337 / September 2009
Heinrich Köhler Auction
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1851, Isabella 6 r. blue, fresh color, horizontal pair with good margins all round with spider cancel, fine, certificate Graus
6 r. blue and 10 r. green, the latter slightly cut into at top, otherwise good margins and tied by spider cancel to larger judiciary-cover front from "LA CORUNA 16 OCT 1851" to Ferrol, a very scarce franking
10 r. green, fresh color, good margins all around with lower sheet margin and spider cancel, fine, certificate Comex
1852, 6 c. postal forgeries: 2 copies, each on piece with grid cancels which have been removed and large part of the design completely repainted by hand; these 2 famous forgeries were discovered in Granada in October 1852. The forger had the "brilliant" notion of repainting two of the stamps from which he had removed the black franking ink by a chemical process. As well as the franking mark he also obliterated the stamp. One after the other the letters with these "stamps" attached were posted in the city and one after the other they were confiscated. After they had been opened with all legal formalities, it was realized that the forger already enjoyed the State's protection. He was an inmate of the city's prison. 2 great rarities of Spanish philately, each with certificate Graus (Edifil False Postal Tipo 14-I)
2 r. pale-rose, fresh color, good margins all round with grid cancel, good example of this rare stamp, certificate CEM and Comex
1853, 2 r. brick-red, fresh color and good margins all round with centric grid cancel, fine, certificate Graus (Mi. 3.500,-)
5 r. light green, good margins all round with scarce blue grid cancel, fine, certificate Comex
6 r. blue, fresh color and good margins all round with grid cancel, fine, certificate Ferchenbauer
1 c. bronze, good margins all round, used, good copy of this difficult stamp, certificate Graus
1854, Shield 6 r. blue, fresh color and good margins all round with centric grid cancel, fine, certificate Comex
1855, Isabella 2 c. green, horizontal pair with good margins all round with blue grid cancel, fine, certificate Graus
4 c. brownred and 2 r. braunviolett (both with imperfections) tied by grid cancel to registered cover from "LUGO 6 MAY 56" to Sisamo (Coruna), handwritten acknowledgment of receipt partly on one stamp, rare cover
1856, 4c. rose, unwatermarked paper, pen cancelled, affixed on entire letter dated "Palma 12 Dicbre 1857" (Mallorca) in manuscript inside, in combination with France 1853/61, Napoleon 80 c. carmine (faults) routed via London and "Paquebot Anglais" to Habana, Cuba. The letter was written on Mallorca Island and privately carried to Paris where it was posted on 30 Dec 1857. An interesting combination of Spanish and French adhesives on cover, althought it is not possible to say for sure, whether the Spanish stamps belongs originally to the cover or not, therefore, the cover will be sold "as is" (Edifil-no.48)
Lot no.1400
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Condition
6Catalogue no.45, FR
Opening2.000 €
Sold for2.300 €
1860, 12 cs. carmine on yellow tied by cart-wheel "1" and manuscript to cover to Bordeaux, here redirected, franked with 1853, Napoleon 20 c., at top with manuscript "trouvé a la boîte", taxed with "5 c" this crossed out and in manuscript beneath the stamp "timbre bon", a very rare and spectacular cover
2 r. lilac on pale-lilac, block of four with good margins all round, unused, slightly toned, sign. Roig, certificate Graus
1864, 1 r. red-brown on green, good margins all round with no. "1" on cover from "MADRID ... MAR 64" to Santo Domingo, a rare cover from the period of the spanish occupation (1861/65), certificate Graus
1 r. brown on green, fresh color and good margins all round, vertical block of ten with gutter pairs, tied by "8" to large part of cover with adjacent pre-philatelic "A" of Abono, 3 stamps slight creases otherwise fine, extremly scarce, certificate Graus (Edifil-Nr. 67)
1865, 12 c. blue/rose, inverted border as horizontal pair with normal stamp on folded cover from Valencia (1865) via Madrid to Paris with transit marks, heavy crease through all the stamps, but still a very rare cover, signed Bühler
1882, Alfons 75 c. mauve, fresh color and good centering, unused, fine, certificate Graus
1938, Airmail 5 pts. on 1 pts., unhinged mint, fine
PUERTO RICO: 1898, 8 c. brown, defective, and "Impuesto De Guerra" 2 c. lilac, surcharged in violet on 1898 registered cover to Santurce, tied by framed Ponce date-stamp in blue-green; some ageing but a very scarce cover (Scott-no. 146,MR5)
8 c. brown and "Impuesto De Guerra 2 c. on 2 m. de peso orange (2), surcharged in violet, tied to 1898 cover to New York, endorsed "per Vapor-Arcadia" by San Juan cds. in black, reverse with New York arrival (Oct 12) cds; a scarce franking (Scott-no.146,MR2)
"Habilatado" handstamps: 3, 8 an 20 c. (doubled handstamp on 20 c. value) and 1898, 5 on 1 and 2 m. surcharges "Impuesto De Guerra" in magenta and violet respectively, all tied to registered 1898 cover from San Juan to Madrid cancelled by "Certificado/San Juan" date-stamps (Sept.5) in violet; cover trimmed at top and missing left corner but a scarce usage of these Provisionals on letter (Scott-no.161,167,168,MR2,MR13)
SPANISH MOROCCO: 1889/90, Spain 15 c. brown on 1890 underpaid cover from Tanger to Bordeaux, tied by Tanger cds. (Sept 11), framed "T/Espagne" in black and taxed on arrival in France with pair of 10 c. black Postage Dues (Sept 15); a scarce usage
1900, 1 c. green-blue, horizontal block of eight with tete-beche with left sheet margin, unused, fine, signed Roig
1758/1852 (ca.), postfrische, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Partie mit guten Ausgaben wie u.a. Mi.-Nr. 22, 267-79, 975-82, 987II etc., dazu Briefe und Vorderseiten ab Vorphila
1781/1939 (ca.), kleine Partie Briefe und Vorderseiten sowie einige lose Marken, dabei gute Stücke, unterschiedliche Erhaltung
213 PHOTOS
1850/84, Partie Briefe und Vorderseiten mit z. T. guten Frankaturen sowie einige Einheiten und bessere Einzelwerte, teils Atteste
32 PHOTOS
1851/1955, postfrische, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Partie mit vielen guten Ausgaben wie Edifil-Nr. 9 (Paar), 15, (Paar), 23, 25p (Paar), 32A, 50 (ungebrauchter 4er-Block), 67 (ungebrauchter 4er-Block, 73c (ungebrauchtes Paar) etc., 13 Atteste Comex, Graus und CEM, dazu diverse Briefe und Vorderseiten
1852/1961, postfrische, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Partie mit guten Werten, Sätzen und Blocks mit u.a. Edifil-Nr. 267-80, 566-82, 729-30M, NE58/59s, 855-60s etc.
1920, 2 C. olivbraun, 360 Stück in gefalteten Bogen und größeren Einheiten, postfrisch (Mi.-Nr. 248; Edifil-no.289; Mi. 7.200,-)
1939/53, Franco 4 Pta., gezähnt 9 3/4:10 1/4, 40 Stück in Eckrand-Bogenteilen, postfrisch, eine Marke Balustiftspur (Mi.-Nr. 855A; Mi. 1.800,-)
1941/43 (ca.), riesiger postfrischer Bestand Beneficencia-Ausgaben, überwiegend in Bogen und Bogenteilen, enormer Katalogwert (Filabo-Katalog BE-H de Correos Nr. 57, 63, 69-70 und 73-74)
1960, Europa 1 und 5 Pta., 8860 kpl. Sätze, vielfach in Einheiten und Bogen, postfrisch (Mi.-Nr. 1189-90; Mi. 17.720,-)
1972/93, großer Posten Sonderblocks ("Hojas Recuerdo") ex Edifil-Nr. 3-124 mit u.a. Nr.13 (265), 40-41(101), 42-43(28), 45(156), 49_50(30), 53-54(155), 60-61(599), 60-61M(246), 62-63(522), 73(71), 83(461), 118(110) etc. (Edifil sicher mehr als 130.000,-)
1972/88, großer Posten Sonderblocks ("Hoja Recuerdo") ex Edifil-Nr. 3-115 in unterschiedlichen, teils größeren Mengen