341 / September 2010

1 d. red, 2 copies together with Britannia 1859/61, 6 d. blue, all with clear "PAID" in circle on piece, very fine and attractive, certificate BPA

1 d. red with good to wide margins, tied by barred oval to cpl. printed matter via London to Genova, Italy, showing on front clear oval "FORWARDED BY SCOTT & CO. MAURITIUS"; a very fine and extremely rare entire; certificate RPS

1 d. red, vertical strip of 3, tied by numeral "3" to letter sheet with adjacent boxed "Souillac MR 16 1859" to Port Louis; the left stamp with filing crease, still fine; a scarce cover

2 d. blue PENOE, touched at left, otherwise good margins, with clear "14" to cover front with adjacent boxed "Plain Magnan MR 20 1856"; tear in the front only

1857/61, embossed issue 3 d. rose, good margins and nice embossing, used by clear blue date stamp; faint thinning at left outside of the design; a very fine stamp, scarce in this condition, ex Ferrari

6 d. green, wide to large margins all around, used with small blue cds. on piece, extremely fine and scarce

6 d. green vertically bisected, tied by barred "1" to piece with adjacent double circle "PIETER MARITZBURG JUL 15 1861"; faint crease through the stamp, nevertheless attractive and very rare, pictured in Robson Lowe vol. II; certificate RPS (1919)

6 d. green (ca. 25:30 mm), tied by oval "POST OFFICE P.M. BURG" to entire letter 1858 to Cape Town with arrival mark on reverse; fine and scarce, certificate RPS (1988)

1920, 2 d. on 40 c. without watermark, unused, gum with traces of colour

1925/28, 16 c. with 8 c. and 20 c. on 18 c. on registered cover from "SANDAKAN 12 JUL. 1930" to Barcelona with arrival marks; 16 c. little toned, but very scarce on cover, fine

24 c. with 1 c. and 6 c. on registered cover from "SANDAKAN 12 JUL. 1930" to Barcelona with arrival marks on reverse; the envelope slightly stained in the borders; the 24 c. is very scarce on cover

1851/60, 6 d. yellow-green, good to wide margins and fresh colour, tied by light grid to entire letter from "AMHERST MY 20 1854" via New Brunswick to Connecticut with transit marks on reverse, filing creases not affecting the stamp, fine, signed Bloch

1891/95, B.C.A. 10 £ brown, regummed and somewhat sulphurised, still attractive copy of this rare stamp, certificate BPA (2010) (SG £ 4.000-)

1910, Doublehead 1 £ red/black, perforated 15, used, some short perfs and a little unfresh otherwise fine, certificate RPSL

1914, GRI 3 sh. on 3m., unused, very fine, signed Köhler

1938, Airmail 3 PIASTRES on 3½ pia., cpl. sheet of 50, horizontally separted in the centre and rejoint in the margins by sticky tape (shining through), scarce in cpl. sheet

POSTAL STATIONERY: 1897, double card 4 mil. on 5 mil., sender's half with double handstamp, used from "WADI HALFA 27.V.99" to Cairo with arrival mark, slightly split in the perforation, otherwise fine

1853/54, plate I, first state: 4 d. bright red-orange, good to wide margins, at bottom with full inscription "C.W. Coard Sc.", used, fine and scarce

plate II, 4 d. orange, good to large margins with part of imprint "Printed by H&C Best", used, fine and scarce, certificate BPA

4 d. dull orange, wide margins, marginal inscription "C.W. Coard Sc.", used, fine and rare

1857/69, 1 d. pale red-brown, horizontal strip of 3 with good to wide margins, cancelled by clear numeral "20", very fine, certificate BPA

1899/1901, 2 1/2 a. bright blue, 2 a. red-brown, 1 a. carmine and 1/2 a. yellow-green (2 on reverse) on cover with cds. "ZANZIBAR 28.2.02" via Dar-Es-Salaam to Kilimatinde with arrival mark, cover horizontal crease

OCCUPATION OF PARAGUAY: "H" HUMAITA, clear strike on 1867/74, 5 c. vermilion on lettersheet dated 18.6.1879 to Buenos Aires; slightly stained, very scarce

"H." HUMAITA on 10 c. green on lettersheet with adjacent sender's cachet "SANDINI y SORDELLI ASUNCION", to Buenos Aires; a rare cover, certificate Holcombe,  ex Bustamante

1840, registered cover with fine strike of first type "COPIAPO" handstamp in red with adjacent "FRANCO" and "CERTIFICASION" in red, fine

1855, 2nd London printing: 5 c. brown red on blued paper, horizontal strip of three with normal to good margins all around, vertical bend through middle stamp, with concentric circle and oval "TRES PUNTAS" cancel, rare (Scott-Nr. 8)

1910, 100 Years of Independence 1 c.- 10 p. surcharged "SPECIMEN" in red with additional security punch-holes, unhinged mint, fine, in addition the complete set used

3 c. red brown/black, completed die proof in issued colours, file number C-937, slight imperfections, scarce, in addition the normal stamp

10 c. red-sepia-brown/black completed die proof in issued colours, file number C-939, slight imperfections, in addition the normal stamp

20 c. center design in black on sunken card, fine, in addition the normal stamp

30 c. red lilac/black completed die proof in issued colours, file number C-944, fine, in addition the normal stamp

1915, unuissued Balmaceda 4 c. violet, lithographed die proof on chromo carton paper (74x126mm) , very scarce, fine

1928/32, 30 c. brown with double overprint, one inverted, with additional franking, tied by cds. to registered cover to Balboa with appendant postal receipt, little unfresh and 30 c. with small surface abrasion, very scarce

1953, 100 years of Chilean stamps 1 and 100 p. as official block, without gum as issued, numbered "00085", very fine and scarce

1902/08, 4 c. brown on postcard from "TANGSHAN 10.9.01" with combination franking French PO 10 c. to Belgium with arrival mark

1906, Changsha-provisional issue: half of 2c. red, tied by cds. "CHANGSHA 10 APR.06" to local cover, fine (Chan 136H)