388th Auction

1871, entire letter from Agostolion, Cephalonia, to Galatz, franked with 1868/69, 40 l. lilac with full to large margins; transit marks of the Lloyd agency and Austrian PO at Constantinopel and arrival mark of Romanian PO. Very fine and scarce.

1867,  Ship Mail entire letter from Constantinople (14/Dec) to Malta, showing extremely rare strike of framed «Valsamachy and Co / steam ship agents / and ship brokers / Constantinople» in blue, inside endorsed “Through”, same company blue oval cachet alongside, addressed to Golcher Esq. Malta and forewarded by Agent “EYNAUD & PARIENTE / SENSALI DI NELECCIO / ED AGENTI / VALETTA MALTA” with blue oval cachet (PROFI archive unrecorded type) on reverse. Two Mediterranean Forewarding Agent cachets on one cover are extremely scarce, tiny ink spots and file fold, otherwise fine and very rare.

1822, "Oz at S8/D8 per Oz" on entire letter from writer to London, disinfection slits and slight marks, adjacent "ESPAGNE PAR BAYONNE"

1853, QV 8 d. orange-yellow, horizontal pair, well margins on two sides, minimally touched at left and right, tied to foreign letter fragment by barred oval mark and three different cancellations alongside, including boxed ‘INSUFFICIENTLY/STAMPED’ and CALAIS 27/AOUT/55 cds. in black, COLONIES  & ARTiJ in orange, fresh colours, attractive and very fine.

1883/99, ½ d. , coulor trial in green, 8 pairs, imperforated between, in gutter block (folded at gutter), mint never hinged, certificate Phil. Foundation

1852, Lithographed by Thomas Ham 3 d. blue, imperforate, 3rd State of the dies, a used vertical left marginal pair with ample to large margins on three sides and showing portions of both adjoining stamps at right, touched on top, tied by barred oval obliterators in black to piece. Vertical pairs in this issue are significantly rarer than horizontal ones, very fine.

1854, Woodblock Issue 6 d. dull orange, imperforate, a fine used sheet marginal example (incl. part of bottom stamp) used on 1855 cover to Launceston, Tasmania tied by oval "2/V" obliterator and by framed SHIP LETTER - INWARDS FREE datestamp in red (Nov 15). Reverse with Geelong despatch (Nov 12), Melbourne transit and SHIP LETTER - INWARDS FREE diamond datestamp in red. Minor soiling, otherwise fine and an attractive maritime cover.

1858, Emblems Issue 4 d. pale dull rose on smooth vertically laid paper, over-inked print, rouletted 5½-6½, tied to 1858 entire letter from Geelong to Bendigo by circular "2" numeral obliterator in black, 'Geelong/ Crown / Victoria' datestamp on reverse (JU/25), transit marks Sandhurtst and Melbourne. Tiny toned and light border crease, otherwise fine and scarce cancellations.

1884/96, Stamp Duty Series Lithographed 10 s. brown on rose, margin wmk. letters and first V over Crown sideways, variety perf. 12½ x 13, an unused example part og., centred to upper right, of excellent fresh deep colour, tiny pin hole otherwise fine and an extremely rare and elusive stamp. SG £ 2.750. (Note: SG list the 10 s. with perf. 12 all round and with perf. 12½ all round. They do not list the compound perf. offered above).

1915/27, Kangaroo 9 d. violet, die IIB, third wmk. narrow Crown over A, an unused interpanneau horizontal pair of fine colour showing "T.S. HARRISON" imprint (N over MP) at base, superb large part og. (BW27(3)zc. $1.000)

1918, ½ d. horizontal strip of four and 1 d., all tied by cds. “RABAUL 20 SE 20” to envelope to Berlin, censor tape and violet oval cachet, the envelope small tear at bottom, still fine

1832, entire letter, headed "Consignees letter" and dated inside "Saint Johns 20th march, 1832", sent to Oporto, Portugal, showing on front clear oval "BARRA DO PORTO"

1857, “PAID AT HONG KONG” small crowned red cds (Webb type 11) and reverse “HONG KONG 4 OC 1857” (Webb type 7) on entire letter endorsed “Per Overland Mail” to Hamburg with alongside accountancy mark “6¼” applied at Triest (Mediterranean and Austrian transit) as well as manuscript 8½ (schillings) due, arrival  cds “HAMBURG 29 11”, fine and rare 

1860, envelope to Colchester, England, with red despatch cds “HONG KONG PAID C JY 7 60” (Webb type 14) and manuscript “6” (pence) prepayment, with reverse transit and arrival cds, fine, in addition a second cover from the same correspondence with similar red “HONG KONG PAID C JA 29 60” with reverse transit and arrival cds, the envelope a little tatty. A scarce duo

1891, surcharges 20 c. on 3 c., 50 c. on 48 c. and 1 $. on 96 c., all with “SPECIMEN” overprint, unused with original gum, 20 c. one missing perf and small spot between “I” and “M”, not further affecting the appearance, otherwise fine and fresh (Yang Nr. 42-44, HK$ 6000,- for MNH)

1879 5c. on 18c. lilac on black on blue U.P.U. formular postcard, very fine and fresh, a difficult card to find in nice condition. (Yang P2)

1901,  4 c. on 3 c. postal stationery reply portion of double card with inverted black surcharge (Yang P14 var.) cancelled VICTORIA HONG KONG AU/21/01. Addressed to Stettin Germany with arrival mark 20.9.01, tiny corner crease, otherwise fine. PROFI recorded only one normal card with inverted overprint, reply part inverted is unrecorded.

1866, Treaty Ports: Shanghai, United Kingdom entire letter from London to Shanghai, cancelled 'Lombard Street / F.O./ Paid / MAR/10/66' cds. in red, endorsed "via Marseilles" on top left. For Late Fee only 1 d. red cancelled and 1/4 d. prepaid in cash by red crayon. Sent via “Care of Messrs. John Burd & Co., Hong Kong”. File fold at bottom, otherwise fine and an unusual entire. The addressee, John Anderson Esq. Mess. W.R. Adamson Co. Shanghai, formed his firm, exporting tea, silk and general merchandise in 1858 in Shanghai and became Chinas greatest export company for tea and silk. In PROFI archive no other forwarding agent covers John Burd Co. to Shanghai recorded.

1852, Scinde Dawk 1 a. white, good to large margins, cancelled by pen; tiny paper break in the embossing, otherwise very fine 

1852, Scinde Dawk 1 a. white, large margins, cancelled by pen cross; horizontal crease, otherwise fine and fresh

1852, Scinde Dawk 1 a. white, large margins, cancelled by pen crosses , horizontal creasing and thin areas in the outer margins only, still fine and attractive.

1852, Scinde Dawk 1 a. white, good to large margins, cancelled by diamond of dots. At base tear reaching into the design (closed by hinge), otherwise fine

1854, Lithographs, ½ a. blue, die I, good to large margins, tied by diamond of dots to blue miniature envelope with adjacent red dispatch mark. Very fine.

1854, Lithographs, ½ a. blue, die I, good to large margins, used with diamond of dots to letter from Pondicherry to Karical

1854, Lithographs, ½ a. indigo, die I, good to large margins, tied by diamond of dots to letter sheet (2 side flaps missing) from Madras to Scunderabad. Very fine.