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  • Lot# : 6247 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Co 1875: Die Proof for the 10 c. value on thick white card paper hand-painted in brown, pale blue and Chinese white, imperforate and attached to piece from the De La Rue Day Book, showing differences to the finished design: the flag being larger, the flagstaff not touching the circle at base and the vignette being on a solid background. There is a sheet marginal example of the finished stamp above and manuscript notation "Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Postage March 1875. 30 Set. If other duties are required we must make an overprint + cut away 10 Cents from the forme". Illustrated in 'The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World' by Ringström & Tester on page 129 and in Robson Lowe Encyclopaedia, Volume VI on page 261. Minor imperfections to the Essay but wonderful and entirely unique.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200 CHF

    Lot# : 6248 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Co 1875: Die Proof for the 10 c. value printed in black on glazed cut-down white card, affixed to piece of the De La Rue Day Book with manuscript date "Feb 20th" in black ink and endorsed as supplied in red ink "March 24th" diagonally. Slight rubbing but a splendid and unique Proof.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF

    Lot# : 6249 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Co 1875 (March): Die Proof for the 10 c. value in black on glazed white card, dated 'Feb. 18 1875' and endorsed BEFORE HARDENING in black. Rare and very fine.rnProvenance: George Alevizos, Marina del Ray, 17 Dec 1985, lot 257
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 6250 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: De La Rue Die Proof for the 10 c. value, printed in black on glazed white card, dated "Feb 19, 1875" and endorsed AFTER STRIKING in black. Minimal soiling but very rare, this example illustrated in Ringström & Tester 'Private Ship Lettertamps of the World' on page 130.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 6251 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: De La Rue Die Proof for the 10 c. value, printed in black on glazed white card, dated "Feb 19, 1875" and endorsed BEFORE HARDENING in black. Rare and very fine.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 6252 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Co 1875: 10 c. rose-carmine, a complete unused sheet of 30 subjects (6 x 5) with full sheet margins all round, fresh and very fine, large part or unmounted og. Superb Facit = 15'000 skr.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 6253 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: 10 c. rose, perf. 12½, a used example cancelled by large part oval "ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET Co. / CURACAO AGENCY / SIGISMUNDO WEIL & Co." cachet in blue. Rare.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 6254 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: 10 c. rose, perf. 12½, a used example tied to piece by complete strike of oval framed "JOH KOCK & Co. / LLOYD'S AGENTS / PTO. CABELLO" in black and further cancelled by part 'Curacao' datestamp in black. Extremely rare with complete full strike.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 6255 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: 10 c. rose, perf. 12½, a used example cancelled by small part circular "ADMON. DE CORREOS DE SAMANA" in black, small faults to stamp but of great rarity nevertheless.rnProvenance: Collection Julius Steindler, RL, Basel, 14 March 1972, ex lot 591.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 6256 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: 10 c. rose, perf. 12½, used examples (5) with two cancelled in manuscript and three examples with partial strikes of "JOH KOCK & Co. / LLOYD'S AGENTS / PTO. CABELLO" in black, one slightly discoloured but with small part 'Southampton' cds at base. One example illustrated in Ringström & Tester 'Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World' on page 131. A rare group.rnProvenance: Collection Julius Steindler, RL, Basel, 14 March 1972, two ex lot 591.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 6257 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: 10 c. rose, perf. 12½, the famous usage on small envelope addressed to a Monsieur Léonard Tizon in Gonaives, Haiti tied on despatch by oval framed "FRANCO" in black applied in Santo Domingo. A remarkable and very rare cover, there being but three examples of this stamp recorded on letter: one ex the Jan Berg collection ex Puerto Cabello (lot 6077) and the other a cover from Haiti illustrated in Ringstöm & Tester which in this describer's opinion appears doubtful; this being the sole example used from the Dominican Republic. Cert. RPSL (2002).rnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London (1988).
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF

    Lot# : 6258 Danish West Indies

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    Clara Rothe / St. Thomas - Puerto Rico 1866/69: Two album pages with imperforate Proofs for 4 c. value in red-brown and 2 r. in blue, 2 c. black on green coloured paper Proof perforated 10½, the unissued set of four: ½ r. blue, 1 r. orange-red, 2 r. mauve and 4 r. green, and the same four values all printed in black; these originals being printed by Stern in Paris and very scarce. The collection continues with 1st Forgery in black perf. 13 or trimmed to appear imperforate, 2nd Forgery with spurious cancels (gros chiffres 944 and oval BM), and a 3rd unreported Forgery with the vignette without the background horizontal lines. Whilst treated largely as a 'bogus' issue, the originals are extremely scarce as are the Proofs; see Ringström & Tester pages 114-118.rnNote: The Steamer 'Clara Rothe' was named after the daughter of the DWI Governor from 1820-1822, she was built at Southampton by C.A. Day & Co., sailing from there to St. Thomas and arriving on 28th March 1865. Due to local opposition to her proposed service between St. Thoms and Puerto Rico she was sold to Haiti between April and June 1866. The stamp issue proposed for the service was ordered by the Frenchman George Nunes from Paris and arrived after the service ceased.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 6259 Danish West Indies

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    Hamburg American Packet Co / HAPAG 1875 (May 21): Entire letter from La Guayra to Bordeaux endorsed "p. Lotharinga" struck in transit with Danish P.O. ST THOMAS cds (June 2) and reverse with circular AUS WESTINDIEN / HAMBURG DAMPFER / ÜBER CÖLN in black (June 18) and thence via Paris to destination where charged '8' décimes handstruck due in blue. Rare.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 6260 Danish West Indies

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    Hamburg American Packet Co (HAPAG) 1875: 10 c. black, blue-green & yellow, a horizontal strip of four used on piece, originally separated and returned to it's former glory, each stamp cancelled by large circular "P" in circle struck in blue. Creased between each stamp not greatly affecting the appearance, an exceptional and rare multiple and very possibly one of the largest recorded.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 6264 Danish West Indies

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    Hamburg American Packet Co (HAPAG) 1875: 10 c. black, blue-green & yellow, a used example on 1877 entire letter from St. Thomas to Caracas endorsed 'pr. Vandalia', cancelled by concentric circle obliterator in black with ST. THOMAS cds adjacent (Jan 9) in black. Vertical file fold crosses the adhesive but a very rare stamp on letter.rnProvenance: Heinrich Köhler, sale 165, Wiesbaden, March 1961, lot 198.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 6265 Danish West Indies

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    Hamburg American Packet Co (HAPAG) 1875: 10 c. black, blue-green & yellow, a used example on 1877 entire letter from La Guayra to St. Thomas endorsed 'pr. Rhenania', with two oval cachets - that of the sender F.J. WALLIS & Co. / LA GUAYRA and that of the Forwarding Agent with oval "HAMBURG AMERICAN / PACKET COMPANY / Blohm Valentines & Co. / La Guayra" also struck in blue. Circular undated CORREOS / LA GUAIRA in black at right and reverse with Danish P.O. 'St. Thomas' arrival cds (March 23). The letter states "We had last this pleasure on the 8th instant 'per Lotheringia' and now acknowledge..". File fold away from adhesive, a fine and very rare entire.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,600 CHF

    Lot# : 6269 Danish West Indies

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    Hamburg American Packet Co (HAPAG) 1875/79: 10 c. black, blue-green & yellow, the collection of 34 examples, with unused (4) incl. a toned example without central embossing, used range with Postal or Agent's handstamps incl. St. Thomas concentric ring cancels (4) on two singles and a pair, double oval "Captain H. Milo" cachets in blue (2), one very fine on piece; Haiti with G. Keitel of Gonaives and White Hartmann & Co. of Cayes (2), Tweedy Peters & Co and Sievers Tippenhauer and Buhrow Schutt all of Cape Haitien, Puerto Plata with part 'Ginebra Hermanos' in blue and a vertical strip of three probably pen cancelled in Samana; Trinidad with Harriman & Co. cachet (unlisted), La Guayra with Blohm Valentines cachet on vertical pair, circular 'P' and Anchor handstamps in blue etc., condition obviously varies but a phenomenal achievement: nearly all listed Agents are shown Mi = € 9'000+.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 6312 Danish West Indies

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    The 'Paquete' Post of St. Thomas - La Guaira - Puerto Cabello 1868: Jesurun en Zoon ½ r. green, perf. 12½ x 11½, Transfer Type I, a used example with compound perforation, cancelled by undated 'Correos / Caracas' datestamp in black. Believed unique Facit LG19v2 = 1K.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 6315 Danish West Indies

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    The 'Paquete' Post of St. Thomas - La Guaira - Puerto Cabello 1868: Jesurun en Zoon 2 r. rose-red, perf. 12½ with white gum, Transfer Type I, used on 9 July 1869 large part cover from Caracas to Bordeaux, fragile along folds, tied by Caracas undated circular handstamp in blue. Sent via London (July 30) with red cds on reverse and framed 'GB / 1F 60c.' Accountancy marking applied in black. Charged at double rate on arrival with '20' décimes due mark in black. For a very similar usage (mailed a month later), see Ringström & Tester 'The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World' page 59. A very rare stamp on cover. Cert. Holcombe (1989).rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 80, March 1980, lot 6190.rn 
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF

    Lot# : 6316 Danish West Indies

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    The 'Paquete' Post of St. Thomas - La Guaira - Puerto Cabello 1869: Jesurun en Zoon 2 r. vermilion-red, perf. 10 with brown gum, Transfer Type IV, used on 1 Dec 1869 entire letter from St. Thomas to Curacao, fragile along folds, tied by "CAMERON, MACAULEY & Co. / ST. THOMAS" oval Agent's cachet in blue. CURACAO arrival cds (Dec 4) in black alongside. A remarkable and extremely rare entire - the earliest recorded usage of this adhesive. Cert. Holcombe (1989).rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 80, March 1980, lot 6191.rn 
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,800 CHF
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