Institute of Glaciology and Cryopedology & the (US) Institute of Polar Studies of the
Ohio State University, all franked with Chinese stamps & attractively cacheted, all
neatly addressed & never sealed. Four for $20.00. ac
circa 1987 expedition cover franked with 80 blossoms stamp franking #6 cover sent at
printed matter rate to Ohio, large black cachet 'DUNDE ICE CAP / CHINA EXPEDITIONS
/
1986-1988 / Lanzhou institute of Glaciology and Geocryology / INSTITUTE OF POLAR STUDIES,
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, neatly addressed, never sealed, small AB & A8 US routing
marks on back. $5.00 ca
Light cancel on pair of Perú l / m 0.45 HABILITADO overprints on pair of 80,000 Antarctic
expedition bird stamps franking greeting-card size airmail cover to Columbus Ohio, opened
neatly. Unpriced used in the 1993 & 1998 Scott Catalogues. $10.00 pa
