2717

Sale number: 115

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1861 small mourning envelope addressed to J.W. Skinner franked at 1/2oz. rate by 6d. lilac tied by London S.E./5 Apr. 4 duplex, with ms. ''1'' noted for island's share, receiver's endorsement ''Recd. pr. Cambrian/31 May 61'' with Devonport transit backstamp. Photo.

Price Realised £550

2718

Sale number: 115

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1875 incoming Money Order Advice O.H.M.S. envelope from the Cape of Good Hope addressed to the Postmaster at James Town, sent without charge showing Cape Town ''JY 24/75'' despatch c.d.s. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

2719

Sale number: 115

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1880 (ca.) envelope from the U.S.A. addressed to ''Capt. A.R. Heyer/Bark Wanderer/St. Helena/Atlantic Ocean'' bearing 2c. Jackson, 3c. Washington, 5c. Taylor pairs (2), some imperfections, all pen-cancelled, one 5c. pair tied by June 20 Boston Paid despatch c.d.s., showing St. Helena type 1 July 22 arrival c.d.s. and marked ''110''(c.) in red for 11d. British share. There were frequent alterations to the postal charges from the U.S.A. to St. Helena, the official rate being 27c. from 1877 to 1885, the cover therefore overpaid by 1c. The bark ''Wanderer'' left New Bedford, Mass., in June 1878 on a four year maiden voyage. Between 1878 and 1924 she carried out over twenty whaling expeditions and went on to appear in the film ''Down to the Sea in Ships'' in 1922 before being wrecked in 1924 on what was intended to be her final journey, the last wooden ship to set sail on a whaling voyage. In Feb. 1881 Myra, the wife of Captain Andrew Heyer, died in childbirth on St. Helena and Capt. Heyer left the ship to care for his daughter, named for her mother. The captain returned to Massachussetts from St. Helena when young Myra was eight months old. Photo.

Price Realised £350

2720

Sale number: 115

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1882 incoming envelope addressed to ''Captain Cunningham/Ship Berkshire/St. Helena'' franked at packet rate by 1s. orange-brown Pl. 13 EG tied by Ardrossan May 15 duplex with type 1 ''JU 10/82'' receiving c.d.s. Ex Art Groten. Photo.

Price Realised £270

2721

Sale number: 115

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1886 1d. postal stationery envelope sent from London Oct. 7 addressed to ''W. Grey-Wilson Esq/Colonial Secretary/St. Helena'', sent ''Via Plymouth'' uprated by 1884 5d. dull green (good colour) for payment of full 6d. per 1/2oz. rate, with St. Helena type 1 receiving c.d.s. ''OC 23/86'' showing small ''6'' in year date, part flap missing. Sir William Grey-Wilson (1852-1926) was appointed Colonial Secretary of St. Helena in 1886, was Acting Governor from 1887 to 1889 before his official appointment as Governor from 1890 to 1897. He later served as Governor of the Falkland Islands (1897-1904) and the Bahamas (1904-12). Ex Art Groten. Photo. See also lots 88 and 135

Price Realised £500

2722

Sale number: 115

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1894 U.S. 5c. postal stationery envelope sent from Philadelphia with company datestamp of coal dealers Castner & Curran, addressed to H. Christian Bartlet, named as U.S. Consul, and sent at 10c. pre-U.P.U. rate with ms. note ''Due 5c./more'' resulting in added 5c. Grant, and with May 14 receiving c.d.s. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

1295

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: Scarce early incoming entire from India addressed to ''Messrs. Balcomb & Co./St. Helena'' and endorsed ''pr favor of/Captain Bayley'', having been carried on the man of war H.M.S. ''Wellesley'' from the Cape, arriving on Mar. 1 1816, the letter accompanying the supply of a carriage and accessories with payment due in rupees. William Balcombe was rumoured to be a royal birth, having, as a naval orphan, received the King's Bounty and spent much of his time at Carlton House (his brother later served as equerry to the Prince Regent). In 1807 he was appointed Superintendent of Public Sales for the East India Company and the Balcombe family was called upon to host Napoleon in a pavilion in the grounds of their home, The Briars, for two months from his arrival in Oct. 1815. When Longwood House was ready, Balcombe became official purveyor of goods to the former emperor, this letter being preserved among accounts for the household. Photo.

Price Realised £480

1296

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: Soldier's mail, 1820 entire from Ireland addressed to Quartermaster Sergeant James Rayside of the 66th Foot Regt., ''St. Helena/Africa'', endorsed ''Post Paid'' and sent by Ship Letter due to unavailability of Packets, consequently showing ms. ''P3/8'' (Paid 3s.8d.) in red comprising 9d. rate from Cashel to Dublin, 2d. Dublin to Holyhead packet, 1s. Holyhead to London and 1s.9d. half packet rate, with Cashel mileage mark, Paid tombstones and ''POST PAID SHIP LR/(crown)/14OCT/1820/LONDON'' double oval. Ex Art Groten. Photo.

Price Realised £900

1297

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: Forwarding Agents' Mail, 1826 (Dec. 25) entire letter addressed to the Governor, Brig. Gen. A. Walker, endorsed ''p. Atlas'' and privately carried, showing large ''FORWARDED BY/J & E. IGGULDEN/DEAL/AGENTS FOR THE HONBLE. EAST INDIA CO.'' cachet across reverse. Alexander Walker (1764-1831) had been coaxed from retirement in 1822 to become Governor and had been an active influence, promoting schools and libraries, improving the agriculture and horticulture of the island and commencing the phased emancipation of the island's slaves from 1827 onward. During this period of isolation communication with the island was erratic and postal rates unclear but use of a forwarding agent for mail to the island was usually unnecessary and examples are rare. Photo.

Price Realised £650

1298

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1830 paid ship letter addressed to Maj. Gen. Sir Jasper Nicolls (then G.O.C. 7th (Meerut) Division, later Commander-in Chief, India) at St. Helena, with enclosed letter for the General's wife Anne, sent Oct. 15 from Cornwall with blue Launceston despatch, endorsed ''To go by the first ship'' and noted ''pd 1/7'' being charged at half inland and packet rate, with red London tombstone and unframed oval ''POST PAID SHIP/(crown)/27OC27/1830/LONDON''. The letter sent during a period when rates to the island continued unclear, is written to his sister-in law by Rev. James Duke Coleridge (1788-1857), a prolific writer but on themes more traditionally religious than those of his own celebrated uncle, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Ex Art Groten. Photo.

Price Realised £720

1299

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1854 (July 11) paid ship letter envelope from Waterford, Ireland endorsed ''By ''Earl of Derby'' or first vessel'', rated ''8''(d.), the ship rate to St. Helena having reverted temporarily between Apr. and Oct. 1854 due to the absence of packets, with ''3'' noted for the island's share of the postage. A new packet service had been introduced in Aug. 1848 at a rate of 1s. per 1/2oz. but the ship mail option remained available, the rate falling to 6d. per 1/2oz. after 1854. Ex Art Groten, George Montrose and Don Lampart. Photo.

Price Realised £300

1300

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1859 paid packet letter envelope addressed to a passenger ''On board Bark Roanoke/of Green Port/Care of Gideon & Sons/St. Helena'' endorsed ''via English Mail'' and showing handstruck ''PAID'', rated in ms. ''33''(c.) with ''12''(d.) credited to England and ''1''(d.) to St. Helena, with Sag Harbor, N.Y Apr. 22 despatch, next day New York Am. Pk. in red, London and July 5 Devonport transit datestamps. A rate of 1s.2d. per 1/2oz. for the U.S.A. to St. Helena was established between 1854 and 1863, rising to 1s.5d. between 1863 and 1870. Ex Art Groten. Photo.

Price Realised £600

1301

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1868 envelope from Oughterard Barracks, Ireland, addressed to Capt. Oliver, R.A., franked at 6d. Officer's rate by Great Britain 1d. pl. 106 (2) and 4d. pl. 10 cancelled by Galway Nov. 7 duplexes, ''5'' noted for British share, with despatch and London transit backstamps, some flap damage and damp staining. This rate was in use from 1867 to 1869 only. Photo.

Price Realised £400

1302

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1875 envelope sent Sept. 6 from Westport, Mass. addressed to the bark ''Sarah'' at Saint Helena (address reinforced) franked at 27c. rate by 1c., 3c. pair and 10c. (2) with fancy cancels, New York (incorporating ''110'' for 11d. British share) and London Paid transit datestamps and Nov. 3 arrival. The postal rate to Saint Helena changed frequently, the 27c. rate applying from 1877 to 1885. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

1303

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1888 (Dec. 6) envelope from London addressed to Governor William Grey-Wilson via the Colonial Office in Downing Street, franked 2d. and endorsed ''via Dartmouth'', without further markings as mail for the Governor could then be sent in diplomatic bag thus saving a further 6d. postage, the cover a little roughly opened with flap missing. Sir William Grey-Wilson (1852-1926) was appointed Colonial Secretary of St. Helena in 1886, was Acting Governor from 1887 to 1889 before his official appointment as Governor from 1890 to 1897. He later served as Governor of the Falkland Islands (1897-1904) and the Bahamas (1904-12). Photo.

Price Realised £160

1304

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1895 stampless O.H.M.S. envelope from London addressed to the U.S. Consul, sent from London with ''POST OFFICE/(crown)/SECRETARY'' cachet and Apr. 22 Official Paid c.d.s. in red. Photo.

Price Realised £140

1305

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1896 Russian 3k. postal stationery card addressed to Solomon Hogg & Co., sent from Moscow Feb. 24, uprated by 1k. for 4k. rate and showing fine strike of ''SOLOMON, HOGG/-9 MAY 96/ST. HELENA'' double oval receiving datestamp on reverse. Sent shortly before Saint Helena's entry into the U.P.U. with resulting simplification of rates to and from the island. Photo.

Price Realised £500

1306

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1899 (Oct. 19) 3c. stationery card to the German Consulate from Amapala, Honduras, with transit and Dec. 9 arrival; 1903 (Nov. 18) p.p.c. to the Eastern telegraph Co. from Delagoa Bay, Lourenço Marques with Dec. 9 arrival. (2 cards)

Price Realised £120

1307

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: Early Incoming Mail: 1903 (Dec. 29) p.p.c. from Aden franked India 1a., faults at foot; 1921 (Jan. 12) cover registered from Boma, Belgian Congo bearing 5c., 10c., 15c. and 25c. (2 items)

Price Realised UNSOLD