1705 (Nov. 4): Felipe V King of Spain (1683-1746) known as "Philipp V of Anjou", King's letter written in Barcelona signed by the King's own hand 'Yo el Rey', with black wax seal on reverse and addressed to the Spanisch Ambassador in Vienna Cesare Michelangelo d'Avalos (1667-1729), Marchese del Vasto and Pescara and Knight of the Golden Fleece (1700).
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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.
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 #1329 - europe Spain
Lot #1330 - europe Spain
1822/34: Disinfected entire letters (3) two treated at the Bayonne Lazaret, with 1822 printed prices current entire from Madrid to Paris slitted and toasted, 1823 entire to Naples with two strikes of MALLORCA straight line in red and disinfected at Perpignan, 1834 entire to London with SANTIAGO / DE / GALICIA despatch and rare "1 oz. at 8s/8d per Oz" italic handstamp and rated thus in manuscript.
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Lot #1331 - europe Spain
1850/1997c: Collection hundreds stamps used/unused from Isabella, Carlist revolt issues, Republic issues with 50 c. orange with Marseille numeral datestamp, interesting sets of the 1930s, 1938 Madrid defense stamp, post-war commemorative issues primarily unmounted og, also souvenir sheets and booklets, civil war issues, in three albums.
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Lot #1332 - europe Spain
1855/57: Lot with Cuba Queen Isabella II 1/2 r.p. blue, 1 r. gray green in unused mint multiples, 1857 without wmk. 2 r.p. red in a complete sheet of 170 stamps as well as Spain 1854/55 Officials in compl. sets of four with 1855 issue in mint blocks of four Mi. = € 3'500.
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Lot #1333 - europe Sweden
1744 (Aug 14): Entire "King's Letter" from Stockholm by sea to Andres Wigelius, Gut Plackmann (about 20 miles from Port Kunda, Estonia), the front panel decorated with Meander and seven "Crowns" in manuscript. Extremely rare.
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Lot #1334 - europe Turkey
1691 (Aug 22): Entire letter from Smyrna to Livorno, Vernaccia archive, endorsed at lower left 'Con galere QDC' (Quem Deus Conservet - Whom God Preserve), with flap showing manuscript Forwarding Agent 'p. indrizzo di R. Cavandi Le 13 October 1691' of Venice. Toasted for disinfection against Cholera, a fine early entire. Illustrated in Edition D'Or XLV on page 48.
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Lot #1335 - europe Turkey
Epirus 1832 (Oct 10): Entire letter from Kalarites via Janina to Corfu, Ionian Islands with circulkar negative seal cachet in Greek ECHELLE de SAYADA struck in black (ΣKAΛA ΣAIAΛAΣ), with Postman's oval negative seal handstamp alongside. Disinfected with slits due to the worldwide Cholera epidemic of the early 1830's; reverse with manuscript notations in Greek and hooded 'Corfu' arrival datestamp (Nov 9) in black. Extremely rare, the Nicolas...
Lot #1336 - europe Turkey
Vilayet of Andrinople 1857: Entire letter from Edirne bilingually addressed to Filibe, Bulgaria, rated at a total of 30 paras and struck with fine "An canib-i Edirne" negative seal handstamp in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 1). Rare so fine.
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Lot #1337 - europe Turkey
Vilayet of Andrinople 1860 (March 25): Entire letter from Xanthi to Salonika struck with fine strike of oval framed "An janib-posta hanei Yenidjé" negative seal handstamp in blue-black ink (Coles & Walker unlisted, Nicolas & Galino #1, Isfila APO6). Rare.
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Lot #1338 - europe Turkey
Crete 1872 (June 4): Entire letter from the Monastery at Piskokephalo (Piskokefal) to the Mayor's Office in Neochorion (Lassithi), struck with all arabic double framed ocagonal "Piskokephalo" handstamp of despatch in dull green ink (Coles & Walker fig. 11). Just six stampless covers recorded, all from the same correspondence. An exceptional entire of great rarity.rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 141, May 2004, lot 2355; Collection Gunter...
Lot #1339 - europe Turkey
1863 (Jan): Tughra Issue second printing, 20 pa. black on yellow, 1 pi. black on grey-lilac and 2 pi. black on blue, all on thin paper, three fresh and fine mint 'head-to-head' tête-bêche pairs, the 1 pi. pair with complete Control Band at base, all with large part original gum. An attractive trio.
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Lot #1340 - europe Turkey
1863 (Jan): Tughra Issue second printing, all four values on thin paper incl. 20 pa. black on yellow and 1 pi. black on grey-lilac both in horizontal strips of three, 1 pi. with an additional single example, 2 pi. black on blue in a horizontal pair with nearly complete Control Band at base, and a single example of 5 pi. black on red. Overall fine condition with fresh colours, all cancelled with Battal or mute obliterators.
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Lot #1341 - europe Turkey
1863 (June 27): Entire letter from Juma/Blagojevgrad to Rustchuk, both now in Bulgaria, bearing Tughra 2 pi. black on blue with missing background colour in a small strip at top (marginal) and horizontal pair 20 pa. black on yellow, both with good to large margins and vivid colours, tied by dotted Battal obliterator with blue sender's cachet in blue alongside. Filing folds though all stamps, nevertheless a scarce and desirable first issue...
Lot #1342 - europe Turkey
1864 (Aug 31): Entire letter from Beyrouth to Damascus bearing two touched examples of the Tughra Third printing 20 pa. black on yellow thick paper, tied by Battal dotted obliterator in blue. Stamps with the usual wrinkles, neverthess a fine example of the 1 piastre rate within Syria.
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Lot #1343 - europe Turkey
1863 (Dec): Tughra Issue third printing, 1 pi. black on grey-lilac on thick paper, a fresh and fine 'head-to-head' tête-bêche pair, cancelled with crisp dotted Battal strikes. Usual gum creases, an attractive multiple.
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Lot #1344 - europe Turkey
1864 (Dec 14): Cover from Beyrouth to Damascus bearing Tughra Third printing 1 pi. black on lilac-grey thick paper, fair to good margins all round, tied by dotted Battal obliterator in blue. A fine and attractive cover with the 1 piastre rate within Syria. Signed Holcombe & A. Diena.
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Lot #1345 - europe Turkey
1866c: Envelope from Istanbul to Konya bearing pair Dulos 1865 20 pa. yellow, 2 pi. blue and 5 pi. rose, all tied by strikes of all-Arabic framed DERALIYE handstamp in black. Cover trimmed at top, some edge wear but an appealing three colour franking.
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Lot #1346 - europe Turkey
1865: Entire letter from Yeni Zagra/Nova Zagora, Bulgaria to Constantinople bearing Dulos 1865 20 pa. ochre (2) and 5 pi. rose, tied by light strikes of all-Arabic double circle YENI ZAGRA handstamp in blue, all Arabic small negative "Taahhüt olunmustur" (= has been registered) handstamp alongside.
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Lot #1347 - europe Turkey
1845/66c: Envelope from Bitola / Manastir in Macedonia to Istanbul bearing 1865 Dulos 1 pi. grey in a vertical strip of five, all tied by two crisp strikes of all-Arabic double circle "MANASTIR 81" handstamp in blue, some toning but a fine cover. Also early stampless cover (c1845) cancelled by Bitola negative seal handstamp in green (Coles & Walker figs. 81 & 83).rnProvenance: Collection Otto Hornung, Corinphila sale 137, May 2003,...
Lot #1348 - europe Turkey
1868: Entire letter from Sofya/Sofia to Filibe/Plovdiv bearing Dulos 1865 1 pi. grey and 5 pi. rose, tied by bold strikes of all-Arabic double circle SOFYA handstamp in black, all Arabic small negative "Taahhüt olunmustur" (= has been registered) handstamp alongside. rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 106, Sept 1998, lot 9308.
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Lot #1349 - europe Turkey
1867 (March): Cover from Trikkala in Thessalia to Istanbul bearing Dulos 1865 1 pi. grey and 1867 5 pi. rose, tied by perfect strikes of all-Arabic double circle TIRHALA handstamp in black (Coles & Walker fig. 3), bilingual STAMBOUL arrival cds alongside (Coles & Walker fig. 51). Signed Nakri.rnProvenance: Collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 124, Oct 2000, lot 5336.
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Lot #1350 - europe Turkey
1867 (Dec): Cover from Serrai / Serres in Macedonia to Istanbul bearing pair 1865 Dulos 2 pi. blue, tied by strikes of all-Arabic double circle SEREZ handstamp in black, bilingual STAMBOUL arrival cds alongside (Coles & Walker fig. 51).rnProvenance: Collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 124, Oct 2000, lot 5362.
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Lot #1351 - europe Turkey
1869 (Nov 20): Cover from Scutari to Venezia bearing Dulos 1868 20 pa. green perf. 13¼, two single adhesives cancelled lightly by all-Arabic double circle handstamp in blue, thimble "SCUTARI D'ALBANIE 20/11" alongside. The obverse shows also an Austrian "ANTIVARI 22/11" cds in black, reverse with oval Triest transit and Venezia arrival cds (Nov. 28). The 1 pi. paid the journey to the Austrian port Antivari, the addressee had to pay '7'...
Lot #1352 - europe Turkey
1874c: Envelope from Ayintab/Gaziantep to Constantinople bearing Dulos 1870 20 pa. green perf. 5-11, a vertical strip of three, all cancelled by crisp all-Arabic framed AYINTAB handstamps in black. Part of backflap missing, nevertheless a wonderful item with appealing address written in Armenian. Signed Nakri.rnProvenance: Collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 124, Oct 2000, lot 5451.
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Lot #1353 - europe Turkey
1870c: Cover from Manastir/Bitola in Macedonia to Prizren in Kosovo bearing Dulos 1870 20 pa. green perf. 5-11, three fresh and fine examples, tied by bold strikes of all-Arabic double circle "MANASTIR 81" handstamp in black (Coles & Walker fig. 83).
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