The Steven Walske Collection of US-France Transatlantic Mail

*A buyer’s premium of 15% of the winning bid was added as part of the total purchase price on all lots in this sale. Buyers were responsible for applicable sales tax, customs duty and any other prescribed charges. By placing a bid, bidders agreed to the terms and conditions in effect at the time of the sale.

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Sale 1119 — Index to Descriptions and Photos

Afternoon Session (lots 501-730): Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.

• Private Ship Letters: Stamped and Franked Lot 501–506
• Royal Mail Steam Packet Company from New Orleans Lot 507
• First Packet Sailings Lot 508–510
• New York Postmasters Provisional Lot 511
• 1847 Issue Lot 512–519
• Mail to and from the West Coast Lot 520–523
• 1851-56 Issue Lot 524–535
• 1851-56 Issue, cont. Lot 536–548
• 1857-60 Issue Lot 549–559
• Civil War Period Mail Lot 560–573
• 1861-68 Issues Lot 574–585
• 1861-68 Issues, cont. Lot 586–596
• 1869 Pictorial Issue Lot 597–605
• Bank Note Issues Lot 606–615
• Bank Note Issues, cont. Lot 616–628
• Postal Markings and Rates: Private Ship Letters Lot 629–641
• Postal Markings and Rates: Pre-Postal Convention Lot 642–647
• Postal Markings and Rates: First Retaliatory Rate, Jul. 1848-Jan. 1849 Lot 648–651
• Postal Markings and Rates: Restored Rates, Jan. 3-Feb. 14, 1849 Lot 652–654
• Postal Markings and Rates: British Packet Lot 655–659
• Postal Markings and Rates: Second Retaliatory Rate, Jan. 24-Feb. 9, 1853 Lot 660–663
• Postal Markings and Rates: American Service via England Lot 664–675
• Postal Markings and Rates: American Service Direct Lot 676–677
• Postal Markings and Rates: British West Indies Packet Lot 678–680
• Postal Markings and Rates: French Service Direct Lot 681–691
• Postal Markings and Rates: Three Months Period, Jan. 1-Mar. 31, 1857 Lot 692–693
• Postal Markings and Rates: Postal Convention of 1857-1869 Lot 694–710
• Postal Markings and Rates: Postal Convention of 1857-1869, cont. Lot 711–725
• Postal Markings and Rates: 1871-74 Interim Period Lot 726–730