Afghanistan - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 07001 - Afghanistan - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 58th AUCTION - Day 3Afghanistan: 1871/73, 1 Shahi tigers head (13) cancelled by tearing off, all gen 1871/73, 1 Shahi tigers head (13) cancelled by tearing off, all genuine, seven are plated on reverse. Condition: o (used)/on piece Catalog number(s): 1, 6, 7 Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 58th AUCTION - Day 3Afghanistan |
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 Lot 07002 - Afghanistan - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 58th AUCTION - Day 3Afghanistan: 1890, 1 Abasi reddish lilac cut square margins canc. ink-cross on r 1890, 1 Abasi reddish lilac cut square margins canc. ink-cross on reverse of cover Kabul to Peshavar; also cut to shape on revese of cover. Condition: Cover/on piece Catalog number(s): 118 Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 58th AUCTION - Day 3Afghanistan |
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Lot 267 - Afghanistan 1880-1985 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 92A small mint & used collection on four Prinz 6 or 7 strip stock pages.Odd early imperfs, then a general range of mainly odd values, not much after early 1960's, then back-of-the-book with odd Newspaper stamps, fiscals & others. Needs developing. Seldom o {MX} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £32.00) UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Afghanistan 1880-1985 |
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 Lot 3370 - Overseas Afghanistan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 61871-1893: Album page with 18 tiger heads from various issues, used and unused and 24 rectangular stamps 1892-93, additionally one cover 1 Ab issue 1893 some adhesives questionable. Sold tel quel. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 7Overseas Afghanistan |
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 Lot 3366 - Overseas Afghanistan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 6First Afghan War 1841 (Aug. 5): Second page of an entire letter, written by General Elphinston presumably from the camp outside Kabul, sent to Regents Park, London, there put in Poste Restante, on reverse with light strike of the rare intaglio "AFGHANISTAN / PAID" handstamp (Robson Lowe Asia HS1) in brownish red, dated in manuscript rather indistinctly, on obverse clear oval INDIA handstamp in red, reverse with London arrival datestamp (Oct. 8, 1841). The cover was first charged "2 / 8", this due later on excised as the INDIA and the AFGHANISTAN handstamp indicate payment of postage, the letter bears a handwritten date "5th August 1841". A rare cover that opens well for Exhibit display. Signed Todd AIEP.rnrnNote The British attempted twice to establish a cooperative government in Afghanistan under Shah Soojah. During the First Afghan War they occupied Kabul twice, first in August 1841 and after their disastrous withdrawal in November 1841 again in 1842. Although no place of despatch is given here, this cover was therefore sent two days before British forces entered Kabul on August 7, 1842.rnProvenance: The Afghanistan - Horst Dietrich Grand Prix Collection”, David Feldman sale (Nov. 2003), lot 10020. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 7Overseas Afghanistan |
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 Lot 3367 - Overseas Afghanistan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 6First Afghan War 1842 (Oct. 5/6): Entire letter no. 106 from to correspondence of Capt. William Riddell serving as Deputy Paymaster with General Pollock's Force, at that time in Kabul, to his wife in Indore, on reverse with nearly clear strike of the rare intaglio "AFGHANISTAN / Bearing" handstamp (Robson Lowe Asia HS3) in black, dated in manuscript "6 Oct. 42", making its way with the postage-free Fieldpost via Peshawar to FEROZEPORE, an indistinct handstamp (Oct 21, 42) struck on reverse, rated "5 as." to Indore. Rare strike that displays well. Signed Todd AIEP.rnrnNote: Riddell's second last letter from Kabul, his complete correspondence of 148 letters was studied in "The Afghan Campaign 1841-43 - The Letters Of Captain William Riddell" by Peter Collins (1973), large parts of this correspondence had been in the collection of Major Adrian Hopkins, offered in auction in 1988 (Christie's sale 8205, lot 3307).rnProvenance: The "Afghanistan - Horst Dietrich Grand Prix Collection”, DF sale (Nov. 2003), lot 10028. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 7Overseas Afghanistan |
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 Lot 3368 - Overseas Afghanistan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 61872 (DEC): Combination cover from Mooltan franked by Afghan 1871/72 (dated 1288) Sanar black with slight manuscript cross and clipped at base, with India 1865 HALF ANNA pale blue, lightly tied at left.rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 137, 5-8 April 2006, lot 1886. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 7Overseas Afghanistan |
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 Lot 3369 - Overseas Afghanistan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 61877/78: Issued at Jalalabad, the full composite sheet of 40 subjects, issued in yellow with 25 shahi values (four with full date), 8 Sanar values, 3 Abasi types and two of each for the ½ and 1 rupee values, printed on medium white laid paper. Stuck down to backing paper at corners, otherwise generally fine, unused as issued, a scarce full sheet Gi = £ 400++. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 7Overseas Afghanistan |
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 Lot 07020 - Afghanistan - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 57th AUCTION - Day 4Afghanistan: 1909/1927 ca.: 10 covers with various frankings to India, one on so 1909/1927 ca.: 10 covers with various frankings to India, one on southern route via Quetta, others on northern route Landikhana-Peshawar, several with postage due and "unpaid", and one to Peshawar franked by pair of 1sh. fiscal stamp (with Landikhana 2a. postage due). In addition five part covers resp. pieces, one franked small tiger head, plus 1925 '7th Independence day' 10p. in used block of four. Condition: Cover/on piece/o (used) Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 57th AUCTION - Day 4Afghanistan |
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 Lot 07018 - Afghanistan - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 57th AUCTION - Day 4Afghanistan: 1898/1946-1970 "AFGHANISTAN ARCHIVE": Comprehensive stock of thousa 1898/1946-1970 "AFGHANISTAN ARCHIVE": Comprehensive stock of thousands of complete sheets, part sheets, large multiples and few single of 1946-1970 stamps + back of the book issues in about 60 folders, with a lot of sheets of better values like 1950 King Sahir Sheikh, 1952 Ibn Sina with overprints (several sheets of both values), 1955 and 1957 Red Crescent imperf, 1960 'Buzkashi' sheet of 50p. with error 25p. (Pos. 13), definitives up to high denominations, 1962 Air 5a. and many others in various quantities, find colour shades, varieties, perf and imperf stamps etc. In addition some multiples/sheets of 1898 issues, few souvenir sheets and the book "Afghanistan, Its Twentieth Century Postal Issues" by Frank E. Patterson III. Condition: ** (mint never hinged)/(*) (mint without gum)/o (used) Catalog number(s): ex 166-75/316-1069 et al. Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 57th AUCTION - Day 4Afghanistan |
