The APS Sale

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.

1856, 3¢ dark carmine, yellow gum, huge margins except close at bottom, tied by five-ring canceller, matching antiqua "Frederiksted, 26/5, 1860" origin cds on cover to Lahaina, Hawaii , sent from Frederiksted to St. Thomas by coastal ship arriving May 27th, Danish "St. Thomas, 27/5, 1860" cds backstamp, handed over to the British Post Office who struck the "St. Thomas, MY 28, 1860" double-arc backstamp and red " Paid at St. Thomas " crown mark with magenta " Paid 1/4 " rating for the prepaid 1s 4d rate to Hawaii, carried by RMSP Tamar from St. Thomas Jun. 1st to Colon arriving Jun. 6th, "Panama, JU 6, 1860" double-arc transit, mail transferred from Colon to Aspinwall and across the Isthmus to Panama City, then by contract PMSS Sonora from Panama departing Jun. 15th to San Francisco arriving Jun. 28th, "San Francisco, Cal. Jun 28, 1860" arrival cds and "20" cent due handstamp, then by American Bank Yankee sailing from San Francisco Jun. 29th to Honolulu arriving Jul. 12th., Very Fine and remarkable use, ex-Schnell ; with 2007 Moller certificate.

Scott No. 1a   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $75,000 - 100,000.

THE ONLY RECORDED FIRST ISSUE COVER FROM ST. THOMAS TO HAWAII.

The D.W.I. 3¢ carmine, yellow gum 1856 issue prepays the Danish West Indies internal rate from Frederiksted to St. Thomas. British postage of 1 shilling 4 pence was prepaid for carriage to Hawaii, but picked up at Panama by a U.S. contract ship. San Francisco marked letter 20¢ due for the 10¢ steamship rate from Panama to San Francisco, plus the 10¢ rate from San Francisco to Hawaii.

This is the earliest recorded combination cover from the Danish West Indies with both DWI and British postage prepaid, the only example using the British "Paid at St. Thomas" crown mark. .

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; right 7¢ lower right corner crease, 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.