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  • Lot# : 1370 Malta

    1839: Entire letter from Algiers to Malta with chisel slits and "Purifié au Lazaret / Malte" cachet in black, struck on reverse with rare "27 May: 4d." due marking in black. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1371 Malta

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    1839 (Sept 22): Complete folded letter from Cairo to London with French ship, showing red framed French "PAQUEBOTS DE LA MEDITERRANEE" on front, Maltese cachet "PURIFIE AL LAZARET", two slits due to the purification procedure and straight line "Malta Post Office"; in addition on reverse blue Paris transit cds (Oct 15), black arrival mark (Oct 17) and British taxation mark "BRITISH: 10 - FOREIGN: 1. 10 1/2". Interesting item with manuscript instructions on how to treat the correspondence: "Write on the letters "via Marseilles" - this saves 2 or 3 days".
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1372 Malta

    1860: ½ d. buff on blued paper, no wmk., a fine unused example of this rare stamp; also a Crown CC ½ d. buff, fine large part og. Gi = £ 1'300+.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 1373 Malta

    1860/63: ½ d. buff on thin white paper, no watermark, a fine mint example of good colour and perforations, without gum. A rare stamp Gi = £ 800.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1374 Malta

    1914/21: Keyplate 2 s. purple & bright blue on blue, fresh mint example showing variety "Nick in top right Scroll", fine large part og. Gi = £ 350.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1375 Malta

    1914/21: Keyplate 2 s. purple & blue on blue, the range of mint examples (10) in differing shades and 5 s. green & red on yellow (2), most fresh and fine, large part og. A fine study lot Gi = £ 600+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1376 Malta

    1921/22: Keyplate 2 s. purple & blue on blue, the selection of mint examples (5), 1922 Self Government 5 s. mint (2), wmk. script CA 2 s. purple & blue on blue (2), also some 1938 and 1948 higher values, fresh and generally fine, large part og. Gi = £ 620+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1377 Malta

    1922: Keyplates overprinted "Self Government", the mint study with 2 s. purple & blue on blue (2 examples), 5 s. green & red on yellow (5) with two showing broken "O" on "Government" and one with short "F" in "Self"; and wmk. script CA 2 s. purple & blue on blue with single showing crushed "NT" in Governement" and a fine block of four. All fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Gi = £1'000+.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1378 Malta

    1922: Definitive part set of 13, fresh mint and overprinted "Specimen" (only the 1922 issued values), fresh and fine, large part og., also high values of 1958 definitive set (2 s. - £1) fine unmounted og.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1379 Malta

    1928: Postage & Revenue overprinted set of 19 values, fresh mint, all overprinted "Specimen" in black or red, fine unmounted og. Scarce Gi = £ 350.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 1380 Malta

    1930: Postage & Revenue set of 17 values, fresh mint, all perforated "Specimen" diagonally, fine unmounted og. Gi = £ 350.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 1381 Malta

    1935 Silver Jubilee set of four, 1937 Coronation set of three, fresh mint and all perforated "Specimen", also 1948 Self Government set of 21 (2 d. value with "extra window " flaw, and 1949 Silver Wedding set of two, all fine unmounted og. Gi = £ 500.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1382 Malta

    19948/53: 2 d. yellow-ochre, the positional blocks of four, one top marginal block showing the "Halation Flaw" and a lower left corner block of four with 81st stamp on sheet showing the "Cracked Plate", a fine and scarce pair, and high values in blocks 2 s., 2 s. 6 d., 5 s. and 10 s., full unmounted og. Gi = £ 630.
    Starting bid : 160 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1383 Malta

    1964/88: Small dealer's stock with several hundred mint stamps in full sets as well as souvenir sheets, partly some duplication up to five sets, housed in three albums.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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