1854 (Jan-March): 2 d. Prussian blue, wmk. '2', Plate III on yellowish wove paper (positions 34-35/44-45), a used block of four with good to large margins all round, of fine rich colour, cancelled by somewhat blurred "60" numeral obliterators of Paterson in black. A very scarce and fine multiple.
Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3
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Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3
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 #177 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1856/60: 1 d. orange-vermilion, wmk. "1", a used horizontal strip of four, good to mostly large margins all round, neatly cancelled by dotted "45" obliterators of Binalong in black. Choice and most attractive.
Lot #178 - brit. colonies New South Wales
1856/60: 3 d. deep yellow-green, wmk. "3", an unused example with good to very large margins all round, of deep colour unused without gum. An extremely rare stamp unused Gi = £ 2'500.
Lot #179 - brit. colonies queensland
1860 (Nov 1): Chalon 1 d. carmine-rose, wmk. Large Star, imperforate, a used horizontal strip of four showing large portion of adjoining stamp at left, margins clear to large all round, the first stamp with tiny closed tear at top and the fourth stamp with two diagonal corner creases, neither fault affecting the fine appearance of an extremely rare multiple: the equal second largest multiple of this stamp recorded - with a strip of six being...
Lot #180 - brit. colonies queensland
1882/83: Bradbury Wilkinson imperforate Proof for the £ 1 value, engraved in black and adhering to card, good margins all round but slightly scuffed corner in margin at top right. A rare and most unusual Proof - see two similar Proofs from Bradbury Wilkinson in this sale (1876 Cadet Issue of Spain and Norwegian Tromso Local Post 2 öre), rare.
Lot #181 - brit. colonies queensland
1886: £ 1 green, engraved on thick paper, wmk Crown over Q, perf. 12, a horizontal strip of five in a deep shade, with horizontal defacement line in black, unused without gum. Some toning but scarce.
Lot #182 - brit. colonies queensland
1897/1908: 2 d. blue, a fine example used on 1903 cover to Hobart (Tattersall's slip at left), clearly showing variety "Cracked Plate" with cracked electro running from Queen's cheek to neck, lightly cancelled by "Toowoomba" duplex (March 21) leaving the variety clear. T.P.O. transit (S&W Railway) and Hobart arrival (March 26) on reverse. Spike holes in envelope as ever with a bookie's correspondence but a scarce variety on letter.
Lot #183 - brit. colonies queensland
1897: 3 d. brown, an imperforate Plate Proof block of four on smooth surfaced medium wove paper in the issued colour, with some heaping of the ink in the marginal rules, fresh and very fine. Just a handful of blocks recorded, rare Brusden White Q24(DP)1 = $ 4'000.
Lot #184 - brit. colonies south australia
1856/58: Adelaide printing, 2 d. red, wmk. Large Star, imperforate, a used horizontal strip of five, large margins on most but shaved on fifth stamp at right and small scissor cut at top of fourth stamp, of fine fresh colour, all cancelled by "25" numeral obliterator of Gawler.
Lot #185 - brit. colonies south australia
1860: 2 d. pale red. rouletted 8½, a used example on 1861 cover to North Adelaide endorsed "Prepaid", cancelled in ink manuscript with despatch notation at left "P.O. Pt. Macdonnell, 21 March 1861" in manuscript. Reverse with faint transit and "GPO / SOUTH AUSTRALIA" arrival cds (March 28) in black.
Lot #186 - 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 #187 - brit. colonies south australia
Departmental stamps, 1868: Overprinted "P." (Police) in black on 6 d. ultramarine perf. 12 x rouletted, Butler RRR, a fresh, lightly cancelled example, clean back and above average centering. In addition a copy perf. 10 all round of similar quality in a deeper shade, Butler RR.
Lot #188 - brit. colonies south australia
Departmental stamps, 1869/74: Overprinted "P." (Police) in black on 2 d. orange. A group of 17 used stamps with varieties perf. 10 (6), perf. 11½ x 10 (6 incl. two pairs), rouletted (2), perf. 10 x rouletted, perf. 12 x rouletted plus one other. One stamp with watermark reversed, one with reversed & inverted, generally fine, many with legible datestamps.
Lot #189 - brit. colonies south australia
Departmental Stamps 1870: Overprinted "P.O." (Post Office) in black on 4 d. dull purple, perf. 11½, a fine used example cancelled at the GPO / Adelaide (1 Sept 1870) on First Day of Issue, variety "Printed Both Sides" - just three examples, all with the same centering are recorded showing this second impression on reverse. Minor corner bend mentioned for full accuracy but a fine and very scarce stamp Gi = £ 300++.rnProvenance: Collection Gary...
Lot #190 - brit. colonies tasmania
1857/67: Chalon 4 d. blue, wmk. 4, imperforate, an unused horizontal strip of six, just touched under fifth stamp otherwise with good margins all round (exceptional on this issue with stamps printed so closely together and often misaligned), of fine colour and superb appearance, creased in margin only between first and second stamp, unused without gum. A fine and attractive multiple. Cert. PFSA (1984) and RPSV (2023) Gi = £ 3'000+.
Lot #191 - brit. colonies tasmania
1899: St. George & Dragon, 3 d. olive-green, 2 s. 6 d. rose, 5 s. brown and 10 s. orange on thick wove paper, perf. 11½; all in sheet marginal blocks of four overprinted REPRINT in black on each, as prepared for the 1899 Presentation sets, fine, unmounted og.
Lot #192 - 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 #193 - brit. colonies victoria
1858: 6 d. blue, rouletted, a single example used on 1860 cover from Melbourne to Canton, China paying the ½ ounce ship rate, endorsed "Per "Columbian" Str, via Aden" tied by circular "1" numeral obliterator in black. Reverse with MELBOURNE despatch cds (Jan 17) alongside HONG KONG circular datestamp (Feb 24) in black. The adhesive with file fold but an attractive cover to an exceptional destination at this date: unrecorded by Ben Palmer in...
Lot #194 - brit. colonies victoria
1859 (March 19): Cover from Beechworth to Bologna, Papal States franked at double rate via Southampton at 2/4 d., with 1854 1 s. blue in a vertical pair, margins good to shaved, and Emblems 4 d. dull rose red, perf. 12 (corner of stamp was folded under on despatch and has since been folded back for better display) tied by Beechworth barred numeral "6" in black with despatc datestamp verso (March 19). London red transit and circular "PD" on...
Lot #195 - brit. colonies victoria
1905/07: £ 1 salmon, an imperforate Die Proof, State 2 with line vertical below the beard, printed on yellowish wove paper (88 x 66 mm.), some small marks suggesting this was a working Proof, insignificant corner crease well away from the design at top right but very rare.
Lot #196 - brit. colonies victoria
Lots & Collections 1884/96: Lot 100 used Stamp Duty adhesives, some on small pieces, all fiscally used in very fresh condition, most with dated cancels from the 1880s, sorted only by face value: 1 d. (10), 6 d. (11), 1/- (10), 18 d. (5), 2/- (15) 3/- purple on blue (3), 3/- drab (13), 4/- (8), 5/- (11), 6/- (6), 10/- brown on rose (3), 10/- blue (3), and £ 1 (2).
Lot #197 - brit. colonies victoria
1884/96: Fiscal usages of £ 5 rose-red (as Gi 248), £ 5 rose-pink, £ 6 blue on pink, £ 7 violet on blue, £ 8 red on yellow, £ 9 yellow-green on green, £ 10 dull mauve (2) with wmk. 19 normal and inverted (as Gi 264), £ 10 dull mauve (seven examples, wmk. 33, as Gi 279) with both normal and inverted wmks); all manuscript cancelled and dated in ink. A scarce group.
Lot #198 - brit. colonies victoria
1886/96: Fiscals usages of £ 5 pale blue & maroon (6 examples), £ 6 yellow & pale blue (5), £ 7 rosine & black, £ 8 mauve & brown-orange and £ 9 apple-green & rosine (4), all manuscript cancelled and dated in ink.
Lot #199 - brit. colonies western australia
1861: 1 d. rose, wmk. Swan sideways, intermediate perrf. 14-16, an unused vertical pair with sheet margin at right, hinged for protection, unused without gum. An extremely rare pair Gi = £ 1'500+.rnProvenance: Ex collection 'AP' believed to be Charles Lathrop Pack's son, Arthur Pack, and sold as a block of four in 1943. Since then the left hand stamps have been removed due to defects.
Lot #200 - brit. colonies Australia
The Huntingfield Block 1936 (Sept 29): Edward VIII 2 d. scarlet, wmk. Crown C of A, perf. 13½ x 14, unmounted original gum, prepared for use by the Note Printing Branch of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, engraved by F.D. Manley; the corner block of four from lower right of sheet signed in the margin "H" (Huntingfield) and dated "29/9/36" in ink on the day of Lord Huntingfield's official visit as Governor of Victoria to the Branch, when...
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