1876: 3 d. purple, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14 x 12½ (B), a used horizontal pair with single 4 d. carmine, perf. 14 x 12½ (B) on registered 1885 cover to London endorsed "per S.S. Roslin Castle", tied by segmented cork obliterators in black with oval "Registered / St. Helena" in red at left and also tied by "Registered / London" arrival (March 12). "ST. HELENA" despatch cds (Feb 23) in black below. Scarce stamp on letter and a most attractive...
Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 1
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Nov 24, 2023 Europe/Zurich
Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 1
Friday Nov 24, 2023 09:00 Europe/Zurich
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 #4052 - brit. colonies st. helena
1873: 4 d. carmine, wmk. Crown CC inverted & reversed, perf. 14½ x 12½, Thick Bars surcharge (B), an unused block of six (3 x 2), marginal from right of sheet, all overprinted "SPECIMEN" horizontally in blue-black (Samuel type SH2), centred to left, fine colour, superb large part og. A most attractive and scarce multiple.
Lot #4053 - brit. colonies st. helena
1873: 4 d. carmine, wmk. Crown CC, variety "inverted & reversed", perf. 14½ x 12½, Thick Bars surcharge (B), an unused block of four, marginal from left of sheet, fine colour, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. A most attractive multiple Gi = £ 680+.
Lot #4054 - brit. colonies st. helena
1873: 1 s. deep green, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14½ x 12½, Thick Bars surcharge (B), an unused example, well centred and of rich deep colour, part og. A rare stamp Gi = £ 900.
Lot #4055 - brit. colonies st. helena
1873: 1 s. deep green, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14 x 12½, surcharge Long Bars (C), a used example with 1864 2 d. yellow (C), perf. 12½ on 1875 cover to Montfort, France, tied by quartered cork handstamps in black. "ST. HELENA" cds of despatch in black below and London transit (Feb 13) on reverse. Calais transit in red and arrival (Feb 14) on reverse. Some light aging but a fine and scarce cover.
Lot #4056 - brit. colonies st. helena
1880: 1 d. lake, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14, Thick Bars surcharge (B), an unused block of six (3 x 2), of fine rich colour, usual little wrinkles on superb large part og. Scarce and attractive Gi = £ 600+.
Lot #4057 - brit. colonies st. helena
1880: 2 d. yellow, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14, Thick Bars surcharge (B), an unused block of four, well centred in a bright shade, large part og. Scarce and attractive Gi = £ 600+.
Lot #4058 - brit. colonies st. helena
1880: 1 s. yellow-green, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14, Thick Bars surcharge (B), an unused block of four marginal from left of sheet (third stamp with re-entry), and a fine block of twelve (3 x 4) from top of sheet (positions 9-12 / 33-36), well centred and of fine fresh colour, superb large part or unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive multiples Gi = £ 330+.
Lot #4059 - brit. colonies st. helena
1880: 1 s. yellow-green, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14, Thick Bars surcharge (B), an unused block of forty-eight (6 x 8), marginal from right of sheet (positions 91-96 / 175-180), well centred and of fine fresh colour, superb large part og, narly all unmounted og. A scarce and most attractive multiple Gi = £ 1'000+.
Lot #4060 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/94: ½ d. emerald, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, the 1884 printing, used examples (2) with 1876 4 d. carmine, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14 x 12½ in a horizontal pair and 1880 1 s. yellow-green, perf. 14 on 1890 registered double rate cover front to Paris, all tied by square dots obliterators in black. Oval "POST OFFICE / ♚ / ST. HELENA" cachet in violet at left (Mabbett PO.3 - earliest recorded usage) and "ST. HELENA" cds of despatch (April 22) in...
Lot #4061 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/94: ½ d. emerald, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, the 1884 printing, an unused example with variety "N" and "Y" of HALFPENNY spaced (Row 18, stamp 12, position 216), fresh and very fine, large part og. Normal for comparison, an extremely scarce stamp Gi = £ 1'100.rnNote: The overprint forme for the 'broad' Halfpenny was in five rows of 12 impressions. It is thought that all sheet were surcharged with the top five rows, then all sheets with a...
Lot #4062 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/94: ½ d. green, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, the 1885 printing, an unused block of six (3 x 2), horizontally overprinted "SPECIMEN" in violet (Samuel type SH2) fine colour, superb large part og. Scarce multiple and most attractive.
Lot #4063 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/94: ½ d. yellow-green, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, the 1885 printing, an unused block of twelve (6 x 2) with variety "Watermark Reversed" (Row 19/3 -20/8, positions 221-226 / 231-236), position 226 showing "Spot on Throat" flaw, fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Attractive Gi = £ 140+.
Lot #4064 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/94: ½ d. green, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, the 1893 short printing, an unused horizontal pair, right hand stamp with variety "N" and "Y" of HALFPENNY spaced (Row 18, stamp 12, or Row 5, stamp 9), fresh and fine, large part og. Rare. Cert. BPA (1999) Gi = £ 1'600.
Lot #4065 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/94: ½ d. yellow-green, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, the 1893 short printing, used examples (8, two strips of three and a pair) with 1894 4 d. brown in a horizontal pair on 1895 registered cover to Hannover, Germany with "ST. HELENA" despatch cds (March 18) in black and oval registration cachet at right in red. Hannover arrival (April 7) on reverse, minor edge wear but an attractive cover.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 28 Jan 1998, lot 743...
Lot #4066 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/94: 1 d. pale rose, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, the 1890 printing, used examples (6) with 1887 6 d. grey on 1894 cover to Banbury, l tied by barred obliterators in black with "ST. HELENA" despatch cds (Oct 8) below. Banbury arrival on reverse (Oct 29). One stamp slight tear on application to the cover but an unusual franking.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 28 Jan 1998, lot 740.
Lot #4067 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/94: 2 d. yellow, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, a horizontal pair and a block of four, used on registered 1896 cover to Leipzig, Germany all tied by barred obliterators in black with "ST. HELENA" despatch cds below (May 11). Oval "REGISTERED / ST. HELENA" in red also ties the block of four. London transit (June 11) and 'Verviers - Cöln' registration label, backstamped on arrival. A fine and attractive cover.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 4...
Lot #4068 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/97: Imperforate Plate Proof for the 2½ d. value in issued colour of ultramarine, imperforate with erratic but ample margins all round, red ink manuscript mostly removed at top and tiny part in right margin. One other example is recorded, ex 'Ayre /Jamestown' collection (lot 1165), however that example has suffered no attempt to remove the "BLS" initials in red manuscript. Superb and very rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Justine',...
Lot #4069 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/97: Imperforate Plate Proof for the 2½ d. value in issued colour of ultramarine, backed onto card, initialled "BLS" in red ink manuscript by the Crown Agents for approval (12 June 1893). One other example is recorded, ex 'Justine' collection, however that example has suffered an attempt to remove the "BLS" initials. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 5616. Superb and very rare.rnrnProvenance:...
Lot #4070 - brit. colonies st. helena
1887/94: 2½ d. ultramarine, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, the 1893 printing, an unused block of four, marginal from top of sheet, the upper pair showing variety "Stamp Doubly Printed", with lower pair normal, fresh and very fine multiple, superb freshness and colour, large part og. Just twelve stamps from the top horizontal row exist, two housed in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III. A spectacular example of this extremely rare error....
Lot #4071 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/97: 2½ d. ultramarine, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, an astonishing franking of two single examples, a pair, a strip of three, a strip of five and a block of six in combination with 1894 2 d. yellow on 1896 registered cover to Christiania, Norway all tied by quatered circle of bars obliterators in black. "ST. HELENA" cds (May 15) of despatch in black and oval registration cachet in red. London transit (June 11) and Christiania arrival on...
Lot #4072 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/94: 3 d. deep mauve, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, a cancelled to order used example showing variety "Surcharge Double", fresh colour and very fine, still retaining large part og. Just two examples are recorded in the deep mauve shade - the other sold by SG in London (19 May 2000, lot 225). Rare. Cert. RPSL (1950) Gi = £ 10'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection R. C. Agabeg.rn
Lot #4073 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/94: Imperforate Colour Trial for the 6 d. value printed in brown on watermarked Crown CA paper, good to huge margins, fresh and very fine, printed in the colour of the issued 4 d. Extremely rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Justine', Christies, London, 16 Sept 1992, lot 137.
Lot #4074 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/94: Imperforate Colour Trial for the 6 d. value printed in vivid bright green on watermarked Crown CA paper, good to huge margins, fresh and very fine, printed in the colour of the issued 1 s. Extremely rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Justine', Christies, London, 16 Sept 1992, lot 138.
Lot #4075 - brit. colonies st. helena
1884/94: Imperforate Plate Proof for the 6 d. value in pale blue, wmk. Crown CA, with part "Postage" in wmk., ample to huge margins on three sides, in the colour of the issued 2½ d. value, fresh and very fine. A rare Trial.rnrnProvenance: Collection John Ayre / 'Jamestown', Harmers, London, 8 March 1989, lot 1155.
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