Spring Auction Series 2016

THE FAMOUS INVERTED MADONNA





1923 Madonna & Child 5000kr. dark green & yellow green, unused without gum, showing INVERTED CENTRE variety, a very fine example of the popular and extremely rare 20th century error





Note: Less then 100 examples reported, all from the single sheet of 100, with at least 38 tied up in museums, many with quality problems leaving very few...

The United Provinces Exhibition Camp Cachet





1911 Allahabad First Aerial Post cover with twelve KEVII 1/2a (franked on both sides) tied by the extremely rare United Provinces Exhibition Camp 18th Feb cds, reverse endorsed "By the Biplane", with indistinct Indian 20th Feb cds and Edinburgh arrival cds, some soiling and trivial imperfections, extremely rare with no more than "half a dozen examples of this...

1969-76, Gandhi colour trials in sets for the 1969, 1974 and 1976 issues as follows:





- 1969 Birth Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi 20p set of 8 colour trials on unwatermarked and gummed paper, fine and rare





- 1969 Birth Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi 75p set of 8 colour trials on unwatermarked and gummed paper, one with small tear, fine and rare




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UNIQUE SHOWPIECE: Only Known Used Block on Ribbed Paper





45c Blue, type I, on vertically ribbed paper, spectacular used block of four on small piece, 2-line Padova datestamps, BR stamp shows frame breaks at top right, huge margins on 3 sides showing part of neighbours at foot, fine showpiece, cert. A. Diena (1952) (Sassone unpriced as a block, and not even mentioned there)





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Sardinia used in Modena





Sardinia 20c Dark Blue, huge margins at each side, tied by double-circle Modena cds (3 MARZ. 60) to envelope to Genova with "Da Bologna..." transit and bs on reverse, very fine example of this scarce usage of Sardinian stamps in Modena





Expertise: Signed by A. Diena & Avanzo





Estimate: € 1'500 - € 2'000

1859 5c Yellow Green, large even margins all around, neat Parma cds, superb example of a rare colour variety





Expertise: Signed Raybaudi





Estimate: € 5'000 - € 7'000

The Famous 1860 3 Lira Mint in Superb Quality





1860 3L Yellow, full original gum, just touched to fine margins, very fine with fresh colour, one of the finest known examples of this world rarity





Expertise: Cert. Raybaudi and Sorani "Si tratta di uno dei migliori esemplari esistenti fra quelli noti nuovi con gomma", Sass. € 350'000





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1923 B.L.P. 1L with variety MISSING "B.", unused without gum, very fine and rare with only 11 known examples (all without gum) and unpriced by Sassone





Expertise: Signed A. Diena amongst others plus E. Diena cert. when it was in a pair with normal





Estimate: € 1'000 - € 1'500

The Joe Patient DFC Unissued Set of King Talal





1951 King Talal Coronation Issue complete unused set of five value including:





1f fil green & grey, 2 fils orange & grey, 3 fils red & grey, 20 fils purple & grey, 100 fils dark blue & grey.





This extremely rare set was originally prepared for issue during King Talal's very...

1861 Cover from Kuching to Singapore bearing the very rare POST OFFICE /SARAWAK double-ring handstamp (Proud PS1) plus date 16/10/61 ms inside, reverse bears scarce rectangular SINGAPORE/ BEARING hs and "4" (annas to be collected) which corresponds to the Sarawak-Singapore rate, tear at top and small part of back-flap missing, slight stains are not detracting from this rarity





Estimate: € 5'000 - € 8'000

Unique Pre-Stamp "POST OFFICE / MAURITIUS" Marking





1835 (Jun 3) Entire from Port Louis to France with large (approx. 37mm) "POST OFFICE / MAURITIUS" circular datestamp, previously unrecorded, endorsed per Nouvelle Louise with boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER" hs adjacent, reverse with Bordeaux arrival cds, very fine





In the exhaustive work by Proud, there is a gap between the markings...

The PENOE Variety





1848-59 Early Impression "POST PAID" 2d blue with "PENOE" for "PENCE" variety, light barred cancel leaving variety very clear, with close to good margins, very fine and attractive example of this rare variety (SG £14'000)





Provenance: Louise Boyd Dale





Expertise: Cert. RPS (1969)





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