379th Auction

1904, ½a. pale-blue, horizontal pair and three singles tied by cancel to reverse of registered cover, few faults, attractive entire

1904, ½a. pale-blue tied by cancel to reverse of local cover, fine 

1904, 2a. green, complete sheet of 12, mint never hinged, some separations, otherwise fine

1866, ½ a. grey-black (toched/cut into), used with violet seal cancel on small cover, dated by Masson March 14th, 1867

1903/04, wm. Crown CA, 20 r. grey & stone, used on piece, cancelled "MOMBASA 26.6.05", with adjacent "FOREIGN REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT 26 JU", very fine, certificate BPA (2022)

1904/07, 50 r. grey & red-brown with left sheet margin, unused, with large part original gum, very fine and fresh, certificate BPA (2022)

1906/12, 25$ purple & blue, top marginal copy, unused, with large part original gum, light diagonal gum crease and small surface blemish at lower right, otherwise very fine and fresh, certificate BPA (2022)

1900/01, wm Crown CC, 25$ green & orange, nice colour, unused with large part dried original gum, light pressed wrinkling, otherwise fine, a nice copy of this rare stamp, certificate BPA (2022)

1921/41, 50 $ green & yellow, unused with large part original gum, very fine and fresh, certificate BPA (2022)

1848, Post Paid 2d. blue, early impression, Pos.11 , beautiful deep colour and nice impression, good even margins, used with light central blue Mahébourg double-ring numeral '1'. A tiny trace of crayon reduced at foot, otherwise very fine . A most attractive copy of this rare stamp. Certificate BPA (2022)

Provenance: Baronet Philip de Ferari (Gilbert 1921)

1859/62, Britannia 6 d. with good margins, in combination with 1860/63, DLR 2 d. blue, tied by mute oval to letter sheet from "G.P.O. MAURITIUS MY 15 1860" to Calcutta, India with clear "CALCUTTA SHIPLETTER 1860 JU 22 Bg." with manuscript "5a". Very fine and rare 8d. rate, paying the letter rate via Aden. A similar cover from the same correspondence, sent one week earlier, was in the Kanai collection. 

1879/80,  8 c. blue, used with central clear "B65" of Rodrigez, vf

1884, Victoria 4d. blue, Sperati forgery, unused, fine, signed Sperati Reproduction

1884, Victoria 4d. blue, Sperati forgery with retouched cliché, the retouched state was inadequately described in Sperati I and corrected in Sperati II, fine, certificate RPSL (1998) 

1862/64, wm large star, 1 sh. yellow-green and deep green, ample to mostly large margins, lightly used, vf, signed Georg Bühler, resp. W.Engel

1908, 1 d. rose-carmine with overprint "King Edward VII Land", Waterloo printing, unused, fine, certificate RPS (1982)

1908, 1 d. rose-carmine with overprint "King Edward VII Land", Royle printing, mint never hinged and one stamp used, fine

1884, Victoria 2s6d. black, Sperati forgery, composite proof, signed in pencil, fine

1884, 2s6d. black, Sperati forgery, duty cliché, signed in pencil and handstamp "Reproduction Interdite", fine

1884, Victoria 5s. black, Sperati forgery type A, composite proof, signed in pencil and handstamp "Reproduction Interdite", reverse with full cachet  "Les Jean de Sperati Philatelie d'Art", fine

1884, Victoria 5s. black, Sperati forgery type C, composite proof, signed in pencil, fine

1884, 5s. black, Sperati forgery, duty cliché, signed in pencil and handstamp "Reproduction Interdite", fine

1884, 10s. black, Sperati forgery, duty cliché, signed in pencil and handstamp "Reproduction Interdite", fine

1884, Victoria 10s. black, Sperati forgery, composite proof, signed in pencil, fine

1904, Edward VII. 1£ green/violet, Sperati forgery, used, few shortend perfs, otherwise fine

1880/82, 8c. carmine with 1885/86, 8c deep violet,1885, 2c. on 16c blue, 2c. on 8c carmine, 6c. on 8c mauve and 1892/93, 40c ochre, tied by Labuan cds. to registered cover to Germany with violet registration cachet and arrival mark. 

1880, surcharge in black, 8c with original value obliterated in manuscript, cancelled by red circle of small dots (Proud Type K2), a small filled thin on reverse, still fine, certificate BPA (2022)

1908/11, 10£ purple & ultramarine, used on piece, cancelled "BLANTYRE NYASALAND OC 26 12", a little rubbed at top, otherwise very fine and fresh, a very rare stamp, certificate BPA (2022)

1913/19, 10£ purple & dull ultramarine, unused, with large part original gum, pressed creases at right, otherwise very fine and fresh, certificate BPA (2022)

1886, Victoria 1s. orange-brown, Sperati forgery, used, a fine copy of this scarce forgery

1859, Victoria 6p. dull purple, imperforated plate proof, Sperati forgery, unused, signed in pencil

1900, surcharge 1s on Bechuanaland 6d purple on rose-red, Pos.2 in the setting, used on piece with Mafeking cds., very fine, certificate BPA (2022)

1903, Edward 5£ with left sheet margin, unused o.g., very fine

1923, Zuid-West/South West, 1£ in horizontal pair from the lower sheet margin with gutter at left, unused o.g., vf (SG 850£)

1915, Accra overprint 1 sh. with German cds. "NOEPE 12/10 15" on registered envelope to England

1916/20, London overprint 10 sh. with German cds. "ASSAHUN 27/3 19" on registered envelope to Switzerland