"1d." Surcharges 1881 (May 19): 1 d. on 5 s. green, surcharge Types 3a, b, c, d and f; with Type a unused and used, the balance all unused, largely fresh and fine, part or large part og. A scarce group and a fine reference Gi = £ 650.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
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 #6209 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
Lot #6210 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
"1d." Surcharges 1882c.: Second, later Setting, 1 d. on 5 s. green, the remarkable unused pane of 60 from the left pane of the sheet, showing surcharges Type 3b (22 examples), Type 3c (5), Type 3d (30) and Type 3e (3); of outstanding freshness and vivid colour, the top nine stamps in the last column and the penultimate stamp at base all showing the 'break in bar' variety, the block incompletely separated between sixth and seventh rows and...
Lot #6211 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
"1d." Surcharges 1881 (May 19): 1 d. on 5 s. green, surcharge Types 3d and e; an unused horizontal pair of good colour and large part og. Scarce and very fine, Type 3e is only represented four times per sheet of 240 subjects Gi = £ 640+.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6212 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
"1d." Surcharges 1882c.: Third, later Setting, 1 d. on 5 s. green, surcharge Type 3f, an unused block of twelve (4 x 3), positions 45-48/51-54/57-60, showing the raised stops on eight stamps and broken Bar on positions 46 and 58. Fresh and fine colour, minor gum wrinkle, large part or unmounted og. A scarce and most attractive multiple, believed to be largest known block from the Third Setting Gi = £ 1'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Tobias...
Lot #6213 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
"½d." Surcharges 1882 (Aug): ½ d. on 5 s. green, an unused horizontal pair, left hand stamp variety: "Surcharge Inverted", fresh and very fine, large part og. A rare multiple, it is intersting to note that both the 'Bloemfontein' and 'Tobias' collections had no example of this error. Cert. BPA (1987) Gi = £ 1'325+.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6214 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
"3d. Surcharges" 1882: 3 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, Surcharge Types 5b and d, an unused block of four, upper pair Type b, lower pair Type d, superb and fresh, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. A scarce multiple Gi = £ 360+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Bloemfontein', Argyll Etkin, London, 1 Dec 1999, lot 89.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6215 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
"3d. Surcharges" 1882: 3 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, Surcharge Types 5a and d, an unused block of four, upper pair Type d, lower pair Type a, fresh colour, unobtrusive crease across lower pair, large part og. A scarce multiple Gi = £ 360+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Bloemfontein', Argyll Etkin, London, 1 Dec 1999, lot 88.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6216 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
"3d. Surcharges" 1882: 3 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, Surcharge Type 5e, used example with variety: "Surcharge Double", a few imperfections with ironed bend and tone spot on perf. but the cancellation leaving the variety clear. An extremely rare stamp. Signed W. Houtzamer, W.T.Wilson. Cert. BPA (2019) Gi = £ 2'750.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6217 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
1882: 2 d. mauve, an unused interpanneau corner block of four, perforated 12 horizontally x imperforate vertically (issued as perf. 14), from lower left of the lower right pane, from the sheet discovered by Robson Lowe in the De La Rue archive, fine unmounted og. A rare and splendid multiple.rnrnNote: The block represents four of the 60 stamps possible perforated 12 x imperforate. See the attached article / offer brochure from 'The...
Lot #6218 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
"1d Surcharges" 1890 (Dec): First Setting 1 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, surcharge Types 7a and c, a used horizontal pair showing the left hand stamp with Roman "I" for "1", this found just once on the sheet of 240 from the First Setting only, lightly cancelled by Bloemfontein squared circle datestamp (Feb 3, 1891). An extremely rare multiple Gi = £ 600+.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6219 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
"Large ½d Surcharges" 1896 (Sept): ½ d. on 3 d. ultramarine, the complete upper half of the sheet with two panes of 60 folded through the central interpanneau margin, showing all the Surcharge Types, and the upper left pane showing "Surcharge Double" varieties on positions 1, 6, 13, 19, 49, 50, 55, 56. A few mostly marginal imperfections but a remarkable multiple.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6220 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
1897: Unissued 6 d. blue, perforated 14, (presumably) the De La Rue archive sheet, with two horizontal complete panes of 60 from the lower half of the sheet, showing the perforation 14 slipping downwards and to left (perforations go through 'Vrij' at top and touch the Plate Number "1" in lower margin on left pane and below 'Vrij' on the right pane), handstamped in the De La Rue format "30 OCT 96" in blue at base and countersigned in ink in...
Lot #6221 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): ½ d. on ½ d. orange, an unused example, variety "Surcharge Double", fresh and fine, large part og. Signed A. Diena. Cert. RPSL (1965) Gi = £ 180.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6222 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): ½ d. on ½ d. orange, an unused vertical pair from right pane, positions 49/55, the overprint misplaced and leaving top stamp with transposed overprint and lower stamp missing "V.R.I.". Fine and unusual pair with large part og. Cert. RPSL (1954) Gi = unlisted.rnrn
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6223 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. deep brown of 1868, so-called 'error of colour', a fine unused example, two tiny gum bends not affecting appearance, large part og. A rare stamp. Cert. RPSL (1981) Gi = £ 600.rnrnProvenance: Collection Henry A. Pattiz.rnrnNote: The National Bank of South Africa returned approximately 50 of the 1 d. brown and 100 of 1868/94 1 s. orange-yellow for overprinting after the Occupation of...
Lot #6224 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. deep brown of 1868, the so-called 'error of colour', an unused vertical pair of excellent colour, fresh and very fine, large part or unmounted og. Perforations a bit weak between the pair but an extremely rare stamp in a multiple. Cert. RPSL (1953), BPA (1993) Gi = £ 1'200.rnrnProvenance: Ritchie Bodily, April 1953.rn Spink, London, 5 April 2006, lot 756.rnrnNote:...
Lot #6225 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. purple, an unused example of good colour, one nibbed perf., variety "I and stop after R omitted", position 9, fine large part og., with normal for comparison Gi = £ 275.rn
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6226 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. purple, a used vertical pair on small piece, positions 2/8, lower stamp variety "I and stop after R omitted", neatly cancelled by 'Bloemfontein' cds's (March 31, 1900). Scarce Gi = £ 275.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6227 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. purple, a used block of four with overprint misplaced, leaving upper pair with variety "Value Omitted" and lower pair with overprint transposed, neatly cancelled by Bloemfontein cds's in black Gi = £ 200+.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6228 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. purple, an unused vertical pair, lower stamp with variety "Surcharge Omitted", fresh and fine appearance, toned on reverse on large part og. Rare Gi = £ 550.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6229 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 2 d. on 2 d. bright mauve, an unused example with variety "No Stop after I", fresh and very fine, large part og. Gi = £ 325.rnrnProvenance: Collection John Cheminais, Spink, London, 12 April 2007, lot 1610.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6230 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 3 d. on 3 d. ultramarine, an unused horizontal strip of three, marginal from base of sheet, variety "Albino Inverted V.R.I. Overprint on Reverse" clearly apparent, fresh and fine, large part og. A most unsuual strip.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6231 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 6 d. on 6 d. bright carmine, a used block of six (3 x 2), of good fresh colour, neatly cancelled by Bloemfontein cds's (May 7, 1900). A most attractive multiple Gi = £ 240+.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6232 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 6 d. on 6 d. bright carmine, an unused horizontal pair of good colour, positions 41-42, left hand stamp with variety "6 Omitted", minor adherence on the normal stamp, the variety large part og. Cert. RPSL (1976) Gi = £ 345.rnrnProvenance: Collection A.G.M. Batten.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa
Lot #6233 - brit. colonies Orange Freestate
V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 s. on 1 s. brown, an unused horizontal pair, of fresh colour, positions 23-24, right hand stamp with variety "1 of 1s. Omitted", fresh and fine, large part og., together with the a used example from position 24 with the error corrected and "1 inserted", a lightly cancelled used example - this being the stamp discovered in 1965 that led to the SG listing. Very rare. Certs. BPA (2019) Gi = £ 1'150....
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