Railway Postmarks 1873/1912: Collection with loose stamps/pieces (8) and covers/cards (8), with 1876 10 pa. mauve block of six with "MEMURU SIMENDOFER POSTA CIHET SELANIK 2" all arabic seal handsstamp in blue, 1912 20 pa. stationery card cancelled "Salonique-Stamboul No. 1" TPO cds, 1892 20 pa. card cancelled by superb "Bur. Amb. Salonique - Zibefteche" cds in blue to France, further usages of the "Bur. Amb. / Salonique - Zibefteche" TPO on...
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 #1405 - europe Turkey
Vilayet of Salonika / Selanik / Thessaloniki 1840/1914c.: Exhibit Collection with wonderful array of loose stamps, pieces and covers/cards with 1840c. Tartar Post form with superb strikes of both SELANIK negative seal in blue and Uskub arrival at base, 1892 1 pi. tied to piece by complete 'Branch Post' negative seal dated 1281 in black, 1872/75 1 pi. yellow on cover tied by all arabic circular handstamp in blue (C&W fig. 5), 1892 20 pa....
Lot #1406 - europe Turkey
Vilayet of Monastir 1876/1913c.: Exhibit Collection with array of loose stamps, pieces and covers/cards with 1876 1 pi. yellow with superb complete "TELEGRAF VE POSTA HANEI 1298" negative seal in black, 1909 1 pi. blue on piece tied by near complete "DOKSAD POSTA SUBESI" in blue (believed unique), 1909 10 pa. green with Ekchi-Sou-Station datestamp in violet, range of items (7) with a variety of different FLORINA cancellations, 1892 20 pa....
Lot #1407 - europe Turkey
1863/1914: Collection with a lot of cancellation interest including 400+ stamps/pieces and two postcards from Stamboul, Galata, Eastern Thrace, Albania, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Thessaly, Greece & Islands, Bulgaria, Libya, Iraq, Syria, Hatay, Lebanon, Palestine, Arabia and Yemen. A fine and clean selection.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1408 - europe Turkey
Greek Islands 1875/1914c.: The Exhibit Collection with wonderful array of loose stamps, pieces and covers/cards with Crete incl. 'Hania' all arabic handstamps on two early pieces, negative "Bureau Telegraphique et Postal Hagne" handstamp in blue struck at Hania (ex Feenstra collection, cert. Galinos) and believed unique; superb strike of Hania Telegraph negative seal on 1892 1 pi., four usages on piece from Rettimo and fine all arabic seal...
Lot #1409 - europe Turkey
Vilayet of Salonika 1845/1914: Exhibit Collection with wonderful array of loose stamps, pieces and covers/cards with 1908 20 pa. tied to postcard to Monastir by violet negative seal of AGUSTOS, 1901 single 10 pa. green cancelled by superb AGUSTOS all arabic handstamp in black (C&W fig.1), superb range of Mount Athos with 1891 incoming cover from Odessa, Telegrams with Fiscal 10 pa. tied bilingual Mount-Athos cds's (2), Telegram with '...
Lot #1410 - europe Turkey
1920/70c: Lot hundreds stamps used/unused incl. 1920 provisional issues on revenue stamps, later commemorative issues, Liannos, Red Crescent surcharge stamps as well as Postage Due.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1411 - europe Turkey
Vilayet of Andrinople / Eastern Thrace 1862/1920c.: Exhibit Collection with wonderful array of loose stamps, pieces and covers/cards with Edirne negative seal in blue on pre-stamp entires, Edirne 'battal' in blue on 1863 20 pa. on thick paper, Edirne circular all arabic handstamps on Dulos issue pieces and cover, 1884 cover with Empire 20 pa. tied by circular Edirne seal in blue, 1879 cover with 1876 20 pa. and 1 pi. tied by Andrinople cds in...
Lot #1412 - Overseas Afghanistan
1945 (Apr. 10): Censored airmail envelope from Kaboul to Tripoli, Lebanon, franked on reverse with 1939 25 pi. green and 1 a. purple tied in manuscript and Kaboul dispatch anlongside. Unusual.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1413 - Overseas Afghanistan
1951: Waterlow Imperforate Proofs for 10 p., 15 p., 20 p., 30 p., 40 p., 45 p., 60 p. and 75 p. values, all in fresh and fine unmounted og. blocks of six (some are sheet marginal). Scarce and most attractive group.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1414 - Overseas imperial china
1878/83: Large Dragon 3 ca. brown-red, Wide Setting, a well centred used example, minor corner bend and one blunt perf. at top, neatly cancelled by part "Customs / Chungking" cds in black Gi = £ 325.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1415 - Overseas imperial china
1894 (Nov 17): Dowager 12 ca. brown-orange, an unused example of good colour, fresh and fine, large part og. A scarce and elusive stamp Gi = £ 600.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1416 - Overseas imperial china
1897: Dowager second printing 3 a. chrome yellow on wmk. paper with thin whiter gum in an unused block of four of vibrant colour, two hinge remnants on upper and lower pair with large part of thin original gum (some ageing), horizontal perf. line slighty shifted, otherwise of fresh and fine appearance. Only few multiples of the second printing are believed to exist. Chan 24 S. Gi. = £ 7'200.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1417 - Overseas imperial china
1914/19: Junk 3 c. blue-green pair and 7 c. violet pair on 1918 registered cover to Norway tied by YIYANG HUN datestamps in black with fine strike of registration cachet at lower left. Reverse with Peking cds (Feb 22) and Harbin cds (Feb 25); thereafter with British and Russian Censor Reseal strips at sides and Kristiansund arrival (Aug 19). A five month journey time due to a combination of World War and Revolution. An attractive and scarce...
Lot #1418 - Overseas imperial china
1921: National Postal Service issue covers (8) with 1 c. orange and 6 c. grey single frankings each tied FROM STEAMER LETTER BOX bilingual cachets, 6 c. grey single frankings (3) all cancelled at WUHU in first week of issue, 6 c. grey pair on cover to London tied by Wuhu cds, 3 c. green and 10 c. blue single frankings also tied by WUHU cds's in first week of issue. Fair to fine, a scarce group.rn
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1419 - Overseas imperial china
1949/46: Special selection with 33 mainly unused stamps, incl.. seven pairs, two blocks of four and a block of nine, all of fresh appeareance and showing diff. varieties as imperf., imperf inbetween as well as provincial and Specimen surcharges etc., arranged on a stockcard.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1420 - Overseas People's Republic of China
1960 (Nov. 28). Chrysanthemums 4 F. to 52 F., the complete set of 18 values, unmounted mint with original gum, fresh and fine Mi. = €1800; Gi. = £500.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1421 - Overseas People's Republic of China
1963 (Apr. 5, July 15): Butterflies, complete set of 20 values, unused without gum issued, superb fresh and fine Mi 726/735 = € 600, Gi. = £ 375.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1422 - Overseas People's Republic of China
1963 (June 1): Children perf. and imperforate Children set of 12 values each, both unmounted mint on ungummed paper, superb and fresh Mi. = € 635, Gi. = £ 430.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1423 - Overseas People's Republic of China
1963 (Aug./Sept.): Giant Pandas and Golden Haired Monkeys, each in imperforate sets of three values, all unmounted mint og., fresh and fine Mi. = € 650, Gi. = £ 525.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1424 - Overseas People's Republic of China
1963 (Oct. 15): Hwangshan Landscapes, complete set of 16 values, superb and fresh, unmounted og., fine Mi. = €1'800, Gi. = £ 700.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1425 - Overseas People's Republic of China
1964: (Aug. 5): Chinese Peonies, complete set of 15 values, superb and fresh, unmounted og Mi. 795-809 = € 670, Gi. = £ 375.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1426 - Overseas People's Republic of China
1964: Chinese Peonies, Glorious Crimson & Great Gold Pink, 2 y. miniature sheet 48x59 mm, unmounted mint and without gum as issued. Superb Mi. = € 3'000, Gi = £ 2'000.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1427 - Overseas People's Republic of China
1964: Chinese Peonies, Glorious Crimson & Great Gold Pink, 2 y. miniature sheet 48x59 mm, unmounted mint and without gum as issued. Superb Mi. = € 3'000, Gi = £ 2'000.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1428 - Overseas People's Republic of China
1964 (Oct. 1): 15th Anniversary of People's Republic, miniature sheet 150 x 114 mm forming a composite design without dividing perfs., mint unmounted example, rare and beautiful <Mi. = € 5'000 Gi. = £ 3'250.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
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