Auction Stamps and Covers of the World - Sesión I
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Tuesday, July 9th 2024
Session I - 2 pm | Lots 1 - 1304
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Lot 913
✉ AFRICA ORIENTAL ALEMANA. 1908. TANGA to ST. GALLEN (Switzerland) 1 an. red postal stationary card of East Africa tied with TANGA/DEUTSCHE-OSTAFRIKA cds uprated with German 10 pf. stamp with DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST-AFRIKA-LINIE. Fine and interesting usage.
Lot 914
✉ MARRUECOS ALEMAN. 1898 (July 15). Cover from MAZAGAN to BREMEN with toned 20pf. ultramarine tied by oval DEUTSCHE SEEPOST-LINIE-HAMBURG/WESTAFRIKA-XIII datestamps in black. Manuscript ship endorsement at top and reverse with Bremen arrival cds (July 23). Faults but scarce usage. Signed Bothe BPP.
Lot 915
✉ MARRUECOS. Mi. 21/33. 1906. SAFFI a ALEMANIA. Serie completa en dos cartas circuladas; al dorso llegada.
Lot 916
✉ MARRUECOS ALEMAN. 1911 (July 7). TANGIER. Registered cover to BERNBURG franked by Gothic 1906 3cs. on 3pf. ochre and very scarce 1p. on 80pf. deep red and black on pale carmine paper tied by TANGER-(MAROKKO)-b-DEUTSCHE POST cds´s in black. Registered label at left and reverse with arrival cds (July 12). A fine and rare cover. Michel 34,42.
Lot 917
✉ MARRUECOS ALEMAN. 1911 (March 5). TANGIER. Germania 5pf.+5pf. green reply postal stationery cards used to and from GERMANY to TANGIER and back; cancelled on despatch in black and on arrival by TANGER-(MAROCCO)-DEUTCHE POST cds of receipt (March 10) and immediately re-sent on same day with same cds. Scarce and unusual usage. Michel P7.
Lot 920
° Δ GRAN BRETAÑA. Yv. 1 y 2. Conjunto de 19 sellos del 1 p. negro y una pareja del 2 p. azul. Calidades diversas.
Lot 921
* GRAN BRETAÑA. Sg. 187/91. 1883. 5 stamps, fresh colours. Light hinged.Stanley Gibbons 762£.
Lot 922
GRAN BRETAÑA. 1887-92. Complete set 1/2 to 1 sh. well centered (12 values). FINE.Cat. 657£.
Lot 923
✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1837. Dickinson´ Letter Sheet (1d. For 1 Ounce), design in yellow-buff on wove paper with silk threads, with ´London District Post´ within woven design on reverse and ´Not To Exceed One Ounce´ at left and right, space left for address in centre. Slight fault on front panel but very rare: it was the adoption of John Dickinson´s scheme that was to lead to Penny Postage in 1840. A seldom seen item.
Lot 924
✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1842-52. BRITISH POST OFFICE. CADIZ (Spain). Two entire letters from Cádiz to Porto (Portugal) with fine B.C./CADIZ (2 different types) circular hardstamp in black. Framed P. BRITº and charged 120+40 reis. A nice pair.
Lot 925
✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1850(April 12th). Entire letter from Glasgow to Pictou, NOVA SCOTIA franked for internal rate only with 1841 1d red brown tied ´159´ obliterator, charged 1 shilling in manuscript with Glasgow cds and Victoria-NS arrival (May 2nd) on reverse in black. A fine entire. SG 8.
Lot 928
✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1867. Envelope to PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, franked 2s. blue, plate 1, tied by CAMBRIDGE ´158´ duplex. Obverse also bears Cape Town transit cds.Part of back flap missing.
Lot 932
✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1904 (Apr 1). Cover to SYDNEY, Australia franked at 2 1/2 d. rate with 1902 1/2 d. and 2 x 1 d. red tied by LONDON squared circle datestamps with scarce usage of ´London, Brighton & South Coast Railway´ 2 d. yellow green tied by BEXHILL oval handstamp in violet with manuscript ´Post at London Bridge´. A delightful cover. Scott 127, 128.
Lot 935
* ASCENSION. Yv. 10/20. BARCOS. Serie completa. 12 valores. Valor 3 s. punto claro (little thin). Yvert 400€.
Lot 937
BECHUANALAND. 1885-1938. BECHUANALAND. Collection in album pages. Stamps mint and used. High value in catalogue. See web.
Lot 938
* AFRICA ORIENTAL BRITANICA. Sg. 2/19, 29/30. 1890-1895. EIGHTEEN values, complete set. 4 a. imperforate. Key value, small central thin with Holcombe opinion. Yv. 4/20A Cat. 2.400Ђ.
Lot 939
* AFRICA. Yv. 61/75. 1896. BRITISH EAST AFRICA. Serie completa. 15 valores. 2 1/2 a. pequeño adelgazamiento (thined), 3 a. punto de óxido (age spot). S.G. 65/79 . Cat. 420€.
Lot 940
* AFRICA. Yv. 76/83. 1897. BRITISH EAST AFRICA. Serie completa. 8 valores. 20 r., pliegue natural (natural bend). S.G. 92/9 . Yvert 5.000€.
Lot 941
* CANADA. Yv. 5. 1852. 3 c. rojo. Márgenes completos. Firmado DIENA. S.G. 5 . Cat. 2.500€.
Lot 942
✉ CANADA. 1825 (Aug 16). Entire letter dateline from MAISONNETTE (New Brunswick) struck on the reverse with italic NEWTON ABBOT/PENNY POST in black, prepaid 2/6d. in red ink and charged in manuscript on front in reis ´560+70=630´ due. Oval Lisbon arrival in black (28/8) also on front of fine entire. Rare destination at this time.
Lot 943
✉ CANADA. 1842 (Sept.19). Entire letter from NORFOLK, Canada (contents mention Port Royal) addressed to LURI, Corsica with two strikes of red entry marking OUTRE-MER/CETTE with Month in Date inverted error, black VIA DI NIZZA and SARDAIGNE-ANTIBES in red, BASTIA arrival datestamp (Dec 11).
Lot 944
✉ CANADA. 1857. Cover from MONTREAL, sent to England aboard the Cunard steamship Niagara, and forwarded to France with scarce GB/2F40c accountancy marking (Salles 3041.used only in 1857). Front shows MONTREAL datestamp, ANGL/AMB.CALAIS french entry, plus ´20´ decimes postage due handstamp. Reverse bears (red) LONDON and PARIS transits, plus COGNAC arrival datestamps. A fine and scarce transatlantic cover.
Lot 946
✉ CANADA. 1888 (Aug). Mourning cover from New South Wales to Ontario, Canada franked by 6d violet tied in black. On arrival the cover was readdressed and mailed on to Battlecreek, USA franked by pair of Small Queens 3c orange red, overlapping the original adhesive. Ontario cds on front and reverse with five transit cds´s. An unusual combination.
Lot 948
✉ CANADA. 1925. 2c. postal stationery card surcharged ´6 Cents´ in red, cancelled barred oval of Stony Plain and sent to Weisbaden, Germany. Very fine.
Lot 950
✉ CANADA. 1864 (Nov 26). Cover to Chelsea, Mass, USA franked for 10c rate with pair of 19860 5c deep green tied by black grid cancel and red circular ´Paid-10´. Whites Cove despatch handstamp with manuscript date at left. Reverse with Gagetown and St. John cds´s (Nov 29). A scarce cover. SG 15.
Lot 951
* TERRANOVA. Yv. 1. NEWFOUNDLAND. 1 p. castaño rojo. Firmado ROIG. S.G. 1. Cat. 130€.
Lot 953
* TERRANOVA. Yv. 5. NEWFOUNDLAND. 5 p. castaño rojo. S.G. 5 . Cat. 350€.
Lot 954
* TERRANOVA. Yv. 8. NEWFOUNLAND. 8 p. bermellón. S.G. 8 . Cat. 350€.
Lot 955
(*) TERRANOVA. Yv. 11. NEWFOUNDLAND. 4 p. naranja bermellón. Muy buenos márgenes. Sin goma (no gum). RARO. S.G. 12. Cat. 3.500€.
Lot 956
*/(*) TERRANOVA. Yv. 13A/9. NEWFOUNDLAND. Serie completa. 8 valores. Valores altos, sin goma. S.G. 16/23 . Cat. 975€.
Lot 957
(*) TERRANOVA. Yv. 2, *32, * 36. CANADA. TEMA PECES. 3 valores de 2 c. verde. Cat. 400€.
Lot 958
* TERRANOVA. Yv. Av. 2 y 2a. 1919. Dos valores sobrecargados, uno sin coma después de AIR POST. S.G. 143 y 143a . Cat. 375€.
Lot 959
* CABO DE BUENA ESPERANZA. Sg. 3/4. 1899. VRYBURG. BOER OCCUPATION. 2 Pence on 6 p. mauve (B.P.A. certificate) and 2 1/2 Pence on 2 1/2 p. blue (Phil. Fed. of Southern Africa Expert Committee). Includes °Yv. 1/2, SG. 1/2. Yv. 3/4 Cat. 6.750Ђ.