366. Auktion März 2018
366. Heinrich Koehler Auction
19–24.03.2018 in WiesbadenPages
1953, Special souvenir sheet (178:228 mm), usual light bend
1839, Lettersheet with blue cds. "PARIS .. JUIN 39" addressed to the Chilean Envoy at Paris, at that time residing at London, taxed in France with "20" decimes, in England "2/6"; a fine early cover
1854, Lettersheet with red "LONDON PAID 21 APR. 1854" addressed to Blanco Encalada at Paris with transit mark on front, prepaid with "1/3"; interesting historical entire
1858, Folded cover from president Manuel Montt with his seal on reverse with frontside oval "FRANCA" and cds. "VALPARAISO 22 FEBRO 58" to the Sylvestre Ochagania, a senior civil servant, fine and scarce early presidential mail
1861, "CONSULATE U.S.A. VALPARAISO", superb strike on front of entire letter from Valparaiso to New York, showing on front "STEAMSHIP 10"; 2 filing creases not disturbing the overall good impression; fine and scarce forwarded letter
1886 "ADMINISTRACION PRINCIPAL DE CORREOS DE SANTIAGO", oval embossing with locomotive in center on official envelope from "SANTIAGO 14 DIC. 85" to Constantinople with frontside arrival marks of the British PO and Galata arrival mark on reverse; slightly stained and 2 vertical filing creases
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1871/1960 (ca.), Interesting collection of diplomatic mail from and to Chile with 50 covers including interesting early items, registered and airmail
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1858/1945, Interesting collection on exhibition pages including 6 items of presidential mail, mail of different ministries, the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate and post office correspondence
OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1926/28, 1 peso tied to large size wrapper from the National Library at Santiago sent locally; a fine and scarce single franking
1941/54, 5 pesos green, horizontal block of 8 tied to registered airmail cover from "SANTIAGO 15. JUN. 56" to Bruxelles, Belgium, slight transportation marks
1958, Antarctica 10 pesos with additional franking used on official registered cover from "SANTIAGO 16. DIC. 1958" to Germany; the cover light vertical fold, not affecting the stamps; the scarcest franking of "OFICIAL"-stamps
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1907/60, Unused and used collection with several stamps of 1907 issue, multiples, "SPECIMEN" and varieties; an interesting object on exhibition pages
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1926/60, Postal history collection with 38 covers, many to abroad and/or registered, including scarce frankings; an impressive object
1855/70 (ca.), 3 covers and 3 fronts with different markings resp. manuscript notation
1880, "MULTADA 40 c.", oval handstamp on entire letter from Liverpool to Huasco, franked with 1873/80, 1 shilling green (2, one round corner) and 6 d. grey (4, one with filing crease); since the postage paid only the distance to the landing harbor Valparaiso, the handstamp was applied to pay the distance to final destination; an unusual use of the Multada handstamp
1884/92, Multada handstamps 4 centavos and 2 centavos on 5 unfranked or unsufficiently franked covers
1894, 2 centavos tied cds. "VALPARAISO 23.XII.94" to local cover franked with 1 centavo; cover creases not effecting the franking, scarce
1894, First issue 10 centavos black, tied by Valparaiso cds. to Dutch postal stationery envelope 5 cent with uncancelled 7½ cent on reverse from "AMSTERDAM 24 NOV. 94", transit and arrival marks; a very scarce combination
1895, New design perf. 11, 2 centavos red on yellow, 2 copies, tied by different Multada handstamps to 2 postcards 1 centavo 1895 from Valparaiso to Santiago, one little stained
6 centavos and 10 centavos tied boxed "MULTADA" on cover franked 2 centavos from Santiago 1895 to Valparaiso with adjacent Multada handstamp
10 centavos, tied by boxed "MULTADA" and Limache cds. "2 ENE." to unfranked cover from "VALPARAISO 1.I.95" to Limache; light vertical crease not affecting the stamp. A very scarce first day cover
1898, 2 centavos rose with Valparaiso cds. on postal stationery double card Dutch East Indies 5 cent blue from "PADANG 17 3 1899" to Valparaiso, very fine
1924, 2 centavos and 4 centavos, tied to local cover franked with 1 centavos from "VALPARAISO 30 OCT. 24" with arrival marks of the same day; stamps applied somewhat squeezed, still fine and scarce
8 centavos, tied by Valparaiso cds. to commercial cover franked with 6 centavos from "CONCEPCION 6 NOV. 24", fine
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1860/1929 (ca.), Extensive specialized collection of stamps and postal history with more than 60 covers and cards including frankings of Chilean postage due stamps and insufficiently prepaid Chilean mail with foreign countries postage due stamps and markings; a highly interesting object on exhibition pages
1878, 2 centavos brown with postage stamps 1877, 1 centavo grey, 10 centavos blue and 20 centavos green, tied by clear "SANTIAGO 25 JUL 81" to cover "VIA DE PANAMA" to Paris with transit and arrival marks; a very scarce franking during the Pacific War
1880, 5 centavos blue in horizontal pair with 1900, Cabezones 10 centavos lilac, tied to registered postcard from Iquique 1900 via London to Vienna with transit and arrival marks on front; an attractive and scarce combination franking
5 centavos blue in combination with Cabezones 1 centavo and 2 centavos as additional franking on postal stationery lettercard 2 centavos red from "VALPARAISO 30.XI.1900" to Germany and here re-addressed with transit and arrival marks; margins missing on reverse only, fine and scarce combination
1891, Use of fiscal stamps during the revolution: Small collection on exhibition pages with 42 stamps and cover with 3 copies 5 centavos, many different cancellations
1892, Use of fiscal stamps during the the provisional government: Small collection with 30 stamps (partly on pieces or in multiple) and 9 covers including 2 registered covers
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20th century use of fiscal stamps as postage stamps: 1900/62, Nice collection with 27 covers and cards and some stamps and pieces including several combination letters, mail to abroad and registered mail; very interesting object
1883, First issue 2 centavos, die proof in issued colour brown on sunken carton, with initials of Theodor Hart Freeland and dated "30th May 83", unique (Especializado T1 proof)
10 centavos olive-green, sunken die proof on India, mounted on card with initials of Theodor Hart Freeland, dated "30 may 83", unique (Especializado T2 proof)
20 centavos, die proof in unissued colour brown on India, fixed on sunken card with initials of Theodor Hart Freeland and dated "25 May", unique (Especializado T3 proof)
1 peso, sunken die proof in brown on India, fixed on card, initials of Theodor Hart Freeland and dated "30th May 83", unique (Especializado T4 proof)
Composite die proof 5 pesos red and 10 pesos dark-green on India, fixed on card (tear at left not affecting the design), initials of Theodor Hart Freeland and dated "30 May 83", one of 2 recorded and extremely attractive (Especializado T5-6 proof)