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The Philatelic Collector’s Series (Day 2 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: 10th July 2014 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Monday 7 July 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
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Auction Lots - Page 12
1868
1860-84 CC, 1/2d. buff block of fifteen (5x3), unused with large part original gum, a few small imperfections, otherwise fine. S.G. 4, £1,800 £400-500
1869
1921-22 1/4d. to 10/- and 1925 £1 black and bright carmine single from the top of the sheet, fresh and fine mint. S.G. 97-104, 140, £560 £150-180

Mauritius
1870
x 1893 1c. pair of handpainted essays, one in an unissued design, the other in the issued design, both in lilac with lettering, value, and in the case of the unissued design, portions of the frame, highlighted in Chinese white, both executed on tracing paper (65x79mm.), the issued design lettered "A" and dated "Jan 5th. 93", the unissued design lettered "B" and dated "Jan. 13th. 93". A unique and highly attractive pair. Photo £1,500-2,000
1871
x 1908 3r. Arms essay, deeply engraved in maroon on varnished card, stamp-size and affixed to small piece. Unique and most attractive. Photo £800-1,000
1872
1924 50r. dull purple and green, well-centred, fresh and fine mint. S.G. 222, £950. Photo £350-400
1873
x 1932 20c. Die I imperforate colour trial in Prussian blue, affixed to piece (80x62mm.) marked "Appd for colour", initialled and dated "7/4/32"; superb. Photo £600-800
1874
x 1934 12c. Type B imperforate colour trial in grey, affixed to piece (93x62mm.) marked "Appd for colour", initialled and dated "13.12.33"; superb. Photo £600-800
1875
1953-58 Pictorial set of fifteen with additional shades on 10c. (2), 60c., 1r., all in blocks of four, and 1965 Birds set of fifteen in corner marginal blocks of four; fine unmounted mint. S.G. 293-306, 317-331, £568 £150-200

Montserrat
1876
1884-85 CA 2 1/2d. red-brown block of four, good colour, large part original, lightly toned, gum; some perfs. split between the upper pair. A rare multiple. S.G. 9, £1,100+. Photo £400-500
Provenance: Peter Jaffé, October 2006
1877
x 1903 Device of the Colony 1/2d. frame die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm.), marked "before hardening" and dated "9 mar 03", very fine. Photo £200-250

Morocco Agencies
1878
1914-37 mint and used selection of Great Britain "Seahorse" overprinted issues arranged in stockbook, including British Currency 1914-31 2/6d. (15, seven mint with a block
of four), 1935-37 Re-engraved 2/6d. (5, two mint), 5/- (6 mint), French Currency 1924-32 6f. on 5/- (4, two mint and one overprinted "specimen") and Spanish Currency mint 1914-26 3p. on 2/6d. (9), 6p. on 5/- (6), 12p. on 10/- (10); also British Levant Turkish Currency 1921 45pi. on 2/6d. (6, four mint), 90pi. on 5/- (19, ten mint), 180pi. on 10/- (12, four mint) and British Currency 2/6d. (2, one mint). Condition mixed. (138). Cat. £4,236+ £1,000-1,200
1879
x 1891 (16 Mar.) 20c. on 2d. F size registered envelope from Mogador to Germany, uprated with 1887 1d. (defective and with pen cross as performing no postal duty), 1889 5c. on 1/2d. and 1889 10c. sharing oval registered datestamp, Tangier c.d.s. (22.3) and Registered Gibraltar oval datestamp (24.3) alongside, Madrid (6.3) and Stuttgart datestamps on reverse; scarce and most attractive. B.P.A. Certificate (2013). Photo £500-600
1880
x 1893 (23 July) envelope from Mazagan to Germany, bearing 1889-96 5c. green (3) and 10c. carmine twice cancelled by "A26" vertical obliterator and with Mogador c.d.s. alongside, the stamps further cancelled with Gibraltar "A26" duplex in transit (28.7), the reverse with Madrid (31.7) and Dresden (3.8) c.d.s.; fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). Photo £500-600
1881
x 1893 (21 Dec.) 5c. deep green wrapper from Mazagan, cancelled "A26" and with despatch c.d.s. alongside, Gibraltar transit c.d.s. (28.12) on reverse. A rare use of this unoverprinted stationery used in Mazagan. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). Photo £500-600
1882
x 1894 (30 Oct.) Eastern Telegraph Company Limited printed "telegram." envelope to Mazagan, marked "Steamer" and bearing 1889-96 10c. carmine tied by Tangier "A26" duplex, arrival c.d.s. (date unclear) on reverse. Rare and most attractive. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). Photo £600-800
Note: The cover is addressed to R.A. Spinney who was the British Postal Agent at Mazagan and who in 1897 was one of the joint promoters of the Italian Mazagan-Marrakesh local postal service which ran for three years
1883
x 1894 (29 Aug.) 20c. G size registered envelope from Mazagan to Germany, uprated with 1889-96 5c. pair and a single, 10c. and 25c. all cancelled by oval registered datestamps, the reverse with Gibraltar (2.9) and Dresden (7.9) c.d.s. Rare and most attractive. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). Photo £800-1,000
1884
x 1898 (30 May) envelope registered from Mazagan to Tangier, bearing 1889-96 5c., 10c., 20c. olive-green and brown, 25c., 40c., 50c., 1p. bistre and ultramarine and 2p. black and carmine, all cancelled "A26" and showing "R" in oval and superb Mazagan oval registered datestamp, arrival c.d.s. (4.6). Photo £300-350
1885
x 1902 (26 Mar.) 20c. F size registered envelope from Mazagan to Germany, uprated with 1898-1900 5c. and 20c. olive-green and brown all cancelled by oval registered datestamps, the reverse with Tangier (30.3), Gibraltar (31.3) and Dresden (5.4); envelope with a few trivial imperfections though a scarce usage. Photo £400-500
1886
1912 (10 Jan.) envelope registered to Turin, bearing Spanish Currency 5c. on 1/2d., 10c. on 1d., 15c. on 1 1/2d., 20c. on 2d., French Post Office 1c. on 1c. (2), 2c. on 2c. (2), 3c. on 3c. (2), 5c. on 5c. (2), German Post Office 3c. on 3pf. and Spanish Post Office 2c., 5c. and 10c. (damaged), all tied by the appropriate cancellations; fine. Photo £250-300

British Currency
1887
x 1914-31 2d "R21", 3d. "R21", 1925-36 1/2d. "D25", 2d. "B24" and "D25", and 2 1/2d. Type 7 "C25" (two shades), mint control blocks of six; the odd tone mark in places, otherwise fine £100-120

Natal
1888
x 1859-89 collection including 1859-62 1d. plate proof block of four, 3d. (10, six used with some unusual cancellations), 1863 1d. unused (3) and used (19, five with papermakers watermark and two on covers), 1863-65 imperforate plate proofs (3), 1869 Postage 3d. (6, one unused) and 6d. (4, one unused), and 1887-89 2d. selection with seven covers £400-500

Nauru
1889
1916-23 De La Rue 2/6d. sepia-brown, variety overprint treble, two albino, well-centred and with large part original gum, fresh and fine. Scarce. KGVI Expertising Certificate (2012). S.G. 19b, £1,700. Photo £1,000-1,200
1890
-- 10/- pale blue, well-centred, fine mint. Brandon Certificate (1980). S.G. 23, £250 £80-100

Newfoundland
1891
1857-64 imperf. 8d. scarlet-vermilion pair from the foot of the sheet with good to large margins all round, small tear at right, horizontal crease in selvedge, part original gum, good colour, attractive appearance. S.G. 8, £750. Photo £200-250

Postage Dues
1892
1939-49 perf. 11 10c. violet block of nine (3x3) from the upper left corner of the sheet, the lower right stamp variety "lue" for "due", fine unmounted mint; a scarce positional multiple. S.G. D6a, 6ac, £294+ £140-160

New Guinea
1893
1898-1939 mint and used collection on leaves, including a few German New Guinea; N.W.P.I. range with 1915 1/- on censored cover to London, 1918 1d. on 5d. and 1d. on 1/- used and 1918-23 values to 1/- mint; Mandated Territory with 1932-34 set mint (2, one less 2 1/2d.), 1932 £2 and £5 used; Official 1925-31, 1931 and 1932-34 sets mint, and Panton covers to Cayman Islands and St. Lucia with postage stamps applied as Postage Dues on arrival £800-1,000

1935 Air Issue
1894
£2 bright violet and £5 emerald-green, £2 with slightly toned gum, otherwise fresh and fine mint. Brandon Certificates (1979, 1980). S.G. 204-205, £1,100. Photo £350-400
1895
£2 bright violet, fresh and fine mint. S.G. 204, £350. Photo £180-200
1896
£2 bright violet, marginal from the top of the sheet, fresh and fine unmounted mint.
S.G. 204, £350. Photo £220-270
1897
£2 bright violet, fresh unmounted mint; tiny bright violet mark on reverse, otherwise very fine. S.G. 204, £350. Photo £200-250
1898
£5 emerald-green, fine unmounted mint, very fine. S.G. 205, £750. Photo £500-550

Niger Coast Protectorate
1899
1886 unstamped envelope from W. von Rozynski to London endorsed "Mailed on West Coast of Africa/No stamps obtainable" and with "6d" tax h.s., the reverse with Liverpool Br. Packet (18.9) d.s. and London (20.9) arrival c.d.s., minor staining otherwise fine; also 1890 unstamped letter to Sheffield endorsed "per S.S. Mandingo." with "6d/f.b." tax h.s. and Sheffield (16.6) arrival c.d.s., repaired tear and other peripheral faults £100-120

The Royal Niger Company's Territories

"the niger territories/post/office/p o/akassa." triple-oval d.s.

(Sacher Type 2, S.G. Type 1)
1900
1890 (3 Apr.) envelope (faults) from England to Rev. Eden of the Church Missionary Society at Onitsha River Niger, bearing 1887-92 6d. purple on rose-red neatly cancelled by West Hartlepool "029" duplex and with a largely fine strike of the oval d.s. for 7 May alongside. Photo £300-400
Provenance: John Sacher, 2009
1901
1890 (16 Apr.) envelope (faults) to England to Rev. Eden of the Church Missionary Society at Onitsha River Niger, bearing 1887-92 6d. purple on rose-red neatly cancelled "466" in transit at Liverpool, a fine strike of the oval d.s. for 7 May and Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. alongside. Photo £350-400
Provenance: John Sacher, 2009
1902
1890 (29 Apr.) envelope (faults) from England to Rev. Eden of the Church Missionary Society at Onitsha River Niger, bearing 1887-92 6d. purple on rose-red neatly cancelled by West Hartlepool "029" duplex and a fine strike of the oval d.s. for 14 June. Photo £350-400
1903
1890 (5 May) unstamped printed envelope (traces of soiling) to The Royal Niger Company at Grand Canary, showing a superb strike and no other postal markings, the reverse with a fine red wax seal showing the initials of the company. Photo £400-500
Provenance: John Sacher, 2009

"the royal niger company/chartered & limited./post office,/burutu."

double-framed d.s. (Sacher Type 8, S.G. Type 6)
1904
1897 (16 Feb.) double-rate envelope (flap missing and minor faults) to England showing fine strike of the datestamp alongside GB 2 1/2d. (2) tied individually by "paid/
liverpool/br. packet/26 may 97" h.s., the reverse with Carlisle (27.3) arrival. Photo £250-300
1905
1898 (9 Jan.) unstamped envelope (light fold) to England, marked "On special service no stamps available/F. H. Howe Lieut. 1st Bn W.A.F.F.", showing fine strike in violet and "d1" tax h.s., "T2" in blue crayon alongside, the reverse with Liverpool Br. Packet (2.2) transit and London (3.2) arrival c.d.s. Photo £250-300

Oil Rivers Protectorate
1906
1892-84 1/2d. to 1/- selection comprising mint with 1/2d., 2d. and 2 1/2d. blocks of four and used with blocks and postmark interest. Condition mixed. (68) £200-250
1907
1892 (14 Aug.) envelope "Per S.S. Volta at Akassa: Niger River" to England, bearing 1892-94 2 1/2d. purple on blue neatly cancelled with a largely fine strike of the "oil rivers protectorate/brass" triple-oval d.s. (Sacher Type 7, S.G. Type Z1), Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (22.9) at foot, Derby arrival c.d.s. (22.9) on reverse; the envelope with repaired tear at top and a little soiled though very rare. Photo £800-1,000
Provenance: John Sacher, 2009
1908
1892 (24 Sept.) envelope to England, bearing 1892-94 1/2d., 1d. (2, one defective), 2 1/2d., all lightly tied by Bonny River c.d.s., Liverpool Packet d.s. alongside, embossed "h.b.m. vice-consulate/bonny" in lower left corner, the reverse with oil rivers protectorate/24 sep.92/bonny" h.s. in violet and London arrival (24.19). Fine. Photo £350-400
1909
1893 (3 Sept.) 1/2d. on half of 1d. lilac surcharged in red, unsevered pair, fine mint, and used half on small piece, fine. S.G. 7, 7a, £640 £150-180
1910
1893 (6 Nov.) piece bearing Great Britain 1881 1d. lilac (defect) in combination with Niger Coast 1892-94 5d. dull purple and blue, twice cancelled with "old calabar river" Code A c.d.s. A rare combination franking piece. S.G. Z24, 5. Photo £180-200
Provenance: John Sacher, 2009
1911
1893 (7 Nov.) OHMS envelope to Transvaal, bearing 1892-94 5d. tied by Old Calabar River c.d.s.; also 1894 (28 Jan.) similar envelope (somewhat distressed) to Liverpool (?) bearing 1d., 2 1/2d. pair and 1/- (faded) £100-120

1893 (Dec.) Old Calabar Provisionals
1912
Type 4: 1/2d. in green on 1/2d. purple on blue, part original gum, a few toned perfs.;
Type 6 1/2d. in violet on 2d. grey-green and carmine, used, R.P.S. Certificate (1986), fine. S.G. 11, 18, £800. Also Fournier overprint forgeries on piece. Photo £200-250
1913
Type 11: "One Shilling" Type A in violet on 2d. grey-green and carmine, one pulled perf. at foot, mint, and Type B in vermilion, fine mint. S.G. 37, 38, £1,200. Photo £300-400
1914
Type 11: "One Shilling" Type B in vermilion on 2d. grey-green and carmine; fine mint. S.G. 38, £750. Photo £250-300
1915
1893 (28 Dec.) envelope registered to Manchester, bearing 1892 1d. block of four and single, all tied by "old calabar river" c.d.s. (Type D2), showing large "R" h.s. (Type R1) and Liverpool transit (28.1). An attractive franking £100-120
1916
1895 (7 Feb.) envelope (opened for display) registered to England bearing 1892-94 1/2d. to 1/-, all lightly tied by Opobo River c.d.s, Liverpool, Colchester and London hooded (20.3) registered datestamps alongside, the reverse with Witham, Colchester and Ipswich Sorting Tender c.d.s.; also postal stationery 1/2d. brown card (3), all uprated with Jubilee 1/2d. orange and cancelled at Bonny River (different types). Mostly fine £150-200

Postal Stationery Cards
1917
A selection comprising 1/2d. brown (6, four used at Old Calabar River), 1d. red (13, nine used at Old Calabar River (5), Opobo River (2), Brass River, Buguma (unaddressed) and cancelled on arrival only); also registered envelopes F (3) and H (2) unused. Mostly fine £300-400

Niger Coast Protectorate
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The Philatelic Collector’s Series (Day 2 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: 10th July 2014 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Monday 7 July 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
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