Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Lithographed 10 s. brown on rose, wmk. first V over Crown upright, perf. 12½, an unused example, well centred for the issue, of bold colour even though the stamp's paper appears washed, unused without gum. An extremely rare and elusive stamp - listed but unpriced by Stanley Gibbons. Cert. Ceremuga (2016) Gi = unpriced.rnrn
Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 3
By: Corinphila Auction AG
Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 3
CORINPHILA AUKTIONEN AG · Wiesenstrasse 8 · 8032 Zürich · Schweiz / Suisse / Switzerland
VERSTEIGERUNGSFOLGE / AUCTION SCHEDULE
Freitag 24. November 2023 / Friday 24 November 2023
9:00 h 30001 – 30330 320: Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia – The ‘DUBOIS’ Collection (part III)
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania
12:30 h 4001 4681 310: British Africa, St. Helena, Ascension, Seychelles, Bushire – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection
St. Helena, Ascencion, Seychelles, British East Africa, Nyasaland
Samstag 25. November 2023 / Saturday 25 November 2023
9:00 h 30331 – 30713 320: Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia – The ‘DUBOIS’ Collection (part III)
Victoria, Westaustralia, Commonwealth of Australia
13:00 h 4682 – 5101 310: British Africa, St. Helena, Ascension, Seychelles, Bushire – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection
British Somaliland, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Bushire
Montag 27. November 2023 / Monday 27 November 2023
9:00 h 1 – 463 309: Europe & Overseas Australia, Australian States Unused – The Peter Campbell Collection (part II)
14:00 h 464 – 1101 309: Europe & Overseas Americas (North, Central & South America)
- incl. South & Central America – The Brian Moorhouse Estate
Dienstag 28. November 2023 / Tuesday 28 November 2023
9:00 h 1102 – 1269 309: Europe & Overseas British Commonwealth, including Crash and Interrupted Mail
11:00 h 5201 5923 311: Egypt, including the Constantin Kelemenis & Ronny van Pellecom Collections
18:00 h 6001 6241 312: Haiti – “Liberty Head” Issue 1881–1887 – The Brian Moorhouse Collection
Mittwoch 29. November 2023 / Wednesday 29 November 2023
9:00 h 10001 10241 319: Great Britain 1840–1841 – The World‘s First Postage Stamps – The Simon Beresford-Wylie Collection (part I)
11:30 h 6501 6696 313: British Stamp Perforation – The Ray Simpson Collection
13:30 h 1270 – 1497 309: Europe & Overseas Great Britain, incl. some Surface Printed „Abnormal Plates“
- Rocket and Space Mail, incl. The Beatrice Bachmann Estate
15:30 h 1498 – 2137 309: Europe & Overseas Europe A –E, Greenland 1721–1938 – The ‘POLAR LIGHT’ Collection (part II)
- Togo Postal History – The John Mayne Collection
Donnerstag 30. November 2023 / Thursday 30 November 2023
9:00 h 2138 – 3365 309: Europe & Overseas Europe F – Z, Finland Revenue Issue 1881 and 1891 – The Jussi Tuori Collection
- Hungarian Post Offices in Romania – The Dr. Geza Homonnay Collection (part I)
- Spain 1850 – 6 cuartos black – Specialised Collection (part I)
Freitag 1. Dezember 2023 / Friday 1 December 2023
9:00 h 3366 – 3477 309: Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa
10:00 h 3478 – 3563 309: Europe & Overseas Collections & Accumulations, Literature
11:00 h 7000 7086 314: Europe‘s “Number 1” on cover – The ‘PENELOPE’ Collection
12:00 h 7501 7686 315: Incoming Mail to Spain 1850–1880 – The Luis Alemany Indarte Collection
14:00 h 9001 9179 317: Rotes Kreuz – Die Sammlung Richard Schäfer Jr.
15:30 h 9201 – 9567 318: Schweiz &
Liechtenstein
Schweiz ab 1907, Soldatenmarken, Flugpost Schweiz
Fürstentum Liechtenstein, Sammlungen und Posten Schweiz
Samstag 2. Dezember 2023 / Saturday 2 December 2023
10:00 h 8001 8053 316: Schweiz Bundespost – Seltene Frankaturen 1849–1854 – Die Sammlung Richard Schäfer Sr. (Teil I)
11:00 h 8101 – 8466 318: Altschweiz Vorphilatelie, Kantonalmarken, Ortspost, Poste Locale, Rayonmarken
15:30 h 8467 – 8613 318: Altschweiz Sitzende Helvetia (Strubel) bis UPU
- Ziffermuster 1882-1899 – Die Sammlung Dr. James Johnstone (Teil II)
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Lot #277 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Lithographed 15 s. mauve, wmk. first V over Crown sideways, perf. 12½, an unused example, centred slightly to right, of excellent fresh colour but for shading from original hinge at top, overprinted "SPECIMEN" diagonally in black, large part og. A rare stamp, Ceremuga records just three examples with this type of overprint. Cert. Ceremuga (2011).rnrnNote: The collection of His Majesty King Charles III contains a...
Lot #278 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Lithographed St. George & Dragon £ 1 red-orange, wmk. first V over Crown sideways, perf. 12½, an unused example, centred to right, overprinted "SPECIMEN" diagonally in black, of good colour, large part og. A scarce stamp.
Lot #279 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Lithographed £ 7 violet on blue, wmk. first V over Crown upright, perf. 13, an unused example, centred to top left, brilliant colour, diagonally overprinted "SPECIMEN" in black, slight gum wrinkles on large part og. A very rare stamp in superb quality: just two examples are recorded thus, the other was ex the Lee Molnar collection (lot 398). Cert. Ceremuga (2002).
Lot #280 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Lithographed £ 8 brownish-red on yellowish, wmk. first V over Crown upright, perf. 12½, an unused example, well centred and of rich colour, horizontally overprinted by italic "Specimen." in black, one corner perf. blunted and small gum bends, part og. Just 2'000 printed and most were fiscally used. Extremely rare. Ceremuga states "currently only two or three examples this type recorded". Cert. Ceremuga (2011).
Lot #281 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Lithographed £ 9 yellow-green on greenish, wmk. first V over Crown upright, perf. 12½, an unused example, centred to left with a fine depth of colour, horizontally overprinted by italic "Specimen." in black, some slight gum loss, part og. Just 1'320 printed and most were fiscally used. Extremely rare. Ceremuga states "currently only two or three examples this type recorded". Cert. Ceremuga (2011).
Lot #282 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Typographed 1 s. chalky blue on glazed lemon paper, wmk. first V over Crown sideways, perf. 12½, an unused example from the 1885 printing, of fine fresh colour, superb large part og. An attractive stamp Gi = £ 325.
Lot #283 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Typographed 3 s. maroon on blued glazed paper, wmk. first V over Crown sideways, perf. 12½, an unused example from the 1884 printing, well centred for this stamp and of fresh rich colour, large part og. Rare so fine Gi = £ 900.
Lot #284 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Typographed St. George & Dragon £ 1 reddish-orange on yellow paper, wmk. first V over Crown sideways, perf. 12½, an unused example from the 1888 printing, of fresh colour, part og. Rare so fine. Cert. BPA (1992) Gi = £ 1'000.
Lot #285 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Typographed, wmk. first V over Crown upright, perf. 12½, an unused collection with 6 d. dull blue with rare perf. 12½ but slightly toned, 1 s. blue (shades) on blued with three fine examples, 1 s. chalky-blue (3), 2 s. deep blue on green in a scarce horizontal pair, 3 s. maroon on blued of excellent colour and centering, 5 s. claret with no less than 10 examples in varying perfs. and shades and £ 1 yellow-orange on...
Lot #286 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Typographed £ 10 deep mauve, wmk. first V over Crown upright, perf. 11½, an unused example of good appearance, slight nibbed perfs., overprinted horizontally by "Specimen" in black, gum wrinkles on large part og. Rare with just 2'000 stamps printed, most of which were fiscally used; Ceremuga states "currently only two of this type known". Cert. Ceremuga (2011) Gi = £ 18'000 for normal.
Lot #287 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Typographed, wmk. second V over Crown sideways, the unused collectionm with perf. and shade varieties, including 1 d. ochre perf. 12 and 12½, 6 d. ultramarine (3) with one perf. 12 example, 1 s. 6 d. pink (2), 1 s. bright-carmine (2), 3 s. drab (3) 3 s. olive-drab (5) with a variety within this shade band; 4 s. red-orange (5) in this wondrously rich shade, 4 s. yellow-orange (4) one with upright watermark variety...
Lot #288 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Typographed £1 10 s. pale olive, wmk. second V over Crown sideways, perf. 12½, an unused example, well centred (and rare thus), of fresh impression and good colour, large part og. A superb example of a very rare stamp. Cert. RPSV (1989) Gi = £ 7'000.
Lot #289 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Typographed £ 10 lilac, wmk. second V over Crown sideways, perf. 12½, an unused example from the 1885 printing, overprinted by italic "Specimen." in black variety "Overprint Inverted", corner crease, unused without gum. A very rare stamp (normal stamp catalogues at £ 18'000), this being the sole example recorded with the "Specimen." inverted. Cert. Ceremuga (2011).
Lot #290 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Typographed £ 10 mauve, wmk. second V over Crown sideways, perf. 12½, an unused example, from the 1884 printing, overprinted by italic "Specimen." in black variety "Overprint Double", fresh and fine colour, large part og. A very rare stamp (normal stamp catalogues at £ 18'000), this being the sole example recorded with the "Specimen." doubled. Cert. Ceremuga (2011).
Lot #291 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Issue 1885 (Jan): Recess printing £ 25 deep bluish-green, wmk. V over Crown sideways, perf. 12½, an unused example overprinted "Specimen" in grey-black with the overprint double in the middle (very lightly struck and barely discernable), fresh appearance but for slight aging on top perfs., large part browned og. A rare stamp (normal cancelled £ 60'000), Ceremuga states "only a small number of "Specimens" recorded". Cert. Ceremuga (...
Lot #292 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Issue 1885 (Jan): Recess printing £ 25 deep bluish-green, wmk. V over Crown sideways, perf. 12½, an unused example overprinted "Specimen" in grey-black twice at both left and right of stamp and further larger "Cancelled" in black manuscript, fresh and fine but for some gum loss, browned large part og. A rare stamp (normal cancelled £ 60'000), Ceremuga states "only a small number of "Specimens" recorded and this is the only example...
Lot #293 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Issue 1890: Recess printing £ 50 black-violet, wmk. V over Crown sideways (although most of the watermark is the marginal line), perf. 12½, an unused example overprinted "Specimen" in grey-black three times centrally, fresh and fine, large part og. A rare stamp (normal cancelled £ 70'000), Ceremuga states "only a small number of "Specimens" recorded". Cert. Ceremuga (2011).
Lot #294 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Issue 1885 (Feb): Recess printing £ 100 aniline-crimson, wmk. V over Crown upright, perf. 12½, an unused example with manuscript "Specimen" diagonally, fine slightly suffused appearance, unused without gum. Rare (catalogued at £ 80'000 as normal), Ceremuga states "only a small number of "Specimens" recorded". Cert. Ceremuga (2012).
Lot #295 - brit. colonies victoria
Naish Designs 1884/95: Naish designs, the unused collection, wmk. V over Crwon (excl. 8 d., 1 s. and 1885 2 s.), perf. 12½, with shades, Stamp Duty 2 s 6 d. (3) in all three shades, 1885 8 d. rose on pink (6), 1 s. deep dull blue and 1 s dull blue, 2 s. olive on bluish; ½ d. rosine (6), 1 d. green (6), 2 d. liac or mauve (4), 3 d. yellowish ochre (5), 4 d. magenta (4), 6 d. blue (5), 8 d. scarlet on pink, 2 s. olive on green (2), 2 s. apple-...
Lot #296 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty Overprints 1885 (Feb-Nov): "Stamp Duty" overprints, wmk. V over Crown, perf. 12½, the unused selection with 1 s. pale blue on blue (2), one with watermark inverted; 2 s. ultramarine on green (2) one with watermark sideways, 3 d. yellowish-orange (3) in differing shades, 4 d. rose-red (4), all with part to large part og. Gi = £ 1'000+.
Lot #297 - brit. colonies victoria
New Designs 1886/96: New Designs, the unused collection on leaves, wmk. V over Crown, perf. 12½, with shades including ½ d. lilac-grey (5) incl. a block of four, ½ d. pink (8) incl. a block of four, 1 d. green (3), 1 d. chestnut (21) incl. a marginal strip of four on pink paper and two blocks of four, 2 d. mauve (17), 2½ d. brown on yellow (5), 4 d. rose (5), 5 d. brown (5), 6 d. blue (5), 9 d. apple (8), 9 d. rose (4), 1 s. brown or lake (8...
Lot #298 - brit. colonies victoria
Stamp Duty 1887/90: £ 6 yellow & pale blue, wmk. V over Crown sideways, perf. 12½, an unused example, well centred and of fine appearance, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally, vertical bend on part og. A rare stamp (normal cat. £ 17'000); Ceremuga states "currently only two examples of this type recorded". Cert. Ceremuga (2012).
Lot #299 - brit. colonies victoria
New Watermark, third V over Crown 1896/99: Unused collection on leaves, wmk. third V over Crown, perf. 12½, with shades, perf. varieties including ½ d. rose (2), ½ d. emerald, 1 d. brown (4), 1½ d. apple (3), 2 d. violet (7) incl. a block of six, 2½ d. blue (6), 3 d. ochre (3), 4 d. red (5) incl. a block of four, 5 d. brown, 6 d. dull blue (3), 9 d. rosine (5), 1 s. brownish red, 1 s. 6 d. orange, 2 s. blue-green, 2 s. 6 d. yellow (2, one...
Lot #300 - brit. colonies victoria
1897 (Oct 22): Diamond Jubilee and Hospital Fund, 1 d. (1 s. blue) with three examples unused, two are fine, 2½ d. (2 s. 6 d.) brown with two examples of which is very fine, together with the "Specimen" overprinted set of two, part og. A scarce group Gi = £ 400+.
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