Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The Collectors Series Stamp Sale (Day 3 of 3)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 17th April 2013 Time: 10:30AM
Details: Viewing:
Friday 5th April 10am to 5pm
Monday 8th April 10am to 5pm
Tuesday 9th April 10am to 5pm
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Auction Lots - Page 4
1800
1868-70 perforated 14 on glazed paper, 3c. rosy drab (grigio rosa), large part original gum, good colour and perfs., fine and rare. Signed A.D., Bottacchi Certificate (2007). S.G. 44, £11,000. Sassone €16,500. Photo £1,000-1,500
1801
-- 20c. Indian red, original gum, good colour, very fine and fresh. Signed A.D., Bottacchi Certificate (2007), S.G. 48, £2,500. Sassone €3,250. Photo £250-300

Parma

1802
1852-59 mint and used selection of twenty-six, including 1852 5c. and 40c. with red grid cancellations, 40c. unused (regummed), 1853-57 Newspaper 6c., 9c., 1853-55 5c. (creased), 1857-59 15c. and 40c. unused, 1859 Provisional Government 5c., 10c., 20c., 40c. unused or part original gum, 20c. used on piece, etc., chiefly good to fine £600-800
1803
1859 Provisional Government 10c. brown, unused without gum, large margins, fine. Bottacchi Certificate (2007). S.G. 29, £1,400. Sassone €500 (without gum) £80-100
1804
-- 80c. bistre-yellow, large part original gum, good margins all round, fine and scarce. Signed A.D., E.D. and others. Bottacchi Certificate (2007). S.G. 35, £8,500. Sassone €13,500. Photo £1,200-1,500

Romagna

1805
1859 1/2b. to 20b. with additional 3b. and 20b., large part original gum, mostly with large margins and fine. S.G. 2-10, £2,470. Sassone €2,880. Photo £350-400

Sardinia

1806
1851-63 mint and used selection on stock pages, over 200 stamps, including 1851 5c., 20c. (2) and 40c. good to fine used, 1853 embossed on coloured paper 5c., 20c. and 40c. good to fine used, 1854 embossed on white paper 5c., 20c. and 40c. fine used, 1855-63 3L. part original gum and another with blue Genoa cancellation, etc., a useful lot £1,500-2,000
1807
x 1853 embossed on coloured paper, 20c. blue, a little close at top, sharp embossing, tied by Torino c.d.s. of 17 Dec. 1853, to entire letter addressed to Piacenza, arrival datestamp on reverse, fine. S.G. 10, Photo £100-150

Sicily

1808
1859 1/2g., 5g. Plate II and 50g. part original gum, 1g. (2), 2g. (3), 5g., 10g., 20g. (2) used, mixed condition but chiefly fine £200-300

Tuscany

1809
1851-60 selection on stock pages, seventy-three stamps, including 1851-52 watermark Crown 1q. black, 1s. lemon, 1s. orange, 60c. (faults), 1857-59 1q. black (2), 1s. yellow-buff, 1c., 1860 Provisional Government 80c., etc., chiefly used, mixed condition but fine included. Also a small selection of Italy £2,500-3,000
1810
1851-52 watermark Crown 2s. brick-red on azure, part of Rocca S. Casciano c.d.s. and traces of pen stroke cancellations, a little touched at upper right, otherwise large margins for this issue, bright colour and a most attractive example of this rare stamp. Bottacchi Certificate (2007). S.G. 6, £7,000. Sassone €12,000. Photo £800-1,000
1811
-- 60c. brick-red on azure, part "P.D." cancellation which leaves the Lion practically untouched; small faults but a most attractive example of this great European classic rarity. Bottacchi Certificate (2007). S.G. 23, £25,000. Sassone €35,000. Photo £1,200-1,500
1812
1857-59 9c. purple-brown, boxed "pd" cancellation, touched at right but good margins other sides and fine. Signed E.D. S.G. 33, £5,500. Sassone €8,500. Photo £500-600

Italy

1813
1922 Philatelic Congress set, very lightly mounted mint, mixed centring, good colour and perfs., fine. S.G. 122-125, £1,200. Sassone €1,600. Photo £150-200
1814
1928 Emmanuele Filberto 10L. black and rose, tied by "s.martino al tagliamento/udine" 21 Sept. 1928 first day cancellation to envelope registered to Venezia; addressees name crossed through and the envelope with fold at foot. Rare.
S.G. 235, Sassone €11,500. Photo £2,000-2,200
1815
1930-45, thirteen covers, including 1932 Dante Air 50c. to 10L.+2L.50 on first day cover, 1933Air Express 2L. 25, 1934 Military Medal Air set on first day cover, 1937 Child Welfare Air set on first day cover, 1937 Augustus Air set on first day cover, 1938 Empire Air set on first day cover, etc.; a few stains or stained perfs., chiefly fine £500-600
1816
1930 Transatlantic Mass Formation flight 7L. 70 light blue and drab, unmounted mint, fine. S.G. 303, £750, Sassone €1,100 £150-200
1817
1933 Balbo 5L. 25 + 19L. 75 scarlet and green/green/scarlet and 5L. 25 + 44L. 75 green and scarlet/scarlet/green, both in complete unmounted mint sheets of twenty strip of three, some minor staining or wrinkling and folded through some perfs., fine. Rare. S.G. 378-379, £6,800. Sassone €14,100 £1,500-2,000
1818
-- "servizio de stato" 5L. 25 + 44L. 75 green and scarlet/scarlet/green, unmounted mint, fine and rare. S.G. O379, £3,000. Sassone €6,300. Photo £1,000-1,200
1819
x 1932 (9 Jan.), Kingsford Smith flight to Australia, envelope franked Naval Academy 20c., 1L. 25 (2) and Air 50c. with "roma.aeroporto littorio posta" cancellations and cachet alongside, signed by Kingsford Smith and with Darwin arrival (19.1.) on front and reverse, small stain, scarce. Sassone 275, €950. Photo £400-500
1820
1934 Rome-Mogadiscio flight Official 10L. slate, original gum, fine. S.G. O450, £900. Sassone €1,100. Photo £150-200
1821
1961 Gronchi visit error 205L. rose, used on registered first day cover to Lima and with 205L. slate-violet applied over it, special machine cancellation and with arrival datestamp on reverse, a trifle soiled, fine. Rare. Photo £3,000-4,000
1822
Express Letter: 1922 60c. on 50c. red, block of twenty-five, unmounted mint, fine.
S.G. E122, £875+. Sassone €1,500+ £200-250
1823
Liberation: Ponte Chiasso: 1945 Bandiera Brothers set of three, tied to piece with "comitato liberazione nazionale" cachet alongside, fine. Only 100 sets overprinted. Sassone 11-13, €1,650. Photo £250-300

Japan

1824
1940's naval stationery card sent by a soldier or marine from U103, Wake Island (the first island to be taken and occupied by the Japanese) to his wife in Japan, complete with transcript of address/contents. Unusual. Photo £300-350

Latvia

1825
1912 (28 Jan.) envelope registered from Riga to Siloko, Southern Nigeria bearing Russia 1908-12 1k. yellow-orange (4, single and strip of three), 2k. bright green, 4k. rose-carmine (5, pair and strip of three), 7k. light blue (type I) (2) 10k. blue (4, single and strip of three), all cancelled by double-ring datestamps, the reverse showing Liverpool (13.2) transit and Lagos (1.3) arrival registered oval datestamps, vertical fold and other minor faults. A spectacular franking to an unusual destination. Fine. Photo £120-150

Mexico

1826
1824-1936 selection of twenty-nine covers or cards, including undated front with Crowned Circle "paid/at/vera cruz", 1824 to Newcastle with "ship letter/dover", 1833 to London with "portsmouth/ship letter", 1836 to London with red "franqueado/mexico" c.d.s., etc., mixed condition £150-200

Nepal

Indian Stamps used in Nepal

1827
1890-1956, selection of twenty-eight covers and cards, a variety of franking and cancellations, twelve registered, mixed condition £500-600

Porto Rico

1828
1865 and 1867, three Lanman and Kemp entire letters to New York, including 1867
(10 Jan.) with red "porto rico/paid" d.s.; good to fine £120-150

Portuguese India

1829
1883 (Sept.) imperforate, Die V 6r. green with margins on three sides, roughly separated at top into design, cancelled and tied by oval of bars on 1885 (25 Oct.) envelope (roughly opened) from Nova Goa via Bombay to Karachi; scarce. Also 1871-73 Die II 40r. unused £80-100

Romania

1830
x 1859 (30 Aug.) entire letter to Constantinople with blue oval "agenzia del lloyd austriaco/ibraila" handstamp; filing fold clear of the marking and some small stains, scarce £100-150

Russia

1831
x 1866 (15 April) entire letter from St. Petersburg to Holland franked 1864-65 perf. 12 1/2 3k., perf. 14 1/2 x 15 5k. and 10k., red "aus russland/franco" datestamp and "franco" alongside, red Leeuwarden arrival on reverse; fine and scarce. S.G. 10, 14, 15. Photo £150-200
1832
x 1901 (14 Feb.) envelope to the United States franked 1889-92 10k., 20k. (2) with Nagasaki/Japan cancellations, framed "paquebot", on reverse Yokohama (17.2), San Francisco (7.3) and Dundee Ill. transit and arrival datestamps, fine. Photo £150-200

Zemstvo

1833
x Irbit: 1893 2k. black (perforated) and 10k. black, Proofs, the second with gum, fine. Chuchin 10-11 P. Photo £200-250
1834
x Kremenchug: 1890-1914 (c) 1kop., 3kop. and 5kop. proofs, se-tenant in black on thick wove paper, fine and probably unique. Photo £1,200-1,500
Provenance: Fabergé, December 1999
1835
x Soroki: 1898 3k. imperforate Proof in black on white surfaced card, fine. Chuchin 11P. Photo £150-180
1836
x Tikhvin: 1900 3k. imperforate colour trial sheetlet of four in green and brown, ungummed, fine. Photo £200-250

Sweden

1837
1871 cover bearing 1858-72 30ö chocolate and 1862-72 3ö bistre-brown, tied by "stockholm1/3/1871" cancellations and additionally rated "63" in blue crayon which would make a 96ö eight fold rate, partial arrival datestamp on reverse, fine and a very rare cover. Photo £100-150

Switzerland

1838
x 1854-62 thick paper 10r. blue (Plate flaw Zumstein G.2.03) and 15r. rose, both
touched at places, tied to envelope, dated 16 Jan. 1861 by Schofland cancellations; fine. S.G. 48, 49 £100-150
1839
x 1864 (7 July) entire letter to New York, via Paris and Queenstown, franked 1862-64 20c. orange-yellow, 1f. bronze-gold (2) with Basel cancellations, the 20c. with small corner crease and the 1f. a trifle oxidised, fine and a scarce franking. Zumstein Certificate (1999). Photo £600-800

Hotel Stamps

1840
x Engelberg: 1880 (-) black on white, on yellow, on rose, on salmon, on deep violet and with black border on green, part original gum or unused, usual rough perfs., fine and rare. Five with Renggli Certificates (2007) Zumstein E1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10. Photo £1,000-1,200
1841
x Kurort Stoos: 1878 (-) green, tied to 5c. postal stationery card addressed to Schwyz by blue "carl muler-camenzino" cancellation and with Brunnen c.d.s. of 7 Sept. 1883 alongside, traces of stains around a few perfs., otherwise fine and rare. K. Trüssel Certificate (1994). Zumstein S6 5a. Photo £400-500
1842
x Maderaner Tal: 1884 "extra dienst" (-) blue tête-bêche pair, from the left of the sheet (imperf. between stamp and margin), part original gum (hinge remainder), fine and rare. Zumstein 7. Photo £600-800
1843
x St. Mortiz (Neus Stahlbad): 1882 (-) red, green and black, unused without gum, large margins, small nick in the margin at foot, well clear of the design, fresh colours, fine and rare. Hunziker Certificate (1967). Zumstein S2, III. Photo £250-300

Thailand

1844
x 1912 (Oct.) Vienna 2s. to 20b. set of twelve in blocks of four, fresh and fine unmounted mint. S.G. 147-158, £5200. Photo for 10b and 20b £1,500-1,800
1845
1940 picture postcards (various views of Bangkok) from the same writer in Bangkok to Egypt or Italy each franked at 10s. red with c.d.s., three showing various censor cachets £120-150

Turkey

1846
1863-1943, mint and used collection housed in two albums, thousands, including
1863-64 20pa. (9), 1pi. (6), 2pi. (6), 5pi. (3), 1865 with values to 5pi., 1876 5pres. on 5pi. (2 used), 1876 25pi., 1884-86 25pi. used, 1886 25pi., 1888 25pi., 1901 Internal 50pi., 1908 5pi. original gum, 1909 25pi., 1913 50pi., 1914 200pi. original gum, 1914 Capitulations, 1915 10pi. on 100pi., 25pi. on 200pi., 1915 overprints, 1917 P.T.T. overprints, Postage Dues with 1863 20pa. (3), 1pi. (3), 2pi. (2), Locals, Cilicia, Syria, Eastern Romelia, Angora, used abroad, etc., mixed condition £800-1,000
1847
x 1863-64 2pi. black on deep blue, six used examples, one on piece, good margins, some faults but chiefly fine. S.G. 3a, Michel 3 1xb, €3,000 £150-200
1848
x -- Postage Due 20pa., 1pi., 2pi. and 5pi., reconstructions of the twelve types of each value, unused and used, mixed condition as usual with these delicate stamps but chiefly good to fine. S.G. D7-10 £500-600
1849
x 1898 Military Post for use of the Turkish Army Occupying the Greek Province of Thessaly, collection in a brown stockbook, over 240 stamps and eighteen cover, arranged by cancellation and including Baba Boghazi, Domokos, Halmyros, Kalabaka, Kardhitsa, Larissa, Phanari, Pharsala, Tournavos, Trikhala, Velestinon, Volos, etc., also a selection of over 100 forgeries, chiefly good to fine £1,000-1,500

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Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The Collectors Series Stamp Sale (Day 3 of 3)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 17th April 2013 Time: 10:30AM
Details: Viewing:
Friday 5th April 10am to 5pm
Monday 8th April 10am to 5pm
Tuesday 9th April 10am to 5pm
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