1854 Lithographed 1a. red, Die I, part of sheet Wmk ("I" of "OFFICE"), unused without gum as issued, complete margins all round, fresh and fine. (SG £950)
36th International Auction- part 2- philately & picture postcards
By: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 36th International Auction- part 2- philately & picture postcards
Christoph Gärtner 36th Philatelic Auction -
Starting with the single lots Asia catalogue contains stamps and postal history from all Asian countries from Abu Dhabi to Vietnam. A strong section China is followed by over 300 lots India, Iran, a nice Japan-section including Japanese Occupations, Singapore, Thailand etc.
All world single lots with THEMATICS, ÜBERSEE / OVERSEAS, FLUG, ZEPPELIN & SCHIFFSPOST and EUROPA;
ALTDEUTSCHLAND / GERMAN STATES, DEUTSCHES REICH, DT. AUSLANDSPOSTÄMTER / KOLONIEN , ZENSURPOST,
DEUTSCHLAND nach 1945, DDR / GERMANY after 1945, GDR, BERLIN, BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND.
ANSICHTSKARTEN/ PICTURE POSTCARDS
The collection section includes: ÜBERSEE / OVERSEAS, FLUG UND ZEPPELIN POST, SCHIFFS POST and THEMATIK / THEMATICS and EUROPE.
then comes NACHLÄSSE, WUNDERKARTONS & Nachtrag, DEUTSCHLAND vor 1945 / GERMANY before 1945, DEUTSCHLAND nach 1945 / GERMANY after 1945 closing with LITERATUR and VARIA.
Lot #5591 - india
1854 Lithographed 1a. red, Die I, unused without gum as issued, almost complete margins all round (slightly touched outer frameline at lower right), fresh, a little thin (between head and chignon), still good. (SG £950)
Lot #5592 - india
1854 Lithographed 1a. red, Die II, six used singles with plate flaws, retouches and flukes, with 'worn ornaments' (signed Drahn), 'white line in NE corner', 'elongated frame left side top', 'retouched eye', 'retouched frames S and W', and 'elongated first arch at top left', various shades and cancellations, one stamp with a little thin, another with a touched basic frameline, complete margins else, good to fine.
Lot #5593 - india
1854 Two inland letters franked with lithographed 1a. dull red, i.e. 1856 printed letter by the "Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company" used locally Bombay, with red rect. framed trisected "BOMBAY/1856 April 1/Paid." h/s and black receiving cds on reverse, and 1857 folded cover from Bombay to Secunderabad with numeral cancellation, red despatch and arrival datestamps and red boxed "1st D(elivery)" h/s on the reverse.
Lot #5594 - india
1854 Lithographed 1a. red, Die II, two singles used on 1857 cover from Bombay to Shrewton near Devizes in England 'Via Southampton', tied by numeral "1" and "Stamped" in m/s, red Bombay despatch cds, red London 23 May 1857 transit cds and green Devizes 'MY24/1857' arrival cds alongside, two Bombay 'AP 15' and 'AP 16' datestamps in black on reverse. The stamps with partially cut/touched marginal framelines but fresh and fine else, the cover...
Lot #5595 - india
1854 Lithographed 1a. red three pairs (Die I) used, one cancelled "B/51" of Burrisaul, another "C/24" of Mangalore, and the third bearing diamond of dots and pen-strokes, good/fine.
Lot #5596 - india
1854 Lithographed 1a. dull red, left hand marginal block of four, unused without gum as issued, fresh and fine.
Lot #5597 - india
1854/1890 Two impressions of 1a. in black on yellowish card, one similar to Die II, the other similar to Die III, State C of the plate, unused, fine.
Lot #5598 - india
1894/1905 lithographic transfer of Hausburg's proof of the 1a. in type III in marginal horizontal pair (Pos. 1+2) from the printed single row of eight, on stout yellowish paper, good. (Spence 55)
Lot #5599 - india
1854/1890 Lithographic transfer of 1a. and 2a. essay in part sheet showing one impression of 2a. and eight times the 1a. (cpl. sheet with 2a.(x4) and 1a.(x32)), each impression with "Specimen." on back (Spence 21 and 50 respectively), fine.
Lot #5600 - india
1854 Essay of 1a. by Capt. Thullier in blue (Spence 28), with a very small thin on bottom margin, still fine.
Lot #5601 - india
1854 Lithographed 2a. green, marginal single, unused as issued, with large parts of the outer framelines and a coloured sheet margin, fresh and fine. (SG from £325)
Lot #5602 - india
1854: Two singles of 2a. green with ALMOST COMPLETE OUTER FRAMELINES, both used and cancelled by black diamond of dots, with clear parts of the sheet watermark, fresh and fine.
Lot #5603 - india
1854, 2a green COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTED SHEET of 80 used singles mounted on two self-made pages, with various colour shades and cancellations, about 20 stamps show complete (or almost complete) outer frame-lines, and almost all stamps fresh and fine. Ex WADIA collection. (M)
Lot #5604 - india
1854 Lithographed 4a. blue & red, 4th printing, along with 2a. green horizontal pair on part cover (front and one back-flap) 1855 from Calcutta to England 'P: Steamer "Bengal" and Southampton', tied by "B/1" octagonal numeral h/s in black, the pair also by boxed "INDIA/PAID" in red, red "PAID/AR/21 DE 21/1855" British transit cds on front, '8 Nov 1855' despatch cds and blue arrival datestamps on the reverse. The 4a. adhesive cut square...
Lot #5605 - india
1854/1883 Reprint of lithographed 2a. green on unwatermarked yellowish wove paper (Spence 79), bottom marginal block of four, with a white line through lower pair (from a hair on the plate?) and broken letters of the marginal inscription, the two stamps at left hand side with thins otherwise fine.
Lot #5606 - india
1854 Octagonal essay of 2a. in green from a printing of one row of six, Pos. 1, on yellowish wove paper (see Spence after No. 13), with large margins at top and bottom, sheet margin at left, fresh and fine. A scarce printing of the essay in one row.
Lot #5607 - india
1854/1890 lithographic transfer of the octogonal essay of 2a. in ornge-red on yellowish wove paper (Spence 25), sheet pos. 1, with complete to wide margins around, fine.
Lot #5608 - india
1854 Lithographed 4a. indigo & red, 1th printing, Pos. 12, used and cancelled by black diamond of dots and small portion of red cds, cut square with huge margin at left and complete to wide margins else, red colour faded, good.
Lot #5609 - india
1854 Lithographed 4a. blue & red, 1st printing, used on small mourning cover 1857 from Panwell to Shrewton near Devizes in England via Bombay and Southampton, tied by unclear strike of Bombay Circle numeral (probably "17" of Panwell) and 'Stamped' in m/s, red rect. framed "PANWELL/(20/4/57)/Paid." h/s (Giles Suppl. No.3) and in m/s along with Bombay transit cds and Divizes 'JU 5 1857' arrival cds on back, two boxed "INDIA PAID" handstamps...
Lot #5610 - india
1854 Lithographed 4a. blue & red, 1th printing, Pos. 9, used and cancelled by black diamond of bars, cut square with cut outer frame-line at top, complete margins else, fresh and intensive colours, fine.
Lot #5611 - india
1854 Lithographed 4a. blue & red, 1th printing, Pos. 1, used and cancelled by black diamond of dots, cut square with even complete margins around, fine.
Lot #5612 - india
1854: Horizontal pair of lithographed 4a. blue & red from 2nd printing, sheet ps. 5+6, used on folded cover from Calcutta to Vienna 'Per "Oriental" via Triest', tied and cancelled by black diamond of dots, with "CALCUTTA/22/JAN/185(?)" cds, boxed "INDIA PAID" and "WIEN/1./MAER./1E" arrival cds all in red, on front or on the reverse,. The pair, laterally cut-to-shape with almost complete framelines, was able to pay the British ship rate...
Lot #5613 - india
1854 Lithographed 4a. blue & red, 2nd printing, sheet pos. 6, watermark inverted, used and cancelled by black diamond of dots, cut square with complete margins all round, wide margin at left, with a trace of a weak horizontal crease (wavy) otherwise fresh and fine.
Lot #5614 - india
1854 Lithographed 4a. blue & red, 2nd printing, sheet pos. 11, used and cancelled by black diamond of dots, cut square with even wide margins, fresh and fine. An attractive stamp.
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