French Steamers 1864/1904: Small collection of covers/cards (8) and two pieces with 1864 entire with octagonal "CONF. ARGENTINE / SAINTONGE" datestamp (Sept. 12) rated "8" décimes in Bordeaux, two 1865 entires at double and triple rates each struck with "CONF. ARGENTINE / CARMEL" and carried on the same voyage, one taxed "16" and the other "24" décimes on arrival; 1868 entire letter from Montevideo to Genova struck with circular "MONTEVIDEO...
Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 4
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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 #1100 - Overseas Argentina
1889: Rivadavia 5 c. rose postal stationery envelope used to Leipzig, Germany and up-rated with 1888-90 litho 15 c. orange and 1888/89 5 c. rose tied by "Rosario SF" cds's in black (June 16). Reverse with Buenos Aires transit cds's and Leipzig arrival (July 20). The 15 centavos is rare on letter.
Lot #1101 - Overseas Argentina
Argentinian States 1856c/62: Lot four covers and eleven used stamps incl. four stampless official lettersheets to Corrientes with oval "Administration General de Correos"; also Buenos Aires Cabescitas, a selection of eleven adhesives with 1859 4 r. green (3), 1 p. blue (4) & 1862 1 p. rose (4), cancelled with different mute obliterators and datestamps.
Lot #1102 - Overseas Argentina
1948/1950: Highly interesting collection of the issues of the period, with approximately fifty proofs and colour trials, including ten different colour combinations of the 1950 "Philatelic Exhibition" miniature sheet. A very insightful lot into the production process of the time. A rare opporrtunity to acquire this material in quantity.
Lot #1103 - Overseas Argentina
1856/1924: ROSARIO, collection of early entires, stamps and ephemera, with twenty letters beginning with a prephilatelic clear double oval strike FRANCA, then 1862 Argentine Republic 5c rose good margined copy on letter from Buenos Aires to San Juan with blue double circle arrival, and the same double circle CORREIO DEL ROSARIO on front with close cut horizontal pair to TUCUMAN. Arguably the outstanding item is an 1882 registered letter with...
Lot #1104 - Overseas Argentina
1884/1968: Official stamps in all variants with over forty often registered entires, with different uses, airmails, censors, destinations abroad, in the names of Justice, Science, Culture and many other department admitted to the official mail. Included are letters to the Department of Insects at the American Museum of Natural History, Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia, the Nuclear Chicago Corporation, a letter from the Argentine Antarctic...
Lot #1105 - Overseas Argentina
Incoming Mail 1890/1930ca.: Correspondence of 70 covers/cards sent from all over the world with interesting frankings and usages mainly to Rosario, incl. 1902 p.p.c. from Orange Free State, 1919 p.p.c. from Straits Settlements, Guatemala 1896 registered and uprated 10 c. stationery envelope, 1901 envelope from Serbia, 1919/20 four p.p.c.'s from Martinique, 1919/20 two cards from Mauritius, 1900 'Avis de Reception' envelope from Egypt, 1919...
Lot #1106 - Overseas Argentina
1898/1978: Postal stationery and other entires, collection of approximately four hundred items with a great range of unusual items, such as a picture postcard writing to Russia enquiring about the well being of the recipient during the "workers troubles" in 1902, a MUESTRA overprint on a reply card of the same series, a "ESTAFETA FLUVIAL" cachet from onboard "RIVADERIA", a foldable card with national statistics inside sent to PARIS, an...
Lot #1107 - Overseas Argentina
1908/1949: Decorative stationery, twenty-eight entires with a good range of overseas destinations and different designs, coastal scenes, gardens, farming, Esperanto, two with postage due. An "easy on the eye" lot.
Lot #1108 - Overseas Argentina
1925/1972: Collection of over 110 Airmail covers, beginning with a couple 1925 internal flights in both directions RIO - CORDOBA, two 1932 ZEPPELIN PAN-AMERICA flights, as well as a range of subsequent flights. Mail to Europe dominates this collection, with a good range of advertising cards for the competing CONDOR and AIR FRANCE service. A CRISTOBAL CZ plane crash cover from 1937 with stamps missing bears testimony to the difficulties...
Lot #1109 - Overseas Argentina
Argentina/Peru, Moens, J.-B. 1882; TIMBRES DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE ARGENTINE et de ses diverses provinces (Buenos Ayres, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre-Rios, Jujuy, San Luis, Santa-Fe, Santiago del Estero), both volumes of 170 + 148 pages with 90 + 90 gravures sur bois, bound together with the 1878 issue of LES TIMBRES DU PEROU, 2ème édition with 104 pages and 42 gravures sur bois, both books with a print run of 150 examples, half leather hardbound...
Lot #1110 - Overseas bolivia
1935 (Feb 1) : Airmail 5c. to 10b. 'Map of Bolivia' issue (and showing the disputed Chaco boundary), American Banknote Co. complete set of sunken Die Proofs (10) with bevilled corners (95 x 110 mm.), completed designs in issued colours on thick card with ABN imprint and file numbers at top in colours of the stamp; fresh and very fine. Rare.
Lot #1111 - Overseas brasil
1804 (June 8): Entire letter from Maranhão to Lisbon, Portugal endorsed "Intrepid" at lower left, struck on despatch with fine "MARANHAO" straight line handstamp in black with "80" reis rate in manuscript at top. Slight acid ink in address but a very scarce and very fine early entire.
Lot #1112 - Overseas brasil
1818 (May 1): Entire letter from Bahia to Lisbon, Portugal endorsed "2a Va" at lower left (and presumably the duplicate letter), carried on the "Conceiçao de Minerva" with "Conceiçao" endorsement at top, struck with straight line "CORREIO DA BA." despatch handstamp in green and rated "80" reis due to pay on arrival. Rare and very fine entire.
Lot #1113 - Overseas brasil
1839: Printed Matter entire letter written in German to London, endorsed "pr. Alert Pkt.", struck on despatch by fine "RIO-JANEIRO" double arc despatch cds (May 21) in black (early usage, known from January only). Reverse with London arrival (July 22) and manuscript notation "Only Double, Fredk. Huth & Co." and the rate changed from "10/6d." due to pay to a prepaid "7/-" in red manuscript. Scarce.
Lot #1114 - Overseas brasil
1841: Transatlantic letter from Rio de Janeiro, dated inside 9. Feb 1841 and endorsed 'original' on the front from the Huth correspondence. The letter bears a clean strike of the framed "GUERNSEY SHIP LETTER" and a London arrival (April 12). Scarce.
Lot #1115 - Overseas brasil
1844 (Dec. 22): Entire letter from Rio de Janeiro to Geneva, Switzerland endorsed "pr. Rose", struck on obverse with fine "OUTRE-MER / LE HAVRE" in red (Feb. 24) and rated "9" in red manuscript. Rewverse, opening well for display with "Geneve" cds of receipt (Feb. 27) in red. A scarce destination at this date.
Lot #1116 - Overseas brasil
1845 (Sept. 27): Entire letter from Maranhão to Barcelona, carried direct to destination by Spanish ship and struck on entry with fine "YNDIAS" handstamp in red with "Barcelona / Cataluna" arrival cds (Dec. 2) in red on reverse.
Lot #1117 - Overseas brasil
1847 (May 8): Entire letter, with superb engraving of the Hotel Pharoux on the waterfront at Rio, mailed from Rio de Janeiro to Everton Village, Liverpool endorsed "pr. Antelope", with interesting contents concerning same: "The Antelope screw steamer arrived here on 25th April in 27 days from Liverpool, the shortest passage on record", and struck on obverse with "COVE / SHIP LETTER" in blue (Robertson fig. S2) with CORK cds on reverse (June...
Lot #1118 - Overseas brasil
1851 (April 10): Entire letter from Rio de Janeiro to Oporto endorsed "p. Medway", struck with fine "♚ / PAID AT / RIO DE JANEIRO" in black and carried at double rate with manuscript "2/-" in red. Reverse with poor double arc "RIO-JANEIRO" cds in black. Struck with framed "P. BRIT" in blue on arrival and handstruck "540 + manuscript 80 = 620 reis" due to pay, the 80 reis due for the Lisbon - Porto leg of the journey. Disinfected by two chisel...
Lot #1119 - Overseas brasil
1851 (Aug.) : Second sheet of entire letter from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Ayres endorsed "p. Camilla", struck with "♚ / PAID AT / RIO DE JANEIRO" in black and carried at single rate with manuscript "1/-" in red. Reverse with poor double arc "RIO-JANEIRO" cds in black. Refolded but an attractive cover Gi CC3 = £ 850.
Lot #1120 - Overseas brasil
1853 (Aug. 18): Entire letter from Bahia to Cadiz, Spain sent care of Forwarding Agent "Bruces Hamilton & Co., Teneriffe", struck on despatch with "♚ / PAID AT / BAHIA" in blue with manuscript "1/-" prepaid in oxidised red ink at left. Double arc "BAHIA" cds on flap (Aug. 20) also in blue. Reverse witth "Teneriffe / Canarias" cds and Cadiz arrival cds (Sept. 12) and rated "10 Rs." due, all in red. An attractive and very rare entire Gi CC1...
Lot #1121 - Overseas brasil
1854 (Nov. 30): Entire letter from Rio Grande to Santa Cruz de Teneriffe, Canary Islands carried by RMSP "Severn" struck on despatch with "♚ / PAID AT / RIO DE JANEIRO" in black with manuscript "1/-" prepaid in red. Double arc "RIO-JANEIRO" cds on flap alongside "Santa Cruz de Teneriffe" arrival in red with "8Rs." due marking in red. Scarce Gi CC3 = £ 850/Scott= $ 2'900.
Lot #1122 - Overseas brasil
1857 (Jan. 17): Entire letter from the Swedish & Norwegian Consul in Bahia (large cachet in black on reverse), mailed to Stockholm, Sweden endorsed "via England pr. Steamer Avon", struck on despatch by "BAHIA" British P.O. cds in blue. London transit in red (Feb. 14) where rated at "1/2 d." in manuscript and thence via Danish P.O. in Hamburg (Feb. 16) to Stockholm where rated '17' skilling to pay. A rare entire to a most unusual...
Lot #1123 - Overseas brasil
1863 (Aug. 6): Entire letter from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Ayres, Argentina carried by RMSP "Oneida" struck on despatch with "♚ / PAID AT / RIO DE JANEIRO" in blue with manuscript "1/-" prepaid in red. Double arc "RIO-JANEIRO" cds on flap (Aug. 7). Superb in all respects, a magnificent entire Gi CC3 = £ 850/Scott = unpriced.
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