Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas Americas (North, Central & South America) - Day 1

1861/62: Perkins Bacon printings, 10 c. bright blue (shades), the collection on beautifully written up leaves with 10 c. blue unused with gum (cert. BPA), used single examples (21) including examples with CANCELLED obliterator struck in blue (1) and in red (2); used pairs (6) and and a horizontal strip of three; generally in choice quality throughout, a superb lot (29 items).

1865/94c.: The cancellation study with many rare usages on loose stamps incl. circa 1856/62 5 c. and 10 c. joined by oval "VAPOR NACIONAL HUANCAY" handstamp in black, 1865 5 c. with quartered PSNC in blue, roulette issue 5 c. and 10 c. cancelled "B16" obliterator of the Plymouth TPO, italic "Sudamerika / Hamburg" usages, range of differing target cancels, "Cancelled" obliterator with usages in black, violet, red, green and blue; oval and...

1867: Perforados, "COLUMBUS HEAD", "DIE PROOFS" of all five values including the Master die, printed in black, stuck to carton. The proofs bear the internal reference numbers 323 and 323 A through 323 C. The 2 c. value also displays a reference 330 and the 323 reference below, as if the 2 c. had been on a separate order and was linked to the other stamps by a reference underneath. Given that this was issued earlier here is a proof that it was...

1867/94: The collection of "EST" Cancellations (smaller Offfices run on a part-time basis) with cancellations large on the rouletted issues, showing EST / CHILE strikes of: "Caren" on 2 c., Curanipé (4), Higuera (3 examples), Hospital (3, one in violet), Las Juntas on 1867 5 c., Mineral de Morado on 2 c. orange, Papudo, Putú on 2 c. orange, Quilimari on 1867 5 c., Santa Cruz, Yungai and others. Generally fine strikes and a very elusive group...

1877/1899: "ROULETADOS". the definitive exhibition collection of over sixty entires, blocks, stamps and varieties. The collection contains letters or covers of all values up to 50 c. violet including AR letters and a large piece franked with two copies of the 1p brown and black with additonal franking. The 1p brown and black is further represented, among others, with a fine used block of six and a vertical pair imperforated in between. There...

1877/99: American Banknote Co., the fine collection with imperforate Plate Proofs on card (1 c., 2 c. and 5 c.), imperforate Plate Proofs on India paper with 1 c. in horizontal pairs (2, in different shades of green) and set to 1 peso in single examples, Plate Proffs on thick card for 25 c.and 50 c.; 1894 1 c. and 2 c. optd. SPECIMEN in red; 1878/92 Rouletted Proofs for 5 c. lake in block of four, 5 c. blue in blocks of four (4), 10 c. orange...

1883/1990: Convolute of apparently unchecked material housed in several stockbooks and mounted on album pages, totalling 7 albums, older mainly used, modern rather unused. Contains a substantial amount of material.

1894/1932: Accumulation of material including an 1894 sheet of thirty unused 5 c. brown 'Acknowledgement of Receipt' stamps with a variety 'Imperforate' vertically between first and second row; 1901 Telegraph 20 c. blue with small Valdivia head in a side marginal horizontal pair; 1900 Scott 50a with inverted surcharge on unused block of four and unused single, also a Scott 50b single with double surcharge; 1903 Scott 62-66 unused blocks of...

1895/1929: Selection of essays, proofs and reprints, including 1895 Seal proof; 1898 postage due 2 c. block of four and 4 c. corner marginal strip of four imperforate plate proofs in black and vermilion respectively; c1910 5 c. unadopted essay by R.A.Texier on paper in red, black and blue (3), 1915 Presidente 1 c. dull green imperf block of four on buff paper with double impression; 1920 2 c. Valdivia imperf. proofs in six colours with...

1910: The extensive collection of Dr. Hugo Hahn reprint Proofs of the 20 c. value (the original plate was purchased by him in Germany), with Photographic Proof in black, negative impressions in grey-black (single and a block of four), unwatermarked Plate Proofs in black (pair and two singles) and in blue with two pairs and a single example; Proofs in colour in shades of the original issues (brown, red, blue and green) in singles (7) and in...

1925/45: Air Post Stamps: Group of varieties (x4), comprising 1928 30 c. brown with double overprint (£375 in SG); 1940 80 c. on 20 c. rose surcharge variety overprint in deep blue (£400 in SG), both signed; also a 1931 Inland Airmail 5 p. scarlet top corner block of four "printed on gummed side" scarce variety and 1945 20 p. brown-olive horizontal pair printed on unwatermarked paper with imperf. between, a fine and scarce selection. Ex the...

1800/1960: VALPARAISO. Collection in two folders beginning with a very early strike BALPARAISO on almost complete entire, and the various later versions beginning with "V". ULTRAMAR letters from the early 1850s with LIMA VAPOR and ARICA VAPOR, with various tax markings, 1850 incoming prepaid letter from Switzerland, marked PD, an 1858 letter from France marked PP is also a very early transatlantic letter to this destination. A Crown PAID AT...