388th Auction

1949, Temples 15 s. - 25 r. as imperforated ungummed proofs, each in block of 24, few with small stains  

1949, Temples 15 s. – 80 s. as imperforated ungummed proofs, each in gutter-block of 8, vf  

1950, RIS overprint, 1-12½,25,45-50,80 s. and 1 r., all as imperforated proofs, ungummed, 40 s. tiny stain on reverse, otherwise very fine. Very scarce.

1948/49, Wilhelmina overprinted 50 c., imperforated proof in part double sheet of 170 stamps with 10 gutter pairs and errors 'small IN' on pos. 77 left sheet and 'NDONESIA' on pos 47 of right sheet. Most likely unique.

1954, Definitives 10-25 and 35-90 s. as imperforated proofs in gutter-strips of 4, ungummed, 50 c. folded in the gutter and one tiny stain, otherwise very fine.

1936, 3 f. green tied to envelope by HAMADIE 6/DEC/36 c.d.s., red imprint “Overland Mail”, addressed to Cornwall, fine

1899, Wrapper 6 ch. orange, violet arabesque control handstamp, cancelled with oval "TEHERAN MAIDAN" addressed to Lancesshire England, rough opened, otherwise fine and very scarce. PROFI archive has recorded only one used.  (Persiphila PW5A, unpriced)

1934, Airmail souvenir sheet, fresh colours, lightly hinged, vf

1877, 3 sen olive-green, 5 sen blue-green and 6 sen orange stationery postcards in new design complete unused set

1901, UPU postal stationery card 4 ch. used from “Syen Chyun” with transit cds. “CHEMULPO 31 JUIL 03” to Paris, fine (Higgins & Gage-Nr. 2)

10 ch. neatly tied by cds. “SEOUL 6 SEPT 04” to envelope to USA with reverse arrival “BOWLING GREEN OHIO OCT 14 1904”, the back flap with small closed tear, still very fine and attractive

1900, Plum Blossoms 1 ch., horizontal pair of fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “SEOUL 20 JANV 02 COREE” to illustrated postcard to Tokyo, interesting text in French “somewhat like Korea itself, moving at a tortoise´s pace and weighed down by the heavy masses of old baroque customs … Note that the Japanese sit on it!”, very fine

1895/98, Taegeuk 25 p. lilac-red, second printing, fresh colours, tied by bisected circle to envelope to Seoul with arrival cds. “SEOUL 29 UIL 02” alongside, the adhesive one short perf at bottom, of no importance, still fine

1 ch., horizontal pair with upper sheet margin, neatly tied by cds. “SEOUL 20 JANV 02” repeated alongside to illustrated postcard to Tokyo, engaging text in French describing the Korean hairstyles and hats, negligible soiling of no importance, still very fine

4 ch., fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “CHEMULPO 20 APRIL 03” to UPU illustrated postcard to Graz, Austria with transit and arrival marks, very fine and scarce usage

10 ch. horizontal pair, used with bisected postmark repeated alongside with cds. “SEOUL 4 AOUT 3” and boxed “R SEOUL N°” to registered envelope to Bulle, Switzerland, reverse arrival cds. 18.IX.03, negligible toning on a few perf, otherwise very fine, scarce and attractive usage

4 ch., fresh colours, tied by cds."SEOUL 6 JUIN 3" with transit “CHEMULPO” and “SHANG-HAI 12 UIN 03” to UPU illustrated postcard to Paris, very fine

1901, UPU postal stationery card 4 ch. used with cds “CHEMULPO 28 SEPT 01” repeated alongside via Shanghai to Braunschweig with arrival cds., very fine (Higgins & Gage-Nr. 2)

1897, Tai Han 10 p.- 50p., orange overprints type I, together with 3 ch., neatly tied by cds. “SEOUL COREE 29 DEC 00” repeated alongside with red framed handstamp “R SEOUL N°” to registered envelope to St Petersburg, Russia, reverse transit via Shanghai and arrival cds., 50 p. light corner crease, some minor peripheral toning at top of no importance, still very fine. A rare and early UPU cover, signed with certificates Robineau (2011) and Scheller (2011)

1951, Participation in Korean War 500 wn. complete set of 44 stamps and 22 souvenir sheets, unmounted mint as issued. 

1886, Official Stamp essay 20 c. ochre without the Official overprint, additional three imperf proofs on thick paper, one with Specimen overprint, very fine

1886, Official Stamp essays without the Official overprint, 2 c., 5 c., 7 c., 10 c., 15 c. and 20 c., all in black on thin paper, very fine

1909, Portrait Issue 1 c.-50 c. in imperforate blocks of four with lower sheet margin showing the American Ban Note Company imprint, each with security punch hole and overprint “SPECIMEN”, no gum, 12 c. light crease, otherwise fine 

1899, Aufdruck-Ausgabe 3 C. violett, 4 C. orangebraun und 6 C. lilakarmin mit Korkstempel-Entwertung auf R-Brief mit nebengesetztem DKr. “REGISTERED Manila JUL.7.1902” mit Leitstempel “Europa via Singapore” und L1 “Kronprinz” an einen Passagier der Kronprinz in Hamburg mit Ankunftsstempel und Transit-R-Zettel “”Vom Ausland über Bahnpost Nr. 19". Der Umschlag mit Randspuren, ansonsten in guter Erhaltung

1909, ‘MECQUE 6’ bilingual cancellation (Coles-Walker no.39, Uexkull Type 1) on cover Mecca to Istanbul, franked on the reverse with 1908 issue 1 pia., “Istanbul Mevrude” arrival postmark alongside, sender cachet ‘Ismail Aloff’, very fine and well cancelled exhibition piece

“VENETIA” violetter L1 mit handschriftlichem Datum “7/III(99)” auf kleinformatigem Brief mit Grant 5 C. mit Federkreuz-Entwertung und nebengesetztem EKr. “AUS WESTINDIEN P.HAMBURG. DAMPFER ÜBER CÖLN” nach Hannover mit Ankunftsstempel, in einwandfreier Erhaltung

1858, Folded tissue-paper envelope bootlegged from Smyrna, Turkey to Boston, carried by Capt. Watson ‘Ship Henry Hill’ with 122 bales madder roots, ms. “Via Trieste” inside, letter with embossing and black sender cachet F.C. Blackler Smyrna on reverse. At arrival in US Franklin 1 c. blue type V tied by black “PAID” in circle to envelope and red “Boston Mass. Nov/12” arrival cds. on front. Tiny file fold, otherwise Very Fine and a scarce usage.

“FLANDRIA” violetter L1 und handschriftliches Datum “13/6.96” auf Ganzsachen-Doppelkarte 10 C. mit viel Text nach Osnabrück mit Ankunftsstempel. Die Karte links mit Bug und im Rand leicht schmutzig, sonst in guter Erhaltung

1951, Ho Chi Minh 2 d. brown, type I, fresh colours, tied by cds. “QUANG TRI VIETNAM” to small envelope to a city in the Quang Tri province, the adhesive revalued at 20 dong (tariff of late 1950/early 1951), alongside VNDCCH red censor “IV5”, mail seized in the interzone by French army (blue and red pencil marks), very rare usage

1945, Independence Issue, 1 c., 3 c., 6c., 10 c. and 15 c. tied by cds . “HA-NOI TRUNG-UONG 8 11 46” to local envelope, fine, also a second local envelope with combination franking used with “HANOI R.P. TONKIN”, some occasional perf toning otherwise fine

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.

Provenienz: H. Köhler (1993)

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.

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).

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.

Provenienz: Besancon (Corinphila 2017)

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.

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)