1914 (Sept 3): GRI 3 s. on 3 m. violet-black, an unused example, marginal from base of sheet, with variety "Surcharge Double" with one "3 Shillings" showing a lower light impression, of rich colour, well centred and of spectacular appearance. Reverse with the black 'bord de feuille' shown at base of margin on the gum. An extremely rare stamp with just 2 examples recorded by Gibbs. Cert. BPA (1965) Gibbs 13a / Gi = £ 10'000.rnrnProvenance:...
274th - 283th Corinphila Auction - Day 6
By: Corinphila Auction AG
Corinphila Auction AG 274th - 283th Corinphila Auction - Day 6
274th - 283th Corinphila Auction
November 19th, 2021
Lot Start | Lot End | Starting Time CET | Description |
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1001 | 1425 | 09:00 CET | Katalog 276: Schweiz Flugpost – Die Sammlung „IKARUS“ Pionierflüge 1913, Regelmässiger Flugverkehr, Sonderflüge, Fremde Flüge, Verunfallte Flüge, Katapultpost, Zeppelinpost, SCADTA |
1501 | 1912 | 13:30 CET | Katalog 275: Schweiz & Fürstentum Liechtenstein Sitzende Helvetia gezähnt, Ziffermuster, Stehende Helvetia, UPU, Schweiz ab 1907, Flugpost Schweiz, Fürstentum Liechtenstein |
1913 | 2115A | 17:30 CET | Katalog 275: Schweiz & Fürstentum Liechtenstein Sammlungen und Posten Schweiz: Vorphilatelie, Kantonalmarken, Rayon, Strubel, Sitzende Helvetia, Stehende Helvetia, diverse Schweiz |
November 20th, 2021
Lot Start | Lot End | Starting Time CET | Description |
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1 | 36 | 10:00 CET | Katalog 274: Schweiz – Die Sammlung ERIVAN (3. Auktion) Kantonalmarken, Ortspost, Poste Locale, Rayonmarken, Sitzende Helvetia (Strubel), Sitzende Helvetia gezähnt |
101 | 341 | 11:00 CET | Katalog 275: Schweiz & Fürstentum Liechtenstein Vorphilatelie, Kantonalmarken, Ortspost, Poste Locale, Rayonmarken |
342 | 580 | 14:00 CET | Katalog 275: Schweiz & Fürstentum Liechtenstein Sitzende Helvetia (Strubel), inkl. Strubel 1854 – 1863 – Nationale Gross-Gold Spezialsammlung (Teil I) |
November 22nd, 2021
Lot Start | Lot End | Starting Time CET | Description |
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2501 | 2607 | 11:00 CET | Catalogue 277: Europe & Overseas ASIA / AFRICA: Afghanistan, China, Ethiopia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Tibet, Yemen |
2608 | 2985 | 12:00 CET | Catalogue 277: Europe & Overseas AMERICAS (NORTH, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA): United States of America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela |
5001 | 5482 | 15:30 CET | Catalogue 279: South & Central America – The Brian Moorhouse Estate (part IV) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela |
November 23rd, 2021
Lot Start | Lot End | Starting Time CET | Description |
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6001 | 6370 | 09:00 CET | Catalogue 280: Italy, France, European Countries, GB & Commonwealth – The Ing. Pietro Provera Collection (part III) Austria / Österreich, Deutschland / Germany, France, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, Iceland |
6371 | 6900 | 12:30 CET | Catalogue 280: Italy, France, European Countries, GB & Commonwealth – The Ing. Pietro Provera Collection (part III) Italy, Luxembourg, Norway |
2986 | 3367 | 18:00 CET | Catalogue 277: Europe & Overseas EUROPE A-D: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria (The Large Lion Issue), Eastern Romelia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Deutschland |
November 24th, 2021
Lot Start | Lot End | Starting Time CET | Description |
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3368 | 3731 | 09:00 CET | Catalogue 277: Europe & Overseas EUROPE E-N: Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway Ballon Monté – The Flight of the ‘Ville d’Orleans’ – The Svein Arne Hansen Collection (part I) |
3732 | 4108 | 12:00 CET | Catalogue 277: Europe & Overseas EUROPE O-Z: Österreich, Austrian Levant, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia Der Innerösterreichische Postkurs 1523 –1805 | Landpostkurs Konstantinopel – Wien |
7001 | 7507 | 15:30 CET | Catalogue 281: France Incoming Mail Part or Insufficiently Paid – The Jack Blanc Collection / Great Britain & British Commonwealth, French Colonies, Europe, Overseas, South & Central America |
November 25th, 2021
Lot Start | Lot End | Starting Time CET | Description |
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8001 | 8389 | 09:00 CET | Catalogue 282: Pacific Islands – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection Australia – New Guinea, British Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, Cook Islands – Aitutaki, Cook Islands – Penrhyn Island, Fiji |
8390 | 8694 | 13:00 CET | Catalogue 282: Pacific Islands – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Nauru, Niue, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Tonga |
9001 | 9280 | 16:00 CET | Catalogue 283: Ceylon & Maldive Islands – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part I) Ceylon, Maldive Islands |
November 26th, 2021
Lot Start | Lot End | Starting Time CET | Description |
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4109 | 4213 | 09:00 CET | Catalogue 277: Europe & Overseas EUROPE & OVERSEAS: Collections & Accumulations |
4214 | 4297 | 10:00 CET | Catalogue 278: Stamp Boxes English Silver Boxes, Ivory Boxes, Brass Boxes, Porcelain Boxes, Foreign Boxes, Wood Boxes |
4298 | 4399 | 10:30 CET | Catalogue 277: Europe & Overseas Boy Scouts – The Alfred Scherb Collection: History, World Jamborees, National Scout Movements, Displaced Persons Camps |
4400 | 4812 | 11:30 CET | Catalogue 277: Europe & Overseas GB & BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: Great Britain, Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Canada, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Kenya, Malaya, Malta, Mauritius, New Hebrides, North Borneo, South Africa – Cape of Good Hope Bechuanaland – Stellaland – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection | Brunei – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection | Bushire, British Occupation – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part I) |
10001 | 10207 | 15:30 CET | Catalogue 277: Europe & Overseas The Rhodesias – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part II) |
Sale Terms
Lot #8573 - übersee samoa
1914 (Sept 3): GRI 5 s. on 5 m. carmine & black, a well centred unused example of good colour, with "Broken / Square Stop" variety after "I of G.R.I., fresh and very fine, large part og. Rare with just 534 stamps issued. Signed Holcombe, Champion and Bothe. Cert. Holcombe (1994) Gibbs 14/ Gi = 1'200+.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 21 Dec 1994, lot 2317.
Lot #8574 - übersee samoa
1914 (Sept 3): GRI 5 s. on 5 m. carmine & black, a well centred used example of good colour, cancelled by central "Apia / Samoa" cds (Sept 16) in black. A fine example of a very rare stamp with just 534 issued. Signed Holcombe. Cert. Holcombe (1994) Gibbs 14 / Gi = 1'000.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 9 July 1997, lot 1332.
Lot #8575 - übersee samoa
1914 (Sept 3): GRI 5 s. on 5 m. carmine & black, an unused example with the surcharge almost entirely over the original surcharge (1 mm. to the right), some tone spots on perfs., but an enormously rare stamp of which Gibbs conjectures just 4 were possible (width of the sheet) but just this sole unused example is recorded, fine large part og. Signed Hoffman Giesecke. Cert. BPA (1985) Gi = £ 13'000.rnrnProvenance: Spink, London, 9-10 March...
Lot #8576 - übersee samoa
1914 (Sept 3): GRI 5 s. on 5 m. carmine & black, a used example with variety "Surcharge Double", the surcharge almost entirely over the original surcharge (1 mm. to the right), tied to small piece by "Apia / Samoa" cds (Oct 13) in black. An enormously rare stamp of which Gibbs conjectures just 4 were possible (width of the sheet) but just this sole used example appears to be recorded. Signed Stanley Gibbons, London. Cert. BPA (1985) Gi...
Lot #8577 - übersee samoa
1914: The set of six values overprinted in red or blue on New Zealand, all handstamped SPECIMEN in diagonally in black upon receipt from the UPU by the Bechuanaland Post Office, all with typical blue crayon further defacement, unused or part og. Unique.
Lot #8578 - übersee samoa
1914/24: New Zealand Postal Fiscals overprinted SAMOA in blue or red, the 1914/17 set of five values to £ 1 rose-carmine, perf. 14 and the 1917-24 set of six values to £ 1 rose-carmine, perf. 14½ x 14; fine unused, fresh colours, large part og. The scarce 1924 2 s . 6 d. grey-brown with cert. RPSL (1969) Gi = £ 900+.
Lot #8579 - übersee samoa
1914: New Zealand Postal Fiscals overprinted SAMOA in blue or red, 5 s. yellow-green optd. in red, 10 s. maroon and £ 1 rose-carrmine optd. in blue, all handstamped SPECIMEN in diagonally in black upon receipt from the UPU by the Bechuanaland Post Office, all with typical blue crayon further defacement, large part og. Unique.
Lot #8580 - übersee samoa
1920 (July): Victory set of six values overprinted in red or blue on New Zealand, all handstamped SPECIMEN in diagonally in black upon receipt from the UPU by the Bechuanaland Post Office, all with typical blue crayon further defacement, unused or part og. Unique.
Lot #8581 - übersee samoa
1921: Native Huts set of twelve values and Jones paper 2 s. deep bllue and 3 s. mauve, all handstamped SPECIMEN in diagonally in black upon receipt from the UPU by the Bechuanaland Post Office, all with typical blue crayon further defacement, some with imperfections, unused or part og. Unique.
Lot #8582 - übersee samoa
1921: Bradbury Wilkinson 'Native Huts', the complete set of twelve imperforate Proofs on ungummed, unwatermarked wove paper, all printed in indigo-blue. A most attractive and very scarce set.
Lot #8583 - übersee samoa
1932 (Aug): New Zealand Postal Fiscals overprinted SAMOA in blue or red, the set of five values to the £ 2 bright purple, all fresh and fine, large part og. Rare Gi = £ 1'150+.
Lot #8584 - übersee samoa
1932 (Aug): New Zealand Postal Fiscal £ 5 indigo-blue, overprinted SAMOA in red, a fine unused example, large part og. An extremely elusive and rare stamp. Signed A. Diena Gi = £ 2'500.
Lot #8585 - übersee samoa
1935 (May 7): Silver Jubilee set of three unused singles and imprint strips of four unused, together with 1 d. lake with huge Re-Entry at upper right corner and the very scarce perf. 14 x 14½ perf. variety (cert.), all fresh and fine, large part og. Cert. BPA (1969).
Lot #8586 - übersee samoa
1935/42: New Zealand Postal Fiscals overprinted WESTERN / SAMOA in blue or red, on thick opaque hard Cowan paper, wmk. Single NZ and Star, the set of six values to £ 5 indigo-blue, fresh colours and fine, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 540+.
Lot #8587 - übersee samoa
1935/42: New Zealand Postal Fiscal £ 2 bright purple on Wiggins Teape thin hard chalk surfaced paper, overprinted WESTERN / SAMOA in red, an unused example, large part og. A scarce stamp Gi = £ 550.
Lot #8588 - übersee samoa
1945/53: New Zealand Postal Fiscals overprinted WESTERN / SAMOA in blue or red, the set of eight values complete to £ 5 indigo-blue on Wiggins Teape paper, wmk. Multiple NZ and Star, fresh and fine colours, large part og. A very scarce set Gi = £ 1'300+.
Lot #8589 - übersee samoa
1945/53: New Zealand Postal Fiscal, 30 s. brown overprinted WESTERN / SAMOA in blue, a top marginal used example tied to piece by Apia datestamp (Aug 26, 1953) in black Gi = £ 300.
Lot #8590 - übersee samoa
1945/53: New Zealand Postal Fiscal £ 5 indigo-blue overprinted WESTERN / SAMOA in red, an unused corner block of four from top left of sheet, of deep rich colour, fresh and fine but for light browning on unmounted og. A rare stamp in a multiple Gi = £ 1'700+.
Lot #9264 - übersee malediven
1906: 2 c. red-brown and 3 c. green used on 1907 cover to Colombo tied by MALDIVE ISLANDS circular datestamp in black (Feb 25). Reverse with Colombo arrival cds (March 15) in black. A fresh and fine cover.
Lot #9265 - übersee malediven
1906: 2 c. red-brown, 3 c. green, 4 c. orange & ultramarine and 5 c. dull purple used on 1906 cover to Colombo all tied by MALDIVE ISLANDS circular datestamps in black (Dec 7, 1906) with reverse showing 'Colombo' arrival cds (Dec 21) in black. The 4 c. is a scarce stamp, a charming cover.
Lot #9266 - übersee malediven
1906: 2 c. red-brown and 3 c. green in horizontal pairs used with 5 c. dull purple (2) on 1906 cover to Colombo tied by five strikes of MALDIVE ISLANDS circular datestamps (Dec 27) in black. Reverse witth Colombo arrival cds (Jan 14, 1907) in black. The envelope with slight trim at left and the 3 c. adhesives with slight staining but a rare franking.
Lot #9267 - übersee malediven
1906: 2 c. red-brown, 4 c. orange & ultramarine and 5 c. dull purple used on 10 c. pink registered postal stationery envelope (150 x 94 mm.) to Pettah, Colombo tied by MALDIVE ISLANDS circular datestamp (June 9, 1907) in black. Reverse with two 'Colombo / Registered' arrival datestamps (June 15). Seals removed from reverse but a rare usage of the 4 c. adhesive on letter.
Lot #9268 - übersee malediven
1906: 2 c. red-brown and 5 c. dull purple in a horizontal pair, used on 10 c. pink overprinted registration envelope (150 x 95 mm.) addressed to Yatiyantota, Ceylon tied by MALDIVE ISLANDS circular datestamps (June 1, 1907) in black; endorsed at lower left "From P.M. (Post Master) Maldive Islands". Reverse with 'Colombo / Registered' cds of transit (June 6) and Yatiyantota arrival of the following day. The cover sensibly opened for display,...
Lot #9269 - übersee malediven
1906: MALDIVES overprinted set of six values, used on 1906 cover to Colombo tied by three strikes of MALDIVE ISLANDS circular datestamps (Dec 24) in black. Reverse with Colombo arrival cds (Jan 14). Philatelic but rare Gi = £ 550+.
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