227: Europe & Overseas | 228 : Chile - The Joseph Hackmey Collection (part 1)

Recess by Narciso Desmadryl from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (Jan-Feb): 5 c. deep chestnut-brown, a fine used example with large margins on three sides and infintessimally touched at left, used on 1854 cover from Serena to Valparaiso endorsed 'Vapor', tied by target handstamp in black. Straight line SERENA despatch handstamp and CABOTAJE handstamp in black. Internally docketed "26 Janvier 1854" and thus a fine and extremely early usage of the '...

Recess by Narciso Desmadryl from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (Jan-Feb): 5 c. "chocolate" brown, fine impression, wmk. pos. 1, the famous unused example with huge margins on three sides and close but clear at upper left, printed in this resonant shade of very deep reddish brown on quadrille paper, most probably at the very beginning of the print-run; fresh and very fine, without gum. Illustrated in 'Chile, The First Postage Stamps' by Gerhard...

Recess by Henri Gillet from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (April): 5 c. Burnt Siena, wmk. pos. 2, an unused example with large margins all round, the stamp being from the base of sheet with three horizontal lines of the marginal watermark at foot, lovely fresh colour and very fine, without gum. An exceptional example of this rare stamp. Cert. Holcombe (1994) Gi. 10 = £ 1'700/Scott = $ 1'800.
Catalogue 228: CHILE - The Colon Issues

Recess by Henri Gillet from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (April): 5 c. Burnt Siena, wmk. pos. 2, a used example with huge margins all round and showing portions of adjoining stamps at both left and at right, paler shade and very fine but for tiny scissor cut in margin only at top left, lightly cancelled in black. Cert. BPA (1992) Gi. 10 = £ 450/Scott = $ 300.rnProvenance: Collection Gerhard Blank, RL, Dec 1991, lot 1001.
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Recess by Henri Gillet from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (April): 5 c. Burnt Siena, a fine used example in a reddish shade with large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp at base, used on 1855 cover from Santiago to Valparaiso tied by target handstamp in black. SANTIAGO cds of despatch in red at left (Dec 11). The stamp lifted for checking and replaced, a fresh and fine cover. Cert. BPA (1994) Gi. 10 = £ 750/Scott = $ 900+....

Recess by Henri Gillet from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (April): 5 c. Burnt Siena, four single examples with good even margins all round, used on 1855 cover from Santiago to Valparaiso at 1 ounce rate, one stamp showing a more worn state, all tied by target handstamps in black. SANTIAGO cds of despatch at right (July 14). Two file folds well away from the fine adhesives. An appealing franking of great scarcity. Cert. BPA (1992).rnProvenance:...

Recess by Henri Gillet from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (April): 5 c. Burnt Siena, a horizontal pair with large margins on two sides, just touched at top but with full sheet margin at right, used on 1855 double rate cover from Valdivia to Cassel, Germany endorsed 'Por Vapor via Valparaiso, Panama, Southampton & Ostende' at top; the stamps paying the inland postage and cancelled by target handstamp in black. VALDIVIA straight line handstamp...

Recess by Henri Gillet from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (April): 5 c. Burnt Siena / chocolate, a fine example with close to large margins all round in a rich deep shade used in combination with July 1854 Desmadryl 5 c. pale reddish-brown, left hand stamp touched at base otherwise the pair with large margins all round and small scissor cut at base, on 1855 cover from Santiago to Valparaiso tied by target handstamps in black. SANTIAGO cds of...

Recess by Henri Gillet from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (April): 5 c. Dark Chocolate Brown, wmk. pos. 4, an unused example of clear impression, margins close to ample all round, in a stupendous intense deep shade, being the 'true' chocolate, without gum with pencil notation "Luder L. 3690, 10.4.63, Frs. 1'650" on reverse. Woefully under-catalogued compared to the stamp's availablity and rarity. A gem for the connoisseur of South American...

Recess by Henri Gillet from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (April): 5 c. Dark Chocolate Brown, wmk. pos. 4, a fine used example of slightly blurred impression, margins close to ample all round, in an intense extremely deep shade and showing the Major Plate Crack (position 121) running through the 'C' of 'CORREOS' and both 'O's in COLON, used on 1855 cover from Santiago to Valparaiso tied by target handstamp in black with SANTIAGO despatch cds (Jan...

Recess by Henri Gillet from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (April): 5 c. Burnt Siena, the famous cover front to Valparaiso franked by two single examples, a horizontal pair and an extraordinary strip of six, all in a very deep shade (chocolate group), mostly with large margins, the strip being outstanding considering the misalignments of the stamps and the two single stamps originally forming a pair and roughly separated, used from Santiago to...

Lithographed by Henri Gillet 1854 (April-August): 5 c. red-brown, wmk. pos. 2, the famous unused example, with good to large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp at top, of excellent delicate colour, fresh and very fine, without gum. This stamp was described in Caspary as 'orange-brown', in Lilly as 'red-brown' and on the BPA certificate as 'brown'. Despite one's decisions about colour this is a quite beautiful example of this...