Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4739
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
The Australian New Hebrides Company 1897 (March 17): Lithographed by John Sands & Co. of Sydney, paper by Wiggins Teape of London, gummed by hand in Sydney, the complete sheets of 120 (10 x 12) of the 1 d. magenta-pink & black and the 2 d. chestnut & blue, rouletted 8½, with full sheet margins and imprints reading "Australasian New Hebrides Company Limited. Inter-Island Postage." and prices per label, per row of 12 and per sheet. The 1 d. with some negligible splitting and slight stains in lower margin only, the 2 d. with similar marginal stains at base, otherwise fine and extremely rare, just 2'000 sheets of the 1 d. value and 1'000 of the 2 d. are believed to have been printed - these being the sole set of complete sheets recorded.rnProvenance: Collection Stan Jersey.rn (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 300.00
Sold...CHF 480.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 480
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 8468
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
The Australian New Hebrides Company 1897 (March 17): 1 d. magenta-pink & black in a vertical pair and New South Wales ½ d. greenish slate and 2 d. blue (Gi 286b+292b) used on 1897 cover to Sydney (care of the Sydney Cycle Agency) tied by "NEW HEBRIDES / VILA" cds's (Dec 30) in black. Sydney cds (11 Jan 1898) on reverse. Some typical aging and crease at base but very scarce.rnrnNote: For a very similar cover see the Gregory Frantz collection, Corinphila sale 261, January 2021, lot 6389. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 500.00
Sold...CHF 500.00
Closed..Nov-24-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 8469
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
1908 (Oct 29): Condominium 1 d. red, an unused vertical pair, upper stamp variety "Overprint Omitted in Vertical Pair with Normal", fresh and fine, hinged across the join for protection, large part og. A great rarity with just twelve pairs are possible (although the Royal Collection volume states six), one of which is housed in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Signed Peter Holcombe. Cert. RPSL (1945), Holcombe (1991) Scott 8a/Gi = £ 10'000.rnrnProvenance: 'Rarities of the World', DF, Zurich, 29 Nov 1991, lot 80037. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image)
Opening CHF 5,000.00
Sold...CHF 6,000.00
Closed..Nov-24-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 6000
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 8473
Symbol:
1924 (May 1): 5 d. on 2½ d. ultramarine, surcharged at Suva in black, an unused block of four from the lower left corner of the sheet with both the sheet requisition "No. 511" in margin and " 5 d. Surcharge Inverted", slightest of surface rubs mentioned for absolute accuracy but of sensational appearance, fresh and fine, mounted in margin only, unmounted og. A wonderful and unique positional block of consummate rarity. Signed Calves, M. Fischer. Cert. Roger Calves (1979) Yvert (2017) 79a = € 10'500+/Gi = £ 14'000+.rnrnProvenance: 'Important Stamps & Covers of the World', Spink, London, 6 June 2007, lot 1081. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image)
