17 Jun 2024 – 22 Jun 2024
5355 lots
Lot 30882 | Picture postcards, a most interesting lot of about 90 early cards
Persia » Collections, Lots etc.
Picture postcards: A most interesting lot of about 90 cards, mostly 1930s but also early 1900, with about 20 sent to Europe, many unusual pictures, different…
Estimation: 300 – 500 CHF
Lot 30883 | 1909-1925 Lot of odds and ends, mostly covers showing
Persia » Collections, Lots etc.
1909-1925 Lot of odds and ends, mostly covers showing an array of 18 items, a few registered usages, newspaper, perfin on postcards, some large usage blocks…
Estimation: 500 – 800 CHF
Lot 30884 | 1d red strip of five only slightly touched at top otherwise fine and with wide margins
Peru
1862-73 Lecoq Machine 1d red strip of five only slightly touched at top otherwise fine and with wide margins, cancelled by the very scarce « CERTIFICADO »…
Estimation: 150 – 300 CHF
Lot 30885 | 1868-72 1d green strip of four with a boxed CERTIFICADO (type 114) specific to Moyobamba and Moyobb
Peru
1868-72 1d green strip of four with a boxed CERTIFICADO (type 114) specific to Moyobamba and Moyobb and a light pen cancel on one stamp; a vertical crease…
Estimation: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 30886 | 1934-57 group of 8 mint n.h. blocks of four
Saudi Arabia
1934-57 group of 8 mint n.h. blocks of four, all but two marginal, with 1g & 10g from first printing, and 1/8g, 1/4g, 1/2g (imperf and showing some blind…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 30887 | 1961 Airmails 1p to 200p mint n.h. set of 15
Saudi Arabia » 1934 Kingdom Issues to date
1961 Airmails 1p to 200p mint n.h. set of 15, some with bends or small creases, the 200p in lower right control single (S.G. £300).
Estimation: 70 – 100 CHF
Lot 30888 | 1918 Provisional issue for Aleppo, 1/2 piastre « DROIT DE TAXE PERCU ALEP » cancelled « HALEP 4.11.18 ».
Syria
1918 Provisional issue for Aleppo, 1/2 piastre « DROIT DE TAXE PERCU ALEP » cancelled « HALEP 4.11.18 ». A major Syria rarity of superb quality. This provisional…
Estimation: 8’000 – 12’000 CHF
Lot 30889 | Siam 1928 3s in 3 diff. proof colours in blks of 4 MNH
Thailand
1928 Siam King Rama VII “King Prajadhipok” three proofs of the 3s value, in blocks of four, in red, brown and deep-blue, MNH, large even margins, attractive…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 30890 | 1847-72 USA, 7 better covers, incl. very attractive 1862 cover from Franklin, NH to Charlestown
United States
1847-72 United States, 7 better covers, incl. very attractive 1862 cover from Franklin, NH to Charlestown w 3c stamp cancelled with “PAID 3” to indicate…
Estimation: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 30891 | 1853-86 four postal stationery envelopes, three from Wells Fargo with oval markings in black, blue, and pink
United States
1853-86 four postal stationery envelopes, three from Wells Fargo with oval markings in black, blue, and pink, including departure markings of Bernardino,…
Estimation: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 30892 | US Civil War 1860-65 a beautiful lot of twelve patriotic covers, with rare uses
United States
US Civil War 1860-65 a beautiful lot of twelve patriotic covers (+ 3 forgeries), all except one franked with 3c stamps of the 1857-61 or the 1861 issue,…
Estimation: 500 – 1’000 CHF
Lot 30893 | 1860 1857-61 issue 5c brown type I (SC29) and 10c green probably type V (SC35)
United States
1857-61 issue 5c brown type I and 10c green probably type V, struck by red bar on cover from San Francisco to Bordeaux, by British packet; very fine lettersheet,…
Estimation: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 30894 | 1865 United States 24c gray cover to London
United States
1865 24c gray tied to cover by mute barred cds, sent to London by British packet, orange « Boston Br Packet 30 May 19 paid », London receiver on front; very…
Estimation: 150 – 300 CHF
Lot 30895 | 1869 15c with E grill (Scott 91) obliterated by mute cork cancel
United States
1869 15c with E grill, obliterated by mute cork cancel, on folded letter datelined New York 6 Jan 1869 sent to Paris, on front is Paid New York 6 Jan and…
Estimation: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 30896 | 1901, Fast Lake Navigation 1c green & black showing INVERTED CENTRE variety, used
United States
1901, Fast Lake Navigation 1c green & black showing INVERTED CENTRE variety, machine barred cancel, rebacked over creases and sealed tears, fine appearance…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 CHF
Lot 30897 | United States, green express label US Express Co.
United States » Carrier Issues
United States, green express label on cover to Cincinnati, A rare label bearing the text « Forwarded by the United States Express Co. from Maumee City,…
Estimation: 150 – 300 CHF
Lot 30898 | US local post stamps and carriers 1846-60, a very interesting lot of seventeen letters
United States » Carrier Issues
1846-60, US local post stamps and carriers lot of seventeen letters and one letter piece, mainly Blood’s Despatch of Philadelphia, including several in…
Estimation: 500 – 1’000 CHF
Lot 30899 | Confederate States 1861-64, group of six fine covers and three stamps
United States » Confederate States
1861-64, group of six fine covers and three stamps, including four covers of the general issues in extremely fine condition, some showing departure markings…
Estimation: 300 – 600 CHF
Lot 30900 | 1862 Confederate States, 5c blue, local printing, horizontal strip of ten and a pair on cover
United States » Confederate States
1862 5c blue, local printing, horizontal strip of ten (five stamps are very fine with fine margins) and a pair, all cancelled in pencil, on envelope opened…
Estimation: 800 – 1’600 CHF
Lot 30901 | US Confederate States, 1861 5c olive green, stones A or B, a cover with an amazing horizontal strip of four
United States » Confederate States
1861 5c olive green, stones A or B, a cover with an amazing horizontal strip of four, with wide margins all around (right stamp wrinkled when applied on…
Estimation: 2’000 – 4’000 CHF
Lot 30902 | Confederate postmaster provisionals 1861 Knoxville, TN, 5c brick red
United States » Confederate States » Postmasters’ Provisionals
1861 Knoxville, TN, 5c brick red with slightly touched margin bottom left and tiny wrinkle at top, otherwise fine, cancelled in ms on clean envelope with…
Estimation: 400 – 800 CHF
Lot 30903 | Confederate postmaster provisionals 1861 Knoxville, TN, 5c carmine on grayish laid paper
United States » Confederate States » Postmasters’ Provisionals
1861 Knoxville, TN, 5c carmine on grayish laid paper with only slightly touched margin at top right, otherwise with wide margins and tied by pen obliteration…
Estimation: 400 – 800 CHF
Lot 30904 | US Confederate postmaster’s provisionals, New Orleans 5c brown a very fine pair
United States » Confederate States » Postmasters’ Provisionals
New Orleans 5c brown a very fine pair with full to wide margins (a little close at bottom but not touching), cancelled and tied by New Orleans circular…
Estimation: 200 – 400 CHF
Lot 30905 | US local post, Blood’s Penny Post 1c bronze on lilac very fine with full to wide margins
United States » Local Stamps
Blood’s Penny Post 1c bronze on lilac very fine with full to wide margins acid tied on very appealing small envelope with razor-sharp datestamp Blood’s…
Estimation: 200 – 400 CHF
Lot 30906 | 1898 1c on 1m orange-brown, third printing, position 2, mint,
United States » U.S. Possessions » Puerto Príncipe
1898 1c on 1m orange-brown, third printing, position 2, mint, lovely fresh and very fine appearance, small hinge remains to reverse mentioned only for…
Estimation: 240 – 300 CHF
Lot 30907 | 1898 5c on 1c black-violet, fourth printing, position 2, inverted surcharge, used and tied to a piece
United States » U.S. Possessions » Puerto Príncipe
1898 5c on 1c black-violet, fourth printing, position 2, inverted surcharge, used and tied to a piece by Puerto Principe cds, some climate toning, strong…
Estimation: 300 – 500 CHF
Lot 30908 | La Unión Provincial Provisionals. An extraordinary group of 59 stamps
United States » U.S. Possessions » Philippines » Filipino Revolutionary Mail
La Unión Provisionals. An extraordinary group of 59 stamps featuring the « blank paper » issue, with 24 singles o.g., all except one being marginal, including…
Estimation: 400 – 600 CHF
Lot 30909 | 1871, « Escuelas » 50r yellow-green, first printing, a remarkable pair
Venezuela
1871, « Escuelas » 50r yellow-green, first printing, a remarkable pair possessing clear to ample margins, delightfully fine impression, unused without gum….
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 CHF
Lot 30910 | 1859 1/2r yellow, first fine impression, with very wide margins all. round, tied to cover
Venezuela
1859 1/2r yellow, first fine impression, with very wide margins all. round, tied to cover by square of rectangle dots, single rate entire letter from La…
Estimation: 200 – 400 CHF
Lot 30911 | 1859-62 1/2r orange, second coarse impression with full balanced margins all round
Venezuela
1859-62 1/2r orange, second coarse impression with full balanced margins all round, tied by superb blue strike La Guaira « Ago 29 » on entire letter with…
Estimation: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 30912 | 1866 (Apr 9) entire from La Guaira to France with 2 Reales green with zig-zag roulette perforations
Venezuela
St. Thomas-La Guaira-Puerto Cabello: 1866 (Apr 9) entire from La Guaira to France with 2 Reales green with zig-zag roulette perforations, tied by « La Guaira »…
Estimation: 120 – 180 CHF
Lot 30913 | 1871 Venezuela Escuelas 1r rose bisect, 5th printing, on cover to Caracas
Venezuela
1871 Escuelas 1r rose bisect, 5th printing, transfer type 2, an unauthorised but tolerated use of bisect 1r to pay the 5 centavos rate for a single letter,…
Estimation: 500 – 1’000 CHF
Lot 30914 | 1869 1/2r green mint lower right corner marginal block of twenty
Venezuela » St Thomas-La Guaira-Puerto Cabello – Jesurun Issues
1869 1/2r green mint lower right corner marginal block of twenty, on album page piece identifying the types and one with noted variety on pos.76, brownish…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 30915 | 1947 North Yemen 10b sunken die proof in dark blue
Yemen
1947 North Yemen 10b sunken die proof in dark blue, and 1947-58 4b Palace sunken die proof in dark blue, very fine.
Estimation: 100 – 150 CHF
Lot 30916 | 1947-58 4b Palace sunken die proof in dark blue
Yemen
1947-58 4b Palace sunken die proof in dark blue, very fine.
Estimation: 100 – 150 CHF
Lot 30917 | 1886 wreck cover Great Britain, United States. SS Oregon
Great Britain » Postal History » Crash and Wreck Mail
1886, Cover from Great Britain to United States bearing at back large New York P.O. label explaining the wreckage of SS Oregon, at front departure cancel…
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30918 | 1892 Wreck mail United States, Austria, German Reich SS Eider
Thematics » Crash & Wreck Mail
1892, SS Eider, 2 covers and a United States 2C pair, bearing each one of the 3 wreck markings: Gehoben aus dem gescheiterten Schiff ‘Eider’, Saved from…
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30919 | 1892, accident cover Great Britain Scotland United States Ireland SS Spree
Thematics » Crash & Wreck Mail
1892, SS SPREE, cover from Glasgow to Boston bearing at front instead of label a long manuscript note about the accident of SS Spree in the open sea of…
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30920 | 1895 wreck cover German Empire, United States SS ELBE
Germany » German Empire
1895, Cover from Schwerin to United States bearing violet wreck cachet ‘Geborgen aus der Postladung des untergegangenen Dampfers Elbe Postamt Bremen 1’…
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30921 | 1900 SS MEXICAN wreck cover Natal Great Britain
South Africa » Natal
1900, SS MEXICAN, wreck cover from Natal to Great Britain (Gloucester) bearing at front 2-line cachet ‘RECOVERED FROM WRECK OF MEXICAN’, at back large…
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30922 | 1909, Carte postale avec griffe linéaire « naufrage
Colonies françaises » Algérie
Algérie, 1909: Carte postale avec griffe linéaire « naufrage de la Ville
d’Alger », timbre décollé par immersion, cachet d’Alger au recto et arrivée en…
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30923 | Griffe rouge « NAUFRAGE DE LA RUSSIE » sur entier postal Sage 15c bleu
Colonies françaises » Algérie
Algérie, 1901: Griffe rouge « NAUFRAGE DE LA RUSSIE » sur entier postal Sage 15c bleu à destination de Paris, cachet de départ Oran Karguentah du 5 janvier…
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30924 | 1905 wreck cover France, Egypt, SS Cairo
Egypt » Postal History
1905, Wreckage of S.S. CAIRO, cover from France to Egypt showing 2-line cachet in violet ‘SAUVÉ DU NAUFRAGE DU CAIRO / SAVED FROM THE WRECK OF S.S. CAIRO’,…
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30925 | 1907 wreck cover Great Britain, Netherlands SS Berlin
Great Britain » Postal History » Crash and Wreck Mail
1907, Wreckage of SS BERLIN, cover from London to Amsterdam bearing 2-line ‘BESCHADIGT DOOR RAMP HARWICH BOOT’, at back ‘postkantoor amsterdam’ label,…
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30926 | 1907 wreck cover Gold Coast, Great Britain SS JEBBA
Thematics » Crash & Wreck Mail
1907, SS JEBBA, Cover from Gold Coast to London bearing at front ‘SALVED FROM SS JEBBA’ 2-line cachet in purple, at back Plymouth postal closing seal
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30927 | 1909 wreck cover Algerie France SS Ville D’Algier
Colonies françaises » Algérie
Algérie, 1909: Lettre accidentée avec griffe manuscrite « naufrage de la Ville d’Alger », timbre décollé par immersion avec cad Constantine du 25 février…
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30928 | 1914 wreck ambulance cover Canada, Great Britain, SS Ireland
Canada
1914, Wreckage of SS Empress of Ireland, ambulance wreck cover OHMS from Ottawa to Grimsby bearing at front ‘Recovered by divers from wreck of S.S. Empress…
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30929 | 1914-42 Group of 4 unidentified crash or wreck mail covers
Thematics » Crash & Wreck Mail
1914-42 Group of 4 unidentified crash- or wreckmail covers from India, Brazil, Argentina & Great Britain
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30930 | 1916 cover Great Britain Sweden SS Newton fire on board
Great Britain » Postal History » Crash and Wreck Mail
1916, Wreckage of SS NEWTON, cover from Great Britain to Stockholm bearing at back viol. accident cachet of Swedish PTT (fire on board) and Stockholm arrival…
Estimation: 100 CHF
Lot 30931 | 1917 wreck cover India SS NORWEGIAN
Thematics » Crash & Wreck Mail
1917, SS NORWEGIAN, Bombay censored cover to India (Calcutta & forwarded) bearing straightline ‘DAMAG D BY S.A WATER’, at back Mussoorie and Calcutta arrival…
Estimation: 100 CHF