377th Auction

1866, Coat of Arms, typographed on laid paper, UN Real black on pale-green, four used singles positions 5,9,12 and 18, all with red "C86" obliterator of British P.O. in Puerto Plata, all with fresh colour and mostly good margins, positions 9 and 12 with few minor imperfections, a fine and scarce group, position 12 with certificate RPSL (1999) (Michel 9y)

1866, Coat of Arms, typographed on laid paper, UN Real black on pale-green, four used singles positions 1-4, three with red "C86" obliterator of British P.O. in Puerto Plata one with manuscript mark, all with fresh colour and mostly good margins, few minor imperfections, a fine and scarce group (Michel 9y)

1866/67, Coat of Arms, typographed on wove paper, Un Real green on black, three unused singles, including a nice copy from the lower left sheet corner, two singles and one horizontal pair with pen-stroke and two used singles with blue. resp. black "FRANCO", all plated by position, mostly fine (Michel 7x)

1866/67, Coat of Arms, typographed on wove paper, unwmk, "Unreal" black on blue, position 16 with no space between "Un" and "Real", fresh colour and good to wide margins all around, used with clear red "C86" obliterator of British P.O. in Puerto Plata, a very attractive copy of this popular error, signed Thier a.o.

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on rose, fresh colour and large margins all around with upper sheet margin, without gum, wrinkles in sheet margin only, a very fine copy of this scarce and fragile stamp (Michel 12)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on rose, fresh colour and large margins all around with upper sheet margin, unused with original gum, two small nicks in the outer margin not touching design, a very fine copy of this scarce and fragile stamp, certificate APS (1995) (Michel 12)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on rose, horizontal pair with fresh colour and mostly large margins all around, without gum, the left stamp vertical crease and small tear at left, otherwise a very fine and attractive multiple of this scarce and fragile stamp, certificate Roumet (1995) (Michel 12)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on rose, nice selection of 13 unused and four used copies, mostly good margins and fresh colour, mostly fine, in addition some faulty copies, (Michel 12)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on lavender, position 10, fresh colour and good margins all around, unused, a very fine copy of this scarce and fragile stamp (Michel 13)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on lavender, fresh colour and good margins all around with upper margin at top, without gum, a very fine copy of this scarce and fragile stamp (Michel 13)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on lavender, two singles as joint pair, fresh colour and good margins all around showing variety "light second overprint "Medio real CORREOS"  shifted to the upper left, a very fine and scarce multiple (Michel 13)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on lavender, nice group of 6 stamps, mostly fresh colour and good margins, without gum, with small imperfections but visually attractive (Michel 13)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on greenish gray, fresh colour and good margins all around, unused, a very fine copy of this scarce and fragile stamp (Michel 14)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on greenish gray, fresh colour and good margins all around, unused, a very fine copy of this scarce and fragile stamp (Michel 14)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on greenish gray, fresh colour and good margins all around, unused, a very fine copy of this scarce and fragile stamp, signed A. Brun (Michel 14)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on greenish gray, fresh colour and good margins all around, showing variety from position 2 of the sheet "open second R in CORREOS", unused, a very fine copy of this scarce and fragile stamp (Michel 14)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on greenish gray, nice group of 7 unused and two used stamps, mostly fresh colour and good margins, with small imperfections but visually attractive, in addition two faulty copies (Michel 13)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on olive, fresh colour and good to wide margins all around, without gum, hardly perceptible diagonal bend, a fine and very attractive example of this delicate stamp, one of the rarities of which less than ten copies are believed to exist, signed Hennan and with ink mark (Michel 15)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on lavender, fresh colour and good to wide margins all around with left sheet margin at left, with clear part of cds. "SANTO DOMINGO  MAY 67", two virtually invisible wrinkles do not detract from very attractive appearance

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on lavender, horizontal pair with fresh colour and good to wide margins all around, tear/crease in left stamp in the right frameline, still a very attractive and rare multiple

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on lavender, small group of two used and three unused stamps, some with faults but mostly attractive

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on rose, fresh colour, from the upper right sheet corner, close at bottom, without gum, a fine and very attractive stamp (Michel 17a)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on rose, very deep and intense fresh colour and good to wide margins all around, without gum, tiny thin spot at lower right, a fine and very attractive stamp (Michel 17a)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on rose, position 9, fresh colour and good to wide margins all around, without gum, two almost invisible corner bends, a fine and very attractive stamp, signed Bühler (Michel 17a)

1867/71, Coat of Arms, typographed on pelure paper, Medio Real black on rose, nice group of nine unused and one used stamps, mostly fresh colour and good margins, with small imperfections but visually attractive, in addition one faulty copies (Michel 17a)

1870/73, Coat of Arms, typographed on ordinary paper, Medio Real blue on rose with black inscription, horizontal strip of three with good margins from the upper right sheet corner, fresh colour and good impression, without gum, a very fine and attractive multiple, signed Calves (Michel 18I)

1870/73, Coat of Arms, typographed on ordinary paper, Medio Real blue on rose with black inscription, interesting mostly unused group of 19 stamps including one unused from position 2 with plate flaw "open 2nd R in CORREOS", varying quality, some signed (Michel 18I)

1870/73, Coat of Arms, typographed on ordinary paper, Medio Real blue on rose with blue inscription, good margins on three sides, touched at bottom with oval blue "FRANCO", a little unfresh, otherwise a fine copy of this scarce stamp, signed A. Diena (Michel 18II)

1870/73, Coat of Arms, typographed on ordinary paper, Medio Real black on yellow, block of twelve from the lower sheet margin, fresh colour and good margins all around, right column with vertical crease ironed out, small thin between stamps, otherwise very fine and fresh, a scarce and attractive multiple, certificate Holcombe (1996) (Michel 19)

1870/73, Coat of Arms, typographed on ordinary paper, Medio Real black on yellow, block of nine from the lower right sheet corner, fresh colour and good margins all around, very fine and fresh, a scarce and attractive multiple, certificate Roumet (2013) (Michel 19)

1870/73, Coat of Arms, typographed on ordinary paper, Medio Real black on yellow, fresh colour, touched at right with small scissor cut, tied by pen stroke to entire folded letter dated "Pto Plata 3. December 1873" to New York, upon arrival cds. "NEW YORK SHIP LETTER DEC 10 *10*" struck alongside, a rare and interesting, nevertheless disputed item, offered Tel Quel, signed Calves and certificate RPSL (1979) (Michel 19)  Provenance: HISPANIOLA - Dr. Clarence Hennan (Basel Uncommon Market, 1966)                      235th. Heinrich Köhler Auction (1982)  

1879, Medio Real blue on yellow, complete sheet of 21, without gum, in addition 4 singles, three Medio and one UN Real stamp in different colors, one toned, otherwise fine

1879, Medio Real blue on violet, complete sheet of 21 with original gum, some hinges, some minor toning, three stamps with ink stroke, very fine

1879, Medio Real black on violet, complete sheet of 21 with original gum, some hinges, very fine

1879, Medio Real blue on white, complete sheet of 21 with original gum, some hinges, very fine

1876/81, Victoria 1sh. green, plate 13, block of four, fresh colour and mostly good perforation, with clear centrally struck barred "C87", the only recorded block of four of this stamp used in the Dominican Republic, very attractive Provenance: HISPANIOLA - Dr. Clarence Hennan (Basel Uncommon Market, 1966) Reference: “Dominican Republic - The Classic Stamps”, Danilo A. Mueses (2000)