1769 Entire sent by private ship to a wine merchant in Madeira, endorsed "To be delivered by Capt Mansfield" with ms notation on inner sideflap: "Copy / Montserrat / Alexr Gordon / Received 15th Feb 1769, toned in portions, the earliest known cover sent outside the British Empire
Special Jubilee Auction #204 - British pound (£)
By: David Feldman S.A.
David Feldman S.A. Special Jubilee Auction #204 - British pound (£)
David Feldman Auctioneers is proud to announce that the offering of our Jubilee Auction, which will be held from December 5th to 9th in Geneva, will be spectacular in its depth and variety. With specialised collections of Finland, French Levant, Indian States, Mafia Island, Mauritius, and Tibet, joining our customary selections of France & Colonies, Great Britain & Empire, All World and Collections and our prized Rarities of the World auction – further testimony that David Feldman remains the world’s most international stamp auction company.
If you have any questions or would like to order a catalogue, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
You will find below the detailed agenda of the auction week:
Tuesday 5th December
10:00 CET: Finland Grand Prix Collection (Lots 10000-10245)
14:00 CET: Tibet (Lots 20000-20607)
Wednesday 6th December
10:00 CET: French Levant Grand Prix Collection (Lots 30000-30189)
12:00 CET: France & Colonies (Lots 40000-40542)
17:00 CET: Europe – From A to G (Lots 41000-41419)
Thursday 7th December
10:00 CET: Europe – From H to Z (Lots 41420-42118)
16:30 CET: Rarities of the World (Lots 70000-70117)
18:00 CET: Mauritius (Lots 80000-80278)
Friday 8th December
9:00 CET: Mafia Island (Lots 81000-81302)
12:00 CET: Indian States (Lots 82000-82325)
14:00 CET: Great Britain and British Empire (Lots 60000-60789)
Saturday 9th December
10:00 CET: Overseas (Lots 50000-50712)
16:00 CET: All world collections (Lots 50713-50912)
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Lot #60368 - montserrat
1774 Entire to Scotland with ms notation on inner sideflap: "Montserrat 4 Mar 1774 / Arch. Trotter", with message inside reading "I am in hope that you will be able to very soon to send me a few thousand to make some purchase. I wish you could now, by heavens I would go to Crab Island which is new settling and make a fortune...", with 29 / MA "bishop" arrival ds and "DOVER / SHIP LRE" hs, ms "4" rate erased, fine and scarce
Lot #60369 - montserrat
1777 Entire sent by private ship to a wine merchant in Madeira, datelined internally at end of message "Montserrat / July 13th 1777", with message talking about receiving butts of wine from St. Kitts ("the expense is so high that we must not have them sent that way again") and alternate routes through Jamaica or Antigua ("That island being to the windward of this archipel(?) can run down with it in five or six hours. They are sometimes 2 or 3...
Lot #60370 - montserrat
1778 Entire to a wine merchant in Madeira datelined "Montserrat 14th August 1778" with message inside mentioning corresponding with a wind merchant in St. Christopher, endorsed "per Hilsborough Packet" and rate "1/-" paying rate to UK and likely carried by favour to Madeira, very fine
Lot #60371 - montserrat
1779 Entire to "Jamaica Coffee House" in London datelined "Montserrat July 30th 1779", "bishop" arrival ds, "DEAL / SHIP LRE" hs and ms "7" rate, fine
Lot #60372 - montserrat
1789 & 1792 Pair of entires to a wine merchant in Madeira, both datelined "Montserrat", one endorsed "By Capt. L", both carried by favour, and both complaining of the quality of the wine, fine
Lot #60373 - montserrat
1790 (Mar 22) Entire to London with "Montserrat" straight line hs (type N1), sent by local schooner to Antigua (with ms "2d" rate) to catch the UK Packet Boat (ms "1/-" rate), arrival backstamp, the earliest known usage of this handstamp, very fine and scarce with only 22 recorded by Britnor
Lot #60374 - montserrat
1791 (Apr 21) Entire to London with "Montserrat" straight line hs (type N1), ms 1s rate, arrival bs, some soiling, scarce with only 22 recorded by Britnor
Lot #60375 - montserrat
1791 (Jun 28) Entire to wine merchants in London with "Montserrat" straight line hs (type N1), rated "1s", crossed out and stamped with "Crown" inspector's hs and rated "2s" instead, arrival bs, fine and scarce with only 22 recorded by Britnor
Lot #60376 - montserrat
1793 (Jun 6) Entire to London endorsed "favoured by Capt McNamara", carried privately to Portsmouth with "PORTSMOUTH / SHIP-LRE" hs and ms "5" rate from there to London, arrival bs, fine
Lot #60377 - montserrat
1796 (Jul 14) Entire to London with "MONTSERRAT" straight line hs (type N1), ms "1/-" rate, arrival bs, a fine and late usage of this hs with only 22 recorded by Britnor
Lot #60378 - montserrat
1801 (Dec 21) Entire to a wine merchants in London with the very rare "Mt / SERRAT / DE 23 1801" ds (type N4), rated "1s10", arrival bs, very fine, one of only 4 examples recorded of this ds by Britnor, and the most important marking in Montserrat postal history
Note: Illustrated in "Montserrat to 1965" by L. E. Britnor, p.2
Lot #60379 - montserrat
1804 (Jan 23) Entire to London with clear strike of the very rare "MONTSERRAT" horse-show ds (type C1), rated "1/10", arrival bs, message inside with a callous message about replacing slaves, only seven examples of this datestamp recorded by Britnor, this being the earliest known
Lot #60380 - montserrat
1808 (May 14) Entire to London with faint example of the very rare "MONTSERRAT" horse-shoe ds (type C1), rated "2/", arrival bs, one of only seven examples recorded of this datestamp by Britnor
Lot #60381 - montserrat
1816 (Aug 16) Entire to London with ms rate "2/2" with arrival bs, sent during a period (1810-36) where no Montserrat markings were applied, with message inside: "...we have had a most dreadful hurricane of the 16th ??? which has destroyed the buildings in parts...it fortunately blew from the Eastward for had it shifted certain destruction must have ensued..."
Lot #60382 - montserrat
1821 (Aug 12) Entire to London with ms rate "6/6" erased and corrected to "4/4", datelined "Montserrat" inside, sent during a period (1810-36) where no Montserrat markings were applied, with "PACKET-LETTER" hs applied on arrival to the UK and arrival ds, fine
Lot #60383 - montserrat
1828 (Mar 7) Entire to London with ms rate "1/2", sent during a period (1810-36) where no Montserrat markings were applied, datelined "Montserrat" inside, reverse with arrival cds and "SHIP LETTER / GRAVESEND" hs, fine
Lot #60384 - montserrat
1833 & 1835 Pair of covers to London with ms rate "2/2", sent during a period (1810-36) where no Montserrat markings were applied, one entire datelined "Montserrat" inside and one wrapper endorsed by receiver, both with arrival ds, fine
Lot #60385 - montserrat
1834 (Jul 10) Entire to London with ms rate "2/2" erased and corrected to 4/4, sent during a period (1810-36) where no Montserrat markings were applied, datelined "Montserrat" inside and one wrapper endorsed by receiver, both with arrival ds, fine
Lot #60386 - montserrat
1836 (Sep 27) Wrapper to the Wesleyan Mission in London with the very rare "MONTSERRAT" fleuron cds (type C2) on reverse, rated "2/2", arrival bs, very fine and very rare datestamp with only eight recorded by Britnor and this being the earliest known
Lot #60387 - montserrat
1840 (Jun 20) Entire to London, datelined "Montserrat", sent during a period (Jul 1838-Nov 1840) when no Montserrat ds were used, rated "1/", with "PACKET LETTER" boxed hs and arrival bs, some restoration inside
Lot #60388 - montserrat
1841 (Jan 23) Entire to London with "MONTSERRAT" large "trolley wheel" cds (type C3), rated "2/" with arrival bs, fine and scarce, with only 16 of these datestamps recorded by Britnor
Lot #60389 - montserrat
1844 Pair of covers to London rated 2s and 1s, the first an entire (toned) datelined "Montserrat" and the second a wrapper to the Wesleyan Mission with receiver notation
Lot #60390 - montserrat
1845 (Oct 27) Entire to London with "MONTSERRAT" large "trolley wheel" cds (type C3), rated "2/" with arrival bs, minor restoration inside, rare with only 16 of these datestamps recorded by Britnor
Lot #60391 - montserrat
1850 (Mar 16) Entire to St. Kitts, datelined "Montserrat", endorsed "per Steamer", carried privately with no postal markings, very fine and scarce inter-Caribbean mail
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