373. Auktion

The Gauthier Frères & Cie 1856-1857: "Barcelone" red ship letter stamp, touched at left, with parts of adjoining stamp on top, with clear  "G.F. & Co." manuscript cancel and additional vertical, on complete folded lettersheet written by M. L. Seller on the 4th of February 1857, endorsed "par Franc Comtois franco Havre" with red "OUTREMER LA HAVRE 13 MARS 1857" alongside, taxed "12" decimes, a very fine and only recorded entire Provenance: The Julius Steindler Collection "Shipping Companies stamps" (Robson Lowe 1972)                       The Denwood Kelly Collection (Robson Lowe 1985)                       ex Klein, Mondolfo and "Robus"                       depicted in  S. Ringstrom and H.E. Tester "The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World - Part 2" page 151                      depicted in L.N. Williams "Encyclopedia of rare and famous stamps, The Biographies", page 79  

1866/67, ½ real carmine-rose, horizontal strip of three tied by three strikes of "¼" to folded letter from Puerto Cabello via St. Thomas and London to Bordeaux with accountancy marking "G.B. 1F60C" alongside, upon delivery charged "20" decimes, somewhat discoloured around the stamps, otherwise a fine, attractive and rare entire, certificate Paaskesen (1988)

1866/67, 2 r. yellow-green, stone II, tied by double-ring "CORREOS CARACAS" to folded lettersheet via London to Bordeaux, with accountancy marking "G.B. 1F60C" alongside, upon delivery charged "8" decimes, a fine entire

1864, 2 r. blueish-green, stone II, tied by clear "F. VA. ADMON. DE CORREOS LA GUAIRA NOV 25" to entire folded lettersheet via London to Bordeaux, with accountancy marking "G.B. 1F60C" alongside, upon delivery charged "8" decimes, small tear at top of cover, otherwise fine

1897, 1 pence horizontal strip of three, paying for the 3 pence interisland registered postage, together with New South Wales 1897 1 pence red strip of three and single 2 pence blue, on cover with the "Compagnie Des Messageries Maritimes" crest on the reverse to Marseille, the cover was not registered in Port Vila but in Sydney on December 8 1897. It is likely that the cover was posted on an island south of Port Vila on the Messageries Maritimes "Tanais" on its regular voyage from the New Hebrides to Sydney, a very rare and attractive cover with only three registered covers recorded Provenance: ex  Bill Holland