5 Dec 2017 – 8 Dec 2017
122 lots
Lot 70000 | 1934 (May 25) Special flight Dublin-Rome by pilots C.Sabelli and G.R. Pond following the interruption of the non-stop flight attempt NEW-YORK to ROME in June 1934
Ireland » Airmails
1934 (May 25) Special flight Dublin-Rome by pilots C.Sabelli and G.R. Pond following the interruption of the non-stop flight attempt NEW-YORK to ROME in…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 EUR
Lot 70001 | AIRMAIL – ITALY1933(15 JUN) VELOVOLO I-BIAN (C
Italy
1933 (Jun 15) VELOVOLO I-BIAN (Captain Vincenzo Biani) – Nine “Distinta Degli Effetti Postali” postal forms for items relative to the offices of respectively…
Estimate: 3’000 – 5’000 EUR
Lot 70002 | AIRMAIL – NEWFOUNDLAND1919 (Jul 12) Martinsyde
Canada » Newfoundland
1919 (Jul 12) Martinsyde “Supplementary Mail” envelope franked Alcock & Brown $1 on 15c, correctly dated 12 July 1919, sent to Sopwith Aviation Co. in…
Estimate: 6000 – 8000 EUR
Lot 70003 | AIRMAIL – NEWFOUNDLAND 1927 “Air Mail de Pinedo
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AIRMAIL – NEWFOUNDLAND
1927 “Air Mail de Pinedo 1927” surcharge on 60c black tied by duplex “ST.JOHNS/MAY.20.1927” on envelope, Trepassey-Rome-London…
Estimate: 5’000 – 8’000 EUR
Lot 70004 | AIRMAIL – NEWFOUNDLAND 1927 “Air Mail de Pinedo
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AIRMAIL – NEWFOUNDLAND
1927 “Air Mail de Pinedo 1927” surcharge on 60c black tied by ST.JOHN’S N’FLD MAY 20 1927 10AM pmk on enveloppe addressed to…
Estimate: 5’000 – 8’000 EUR
Lot 70005 | AIRMAIL – URUGUAY 1912 (25 August) Cattaneo fir
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AIRMAIL – URUGUAY
1912 (25 August) Cattaneo first flight cover from Salto to Montevideo with 1910 5c blue tied by unframed CORREO AEREO / SALTO-MONTEVIDEO…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 EUR
Lot 70006 | ARGENTINA First Republic Issue Showpiece 1862
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First Republic Issue Showpiece
1862 5c Rose in strip of seven neatly tied by dotted ovals and straight line “CERTIFICADO” on 1863 registered cover from…
Estimate: 8000 – 14000 EUR
Lot 70007 | AUSTRALIAM STATES – QUEENSLAND Unique Queenslan
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AUSTRALIAM STATES – QUEENSLAND
Unique Queensland and New South Wales Combination
1873 Envelope from Thorgomindah to Victoria with 1868-74 1d orange-vermilion…
Estimate: 6’000 – 8’000 EUR
Lot 70008 | AUSTRALIAN STATES – QUEENSLANDAttractive Frank
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AUSTRALIAN STATES – QUEENSLAND
Attractive Franking to Ireland from a Small Town
1876 (Feb 15) Envelope from Cambooya to Ireland with 1d strip of…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 EUR
Lot 70009 | AUSTRALIAN STATES – TASMANIA Scarce Franking “P
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AUSTRALIAN STATES – TASMANIA
Scarce Franking “Per Lightning”
1856 (Aug 23) Folded cover from Launceston to England with 1855 2d green and 4d deep…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 EUR
Lot 70010 | BELGIUM / BELGIQUE – Médaillon Three Colour Franki
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BELGIUM / BELGIQUE – Médaillon Three Colour Franking to Greece
1858-61 Série (sans filigrane) complète plus un 40c supplémentaire (touché sinon les…
Estimate: 10’000 – 15’000 EUR
Lot 70011 | BRAZIL 1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, fine impressi
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BRAZIL
1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, fine impression, four even margins and cancelled by complete boxed “CUNHA” in brown, very fine (RHM P-SP-10, $2’700)
Expertise:…
Estimate: 800 – 1’200 EUR
Lot 70012 | 1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, fine impression, second
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1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, fine impression, second composite plate state A, pos.13, large margins with sheet margin at left, on small piece cancelled by…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 EUR
Lot 70013 | BRAZIL – EXCEPTIONAL FIRST DAY CANCEL 1.7.1843
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BRAZIL – EXCEPTIONAL FIRST DAY CANCEL 1.7.1843
1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, fine impression, position 1, centrally cancelled with CORREIOS GERALDACORTE…
Estimate: 30’000 – 40’000 EUR
Lot 70014 | BRAZIL 1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, fine impress
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BRAZIL
1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, fine impression, large margins all around with marginal rule at right, tied by CORREO GERAL DE CUIBA circular date…
Estimate: 15’000 – 20’000 EUR
Lot 70015 | 1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, intermediate impression
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1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, intermediate impression, four margins and cancelled by complete linear “COCAES” in brown, fine (RHM P-MG-20, $6’500)
Expertise:…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 EUR
Lot 70016 | 1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, intermediate to fine im
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1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, intermediate to fine impression, with large margins, tied to piece by both circular CORREIO DE CAMPINAS and boxed RIO CLARO…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 EUR
Lot 70017 | 1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, intermediate impression
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1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, intermediate impression, first composite plate, pos.18, large margins showing corner margins with framelines, cancelled by framed…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 EUR
Lot 70018 | 1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, worn impression, showin
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1843 Bulls Eyes 60r black, worn impression, showing marginal line at left and at top, tied to small piece by framed “SERGIPE” in brown, light crease, fine…
Estimate: 500 – 800 EUR
Lot 70019 | 1843 60r Bulls Eye marginal pair plus complete hor
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1843 60r Bulls Eye marginal pair plus complete horizontal row of 6, paying reduced rate postage of 480r (for court documents sent by post) on a handwritten…
Estimate: 120’000 – 150’000 EUR
Lot 70020 | 1843 Bulls Eyes 90r black, extraordinary block of
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1843 Bulls Eyes 90r black, extraordinary block of five together with 30 Reis single, used together on flap of commercial business letter from Rio de Janeiro…
Estimate: 300’000 EUR
Lot 70021 | 1929 ETA Airlines, artist’s essay for issued desig
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1929 ETA Airlines, artist’s essay for issued design in black and red on thin card, together with imperforate colour trial composite sheet of 16 with right…
Estimate: 20’000 – 40’000 EUR
Lot 70022 | 1933 Envelope of the journal A NOITE, sent by Zepp
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1933 Envelope of the journal A NOITE, sent by Zeppelin Flight Pernambuco to Rio, enclosed “Das Comitiva Presidencial” (President Vargas Committee) and…
Estimate: 7’000 – 12’000 EUR
Lot 70023 | Two Blocks of Four on a Legal Front
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
1853 1d Deep Brick-Red in TWO BLOCKS OF FOUR on legal front to Cape Town, neatly tied by CGH obliterations, paying double the 4d inland…
Estimate: 4’000 – 6’000 EUR
Lot 70024 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Four Pence “Wood-block” on Co
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Four Pence “Wood-block” on Cover
1861 4d Blue “Wood-block”, touched to massive margins, showing portions of adjoining stamps on…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 EUR
Lot 70025 | CHINA – The “Crown Jewel” of Chinese Philately
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CHINA – The “Crown Jewel” of Chinese Philately
The “Countess Caroline” Cover of the Large Dragons 5 Candarins Wide Setting.
The famous cover addressed…
Estimate: 700’000 EUR
Lot 70026 | Extremely Important First Issue Three Colour Franking
Colombia
1859 (Sep 26) Complete folded letter (in English) from an English merchant in Bogota to his brother in Hamburg, franked by First Issue 5c and 20c tied…
Estimate: 30’000 EUR
Lot 70027 | DENMARK The Unique 1851 2RBS Used Block of Four
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DENMARK
The Unique 1851 2RBS Used Block of Four
1851 2RBS deep blue, the extraordinary used block of four of deep rich colour, Thiele printing (typographed…
Estimate: 24’000 – 30’000 EUR
Lot 70028 | The Sonnino Maritime Archive 1834-1851
Egypt » Early Letters
The Sonnino Maritime Archive1834-1851 An intact original archive of many hundreds of disinfected entires all addressed to “Sign G. Sonnino” or “Sign J….
Estimate: 18’000 – 24’000 EUR
Lot 70029 | EGYPTBritish Hotel Post1851 Envelope to Bo
Egypt » Private Carriers and Forwarding Agents
EGYPT
British Hotel Post
1851 Envelope to Bombay, with black “FORWARDED BY / BRITISH HOTEL / CAIRO / S.SHEPARD” oval cachet, ms “1/-” with blue Suez…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 EUR
Lot 70030 | EGYPT Extremely Rare Levant and First Issue Co
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EGYPT
Extremely Rare Levant and First Issue Combination
1866 (Jan 9) An almost complete entire letter from Jerusalem to Cairo, with Austria Lombardy…
Estimate: 34’000 – 40’000 EUR
Lot 70031 | Austrian Post Office in Alexandria Combination Franking
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EGYPT
Austrian Post Office in Alexandria Combination Franking
1866 (Aug 4) Cover from Cairo to Trieste, with 1866 1pi (trimmed perfs) tied by “POSTE…
Estimate: 8’000 – 12’000 EUR
Lot 70032 | EGYPT Extremely Rare Registered Cover from the
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EGYPT
Extremely Rare Registered Cover from the Austrian Office in Alexandria
1868 (Feb 21) Envelope sent registered from Cairo to Berlin, with two…
Estimate: 7’000 – 10’000 EUR
Lot 70033 | Suez Canal Co. 20c in complete sheets, five complete mint sheets of 120 stamps
Egypt » Egypt Suez-Canal Company
EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE SHEETS OF SUEZ CANAL1868 20c Blue in five complete mint sheets of 120 stamps mostly all with margins, hinged only in the corners…
Estimate: 10’000 – 15’000 EUR
Lot 70034 | EGYPT The Famous “Chantier VI” Suez Canal Cover
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EGYPT
The Famous “Chantier VI” Suez Canal Cover
1869 (May 21) Cover sent from Chantier VI to Limone, Italy, with 1867-71 Penasson 20pa, 1pi and 2pi,…
Estimate: 20’000 – 30’000 EUR
Lot 70035 | La plus grande bande connue du 1F de 1849
France
La plus grande bande connue du 1F de 1849
1849 Cérès 1F carmin foncé, bande horizontale de huit timbres, oblitération grille sans fin, pièce unique…
Estimate: 24’000 EUR
Lot 70036 | FRANCE – REMARQUABLE AFFRANCHISSEMENT POUR LE MEXI
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FRANCE – REMARQUABLE AFFRANCHISSEMENT POUR LE MEXIQUE
1849 1F carmin en bloc de 8 +une paire +10c bistre +40c orange obl. grille sans fin sur pli de…
Estimate: 30’000 – 40’000 EUR
Lot 70037 | UNIQUE LETTRE POUR L’AUSTRALIE AVEC 1ère EMISSION
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UNIQUE LETTRE POUR L’AUSTRALIE AVEC 1ère EMISSION DE FRANCE
1849 1F carmin en bande de trois (déf.) obl. grille sans fin sur lettre de Paris 19.11.1852…
Estimate: 15’000 – 20’000 EUR
Lot 70038 | RARISSIME LETTRE POUR HAITI AVEC 1ère EMISSION DE
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RARISSIME LETTRE POUR HAITI AVEC 1ère EMISSION DE FRANCE
1849 1F carmin (déf.) +25c bleu en paire obl. grille sans fin sur lettre de Paris 12.05.1852…
Estimate: 10’000 – 15’000 EUR
Lot 70039 | Tête-Bêche dans une bande de sept sur lettre 18
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Tête-Bêche dans une bande de sept sur lettre
1849 1F Cérès TETE-BECHE dans une bande de 7 plus deux bandes de trois plus 25c bleu en paire, en général…
Estimate: 50’000 – 60’000 EUR
Lot 70040 | 1849 1F carmin (x2) +paire de 25c bleu (touché)
France
1849 1F carmin (x2) +paire de 25c bleu (touché) obl. grille sur lettre de Cette 07.10.50 pour la SUEDE, cachet PF, par voie de Hambourg, càd de transit…
Estimate: 2’600 EUR
Lot 70041 | Rarissime 1F vermillon avec cursive
France
Rarissime 1F vermillon avec cursive
Lettre affranchie par un 1F vermillon bien margé, oblitéré grille (deux fois) avec à côté la cursive “11 St Amans…
Estimate: 26’000 EUR
Lot 70042 | UN FRANC VERMILLON SUR LETTRE 1849 1F Vermillon
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UN FRANC VERMILLON SUR LETTRE
1849 1F Vermillon avec belles marges obl. grille sur grande enveloppe de Rennes 10.07.49 pour Nantes, arr. au dos, TB,…
Estimate: 7’000 – 10’000 EUR
Lot 70043 | UN FRANC VERMILLON SUR LETTRE 1849 1F vermillon
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UN FRANC VERMILLON SUR LETTRE
1849 1F vermillon, bien à très bien margé, oblitéré grille sur lettre de Eguzon pour Chateauroux, EGUZON/8.MAI.49 càd…
Estimate: 7’000 – 10’000 EUR
Lot 70044 | La seule paire neuve connue du 10c Présidence1
France
FRANCE La seule paire neuve connue du 10c Présidence
1852 10c Présidence, extraordinaire paire neuve avec gomme d’origine, très belles marges, cert….
Estimate: 130’000 EUR
Lot 70045 | Extraordinaire collection de TIMBRES-MONNAIE en 3
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Extraordinaire collection de TIMBRES-MONNAIE en 3 albums
Fruit d’une recherche de 30 ans, elle rassemble plus +260 de timbres-monnaie montrant une grande…
Estimate: 40’000 – 60’000 EUR
Lot 70046 | Collection extraordinaire sur les COLIS-POSTAUX d’
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Collection extraordinaire sur les COLIS-POSTAUX d’ALSACE-LORRAINE
Collection d’exposition sur l’emploi du 15c Colis-Postaux et ses substituts 1924-27…
Estimate: 15’000 – 20’000 EUR
Lot 70047 | FRANCE – REUNION 1852 15c type II +30c type IV,
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FRANCE – REUNION
1852 15c type II +30c type IV, bien coupés autour des filets, sur lettre pour Nantes avec càd St André 23 aout 1852, càd St Denis au…
Estimate: 30’000 – 40’000 EUR
Lot 70048 | FRANCE – REUNION 1852 30c noir sur azuré (type
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FRANCE – REUNION
1852 30c noir sur azuré (type IV) non oblitéré sur lettre de Saint-André pour Saint-Denis, avec cachet ST.ANDRE/ILE DE LA REUNION 30…
Estimate: 10’000 – 15’000 EUR
Lot 70049 | GREELAND 1932 “Rockwell Kent” issue: One of onl
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GREELAND
1932 “Rockwell Kent” issue: One of only two recorded envelopes with “essay”-sketch of what was later going to be the 10 öre red airmail stamp….
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 EUR