1856/1989: Lot few hundred stamps unsed/unused from Northern countries as Denmark, Finland with Aaland and Iceland, used/unused or in mint condition, incl. full sets, souvenir-sheets and duplicats, good to mixed condition and housed in three albums.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 5
By: Corinphila Auction AG
Corinphila Auction AG Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 5
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.
Sale Terms
Lot #1650 - europe collections/lots europe
Lot #1651 - europe collections/lots europe
1850/1953: French envelope bearing horiz. pair Napoléon 80 c carmine addressed to Berne, FDC from Austria with four Bird Shilling values, a small envelope from Wurttemberg as well as 70 stamps from Old German States and from GB, everything in mixed condition.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1652 - europe collections/lots europe
1930/60: Small mixed lot with France booklet 'Sourire de Reims' unused, air mail FDC Vatican 1949, horiz Pair from Italy miserforated as well as an Austrian black print.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1653 - europe collections/lots europe
1841/1923: Lot 120+ primarily used stamps incl. Netherlands first compl. set of three, Spain 1850 6 c., a single and a pair and Great Britain 1841 2 d. blue, in addition France, German States, also 13 covers with ten French covers / part covers incl. 1895 Shanghai to Germany, Austria 1880 registered stationery envelope Jägerndorf to Leipzig and 1923 Austrian definitives tied by KONGRESS DER AGUDAS JISROEL WIEN special cds to sheet.
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Lot #1654 - europe collections/lots europe
1850/1960ca.: Lot with some better classic values, predominatly used, incl. Swiss 'Strubeli' (75), 1874 Transvall Coat of Arms rouletted issue (4), Rhodesia (6), 1852 Netherland fist issue, all imperforated values in diff. shapes, just to be mentioned, together with a small but fine selection of unused semi-modern issues of a former Swiss dealer's estate.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1655 - europe collections/lots europe
1850/1960: Lot several hundred mainly used stamps from Belgium and the Netherlands, incl. some better values and full sets as King Albert I with helmet, few Belgian classics, Dutch Welfare sets as well as duplicates, good to mixed condition and housed in two albums.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1656 - europe collections/lots europe
1910/41c: Collections hundreds stamps used/unused incl. Serbia 1921/44 mounted on sheets, an interesting collection with mutiples and covers, in addition 100+ covers from Serbia, Yugoslavia, Montenegro, Bosnia, some Austria.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1657 - europe collections/lots europe
1880/1970: Poland, Russia and Baltic States, collection of 97 pieces of postal history in two folders with much interest in early modern Poland, inflation and later, registered items, postage dues from the Austrian period, Russia and a run of postal money orders. Nice lot.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1658 - europe collections/lots europe
1860/1970: Spain and France postal history lot of 68 letters including Spanish Civil War issues, French Napoleon and Airmails as well as some colonial issues. A set of Spanish Guinea Stamps to 10 Pts. is also included.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1659 - europe collections/lots europe
1930/80: Lot 220 airmail covers, cards, picture postcards and postal stationery items covering quite a number of European countries, notewothy among others Austria, GB, Benelux, Scandinavia etc., incl. special flights, business mail, various cancellations, better frankings etc., mostly in good condition and housed in a small box.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1660 - europe collections/lots europe
1850/1950ca.: Lot seven country collections, all with better sets and values predominantly used, starting with Bulgaria from 1881 onwards with a fine selection of Lion issue, Finland with some serpentine rouletted values, Greece with Hermes Heads, Italy with some Italian States and Kingdom, Netherlands from 1852 onwards with Queen Wilhelmina high Gilder values to 20 G. orange as well as Spain with 1850 Queen Isabella and later issues.
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Lot #1661 - europe collections/lots europe
1856/1938: Sweden and Iceland, accumulation on stock pages containing a good run of classic stamps with significant postmark interest. There is a good selection of better mint stamps such as Sweden Mi.227-238A and 406-410 in complete sheets. Iceland contains better Gildi overprints. The condition is fair to fine, the odd stamp is tropicalised.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1662 - europe collections/lots europe
1850/1960: Lot several hundred stamps used/unused, noteworthy among few others Belgium with better full sets as King Albert I with Helmet, Cardinal Mercier and others as well as some souvenir sheets, France with some better values and plenty of modern mint incl. souvenir sheets and booklets, the Netherlands from the beginning but the main values beeing modern mint material incl. souvenir sheets, souvenir sheets from Hungary in duplication etc...
Lot #1663 - europe collections/lots europe
1850/1960: Collection in three Schaubek-Europa albums (1933/37) with better sets and values used/unused, incl. Italy with Italian States and Kingdom as 1924 Manzoni used, 1930 Virgil unused, 1933 Zeppelin set of six used and Balbo Triptych (2), Crete and Ionian Islands, Austria, 1866 Romania Principality and later issues, Russia, Sweden 1858/62, Serbia 1869/1909, Spain and up to Württemberg. The classic issues somewhat slightly toned, the...
Lot #1664 - europe collections/lots europe
1852/98ca: Lot 100+ classical covers, incl. many Baden covers in the 1 Kr. and 3 Kr. rates with manuscript rural delivery fee (Landpostbestellgeld), Mail from the German railway station in Basel, Lombardo-Veneto with Milano to Cremona cover franked with 15 c. definitive with sheet margin, Papal States, Sardinia 1860 Novellara to Mantova cover with Austrian '5' c. taxstamp, 1859 Rayon limitrophe cover from Mulhouse to Basel, 1882 Bavaria...
Lot #1665 - europe collections/lots europe
1870/89: Two early telegramm forms, incl. scarce usage of 1870 (Aug. 10) French telegram locally used within Paris and franked with 1868 1 f. orange perf. 11 ½ x 12 ½ on pre-printed form (cert. Bolaffi (2007) as well as1889 unfranked Swiss telegram form from Wohlen (AG) to Paris pre-printed by 'Schweiz. Telegraphen-'Bureau', rare.rn
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1666 - europe collections/lots europe
1703/1858: Remainder 15 entire letters, incl. French Army Mail as 1707/08 AR.DE.FLANDRE, 1788/89 D'HOLLANDE (2), 1795 Fieldpost letter 'Feldlager bei WADO' (Genova) to Lichtenfels, Germany, further 1713 (March 22) letter from Amsterdam to Scottland, 1714/19 letters (2) from Cork, Ireland to Amsterdam as well as 1813 printed matter from Havanna, Cuba to Paris.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1667 - europe collections/lots europe
1909/90: Lot several hundred cards, covers and postal stationery items related to balloon events in various European countries, noteworthy Switzerland with Gordon Bennett Air Races incl. picture postcards, photographs and labels, covers from various balloon starts in Mürren, Austria with 'Kinderdorf Ballonpost' as well as some AUA first flight items and many more, mainly in good condition, housed in small boxes and albums and the whole packed...
Lot #1668 - europe collections/lots europe
1842/62: Remainder of Levant collection, 17 entire letters, incl. disinfected mail (3), 1842/43 letters (5) from Syros to Trieste (2) and from Paris to Smyrna (3), 1854 forwarded letters (2) from Patras (Greece) via Trieste to Amsterdam (2), LLOYD TRIESTE 'col Vap(ore) to Syros as well as 1862 (Sept. 30) entire letter from Syros back to Trieste showing black '28' taxmark on front (v.d.Linden 3180).
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Lot #1669 - europe collections/lots europe
1875/1975.: Lot with diff. country collections with better sets and values used/unused, incl. Luxemburg with 1882/1935 officials and telegraphs, a mint collection Vatican 1929/65 with the better sets as 1934 Provisionals, airmails, postage dues, parcels and express delivery stamps, unused collection German Reich 1934/45 with Wagner set and miniature sheets as OSTROPA, further unused part collections of Monaco 1875/1938 and Bosnia Herzegowina...
Lot #1670 - europe collections/lots europe
1900/70ca.: Large box with more than 2'000 picture postcards used/unused, mainly from European countries as Austria, France, Germany and ltaly, the majority small sized p.p.c.'s with street or city-views as well as some Artists and better Kitsch-cards.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #9574 - europe Liechtenstein
1911: Erster Entwurf von Prof. Koloman Moser und Ferdinand Schirmböck für die Herausgabe einer 2 Heller - Freimarke mit dem Bildnis von Fürst Johann, photographischer und auf 34 x 25 mm verkleinerter Abzug des Originalentwurfs, der dem Fürsten am 11. November 1911 vorgelegt und von diesem abgelehnt wurde. Rückseitige Papierreste, mit Falz auf Karton montiert. Eine absolute Rarität der Liechtenstein-Philatelie, eventuell unikal.rnBemerkung:...
Lot #9575 - europe Liechtenstein
1911: Erster Entwurf von Prof. Koloman Moser und Ferdinand Schirmböck für die Herausgabe einer 2 Heller - Freimarke mit dem Bildnis von Fürst Johann, lithographisch hergestelltes Vorlagestück in olivbrauner Farbe und gezähnt. Rückseitig Teile des Vorlagekartons, extrem selten, im Postmuseum befinden sich in olivbrauner Farbe nur ungezähnte Stücke.rnBemerkung: Lithographisch hergestelltes Essay des ersten Entwurfs, der am 11. November 1911 vom...
Lot #9576 - europe Liechtenstein
1911: Erster Entwurf von Prof. Koloman Moser und Ferdinand Schirmböck für die Herausgabe einer 2 Heller - Freimarke mit dem Bildnis von Fürst Johann, lithographisch hergestelltes Vorlagestück in blauer Farbe, gummiert und gezähnt. Rückseitig Reste des Vorlagekartons, extrem selten, im Postmuseum befinden sich Stücke in blauer Farbe.rnBemerkung: Lithographisch hergestelltes Essay des ersten Entwurfs, der am 11. November 1911 vom Fürsten...
Lot #9577 - europe Liechtenstein
1911: Zweiter Entwurf von Prof. Koloman Moser und Ferdinand Schirmböck für die Herausgabe einer 2 Heller - Freimarke mit dem Bildnis von Fürst Johann, Kombination aus photographischem Abzug eines Medaillons von Beyer mit dem aufgeklebten Rahmen des ersten Entwurfs von K. Moser. Rückseitig Falzreste, extrem selten, nur noch ein weiteres Stück im Postmuseum von Liechtenstein bekannt.rnBemerkung: Dieser zweite Entwurfs wurde mit Schreiben vom 16...
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