1865/72: Collection of the first issues, a splendid array with ½ r. blue in varying shades and different printings (120 stamps) incl. unused from early printing and two on blued paper and later printings incl. pairs and a strip of six, used examples one with emboosed "Coat of Arms", vertical bisect on piece, 10 examples cancelled in red, Plate Flaws incl. the MFDIO error (2) and a single franking on 1867 cover; 1 r. yellow (shades) with range...
Day 1- Europe & Overseas, South & Central America - the Brian Moorhouse Estate (Part Ii)
By: Corinphila Auction AG
Corinphila Auction AG Day 1- Europe & Overseas, South & Central America - the Brian Moorhouse Estate (Part Ii)
A wide range of classic material awaits you in five catalogues: Starting with the first part of the ERIVAN Collections Classic Switzerland and Zeppelin Mail, going on with the second part of the Brian Moorhouse Estate of Latin America, over to the second part of the Besançon Collection of Pre-Union South Africa including Mafeking Siège Stamps, Vryburg, Griqualand, Natal, Orange Free States and Transvaal. In the Swiss Catalogue (249) we offer the fifth part of the Jack Luder Collection of Swiss Cantonal and Federal stamps, each item in the collection being of excellent quality. Also the 'philately from around the world' material in our Europe & Worldwide catalogue (244) is of excellent quality including a special collection of European Transit Mail to 1800, a fine part of Austria and Austrian Levant, special collection of Papal State and the German part includes a special collection of Heligoland. Further a fine range of Great Britain and Colonies with Cyprus, Gibraltar, Iraq, Long Island, Papua and Papua New Guinea.
Tuesday Dec. 3, 2019 |
Catalogue 244 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS |
11.00 h |
Lot 1 - 226 |
ASIA - AFRICA - AMERICAS |
Catalogue 245 |
SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA - The Brian Moorhouse Estate (part II) |
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12.30 h | Lot 4001-4788 |
Argentine to Venezuela |
Wednesday Dec. 4, 2019 | Catalogue 244 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS |
09.00 h |
Lot 227 - 370 |
Europe Transit Mail to 1800 |
Lot 371 - 552 |
EUROPE A-I: Belgium to Iceland |
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11.30 h | Lot 553 - 795 |
EUROPE I-N: Italy incl. special collection of Papal States |
14.00 h | Lot 796 - 1361 |
EUROPE O: Österreich & Lombardei-Venetien, Zeitungsmarken, II. Republik AUSTRIAN LEVANT |
17.30 h | Lot 1362- 1544 |
EUROPE P - Y: Poland toYugoslavia |
Thursday Dec. 5, 2019 |
Catalogue 244 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS |
09.00 h | Lot 1545 - 1758B |
GREAT BRITAIN |
10.30 h |
Lot 1759 - 2333 |
BRITISH COLONIES incl. New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Cyprus, Egypt, Gibraltar, Iraq, Long Island |
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Catalogue 247 |
PRE-UNION SOUTH AFRICA - The Besançon Collection (part II) |
15.30 |
Lot 6001 - 6431 |
Mafeking Siège Stamps, Vryburg, Griqualand West, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal |
Friday Dec. 6, 2019 |
Catalogue 244 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS |
09.00 h | Lot 2334 - 2525 |
EUROPE: Germany, incl. Heligoland, All World collections |
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Katalog 246 |
ZEPPELIN-MAIL, Die Sammlung ERIVAN (part I) |
10.30 h |
Lot 5001 - 5213 |
Zeppelin- und Vertragsstaatenpost |
Katalog 249 |
SCHWEIZ & LIECHTENSTEIN | |
13.00 h |
Lot 8001 - 8416 |
SCHWEIZ ab 1907, inkl. Flugpost Schweiz und Liechtenstein, SOLDATENMARKEN, inkl. Sammlung Karlheinz Brunner (Teil 5) |
16.00 h |
Lot 8417 - 8626 |
SCHWEIZ Sammlungen und Posten, inkl. Altschweiz, Rayons |
Catalogue 244 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS |
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18.00 h |
Lot 2526 - 2596 |
All World Collections & Accumulations |
Saturday Dec. 7, 2019 |
Katalog 248 |
SCHWEIZ - Die Sammlung ERIVAN (Teil 1) |
10.00 h |
Lot 7001 - 7045 | |
Katalog 249 |
Die Sammlung JACK LUDER (Teil 5) | |
Lot 7101 - 7248 |
Kantonal- und Bundesmarken 1843 - 1863 |
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Katalog 249 |
SCHWEIZ & LIECHTENSTEIN |
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13.00 h | Lot 7249 - 7516 |
Vorphilatelie, Kantonalmarken, Rayonmarken, sitz. Helvetia bis UPU und stehende Helvetia |
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Lot #99 - Overseas Ecuador
1865: 4 r. red, a used example with close to touched margins all round, variety "Printed on Both Sides", superbly cancelled by "Quito / Franca" circular datestamp (10 Jan, 1871) in black. A very scarce stamp Gi 4c = £ 375/Scott = $ 550 unused.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #100 - Overseas Ecuador
1865. 4 r. red, a diagonally bisected example, lower right half, used on 1869 entire letter to Lima tied by "Guayaquil / Franca" circular datestamp in blue (26 Sept 1869). Reverse with Lima arrival cds (Oct 1). Usual horizontal file fold, well away from the adhesive. Extremely scarce, genuinely used bisected 4 reales to Southbound destinations were all used on the same day. Signed Todd AIEP Scott = $ 1'600.
Catalogue 244: Europe &...
Lot #101 - Overseas Ecuador
1870 (Feb 1): Papel Sellado with black seal at 3 pesos, written from Pelileo with front of wrsapper glued to the document showing rare wreathed PELILEO / FRANCA handstamp in red, used as evidence of original sending. Exceptional and rare.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #102 - Overseas Ecuador
1881: 5 c. blue (3) and 1887 2 c. vermilion (3) used on 1890 cover to Paris, overpaid 1 centavo, all tied by 'Guayaquil^datestamps in black (July 20). Slight aging but a scarce mixed issue usage.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #103 - Overseas Ecuador
1881: 20 c. grey-violet, a diagonally bisected example used on 1883 cover to Lima, endorsed 'Porte Pagado' (Post Paid) at left, tied by circular GUAYAQUIL / FRANCA datestamp in black (April 18) with Lima arrival cds on reverse. Slight trim to envelope and creasing but a rare bisect usage during the Chile-Peru War. Signed H. Bloch.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #104 - Overseas Ecuador
1885: Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Cargo receipt for shipping to New York, printed in red with fine illustration of Steamer, franked by 1884-1885 optd. Fiscal 2 c. brown, the receipt for 42 bags of Cocoa weighting 6'020 lbs. in total. Handstamped "Said to weigh, but not / responsible for weight" in violet. Folded but nevertheless a very rare document.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #105 - Overseas Ecuador
1892: Sucre issue covers (2), with Sept 1895 entire letter from Cuenca to Guayaquil franked by vertically bisected 10 c. green tied in black, faults but a rare genuine usage, and toned pair of 20 c. brown on cover to Paris, resealed 'La Opera / Paris' label in red with picture of the Eiffel Tower.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #106 - Overseas Ecuador
1894: 'Rocafuerte' 5 c. 'Error of Colour', printed in pale blue (the colour of the issued 1 c.) rather than the issued deep green, a creased postally used example, together with ordinary 1 c. and 5 c. examples for comparison and an 1894 5 c. green used on local cover to Quito. Unusual, the first this describer has seen and does not have the appearance of a colour changeling.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #107 - Overseas Ecuador
1896 (Oct): Provisional 5 c. on 20 c. orange and 10 c. in red on 50 c. dark blue used on 1897 registered cover to Dresden with 1897-1898 optd. 5 c. green all tied by UPU / Guayaquil datestamps in black. Registration label at left and New York transit label above, reverse with Dresden arrival cds (June 11). A rare and attractive usage with three provisonal values.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #108 - Overseas Ecuador
1897 (June 23): 20 c. yellow and diagonally bisected 10 c. brown paying the 25 c. registered / AR rate on 1899 cover to USA, mailed from Guayaquil with reg'd label and circular 'AR' alongside. Reverse with Philadelphia arrival cds (Feb 21). Small cover tear at top but a rare commercial bisected usage.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #109 - Overseas Ecuador
1898: Card from Jena, Germany bearing 10 pf. carmine tied 'Jena' cds, thence via St. Nazaire to Guayaquil with fine oval CORREOS / GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR arrival (Dec 3), framed TRANSIT / GUAYAQUIL in black at left. Delivery attempted and failed, struck with 'Non Reclame' in violet and readdressed to San Francisco (Dec 28). Addressee again unfound struck with circcular 'Name Not in P.O. Directory' in violet and four line 'Advertised / Due 1 ct.',...
Lot #110 - Overseas Ecuador
1901: 10 c. red postal stationery envelope, a used example to New York cancelled twice by circular 'PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY / S.S. QUITO / VOY No...' in blue. Reverse weith 'Transito / Panama' cds (Jan 21) and New York 'Paid All' arrival cds (Jan 31). Rare.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #111 - Overseas Ecuador
1894: Rocafuerte 2 c. brown postal stationery card, a fine used example to Algeria wth 1 c. slate Fiscal optd. '1884-85' tied by 'UPU / Guayaquil' cds in black. Mailed via London (Oct 18) with red transit and 'Arzew / Oran' arrival cds (Oct 22) in black; also 3 c. black on green postal stationery card used in 1896 to Narva, Estonia via St. Petersburg with arrival cds on reverse. Scarce and attractive pair.
Catalogue 244: Europe &...
Lot #112 - Overseas Ecuador
1895: Rocafuerte 1 c. blue (3), 2 c. yellow-brown (6, strip of five on reverse) and single 5 c. green all used on 5 c. green stationery envelope sent registered / AR to Lucerne, Switzerland tied by 'UPU / GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR' datestamps in black. Registration label on reverse and Paris cds and Luzern arrival (Feb 20) alongside. A charming and scarce usage.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #113 - Overseas Ecuador
1896: 10 c. yellow and provisional 1896 5 c. on 10 c. orange (2) used on provisonal 1895-1896 5 c. green postal stationery envelope (optd. 1895 1896 with very faint '1' in '1896', sent registered in 1897 from the German Consulate in Quito (blue wafer seal verso) to Borna, Leipzig cancelled in black. Ecuador large red registration label on reverse tied by arrival cds (16/4). Opened for Exhibit display, a scarce usage of the provisionals on...
Lot #114 - Overseas Ecuador
1928/29: Scadta Provisional set of six values incl. 1 s. on R 20 c. grey unused, Type II with 41⁰ overprint in the full rare set of four values (50 c. on 10 c., 75 c. on 15 c. and 1 s. on 20 s. grey and 1 s. on R 20 c. grey), together with the extremely rare "50 Cts 50" on 10 c. green; all fresh and very fine, large part og. A rare complete set Scott = $ 2'000+.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #115 - Overseas Ecuador
1929 (May): Official Airmail 1 s. dark blue, an unused example with variety "Overprint Inverted" in black, fresh and fine, part og. Rare. Gi 208 = £ 325/Scott = $ 240.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #116 - Overseas Ecuador
1880/1950: Official covers (15) and FDC's (10), with Official range incl. 1880 cover to Quito with framed DE OFICIO handstamp, 1892 Sucre Official 10 c. used to Texas, 1928 cover from Bolivian Legation to Argentina, 1944 cover to Bogotá with late use of CORREOS / DE OFICIO handstamp in violet, 1946 early use of overprinted Railway stamp on reverse of cover to Brazil, 1949 covers (2) to GB from the President of the Republic, cover to Turkey...
Lot #117 - Overseas Ecuador
1916/18: First Wolörd War Censored covers (5) with 1917 underpaid cover to Switzerland opened by French Censor, and unusual cover to Berlin censored by Allies with 'Opened by Censor' in red and with further German label applied 'Militärischerseits unter Kriegsrecht geöffnet'.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #118 - Overseas Ecuador
1939/48: Censored covers (11) with cover to USA 'Only Orchid Seeds Enclosed', cover at 40 c. rate to USA with two line 'Servir a la Patria es el mas / honroso de los deberes' in violet; cover at 80 c. rate from Quito via Buenos Aires to Zurich; cover to Colombia with three line 'El litiglo territorial ecuado / riano peruana turba / solidaridad continental' cachet in green, cover with late usage of 1895 Rocafuerte 5 sucres value etc.
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Lot #119 - Overseas Ecuador
1899/1907: Covers/cards (18) and a piece, all bearing Presidents issues frankings incl. two with 'school' marks, with 1909 card franked at 3 c. used to Singapore with arrival, 1911 registered cover to USA franked 1907 1 c. (2) and 3 c. (6), 1913 registered three colour franking to Switzerland etc., condition varies but a colourful group to a variety of destinations.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #120 - Overseas guatemala
1871 (March 1): First Issue, Coat of Arms, imperforate Proofs in issued colors, mostly unmounted og., a splendid selection (27 items: 125 Proofs) with 1 c. ochre in a pair, a marginal strip of three, two blocks of four (one with 'Contrôle / T.P.' in blue), a block of six and of nine; 5 c. bistre-brown with a single, pair, marginal strip of four and three blocks of four (all three are sheet marginal) and two marginal blocks of twelve, 10 c....
Lot #121 - Overseas Mexico
Guadalajara Provisionals 1867: First Printing Medio (½) real black, imperforate on white medium wove paper, a fine used example with large margins all round, slightest of stains from glue used as gum, lightly cancelled by part wreathed Guadalajara handstamp in black. Scarce so fine. Cert. Mepsi (2002) Gi 1A = £ 250/Scott = $ 250.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #122 - Overseas Mexico
Guadalajara Provisionals 1867: First Printing un (1) real black, imperforate on greyish-blue medium wove paper, a cut-round used example cancelled by large part oval SAYULA handstamp in black (Schatzkes fig. 452). The provisional issue is extremely scarce used as a 'sub-consignment' outside of Guadalajara itself. Cert. Mepsi (2019) Gi 5 = £ 170/Scott = $ 450+.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
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