371st Auction
24-28 September 2019 in Wiesbaden
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1815, Lettersheet dated "Londres le 28 avril 1815" addressed to Bordeaux, transported via "BREMEN" and "BASEL 4 Juny" with adjacent transit mark "SUISSE PAR HUNINGUE". A very scarce cover, transported shortly before the battle of Waterloo. Certificate Van der Linden BPP (1999)
1841, 1 d. red-brown, Die I, Plate 81, horizontal block of 24, good margins at top and bottom, four stamps touched or cut into, unused with original gum, some stamps unmounted mint, some vertical creases, otherwise fine and fresh; an attractive and rare multiple
1848, 10 d. brown, Die 3 and 1 s. green, both stamps with small to large margins all around, used, fine, 10 d. signed Holcombe with opinion (1987)
1863, 4 d. pale-red pl. 4 (hairlines), BE, imperforated copy in nice colour and with good margins, unused o.g.; a very fine example of this rare stamp
Provenance: Robson Lowe Auction January 1952 (within a block of 4 AD/BE), Stanley Gibbons Auction February 1970 (same block),
The block was split up at some point between 1970 and 1975
1867/80, 2 sh. cobalt, tied by duplex "LIVERPOOL FE 15 68" to entire letter with adjacent red "PAID B" and transit mark "PANAMA MR 9 68" to Peru with straight line "PAITA" on reverse. A very fine single franking of this scarce and difficult shade. Certificate BPA (2007)
1868, 10 sh. greenish-grey, pl. 1, very nicely cancelled by cds. "GEORGESTREET JY 26 82", top left corner repaired, otherwise very fine, certificate Brandon (2007, not mentioning the repair) (SG £ 3.200,-)
1875, 2½ d. rosy-mauve, pl.1, CA, imperforated Imprimatur, good to large margins with sheet margin at top (here horizontal crease), unused o.g., very fine and rare
Provenance: Charles Nissen Stock (Stanley Gibbons 1978), Chartwell (Sting 2012)
1883, Victoria 9 d. dull-green, block of 4 JI/KJ, unused o.g., very fine and scarce multiple
1912, George V 1 d. die proof colour trial in red on gummed paper with watermark 'imperial crown', unused o.g. with slight gum disturbances in the margins only, stamp unmounted mint; fine and scarce
1913, Seahorses 1 £ green, unused with fresh original gum and tiny hinge mark, very fresh and fine
1913, Sea Horses £ 1 green with sheet margin at left, used, fine (SG 1.400,-)
TELEGRAPH STAMPS: 1877, 3 sh. blue, imperforate specimen block of 20 with marginal inscription, unused o.g. with a couple of hinge remainders, one stamp with stain, some light gum bends and 2 corner stamps with diagonal creases, still fine; a rare and attractive multiple (SG Spec.L229)