359 / März 2015

1853/63, Percins Bacon 1 d., 4 d. and 1 sh., 1 d. slightly touched, otherwise good to wide margins, tied to registered envelope from Cape Town to Amsterdam; all 3 stamps affixed around the edge of the cover, 1 sh. corner torn; still an attractive and scarce cover ex Collection Dr. Ernst-Spies

6 d. pale rose-lilac, good to wide margins at 2 sides, touched at bottom, tied to cover from Swellendam via Cape Town and  London to Leyden in Holland and re-directed to Amsterdam; showing on reverse several transit marks including "CAPE PACKET DEVONPORT", fine ex Collection Dr. Ernst-Spies

1891, 7 c. on 10 c. green, three single stamps tied by numeral "B62" to registered local cover with adjacent cds. "HONG-KONG AU.18.91", slight spots, otherwise fine, scarce

1900, "HONG-KONG K.B. B OC.18." and "HONG-KONG OC 18.00" (Kowloon Branch), clear cds. on postcard 1 c. resp. envelope 2 c., in addition question part of postcard 1 c. on 3 c. with cds. "HONG-KONG OC 18.00", all addressed to Coburg, Germany

1922/27, 2 $, marginal copy, unmounted mint, very fine

1854/55, 1 a. red, die II, 2 single stamps together with De la Rue 4 a. black, tied by octogonal "B68" to front and reverse of small registered letter from Darjeeling 1861 to Calcutta with red boxed register marking on front, fine

4 a. blue and red, head die II, frame die I, 2 copies, both cut to shape, tied by diamond "C22" to envelope from Ramandroog to England, fine

1856, 2a. yellow-buff and two 4a. grey-black tied by barred "1" to cover to Lima, reverse with oval "FORWARDED BY SCHOENEKILA..", fine

1948, Ghandi 1½a-10r., mint never hinged, few shortend perfs, otherwise fine

TIBET: "Gyantse Tibet" on Edward 2 a. and ½ a. on reverse of registered envelope with register label on front to Calcutta, fine, certificate Franke BPP

2,50 r. brown-purple used on registered envelope 8 c. from "MAURITIUS JY 21 95" to Switzerland, showing clear strike of rare "A.R.", red "REGISTERED MAURITIUS" and French paquebot mark "LA REUNION A MARSEILLE L.V.No.4", also on reverse large red seal cancel "GENERAL POST OFFICE MAURITIUS" and arrival mark; a rare stamp on cover and earliest recorded use of the "A.R." marking Provenance: Peter Jaffé (2007)

1914, G.R.I. ½ d.-9 d., 3 s. and 5 s. all used on pieces, very fine, signed Bothe BPP

1 Shillings.on 1 m., unused, large part o.g., very fine and fresh, certificate BPA (2014)

2 Shillings. on 2 m., unused without gum, few short perfs, certificate BPA (2014)

3 Shillings. on 3 m., used, fine, certificate BPA (2014)

5 Shillings. on 5 m., used, fine, certificate BPA (2014)

1896, 5s-1£., all with clear cds., fine

1914, wide setting 40 pf., block of 4 with upper sheet margin, unmounted mint, gum very slightly toned, certificates Georg Bühler and BPA (2014)

1 m., tied by Lome cds. to piece, very fine, certificate BPA (2014)

1915, Sansane-Mangu 3 pf., tied by Lome cds. to piece, fine and scarce, certificate BPA (2014)

20 pf. and 5 pf., used, fine, each certificate BPA (2014)

1932, 40 pl., 60 pl., 1 a., 2 a. and 3 a. as proof sheet 3x4 stamps on chalky, ungummed paper, fine (see Afghan Philetely by Cecil Ueyehara p. 148) 

1931, Pessoa 5 $ + 2,500 $, horizontal pair tied by cds. "PERNAMBUCO 22.X." to registered zeppelin cover (Sieger 134 A) to Germamy with arrival mark, very fine

1931, "2.500 REIS" overprint proof on glassine paper, block of 25, fine, scarce

Issues for Zeppelin GmbH: 1930, 10000 rs. on 20000 r., defective printing with almost half lower stamp and complete back side blackened, unmounted mint; an interesting variety, certificate H.W. Sieger AIEP

1920, local official cover "Caja de Retiros y de Prevision Social de Los" from "SANTIAGO 15.MAR.", fine

1897, red revenue 2c. on 3 c., tied by clear brownish black "CUSTOMS SHANGHAI MAY 15 1897" to small envelope to Canton, endorsed "Pr. first steamer"; on reverse clear oval arrival mark "IMPERIAL POST OFFICE CANTON / 22 MAY 1897"; the stamp shows a faint impression of a violett oval rubber handstamp, most likely a security marking; some minor toning in few perfs, otherwise extremely fine; a very attractive and rare cover, never been on the market before

1932, Shanghai Emergency Postal Service, unused label for 1 letter of 1 ounce, scarce

1892, 20 c. brown tied by blue cds. "LOCAL POST SHANGHAI" to red band cover, very fine

1893, postcard 1/2 c. uncancelled, used from "Chefoo 28. October 1895" to Germany with combination franking Germany 1890/99, 10 pfg. rose, tied "SHANGHAI 1/11 95", fine and scarce

1968, 'Long Live Chairman Mao' strip of 5, between one stamp lightly folded in the  perforation, mint never hinged, very fine

1964, Glorious Crimson souvenir sheet, unmounted mint

1953, Red Cross souvenir sheet pair 10 + 5 h., unused without gum, sligthly part of hinge, fine (Mi. 1900,-)

ITALIAN POST: 1867, De La Rue 10 c. orange-brown, 6 single copies, 4 tied by dotted numeral "234" and 2 by boxed "PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI" to entire letter with adjacent cds. "ALESSANDRIA D'EGITTO POSTE ITALIANE 19 DEC 67" to Florence with transit mark of Brindisi and arrival mark; slight marks of archival tape, otherwise fine; a rare multiple franking with unusual 'duplex'-cancellation, sign. Enzo Diena

1857, "FIELD FORCE PERSIA 20 OC 57" with manuscript "8a" on cover to Bombay with arrival mark, fine and scarce

1875, envelope with original contents written in "Tauris le 30 octobre 1875", transported via Trebizonde and forwarded from Constantinople with boxed "MER NOIRE" (applied in Constantinople to letters from Black Sea harbours, transported with French paquebots without postal agents abroad), franked with Ceres 80 c. tied GC "5083" with adjacent cds. and boxed "PD" and red "PAQUEBOTS DE LA MEDITERRANÉE" to France with further French transit and arrival marks on reverse; a rare and attractive early letter from Persia