Siegel Sale 1000 continued...

**The Peter G. Dupuy Collection of High-Value 1857-60 Issues - Covers continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1060		30c Orange (38). Horizontal pair, used with 5c Brown, Ty. II (30A) and two 10c Green, Ty. V (35), 5c small faults, one 10c Position 47R2 with double transfer, tied by well-struck grids, red "New York Br. Pkt. Jan. 2" backstamp on 1861 blue folded letter to Melbourne, Australia, endorsed "Steamer Persia via Marseilles", red London transit, magenta manuscript "74" credit, receiving backstamp, light file folds do not affect stamps VERY FINE. A COLORFUL AND RARE 1857-60 ISSUE FRANKING FOR THE 84-CENT RATE FOR A THREE-QUARTER OUNCE LETTER TO AUSTRALIA BY BRITISH MAIL VIA MARSIELLES. Ex White, Krug, Grunin and Kapiloff. With 1975 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 3,000-4,000 SOLD for $4,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1061		30c Orange (38). Used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26), tied by Boston large "Paid" grids on blue 1860 folded letter to Manila, Philippines, endorsed "By way of Southampton", red "New-York Am. Pkt. Sep. 28" and Hong Kong backstamps, red London transit, magenta manuscript "12" credit and "1d" British Colonial credit handstamp, letter refers to tobacco monopoly in Manila and upcoming U.S. presidential election, stamps lifted and hinged in place as are many from this correspondence, vertical file fold at left well away from stamps VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED COVERS TO THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE 1857-60 ISSUE, AND THE FINER OF THE TWO WITH THE 30-CENT 1860 STAMP. George H. Peirce came to the Philippines from New England as a 19-year old clerk in the firm of Peele, Hubbell & Company. By 1862 he was responsible for buying one-third of all the abaca exported from the Philippines. In 1868 he became a partner in the firm. The Peirce correspondence began to leak out into the marketplace in the 1980's, and in 1994 the auction sale of 29 Peirce covers, under the name "The Manila Find," was held by H. R. Harmer of New York. Over half have their stamps either reattached by hinges or missing. The cover offered here was included in the 1994 Harmer's auction. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 5,000-7,500 SOLD for $4,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
1062		30c Orange (38). Used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26), tied by red and black grids, red "New Haven Con. May 7, 1861" circular datestamp on cover to Bangkok, Siam, endorsed "Overland via Southampton and Singapore", magenta manuscript "28" credit, London transit, missing top flap, 30c stamp tiny tears VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL USE OF THE 3-CENT AND 30-CENT 1857-60 ISSUE ON A COVER TO BANGKOK, SIAM. Ex Grunin, Kapiloff and Myers. With 2004 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 3,000-4,000 SOLD for $3,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
1063		30c Orange (38). Vibrant color, used with vertical strip of three of 5c Brown, Ty. II (30A), tied by large grid cancels, red "New York Am. Pkt. Sep. 8" backstamp on 1860 folded letter to Hong Kong, China, endorsed "Vanderbilt" at lower left and carried aboard the Vanderbilt, magenta manuscript "24" credit, red London Paid transit (Sep. 19) and "1d" manuscript British Colonial credit, Nov. 14 receiving backstamp, center stamp of strip has a tiny tear at left, trivial soiling along a few perfs from gum VERY FINE. A RARE 1857-60 ISSUE FRANKING TO PAY THE 45-CENT RATE TO HONG KONG BY BRITISH MAIL VIA MARSEILLES. Built for direct competition with the British Cunard Line, the passenger mail steamship Vanderbilt was named for steamship and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. Flying the flag of the Vanderbilt European Line, she sailed (in summertime only) until the Civil War. The Vanderbilt was then chartered to the government as a transport, but when the Confederacy unveiled the C.S.S. Virginia, Vanderbilt offered the services of his ship -- which had 50 feet of iron plating forward -- as a ram to destroy the ironclad. Armed with two 200-pounder, twelve 9-inch, and one 12-pounder guns, she arrived at Hampton Roads after the duel between Virginia and Monitor. She then sailed in a yearlong search for the Confederate raider Alabama, during which time she captured several blockade-runners. Accompanied by note from Calvet M. Hahn, who states that this was carried via Southampton, despite the 45c prepayment for British Mail via Marseilles. With 1991 P.S.E. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 4,000-5,000 SOLD for $2,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
1064		30c Orange (38). Bright color, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), cancelled by red grids, matching "New-York Br. Pkt. Apr. 2" backstamp on 1861 cover to Hong Kong, China, endorsed "Overland Mail from England, manuscript "28" credit, red London Paid transit datestamp, manuscript "1" British Colonial credit, receiving backstamp, minor edgewear VERY FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE 1857-60 ISSUE COVER TO HONG KONG BY BRITISH MAIL VIA SOUTHAMPTON. With 1988 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $1,600.00 Will close during Public Auction

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