345 / September 2011

1880, Louis I. 5-25 r., eleven stamps, including different overprint colours, 25 r. grey-blue with part oval cancel "31 8 LISBO(A)", and 25 r. gray-blue with inverted overprint and 25 r. lilac with overprint flaw "MAD", mostly fine

 SOBREGANCA C: 25 r. grey-blue, block of four, unused, one stamp slightly oxidized, otherwise fine

25 r. grey-blue, block of 28, 3 stamps hinged, the other unhinged mint, few stamps slightly oxidized, otherwise a fine and rare multiple

 25 r. grey-blue tied by barred "45" as additional franking to registered postal stationary 25 r. green via London to Breslau with registered label "Vom Auslande über...", few imperfections, scarce

 25 r. lilac tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 16 12 1880" to postal stationary 25 r. blue to Nürnberg with transit and arrival mark, vertical fold away from franking, otherwise fine

NOT ISSUED: 50 r. blue, unused, fine, very rare

PORTUGAL USED IN MADEIRA: 20 r. pale-brown and 80 r. orange tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 20 9 1884" to registered cover to Munich with transit and arrival mark, small part of reverse flap missing, otherwise fine

 20 r. pale-brown, irregular block of three, the left stamp with a major printing shift downwards, thus the stamp thereunder with an impressive double print, tied by oval "CORREIO FUNCHAL 28 SET 81" to registered postal stationary 25 r. blue to Lissabon with arrival mark, fine, a very rare and remarkable cover

80 r. orange and two singles 1882 Luis I 10 r. green tied by oval "CORREIO FUNCHAL 3 SET 84" to registered cover to Kehl, with transit and arrival mark, fine

80 r. orange and 20 r. rose tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 10 AGO, 86" to registered cover to Kehl, fine 

 80 r. orange and 20 r. rose tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 15 JUL, 85" to registered cover to New York with transit and arrival mark, fine 

100 r. lilac tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 20 MAI 89" to registered cover to Berlin, fine

 100 r. grey-lilac tied by oval "CORREIO FUNCHAL 6 SEPT 88" to registered cover to London, little unfresh, otherwise fine

100 r. lilac and 1882 Luis I 50 r. blue tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 25 SET. 88" to registered cover to London, 100 r. small scissors cut at lower left corner, otherwise fine

300 r. violett and 1887 Luis I 500 r. violet tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 23 ABR. 93" to small piece, few blunted perfs, otherwise fine

 1879, 10 r. green with large part of boxed "IL HA DA MADEIRA", fine, very scarce

1880, 25 r. grey-violett with large part of boxed "IL HA DA MADEIRA", missing perf at lower left, otherwise fine, very scarce

9 singles or pairs and one strip of four, all used with two different cds. "FUNCHAL", also 1882 Luis I 25 r. brown with part of boxed "IL HA DA MADEIRA", also twp postal stationary items, one with oval "CORREIO FUNCHAL 25 JUN 85" to Leipzig, mostly very fine

FUNCHAL USED IN MADEIRA: 1892, Carlos I, 50 r. light-blue as horizontal pair with perfin "B B C" tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 20 OUT 96" to registered cover to London, reverse with red wax seal "MADEIRA STEAM COAL DEPOT", left stamp with short perfs at lower left, otherwise fine

10 r. green, 5 stamps tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 14 ABR 06" to preprinted cover to Hamburg with arrival mark, fine

 10 r. green tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 20 NOV 05" to 10 r. postal stationary to Berlin, fine, thereto a single 10 r. green, used

1897, 10 r. green, 20 r. violet and 50 r. blue and 1898 Carlos I, 180 r. lilac-grey tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 7 NOV 04" to registered express cover to London, with red boxed "EXPRESS FEE NOT PAID...", fine

 15 r. brown tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 13 AGO 00" to postal stationary 10 r. to Sweden with transit and arrival mark

1898, Vasco da Gama 2½-150 r., unused set with overprint "SPECIMEN" in the upper left corner, also normal set and 2½ r. blue-green as block of four from the lower right sheet corner, unused, fine

 2½-150 r. tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 9 ABR. 93" to registered cover to Budapest with transit- and arrival mark, fine

 1928, Ceres 3 c. - 7 e., recess printing, in issued colours with diagonal overprint "SPECIMEN", unused, fine

3 c. - 7 e., recess printing, in issued colours, also several multiples with sheet margins, also a set of fiscal stamps, unused, fine

40 c. rose, die proof on ungummed paper in block format, small thin, otherwise fine

40 c. green, die proof on ungummed paper and as perforation trial, unused, fine

Ceres black/white, die proof without value tablet on ungummed, brownish paper, fine, most likely unique!

Ceres, proofs in recess printing without value in three colours red, blue and yellow, unused, fine and rare

 Ceres, proofs in recess printing without value in three colours, lilac, reddish-brown and green, unused, fine and rare

Ceres, three die proofs without value tablet on ungummed chromo paper in blue, reddish and green on rose, fine

1886, unfranked cover with oval cancel "CORREIO DA HORTA 29 AGO 86" to Rio de Janeiro with different tax- and transit marks, front and reversed reattached, and openend out for display, scarce

POSTAL STATIONERY: Postcard 15 r. brown with Portugal 1870 5 r. black as additional franking tied by barred "45", to Hoch-Paleschken/Germany, small corner creases, otherwise fine  

FORGERIES: 32 stamps with forged overprints and/or cancellations