Auction Stamps and Covers of the World - Sesión I

*/° LOTES y COLECCIONES. COLONIAS INGLESAS: CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Páginas de álbum con sellos en usado de la primera emisión. A EXAMINAR.

✉ CABO DE BUENA ESPERANZA. 1864. CAPE TOWN to OPORTO (Portugal). Entiere letter, endorsed ´P. Montejuma´. BARRA/DO/PORTO mark on arrival and taxed with 80 reis.

✉ CABO DE BUENA ESPERANZA. 1877-79. GRIQUALAND WEST. Two covers with 4 d. blue frankins optd. G.W. and G. (SG. 3, 21).

* ORANGE. Yv. 38/46 y 47/50. ORANGE. Eduardo VII. 13 valores. Cat. 310€.

✉ ORANGE. Sg. 111. 1901. ORANGE FREE STATE. BLOEMFONTEIN to PRETORIA. 5 sh. green on registered cover. Censor mark.

✉ CEILAN. Sg. 58,60. 1869. COLOMBO a GRAN BRETAÑA. 3 p. rosa y 10 p. naranja. Rara combinación para hacer los 13 p. del porte.

✉ CEILAN. 1883. Postal stationary card 8 cents brown cancelled by COLOMBO PAID duplex addressed to Holland with octagonal French paquebot POSS. ANGL. PAQ. FR. N. Nº 10 datestamp in blue (Salles 1933) routed via Brindisi with French entry cachet and LEIDEN arrival on front. Very fine item of paquebot mail with this unrecorded maritime cachet in blue.

✉ CEILAN. 1903. CEYLON a CAPE TOWN y reexpedida a LONDRES. Carta certificada, espectacular franqueo.

*/° LOTES y COLECCIONES. CEYLON. Página de álbum con sellos nuevos y usados de la primera emisión.

✉ COOK. 1898. Registered cover to SWITZERLAND with 1898 2x 2 d. brown, 6 d. purple, and 1 s. red (SG 15, 18, 20) all tied large circle COOK ISLANDS/RAROTONGA cds´s, with AUCKLAND transit and BERNE cds of receipt on reverse of scarce cover.

✉ COOK. 1903-30. 2 covers.

* AFRICA ORIENTAL BRITANICA. Sg. 65/75. 1921-2. EAST AFRICA AND UGANDA. 11 values, complete set. 1 c. to 50 r. Key value HOLCOMBE certificate. Yv. 156/66 Cat. 3.175Ђ .

✉ AFRICA ORIENTAL BRITANICA. 1913. Envelope to BISBEE, AZ, USA franked 6 c. E. Africa & Uganda cancelled MACHAKOS datestamp. Underfranked and taxed 6 c. on arrival made up with six 1 c. postage dues. Cover bears MOMBASSA and NEW YORK transit cds.

✉ AFRICA ORIENTAL BRITANICA. 1921. Registered overprinted 6c. Postal Stationery card sent to BRAZIL, uprated with pair of 15c. overprint G.E.A. King Geroge V, tied by TABORA cds. alongside registration label, London transit and arrival Blumenau cds. Fine Stationery to RARE destination. (SG. 51).

* FALKLAND. Yv. 49/57. 1929-32. SERIE COMPLETA. 11 valores. S.G. 116/26 . Cat. 850€.

** FALKLAND. Yv. 68. 1933. 5 s. negro y amarillo, borde de hoja. Raro en esta calidad. PINGÜINO. S.G. 136. Cat. +950€.

* FALKLAND. Yv. 68. 1933. 5 s. negro y amarillo. PINGÜINO. S.G. 136 . Cat. 950€.

* GAMBIA. Yv. 93/114. 1922. SERIE COMPLETA. 23 valores. S.G. 118/42 . Cat. 340€.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1805. GIBRALTAR to BATH. Entire letter charged ´1/8´ Packet rate, sent via Portugal. LISBON mark. VERY RARE on letter from Gibraltar, this is the only known letter with this mark.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1821 (March 22). GRIBALTAR to FRANCE. ECIJA ROUTE during the Cholera Epidemic in Cádiz. Entire letter with ANDALUCIA/ALTA y EZIXA/FRANQUEADA marks and desinfection cuts.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1834 (April 24). Entire letter from Gibraltar to Copenhagen with faint red ´Gib/S.Roque/And. Baxa.´, slitted for Disinfection and thence via St. Jean De Luz and Hamburg Thurn & Taxis Post Office. An interesting entire that displays well, an unusual destination at this date.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1839. GIBRALTAR to NOVA SCOTIA. Entire letter sent via England. On front HALIFAX/NOVA SCOTIA cds. A RARE destination at this time.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1848 (May 29). Entire letter from Campo Mento carried on the ´Ripon´ under Captain Moresby, to Basingstoke with Gibraltar despatch cds in black and good strike of two line ´GIBRALTAR/ SHIP LETTER´ in black. Charged ´8d.´ due on receipt with Basingstoke arrival (May 29) in blue. Interesting content regarding Provisions ´to be sent addressed to the Admiralty Office, Southampton and they must not be addressed to Mr. Creswell (Gibraltar´s Postmaster) at all´.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1851(April 25). Entire letter to Genoa, prepaid 4d in red manuscript, with superb strike of three line dated GIBRALTAR-SHIP LETTER handstamp in blue, red ´Via Di Mare(E)´ applied on arrival and charged 15c due. Superb quality and very scarce thus.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1851 (Nov 29). Entire letter to Genoa with superb strike of three line dated ´GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER´ in blue (Day before Month in date, Type I) on despatch with manuscript ´8´ (pence) prepaid in red for double rate. Red ´Via/Di Mare/(E)´ applied on arrival and manuscript charge of ´30´ centesemi to pay.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1851 (April 9). GIBRALTAR to CADIZ. Entire letter with very fine (partly albino) tiny red arc-framed GIBRALTAR, hand struck in red 1R. arrival charge, endorsed ´Por Estafeta´. This very rare mark is used by the postmaster in Gibraltar only on letters that he dispatched by private foreign ships. This the latest known date of the very few letters recorded. Cert. RPS´2006.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1857. GIBRALTAR a JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA. Encaminada hasta Cádiz, manuscrito ´Care of Mes. Lacave y Echecopar, Cadiz´, quien la entregó al cosario PAUSADELA/Y/COMPAÑIA que la transportó a Jerez. MUY RARA. GIBRALTAR to JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA. Forwarded up to Cádiz. Manuscript ´Care of Mes. Lacave y Echecopar, Cádiz´, who delivered it to the ´cosario´ PAUSADELA/Y/COMPAÑIA and conveyed it to Jerez. VERY SCARCE.

✉ GIBRALTAR. Ed. 48 (5). 1858. GIBRALTAR a CÁDIZ. 4 cuartos rojo (5). Mat. R.C. 63 de San Roque. Precioso y MUY RARO franqueo. Cert. COMEX.

✉ GIBRALTAR. Ed. 48 (5). 1859. GIBRALTAR a CÁDIZ. 4 cuartos rojo (5). Mat. R.C. 63 de San Roque. Precioso y MUY RARO franqueo.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1860. GIBRALTAR to GLASGOW. Envelope franked with six 1d. red stamps tied by A26 cancel and blue GIBRALTAR cds. Veru fine, unusual franking.

✉ GIBRALTAR. Ed. 58. 1861. GIBRALTAR to CÁDIZ. Envuelta circulada con sello de 4 cuartos castaño, entregada directamente al Ship Letter ´Vapor San Servando´ evitando pagar los ´2´ peniques al correo Británico. Al llegar fuera de la saca con el correo oficial se mataselló el sello con aspas a tinta. EXTRAORDINARIAMENTE RARA. Cert. GRAUS.

✉ ESPAÑA. Ed. 80 (2). 1866. GIBRALTAR a MADRID. 2 cuartos rosa (2). Mat. R.C. 63 y fechador de San Roque. RARO franqueo.

✉ ESPAÑA. Ed. 81 (2). 1866. GIBRALTAR a PARÍS. 4 cuartos azul (3). Mat. R.C. 63 de San Roque. RARO franqueo.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1867. GIBRALTAR to ORAN. 2d. blue (4) and 4d. orange tied by A26 cancel, endorsed ´P. Spalis´. Sent via Marseille. Unusual destination.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1868 (20 Marzo). CÁDIZ a MALTA. 20 cts. lila (2) tarifa de Malta por la vía Inglesa. La carta siguió la ruta de tierra hasta Madrid (fechador al dorso del 21 Marzo). La Estafeta de Cambio de Madrid redirigió la carta vía Gibraltar entrando por San Roque el 24 de Marzo (fechador al dorso). El correo británico puso un sello de 4 p. naranja (que fue reembolsado por la Estafeta de Cambio de San Roque para subsanar el error y no demorar más la entrega de la carta). El sello británico está matasellado con el raro duplex Gibraltar más ocho barras en uso solamente del 27 Nov. 67 al 5 May 68. Excepcional combinación de franqueo. ÚNICA CONOCIDA. Ex. Stirrups. Cert. COMEX y RPS.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1869. GIBRALTAR to NEW YORK. 3d. rose and 4d. orange (2) tied by A26 cancel, GIBRALTAR cds., charged 2 cents. on arrival.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1873 (Nov 22). Cover to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE with three colour franking of Great Britain 1d. red pl.117, 4d. vermilion pl. 13 and 1sh. green pl. 8 all tied by GIBRALTAR-A26 duplexes. London transit cds in red (Dec 1) and Cape Town/Cape Colony cds of receipt (Dec 31) both on obverse of cover, alongside handstruck 1d. Captain´s fee marking. Some toning but a charming 1/5d. rate cover. SG Z19,Z37,Z64.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1886 (Nov 27). Cover to HUDDERSFIELD franked initially with Great Britain 1d. lilac cancelled in manuscript (with ´T´ mark below also deleted) and 1886 ½d. dull green and 1d. rose-red tied by Gibraltar-A26 duplex instead. Reverse with Huddersfield arrival cds (Dec 3). A scarce and interesting first issue cover. SG 1,2.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1889. GIBRALTAR to PORT SAID (Egypt). 50 cts. on 6 d. lilac. Registered cover rare destination, arrival cds on reverse.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1897 (Nov 26). Cover to MANCHESTER franked by Spanish currency 1896 20c. olive green & brown tied by ´A26´ obliterator with unaccepted diagonally bisected 10c. carmine-therefore taxed with ´T´ mark on despatch and on arrival with ´1d./FB/C´ in black. Manchester cds on reverse (Dec 1). A scarce cover. SG 23,24.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1884 (May 5). Registered cover to London at quadruple rate (1sh. 4d. for 2 ounces + 2d. registration) ex ´Midshipman Long´ correspondence with manuscript ´Paid´ in red and notation of ´1/6d.´ in blue crayon (total charge) and ´1/1d.´ (Credit to G.P.O., with 5d. to the Colony), two Axim cds´s in black. Liverpool and London June 2 registered arrival datestamps also on obverse of fine and rare cover, one of only three recorded by Sacher, page 197.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1887 (June). Woerman Line cover to Reilstein, manuscript ´Accra´ at upper left in blue, franked by Germany 1885 10pf. rose carmine pair tied by bold ´Aus West-Africa / mit / Hamburger Dampfer´ in black; reverse with Marbach arrival cds July 18 in black. A fine cover.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1889 (Oct 11). Woerman Line cover endorsed from Quittah to Bremen franked by Germany 1885 20pf. ultramarine tied by framed ´AUS / WESTAFRIKA´ handstamp in black; reverse with Bremen arrival cds Nov 10. A fresh and fine cover.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1894. 2 postal stationary cards from Akropong and Abokobi (red) cancellations.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1900 (Dec 4). Registered, stampless OHMS cover to London countersigned at lower left ´The Pay & Quartermaster G.C.C., The Cantonments, Accra´ struck with oval ´Official Paid / G.P.O. Accra / Gold Coast Colony´ in black with ´Victoriaborg / Accra´ cds alongside with rare ´R´ in black at left. Reverse with Accra and London datestamps. Rare cover. Note: The Gold Coast Constabulary (G.C.C.) Suffered heavily in the Ashanti War, losing 5 Officers out of 8 and over 80 men lost with a further 50% of the force wounded. They were stationed in Ashanti and the Northern Territories.

* GUAYANA BRITANICA. Yv. 33/41. BARCOS. Serie completa. 9 valores. Yvert 750€.

* GUAYANA BRITANICA. Yv. 65/9, 70/9. BARCOS. Series completas. 15 valores. 8 c. (Yv. 74) sin goma (no gum). Yvert 540€.

* GUAYANA BRITANICA. Yv. 80/7, 96/105, 107/12, 126/36. BARCOS. Series completas. 35 valores. Yvert 590€.