376th Auction

PRIVATE SHIP MAIL: 1864, Centavos issue: ½ cent on brown, vertical block of 15, unmounted mint, the left row partly touched/cut into, otherwise very fine and fresh. A very scarce multiple, certificate C.A. Møller AIEP (Facit LG35)

ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY: 1875, House flag 10 cents rose-red, complete sheet of 30 with all margins, mint never hinged, a fine and scarce item, in addition a single stamp used with agents cancellation "JOH KOCK & CO..:" (Facit RMS 1)

ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY: 1875, House flag 10 cents rose-red, tied by oval agents cachet "JOH. KOCK & CO LLOYD'S AGENTS PTO CABELLO" to folded lettersheet (sideflaps missing) endorsed "p. Essequibo" (the Vessel of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company) to Barcelona with instructional marking "VIA DE INGLATERRA" on reverse and red "SHIP-LETTER" and tax marks on front. One of only three recorded letters with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company stamp this being the only recorded usage from Venezuela and the only usage to an address outside of the Caribbean area, a great and attractive rarity of Venezuela and Private Ship letter stamps of the World, detailed certificate Heister BPP (2005) (Facit RMS 1)

1911, Coat of arms, 5-20p., 12 prints in different colours on thick ungummed paper from defaced plates, including one pair, fine

1921, Coat of arms 1 ½ m. on 50 p. blue, type I imperforated, horizontal pair tied by cds. “HYVINKÄÄ 14.XI.” to registered cover to Norrköping, cover with vertical folds and small tears, otherwise fine, signed Dietrich

The Borgå - Helsinki Steamship Company: 1894, 25 penni brown, type II, fresh colour, used with central pen stroke, faults, scarce

The Borgå - Helsinki Steamship Company: "RUNEBERG FRANKO" blue oval cachet on undated envelope sent to Örnshamm, Borgå, small adhesive mark on upper right corner, scarce and attractive

The Granö Steam Launch Company: 1885, 10 penni red unused with full original gum, an attractive example of this rare stamp of which only few are recorded

The Borgå Steamship Company: 1893, 25 penni deep dull blue and 50 penni red, fresh colour and good perforation, used with three-line cancel "ÅNGFARTYGET / 29 MAR 96 / BORGÅ", resp. "ÅNGFARTYGET / 11 MAJ 96 / BORGÅ", fine and scarce

The Borgå Steamship Company: 1893, 25 penni deep dull blue, fresh colour and good perforation, used with three-line cancel "ÅNGFARTYGET / 5 SEP 93 / BORGÅ", few thins, very fine appearance, the earliest recorded date with the three-line cancellation Provenance: ex Fabergé

The Borgå Steamship Company: "Ångaren RUNEBERG -9. SEP 97" violet oval date stamp on finnish postal stationery 10 peni rose to Borgå, fine

Nyländska Skärgårds Aktiebolag: 1899, 10 penni, Type I, tied by blue five line cachet to postcard, a fine and scarce item, certificate Sundman (1999)

1849, Ceres 15, 20, 25 and 40c., 9 proofs in different colors and papers, including 25c. as block of four, mostly fine

1849, Ceres 10c. brown, fresh colour and good margins all around, unused, fine, signed JF Brun

1849, Ceres 10c. yellow-brown, fresh colour and large even margins with sheet margin at right, unused, vertical crease with paper break in the very outer margin, a very fine and attractive stamp

1849, Ceres 10c. brown, fresh colour and close to good margins all around, fine, signed Calves with certificate (1982)

1849, Ceres 15c. green, deep and fresh colour with good margins all around, unused without gum, a very rare stamp unused, fine, signed Calves with certificate (1997)

1849, Ceres 20c. black, ample to good margins all around, unused, fine, signed Calves with certificate (1982)

1849, Ceres 20c. black, deep colour and wide margins with part of adjoining stamp at right, unused, very fine, signed Calves

1849, Ceres 20c. black, block of four in deep colour with good margins all around, upper stamps unused, the lower mint never hinged, minor gum toning, otherwise fine and attractive, signed JF Brun

1849, Ceres 20c. black, block of four in deep colour with good margins all around with lower sheet margin, unused without gum, very fine, signed A. Brun

1849, Ceres 25c. dark-blue, fresh colour and close to good margins all around, fine, signed Calves with certificate (1984)

1849, Ceres 1 fr. light carmine, good colour and good margins all around, unused, barely perceptible thin spots, otherwise fine, signed Roumet with certificate (2016)

1849, Ceres 1 fr. "carmine fonce", fresh colour, small margins all around, unused, tiny surface scratch at bottom, otherwise fine, certificate J.-F. Brun (1984)

1862, Reprints for Sir Rowland Hill: 10c. - 1 fr., fresh colour and good margins all around, unused, otherwise fine, certificate von der Weid (except for 40c. which has been interchanged, 1993)

1862, Reprints for Sir Rowland Hill: 15 c. green, fresh colour and good margins all around, unused, fine

1862, Reprints for Sir Rowland Hill: 40 c. orange, fresh colour and good margins all around, unused, fine, certificate RPSL (1973)

1862, Reprints for Sir Rowland Hill: 1 fr. carmine, fresh colour and good margins all around, unused, very fine

1862, Reprints for Sir Rowland Hill: 1 fr. carmine, fresh colour and good margins all around, unused, very fine

1863, Reprints: Napeoleon Repub. 10 c. brown, fresh colour and close to wide margins all around, unused, fine, certificate APS (1977)

1853, Napoleon Empire 1c. olive-green on blueish, block of four with fresh colour and good margins with sheet margin at right, two upper stamps unused, the lower mint never hinged, fine and attractive

1853, Napoleon 5c. green, fresh colour and good margins all around, unused, very fine and fresh, signed Calves

1853, Napeoleon Empire 5c. green, fresh colour close to good margin with sheet margin at right, unused, fine, signed Calves and Roumet with the latter certificate (2016)

80c. rose, deep and fresh colour with good margins on three sides, close at bottom right, unused without gum, fine, signed Calves

80c. carmine-rose, block of four with fresh colours and mostly good margins, close at bottom left, unused, vertically folded between stamps with small scisscor cut not affecting the stamps, a fine and attractive multiple

1863, Reprints: Napeoleon Empire 25c. blue, horizontal pair with fresh colour and good well balanced margins all around, unused, fine