1899 (May 7) envelope from Foochow to England with 1882-96 5c blue vert. strip of four tied by Foochowfoo cds, London arrival bs, redirected to Farnham with 1887 1/2d vermilion tied by London E.C. doubler circle ds with arrival bs, a very fine and attractive mixed franking.
British Empire - Day 6
By: David Feldman S.A.
David Feldman S.A. British Empire - Day 6
We are thrilled to announce the opening of our prestigious June Spring Auction series. The sale features an exquisite array of over 5’300 lots of stamps, essays, proofs, postal history and collections from all over the world, just waiting to become a cherished part of your collection!
Egypt
This auction presents the 10th in a series of auctions featuring the Joseph Chalhoub Collection of Egypt. It includes the early postal history of the Venetian mail, Napoleonic period, Posta Europea, Waghorn and other Agents, plus the stamps and postal history of both the First and Second Issues, King Fouad I and King Farouk.
Europe and Overseas
This auction features stamps and postal history from around the world, with better Austria, Italy, Portugal, particularly strong Romania including the “Marcel” Collection (part II), China, USA and important Persia, with the first part of the Bjorn Sohrne FRPSL collection with his International Large Gold Medal collection of postal stationery.
Olympics & Football
The auction features rare football World Cup medals and memorabilia from the 1930s and 1950s, as well as important Olympic philately and memorabilia including official decrees for the 1896 Athens issue, Specimen ticket albums from 1932 Los Angeles and 1936 Berlin, 1972 Sapporo participant's badges and IOC Session badge, Pierre de Coubertin handwritten letter, etc.
France & Colonies
This auction includes major rarities of classic France such as the exceptional mixed franking of the Ceres 1F carmine and 1F vermilion on cover plus a Ceres 1F tête-bêche pair on cover, as well as the second part of a fantastic collection of over 240 lots of Liberation issues. French Colonies also includes the unique Saint Pierre & Miquelon set of unissued "Libres France" overprints.
Great Britain
This auction presents the greatest offering of Great Britain that we have ever had the pleasure to offer in over 50 years, with an exceptional array of Line Engraved including major rarities, as well as important Surface Printed and KGV.
All World Collections:
This auction features groups, collections and estates from around the world, including specialised exhibit collections such as the John Davis collection of British Forces in Egypt and an FIP Large Gold medal exhibit collection of the Argentina Liberty Heads. This auction represents a great opportunity for collectors looking for a new area to collect, or for dealers looking to add fresh material to their stock.
Indian States
This auction presents 440 lots of Indian States with a wide range of material from many of the States with stamps, varieties and covers, and at price levels from the very affordable to the showpiece rarities. The particular highlight is certainly the Barwani collection of Tony MacGillycuddy, formed over many decades.
Sperati’s Art of Philately
The auction features over 130 lots from philately's most famous forger, Jean de Sperati, with his working clichés and impressions on glass and celluloid paper. It includes a complete approval book that features 235 finished reproductions of some of the world’s rarest classic stamps gifted by Sperati to his daughter, as well as forgeries of some of the most iconic stamps such as the Mauritius Post Office issues, the Swedish 3sk, Australia Roo issues, Great Britain's 2s brown and VR Officials, Austria's Mercury issue, etc.
British Empire
The British Empire auction features attractive British West Indies throughout, with rare stamps, proofs, postal history, stationery and collections. The British Offices in Siam section has a stunning range Bangkok “B”s, with mint and used and no fewer than 8 covers. From Ireland we have the second portions of the Des Quail collection of postal history and the Barry Cousins collection of essays and overprints. As well as better India and Cape of Good Hope triangulars.
Egypt – Chalhoub Part X
Europe and Overseas
Olympic Philately and Memorabilia
France and Colonies
Great Britain
All World Collections
Indian States
Sperati
British Empire
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Lot #51126 - Hong Kong british post offices in china
1918 (Feb 20) Chinese Railway printed linen envelope sent registered to the Netherlands with "CHINA" 1c, 2c, 8c vert. pair and 25c tied by Tientsin cds, red boxed registration cachet below, censor seal tape at left, reverse with B.P.O Shanghai registered oval, San Francisco, New York, London transit and Scheveningen arrival, minor peripheral cover wear, fine and scarce
Lot #51127 - india postal history
1823 Calcutta 12 Apr to London, struck on back with circular Calcutta GPO datestamp with date inserted by pen (Giles type CG11) and on front indistinct strike of boxed “INDIA LETTER DEAL”; a fine letter, two vertical folds and with English rate marking on front.
Lot #51128 - india postal history
1828, entire letter datelined 9 June sent London to Calcutta, endorsed “p. Columbia”, showing on back boxed “Inld Ptge 10/Ship Do 4/(2) As 14” Giles type CS 10 handstamp and large circular Calcutta GPO in red type CG 20. Also on back is forwarding notation “Forw’ded by Dan Willink, Liverpool June 14th 1828”. A very attractive letter with clearly struck postmarks on reverse, part of the back flap is missing and some paper splitting to internal...
Lot #51129 - india postal history
1841 letter datelined 30 Jan sent from Calcutta to Liverpool, with red boxed Calcutta GPO Ship Letter cachet1 Feb 1841 and black “Liverpool Ship Letter”, endorsement “p. Isis”, British rate mark “8” for incoming India letter; an attractive letter with clearly struck postmarks.
Lot #51130 - india postal history
1845/47 two letters from the same correspondence, Calcutta and Cawnpore to Newcastle sent overland via Marseille, both bearing boxed INDIA on front and dated Calcutta steam ship cachet, rate markings on UK arrival 1/10 and 2/3; an attractive pair of matching entire steam ship letters.
Lot #51131 - india postal history
1845 Dinapore to Calcutta, official letter marked “Free”, applied on back with faint but recognizable Dinapore mark, together with framed AM cachet, on arrival struck by framed GPO (Giles type CG21) datestamp; a very fine and scarce official letter with the full correspondence preserved.
Lot #51132 - india postal history
1850 Folded entire letter Calcutta endorsed “Overland via Southampton” to London, bearing on front red boxed “INDIA” and on reverse Calcutta steam letter hs; London arrival 4 Jan; a very fine complete letter with UK rate marking on front.
Lot #51133 - india postal history
1853/54 two letters from Calcutta to Bordeaux, France, with boxed Calcutta GPO ship letter on back, and manuscript endorsements “per steamer Bengal” on front, together with framed “INDIA PAID” and circular transit “Indes Or. - Marseille”, and manuscript rate “10”; a very fine pair of complete covers to the same recipient in Bordeaux.
Lot #51134 - india postal history
1853 Small neat envelope from Madras to Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, sent by "Pr Steamer Indicuna", an array of India mkgs in red, a fine and unusual destination.
Lot #51135 - india postal history
1854 Calcutta to Mauritius, complete entire letter sent per “Bengal Merchant”, struck by the scarce circular Calcutta Ship Letter Free (Giles type CS19) in error and crossed out, subsequently struck with boxed Calcutta GPO Ship Letter, Mauritius arrival 19 Nov 1854; with some ink corrosion to address on front, fine strike of the Free pm that was supposed to be used as arrival pm, very scarce.
Lot #51136 - india postal history
1861 Calcutta, folded lettersheet 23 Dec sent to Lyon « via France” in manuscript with clearly struck boxed “INDIA UNPAID” in black, on the reverse is red circular Calcutta GPO and arrival Lyon 30 Jan, French manuscript rate “9”; very fine.
Lot #51137 - india 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a white, used and attached to a small part of a native letter, cancelled but not tied by an indistinct black cancellation and an Arabic pen inscription. With good embossing and three wide margins but cut very close at left and just slightly into design, with a vertical crease through the stamp; cert. Sismondo (2009) (S.G. £3'000).
Lot #51138 - india 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a white, imperforate used, cancelled by diamond of dots, with three fine margins and cut close at right and slightly into design, with a tiny thin spot at centre; fine to very fine for this issue and with an extremely fine strike of the dot obliterator (S.G. £3'000).
Lot #51139 - india 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a white, imperforate used, cancelled by diamond of dots, with heavy vertical crease across the stamp with nearly full separation and paper backing added; an acceptable and desirable example, despite its imperfection and in a condition typical for this issue (S.G. £3'000).
Lot #51140 - india 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a white, imperforate used on paper fragment, with one large margin and cut close and into design on the other three sides, showing a vertical crease through the stamp, cancelled by circular dots but not tied to piece; cert. Sismondo (2009) (S.G. £3'000).
Lot #51141 - india 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a white, imperforate used single with a heavy vertical crease with tear and backing paper added; cancelled by rhombus dots; an attractive example with ample margins; cert. RPS and Sismondo (2008) (S.G. £3'000).
Lot #51142 - india 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a white, imperforate with obliteration cleaned to give the appearance of unused, with two horizontal tears; fine appearance and good embossing; cert. RPS (2008) (S.G. £3'000).
Lot #51143 - india 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a white, imperforate, stamp has been extensively repaired to join two parts that have been torn apart, obliterated by rhombus 64 dots; a stamp with fine embossing and damage which is typical for this issue; cert. Sismondo (2009).
Lot #51144 - india 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a white, imperforate, stamp cancelled by rhombus of dots, the stamp shows major creases and some tears, it has been affixed to a thick paper fragment which makes it impossible to ascertain the condition further; cert. Sismondo (2008) (S.G. £3'000).
Lot #51145 - india 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a white, imperforate used, cancelled by diamond of dots, with heavy horizontal crease across the stamp and paper backing added; a fine example in a condition typical for this issue (S.G. £3'000).
Lot #51146 - india 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2 a white cancelled by dotted lozenge on piece, good to large margins, usual creases and cracks, scarce (S.G. £3'000).
Lot #51147 - india 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a white, imperforate used on a large fragment of lettersheet, cancelled on diamond of dots, the stamp has a closed tear and heavy vertical crease, with RPS certificate 2009 (which mentions that stamp "did not originate on fragment"); the fragile paper fragment is mounted on another piece of paper, very fine appearance (S.G. £3'000).
Lot #51148 - india 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a blue, embossed on white paper, a very fine used example with good margins all around, cancelled by indistinct line diamond cds,, with very good embossing, showing some very minor toning as is usual for this issue, much above average quality and free from the usual blemishes and defects that one usually sees; cert. Holcombe (1988), Scheller (2024) (S.G. £11'000).
Lot #51149 - india 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a blue (x1) and white (x4), imperforate used, a group of five forgeries with very fine embossing and postmark replications, two white 1/2a attached to paper piece; an impressive set and very convincing.
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