375th Auction

1866, 1 real yellow horizontal pair on entire letter to Lima with weak arrival mark on reverse, one adhesive cut into at base neatly tied by clear GUAYAQUIL cds in  blue, clean and attractive item

1908 1 Centavo surcharge on 10 c., variety OVERPRINT DOUBLE. MNH block of four ex Moorhouse SG 134b  

1881, 3 c. brown-olive and 7 c. blue, both with large margins, tied to lettersheet from "JACMEL 25 JUIL. 83" to Genua, Italy with transit and arrival marks, stamps some minor creasing at top

1882, Re-drawn 5 ch. green, type I, tied by Lahedjan violet square negative handstamp with addtional strike alongside to reverse of small cover

1885, Lion 5 ch. violet-blue, tied by clear cds. "KERMANCHAH 9/6" to small envelope

1902, "P.L. TEHERAN" on 2 ch., tied by Teheran maidan oval date stamp to local cover, very fine and rare

1915, Unissued sets Kings & Historical Buildings 1 ch.-50 kr., 38 values cpl. including Service overprints, unused o.g., service 5 kr. pulled perf, otherwise very fine and fresh (Sadri C91-129)

BRITISH PO: "BUSHIRE SE 25 03" on India DLR ½ a. blue and 1900, 2 a. violet on reverse of commercial cover to Bombay, due to opening slightly reduced at left, unusual, opinion Holcombe

1915, 9 ch. tied by cds. "BOUCHIR (DEPART) 16.VII.15" to small cover to Shiraz with British censor label (removed on reverse by opening), very fine, sign. Holcombe with opinion

"KEIJO CHOSEN 13.12.15", violet cds. on coronation 1½ s. and 4 s. and Tazawa 1½ s. and 3 s. on small envelope via "CHANGCHUN I.J.P.O." to England

1943, 5c. on 6c. brown with machine typed "K.P" overprint, block of six and single tied by duplex cancel to large format censored cover to Manila, one stamp with corner fault, some smaller imperfections, scarce

1849/52 (ca.), "NAZAS" in red and black on 2 lettersheets to Durango

1861, Hidalgo 4 r. on yellow, vertical bisect, left half with large to enormous margins, tied by straight line "PAPASQUIARO" to lettersheet 1861 to Durango, very fine, certificate MEPSI (2018)

1867, Handstamp "MEXICO" on 2 r. green on grey-blue paper, tied by cds. to lettersheet to Guadalajara, scarce, sign. Jaretzky

1868, Hidalgo 25 c. thick numerals, colour proofs in green and blue on ungummed paper, very scarce

1872, Hidalgo 12 c. blue, TAMPICO 40 73, tied by oval "FRANCO EN TAMPICO" to lettersheet with combination franking GB 4 d. vermilion, tied by "C63" with adjacent "TAMPICO 29 JA 1874" to Veracruz, a fine and scarce combination cover

1872, Hidalgo 25 c. red "50-72" tied by fancy "CORREOS ALVARADO" to lettersheet to Puebla, light horizontal cover fold affecting the stamp just at the upper margin, still fine and scarce, sign. Jaretzky

1872/74, "B8" on 4 values Hidalgo incl. 25 c. perforated "1-74", all sign. Jaretzky

1901/07 1 a. new frame on local paper, first plate, pin perforation, block of 24 from the lower right sheet corner upside with inverted clichés, ex Hellrigl  

1907, 4 p. green, 7 copies, tied to reverse of registered double rate cover from Dahnakuta to the Maharaja of Nepal, Chandra Shamsher

1907, 8 p. red and 16 p. violet with 1935, 4 p. green, tied by sun/moon dater to registered double rate cover from Patapani to Kathmandu; a fine and scarce mixed franking

1935, 24 p. orange, tied by fancy seal postmark of Kardarban to registered cover to Kathmandu, fine and scarce

1858, 1 din. blue on wrapper (2 side flaps missing) with clear "TACNA 21 DICIEM.58" to Montpellier, sent through the British mails with double circle ARICA, rate markings, transits on front  and reverse, arrival mark

1858, 1 p. rose-red, fresh colour and good margins all around tied by dotted "Huarez" lozenge to folded lettersheet to Lima, an attractive cover, fine

1934, Proclamation ½ g.-1 s. imperforated, 12 values cpl., unused o.g., some unmounted mint

15c., fresh colour and good perforation tied by circular "SERVICIO POSTAL AERO BOGOTA SCADTA" to postal stationery card 2 c. red to Baranquilla with boxed arrival mark, fine and scarce

1920, 30c. black on rose, block of 14 (!) with framed "CORREOS NACIONALES MEDELLIN 26 AGO 1921" to reverse of large cover with additional franking to Barranquilla, few folds do not detract from the spectacular appearance of this massfranking

1923, Star Overprint 50k. block of six tied by cds. "AGDASH ELISAV 1 7 23" to reverse of money transfer form to Kuba, Baku Gub., vertical fold not affecting adhesives, a fine and unusual item

1923, Star Overprint 1rbl., two singles tied by cds. "BIELYASUVAR BAKIN 5 8 23 1 7 23" to money transfer form, which appears to be a poor quality print, to Baku, slightly toned, otherwise a fine and unusual item

1870/82, 2 c. brown, 6 c. carmine and 10 c. brown in horizontal pair, tied to lettersheet with part of contents from New York 1871 with transit and arrival marks; a fine 28 cents rate cover

3 c. green, tied by mute cancel to envelope from London 1876 to Boston, franked with 2½ d. rosy-mauve, here redirected to Manchester, Massachusetts, fine combination cover

Red River Settlement: 1844, entire letter from „Sault de St. Marie“ (dated 25.1.) to Rev. John Smith, Indian Settlement, rare Missionary post carried by the Hudson’s Bay Company with Dogsled mail, fine
 

Red River Settlement: 1855, „Pembina M.T. 2.March1855“, manuscript postmark and „Paid 10 cts.“ to small envelope with handwritten endorsement „Care of Dr. Burns…“ and red handstamp „U.STATE PAID 6d.“ to Toronto with arrival mark and manuscripted „Recd. March 20th 1855“ on front, transported in parts by dog sled mail, small part of flip missing, otherwise fine, rare  

Dogslede Post: 1853, Washington 3 c. red brown tied by pen stroke to cover with manuscript assigment mark „North American Mine’s, Lake Superior Mich. Jan.7.“ to Ohio, letter inside with interesting text „…This is the first mail that has left this place for six weeks: it is carried by the way of Greenbay by a dog-train…“, cover reparied at the edges, otherwise fine and rare, sign. Jakubek BPP with certificate (1982)  

CANAL ZONE. 1924/5, USA 1cent with CANAL ZONE overprint, positional block of nine with straight margin at right with inverted overprint in position 30 of the sheet of 400.  Ex Brian Moorhouse Scott71b, SG 75c

"MAYAGUEZ JUL 24 1909", clear duplex on 1909, Pacific Exposition 2 c. on postcard to Germany with text