1863: St. George & Dragon, 5 s. imperforate Plate Proof in a horizontal pair with large margins all round, engraved by Alfred Bock in black on unwatermarked white wove paper, usual horizontal bend not detracting from the stunning appearance. Extremely rare with just one Proof sheet struck thus.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 1
By: Corinphila Auction AG
Corinphila Auction AG Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 1
High-class philatelic material at Corinphila Auctions in Zurich
Rarities from all areas of philately are on offer, including the ‘Greifensee cover’, probably the most important cover of classic Swiss philately.
From 25 to 30 January 2021 Corinphila Auctions will offer for sale a very unusual range of material. The high-quality material being offered will be presented in no less than eight luxury auction catalogues.
The auction begins with high-quality offers from South American countries. The Brian Moorhouse Estate (Part 3) is notable for its wide variety of South American collecting areas from A (as in Argentina) to V (as in Venezuela). Especially impressive are the many proofs of various issues from classic to middle-period. Particularly well represented are Argentina, Brazil (including Lot 3137, the famous pair of the 600 Reis “Goat’s Eye” issue of 1844, in an unused pair from the Maurice Burrus collection, starting price CHF 5,000), Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala classics with the rarest covers and proofs, Honduras, Mexico and Uruguay.
The first part of the most important specialised collection of the first issue of Ecuador of 1865 in existence will be offered for sale under the name ‘Guayaquil’. Almost all the important items of this collecting area are in the collection. Particularly outstanding is the more attractive of only two known registered covers with the first issue (Lot 4071; starting price CHF 20,000).
A fine range of the classic issues of Peru will come up for sale in the main catalogue of the Corinphila auction series. Among these are also many stamps from the issues produced in continuous rolls on the ‘Lecoq’ printing press. Particularly appealing is an unused strip of five of the 5 centavos of 1870 showing the ‘new’ railway from Lima to Callao. The ‘Trencito’ , ‘the little train, as collectors later called the stamp, was intended for letters carried on this new railway line. To make endless rolls of the stamp, the ends of the lengths of paper were simply glued together! This is clearly visible here on the fourth stamp in the strip (Lot 156, starting price CHF 750).
Europe is represented with a wide range of material from the Pietro Provera collection. The emphasis is on Italy and France. The outstandingly good quality of the classic stamps and covers, for which this collector was well-known, is particularly impressive. For many years, "Provera quality" was a term used for top-quality philatelic material in many countries. For example, there is a cover with France’s first issue of 1849, a very rare tête-bêche pair of the 20 centimes on cover (Lot 5141, starting price CHF 5,000). Or a four-colour franking of Sicily with the extremely rare top value of 50 grana on cover (Lot 5675, starting price CHF 20,000).
Another very unusual specialised collection comes up for auction with the Gregory Frantz "Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies" collection. It includes all the private steamship lines that issued privately produced stamps for mail carried on their ships. The many small shipping lines on the thousands of lakes and the coast of Finland offer great variety, often in combination with state stamps. An example is the ‘Skärgards Trafik Aktiebolag’ (STAB) cover with the private bicoloured 25 penni ship’s stamp for delivery within Finland by the private shipping line, in combination with the Finnish state-issue 5 penni and 20 penni for onward transmission to Frankfurt (Lot 6069, starting price CHF 1,000).
Switzerland is also represented again with an outstanding range of material. This includes a postal history collection "Franco-Prussian War - Impact on Swiss Postal History 1866-1871". The presentation in the auction catalogue combined with historical background information is unique and is likely to set new standards for philatelic auctions. One could almost speak of a milestone of philately, on its way to being recognised as an additional historical science. A ‘must’ for every philatelist interested in history!
However, the second part of the ERIVAN collection is undoubtedly outstanding in its Swiss material. The collection of the former Tengelmann entrepreneur Erivan Haub contains the greatest rarities of Swiss philately. Now the famous registered cover from the "Notariat Greifensee" comes up for sale. Franked with Switzerland’s first two stamps, the Zurich 4 and Zurich 6, it is for many the "non plus ultra" of Swiss rarities in private hands. The provenance of the item goes back to 1900 when, in the collection of the then President of the Banque de France, Paul Mirabaud, the cover caused a sensation at the Paris Exposition. It later found its way into the collections of Diem-Saxer of St. Gallen (1934), the Swiss shoe magnate Iwan Bally (1964), and then the ‘HELVETICUS’ collection (1991) before finding a new home in the collection of Erivan Haub for almost 30 years. The starting price of the Greifensee cover being offered as Lot 7003 is CHF 300,000.
All the material being offered can be viewed at www.corinphila.ch.
Further information and catalogue orders at: Corinphila Auktionen AG, Wiesenstrasse 8, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland, Telephone + 41 (0)44 389 9191, Fax + 41 (0)44 389 9195, Email: [email protected]
Illustrations
Brazil 1844, “Goat’s Eye” 600 reis in an unused pair with the best provenance: Maurice Burrus collection (1964)
Ecuador 1865, a pair of the 1 real green on a registered cover. Only two registered covers of the first issue are known. Top cover from the Ackermann (1937), Homan (c. 1960) and E.M. de Bustamante (1996) collections.
Peru 1870, 5 centavos ‘Trencito’ in a strip of five with the fourth stamp showing the paper join.
France 1849, 20 centimes, a rare tête-bêche pair on cover.
Sicily 1859, four-colour franking with 50 grana top value to Genoa.
Finland 1880, private ship’s stamp in combination with stamps of the state Post Office on cover to Frankfurt.
Zurich 1843, registered cover from the Greifensee notary’s office with the first two stamps of Switzerland.
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Lot #1519H - brit. colonies tasmania
Lot #1519I - brit. colonies tasmania
1863: St. George & Dragon 2 s. 6 d. carmine, a used example from lower left corner of the sheet imperforate on two sides and perf. 10 at top and at right, the left margin showing partial "Scrolling" in pale orange, lightly cancelled in ink. Just 250 sheets were printed in Hobart in October 1863, thus this positional piece is extremely rare with just three examples recorded shwoing the marginal scrolling.
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Lot #1519J - brit. colonies tasmania
1966: Tasmania Stamp Duty, 5 c. Tasmanian Tiger, 10 c. Eucalyptus and $ 5 Hydro-electric Pylons, all in imperforate photographic Plate Proof blocks of four, corner marginal from lower right of the sheet.
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Lot #1519K - brit. colonies victoria
1906: 1 d. rose-red on grey postal stationery letter-sheet, addressed and sealed but unsent, showing spectacular mis-perforation error through Coat of Arms and 'stamp'. Scarce.
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Lot #1519 - europe Great Britain
Queensland 1860: Perkins Bacon undenominated REGISTERED 'Chalon Head' Die Proof for Queensland, printed in pale lilac on very thick cream card together with De La Rue Proofs for KGV and QEII issues printed on ordinary paper.
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Lot #1520A - brit. colonies Australia
1984: Clipper Ship 'Sobraon' 75 c. multicoloured, a Printer's Proof block of fifty (5 x 10), lithograpahed at the Cambec Press in Melbourne, a quarter of the sheet, reduced to 43% of the issued size, with perforating 13½ x 14 applied sideways and reverse with full and extensive printing instructions printed in black. A splendid and rare Proof.rn
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Lot #1520 - brit. colonies victoria
Victoria "The Half Lengths of Victoria" by J.R.W. Purves (1953, published by the RPSL, signed internally "Best wishes from Bill Purves, 16.9.60", with all plates at back and with the supplement to the Philatelist and Postal Historian (May 1952); despite some soiling and wear on the cover the volume is in splendid overall condition - just 120 printed of which this is #2. Extremely rare.
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Lot #1521 - brit. colonies Australia
Commonwealth of Australia 1850/1940: Collection several hundred stamps used/unused from New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia as well as Confederation of Australia,, noteworthy some better imperf. issues, various cancellations, colour shades, officials, 'Specimen' overprints, few high values up to £ 1., few fiscals, Kangaroos up to 5 s., at the end few stamps with 'N.W. Pacific Islands' overprint...
Lot #1522 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
Papua New Guinea 1901/38: Small collection 110 stamps used/unused, incl. various Lakatoi types up to 2 s. 6 d. with inscripton or surcharge 'Papua', issues of New Guinea with full airmail set of 1939 unused (£ 1 creased) and some officials, good condition and mounted on album pages.
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Lot #1523 - brit. colonies bahamas
Bahamas Postal Stationery 1881/1971: The extraordinary Gold Medal collection offered intact (396 items), with Postal Stationery Cards from 1881 with 1½ d. rose cards mint and used (6), 1883 with De La Rue Die Proofs (2) in black on white glazed paper inset into thick card and another on brown Day-book card with manuscript "April 24, 6 Leads, 1883" alongside (unique), issued card study with 1½ d. + 1½ d. carmine with "Double Surcharge"...
Lot #1524 - brit. colonies british guyana
1863/76: 2 c. orange, perf. 12½, a vertical pair used on reverse of 1864 wrapper from Belfield to Mahaicony, tied by fine strikes of "B G / E 4 C" datestamps (Jan 22) in black (Proud D2) with further strike below. Obverse with manuscript "Paid 4 cents on the back". The adhesives cut but intact on opening but not unattractive and a scarce rate and franking. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 69.rnrnProvenance: Collection Derek Nathan,...
Lot #1525 - brit. colonies british guyana
1863/68: 6 c. greenish blue, perf. 12½-13, an unused example, corner marginal from upper left of sheet, thin paper typically slightly aged but with corner mis-perforation variety showing four missing perforations at top, superb large part og. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 70 Gi = £ 250.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Foxley', Spink, London, March 2014.
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Lot #1526 - brit. colonies british guyana
1866/71: 2 c. orange, perf. 10, an unused block of six, marginal from right of sheet, of fresh colour, large part og. A most attractive and scarce multiple. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 69 Gi = £ 450+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Foxley', Spink, London, March 2014.
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Lot #1527 - brit. colonies british guyana
1866/71: 8 c. brownish pink, perf. 10, an unused example, marginal from upper right of sheet, well centred and of rich colour, large part og. Superb. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 25 Gi = £ 400.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Foxley', Spink, London, March 2014.
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Lot #1528 - brit. colonies british guyana
1866/71: 12 c. grey-lilac, perf. 10, an unused example, well centred and of good colour, slightly nibbed perfs., large part og. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 25 Gi = £ 350.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Foxley', Spink, London, March 2014.
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Lot #1529 - brit. colonies british guyana
1875/76: 24 c. yellow-green, perf. 15, an unused example of fresh colour, slightest ironed horizontal bend, part og. Centred to upper right but a scarce stamp. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 70 Gi = £ 850.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Foxley', Spink, London, March 2014.
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Lot #1530 - brit. colonies british guyana
1881: '2' on 24 c. emerald green used on 1882 cover to London endorsed 'per R.M. Stmr. of 24 Jan.y' with Type-set 1 c. magenta perforated SPECIMEN diagonally reading down, First Setting, a horizontal pair and 2 c. black on yellow in a horizontal pair from Second Setting, left hand stamp showing variety "Small 2", all cancelled by "A04" obliterators in black. Backstamped 'New Amsterdam' (Jan 24) and London arrival cds in red on obverse (Feb 13...
Lot #1531 - brit. colonies british guyana
1882: Type-set 1 c. magenta perforated SPECIMEN diagonally reading down, First Setting, a strip of three positions 4-6, used on small local 1882 envelope tied by "Georgetown / B. Guiana" cds (Jan 12) with further strike below. Small stains from gum and indentation at base of third stamp, but used on third day of issue and the issue is rare on letter. Signed G. Lamy. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 80.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Foxley...
Lot #1532 - brit. colonies british guyana
1893: De La Rue Die Essays (2) for the central circular vignette for the postal stationery envelopes, adhered on two white file cards (71 x 45 mm.), the first Proof marked "A" with Frigate embossed in white on vermilion surround with Flags to left (the chosen design) and second marked "B" with the circular vignette in vermilion with uncleared surround showing Flags to right (accepted) but with the vertical lines at sides of the Frigate which...
Lot #1533 - brit. colonies british guyana
1894: De La Rue Die Proof for the central circular vignette for the postal stationery envelopes, in vermilion embossed on thick buff card (59 x 57 mm.) handstamped '13 MAR 94' at top in blue and BEFORE HARDENING at base in black; with manuscript annotation "Original Brit. Guiana Embg Die" in red ink. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 63. Ex De La Rue archives, unique.
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Lot #1534 - brit. colonies british guyana
1894: De La Rue Essay for the 5 c. postal stationery envelope, hand-painted in octagonal design in blue, grey and Chinese white, on tracing paper backed onto card for display (70 x 80 mm.). The central vignette in Chinese white not picked out in detail as this design was already in use. A unique and splendid Essay, ex the De La Rue archives. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 63.rnrnProvenance: Collection Derek Nathan, Spink, London, Nov...
Lot #1535 - brit. colonies british guyana
1901: De La Rue photographic file copy in grey for the 4 c. postal stationery registered envelope, on thick card (89 x 113 mm.) with date at top (Sep 16, 1901) and 'Duplicate' at base; ex the De La Rue archives. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 66.rnrnProvenance: Collection Derek Nathan, Spink, London, Nov 2005.rn Collection 'Foxley', Spink, London, March 2014.
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Lot #1536 - brit. colonies british guyana
1902: De La Rue Essay for the 4 c. postal stationery registered envelope, printed in vermilion on thin card (57 x 56 mm.) with deep embossing. A fine and rare Proof, ex the De La Rue archives. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 63.rnrnProvenance: Collection Derek Nathan, Spink, London, Nov 2005.rn Collection 'Foxley', Spink, London, March 2014.
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Lot #1537 - brit. colonies british guyana
1882 (Jan 9): The Type-set issue, the unused collection of the issue with 1 c. magenta, First Setting, 2nd printing in a reconstructed pane of twelve subjects (3 x 4) in two blocks of six with position 9 showing "1 with foot" variety; 1 c. magenta, Second Setting, 5th printing in a complete pane of twelve (2 x 6) position 7 showing "1 with foot" variety; 2 c. yellow single example without perforated 'Specimen' (Gi 163a = £ 1'300), 2 c. yellow...
Lot #1538 - brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey
British P.O.'s in Egypt and Constantinople 1868/75: Lot four covers incl. 1868 Alexandria to Malta bearing 1867 1 d. & pair 2 d. blue tied by "B01" obliterator, light "Fleming Alexandria" cachet alongside, another Nov. 1871 cover from Alexandria via Brindisi to the UK showing the corresponding 8 d. rate and a 1872 cover from Suez at the same rate, the 2d. & 6d. adhesives tied by "B02" obliterator. Also 1869 cover from Constantinople...
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