1849/50: Sydney View, 1 d. orange-red on soft thin yellowish paper, Plate 1, an unused block of twenty-three - the complete sheet less the two stamps at lower right, positions 24-25 - Plate Proof showing full sheet margins nearly all round, position 23 just shaved at right, position 18 with closed tear and several pressed creases but of no significance as the impression is of strong vibrant colour and is, without doubt, the largest multiple...
Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1
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Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1
Corinphila Auction 291-297 Nov Dec 2022
Sale 291: General Catalogue Europe & Overseas (Lot 1-1635)
plus six Special Catalogues:
Sale 292: The Ing. Provera Collection (part V) (Lots: 3001-3670)
Sale 293: Austria & Lombardy-Venetia ‘The Collection WALDVIERTEL’ (Lots 4001-4331)
Sale 294: Great Britain Special Catalogue (Lots 5001-5475)
Sale 295: The Besançon Collection Series: British Commonwealth (Lots 6001-6754)
Sale 296: Switzerland and Liechtenstein (Lots 8001-8711 plus 9001-9778)
Sale 297: The DUBOIS Collection (part I) Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia (Lots 10001-10703)
See also our auction Schedule:
Catalogue 295 |
British Commonwealth |
The Besançon Collection Ceylon, British Central & East Africa, Bushire |
6001-6754 |
Monday, Nov. 28 |
09.00h CET |
Catalogue 291 |
British Commonwealth |
Australia -Trinidad & Tobago |
1-258 |
Monday, Nov 28 |
18.00h CET |
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Catalogue 297 |
Australia & Australian States |
The Dubois Collection (part I) |
10001-10703 |
Tuesday, Nov. 29 |
09.00h CET |
Catalogue 294 |
Great Britain |
Special Collections |
5001-5475 |
Tuesday, Nov.29 |
16.00h CET |
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Catalogue 291 |
Europe & Overseas |
Europe A-N |
259-761 |
Wednesday, Nov. 30 |
09.00h CET |
Catalogue 291 |
Europe & Overseas |
Europe O-Z |
762-1073 |
Wednesday, Nov.30 |
13.30h CET |
Catalogue 293 |
Austria Special Collection |
‘Waldviertel’ (part I) |
4001-4331 |
Wednesday, Nov. 30 |
17.00h CET |
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Catalogue 292 |
The Ing. Pietro Provera Collection (part V) |
Italy, France Europe & Overseas |
3001-3670 |
Thursday, Dec. 1 |
09.00 CET |
Catalogue 291 |
Americas North-Central & South America |
USA - Venezuela |
1074-1385 |
Thursday, Dec. 1 |
17.00h CET |
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Catalogue 291 |
Overseas |
Afghanistan – Tibet + All World Collections |
1386-1635 |
Friday, Dec. 2 |
09.00 CET |
Catalogue 296 |
Switzerland & Liechtenstein |
Switzerland 1907 and later issues |
9001-9498 |
Friday, Dec. 2 |
11.30h CET |
Switzerland & Liechtenstein |
Collections & Accumulations |
9499-9778 |
Friday Dec. 2 |
16.00h CET |
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Catalogue 296 |
Classic Switzerland |
Classic Switzerland |
8001-8368 |
Saturday Dec. 3 |
10.00h CET |
Catalogue 296 |
Switzerland & Liechtenstein |
Switzerland 1854 -1900 |
8369-8711 |
Saturday Dec. 3 |
14.00h CET |
Auction conditions remain the same: 22% buyers
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Lot #2 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. pale red, plate I on hard bluish paper, position 9, partial doubling of the impression, with good even margins all round and lightly cancelled, minor wrinkle but an unusual stamp. Cert. RPSV (2009) Gi. = £ 475.rnrnProvenance: Collection "V.P Manwood", Siegel, New York, 8 Nov 1995, lot 4024.
Lot #3 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 1 d. pale red, plate II on hard toned yellowish paper, a used example with partial double impression, close to good margins and lightly cancelled by "19" numeral obliterator in black, very fine Gi. = £ 400.
Lot #4 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850 (Aug.): Sydney View 1 d. dull carmine on greyish paper, Plate II, a used example (Row 3, stamp 5 / position 15) thus showing the "Without Clouds" variety, with huge even margins all round, tied to 1851 local Sydney cover by oval of bars obliterator in black, the cancellation leaving the variety clear. Framed "6 / O CLOCK" marking alongside and reverse with "SYDNEY / ♚ / NEW SOUTH WALES" circular datestamp in black (Feb. 24). Cover #74 in...
Lot #5 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1850: 3 d. yellow green, on greyish wove paper, "double impression" with good to large margins and lightly cancelled by Sydney obliterator, very fine. Double impressions are rare on this stamp Gi. = £ 375.
Lot #6 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1860: 6 d. rose-red and Prussian blue on coarse yellowish wove paper, partially perforated 13 on three sides only, imperforate between stamp and margin, lightly cancelled "120" Moree. The stamp shows tolerable soiling and usual rough perforation. However, it is the only recorded copy with partial perforation. Unlisted by Gibbons.
Lot #7 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1899: 3 d. rose postal stationery registered envelope used to Fort Dauphin, Madagascar with 1897/99 2½ d. prussian blue tied by "Albury" duplex (Aug 22, 1899) in black with two oval "R" handstamps adjacent. Sydney transit on reverse (Aug 23) with "Registered / Mauritius" transit (Sept 29). A very rare destination.
Lot #8 - brit. colonies south australia
1894: Tannenberg Essay for proposed 2½ d. value, with Queens's head in oval and cockatoo at right, stamp size and hand-painted on thick card (32 x 36 mm.) in pencil, black, grey and inscriptions picked out in Chinese white. "Finis Coronat Opus" nom-de-plume of designer (almost certainly M. Tannenberg given the similarity to the accepted designs). Exquisite and unique.
Lot #9 - brit. colonies tasmania
1855: 2 d. green, wmk. Star, a fine large margined example overlapped by 4 d. blue, just touched to large margins, used on 1857 entire letter from Hobart to Paris endorsed "Simla, Overland Mail via Marseilles", cancelled in black by '61' numeral obliterator - the maiden voyage of the European & Australia Royal Mail "Simla". Circular GENERAL POST OFFICE / HOBART TOWN / ♚" datestamp (Feb 11). The adhesives also tied by circular "AUSTRALIE V...
Lot #10 - brit. colonies tasmania
1892: £ 1 green & yellow, wmk. TAS, retouched matrices on film showing how Sperati made the forgeries, the Duty Plate exposure is from a £ 1 with a horizontal SPECIMEN overprint. A scarce group that ably demonstrating how these forgeries were produced.
Lot #11 - brit. colonies tasmania
1892: £ 1 green & yellow, wmk. TAS, two "used" examples created by Jean de Sperati, by photo lithography - taking the entire design and blanking over the Duty Plate, and then photographing the £ 1 Duty Plate and inserting the two together; a the First State £ 1 with "..STOWN / TASMANIA" datestamp (April 11, 1902) in black, unfortunately with damaged perfs. at base; and a Second State of the Forgery with partial "Lau(nceston) / Tasm(ania...
Lot #12 - brit. colonies victoria
1854 (June 2): The Original printed Contract and tender for James Campbell and James Fergusson to print the lithographed 1854/57 issue of Half Lengths, the bond endorsed by both printer's on front and their guarantors (for the sum of £ 1'000) for "printing postage stamps and gumming", the contract with a sample of the (somewhat poor quality) machine made wove paper to be utilised still affixed inside the contract - this signed in ink and...
Lot #13 - brit. colonies Australia
1913: Kangaroo £ 2 black & rose, Sperati Forgeries, Type A Sperati Die Proof of the Kangaroo only in black on glazed white card (signed) and ex the Carl Walske collection; and Type B, the British Philatelic Association negative card Proof of Kangaroo (handstamped Sperati Reproduction on reverse). An exceptional duo.
Lot #14 - brit. colonies Australia
1913: Kangaroo £ 2 black & rose, Sperati Forgery, Type B with Mouth Closed, "used" and cancelled by barred NSW machine cancellation not found on genuine £2 adhesives, signed "Jean de Sperati" with Ceremuga certificate (2012). An exceptional example.
Lot #15 - brit. colonies Australia
1913: Kangaroo £ 2 black & rose, Sperati Forgery, Type A with the 'Roo's Mouth Open, "used" and cancelled by blurred circular datestamp (signed "Jean de Sperati" in pencil on reverse) with three 1 d. red values from Sperati's stockbook of 'raw material' for creating his forgeries from the genuine watermarked paper. An exceptional and extremely rare assembly.
Lot #16 - brit. colonies Australia
1918/23: 2 d. brown-orange and 4 d. violet tied to registered 1921 cover Gamboma, French Congo by Ballarat cds (Nov 14) in black with registration label at left. Underpaid 1 d. for the registered rate and charged on arrival with imperforate Postage Due 15 c. yellow-green (2, one sheet marginal) paying the minimum fixed charge on an under paid letter and tied by "GAMBOMA / MOYEN CONGO" datestamps (Feb 9, 1922). Reverse with Melbourne transit (...
Lot #17 - brit. colonies Australia
1919 (Aug. 6): Adelaide to Minlaton flight by Harry Butler, special postcard depicting the plane in flight, the reverse with facsimile message and picture of Butler, addressed to Kilkenny, Ireland, franked KGV 1½ d. cancelled upon arrival by Minlaton squared circle, numbered "654". Unusual destination.
Lot #18 - brit. colonies Australia
1931 ca.: Australian National Airways Time Tables for regular Air services as 'Sydney to Melbourne Passenger & Freight Service' and 'Sydney to Brisbane passenger service'. A rare six page leaflets without staples and opened for display, with an attractive cover.
Lot #19 - brit. colonies Australia
Eyre Peninsula Airways Ltd. 1929 (Aug. 19): Streaky Bay - Port Lincoln, First flight cover franked with Airmail 3 d. and King George V 1d. and ½ d. tied by "PORT LINCOLN AU 21" cds on arrival, endorsed: "I certify that this Cover was carried by me as above" signed by J.A. Mollison (Pilot). A scarce cover, illustrated in Australian Air Mail Catalogue by Nelson Eustis (1984) page 36 Eustis 143.
Lot #20 - brit. colonies Australia
Eyre Peninsula Airways Ltd. 1929 (Aug. 20): Adelaide - Streaky Bay, 1½ d. stationery envelope tied on arrival by "STREAKY BAY 20 AU 29" cds, used on Mollison's first flight with endorsed type-written note: "I certify that this Cover was carried by me as above" signed by J.A. Mollison (Pilot). Stationery envelope little stained, but a scarce usage, only few known Eustis 143.
Lot #21 - brit. colonies Australia
Eyre Peninsula Airways Ltd. 1929 (Aug. 20): Adelaide - Streaky Bay, first flight cover franked with King George V 1d. and ½ d. tied on arrival by "STREAKY BAY 20 AU 29" cds, signed by J. A. Mollison with type-written note: "I certify that this Cover was carried by me as above" signed by J.A. Mollison (Pilot). Envelope little stained, but scarce usage, only few known Eustis 143.
Lot #22 - brit. colonies Australia
Eyre Peninsula Airways Ltd. 1929 (Aug. 19): Wallaroo - Port Lincoln, First flight cover, franked with King George V 1d. and ½ d. tied on arrival by "PORT LINCOLN AU 20" cds, endorsed: "I certify that this Cover was carried by me as above" signed by J.A. Mollison (Pilot). A fine and scarce cover from this leg Eustis 144a.
Lot #23 - brit. colonies Australia
Eyre Peninsula Airways Ltd. 1929 (Aug. 20): Elliston - Streaky Bay, First flight cover franked with King George V marginal 1 d. and ½ d. tied by "STREAKY BAY 20 AU 29" cds. endorsed: "I certify that this Cover was carried by me as above" signed by J.A. Mollison (Pilot). A scarce cover and one of only two covers known from this leg Eustis 144a.
Lot #24 - brit. colonies Australia
Eyre Peninsula Airways Ltd. 1929 (Aug. 19): Cowell - Wallaroo, First flight cover franked with Airmail 3 d. and King George V 1½ d. tied by "ADELAIDE 20 AU 29" machine cancel, endorsed: "I certify that this Cover was carried by me as above" signed by J.A. Mollison (Pilot). A scarce cover and one of only two covers known from this leg Eustis 144c.
Lot #25 - brit. colonies Australia
Eyre Peninsula Airways Ltd. 1929 (Nov. 19): Streaky Bay - Adelaide, Special flight cover addressed to Melbourne, franked with King George V 1 ½ d. and posted after arrival by "ADELAIDE 19 NOV. 29" machine cancel and rectangle 'BY AIR via KYANCUTTA BY FAVOUR OF EYRE PENINSULA AIRWAYS LTD" special cachet in black. Only few covers known Eustis 145.
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