1859 Dardenne 1d deep red, with four even margins and very neat circular PAID in black, very fine with fresh colour, most attractive (SG £2'500)
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein 1968 ("extremely fine"), Kanai 1993
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.
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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)
1859 Dardenne 1d deep red, with four even margins and very neat circular PAID in black, very fine with fresh colour, most attractive (SG £2'500)
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein 1968 ("extremely fine"), Kanai 1993
1859 Dardenne 1d deep red, fresh with four margins and neatly cancelled by PAID in circle, fine (SG £2'500)
Expertise: Cert. RPS (1950)
1859 Dardenne 1d red exceptional horizontal strip of four, excellent deep colour and large to huge margins, shows part of the papermaker's watermark over three stamps, very neatly cancelled, a unique strip in marvellous quality, one of the key pieces of this issue.
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein ("superb and magnificent"), Kanai
1859 Dardenne 1d red, fresh colour and good to large margins, neat barred oval cancel, also part of French rate marking, very fine (SG £1'700)
1859 Dardenne 1d red, shows extra serif on second N of PENNY, very fine with deep colour and good to large margins, light barred oval cancel (SG £1'700)
1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion unused, clear to good margins, trace of tiny hinge thin, small mark in hair and on PENNY, a rare stamp unused
Note: Number 20 in the Rudge census
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein 1969 ("non-philatelic ink marks") and Kanai 1993
1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion, variety "cut transfer" (lower left corner truncated), very fine with large margins and light barred oval cancel, rare (SG £1'400 as normal)
Expertise: Cert. RPS (1975, does not mention the variety) and signed Th. Lemaire
1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion, an exceptionally large example with light barred oval, fresh colour and extremely fine (SG £1'400)
1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion, neat circular PAID in black, good to large margins and fine (SG £1'400)
Expertise: Cert. and signed Bühler (1970)
The Only Known Block of the Dardenne Issue
1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion block of four with large margins, tied to piece by barred ovals and part GPO MAURITIUS JA 23 1860 cds, affixed as a seal on flap of envelope and thus with tears in the top left stamp, scissor cut in margin at right well away from stamps, the only known block of the Dardenne entire issue and a great rarity this
Note: Illustrated Rudge pp.96 and 100
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1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion pair used on internal cover Port Louis to the 5th Fusiliers at Mahébourg, cancelled light black targets, GPO MAURITIUS despatch of FE 14 1860 on flap, framed Mahébourg arrival 18 FE 1860 on face, clear to enormous margins, a most attractive use and a rare domestic franking
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein 1968 ("lovely pair")
1859 Dardenne 2d slate-blue, deep shade, very fine with large margins and neat circular PAID in black (SG £1'300)
1859 Dardenne 2d slate-blue, deep fresh shade, large margin at right, neatly cancelled by circular PAID in black, very fine an attractive stamp (SG £1'300)
Expertise: Cert. Holcombe (1993), signed A. Diena
1859 Dardenne 2d blue, horizontal pair, left stamp with variety vertical line through head, circular PAID cancels, good margins and colour, slight offset of address on reverse, a fine multiple (SG £1'900 as singles)
1859 Dardenne 2d blue, good to large margins and light barred oval cancel, fresh colour and very fine (SG £950)
Expertise: Signed A. Diena
1859 Dardenne 2d blue, vertical pair in a deep shade, fine and tied to piece by barred ovals, a nice multiple (SG £1'900 as singles)
Expertise: Cert. BPA (2002), Bühler (1980) and Hunziker (1962)
1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue, extra large margins at sides, light barred oval cancel, very fine (SG £850)
1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue, showing slight doubling at foot and litho "blister" flaws, light black target cancel, good margins and fine (SG £850)
Expertise: Signed E. Diena
1859 Darenne 2d pale blue, a fine single franking on cover to Hannover via France, cancelled light barred oval, and tied by French V SUEZ entry cds, GPO MAURITIUS despatch for MR 28 1860 on reverse, nice usage to an unusual destination.
Provenance: Chan Chin Cheung
1859 Dardenne 2d blue, the major retouch variety, position 68 on the stone, four margins and tied by light barred oval (leaving variety showing clearly) to folded letter from Port Louis to France by Packet via Ceylon, with red oval PACKET LETTER MAURITIUS for SP 29 1860 on face, INDES OR. French entry cds, MARS A BORDEAUX TPO 30 NOV 60 and Bordeaux 1 DEC 60 arrival, very fine.
Unique on cover and a major rarity of this issue
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