1939, Caritas and 100 Years of Pernau, each as souvenir sheet with cds. "KURESSAARE 8 VII 38" resp "TARTU 20 6 39" on registered cover, fine

1½d. rose-red, plate 1, AB, imperforate, a much paler shade of rose-red than the printing on Dr. Perkins chemically prepared paper, large part original gum. (S.G.Cat. GBP  7.500)

Note: While all stamps from the  generally regarded 1½d., plate 1, imperforate on Dr. Perkins chemically prepared paper only originate from a lower half sheet (M- to T- rows), nine imperforate stamps from plate 1 originate from the A- to D- rows. None of these have ever been described as being on Dr. Perkins Paper.

Provenance: Phillips, 16 November 1989, lot 229
Phillips 26, October 1995, lot 262

"PAID AT ST. THOMAS" (CC2), good strike on entire letter from St. Croix with adjacent Danish "CHRISTIANSTED 12 5 1862" to South Zorra, West Canada, endorsed "Via Halifax", paid with 4 c. inland postage and "pd 4 d." British postage to Halifax, transported via "ST. GEORGES MY 18 1862", on reverse also transit mark of Quebec and arrival mark of May 31; on front marked "unpaid 5" which was applied to part paid letters. A very interesting and rare letter with light patina, one of the few recorded carried by open mail

VENYOV: 1k. imperforated, used, fine, ex Trevor Pateman

1857, folded letter dated "Rio de Janeiro 24 di Gennairo 1858" and endorsed "per Vapore Italia" addressed to Genoa, charged "11" upon arrival and superb strike of boxed "Vapori transatl." applied upon arrival in Genoa, the sole known letter carried on the last trip of the Transatlantica, very fine The Transatlantica went bankrupt at the end of 1857. The packet Italia therefore left Rio secretly and carried the mail out of the expired postal convention with the Sardinian Kingdom. This was the last journey of the Transatlantica. The "Corriere Mercantile" of 19/02/58 reports the departure from Rio of the ship Italia, but no longer the nahme of the company

10 c. grey-black, large margins with 4 mm sheet margin at left, neatly cancelled by target of Diekirch, very fine, sign. Goebel and opinion Böttger BPP

30 c. lilac, just touched at lower left, otherwise ample to wide margins, tied by small cds. "LUXEMBOURG 21 MAI 67" to lettersheet to Bruxelles with transit and arrival marks; the stamp with almost invisible paper shrinkles, otherwise fine, a scarce franking, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 2d. die II, marginal copy with inverted overprint, watermark inverted, mint never hinged, very fine (Michel 15I/II K)

1 sgr. rose, fresh colour and large margins, unused without gum; natural paperflaw at upper left, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 2i)

1953, birds 100-1000 fr., unmounted mint (Mi. 420,-)

1854, Munich printing 40 rp. yellow-green, 10 copies, all with ample to very good margins, tied by grid cancel to quadruple rate coverfront with top backflap (mounted on lettersheet to appear complete) from "FLEURIER 7 JANV. 1855" to Canton, China, endorsed "Via Marseille, Suez & Bombay"; on reverse flap French transit marks and part of British PO cds. of Canton; a very attractive and rare early franking to the Far East. Certificate Rellstab BPP (1989; as 'Faltbriefumschlag') Zumstein 26A

1 ch., 2 ch. and 5 ch., 2 copies each with 1 kr. tied by oval "TEHERAN MAIDAN " to front and reverse of opened out registered cover to England with transit and arrival marks; a most attractive and scarce entire of the Provisoire issue, signed Dr. Dathkhah

7 k. and 14k. tied by scarce  cancellation of the 20th St Petersburg Telegraph Office to envelope 7 k. as registered cover from St Petersburg to France, some creases and toning spots

1920, Luftpost 20 Ø with watermark 1, unused, very fine, Obermüller Wilen certificate

1 Kreuzer auf gelbweiß, 3 Einzelwerte, 1mal oben leicht berührt, sonst voll- bis breitrandig mit jeweils klar aufgesetztem blauem DKr. "RAVENSBURG 1 MAR. 1853" auf Briefstück, Kabinett

1931, Islandfahrt, Brief mit DR-Zusatzfrankatur Zeppelin 2 M., Kabinett 1931, flight to Iceland, cover with additional DR franking Zeppelin 2 m., very fine

1958, Europe Flag 35 fr. épreuve d'artiste in deep green with engraver signature, fine

1940, Caritas 10-50 s., each as marginal block of four with first day cancel "TARTU -2 1 40" on local cover, fine

1½d. rose-red, plate 1, NK-NL, imperforate horizontal pair with sheet margin and inscription on Dr. Perkins chemically prepared paper with Wmk. Large Crown, wonderful fresh colour and gum. (S.G.Cat. GBP  15.500)

Note: Generally the trial printings on Dr. Perkins Paper show more or less blueing, especially the sheet printed from the 1d. plate 121. The 1½d. pair NK-NL shows practically no blueing, very similar as the formerly adjoining pairs above MK-ML and below OK-OL (N.P.M. London, vol. XXIX, page 45) and PK-PL (ex Joseph Silkin Collection), the only letterings recorded unused in the Karl Louis Card Index.

Provenance: ‚Verus‘ Collection, Stanley Gibbons, August 2015, lot 152

"PAID AT ST. THOMAS", crowned circle (CC2), nice clear strike on entire letter 1859 via London and Hamburg to Tondern in the Danish duchy of Schleswig, fully paid, showing on front manuscript 2s/sd and clear Hamburg "Franco"; a fine and rare letter

Ganzsachen: 1895, double card 4 k. used from "CONSTANTINOPEL....97" without text via Odessa to Hattingen, Germany with arrival mark, fine

1855, double weight folded letter dated "Bahia 24 Jen 1855" endorsed "P.D. Maria II" to Genoa charged with "280" reis, reverse with cds. "P. TRANSATLANTICO 17 /2", blue italic straight-line "Espana" of La Junquera and "VIA DE NIZZA" on front, upon arrival charged with "22"., very attractive, mail to Italy was rarely carried by Portuguese services and routed via Spain

10 c. grey-black, ample to large margins, used with nice strike of 'brisés de Remich', very fine, certificate Demuth BPP (1987)

37½. black on chalky paper, Sperati forgery in block format with pencil signature, reverse with yellow cachet "JEAN DE SPERATI LES PHILATÉLIE d' ART", BPA signature, fine

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 4d. with basic stamp error "broken Crossbar to 4", mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 18 var)

1 sgr. salmon (chair foncé), vertical strip of 3 with good to large margins, neatly cancelled by 2 clear strikes of 'Cercles brises' of Remich; very fine, certificate Goebel AIEP (Prifix 2f) Provenance: Dupont (Corinphila 1985)

"282" on Russia 10 k. siena and pale blue on cover with adjacent cds. "KIBARTY 15.3.(63)" to Königsberg with arrival mark, original letter enclosed, reverse with slight faults and staining

1855/57, Issue on thin paper: 5 rp. brown in horizontal strip of 3, good colour and large margins all around, tied by cds. "LENZBURG 18 FEB. 58" to entire letter to Bern; small pre-cuts between the stamps at top, the stamps have been lifted for inspection and re-fixed; a rare and very fine entire. Certificate Rellstab (1987) Zumstein 22F.

1902, "PROVISOIRE 1319": 1 ch. grey, 4 copies for rosette handstamp 1 ch. in horizontal pair tied by "TEHERAN MAIDAN" oval marking to reverse of registered envelope via Baku to England; the cover slightly roughed opened and one stamp tiny corner crease, overall fine; an extremely scarce combination cover

 1884, high values without thunderbolts, 3 r. 50 kop with central 1891 cancel of Odessa and 7 r. with light but unreadable cancellation, 3r 50 kop bottom right corner perforation slightly rounded, otherwise both stamps in fine condition

1923, First attempted mail-carrying Glider Flight Hälsingborg - Helsingor, franked picture postcard from "HALSINGBORG 25.8.23" to Haderslev with adjacent special postmark and special three line cachet "MED MOTORLÖST AEROPLAN". Originally 50 cards and covers were taken on board before the first attempt, it is not known how many items were salvaged after the repaeted failures, only a handful still exists today, very fine

1851, 1 Kreuzer auf hellsämisch, links unten lupen- sonst voll- bis überrandig, oben mit 4-5 mm Bogenrand, mit klarem blauen EKr. "KÖNIGSBRONN 15 AUG 185.." auf Briefstück, Kabinett, sowie 3 Kreuzer auf gelb, breit- bis überrandig mit Teilen von 3 Nachbarmarken und schmalem Bogenrand rechts mit klarem EKr. "CALW 7/5 53", Luxus, beide sign. Drahn

1930, Südamerikafahrt, Karte Sevilla-Friedrichshafen, selten, Kabinett 1930, SA flight, card Sevilla-Friedrichshafen, scarce, very fine

1958, Europe Flag 35 fr. épreuve d'artiste in lilac with engraver signature, fine

1940, 100 Years of stamps 15 s. on white paper, mint never hinged, fine

1½d. pale rose-red, plate 3, PI, imperforate plate proof on ‚Large Crown‘ watermarked paper without gum, of unknown status, possibly unique in private hands. (S.G.Cat. GBP  7.500)

Note: The proof printing  has probably been taken from a later state of plate 3, especially the lower left network and the plate number ‚3‘ look quite worn. The Royal Collection contains an imperforate pair TK-TL from plate 3 stated by Sir John Wilson Bart (1952): „The status of the imperf. varieties (….) is undefined“. The Joseph Silkin Collection (Harmers June 1971) contained a very similar imperf. pair with the same letterings TK-TL as the „Royal“ pair, but with „pen stroke removed and the colour is very pale“. In the Philips Collection (vol. XXI, page 11) N.P.M. London, is an imperf. plate 3, lettered TJ, which may have originally adjoined either the „Royal“  or the „Silkin“ pair. The Marcus Samuel Collection contained an imperf. plate 3, lettered HA, with SPECIMEN overprint (unique). It might be possible, that these imperforate 1½d. plate 3 proof printings were produced in 1878/79 for trials in more lighter and fugitve colours.

Provenance: Robson Lowe, 8 September 1981, lot 1477 (described as a „proof of unknown status“)