New South Wales - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 20014 - brit. colonies New South Wales - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 31849: Essay for the proposed 1 d. value by John Carmichael based on the GB 1 d. black design, lettered GL at base, Imperforate on ungummed wove paper printed in orange-vermillion. Good margins all round, minute corner bend not affecting the appearance of a scarce Essay.rnProvenance: Collection Col. Harrie Evans, Premier, Melbourne, 4 May 2002, lot 5. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3brit. colonies New South Wales |
Price: CHF 200.00
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 Lot 20030 - brit. colonies New South Wales - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 31850 (Jan): 3 d. yellowish green on yellowish laid paper, a used example with good to large margins all round, on 1851 entire letter from Sydney to Adelaide endorsed "pr. Wild Irish Girl", tied by barred obliterator in black. Prepaid at 3d. outgoing Ship Letter rate with superb circular "PAID SHIP LETTER / ♚ / SYDNEY" datestamp in red (May 10). Charged '6d.' due upon arrival with "G.P.O. / SOUTH AUSTRALIA" arrival (June 12) in blue. Cover #146 in the Ben Palmer census, illustrated on page 150. A most attractive entire.rnProvenance: Premier, Melbourne, 20 July 2002, lot 964. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3brit. colonies New South Wales |
Price: CHF 500.00
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 Lot 20046 - brit. colonies New South Wales - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 31856: Registered 6 d. vermilion & Prussian blue, imperforate on soft medium yellowish paper, no wmk., a used example, corner marginal from top right of sheet, position 10, lightly cancelled by part obliterator in black. An outstanding stamp and probably the finest known. Signed A. Diena Gi = £ 180.rnProvenance: Collection John R. Boker, Harmers, London, 14 April 1981, lot 35; Collection "Manwood", Siegel, New York, 8 Nov 1995, lot 4471; Collection Sir Miles Rivett-Carnac, Spink, London, 23 Sept 2004, lot 126. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3brit. colonies New South Wales |
Price: CHF 1,500.00
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 Lot 20009 - brit. colonies New South Wales - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 31845 (Aug 1-Sept 23-Oct 14): Entire letter from Mangaia, Cook Islands to London, carried by hand and mailed prepaid from Sydney with fine oval "PAID SHIP LETTER / ♚ / DE 18 / 1845 / SYDNEY" datestamp in red and manuscript '3d.' paid. Carried on the Maiden Toulmin Packet Sailing of the "Hooghly" from Sydney (departed Jan 2, 1846) arriving at Penzance on April 25th. Fine strike of framed "PACKET LETTER" in black and poor strike at Plymouth on reverse alongside London cds (April 27) of arrival in red where undercharged '1/-' in manuscript as there are three enclosures. Fine content, a portion of which is transcribed below. Rare.rnProvenance: Collection Brian Peace, Prestige, Melbourne, 27 July 2009, lot 1164.rnNote: The letter was written by George Gill, one of several brothers who were Missionaries in the Pacific Islands. He served in the Cook Islands from 1845-1860 and this was his first outgoing letter which has a full description of landing there and: "Some hundreds of people followed singing and chanting a song of welcome and gladness...some 20 years since, these people would have murdered and eaten the white man, The church at Oneroa has 400 members and about 2'000 in attendance on the Sabbath...We are waiting with almost breathless anxiety for England^s decision upon the Tahitian question, if in favour of the French their conquests will extend and adjacent islands, if otherwise we may live in quietness". On Oct 14: "The vessel has returned from tahiti and in a few hours will sail for Rarotonga when we shall be left alone. We have just heardthat the French Protectorate is settled at Tahiti...". Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3brit. colonies New South Wales |
Price: CHF 750.00
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 Lot 20025 - brit. colonies New South Wales - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 31850: 2 d. greyish blue, Plate I, early impression, a used example showing full clouds, large margins all round, well cancelled by "56" numeral obliterator of Hexham in black. A fine and attractive stamp. Signed Pfenninger Gi = £ 600. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3brit. colonies New South Wales |
Price: CHF 200.00
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 Lot 20041 - brit. colonies New South Wales - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 31854: Perkins Bacon Colour Trial / Plate Proof for the Diadem 6 d. value in deep black, an imperforate block of four example on thick wove ungummed paper, without watermark. Fresh and very fine, a most appealing multiple.rnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 27 Aug 2005, lot 342. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3brit. colonies New South Wales |
Price: CHF 500.00
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 Lot 20020 - brit. colonies New South Wales - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 31849: Essay by Robert Clayton for the Sydney View 1 d., in a horizontal strip of three printed in dull red on pelure paper, clear margin at right, just shaved at base and with large margins on two remaining sides, ironed horizontal bend and a small grease spot only visible when held to the light; showing enlarged POSTAGE and ONE PENNY later reduced. A remarkable and important multiple of this rare Trial.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 4-5 March 1957, lot 1; Harmers, Sydney, 24 July 1980, lot 32; Collection E.R. Slade Slade, Harmers, London, 18-19 April 1989, lot 61; Collection V. Frankenstein, DF, London, 26-27 May 2000, ex lot 10679; Premier, Melbourne, 15 March 2003, lot 635; Premier, Melbourne, 4 March 2006, lot 524. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3brit. colonies New South Wales |
Price: CHF 1,200.00
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 Lot 20036 - brit. colonies New South Wales - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 31854 (Jan-March): 1 d. orange-vermilion on yellowish wove paper, wmk. '1', the used block of fourteen (7 x 2) with touched to large margins all round, positions 34-40 / 44-50, of fine fresh colour and appearance, one pair with vertical crease and closed tear affects position 37, indistinctly cancelled in black. Faults are insignificant on a splendid and rare multiple of great importance: the largest recorded.rnProvenance: Collection M.P. Castle (1915). Reference London Philatelist, Dec 1915, page 268; Collection George Ginger, RL, London, 5-6 Dec 1945, lot 463; RL, London, 30 April 1958, lot 368; Wolffers, San Francisco, 4-6 Dec 1985, lot 1434; Collection "Manwood", Siegel, New York, 8 Nov 1995, lot 4453; Spink, London, 16 July 1998, lot 605; Prestige, Melbourne, 27 Aug 2005, lot 339.rn Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3brit. colonies New South Wales |
Price: CHF 1,200.00
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 Lot 20052 - brit. colonies New South Wales - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 31860/72: Small Diadem 3 d.bright yellow-green, perf. 13, wmk. '3', an unused example, marginal from left of sheet showing convolvulus margin in yellow-green, overprinted "SPECIMEN" diagonally in black (18.5 x 2.0 mm.) fresh and very fine, large part og. Rare.rnProvenance: Collection John Bell, Prestige, Melbourne, 8 May 2013, lot 1255. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3brit. colonies New South Wales |
Price: CHF 350.00
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 Lot 20015 - brit. colonies New South Wales - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 31849: Essay for the proposed 1 d. value by John Carmichael based on the GB 1 d. black design, lettered GL at base, Imperforate on ungummed toned wove paper printed in grey-black. Enormous margins all round for this, a scarce Essay.rnProvenance: Collection G. Carleton Jones, Sotheby's, London, 14 Dec 1995, lot 319; Prestige, Melbourne, 26 Nov 2005, lot 323. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3brit. colonies New South Wales |
Price: CHF 250.00
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