{"id":27662,"date":"2020-06-18T09:50:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T07:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/?p=27662"},"modified":"2020-08-24T10:59:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T08:59:30","slug":"highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights of our Upcoming Auction Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime; custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb1px|||||\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;]<p>For this week&rsquo;s digest we wanted to highlight some of the items and sections in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/upcoming-auctions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">upcoming June 30th-July 2nd auction series<\/a> that we haven&rsquo;t touched on so far. In order to keep it interesting I thought I would highlight examples of different types of philatelic items that people collect and in the order which often they would display them in a collection; starting with pre-stamp, then going through essays, die proofs, colour trials, specimens, varieties and usages. For many people this is the driving force of their collecting; to tell the story of a country&rsquo;s philatelic contribution through its postal history and the development of their stamps.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb2_5,3_5&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb2_5&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;]<p><strong>Pre-Stamp<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31897\/montserrat-1860-sep-3-wrapper-to-london-with-a-cri\/?soff_session_category=8273&amp;soff_auction_browse=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lot 31897<\/a> is an 1860 cover from Montserrat with a very rare \u00ab\u00a0PAID \/ AT \/ MONTSERRAT\u00a0\u00bb crown circle handstamp. It is one of only 15 recorded and in fact one of only 11 used at this time before is was used again provisionally in the 1880s. It is one of stand-out items in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/?soff_category=8273\" title=\"Montserrat postal history\">section of Montserrat postal history<\/a> which features 101 lots.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb3_5&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Paid-at-Montserrat-Crown-Circle-handstamp.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbPaid at Montserrat Crown Circle handstamp\u00a0\u00bb url=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31897\/montserrat-1860-sep-3-wrapper-to-london-with-a-cri\/?soff_session_category=8273&#038;soff_auction_browse=1&Prime; url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb1_2,1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime; custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb||7px|||\u00a0\u00bb]<p><strong>Essays<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/st-vincent\/10296\/st-vincent-revenues-1882-de-la-rue-essay-hand-draw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lot 10296<\/a> is a striking handpainted essay from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/st-vincent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"&quot;Tatiana&quot; collection of St. Vincent\">\u00ab\u00a0Tatiana\u00a0\u00bb collection of St. Vincent.<\/a> The design is similar to that of Trinidad 1883 issue and is inscribed \u201cSt VINCENT REVENUE\u201d at top with void value tablet below. It&rsquo;s painted in mauve with details in Chinese white on tracing paper, and also shows the handpainted value tablets below. It originates from the De La Rue archives, which were sold by Robson Lowe in the 1970s.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/St-Vincent-De-La-Rue-handpainted-essay-of-key-type-revenue-stamp-detail.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbSt Vincent De La Rue handpainted essay of key-type revenue stamp detail\u00a0\u00bb show_in_lightbox=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime; max_width=\u00a0\u00bb200px\u00a0\u00bb module_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/St-Vincent-De-La-Rue-handpainted-essay-of-key-type-revenue-stamp.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbSt Vincent De La Rue handpainted essay of key-type revenue stamp\u00a0\u00bb url=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/st-vincent\/10296\/st-vincent-revenues-1882-de-la-rue-essay-hand-draw\/\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb1_2,1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;]<p><strong>Proofs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31415\/gibraltar-1902-kevii-undenominated-master-die-proo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Gibraltar KEVII De La Rue master die proof\">Lot 31415<\/a> is an example of a KEVII undemnominated master die proof from Gibraltar, and is a part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/?soff_category=7650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00ab\u00a0Tatiana\u00a0\u00bb collection of Gibraltar<\/a>. It is stamped with the date and \u00ab\u00a0BEFORE HARDENING\u00a0\u00bb. This means it was a proof strike of this die taken before it was hardened ready for creating the printing plate. These De La Rue proofs are also known struck with \u00ab\u00a0AFTER HARDENING\u00a0\u00bb or \u00ab\u00a0AFTER STRIKING\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gibraltar-1902-high-value-master-die-proof-by-De-La-Rue.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbGibraltar 1902 high value master die proof by De La Rue\u00a0\u00bb url=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31415\/gibraltar-1902-kevii-undenominated-master-die-proo\/\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime; custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb||4px|||\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime; custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb||3px|||\u00a0\u00bb]<p><strong>Colour Trials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not wanting to show any bias towards De La Rue, here are lots <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/30802\/new-south-wales-1854-59-diadem-perkins-bacon-print\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">30802<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/30803\/new-south-wales-1854-59-diadem-perkins-bacon-print\/\">30803<\/a> which are Perkins Bacon colour trials of the 1854-59 Diadem 6d from our section of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/?soff_category=5674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"&quot;Tatiana&quot; collection of New South Wales\">\u00ab\u00a0Tatiana\u00a0\u00bb collection of New South Wales<\/a>. They are still on their original archive pages, although when they were sold in the Slade-Slade sale they were still joined together. Each stamp has one corner waxed-over and alongside there is the manuscript ink recipe endorsed alongside. They&rsquo;d make a very attractive addition to a specialised collection of these issues!<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb1_2,1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime; custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb0px|||||\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/New-South-Wales-Diadem-6d-colour-trials.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbNew South Wales Diadem 6d colour trials\u00a0\u00bb url=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/30802\/new-south-wales-1854-59-diadem-perkins-bacon-print\/\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/New-South-Wales-Diadem-6d-colour-trials-2.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbNew South Wales Diadem 6d colour trials 2&Prime; url=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/30803\/new-south-wales-1854-59-diadem-perkins-bacon-print\/\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb3_4,1_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb3_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;]<p><strong>Imprimaturs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I could have made up this whole article with items from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/?soff_category=7655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">section of Great Britain in our upcoming June 30th-July 2nd auction<\/a>, but I&rsquo;ve chosen to talk about the imprimaturs we have on offer. These imprimaturs were taken from the registration sheets that were kept by the post office for their reference. The majority were unperforated, and over the years stamps were officially removed from these sheets; many of which have since come onto the public market. The quantities taken vary for each stamp, but for most of the surface printed stamps only around 20 were taken.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/30139\/1865-67-large-uncoloured-corner-letters-wmk-garter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lot 30139<\/a> is a unique marginal example of the 1865-67 4d vermilion pl.10 showing the current number \u201c276\u201d.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Great-Britain-1865-67-4d-vermilion-pl.10-imprimatur.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbGreat Britain 1865-67 4d vermilion pl.10 imprimatur\u00a0\u00bb url=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/30139\/1865-67-large-uncoloured-corner-letters-wmk-garter\/\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb3_4,1_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb3_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;]<p><strong>Specimens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are many stamps with \u00ab\u00a0Specimen\u00a0\u00bb handstamps or perfins throughout the sale, but one of the rarest is the \u00ab\u00a0Specimen\u00a0\u00bb overprint on the India 1948 Gandhi memorial issue. Rarer still is l<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31633\/dominion-1948-gandhi-set-to-10r-with-specimen-over\/?soff_session_keywords=gandhi&amp;soff_session_page=1&amp;soff_auction_browse=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"India 1948 Gandhi specimen folder\">ot 31633, the set of four with Specimen overprints in the original Courvoisier presentation folder<\/a>, mounted on golden metallic pages with interleaving and a black felt cover with a gilt state emblem of India. For those with a more modest budget, we also have on offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31634\/dominion-1948-gandhi-10r-purple-brown-and-lake-wit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lot 31634, a single 10R Specimen<\/a> (pictured), which is part of a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/?soff_page=1&amp;soff_category=&amp;soff_keywords=gandhi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">26 lots of this popular Gandhi issue<\/a>, including the \u00ab\u00a0SERVICE\u00a0\u00bb overprints.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1948-Gandhi-10R-specimen-overprint.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bb1948 Gandhi 10R specimen overprint\u00a0\u00bb url=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31634\/dominion-1948-gandhi-10r-purple-brown-and-lake-wit\/\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb1_2,1_4,1_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;]<p><strong>Varieties<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Varieties take many forms in terms of printing, perforation and overprints. The most spectacular printing variety, or more correctly, printing error, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31813\/jamaica-1919-21-1s-orange-yellow-red-with-inverted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lot 31813; the Jamaica 1919-21 1s orange-yellow with inverted frame<\/a>. Less dramatic and more of a \u00ab\u00a0freak\u00a0\u00bb printing variety in the section of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/?soff_category=8054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Jamaica from the &quot;Tatiana&quot; collection\">Jamaica from the \u00ab\u00a0Tatiana\u00a0\u00bb collection<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31814\/jamaica-1921-29-wmk-script-2s-brown-deep-green-low\/\">lot 31814<\/a>, a 1921-29 2s where the lower third of the brown frame of the stamp has been printed double.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Jamaica-1919-21-1s-with-inverted-frame-SG85a.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbJamaica 1919-21 1s with inverted frame SG85a\u00a0\u00bb url=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31813\/jamaica-1919-21-1s-orange-yellow-red-with-inverted\/\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime; custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb8px|-8px||||\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Jamaica-1921-29-2s-brown-partly-printed-double.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbJamaica 1921-29 2s brown partly printed double\u00a0\u00bb url=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31814\/jamaica-1921-29-wmk-script-2s-brown-deep-green-low\/\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime; custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb7px|||-14px||\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb1_2,1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime; custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb33px|||||\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;]<p><strong>Multiples<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I couldn&rsquo;t talk about multiples without talking about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/?soff_category=6339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"&quot;Tatiana&quot; collection of Cyprus\">\u00ab\u00a0Tatiana\u00a0\u00bb collection of Cyprus<\/a>, which features a wealth of blocks from the very affordable to the rare and expensive. I had already highlighted several of the important items in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/2020\/04\/a-history-of-rare-important-cyprus-at-david-feldman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"A History of Rare &amp; Important Cyprus at David Feldman\">previous article for the digest<\/a>, but with so many to choose it wasn&rsquo;t hard to find another one to highlight. Lot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31213\/overprinted-stamps-of-great-britain-1880-1d-red-pl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">31213 is a lower corner marginal plate block of six of the 1880 1d red<\/a>, showing the plate number \u00ab\u00a0196\u00a0\u00bb, which happens to be one of the scarcer plates as well.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cyprus-1880-1d-red-plate-196-marginal-block.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbCyprus 1880 1d red plate 196 marginal block\u00a0\u00bb url=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31213\/overprinted-stamps-of-great-britain-1880-1d-red-pl\/\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb1_2,1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;]<p><strong>Usages<br \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Postal history can be desireable to a collector for an abundance of reasons; the origin, destination, route or franking to name the main ones. But some would definitely say that eye-appeal is one of the most important factors. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31507\/hong-kong-1901-envelope-sent-registered-with-chine\/?soff_session_keywords=31507&amp;soff_session_page=1&amp;soff_auction_browse=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lot 31507<\/a> (pictured) is one of seven covers with Hong Kong and China mixed frankings we have in the sale, and probably the most attractive. It was sent registered from Kiukiang via the British Post Office in Shanghai which used a Hong Kong 30c for onwards transmission of the cover to Germany.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hong-Kong-China-mixed-franking-sent-registered-from-Kiukiang.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbHong Kong China mixed franking sent registered from Kiukiang\u00a0\u00bb url=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/gb-and-british-empire-spring-2020\/31507\/hong-kong-1901-envelope-sent-registered-with-chine\/\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime;][et_pb_column _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime; type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime;][et_pb_button button_text=\u00a0\u00bbView all the lots and Bid today\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.4.4&Prime; button_url=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/dfsa-auctions\/2020-spring-auctions\/\u00a0\u00bb hover_enabled=\u00a0\u00bb0&Prime; button_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this week&rsquo;s digest we wanted to highlight some of the items and sections in our upcoming June 30th-July 2nd auction series that we haven&rsquo;t touched on so far. In order to keep it interesting I thought I would highlight examples of different types of philatelic items that people collect and in the order which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[627,624],"tags":[486],"class_list":["post-27662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auction-highlights","category-digest_articles","tag-auction"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Highlights of our Upcoming Auction Series - David Feldman<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Presentation of the 3 auction catalogues David Feldman will offer on June 30th to July 2nd. This British Empire auction includes more than 2200 lots.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ricky Verra\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8e32040eb42a9937850af386b507a933\"},\"headline\":\"Highlights of our Upcoming Auction Series\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-18T07:50:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-24T08:59:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1855,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/DigestJune18_emailing_catalogues.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Auction\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Auction Highlights\",\"Weekly Digest\"],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\\\/\",\"name\":\"Highlights of our Upcoming Auction Series - David Feldman\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/DigestJune18_emailing_catalogues.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-18T07:50:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-24T08:59:30+00:00\",\"description\":\"Presentation of the 3 auction catalogues David Feldman will offer on June 30th to July 2nd. This British Empire auction includes more than 2200 lots.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/DigestJune18_emailing_catalogues.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/DigestJune18_emailing_catalogues.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Highlights of our Upcoming Auction Series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/\",\"name\":\"David Feldman International Auctioneers\",\"description\":\"Ventes aux ench\u00e8res de timbres\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"David Feldman SA\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/3.248.28.76\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/header_df_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/3.248.28.76\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/header_df_logo.jpg\",\"width\":326,\"height\":55,\"caption\":\"David Feldman SA\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/davidfeldmansa\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/DavidFeldmanSA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/davidfeldman_sa\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8e32040eb42a9937850af386b507a933\",\"name\":\"Ricky Verra\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b585a0f7d020741ab952cd8d75c378d8390ec5af009c67b3be89e95451ccbf18?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b585a0f7d020741ab952cd8d75c378d8390ec5af009c67b3be89e95451ccbf18?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b585a0f7d020741ab952cd8d75c378d8390ec5af009c67b3be89e95451ccbf18?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ricky Verra\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.davidfeldman.com\\\/fr\\\/author\\\/ricky\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Highlights of our Upcoming Auction Series - David Feldman","description":"Presentation of the 3 auction catalogues David Feldman will offer on June 30th to July 2nd. This British Empire auction includes more than 2200 lots.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/"},"author":{"name":"Ricky Verra","@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/8e32040eb42a9937850af386b507a933"},"headline":"Highlights of our Upcoming Auction Series","datePublished":"2020-06-18T07:50:33+00:00","dateModified":"2020-08-24T08:59:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/"},"wordCount":1855,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DigestJune18_emailing_catalogues.jpg","keywords":["Auction"],"articleSection":["Auction Highlights","Weekly Digest"],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/","url":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/","name":"Highlights of our Upcoming Auction Series - David Feldman","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DigestJune18_emailing_catalogues.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-18T07:50:33+00:00","dateModified":"2020-08-24T08:59:30+00:00","description":"Presentation of the 3 auction catalogues David Feldman will offer on June 30th to July 2nd. This British Empire auction includes more than 2200 lots.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DigestJune18_emailing_catalogues.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DigestJune18_emailing_catalogues.jpg","width":800,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2020\/06\/highlights-of-our-upcoming-auction-series\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Highlights of our Upcoming Auction Series"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/","name":"David Feldman International Auctioneers","description":"Ventes aux ench\u00e8res de timbres","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/#organization","name":"David Feldman SA","url":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/3.248.28.76\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/header_df_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/3.248.28.76\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/header_df_logo.jpg","width":326,"height":55,"caption":"David Feldman SA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/davidfeldmansa\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/DavidFeldmanSA","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/davidfeldman_sa\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/8e32040eb42a9937850af386b507a933","name":"Ricky Verra","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b585a0f7d020741ab952cd8d75c378d8390ec5af009c67b3be89e95451ccbf18?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b585a0f7d020741ab952cd8d75c378d8390ec5af009c67b3be89e95451ccbf18?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b585a0f7d020741ab952cd8d75c378d8390ec5af009c67b3be89e95451ccbf18?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ricky Verra"},"url":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/author\/ricky\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27662"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29078,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27662\/revisions\/29078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}