Ballston Philatelics

Military / Censored Mail
Before 1914


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Item No. War/Conflict Country Item Description Price US $
X4230 Civil War U.S. Scott 26 on Civil War Patriotic, Berlin Heights, Ohio. 1861 (11 Oct) dated cancel to Grandville, Michigan. $100.00
X4266 Spanish American War Cuba
(US Poss.)
Early use of 2 1/2c Overprinted Stamp on Soldier's Letter. 1899 (20 Jan) front from Matanzas, via Havana to Boston. Stamp issued in January 1899. The smudged cancel tieing the stamp is not clear to determine origin. Matanzas military station opened 6 Jan. $150.00
X5218 Spanish American War Cuba
(US Poss.)
1899 (12 Jan) Spanish American War from Havana with rare provisional skeleton cancel: MIL. STA. / JAN 12 99 / HAVANA / CUBA with "10" in killer, (Baker CP-1a), couple ex. recorded w/ Jan2-29 uses known. Sent to Nebraska by soldier in 3rd Neb. Volunteers. $175.00
X2160 Spanish American War Philippines 1899 (4 Dec) Philippines 216 on MIL. STA. No. 3 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS / ILOILO cover to New York. $150.00
X1143 Spanish American War Puerto Rico (US Poss.) Puerto Rico - 1904 usage from Vienna, Austria, to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, with scarce arrival postmark: AGUADILLA STA PORTO RICO REC'D. Sent by the Royal Gardener of Schonbrunn Palace. $225.00