1867/83: 5 s. pale rose, wmk. Maltese Cross, Plate 2, lettered ED, a used example centred to lower left cancelled by neat "Ventnor" (Isle of Wight) cds (14 Dec 1882) in black. Scarce and fine stamp Gi = £ 1'500.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Day 3 - Great Britain, British Colonies, Pre-Union South Africa - the Besançon Collection (Part Ii)
By: Corinphila Auction AG
Corinphila Auction AG Day 3 - Great Britain, British Colonies, Pre-Union South Africa - the Besançon Collection (Part Ii)
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 #1720 - europe Great Britain
Lot #1721 - europe Great Britain
1867/83: 10 s. greenish-grey on white paper, wmk. Maltese Cross, lettered CE, an imperforate Imprimatur in a deep shade, with large margins all round, slight gum wrinkle but of enormous scarcity Gi = £ 35'000.rnrnProvenance: RL, London, 27 April 1949, lot 185.rn Harmers, London, 3-4 July 1979, lot 521.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1722 - europe Great Britain
1867/83: 10 s. greenish-grey on white paper, wmk. Anchor, lettered FD, an unused example of the forgery or so-called 'Government Imitation', fresh and very fine with glistening white gum. First reported in November 1910 in a letter from Bridger & Kay to the London Philatelist - this being one of the letterings that B&K noted in their letter, a copy of which accompanies the lot. Rare.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1723 - europe Great Britain
1867/83: £5 orange on white paper, lettered CE, a superb used example of fine fresh colour, centrally cancelled by upright "Belfast" circular datestamp (2 May 1890) in black. A beautiful example of this iconic stamp. Cert. RPSL (2001) Gi = £ 3'500.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1724 - europe Great Britain
1883/84: 5 s. rose on white paper, an unused strip of three lettered GA-GC, corner marginal from lower left of the sheet, well centred and of brilliant vivid colour, central stamp large part og., others unmounted og. A most appealing and attractive multiple Gi = £ 3'300+.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1725 - europe Great Britain
1884 (April 1): £ 1 brown-lilac, wmk. Crowns, lettered ED, an Imperforate Imprimatur from Plate 2, with good margins all round and very large at right (the adjoining Imprimatur FD, was in the Colonel Bates collection, Dec 1934, lot 613 and is cut into at left); slight gum crease at left not affecting the appearance, of fine delicate fresh colour and large part og. Rare Gi K15 = £ 15'000.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1726 - europe Great Britain
1884 (April 1): £ 1 brown-lilac, wmk. Crowns, lettered EA, a superb used example in a very deep shade, neatly cancelled by central "Wolverhampton" cds (June 27, 1888) in black. Exceptional and rare thus. Cert. Knopke (1995) Gi = £ 3'000.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1727 - europe Great Britain
1884 (April 1): £ 1 brown-lilac, wmk. Crowns, lettered MB, a superb used example in a very deep shade, neatly cancelled by central "St. Peters / Manchester" cds (July 4, 1890) in black. Exceptional and rare thus. Cert. RPSL (1993) Gi = £ 3'000.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1728 - europe Great Britain
1884 (April 1): £ 1 brown-lilac, wmk. Crowns, lettered MB/NB/OB, a superb used vertical strip of three in a deep vibrant shade, each stamp centrally cancelled "Dublin / Sorting Office" cds's (May 23, 1890) in black. An exceptional and very scarce multiple, the Karl Louis card index records just four used strips of three of this stamp, one of which is housed in the National Postal Museum Gi = £ 9'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Wally Knox,...
Lot #1729 - europe Great Britain
1891 (Jan 28): £ 1 green, wmk. Crowns, lettered FD/GD/HD/ID, a used vertical strip of four of excellent rich colour, each stamp cancelled by "Belfast" cds's (May 7, 1894) in black. Unobtrusive registration blue crayon lines at left on top stamp only, a marvellous multiple: just seven vertical strips of four recorded in the Karl Louis card index. Rare Gi = £ 3'200+.rnrnProvenance: Bonhams, London, 14 Feb 2002, lot 1601.rn...
Lot #1730 - europe Great Britain
1884: 5 d. dull green line perf. 12, wmk. Imperial Crown, lettered FD, an unused but regummed example, horizontally overprinted 'SPECIMEN' in black. Fine and scarce. The perf. 12 examples have been never issued and it's said that they were used to set the colour standards for the 1887 issue, see also W.A. Wiseman 'the De La Rue Years 1878-1910' vol. 2 on pages 48 and 64, Cert. Louis (2009).
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1731 - europe Great Britain
1883: 5 d. dull green, a single example used on 1885 cover to a member of the Army Medical Staff at Thayetmyo, Burma tied by 'St. John's Wood' duplex (Feb 6) in black. Reverse with "Sea / Post Office / E" datestamp (Feb 13) and carried by the "Gwalior" to Bombay, with Thayetmyo arrival cds (March 3) alongside. An attractive and scarce cover Gi = £ 350.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1732 - europe Great Britain
1887: Jubilee 4½ d. green & deep bright carmine, an unused example of this rare shade, interpanneau corner marginal example, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Photocopy of certiciate RPSL (2003) from the original block of four Gi K34(3) = £750.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1733 - europe Great Britain
1902: De La Rue 2 s. 6 d. lilac, an unued corner marginal block of four from lower left corner of the sheet, of fresh colour and delightful appearance, gum bends on unmounted og. Gi = £ 1'100.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1734 - europe Great Britain
1902: De La Rue 5 s. bright carmine, a fine unused example of excellent fresh colour, unmounted og. Gi = £ 450+.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1735 - europe Great Britain
1902: De La Rue £ 1 dull blue-green, a used vertical pair, marginal from left of sheet, each stamp lightly cancelled by "Guernsey" cds (Feb 8, 1912) in black. A scarce and most attractive multiple. Cert. RPSL (2005) Gi = £ 1'650+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Grant, Spink, London, 25 Sept 2003, lot 2457.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1736 - europe Great Britain
1902 (June 16): De La Rue £ 1 dull blue-green, a used vertical strip of seven in a deep shade, cancelled by multiple strikes of the London EC hooded datestamps (July 28, 1904) in black. An extraordinarily scarce multiple in excellent condition considering it's size and rarity. A spectacular Exhibition item, believed to be the largest used multiple now extant Gi = £ 5'950+.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1737 - europe Great Britain
1911 (Sept 3): Somerset House £ 1 deep green, a superb used vertical pair, marginal from base of sheet, neatly cancelled by "Guernsey" cds's (June 2, 1913) in black. Exceptional and very scarce Gi = £ 1'500+.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1738 - europe Great Britain
1913: Waterlow Seahorse 2 s. 6 d. sepia-brown, an unused example, well centred, of good colour and full unmounted og. Gi = £ 300.
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Lot #1739 - europe Great Britain
1913: Waterlow Seahorse 5 s. rose-carmine, a fine unused example, marginal from top right corner of the sheet, fresh colour and superb appearance, mounted in margin only, stamp unmounted og. Gi = £ 625+.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1740 - europe Great Britain
1913 (Aug 1): Waterlow Seahorse £ 1 deep yellow-green shade, an unused example of vibrant colour, fresh and very fine, superb og. Scarce and very fine Gi N72(1)= £ 2'800.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1741 - europe Great Britain
1913 (Aug 1): Waterlow Seahorse £ 1 deep green shade, a used example, well centred and of rich colour, cancelled by "Guernsey" cds (August 11, 1913) in black. Exceptionally early usage within ten days of issue, a rare and fine stamp. Cert. RPSL (2004) Gi N72(2)= £ 1'800.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1742 - europe Great Britain
1913 (Aug 1): Waterlow Seahorse £ 1 deep bright green shade, a used example, well centred and of fresh colour, neatly cancelled by "Guernsey" cds (Sept 11, 1913) in black. An early usage, scarce and very fine Gi N72(1)= £ 1'400
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1743 - europe Great Britain
1913 (Aug 1): Waterlow Seahorse £ 1 deep bright green shade, a used vertical pair, well centred and of vivid colour, each neatly cancelled by "Guernsey" cds (April 2, 1914) in black. Minute blunted perf. at top left otherwise exceptional and rare Gi N72(1)= £ 2'800.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1744 - europe Great Britain
1915: De La Rue Seahorse 2 s. 6 d. sepia (seal-brown), an unused example, marginal from leftf of sheet, of good rich colour and full unmounted og. Gi = £ 325.
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