1855/1940: Small collection 290 stamps used/unused, incl. some better single values and full sets up to 5 s., compl. set 'Auckland Exhibition 1913', some officials and postage dues, good to mixed condition, mounted on album pages.
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 #1614 - brit. colonies New Zealand
Lot #1615 - brit. colonies New Zealand
1855/1980: Used collection with 1855 Perkins Bacon 2 d. dull blue, 1855/57 Richardson 1 d. red on blued of fine appearance (Gi 4 = £ 2'000), 2 d. blued on blued (one sheet marginal), 1 s. green on blued with close margins (Gi = £ 3'750) with cert., thereafter with fine range of 1857/63 issue on hard or soft papers with 1 d., 2 d. blue (4), 6 d. brown (5), 1862 no wmk. pelure paper 1 d. vermilion used (Gi 81 = £ 2'500) with RPS cert., 6 d....
Lot #1616 - brit. colonies northern nigeria
1874/1979: Attractively mounted collection with Lagos 1884 and 1887 values unused and some used incl. 1894 7½ d. value, Edward VII 1904 unused with values to 1 s. and 1904/06 set of ten complete to 10 s., Oil Rivers 1892 set of six unused, Niger Coast with 1894 values unused and used to 1 s. black, Northern Nigeria with 1905 1 s. and 2 s. 6 d. unused, Southern Nigeria 1901 unused to 1 s., 1903 unused to 10 s., 1904 unused to 5 s., Nigeria...
Lot #1617 - brit. colonies northern rhodesia
1925/1963: Collection on leaves with 1925 set of seventeen unused complete to 20 s. (Gi = £ 800), 1935 RSJ set unused, 1938/52 George VI definitive set unused (Gi = £ 225), 1953 definitive set unused, 1963 set of 14 unused, and both Postage Due sets unused. A generally fine complete collection.
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Lot #1618 - brit. colonies Nyassaland British Central Africa
1896 (Feb.): Arms of the Protectorate £ 10 and £ 25 wmk CC sideways, each ovptd. SPECIMEN, large part o.g., fresh and fine Gi. = £ 700
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Lot #1619 - brit. colonies Brit. Südafrika Gesellschaft
1898/1908: 1 d. rose, an unused horizontal pair, variety "Imperforate", large even margins all round, of fresh colour and fine large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 700.
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Lot #1620 - brit. colonies rhodesia
1896/1909: Group of 17 unused values, incl. British South Africa Company 1896/97 2/6 s. brown and purple/yellow, 5 s. chestnut and emerald, 10 s.slate and vermilion/rose and 1898 1£ greyish red-purple, all ovpted SPECIMEN in black, further two unused copies of 1898/1907 7 s./ 6 d. black with and without RHODESIA ovpt. in black as well as mint set of 1905 Victoria Falls. Some values with hinge remnants, large aprt o.g. copies of generally...
Lot #1621 - brit. colonies st. kitts nevis
1923: Tercentenary De La Rue Master Die Proof for the vignette only, printed in black on glazed white card (92 x 60 mm.), fresh and fine. A rare Proof. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 55.
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Lot #1622 - brit. colonies st. kitts nevis
1980 (Aug 8): 30 c. multicoloured (HMS Druid), an unused block of six (3 x 2) from upper left corner of the sheet, variety ST.KITTS overprint in black omitted on five examples, the fourth stamp with partial overprint and part of overprint in margin at upper left, the block with diagonal crease (which caused the variety) and stamps surcharged on reverse; together with 55 c. value (HMS Winchester) an unused example with overprint inverted,...
Lot #1623 - brit. colonies seychelles
1969/75: Artist's Essay for 1 r. 50 value, hand-painted Essay on card (114 x 89 mm.) by Mary Hayward, multicoloured and showing the Battle between HMS Sybille and the Chiffone, largely as accepted but the accepted design showing Seychelles legend enlarged at base (manuscript 'check logo') and illustration reduced at left. The Essay numbered '6' in pencil, sold with issued stamp for comparison. Rare. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 60...
Lot #1624 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
1853: 1 d. pale brick red on deeply blued paper, a fine example with good to large margins al round of good colour lightly cancelled by CGH obliterator in black Gi. = £ 450.
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Lot #1625 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
1853: 4 d. deep blue on blued paper with large even margins all round, cancelled by clear strike of CGH obliterator in black, minor paper bend on reverse, nevertheless a fine copy of fresh appearance Gi. = £ 275.
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Lot #1626 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
1853: 1 d. brick red on slightly blued paper, a used pair with clear at base and at left to good margins, some minor paper wrinkles, lightly cancelled by CGH oblitertor in black Gi. = £ 700+.
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Lot #1627 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
1855/63: 1 s, bright yellow-green wmk Anchor, an unused example with clear at left to good margins of fresh colour with small part of original gum. A rare stamp unused. Cert. BPA (1983) Gi = £ 3'500.
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Lot #1628 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
De La Rue Printing 1863/64: 1 d. deep carmine red, an unused example with large margins all round and of fresh and rich colour with part o.g. Fine Gi. = £ 325.
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Lot #1629 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
De la Rue Printing 1863/64: 1 d. brownish-red, a fine unused example with ample margins all round of good fresh colour Gi. = £ 650.
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Lot #1630 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
De la Rue Printing 1863/64: 1 d. brownish-red, used example with large margins all round and of fresh colour, neatly cancelled by CGH obliterator in black Gi. = £ 325.
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Lot #1631 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
De la Rue Printing 1863/64: 4 d. deep blue with good to large margins, a fresh fine copy neatly cancelled by CGH obliterator in black Gi. £ 300.
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Lot #1632 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
De la Rue Printing 1863/64: 6 d. bright mauve, an unused example with large even margins all round, of good fresh colour and small part o.g. Gi. = £ 425.
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Lot #1633 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
1879: Provisional THREE PENCE overprint in red on 4d. blue, two unused copies (without gum) well centered and fresh of colour Gi. = £ 380.
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Lot #1634 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
1879: Provisional THREE PENCE overprint in red on 4 d. blue, two used examples with one showing clearly the PENCB variety, the other with THE.EE varity equally fine Gi. = £ 500.
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Lot #1635 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
1880: THREE PENCE on 4 d. and '3' on 3 d. pale dull rose (minor imperfections), two unused copies, well centered and fresh of colour with large part o.g. Gi = £ 290.
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Lot #1636 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
1882 (July): Provisional ½ d on 3 d. deep claret, wmk. CA, fine unused copy in deep carmine red showing scarce variety: 'Hyphen omitted' together with another unused example and used horizontal strip of three Gi. = £ 980.
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Lot #1637 - brit. colonies cape of good hope
"Handstruck Letter Stamps of the Cape of Good Hope from 1792 to 1853 and the Postmarks from 1853 to 1910" by A.A. Jurgens (1943), complete, slight wear on spine but very scarce.
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Lot #1638 - brit. colonies mafeking
General Baden-Powell, Narrow Setting 1900 (April 6-10): Baden-Powell 3 d. deep blue on blued horizontally laid paper, a used example tied to small piece by "MAFEKING / C.G.H." datestamp (May 11) in black. Couple of small perforation imperfections do not detract Gi = £ 425.
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