Lot# 844 - Auction 309-320
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Lot# : 844 Honduras
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1898: "Locomotive" issue, the Exhibit collection on leaves and loose with study of the stamps and wonderful array of these difficult to find covers with no less than 88 represented; with set of eight overprinted SPECIMEN, set in blocks of four, large multiples of the 2 c., 5 c. purple in a block of 36, rare imperforate 2 c. rose pair and block of four, 5 c. red-violet in block of 24, 6 c. red-violet pair; Imperforate between 5 c. dull ultramarine block of four and the only recorded 10 c. dark blue imperf. between block of four all unused; 6 c. imperf. between pairs used (2); laid paper set of five in blocks with 5 c. in blocks of 20 and 36, the 6 c. in block of 24 and 10 c. in a block of 23; range of "Cracked Plate" varieties, 10 c. dark blue "Double Print" (5 recorded), all laid paper varieties in imperforate between multiples; Amapala 'Permitase' usages incl. blocks; extensive cancellation studies throughout. Covers with following rates noted: 1 c., 2 c., 3 c., 6 c., 12 c., 14 c., 15 c., 16 c. (incl. a cover in combination with Cuba), 18 c., 20 c., 25 c., 27 c., 30 c., 39 c. rate (with earliest recorded use of "Permitase" stamps), 40 c., 45 c., 60 c., 75 c., 1 p. 20 c.; these demostrating most of the possible cancellations and possible rate permutations of the issue; a total of 88 covers/ cards and finally the 'pièce de résistance' a cover bearing 1 c. brown pair, 2 c. rose, 5 c. dull ultramarine pair, 6 c.red-violet, 10 c. dark blue, 20 c. dull orange block of four, 50 c. orange-red strip of three and 1 p. blue-green strip of three; all used on remarkable 44 x single rate 1902 cover to New York tied by barred obliterators and "Tegucigalpa" cds's in violet. An astonishing and important collection assembled over many years. Ex the Brian Moorhouse estate.Starting bid : 7,500 CHFHammer price : not sold -
