Papua (British New Guinea) 1888 (Sept. 22): Cover from Granville - Port Moresby to Surbiton Surrey bearing Queensland 4 d. yellow, creased before being affixed, tied by superb strike of scarce "N.G." obliterator (Lee fig. 2, rated 'D'), very fine strike of the rare "GRANVILLE SP 2. 88 B.N.G." cds (Lee fig. 4, rated 'F') alongside, second day slug omitted, reverse with "COOKTOWN SP 25 88 QUEENSLAND" and "KINGSTON - ON - THAMES NO 27 88"...
Day 3 - Great Britain, British Colonies, Pre-Union South Africa - the Besançon Collection (Part Ii)
By: Corinphila Auction AG
Corinphila Auction AG Day 3 - Great Britain, British Colonies, Pre-Union South Africa - the Besançon Collection (Part Ii)
wide range of classic material awaits you in five catalogues: Starting with the first part of the ERIVAN Collections Classic Switzerland and Zeppelin Mail, going on with the second part of the Brian Moorhouse Estate of Latin America, over to the second part of the Besançon Collection of Pre-Union South Africa including Mafeking Siège Stamps, Vryburg, Griqualand, Natal, Orange Free States and Transvaal. In the Swiss Catalogue (249) we offer the fifth part of the Jack Luder Collection of Swiss Cantonal and Federal stamps, each item in the collection being of excellent quality. Also the 'philately from around the world' material in our Europe & Worldwide catalogue (244) is of excellent quality including a special collection of European Transit Mail to 1800, a fine part of Austria and Austrian Levant, special collection of Papal State and the German part includes a special collection of Heligoland. Further a fine range of Great Britain and Colonies with Cyprus, Gibraltar, Iraq, Long Island, Papua and Papua New Guinea.
Tuesday Dec. 3, 2019 |
Catalogue 244 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS |
11.00 h |
Lot 1 - 226 |
ASIA - AFRICA - AMERICAS |
Catalogue 245 |
SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA - The Brian Moorhouse Estate (part II) |
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12.30 h | Lot 4001-4788 |
Argentine to Venezuela |
Wednesday Dec. 4, 2019 | Catalogue 244 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS |
09.00 h |
Lot 227 - 370 |
Europe Transit Mail to 1800 |
Lot 371 - 552 |
EUROPE A-I: Belgium to Iceland |
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11.30 h | Lot 553 - 795 |
EUROPE I-N: Italy incl. special collection of Papal States |
14.00 h | Lot 796 - 1361 |
EUROPE O: Österreich & Lombardei-Venetien, Zeitungsmarken, II. Republik AUSTRIAN LEVANT |
17.30 h | Lot 1362- 1544 |
EUROPE P - Y: Poland toYugoslavia |
Thursday Dec. 5, 2019 |
Catalogue 244 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS |
09.00 h | Lot 1545 - 1758B |
GREAT BRITAIN |
10.30 h |
Lot 1759 - 2333 |
BRITISH COLONIES incl. New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Cyprus, Egypt, Gibraltar, Iraq, Long Island |
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Catalogue 247 |
PRE-UNION SOUTH AFRICA - The Besançon Collection (part II) |
15.30 |
Lot 6001 - 6431 |
Mafeking Siège Stamps, Vryburg, Griqualand West, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal |
Friday Dec. 6, 2019 |
Catalogue 244 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS |
09.00 h | Lot 2334 - 2525 |
EUROPE: Germany, incl. Heligoland, All World collections |
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Katalog 246 |
ZEPPELIN-MAIL, Die Sammlung ERIVAN (part I) |
10.30 h |
Lot 5001 - 5213 |
Zeppelin- und Vertragsstaatenpost |
Katalog 249 |
SCHWEIZ & LIECHTENSTEIN | |
13.00 h |
Lot 8001 - 8416 |
SCHWEIZ ab 1907, inkl. Flugpost Schweiz und Liechtenstein, SOLDATENMARKEN, inkl. Sammlung Karlheinz Brunner (Teil 5) |
16.00 h |
Lot 8417 - 8626 |
SCHWEIZ Sammlungen und Posten, inkl. Altschweiz, Rayons |
Catalogue 244 |
EUROPE & OVERSEAS |
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18.00 h |
Lot 2526 - 2596 |
All World Collections & Accumulations |
Saturday Dec. 7, 2019 |
Katalog 248 |
SCHWEIZ - Die Sammlung ERIVAN (Teil 1) |
10.00 h |
Lot 7001 - 7045 | |
Katalog 249 |
Die Sammlung JACK LUDER (Teil 5) | |
Lot 7101 - 7248 |
Kantonal- und Bundesmarken 1843 - 1863 |
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Katalog 249 |
SCHWEIZ & LIECHTENSTEIN |
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13.00 h | Lot 7249 - 7516 |
Vorphilatelie, Kantonalmarken, Rayonmarken, sitz. Helvetia bis UPU und stehende Helvetia |
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Lot #1829 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1905: Lakatoi first issue 2 s. 6 d. black & brown in unused left marginal block of four, fresh and fine with original gum. A scarce multiple, cert. Ceremuga (2005).
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1830 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1901/05: Lakatoi 4 d. black & sepia, wmk. vertical, perf. 14, a used example with variety "Deformed "d" in 4d." at left (Row 4/Stamp 3), somewhat heavily cancelled by BNG barred obliterator in black. A rare stamp Gi = £ 800.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1831 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1901/05: Lakatoi 4 d. black & sepia, wmk. vertical on thin paper, comb perf., a lower left corner block of 4, the right-hand stamps showing a curving plate scratch from below 'T' of 'BRITISH' on upper stamp to above '4' at right of lower stamp, a fresh multiple with unmounted og., especially desirable with this major flaw Gi = £ 1'400+ for unused.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1832 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1905: Lakatoi 6 d. black & myrtle green, wmk. vertical on thin paper, comb perf., the upper left corner block of 4, all stamps fresh and very fine with superb og. A rare multiple.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1833 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1905: 2 s. 6 d. black & brown, vertical wmk., thin paper, comb perf. 14, a superb well centred used example, cancelled by central 'Port Moresby / British New Guinea' cds (Oct 10, 1906) in black. A very rare stamp Gi = £ 1'400.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1834 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1906 (Nov): 1 s. black & orange, vertical wmk., medium paper, line perf. 14, a superb well centred used example, cancelled by central 'Port Moresby / British New Guinea' cds (Dec 7, 1907) in black. A very rare stamp. Cert. Sismondo (2013) Gi = £ 1'400.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1835 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1907 (May-June): 2½ d. black & blue, wmk. horizontal, thick paper, line perf., a superb used example with variety "thin d" in 2½d." at left (Row 4/Stamp 2), lightly cancelled by 'Port Moresby / Papua' cds (July 29, 1908) in black. An exceptional example of a rare stamp Gi = £ 850.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1836 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1907 (May-June): 4 d. black & sepia, wmk. vertical, thin paper, a superb used example with variety "Deformed "d" in 4d." at left (Row 4/Stamp 3), lightly cancelled by 'Port Moresby / Papua' cds (May 28, 1908) in black. An exceptional example of a rare stamp - just 171 examples can exist Gi = £ 850.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1837 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1907 (May-June): Lakatoi 1 s. black & orange, overprinted small 'Papua' in black, wmk. vertical, line perf. 14 on thick paper, the upper left corner block of twelve (3 x 4) with crntre guides and varieties: position 16 showing 'Inverted 'd' for second 'p' in 'Papua' overprint, position 17 with 'dropped 'pua.'. A fine and fresh multiple with brilliant original gum, trace of hinging on one stamp only, otherwise unmounted og. A desirable and...
Lot #1838 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1909/10: Small Papua 4 d. black & sepia, wmk. sideways, perf. 11, a used block of four with fourth stamp showing variety "Deformed 'd' in 2d." at left (Row 4/Stamp 3), lightly cancelled at Port Moresby in black with part blue cds at upper right of the block. An attractive positional multiple Gi = £ 200+.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1839 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1909/10: Small Papua, 2½ d. black & dull blue, wmk. sideways, perf. 12½, a fine used example with variety 'Thin ''d' in 2½ d.' at left, lightly cancelled in black leaving the variety clear. Scarce Gi = £ 300.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1840 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
Papua plate proof 1916: 10 s. green & dull blue perf. 14, a left marginal example on unwatermarked and ungummed wove paper. Very fine and scarce.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1841 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1929/30: Lakatoi Airmail 3 d. black & bright blue-green, Ash printing, a fine unused upper left corner block of four from pos. 1-2 & 6-7 showing 'rift in sky' variety in the upper pair and double AIRMAIL ovpt, one of them albino, 2 mm above the regular one in the lower pair. A fresh multiple in unmounted og. condition. Cert. Ceremuga (2019) Gi = £ 5'000 for a hinged multiple.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1842 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1930 (Sept 15): Airmail 1 s. sepia & olive, overprint in the rare deep carmine-lake shade, a fine unused block of four from pos. 11-12 & 16-17 showing varieties: 'AI,R' comma in pos. 11 and 'AI.R' dot in pos. 12. A fresh and very fine multiple of this ovpt rarity as only a small first part of the printing were overprinted in the deep carmine-lake shade instead of the normal carmine one, the varieties occured only in this printing and...
Lot #1843 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1930 (Sept 15): Airmail 1 s. sepia & olive, overprint in the rare deep carmine-lake shade, bottom right stamp with 'tail flaw' variety, a fine unused block of six from pos. 32-34 & 37-39 with lower sheet margin showing imprint 'T. S. HARRISON, AUSTRALIAN NOTE AND STAMP PRINTER'. An Airmail rarity as only a small first part of the printing were overprinted in the deep carmine-lake shade instead of the normal carmine one, a fine...
Lot #1844 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1908/10: Lakatoi Small Papua 2½ d. black & dull blue, perf 11 wmk. horizontal, perf. 'O S ', a right marginal example showing variety: imperforate between stamp and margin, cancelled by "PORT MORESBY / PAPUA / 24 AU 10" cds. A fresh and very fine stamp, all known examples with this imperforate right variety are cancelled in Port Moresby. Extremely rare as only three error sheets believed to have existed, thus 18 error stamps only, cert....
Lot #1845 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1908/10: Lakatoi 'small PAPUA', line perf. 11, watermark horizontal, 4 d. black & sepia in a hor. pair showing the perforation 'O S' only on the left stamp, fresh and fine, only the official stamp cancelled by "PORT MORESBY / PAPUA" cds as usual, the right not perforated stamp with inappropriate later addition of an "...AUR..." cds.. Cert. Ceremuga (2019) Gi = unlisted combination.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1846 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1908/10: Lakatoi 'small PAPUA', line perf. 12½, watermark sideways, 6 d. black & myrtle green, perforated 'O S', fresh colour, cancelled by "PORT MORESBY / PAPUA / 26 NOV 09" cds. One nibbed tooth but a very rare stamps, cert. Ceremuga (2019) Gi = £ 1'400.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1847 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1910/11: Large Papua Official 2 s. 6 d. black & brown, wmk. vertical, perf. 12½, a used vertical pair, perforated "OS", the lower stamp with "OS" inverted, each cancelled by 'Port Moresby / Papua' cds (Aug 23, 1911) in black. Slightly bluented perforations at base do not detract, unlisted by Stanley Gibbons and very rare. Cert. Ceremuga (2013).
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1848 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1901/05: Lakatoi, first issue, wmk. horizontal, thick paper, line perf. 14, the used collection on leaves with complete set incl. 2½ d. on thin paper and an example with 'thin 'd' at left, rare 2½ d. black & dull blue, 4 d. black & sepia with deformed 'd' at left, and very fine 2 s. 6 d. black & brown; also a fine used example of Oct 1908 Official 2 s. 6 d. A scarce and generally fine collection (13 items) Gi = £ 2'000+.
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Lot #1849 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1901/05: Lakatoi, first issue, wmk. vertical, medium to thick paper, line/comb perf. 14, the used collection on leaves with ½ d. on both papers, fine 4 d. black & sepia with 'Registered / Samarai' handstamp, 6 d. black & myrtle used with 'Samarai' datestamp and 1 s. black & orange used at Port Moresby (9 items) Gi = £ 320+.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1850 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1906 (Nov 8): Lakatoi optd. large Papua, the small used collection on leaves with horizontal wmk. 4 d, 6 d., 1 s. and superb 2 s. 6 d., wmk. vertical wmk. with values to 6 d. black & myrtle incl. 2 d. black & violet cancelled by rare "Bonagai" circular datestamp (Feb 4, 1908). A scarce and generally fine group Gi = £ 725+.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1851 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1907 (May-June): Lakatoi optd. small Papua in Brisbane, the small used collection on leaves with horizontal wmk. ½ d., 2½ d. black & ultramarine used in daruand further example in dull blue, 1 s. black & orange and 2 s. 6 d. fine used, a scarce group (5 items) Gi = £ 1'000.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
Lot #1852 - brit. colonies papua new guinea
1907 (May-June): Lakatoi optd. small Papua in Brisbane, the small used collection on leaves with vertical wmk., the set of eight values complete to 2 s. 6 d. black & brown with additional 1 s. black & orange on thin paper (comb perf.), fresh and fine with some cancellation interest (9 items) Gi = £ 375+.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas
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