Used in St. Kitts 1884/87: Antigua 1 d. rose, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14 used on 1890 cover to Antigua and readdressed to Basseterre, tied by St. Kitts "A12" obliterator with 'St. Kitts' cds alongside (March 27) in black. Small closed opening tear at top but scarce.rnProvenance: Collection J.L. 'Bobbie' Messenger, RL, 14 Dec 1982, lot 771.
Auction 250 - 256 Day 2
By: Corinphila Auction AG
Corinphila Auction AG Auction 250 - 256 Day 2
The catalogues for our 250th - 256th auctions of 7 - 12 September 2020 are now available.
All world postal history & philatelic material (250th auction): British Commonwealth, including many special offers of Australian States, South Australia 'Departmentals', the Rhodesias, 'BESANCON' collection (Part 1), Austria, specialised collection of French Post Offices in the Levant, Greece Hermes Heads, Romania, China, Mexico/Guadalajara and Peru.
Special catalogues (251st to 256th auctions): the disposal of important collections with many world rarities. Great Britain 1840-1910 ('BESANCON' collection, 251st auction), British West Indies ('BESANCON' collection, 252nd auction), British Post Offices Abroad ('DUBOIS' collection, 253rd auction), Austria & Lombardy-Venetia ('ERIVAN' collection, 254th auction), Austrian Mail in the Levant (Werner Schindler collection, 255th auction) and the special catalogue for Switzerland & Liechtenstein.
In the 'pre-corona period' up to March 2020, we announced in our advertising the special catalogues 'Brian Moorhouse Estate - South & Central America' and 'Gregory Frantz - Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies'. Due to the worldwide 'corona lockdown' from mid-March 2020 onwards, the processing of these two important offers of material could unfortunately not be completed. We have postponed the sale of these collections until our next auction at the end of January 2021.
Cataloge 250: Europe and Overseas, All World catalogue
Our Special Catalogues:
- Cat. 251: Great Britain - The Besançon Collection - Lots: 3001-3403
- Cat. 252: Brit. West Indies The Besançon Collection - Lots: 2501-4243
- Cat. 253: British P.O.’s abroad - The Dubois Collection - Lots: 5501-5801
- Cat. 254: Austria & Lombardy-Venice – The Erivan Collection - Lots: 7001-7091
- Cat. 255: Austrian Levant – The Werner Schindler Collection – Lots. 7501-7713
- Cat. 256: Switzerland, incl. The jack Luder collction (part V) – Lots: 8001-9624
Monday 7. Sept. 2020 |
Catalogue 251 |
The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection |
11.30 h | Lot 3001 - 3403 |
Great Britain 1840-1910 (Part II) |
Catalogue 253 |
The 'DUBOIS' Collection |
|
16.00 h | Lot 5501 - 5807 |
British Offices Abroad (Part I) |
Tuesday 8. Sept. 2020 |
Catalogue 252 |
The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection of British West Indies (Part I) |
09.00 h |
Lot 2501 - 4105 |
Antigua - Jamaica |
15.00 h |
Lot 4106 - 4543 | Leeward Island - Turks & Caicos Islands |
Wednesday, 9. Sept. 2020 | Catalogue 250 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS |
09.00 h |
Lot 1 - 557 |
GB & British Colonies |
14.30 h | Lot 558 - 772 |
The Rhodesias - The Besançon Collection (Part I) |
Catalogue 255 |
The Werner Schindler Collection |
|
17.00 h | Lot 7501 - 7713 |
AUSTRIAN MAIL IN THE LEVANT |
Katalog 254 |
DIE SAMMLUNG ERIVAN | |
19.00 h | Lot 7001- 7091 |
ÖSTERREICH und LOMBARDEI - VENEZIEN (Teil II) |
Thursday 10. Sept. 2020 |
Catalogue 250 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS |
09.00 h | Lot 773 - 984 |
Österreich & Austrian Levant |
10.30 h |
Lot 985 - 1463 |
Europe: Albania - Ireland |
15.00 |
Lot 1464 - 1884 |
Europe: Italy - Yugoslavia |
Friday 11. Sept. 2020 |
Catalogue 250 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS |
09.00 h | Lot 1885 - 1963 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS: Collections & Accumulations |
10.00 h |
Lot 1972 - 2123 |
ASIA & AFRICA |
11.30 h |
Lot 2124 - 2272 |
AMERICAS |
Katalog 256 |
SCHWEIZ & LIECHTENSTEIN | |
13.00 h |
Lot 9001 - 9223 |
SCHWEIZ ab 1862, inkl. Ziffermusterausgabe 1882 - Die Sammlung Karl Ganz |
14.30 h | Lot 9224 - 9345 |
SOLDATENMARKEN, inkl. Sammlung Karlheinz Brunner (Teil V) |
Lot 9346 -9501 |
Flugpost Schweiz, Fürstentum Liechtenstein | |
17.30 h |
Lot 9502 - 9624 |
SCHWEIZ Sammlungen und Posten, inkl. Altschweiz, Rayons |
Saturday 12. Sept. 2020 |
Katalog 256 |
SCHWEIZ & LIECHTENSTEIN |
10.00 h | Lot 8001 - 8239 |
Altschweiz inkl. Sammlung Jack Luder (Teil 5). |
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Lot #3527 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1884/87: 2½ d. ultramarine, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, an unused block of twelve, fresh colour, seventh stamp (Row 7, stamp 1) showing variety "Large "2" in 2½ with Slanting Foot", fresh and very fine positional multiple, unmounted og. Gi = £ 235+.
Lot #3528 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1884/87: 4 d. chestnut, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, an unused block of six (Plate 2, Right pane, Row 3, stamps 1-3 / Row 4, stamps 1-3) with third stamp showing variety "Top Left Triangle Detached", fresh and very fine, large part or unmounted og. A fine positional multiple Gi = £ 350+.
Lot #3529 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1884/87: 1 s. mauve, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, an unused block of four (Plate 2, Right pane, Row 3, stamps 3-4 / Row 4, stamps 3-4) with first stamp showing variety "Top Left Triangle Detached", minor bend not affecting appearance, fresh and very fine, large part og., lower pair unmounted og. A fine and very rare positional multiple Gi = £ 2'400+.
Lot #3530 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1902: De La Rue Essay for the Badge of the Colony Issue, ½ d. value imperforate on white wove paper, hand-painted with the circular Badge vignette in Chinese white on green background, the Frame in deep and pale blue with the lettering picked out in Chinese white, affixed to card (100 x 88 mm.) and signed by the artist at lower right "H.V.W" and dated "7.VIII.02". The card slightly aged but absolutely exquisite draughtsmanship and unique....
Lot #3531 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1902: De La Rue Master Die Proof for the completed design for the lower values, without Duty Plate, printed in black on glazed white card, endorsed BEFORE / HARDENING in black and dated '7 JAN 03' in blue. Scarce and very fine.rnProvenance: Christie's, London, 14 Dec 1993, lot 285.rn rnrn
Lot #3532 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1902: De La Rue Master Die Proof for the Badge 2½ d. value, Frame only, printed in black on glazed white card, endorsed BEFORE / HARDENING in black and dated '18 FEB 03' in blue. Scarce and very fine.rnProvenance: Collection Frederick Mayer, Spink, London, 21 Oct 2004, lot 2272.rn
Lot #3533 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1902: De La Rue Master Die Proof for the Badge 6 d. value, Frame only, printed in black on glazed white card, endorsed BEFORE / HARDENING in black and dated '25 FEB 03' in blue. Scarce and very fine.rnProvenance: Collection Frederick Mayer, Spink, London, 21 Oct 2004, lot 2276.rn
Lot #3534 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1902: De La Rue Master Die Proof for the Badge 5 s. value, Frame only, printed in black on glazed white card, endorsed BEFORE / HARDENING in black and dated '11 FEB 03' in blue. Scarce and very fine.rnProvenance: Christie's, London, 14 Dec 1993, lot 287.rn
Lot #3535 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1916 (Sept): 'War Stamp' in black on ½ d. green, an unused horizontal pair on watermarked Multiple Crown CA paper, large margins all round, one or two age spots on unmounted og. Extremely rare - just six examples were produced thus for an Official at De La Rue, thus one of three known pairs: one of which (illustrated in "War Tax Stamps" by John G.M. Davis on page 45), was in the Frederick Mayer collection. Rare.
Lot #3536 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1918 (July): 'War Stamp' in black on 1½ d. orange, an unused horizontal pair on watermarked Multiple Crown CA paper, large margins all round, one or two minor bends not affecting appearance, unmounted og. Extremely rare - just six examples were produced thus for an Official at De La Rue, thus one of three known pairs: one of which, also with small creases (illustrated in "War Tax Stamps" by John G.M. Davis on page 45), was in the Frederick...
Lot #3537 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1921/29: 1 s. black on emerald, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, an unused example of good colour, variety "Watermark Inverted & Reversed", fresh and very fine, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 400.
Lot #3538 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1921/29: 2 d. grey, wmk. Multiple Script CA, a used example with variety "Watermark Sideways", lightly cancelled in black (14 Dec 1925) at St. John's. An extremely rare stamp, unknown unused, this being the sole recorded example in used condition Gi = £ 3'500.rnProvenance: Collection Alexander Reid, Spink, London, 11 March 2010, lot 17.
Lot #3539 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1932 (Jan 27): Tercentenary set of ten values unused, perforated SPECIMEN diagonally, further overprinted SPECIMEN in violet by the Bechuanaland receiving authority upon receipt from the UPU in Berne (Bendon BEC2a), unused without gum. Unique.
Lot #3540 - brit. colonies Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda
1938: Waterlow Pictorial issue, Essay for the proposed 1 s. value 'St. John's Harbour', hand-painted in deep green and pale red green with Harbour in blue and lettering and value in Chinese white on card (140 x 88 mm.) in vertical format, similar to the design of the issued 6 d. value, painted by the designer A. W. Morley and endorsed 'Antigua 14.4.38' in manuscript at top and marked as 'Approved' at lower right. Superb and unique....
Lot #3541 - brit. colonies bahamas
1858/60: Great Britain 1856 6 d. lilac, a used wing margin example of good colour on 1859 cover to London, cancelled at Nassau by bold strike of "A05" obliterator in black. Reverse with double arc BAHAMAS datestamp (March 21) in black with 'London / Paid' arrival in red (Apil 11). A scarce and very fine cover. Cert. RPSL (1968).rnProvenance: Collection 'Staircase', Spink, London, 8 April 1999, lot 57; Spink, London, 21-22 Oct 2004, lot 2484...
Lot #3542 - brit. colonies bahamas
1859: Perkins Bacon 1 d. Plate Proof engraved in deep black, imperforate on thick card paper, a block of four, marginal from right of sheet, positions 29-30 / 39-40 with position 40 showing the constant Plate Scratch through 'NSULAR' of 'INTERINSULAR'. Fresh and very fine.rnProvenance: Collection 'Abaco', Grosvenor, London, 11 June 2010, lot 45.rnrn
Lot #3543 - brit. colonies bahamas
1859 (June 10): 1 d. dull reddish lake, imperforate, a used example on thick paper, good even margins all round, neatly cancelled by part strike of the "A05" obliterator at Nassau. A fine example of a rare stamp Gi = £ 2'250.
Lot #3544 - brit. colonies bahamas
1860 (April): 1 d. dull lake, imperforate, an unused complete sheet of 60 subjects (10 x 6) on thin paper, of lovely colour and full unmounted og. Position 40 shows the "Line through "S" in INTERINSULAR", Position 58 shows the "Apostrophe betweeen second "I" and "N" in INTERINSULAR". Superb and beautiful Gi = £ 3'900+.rnProvenance: Tommy Allen.
Lot #3545 - brit. colonies bahamas
1860 (April): 1 d. dull lake, imperforate, a used example on thin paper, good to large margins all round, in a rosy shade, neatly cancelled by complete strike of the "A05" obliterator at Nassau. A rare and attractive stamp. Cert. BPA (1978) Gi = £ 1'500.
Lot #3546 - brit. colonies bahamas
1861 (June): 1 d. lake, no wmk., rough perf. 14 to 16, an unused horizontal pair of fine colour, extremely fresh and fine, superb large part og. A rare pair. Cert. BPA (1983) Gi = £ 1'300+.
Lot #3547 - brit. colonies bahamas
1861 (Dec): 4 d. dull rose, no wmk., perf. 14 to 16, an unused example centred to right, of good colour with "Specimen" diagonally in manuscript, unused without gum. Rare.rnProvenance: Collection T.W. Hall, RL, London, 2 June 1964; Collection Morris Ludington, Spink, London, 9 Nov 1999, lot 1131.rn
Lot #3548 - brit. colonies bahamas
1861 (Dec): 4 d. dull rose, no wmk., rough perf. 14 to 16, a used example on cover to New York tied by the Nassau "A05" obliterator and by fair "New York Ship Letter / 5" charge marking (Feb 22) of arrival. Reverse with fine strike of double arc "Nassau / New Providence" datestamp in black (Feb 17). A charming cover, carried on the penultimate Northward voyage of the 'Karnak'.rnProvenance: Collection Morris Ludington, Spink, London, 9 Nov...
Lot #3549 - brit. colonies bahamas
1861: Perkins Bacon Die Proof for the 6 d. value engraved in black and affixed to small card, showing the printer's guide marks centrally at left and at right in black, and dot within the "S" of POSTAGE. Fresh and very fine, a rare Proof.rnProvenance: Spink, London, 8 Nov 2006, lot 1125.
Lot #3550 - brit. colonies bahamas
1861 (Dec): 6 d. pale dull lilac, no wmk., rough perf. 14 to 16, an unused example of excellent colour for this stamp, tiny horizonal scissor cut in margin at base of stamp, full perfs. at left and at right, large part og. An extremely rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1974) Gi = £ 4'250.
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