Auction 2022-03
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Lot #201 | Year: 1896 Edifil: 3 var CORREO INSURRECTO ERROR. Block of eight with two of the six known IMPERFORATE ON LEFT ERROR. Unused never hinged with original GUM. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #202 | Year: 1898 CORREO INSURRECTO. May 30, 1898. Copy of letter from Gonzales de Quesada in Washington, DC to General Calixto Garcia in Cuba. The six page letter details happenings in the USA and its command structure. |
$60.00 | |
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Lot #203 | Year: 1898 US FORCES IN FIELD. June 22, 1898. Copy of letter sent by Lieutenant Coronel James Allen to General Garcia. The letter discusses the congratulations for a swift movement of troops and wishes for success. |
$25.00 | |
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Lot #204 | Year: 1898 US FORCES IN FIELD. JULY 15, 1898. Copy of letter sent by Major General Shafter to General Calixto Garcia informing him of the agreement with the Spaniards that American or Cuban troops would not enter the city of Santiago until Spanish troops were withdrawn. |
$80.00 | |
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Lot #205 | Year: 1898 US FORCES IN FIELD. July 19, 1898. Copy of telegram sent by Major General Miles to General Calixto Garcia. The message requests 300 men to accompany the USA forces moving to Puerto Rico. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #206 | Year: 1898 US FORCES IN FIELD. AUGUST 12, 1898. Copy of letter sent by Major General Shafter to General Calixto Garcia informing of the peace agreement with the Spaniards. |
$25.00 | |
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Lot #207 | Year: 1898 US FORCES IN FIELD. AUGUST 17, 1898. Copy of letter sent by Major General Shafter to General Emilio Nunez in Washington, DC. The letter congratulated him on the end of hostilities and apologized for leaving right away for Puerto Rico to continue the war. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #208 | Year: 1898 US FORCES IN FIELD. August 22, 1898. Copy of letter sent by Major General Miles to General Calixto Garcia. The letter apologizes for leaving so quickly for Puerto Rico. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #209 | Year: 1898 US MILITARY STATION NO. 1 DAIQUIRI. June 27, 1898 postcard with the earliest known usage of the two-line handstamp from the first post office in the field during the Spanish American War. |
$160.00 | |
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Lot #210 | Year: 1898 US MILITARY STATION NO. 1 DAIQUIRI. June 27, 1898 This postal money order is the only item positively identifying Mil. Sta. No. 1 with Daiquiri. Only recorded example of the circular "Money Order Bureau" handstamp. |
$160.00 | |
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Lot #211 | Year: 1898 INCOMING FOREIGN MAIL June 16, 1898. Sent to Santiago but returned as undeliverable to London. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #212 | Year: 1898 INCOMING USA MAIL August 8, 1898. Sent to Santiago to a soldier in General Lawton's Division. Soldier's domestic rate. |
$25.00 | |
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Lot #213 | Year: 1898 July 24, 1898. Very early mail from "BACK OF ENTRECHMENTS & TO REAR OF SANTIAGO". Cancelled with captured Spanish cancel. Letter included complaining of lack of food, newspapers, etc. |
$25.00 | |
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Lot #214 | Year: 1898 August 4, 1898. Letter from surgeon acting as sanitation inspector in Santiago during early days. Long letter outlining conditions in Cuba. Cancelled with captured Spanish canceller. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #215 | Year: 1898 MIL.STA.NO.3 GUANTANAMO. Letter to New York with duplex cancel from this station. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #216 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.4 BARACOA. Letter to New Hampshire cancelled with the second duplex canceller used at this station. |
$110.00 | |
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Lot #217 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.5 SAN LUIS. Soldier's letter to New York. |
$160.00 | |
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Lot #218 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.6 MANZANILLO. Civilian rate letter to USA with the second type of duplex canceler used at this station. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #219 | Year: 1898 MIL.STA.NO.7 GIBARA. Civilian rate letter to Matanzas with one of two reported uses of the first type of duplex canceler and the earliest cover from this station. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #220 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.8 HOLGUIN. Soldier's letter to Washington, DC. |
$55.00 | |
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Lot #221 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.11 PUERTO PRINCIPE. Soldier's letter to USA with the duplex cancel from this station. |
$50.00 | |
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Lot #222 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.12 NUEVITAS. Unendorsed soldier's letter to Philadelphia. |
$75.00 | |
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Lot #223 Stereo photo card of Spanish cruiser, Reina Regina, sunk off Cuba in 1898. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #224 | Year: 1899 GIBARA PROVISIONAL. One of three known covers using the 2c provisional postmark. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #225 | Year: 1899 Sailor's mail to USS Brooklyn at Habana. By the time the letter arrived in Cuba the addressee had transferred to the USS Topeka at Washington, DC. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #226 | Year: 1899 War Department Official Business envelope used privately by an assistant surgeon from Camp Columbia Field Hospital. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #227 | Year: 1899 Soldier's letter to Michigan with MIL STA NO.10 HABANA cancel and sent from CAMP AMARO, CUBA. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #228 | Year: 1899 Scott: 222 ($10.00) Unused copy with light hinge and original gum. |
$4.00 | |
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Lot #229 | Year: 1899 Scott: 222 On cover to USA sent from SANTA CHRISTINA BARRACKS, MATANZAS, CUBA. RARE. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #230 | Year: 1899 Scott: 222 Marine Hospital Official Business envelope used privately by an assistant surgeon from Cienfuegos. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #231 | Year: 1899 Scott: 223 MIL. STA. NO. 10 HABANA - on soldiers letter to Chicago. "CAMP COLUMBIA" envelope. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #232 | Year: 1899 Scott: 223 MIL. STA. NO. 10 HABANA - early cancel on soldiers letter to Illinois. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #233 | Year: 1899 MIL. STA. NO. 10 HABANA - Soldier's letter endorsed by General Fitzhugh Lee, nephew of Robert E. Lee. |
$25.00 | |
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Lot #234 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.11 PUERTO PRINCIPE. Registered letter with crude oval cancel from this station. Envelope heavily damaged but sccarce marking. |
$75.00 | |
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Lot #235 | Year: 1899 Scott: 223 Used on cover from CAMP RODRIGO. Hard to find item. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #236 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.13 CIENFUEGOS. Underpaid civilian rate which was charged double the deficit upon arrival in New York. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #237 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.15 PINAR DEL RIO. Soldier's letter to Pennsylvania. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #238 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.16 GUANAJAY. Prepaid soldier's mail. Earliest known cover from this station. |
$50.00 | |
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Lot #239 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.17 MARIEL. Underpaid civilian rate letter cancelled with captured Spanish canceller. |
$50.00 | |
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Lot #240 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO. 18 TRINIDAD. Soldier's letter to USA. |
$110.00 | |
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Lot #241 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.19 LAS TUNAS. Cut piece is one of four known items from this station. |
$160.00 | |
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Lot #242 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.20 SANCTI SPIRITUS. Civilian rate letter. |
Unsold | |
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Lot #243 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.21 CARDENAS. This front from a multiweight letter has the only reported straighline registry marking known. Heavily damaged and held together with acetate sheet. |
$42.00 | |
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Lot #244 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.22 BAYAMO. Soldiers letter to USA. |
$60.00 | |
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Lot #245 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.23 MAYARI. Prepaid soldier's letter where the sender did not properly identify the company's number and have officers signature. Nonetheless, the post office was able to verify its origin and applied the straight-line marking "Military Station No. 23 Mayari, Cuba" and the manuscript notation "Carta de Militar". |
$92.00 | |
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Lot #246 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.26 BUENA VISTA. Registered double weight civilian rate to USA. Early cover from this Station before the registry marking was in use. |
$70.00 | |
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Lot #247 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.27 MATANZAS. This soldier's letter is the earliest recorded example of this marking. Not properly endorsed as a soldier's letter. Note the clear impression of the handstamp. |
$50.00 | |
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Lot #248 | Year: 1899 Scott: 223 Soldiers mail on printed envelope with MIL.STA.No. 27 MATANZAS. Ex Kouri Collection. |
$20.00 | |
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Lot #249 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.28 SANTA CLARA. Used on free franchise government mail. |
$55.00 | |
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Lot #250 | Year: 1899 MIL.STA.NO.29 PLACETAS. Only recorded crude oval cancel from this station. |
$50.00 | |