1849 16 JULY, letter from COLOMBO via Marseille to London with GALLE STEAMER LETTER struck twice. India paid oval and forwarding agents marking on reverse. Arrival on 30th Aug. 1849. (M)
Public auction #38
By: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG Public auction #38
The 38th Christoph Gärtner auction October 10+11th and 16th - 20th, 2017 is an outstanding offer with more than 40.000 lots is on line.
The auction schedule as follows:
October 10 - 11, 2017 / coins & banknotes
World bank notes
Germany bank notes
October 16 - 20, 2017 / philately & picture postcards including:
Asia, Europe, Thematics, Overseas, Germany and picture post cards
Sale Terms
Lot #6204 - Ceylon
1857-59 QV 6d. purple-brown and 8d. brown both used, with complete to wide margins around and fresh, the 8d. with a tiny split at top otherwise fine. Both with 2017 B.P.A. certificate. (Mi. 2400 €)
Lot #6205 - Ceylon
1858, letter from KANDY franked with 1 d blue sent to Colombo with COLOMBO POST PAID arrival on front.
Lot #6206 - Ceylon
1858, small envelope franked with 1,2 and 6 d from first issue, faults/cut in as usual from KANDY with 9 d rate via Marseille to London. Black "K SN." on front. Rare and attractive item.
Lot #6207 - Ceylon
1859, 1 d blue on letter from COLOMBO with red COLOMBO POST PAID on back sent to Kandy
Lot #6208 - Ceylon
1861, mourning cover franked with 1 d blue (cut at bottom), first issue from COLOMBO to Kandy.
Lot #6209 - Ceylon
1858, QV 1/2d. dull mauve without wmk. imperforate with good to wide margins around fine used with light barred cancels, SG. £ 250
Lot #6210 - Ceylon
1861-64 Watermark Star Issue, Clean cut and Intermediate perf 14 to 151/2,
4d. dull rose (not to be confused with the more common rose-red of a later printing), unused without original gum, fine and fresh. The perforated 4 pence in the dull rose shade are from same printing as the famous and expensive imperforated 4d, therefore they have the same shade. Many of these perforated 4d dull rose were manipulated by trimming of the perforation...
Lot #6211 - Ceylon
1862, 5d lake-brown, perf. 13, WITHOUT WATERMARK, mint with lightly hinged original gum. A few perforations have been added but still a very fresh example of this CEYLON RARITY of which only 5520 have been printed. It is believed that less than 12 are known with original gum. This rare unused stamp was missing in the Caspary and Dale-Lichtenstein collections, the Hackmey collection only included a single unused example. Certificate RPS. SG 40...
Lot #6212 - Ceylon
1863-66 Watermark Crown CC (23 mm high), on medium thin and slightly soft paper
Perf. 111/2 1d. deep blue, unused without gum, very fine. ONE OF THE RAREST STAMPS OF CEYLON, ONLY THREE UNUSED EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED IN PRIVATE HANDS and the one offered here is one of only two in perfect condition according to the census published by Patrick Pearson in the London Philatelist in may 1984. A VERY UNDERPRICED STAMP as it is of similar rarity...
Lot #6213 - Ceylon
1863-66 Watermark Crown CC (23 mm high), perforated 121/2, 2d. yellowish green, unused without gum, good colour; tiny invisible repair at lower right corner otherwise in fine condition. ONE OF THE RAREST UNUSED STAMPS OF CEYLON, ONLY FOUR ARE KNOWN, one is in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen and three are left in private hands. Very underpriced compared to the 1859 4 pence (Michel 4y 75.000 EUR) of which more than double as many unused...
Lot #6214 - Ceylon
1864, envelope franked with 6 d deep brown sent from COLOMBO to Scottland. Some opening faults
Lot #6215 - Ceylon
1866, attractive letter sent from KANDY with strip of three 2 d green to the Isle of Wight. Parts of the backside missing.
Lot #6216 - Ceylon
1867, 6 d blackish brown on attractive envelope (small faults) with duplex COLOMBO sent to London. Red transit GALLE on back.
Lot #6217 - Ceylon
1870, letter from COLOMBO franked with 9 d blackish brown to England. Attractive front, back flap missing.
Lot #6218 - Ceylon
1870, attractive mixed franking with 1 Shilling lilac and 1 d blue from COLOMBO to Scottland.
Lot #6219 - Ceylon
1880. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 124, 8c orange-red (pair) tied by 'B' obliterator with adjacent Galle/Paid 'Aug 1' date stamp sent by French paquebot with octagonal 'Poss. An. Paq. Fr. N No 1' date stamp in red (Salles 1931) with French entry cachet and Rochefort arrival on reverse. Stains. Lovely item of French Maritime mail with scarce French paquebot in red.
Lot #6220 - Ceylon
1884. Envelope addressed to England bearing Ceylon SG 123, 4c mauve (6) tied by '20' in numeral with adjacent Dodanduwa/Paid date stamp on face routed via Colombo with Leeds arrival. Superb.
Lot #6221 - Ceylon
1885: 5 C. on 32 C. slate, overprint inverted, used, trimmed perforation at left, signed Richter. A scarce stamp!
Lot #6222 - Ceylon
1885, 2 1/2 c. on 2 c. postal stationery card, two different overprint card, used as local card from Colombo 1895, tiny spots, otherwise fine
Lot #6223 - Ceylon
1890. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 195, 5c dull purple (4) and SG 197, 15c olive (2) tied by Anuradhapura/Paid date stamp routed via Colombo with 'Modane a Paris' ambulant and Drome receiver. Attractive franking.
Lot #6224 - Ceylon
1892. Ceylon postal stationery envelope 'Five Cents' grey upgraded with SG 203, two cents on 4c rose (5) tied by '6' in numeral with Moratuwa/Paid date stamp addressed to Paris with Colombo transit and Paris/Etranger French entry cachet in blue. Superb item to France.
Lot #6225 - Ceylon
1893. Reply Post Card 2c blue (faults/vertical fold) upgraded with SG 241, 3c on 4c rosy-mauve tied by '71' numeral with adjacent Wattegama date stamp addressed to England with Railway/Post Office transit and Eastbourne arrival on face.
Lot #6226 - Ceylon
1895, registration envelope 15 C./2 C. uprated 10 C./20 C. tied duplex "A + COLOMBO REGISTERED NO 25 95" to Leipzig/Germany and fwd. internal, transit Naples on reverse.
Lot #6227 - Ceylon
1897, Stationery reply-card Ceylon 5 C blue commercially used from "RUDOLFSTADT 24.1.97" back via Suez and Singapore to Hongkong with arrival "HONG KONG A FE 28 97
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