1830 Entire from Chandernagore (French India) to Calcutta, reverse with type 1 oval despatch ds in black with arrival ds adjacent, rare
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)
Lot #60208 - india
1840 & 1847 Pair of covers; 1847 cover "per overld. mail via Southampton" to Ireland with oval INDIA in red, rated "1/-", redirected from Baltinglass to Bath with italic "Postage to / Dublin / not paid" in black; and 1840 folded letter "overland" from Limerick to Calcutta with framed "PAID AT / LIMERICK" and apportioned rate on face "1.10 / 10 / 2.8", framed "BOMBAY / Bearing 14as" on backflap
Lot #60209 - india
1854 1/2a Blue with "B/147" octagonal numeral of PENANG, horizontal bend, margins just clear to good, scarce
Lot #60210 - india
1854 1/2a Blue with "B/147" octagonal numeral of PENANG, margins just clear to good, fine and scarce
Lot #60211 - india
1854-55 1/2a Blue die II marginal unused block of four, pos. 47/56, ungummed, showing portion of marginal inscription, light diagonal crease and toned paper, otherwise fine positional item
Lot #60212 - india
1854-55 1/2a Blue die II unused block of four, pos. 27/36, ungummed, slight thin and toned paper, fine appearance
Lot #60213 - india
1854-55 1/2a Indigo die II unused block of four, pos. 67/76, ungummed, toned paper, horiz. crease between stamps and vert. crease affecting right vert. pair
Lot #60214 - india
1854 1a Red left marginal block of four with inscription, unused, very fine
Lot #60215 - india
1854 4a Blue on pale red, 2nd printing, head die II, frame die I, with good to huge margins, pos.8 of the 12 setting, used with diamond of dots cancel, centre row fold otherwise fine, cert BPA (2017) (SG £700)
Lot #60216 - india
1854 2a accumulation of 78 stamps, showing a range of shades and cancellations, noted used abroad incl. Labuan dotted circle cancel, Pondicherry C111, Akyab and Singapore, mixed condition
Lot #60217 - india
1854 2a Green with crisp "B/147" octagonal numeral of PENANG, margins fine to large, small amount of toning on reverse, very fine and scarce
Lot #60218 - india
1854 2a Green with "B/147" octagonal numeral of PENANG, margins fine to large, very fine and scarce
Lot #60219 - india
1857 Pair of covers from Pondicherry to Karikal with 1/2a frankings tied by "C / 111" dotted lozenge, reverse with despatch boxed "Paid" ds and arrival cds, fine duo
Lot #60220 - india
1866 SERVICE POSTAGE overprinted fiscal 4a, mint og, surface abrasions as is sometimes the case, very rare, cert. BPA (2017) (SG £9'000)
Lot #60221 - india
1902-11 15R Blue & Olive-Brown mint nh block of four, toned gum otherwise fine and rare multiple
Lot #60222 - india
1902-11 25R Brownish Orange & Blue mint nh block of four, toned gum otherwise fine and rare multiple
Lot #60223 - india
1911-20, Three covers incl. Allahabad First Aerial Post cover to Agra, with KEVII 3a, 6a & 12a tied by special flight cachets with registered label on reverse, despatch and Agra backstamps, minor soiling, and 1920 (Mar 11) Bombay to Karachi flight with 12a tied by BOMBAY / AIR POST cds, with "Karachi Air Service" manuscript alongside, and 1920 Gwalior registered envelope Lashkar to Bombay with QV/KGV franking, faults
Lot #60224 - india
1911 Allahabad First Aerial Post picture postcard of the plane, signed by the pilot H. Péquet with reverse franked with 1/2a and tied by magenta special cancellation, fine, printed on glossy card inscribed "First "Aerial Post," Allahabad, February 18, 1911.", described as type 2 in the article by Uttam Reddy in the London Philatelist vol.124 no.1425 p.142
Lot #60225 - india
1911 Allahabad First Aerial Post cover to Dehra Dun, with KEVII 3p grey, 2a violet & 8a purple, all tied by fine strike of the special flight cachet with boxed U.P. EXHIBITION CAMP/ALLAHABAD registered hs adjacent, despatch and Rambash backstamps, very fine and rare usage
Lot #60226 - india
1911 1R, 2R, 5R and 25R plus 1926-33 10R, all mint hinged (one cheaper value with hinge thin) (SG £845)
Lot #60227 - india
1925 Picture postcard depicting photo of airplane inscribed S.H.Smith with violet triangular cachet Anglo-India/Air Survey/Calcutta-Karachi' franked India KGV 3p grey pair tied by 19 feb cds, red etiquette BY'ANGLO-INDIA/SURVEY.D.H.50/CALCUTTA-KARACHI' alongside, very fine (32 flown)
Lot #60228 - india
1925 Real photo postcard of airplane on the ground presumably in Calcutta franked uncancelled KGV 1a with ANGLO-INDIA AIR SURVEY etiquette and cachet alongside, addressed to London where 1d postage due applied, signed 'A:Elliott Engineer', fine (31 flown)
Lot #60229 - india
1927 'RED ROSE' flight by Mrs Keith Miller and Capt. Lancaster en route from England to Australia in an Avro Avian moth plane, this cover carried from Calcutta to Australia franked India KGV 1/2a (2) tied by 20 Dec cds, franked Australia 1d on arrival tied by Darwin cds, signed by both pilots. Of the 37 carried on the last leg 34 were lost in Australia. Cover with missing backflap and other small faults. Good appearance and a major rarity....
Lot #60230 - india
1930 (Feb 23) Hyderabad to Jodphur illustrated airmail envelope with KGV 1a and Airmail 2a marginal which has been signed by the designer G. Grant, tied by Hyderabad cds, reverse signed by Grant and Stephen Smith with arrival cds, fine
Lot #60231 - india
1931 (Oct 17) Airmail cover pre-paying the USA internal airmail rate, with imprint of the Woman's Hospital, American Baptist Mission, franked with India 1a (3) and 3a (2) tied by Calcutta cds and USA 5c airmail tied by Denver cds with further duplex arrival adjacent, reverse with Paris transit, fine
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