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| Date | January 6, 1893 |
|---|---|
| From City | US German Sea Post |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Bremerhaven |
| To State | Germany |
| Set ID | S29 |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert Number | |
| Census ID | 3 |
| $1 | |
| $2 | 1 |
| $3 | |
| $4 | |
| $5 |
Notes
Single $2.00 Columbian, tied by "U.S. German Sea P.O., Jan. 6 8:30 PM 93" duplex with "8" oval grid cancel on cover to Bremerhaven, Germany, addressed to Oswald Krocker, director of Actien-Brauerei Karlsburg, return address for North German Lloyd S. S. Co, New York corner card.
This cancel was used on board the German steamers of the North German Lloyd and HAPAG lines on their way from New York to Germany.
Image courtesy of
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1055, Lot 146. Realized $5,250
ex-Wunsch, Hagendorf World Fair Exhibit (as Agent)
RELATED COVERS:
This is one of four recorded dollar value Columbian covers from the Krocker correspondence with the U.S. German Sea Post Office date stamp.
These covers are in Census Set ID: S-29.
$1.00 2/15/1893 ID: 8
$2.00 1/6/1893 ID: 3
$3.00 No cover recorded with this denomination
$4.00 10/11/1893 ID:117
$5.00 1/6/1893 ID: 4
To view all of these covers, see the entry for the $1.00 cover, Census ID: 8.
Note:
It is believed that the cover originally designated Searing Census 2, was a duplicated entry for this cover. That cover, for which no illustration is known, was cited as being from the Margaret Wunsch collection. As no second cover with the current characteristics has been located, that entry has been designated as a duplicate of the current entry.
Searing Census ID: 2
This cancel was used on board the German steamers of the North German Lloyd and HAPAG lines on their way from New York to Germany.
Image courtesy of
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1055, Lot 146. Realized $5,250
ex-Wunsch, Hagendorf World Fair Exhibit (as Agent)
RELATED COVERS:
This is one of four recorded dollar value Columbian covers from the Krocker correspondence with the U.S. German Sea Post Office date stamp.
These covers are in Census Set ID: S-29.
$1.00 2/15/1893 ID: 8
$2.00 1/6/1893 ID: 3
$3.00 No cover recorded with this denomination
$4.00 10/11/1893 ID:117
$5.00 1/6/1893 ID: 4
To view all of these covers, see the entry for the $1.00 cover, Census ID: 8.
Note:
It is believed that the cover originally designated Searing Census 2, was a duplicated entry for this cover. That cover, for which no illustration is known, was cited as being from the Margaret Wunsch collection. As no second cover with the current characteristics has been located, that entry has been designated as a duplicate of the current entry.
Searing Census ID: 2
