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 Lot 40376 - brit. colonies victoria - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 11885: "STAMP / DUTY" overprint in blue on Naish design 4 d. rose-red, wmk. V over Crown, perf. 12½, a used block of six (3 x 2), neatly cancelled by "Melbourne" duplexes (10 March 1886) in black. Scarce Gi = £ 480+.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 23 Sept 2011, lot 626. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1brit. colonies victoria |
Price: CHF 200.00
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 Lot 40344 - brit. colonies victoria - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 11863/81: Laureated 6 d. blue, a horizontal pair, used with single 2 d. lilac-grey tied to 1867 entire letter to Berlin by barred numeral "78" obliterators of St. Kilda. Reverse with oval St. Kilda (Dec 28) despatch and Melbourne datestamps and Berlin arrival in black; obverse with "Aus Frankreich per Aachen / Franco" in blue (Feb 12, 1868) and red 'PD'. Listed in the Ben Palmer census on page 107: the cover being overpaid for both the 11 d. via Southampton rate and the 10d. via Marseilles rates. A scarce and most attractive entire.rnrnProvenance: Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, Zurich, 13 May 1981, lot 743.rn Collection Rod Perry, DF, Zurich, 23-25 May 1988, lot 11004.rn Rod Perry, Melbourne, 6 Aug 1994, lot 573.rn Rod Perry, Melbourne, 14 June 1996, lot 600.rn Prestige, Melbourne, 11 July 2007, lot 511. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1brit. colonies victoria |
Price: CHF 300.00
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 Lot 40371 - brit. colonies victoria - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1Stamp Duty 1884: Stamp Duty recess printed from the Die, £ 25 deep green, wmk. V over Crown sideways, perf. 12½, an unused example of rich colour, small perforation repair at right affecting two perfs., however an impressive example of an extremely rare and iconic high-value. Cert. RPSV (2002) Gi = £ 60'000.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 24 Jan 2004, lot 606. rnrn Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1brit. colonies victoria |
Price: CHF 6,000.00
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 Lot 40387 - brit. colonies victoria - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 11900 (May 22): Patriotic Fund 1 d. (1 s.) olive-brown, a single example used on 1900 cover, flap unsealed, to Albury tied by "Wodonga" cds (May 26) with Albury arrival on reverse. A scarce issue on letter and very fine. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1brit. colonies victoria |
Price: CHF 200.00
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 Lot 40355 - brit. colonies victoria - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 11870/73: 2 d. pale lilac, Laureated 1867/81 3 d.yellow-orange and 6 d. blue, used on 1872 cover to Aigre, France tied by "Beechworth / 9" duplexes in black (Jan 31). Red 'P.D.' in red below and French entry marking on front and Aigre arrival (March 18). Carried on the "Nubia" to Galle, "Delhi" to Suez and "Candia" from Alexandria to Brindisi. Lissted in the Ben Palmer census on page 89. A most attractive three colour franking.rnrnProvenance: Christie's, London, 7 Feb 1989, lot 644.rn Christie's, London, 22-23 Jan 1990, lot 1090.rn Collection Trevor Davis, DF, Geneva, 10-17 May 2003, lot 52914.rn Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1brit. colonies victoria |
Price: CHF 200.00
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 Lot 40366 - brit. colonies victoria - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1Stamp Statute 1884 (Jan 1): 10 s. purple-brown on pink paper, wmk. V over Crown sideways, perf. 12, an unused example of excellent rich colour, diagonal crease not affecting the appearance, well centred for this stamp, large part og. An extremely rare stamp. Cert. RPSV (2012) Gi = £ 3'250.rnrnProvenance: Collection Lese Molnar, Prestige, Melbourne, 29 June 2012, lot 374. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1brit. colonies victoria |
Price: CHF 1,250.00
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 Lot 40382 - brit. colonies victoria - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1Stamp Duty 1884/96: Stamp Duty 1 s. 6 d. rosine, 6 s. apple-green perf. 13, Naish 1884 2 s. 6 d. brown-orange and laureated "STAMP DUTY" 3 d. orange (3) used on 1886 cover to France endorsed "S.S. Potosi via Suez and Naples" all tied by "1" numeral obliterators in black with five strikes of "R" below. Oval "REGISTERED / MELBOURNE" datestamp below (Oct 15). Red 'Modane a Paris' transit cds (Nov 20) and reverse with Bordeaux arrival cds. Illustrated in "The Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow RDP on page 207. Listed in the Ben Palmer census on page 95. One stamp missing at top left and a few small age spots not detracting from a superbly colourful and famous cover.rnrnProvenance: London & Brighton, London, 17 Nov 1978, lot 151.rn Collection Rod Perry, DF, Geneva, 16-21 Nov 1987, lot 20043.rn Rod Perry, Melbourne, 14 Nov 1989, lot 662.rn Rod Perry, Melbourne, 5 Dec 1997, lot 512.rn Stanley Gibbons, Melbourne, 18 March 1999, lot 1661.rn Prestige, Melbourne, 23 Sept 2011, lot 735. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1brit. colonies victoria |
Price: CHF 500.00
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 Lot 40350 - brit. colonies victoria - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 11867/81: 6 d. blue, a used example on printed and illustrated envelope with circular "Independent Order of Good Templars, Victoria" and "Grand Lodge of Victoria of the Independent Order of Good Templars" in blue, tied by "Sandhurst / 4" duplex (March 25) with London arrival at left (May 17) in red. Some minor scuff but most unusual. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1brit. colonies victoria |
Price: CHF 120.00
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 Lot 40361 - brit. colonies victoria - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 11878 (March 5): 1 d. yellow-green on yellow, Emergency printing on coloured paper, wmk. V over Crown, perf. 13, an unused example of superb centering, marginal from base of sheet, large part og. Scarce and particularly fine Gi = £ 170.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 25 June 2005, lot 793. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1brit. colonies victoria |
Price: CHF 75.00
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 Lot 40377 - brit. colonies victoria - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 11886/96: 2 d. mauve vertical pair and 6 d. ultramarine, used on 1889 registered cover to Boston, USA tied by both "TRARALGON / 326" duplex and oval "Post And Telegraph Office / Traralagon" datestamp (Sept 19) with framed REGISTERED at left. Listed in the Ben Palmer census on page 220. Reverse with Melbourne and San Francisco (Oct 26) transits and Boston arrival. Fresh and very fine. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1brit. colonies victoria |
Price: CHF 200.00
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