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| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 30721 |
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 1860 Outer wrapper sent from Genova to Maracaibo, endorsed " per Antoine", with "Costa Hermanos & Co - St Thomas" cachet in blue to front, and an exceptional strike of the rare "Express - St Thomas Office" oval in
red to the reverse, filing creases and hinged to front; one of less than ten examples recorded.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 700
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30722 |
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 1860 (Dec 6) Entire sent from St Thomas to Carúpano, with Páezb"Carúpano Debe" arrival postmark and a "1" numeral to front indicating postage due, commercial cachet in blue of "von Lindeman Brothers St Thomas", with the rare
oval "Foreign Letter Office - St. Thomas" in black to the reverse, has a horizontal filing crease not affecting the cancellations, a fine and rare example of this British steamer mark; cert. Asofilca (2010).(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. € 500
SOLD for € 750.00
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30723 |
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 1863 (July 1) Entire sent from La Havre to Carúpano franked with French 80c tied by a indistinguishable lozenge cancel, a La Havre cds front, endorsed "Per des Antilles", also to the front is a boxed "P.P." in red, a charge
mark "2" in blue and a La Guaira cds dated 'Jul 21' also in blue, on the reverse is a St Thomas transit dated 'Jul 16', has a horizontal filing crease and tear to the front centre, otherwise a fine and scarce example.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 250
SOLD for € 380.00
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30724 |
, |
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 1869 (Aug 4) Entire from St Thomas addressed to Carúpano and Trinidad, no postal markings to substantiate its route or arrival in Carúpano, although time elapses before it is franked with a GB 4d vermilion tied by the "C51"
horizontal oval of the British Post Office in St Thomas with cds in red of St Thomas dated 'SP 1', there is an arrival in Trinidad on the reverse dated September the date not clear but possibly 18th; has a horizontal filing crease; otherwise an
intriguing and scarce cover; cert. Asofilca (2009).(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 200
SOLD for € 550.00
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30725 |
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 1870 (May 9) Entire sent from Santander (Spain) to Carúpano franked with horizontal pair of Spanish 1870 200m pale-brown, sent erroneously on a Spanish schooner from Cadiz to Trinidad Cuba, arriving June 4th where it was
redirected to St Thomas on June 10th, arriving 23rd where it was sent onto Trinidad, from there it was forwarded to Carúpano arriving July 14th; an interesting cover which was missent to Trinidad Cuba because the handler in Spain was not familiar
with the distinction made on the front of the cover "Trinidad de Barlovento" which was the Spanish term to distinguish the "Island of Trinidad" from the Cuban town called Trinidad; ironed-out horizontal filing crease and paper surface loss at the end
of "Barlovento"; otherwise a fine and scarce cover; cert. Asofilca (2009).(Image 1)
(Image 2)
|
Estimate. € 200
SOLD for € 400.00
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30726 |
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 1871 Cover sent from St Thomas to New York, franked with a rare combination of Danish West Indies 3c red and a US 10c brown both tied by the New York Steam Ship circular, date unclear although possibly 'FEB 15', the DWI stamp
additionally cancelled by a black 5 ring undated obliterator, also to the front a St Thomas cds dated 'FEB 13', to the reverse the forwarding agent's cachet "Nunes Fills & Co" dated 'FEB 13'; horizontal and vertical filing creases and some minor
faults, but an appealing and scarce US and DWI mixed franking; cert. Moller (2001) and Asofilca (2009); ex Seybold, Ackerman and Knapp.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 2,500
SOLD for € 3,000.00
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30727 |
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 1871 (May 16) Entire sent from Santander (Spain) to Carúpano franked with two 1870 Spanish 200m pale-brown, sent via a Line B French steamer, arriving in St Thomas on May 20 and presumably forwarded by a private steamer to
Carúpano, horizontal filing crease and small tears top, otherwise fine and scarce; cert. Asofilca (2010).(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 200
SOLD for € 600.00
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30728 |
, |
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 1872-1879 Selection of four covers sent to Mexico written-up on two album pages, comprising three franked with GB 4d vermilion sent from St Thomas to Veracruz tied by "C51" duplex and upright oval, all have Asofilca
certificates, the fourth cover is a wrapper sent from La Guaira to Veracruz franked with a pair of French 30c cinnamon, comes with a Holcombe certificate, a fine group of covers in fine condition for the origins and destination.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 1,300.00
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30729 |
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 1874 (March 14) Entire sent from Bordeaux to Caracas franked with five French 40c orange-yellow, tied by a lozenge cancel, endorsed "via Southampton", a boxed "P.P." in red, as well as a 'London Paid' in red dated 16 March,
dispatch to the reverse, two vertical filing creases one through the second stamp from right and the left hand stamp has oxidised and is discoloured, otherwise a scarce example of mail from Europe being sent via the British route to St Thomas rather
than the usual French steamers via St Lucia; cert. Asofilca (2009).(Image 1)
(Image 2)
|
Estimate. € 400
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
RMSP Ship Mail
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 30730 |
Proof |
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 1875 Two plate proofs of the 10c printed in black on white card, the first "Before Hardening" dated "Feb. 18 1875", the second "After Hardening" dated "Feb. 19 1975", very fine a fresh examples, attractive and scarce so
fine.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 500
SOLD for € 500.00
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30731 |
 , , |
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 1875 10c rose, complete mint n.h. sheet of 30 with marginal surround, excellent centring, vivid colour, fresh appearance, some toning in top right and the odd minor tone spot lower left but hardly noticeable, otherwise
pristine and very fine, a superb exhibition piece.(Image 1)
|
Estimate. € 750
SOLD for € 850.00
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30732 |
,, |
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 1875 10c rose, two mint top marginal corner blocks of four, from opposing corners, with original gum, good centring, fresh colour, both allow for varieties to be observed in positions 1, 8, 5 and 12, the right corner block is
n.h., comes with an unused single, very fine examples.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 300
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30733 |
O |
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 1875 10c rose used with manuscript cancellation, almost perfect centring, fresh colour and in fine condition, scarce.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 50
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
French Consular Mail
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 30734 |
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 1878 (Feb 18) Lettersheet sent from Puerto Cabello to Bordeaux, sent via the French post office in Puerto Cabello (at the time in transition) the French octagonal dated 'FEB 18', the double circle Puerto Cabello, a triangular
"T" rate mark and the hs "24", would have travelled to Puerto Rico and changed ship to sail on the French steamboat number '2' of the line 'B' from the port of Veracruz, arriving at St Nazaire and reaching Bordeaux one month later, an interesting
cover with a faint horizontal filing crease, otherwise clean and fine, a rare transitional cover; cert. Asofilca (2009).(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. € 400
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
German HAPAG Mail
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 30735 |
, |
Michel 1 |
 1875 10c yellow and green-blue, full complete sheet of sixteen private postage stamps, with original gum, superbly centred, fresh vibrant colour, imperforate to the left and top, exceptionally fine and most desirable, with
only three complete sheets recorded.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 1,500
SOLD for € 2,600.00
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30736 |
 |
Michel 1 |
 1875 10c yellow and blue-green on fragment, tied by concentric circle cancel, alongside a commercial cachet "Crasemann & Stavenhagen - Hamburg", scarce and very fine used example of this private shipping stamp.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 100
SOLD for € 220.00
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30737 |
,O,Forgery |
Michel 1 |
 1877 (Jan 1) 10c yellow and blue-green, from the top of the sheet, affixed inverted on fragment of a cover, tied by small concentric circle cancel, with St Thomas cds dated 25.1.1877 at left; cert. Asofilca (2010); also a
horizontal pair unused, a single unused and two singles used with pen cancels, a very scarce and interesting group.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 500
SOLD for € 400.00
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30738 |
|
Michel 1 |
 1877 (Nov 3) Letter sent from La Guaira to St Thomas, franked with a pair and a single of the HAPAG 10c yellow and blue-green, tied by blue La Guaira HAPAG type a oval handstamp from César Múller Agents, carried on the steamer
"Lotharingia", arrival cds on reverse, paying a three ounces letter weight, small tear in top into first stamp on the left and a vertical filing crease on right hand side which affects the last stamp on the right, otherwise very fine; one of three
recorded letters known with the triple postage, and one of the greatest rarities of Venezuelan maritime mail; cert. Asofilca (2010).(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. € 15,000
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
| 30739 |
|
Sassone Michel |
 1876 (Dec 30) Cover from Liverpool to Caracas endorsed "German Steamer", bearing HAPAG 10c yellow and blue-green in strip of three, tied by concentric rings cancel with accompanying "St. Thomas/23-1 1877" cds below, "Lamb &
Co./St. Thomas.W.I." forwarding-agent double oval, two vertical filing fold characteristic of the Boulton correspondence, one passing through one stamp at left, not detracting from the only cover recorded exhibiting a strip of three, a great rarity
of the elusive HAPAG mail and the maritime mail of Danish West Indies; cert. Brettl (2004) and P. Behr (2016).(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 25,000
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
St Thomas-La Guaira-Puerto Cabello - Robert Tod...
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 30740 |
,DE |
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 1864 St Thomas - La Guaira, 4 Centavo black on blue paper, two complete sheets of twenty, one the normal shade the other a deep blue grey paper, presented on an album page with a single (pos. 17), both strong vibrant
printings, four margins, illustrate the type II stamp sheets with irregular setting, a tiny bit of toning in places to be expected, a rare and impressive group.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 1,000
SOLD for € 900.00
Closing..Dec-05, 11:59 PM |
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