Incoming from Russia 1867 (May 9): Partially prepaid entire letter from Rostov/Don to Syra, bearing on front and reverse Russia 1865 Arms 1 kop. black & orange, 3 kop. black & green and three single examples of 10 kop. brown & blue, all on wove paper (Mi 12+13+15) tied by "ROSTOVSKAYA KR." despatch cds's in black (May 9, julian). This payed the first part of the journey with a ROPiT vessel from the Don estuary to Constantinople,...
Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 3
By: Corinphila Auction AG
Corinphila Auction AG Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 3
High-class philatelic material at Corinphila Auctions in Zurich
Rarities from all areas of philately are on offer, including the ‘Greifensee cover’, probably the most important cover of classic Swiss philately.
From 25 to 30 January 2021 Corinphila Auctions will offer for sale a very unusual range of material. The high-quality material being offered will be presented in no less than eight luxury auction catalogues.
The auction begins with high-quality offers from South American countries. The Brian Moorhouse Estate (Part 3) is notable for its wide variety of South American collecting areas from A (as in Argentina) to V (as in Venezuela). Especially impressive are the many proofs of various issues from classic to middle-period. Particularly well represented are Argentina, Brazil (including Lot 3137, the famous pair of the 600 Reis “Goat’s Eye” issue of 1844, in an unused pair from the Maurice Burrus collection, starting price CHF 5,000), Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala classics with the rarest covers and proofs, Honduras, Mexico and Uruguay.
The first part of the most important specialised collection of the first issue of Ecuador of 1865 in existence will be offered for sale under the name ‘Guayaquil’. Almost all the important items of this collecting area are in the collection. Particularly outstanding is the more attractive of only two known registered covers with the first issue (Lot 4071; starting price CHF 20,000).
A fine range of the classic issues of Peru will come up for sale in the main catalogue of the Corinphila auction series. Among these are also many stamps from the issues produced in continuous rolls on the ‘Lecoq’ printing press. Particularly appealing is an unused strip of five of the 5 centavos of 1870 showing the ‘new’ railway from Lima to Callao. The ‘Trencito’ , ‘the little train, as collectors later called the stamp, was intended for letters carried on this new railway line. To make endless rolls of the stamp, the ends of the lengths of paper were simply glued together! This is clearly visible here on the fourth stamp in the strip (Lot 156, starting price CHF 750).
Europe is represented with a wide range of material from the Pietro Provera collection. The emphasis is on Italy and France. The outstandingly good quality of the classic stamps and covers, for which this collector was well-known, is particularly impressive. For many years, "Provera quality" was a term used for top-quality philatelic material in many countries. For example, there is a cover with France’s first issue of 1849, a very rare tête-bêche pair of the 20 centimes on cover (Lot 5141, starting price CHF 5,000). Or a four-colour franking of Sicily with the extremely rare top value of 50 grana on cover (Lot 5675, starting price CHF 20,000).
Another very unusual specialised collection comes up for auction with the Gregory Frantz "Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies" collection. It includes all the private steamship lines that issued privately produced stamps for mail carried on their ships. The many small shipping lines on the thousands of lakes and the coast of Finland offer great variety, often in combination with state stamps. An example is the ‘Skärgards Trafik Aktiebolag’ (STAB) cover with the private bicoloured 25 penni ship’s stamp for delivery within Finland by the private shipping line, in combination with the Finnish state-issue 5 penni and 20 penni for onward transmission to Frankfurt (Lot 6069, starting price CHF 1,000).
Switzerland is also represented again with an outstanding range of material. This includes a postal history collection "Franco-Prussian War - Impact on Swiss Postal History 1866-1871". The presentation in the auction catalogue combined with historical background information is unique and is likely to set new standards for philatelic auctions. One could almost speak of a milestone of philately, on its way to being recognised as an additional historical science. A ‘must’ for every philatelist interested in history!
However, the second part of the ERIVAN collection is undoubtedly outstanding in its Swiss material. The collection of the former Tengelmann entrepreneur Erivan Haub contains the greatest rarities of Swiss philately. Now the famous registered cover from the "Notariat Greifensee" comes up for sale. Franked with Switzerland’s first two stamps, the Zurich 4 and Zurich 6, it is for many the "non plus ultra" of Swiss rarities in private hands. The provenance of the item goes back to 1900 when, in the collection of the then President of the Banque de France, Paul Mirabaud, the cover caused a sensation at the Paris Exposition. It later found its way into the collections of Diem-Saxer of St. Gallen (1934), the Swiss shoe magnate Iwan Bally (1964), and then the ‘HELVETICUS’ collection (1991) before finding a new home in the collection of Erivan Haub for almost 30 years. The starting price of the Greifensee cover being offered as Lot 7003 is CHF 300,000.
All the material being offered can be viewed at www.corinphila.ch.
Further information and catalogue orders at: Corinphila Auktionen AG, Wiesenstrasse 8, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland, Telephone + 41 (0)44 389 9191, Fax + 41 (0)44 389 9195, Email: [email protected]
Illustrations
Brazil 1844, “Goat’s Eye” 600 reis in an unused pair with the best provenance: Maurice Burrus collection (1964)
Ecuador 1865, a pair of the 1 real green on a registered cover. Only two registered covers of the first issue are known. Top cover from the Ackermann (1937), Homan (c. 1960) and E.M. de Bustamante (1996) collections.
Peru 1870, 5 centavos ‘Trencito’ in a strip of five with the fourth stamp showing the paper join.
France 1849, 20 centimes, a rare tête-bêche pair on cover.
Sicily 1859, four-colour franking with 50 grana top value to Genoa.
Finland 1880, private ship’s stamp in combination with stamps of the state Post Office on cover to Frankfurt.
Zurich 1843, registered cover from the Greifensee notary’s office with the first two stamps of Switzerland.
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Lot #788 - europe Greece
Incoming from Russia 1867 (July 1): Partially prepaid Cover from Taganrog to Corfu, bearing Russia 1865 Arms 30 kop. brown & blue on wove paper (Mi 17) tied by despatch cds in black (July 1, julian), transfered in Constantinople to the Greek P.O. with KONSTANTIN 14 IYUL 67 TURKIA transit cds alongside. Upon arrival in Kerkyra charged with '50' lepta in red crayon, franked with Consecutive Athens printings 10 l. orange and 20 l. blue (2)...
Lot #789 - europe Greece
1861/1955: Lot of 46 Greek and some other areas postal history with a number of attractive Austrian Offices including a registered Vathy mixed currency franking, British Cyprus also with registered letters, an Avis Reception letter from Chios and other very collectable items.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #790 - europe Greece
1861/2000: Collection in Schaubek album with better sets and values used/unused, starting with Large Hermes Heads Paris and Athens printings (90) with some signed examples, incl. fine usage of 1861 40 L. and 10 L on cover from Patras (1862) to Taganrog (Russia), in the semi-modern aera with used sets as 1896 Olympic Games, 1900/01 red overprinted set of five, 1906 Special Olympics, 1933 Zeppelin issue and 1940 National Youth organisation,...
Lot #791 - europe Greece
1863/86: Large Hermes study collection in an album showing diff. printings, shades and cancellations, incl. some Control Figures varieties as '01' instead of '10', C.F. '0' instead of '10', inverted C.F.'s or 10 lep. orange showing combination '00' plus '10' in an horiz. pair, further six covers as well as some later issues.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #792 - europe Greece
1871/1975: Lot few hundred mainly used stamps incl. large and small Hermes heads, Olympics and commemorative issues, some blocks of four and duplicats, also a handful stamps from Crete and Greek related aereas, good condition and housed in two stockbooks, in addition some modern FDC's.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #793 - europe Greece
1889/1988: Predominantly mint collection in large album with many sought after issues such as Hermes to 25 Drachma, 1925 Airmails, 100 Years independence 1958 Ports and many more. Many hundreds of stamps.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #794 - europe Greece
Greek Post Offices abroad in Epirus, Macedonia and Thessaly 1861/80: An appealing Large Hermes Heads selection of 20 single adhesives, four multiples and a cover, a wonderful selection with overall fresh and fine stamps and clear cancellations incl. 105 of ARTA on 1861 Paris printing 40 l. mauve and on 1862/67 20 l. pair, Ioannina 99 numeral on three different values and IOANNINA cds on two stamps, THESSALONIKI / 98 on eight stamps and a...
Lot #795 - europe Greece
Greek Post Offices abroad, Constantinople 1862/80: Lot nine singles, a strip of three and two covers with a large diversity of printings and colours, cancellations with '95' numeral or datestamps incl. 1875/80 Cream paper 10 l. in a strip of three, also 1867 cover via Piraeus to Athens with French vessel and 45 lepta franking; 1872 unpaid cover to the Austrian shipping company Iskra at Syra with 40 lepta due tied by '67' numeral of Syros....
Lot #796 - europe Crète
1851 (April 19): Letter from Crete posted at SYRA 10/4 (22/4) to Marseille with transits TRIESTE 27/4 and MILANO, where it received VIA DI CHIASSO, crossing Switzerland and leaving at AUTRICHE/Beau FR 1 de BALE 1/5 taxed '5' (decimes) debit at French border exchange P.O. and MARSEILLE 3/5 arrival mark on reverse. Letter was partially paid by sender with 70 (lepta) to Trieste, from there to Marseille it had to be payed 10 decimes. Fine unusual...
Lot #797 - europe Crète
Russian Administration of Rettimo Province 1899: Collection with 1 m. ultramarine, violet control handstamps, unused with large part og., a block of four used on piece with Rethymnon handstamps in blue (signed), a horizontal strip of three similarly used, a single example used in 'Roustika', creased example used with rare 'Melambes' in violet and another with Rethymnon cds in black; 2 m. rose (1'200 printed) unused and used in Rethymnon (...
Lot #798 - europe Hungary
1867: 3 kr. green in a strip of five, a fresh multiple with good perforation (minute thin on the reverse of the leftmost stamp just mentioned for accuracy), cancelled by three crisp strikes "SZ. KERESZTUR 2/1" cds (Gudlin = 150 points) and part strike of another handstamp Ferchenbauer = € 1'200 for the strip of five.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #799 - europe Hungary
Szighetvar provisional usage 1869 (Nov. 29): Indicium 5 kr. red from the stationery envelope, punched out by the postmaster of Szigethvar and used instead of definitive stamps, tied by "SZIGETHVAR 29. / XI" cds to piece. An interesting and attractive example of this rarity, cert. Puschmann (2001) Ferchenbauer = € 2'000.rnNote: The usage of stationery cut outs was forbidden since 1861, this ban was renewed in 1866 which results in the rarity...
Lot #800 - europe Hungary
1867: 5 kr. red in a block of twelve (2 x 5), a fresh and fine multiple with good perforation, cancelled by five clear strikes "PEST 23/3" cds Ferchenbauer = € 660 for the three blocks of four.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #801 - europe Hungary
1867: 10 kr. blue in a strip of five, a fresh and fine multiple with good perforation, cancelled by three strikes "PEST LIPTOVAROS 16/8" cds Ferchenbauer = € 900.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #802 - europe Hungary
1867: 15 kr. brown in a strip of four, a fresh and fine multiple with good perforation, cancelled by three strikes "SZOMBATHELY 1/3" cds Ferchenbauer = € 720.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #803 - europe Hungary
1867: Lot nine stmaps with printing peculiarities incl. 2 kr. yellow with watermark 'A' of BRIEF-MARKEN (Ferchenbauer = € 290), two stamps each with missing perforation holes, marginal lines on strongly shifted stamps, weak as well as intense printing. Interesting selection.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #804 - europe Hungary
1870 (May 20): Value-letter for 'f 70' franked with Revenue 5 Kr. and tied by "BUDA - OFEN 20/5/70" to registered lettersheet to Vienna backstamped "Wien Mariahilf 21/5/70", taxed '4' by red crayon. Fine and scarce usage.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #809 - europe Hungary
1867: Entire letter from St. Gotthard to Köszeg bearing 2 kr. yellow and 3 kr. green, two fresh and fine adhesives with good perforation, tied by a perfect strike of the rare "St: GOTTHARD 27/12" cds in blue (Gudlin = 500 points). Reverse KÖRMEND transit cds and oval "KÖSZEG GÜNS 29/12 69" arrival datestamp. Two filing folds well away from stamps and datestamp, an impressive and desirable item.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #810 - europe Hungary
Mixed franking 1867 & 1871: Envelope from Nyiregháza to Nagy Kallo bearing 1867 3 kr. green and 1871 Engraved 2 krajczár orange (damaged at top left), two fresh adhesives, tied by rare "NYIREGHÁZA 7/7" cds, reverse with Nagy Kallo arrival cds from the next day. Cover opened on three sides, a rare combination franking of which Ryan lists only four covers and six pieces, here in addition not with the Lithographed but the Engraved issue....
Lot #811 - europe Hungary
Mixed franking 1867 & 1871: Stationery Money Transfer Formular, Hungarian style on green cardboard with the 1871 Hungarian 5 krajczár indicium, used from Tinnye to Pest bearing in addition a vertical pair 1867 5 kr. red, a fresh and fine multiple with good perforation, tied by very rare "TINNYE 24/2 71" cds (Gudlin = 800 points), reverse with Pest arrival cds (26/2). Lightest horizontal fold well away from the stamp, an attractive and...
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