Britisches Commonwealth – Briefmarkenauktionen

1865/2000 (ca.), mostly mint never hinged holding, in one stockbook

1843/54, lot of six pre-stamp- and cash pay covers from or to India. Includes covers with cancel from “Benares, Neyneetal, Poona, and Saharunpoor,” in good condition, mounted on album sheets with inscriptions

1854/57, stamped collection including four letters, among others, a pair of ½ a. blue on a small envelope, a horizontal pair and a strip of three 2 a. green used, as well as two letters with single franking of 4 a. blue/red, mounted on album sheets with inscriptions. Also included is a postal stationery card from Bavaria, 1903, to Malindi

2021/22, lot comprising 5,200 mint, never-hinged souvenir sheets, including Christmas, Platinum Jubilee, etc.

1881/1902, collection of 11 covers, shwoing a fine range of postal usages, including a duo of 1891 and 1895 covers bearing 6 d. and 1 sh. frankings, respectively, demonstrating the first- and second-weight-step rates via British Packet to England; also an 1895 envelope to London bearing a single 1 d., tied by barred obliterator with adjacent “ST HELENA NO 29 95” datestamp, correctly prepaid at the reduced soldiers´ concessionary rate; also a fine selection of registered covers to Europe, with some attractive combination frankings. A useful lot, in slightly mixed condition, neatly mounted on exhibit album pages.

4 c. dark brown, neatly tied by superb strike of “HANKOW 23 FEB 99” cds to postcard to Landau, Germany, in combination with Hong Kong 1882 2 c. carmine, horizontal pair, correctly making up the 4 cents rate for onward conveyence, tied by “HONG KONG MR 2 99”, with arrival datestamp (8 April) alongside. A very and lovely mixe franking.

INCOMING MAIL: 1895, USA 1 c. black postal stationery pre-printed card from the Cosmopolitan Magazine, used together with 1 c. blue tied by cork cancel, bearing matching “IRVINGTON MAY 18 1895 NY” despatch cds, transit “AUCKLAND” and arrival “RAROTONGA 3 JL 95” circular datestamp alongside. One insignificant archival pinhole, the card with minor peripheral bends, still fine. A rare destination.

4 c. dark brown, tied by light “AMOY 19 JUL 1900” cds to postcard to Nuremberg, Germany, bearing Hong Kong 1896 4 c. pearl-grey struck with Amoy chinese framed “I.P.O” (Webb type 104, 23½x8½ mm) and tied in transit by “HONG KONG JY 22 00”, with adjacent arrival datestamp. Insignificant corner creases clear of the adhesives, fine. Scarce.

1898, Coiling Dragons 1 c. ochre, three singles, tied by large “CHEFOO 3 SEP 98” cds as additional franking to 1 c. rose postal stationery card to Altona, Germany, in combination with Hong Kong 1882 2 c. carmine, vertical pair, tied by “SHANGHAI SP 7 98” cds, bearing on reverse a lovely contemporary hand-painted illustration. Minor toning, nevertheless a fine combination-franking card.

5th printing, 4 a. blue & red, horizontal pair with good to large margins, neatly cancelled by rhomboid "C1". Right stamp minor creasing, still very fine and rare.

2 a. green, horizontal strip of 3 with part wm., ample to large margins, used by octagonal "B/30" BERHAMPORE

2 a. green, vertical strip of 4 with small part wm., clear to large margins, mostly with frame lines, cancelled by rhomboid of dots. one stamp light creas, otherwise fine and very scarce.

2nd printing, 4 a. blue and red, frame die I and head die II, cut square but slightly touched and crease , tied by octagonal "B1" to small mourning envelope to England.      

3rd printing 4 a. blue and red, 2 copies, both cut to shape, together with large margined 1 a. red, die 1, tied by rhomboid of dots to small envelope to Bath, England, with arrival mark of 25.10.1855.          

1 a. dull red, die 2, good to large margins, tied by octagonal "B98" of Kulneah to small domestic envelope      

1 a. red, die 1, good to large margins, tied to small domestic envelope   

4 a. blue and red, cut octogonal with full margins, together with 1854, 2 a. green, good margins, tied by rhomboid of dots to registered letter to Rangoon. A fine and rare franking.

)1854, 2 a. green, good margins, tied to envelope with adjacent c.d.s. "MADRAS 1857 JY 19" to entire letter, originally mailed from Paris, to Calcutta, franked with pair 1853/61, Napoleon 40 c. (applied around the edge of the entire and split by opening), re-directed to Ootaca (Udagamandalam) and returned to Calcuta. A rare and attractiv entire.

1854, Queen Victoria ½ d. blue, Die I, vertical pair, slightly cut into in places, otherwise clear to good margins all round, neatly tied by barred lozenge obliterators to entire letter to Dublin, Ireland, bearing “BOMBAY JY 29 1855” despatch handstamp with matching red “INDIA” handstamp, endorsed via Bombay & Southampton. Rated “4” (pence) due (postage partly paid) with arrival datestamp on reverse (7 September). A fine usage to Ireland. 

1840, entire letter from Chekowah, Upper Assam, India, via Ireland to Mannheim, Duchy of Baden, endorsed “per overland mail Bombay”, bearing Sudaya (5 March) despatch, and Marseille, London (8 may), Dublin (9 May) and Moville (10 May) transit handstamps. Rated 4 sh. postage to Kehl comprising “2 (sh.)/8 (d.)” due to Moville and “½ d.” from Morville to Kehl. As the Baden postage could not be calculated, the London Exchange Office retained the letter, applying red “N° 6666 Detained for Postage” and “Returned for 4/. Postage” markings. Following payment by the addressee, black “4” deleted in red ink and letter released, with Calais transit (3 June), red manuscript “28” (Kreuzer) due, comprising “20” (Kreuzer) to Kehl and “8” to Mannheim, with two-line arrival datestamp (6 June). A spectacular and rare entire, and an outsanding example of Overland mail.

1856/97 (ca.), over 60 covers, cards and postal stationery items, noted experimental cancels, shipmail, also some stamps and revenues, additionaly the book “ALWAR” by R.J. Benns, mixed condition

1871/1935, collection of over 500 unused and partly used postal stationery cards, including duplicates, neatly arranged in two albums; mostly in good condition

1851–2004, extensive collection in seven large-format binders on designed pages; includes the Classic period with nearly all major catalogue numbers—some with specialized varieties—complemented by numerous covers, such as Scott No. 2 on cover to New York (V. Graves certificate), as well as Scott Nos. 15, 17, 18, and 19 (each on cover) and the 1897 Jubilee issue up to the $5 value; later issues collected mostly unused and subsequently mint never hinged; includes some duplicates.

1868/1902 (ca.), mostly used collection incl. stamps, revenues, and 11 postal stationery items and one cover, mixed condition