376th Auction

1682, Entire letter from La Haye per messenger to Charles Murray, Marquesse of Atholl to Edinburgh, very fine

1840, 1 d. black, GJ, good margins all around, tied by red MC to entire letter from “SHEFFIELD AUG.8.” to London with arrival mark, fine

1902, King Edward VII. 10 sh. ultramarine, unused, fine (SG 1.000,-)  

Haiti: 1865/81, ½ d rose-red, 1 d. rose-red and 1 s. green, plate 12, tied by “C59” to envelope with adjacent red cds. “JACMEL JA.25.75” via London to Germany with arrival mark, 1 d. with faults, otherwise fine

MALTA: 1872, 6d. pale chestnut in combination with 1d. red, plate 127 horizontal pair, tied by two strikes of duplex "A25 MALTA NO 15 72" to small mourning cover to London, fine and attractive

1856, 2d. blue two pairs, one with wmk "5" and 3d. yellow-green as pair, fresh colors and all with close to good margins, left stamp of 3d. small corner crease, otherwise fine

1897, 1 pence horizontal pair, paying for the 2 pence interisland postage, together with New South Wales 1888 2 pence blue and 1891 ½ penny slate, all tied by cds. "PORT VILA 22 JUN 97" to cover front to Sydney, some ageing, still fine and attractive usage showing the earliest date recorded from the Hambly correspondence Provenance: ex Hubert Goron

Fifth Sideface Issue with White Background 1895/96: 2½ d. colour trial proofs, three blocks of four in red-brown, dark-green and blueish-green, all perforated 12½-13 on gummed wmk. paper, one stamp per block mint never hinged, the other mint never hinged, very fine, a scarce and attractive assembly Ex Yardley collection.

Surcharge on German New Guinea: Spacing 6 mm, 1d. on 3 pfg. brown, setting 1, position 2, fresh colour, wonderful centering, lightly used, fine, certificate Scheller (2021)

Surcharge on German New Guinea: Spacing 6 mm, 1d. on 3 pfg. brown with variety "1 with straight top serif", setting 6, position 2, fresh colour, wonderful centering, unused, few perfs slightly unfresh, very fine copy of this scarce stamp, certificate Scheller (2021)

Surcharge on German New Guinea: Spacing 6 mm, 1d. on 3 pfg. brown, setting 7, position 2, fresh colour, wonderful centering, unused, very fine, signed Scheller

1915, Surcharge 1 on 2 d. on 10 pf. and 1 on 2 d. on 20 pf., together on piece of a registered envelope, tied by Rabaul date stamp "JAN. ... 19 ..". A great rarity of G.R.I. issues, just 2 resp. 4 used copies of these 2 values have been reported. Signed Bloch with certificate, certificates BPA (1959) and Kilian BPP (1984) Provenance: Marques of Bute (Robson Lowe, 1959)

Surcharge on Marshall Islands: Spacing 5 mm, 2d. on 10 pfg. carmine with inverted surcharge, setting 10, position 1, fresh colour, wonderful centering, two tiny thin spots not mentioned on accompanying certificate, very fine copy of this rarity with onls 5 stamps known, certificate BPA (1990)

Surcharge on Marshall Islands: Spacing 4 mm, 2s. on 2 m. blue, setting 3, position 4, fresh colour, good centering, unusede, very fine, signed Champion and A. Diena and certificate Scheller (2021)

1915, Cameroons Expeditionary Force ½ d. - 5s., unused, 5s. small short perf, otherwise fine, some signed

1883, Victoria 4c. rosy-mauve, Sperati forgery in block format, with pencil signature, fine, signed Sperati Reproduction

1883, Victoria 16c. pale violet, Sperati forgery in block format, fine

1883, Victoria 24c. black, Sperati forgery, composite proof, with pencil signature and handstamp "REPRODUCTION INTERDITE", fine, signed Sperati Reproduction

1880, Victoria 24c. vermilion, Sperati forgery in block format with annotations around the design, a very interesting and rare item

1885, Victoria 5c. on 24c. brown-purple, Sperati forgery, used, fine, signed in pencil

1885, Victoria 5c. on 24c.green, Sperati forgery of this never issued stamp ((see also note in SG after SG 186), used, fine, signed in pencil 

POSTAL STATIONERY: 1897, Reply part of double card 2 c. blue used with cork cancel and adjacent "MILTON MASS. NOV 30 1897"

1889, Victoria 20s. black, Sperati forgery type A, composite proof, signed in Pencil

1889, Victoria 20s. value tablet and inscription in black, Sperati forgery type B, duty cliché, signed in Pencil and handstamp "REPRODUCTION INTERDITE", fine

1948, Royal Silver Wedding 10c. - 10$., mint never hinged, fine

AIRMAIL: 1925, Calcutta-Risalpur Demonstration Flight, endorsed cover to Nowshera with arrival mark

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

1885, 4a. blue-green in horizontal pair, imperforated vertically, unused, very fine, certificate BPA (2020) (SG 900£)

1890, Coat of arms 8a. grey, Sperati forgery, unused without gum, a little soiled, otherwise fine, signed Sperati Reproduction

1890, Coat of arms 1r. grey, Sperati forgery, used, fine, signed in pencil

1894, 5a. on 8a. blue, Sperati forgery, unused, fine, signed A. Brun

1894, Surcharge proof "5 ANNAS." on white paper, Sperati forgery, fine

1894, Surcharge proof "7½ ANNAS." on white paper, Sperati forgery, the only known copy of this proof, fine

GENERAL ISSUES ON NEGRI SEMBILAN: 1$ black/ red on blue with red overprint, used, fine, certificate BPA (2020)

1795, folded letter from Malta via Italy and the Thurn and Taxis postal system "Mantova Insbruck augsburg" to Brunswick with taxation "6½" in red crayon, fine

1862/65, 4d. orange, with small resp. large white corner letters, on two covers to Tunis resp. Palermo, the earlier with taxation "2 3/4" in red crayon, the latter with red boxed "P.D. 2 3/4", some faults, especially the cover with boxed PD, but an interesting duo