Uruguay (2020) MS / Carnaval / Carnival
€10.30Excellent condition MNH
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USA (1914) Cover / Lewis Town to Copenhagen (Denmark)
€19.95POSTAL HISTORY – UNITED STATES TO DENMARK TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (1914)
- Item Type: Transatlantic Commercial Letter with fully preserved original handwritten contents in the Danish language.
- Origin: Lewistown, United States.
- Destination: Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Date of Dispatch: January 27, 1914.
- Franking & Rates: Single 5c Blue George Washington (Washington-Franklin Issue). Straight-edge variety (imperforate at the bottom margin). Paid the correct 5-cent UPU international surface letter rate.
- Postal Markings (Front): Standard US machine flag cancellation and circular datestamp.
- Arrival Markings (Back): Copenhagen official distribution backstamp reading “30 MB 9.2.14” (9 February 1914), confirming a regular and efficient 13-day transoceanic transit time.
- Receiver’s Docketing Inscriptions: Frontal family archival annotations in black ink written in Danish: “modtaget [moth.] 9 Febr. 1914” (Received Feb 9) and “besvaret 25/2” (Answered Feb 25), correlating perfectly with the official arrival backstamp.
- Condition & Rarity: Highly desirable due to the perfect alignment of the dispatch date, the specific Danish delivery markings (MB – Medbringe), the family archival annotations, and the preservation of the inner letter text.
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USA (1914) Cover / Roy to Copenhagen (Denmark)
€29.95POSTAL HISTORY – UNITED STATES TO DENMARK WITH INSERTS AND PHOTOGRAPH (1914)
- Item Type: Transatlantic Commercial Letter containing two original handwritten letters (with partial English text) and an enclosed historical cropped portrait photograph of a man.
- Origin: Roy, United States.
- Destination: Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Date of Dispatch: March 30, 1914 (Contents written progressively on March 9 and March 25, 1914).
- Franking & Rates: Single 5c Blue George Washington (Washington-Franklin Issue). Straight-edge variety (imperforate at the left margin). Paid the correct 5-cent UPU international surface letter rate.
- Postal Markings (Front): United States circular datestamp and duplex/machine cancellation from Roy.
- Arrival Markings (Back): Copenhagen official circular delivery backstamp dated April 14, 1914, documenting a standard 15-day transoceanic springtime transit.
- Condition & Rarity: Highly scarce as a fully intact genealogical and social history lot. The survival of the dual-dated correspondence alongside the original portrait photograph makes this an exceptional piece for immigration and transatlantic postal studies.
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USA (1929) Cover / From Elizabeth to Denmark
€14.951929 USA TO DENMARK TRANSATLANTIC COVER – ‘TOO LATE’ RMS AQUITANIA MARITIME MAIL DISPATCH
ORIGIN: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA (Postmarked 17/04/1929).
DESTINATION: Fredericia, Denmark (Without arrival backstamps, standard for redirected ocean liner mail).
FRANKING: Single US 5c Blue ‘International Civil Aeronautics Conference’ commemorative stamp (Scott #650), issued in December 1928. The 5c denomination pays the exact and sufficient international surface mail rate from the United States to Continental Europe in April 1929.
SHIPPING ROUTE INTENDED: Allocated for transit via the Cunard Line ocean liner S/S Aquitania from the Port of New York.
POSTAL HISTORY & INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS:
- Late Arrival Mark: Distinctive magenta/purple instructional handstamp reading ‘TOO LATE’, applied alongside the circular ‘VARICK ST. STA., NY’ terminal mark.
- Logistical Significance: Confirms that while the franking was fully sufficient for the international rate, the physical item missed the official mail sifting and closing deadline for the scheduled departure of the S/S Aquitania, causing the letter to be deferred to the next available transatlantic vessel.
CONDITION: Commercially used envelope from the interwar period. The key administrative markings, the original location postmark, and the 5c Civil Aeronautics stamp remain perfectly struck and clearly legible. An excellent specimen of US late-fee or delayed international maritime mail operations.
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USA (1934) US Amy Airmail First Flight Cover / New York – Atlanta – New York
€19.951934 EMERGENCY ARMY AIR MAIL FIRST DAY COVER – NEW YORK TO ATLANTA PHILATELIC RETURN SOUVENIR
ORIGIN: New York, NY, USA (Postmarked 19/02/1934 – The official first day of military emergency mail operations).
DESTINATION: Atlanta, Georgia, USA (With two distinct receiving backstamps dated 20/02/1934 and 21/02/1934, subsequently returned to sender).
FRANKING: Single US 8c Olive Air Mail stamp, paying the correct domestic airmail rate. Tied by the New York departure cancellation.
POSTAL HISTORY & HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
- First Flight Emergency Service: Features contemporary manuscript endorsements “First flight cover via US Army Airmail” and “New York to Atlanta”.
- Philatelic Instruction: Hand-addressed with the specific operational notation “Postmaster, Atlanta, Ga. Please return” inscribed on the front by the sender to secure the cover’s immediate return.
- Two-Day Backstamp Sequence: The reverse displays the initial flight arrival mark on February 20, followed by a secondary processing backstamp on February 21, documenting the exact moment the Atlanta post office handled the request and redirected the cover back to New York.
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USA (1936) Card / Hindenburg Zeppelin
€79.95Good Condition. Circulated from Lakehurst, NJ to Frankfurt, Germany. Flght LZ-129 Hindenburg Zeppelin
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USA (1995/2004) 13 Sheets / Legends of Hollywood #1 to #13
€199.95Excellent condition MNH. Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Humphey Bogart, Alfred Hitchcock, James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Judy Garland, James Stewart
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