117 lots
Lot 233508 | 1861 PATRIOTIC COVER franked by 1860 30c orange
United States » 1857-61 Issue
1861 PATRIOTIC COVER “Our compromise. The Federal Union – It must and shall be preserved” (Flag and Canon) franked by 1860 30c orange (very fine and of…
Start price: 6’000 CHF
Lot 231694 | 1869 issue 6c blue (115), tied by mute cancel, used in combination with France 1868 20c Blue Napoleon III Lauré (3)
United States » 1869 Pictoral Issue
1869 issue 6c blue (115), tied by mute cancel, used in combination with France 1868 20c Blue Napoleon III Lauré, 3 examples (Yvert 29B), French stamps…
Start price: 16’000 CHF
Lot 233726 | Frazer & Co., Cincinnati O., 1845-1851, 2c Black on Green (Scott 69L3). Extremely fine with wide margins all around, uncancelled, used on local folded letter
United States » Local Stamps
Frazer & Co., Cincinnati O., 1845-1851, 2c Black on Green (Scott 69L3). Extremely fine with wide margins all around, uncancelled, used on local folded…
Start price: 4’000 CHF
Lot 226838 | 1840 (Nov 9) 1d Mulready lettersheet sent from Ipswich (Norfolk) beautifully handpainted showing two bronze coins
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » 1d Lettersheets and Envelopes
1840 (Nov 9) 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A236, sent from Ipswich (Suffolk) to Gloucester, beautifully handpainted showing two bronze coins and stylised…
Start price: 26’000 CHF
Lot 226027 | 1854-59 New South Wales Perkins Bacon proofs sheet of 20
Australia » New South Wales
1854-59, Perkins Bacon archive sheet of 20 proof examples of the Garter 6d value, all showing waxed corners to avoid re-usage, arranged on the sheet in…
Start price: 9’000 CHF
Lot 247716 | British Guiana: The Ferrary 1856 4c black on blue surface coloured paper with manuscript signature “EDW”, on piece
British Guiana » 1856 Provisionals (SG 23-27)
1856 4c black on blue surface coloured paper with manuscript signature “EDW”, on piece, tied with “B G/E7C/OC 23/1856” cds. The extremely fine cut square…
Start price: 190’000 CHF
Lot 251640 | Prince Edward Island, 1863, 2d rose strip of three of which one bisect, cancelled by cork obliterator of Charlottetown AP 19 1871, sent to Dublin, Ireland. Letter carried by Inman Line’sCity of Baltimore, which departed
Canada » Prince Edward Island
1863, 2d rose strip of three of which one bisect, cancelled by cork obliterator of Charlottetown AP 19 1871, sent to Dublin, Ireland. Letter carried by…
Start price: 2’500 CHF
Lot 251334 | 1840 (Oct 18) Entire from Scotland to Prince Edward Island with 1840 1d black pl.6 EH
Canada » Prince Edward Island » Incoming Mail
1840 (Oct 18) Entire from Scotland to Prince Edward Island with 1840 1d black pl.6 EH, close to good margins, tied by red MC, with ms rate “1/-” below,…
Start price: 60’000 CHF
Lot 247621 | 1848-59 Post Paid 1d red on bluish, worn impression, four very fine examples with full to wide margins all around used on 1860 cover Port Louis to Paris
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue
1848-59 Post Paid 1d red on bluish, worn impression, four very fine examples with full to wide margins all around used on 1860 cover Port Louis to Paris,…
Start price: 20’000 CHF
Lot 247623 | 1859 Lapirot 2d blue on bluish, worn impression, position 7, used in combination with Britannia 6d blue on folded cover Port Louis to Batavia
Mauritius » 1859 Lapirot Issue
1859 Lapirot 2d blue on bluish, worn impression, position 7, used in combination with Britannia 6d blue on folded cover Port Louis to Batavia, Dutch East…
Start price: 25’000 CHF
Lot 247599 | 1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion pair used on internal cover from Port Louis to the 5th Fusiliers at Mahébourg
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion pair used on internal cover from Port Louis to the 5th Fusiliers at Mahébourg, cancelled light black targets, GPO MAURITIUS…
Start price: 31’000 CHF
Lot 251340 | New Zealand, Incoming Mail: 1868 (Jun 1) small envelope mixed franking Great Britain and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand, Incoming Mail: 1868 (Jun 1) small envelope franked Great Britain 3d and 6d (both with faults) tied by Sunderland duplex, endorsed “Via Panama”,…
Start price: 3’600 CHF
Lot 242734 | 1897-1900 wmk CC £10 black & yellow mint h.r.
Nyasaland » British Central Africa
1897-1900 wmk CC £10 black & yellow mint h.r., light gum wrinkles, very well centred with bright, fresh colour, a very fine example of an exceedingly rare…
Start price: 6’400 CHF
Lot 251654 | PALESTINE, GERMAN FIELD POST WWI
Palestine and Holy Land
”FELDPOST MIL.MISS. BIR-ES-SEBA 18.11.1916” and military h.s ”DEUTSCHE FELD-FLIEGER ABT.300 ”PASCHA” (air force) on ”HEERESSACHE” registered cover with…
Start price: 6’000 CHF
Lot 242220 | 1864-76 Colour Changes, wmk CC, 1d black, 4d yellow and a block of four 1s brown-orange perf. 12½, on reverse of 1871 entire letter to Naples
St. Lucia
1864-76 Colour Changes, wmk CC, 1d black, 4d yellow and a block of four 1s brown-orange perf. 12½, on reverse of 1871 entire letter to Naples (Napoli),…
Start price: 2’750 CHF
Lot 229120 | 1870 (Jun 7) envelope from Seychelles to Utah, USA, with Mauritius 1860-63 9d block of four
Seychelles
1870 (Jun 7) envelope from Seychelles to Utah, USA, with Mauritius 1860-63 9d block of four tied by very good strikes of the “B64” barred ovals, reverse…
Start price: 8’900 CHF
Lot 247546 | Rustenburg British Occupation: 1900 Transvaal 2/6d. dull violet and green, handstamped “V.R” in violet, unused
South Africa » Anglo Boer War
Rustenburg British Occupation: 1900 Transvaal 2/6d. dull violet and green, handstamped “V.R” in violet, unused; thinned at top and attached by the previous…
Start price: 2’500 CHF