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  • Lot# : 1165 New Republic

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    New Republic. 1886/87: The mint and used collection with 1 d. values on various papers (18), 2 d. (16), 3 d. (8), 4 d. (4), 6 d. (5), 1 s. 6 d. (3), 5 s. (2) and 10 s. 6 d. Condition is variable but a valuable seldom offered selection.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1112 Mauritius

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    1876: Provisional Issue ½ d. on 9 d. dull purple mint (3), defective example with inverted overprit mint, used examples (2), ½ d. on 10 d. maroon with a mint block and two used examples, also the rare unissued ½ d. on 9 d. dull purple-two mint examples each overprinted "Cancelled" in black.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 5052 Brasil

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    50 reis blue on white paper, horizontal pair used on cover from Rio de Janeiro to Estacao de S. Anna, endorsed at top 'per Estrada de ferro D. Pedro II', the pair, in a deep shde, being cancelled by barred circular handstamps in black. Fine strike of CORREIO GERAL DA CORTE / BRAZIL 5 / 7 / 1866 datestamp below, the fifth day of issue. Right hand stamp with vertical file fold but extremely rare: The earliest recorded usage of the Dom Pedro issue on letter.
    Provenance: Marcus Chusyd (May 2004), lot 49.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1111 Mauritius

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    1863/72: Definitives, watermark Crown CC, the mint set with 1 d. brown (3), 2 d. blue (2), 3 d. red (2), 4 d. rose, 6 d. violet, 6 d. green (2), 9 d. green, 10 d. maroon, 1 s. orange (2), 1 s. blue and 5 s. mauve (2) showing the shades, used selection with complete set including additional shades and some postmark interest Gi = £ 3'800+.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 987 Ceylon

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    1857: Postal Stationery envelopes-2 d. green, 4 d. rose, 5 d. brown, 6 d. purple, 8 d. brown, 9 d. purple, 1 s. yellow, 1 s. 9 d. yellow green and 2 s. blue; mint examples of this extraordinarily rare issue, a few with some minor ageing or scuffs but just 4'000 issued of six of the values. Rare.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 1143 St. Helena

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    1856/96: Page from an old Maury album with 1856 6 d. blue imperf. unused, 1861 perf. 6 d. used, 1863 surcharged 1 d. lake unused, 4 d. carmine used, later incl. duplication.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1160 South Africa

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    1913/24: George V definitives, ½ d. green to £ 1 green & red without 3 d. ultramarine, 14 values handstamped "SPECIMEN" in violet, green or blue, in unused condition, ½ d., 1 s. and 2/6 d. creased, Cert. BPA (2010).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1130 Niger Coast Protectorate

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    1892/98: Pages from an old Maury album with Oil Rivers 1892 set of six used and a piece with ½ d., 1 d and 2½ d. values, provisional 'Half Penny' on 2½ d. used, 1894 set of six used and 1897 new colours set of nine unused and a few used, also Old Calabar ½ d. on 2½ d. blue provisional used (cert.).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 5168 Brasil

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    100 r. deep green, a fine used example clearly showing the 'Cracked Plate' variety, position 11, with horizontal line in frame at left and 'scar' above Dom Pedro's eye. Fine used leaving the varieities clear. Rare Meyer 34ADI = Rs. 12'000.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 988 Ceylon

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    1857/1899: Pages from an old Maury album, predominantly used with imperforate 6 d. purple brown on blued, 1857/59 1 d., 2 d., 5 d., 6 d., 10 d. and 1 s. (signed Champion), superb 9 d. purple-brown (cert. Bühler and Behr), 1 s. 9 d. green mint (2, one with cert BPB), 2 s. dull blue; 1858 ½ d. dull mauve mint and used (cancelled in red); 1861/64 issues complete with rare 8 d. yellow brown used (cert. BPB), 1864/66 issue complete used, 1869 6 d. Official mint, 1881/82 Telegraphs  from 12 c. to 10 r. mint etc., with a few later issues and duplication of classics on stockcards.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF

    Lot# : 5010 Brasil

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    10 r. vermilion, six horizontal pairs all used on piece cancelled by circular PROVINCIA DE SAN PEDRO-1866-RIO GRANDE handstamps in black (Ayres 1621). Small faults including two stamps with corner imperfections but an extraordinary piece, believed to be the largest known 'franking' of the 10 reis.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 992 Cyprus

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    1880/1937: Page from an old Maury album and on card with 1880 ½ d. mint and used, 1 d. red incl. pl. 217 in a mint block of six, 6 d. grey pl. 16 used, 1 s. green pl. 13 used (signed Champion), ½ d. on 1 d. red mint (4), small ½ d. on 1 d. red mint, 30 pa. on 1 d. red mint (2), 1881/82 6 pi. grey used (signed Champion), 1893 12 pi. orange-brown mint etc. Condition varies but generally fine to very fine.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1154 Sierra Leone

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    1859/98: Page from an old Maury album with 1859/74 6 d. mint and used, 1872/83 issue used, 1896/97 £ 1 purple on red mint, 1897 2½ d. on 3 d. purple & green (Gi 57) mint etc.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 5200 Brasil

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    'Barba Blanca' American Banknote Co. Die Proof of the head-plate of Dom Pedro II in rectangular format, engraved in black on thin white wove paper, with imprint 'Dom Pedro' at base. Rare and very fine Proof.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1128 New Zealand

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    1855/1900: Pages from an old Maury album with1855 2 d. dull blue used (Gi. 2, cert.), 1855/59 1 d. unused, 1856 2 d. blue on blued no. wmk., fine used, 6 d. bistre brown no wmk. fine used, 1861 1 d. vermilion used, thereafter remarkably complete with Mt. Cook 5 s. vermilion unused. Generally fine, a most attractive collection.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF

    Lot# : 978 Newfoundland

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    1857/1900: Pages from an old Maury album with 1857 1 d. mint, 6 d. scarlet vermilion used (Gi. 6 , cert.), 6½ d. scarlet-vermilion mint (signed Thier), 8 d. scarlet vermilion unused, 1 s. scarlet vermilion used (Gi. 9, cert. and also signed A. Diena), 1860 2 d. orange-vermilion mint, 1861 5 d. brown in a mint pair, 1865/71 issue complete, 1897 set of 14 mint, some later issues on stockcards; also a Prince Edward Island page and New Brunswick with 1851 3 d. bright red unused and 6 d. yellow used. A marvellous lot including many extremely rare classic adhesives.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF

    Lot# : 915 Great Britain

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    1796/1940: The postal history accumulation (circa 100 covers) with Dockwra on 1796 entire, 1840 defective 1 d. black on Post Magazine, 1840 1 d. red tied by '6' in Maltese Cross to small envelope, 1841 1 d. red cancelled in blue on 1846 entire, 1 d. red tied by superb 'Whitehouse' Scots Local on cover, 1 d. red used on circular to New York (3) and three 1 d. reds on circular to Egypt, 1 d. red tied by bold Azemar cancel on 1872 cover, 1893/98 1 d. + 1 s. stationery envelopes up-rated and used to Leipzig (3) etc.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 968 Betchuanaland

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    1888/98: Pages from an old Maury album with 1885 set, 1887 set to £ 1 lilac and black used, rare £ 5 used with manuscript docketing, 1888 (Jan) 2 s. 6 d. and 5 s. green mint, 1888 (Sept) surcharges 4 d. on 4 d. lilac mint (2), 6 d. on 6 d. mint, and 1 s. green used, Protectorate with 1888 (Aug) 1 s. green mint, and a few loose on stockcards.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 982 Nova Scotia

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    1857/63: Page from an old Maury album with 1857 1 d. red brown on blued used, 3 d. blue on blued used and a further example on attractive cover to Halifax, 6 d. yellow green on blued used and 1860/63 set.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1017 Gambia

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    1869/98: Page from an old Maury album with 1869 imperforate 4 d. brown mint (signed Brun), imperforate 6 d. blue mint, 4 d. brown used with red datestamp, 1880/93 with range of Cameos mint or used and 1898 set of eight used.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 965 Bahamas

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    1859/85: Pages from an old Maury album with 1859 1 d. dull lake on thin paper imperforate (cert.) used, 1883 4 d. on 6 d. deep violet mint (cert.), thereafter various values including 1884/90 £ 1 venetian red used etc. A fine page.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 960 Brit. Colonies lots/accumulations

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    Australian States. 1852/1900c.: Pages from an old Maury album with New South Wales 1850 Sydney View 1 d. red used (3), 2 d. blue used (4, two with certs.) and 3 d. green (3), some fine Diadem issues including 8 d. yellow on blued, 1871 Telegraph stamps with complete set unused (Gi T1/T8), 1885 10 s. mauve & claret optd. in blue mint (signed E. Diena), 1897 Jubilee set of two used, Postage Due 10 s. and 20 s. green mint (cert.); Queensland with page complete including 1860 2 d. blue imperf. lightly used (Gi. 2, cert.), South Australia with early imperforates incl. lovely 2 d. vermilion, Tasmania 1853 1 d. blue superb used (cert.), 1853 4 d. orange (2) used, later Chalons imperf. etc., Victoria with 1850 half lengths 1 d. (4), 2 d. (2) and 3 d. (2) used, 1854 registration 6 d. and 1 s. fine used, Western Australia with 1854 4 d. pale blue fine unused (cert.), later imperforate issues incl. 1857/59 2 d. brown-black on red used (Gi. 15, cert.) etc. Further duplicates on stockcards with the pages, condition variable but the early classics generally very fine, an excellent lot.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 11,000 CHF

    Lot# : 889 Great Britain

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    1859 (June 10): Cover to Bombay franked at 9 d. rate via Marseilles, franked by 1856-58 1 d. red, 1858 2 d. blue pl. 7 (2) and 1855-57 4 d. pale carmine all tied by London W/16 obliterators in black. Reverse with Bombay arrival cds (July 16) in black. A charming mixed issue franking.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 190 CHF

    Lot# : 1163 Cape of Good Hope

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    1853/1900: Cape of Good Hope Pages from an old Maury album with used 1853/64 triangulars used with 1 d. brick-red to carmine (8), 4 d. blue (14 including two pairs), 6 d. lilac (3) and 1 s. green (3); Mafeking 'Besieged' 1 d. on ½ d. (both types) used, also Griqualand West with extensive duplication on leaves, Natal with 1857/61 embossed 1 d. blue imperf. used (cert.), 3 d. rose used on piece (cert.), 6 d. green used (cert.), 9 d. blue used (cert.), 1 s. buff used (cert. cat £ 5'500), thereafter complete incl. ½ d. on 1 d. yellow inverted overpint used (cert.), 1882 3 d. blue mint (cert.) and 1881 Telegraph issue with £ 1 mint and used and marginal £ 5 orange mint (cert.); New Republic with extensive selection from 1886 with values to £ 1; Orange Free State with page complete excl. Telegraphs, Swazieland with rare 1890 10 s. dull chestnut used (Gi 9) used with cert., Transvaal from 1870 with pages filled and much duplication. Condition obviously varies but many superb items as noted, duplication on stockcards, a scarce and attractive collection.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 9,500 CHF

    Lot# : 913 Great Britain

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    1840/1900: Pages from an old Maury album with 1840 1 d. black fine used (pl. 1a), 2 d. blue (2) used, 1841 1 d. red mint, 2 d. Mulready wrappers (2) mint, 1847/54 Embossed set of three used, 1867/83 5 s. rose used, 1876/83 Telegraphs £ 1 brown lilac used, £ 5 orange used, 1867/83 £ 1 brown lilac, wmk. Anchor used (signed), £ 5 orange used with Belfast cds, 1880 2 s. brown unused (cert. RPS), 1883 5 d. green cds used, 9 d. green cds used, 1883/84 5 s. used (2), 10 s. used, £ 1 brown-lilac wmk. Orbs used, 1891 £ 1 green used, 1902 with 10 s. and £ 1 used; together with Officials, postal stationery cut-outs (incl. advert rings) and a large accumulation of further mainly classic material on cards or leaves with 1840 1 d. black unused, 1 d. black plate XI (three margins), 1 d. black on piece, 1840 2 d. blue (13) incl. a cover; 1 d. reds with numbers in Cross (8 and a cover); imperf. 1 d. red (100+), 1841 2 d. blues, 1867 2 s. blue (18) used, 1867/83 10 s. grey green used, 1882 2 s. 6 d. lilac (26) used etc. Condition varies but generally fair to very fine, an exhaustive and large lot with viewing recommended.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 22,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1095 Mauritius

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    1863/72: 2 d. pale blue, 3 d. deep red and 6 d. blue-green all used on 1868 entire letter to Aden, tied by 'B53' obliterators with superb strike of "10 d." split rate marking in red alongside. Reverse with 'Mauritius' cds of despatch (Oct 23) and 'Aden / Steamer Point' cds (Nov 14) of arrival in red. Rare and extremely fine three colour franking.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1096 Mauritius

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    1863/72: 2 d. pale blue, 4 d. rose red and 6 d. blue-green all used on 1872 entire letter to India, tied by 'B53' obliterators with superb strike of "10 d." split rate marking in red alongside. Reverse with 'Mauritius' despatch cds in bright blue (March 8), Bombay cds, Hyderabad and Coconada cds (April 4). A rare and fine three colour franking. Cert. BPA (1995).
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 867 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 8, lettered EB, a fine large margined used example cancelled by red Maltese Cross, matched with black plate 1 d. red brown on blued cancelled in black. Minor bend on the 1 d. black but a fine and scarce pairing. Cert. Goebel (1990).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 1070 Malta

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    1860/99: Pages from an old Maury album and on stockcards with 1860 no wmk. ½ d. on blued used (signed Champion), 1863 wmk. CC ½ d. mint, 1885 set of six mint and used, 1885 5 s. rose mint and used, together with GB used in Malta (22 stamps) and an 1859 piece with three 4 d. carmine and two covers: 1862 at 4 d. rate and 1861 cover at 1 s. rate.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 983 Canada

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    1851/199: Pages from an old Maury album with 1851 3 d. Beavers (2) used, Cartier 10 d. blue imperf. used, 12 d. black with 'Specimen' overprint in green, 1859 ½ d. rose perf. unused, 1859/64 values to 17 c. used, Large and Small Queens used (further duplication on stockcards), 1893 50 c. blue unused, 1897 Jubilee set of 16 to $ 5 used. A fine lot.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1069 Malta

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    1857/85: Delightful collection on leaves with "M" in bars on Great Britain 1 d. red star strip of three and same on cover, "A25" duplex on GB 1858 1 d. red pl. 152 strip of our on cover to Palermo, Malta 1860 no wmk. ½ d. buff used (March 1861 cds), 1863/81 wmk. CC ½ d. used and fine used pair, 1885 set etc. Attractive lot (24 items).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 873 Great Britain

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    1 d. blacks unplated (4) used, three cancelled in red, and an 1840 2 d. blue, pl. 2 lettered AD cancelled in black. A couple with very minor imperfections, a fine appearing group.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 5046 Brasil

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    50 r. blue, a fine used block of four, three with light manuscript pen strokes and all four cancelled by undated S. MIGUEL / PEDRO DO SUL handstamps in black. Unusual and fine multiple.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 859 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 5, lettered HI, a fine large margined example cancelled by red Maltese Cross, matched with black plate 1 d. red brown on blued cancelled in black. Fine and scarce pairing.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 869 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 9, lettered MD, a fine large margined example cancelled by black Maltese Cross, matched with black plate 1 d. red brown on blued cancelled in black. Fine and scarce pairing.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 847 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 2, lettered FG, a fine used example cancelled by complete red Maltese Cross, matched with black plate 1 d. red brown on blued cancelled in black. Fine and scarce pairing.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 190 CHF

    Lot# : 1120 Mauritius

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    1848/87: Entire letters/covers (8) with 1846 entire from Great Britain to Port Louis prepaid 8 d. in red manuscript with superb PAID SHIP LETTER / LONDON in red, 1860/72 Mauritius 'Pence' covers with 8 d. rate to Reunion, 1864 entire with 8 d. rate to Aden, 1865 and 1876 covers to France at 8 d. rate and a cover at 10 d, rate to Karachi; 'Cents' covers with 1886 cover at 16 c. rate to France and a registered 1887 cover at 25 c. rate. Condition varies but an interesting group.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 868 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, pl. 9, lettered TE, a fine four margined used example cancelled by red Maltese Cross, matched with 1841 1 d. red brown from black plate 9, cancelled by black Maltese Cross.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 900 Great Britain

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    1877: 4 d. sage green pl. 16, fine used example cancelled in Manchester, further example with bold 'Malta' cds, and an example on 1880 cover to Germany used in combination with 1870 bantam ½ d. for registered rate.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1456 Austrian Levant

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    1864 & 1866: Covers to and from Great Britain to Constantinople, with 1864 very defective but rare cover bearing GB 1862/64 6 d. pair applied on despatch with CONSTANTINOPEL cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 387) alongside VIA KUSTENDJE & VIENNA handstamp in black and cancelled on arrival in London and marked 'to be allowed' in manuscript. Also 1866 entire letter franked by 1 d. red, two 2 d. blue pl. 9 and 1865 6 d. lilac pl. 5 also mailed via Kustendje.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 919 Great Britain

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    1865/81: Covers (6) with three covers from correspondence to Calcutta with 1874 cover at 2 s. 1 d. rate (incl. late fee) and 1877 cover at 2 s. rate each franked by 1873/80 1 s. green pl. 12, 1880 cover with scarce 4 d. sage green pl. 16 and 1 d. venetian red; 1881 cover with 1 d. lilac (14 dots) pair and an 1865 cover underpaid from Cardiff to Vienna. Condition varies but an interesting group.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1109 Mauritius

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    1858/62: Britannia Issue, the study on album pages with 4 d. green mint with RPS cert. and used (3),  6 d. vermilion mint and used pairs and additional used example, 9 d. dull magenta mint and used (4), 1859 issue with the complete set of four used and the 1862 perforated set of two values used. Condition variable but a scarce group Gi = £ 3'500+.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1174 Trinidad u. Tobago

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    1851/99: Pages from an old Maury album with 1851 (1 d.) brown on blued mint, (1 d.) rose red used, 1852-60 (1 d.) on bluish cartridge paper good used (RPS cert.), 1859 set of three used, 1860 1 d. grey lithographed used (cert.), 1859/63 issues with duplication on cards and cancellation interest, 1869 5 s. rose-lake mint, 1896 Britannia set of ten complete with 10 s. and £ 1 used etc. A fresh and predominantly fine lot.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 975 Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island

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    1860/65: Page from an old Maury album with 1861 2½ d. rose unused and used, Vancouver perf. 1865 5 c. rose unused, 10 c. blue used (2), 1865 3 d. blue unused and used, also 1868 overprinted set complete (not guaranteed).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 5111 Brasil

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    500 r. orange, blocks of four used (3), one cancelled with circular 'Campinas' handstamp (Ayres 766), another cancelled at 'Provincia De S. Pedro' (Ayres 1621) and third block with segmnented 'B' 'Bahia' handstamp (Ayres 1040). A few minor imperfections but a rare and most attractive group.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1167 Zululand

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    Zululand 1888/96: Pages from an old Maury album and a stockcard with 1888 optd. on Natal ½ d. green (4), optd. on GB with set mint to 9 d. and 1 s. and 5 s. rose used at Eshowe, 1893 6 d. purple mint and used, 1894 issue complete to £ 1 purple on red (this last mint with cert.). A generally fine lot.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 871 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 10, lettered ED, a superb large margined used example cancelled by black Maltese Cross, matched with black plate 1 d. red brown on blued cancelled by complete MC in black. Fine and scarce pairing.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 5301 Brasil

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    700 r. red brown, the superb used block of four with central 'Rio De Janeiro' cds (Nov 9, 1887) in black, light blue crayon mark at top. A rarity of the Dom Pedro issue: the largest known used multiple.
    Provenance: Collection Marcus Chusyd (May 2004), lot 256.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF

    Lot# : 5075 Brasil

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    100 r. green, used example on slightly defective and restored envelope addressed to Dom Pedro II "His Majesty the Emperor, Paq de Sa Christova, Corte". French type 'Petropolis' datestamp (Oct 6) at left and Rio De Janeiro arrival cds (Oct 7) on reverse. Most unusual.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 845 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 2, lettered NI, a fine used example with four even margins, cancelled by red Maltese Cross.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 850 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 3, lettered DH, a fine used example with four even margins, cancelled by red Maltese Cross.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 966 Barbados

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    1852/88: Pages from an old Maury album with 1852 4 d. brownish red on blued fine used, 1855 ½ d. green on white fine used (2), 1859 1 s. black imperforate used, 1873 Britannia 5 s. used, 1878 1 d. on half of 1873 5 s. used (cert.), 1897 set of nine values mint etc. A good lot.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 971 British Honduras

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    1865/99: Page from an old Maury album with 1885 6 d. yellow mint (cert.), 1887 6 d. grey mint (cert.) - both are unmounted; 1888 surcharged set mint, 1888/91 set mint, 1898/99 $ 1, $ 2, and $ 5 (cert.) mint. A generally fine lot with some very scarce adhesives.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1147 St. Lucia

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    1859/98: Page from an old Maury album with 1859 (1 d.) rose red mint (unmounted, with cert.), 1863 4 d. indigo mint (cert.), 1882/84 1 s. orange fresh mint (cert.), 1891/98 with values to 10 s. mint (2) etc. A fine and appealing collection.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 967 Betchuanaland

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    1888 (Aug): 'Protectorate' overprints on Bechuanaland issue of 1889, the complete mint set of 11 values, fresh and fine, with 6 d. on 6 d. with light crease and minor age spot on 2 s., otherwise an exceptional and rare set with certificates for the 2 s., 2 s. 6 d., 5 s. and 10 s. green & black, all with large part original gum. A seldom seen set Gi = £ 7'500+.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF

    Lot# : 974 Canada

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    British Columbia. 1860/71: Small collection with 1860 2½ d. deep reddish rose unused and used, Vancouver Island 1865 perf. 5 c. rose unused and used, 1865/71 British Columbia 3 d. blue unused (3), 1868/71 overprinted incl. 25 c. yellow used etc. A generally fine selection.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 4102A Brasil

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    Dom Pedro Signature. 1870: Entire letter from Dom Pedro addressed to the Illustrious Reverend in Christ Cardinal Mario Mattei (at this date probably in Rome, he died in October 1870), with contents written by a secretary ending 'Escripta uo Palacio do Rio de Janeiro en 31 de Maio de 1870' and boldly signed at base by Dom Pedro "Imperator". Rare and most unusual entire.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 890 Great Britain

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    1862 (March 26): Cover at 1 s. 4 d. rate to Christiania, Norway franked by 1857 1 d. red star, 1862/64 4 d. bright red and 1856 1 s. green all tied by Colchester 210 duplexes. Svinesund transit (April 2) and italic "Franco" at left  with Hamburg transits on reverse and arrival cds. Seal carefully removed on reverse otherwise a fine and unusual franking.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1178 Turks and Caicos Islands

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    1863/96: Page from an old Moens album with all spaces filled including 1873/79 1 s. lilac (Gi. 6) used (cert. RPS), 1881 2½ d. on 1 s. lilac mint (unmounted) with certificate (Gi. 29), 1881/89 6 d. olive-black mint etc. A fine group.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 866 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 8, lettered HI, a superb used example with large margins all round, neatly cancelled by red Maltese Cross.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 5346 Brasil

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    1866/79: The collection of cancellations on the Dom Pedro issues with all stamps from 1866 to 1879 shown in large quantities, with extensive study of the wonderful cancellations present on these issues, including 'foreign' usages where cancelled in transit or on arrival, coloured cancellations 'insect' handstamps, geometric mute handstamps, number handstamps etc. Many hundreds of stamps and 20 covers noted. Extensive viewing is recommended.
    Starting bid : 6,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 14,500 CHF

    Lot# : 862 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 7, lettered BI, a superb used example with large margins all round, neatly cancelled by red Maltese Cross.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 5065 Brasil

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    80 reis slate violet on paper blued by original gum, the phenomenal block of 20 (5 x 4), in a deep shade with the blueing showing through, of excellent colour and centering, and, except for some hingeing for strengthening perforations, full original gum. An Exhibition piece for the Dom Pedro issue and the largest known multiple.
    Provenance: Collection Marcus Chusyd (May 2004), lot 56.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF

    Lot# : 5164 Brasil

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    100 r. green 3rd Die, Type IV, rouletted, the famous block of 50 (10 x 5) in a deep shade, some usual roulette separations secured by hinges, otherwise very fresh and fine, large part original gum. Only one other similar multiple of this size exists, therefore the largest recorded multiple and a major Exhibition piece of the Dom Pedro II issues.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200 CHF

    Lot# : 858 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 5, lettered IB, a very fine used example with four large margins, neatly cancelled by red Maltese Cross.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 863 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 8, lettered HH, a very fine large even margined example cancelled by near complete Maltese Cross in black.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 993 Dominica

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    1874/99: Page from an old Moens album with all spaces complete, including large piece with 'Half Penny' in black on half of 1 d. lilac tied by "A07" obliterators and a fine mint block of 12 of 1886 4 d. grey and a strip of five etc.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 844 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 2, lettered KI, a fine used example with ample to large margins, neatly cancelled by red Maltese Cross.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 1107 Mauritius

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    1848/1900: Pages from an old Maury album with 1848 Post Paid 1 d. orange (Worn) used, Lapirot 1859 2 d. blue (4 examples) used, 1859 Britannia (9 d.) magenta used, Dardenne 2 d. blue used, 1862 1 s. deep green used (2), 1878 surcharged set of nine mint, thereafter later issues to 1899 and, on stockcards some good duplication and some cancellation interest together with 1900 1 r. mint, 5 r. mint, 1910 10 r. green & red on greenish mint, postal stationery cut-outs etc. Also a page from Seychelles. Condition variable but a good lot.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 5171 Brasil

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    100 r. green, fine used example on 1876 cover endorsed 'per Elbe' (British Packet) to Buenos Aires, Argentina neatly tied in black with 'Rio De Janeiro' cds alongside (Dec 2). Charged '10' centimos due on receipt in blue crayon with Buenos Aires cds (Dec 9) of arrival on reverse.
    Note: December 2, 1876 was the 51st birthday of Dom Pedro II.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 5191 Brasil

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    200 r. black used with 1881 Small Dom Pedro 100 r. olive green (2) on 1882 double rate cover from Rio de Janeiro (Oct 15) to Paris, carried on Paquebot 'Orenoque' with circular RIO-JANEIRO / PAQ. FR. J. No. 3 datestamp in red below (Salles 1081). Reverse with Paris arrival cds (Nov 6) in blue. A fine and attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 5342 Brasil

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    300 r. orange & green vertically bisected example used on defective 300 r. red postal stationery envelope front with rouletted 1878/79 50 r. blue cancelled by URUGUAYANA / S. PEDRO DO SUL datestamps (July 10, 1881) in black. Despite myriad faults a very unusual make up of a 500 reis rate, a rare usage. Cert. Moorhouse (2013).
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 851 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 3, lettered SE, a superb used example with large even margins all round, neatly cancelled by Maltese Cross in red.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 840 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 1b, lettered NL, a fine used example with ample to enormous margins on all sides, cancelled by red Maltese Cross.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1092 Mauritius

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    1859: Dardenne 2 d. pale blue on laid paper, a fine large margined used example cancelled by dumb obliterator in black Gi = £ 800.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1146 St. Lucia

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    1937/53: Selection with 'SPECIMEN' overprinted 1937 Coronation and 1946 Victory sets as well as 1933/47 Postage Due, the 4 and 8 d. also with 'Specimen' perforation, all unmounted mint, fine.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 853 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 4, lettered FK, a very fine large margined used example cancelled by crisp strike of Maltese Cross in red.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1144 St. Kitts Nevis

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    1861/90: Pages from an old Maury album with Nevis 1866/78 1 s. yellow green with crossed lines on hill variety used and definitive values to 1890 1 s. pale violet (cert.); St. Christopher page with 1870 1 d. dull rose used, 1890 6 d. mint (cert.) and 1 s. mint etc.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 891 Great Britain

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    1864: 1 d. red, plate 153, a superb imperforate Imprimatur, lettered AC, with sheet margin at top "12. £1...Per Sheet", fresh and very fine, rare.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1157 Cape of Good Hope

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    1861: 'Woodblock' 4 d. milky blue, a superb used example with large even margins on all sides, lightly cancelled in black. Exceptional and very scarce so fine Gi = £ 1'900.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 864 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 8, lettered IA, a superb used example with large margins on all sides, cancelled by crisp red Maltese Cross. Cert. RPS (1992).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 5042 Brasil

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    50 r. blue, American Banknote Co. Proof, imperforate block of ten on thin white India paper, positions 86-90/96-100 on sheet, and thus showing position 87 with the major variety of the Dom Pedro issue: 'Cracked Plate' in upper left value panel. Some staining on the lower row from adherence to heavy white archive card, position 96 showing tiny part of sheet marginal imprint. Extremely rare, and with the 'Cracked Plate', unique.
    Provenance: American Banknote Co. Archives, New York (Sept 1990), lot 141.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 941 Collections/Lots Middle East

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    1936/39: EAMS Middle East -  Printed note from G.P.O. London (1939): "The Empire Air Mail Scheme now extends to Iraq (and Kuwait) ... Letters 1 1/2 d. for each Half ounce, Postcards 1 d.", EAMS postage of 8 a. on envelope from Kuwait to England together wir UK cover at 1 1/2 d to Iraq,  7 1/2 a. letter rate on envelope from Bahrain to UK (1937) as well as cover from Baghdad to Denmark (1939) and envelope from Cairo to Johre (1936).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 870 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 10, lettered NL, a very fine used example with four even margins, cancelled by black Maltese Cross. A rare plate Gi = £ 900.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 989 Cook Islands

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    1892/1920: Page from an old Maury album with 1892 first issue set used, 1893/94 set complete and 1920 Die Proof of the Cook vignette for 1½ d. value in black.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 958 Victoria

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    Victoria 1901/10: 1 d. dull rose red and 1½ d. maroon on yellow (3) all used on registered 1902 cover to the USA tied by skeleton KYABRAM datestamps in black (March 10). Circular 'R' at left and reverse with Seattle registered transit (April 16) and Lynn, Mass. arrival (April 24). Fresh and attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 5274 Brasil

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    200 r. black, the horizontal strip of five used on 1880 Money Letter from Espiritu Santo Da Barra Mansa to Rio, overlapping 1878 300 r. orange & green, all tied by BARRA MANSA 'Sinetes' negative seal in black. Fine E. S. DA BARRA-MANSA datestamp at left (Nov 20 in manuscript over '19'), and reverse with docketing of receipt. File fold crosses one 200 r. adhesive, of no significance and not detracting from the appearance of the entire. Debateably the most outstanding of all recorded Dom Pedro covers, certainly the most outstanding internal usage recorded.
    Provenance: Collection Reinhold Koester.
                       Collection Everaldo Santos (March 2001), lot 181.
    Starting bid : 12,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 5343 Brasil

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    300 r. orange & green, a horizontal pair, crossed by file fold, used on registered Money Letter cover to Cananea in combination with 1878/79 700 r. red brown, lightly cancelled by segmented cork handstamps in black, reverse with five greenish black wax seals and manuscript notation 'Rs 50$000' for declared value. Rate breakdown: Postage 100 r., registration 200 r. and 2% insurance on 50$000 reis = 1'000 r. Cover opened for Exhibit display, a rare combination of two of the scarcest stamps of the Dom Pedro issues on letter. Cert. Moorhouse (2013).
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,500 CHF

    Lot# : 917 Great Britain

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    1840/74: Small group of covers (6) with 1 d. Mulready letter-sheets used in 1840 and 1841 cancelled in red or black, 1855 cover from 'the Black Sea Fleet' rated '6' pence due on arrival in King's Lynn, two delightful hand illustrated envelopes each franked by 1 d. red. Faults but a scarce group.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 835 Great Britain

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    1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered QA, a superb used example with large margins all round neatly cancelled by complete red Maltese Cross. A lovely stamp.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 1024 Goldcoast

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    1876/98: Page from an old Maury album with first types used, 1889 provisional 1 d. on 6 d. orange mint (signed) and used, 1884/91 2 s. brown (2) used, 1889 20 s. green & red used (cert.), 20 s. mauve & black on red used (2), and 1898 set used; together with duplicates on cards with postmark interest.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 1126 New Zealand

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    1862: Chalon 1 d. vermilion on thin white Large Star watermarked paper, imperforate, a fresh and fine unused example of a scarce stamp Gi = £ 700.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 5347 Brasil

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    1881/87: Collection on leaves of Small Dom Pedro including much cancellation interest and covers with diagonally bisected 1882 100 r. pale red brown on letter from Calcado to Rio (cert. Maasen) and another 100 r. red brown on 1883 cover diagonally bisected at Codó (cert. Wittig), 1884 10 r. orange in a strip of five and 1885 100 r. lilac used on cover to Germany, later issues with Liberty Heads including 1904 six colour franking to Austria, 300 r. Postal Forgey used etc. Viewing is a pleasure and recommended.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,500 CHF

    Lot# : 980 Nova Scotia

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    1851: 6 d. yellow green, imperforate on blued paper, a fine used example with large margisn on all sides, lightly cancelled in black. Signed Brun, Pfenninger Gi = £ 500.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1145 St. Lucia

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    1937: Coronation set of three values mint perforated 'Specimen', 1946 Victory set of two mint perf. 'Specimen', 1948 Silver Wedding set of two mint, 1949 definitive set mint, 1953 set mint, Postage Due 1947 4 d. and 8 d. perf. 'Specimen', 1949 set of four mint, all fresh and fine, unmounted og G i = £ 260+.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 1150 Sierra Leone

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    1897: 2½ d. on 6 d. lilac & green, the superb mint strip of four showing all four types of overprint (Gi Types 10, 11, 12, 8), fresh and very fine, merest trace of rubbing on fourth stamp but a rare and splendid multiple, minor gum bend of no importance, with large part original gum Scott 53+54+55+52 = $ 535+/Gi = £ 520+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1122 Mauritius

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    1866/91: Covers (4) with 1866 Great Britain cover at 8 d. rate struck on arrival with '1 d.' split rate charge mark on receipt in red; 1868 cover from India with 4 a. green (2) showing '1 d. / TO PAY' marking in black, 1869 cover with India 1867 6 a. 8 p. slate with same handstamp but struck in blue on arrival and 1891 cover franked by India 1 a. and 1 a. 6 p. struck with rare '26 c. / TO PAY' marking in black. All with imperfections but a rare group.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 834 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered CH, a fine large margined unused example of excellent colour and appearance, without gum. Rare. Cert. E. Diena (1985) Gi = £ 18'000 for mint.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF

    Lot# : 1180 Brit. Colonies lots/accumulations

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    Small blue stockbook with range of British Colonies including GB 5 s. rose on white paper, pl. 1, a  used example cancelled by complete strike of "C" obliterator of Constantinople, Bechuanaland 1888 set to 2 s. 6 d. green, British East Africa 1896 set used to 3 r., GB 1841 2 d. (2) and 1883 5 s., New South Wales 1888/90 20 s. cobalt blue mint (cert.), Nyasaland 1897 2 s. 6 d. and 4 s. values mint, Johore 1896 S 1-$ 4 mint etc.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1155 Cape of Good Hope

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    1857: 1 d. brick-red on cream paper, a delightful used example with large margins all round, light cancel in black and part London datestamp in red. Rare so fine Gi = £ 900.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF
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