1903/04: Monogram isasue, De La Rue Die Proof in five colours on glazed white card (61 x 60 mm.), with frames and Duty Plates in ultramarine, Lions in orange-yellow, Flags in red, monogram in deep blue; unfortunately only the bicoloured design in blue & red was selected as this Proof is of outstanding beauty and rarity.rnNote: For a similar hand-painted Essay, see "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP, page 6573....
Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1
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Corinphila Auction 291-297 Nov Dec 2022
Sale 291: General Catalogue Europe & Overseas (Lot 1-1635)
plus six Special Catalogues:
Sale 292: The Ing. Provera Collection (part V) (Lots: 3001-3670)
Sale 293: Austria & Lombardy-Venetia ‘The Collection WALDVIERTEL’ (Lots 4001-4331)
Sale 294: Great Britain Special Catalogue (Lots 5001-5475)
Sale 295: The Besançon Collection Series: British Commonwealth (Lots 6001-6754)
Sale 296: Switzerland and Liechtenstein (Lots 8001-8711 plus 9001-9778)
Sale 297: The DUBOIS Collection (part I) Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia (Lots 10001-10703)
See also our auction Schedule:
Catalogue 295 |
British Commonwealth |
The Besançon Collection Ceylon, British Central & East Africa, Bushire |
6001-6754 |
Monday, Nov. 28 |
09.00h CET |
Catalogue 291 |
British Commonwealth |
Australia -Trinidad & Tobago |
1-258 |
Monday, Nov 28 |
18.00h CET |
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Catalogue 297 |
Australia & Australian States |
The Dubois Collection (part I) |
10001-10703 |
Tuesday, Nov. 29 |
09.00h CET |
Catalogue 294 |
Great Britain |
Special Collections |
5001-5475 |
Tuesday, Nov.29 |
16.00h CET |
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Catalogue 291 |
Europe & Overseas |
Europe A-N |
259-761 |
Wednesday, Nov. 30 |
09.00h CET |
Catalogue 291 |
Europe & Overseas |
Europe O-Z |
762-1073 |
Wednesday, Nov.30 |
13.30h CET |
Catalogue 293 |
Austria Special Collection |
‘Waldviertel’ (part I) |
4001-4331 |
Wednesday, Nov. 30 |
17.00h CET |
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Catalogue 292 |
The Ing. Pietro Provera Collection (part V) |
Italy, France Europe & Overseas |
3001-3670 |
Thursday, Dec. 1 |
09.00 CET |
Catalogue 291 |
Americas North-Central & South America |
USA - Venezuela |
1074-1385 |
Thursday, Dec. 1 |
17.00h CET |
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Catalogue 291 |
Overseas |
Afghanistan – Tibet + All World Collections |
1386-1635 |
Friday, Dec. 2 |
09.00 CET |
Catalogue 296 |
Switzerland & Liechtenstein |
Switzerland 1907 and later issues |
9001-9498 |
Friday, Dec. 2 |
11.30h CET |
Switzerland & Liechtenstein |
Collections & Accumulations |
9499-9778 |
Friday Dec. 2 |
16.00h CET |
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Catalogue 296 |
Classic Switzerland |
Classic Switzerland |
8001-8368 |
Saturday Dec. 3 |
10.00h CET |
Catalogue 296 |
Switzerland & Liechtenstein |
Switzerland 1854 -1900 |
8369-8711 |
Saturday Dec. 3 |
14.00h CET |
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Lot #6669 - brit. colonies sansibar
1904 (June 4): Monogram of Sultan Seyyid Ali bin Hamoud bin Neherud, wmk. Rosettes, 1 r. blue & red and 2 r. green & red, unused examples, each with variety "Watermark Sideways", fine, large part og. Gi = £ 375.
Lot #6670 - brit. colonies sansibar
1904: Monogram Issue, De La Rue Die Proof for the 3 r. value, completed design, printed in black on glazed white card, handstamped "1 FEB. 04" in blue at left. Scarce and very fine.rnProvenance: RL, London, 10 June 1981, lot 428; Collection Richard Knight, Spink, London, 27 Sept 2002, lot 293.
Lot #6671 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Ali bin Hamoud Issue 1907/09: De La Rue imperforate Colour Trial Proofs (21), being the complete set from 1 c. to 200 r. in issued colours on ungummed watermarked Rosettes paper, the 1909 25 c. brown in a horizontal pair, all fresh and very fine, a delightful set.rnProvenance: Christies, London, 12 June 1991, lot 692.
Lot #6672 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Ali bin Hamoud Issue 1907/09: De La Rue imperforate Colour Trial Proofs (13), being the complete set from 1 c. to 5 r. less the 25 c. value, all in horizontal sheet marginal pairs, in issued colours on ungummed watermarked Rosettes paper, fresh anbd very fine; scarce as just 60 sets can exist.
Lot #6673 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Ali bin Hamoud Issue 1906: De La Rue composite photographic Essay for proposed 2 a. value on sunken card (89 x 114 mm.), photographic head plate in brown oval overlaid on imperforate bromide pale buff frame, hand-painted in Chinese white around the edge of the Essay and around the oval; dated at top in manuscript "Dec 17th, 06" in ink. This Essay being the one sent to Mr. A.W. Clarke on leave from Zanzibar and sent care of the Foreign...
Lot #6674 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Ali bin Hamoud Issue 1906/08: De La Rue Die Proof for the head-plate, engraved by L.V. Phillips in brown on sunken medium wove paper (36 x 42 mm.), with Sultan's portrait only, negative print "SEP 07" and signed off at base "Nov 22 1907" in pencil. A similar Proof illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6603. Rare and fine.
Lot #6675 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Ali bin Hamoud Issue 1906/08: De La Rue Die Proofs (2) for the head-plate, each engraved by L.V. Phillips in grey-black on sunken medium wove paper (42 x 47 mm.), the first with Sultan's portrait only, the second with the Fez darkened and button added to the epaulette on the portrait and background shading added. A similar Proof illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6603. A charming and scarce...
Lot #6676 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Ali bin Hamoud Issue 1908: De La Rue unfinished imperforate Proof for the issued 1 r. - 5 r. values, vignette in brown, Frame in yellow-orange with Duty Plates in Arabic and English blank, adhered to card. Superb and most unusual.rnProvenance: Spink, London, 14 Oct 2009, lot 597.
Lot #6677 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Ali bin Hamoud Issue 1908/09: 2 r. violet, wmk. Rosettes, an unused example of fresh colour, variety "Watermark Sideways", fine large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 300.
Lot #6678 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Ali bin Hamoud Issue 1908: De La Rue imperforate Proof for the issued "View of the Port" high values, Vignette Only engraved in black on medium wove paper. Rare.
Lot #6679 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Ali bin Hamoud Issue 1908/09: "View of the Port" 10 r. blue-green & brown, a fine well centred used example, cancelled by Zanzibar squared circle in black. An elusive stamp Gi = £ 375.
Lot #6680 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Ali bin Hamoud Issue 1908/09: "View of the Port" high values, 10 r. blue-green & brown, 20 r. black & yellow-green, 30 r. black & sepia, 40 r. black & orange, 50 r. black & mauve, 100 r. black & steel-blue and 200 r. brown & greenish-black; all overprinted SPECIMEN reading up in black, fresh and fine, large part og. Gi = £ 1'065.rnProvenance: Bonhams, London, 12-13 Feb 2003, lot 1290.
Lot #6681 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Pictorial Issue 1913: High Values 20 r. to 200 r. values, the set of six, overprinted SPECIMEN in black reading down, all of fresh colour and superb appearance, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 895.
Lot #6682 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Pictorial Issue 1913: De La Rue Imperforate Colour Trial Plate Proofs for the complete set of 21 values, on ungummed watermarked paper, all except the 75 c. value in horizontal sheet marginal pairs, of fresh colour and most attractive. Ex the De La Rue archives, just 60 sets can exist, rare.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 21 Dec 1994, lot 2374.
Lot #6683 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Pictorial Issue 1913: Dhows 10 r. green & brown, 20 r, black & green, 30 r. black & brown, 40 r. black & vermilion, 50 r. black & purple and 100 r. black & blue, wmk. Rosettes, all in unused blocks of four, the 10 r., 30 r., 50 r. and 100 r. all sheet marginal; fresh vibrant colours, slight diagonal crease affects one 100 r., otherwise an exceptional group of exceedingly rare multiples,...
Lot #6684 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Pictorial Issue 1913: The large part used set of seventeen from 1 c. to Dhow 30 r. black & brown, wmk. Rosettes, fair to generally fine, one or two replaceable values with slightly soiled perfs. but the scarcer values (20 r. and 30 r.) fine lightly used. Cert. BPA (1951) for the 30 rupee Gi = £ 2'300.
Lot #6685 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Pictorial Issue 1913: Dhow 50 r. black & purple, an unused example, marginal from left of sheet, superb unmounted og. A very rare stamp so fine. Signed A. Diena Gi = £ 800.
Lot #6686 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Pictorial Issue 1913: Dhow 200 r. brown & black, an unused example, typical slightly browned large part og. An exceedingly rare stamp Gi = £ 1'500.
Lot #6687 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Pictorial Issue 1913: 200 r. brown & black and 10 r. green & brown, used on 1931 registered / AR cover addressed to Tommy Allen in London, lightly cancelled by "Zanzibar / Reg." datestamps (Oct 5) in black. Framed ZANZIBAR registration below and oval "AR" in black, reverse with five further "Zanzibar / Reg." datestamps and Leytonstone arrival cds. Some trivial aging but the sole recorded usage of the iconic...
Lot #6688 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Pictorial Issue 1921/29: The unused set of twenty-two from 1 c. to Dhow 30 r. black & brown, wmk. Multiple Script CA, of fine fresh colours, with 1 c. to 10 r. all overprinted SPECIMEN in black, 20 r. overprinted SPECIMEN in red and 30 r. perforated hooded SPECIMEN, fresh and fine, large part og. A rare complete set Gi = £ 725.
Lot #6689 - brit. colonies sansibar
Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Pictorial Issue 1921/29: 50 c. myrtle-green, wmk. Multiple Script CA, a fine lightly used example with variety "Watermark Inverted and Reversed", fresh and fine, a scarce stamp Gi = £ 300.
Lot #6690 - brit. colonies sansibar
1926/27: De La Rue 1 c. perforated Colour Trials (11) annotated for value with 1 c. in brown, 3 c. in orange (deleted in manuscript), 4 c. in green, 6 c. in purple (deleted), 8 c. in grey-blue, 10 c. in olive-green, 12 c. in carmine, 20 c. in ultramarine, 25 c. in purple on yellow, 50 c. in claret and 75 c. in pale brown (deleted); all applied to two parts of De La Rue archive paper with manuscript at base "Approved for colour - Colonial...
Lot #6691 - brit. colonies sansibar
1926/27: De La Rue Die Proof for the redrawn issue with CENTS in seriffed capitals, engraved in black on thick cream card paper (52 x 76 mm), Duty Plates blank and an incomplete state with white retouch under "E" of CENTS. Some spotting on reverse not affecting the appearance, a most unusual and rare Proof.
Lot #6692 - brit. colonies sansibar
1936: New Currency, the unused set of thirteen values, wmk. Multiple Script CA, all perforated hooded SPECIMEN, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Scarce Gi = £ 250.
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