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Sale 3
Lot 19
1857, 1¢ blue, type V (2), 3¢ dull red, type III, 5¢ brick red and 10¢ green, type III (2), an incomparable franking, Fine - Very Fine, all tied together by red grids on neat yellow envelope bearing red NEW YORK APR 10 BR. PKT transit, ex Neinken (certificate in his name), Foundation certificate (1975) (Scott 24 (2), 26, 27, 35(2)).
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000.
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Lot 9
Used to Germany: 1856, 5¢ red brown, six examples, all with margins all around except one with top added and painted in and right stamp replaced, all tied by NEWPORT R.I. JAN 22 (some improvements) cds on 1858 complete folded letter bearing red N. YORK JAN 26 PAID BR. PKT and boxed red AACHEN FRANCO transits, manuscript "by the Prussian Closed Mail …" and German receiver on the reverse. An extraordinary franking being one of only a few covers known bearing six examples. An exhibition piece, Foundation certificate (1991) and revised Foundation certificate (2013) (Scott 12).
Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
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Lot 305
Brunei, 1906, Labuan Issue overprinted, 1¢ black & purple, overprint error, overprinted in black instead of red, sheet margin single, used with 50¢ on 16¢ green & brown, both tied on local envelope by deep blue BRUNEI 14 JAN 19 cds, Very Fine, an extremely rare cover (S.G. catalog value is 30x used price), Brandon certificate (2011).
SG 11a, 21. (Scott 1a).
SG £75,000
Only one sheet of 100 of the error was printed and sent by mistake. There is only one other cover bearing the error, in the F.E. Ward collection (1965) and was sold in a Singapore auction for S$23,000 (approximately US$13,000). A rare and popular error and a great postal history gem of South East Asia .
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Lot 362
New Zealand, 1862 Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1s deep green on pelure paper, imperf, unwatermarked, unused without gum, good margins all around for this issue, Very Fine, R.P. Odenweller certificate (2012).
SG 86; £14,000. (Scott 25b).
Scott $18,000
To get an idea of how rare an unused one shilling is, the Hackmey collection had one example, Agabeg one, Burrus/Ferrari one, Max Simon/Odenweller one, and this example, which must be considered one of the finest. There are perhaps two other examples .
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Lot 493
Dominican Republic, 1866, Coat of Arms, 1r black on pale green, laid paper, watermarked, without gum as issued; "pressed out crease", large margins all around, still Very Fine, Moorhouse certificate (2011) (Scott 8).
Scott $13,000
One of the rarest stamps of the Dominican Republic. Of the three or four examples found in the Lilly, Caspary, Dale, Ferrari and the excellent S.G. sales, all had no gum and were creased. There was no example in the Hennan collection .
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Lot 522
F
Worldwide, the Vahan Mozian reference collection, many hundreds of stamps on his original lot sheets and others from 1940's-60's, also stock pages, replete with reprints, forgeries, overprints, cancels, etc. Also a multitude of genuine examples for comparison. Includes some China, South America plus the usual assortment of classical Europe. Many already identified. Unsorted but well worth inspecting and mounting up - not for the faint of heart.
Estimate $4,000 - 5,000.
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Lot 353
Mauritius, 1848-59, "Post Paid", 2d blue, early impression, "PENOE" for "PENCE", position 7 on yellowish paper; surface scrape in top margin (not mentioned in certificate), good margins to clear at bottom left, that barely detracts from this Very Fine stamp, ex Dale-Lichtenstein, R.P.S. certificate (1969).
SG 8a; £13,000. (Scott 4e).
Scott $13,000
Between the Kanai and Dale-Lichtenstein collections, there were only two sound Early Impression "Penoe" errors, and this stamp listed as sound. Most other sale cannot be trusted for correct identification of impression. The recent Chartwell Collection had no example .
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Lot 351
o
Mauritius, 1848-59, "Post Paid", 2d blue, early impression, neatly cancelled, good to large margins all around, Very Fine, ex Ferrari, Burrus, Bartels certificate (1963), Royal certificate (1992), Brandon certificate (2012).
SG 8; £7,500. (Scott 4a).
Scott $8,000
A lovely stamp with impeccable provenance .
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Lot 247
Antigua, 1879, Queen Victoria, 2½d red brown, large "2" with slanting bottom line, Crown CC watermark, o.g.; light diagonal crease, still Very Fine, ex B.J. Hunter, R.P.S. certificate (1955).
SG 19a; £10,000. (Scott 9a).
Scott $11,500
According to Charles Freeland, only four or five examples exist. There were no examples in the Charlton-Henry or Toeg sales, and surprisingly not even the Alexander Reid collection. The Meyer example (sound) realized £5,500 .
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Lot 239
Great Britain, 1841, 2d pale blue, "white lines", guide line through value, lettered K-F, lightly hinged, proof-like color and impression, good margins all around, Very Fine, Brandon certificate (2007).
SG 13. (Scott 4a).
SG £6,000
This stamp is superior to the example in the Gross collection .
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Lot 328
Cape of Good Hope, 1858 "Triangular", Perkins Bacon printing, 1d rose + 6d deep rose lilac + 1s bright yellow green, square pairs of 1d and 6d, all with mixed margins and tied by triangular grids on MR 21 1866 envelope from SWELLENDEN to the Netherlands, bearing red LONDON transit and faint red LEIDEN Holland receiver on the reverse; some cover soiling, an impressive 3-color franking.
SG 5a, 7b, 8. (Scott 3, 5a, 6).
Estimate $2,500 - 3,000.
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Lot 287
Barbados, 1855, "Britannia" (1d) pale blue, imperf, uncancelled L-shaped strip of 4, the bottom right example bisected diagonally, margins almost all around, used on part of Mercantile Intelligence bearing partial adress Stewart's Hill, St. John's. The stamps are sound except for one lightly creased, the piece bears faults and repairs.
SG 9 var. (Scott 6a var.).
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
This example is unique outside example in the Royal Collection (single, bisected), which is on an equal sized piece of newspaper bearing the same addressing and very similar, if not the same, handwriting. The only other bisect from this early period is an example of the grayish slate on cover from the Charlton-Henry, Amundsen and Cartier collections .
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