Charles Sekula

(Rossica 1933)

Unlike his father, Charles Sekula seems to have developed a real interest in stamps: In his obituary he was called a Santa Fe philatelist since 1947.
Cover — November 12, 1932
Registered mail sent on November 12, 1932, from Lucerne, Switzerland, to Saint-Raphaël, France. Arrived on November 14, 1932.


Cover — January 31, 1933
Registered mail sent on January 31, 1933, from Lucerne, Switzerland, to Saint-Raphaël, France. Arrived on February 1, 1933.


Cover — March 18, 1933
Registered mail sent on March 18, 1933, from Lucerne, Switzerland, to Saint-Raphaël, France. Arrived on March 20, 1933.


Cover — August 1, 1933
This envelope from 1933 still contained the material accompanying a stamp lot offered to a customer in Rosario, Argentina: the invoice, a cover letter and a questionnaire (front and back shown).






Cover — August 1, 1934
Sent on August 1, 1934, from Lucerne, Switzerland, to New York City, United States. Arrived on August 1, 1934.


Cover — August 7, 1934
Registered mail sent on August 7, 1934, from Lucerne, Switzerland, to Swedish: Björneborg (=Pori), Finland. Arrived on August 11, 1934.


Offer — August 7, 1934
Registered mail sent on August 7, 1934, from Lucerne, Switzerland, to Ingelsträde, Sweden. Arrived on August 7, 1934.



Postcard — September 8, 1934
Sent on September 8, 1934, from Lucerne, Switzerland, to Lipolec, Czechoslovakia (today Czech Republic).


Postcard — October 12, 1934
Sent on October 12, 1934, from Lucerne, Switzerland, to Osijek, Yugoslavia (today Croatia).


Cover — November 23, 1934
Registered mail sent on November 23, 1934, from Lucerne, Switzerland, to New York City, United States. Arrived on December 5, 1934.


Cover — March 25, 1935
Registered philatelic cover sent on March 25, 1935 from Turan, Tannu Tuva, to Charles Sekula.
Franked with Scott #54-60 / Michel #59-65.
LUZERN 2 arrival postmark on back dated 12.IV.35.


Offer — August 29, 1935
Registered mail sent on August 29, 1935, from Lucerne, Switzerland, to Ingelsträde, Sweden. Arrived Ingelsträde.



Cover — October 31, 1935
Registered mail sent on October 31, 1935, from Lucerne, Switzerland, to New York City, United States. Arrived on November 8, 1935.


Cover — April 14, 1936
Registered mail sent on April 14, 1936, from Lucerne, Switzerland, to Myerstown, Pennsylvania, United States.


Cover — September 16, 1936
Registered mail sent on September 16, 1936, from Lima, Peru, to Lucerne, Switzerland.

Cover — September 26, 1936
Registered mail sent on September 26, 1936, from Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Lucerne, Switzerland.

Cover — November 1936
Registered mail sent in November 1936 from Lucerne, Switzerland, to Perh Amboy, New Jersey, United States. Arrived on November 28, 1936.


Cover — July 19, 1938
Sent on July 19, 1938, from Valdivia, Chile, to Port Washington, New York, United States.

FDCs — 1939 – 1944
Mimeographed cachets created by the Intercity Stamp Company, Port Washington, Long Island, New York.

1939, April 1. New York World’s Fair. Sc #853, Mi #448.

1939, April 30. Sesquisentennial of George Washington’s inauguration. Sc #854, Mi #449.

1939, August 15. 25th anniversary of Panama Canal opening. Sc #856, Mi #452.

1939, September 25. 300th anniversary of printing in Colonial America. Sc #857, Mi #453.

1940, January 29. Famous Americans: Washington Irving (1783–1859). Sc #859, Mi #455.

1940, February 5. Famous Americans: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1862). Sc #861, Mi #457.

1940, March 14. Famous Americans: Horace Mann (1796–1859). Sc #869, Mi #465.

1940, March 28. Famous Americans: Charles W. Eliot (1834–1926). Sc #871, Mi #467.

1940, April 8. Famous Americans: John James Audubon (1785–1851). Sc #874, Mi #470.

1940, April 17. Famous American: Luther Burbank (1849–1926). Sc #876, Mi #472.

1940, May 3. Famous Americans: Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864). Sc #879, Mi #475.

1940, May 13. Famous Americans: Victor Herbert (1859–1924). Sc #881, Mi #477.

1940, July 10. 50th anniversary of Wyoming statehood. Sc #897, Mi #493.

1940, September 5. Famous Americans: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903). Sc #885, Mi #481.

1940, September 7. 400th anniversary of the Coronado Expedition. Sc #898, Mi #494.

1940, October 7. Famous Americans: Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791–1872). Sc #890, Mi #486.

1940, October 7. Famous Americans: Eli Whitney (1765–1825). Sc #889, Mi #485.

1940, October 14. Famous Americans: Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809–1884). Sc #891, Mi #487.

1940, October 16. National defense: Torch of Enlightenment. Sc #901, Mi #497.

1940, October 20. 75th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the U.S.A. Sc #902, Mi #498.

1942, April 15. Dedication of Post Office MacArthur, WV, in honor of General Douglas MacArthur.
Franked with Sc #894, Mi #490 (80th anniversary of the Pony Express, issued on April 3, 1940).
Franked with Sc #894, Mi #490 (80th anniversary of the Pony Express, issued on April 3, 1940).

1942, June 1. 150th anniversary of Kentucky statehood. Sc #904, Mi #507.

1942, July 4. Win the War. Sc #905, Mi #508.

1943, February 12. Announcement of the Four Freedoms. Sc #908, Mi #511.

1943, September 28. Overrun countries: France. Sc #915, Mi #515.

1943, October 26. Overrun countries: Yugoslavia. Sc #917, Mi #517.

1943, November 9. Overrun countries: Albania. Sc #918, Mi #512.

1943, November 23. Overrun countries: Austria. Sc #919, Mi #522.

1943, December 7. Overrun countries: Denmark. Sc #920, Mi #514.

1944, May 22. 125th anniversary of the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Sc #923, Mi #526.

1944, September 27. Resistance of the Philippine island Corregidor. Sc #925, Mi #528.

1944, October 31. 50th anniversary of motion pictures. Sc #926, Mi #531.
Cover — September 4, 1940
Registered mail sent on September 4, 1940, from Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico, to Port Washington, New York, United States. Arrived on September 10, 1940.


Cover — February 19, 1941
Sent on February 19, 1941 by Atlas Stamp Ltd. (Eugen Sekula) to Intercity Stamp Company in Port Washington, New York, USA.


Cover — July 17, 1943
Registered airmail sent on July 17, 1943, from Ovingdean, Brighton, Sussex, England, to Port Washington, New York, United States. Arrived on August 5, 1943.


Cover — November 3, 1943
Registered mail sent on November 3, 1943, from Rottingdean, England, to Port Washington, New York, United States. Arrived on November 26, 1943.


Cover — April 3, 1944
Registered mail sent on April 3, 1944, from Lausanne, Switzerland, to Port Washington, New York, United States.


Scans provided by Max Brack.
Covers — October 1945
Airmail sent in October 1945 from Trelleborg, Sweden, to Port Washington, New York, United States.




Postcard — September 12, 1969
Sent on September 12, 1969, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


Postcard — December 12, 1982
Sent on December 12, 1982, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, to Clayton, New Jersey.

