ISRAELI MILITARY ADMINISTRATION
OF THE WEST BANK & THE GAZA STRIP--
POST OFFICE OPENING COVERS, 1967 - 1970

35 cacheted & unaddressed #6 size covers (also illustrated with examples of previous cancels of post offices serving the residents, mentioned here in lower case). Collectively, a cancellation history of the "Occupied Palestinian Territories": AL BIRA (El-Bireh, El Bira), AL-NUSEIRAT (Gaza, Dir El Balah), ANABTA, ARABA (Galqilya, Selet El Daher), ATIL (Djenine, Naplous), AZLIN (Beit Jala, Jerus), BANI SUNEYIA (Khan Yunus, Gaza), BET-GALA (Beit Jala), BETH-EL (Quart Israelite, Jerusalem), BETLEHEM (Bethléem, Beït-Ul-Lahm), BET SAHUR (Beit-Sahour), BETUNIYA (Qalqilia, Naplous), BIRKET-RAM (Damas-Caiffa, Banias), BIR ZET (Bir-Zeit), GESHER-ADAM (Naplous, Jerusalem--shown above left), HALHUL (Salfit, Tul Karm--shown above right),... etc. Nice! $75.00 for the group. ip*%

REFERENCE. "CHERRYSTONE Stamp Center Inc. / HOLY LAND AUCTION" well illustrated catalogue for 685-lot public auction held 21 June 1978. Includes Austrian Post, French Post, Italian Post, Turkish Post, military (1916-1946), Palestine Mandate, outgoing flight covers, special flights, zeppelin covers, disaster & accident mail, Interim Period, Judaica, concentration camp mail & some Israel. Pages wavy at bottom due to water exposure; front cover stained; no prices realized. Hard to find. $9.50 p

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PANAMANIAN GOVERNMENT POSTALS

    "Hospital Santo Tomas - Cuidad de Panama. R. de P. Foto Flatau / Santo Tomas Hospital..." monochromatic green on unused un-centesimo continental size, two sets of staple holes (one very hard to see). Postal card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 pm-p

PANAMA COVERS

    "Lima, Perú. Laguna de la Exposicion" targeta postal mailed 9 ABR 1906 to Belgium 'via Panama', very light album marks on corners, minor wear at one bottom corner. Clear arrival marking at Bruxelles 11 MAI 06. Nice! Sold but still available for philatelic study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50LY p-ppb

 
Clear AGENCIA POSTAL ABR 22 P.M. 1935 PANAMA hand cancels tie two 5-c coat-of-arms stamps and two 10-c  CORREO AEREO overprints of 20-c special delivery bicycle messenger stamps franking registered #6 airmail cover to the Department of Immigration and Naturalization in Miami Florida. Violet boxed CORREO AERO struck twice on front. Registration etiquette of AGENCIA POSTAL PANAMA clearly struck on front, gorgeous Cierre Oficial / CERTIFICACION seal on the back, four backstamps include a legible & complete APR 27 MIAMI in violet. Docketed APR 27 1935 with a violet datestamp on the front on receipt. Opening reduction misses everything of importance on the front, and reduces the Brownsville registration transit mark on the back. The June issue date cited in our Scott & Sanabria catalogues is obviously incorrect. There is a written note in Spanish on the back apparently attempting to explain the cover as a favor. We disagree. $100.00 p

Clear May 9 1939 AGENCIA POSTAL COLON with commemorative inscription in killer bars ties pair of 1-c US friendship stamps to #6 multi-color cacheted cover for the maiden voyage of the SS Panama (Panama Line coming back from New York City, clear oval violet MAIDEN VOYAGE / APRIL-MAY / 1939 / S. S. PANAMA handstamp, clear black THE PANAMA LINE / POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS / S. S. PANAMA also ties the stamps, typed address, small Panama Line insignia on backflap, envelope glue show-through on back, brownish toning along 3 front edges affecting one stamp. $3.00 ps

Clear USS HUGHES NOV 21 1939 at COLON PANAMA hand cancel ties pair of 1-1/2-c Martha Washington prexies to #6 cover to Illinois. neatly addressed, never sealed, slight envelope glue show-through both sides. $5.00 pn

    Mostly clear violet ABR 23 1949 hand cancel with DE in killer bars ties 5-c centenary stamp franking #6 airmail cover to Pennsylvania, small & clear violet CORREO AEREO / CHITRE around plane handstamp. Clear CORREOS NACIONALES with R in the killer bars backstamp, another example of the cancel with DE as a backstamp, both same day; obviously a first flight cover. Neatly addressed, opened neatly, long crease missed every on front & should iron well, slight envelope glue show-through on back. $2.00 pf

    Fairly clear 9.III94 Capetown South Africa PAQUEBOT hand cancels tie 3 Panamanian B / 0.05 painting stamps (aerobics by Guillermo Trujillo) franking #6 cover from ship M.V. OLIVEBANK-PANAMA to Ohio, neatly addressed. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 psp

Mostly clear Panama City Correo de Exterior violet hand cancel ties 6-c Dr. Alberto F. Zubiria airmail stamp franking #10 cover to Missouri, neatly addressed, light wrinkling suggests ironing. $1.00 p

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Mostly clear violet DEC 27 1973 Panama City Sec. Aereo Internacional handstamps tie 40-c plaza stamp (with selvedge) & pro edificio tax stamp to #6 airmail cover from Hotel el Continental (attractive corner card) to Michigan. $1.25 p

Clear 24.11.84 30-c red meter postage with B/0.02 1984 Christmas seal (smiling child's face) untied franking #10 cover from Panama City to Ohio, small K7 & Z2 US routing marks on back, Consultora Delta SA corner card, faint vertical crease misses everything philatelic, neatly addressed, neatly opened. $1.00 p

    "HP1XSO" Fort Kobbe QSL post card with Panamanian map showing several locations -- David, Chitre, Kobbe, Arch las Perlas, Las Palmas, etc. -- used 1987 by operator Serafin Martinez (who was a civilian contractor there, with a PSC address), excellent condition. This small US Army post was decommissioned & turned over to the Republic of Panama in 2000. $5.00 pmm(a)-p NEW / NUEVO / NEU

    Fairly clear 9.III94 Capetown South Africa PAQUEBOT hand cancels tie 3 Panamanian B/0.05 painting stamps (aerobics by Guillermo Trujillo) franking #6 cover from ship M.V. OLIVEBANK-PANAMA to Ohio, neatly addressed. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ps

    Fairly clear 1995 Kiel Germany cancel ties pair of Panamanian 8-c UPU stamps with corner selvedge to #6 cover from M/V Citania Panama, clear black boxed 'Paquebot' at upper left, neatly addressed. $3.00 pu

PANAMANIAN COVER LOTS

Lot of 25 miscellaneous Panamanian covers, all #6 or #10 size, nothing tatty. We note 2 censored during World War II (example shown above at top), 2 cacheted ship mail incorrectly cancelled, 2 registered, a few nice corner cards (the other example shown), etc. Most 1942 - 1992. You cannot go wrong at our wholesale price of $12.00. p

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27 AU 35 clear Port Moresby Papua cancels on well-centered 1-d, 3-d & 5-d HIS MAJESTY'S JUBILEE overprints of 1935 (SG 150, 152, 153) franking registered greeting-card size cover to C. B. Nunn Esq., 120 Powlett St., East Melbourne, Victoria, partial backstamps of Melbourne & Port Moresby, sealed by a TREASURY BRITISH NEW GUINEA around Crown Brown seal (mostly intact). The previous owner exhibited the back of this cover, presumably because of the interesting seal from the days of British New Guinea, giving insight into the handling of official mail. $120.00 pv ILLUSTRATIONS & A CORRECTION ADDED RECENTLY

14 MY 37 clear Samarai hand cancels tie a complete set of the coronation issue to a small registered cover (FDC) to London England, 2 backstamps include Melbourne. $3.75 p

    26 OC 37 Port Moresby cancel ties 1-s & 3-d airmail overprints on canoe stamps franking registered letter from Bank of New South Wales to Kingaroy Queensland (very small town), lightly toned front, neatly opened, neatly addressed. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 pq

    20 AP 39 cancels tie complete & well-centered set of British possession jubilee airmails to small registered cover from Port Moresby to Honolulu Territory of Hawaii, 3 clear backstamps include Sydney GPO. $38.00 p

    Clear JUN 8 1944 US ARMY A.P.O.502 machine cancel (Camp Barnes, New Caledonia) on US 6-c airmail stamp franking twice censored cover to APO 321 c/o San Francisco (Sidor, now in Papua New Guinea), reduced on opening at the right edge opposite the censor tape, light vertical crease. Censor markings: bold violet circled PASSED BY / BASE / 1928 / ARMY / EXAMINER & light but complete blue boxed PASSED BY / U 2289 S / ARMY EXAMINER & tape OPENED BY / US ARMY EXAMINER. Correspondence between two members of the Whyde family. $50.00 na

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA COVERS

    World War II, APO 929 partial cancel & almost complete violet U. S. A. F. I. A. / PASSED BY CENSOR markings on free mail to Pennsylvania from a Sgt. Gallagher in the 38th Bomb Group, backflap & corner tear from opening, likely extraneous writing on the back. $13.75 pa

30 OC 52 FDC for 3-1/2-d Chimbu headdress stamp, typed address to Townesville resident ties map / palm tree / semi-nude cachet, yellowish paper. $2.75 pc

    14 JY 59 mostly clear Abau (Island) cancel ties pair of 2-d youth stamp to #6 O.H.M.S. official cover to Port Moresby, small corner crease. $3.00 p

    22 JY 59 clear Lae cancel ties 4-d cocoa stamp franking #6 O.H.M.S. official cover airmailed to Konedobu Papua, neatly addressed, small piece of backflap gone. $3.50 p

-8.2.67 FDC for complete 5-stamp institutions of higher education issue, sent to New South Wales, neatly addressed, never sealed, small scrape at top & bottom front center from postal equipment miss everything important. $1.50 p NEW / NUEVO / NEU

26.6.68 FDC for complete 4-stamp Human Rights Year issue, cacheted & unaddressed, tiny corner bump. $2.00 p

25.6.69 FDC for complete 3-stamp Third South Pacific Games issue, cacheted & unaddressed. $1.50 ps NEW / NUEVO / NEU

    27.8.69 FDC for complete 4-stamp orchids issue, cacheted & unaddressed, tiny corner bends, including the informative official multicolor 6-panel announcement of the issue. $3.75 po

    29.10.69 FDC for complete 4-stamp musical instruments issue, cacheted & unaddressed, fresh appearance. $3.25 pm

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    11.2.70 FDC for complete 4-stamp historic & archaeological issue, cacheted & unaddressed. (2 available) $3.00 each or $5.50 for both. pa

13.5.70 FDC for complete birds of paradise issue, cacheted & unaddressed, tiny bends at 3 corners, gorgeous. $6.50 pb

    -8.7.70 FDC for complete 6-stamp airplane issue (with the four 5-c stamps in a block), cacheted & unaddressed. $3.75 pa

27.1.71 FDC for complete 4-stamp native architecture issue, cacheted & unaddressed. $2.75 pa

18.8.71 FDC for complete 4-stamp primary industries issue, cacheted & unaddressed. $3.25 p

    27-10-71 FDC for complete 4-stamp masked dancers issue, cacheted & unaddressed, fresh appearance. (3 available) $3.75 each. pd

    7.6.72 FDC for complete 4-stamp aviation anniversary issue, cacheted & unaddressed, fresh appearance. $4.50 pa

    25-10-72 FDC for complete 4-stamp Christmas issue featuring pioneering missionaries, cacheted & unaddressed, with stiffener, fresh appearance. $3.00 pcr

circa 1979 DODOMA TANZANIA cancels on three 10-c & one 40-c satellite station stamps franking 2nd class airmail printed matter #10 cover TO Papua New Guinea, opened neatly. Nice. $5.00 tp

Wanted to buy--covers from there franked by Scott numbers 129-30 (1952 7½ house & 9p copra); 157 (1961-63 8p Pt. Moresby Harbor); 167 or 168 (1962 So. Pac. Conf. / maps); 199 or 201 (1965 wood carvings); 246-47 (1967 5-20c Pacific battles); 433-36 (1976 Houses); One from grp. 495-98 (1979 Canoe Prows & Paddles); One from grp. 558-61 (1982 Pottery); 616-19 (1985 Ritual Structures); One from grp. 632-35 (1985 Funerary Totems); One from grp. 729-32 (1990 Waterfalls); 853 (1995 Tourism / crafts); 855-59 (1995 Tourism). Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

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    ABERDEEN SCOTLAND 16 MAY 1990 circular date stamp ties pair of 1987 Iceland 15.00 Europa to #6 cover from ship Grundarfoss to New Jersey, PAQUEBOT / ABERDEEN in black square, fresh appearance. $3.00 isp

ABERDEEN "PAQUBOT ABERDEEN" IN BLACK RECTANGLE and black dial cancel on cover from Danish ship M/S Klevstrand to Ohio, master's attestation & signature, 3.75 masted ship & 100-ore definitive stamps both tied. $3.00

ALFRED FAURE, FRENCH SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES. 11 -12 1981 clear Alfred - Faured - Croze hand cancels tie four different French stamps (0,80 Europa & 0,25 Rochefort bridge & 0,25 airmail anniversary & 0,70 Forêt de Tronçais) franking #6 cover sent from the ship Marion Dufresne (black circular cachet of Comagnie Generale Maritime) to Ohio, initialed attest of the Commandant, violet handstamp 'Paquebot-Mixte MARION-DUFRESNE / Missions aux Iles Australes / Courrier posté à bord / Posted at sea', black script Paquebot marking at lower left, neatly addressed. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ffp^

ALGECIRAS (SPAIN) VIOLET PAQUEBOT and black dial cancel on cover from Danish ship M. S. Grete Maersk Skovshoved to Ohio, 5.00 museum centenary stamp tied by the light strike of the dial. $2.50

ALGECIRAS (SPAIN) VIOLET PAQUEBOT and black dial cancel on cover from Danish ship M. S. Svend Maersk to Ohio, 100-ore definitive & 4,00 dove stamps both tied. $3.00

APIA, WESTERN SAMOA. 26 NOV 1985 clear violet APIA hand cancels tie 3 Great Britain QEII definitives (12-1/2-p, 1/2-p & 1-p) franking #6 cover from m.v. IVYBANK (Bank Line Limited of London) to Wisconsin, 3 ship cachets in violet, master's attest under 'Posted in Ship's Box/on the High Seas', light but complete boxed violet paquebot mark at bottom front center, neatly addressed, extensive but light wrinkling that suggests ironing, as is. $2.25 wgp

AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND 1992 BLACK PACKET BOAT DIAL CANCEL on cover from Wallis & Futuna ship Moana IV to California, three 0,80 French definitive stamps tied. $4.00

AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND 1991 PACKET BOAT CANCEL, on cover from Belgian ship M.V/ DeLoris to California, 13-franc E.P.-P.E. stamp tied. $3.00

BAILE ATHA CLAITH (DUBLIN) BLACK 1992 PAQUEBOT DIAN CANCEL, on cover from Bahamian ship M/V Aldrington to Ohio, 20-c. shell stamp tied. $3.00

BAR HARBOR MAINE. JUN 18 1990 clear Bar Harbor Maine & M.V. BLUENOSE / POSTED / ON THE / HIGH SEAS in rectangle cancels tie Canadian 43-c lynx & 1-c flying squirrel stamps franking #6 cover to New Jersey, violet PAQUEBOT well struck at bottom center, small M1 & M9 US routing marks on back. $3.00 mcp

BILBAO SPAIN. 26 JUL 93 PAQUEBOT BILBAO double-ring handstamp ties 160-c Netherlands stamp franking #6 cover from the ship m.t. Dutch Glory to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.00 sp

    BOMBAY INDIA. "T.S.S. SARASVATI" showing a side view of it underway, black & white post card with B. S. N. Co. Ld. crest on back, 3 ps. Indian elephant stamp tied by Bombay R. M. S. 10 VIII 51 PAQUEBOT favor cancel, a little cancel ink in the front sky Y lower border. Most unusual. $7.50 s(o)-ip NEW / NUEVO / NEU

BOMBAY INDIA 1995 PAQUEBOT USAGE of Antigua & Barbuda 45-cent giant brimstone stamp, on #6 cover from MT Unkas to Ohio. $3.00

BRUNSBÜTTELKOOG GERMAN 1994 violet Paquebot mark, on cover from Netherlands ship M.T. Stella Pollux to Ohio, 90 ct Queen stamp tied by dial cancel. $3.00

CAIRNS QUEENSLAND (AUSTRALIA) BLACK PAQUEBOT IN RECTANGLE MARKING (struck twice) & black machine cancel circa 1990, on cover from Hong Kong ship to New Jersey, attractive round Torres Strait Pilots Australia sticker (one each side), two 50-c map stamps tied by light strike of cancel. $3.00

CANAL STATION / SAULT SAINTE MARIE / MICHIGAN 1999 BLACK PAQUEBOT MARK IN LARGE RECTANGLE on cover from Canadian ship M.V. Algosoo, 5-cent rose hips & 50-cent snow apple (flower) stamps tied, additional Gaylord MI US cancel at top of cover not obscuring anything important. $3.00

    CAPE TOWN. Fairly clear 9.III94 Capetown South Africa PAQUEBOT hand cancels tie 3 Panamanian B / 0.05 painting stamps (aerobics by Guillermo Trujillo) franking #6 cover from ship M.V. OLIVEBANK-PANAMA to Ohio, neatly addressed. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 psp

CAPE TOWN / CAAPSTAD / PAQUEBOT 1998 BLACK DIAL MARK (struck twice) & black dial cancel on cover from Isle of Man ship M. V. Nomzi to Ohio, 27 & 5 ship stamps both tied by cancel, a little discoloration on the back only. $3.25

    CARDIFF WALES. circa 9 JA 93 PAQUEBOT / POSTED AT SEA / RECEIVED / CARDIFF (Wales) handstamp ties Gibraltar 1-p 13-inch mortar & 25-p rally stamps franking #6 cover from ship M.V. Cableman to Sun Prairie Wisconsin, neatly addressed, long crease runs along bottom edge. $3.00 gpw

CHARLESSTON SC VIOLET PAQUE BOT & black machine cancel on cover from Danish ship M. S. Maarit Maersk to Ohio, 100-ore definitive & 3.75 lighthouse stamp both tied by cancel. $3.00

CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA 1998 PAQUE BOT IN DARK RED & black dial cancel on cover from Danish ship M.S. Marit Maersk to Ohio, 100-ore definitive & 3.75 Kobenhavn Kulturby 96 stamps both tied. $3.00

CLEVELAND (ENGLAND) BLACK PAQUEBOT & dial cancel on cover from Bahamian ship m/t Channel Dragon to Ohio, 20-c. clapper rail (bird) stamp just tied by light strike of dial. $2.50

DETROIT RIVER STATION 1999 VIOLET MAIL BOAT SERVICE PAQUEBOT MARK WITH PAIL and dial cancel on cover from Canadian ship M.V. Algosoo to Ohio, 52-cent Noël & 3-cent black crawberry & 1-cent blueberry stamps all tied. $3.00

DUN LAOGHAIRE EIRE 27.6.70 for maiden crossing of the T.S.S. Holyhead Ferry 1 (Sealink), multicolor cachet, British 4 d. QEII stamp to Ireland. $3.00

FALMOUTH CORNWALL PAQUEBOT IN DIAL black cancel on cover from Panamanian ship MS Dithmarschen to Texas, 23-cent Herrera stamp tied. $3.00

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE ENGLAND 17 NOV 1988 cancel ties 14.00 Iceland runners stamp to #6 cover from ship Grundarfoss to Texas, straight-line PAQUEBOT marking in violet. $3.00 ipe

GOOLE NORTH HUMBERSIDE (ENGLAND) 1996 PAQUEBOT IN BLACK RECTANGELE & Sorting Office dial cancel on cover from Luxembourg ship m/s. Loverval to Ohio, 22-f. stamp (with Austrian motiv) tied. $3.50

GRAND CENTRAL ANNEX, NEW YORK CITY 1938 ordinary cancel on postcard written two days earlier on board the French Line s/s Champlain--a candidate for paquebot treatment that was NOT received. $4.00

GRANGEMOUTH STERLINGSHIRE ENGLAND 21 AU 87 cancel ties Åland 2.00 forest & 0.20 ship stamp franking #6 cover from ship M. S. Gunilla (out of Mariehamn) to Texas, black PAQUEBOT in rectangle clearly struck. $3.50 aep

HALIFAX PAQUEBOT POSTED AT SEA on 22-fr Luxembourg stamp franking #6 cover from M/V Cornelis Verolme (violet cachet) to Ohio, 25 June 1994. $3.00

HALIFAX PAQUEBOT POSTED AT SEA on two 50-yen Japanese stamps franking #6 cover from ship Zim Iberia to Iowa, 5 January 1983, never sealed. $3.00

HAMBURG 1997 VIOLET Paquebot IN RECTANGLE and black dial cancels on cover from Isle of Man ship MV CMBT Concord to Ohio, master's signature, 25 & 5 & 1 ship stamps from same series all tied. Gorgeous. $4.00

HONIARA SOLOMON ISLANDS 1995 DEEP BLUE PAUEBOT IN CAPITALS, on cover from Bahamian ship M/V Baltimar Boreas to Ohio, large green oval POSTAGE PAID WITH HAND-WRITTEN DATE cancel just gets 20-cent clapper rail (bird) stamp with ink at edge of cancellation device. Nice! $4.00

    HOUSTON TEXAS. 27 FEB 1996 HOUSTON cancel on mail from Liberian ship M/T Emsgas, #6 cover franked by 35-cent sasa players stamp, blue ship cachet & captain's signature. (Paquebot usage) $2.50 tp

IMMINGHAM P.D.O. BLACK PAQUEBOT MARK & black dial cancel, on cover from Danish ship M/S Dana Maxima to Ohio, captain's signature, 5,00 museum & 25-ore definitive stamps tied. $3.00

KARACHI 1997 VIOLET PAQUEBOT / posted at sea MARKING & black dial cancel of their Philatelic Bureau, on cover from Isle of Man ship MV CMBT Concord to Ohio, master's signature, 26 & 4 masted ship stamps from same issue tied. $3.50

    KEELUNG TAIWAN. 14.3.92 Keelung Tawiwan violet PAQUEBOT clearly struck on mail from M/S Ariosa out of Copenhagen, posted on board the high seas on voyage to Keelung, franked by 5-ore & 125-ore & 3.20 museum Danish stamps, black ship's cachet, master's signed attest, US routing marks on back include GA & G9. $4.00 tp

KIEL WEST GERMANY. 27.12.83? Kiel West Germany handstamp on 0.30 Krk & 23,70 radpost Europe stamps franking #6 cover from ship Novi Vinodolski to Sun Prairie Wisconsin, clear violet boxed Paquebot mark, never opened, neatly addressed. $3.00 jp

KIEL GERMANY 1994, violet mark in shape of ship, from Netherlands ship m.v. Opsterland, 90 ct. stamp to US. $3.00

KIEL GERMANY 1995 BLACK Paquebot IN RECTANGLE MARK & black dial cancel, on cover from Finnish ship M/S Garden to Ohio, 2,80 holographic cartoon stamp tied by double strike of cancel. $2.75

    KWINANA WASHINGTON 12 JUL 1988 cancel on Hong Kong 50-c & 60-c Queen Elizabeth stamps & PAQUEBOT in black rectangle marking on #6 cover from ship LAMMA FOREST to Wisconsin. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 whp

    LAUTOKA FIJI 21 NOV 89 PAQUEBOT cancel on four Tonga 5-s Cypraea mappa veridis shell stamps franking #6 cover to Wisconsin from MV Fua Kavenga. Cover sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 fpst

LE HAVRE 16-7-1991 PAQUEBOT IN BLACK RECTANGLE, on cover from Danish ship m.s. African Reefer to California, 3.25 bicycle stamp tied. $3.00

    LE PORT RÉUNION. 15-7 1982 clear Le Port Reunion & linear black PAQUEBOT tie 1,60 French census stamp franking greeting-card size cover posted at sea on the ship Marion-Dufresne to Marseille France, Commandant's signed attest, clear 'Campagne SINODE IX / MARION DUFRESNE _ TAAF / Equateur / Océan Indien cachet in black, Cie GÉNÉRALE MARITIME seal in black, neatly addressed, envelope glue show-through on back. Please note: view shown is the top part of the cover to better show the interesting markings; the bottom part is all white. $7.50 rp

    LE PORT RÉUNION. 9-5 1994 light LE PORT REUNION machine cancel ties St. Vincent & The Grenadines 65-c Erynnyis alope stamp franking #6 cover from ship m.t. Rampart (out of Kingston) to Columbus Ohio, bold linear black PAQUEBOT, bar coding at bottom done in the United States, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.75 rsp

LERWICK SHETLAND PAQUEBOT 1998 BLACK DIAL CANCEL, on cover from Bahamian ship M. T. Singa Star to Ohio, signed by its master, 20-c. shell stamp tied. $3.00

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LISBOA (LISBON) PAQUEBOT IN BLACK RECTANGE & 1990 dial cancel on cover from Isle of Man ship (Bahamian registry) ship M.V. City of Manchester to New Jersey, 30-cent fish stamp tied by dial. $3.00

LISBOA PORTUGAL clear 15.4.90 circular date stamp ties 30-c Bahamas butterfly fish stamp to #6 PAQUEBOT cover to New Jersey from M.V. City of Manchester (Isle of Man registry), unsealed, neatly addressed. $3.00 fbp

LIVERPOOL ENGLAND SEP1320B cancel on British 2 pence stamp, letter written on board SS Baltic (stationery shows White Star on red flag) when near the Irish coast to Arizona, cancelled next day, considerable wear at the top but cancel not diminished, contents included. Interesting. $5.00

LONDON ENGLAND maritime marking across two 25 p. QEII stamps, from Andros Bahamas Autec to US. $2.00

LONG BEACH CA(LIFORNIA) VIOLET PAQUEBOT MARK & violet dial on cover from Israeli ship Zim Italia, 1,05 stamp tied. $3.00

MALMO BAN / UTRO SWEDEN black mark in large letters, from Danish ship m/v Annie Margit on route from Burntislant to Malmo, 3.75 and 1.00 stamps to the United States, neat Columbus Ohio line marking. $3.00

MALTA SP 22 99 PAQUEBOT IN DIAL black mark on cover from Finnish ship Rederi ab Engship Amazon Nagu to Ohio, 2,80 UNICEF stamp tied. $3.00

MARTIN-DE-VIVIES, FRENCH SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES. 25 -11 1983 clear Martin-de-Vivies- StPaul-AMS hand cancels tie 1,50-fr F740 ship & 1,10 F-728 ship stamps (the complete issue) tie #6 cover from ship C. G. M. Marion Dufresne (black circular cachet with anchor) to Ohio, black 'Paquebot-Mixte Marion-Dufresne / Missions aux Iles Australes / Courrier posté à bord / Posted at sea' handstamp, initialed attest of the Commandant, neatly addressed, never sealed, small R5 US routing mark on back, recipient's penciled annotation on back. $10.00 fps

    NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. 27 DEC 1993 New Orleans cancel ties 3 different Norwegian stamps to #6 cover from the ship LPG/C Hemera (out of Oslo) to Columbus Ohio, small straight-line PAQUEBOT mark just below one stamp, insignificant paper bends at the bottom edge. $3.00 lnp%

NOUMEA NEW CALEDONIA 1990 BLACK NAVIRE & dial cancels on cover from British ship m.v. Forthbank to New Jersey, "Posted in Ship's Box on the high seas" in hand, 19-p. QEII stamp tied. $3.50

PLYMOUTH (DEVON, ENGLAND). Clear Aug 1 1932 PAQUEBOT cancel on 1-1/2-d British stamp franking real photo postcard of the Cunard ship RMS Mauretania to Ohio, message from a passenger who was about to arrive there, a little curl to the paper (no problem in an album), a little wear along one short edge, upper corner crease tangential to image & missing the stamp. $6.50 s(c)s(o)-p NEW / NUEVO / NEU

PONTA DELGADA (AZORES) 1997 VIOLET PAQUEBOT IN RECTANGLE & dial marking, on cover from Netherlands ship MT Stella Orion to Ohio, 1-G. stamp tied by paquebot marking, slight smudge from cancel ink not affecting anything important. $2.75

PORT-AUX-FRANÇAIS, FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC TERRIROTIES. 18 -12 1981 clear Port-aux-Français hand cancels ties 0,40 sterne antarctique bird (with selvedge) & 0,50 R97 helicopter carrier ship & 1,00-Fr French navigators (including Marion Dufresne) stamps franking #6 cover from ship C. G. M. Marion Dufresne (clear violet cachet of Compagnie Generale Maritime) to Ohio, violet 'Paquebot-Mixte Marion-Dufresne / Missions aux Iles Australes / Courrier posté à bord / Posted at sea' handstamp, initialled attest of the Commandant, violet 'OP-82 / 1' handstamp at upper left, black 'Courrier posté à bord / Posted at sea handstamp at bottom center neatly addressed, never sealed, clear backstamp of Port-aux-Français. $10.00 fp

PORT-AUX-FRANÇAIS, FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC TERRIROTIES. 18 -11 1983 clear Port-aux-Français hand cancels tie 2,70 shipwreck at Arched Rock airmail stamp franking #6 cover from ship C. G. M. Marion Dufresne (black circular cachet with anchor a bit light) to Ohio, black 'Paquebot-Mixte Marion-Dufresne / Missions aux Iles Australes / Courrier posté à bord / Posted at sea' handstamp, initialled attest of the Commandant, violet 'OP-84/1' handstamp front center, neatly addressed, never sealed, small R5 US routing mark on back, recipient's penciled annotation on back. Cover sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

PORT-AUX-FRANÇAIS, FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES. 18 -11 1983 clear Port-aux-Français hand cancels tie 0,90 Rocher du Lion & 1,90-Fr Recherche and Esperance ship stamps  franking #6 cover from ship C. G. M. Marion Dufresne (black circular cachet with anchor a bit light) to Ohio, black 'Paquebot-Mixte Marion-Dufresne / Missions aux Iles Australes / Courrier posté à bord/Posted at sea' handstamp, initialled attest of the Commandant, violet 'OP-84/1' handstamp front center, neatly addressed, never sealed, small TC US routing mark on back, recipient's penciled annotation on back. $10.00 fp

PORT-AUX-FRANÇAIS, FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES. 6 -2 1988 clear Port-aux-Français Kerguellen hand cancels tie 0,70 mouflons (Corsican sheep) & 2,60 l'Erebus (ship) stamps franking #6 cover to Ohio, black script Paquebot marking at bottom center, handstamped at upper left front "Courrier posté à bord / Posted at sea", large black circular handstamp of a Russian ship & trident design serves as a cachet at left center, black boxed cachet gives latitude & longitude, neatly addressed, with enclosure stuck to backflap (which was never sealed), small PA US routing mark on back. $7.00 fp

PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE. 3 MAR 1980 Portsmouth New Hampshire cancel on 40+20-pf E-lokderbaureihe 103 (1975) & 40+20-pf fingerhut flower semipostals, clear black PAQUEBOT marking in rectangle, franking #6 cover from ship c/v Yankee Clipper (clear blue cachet with signature of captain) to Absecon New Jersey, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.75 gp

PORT STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS. 5 FE 88 Port Stanley complete machine cancel with wavy lines ties 1/2-p Queen & 3-1/2-p Queen & 13-p Mary and Joseph Christmas stamps franking 'SHIPS MAIL - POSTED AT SEA' from the ship Falklands Right to Wisconsin, initialed attest & black underlined 'Paquebot' all clearly struck, never sealed, neatly addressed. $5.00 fpg

    QUÉBEC CITY, QUÉBEC. Somewhat light SEP 1 1932 QUÉBEC QUE. cancel on pair of halfpenny British king stamps franking postcard to Mrs. C. F. Schroeder in Cleveland Ohio from her children, gorgeous double-ring red SHIP MAIL EX BRITISH S.S. "LETITIA" / POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS" (whilst still in the Gulf of St. Lawrence), fully struck in the address area, unimportant small corner creases at the right edge. Owned by the Anchor-Donaldson Limited at the time, she later saw service as an armed merchant cruiser & troop ship & hospital ship during World War II. $18.00 s(a)g-pq NEW / NUEVO / NEU

REYKJAVIK ICELAND -4.1.1990 circular date stamp ties Antigua & Barbuda 10-c Columbus explorations & 15-c breadfruit stamps to #6 cover from ship Band Aid Express to New Jersey, straight-line Paquebot mark in black, fresh appearance. $3.50 iap

ROTTERDAM NETHERLANDS. 18.VII.1955 #6 cover franked by pair of tied 5-pf German leader stamps with Rotterdam Netherlands PAQUEBOT straight-line marking in black, from ship m.s. Lisboa to Detroit Michigan at printed matter rate, neatly addressed, never sealed. $4.50 gp

ROTTERDAM NETHERLANDS. 1989 paquebot usage of Antigua & Barbuda 30-cent banana stamp at Rotterdam Netherlands, on #6 cover from MV Annika (Isle of Man ownership) to USA, small corner crease away from stamp & markings. Allowable usage because they were coming from Antigua & Barbuda. $3.50

    SHANGHAI CHINA. "N. Y. K. LINE" intricately embossed color art on postcard showing the children's room aboard one of their ocean liners, mailed JAN 3 1937 with Japanese 5-sen stamp (tied by Shanghai PAQUEBOT cancel) to Lebanon Pennsylvania. The view side is hard to find ... and so is the cancel! $50.00 s(o)c-cpj NEW / NUEVO / NEU

    SOUTHAMPTON ENGLAND. "Costumes Michaelenses -- S. Miguel-Açores. / Native Costumes--S. Michael, Azores." bold 1910 paquebot cancel at Southampton England, mailed to US. $5.00 ac-p

SOUTHAMPTON ENGLAND 18 Aug 1949 Paquebot over Posted at Sea cancel, on ship stationary to the United States, 2-1/2 d British stamp. $2.00

SOUTHAMPTON ENGLAND 8 May 1957 Paquebot over Posted at Sea cancel, on stationery of United States Lines to the United States, British 2-1/2 d QEII stamp. $2.00

SOUTHAMPTON ENGLAND 27 Aug 1963 Paquebot over Posted at Sea cancel, on postcard from the French Line "France" to the United States by airmail, wear at one edge on image side (showing the ship). $1.75

SOUTHAMPTON (ENGLAND) 1995 PAQUEBOT POSTED AT SEA IN BLACK DIAL on cover from Swedish ship m.s. Turandot to Ohio, also Columbus Ohio spray marking that does not overlap, two different 2,30 privat post bee & two 20-ore berry stamps tied. $3.00

SOUTHAMPTON (ENGLAND) 1996 PAQUEBOT POSTED AT SEA IN BLACK DIAL on cover from Swedish ship m.s. Turandot to Ohio, 6,00 laboratory interior stamp tied. $3.00

SOUTH HUMBERSIDE (ENGLAND). 12 NO 93 South Humberside England cancel ties Luxembourg 22-f Joer Post stamp franking #6 cover from ship m/s. Loverval to Ohio, black straight-line PAQUEBOT clearly struck, tiny corner crease affects nothing. $3.00 lp

STATE MAIL CENTRE QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA 1992 BLACK PAQUEBOT IN RECTANGLE & black slogan cancel on cover from Fiji ship Pacific Mariner to California, 18-c. sugar mill stamp tied. $3.00

TAURANGA NEW ZEALAND VIOLET PACKET BOAT IN SHIP OUTLINE (struck twice!), on cover from Netherlands ship MS Buffalo Express to Texas, 75-cent Vereniging stamp tied. $3.00

TEESSIDE (YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND) BLACK PAQUEBOT MARK & black cancel, on cover from Tuvalu ship, 40-c. Gomphosus varius fish stamp tied. $3.25

    THURSDAY ISLAND QUEENSLAND BLACK PAQUEBOT IN DIAL on #6 cover from Cyprus ship TMS Lissy Schulte to Wisconsin in 1989, fancy violet SCHIFFSPOST cachet & large ship's cachet & master's cachet, franked by 17-c ship stamp issued in 1987. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

VILA NOVA DE GAIA 1995 BLACK PAQUEBOT IN RECTANGLE and black dial marking, on cover from Bahamian ship m.t. Alandia Fox (cachet on back) to Ohio, 20-c. clapper rail stamp tied by paquebot mark. $3.00

VLISSINGEN NETHERLANDS. circa 1990 light VLISSINGEN 12 (Netherlands) cancel ties Gibraltar 2-o Vickers Viking aircraft & 19-p 64-pounder gun stamps franking #6 cover from ship M.V. Westgate to Columbus Ohio, small violet US A1 routing mark on back. $3.00 gp

Wanted to buy--paquebot covers from Japanese ships such as the Argentina Maru, Chichiba Maru, Kagu Maru, Kasaga Maru, Kimikawa Maru, Kinugasa Maru, Kiyokawa Maru, Nitta Maru, Notoro, Sagara Maru, Sanuki Maru, Sanyo Maru, Wakamiya, and Yawatha Maru. Please quote in US dollars postpaid to Columbus Ohio. *c

WHAT CITY? 1995 SHIP MAIL #6 cover airmailed to Ohio, from M/t Katja out of Nassau, bearing an uncancelled Bahamian 20-c clapper rail stamp & 100-yen meter strip (should have gotten paquebot treatment). $2.00

ZEEBRUGGE (BELGIUM) BLACK SCHIP OVER INVERTED NAVIRE IN RECTANGLE & black dial cancel on cover from Luxembourg ship M/s. Loverval, ships oval cachet on back & straight-line marking on front, minor paper bends. $2.50

PAQUEBOT PHILATELIC LITERATURE

Autumn 2007 TPO (Journal of the TPO & Seapost Society), complete, profusely illustrated (some in color). $3.75 unp

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