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Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

579

Hellrigl #13b var.

Hellrigl #13b var., 1889-98 4a Yellow green, later printings on native paper of good quality, pin-perforated, setting 8B, positions 2-5/10-13/18-21, top margin partial inscription block of twelve,(4x3), unused without gum as issued, large sheet margin showing the sheet frameline and the inscription confirming the setting, stamps are well centered within the block, bright yellow green color, somewhat blurred impression more typical of this later printing but showing constant plate flaw of very deep horiz. split in the bottom framelines of position 2, red ms. notation in top inscription, otherwise very fine; a very scarce inscription margin block confirming the setting and being pin-perforated as rarely occurred starting again in this period; Scott #9, $660.00+; S.G. #12, £564+. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction

580

Hellrigl #20b, c

Hellrigl #20b, c, 1898-1901 1a (Pale) gray green on native paper of poor quality, pin-perforated, tete-beche pair, setting 20-23, horiz. pair positions 39-40, the latter being inverted, plus left margin horiz. pair, positions 17-18, unused without gum as issued, both are fresh and well centered in the same scarce gray green shade, very fine; 1984 Hellrigl certificates for each; Scott #18 var., a var.; S.G. #19, a, £640. (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

581

Hellrigl #22

Hellrigl #22, 1898-1903 4a Yellow green on native paper of poor quality, pin-perforated, setting 9, irregular block of 14 (3x5 less top right stamp), positions 9-10/41-43, unused without gum as issued, stamps are fresh and well centered, color is a particularly bright yellow green with nice impressions, very fine; 1984 Hellrigl certificate; Scott #22, $2,100.00+; S.G. #21, £2,100. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

582

Hellrigl #22

Hellrigl #22, 1898-1903 4a Yellow green on native paper of poor quality, pin-perforated, setting 9, postally used block of four, positions 21-22/29-30, Kathmandu II cancellations, fine and a very rare used pin-perforated block that due to its high franking was probably used on a parcel; 1984 Hellrigl certificate; Scott #22, $600.00+; S.G. #21, £600+. (Image)

Est. $100-150

SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction

583

Hellrigl #22c

Hellrigl #22c, 1898-1903 4a Yellow green on native paper of poor quality, pin-perforated, tete-beche pair, settings 9-11, positions 53-54, the latter being the inverted cliche, unused without gum as issued, typical trace of toning, very well centered, very fine; 1984 Hellrigl certificate; Scott #22a, $900.00; S.G. #21a, £900. (Image)

Est. $150-200

SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction

584

Hellrigl #26

Hellrigl #26, 1901-02 1a Grey blue with recut frame on European wove paper, imperforate, tete-beche pair, setting 26, believed to be positions 15-16 with the former inverted, unused without gum as issued, from the first state with very sharp crisp impression, large balanced margins, very fresh with bright color, extremely fine; tete-beche pairs are of the greatest rarity with only about a dozen examples believed to exist; including imperforates and pin perforated examples; Scott #23c, $1,900.00+; S.G. #24a, £1,900+; catalog values are for two singles. (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

585

Hellrigl #26b

Hellrigl #26b, 1901-02 1a Dark blue with recut frame on European wove paper, imperforate, setting 26, state 2, w ell margined single tied to reverse of a portion of a cover by well struck circular Karnali cancel, color is fresh and attractive, very fine; an exceptionally scarce example of this rare stamp used; Scott 23b, $1,000.00; S.G. #24, £1,000. (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

586

Hellrigl #28, a

Hellrigl #28, a, 1901-1903 1a Blue with recut frame on native paper, pin-perforated, tete-beche pair, setting 27, state 1, left vertical half sheet of 32, positions 1-4/57-60, ample portions of sheet margins at top, bottom and left, full margin at right, a handsome block containing four inverted cliches in positions18, 27, 41 and 51), rich color and fairly clear impression, normal light vert. and horiz. folds, otherwise very fine; 1985 Hellrigl certificate; Scott #14, a, $1,200.00+; S.G. #28, a, £1,176+. (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

587

Hellrigl #33, a

Hellrigl #33, a, 1917-30 ½a Black on native paper, imperforate, complete sheet of 64, setting 7, used sheet with well struck head office telegraphic cancels of Kathmandu, this setting is characterized by five inverted cliches in positions 1, 6, 7, 8 and 57, interestingly this is the same configuration as setting 12, however the two can be told apart by the transferred cliche flaw of "flattened base" which appears in position 7 in this setting and in position 1 in setting 12, clean color and quite clear impression, normal horiz. and vert. folds in the center of the sheet, otherwise very fine; this is one of the scarcer settings of the ½a value in the telegraph period; Scott #10, a, $1,004.00+; S.G. #34, a, £674+. (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

588

Hellrigl #35, a

Hellrigl #35, a,1917-1930 1a Blue with recut frame on native paper, imperforate, complete sheet of 64, setting 27, state 2 from this later telegraph period, this an early printing of this second state before the major plate flaw of a wide cut in the left frame of position 10 occurred, used with Birganj telegraph cancels,nice full selvages all around, this setting is identified by nine inverted cliches in positions 15, 18, 23, 27, 37,40-41, 51 and 64, fresh color, some adherence from a telegraph form on the reverse and normal wrinkles, otherwise very fine sheet; full sheets of setting 27, state 2 are only known used and are not common; Scott #23, a, $930.00+; S.G.#26, a, £935+. (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

589

Hellrigl #36, a

Hellrigl #36, a, 1917-30 1a (Pale) emerald error of color on native paper, imperforate, tete-beche pair setting 27, used vertical strip of three, positions 35, 43 and 51, the last being an inverted cliche making the bottom pair tete-beche, large to extra-large margins all around, clear fresh color on bright thin paper, neatly cancelled with full strike of Birganj telegraph cancel, very fine and choice; an exceedingly rare multiple; only 300-350 examples of this error are believed to exist, plus the fact that the typical very blurred state of the impression, identifiable tete-beche pairs in plated multiples are great rarities; 1980 Hellrigl certificate; Scott #23, a var; S.G. #26b, ba, £1,400+. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

590

Hellrigl #41d, e

Hellrigl #41d, e, 1917-30 2a Chocolate on native paper, imperforate, complete sheet of 56, setting 23, another used sheet in a different shade, five inverted cliches in positions 8, 9, 15, 19 and 48, full even margins nearly all around, just touching top right stamp, with clear Birganj telegraph cancels, some adherence from telegraph form, two vertical folds, one affecting the fifth row, otherwise very fine; Scott #16, a, $744.00+; S.G. #40, a, £748+. (photo on website). (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

591

Hellrigl #41d, e

Hellrigl #41d, e, 1917-30 2a Chocolate on native paper, imperforate, complete sheet of 56, setting 23, impressive and rare mint sheet of this setting, unused without gum as issued gum as issued, this setting is identified by five inverted cliches in positions 8, 9, 15, 19 and 48, exceptionally wide untrimmed selvages, fresh strong color and nice impression, usual horiz. and vertical folds in the center of the sheet between rows, normal natural paper flaws that ar typical of this thin native paper, otherwise very fine and handsome; an exceptionally rare mint sheet being (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction

592

Hellrigl #43f, g

Hellrigl #43f, g, 1917-30 4a Yellow green on native paper, imperforate, tete-beche pair, setting 11, state 3-4, used block of six (3x2), positions 46-48/54-56, inverted cliche in position 54 and a very heavily impressed cliche in position 56, ample to large margins all around, clear Kathmandu Head office telegraph cancel, bright color , very fine and nice position piece; Scott #17, a, $630.00+; S.G. #41, a, £433+. (Image)

Est. $100-150

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

Netherlands

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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

593

#12, 50c Gold, strong fresh color which is not oxidized as is most often the case, o.g., fine; Scott $2,500. (Image)

Est. $600-800

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

New South Wales

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CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

594

#40, 6d Violet, used on April 30, 1867 envelope from Sidney to Providence, Rhode Island, endorsed "Via Panama" on left edge of cover, with "Steamship/10" due markingg adjacent, adhesive with faults at left, less than twenty letters are recorded from Australia via Panama to the United States; S.G. 148. (Image)

Est. $150-200

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

New Zealand

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

595

J1-11s

#J1-11s, 1899 ½d to 2/- Postage Dues, handstamped "Ultramar" in blue cplt., remarkably fresh, typical centering and perf. flaws associated with this issue, o.g., very lightly hinged, fine for these; a very rare set of which only one or two exist on the philatelic market; 2015 Sismondo certificate for the top five values (S.G. D1-4, D6-8, D12, D14-16). (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

Panama

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CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

596

1852 Missent mail to Panama, folded letter dated July 27 from Le Conquet addressed to Guatemala, showing Italic dispatch postmark at upper right, alongside with matching c.d.s., red framed "P.P.", "Paid" transit c.d.s. and "4" reales due marking on arrival, endorsed "Via Southampton y Panama" at base, this location in the front making the postal clerk to misinterpret the country of destination as Panama, as confirmed by "Missent to Panama" annotation on reverse, with Paris transit adjacent, a very fine and rare postal-history usage. (Image)

Est. $250-300

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

597

1855-71 three stampless external covers carried from Panama or via Panama, including one to France dispatched at the British P.O. in Panama, the other two with double-arc datestamps of the British P.O.'s of Valparaiso and Guayaquil, sent to Paris and New York, with "Panama/Transit" and three-line "Panama/Transit" datestamp, a very fine trio.

Est. $150-200

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

598

Stampless envelope to Hamburg, showing small "A/Panama/Au 14-73" c.d.s. of the British P.O., carried via New York and London, with Anglo-French "G.B./3F.60c." accountancy marking, "1/-" shilling and "14½" groschen manuscript rates, the latter upon arrival, London and Hamburg c.d.s.'s on back, pin hole at left and few slight tone spots, very scarce. (Image)

Est. $200-300

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

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