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1349

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1859 (Dec): Dardenne 1 d. red (shades) on horizontally laid paper, the reconstruction of the sheet, as far as can be assumed at the present time, although both the 1 d. and 2 d. Dardenne sheets were probably the same size (6 x 12), so far, due to the paucity of multiples and material per se with the rare 1 d. value, 42 different stamps have been found with plate-able flaws (these have been given 'type' numbers shared between specialists) although the positions on the sheet are yet to be fully identified. Part reconstruction totalling 28 positions including two horizontal and one vertical pair; Reconstructed block of four stamps comprising vertical pair ex Kanai and one single and scanned-image of the fourth stamp (from Vickery Collection); together with 10 singles examples including one unused (Type 59), illustrating mainly the constant flaws that characterise the types, including one late 1861 usage. An exceptional group and this describer hopes that the owner's remarkable work can be successfully continued Gi = £ 75'000+. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1350

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 1 d. deep red on horizontally laid paper, a used horizontal pair with large to huge margins all round and showing portion of adjoining stamp at left, lightly cancelled by complete strikes of the void obliterators in black. Left hand stamp (Type 2) with grave accent over first "N" of PENNY and dash of colour below second "N" in margin; right hand stamp showing two vertical lines of colour above NW corner. A rare and most attractive multiple Gi = £ 6'000. Note: Types 2 and 38 on the still incomplete plating study. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF3,600.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1351

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 1 d. red on horizontally laid paper, a used example with large margins all round, cancelled by void obliterator in black leaving the Queen's head largely clear, showing dot in front of the Queen's mouth and adjacent to horizontal dash in the Grecian border. A very fine example of this scarce stamp. Signed A. Diena, W. Engel Gi = £ 2'250. Note: Type 15 in the still incomplete plating study. The owner has noted that Type 15 would probably be adjacent to right of Type 24 on the plate. See attached copy of the album page with the lot. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1352

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 1 d. red on horizontally laid paper, a used vertical pair, with large margins all round, showing part of the Paper Maker's watermark; lightly cancelled by the void obliterator in black, small repair in margin at top right of no significance as vertical pairs, as aids to plating, are of consummate importance, lower stamp with "white spot flaw" over first "N" of PENNY showing clearly, a most attractive and extremely rare multiple. Note: Types 24/1 on the still incomplete plating study. Provenance: Collection Hiroyuki Kanai RDP., DF, Zurich, 3 Nov 1993, lot 229. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF2,800.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1353

piece

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 1 d. red on horizontally laid paper, a used vertical pair with part third stamp at base, used on small piece with clear to large margins all round, cancelled by circular ringed handstamps in black. Type 6 (third stamp) showing the characteristic rounded top left corner. Rare and very fine, an important plating piece. Signed A. Diena, Ferchenbauer Gi = £ 4'500. Provenance: Stanley Gibbons, 'Anphilex' auction, 1991; Collection Hiroyuki Kanai RDP., DF, Zurich, 3 Nov 1993, lot 230. Note: Types 25/14/6 in the still incomplete plating study. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF2,600.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1354

cover

1859: Dardenne 1 d. red, a used example with enormous margins all round with Britannia 1859/61 1 d. vermilion, ample to good margins, used on 1860 cover endorsed "via Southampton" to Montreal, Canada, tied by strikes of the void obliterator in black. Reverse with "Mauritius" despatch cds (Jan 9), in black, "London / Paid" transit cds (Feb 9) in red on obverse and reverse with Montreal cdds (Feb 25) and la Chute arrival cds in red (Feb 28). "11d." credit marking in red crayon and "1" credit to Mauritius in manuscript red ink. The 1 s. adhesive lifted and replaced, a remarkable combination usage with the 1 d. Dardenne issue. Certs. BPA (1998), RPSL (1998). Note: Just 12 genuine covers are known bearing the Dardenne 1 d., five covers with multiple usages on 4 d. rate covers to France; 3 covers with Printed Matter rate usages, 1 Soldier's rate cover and two local covers for the town rate of 1 d. It should be stated here that the Kanai cover (lot 272) bearing the 1 d. and 2 d. values is a forgery. This Transatlantic usage is entirely unique. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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SOLD for CHF32,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1355

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 1 d. dull vermilion on horizontally laid paper, an unused example with ample margin at left and large margins on three sides, of fine almost over-inked vibrant colour, exceptionally fresh and fine, large part original gum. Without doubt one of the finest of the 29 examples in private hands. A magnificent example of this rarity for the connoisseur. Cert. RPSL (1975) Gi = £ 10'000. Note: Rudge #19. Provenance: Collection Dale Lichtenstein, Harmers, New York, 21 Oct 1968, lot 89. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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SOLD for CHF6,500.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1356

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 1 d. vermilion on horizontally laid paper, an unused example with close margins on three sides and imperceptibly touched at lower right, huge margin at left, in a vivid bright shade, showing the "Cut Transfer" variety clearly with large portion of lower left corner diagonally shaved and part of the stamp has been excised prior to printing, presumably by a knife cut (see Rudge "The Mauritius Primitives" page 89 and figure 59 on page 99), thin spot at top right and some slight black ink spots at base, crackly slightly brownish gum on reverse. A wonderful stamp, just two examples with the Cut Transfer known in unused condition. Cert. BPA (1938) Gi = £ 10'000+. Note: Rudge #28 in his listing of all 48 unused examples known, nearly all of which have faults of one sort or another, at least 19 are housed in the collection of King Charles III (7) or in museum collections (12), from memory, this describer also remembers another example in the Vickery collection at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Note: Type 9 on the still incomplete plating study. The only other unused example was in the Arthur Hind collection, Harmers, London, 12 June 1934, lot 384. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF5,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1357

1859: Lithographed Dardenne 1 d. dull vermilion on horizontally laid paper, a used example with good to huge margins all round, crisply cancelled by the void obliterator in black. A very fine stamp. Signed A. Diena Gi = £ 1'800. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF500.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1358

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 1 d. vermilion on horizontally laid paper, a used example with large margins all round, cancelled by the void obliterator in black, showing the "Cut Transfer" variety clearly with large portion of lower left corner diagonally shaved and part of the stamp excised prior to printing, presumably by a knife cut (see Rudge "The Mauritius Primitives" page 89 and figure 59 on page 99). Minor horizontal bend but an exceptional example of this extremely rare stamp Gi = £ 1'800+. Note: Type 9 on the still incomplete plating study. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1359

piece

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 1 d. vermilion on horizontally laid paper, a used example with large margins all round, tied to piece by complete strike of the void obliterator, showing the "Cut Transfer" variety clearly with large portion of lower left corner diagonally shaved with part of the stamp excised prior to printing, presumably by a knife cut (see Rudge "The Mauritius Primitives" page 89 and figure 59 on page 99). An exceptional example of this extremely rare stamp. Note: Type 9 on the still incomplete plating study. It should be noted that Kanai possessed just the one example of this error. Provenance: Collection Hiroyuki Kanai RDP., DF, Zurich, 3 Nov 1993, lot 225. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF1,200.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1360

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 2 d. pale blue on horizontally laid paper, a used example with large to huge margin at left (Row 2, stamp 6, position 12 on the sheet of 72 subjects) with white flaw in margin below "N" of PENCE and showing large "ink clog" variety behind the Queen's head; closed tear in margin only at left, somewhat toned and with thin and two creases unapparent on face Gi = £ 1'200. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1361

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1859 (Dec): Dardenne 2 d. blue on horizontally laid paper, an unused example with good margins on three sides and large at base, (Row 8, stamp 5, position 47) of good deep colour in close to the slate-blue shade, unused without gum. Tiny indentation in margin at top but a most attractive example of a very rare stamp in unused condition Gi = £ 6'500. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF2,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1362

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1859 (Dec): Dardenne 2 d. pale blue on horizontally laid paper, the album page with three examples (Row 12, stamps 3 and 4, positions 69 and 70 of the sheet of 72 subjects) with all three stamps showing "Heavy Retouch on the back of the Neck", position 69 with close to shaved margins all round and cancelled by void obliterator clearly showing the redrawn line at the back of the neck; position 70 with two examples, one cut close all around and thinned - however this is unused and only 26 examples in private hands are recorded thus by Rudge, the second example superb used with large margins - both these stamps also showing extensive retouching to the back of the neck and the hair. Rudge records just 21 examples of the "Neck Retouch" variety. A rare assembly Gi = £ 7'500. (Image 1)

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1363

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 2 d. blue, a horizontal pair with large to huge margins all round (Row 10, stamps 3 and 4, positions 57-58 on the sheet of 72 subjects) of lovely fresh colour and showing the vertical "Stone Line" in the right margin and the "Retouch below TWO" (feather flaw) clearly, cancelled lightly by circular ringed handstamps in black. Top margin with horizontal scissor cut at top left, well away from the design, a rare and most attractive pair with just three such recorded by Arnold Rudge. Cert. BPA (1995) Gi = £ 2'700+. Note: Rudge #118. Provenance: Collection Dale-Lichtenstein, Harmers, New York, 29 Sept 1969, lot 181; Collection Hiroyuki Kanai, DF, Zurich, 3 Nov 1993, lot 277, Collection Winfred Schindler, Corinphila, Zurich, sale 91, March 1996, lot 5813. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF1,800.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1364

piece

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 2 d. blue on horizontally laid paper, a used example with large to huge margin at left (Row 2, stamp 6, position 12 on the sheet of 72 subjects) with white flaw in margin below "N" of PENCE and showing large "ink clog" variety behind the Queen's head; used on small piece cancelled by void obliterator in black. The stamp apparently thinned prior to application but of charming appearance. Signed Szekula. Cert. A. Diena (1964) Gi = 1'200. Provenance: Collection Hiroyuki Kanai FRPSL, RDP., DF, Zurich, 3 Nov 1993, lot 249. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF400.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1365

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 2 d. pale blue / blue on horizontally laid paper, used examples (3) showing the "Stone Line Flaw" with a vertical blue straight line running downwards from the "T" of MAURITIUS through the stamp and margins: (Row 2, stamp 2; Row 3, stamp 2 and Row 4, stamp 2; positions 8/14/20 on the sheet of 72 subjects), being 2 d. blue, position 8 fine with large margins all round cancelled by neat circular PAID handstamp; position 14 with 2 d. pale blue with huge margins all round and light PAID handstamp and position 20 with 2 d. blue with close to good margins and two PAID handstamps in black. An outstanding trio and almost impossible to replicate nowadays Gi = £ 3'400. (Image 1)

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1366

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 2 d. pale blue and 2 d. blue on horizontally laid paper, used examples showing the "Cut Transfer" variety with 2 d. pale blue (Row 5, stamp 4, position 28) and 2 d. blue (Row 11, stamp 4, position 64), the former a three margin used example with repaired corner and the latter very fine used with four good to large margins, each showing the "Cut Transfer" variety at the lower left corner where part of the stamp has been excised presumably by a knife cut (see Rudge "The Mauritius Primitives" page 89 and figure 59 on page 99) Gi = £ 1'200. (Image 1)

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1367

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 2 d. blue (shades), the reconstruction and plating of the complete sheet of 72 subjects following Arnold Rudge's book on the Primitive Issues, with 70 single examples and a very fine horizontal pair (pos. 65-66) and 29 four margin examples, all cancelled by the three types of obliterator in use during the issue: circular ringed handstamp, circular PAID or void barred obliterator; including "feather" varieties (positions 50, 51), and "Retouch on Neck" varieties (pos. 68 and 69) - all with the retouches clearly apparent. Some obviously with faults but a remarkable and extraordinary pair of Exhibit pages, replete with eight certificates Gi = £ 82'800. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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1368

cover

1859 (Dec): Dardenne 2 d. blue, a vertical pair with clear to large margins all round (Row 10, stamp 5 and Row 11 stamp 5, positions 59/65 on the sheet of 72 subjects) used on 1859 cover to Lormont, France carried on the "Benares", endorsed "Packet via Aden & Marseille", each cancelled by circular ringed handstamps in black. Reverse with circular "G.P.O. / MAURITIUS" circular datestamp (Dec 9) in black. Circular "Pays Etr. V. Suez / Amb. D" in red (Jan 5, 1860) with 'Paris a Bordeaux' cds (Jan 6) and Lormont arrival (Jan 7) cds on reverse, and charged "8" décimes to pay. A fine and rare vertical pair. Cert. Behr (2005). Note: Rudge pair #123. The Behr certificate states that it is impossible to certify whether the stamps belong top the letter. However, whilst the Stanley Gibbons catalogue lists the Dardenne issue as released on 12 December 1859, this is one of five known stamped covers all with postal markings consistent with the 9 December 1859 monthly P&O sailing. In this describer's opinion the stamps were issued to coincide with this sailing, as indeed were the De La Rue issue adhesives on 7 April 1860. Provenance: Collection Da Silva, Harmers, London, 25 March 1957, lot 80. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF2,200.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM