1853: Entire letter from Glasgow to Easton, PA, USA endorsed 'per Royal Mail Steamship 24' (cents), most unusually struck with framed "HOPE / STREET" and 'Glasgow' cds in black (April 1), carried on Cunard 'America' with BR PACKET / 24 / BOSTON arrival (April 15) with "19 / CENTS" British credit in green. Slightly soiled but unusual.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 1
By: Corinphila Auction AG
Corinphila Auction AG Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 1
High-class philatelic material at Corinphila Auctions in Zurich
Rarities from all areas of philately are on offer, including the ‘Greifensee cover’, probably the most important cover of classic Swiss philately.
From 25 to 30 January 2021 Corinphila Auctions will offer for sale a very unusual range of material. The high-quality material being offered will be presented in no less than eight luxury auction catalogues.
The auction begins with high-quality offers from South American countries. The Brian Moorhouse Estate (Part 3) is notable for its wide variety of South American collecting areas from A (as in Argentina) to V (as in Venezuela). Especially impressive are the many proofs of various issues from classic to middle-period. Particularly well represented are Argentina, Brazil (including Lot 3137, the famous pair of the 600 Reis “Goat’s Eye” issue of 1844, in an unused pair from the Maurice Burrus collection, starting price CHF 5,000), Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala classics with the rarest covers and proofs, Honduras, Mexico and Uruguay.
The first part of the most important specialised collection of the first issue of Ecuador of 1865 in existence will be offered for sale under the name ‘Guayaquil’. Almost all the important items of this collecting area are in the collection. Particularly outstanding is the more attractive of only two known registered covers with the first issue (Lot 4071; starting price CHF 20,000).
A fine range of the classic issues of Peru will come up for sale in the main catalogue of the Corinphila auction series. Among these are also many stamps from the issues produced in continuous rolls on the ‘Lecoq’ printing press. Particularly appealing is an unused strip of five of the 5 centavos of 1870 showing the ‘new’ railway from Lima to Callao. The ‘Trencito’ , ‘the little train, as collectors later called the stamp, was intended for letters carried on this new railway line. To make endless rolls of the stamp, the ends of the lengths of paper were simply glued together! This is clearly visible here on the fourth stamp in the strip (Lot 156, starting price CHF 750).
Europe is represented with a wide range of material from the Pietro Provera collection. The emphasis is on Italy and France. The outstandingly good quality of the classic stamps and covers, for which this collector was well-known, is particularly impressive. For many years, "Provera quality" was a term used for top-quality philatelic material in many countries. For example, there is a cover with France’s first issue of 1849, a very rare tête-bêche pair of the 20 centimes on cover (Lot 5141, starting price CHF 5,000). Or a four-colour franking of Sicily with the extremely rare top value of 50 grana on cover (Lot 5675, starting price CHF 20,000).
Another very unusual specialised collection comes up for auction with the Gregory Frantz "Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies" collection. It includes all the private steamship lines that issued privately produced stamps for mail carried on their ships. The many small shipping lines on the thousands of lakes and the coast of Finland offer great variety, often in combination with state stamps. An example is the ‘Skärgards Trafik Aktiebolag’ (STAB) cover with the private bicoloured 25 penni ship’s stamp for delivery within Finland by the private shipping line, in combination with the Finnish state-issue 5 penni and 20 penni for onward transmission to Frankfurt (Lot 6069, starting price CHF 1,000).
Switzerland is also represented again with an outstanding range of material. This includes a postal history collection "Franco-Prussian War - Impact on Swiss Postal History 1866-1871". The presentation in the auction catalogue combined with historical background information is unique and is likely to set new standards for philatelic auctions. One could almost speak of a milestone of philately, on its way to being recognised as an additional historical science. A ‘must’ for every philatelist interested in history!
However, the second part of the ERIVAN collection is undoubtedly outstanding in its Swiss material. The collection of the former Tengelmann entrepreneur Erivan Haub contains the greatest rarities of Swiss philately. Now the famous registered cover from the "Notariat Greifensee" comes up for sale. Franked with Switzerland’s first two stamps, the Zurich 4 and Zurich 6, it is for many the "non plus ultra" of Swiss rarities in private hands. The provenance of the item goes back to 1900 when, in the collection of the then President of the Banque de France, Paul Mirabaud, the cover caused a sensation at the Paris Exposition. It later found its way into the collections of Diem-Saxer of St. Gallen (1934), the Swiss shoe magnate Iwan Bally (1964), and then the ‘HELVETICUS’ collection (1991) before finding a new home in the collection of Erivan Haub for almost 30 years. The starting price of the Greifensee cover being offered as Lot 7003 is CHF 300,000.
All the material being offered can be viewed at www.corinphila.ch.
Further information and catalogue orders at: Corinphila Auktionen AG, Wiesenstrasse 8, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland, Telephone + 41 (0)44 389 9191, Fax + 41 (0)44 389 9195, Email: [email protected]
Illustrations
Brazil 1844, “Goat’s Eye” 600 reis in an unused pair with the best provenance: Maurice Burrus collection (1964)
Ecuador 1865, a pair of the 1 real green on a registered cover. Only two registered covers of the first issue are known. Top cover from the Ackermann (1937), Homan (c. 1960) and E.M. de Bustamante (1996) collections.
Peru 1870, 5 centavos ‘Trencito’ in a strip of five with the fourth stamp showing the paper join.
France 1849, 20 centimes, a rare tête-bêche pair on cover.
Sicily 1859, four-colour franking with 50 grana top value to Genoa.
Finland 1880, private ship’s stamp in combination with stamps of the state Post Office on cover to Frankfurt.
Zurich 1843, registered cover from the Greifensee notary’s office with the first two stamps of Switzerland.
Sale Terms
Lot #1476 - europe Great Britain
Lot #1477 - europe Great Britain
1840 (May 6): 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered GE, a fine used example with four large margins, lightly cancelled by red Maltese Cross. Opinion K. Louis (1999) Gi = £ 375.
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Lot #1478 - europe Great Britain
1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered HJ, a fine used example with good to large margins all round, neatly cancelled by red Maltese Cross. Opinion K. Louis (1998) Gi = £ 375.
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Lot #1479 - europe Great Britain
1840: 1 d. black, Plate 3, a used horizontal pair lettered RA-RB, large margins all round, slightly irregular at left, lightly cancelled by Maltese Crosses in red. Tiny corner bend at upper right but an attractive multiple, together with a single example from Plate 1b, lettered RD, with clear to large margins cancelled by beautifully struck Maltese Cross Gi = £ 1'375+.
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Lot #1480 - europe Great Britain
1840: 1 d. black, plate 4, lettered QA, a fine used example with ample to large margins all round, neatly cancelled by red Maltese Cross. Opinion K. Louis (1998) Gi = £ 400.
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Lot #1481 - europe Great Britain
1840: 1d. black, plate 5, lettered SE, Imprimatur from the 1st registration sheet (before hardening), very fine and fresh with close to large margins all round, just 23 stamps were removed from the Imprimatur sheet, many of which are in institutional collections: TA housed in the N.P.M., London; TH in the Tapling collection, British Library; AL in the Royal Collection. The other 1 d. black imprimatur from plate 5, lettered SE from the Royal...
Lot #1482 - europe Great Britain
1840: 1 d, black, Plate 7, lettered PJ, an unused example, touched at right and at lower left, some toning in the right margin, nevertheless a desirable stamp. Cert. Eichele (2015) SG Spec AS44 = £13'000.
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Lot #1483 - europe Great Britain
1840: 1 d. black, plate 7, lettered SF, a fine used example with good to large margins all round, neatly cancelled by red Maltese Cross. Opinion K. Louis (1998) Gi = £ 400.
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Lot #1484 - europe Great Britain
1840: 1 d. black, plate 7, lettered CB, a fine used example with good to large margins all round, neatly cancelled by red Maltese Cross. Opinion K. Louis (1998) Gi = £ 400.
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Lot #1485 - europe Great Britain
1840: 1 d. black, plate 8, lettered AF, a fine used example in a deep shade, with good to large margins all round, neatly cancelled by red Maltese Cross. Opinion K. Louis (1998) Gi = £ 525.
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Lot #1486 - europe Great Britain
1840: 1 d. black, plate 8, lettered IK, a fine used example on thin paper, with good to large margins all round, cancelled by red Maltese Cross. Opinion K. Louis (1998) Gi = £ 525.
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Lot #1487 - europe Great Britain
1840: 1 d. black, plate 10, lettered TJ, a fine used example with large even margins all round, cancelled by black Maltese Cross. Very scarce so fine. Opinion K. Louis (1999) Gi = £ 950.
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Lot #1488 - europe Great Britain
1840: 1 d. grey-black, plate 11, lettered SG, a fine used example with clear to large margins all round, lightly cancelled by black Maltese Cross. Signed Pröschold. Cert. K. Louis (1999) Gi = £ 4'600.
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Lot #1489 - europe Great Britain
1840 (May 6): 2 d. blue, plate 1, lettered KH, a used example with large margins on three sides with portion of adjoining stamp at top and clear at left, lightly cancelled by red Maltese Cross. Opinion Louis (1999) Gi = £ 975.
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Lot #1490 - europe Great Britain
1840: 2 d. blue, Plate 1, a used horizontal pair lettered LA-LB, good to large margins all round, lightly cancelled by Maltese Crosses in red. An attractive pair Gi 5 = £ 1'950.
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Lot #1491 - europe Great Britain
1840: 2d. blue, plate 2, lettered MC, an unused example, good to large margins all round, of fresh colour with gum. Plate 2 in unused condition is very much rarer than plate 1; most unused stamps from plate 2 originate from the 'Mackay' block of seven unused horizontal rows, exhibited in 1898 at the Birmingham Philatelic Exhibition. The 'Mackay' block was heavily damaged and without gum, and shortly after the Birmingham Exhibition was cut up...
Lot #1492 - europe Great Britain
1840 (May 6): 2 d. blue, plate 2, lettered SI, a used example with large margins all round in a rich shade, lightly cancelled by black Maltese Cross. A very fine and attractive stamp. Opinion Louis (1999) Gi = £ 1'100.
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Lot #1493 - europe Great Britain
1841: 1 d. red-brown Plate 19, a compl. used reconstruction of the plate of 240 subjects, each stamp cancelled by black Maltese Cross, largely fair to fine examples of good appearance, many with four margins and showing the plethora of shades produced on the blued paper with all the listed double check letters, Basal Shifts and 'J' flaws, prominent horizontal guide line on CE and CF etc., a remarkable and extremely attract. reconstruction Gi...
Lot #1494 - europe Great Britain
1854: Embossed 6 d. purple with wmk VR inverted, an unused example with just touched to large margins all round, with slightest doubling impression indicated in left margin, minor ironed out corner bend but of fresh and rich colour, unused without gum, a rare stamp Gi = £ 19'500.
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Lot #1495 - europe Great Britain
1862: 4 d. plate 3, OA, bright red and 9d. bistre, plate 2, AF, both ovpt. SPECIMEN and attached to Postal Notice from the G.P.O. London to inform 'Postmasters who obliterate stamps' about the new issue. The 9 d. with corner fault at lower left, the Postal Notice with minor tears and usual creasing, otherwise fresh, only a handful recorded.
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Lot #1496 - europe Great Britain
1882, 5 s. rose on bluish (fiscal) paper with watermark 'Large Anchor', plate 4, EB, characteristic paler shade as can be seen frequently on printings on blued paper, perfect perforations and centering, neatly cancelled with "LONDON E.C. JY 27 8(?)" hooded datestamp, fine and fresh state of preservation, Cert. Karl Louis BPP (2020) Gi = £ 4'000.
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Lot #1497 - europe Great Britain
10 s. grey-green on bluish (fiscal) paper with watermark 'Large Anchor', perfect perforations and centering, strong fresh colour, pressed light vertical creases, clear "MANCHESTER YORK ST. AU. 8. 83" c.d.s., attractive presentation and in a very fresh state of preservation. Cert. Karl Louis BPP (2020). Gi.= £ 4'500.
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Lot #1498 - europe Great Britain
1882, £ 1 brown-lilac on white paper with watermark 'Large Anchor', AG, perfect perforations and centering, pressed horizontal crease and corner crease at the lower right, tied by "NEWCASTLE ON TYNE OC. 23. 83" c.d.s., good example of this rare and difficult stamp. Cert. Karl Louis BPP (2020). Gi. = £ 7'000.
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Lot #1499 - europe Great Britain
1882, £ 5 orange on white paper, AF, very good perforation and centering, fresh colour, centrally cancelled with "GLASGOW AP. 13. 95" c.d.s., lightened blue crayon line in the top left corner, closed small paper split on the right in the 6th. perforation hole, oily obliteration, otherwise well presenting. Cert. Karl Louis BPP (2020). Gi = £ 3'500.
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Lot #1500 - europe Great Britain
1875, 2 1/2 d. rosy mauve, plate 2, Error of Lettering LH-FL (for LH-HL), perfect perforations and good colour, cancelled with "785 TENTERDEN" duplex obliteration leaving the corner letterings with the error clearly visible. One of the most popular and spectacular 'Errors' of the Queen Victoria Issues. Cert. Karl Louis BPP (2020) Gi = £ 2'600.
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