375th Auction

1887, perf. 12:11½ 1 d. green and 2 d. yellow, 2 copies each, tied by ble "APIA FEB. 1" (1889) with combination franking US 1870/88, 5 c. blue, tied by cork cancel to envelope via San Francisco and New York to Berlin; a fine and scarce cover

½ d. blackish-purple and 2 d. orange, tied by black "APIA JUL 20" (1892) to cover with combination franking US 1890/93, 5 c., tied by cork cancel, to the Commercial Museum at Nürnberg, Bavaria with transit and arrival marks, little unfresh, otherwise fine

1890/92, perf. 12:11½, ½ d. blackish-purple, horizontal strip of 5 and single stamp and 2½ d. rose, tied by violet "APIA AUG 1 15" (wrong year slug) in combination franking with US 1890/93, 3 c. violet (rounded corner) and 10 c. green, tied by San Francisco oval date stamp to registered letter via New York (transit register label on reverse) to England and here re-directed, some minor staining, otherwise fine

1890/92, perf. 12:11½, 1 d. green in horizontal strip of 3, tied by black "APIA MAR 1" (1893) to cover to Honolulu, Hawai with arrival mark of March 9

1890/92, perf. 12:11½, 2½ d. rose, tied by violet "APIA APR 25" to cover to Honolulu, Hawai with arrival mark of May 3, fine

1895/1900, ½ d. deep purple-brown, tied by black "APIA JAN 1 96" to postal stationery card 1 d. blue to Germany with arrival mark, fine

1893, Surcharge FIVE PENCE on 4 d., tied by black cds. "APIA JAN 3" to cover with pre-printed address to San Francisco with arrival mark

1893, Surcharge 5 d. on 4 d. blue, tied by black "APIA FEB. 28" to cover to San Francisco with arrival mark

5 d. dull vermilion, perf. 11½:12 and 2½ d. rose perf. 12:11½, tied by black "APIA JAN 2" to registered commercial cover to Germany with "R" in circle and London transit mark on front

1894/1900, perf. 11½:12, 5 d. dull vermilion, tied by violet black "APIA JUL. 18" (1894) to cover to Massachusetts with transit and arrival marks, also surcharge 1½ d. on 2 d. perf. 11 with black cds. on cover to Germany without arrival mark (3 corners clipped)

1½ d. on 2 d. and 2 copies ½ d. blackish-purple, tied by blue "APIA APR 18 95" to cover to San Francisco with arrival mark

Surcharges 1½ d. on 2 d. (2) and 3 d. on 2 d., applied alternately, tied by black "APIA MAR 27 95" to registered envelope to Germany with London register mark on front, fine

3 d. on 2 d. perf. 12:11½ and 2½ d. rose perf. 12½, tied by blue "APIA APR 18 95" to commercial cover to Germany with London transit and arrival marks

1895/1900, Register stamp 3 d. on 2 d. and 2 s. 6 d., tied by black "APIA AUG 14 95" and additionally with oval "REGISTERED LONDON" to registered envelope to Constantinople, Turkey with arrival mark, fine

1896, 2½ d. black with 1 d. green and 2 d. pale ocre, tied by black "APIA SEP 17 98" to cover via San Francisco to New York, fine

1898/99, Handstamp 2½ d. on 1 s. with overprint 2½ d. on 1 d., tied by black "APIA APR 21 99" to envelope to San Francisco with arrival mark

1899, 1 d. deep red-brown tied by black "APIA SEP .. 99" to postcard with adjacent "N.Z. MARINE P.O.H.M.S. MARIPOSA 8 SEP. 99" to Germany with arrival mark

1899/1900, ½ d. dull blue-green and 1 d. chestnut, tied by black "APIA FEB 28 1900" to postcard to Germany

1915, G.R. MAFIA in violet on 2½ h.-45 h., unmounted mint, 2 values with minor gum toning, 30 h. small tear at top, otherwise very fine and fresh; each stamp with 2 signatures in pencil and sign. Hoffmann-Giesecke

1915, German East Africa Yacht types with handstamp "G.R. MAFIA" 3 r. blue-black and red in horizontal pair with left sheet margin, nice fresh colour and good visible handstamps, unused with original gum and small hinge remainder, the left stamp with some toning. With eight copies issued one of the great rarities of British East Africa and to our records the only multiple of this stamp. Certificate BPA (2020)

6 c. on 20 h., unused o.g. very fine, certificate BPA (1962)

Statistik des Waarenverkehrs 12½ h. drab, marginal copy, mnh, very fine, certificate BPA (2020)

1892, Arms of Tonga 1d. pale rose diagonally bisected together with 2d. additional franking tied by duplex cancel to Apia Samoa, some typical peripheral aging, nice cover with this authorized bisect making up the 2½d. UPU-rate

1896, TONGA GOVERNMENT FRANK two fine government free frank items: 1896 wrapper to England with the NUKUALOFA cds  without year (as normal); 1900 Customs cover to New Zealand with scarcer TONGA GOVERNMENT VAVAU and dated cachet on reverse. Above average condition for this material

TRINIDAD: 1882, Provisional 1 d. on 6 d. green, horizontal block of 8 and 4 single stamps, tied by cds. "TRINIDAD JA 7 84" to envelope to Edinburgh with arrival mark, perforation at right with slight faults, otherwise fine

"AMSTERDAM Fo. GRENZEN" in red on entire letter from Amsterdam to Copenhagen, prepaid with "5" stuiver (noted on reverse), transported via Wildeshausen and Hamburg and charged in Denmark with 200 Rbs. N.V.

"Aus Schweden", boxed marking on front of entire letter with blue dispatch mark "TRONDHJEM 6/12 1852" via Helsingoer and the Swedish Norwegian post office at Hamburg with frontside oval "FRANCO" to Bordeaux

"befördert durch J.H. Venauer & Priess, Lübeck 11 Juli 1814" in manuscript with adjacent "H.P." on reverse of entire letter from Stockholm to Oldenburg, endorsed "frei Hambg." and frontside "ST. P. LUB."

"C.P." framed black cancel struck twice on folded cover from "LEMBERG 28 OCT" sent to Torino, there re-addressed to Civitavecchia there again re-addressed to Florence, fine

"CRED AUST. Sdi" black straight-line on under paid envelope franked with Austria Emperor Franz Joseph 10k. blue with cds. "WIEN 15 5 68" to Brescia, a fine and attractive entire

"D" in red and "P" in red, each on folded letter from Modena to Venezia resp. Verona, fine

"D.A,a.L" in black resp. in red on cover to Genoa resp. Turin, fine

"DA-FA" (Diretta Austria, Fiorentino Austriache) in black on folded lettersheet franked with India 1855 Victoria 8a. carmine, tied by duplex cds. "CALCUTTA MY 8", cover endorsed "per St. Simla" with boxed "INDIA PAID" alongside, to Genoa, a fine and attractive entire

"DANEMARCK", octagonal handstamp on entire letter from "CHRISTIANIA 16/7 1852" via Hamburg to Paris, endorsed "franco dansk Graendse", altered to "franco direct" charged "11" decimes

"DANEMARCK PAR HAMBOURG" clear on entire letter from Copenhagen 1826 to Rome, partpaid to the border of the Papal States ("Hambourg" in "frco Hambourg" crossed out)

"DANEMARCK PAR HAMBOURG" and "T.T.R.4" on entire letter 1824 from Trondheim to Bordeaux, endorsed "over Fredhavn". The letter was according to the postal of 1821 paid to Hamburg, charged "19" decimes at Bordeaux for the remaining route