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242136 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
22 [1900 5 cent blue Arms] (VF+) on 3 April 1902 cover from "ST: THOMAS" to San Juan, Porto Rico, by the 5 cent inter-island rate for which this stamp was issued. Other than to Porto Rico and Guadeloupe, there were very few qualifying solo uses for this 5-cent stamp, thus the Facit 2020 on-cover value of SEK 4000! This example is neatly addressed and has PONCE and SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, backstamps. The cover was roughly opened at upper right resulting in some paper loss on the front, but it is very attractive and remarkably scarce. ACTUAL item. |
285.00 |
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240575 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
29 [1903 2 cent Coat of Arms] (VF) solo use on 31 March 1904 picture post card (lithographed photo of Black Beard Castle / tower) from ST. THOMAS to the U.S. with LANCASTER, PA., receiving machine postmark. The card has a small crease and a sealed tear near (but not affecting!) the stamp. The card, being pre-1907, has an undivided back, and is without any publisher information. This stamp is scarce on cover/card; 2018 Facit value is SEK 1800 (11/2018 $230)! Very attractive! ACTUAL item. |
120.00 |
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401643 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #29 [1903 2 cent Coat of Arms] (Fine+) solo use on a 22 May 1905 picture post card (lithographed photo of "Telegraph Office / St. Thomas, W.I." without publisher information but probably published in DWI by Ligthbourne), sent by PRINTED MATTER RATE, from ST. THOMAS to LIMA, PERU with NEW YORK transit postmark on the picture side. This stamp is scarce on cover/card; 2024 Facit value is SEK 1800 (7/2026 $180) for an ordinary use and destination. However, this is certainly the ONLY item of DWI mail that I can recall ever having TO PERU, in 53 years! The card, bearing a greeting from one woman to another, qualifies for the printed matter rate because the message bears only the maximum 5 words for the printed matter rate. Uses to the U.S., Denmark, GB, and Germany likely account for 98% of the uses of this stamp -- solo use to any other destination is "rare". The transit via New York, despite being initial travel in the opposite direction was, due to ship sailing schedules and transit problems across the Panama isthmus, still likely the fastest route. This likely traveled from New York, across the U.S. by train, and then by ship from a California port down to Lima, Peru, on the west coast of South America. The lack of a Lima receiving postmark is not surprising; by this time (1905) many countries had discontinued using receiving postmarks on ordinary mail, and especially on printed matter mail and on post cards. Very attractive and very scarce! ACTUAL item. |
229.00 |