danish west indies - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 6185 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries1875, 10c black on greyish-green-blue and yellow, Type I, horizontal imperforate strip of four, with sheet margin at foot, large part original gum, roughly separated at right, vertical fold in margin between third and fourth stamp, small thin in lower left margin, a rare multiple, each stamp signed Engel, with 1978 Dr. Debo certificate. Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countriesDenmark danish west indies |
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Lot 6201 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries1856/1910s, a powerful and specialized collection with many desirable items, note selection of approximately fifty 1856/72 issues, mix of mint and used, noting better examples including 1856 3c mint pair, 1872 4c blue imperforate and imperforate between pairs, note one with partial New York cancellation, study of 1873/1902 Coat of Arms issues, over four hundred stamps, many mint, often carefully identified by the AFA catalogue, including frame types, inverted watermarks, plate flaws, etc, with some mint multiples including 1c block of four, 3c block of nine, and 5c block of four, these also noting postmark interest including St. Jan, steamship cancels, etc, fulsome twentieth century issues noting 1905 Christian IX set mint and used, 1905 Harbour set mint and used, including a mint set in blocks of four, 1905 surcharge set mint and used, 1907 Frederick VIII mint and used including some shade varieties, useful Postage Dues including 1905 set in imperforate singles and pairs, over forty stamps with British Post Office cancellations, strikes of varying quality, a nice selection of 1906/16 “Julien” labels, private ship mail with RMSP, Rasco, 1864-9 St Thomas – La Guaira – Porto Cabello, two mint HAPAG issues, showing both types, etc, note a handful of items with certificates from S. Gronlund or Helge Witt, varied condition as expected, though assembled over many years with great diligence, with many difficult items included, chiefly fine, an impressive and in-depth holding that could form the basis for a significant specialized collection. Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countriesDenmark danish west indies |
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 Lot 6116 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries1866, cover to Berlin, franked with 1d. red, plate 88 horizontal pair and 9d straw, horizontal strip of three issues of Great Britain, cancelled with C35 Type 4 numeral used in Panama (Colombia), with 10c Colon, margins close to touching, cut into on left side, uncancelled but affixed at upper right, likely from an aborted plan to dispatch the cover from Chile, struck with Panama (20 Nov) and London Paid (16 Dec) datestamps, blue Berlin arrival backstamp (17 Dec), one 1d red adhesive faulty, one 9d straw with straight edge, small piece torn from back flap, light overall wrinkling, a most unusual and scarce franking; signed Holcombe, with his 1991 certificate. Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countriesDenmark danish west indies |
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 Lot 6132 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries1876, folded cover, docketed “Miragoane, le 8 Aout”, struck with blue oval forwarding agent handstamp of G. Serre & Cie, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, to Havre, France, endorsed “per Royal Mail Steamer”, carried via St. Thomas with c.d.s. transit backstamp (13 Aug), and London, where struck with black “T/1-10” postage due marking, ANGL. AMB CALAIS (28 Aug) c.d.s. entry mark, Paris Au Havre transit an Le Havre c.d.s. arrival backstamps (29 Aug), “17” (decimes) struck in black indicating amount due from recipient, light filing folds, a scarce unpaid cover from Haiti routed via the British Post Office in St. Thomas. Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countriesDenmark danish west indies |
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 Lot 6148 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries1876, folded letter datelined La Guaira [Venezuela], to Malaga, Spain, conveyed to Saint Thomas by the forwarding agents Maturet-Hermanos & Co, franked upon arrival at the French Post Office with 1870-5 40c orange and 80c rose, tied by anchor in diamond of dots, postmarked with octagonal “St. Thomas / PAQ FR D NO 2” c.d.s. (9 Mar), blue Satander c.d.s. transit backstamp (26 Mar), 1P20 tax mark in same ink on front, partial c.d.s. arrival backstamp, horizontal fold well clear of adhesives, a scarce destination and markings, one of only two such combinations of postmarks recorded by Dubois; ex Schatkes, with 1990 Holcombe certificate. Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countriesDenmark danish west indies |
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 Lot 6159 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries1871 folded letter, datelined Havana, 16 October, from the firm of Sama, Sotolongo Y. Ca, to Buenos Ayres, Argentina, franked with combination 10c brown Bank Note issue of the United States and 1865 3d vermilion of Great Britain, carried privately to St. Thomas, postmarked there on 29 October, the 10c prepaying conveyance to Rio de Janeiro via the United States & Brazil Steamship Co, cancelled on receipt by the British Post Office in Rio with “C83” numeral grid, “2/4” due in blue manuscript, carried onwards to Buenos Aires via Pacific Steam Navigation Co. vessel, docketing indicating receipt on 25 November, horizontal fold well clear of adhesives, 4d franking with upper right corner fault, a remarkably scarce entire; with 2002 Philatelic Foundation certificate Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countriesDenmark danish west indies |
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 Lot 6127 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries1874, folded letter with Bache & Co’s Freight Report printed contents, internally printed “Per ‘Elbe’”, perforated 2d blue, plate 14, partially affixed overtop “Printed Circular” manuscript endorsement, postmarked with “St. Thomas PAID” C51 duplex (28 Oct), to Arendal, Norway, fresh and fine; printed matter mail from the Danish West Indies is very scarce, with Dubois recording approximately thirteen examples between 1865-76. Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countriesDenmark danish west indies |
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 Lot 6143 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries1873, folded letter datelined Caracas, to Bordeaux, France, franked with 1870-1 40c orange and two 1872-5 30c brown, cancelled by dotted anchor and postmarked La Guayra (6 Dec), red boxed “PD” on front, endorsed in manuscript “via St. Nazaire”, backstamped Paris/Etranger (26 Apr), Paris a Bordeaux (26 Apr), and Bordeaux (27 Apr), filing folds, else fine. Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countriesDenmark danish west indies |
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 Lot 6122 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries1872, folded letter datelined Arroyo [Puerto Rico], carried privately to the Danish West Indies or via the British local line that traveled around the southern coast of Puerto Rico, franked at St. Thomas with perforated 2d. blue horizontal pair, plate 13, cancelled by St. Thomas PAID “A” C51 duplex (13 Jun), endorsed “p. Amr. Str. / from St. Thomas”, to New York, with “N.Y. STEAMSHIP 10” (19 Jun) transit c.d.s., having been carried on the Merrimac which departed St. Thomas for New York on 13 June, a quicker routing than the British mails via Havana, light filing folds, one through pair, else a fine and important cover; illustrated in Engstrom, “Danish West Indies Mail 1754-1917”, Vol I. Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countriesDenmark danish west indies |
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 Lot 6138 - Denmark danish west indies - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries1867, folded cover to Havana, Cuba, from the firm of Paulsen & Co, forwarding agents, franked with 1870-1 20c dull blue and 40c orange, cancelled by dotted anchor obliterator, postmarked with St. Thomas c.d.s. (30 Sep), handstamped with boxed PP in red, endorsed “per Louisiane” (of the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique), boxed Cuban “NE2” handstamp in blue, backstamped with St. Thomas PAW FR B No 3 sorter’s c.d.s. (30 Sep), blue Havana receiver (4 Oct), filing folds, one through 40c adhesive, else fine. Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countriesDenmark danish west indies |
