The APS Sale

1875 (Apr. 13) St. Thomas, D.W.I. to Philadelphia Pa. via New York, blue folded cover with "St. Thomas, 11/4 1875" cds and bearing 10¢ brown (161) tied by "N.York, Steamship, Apr 20" cds, carried by US Brazil Line South America from St. Thomas Apr. 13th to New York arriving Apr. 20th, Philadelphia (4.20) arrival backstamp; 10¢ creased from file fold, F.-V.F.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $200 - 300.

1868 (Sep. 16) Ponce, Puerto Rico to Halifax, Nova Scotia via St. Thomas, blue folded cover with "Wiechers & Co., Once, P.R., Sep 16, 1868" double-circle merchant handstamp, sent privately to St. Thomas, entered mails with red "St. Thomas, Paid, SP 21, 68" cds and bearing G.B. 4d vermilion , s.e. at left, tied by "C51" barred oval, carried by Cunard Line Alpha from Bermuda Sep. 25th to Halifax arriving Sep. 29th, Halifax (9.29) oval arrival backstamp, F.-V.F. and scarce use.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $300 - 400.

1869 (Oct. 31) St. Thomas, D.W.I. to Kingston, Jamaica, gray folded letter bearing G.B. 4d vermilion , radiant color tied by bold "C51" barred oval, red "St. Thomas, OC 31 '69" cds, carried by RMSP Neva from St. Thomas to Kingston, Nov. 4th arrival backstamp, Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $300 - 400.

1869 (Nov. 13) St. Thomas, Danish West Indies to New York N.Y., blue folded letter datelined " St. Thomas 13 Nov 1869 " with bold strike of blue " David E. Pierre, St. Thomas " forwarder's backstamp, carried outside the mails on the US Brazil Line North America departing St. Thomas Nov. 14th to New York arriving Nov. 20th, entered U.S. mails with 2¢ brown (113) tied by rosette cancel duplexed "New York City, Received, Nov 21" cds to local street address; some splitting along folds and wear, Very Fine and unusual forwarder's use; with 1996 P.F. certificate.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $1,000 - 1,500.

1874 (c.) Bonaire to Bangor Me. via St. Thomas, blue folded cover with only "Bonaire" portion of dateline, unusual strike of " Lamb & Co., St. Thomas W.I. " forwarders oval, bearing U.S. 10¢ brown (161) tied by partial strikes of " St. Thomas " cds and "N. York Steamship" cds, endorsed "Per Chimo" at top left, F.-V.F. and unusual forwarded use from Bonaire.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $400 - 600.

Bonaire, an island municipality of the Netherlands, lies off Venezuela's coast in the southern Caribbean.

1887 (May 16) Charleston S.C. to Curacao, West Indies via St. Thomas, 2¢ red brown entire with "Charleston S.C., May 16, 87" duplex cancels addressed to Captain of Steamship City of Monticello , large blue crayon "30" due rating, St. Thomas (6.15) transit backstamp, black "T" in circle and "30" handstamps, Curacao (6.27) arrival cds, F.-V.F.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $200 - 300.

1874, 7¢ lilac & orange, horizontal pair, tied by four-ring cancel, matching "St. Thomas 17/9 1878" cds on folded cover to Vera Cruz, Mexico at the 14¢ British Mail, carried as endorsed by RMSP Tiber , purple merchant oval, Very Fine and rare, ex-Schnell . Facit No. 9.

Scott No. 9   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS SPECIAL 14¢ PACKET RATE TO MEXICO.

1901, 4¢ bister & dull blue, tied by "Christiansted, 30/6, 1902" cds on cover to Khong Laos, Indochina , purple "Albert M. Fabio, Christiansted, St. Croix" three-line flap backstamp, reverse with St. Thomas (7.1) and Saigon (8.4) transits; some tone spotting, otherwise Very Fine.

Scott No. 18   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

AN EXCEPTIONAL DESTINATION FROM THE DANISH WEST INDIES.