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Portugal
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
45 og/O/cover   image1943-48, Caravel issues, a specialized collection focusing on postal history, with rates, frankings and usages, airmail, censored, registered, "A.R.", and Postage Dues (2 with U.S. Dues), comprising 1943 issue with 5c to 50e (corner crease), unused, o.g., and 75 covers, cards, wrappers, newspapers or postal receipts, and 1948-49 issue 80c to 7.50e, unused, o.g., and more than 30 covers or cards, mainly Fine to Very Fine, ex- Washburne. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.2 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
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46 og/O/cover   imagePortugal Franchise Issues Collection, sections for the Red Cross, Rifle Club, Geographical Society, and Aid Society for Consumptives mostly on pages, includes mint and used singles and multiples, covers including single frankings, also includes 1929/35 National Tuberculosis Seals mint plus some on covers, some premium as 1S3 mint, 1S3a mint, Red Cross postal card censored use to Denmark, some 1929/31 Red Cross issue overprint errors on cover, Geographical Society privately overprinted labels on cover, 4S2 single franking cover, etc., generally F-VF, collections of these relatively obscure stamps seldom offered, ex- Washburne. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.8 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $550.00
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47 cover 2 image1853, Queen Maria II, 25r blue (Scott 2), absolutely huge-margined stamp paying the to-the-pier rate on folded address sheet from Setubal (St. Ubes); privately carried to Lisbon (28/9/54 blue receiver at lower left), and then sent "Per Steamer" to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the stamp clean with a face-free numeral cancel; file folds and some ink erosion in the address, otherwise Very Fine and a real find. Stamped mail to Brazil prior to about 1860 is howlingly rare. Ex- Washburne.
Michel 2 b. Afinsa 2. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $500.00
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48 cover 3a image1853, Queen Maria II, 50r blue green (Scott 3a), deep bright color, sharp embossing, large margins all round, canceled by "52" barred circle in blue, on 1853 (Oct. 7) folded entire to Lisbon, showing matching "Porto/1853" double-ring datestamp adjacent, Extremely Fine single franking, particularly so in this desirable shade. A gem for the connoisseur, ex González-Garcia, Gonçalves, "Cascais", Washburne, with 2004 Paolo Dias certificate.
Afinsa 3. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $5,000-7,500
SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
49 cover 4 image1853, Queen Maria II, 100r lilac (Scott 4), single on Oct. 10, 1855 folded letter from Vizeu to Lisboa (10.12); stamp with rich deep color, full to large margins, and canceled by "112" barred circle with matching boxed "10 10/VIZEU/55" alongside; arrival c.d.s. on reverse; slight browning as common for the period. Very Fine single franking paying the quadruple domestic rate. A spectacular centerpiece for any Portuguese exhibit. Less than six single frankings of the 1853 issue top value are believed to exist, the majority of used 100r stamps coming from fiscal documents. Ex- Dr. Trincao, Washburne, with 1994 R.P.S.L. certificate.
Michel 4. Afinsa 4. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $7,500-10,000
SOLD for $4,750.00
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50 cover 6 image1855, King Pedro V (straight hair), 25r blue, type II (Scott 6), single on June 18, 1855 folded letter from Valadares to Viana [do Castelo]; stamp with rich color and full margins, canceled solely by clean framed VALLADARES keyslot; perfect state of preservation, Very Fine single franking paying the domestic rate. A fresh and appealing cover. The old pre-philatelic townmarks as obliterators are highly appreciated, especially on cover, even more so on second and later issue stamps, ex- Washburne.
Afinsa 6. (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $550.00
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51 Obl 6 image1855, King Pedro V (straight hair), 25r blue, type II (Scott 6), block of 12, an eye-catching multiple (sufficient postage for 2-7/8 ounces), each stamp cancelled by "74" Santo Tirso numeral cancel; color and paper fresh; wrinkle across bottom row, a few spots of breakage around frame at position 3, still Very Fine for its size and scarcity, Ex- Washburne.
Scott $300 as singles. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $325.00
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52 Z 9 image1856, King Pedro V (curled hair), 5r brown (Scott 9), top margin vertical strip of five in rich chestnut shade with full margins except bottom stamp nicked at lower right, canceled by five strikes "1" 15-barred circle on Dec. 15, 1856 part wrapper from Lisboa to Paris; December 20 transit marks of Bayonne (red) & Bordeaux à Paris; red-brown "70 c[entime]" arrival charge for a multi-sheet newspaper. Only recorded example of a quintuple 5 reis strip on wrapper. The only recorded example of a quintuple 5-reis strip on wrapper, ex- Washburne.
Afinsa 10. (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
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53 cover 9, 11 image1856-58, King Pedro V (curled hair), 5r brown & 25r rose (Scott 9, 11), strip of three 5r (bright chestnut shade) plus single 25r on Aug. 24, 1859 blue folded letter from Alfred Lord Tennyson at Sintra to his wife in Kent, England; stamps canceled by four strikes "24" 11-barred circle; endorsed "Via France", Lisboa same-day transit, September 7 London transit and Maidstone arrival; usual manuscript "6" arrival charge, paying the 40 reis rate via Spain and France; facsimile of his signature included. Tennyson's only visit to Sintra was August 23-26, 1859. An important literary relic of the Poet Laureate, ex- Washburne.
Afinsa 10, 13. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $2,600.00
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54 cover 11 var. image1858, King Pedro V (curled hair), 25r rose, private zig-zag rouletting (Scott 11 var.), used as a seal across the flap of a blue folded address sheet sent from Lisbon to Porto; address side with Lisboa 20/5/62 postmark and "1" in circular grid postmark, the stamp on reverse tied by numeral grid cancel and Porto May 22 receiver; stamp with wildly askew left margin and naturally torn horizontally upon opening, Fine to Very Fine, a stellar item. Ex- Washburne.


Portugal was late to perforating, with the first experiments carried out by private commercial forms. The zig-zags seen here were used by Eisenach & Co. of Lisbon, beginning around 1860. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
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55 cover 13 image1862, King Luiz, 10r orange (Scott 13), four bright golden yellow singles on Mar. 28, 1866 blue folded letter from Lisboa to London; stamps with close margins, canceled by four strikes "1" dotted circle with double-circle Lisboa datestamp alongside; endorsed "Via France", London arrival April 3; usual manuscript "6" arrival charge, paying the 40-reis rate via Spain and France. A seldom-seen multiple franking, ex- Washburne.
Afinsa 15. (Image)

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Estimate $600-800
SOLD for $350.00
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56 cover 13, 15 image1862, King Luiz, 10r orange & 50r yellow green (Scott 13, 15), two 10r singles and a 50r single, all with bright fresh colors and large to enormous margins, canceled by "1" in circular rhomboid of dots, on May 2, 1866 folded letter from Lisbon to Madrid (55), arrival c.d.s. on reverse; addressee’s name neatly barred out and inconsequential patched paper fault below but not affecting one 10r; Very Fine and exquisite mixed franking paying the 70-reis double rate, ex- Washburne.
Afinsa 13, 15. (Image)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
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