St. Pierre et Miquelon. VERY RARE INVERTED SURCHARGE 1891 Alphée Dubois 5c mint hr showing the rare variety "ST-PIERRE M-on" SURCHARGE INVERTED, very fine and very rare, less than 10 known Expertise: Cert. J-J TILLARD référencée au catalogue Tillard sous la référence 1891-9a Note: Catalogue no.1891-9a in Tillard's catalogue, of which a signed copy of the 2019-2020 edition is included in this lot. Tillard won a Grand Prix in Estonia 2020 for his collection "Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, ses surcharges au XIX siècle"
TRÈS RARE SURCHARGE RENVERSÉE 1891, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, type Alphée Dubois, timbre 5 centimes vert neuf avec charnière présentant la rare variété de surcharge renversée "ST-PIERRE M-on" référencée au catalogue Tillard sous la référence 1891-9a, moins de dix pièces connues, certificat J-J TILLARD Un exemplaire dédicacé du catalogue de cotation TILLARD, édition 2019-2020 accompagne ce lot. J-J TILLARD est le détenteur du symbolique Grand Prix Estonia 2020 pour sa collection: Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, ses surcharges au XIX siècle (Image)

A PHILATELIC INCUNABULA RARITY 1864, "Katalog über alle seit 1840 bis 1864 erschienen Briefmarken, welche zu den beigefügten Verkaufspreisen durch Wilhelm Georg in Basel bezogen werden können", all world stamps catalogue by Wilhelm Georg from Basel, printed by H. Georg's Verlag ; the first stamp catalogue of Switzerland, illustrated in "Milestones of the Philatelic Literature of the 19th Century" by Massen and Schouberechts on page 76, a major bibliophile rarity representing the first stamp catalogue of Switzerland Note: At that time the "Post Office" issue of Mauritius was still unrecorded, or the "Zürich 4" was then estimated at the same price as the "Zürich 6" or the "Wade 4" (each at 1Fr50!) (Image)

A KEY STAMP OF TURKS & CAICOS 1893 1/2d on 4d grey, type 33 surcharge setting 1 (separate bars), mint part og (yellowish) and one perf toned on reverse, fine example of this very rare stamp (SG £3'500) Expertise: Cert. RPS (1961) (Image)