St. Lucia Steam Conveyance Co. Ltd 1872/90: First Printing. Lithographed 1 d. pale blue on white glazed thick paper, imperforate, with very browned gum, the sheet of 72 subjects (6 x 12), showing the nine Transfer Types repeated, the horizontal row at top and the row at base are damaged and there is creasing in these areas only, notwithstanding these faults, this is believed to be the largest multiple extant of the first printing.
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Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 4
By: Corinphila Auction AG
Corinphila Auction AG Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 4
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.
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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 #6272 - brit. colonies st. lucia
Lot #6273 - brit. colonies st. lucia
St. Lucia Steam Conveyance Co. Ltd 1872/90: First Printing. Lithographed 6 d. purple on white glazed thick paper, imperforate, with very browned gum, the sheet of 72 subjects (6 x 12), showing the six Transfer Types repeated, the horizontal row at top and the row at base are damaged and there is creasing in these areas only, notwithstanding these faults, this is believed to be the largest multiple extant of the first printing.
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Lot #6274 - brit. colonies st. lucia
St. Lucia Steam Conveyance Co. Ltd 1872/90: First Printing. Lithographed 1 d. blue on white glazed paper, imperforate, a used example with good margins all round but vertically creased at left, cancelled by large part ST LUCIA STEAM CONVEYANCO Co. Ltd. handstamp in violet. A rare stamp used, circa 12 examples are recorded thus.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
Lot #6275 - brit. colonies st. lucia
St. Lucia Steam Conveyance Co. Ltd 1872/90: First Printing. Lithographed 6 d. purple on white glazed paper, imperforate, Transfer Type 5, a used example with good margins all round but vertically creased at left, cancelled by large part ST LUCIA STEAM CONVEYANCE Co. Ltd. handstamp in violet. An extremely rare stamp used, circa 6 examples are recorded thus.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
Lot #6276 - brit. colonies st. lucia
St. Lucia Steam Conveyance Co. Ltd 1872/90: Second Printing. Lithographed 1 d. bright blue on white glazed thick paper, imperforate, with white cracked gum, the sheet of 72 subjects (6 x 12), showing the nine Transfer Types repeated, the horizontal row at top with gum seeping through to the front of the sheet, otherwise fresh and fine, a rare multiple; together with marginal blocks of nine of the 3 d. rose-pink and 6 d. pale purple from the...
Lot #6277 - brit. colonies st. lucia
St. Lucia Steam Conveyance Co. Ltd 1872: Second Issue, 2nd printing: 1 d. blue, 3 d. rose-pink and 6 d. purple, the set of three in complete sheets of seventy-two (6 x 12) showing the intermediate Stone of 9 types (3 x 3) repeated eight times, the sheet with full margins on all sides with the 1 d. irregular at base with slight marginal nick at left, all three with crackly slightly browned full original gum. For the convenience of collectors...
Lot #6278 - brit. colonies trinidad u. tobago
1847 (April 16): Lady McLeod (5 c.) blue, imperforate, a superb used example with huge margins on three sides and imperceptibly shaved in top margin but not cut into, used on 12th August 1847 entire letter from San Fernando to Port of Spain, cancelled by manuscript pen cross in ink. The letter mentions an enclosure (a bank transfer) and the addressee's name has been removed and professionally replaced (the cover was probably addressed to...
Lot #6279 - brit. colonies trinidad u. tobago
1847 (April 16): Lady McLeod (5 c.) blue, imperforate, a superb used example with huge margins on all four sides with some brownish glue showing from the left margin, used on 1 June 1847 entire letter from San Fernando to Port of Spain, Taylor Graham correpondence, cancelled by manuscript pen cross in ink. The entire with typical staining and file fold at left well away from the wonderful adhesive. Census number C10, illustrated in 'Trinidad...
Lot #6280 - brit. colonies british honduras
Cuthbert Brothers / St George's Caye Service 1895: "Caye / Service / 3 cents" (R.L. 43), imperforate, typewritten on white laid paper, red ink applied at edges, an unused example of this famous Local Issue of which just 8 examples of the stamp are recorded on cover. This example, seemingly unused, was sent to a Mr. Homer Hilton of Winnetka, Illinois on 26 January 1922 with a letter on Cuthbert Brothers paper and using what appears to be the...
Lot #6281 - brit. colonies british honduras
Cuthbert Brothers / St George's Caye Service 1895: Registered cover front bearing imperforate Typewritten violet on white laid paper "Caye / Service / 3 cents" (R.L. 43) tied by "CUTHBERT BROS." handstamp with "SEP 27 1895" in brown ink. The front addressed from St. George's Cay is franked by a further six different adhesives and shows registration number '15' in manuscript blue crayon and "Belize / British Honduras" cds (Sept 27). Thence via...
Lot #6355 - brit. colonies Canada
Upper Columbia Navigation & Tramway Co 1899: Cover bearing perf. 12 "U.C.Co. / 5 c." red and 1899 2 c. on 3 c. rose-carmine tied to local cover by "Golden / B.C." datestamps (22 August 1899) in black. The stamp, imperforate at left and at top, is from position 1 on the sheetlet of 10 subjects (5 x 2). Very rare, only 1,000 printed, just a handful of covers are known: the addressee, Bert Lowe, was an old-time gold prospector and bridge...
Lot #6356 - brit. colonies Canada
Upper Columbia Navigation & Tramway Co 1891/97: The collection with 21 July 1897 piece bearing imperf. undenominated "U/C" (-) stamp in red alongside Small Queen 5 c. and Jubilee 1 c. orange tied by 'Golden' cds; a similar piece but franked by Small Queen 3 c. orange and USA 2 c. carmine with imperf. undenominated "U/C" (-) stamp in red tied by "5" handstamp, 19 August 1897 piece with perf. 12 "U.C.Co. / 5 c." red and Jubilee 3 c. rose...
Lot #6358 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Suez Canal Company 1868 (July): 1 c. black, Transfer Type I, an unused example showing 'Break through to 'R' of MARITIME', position 53 on the sheet of 200 subjects, fresh and very fine unused, large part og. Scarce stamp. Signed A. Diena and Todd AIEP Gi = £ 250.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
Lot #6359 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Suez Canal Company 1868 (July): 1 c. black, unused examples (4), showing all four different Transfer Types, all four with good margins all round, without gum and typical thins but of fine frontal appearance and a rare group. Signed Calves (IV) and Todd AIEP Gi = £ 1'000.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
Lot #6360 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Suez Canal Company 1868 (July): 1 c. black, an unused vertical pair, Transfer Types I / III, margins all round but two typical thin spots (a plague on this particular stamp), large part og. Despite faults a rare multiple. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 500.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
Lot #6361 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Suez Canal Company 1868 (July): 1 c. black, a used example, with large margins all round, cancelled by bold strike of "5129" gros chiffres of the French Post Office in Port Said in black. An enormously rare stamp in used condition. The Gibbons catalogue price does not reflect the rarity of this usage - just 4 known genuine examples exist, making this one of the World's scarcest #1's in used condition. Cert. Todd AIEP (2016) Gi = £ 1'000....
Lot #6362 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Suez Canal Company 1868 (July): 5 c. green, an unused block of four, positions 73-74 / 85-86, large margins all round and portions of adjoining stamps at right, fresh and fine, slightly wrinkly large part og. A scarce multiple. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 340+.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
Lot #6363 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Suez Canal Company 1868 (July): 5 c. green, a partial plating study with an unused irregular block of eighteeen, and an adjoining block of four, positions 37-42 / 49-54 / 63-66 / 75-78 / 87-88, a vertical pair (pos. 29 / 41) together with a single unused example from position 62; the large block of eighteen backed on to card paper (signed Calves) and in a pale shade, the block of four without gum (signed A. Diena), the vertical pair in a...
Lot #6364 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Suez Canal Company 1868 (July): 5 c. green, a used example, with large margins all round, cancelled by bold strike of "5105" gros chiffres of the French Post Office in Suez in black. A very scarce stamp in used condition, the strike being superb. The Gibbons catalogue price does not reflect the rarity of this usage. Cert. RPSL (1971) Gi = £ 500.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
Lot #6365 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Suez Canal Company 1868 (July): 5 c. green, a used vertical pair, with large margins at sides and at top where roughly separated and showing portion of adjoing stamp, touched at base, cancelled by bold strike of "5129" gros chiffres of the French Post Office in Port Said in black. An extremely rare usage (approximately 7 known thus including the famous cover). Signed Todd AIEP. Cert. Holcombe (1990).
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing...
Lot #6366 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Suez Canal Company 1868 (July): 20 c. blue, an unused block of four in a delicate pale shade, large even margins all round, fresh and very fine, large part og. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 300.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
Lot #6367 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Suez Canal Company 1868 (July): 20 c. blue, an unused block of thirty (6 x 5) in a rich shade, corner marginal from upper left corner of the sheet, positions 1-6 / 13-18 / 25-30 / 37-42 / 49-54, large even margins all round, fresh and very fine, large part, mostly unmounted og. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 2'250+.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
Lot #6368 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Suez Canal Co. 1868 (July): 20 c. blue, a used example in a deep shade with clear to large margins all round, cancelled by "5129" Port Said gros chiffres. Minimal aging and corner crease not affecting the appearance of a scarce stamp in used condition - less than six weeks in use. Signed Todd AIEP. Cert. BPA (1952) Gi = £ 500.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
Lot #6369 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Suez Canal Company 1868 (July): 20 c. blue, a used example, with large margins all round, cancelled by bold strike of "5129" gros chiffres of the French Post Office in Port Said in black. A very scarce stamp in used condition, the strike being upright and superb. Signed Todd AIEP. Cert. RPSL (1937) Gi = £ 500.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
Lot #6370 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Suez Canal Company 1868 (July): 20 c. pale blue, a used example, with large margins all round, cancelled by bold strike of "5105" gros chiffres of the French Post Office in Suez in black. A very scarce stamp in used condition, the strike being superb. Cert. RPSL (1971) Gi = £ 500.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
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