Sale 6

Spring 2015 Sale

Foreign Countries

Lot	Photo	Description	Bidding
Lot 247		F Austria: Italian Occupation, 1918, 10K deep violet with black overprint, "Venezia Giulia", "tied" on piece by c.d.s., very fine. Scott $52,000 if genuine (Scott N17 var.). Estimate $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $170
Lot 248		F Austria: Italian Occupation, 1918, 90h and 4k, o.g. lightly hinged, very fine. Scott $5,650 if genuine (Scott N46, 49 vars.). Estimate $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 249		F Austria: Italian Occupation, 1918, 10k deep violet, o.g., hand stamp? very fine. Scott $235,000 if genuine (Scott N50 var.). Estimate $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $170
Lot 250		F Barbados, 1861, "Britannia" (1d) blue, rough perf 14 to 16 and (4d) dull rose red, rough perf 14 to 16, "tied" on mourning cover bearing Stamford CT receiver, NY. STEAMSHIP FORWARDED and Barbados origin on reverse. Most of it is genuine and quite well done. SG 24, 25 vars. (Scott 16, 17 vars.). Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $135
Lot 251		F Canadian Provinces: Newfoundland, Airmail, 1919, 3¢ Hawker Flight, quite good overprint artwork, o.g., very fine. Scott $27,500 if genuine (Scott C1 var.). Estimate $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $240
Lot 252		F Canadian Provinces: Newfoundland, Airmail, 1919, 3¢ Hawker Flight, "used", very fine. Scott $16,000 if genuine (Scott C1 var.). Estimate $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $170
Lot 253		F Canada, 1959, 5¢ St. Lawrence Seaway, center inverted, tied on 1971 envelope (some wrinkles) with 2¢ Due, curiously it seems to be quite genuinely used, so this forgery was used also to defraud the post (Scott 387a var.). Estimate $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $200
Lot 254		F Cape of Good Hope, 1853, stampless cover, bearing "PORT ELIZABETH TO PAY" oval on small envelope. Close to real thing, Ex Dale-Lichtenstein. Estimate $125 - 150. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $85
Lot 255		F Cape of Good Hope - Mafeking, 1900, "3d" on 1d rose, "double surcharge", o.g., very fine (Scott 164 var.). Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 256		F Cape of Good Hope - Mafeking, 1900, 1s on 6d violet on rose (2) copies, one o.g. and used copy. Nice pair, very fine. Scott $7,370 if genuine (Scott 175 var.). Estimate $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $135
Lot 257		F French Colonies: Cilicia, Adana-Aleppo Airmail, 1920, 2pi on 15c gray green and 5pi on 40c red & gray blue, o.g., fine. Scott $19,000 if genuine (Scott C1, C2 vars.). Estimate $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $135
Lot 258		F Egypt, 1926, 50pi Port Fuad, overprint is fake. Scott $875 if genuine (Scott 124 var.). Estimate $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 259		F France, - Ballon Monté, four folded flimsies, with stamps, one to New York (rough), one to Italy, one to Paris and one to "journale allemande…. Francfort". Quite a group. Estimate $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $240
Lot 260		F France, Egypt to France: 1886, cover bearing France 40c, Egypt 1866 1pi, 1867 pi, all "tied" by ALLESSANDRIA c.d.s. on 1867 envelope bearing boxed AFFRANCHISSEMENT INSUFFISANT and other markings, to Paris. Most of the cover is genuine. Estimate $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $200
Lot 261		F France, Egypt to France: 1867, France 40c and Egypt 1867 2pi, "tied" by cancels on most of an 1867 folded letter sheet bearing Zago c.d.s. and Egypt transit, to Marseille. Estimate $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $170
Lot 262		F France, to Uruguay Bureau: 1867, France 80c, Uruguay 1866 10c, each "tied" by respective cancels on 1867 partly genuine folded letter bearing Montevideo c.d.s, to Malaga Spain. Estimate $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $170
Lot 263		F France Used in Syria, 20c, "tied" by blue oval Paquebot Mediterranée cancel on folded letter bearing Beyrouth oval and other markings to Marseille. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $100
Lot 264		F German States: Bavaria, 1849, 1kr black, plate I, Sperati, "used", B.P.A. handstamp. Scott $2,250 if genuine, very fine (Scott 1 var.). Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $100
Lot 265		F German States: Oldenburg, 1859 and 1861: Group of Four, Sperati, 2g, ½g, 2g, 3g, "used", B.P.A. handstamps, very fine (Scott 7, 12, 14, 15 vars.). Estimate $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $240
Lot 266		F German Offices in China, 1900, 50pf purple & black on salmon, the rarest of the overprints, o.g., fine. Scott $29,000 if genuine. Michel 13 var. (Scott 22 var.). Estimate $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $200
Lot 267		F Great Britain, 1840, 1d black on cover, fascinating genuine use of forged "Penny Black" used to defraud the post. Genuine 1858 violet London duplex with all appropriate Ireland transits to of all places a Post Office. Wonderful for a Penny Black exhibition. SG 2 var. (Scott 1 var.). Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 268		F Great Britain, "V R" Official, 1840, Queen Victoria, 1d black, genuine stamp with VR added, very fine. Scott $35,000 if genuine. SG V1 var. (Scott O1 var.). Estimate $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $200
Lot 269		F Great Britain, "V R" Official, 1840, Queen Victoria, 1d black, genuine stamp with VR added, very fine. Scott $35,000 if genuine. SG V1 var. (Scott O1 var.). Estimate $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $200
Lot 270		F Honduras, to Paris: 1865, 2r black on green, Pair, pen cancelled on 1876 front bearing France 30c Postage Due and a COLON-ASPINWALL (Colon, Panama) c.d.s. to Paris (Scott 1 var.). Estimate $350 - 450 No cover is known bearing Honduras #1 . View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $240
Lot 271		F Honduras, Air Post, 1925 to 1930, selection of 55 o.g. stamps and 4 covers, some may be genuine, some "signed", some not counted. Probably catalogues $9000 - if all genuine. Estimate $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $135
Lot 272		F Indian States: Jammu & Kashmir, 1866-67, 4a gray black, probably a reprint, very fine. Scott $3,000 if genuine (Scott 5 var.). Estimate $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 273		F Ionian Islands, 1859, Queen Victoria (½d) orange, "tied" on genuine Nov. 1861 envelope. Very impressive, very fine. Scott $7,000 if genuine. SG 1 var. (Scott 1 var.). Estimate $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $270
Lot 274		F Italian States: Naples, 1860, Cross of Savoy, ½t deep blue, Sperati, "used", B.P.A. handstamp, very fine. Scott $3,250 if genuine. Sassone 16 var. (Scott 9 var.). Estimate $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $135
Lot 275		F Italian States: Papal/Roman States, 1852, 50b black on dull blue, Sperati, "used", B.P.A. handstamp, very fine. Scott $1,800 if genuine (Scott 10 var.). Estimate $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 276		F Italian States: Parma, 1859, Provisional Govt., 80c orange yellow, Sperati, "used", B.P.A. handstamp, very rare, very fine. Scott $250,000 if genuine. Sassone 18 var. (Scott 16 var.). Estimate $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $270
Lot 277		F Italian States: Sardinia, 1851, Victor Emmanuel II, 5c gray black, Sperati, "used" B.P.A. handstamp, very fine. Scott $2,200 if genuine. Sassone 1 var. (Scott 1 var.). Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $100
Lot 278		F Italian States: Tuscany, 1851, 2s scarlet, "unused", very fine. Scott $17,000 if genuine (Scott 3 var.). Estimate $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 279		F Italy, 1878, 2c on Official 5L lake, inverted surcharge, o.g. hinge remnants, fine (Scott 43a var.). Estimate $100 - 150 On 2L (42a) invert would catalogue $55,000 if genuine, unpriced on 5L . View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 280		F Italy, Airmail, 1933, Balbo Trans-Atlantic Flight, 5.25L+19.75L triptych, "tied" on "flown" cover to Amsterdam, Bolaffi handstamp and signed. Scott $3,000 if genuine (Scott C48 var.). Estimate $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $200
Lot 281		F Italy, Postage Due, 1870, 2c buff & magenta, "unused", fine. Sassone 4b var. (Scott J4 var.). Estimate $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $135
Lot 282		F Italy, Postage Due, 1890-94, 1L blue & magenta, double numeral, one genuine, o.g., fine (Scott J14 var.). Estimate $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 283		F Italy, Postage Due, 1890-94, 1L blue & magenta, numeral inverted, "cancelled", original number removed, fine. Sassone 27a var. (Scott J14b var.). Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 284		F Italy, Postage Due, 1903, 2L blue & magenta, double numeral, "used", fine. Sassone 29 var. (Scott J16 var.). Estimate $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 285		F Italy, Postage Due, 1874, 5L blue & brown, double numeral, one genuine, cancelled, fine. Sassone 30 var. (Scott J17 var.). Estimate $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 286		F Italy, Postage Due, 1903, 5L blue & magenta, double numeral, o.g., fine. Sassone 30 var. (Scott J18 var.). Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 287		F Italy, Postage Due, 1890-94, 10L blue & magenta, genuine stamp, "unused" with cleaned cancel, fine, signed Brun. Sassone 27a var. (Scott J20 var.). Estimate $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $135
Lot 288		F Japan, 1874, Cherry Blossom, 6s violet brown, foreign wove paper, with syllabic, postal counterfeit to defraud the post, "o.g.", fine, with copy of Woodward sketches (Scott 36 var.). Estimate $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 289		F Mauritius, 1847, "Post Office Mauritius", 1d orange red and 2d deep blue, on cover, an almost exact duplicate, front and back of the famed "Bordeaux" cover, the stamps being attached. SG 1, 2 vars. (Scott 1, 2 vars.). Estimate $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $170
Lot 290		F Mauritius, 1848, "Post Paid", 1d orange vermilion on yellowish (12 copies) and 2d deep blue on gray (4 copies), all in blocks and different printings on thin card (Scott 3, 4 vars.). Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 291		F Mexico, Airmail Official, 1930, 20c black violet, red "OFICIAL" overprint inverted, o.g., very fine (Scott C011c var.). Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 292		F New Zealand, 1856, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 2d blue on blue paper, Auckland printing, unwatermarked, "used" on a cover to which it does not belong, with Sydney Ship Letter OC 3 1853. SG 5 var. Campbell-Patterson A2b(y) var. (Scott 5 var.). Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 293		F New Zealand, 1862, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 6d gray brown, imperf, Large Star watermark, nicely cleaned cancel, almost very fine. Scott $1,950 for unused if genuine. SG 43 var. Campbell-Patterson A5b(2) var. (Scott 14g var.). Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 294		F Romania, Moldavia, 1858, 81pa blue on bluish wove paper, "unused", margins all around, extremely repaired faults which is strange on a forgery. Scott $50,000 if genuine (Scott 4 var.). Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 295		F Russia, 1884, 3.50r black & gray, vertically laid paper, on "horizontally laid paper, used". Scott $15,000 if genuine. Michel 38x. (Scott 39a var.). Estimate $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $270
Lot 296		F Spain, 1851, Isabella II, 2r red, "used". Scott $7,000 if genuine. Edifil 8 var. (Scott 8 var.). Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $135
Lot 297		F Spain, 1853, Isabella II, 2r vermilion, black "grid cancel". Scott $4,000 if genuine, very fine. Edifil 19 var. (Scott 21 var.). Estimate $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $135
Lot 298		F Spain, 1865, Isabella II, 4cu blue, genuine, probably trimmed perforations. Scott $2,750 if genuine, very fine. Edifil NE2 var. (Scott 68 var.). Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 299		F Switzerland, Zürich, 1850, "Wintherthur", 2½rp black & red, Sperati, "used", B.P.A. handstamp. Scott $3,500 if genuine, very fine. Zumstein 12 var. (Scott 1L5 var.). Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $100
Lot 300		F Switzerland, Geneva, 1847, Large Eagle, 5c black on dark green and 5c black on yellow green, Sperati, two of latter, "unused" and "used", B.P.A. handstamps. Scott $9,000 if genuine, very fine (Scott 2L3, 2L4 vars.). Estimate $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $170
Lot 301		F Switzerland, Basel, 1845, Dove, 2½rp black, crimson & blue, most of a genuine stamp, lower third finished by probable reprint "tied" on part of cover by red Basel c.d.s. Scott $13,500 if genuine. Zumstein 8 var. (Scott 3L1 var.). Estimate $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $170
Lot 302		F Switzerland, 1857, Sitting Helvetia ("Strubel"), 10rp blue, carmine silk threads on thin paper, diagonal bisect, "tied by grill" cancel on genuine folded letter sheet. Very well done, Ex Consul Weinberger. Scott $7,250 if genuine. Zumstein 23E var. (Scott 27a var.). Estimate $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $200
Lot 303		F Tibet, 1914, Second Issue, dull ink, 4t deep blue, corner copy "tied on native cover", very fine (Scott 7a var.). Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 304		F Tibet, 1914, Second Issue, dull ink, 8t carmine. Scott $1,100 if genuine (Scott 8a var.). Estimate $150 - 175. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $100
Lot 305		F Tibet, 1912-50 Group of 11 covers, mostly with multiple frankings on native covers including one second design. Good examples of the reprint art. Estimate $125 - 150. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $85
Lot 306		F Uruguay, 1858, 240c dull vermilion, "tied" on front bearing MONTEVIDEO 1 JUL10 oval, very fine. Unpriced (Scott 6 var.). Estimate $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $170
Lot 307		F Worldwide, The Foreign Forgery Remainder of a Few Hundred. Comprising Spain overprints, Uruguay "Herons" and "Albatross", Saar 1929, 1948 and Germany 1949 sets with fancy cancels, German States, Japan, Poland, Iceland "I Gildi", Spain, U.S., Italy, Guatemala surcharges, Argentina Corrientes blocks, etc, and 2 Italian and 1 Greek covers. Well worth inspection. Estimate $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $200