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Lot 7046 - europe Great Britain -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction  321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

Lot 7046 - europe Great Britain - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

1840: 2 d. blue in a horizontal block of six from plate 1 lettered DI-DJ-DK / EI-EJ-EK, DJ state 2 with re-entry (DS5i) and EK with 'double letter K' variety (DS5j), a fresh and fine multiple, EJ with minor surface rub in the upper left network restored, large to huge margins all round, cancelled with Maltese Crosses in red. The second largest multiple incorporating DJ state 2 re-entry recorded in the Louis files, an attractive and desirable item, cert. Louis (2019).rnProvenance: A. H. Whelan collection, Robson Lowe sale (Nov. 1954), lot 236, at that time still on dated piece with EXETER cds alongside; Briefmarkenhaus Merkur sale Frankfurt (1971), lot 2767, off piece. 

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

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Price: CHF 3,000.00
Lot 7045 - europe Great Britain -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction  321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

Lot 7045 - europe Great Britain - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

1840: 2 d. blue, vertical pair, lettered PJ-QJ, four large balanced margins, cancelled with two clean strikes of red Maltese Cross, radiant bright blue shade, a choice pair, very fine SG Spec DS6A = £2'200

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

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Price: CHF 350.00
Lot 7063 - europe Great Britain -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction  321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

Lot 7063 - europe Great Britain - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

1840/73: Group of seven covers, with 1d. black, Stereo A16, and 2d. blue, Stereo a94 unused Mulready letter sheets, two Ocean Penny Postage illustrated covers, one franked with 1d. red brown imperforate, the other with 1d. red brown perf. 16, 1d. red-brown imperforate on "United Kingdom Alliance for the Total Suppression of the Liquor Traffic" temperance cover, 1d. red brown, perf 14, die II, on 1863 Derby local cover, and 1d. red brown on 1873 ornately-embossed Valentine cover, arriving at Woking Station on February 14, some edge faults to Ocean Penny Postage covers, Valentine with portion of flap removed, an interesting group.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

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Price: CHF 500.00
Lot 7047 - europe Great Britain -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction  321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

Lot 7047 - europe Great Britain - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

1847: 1 s. pale green, Die II, chiefly good margins, clear at top, used in conjunction with 1855 1 d. red-brown, Die II, Alphabet II, perf. 14, plate 7, RI, on small cover from London to Florence, Tuscany, postmarked  "DE 21 1855", conveyed via France, with transit and arrival backstamps, an attractive and fine cover, showing the 1/1d. letter rate to Tuscany valid from January 1855 until December 1856. Certificate Louis BPP (2019) (SG 53+26).rnProvenance: 75. Edgar Mohrmann Auction (1953).

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

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Price: CHF 300.00
Lot 7059 - europe Great Britain -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction  321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

Lot 7059 - europe Great Britain - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

1840: 2 d. blues, group of seven four-margin singles, lettered QC, GI, TE, FI, NL, IB, and BF, neatly-mounted and showing pleasing range of shades from vivid bright blue to darker bold colour, all struck with Maltese Cross cancellations in red (3) or black (4), one tied to dated piece (14 Oct, 1841), a fine and most attractive selection.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

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Price: CHF 500.00
Lot 7052 - europe Great Britain -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction  321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

Lot 7052 - europe Great Britain - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

1875: Cover from England to Madagascar, franked with 1867/80, 3 d. rose and 6 d. grey, tied by "WELLS JU 23 75" duplex, the letter stopped in London due to 1 d. under-payment and handstamped "RETURNED FOR DEFICIENT POSTAGE", franked with additional 1 d. red-brown, tied by duplex "WELLS JU 25 75" and sent onwards "By French Packet" to Mauritius, where 1863/72, 6 d. blue-green was applied and cancelled with "B53" grid for onward transmission to Madagaskar, matching light "MAURITIUS JY 31 75" backstamp, a very fine and rare letter, with only a small number of mandatory mixed frankings to Madagascar recorded, the example offered here being quite possibly the finest. Cert BPA (2020).rnProvenance: Collection Hiroyuki Kanai, David Feldman sale, 3 Nov 1993, lot 409.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

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Price: CHF 5,000.00
Lot 7053 - europe Great Britain -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction  321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

Lot 7053 - europe Great Britain - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

1878: £1 brown lilac, watermark Maltese Cross, lettered EH, fresh colour and good perforations, neatly cancelled by centrally-struck  "BELFAST MR 24 82" c.d.s., faint diagonal creasing, otherwise a fine Irish usage, signed Brun. Cert. Louis BPP (2020) Gi = £ 3'750.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

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Price: CHF 1,000.00
Lot 7041 - europe Great Britain -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction  321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

Lot 7041 - europe Great Britain - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

1840: 1 d. black, plate 9, lettered GF, and 2 d. pale-blue, plate 1, lettered CJ, both deep shades and with good to mostly large margins, each cancelled with centrally-struck Maltese Cross in red, the 1 d. showing portion of adjoining stamp at left and with traces of a light horizontal bend, both otherwise very fine and fresh. Cert. Louis BPP (2020)

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

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Price: CHF 300.00
Lot 7062 - europe Great Britain -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction  321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

Lot 7062 - europe Great Britain - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

1847/54: Embossed Issues, with 1s. pale green used bottom sheet margin single, touched at right, and 6d. purple, used, margins close but clear in places, with trio of covers including 6d + perforated 1d. red on 1855 registered cover from Shrewsbury to Oswestry, two 6d. pale green single frankings on transatlantic covers to the United States (one with adhesive stained), an uncommon group.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

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Price: CHF 500.00
Lot 7044 - europe Great Britain -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction  321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

Lot 7044 - europe Great Britain - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

1840: 1 d. black, plate 6, EG, touched in the frame line at bottom, otherwise ample to very large margins, showing parts of adjoining stamps at top and left, tied by red Maltese Cross to small envelope, originally mailed from Burgsteinfurth, Prussia via Winterswijk (transit mark on reverse) to forwarding agent Coutts & Co. at London, here franked and re-directed to Plymouth. The cover shows on reverse nice red wax seal of the Princes of Bentheim and Steinfurth; it was prepaid to the border with 7 silbergroschen of which "20" Dutch cents were paid to Holland for transit, in England "8" pence shipletter fee charged. A very interesting and most attractive letter from abroad, franked with a Penny Black and the earliest recorded entire from Prussia bearing a postage stamp. Detailed certificate K.-A. Louis BPP (2003).rnProvenance: 320. Köhler - Auktion (Jan. 2004), Los 26.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

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Price: CHF 3,000.00