371st Auction

1926, First flight Calcutta-Rangoon by Spanish army aeroplanes; arrival mark on reverse, very fine and scarce

OFFICIAL: 1914/41, ½ a. indigo, inscription type B, Benns setting 21, sheet of 4, all stamps overprinted with type O1 on reverse instead of front, unused without gum as issued; interesting variety of philatelic status, certificate BPA (2019)

1929, Landscape postcards 3 p. and 3 p.+3 p. blue on buff, unused, very fine (H&G 1-2)

Japanese Occupation of Malacca: 1942, handstamp over blocks of 4: 2c. and 3c. each in block of 4 cancelled "MALACCA 11 6 2602"

1885/90, ½ d. green, 1 d. carmine in horizontal pair and 2½ d. ultramarine, tied by 5line "MALTA" to register envelope 2 d. blue 1901 to Germany with transit and arrival marks

"FREDERICTON MR 14 1853" on complete receipt for a registered letter to St. John

"GAGETOWN N.B. PAID" and inside "PAID 3 D", both in red on small envelope from Gagetown to Fredericton, fine and scarce

1859, Envelope with red "SHEDIAC N.W. PAID / AU 16 1859" via London and Hamburg to Norway with frontside "BRITISH 5 d CLAIM"; little stained, still fine. The only recorded cover from New Brunswick to Norway

"3" in black on lettersheet endorsed "on Service" 1851 from Fredericton to Robert D. Wilmot, Surveyor General of New Brunswick, filing creases

3 d. dull-red, clear to good margins, neatly cancelled by grill "1" of St. John, very fine

3 d. dull-red, 2 copies, one with plate scratch in left "3", the other one with scarce centron express mail cds., both with small faults

1851/60, 3 d. blue, horizontal pair, tied to small envelope (one side flap missing) 1856 to England, short paid by 1½ d. currency, showing on front due hand stamp "5" and red "SHIPLETTER PAID LIVERPOOL"; the right stamp with diagonal tear; a scarce cover, certificate Greene (2004)

3 d. blue, 5 copies incl. different shades, one copy cancelled by pen cross (certificate Greene), all with good to partly enormous margins, some with small thins

6 d. yellow-green in pair, clear to wide margins and very lightly cancelled, the left stamp with faint broken crease, otherwise very fine, certificate Greene (1999)

6 d. dark green, diagonal bisect, just touched in the corner tip, otherwise large margins, tied by oval grill to lettersheet from "HALIFAX MY 6 1860" to Dorchester, New Brunswick; slight paperbreaks in the cover folds and stamp with light corner crease, otherwise fine and attractive; certificate Friedl Expert Committee (1978)   Provenance: Wilkinson (2011), Joseph Hackmey

1 sh. purple, clear to good margins, lightly cancelled, somewhat thinned, otherwise fine

1905/18, ½ d. grey-green, 2 copies tied by duplex "ST. KITTS AP 28 10" to register envelope 2 d. ultramarine to Basse Terre

REVENUES: 1885, 1 d.-1 sh. from the upper sheet margin, all with short "t in SAINT", unmounted mint, also a normal used set and mint copy of 5 sh. which was not used for postage

1909, Coat of Arms 1 ab. pal ultramarine tied by oval arabic cancel to reverse to envelope with India King Edward VII. 1/2 a. green cancelled "CHAMAN 30.HAN.14", envelope with small faults and creases

1909, Coat of Arms 1 ab. ultramarine tied by oval arabic cancel to reverse to envelope with India King Edward VII. 1/2 a. green cancelled "CHAMAN 2.MA.09", envelope shortened at left, otherwise fine

1920, Monogramm overprint: 50r. on 1r. imperforated block of five with empty field, lower stamp with cyrillic cds. "ERIVAN " and neatly placed above the official Erivan post office seal in violet, a very fine and attractive item, opinion Berger (2015)

1920, Emergency issue 2k. imperforated with "10" double surcharge on HH monogramm, unused, a very rare stamp with only three exmaples of this combination recorded, listed by Ceresa under #721 in his handbook, opinion Berger (2011)

1921, Pictorials 10, 50, 500 and 5000r., black proofs, two on thin white paper with visible guidelines and two on thin newsprint without guidelines, extremely rare, fine

1832, Entire letter from Rio to France with frontside boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER" (Brest removed) and Brest date stamp of 3.11.1832

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: 1922, International Reply Coupon 200 r., vertical and corner crease

VARIG issue: 1927/28, 1300 r. green with overprint type III and express stamp $ 700 on 1300 r. green with overprint type I and additional franking 300 r. rose tied by flight cds. "VARIG PELOTAS 5.AGO.29" to express cover to Porto Alegre with arrival mark and special flight cachet on reverse, fine

1952, Crashcover from "SANTIAGO DE CHILE" to Lübeck, crashed on board of KLM on the 22nd of March, forwarded to Germany with corresponding typewritten note about the crash, usual traces of fire and water, fine

TELEGRAPH STAMPS: 1883, 2 c.-10 p. in imperforated proof blocks of 4 in issued colours, imperforated on ungummed paper, some creases and 5-10 p. small tears (Especializado T1-6)

1 c. ochre (2) and 2 c. red, tied by rectangular negative seal cancel to postcard dated 'Boshan 12.IV.1900" with adjacent oval transit marks of Weihsien and Kiaochow and combination franking German post in China 5 pfg., tied by "TSINGTAU KIAUTSCHOU 23/4 00" to Germany with arrival mark; card with slight corner creases, otherwise fine and scarce

1898, Coiling dragon 1 c. ochre and 2 c. red as additional franking on postcard 1 c. rose, tied by 2 different oval postmarks "KIAOCHOW 3 MAR. 1900" in combination franking with German post in China 5 pf., tied by cds. "TSINGTAU KIAUTSCHOU 4/3 00" to Germany with arrival marks; very fine and scarce

1902/08, ½ c. brown in vertical pair and 2 c. red, tied by tombstone to postcard 1 c. red dated "Tungkun 4. Juli 1903" via Kanton to Germany with transit and arrival marks, fine and scarce

1902, 4 c. brown tied by Tientsin bilingual cds. to postcard via Shanghai and the French post to Germany with arrival mark

1902/08, 4 c. brown, tied by cds. "SHANGHAI .. JAN. 08" to postcard with adjacent transit mark of the German post, addressed to Austria

POSTAL STATIONERY: 1907, postcard 1 c. green with additional franking 1 c. ocre (3), tied by lunar dater with horizontal frame, dated "Qufu 15.11.07" and sent via Tsinan and Shanghai British P.O. to Germany; lower card corners slightly thinned on reverse and light diagonal corner crease; a scarce card (Han 4)

1914, card Junk 4 c. with additional franking horizontal pair Junk 1 c. orange used from Linpingchow via "CANTON 19.JUL.24" to Switzerland, fine

Incoming Mail: 1898, German Empire 2 m. red-carmine, vertical strip of three tied by cds. "HANNOVER 8.8.98" to complete parcel card via Bremen to the German consulate in Chefoo, fine, rare