1848: Folded lettersheet, approximately 247 x 199 mm., white wove paper with double-lined watermark "J. WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1848", centrally embossed before folding with "GENERAL POST OFFICE / (Royal Arms) / SYDNEY / NEW SOUTH WALES", addressed to "J.W. Smart, Esq. / Sydney", without message or postal markings, a rare pre-stamped stationery precursor, believed to be the unique example on this paper, light filing folds and barest trace of...
Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales, St. Helena, Basutoland The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection - Day 2
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Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales, St. Helena, Basutoland The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection - Day 2
VERSTEIGERUNGSFOLGE / AUCTION SCHEDULE
Montag 3. Juni 2024 / Monday 3 June 2024
9:00 h 40001 – 40488 332: Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia – The ‘DUBOIS’ Collection (part IV) New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Westaustralia
14:00 h 2001 – 2392 322: St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, New Republic, Union of South Africa, South West Africa, Sudan – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland
18:30 h 3001 – 3134 323: Brazil 1843 –1870 – The Fritz Heimbüchler Collection (part I)
Dienstag 4. Juni 2024 / Tuesday 4 June 2024
9:00 h 40489 – 40726 332: Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia – The ‘DUBOIS’ Collection (part IV) Commonwealth of Australia
11:30 h 3201 – 3318 324: New South Wales – including the „Mint“ Collection of Peter Campbell
13:00 h 2393 – 2840 322: St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, New Republic, Union of South Africa, South West Africa, Sudan – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection Swaziland, New Republic, Union of South frica, South West Africa, Sudan
18:00 h 3501 – 3782 325: Panama – The Classic Period 1807–1904 – The Álvaro Castro-Harrigan Collections
Mittwoch 5. Juni 2024 / Wednesday 5 June 2024
9:00 h 1 – 556 321: Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth
- Australian States “Unused” – The Peter Campbell Collection (part III)
- The “Huntingfield” Block – Australia‘s unissued Edward VIII Stamp 1936
- The “Lady Bridget Blue-Bell” Collection – “The smallest and most complete collection of Lady McLeod possible”
- African Airmail 1911–1945 – The Mike Roberts Collection
14:00 h 557 – 740 321: Europe & Overseas Americas (North, Central & South America)
16:00 h 4001 – 4376 326: Great Britain 1840–1910 – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part V)
Donnerstag 6. Juni 2024 / Thursday 6 June 2024
9:00 h 741 – 841 321: Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa
842 – 1361 321: Europe & Overseas Europe A –Z - Spain 1850 – 6 cuartos black – Specialised Collection (part II)
14:30 h 1362 – 1418 321: Europe & Overseas Collections & Accumulations
15:00 h 5001 – 5422 327: Worldwide Postal History – The Enzo Carnio Collection (part I)
Freitag 7. Juni 2024 / Friday 7 June 2024
9:00 h 6001 – 6413 328: Romania – Special Catalogue
12:30 h 7001 – 7174 329: Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction
14:30 h 9001 – 9335 331: Schweiz & Liechtenstein Schweiz ab 1862, Soldatenmarken, Flugpost Schweiz, Fürstentum Liechtenstein - Schweiz – Ziffermuster 1882–1889 – Die Sammlung Dr. James Johnstone (Teil III)
17:30 h 9336 – 9534 331: Schweiz Sammlungen und Posten Schweiz
Samstag 8. Juni 2024 / Saturday 8 June 2024
9:00 h 8101 – 8207 331: Altschweiz Vorphilatelie - Wehrwesen in der Schweiz – Die Sammlung Rolf Leuthard
10:00 h 8001 – 8053 330: Schweiz Bundespost – Seltene Frankaturen 1849–1854 – Die Sammlung Richard Schäfer Sr. (Teil II)
11:00 h 8208 – 8532 331: Altschweiz Kantonalmarken, Ortspost, Poste Locale, Rayonmarken (Rayon I dunkelblau und Rayon II gelb)
14:30 h 8533 – 8772 331: Altschweiz Rayonmarken (Rayon I hellblau bis Rayon III rot), Strubel
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Lot #3204 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. carmine-lake on soft yellowish wove paper, plate 1, position 23, unused, without gum, four mostly good to large margins, an early impression with pleasing deep colour, a couple small thins, not detracting from this otherwise exceptional stamp, with even many of the renowned New South Wales collections of the past missing an unused example; a classic rarity. Cert Ceremuga (2012). Gi = £ 20'000.
Lot #3205 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. carmine on soft yellowish paper, plate 1, without clouds, unused, without gum, four large balanced margins, rich deep shade, thin at upper left, else a remarkable unused example, a rarity of exceptional appearance. Cert. B.P.A. (1996) Gi = £ 20'000.
Lot #3206 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. reddish-rose on soft yellowish wove paper, plate 1, without clouds, from position 8, unused with part original gum, particularly difficult as such, four good to large margins all around, delicade light shade, vertical crease, else a fine example of this rare unused stamp. Cert Ceremuga (2013) Gi = £ 18'000.
Lot #3207 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. reddish-rose, Plate I (positions 21-22) in a horizontal pair with huge margins all round the right hand stamp with insignificant surface scuff at top, used with single 3 d. myrtle-green on soft yellowish paper (position 14), large margins all round and slightly overlapping the pair, on the famous 1850 cover from Gresford to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land all tied by bold strikes of "61" barred obliterators in black. Obverse with oval "...
Lot #3208 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. pale red on hard bluish wove paper, plate 1, position 13, unused, without gum, four large balanced margins, a worn impression in a strikingly fresh and delicate shade, a beautiful example of this rare stamp, ideal for the connoisseur. Cert Ceremuga (2010) Gi = £ 16'000.rnProvenance: Ferrari de La Renotière, 3rd Auction, 13 October, 1921, lot 6.
Lot #3209 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. pale carmine on hard bluish wove paper, plate 1, position 20, slightly worn impression, unused with disturbed original gum, lower left sheet corner single with four large margins, fresh colour, being an intermediate sheet between pale red and dull lake, a lovely and rare stamp. Cert Ceremuga (2018) Gi = £ 18'000.
Lot #3210 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. vermilion on hard off-white wove paper, plate II, re-engraved with clouds by Henry Jervis, unused, without gum, four mostly large margins, close but clear at left, deep colour and attractive early impression, fine and rare. Cert. Ceremuga (2010) Gi = £ 14'000.
Lot #3211 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. dull carmine on hard toned off-white paper, plate 1, position 9, re-engraved, unused, without gum, four large margins, blurred impression, the odd surface mark and slight staining at right side, scarce. Cert BPA (2015) Gi = £ 16'000.
Lot #3212 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. crimson-lake on hard greyish mdium paper, Plate II (positions 11-12-13-14), the used horizontal strip of four with huge even margins all round, used on 1851 double rate entire letter to Albury, all crisply cancelled by "48" barred oval obliterators of Tarcutta in black. Reverse with oval "TARCUTTA / ♚ / NEW S. WALES" despatch in black (Sept 29) and faint Albury arrival of the following day. File folds well away from the adhesives,...
Lot #3213 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. gooseberry red on hard greyish paper, Plate II, position 20, a used example with good to huge margins all round in this scarce shade, tied to local Sydney Drop Letter to George Street by barred obliterator in black. Fine strike of framed "6 / O'CLOCK" handstamp at right in black, the reverse with circular "SYDNEY / ♚ / NEW SOUTH WALES" datestamp (Jan 17) in black. Not recorded in the Palmer cover census. An extremely rare usage of...
Lot #3214 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. dull carmine, on hard greyish wove paper, plate II, position 22, unused, without gum, four large even margins, intermediate impression, fresh colour, rare, a lovely stamp in all respects. Cert Ceremuga (2013) Gi = £ 17'000.
Lot #3215 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. dull carmine, Plate II (positions 6/11) on horizontally laid paper, a vertical pair with just clear to huge margins, showing portions of two adjoining stamps at right, used on 1851 cover to Yass lightly tied by obliterators in black. Reverse with circular "SYDNEY ♚ / NEW SOUTH WALES" despatch datestamp (March 1) and oval "YASS / ♚ / NEW S. WALES" arrival (March 4) in black. Side flaps missing and slight bend in margin between...
Lot #3216 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 2 d. greyish blue, on soft yellowish wove paper, plate I, position 14, unused without gum, a crisp early impression, large to very large margins all around, detailed impression and fresh colour, skilfully repaired at upper left with small part of colour reinforced, a rare unused example of exceptionally attractive appearance. Cert Ceremuga (2012) Gi = £ 21'000.
Lot #3217 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 2 d. greyish-blue, on soft, yellowish wove paper, plate I, position 16, unused, without gum, four margins, large on three sides, close but clear at top, early to intermediate impression of impressive deep colour, fine and scarce. Cert Ceremuga (2009) Gi = £ 13'000.
Lot #3218 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 2 d. dull blue, on soft yellowish wove paper, plate I, position 11, unused, without gum, select centering without four very large margins, dramatic late worn impression, a visually-striking example of this scarce stamp. Cert. Ceremuga (2009) Gi = £ 11'000.
Lot #3219 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 2 d. greyish-blue, a vertical pair with large margins all round (Plate I, positions 3/15, pos. 15 with central circles retouched) with near full framelines on three sides, used on 1850 double rate entire letter from Sydney to Merriwa tied by crisp strikes of the Sydney obliterator in black. Reverse with "SYDNEY / ♚ / NEW SOUTH WALES" despatch datestamp in black. An early usage of the retouched Plate, the retouching believed to have...
Lot #3220 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 2 d. indigo blue, Plate II (position 21), a fine example of excellent rich colour with large margins on three sides with ample margin at base although roughly separated, used on 1850 entire letter to West Maitland endorsed "Immediate", tied by barred "67" obliterator of Muswellbrook in black. Small imperfection to letter sheet, no side flaps at base; reverse with showing oval "MUSWELLBROOK / ♚ / NEW S. WALES" despatch (June 17) and "...
Lot #3221 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. reddish-rose, Plate I (position 5), with good to large margins all round, used with 2 d. deep blue (position 1, 'Fan as Plate III but with shading outside) with large margins all round and showing partial framelines on three sides, used on 1850 cover to London endorsed "p. Oriental" and tied by barred obliterators in black. Faint oval "SHIP LETTER / ♚ / SYDNEY" in red (June 3) alongside and reverse with London arrival cds in red...
Lot #3222 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850 (April-July): 2 d. bright blue, Plate II (positions 22-23), a fine horizontal pair in a vivid shade with good to large margins all round, used on 1850 entire letter from Sydney to Geelong, tied in black by faint obliterators with framed "TOO LATE" handstamp adjacent (extremely rare on Sydney View covers). Manuscript dated at lower left "June 28, 1850" and reverse with "SYDNEY / ♚ / NEW SOUTH WALES" despatch datestamp "MELBOURNE / ♚ /...
Lot #3223 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 2 d. blue, Plate II (position 4) showing "No Whip and inner circle intersects Fan" variety, and 3 d. yellow-green on soft yellowish paper (position 1), each with large margins and of fine fresh colour, used on 1850 entire letter from Parramatta to London tied by bold strikes of barred "2" obliterator in black. Oval "SHIP LETTER / ♚ / SYDNEY" in red at right (June 20), reverse with "PARRAMATTA / ♚ / NEW S. WALES" despatch in black (June...
Lot #3224 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 2 d. Prussian blue, on hard greyish wove paper, plate II, position 1, showing the "fan with shading outside" and "i of crevit omitted" varieties, unused, without gum, four large even margins, worn impression, deep shade, a lovely stamp. Cert. B.P.A. (1985). Gi = £ 15'000.
Lot #3225 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 2 d. pale ultramarine on hard greyish wove paper, plate III, position 12, showing the "double lines on bale" variety, unused, without gum, exceptionally-centered within four balanced margins, intermediate impression, a choice example of this rare unused stamp. Cert Ceremuga (2012).
Lot #3226 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 2 d. ultramarine, Plate III (position 2), a fine example with large margins all round and showing the outer frame lines at top and at left, used on 1850 cover from Sydney to Maitland tied by obliterator handstamp in black. Reverse with fine circular "SYDNEY / ♚ / NEW SOUTH WALES" despatch datestamp (Oct 16) and fair only "MAITLAND / ♚ / NEW S. WALES" arrival both in black. Unrecorded in the Ben Palmer census. A fine and attractive cover...
Lot #3227 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1851: 2 d. ultramarine, worn impression, Plate III (positions 1/13) a vertical pair with huge margins all round and showing complete marginal rule at left, overlapped by 1850 1 d. reddish-rose on yellowish paper, Plate I, with good margins all round and imperceptibly touched at lower right, used on 1851 cover to New Scone, nr. Perth, Scotland tied by barred "48" numeral obliterators of Tarcutta and by circular "SHIP LETTER / ♚ / SYDNEY"...
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