Official 1903: "Service". Prepared for use but unissued 1 r. green & aniline carmine, a wonderful unused block of thirty-six (6 x 6), position 64, showing variety "BR1TISH" (the more pronounced flaw with small first "L" in SOMALILAND below) and also showing at top, position 28 also with the "BR1TISH" flaw. A fine and fresh large multiple of great scarcity thus, large part or unmounted og. Rare, with just 10 examples possible of each...
Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2
By: Corinphila Auction AG
Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2
CORINPHILA AUKTIONEN AG · Wiesenstrasse 8 · 8032 Zürich · Schweiz / Suisse / Switzerland
VERSTEIGERUNGSFOLGE / AUCTION SCHEDULE
Freitag 24. November 2023 / Friday 24 November 2023
9:00 h 30001 – 30330 320: Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia – The ‘DUBOIS’ Collection (part III)
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania
12:30 h 4001 4681 310: British Africa, St. Helena, Ascension, Seychelles, Bushire – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection
St. Helena, Ascencion, Seychelles, British East Africa, Nyasaland
Samstag 25. November 2023 / Saturday 25 November 2023
9:00 h 30331 – 30713 320: Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia – The ‘DUBOIS’ Collection (part III)
Victoria, Westaustralia, Commonwealth of Australia
13:00 h 4682 – 5101 310: British Africa, St. Helena, Ascension, Seychelles, Bushire – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection
British Somaliland, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Bushire
Montag 27. November 2023 / Monday 27 November 2023
9:00 h 1 – 463 309: Europe & Overseas Australia, Australian States Unused – The Peter Campbell Collection (part II)
14:00 h 464 – 1101 309: Europe & Overseas Americas (North, Central & South America)
- incl. South & Central America – The Brian Moorhouse Estate
Dienstag 28. November 2023 / Tuesday 28 November 2023
9:00 h 1102 – 1269 309: Europe & Overseas British Commonwealth, including Crash and Interrupted Mail
11:00 h 5201 5923 311: Egypt, including the Constantin Kelemenis & Ronny van Pellecom Collections
18:00 h 6001 6241 312: Haiti – “Liberty Head” Issue 1881–1887 – The Brian Moorhouse Collection
Mittwoch 29. November 2023 / Wednesday 29 November 2023
9:00 h 10001 10241 319: Great Britain 1840–1841 – The World‘s First Postage Stamps – The Simon Beresford-Wylie Collection (part I)
11:30 h 6501 6696 313: British Stamp Perforation – The Ray Simpson Collection
13:30 h 1270 – 1497 309: Europe & Overseas Great Britain, incl. some Surface Printed „Abnormal Plates“
- Rocket and Space Mail, incl. The Beatrice Bachmann Estate
15:30 h 1498 – 2137 309: Europe & Overseas Europe A –E, Greenland 1721–1938 – The ‘POLAR LIGHT’ Collection (part II)
- Togo Postal History – The John Mayne Collection
Donnerstag 30. November 2023 / Thursday 30 November 2023
9:00 h 2138 – 3365 309: Europe & Overseas Europe F – Z, Finland Revenue Issue 1881 and 1891 – The Jussi Tuori Collection
- Hungarian Post Offices in Romania – The Dr. Geza Homonnay Collection (part I)
- Spain 1850 – 6 cuartos black – Specialised Collection (part I)
Freitag 1. Dezember 2023 / Friday 1 December 2023
9:00 h 3366 – 3477 309: Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa
10:00 h 3478 – 3563 309: Europe & Overseas Collections & Accumulations, Literature
11:00 h 7000 7086 314: Europe‘s “Number 1” on cover – The ‘PENELOPE’ Collection
12:00 h 7501 7686 315: Incoming Mail to Spain 1850–1880 – The Luis Alemany Indarte Collection
14:00 h 9001 9179 317: Rotes Kreuz – Die Sammlung Richard Schäfer Jr.
15:30 h 9201 – 9567 318: Schweiz &
Liechtenstein
Schweiz ab 1907, Soldatenmarken, Flugpost Schweiz
Fürstentum Liechtenstein, Sammlungen und Posten Schweiz
Samstag 2. Dezember 2023 / Saturday 2 December 2023
10:00 h 8001 8053 316: Schweiz Bundespost – Seltene Frankaturen 1849–1854 – Die Sammlung Richard Schäfer Sr. (Teil I)
11:00 h 8101 – 8466 318: Altschweiz Vorphilatelie, Kantonalmarken, Ortspost, Poste Locale, Rayonmarken
15:30 h 8467 – 8613 318: Altschweiz Sitzende Helvetia (Strubel) bis UPU
- Ziffermuster 1882-1899 – Die Sammlung Dr. James Johnstone (Teil II)
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Lot #4833 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1903: "Service". Prepared for use but unissued 1 r. green & aniline carmine, an unused horizontal pair, right hand stamp, position 21, showing variety "SUMALILAND", fresh and fine, large part og. Rare, with just 10 examples possible Gi = £ 2'500.
Lot #4834 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1903: "Service". Prepared for use but unissued 1 r. green & aniline carmine, an unused horizontal strip of three, the two right hand stamps with "B" over "OM" setting, central stamp showing variety "SOMAL LAND", fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Rare and most attractive Gi = £ 2'500+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 25 Nov 2005, lot 894.
Lot #4835 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1903: "Service". Prepared for use but unissued 1 r. green & aniline carmine, an unused horizontal pair, right hand stamp, position 127, showing variety "SERVICE" in wrong font, in baton capitals, fresh and fine, very fine og. Rare, only 10 examples possible. Cert. BPA (1977) Gi = £ 2'500.rnrnProvenance: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 25 Nov 2005, lot 895.
Lot #4836 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904/05: Official OHMS set of five values unused to 1 r. green, overprinted "SPECIMEN" in black, the low values all in vertical strips of three as despatched by the UPU in Berne, the 1 rupee green in a rare block of four, all fresh and fine with unmounted og. excluding the upper pair of the block which large part og. A rare group Gi = £ 480++.
Lot #4837 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904/05: Official OHMS set of five values unused to 1 r. incl. rare 2 a. dull & bright purple, with additional example of the 1905 2 a. dull & bright purple on wmk. Multiple Crown CA paper showing plate number "1" in margin, fresh and fine, part or large part og. Gi = £ 800+.
Lot #4838 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1903 (May 27): De La Rue Imperforate Plate Proofs for the OHMS issue, ½ a. dull green & green and 1 r. green (in issued colours) and overprinted "O.H.M.S.", on watermarked paper as issued, without gum. Close but clear margin on the 1 rupee but a rare pairing.
Lot #4839 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
1903 (May 27): De La Rue Imperforate Colour Trials for the OHMS issue, small piece bearing ½ a. dull green & green and 1 r. green (in issued colours), cut from the Appendix sheet registration no. 36 of 1903, with trivial staining and slight bends. Illustrated in the "De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 5687. The Appendix sheet where these values were shown as examples of the new Official "O.H.M.S" overprint was...
Lot #4840 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904: OHMS ½ a. dull green & green, wmk. Crown CA, an unused example of good colour, variety "No Stop after M", fine, large part og. Scarce stamp Gi = £ 300.
Lot #4841 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904: OHMS ½ a. dull green & green, wmk. Crown CA, an unused block of six (2 x 3) with plate number "1" at top and interpanneau margin at right, showing variety "No Stop after M" on lower left stamp, diagonal gum bend, and partial missing stop on the stamp above, fine and scarce positional multiple, unmounted og. Gi = £ 300+.
Lot #4842 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904: OHMS 1 a. grey-black & carmine, wmk. Crown CA, an unused example showing variety "No Stop after M", fine, large part og. A rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1977) Gi = £ 200.
Lot #4843 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904: OHMS 1 a. grey-black & carmine, wmk. Crown CA, an unused sheet mrginal block of four, third showing variety "No Stop after M", stamp above with "Small Stop after M", stamp unmounted og. Scarce multiple. Cert. BPA (1977) Gi = £ 200+.
Lot #4844 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904: OHMS 1 a. grey-black & carmine, wmk. Crown CA, an unused block of six (2 x 3) with plate number "1" at top and interpanneau margin at right, showing variety "No Stop after M" on lower left stamp, diagonal gum bend, and partial missing stop on the stamp above, fine and scarce positional multiple, unmounted og. Gi = £ 200+.
Lot #4845 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904: OHMS 2 a. dull & bright purple, wmk. Crown CA, an unused block of four of lovely deep colour, fresh and very fine, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. Seldom found in a multiple, rare. Gi = 1'300+.
Lot #4846 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904/05: OHMS 2 a. dull & bright purple with 1 r. green used together on small part piece (see photograph of the original piece which has been vandalised) tied by "Berbera / Somaliland" cds's (1.30 PM / 10 Feb 1905) cds's in black. Sadly cut round but of great rarity. Cert. BPA (1973) Gi = £ 1'100+.
Lot #4847 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904: OHMS 2 a. dull & bright purple, wmk. Crown CA, an unused example showing variety "No Stop after M", fresh and fine, large part og. An exceedingly rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1977) Gi = £ 3'250.
Lot #4848 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904: OHMS 2 a. dull & bright purple, wmk. Crown CA, a fine used example with variety "No Stop after M", cancelled by "Berbera" cds (Oct 1904) in black leaving the variety clear. A very scarce stamp. Cert. RPSL (1980) Gi = £ 900.
Lot #4849 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904: OHMS 8 a. grey-black & pale blue, wmk. Crown CA, an unused example overprinted "SPECIMEN", showing variety "No Stop after M", fine, part og. A very rare stamp, with probably less than three or four examples extant. Cert. BPA (1977).
Lot #4850 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904: OHMS 8 a. grey-black & pale blue, wmk. Crown CA, an unused example showing variety "No Stop after M", fine, part og. A rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1969) Gi = £ 600.
Lot #4851 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904/05: OHMS 2 a. dull & bright purple, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, an unused block of four, fresh and fine colour, large part og with three stamps unmounted og. Scarce. Signed A. Diena Gi = £ 520+.
Lot #4852 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904/05: OHMS 2 a. dull & bright purple, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, an unused example, marginal from top of sheet with Plate number "1" in margin, showing variety "No Stop after M", margin with hinge remnant on both sides, stamp unmounted og. Very rare. Cert. BPA (1977) Gi = £ 2'500.rnrnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 29 July 1976, lot 1306.
Lot #4853 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904/05: OHMS 2 a. dull & bright purple, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, an unused block of four, corner marginal from top right of sheet with Plate number "1" in margin, upper left stamp showing variety "No Stop after M", fresh and very fine, mounted in margin only, stamps unmounted og. A rare and most attractive multiple. Cert. BPA (1977) Gi = £ 2'850+.
Lot #4854 - brit. colonies Brit. Somaliland
Official 1904: OHMS 1 r. green, wmk. Crown CC, a fine used example tied to small piece by "Berbera / Somaliland" cds in black (12 April). Rare Gi = £ 1'100.rnrnProvenance: Tommy Allen.
Lot #4855 - brit. colonies tanganyika
Mafia Island / Handstamped "G.R. / MAFIA" in black 1915 (Jan): German East Africa 2½ h. brown, handstamped "G.R. / MAFIA" in blackish violet, a fine unused example with large part og. A rare stamp with approximately 30 examples issued. Signed Holcombe. Opinion Holcombe (1992) Gibbs 1A / Gi = £ 1'100.
Lot #4856 - brit. colonies tanganyika
Mafia Island / Handstamped "G.R. / MAFIA" in black 1915 (Jan): German East Africa 2½ h. brown, handstamped "G.R. / MAFIA" in blackish lilac, a fine unused block of four, marginal from left of sheet, one tiny age spot at top of first stamp, otherwise of excellent colour, large part or unmounted og. A rare multiple with approximately 30 examples issued. Signed Holcombe. Cert. Ceremuga (2022) Gibbs 1A / Gi = £ 8'000+.rnProvenance: Harmers,...
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