1885-88 '80 PARAS' opt QV GB 5d green. F-VF MNH appearance (regummed). SG 2 cat £225. (P)
Stamps & Covers Public Auction 352
By: Status International
Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 352
Status International - Sale 352 - July 19th, 2019.
Auction 352 has 3,483 lots, catering for all types of collectors & dealers - from bulk accumulations and intact collections to desirable single items. This auction offers a huge range of material, with special emphasis on lotting stamps to cater for collectors with varying types of interests and budgets. Items range from $30 to $200,000 so there's something for everybody. This auction offers strong representation of Australia & Colonies, strong British Empire material of all areas & periods, as well as General Foreign including small and large collections. There are over 300 lots of Australian Collections (Lots 87-398) and 600 lots of World collections (Lots 399-999). Following on there is almost 900 lots of Australia which consist of singles, sets and covers including Australian colonies (Lots 1078-1959). The Australian lots cover all periods, from the Kangaroo issues up to Decimal and contains numerous number of mint & used £1 & £2 top values. This auction includes the very rare 1936 KEVIII 2d red wmk Crown CofA UNISSUED due to his abdication. A full sheet was presented to the Governor of Victoria when he visited the printer. When the decision was made not to issue KEVIII stamps the Governor was asked by the printer to return the sheet which he did, with the exception of the blk of 6 removed from the LL cnr of the sheet, which he had sent to William, Baron Vestey in England, so the printer did not press the point. Vestey's grandson offered the blk of 6 in 2014 through Spinks London, where it sold for £240,000. A single was sold at a 2015 Melbourne auction for almost $173,000. Comes with copies of correspondence between the printer & the Governor regarding the return of the stamps. VF fresh MUH. A great rarity of Australian philately. (Lot 1209). There are over 1,500 lots of World stamps, covers and single country collections (Lots 1960-3483). Numerous other British Empire, European, The Americas and Asian rarities.
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Lot #2066 - World british levant
1887-96 QV GB opt set 40pa on 2½d-4Pi on 10d. VF MNH. SG 4-6 cat £84 for M, should be at least double, £168 MNH. (3) (P)
Lot #2067 - World british levant
1893 Constantinople Provisional '40 PARAS' h/s on ½d vermilion (2) tied by 'British PO FE 28 93 'Stamboul' cds on Registered cover to Paris with 'Paris 4 MAR 93 Etranger' arrival b/s. VF. SG 7 cat £200 as loose singles & 'from x3' on cover. Rare & unusual usage to foreign destination. Holcombe photo-opinion. (P)
Lot #2068 - World british levant
1893 Constantinople Provisional '40 PARAS' h/s on ½d vermilion, error opt partly DOUBLE with '40' fully double & 'PARAS' partially double, tied by oval barred 'C' pmk (for Constantinople) on First Day of Issue cover to England with 'British PO FE 25 93 Constantinople' & 'Middlesbrough 5 MR 2 93' arrival b/s. VF. SG 7 cat £300+ on cover, plus premium for FDC & for unlisted double opt! Holcombe photo-opinion. (P)
Lot #2069 - World british levant
1902-05 '4 PIASTRES' opt KEVII 10d dull purple & red, opt SPECIMEN. VF fresh M. SG 10s.
Lot #2070 - World british levant
1906 Beirut Provisional KEVII 1Pi/2d. F-VF MNH, never hinged original gum, evenly sl tropicalized. SG 15 cat £1500 for M, should be at least double, £3000 MNH. Any genuine examples are rare, only 600 printed & majority used, while this is the 2nd MNH example we have ever offerred - previous one we had sold for $4400 in auction 348. 1979 RPSL photo cert, while diff new cert can be obtained on request. (P)
Lot #2071 - World british levant
1909 '5 PIASTRES' opt KEVII 1/- dull green & carmine opt SPECIMEN. VFM, gum sl disturbed. SG 21s cat £80. (P)
Lot #2072 - World british levant
1916 Salonica Provisional 'Levant' opt GB KGV set ½d to 1/-, issued at British FPO Salonica (now Thessaloniki, Greece). VF fresh MLH/MNH, with 3 vals inc 1/- MNH. SG S1-8 cat £1400+ plus premium for the MNH stamps. Rare genuine in premium qaulity, with only 360 sets printed. Exp, plus Alberto Diena photo cert. (8). (P)
Lot #2073 - World british levant
1916 Salonika Provisional 'Levant' opt KGV GB ½d green, variety opt DOUBLE (one albino, inverted & reversed), issued at British FPO Salonica (now Thessalonika, Greece). VF fresh MNH. SG S1(var) footnote cat £88 for M, should be at least double, £176 MNH. BPA photo cert. (P)
Lot #2074 - World british levant
1916 Salonika Provisional 'Levant' opt KGV GB 1d scarlet, variety opt DOUBLE (one albino, inverted), issued at British FPO Salonica (now Thessalonika, Greece). VF fresh MLH. SG S2(var) footnote cat £88. Only 1446 of the normal shape issued. Exp Champion. (P)
Lot #2075 - World british levant
1916 Salonika Provisional 'Levant' opt KGV GB 3d bluish-violet, vert pr variety stamp very heavily inked so appears like a double, issued at British FPO Salonica (now Thessalonika, Greece). F-VF UN. SG S4/S4(var) cat £320+. Only 620 issued in total, probably only 1 row of 12 of this variety existed. BPA cert. Ex Marquis de Bute. (P)
Lot #2076 - World british levant
1916 Salonica Provisional 'Levant' opt KGV GB 3d bluish violet, vert pr top stamp variety very heavily inked opt so appears like a double. F-VF U, on piece with 'Field Post Office 13 2 MR 16 GX' cds. SG S4(var) cat £950++ as normals & variety should be at least double, so £1900+. Only 620 issued in total & very few used, while of this variety probably only a row of 12 existed & this U pr is probably unique as such. Ex Marquis de...
Lot #2077 - World british levant
1916 Salonika Provisional 'Levant' opt KGV GB 6d reddish-purple, issued at British FPO Salonica (now Thessalonika, Greece). Superb fresh MNH. SG S6 cat £110 for M, should be at least double, £220 MNH. (P)
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Status International from Sydney, Australia is holding 4 - 6 auctions a year of Philatelic & Numismatic items. The emphasis is on Australian and area material as well as All World stamps,... Read More