Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain values overprinted by De La Rue, the set of six unused all handstamped "SPECIMEN" in black (GB Type 9), fresh and fine, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 300.
Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2
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Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2
Corinphila Auction 284-290 May June 2022
The 284 - 290 Corinphila Auction will start Friday May 27th and will be continued Monday May 30th through to Saturday June 4th, 2022
Attention: There is NO Auction during the weekend Saturday 28th and Sunday May 29th
A wide range of classic material awaits you in six special catalogues and in our 'Europe & Overseas' catalogue. Already more than 30.000 pictures, especially of the collections, are online!
Auction Catalogues:
Catalogue 284: Europe & Overseas Lots 1-2239
Catalogue 285: British West Indies The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part III) Lots 3001-4195
Catalogue 286: Great Britain The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part IV) Lots 4501-4803
Catalogue 287: British West Africa The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part I) Lots 5001-5358
Catalogue 288: The Ing. Pietro Provera Collection (part IV) Lots 6001-6821
Catalogue 289: Switzerland – The Erivan Collection (part IV) Lots 7001-7034
Catalogue 290: Switzerland & Liechtenstein 7101- 7670 + 8001-8828
Auction Schedule |
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Friday May 27. 2022 |
Catalogue 285 |
British West Indies The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part III) |
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09.00 h |
Lot 3001-3611 |
Antigua - Dominica |
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15.00 h |
Lot 3612-4195 |
Grenada - Turks & Caicos Islands |
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No Auction during the weekend May 28th/29th |
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Monday May 30. 2022 |
Catalogue 284 |
Europe & Overseas |
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09.00 h |
Lot 1 - 212 |
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Overseas: Azerbaijan - Yemen |
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Catalogue 286 |
Great Britain 1840–1910 The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part IV) |
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11.00 h |
Lot 4501-4803 |
Great Britain: 1840–1910 |
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Catalogue 287 |
British West Africa The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part I) |
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14.30 h |
Lot 5001 - 5358 |
Gambia, Gold Coast, Nigeria: Lagos, Oil Rivers Protectorate, Niger Coast Protectorate, Northern Nigeria, Southern Nigeria |
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Tuesday May 31. 2022 |
Catalogue 288 |
Europe & Overseas |
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09.00 h |
Lot 213-650 |
GB & Britisch Commonwealth incl. The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection with Aden and Kuwait |
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13.00 h |
Lot 651 - 1119 |
Americas (North, Central & South America), incl. Ecuador 1865–1872 – The 'GUAYAQUIL' Collection (part II) and Peru – The ‘ALPACA’ Collection (part II) |
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Wednesday June 1. 2022 |
Catalogue 284 |
Europe & Overseas |
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09.00 h |
Lot 1120 - 1489 |
Albania - Iceland, incl. Ballon Monté: The Flight of the „Ville d’Orléans“ The Svein Arne Hansen Collection (part II) |
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12.00 h |
Lot 1490 - 2039 |
Italy - Ukraine, incl. Austria and Austrian Levant |
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17.00 h |
Lot 2040 - 2079 |
Boy Scout's - The Late Alfred Scherb Collection (part II) |
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Lot 2080 - 2156 |
Literature – Special Collection |
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Thursday June 2. 2022 |
Catalogue 288 |
The Ing. Pietro Provera Collection (part IV) |
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09.00 h |
Lot 6001 - 6821 |
Italy, France, European Countries, South & Central America |
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Catalogue 288 |
Europe & Overseas |
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17.00 h |
Lot 2157 - 2239 |
Collections and Accumulations Worldwide |
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Friday June 3. 2022 |
Catalogue 290 |
Schweiz & Fürstentum Liechtenstein |
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09.00 h |
Lot 8001 - 8278 |
Sitzende Helvetia gezähnt, Ziffermuster, Stehende Helvetia, UPU, Schweiz ab 1907, Soldatenmarken, |
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11.30 h |
Lot 8279 - 8610 |
Flugpost Schweiz, Fürstentum Liechtenstein, inkl. Schweiz Flugpost – Die Sammlung ‚IKARUS‘ (Teil II) |
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15.00 h |
Lot 8611 - 8828 |
Sammlungen und Posten Schweiz: Vorphilatelie, Kantonalmarken, Rayon, Strubel, Sitzende Helvetia, Stehende Helvetia, diverse Schweiz |
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Samstag June 4. 2022 |
Catalogue 289 |
The ERIVAN Collection (part IV) |
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10.00 h |
Lot 7001 - 7034 |
Kantonalmarken, Ortspost, Poste Locale, Rayonmarken, Sitzende Helvetia (Strubel), Sitzende Helvetia gezähnt |
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Catalogue 290 |
Schweiz & Fürstentum Liechtenstein |
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11.00 h |
Lot 7101 - 7499 |
Vorphilatelie, Kantonalmarken, Ortspost, Poste Locale, Rayonmarken |
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15.30 h |
Lot 7500 - 7670 |
Sitzende Helvetia (Strubel) inkl. Strubel 1854 – 1863 – Nationale Gross-Gold Spezialsammlung (Teil II) |
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Lot #5187 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain values overprinted by De La Rue, the complete set of six values in unused matching horizontal pairs from top right corner of the sheet, all overprinted "CANCELLED" in black (Type GB 14), fresh and very fine, large part or unmounted og. A rare and most attractive set.rnProvenance: Collection Colonel J.R. Danson, RL, London, 10 March 1971, lot 1621.
Lot #5188 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain values overprinted by De La Rue, the complete set of six, all in unused blocks of four, fine large part or unmounted og. Scarce Gi = £ 640+.
Lot #5189 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain Jubilee ½ d. vermilion overprinted by De La Rue, an unused block of twelve (6 x 2), marginal from base of sheet, fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Scarce multiple Gi = £ 280+.
Lot #5190 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain Jubilee ½ d. vermilion and 2 d. grey-green & carmine, overprinted by De La Rue, used on 1893 cover to Plymouth tied by "OLD CALABAR RIVER" code A circular datestamps in black (Dec 11). Reverse with Plymouth arrival cds (Jan 9, 1894) in black. A scarce and attractive usage.
Lot #5191 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain 1881 1 d. lilac overprinted by De La Rue, an unused example with variety "Overprint Transposed, OIL RIVERS at top", fresh and very fine, large part og. An exceedingly rare stamp with just 8 examples recorded, one of which is housed in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Cert. RPSL (1959) Gi = £ 9'000.rnProvenance: Collection C.G. Alterskye; Collection Colonel J.R. Danson, RL...
Lot #5192 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain 1881 1 d. lilac overprinted by De La Rue, an unused block of thirty (6 x 5), marginal from base of sheet, fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. A scarce and attractive multiple Gi = £ 450+.
Lot #5193 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain Jubilee 2 d. grey-green & camine, an unused complete (left) pane of 60 with sheet margins at top, left and at base, including overprint variety "CIL RIVERS" (Row 2, Stamp 6), "Broken 'V' in RIVERS" (Row 6, Stamp 3), "Broken 'R' in RIVERS" (Row 8, Stamp 6), fresh and fine, large part og., predominantly unmounted og. Gi = £ 2'400+.
Lot #5194 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain Jubilee 2½ d. purple on blue overprinted by De La Rue, an unused block of thirty (6 x 5), fresh and fine, unmounted og. A scarce and attractive multiple Gi = £ 420+.
Lot #5195 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain Jubilee 1 s. dull green, overprinted by De La Rue, a marginal example from left of sheet of slightly pale colour and trivial aging, used on 1894 registered cover to Leeds, tied by "OPOBO" squared circle datestamp (April 16) in black. 'R' in red at base and reverse with Leeds arrival cds (May 16) in black. Scarce.
Lot #5196 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Sept 3): ½+½ d. on Great Britain 1 d. lilac, a used 'block of four' of unsevered pairs marginal from top of sheet, the upper stamps surcharged in violet, the lower ½+½ d. on 1 d. lilac surcharged in red, lightly cancelled by "Old Calabar River" datestamps in black. Just four half sheets were surcharged in violet at Old Calabar and thus just 24 ½ d. stamps can exist from the top rows only whilst the remaining 936...
Lot #5197 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in violet on Great Britain 2 d. grey-green & carmine, a used example with handstamped surcharge, Gibbons Type 3 in violet, with characteristic defective 'F' in HALF, lightly cancelled by "Old Calabar River" cds in black. Scarce, just 120 stamps issued. Cert. BPA (1948) Gi = £ 375.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 20 Dec 1994, lot 1458.
Lot #5198 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in violet on Great Britain 2 d. grey-green & carmine, an unused example with handstamped surcharge, Gibbons Type 3 in violet, with characteristic defective 'F' in HALF, variety "Surcharge Diagonal Reading Up", fresh and very fine, the large part og. with typical speckles from red blotting paper utilised to store the adhesives. Just 120 of the normal stamp issued. Extremely rare. Cert. BPA (...
Lot #5199 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in vermilion on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, an unused example with handstamped surcharge, Gibbons Type 3 in vermilion, with characteristic defective 'F' in HALF, fresh colour and superb large part og. Just 6 examples are believed to have been issued. A delightful example of an extraordinarily rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1957) Gi = £ 14'000.rnCollection E. Ashton-Kinder, RL, London, 15 Feb...
Lot #5200 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in green on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, a fine used block of four with Gibbons Type 4 handstamped surcharge in green, cancelled by "Old Calabar" cds's in black. Just 120 stamps issued. An exceptional multiple: Robson Lowe: "Blocks are very rare". Cert BPA (2021) Gi = £ 1'100+.
Lot #5201 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in green on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, an unused se-tenant horizontal strip of three, with Gibbons Type 4 handstamped surcharge in green on first and third stamps, central stamp surcharged Gibbons Type 9 in vermilion, of fresh rich colour and merest trace of speckles from red blotting paper utilised to store the stamps on large part og. A delightful and most attractive multiple of...
Lot #5202 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' surcharged in green on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, a single example used with July 1892 2 d. grey-green & carmine (2) on registered 1894 cover to Great Ormond Street, London, each stamp tied by bold "OLD CALABAR" squared circle datestamp (Nov 28) with oval "Registered / Old Calabar" datestamp at left. Liverpool transit (Jan 14, 1895) and reverse with London arrival of the same day....
Lot #5203 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in carmine on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, an unused example with Gibbons Type 4 handstamped surcharge in carmine, fresh deep colour, large part og. Just 120 stamps issued, a very scarce stamp. Signed on reverse in ink "Wm. Bradbury" Gi = £ 450.rnProvenance: Collection William Frazer, Spink, London, 25 March 2004, lot 592.
Lot #5204 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in carmine on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, an unused se-tenant horizontal pair with first stamp Gibbons Type 4 handstamped surcharge in carmine and second stamp surcharged Gibbons Type 8 in blue, left hand stamp with vertical crease not affecting the wondrous apppearance, fresh and very fine with merest trace of speckles from red blotting paper utilised to store the stamps on superb...
Lot #5205 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in blue on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, a used example with Gibbons Type 4 handstamped surcharge in blue, used on small piece cancelled by "Old Calabar River" circular datestamp (April 9, 1894) in blackish-violet. The piece slightly soiled but a scarce stamp with just 120 issued Gi = £ 475.
Lot #5206 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in black on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, an unused example with Gibbons Type 4 handstamped surcharge in black, variety "Surcharge Diagonal Reading Up", fresh and fine, large part og. An extremely rare stamp with just 19 examples of the normal printed, with manuscript comment on certificate from Peter Holcombe "I believe this is unique". Cert. Holcombe (1995) Gi = £ 13'000.rnProvenance:...
Lot #5207 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENN.Y' in vermilion on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, an unused example with Gibbons Type 5 handstamped surcharge in vermilion, minor gum bend not affecting appearance, fresh and fine with one or two speckles from the red blotting paper utilised to store the stamps on large part og. A very rare stamp unused as most examples are found cancelled at Forcados River Gi = £ 1'300.rnProvenance:...
Lot #5208 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENN.Y' in vermilion on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, a used example with Gibbons Type 5 handstamped surcharge in vermilion, cancelled by "Forcados River" circular datestamp (Feb 1, 1894) in black. A scarce stamp. Cert. RPSL (1949) Gi = £ 225.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 20 Dec 1994, ex lot 1470.
Lot #5209 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in violet on Great Britain 2 d. grey-green & carmine, an unused example with Gibbons Type 6 handstamped surcharge in violet, fresh and very fine, typical speckles from the red blotting paper utilised to store the stamps on large part og. Just 120 stamps issued, a very scarce stamp unused. Cert. RPSL (1932) Gi = £ 1'100.rnProvenance: Collection Alfred W. Bates, 1932; Collection Maurice...
Lot #5210 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate
Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in vermilion on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, an unused horizontal strip of three with Gibbons Type 6 handstamped surcharge in vermilion, central stamp with variety "Surcharge Vertical Reading Down", brilliant appearance and of vivid colour, first stamp with diagonal bend unapparent on face, large part og. A great rarity and believed unique in a multiple Gi = £ 14'000+.rnProvenance:...
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