THE MIKE PARKER COLLECTION OF HAITI continued...
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 481 |
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 MAIL TO USA: Trio of ship letters inc. 11 Jan. 1853 EL from Port au Prince to Boston via New York carried on ship "Clara Windsor".
Contents are an order from John B Hepburn on behalf of Faustin Solouque, Emperor of Haiti, for various goods inc. ' a large bathing tub of zinc' and a copper still. Charged 7c Ship Letter rate to New York; also 19 Nov. 1857 letter from Port au Prince
to Boston via Philadelphia, also originating from John B Hepburn. Philadelphia arrival mark of 12 Jan. 1858 and italic "5" hs charge mark alongside small "SHIP" mark; and 15 Apr. 1867 letter from Port au Prince to New York charged 4c with NY ship
letter arrival mark of 4 May. (3 items) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 125.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 482 |
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 1881 IMPERF. LIBERTY HEAD COLLECTION: Mint & used ranges on display pages. Includes 2 complete mint sets each of 6 values to 20c
with additional shades of 2c & 3c vals. plus 3c in mint block of 4 and a pair. Extensive range of used issues (c.64) displaying shade varieties and inc. 9 x 20c vals. (total c.96 stamps) (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 125.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 483 |
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 1882 PERFORATED LIBERTY HEAD COLLECTION: Presented on display pages and comprising mint set of the 6 issued values to 20c with
examples of both 1st & 2nd printings (13 stamps), also used examples of 2c, 5c & 20c from the Plate III printing and 1886 re-engraved values. Extensive range of used issues from Plate II & III. Lot includes Jul. 1884 postcard from Port au Prince to
Belgium franked with 1c & 2c values and Mar. 1886 registered mourning env. from Cap Haitien to Lille franked with a vertical pair of 5c green. (c.123 stamps plus card & cover) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 125.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 484 |
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 1883 COVER TO FRANCE WITH IMPERF. LIBERTY HEAD FRANKING: 24 Jan. 1883 EL from Port au Prince to Paris via Southampton. Franked by 3c
brown & 7c blue imperf. Liberty Head types. Scarce cover. Signed Brian Moorhouse. (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 162.50
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 485 |
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 LIBERTY HEAD PERFORATION VARIETIES: Group of 5 used examples showing various degrees of mis-perforation, double perf., etc. Also
1885 env. from Port au Prince to Hamburg franked 7c horiz. pair and 3c horiz. pair, the latter being mis-perforated. (5 stamps and cover)
(Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 81.25
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 486 |
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 1887 PRESIDENT LYSIUS SALOMON ISSUE: The issued set of 4 stamps mint plus several used sets and a range of proofs in both issued and
unissued colours inc. 5c black in imperf. gummed block of 8. Lot inc. 2 'formula' cards F10 type with 1c adhesive unused and F11 type with 2c adhesive unused. Also May 1890 cover to London bearing a pair of 5c green and 1888 mixed franking cover to
New York bearing 3c blue Salomon type and 7c blue Liberty Head type. Display also inc. study of the 1890 2c on 3c surcharge issue inc. mint blocks, missing characters and 1891 cover to Paris franked by a pair of the 3c blue and a pair of 2c on 3c
surcharge issue. Of particular note is the very scarce use of a single 2c surcharge on cover to Paris paying the overseas printed matter rate (date unclear - no arrival mark). (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 100.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 487 |
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 c.1889 PRESIDENT LEGITIME ESSAYS/PROOFS: Set of eight adhesives depicting President Legitime (1888-89). Gummed and printed on
rouletted tinted paper of various colours. 8 values to 50c. Possibly proofs for submission to the short-lived Presidency. (8) (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 81.25
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 488 |
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 PROOF FOR AN UNADOPTED PALM TREE DESIGN: 4c olive-yellow p.12½. One of only two proofs known for this value in this colour.
According to one of Pres. Denys Legitime's (1888-89) daughters it was discovered amongst his papers after his death in 1935. (Image)
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Starting at £ 48
Currently...£48.00
Currently...USD 60.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 489 |
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 1891 FIRST PALM TREE ISSUE - MASTER PROOF SHEET: 2c blue in unmounted mint sheet of 10 (2 x 5) minus the bottom selvedge. Very rare,
with fewer than 10 examples known. (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 162.50
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 490 |
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 1891 FIRST PALM TREE ISSUE: Mint & used range to 7c on display pages. Includes shade varieties, perf. varieties, proofs of 1c, 2c &
3c values, identified flaws, offset, etc. Also Nov. 1893 cover from Port au Prince to New York franked by pair of 5c orange and Feb. 1903 commercial cover from Cap Haitien to France franked by 3c grey in combination with 7c scarlet of the later
(1893) 2nd Palm Tree issue. Lot also inc. examples of the 2c on 3c surcharge with missing characters, etc. (c.100 plus 2 covers) (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 81.25
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 491 |
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 1892 2c ON 3c GREY SURCHARGE MINT SHEET: Complete mint sheet of 50 stamps (10 x 5). Very rare thus. Fine exhibition piece. SG 34. (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 125.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 492 |
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 1898 ADVERTISING CARD TO GERMANY: Mar. 1898 advertising card for "Das Echo" (a quarterly newspaper published by the Society for
German Industries) sent from Port au Prince to Leipzig via New York. Franked by 3c brown 2nd Palm issues. It is the only known example of this card used from Haiti.Cross Reference: GERMANY, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES (Image)
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Starting at £ 48
Currently...£48.00
Currently...USD 60.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 493 |
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 1893-95 SECOND PALM TREE (DROOPING BRANCHES) ISSUE: Mint & used ranges on display pages inc. complete mint set to 20c plus a set of
lithographed forgeries. Additionally many mint, and some used, blocks and pairs showing examples of imperfs. and gross misperfs for all values. Also mint blocks of 25 (3c & 7c) and 15 (20c). A fine lot. (c.185 stamps) (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 125.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 494 |
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 SECOND PALM TREE ISSUE ON OVERSEAS MAIL: 1896-1905 group of cards and covers with a variety of frankings. Includes 1896 printed
cover from Cap Haitien to Bordeaux bearing pair of 1894 5c orange-vermilion, 1898 PPC to Switzerland franked by pair of 1896 1c pale blue defins. and having 2-line cachet "VIA JACMEL/PER ROYAL MAIL" in purple; 1898 commercial cover from Cayes to New
York franked by pair of 1895 20c brown and 1898 printed commercial cover registered from Port au Prince to Paris with triple franking of 3c, 7c & 20c issues of 1893-95. Also 1905 cover to Egypt via New York redirected to Djibouti. Unusual with
combination franking of 7c Palm type & 1898 Sam 3c. (5 cards/covers) Cross Reference: EGYPT (Image)
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Starting at £ 110
Currently...£110.00
Currently...USD 137.50
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 495 |
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 1896 REDRAWN SECOND PALM TREE IMPERF. TYPES & COVER: Range of mint imperf. issues to 20c plus Dec. 1900 registered cover to London
bearing imperf 20c orange. (6 singles, 2 pairs & cover) (Image)
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Starting at £ 48
Currently...£48.00
Currently...USD 60.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 496 |
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 1898 SURCHARGE ISSUES INC. SCARCE COVER: 1898 2c on 20c brown & 2c on 20c orange. A range of mainly the latter value with examples
of multiple and inverted surcharges, missing "DEUX", etc., inc. block of 10. Covers inc. Nov. 1898 cover to Manchester (corner snipped off) with both surcharge types paying the 4c rate for foreign printed matter. Scarce thus. Also Mar. 1900 PPC to
germany franked by 2c on 20c orange and Oct. 1898 registered env. to Switzerland with multiple combination franking of 7 stamps. (43 stamps plus 3 cards/covers) (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 100.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 497 |
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 1889 REPUBLIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE (NORTHERN REPUBLIC): 1889 stampless cover from Cap Haitien to St. Thomas, DWI. Stamped with
provisional negative "HAITI /POSTERS/CAP HAITIEN" handstamp to indicate postage paid. Alongside is a Cap Haitien cds dated incorrectly 11 Jun. 1881, probably due to the absence of the correct date slug. A rare item. (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 162.50
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 498 |
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 1889 REPUBLIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE (NORTHERN REPUBLIC): 1887 2c mauve Salomon type optd. "R.S." Part Gonaives cds of 1881 due to absence
of correct date slug, Exceedingly rare. (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 125.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 499 |
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 1898 THIRD PALM TREE ISSUE: Mint & used collection of the 6 different values, inc. imperfs., mis-perfs, double prints & covers. Of
particular note is the 3 Sep. 1898 registered cover from Cap Haitien to Le Havre via New York franked by 3c, 7c & 5 x 20c. SG state that all values except 2c & 5c were unissued, however the cover is addressed to L H Reine (Henri Reine, a Cap Haitien
businessman financed the issue and retained most of the 1c, 3c, 7c & 20c values). Also Dec. 1898 2c P.Stat. card uprated with 2c carmine to cover the 3c rate to Leipzig (overpaid 1c) and a large piece (wrapper/parcel?) addressed to Paris franked by 4
x 2c & 4 x 5c in combination with 4 x 7c of the 1896 2nd Palms issue, Lot also inc. 1c ultramarine imperf. being printed double and 5c green perforated also printed double plus a a range of various imperf singles in a variety of colours printed on
paper or card. (c.59 stamps/proofs plus 2 cards/covers and a piece) (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 162.50
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 500 |
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 1898 THIRD PALM TREE ISSUE - PROOFS & COLOUR TRIALS: Plate proofs of several values inc. large blocks on watermarked paper without
gum. These are 2c value in blocks of 25, 4 (2 blocks) a pair & 2 singles, all in shades of carmine-red. Also colour trial blocks of 4 in colours of blue-grey, green, orange & brown, etc. and 8 singles; 3c purple value in blocks of 6 and 4 (2 blocks)
plus 3 singles; 5c green value in blocks of 21, 6 & 4 plus 3 singles in different colours; 7c grey value in block of 30, a pair & 3 singles. Lot also inc. a cover from Port au Prince to Germany franked by two of the 2c values. (c.153 proofs/colour
trials & 1 cover) (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 162.50
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
