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  • Lot# : 3192 Danish West Indies

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    1873/1902: 4 cents dark ultramarine & brown, perf. 14 x 13½, first printing of September 1873, a fine used horizontal pair, positions 33-34 with pos. 34 showing 'white dot between T and I' plate flaw, neatly tied by concentric ring cancellation in black to 2 c. blue postal stationery envelope to Copenhagen. Reverse with 'St. Thomas' transit cds (22.8.1893) and arrivals (9/9) in black. Minor edge wear to envelope but a scarce and most appealing cover. Cert. C. A. Moller (1994).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 3193 Danish West Indies

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    1873/1902: Bicoloured 1 c., 3 c., 4 c., 5 c., 7 c., 10 c. and 12 c. used on 1902 registered cover to Moudon, Switzerland together with 1900/03 1 c. green and 5 c. blue, all tied by 'Frederiksted' datestamps (9.8.1902) in black. Framed registration cachet in red at right and New York registration label on front, reverse with Moudon arrival (30/8) in black. A philatelic but charming franking.

    Provenance: Collection 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 123 (Oct 2000), lot 3656.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 3194 Danish West Indies

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    1873/1902: 7 c. dull orange-yellow & red-lilac, second printing, and 1900 5 c. clear blue used on 3 c. orange postal stationery envelope to USA all tied by 'St. Thomas' cds's (3.3.1903) in black. Registration handstamp at left and reverse with New York transit (10/3) and Everett, WA arrival cds (15/3) in violet. A scarce and most attractive cover: the 7 c. value being rare thus Facit = 15'000 skr. 

    Provenance: Collection 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 123 (Oct 2000), lot 3655.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF
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