1860/1980: Big lot with several thousand stamps used/unused or in mint condition, covering a wide array of countires in Europe and all around the world, mainly small values and sets but inbetween also better items may be found by careful inspection, housed in a large number of stockbooks of various sizes, on large and small stockcards and on album pages, the whole neatly arranged in a large removal box.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE &...
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.
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1860/1980: Large accumulation several thousand stamps used/unused or in mint condition covering a wide array of countries all over the world, mainly small values and sets, plenty of duplicats, full sheets of Russia, few better items GB and Colonies etc, careful inspection is recommended, housed in total 23 albums and stockbooks of various sizes and on isolated album pages, the whole neatly arranged in a large removal box.
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Lot #1701 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1900/80: Lot several thousand stamps used/unused or in mint condition, incl. Switzerland with some valid postage since 1960/64, Austria, France, Germany, Liechtenstein and some more, mainly small values, full sets, plenty of duplicats, in addition a bunch of modern FDC's, cards, stationeries and other products by the new issues department, good to mixed quality, housed in 14 albums and stockbooks, in three KOBRA boxes and in a small box,...
Lot #1702 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1855/1945: Lot hundreds stamps used/unused incl. Albania, Germany, USa, British Colonies, Denmark, Japan, Italian States, Greece.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1703 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1850/1980: Lot several thousand stamps used/unused covering a wide array of countries all over the world, noteworthy among others are Germany and related aereas GB and Colonies, Portugal and Colonies, Russia, Spain, China, Japan, Persia etc. The lot also includes plenty of topics as Birds, Dinosaurs, Fish, John F. Kennedy, Walt Disney and many mores, mainly in good condition and housed in total 12 stockbooks, all arranged in a large removal...
Lot #1704 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
World paper money collection in mixed condition, about 1000 bank notes incl. China and South-east Asia, Asia in general, South America, African states, Russia and Estern Europe, housed in 11 albums.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1705 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1854/1919: Lot 17 better cards and covers from France, Italian Colonies, Romania, Turkey, Brazil and Irak as well as a horiz. pair of Peru (Scott No. 8), a small piece German Colonies Kiautschou 1½ $ (Mi Nr. 26A) and a piece Lombardo-Veneto, bearing five copies 30 Cts. of 1854, (Sassone Nr. 21) housed in a small box.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1706 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1850/1950: A very miscellaneous selection with several hundred stamps from all over the world, incl. few better items, noteworthy Denmark, Brit. Colonies, Persia etc., with plenty of revenues, Suez Canal Company forgeries and other funny items, in very mixed condition, this lot needs careful inspection, arranged in a stockbook.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1707 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1850/1950: Oldtime Yvert Album Europe, Asia, Oceania and South America, including mainly part sets and smaller values used/unused from Albania to Yugoslavia with better Eastern European Countries as Baltic States, Poland, Romania and Serbia, Asia with Burma, China 1885/88 small Dragons, Neth. Indies, Persia and 1911 Chinese P.O. used in Tibet part set of eigth up to 12 a. on 50 c., as well as Americas from Chile to Venezuela. Fine collection...
Lot #1708 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1900/80ca.: All World Commercial Mail, many hundred cards/envelopes with some interesting usages and some better picture postcards.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1709 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1880/1980: Small selection with 95 covers, cards, picture postcards and postal stationery items from various countries all over the world, noteworthy Austria, CSSR, Germany and related aereas, Italy, Russia etc., mainly business or private mail and mostly somewaht affected by humidity, in addition two small approval booklets, housed in a small box.,
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1710 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1980/90ca.: Archive lot, several hundred covers, all sent to UNHCR 'Refugees Magazine' in Geneva, Switzerland, incoming from all over the World.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1711 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1950/2000: Small modern selection with appr. 200 cards, covers and postal stationery items carried by helicopters, countries incl. among others are Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland and USA, good condition and housed in a small box.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1712 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1950/2000: The mainly modern selection with appr. 200 covers, cards, picture postcards and postal stationery items related to civil and military naval operations, showing special cancellations, SS Gorch Fock cruising plans etc., inbetween a few loose stamps as well as some items pre 1950 can be found, good condition and housed in a small box.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1713 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1950/2000: Lot few hundred aereograms used and unused covering a wide array of countries all over the world, noteworthy among others are Austria, GB, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Gulf States, Israel and USA, in good condition and housed in a small box.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1714 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1740/1860: History Lot, incl. lettersheet written by Duke of Wellington dated 20.1.1830, pre-printed certificate of appointment during the reign of Queen Victoria, signed 'George', some pre-stamp covers from Papal State as well as various printed circulars from Austria issued within 1770/1810 within the reign of Maria Theresia and Austrian Emperor Franz II.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1715 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1890/1960: Family archive containing some cards and covers, plenty of private photgraphs, documents, business cards, guestbooks from various events with a large number of signatures, an invitation on the occasion of the Coronation of King George VI in the British Embassy in Rome, plenty of docments related to the clerical and papal environments in Rome and more, good to mixed condition and housed in various albums and in small boxes, the...
Lot #1716 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1900/80ca.: Coverlot 220+items, mainly commercially used, including small private correspondence from all over the World to Davos (CH), Swiss airmails with some special flights, three Zeppelin items as 1929 Orientflight , 1930 Flight to Bonn and 1931 Netherland acceptance to the Egyptflight, further PRC 1963 'Children' part set of seven values 4f. to 8f. used on cover from the Swiss Embassy in Beijing to Switzerland.
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Lot #1717 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1927/86: Crash-Mail, group of 17 cards/covers, incl. twelve crash covers (1932-86) with special cachets listed in Nierinck, further two ppc. showing crashed airplanes as well as as three items damaged by Swiss postal service with attached postal notes Nierinck = CHF 2'200.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1718 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
Large box with Numis covers worldwide incl. several silver coins and bullion coins realted to the Airmaol topic.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1719 - picture cards picture postcards of the world
1900/30: Small box 400 picture postcards used/unused including some better views, also from non-European destinations.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1720 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1880/1960: Lot some hundred covers, cards, picture postcards and postal stationery items from various countries all around the world, noteworthy Austria, Germany and related aereas, Greece, Italy, Persia, Uruguay, USA and some others, mainly business or daily mail in good condition, partly censored, in addition few documents and old shares (non-valeurs), all arranged in a box.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1721 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1880/1970: Lot several hundred covers, cards, picture postcards and postal stationery items representing a large number of countries all over the world, noteworthy among others Austrian Levant, Germany and related aeres, Italy, Malysia and many more, mainly business or daily mail and partly censored, inbetween also a few other documents, in very good condition and housed in a box.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1722 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1900/50: Lot 55 airmail covers, cards, picture postcards and postal stationery items with some overseas usages from France, French Maroc, Italy, Latvia, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay (3), South and South West Africa, Newfoundland, Guatemala and San Salvador to Belgium, USA and some others, mainly business or commercial mail with one crash cover of Bondy (France) Nierinck 290219a.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Lot #1723 - worldwide collections/lots worldwide
1764: Balance of the 'Square Rigged Sailing Ships' Exhibit collection with 1764 entire from London to Madeira by Ship's captain (Newton Gordon correspondence), 1853 cover from Gibraltar to Cadiz with "Joseph D Natale / Gibraltar / Ship Broker' cachet in black, China with 1895 Kewkiang ½ c. card unused, British Guiana 1901 5 c. stationery envelope with additional 2 x 2 c. registered to Davos, 1908 4 c. registered stationery envelope up-rated...
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