5'th classicphil Auction - VIENNA- AUSTRIA

1922, 25 £, red and black, superb mint example with local SPECIMEN handstamp in violet (from Bechuanaland), MNH, on of max 8 copies, a very rare and colourful stamp, XF!. Estimate 5.000€.

1922-27, 75 £, purple and grey, chalk-surfaced paper, script wmk sideways, perf. 14, LPOG, black opt SPECIMEN, very rare and attractive, certificate BPA, XF!. Estimate 5.500€.

1938, 10 c., 20 c., 30 c., 2 s., 5 s., 10 s., £ 1, set of (7), used, all perf 14 and very fresh, VF!. Estimate 120€.

1902/05-08, 1/2 d. - 5 s., with black SPECIMEN opt., LPOG/MNH (full set 1902), SG 29-31s is not listed, very fresh and attractive set, VF!. Estimate 300€.

1921, 3 d., purple/yellow and 5 s., green and red/yellow, (2) strips of (3) with SPECIMEN opt - as originally issued, very rare, MNH, XF!. Estimate 800€.

1895, 2 1/2 d. blue and 4 d. black/British Inland Mail/laid paper, one of 41 a combination covers known from ANTANANARIVO/9 .JUL. 95, carried on with the steamer DONALD CURRIE from VATOMADRY/Madagascar during the French siege to DURBAN/Natal (with wrong year 96) and carried on to LONDON/AU 26 95, reverse cancellation of London in red, very fresh and a magnificent showpiece, XF!. Estimate 5.000€.

1903-05, 5 c. - 2 P., with black SPECIMEN opt., LPOG, both high values with BROKEN M in the opt., very fresh and attractive set, VF!. Estimate 500€.

1859, 1 d., red brown, LAST impression, used with black boxed INLAND, well to very well margins, fresh and desirable, VF!. Estimate 1.000€.

1848, EARLY impression, position 10, huge margins from the lower left corner, cancelled with three ringed FLACQ numeral. It is very possible that this remarkable stamp is an imprimatur of the EARLY impression because of the depth of the engraving. An outstanding stamp in this early state, there is not one piece of the 19 pictured in the Kanai-collection that has the same presence. This stamp was first certified in 1915 by the RPSL, was then...

1856-58, 2 d., grey blue/light bluish, LAST impression, used with double ring numeral 1 in black, very fresh and good to well margins, VF!. Estimate 1.500€.

1859, 2 d., pale blue, on laid paper, with RARE papermakers wmk! imperf, lightly used, good to very wide margins of this great WMK RARITY, cert. BPA, VF-XF!. Estimate 5.000€.

1903-14, 1/2 d. - 5 s., with black SPECIMEN opt., LPOG, very fresh and attractive set, VF!. Estimate 600€.