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Lot 70115 - rarities of the world  -  David Feldman S.A. special Jubilee Auction #203 - EUR

Lot 70115 - rarities of the world - David Feldman S.A. special Jubilee Auction #203 - EUR

SOUTHERN RHODESIA

1932 Large Victoria Falls 3d block of four with variety imperf. horizontally in between, mint nh, very fine and very rare, this being two pairs of only six possible examples and the only major Southern Rhodesia variety missing from the Royal collection

Note: See "Southern Rhodesia - The 1932 3d Large Falls Imperforate between varieties" in The Rhodesian Philatelist, no.35, Aug 2014, pp.623-29 (photocopy of article included in the lot)

Expertise: Cert. BPA (2003)

Estimate: ? 70'000 - ? 80'000

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Lot 70105 - rarities of the world  -  David Feldman S.A. Special Jubilee Auction #203 - Euro (€)

Lot 70105 - rarities of the world - David Feldman S.A. Special Jubilee Auction #203 - Euro (€)

1871 Carol I Full Beard 10b yellow-orange, in two strips of three with the third stamp diagonally bisect on front and back of an envelope sent registered to Vienna, attempting to pre-pay the 25b letter rate plus 25b registration fee. The bisects were unaccepted for foreign mail and each were struck through with pen crosses and a single 10b then added to make the 50b total. All tied by GALATZ 19/5 cds, with unframed "RECOMMANDEE / No. / GALATZ" adjacent, boxed "P.D." confirming fully paid to its destination.

An exceptional usage with two bisects on the same cover.

Illustrated in Heimbüchler II on p.292

Expertise: cert. Heimbüchler (2014)

Estimate: ? 35'000 - ? 40'000

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Lot 70111 - rarities of the world  -  David Feldman S.A. special Jubilee Auction #203 - EUR

Lot 70111 - rarities of the world - David Feldman S.A. special Jubilee Auction #203 - EUR

SOUTH AFRICA

1930-44 2d vertical strip of five with frame omitted on top stamp and almost completely omitted on 2nd top stamp, lower marginal with arrow marginal ornament, mint og (hinged on top stamp only), very fine

Estimate: ? 10'000 - ? 12'000

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Lot 70100 - rarities of the world  -  David Feldman S.A. Special Jubilee Auction #203 - Euro (€)

Lot 70100 - rarities of the world - David Feldman S.A. Special Jubilee Auction #203 - Euro (€)

1858-61 80 Parale red on white paper, superb single with astounding margins all around, neatly tied to large part registered folded cover to Jassy by sharp "FRANCO / GALATZ / N0.2" oval handstamp in black, with "GALATZ / MOLDOVA / 14.3" cds & straight line "RECEPISSE" alongside, with "JASSY / MOLDOVA / 17.3" arrival cds, extremely fine & scarce, signed G.Bolaffi and A.Diena

Estimate: ? 3'000 - ? 4'000

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Lot 70090 - rarities of the world  -  David Feldman S.A. special Jubilee Auction #203 - EUR

Lot 70090 - rarities of the world - David Feldman S.A. special Jubilee Auction #203 - EUR

RHODESIA (UDI)

1966 Independence 1/2d "Maize" in horizontal strip of four with first two stamps with overprint omitted and a partial on the third caused due to a fold over, mint nh, one of the rarest UDI varieties

Note: This variety featured in an article in The Rhodesian Philatelist No 28

Expertise: cert. BPA (2008)

Estimate: ? 8'000 - ? 12'000

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Lot 70094 - rarities of the world  -  David Feldman S.A. Special Jubilee Auction #203 - Euro (€)

Lot 70094 - rarities of the world - David Feldman S.A. Special Jubilee Auction #203 - Euro (€)

1858 108 Parale blue on pink, extremely fine example, sharp impression in deep black, good to large margins all around, neatly tied by crisp "JASSY / MOLDOVA / 29.10" small double-circle cds in blue to complete registered entire addressed to Galatz, showing straight line blue "RECEPISSE" alongside, smearing of original registered number corrected, a stunningly colourful & beautiful example of this rarity on cover

Expertise: Signed Giulio Bolaffi, A.Bolaffi, A.Diena & S.Sorani
Certificates Giulio Bolaffi, A.Diena & Heimbüchler

Background: Heimbüchler census no. 404/10; of 30 recorded covers or fronts with this value, 14 have not been seen since 1950 and another one is in a museum

Provenance: John Lek, 1959
Tomasini, 1969

Estimate: ? 50'000 - ? 60'000

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Lot 70106 - rarities of the world  -  David Feldman S.A. Special Jubilee Auction #203 - Euro (€)

Lot 70106 - rarities of the world - David Feldman S.A. Special Jubilee Auction #203 - Euro (€)

1872 Carol I with Full Beard 25b brown and 10b blue (straight edge on top) on registered cover sent locally, tied by GIURGIO 5/7 cds and boxed RECOMANDAT hs, ms registration no., endorsed by PO on reverse

An extremely rare registered local usage

Expertise: cert. Heimbüchler (2016)

Estimate: ? 6'000 - ? 8'000

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Lot 70116 - rarities of the world  -  David Feldman S.A. special Jubilee Auction #203 - EUR

Lot 70116 - rarities of the world - David Feldman S.A. special Jubilee Auction #203 - EUR

THAILAND

1884 Envelope to Pulicat, India, franked with Straits Settlements 8c orange wmk Crown CA, perf. 14, with 'B' overprint Type 1 (SG20), cancelled mute Singapore P.O. handstamp and pencil annotation, red Singapore Paid cds 24.10.84 alongside, Pulicat 12.11.84 arrival backstamp, peripheral cover faults

A rare and popular issue on cover.

Expertise: Cert. BPA (2016)

Estimate: ? 8'000 - ? 12'000

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Lot 70112 - rarities of the world  -  David Feldman S.A. special Jubilee Auction #203 - EUR

Lot 70112 - rarities of the world - David Feldman S.A. special Jubilee Auction #203 - EUR

SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa?s Rarest Variety and a Major KGVI Item

1930-44 3d Blue Groote Schuur, fourth printing with upright watermark, left marginal block of six with bottom pair showing variety centre omitted, the upper pair normal and the centre pair with partial omission plus a constant variety R6/1 ?break in frame under ?OS? of ?POSTAGE?, mint og with the variety pair mint nh, a unique pair.

Note: This block is the basis for its listing as SG 45e. A sheet reconstruction and write up is included with the item.

Expertise: Cert. BPA (1997)

Estimate: ? 30'000 - ? 35'000

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Lot 70101 - rarities of the world  -  David Feldman S.A. Special Jubilee Auction #203 - Euro (€)

Lot 70101 - rarities of the world - David Feldman S.A. Special Jubilee Auction #203 - Euro (€)

1858-61 80 Parale red on white paper, left sheet marginal pair neatly tied to folded registered cover to Fokschani by "FRANCO / GALATZ" ribbon handstamp in red, with "GALATZ / MOLDOVA / 17.11" cds in red alongside, plus "FOKSCHANI / MOLDOVA / 18.11" arrival bs in green, a showpiece

Estimate: ? 2'000 - ? 3'000

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