Official 1901: Office of Works OW Official 1 d. lilac used on OHMS 1901 cover to Wigan tied by Liverpool cds (April 22) in black, with Wigan arrival cds (April 23) on reverse. A scarce stamp on letter Gi = £ 1'000.
Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 2
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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 |
Auction conditions remain the same: 22% buyers
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Lot #5284 - europe Great Britain
Officials 1896: Collection featuring the 1 d. lilac overprinted Army Official, OW Official, Govt. Parcels or IR Official, with Army Official unused corner Control pairs (U,V,W and X), range of used examples incl. a block of six, OW Official with 1 d. lilac unused (cert.) and with SPECIMEN overprint, Govt. Parcels with 1 d. lilac unused and with SPECIMEN overprint, IR Official with 1 d. lilac with SPECIMEN overprint (2), used examples and...
Lot #5285 - europe Great Britain
William Wyon 1837: The "Wyon City Medal" struck to commemorate Queen Victoria's accession to the throne and her visit to the City of London in 1837, examples (2), one in Bronze and the much rarer example struck in Silver and inscribed "In honour of Her Majesty's Visit to the Corporation of London 9th Nov. 1837". The head struck by William Wyon was to be copied by Henry Corbould and utilised for all the stamps and Postal Stationery issued in...
Lot #5286 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 'Forerunners' Lottery Handbills 1817/1826: Advertising Handbills and Lottery 'puffs', the small group of 10 items all printed by Charles Whiting, many in association with Thomas Bish, with 1817 illustrated Lottery handbill ("Buy a whole ticket you may build a mansion...become a Member of Parliament"), 1825 elaborate red and blue bicoloured notice for April 12th draw printed by the Congreve Compound Plate process, 1825...
Lot #5287 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1821/60: Whiting printed group (9) with East Lothian Bank £ 1 Banknote Tax stamp for 5 d. in red & black (2), 1829 Royal Mail Coach Office, Lad Lane receipt for a Coach Parcel printed in blue with James Whiting imprint at base, 1836 Paper Duty label and stamp printed in black & rose red for first class paper (ex collection Marcus Samuel), the plates for same printed made by Whiting, 1837 Share certificate in blue for...
Lot #5288 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1821/34: Group of 7 items printed by Whiting, with July 1821 Coronation of George IV 'Pass Ticket' for the ceremony in Westminster Abbey printed in blue grey and black with embosssed surround and seal at base (163 x 213 mm.), 1830 'Envelope' embossed Essays in buff and in pale blue (State I and State II) both with Whiting imprints at base, 1830 embosssed entry card for a Grand Ball at the British Coffee-House, London; 1834...
Lot #5289 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting & Others 1825/1840c.: Ephemera of printing group with Engine Turning Proofs (2) by Alfred Deacon (1808-1886) employed as an engraver by Charles Whiting at Beaufort House - Deacon engraved the Die for the 1 d. pink, 1836 "Oxonian Grand Lodge of Ancient Britons" ticket on blue card by De La Rue, 1840 Trade card in green for "Butler's Aperient Pills" printed by Whiting, 1840c. Price list printed by Whiting for "Mechi"...
Lot #5290 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1831c.: Whiting printed 'Pages from a typical Victorian Scrap book' (No. 8) showing typical Whiting printed elaborate frames, with a green 'Scrap Sheet', brownish 'Drawing Room' page and another in green, together with three pages from the scrap book showing engraved prints (27). Small imperfections but a scarce and unusual group and a great insight to the world of say, Jane Austen.
Lot #5291 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1832/49: Early work by Whiting which led to the introduction of the Congreve compound plate procedure of the Beaufort House Press, with examples (4) of combined embossed and printed productions: 1832 "Licence for a Hawker" issued by Somerset House with superb black and white embossing at top with £ 8 value in oval 'WR IV' (William IV), with brown and blue surround, issued at Northallerton; and a similar (£ 4) form with engine...
Lot #5292 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1837/39: Embossed cameo portraits of the young Queen Victoria from the drawings by R.J. Lane ARA, executed for Victoria's 18th birthday with Crown above, a circular design on card with oak leaf surround in pink (98 x 120 mm.), a further printing with elaborate border design encompassing 'Whiting Patent' and facsimile signature at base in grey (*), a bicoloured design of the cameo head on green and orange backgrounds with Royal...
Lot #5293 - europe Great Britain
Ebenezer Bacon / Charles Whiting 1838c.: Ebenezer Bacon & Son, Banknote and General Machinagraphists, Chalk Farm Road, London (established in 1810) advertising Plate BU (217 x 232 mm.) showing numbered samples of engine turning engraved backgrounds in black with #1546 on the sheet similar to the scrollwork used at the base of the 1 d. pink envelope. Slight soiling but scarce and most unusual.
Lot #5294 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1839: Album page size embossed cameo portraits (2) submitted to the Treasury Department as examples of Whiting's embossing (135 x 180 mm.) with one design showing cameo head of Queen Adelaide on red with gold and green surround, this being the rarest design from the book "Royal Cameo Embossed Heads" published by Kendall & Son of London; the second example with Thomas Moore cameo head with brown and green surround, each...
Lot #5295 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1845/84: Printed by the Stamp Office on Congreve plates in red and black: Medicine Duty Tax Stamps for 1½ d. in red & black (4 different), 3 d. Duty (two different), Porous Plaster 1870 1½ d. Duty in red & black and Inland Revenue appropriated 1½ d. duty for Dr. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne. A scarce group (8).
Lot #5296 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1845/91c.: Printed by the Stamp Office on Congreve plates, 1855c. Stamp Office Court duty oval designs in red & black (2) for 8 annas on East India Co. paper, 1872 example for 8 annas printed in blue, together with four later examples of revenue stamped paper issued for Travancore printed in grey & red.
Lot #5297 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1847/75c.: Printed in pale blue & brownish-black on Congreve plates, Tax Stamps printed with elaborate scrollwork and central Crown for 6 sk. (2), 9 sk. (2) and 12 sk., the last dated 16 April 1855, later example in same colours for 50 öre, and a further cut out of oval design "Stempel-Papper" printed in black on pale green background. It should be noted that these Tax stamps pre-date Swedish postage stamp by nearly 8...
Lot #5298 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1848: Essays by Charles Whiting printed by the Congreve process to illustrate an article by Robert Hunt on Compound Plate printing in the "Art Journal", showing oval "PAID" postal stationery type design with the young Queen Victoria head in pink above two 'Treasury Essays' and a wonderful scrolled design and engine-turning in steel-blue applied over elaborate cameo work to green surround (218 x 271 mm.). Some very minor...
Lot #5299 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1837 (July): Dickinson's London District Post letter-sheets printed by Whiting, the 1 d. letter-sheet "Not to exceed One Ounce" printed in orange-brown on silk thread paper, complete and previously folded for display; and the 2 d. example "To Carry not exceeding 6 Ounces" printed in green on cream silk thread paper. Exceptional and very scarce Gi = £ 1'850.
Lot #5300 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1840 (March): Essay No. 1 by Whiting, with the central oval 1 d. design with extraordinarily fine quality engine-turning surround, flanked by two circular designs with "No." printed in black on thick cream wove paper, taken from the pamphlet entitled "The London and Westminster Review" dated in March 1840; these being cut from the top of the page six designs. Rare and fine.rnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrn
Lot #5301 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1839: 1 d. Treasury Essays (2) printed in red and black on cream wove paper, Essay number 10 inscribed "Not to Exceed Half Ounce / 1 Penny" and Essay number 12 inscribed "Post Office Permit / To Carry Matter Not Exceeeding in Weight ½ Ounce 1 d.", each with large margins all round; together with a faked example of the second example printed in black. Scarce and most attractive.
Lot #5302 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1840 (Feb): Embossed Queen's head cameo Essay for stamped paper by Whiting, printed in black on white wove paper with three oval surrounds of different engine turning without PAID at top. Fresh, fine and very rare.
Lot #5303 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1862/63: Embossed 'Beaufort House' cameo portraits, the reprints of the oval "PAID" designs in grey-blue and in a rich carmine-pink shade, each with good to large margins all round and showing the 'tail' on the left of the Quen's neck. A fine and scarce pair.
Lot #5304 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting 1840 (Feb): Embossed Queen's head cameo Essay for a stamped pre-pad envelope by Whiting, modified design with "PAID" at top, printed in yellow-green on white wove envelope. Superb and of extreme rarity.rnProvenance: Collection R. Folkard, Phillips, London, 26 Nov 1998, lot 58.
Lot #5305 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting & William Wyon 1840: Essay with embossed Wyon head within oval engine turned surround with "POSTAGE ONE PENNY" in large capital letters, Second State with the pendant curl, printed in pale blue on thick card (42 x 49 mm.) without the surround. Usual trivial soiling and wrinkle not affecting the appearance of a rare Proof Huggins E14.rnProvenance: Collection R. Folkard, Phillips, London, 26 Nov 1998.
Lot #5306 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting & William Wyon 1840: Essay with embossed Wyon head within oval engine turned surround with "POSTAGE ONE PENNY" in small capital letters, First State without the pendant curl, printed in rose-pink on card (39 x 44 mm.) showing the full size of the Die. Slightest of soiling mentioned for full accuracy but very rare Huggins E13.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 13 Dec 1973, lot 1008.
Lot #5307 - europe Great Britain
Charles Whiting & William Wyon 1840 (Jan): Essays (2) with embossed Wyon head within oval engine turned surround with "POSTAGE 1D: HALF OZ: lettering on solid background at top, with a cut-out example printed in pale blue and an example in black applied to folded pink wove letter-sheet (216 x 185 mm.). The letter-sheet with some edge staining and weak folds but very rare Huggins E11.rnrn
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