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Lot# : 3181 Romania
Postage Due 1873/80: Great Britain 3 rose pl. 16 (Gi. 143), used on 1875 underpaid cover to Bucharest tied by "London / WC 4" duplex in black (Feb 6), with "INSUFFICIENTLY / PREPAID" handstamp at left and German equivalent "Unzureichend / frankirt" struck at Aachen in transit on the following day in black. Blue manuscript "65" (kreuzer) and struck with framed "55 BANI" Due marking (Kiriac fig. 1665) in black applied on arrival. Minor edge wear but rare. Ex collection Sassower.rnStarting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 3182 Romania
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 3183 Romania
Postage Due 1876: Bucharest 15 b. red-brown, a single example on underpaid 1877 cover to Bucharest marked as double rate, tied by JASSY cds in black (March 2) with manuscript "45" in blue crayon and corresponding "45 BANI" Due marking applied in black (Kiriac fig. 1663). Reverse with Bucuresci cds (March 6). File fold away from adhesive but scarce. Ex collection Sassower.Starting bid : 160 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 3184 Romania
Postage Due 1876: Unpaid cover to Bucharest with "PITESTI / DIM" despatch cds (Oct 27) in black and circulr "T" marking, manuscript "120" in blue crayon and corresponding four strikes of "30 BANI" Due marking in black at left (Kiriac fig. 1658). Reverse with Coat of Arms District cachet in blue and Bucharest arrival cds (Oct 28) in black. Scarce and attractive cover. Ex collection Sassower.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 3185 Romania
Postage Due 1867/74: Austria 5 kr. red, two examples (Mi. 37), used on underpaid 1878 cover tied by "Wien" cds (May 11) in black. Charged on arrival with framed "75 BANI" Due marking in black (Kiriac fig. 1666). Reverse with Bucuresti arrival cds (May 14). Scarce and attractive usage. Ex collection Sassower.Starting bid : 160 CHFHammer price : 180 CHFLot# : 3186 Romania
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 3187 Romania
Postage Due 1880: Great Britain 1 d. venetian red pair (Gi. 166) used on underpaid 1880 cover from London to Bucharest, tied by London W/19 obliterators (Dec 23) in black. Black "T" mark and taxed on arrival with framed "10 BANI" (Kiriac fig. 1648) and five strikes of "50 BANI" Due markings (Kiriac fig. 1664) with manuscript "2 lei 60" at left in blue crayon. Reverse with Bucharest arrival cds (Dec 28). Some faults to envelope but a remarkable and rare usage. Ex collection Sassower.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 3188 Romania
1858-1960: Dealer stock organized in three large stockbooks, including quite a lot of better sets, in addition two file folders containing souvenir sheets, including better from the 1950s as 'Stamp Centenary' overprinted variant from 1959, 'Vlad Tepes' etc...Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,500 CHFLot# : 3189 Romania
Lot# : 3190 Romania
New Romania 1919/20: Large selection of 230 examples used / unused of nearly all issues of the Romanian occupation in Hungary (Debrecen) with the top values included, many competently signed. A lot to be studied ti be fully appreciated, cv following the consignor Michel = 10'000.rnStarting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 6,500 CHFLot# : 3191 Romania
Paltinis (Hohe Rinne) 1898/1932: Small collection on leaves (16 items) with "Kurhaus / auf der / Hohen Rinne" black on yellow imperf. label unused (1'000 printed) and a fine used example cancelled in violet (3 June 1898) on piece; 1901 cover with perf. 4 h. black on yellow and Hungary Turul 10 f. and a further example on piec; 1903 2 h. black on pink used opn card to Pola with Turul 5 f., and a pair on piece; 1906 2 h. used on postcard tied in violet (6 Aug) with Turul 5 f. ; 1907 cover with 1906 5 h. black on pale green wih Turul 2 x 5 f., 1906 5 h. black on pale green tied to reverse of stat. letter card; 1909 2 h. black on magenta used on colour postcard with Turul 5 f.; 1923 card with 3 h. blue and another with 3 h. brown mixed frankings; and later usages with "Hohe Rinne" red handstamp. A scarce group.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 550 CHFLot# : 3192 Romania
1916: The Wartime correspondence (21 covers) from Jassy to Antwerp, Chicago, Copenhagen, Crete, Den Haag, Lausanne, Liverpool, Petrograd, Phillippopolis, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Teheran and Tripoli, and a defective example to Knockaloe POW Camp on the Isle of Man(with "Not Traced as POW" marking in green; most mailed at Printed Matter (5 b.) or single rates (25 b.), all being Censored; the covers largely Returned to Sender, two Dutch with Postman's slips on reverse showing 20 attempts at delivery; one cover to Liverpool with "Insufficiently Addressed /4366" and "Returmed Letter Office" cds; the covers with sender's address excised but a veritable trove of interesting markings and return labels.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 3193 Romania
Lot# : 3194 Romania
Lot# : 3195 Russia
1869 Mount Athos: Printed entire sent from the Novgorod administrative board with blue seal and NOVGOROD cancel, addressed to the Skete of St Andrew on Mont Athos and routed care of an Odessa merchant which was the method used prior to the introduction of ROPiT services. Such pre-1870 letters are rare. Fine condition.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3196 Russia
1857: 10 k. brown & blue imperforate, plate 1, showing variety 'Open 0' of '10 KOP Za LOT' (SC 1Kе), a fresh and fine so-called 'unused' example, well embossed with large even margins on three sides, clear at base, light traces of ink obliteration. SC = $ 4’000 for the variety.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 3197 Russia
1857: 10 Kop. brown & blue, very nice stamp with complete to large margins all round on piece with boxed cancel "ТAGANROG", the stamp had been removed for control and re-affixed back to the support with a hinge (support with some spots), nevertheless an attractive and scarce piece.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 3198 Russia
Lot# : 3199 Russia
1858: 30 k. lilac-red & green perf. 14½ x 15, fresh colour and well centered, watermark '3' shifted slightly to the bottom, pen cancellation removed and stamp cleaned, perforation repaired. As this stamp was issued not earlier than February 1858 and as pen strokes were obliterating the adhesives only in the two first months of 1858 this is an extremely early use of the 30 k. stamp. In spite of its imperfections and modifications this is a scarce and desirable example of the rarest classical Russian stamp. Opinion Buchsbayev (2014) Mi = EUR 3'000 for a used stamp.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 3200 Russia
1864: 5 kop. black & lilac, unwatermarked and imperf. plate proof prepared for the 1867 Paris exhibition, vivid colour and regular large margins all round, gum is not original. Very rare, a pristine example. Cert. Buchsbayew (2015) Zernev = $ 6'500.Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHFLot# : 3201 Russia
Lot# : 3202 Russia
1866: Imperial Arms on horizontally laid paper, pristine part set of five values from 3 k. black & green to 30 k. rose & green, each stamp in a vertical gutter pair, fine and fresh in vibrant colour, well embossed with superb perforation, never hinged with full og., signed Mikulski.Starting bid : 700 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3203 Russia
1872 (March 16): Entire letter from Odessa to Montpellier bearing 1866 3 kop. black & green and 10 kop. brown & blue (2) on vertically laid paper as well as 5 kop. black & lilac on horizontally laid paper, four fresh and fine adhesives, tied by light Odessa despatch cds's. Russian oval framed FRANKIROVANO in mauve, Austrian "A. / P.D." in black and French "AUTR. AVRICOURT 2 AVRIL 72" entry cds in blue alongside. Reverse with Paris transit and Montpellier arrival cds (April 3). A fine and fresh cover with a rare usage of the vertically laid stamps, cert. Mikulski (1994). In addition, 1877 Envelope from Staromikhailov horse carriage station to Moscow, bearing 1875 8 kop. grey & rose on horizontally laid paper, tied by clear two-line "STAROMIKHAILOV ST." despatch datestamp.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 180 CHFLot# : 3204 Russia
Lot# : 3205 Russia
1901: 7 Kop stationery letter-sheet from the Maria-Fedorowna foundation, containing advertisements (in polish language), the sheet has been sold at 5 Kop. Letter text written in German, letter from Lenia, Minsk, 10.3.1901, with cancel "Почтовый вагон 25 FEB 1901" sent to Germany with arrival cancel "ODERBERG-BRALITZ". Excellent condition!Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 3206 Russia
Lot# : 3207 Russia
Russian Civil War - Russian Post in Constantinople 1921 (Jan 13): Registered cover from the Russian Post Office in Constantinople to Lausanne, showing on reverse as despatch address “I. Poplavsky / Poste Russe / Consple” and “Sanitary Unit of the Russian Army / Russian Post Constantinople” handstamp in blue, front bearing French Sower definitive 25 c. blue in a gutter pair with Millésime ‘0’, tied by ‘Tresor et Postes / 506’ cds with handwritten matching registration label ‘TP 506’ alongside, reverse with indistinct French “… 21 / CHARGEMENTS” cds and ‘Lausanne 11 Gare’ (Jan 21, 1921) arrival cds.rnNote: A handstamp with a similar design of the Russian Post in Constantinople, but reading “Russia Refugee Aid Organisation” is already known from the blog of Trevor Pateman.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 160 CHFLot# : 3208 Russian Levant
Russian Company for Steam Navigation and Trade (R.O.P.i T.) 1863-1868, 1865: Steamer and Eagle 2 piastre, two singles in distinctively different shades from different printings, both with good margins all around, tied by blue "COMPAGNIE RUSSE DE NAVIGATION SMIRNE 9.4" double-ringed cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 150) to envelope (reduced at right) to Tripoli, extremely fine and rare franking of the same value from two different printings, certificate Mikulski (1999).rnProvenance: Caspary collection; The Agathon Fabergé Collection, Harmer's of Bond Street (1940), lot 173; 105. Corinphila sale (Sept. 1998), lot 8685.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 3,200 CHFLot# : 3209 Russian Levant
1865: Steamer and Eagle 2 piastre, three singles, mostly good margins, only one stamp touched at left, all tied by blue indistinct Smyrna cds to folded lettersheet to Mersina, right stamp affected by vertical filing crease, a trifle stained, otherwise fine, an attractive and scarce cover, signed Alberto Diena and Holcombe with certificate (1993)rnProvenance: The Agathon Fabergé Collection, Harmer's of Bond Street (1940), lot 194; The Julius Steindler Collection, Robson Lowe (March 1972), lot 441.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 3210 Russian Levant
Russian P.O.'s in the Levant - Dardanelles 1908 (Feb 14): 10 pa. on 2 kop. green (hor. pair), tied with perfect cds "ROPiT DARDANELLY" (Tchilinghirian fig. 138) on picture postcard to the Russian ambassador in Bern. A fine and fresh card, this postmark is described not to be found on cover by Tchilinghirian.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3211 Russian P.O. in China
Russian P.O.'s in China - Tientsin: 1899: Imperial Arms definitives on horizontally laid paper ovpt. KITAI, 1 kop. orange to 10 kop. blue, each example tied by TYAN-TZIN cds with blobs in red (Tchilinghirian Abb. 488) on cover to Berlin, very fine and scarce.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3212 Russia Zemstvo
Zemstvo - Ustsysolsk, 1909 (July 7: Registered cover bearing 5 kop Arms USTSYSOLSK dark-blue (Schmidt 43), tied by cross type district datestamp with official seal alongside, sent via district capital where pair definitive 7 kop Imperial Arms blue was added, tied by USTSYSOLSK (July 7,1909) cds, Moscow (July 15) arrival cds on back. Filing fold well away from stamps, an appealing registered Zemstvo cover.rnProvenance: Collection Dr. Nikitin, Cherrystone sale (2013).Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3213 Soviet Union
1931: Airmail 50 kop. in the rare shade dark-blue, a right marginal block of four with the typical shifted perforation of this issue, in overall unmounted og. condition, with minute ink traces on the two right adhesives, the multiple folded horizontally along its perforation. A desirable block of this sought after adhesive Michel 400 BX b / Zagorsky 276 / Zverev 279 = $ 25'000 for a block of four.Starting bid : 4,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3214 Russia
1858 (Jan): 10 k. brown & blue perf. 14½ x 15, selection of eleven used examples, one piece, and two entire letters, one adhesive with variety: wmk shifted horizontally (SC 2Tб), another with undescribed variety: background of upper right value tablet in dots, the two entires from St. Petersburg and Odessa. A fine and fresh group with pen cancellation (2), RIGA cds and round, oval and rectangular dotted numeral cancellations. SC = $ 3'580 + 1’500.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 3215 Russia
Lot# : 3216 Russia
1863/66: Lot nine primarily used stamps incl. 1864 without wmk., perf. 12¼ x 12½, set of three 1 k. to 5 k., 1865 without wmk., perf. 14½ x 14 10 k. and 30 k. with crisp cds’s, 1866 30 k. on horizontally laid paper with horse carriage station datestamp, and 1863 Moscow / SPB city post, three examples, one unused, two with 1865 cds’s in red and black. Mi = € 1’600.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3217 Russia
1864/1970: Extensive Russia and SSSR mint and used stamp collection, comprising a large album (without cover), a number of loose exhibition sheets, stock pages and stockcards, with a selection of local post Zemstvo, a cancellation study on singles and multiples including blocks which is strong in the 1912-1917 period, noted Soviet 1923 Fernen Ostens III air post, a mint never hinged 1950-1959 collection presented on printed pages in sets, including miniature sheets, also many additional sheets such as 1939 military stamps, 1948 Karl Marx/Friedrich Engles and much more, a very fine accumulation of substantial catalogue value.Starting bid : 2,000 CHFHammer price : 3,200 CHFLot# : 3218 Russia
Lot# : 3219 Soviet Union
1940/58: Lot thousands stamps in unmounted og. condition, most in multitude, incl. 1941 'Be a hero!' (2), 1950 Moscow skyscrapers (5), and 1956 Aiwasow with wrong (5) and correct (2) name, the lot unchecked for perforation and printing varieties. Mi = € 43'450 following the consignor.Starting bid : 4,000 CHFHammer price : 7,000 CHFLot# : 3220 Soviet Union
1944/62: Lot souvenir sheets primarily unused, all in multitude, incl. 1947 29th anniversary of the October Revolution (5), 800th anniversary of the foundation of Moscow (5), 1949 25th anniversary of Lenin's death perf (2) and imperf (2), the latter also cancelled RIGA (2), 1949 Pushkin (5), 1949 Stalin (5), 1962 North Pole station (5), also five examples in used condition. Mi = € 26'000 following the consignor.Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : 3,000 CHFLot# : 3221 Soviet Union
1949: 25th anniversary of Lenin's death, the souvenir sheet imperf in used condition, eight sheets primarily cancelled in Riga, one mounted on envelope, and another one on registered 1849 cover from Laptevo to Rebyakino in the Tula oblast. One cert. Mi = € 32'000.Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : 4,600 CHFLot# : 3222 Soviet Union
Lot# : 3223 Russia
1848/1961, Group of thirty four covers/cards relating to Russia/SSSR, including two early stampless covers with Odessa framed datestamps sent to Livorno, good array of usages, sme scarcer frankings and markings, picture cards of Vladivostok, registered mail including unusual Leningrad card sent to Hamburg, used/franked postal stationery, photo card Dynamo Kazan sports facilities sent to Bulgaria and WWI PoW open letter (Austria-Hungary), a mixed varied and interesting selection.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 3224 Russia
1880-1918: Accumulation of ca. 170 items, Russia, including e.g. an envelope sent from 'Corps expéditionnaire belge des autos-canons-mitrailleuses en Russie'; Russian post most often from Polish territory, e.g. picture post cards Warsaw, much of there are also some items from Finland, and from the Baltic region. Much postal stationery censorship, registered mail WW1, items with censor-marks etc.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 3225 Russia
1890/1914: Selection 70 stationery letter cards (Michel K1 - K17) used /unused, Adresnij Stol request postcards St. Petersburg four unused, one used, Moscow five unused, also money transfer forms (Michel A1-A5), 14 MTF's primarily used, with and without coupons. Nice group, all items well described in an album.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3226 Russia
1908: Three Russian stationery postcards with additional private print of various advertisements on front and on back sides - From "ВАРШАВА 19.11.08" to BERN, Switzerland. Most attractive, little bend, which is not disturbing, two other cards, also from WARSAW one used and one unused unused and a last one from ХАРЬКОВ to кегель (Kelia, Estonia).rnrnStarting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 3227 Russia
Lot# : 3228 Armenia
Money order form from "KAMARLYU ERIV -9. 8. 23" bearing handstamped in violet 100.000 r. on 2000 r. in vertical strip of three. Arrival ERIVAN 11.8.23 on the back. Some (normal) pinwholes to the left, otherwise good condition.rnProvenance: 105th Corinphila sale 1998, lot 8573Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3229 Armenia
1918-20: Collection Armenia on old album pages, selection of the issues with "z" and "monogram" overprints, including changed-value surcharges and finally issue 1922 surcharges in gold currency on never issued stamps. And last an additional page with selection of Azerbedijan.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3230 Serbia
1941, Selection of WWII German Occupation, help for the disaster damage, souvenir mini sheets, eight pairs compirisng a perf. and an imperf. example, unused, some mixed although some fine, high catalogue. Gi = E5,600.Starting bid : 700 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3231 Spain
1849: Essay 5 cs. orange, unadopted design, corner marginal, imperforate, printed on white wove unwatermarked paper, the design being very close to the issued stamp; the designer of this essay is unknown, although it is evidently based upon the 1840 Great Britain 1d. black and the 1847 Mauritius Post Office 1d orange; extremely fresh colour, vibrant impression, diagonal crease top right, otherwise very fine and attractive, one of only two known examples. Cert. F. Graus (2011).rnrnProvenance: Manuel Gálvez.Starting bid : 15,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3232 Spain
1850: Report Block, 6 cs. black, complete Transfer block of 24 types from plate 1, with marginal surround, original gum, handwritten text by Bartolomé Coromina the engraver on reverse; "Sample taken from the Original Types that exist in the National Stamp Factory, to serve as a comparison. Madrid, June 3 1850, The Director, Bme. Coromina (signed)"; an extremely fresh mint block, vibrant impression providing great clarity of the detail in the engraving of Isabella II, as expected with such a block some creasing, a small tear in top margin and some ink soiling, nothing which is not of the time and in no way detracts from this magnificent item, a unique piece, the only known example, of the utmost historical importance. Cert. F. Graus (1996).rnrnProvenance: Ex. Cruz Planas Collection and Enrique Magriña Collection.Starting bid : 85,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3233 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 1, Composition B, block of eighty (8 x 10), unused, printed on yellowish paper, right edge of sheet with marginal side, heavily creased in place, some tears, separation between rows 5 and 6 which has been reinforced with hinges, first stamp damaged, however a stunning exhibition piece, the largest known and as such unique. Cert. F. Graus (1996).Starting bid : 25,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3234 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 1, types 12-10-11-12 /18-16-17-18 / 24-22-23-24 / 6--4-5-6, imperforate, unused, spectacular right corner marginal block of sixteen, small thins to three stamps, minor creases in lower margin which do not detract from the very fine appearance, extremely fresh printing, an outstanding and important large multiple with exceptional philatelic pedigree. Cert. Comex (2002) and F. Graus (2003).rnrnProvenance: Collection Arthur Hind, Harmers, London, 25th March 1935, lot 10; Collection Maurice Burrus, Balasse, Brussells, 15th June 1963, lot 37.Starting bid : 7,500 CHFHammer price : 7,500 CHFLot# : 3235 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 1, imperforate, famous used block of forty (8 x 5), cancelled by cruciform manuscript lines and by the LUGO/5-FEB-1850/GALICIA datestamp in red, some horizontal creases, thin affecting two stamps and a small tear top, fine appearance, extremely impressive, with great visual appeal, rare and important multiple being the largest recorded used block from Plate 1, exceptional and unique. Cert. CEM (1994).Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : 4,800 CHFLot# : 3236 Spain
NO LOTStarting bid : BidHammer price : not soldLot# : 3237 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 2, type 34, used on cover from VIVERO to HAVANA (Cuba), cancelled by a manuscript pen handstroke in ink of Vivero and paying the internal rate only to Cádiz with EMPRESA/ESPAÑA handstamp in blue; faults and defects as is usual with such rare Transatlantic covers, only a few examples known. Cert. F. Graus (2011).Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3238 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 2, type 23, used on cover, from TENERIFE (Canary Islands) to PARIS (France), tied by spider cancel in black, with TENERIFE/CANARIAS datestamp in red alongside (13 May 1850), carried by sea to Cadiz and thence overland to Paris, arrival to reverse (6 June 1850), taxed '5' décime due upon receipt, some acid ink erosion to front and minor imperfections, however an extremely rare cover, the sole recorded first issue usage from the Canary Islands to a foreign destination, unique. Enrique Soro, Barcelona, expert mark to reverse.rnrnProvenance: Antonio Cuesta.Starting bid : 1,700 CHFHammer price : 3,800 CHFLot# : 3239 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 2, type 37, a used example tied to a letter written from HAVANA (Cuba) to PARIS (France), carried by Ship's Captain and mailed from BILBAO, with SAN JEAN DE LUZ French entry marking and charged '5' décime to pay on arrival, horizontal filing crease to cover not affecting the four margin stamp; an extraordinary forwarded usage and the sole example known.rnrnProvenance: José Novo.Starting bid : 1,800 CHFHammer price : 2,600 CHFLot# : 3240 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 2, type 15, used on cover, tied by spider cancel in black, sent from CASTILLA VIEJA to SAN SEBASTIAN and readdressed to BAYONNE (France) and readdressed a second time to MADRID, with S. Juan transit and both an '8' and '10' décime charge applied (Mail to foreign destinations, under the 1849 decree, was sent unpaid), there are two paper erosions to front and some soiling which does not detract, an important cover being the sole recorded example bearing a 6 cs. that crossed the French borders twice, unique. Cert: F. Graus (1983).rnrnProvenance: Sergi Domènech.rnStarting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 1,900 CHFLot# : 3241 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 2, type 13, used on cover, from SANTANDER to BAYONA (France), tied by spider cancel in black, dated 23 Dec 1850, a '5' décime charge mark (50 cents according to the Overland Tariff of 1849) and transit front, arrival on the reverse dated 26 Dec 1850, horizontal filing crease not affecting the stamp, very rare Mail Abroad with First issue being insufficiently franked; 6 cuartos was not compulsory for ordinary mail to France. Cert: F. Graus (1990).rnStarting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 1,500 CHFLot# : 3242 Spain
Lot# : 3243 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 2, type 16, used on cover front, SANTIAGO to TRUJILLO, tied by spider handstamp and clearly showing another cancel harshly scratched out and margins cut from stamp in an effort to reuse stamp, an intersting and rare Postal Fraud.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 3244 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 2, type 2, used on cover, from MUROS to SANTIAGO, tied by a manuscript pen five radial lines cancellation in black, with a pre-philatelic two-line MUROS/GALICIA mark in red to front, sent 11 April 1850, fine four margin, some imperfections to cover, extremely rare example. Cert: F. Graus (1996).rnrnProvenance: Enrique Magriñá.Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 3245 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 1, Composition A, imperforate, spectacular used block of twenty four, cancelled by pen marks and by the ALMODOVAR/11-ENE-1850/MANCHA B. datestamp in red (11 Jan 1850), used in the second week of issue, first stamp has tear to the top left corner reinforced by hinges, some minor imperfections which do not detract from the fine appearance, touching two stamps to the top otherwise four margins all round, an exceptional and rare multiple. Cert. Comex (2002).Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : 2,600 CHFLot# : 3246 Spain
Lot# : 3247 Spain
Lot# : 3248 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, type 1, used on cover from ESTEYRO to PUEBLA cancelled by SANTIAGO/1-OCT-1850/GALCIA datestamp in red; the latest recorded date of use of the type 1 on a letter; with pre-philatelic GALICIA/NOVA in green, stamp touched top of left side otherwise four margins all round, an attractive, clean and rare example.Starting bid : 240 CHFHammer price : 340 CHFLot# : 3249 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 2, type 39, used example, cancelled by the MALAGA/29-ENE-1850/ANDAL B. datestamp in red; the earliest recorded date of use for this stamp on plate 2; four good to large margins, ink mark to reverse at lower right just visable in botom margin, but does not detract from the overall very fine appearance, a rare example. Cert. F Graus (2000).Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 3250 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 1, type 20, used example, cancelled by the VILLAGARCIA/11-ENE-1850/GALICIA datestamp in yellow-green, four good margins, clean reverse which also clearly illustrates the datestamp, a rare and very fine example. Cert. F Graus (1997).Starting bid : 140 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 3251 Spain
Lot# : 3252 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 2, type 17, used on cover, from MUROS to SANTIAGO, tied by a combination of the manuscript pen with five radial lines cancellation in black, and a black spider cancel applied on arrival in Santiago, with a red BAEZA datestamp (14 April 1850) and the two-line pre-philatelic mark of MUROS/GALICIA in red struck in transit, the adhesive is very fine with four margins, the cover uncreased and clean, a rare example and attractive.Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3253 Spain
Lot# : 3254 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 1, type 18, used on cover, from LÈRIDA to VICH, tied by the LÈRIDA FRAMED GRILL cancel in blue, with red datestamp alongside (27 Feb 1850), fine four margins, very attractive, exceptionally rare. Cert. Comex (1976).rnrnProvenance: Ramón Casares.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3255 Spain
Lot# : 3256 Spain
Lot# : 3257 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 2, type 8, used on cover, from PARRILLA DE REUS to AYAMONTE, tied neatly by the Reus GRILL cancel in black, datestamp in red to front, on reverse the SLB/ANDALUCIA/VAXA three-line handstamp in red, four good to large margins, very fine, exceptionally rare.Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : 3,000 CHFLot# : 3258 Spain
Lot# : 3259 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 2, type 12, used on cover, from CALDAS to ORTIGOSA, tied by a combination of a superb spider handstamp in black and the pre-philatelic GALICIA/CALDAS in red, with a further strike alongside, red datestamp of Padrón (19 March 1850), not quite four margins, some faults to the corners of the cover, although very fine appearance, a rare example.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3260 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 2, type 9, used on fragment, tied by the pre-philatelic GALICIA/CARVALLINO in red, good to very large margins, with part side marginal to left, vertical filing crease down the left side only affecting the marginal of the adhesive, very attractive piece, incredibly rare, the only known fragment recorded.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3261 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 2, type 19, used on cover, from MONTALVO to VITORIA (22 Feb 1850), tied by the double circle CASALAREYNA in red, with a very fine strike alongside, arrival on reverse (24 Feb 1850), stained and toned along the top, left and part of base, however an extremely rare example, being the only recorded letter with this franking and cancellation. Cert. F. Graus (2011).Starting bid : 2,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3262 Spain
Lot# : 3263 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 1, types 1-2, used pair on tiny piece, cancelled by the pre-philatelic GALICIA/LUGO in blue and the BETANZOS datestamp (28 Jan 1850), not quite four margins, fine appearance, extremely rare, a unique pair. Cert. F. Graus (1997).Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 3264 Spain
Lot# : 3265 Spain
Lot# : 3266 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 1, type 6, used on cover, from MURCIA to LA CAROLINA, tied by CROWN cancel of Murcia in red, with repeated strike alongside, Murcia datestamp also in red, with GRANADA/ANDA:BAXA (crowned) pre-philatelic handstamp in red struck in transit, touching across the top otherwise four margins, a rare and splendid cover, the sole example recorded. Cert. F. Graus (1990).Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3267 Spain
Lot# : 3268 Spain
Lot# : 3269 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 1, type 22, used on cover, from PUEBLA to SANTIAGO, tied by a very fine strike of the pre-philatelic GALICIA/Puebla in red, with a further strike to front, not quite four margins, however a strong deep printing, extremely fresh, clean uncreased cover, making for a very fine appearance, attractive and rare. Cert. Comex (1972).Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 3270 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 1, type 4, used example, cancelled by the pre-philatelic G./PUENTE/DEUME in red, not quite four margins, fault south east corner, attached to backing paper, attractive having a very fine appearance, extremely rare, almost certainly a unique example. Cert. Comex (1974) and F. Graus (1997).Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 3271 Spain
Lot# : 3272 Spain
Lot# : 3273 Spain
Lot# : 3274 Spain
Lot# : 3275 Spain
Lot# : 3276 Spain
Lot# : 3277 Spain
Lot# : 3278 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 1, type 7, used on cover, from MEDINA DE POMAR to MADRID, tied by the Abono 'A' postmark in black from Medina de Pomar, with red datestamp of alongside (4 Feb 1850), just cut into at bottom of right side otherwise four margins, a very attractive cover, exceptionally rare, unique.Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3279 Spain
1850: 6 cs. black, plate 1, type 15, used on cover, from CIUDAD REAL to ONTENIENTE, tied by a fine strike of the Abono 'A' postmark in red, with Ciudad datestamp in red alongside (14 Feb 1850 - a valentines day posting), just cut into down the right side, uncreased cover, very fine, rare, the only recorded example. Cert. F. Graus (1990).Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3280 Spain
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