samoa - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 4882 - samoa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 31914 (Sept 3): GRI 3 d. on 25 pf. black & red on yellow, the famous unused example, variety "Comma after "I" in G.R.I.", fresh and very fine, unused without gum. Believed to be the sole recorded example of this stamp. Signed Holcombe. Cert. Holcombe (1998) Michel 5PF1 = € 5'000 /Gibbs 5a / Gi = £ 5'000. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3samoa |
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 Lot 4877 - samoa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 31890/92: Palm Tree ½ d. pale purple-brown and 2 d. orange, perf. 12 x 11½, used on imprinted 'Consulate General of the United States of America / Apia, Samoa' 1893 cover to Portland, Maine, USA tied by APIA / SAMOA cds in brownish black (Nov 8) with reverse showing San Francisco entry datestamp (Nov 23) and Portland arrival (Nov 28) in black. A fine and scarce commercial usage. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3samoa |
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 Lot 4872 - samoa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3Express Issue, 2nd State 1879: State II, 1 s. dull yellow, perf. 12, an unused complete sheet of ten subjects (5 x 2), with good margins all round and of fine fresh colour, note position 3 (Row 1, stamp 3) with the value displaced downwards and to right, position 10 with bulge over "IN" of SHILLING and line above "X" of EXPRESS not broken; reverse with large part dried og. See Odenweller page 34. An extremely scarce complete sheet Gi = £ 1'000++. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3samoa |
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 Lot 4888 - samoa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 31914 (Sept 3): GRI 3 s. on 3 m. violet-black, an unused example, marginal from base of sheet, with variety "Surcharge Double" with one "3 Shillings" showing a lower light impression, of rich colour, well centred and of spectacular appearance. Reverse with the black 'bord de feuille' shown at base of margin on the gum. An extremely rare stamp with just 2 examples recorded by Gibbs. Cert. BPA (1965) Gibbs 13a / Gi = £ 10'000. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3samoa |
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 Lot 4883 - samoa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 31914 (Sept 3): GRI 3 d. on 30 pf. black & orange on buff, a used example with variety "3 d. for 4 d.", cancelled by "Apia / Samoa" cds (Sept 13) in black. See Gibbs pages 263-265 where this stamp is discussed, despite the fact that this was probably produced by the surcharger, Jimmy Ah Sue, there appear to be very few in private hands; whilst of unofficial status still a great rarity: as Gibbs quotes from the great Robson Lowe: "My stamps are my friends, regardless of who prints them, and it is my greatest freedom to collect what I want to collect". Gibbs 6a. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3samoa |
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 Lot 4878 - samoa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 31890/92: Palm Tree ½ d. pale purple-brown, perf. 12 x 11½ and Flag 1894 5 d. dull vermilion, perf. 11½ x 12, used on 1894 registered 'Hawkins' cover to London endorsed "via San Francisco", tied by APIA / SAMOA datestamp in violet (Aug 15). USA 1890/93 3 c. purple and 10 c. green (Scott 221+226) tied by San Francisco ovals in transit with REGISTERED /AUG 31 in red at right. 'New York / Exchange' registration label at top. Reverse with New York oval (Sept 6), London arrival (Sept 15) and readdressed to Richmond on the same day. US stamps were only necessary at this date on registered mail. A fine and very attractive usage. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3samoa |
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 Lot 4873 - samoa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3Express Issue, 2nd State 1878/79: State II, 5 s. green, perf. 12½, position 1 on the sheet of ten subjects, with Value tablet broken under "PO" of POSTAGE, an unused example of good colour, some minimal aging, typically browned part og. An extremely rare stamp. Signed Houtzamer, Holcombe Gi = £ 4'000. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3samoa |
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 Lot 4889 - samoa sammlungen - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 31878/1935: Collection comprising 20 pages of mainly unused material with multiples, including 1895/1900 Palm Tree 1 d. green unused complete sheet of 120 in two panes of 60 stamps, Malietoa 2½ d. deep rose-carmine in a similar sheet of 120, the 6 d. brown-purple in a sheet of 120 numbered '369085' (high number for a stamp where just 648 sheets were printed) and 1899 Palm Tree 1 d. deep red-brown in a sheet of 120; all of fresh vibrant colours and large part, predominantly unmounted (Gi 58, 60a, 62a & 89 respecteively). 1914 GRI ½ d. on 5 pf. green lightly used showing variety "Surcharge Double" (Gi 102d) BPA certificate, 1914 GRI 2½ d. on 20 pf. ultramarine unused vertical marginal pair variety "Comma after 'I' of G.R.I." (Gi 104-104d) with cert. BPA; 1945/53 New Zealand Postal Fiscals overprinted "WESTERN / SAMOA" in blue or red set of eight values complete to £ 5 indigo-blue on Wiggins Teape paper, wmk. Multiple NZ and Star fresh and fine colours large part og. (Gi 207-214) - a scarce set (Gi = £ 1'300+). Additionally two covers, one with 1914 6 d. on 50 pf. black & purple on buff variety "Inverted "9" for 6" addressed to the S.S. John William with five other values. Generally fine Gi = £ 8'500+. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3samoa sammlungen |
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 Lot 4884 - samoa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 31914 (Sept 3): GRI 4 d. on 40 pf. black & carmine, a used example with variety "4 d. for 5 d.", on white paper, cancelled by "Apia / Samoa" cds (Sept 13). See Gibbs pages 263-265 where this stamp is discussed, despite the fact that this was probably produced by the surcharger, Jimmy Ah Sue, there appears to be a very few examples surcharged thus; whilst of unofficial status still a great rarity: as Gibbs quotes from the great Robson Lowe: "My stamps are my friends, regardless of who prints them, and it is my greatest freedom to collect what I want to collect". Opinion Holcombe (1989) Gibbs 7a. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3samoa |
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 Lot 4879 - samoa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 31890/92: Palm Tree 4 d. blue, perf. 12 x 11½, tied to 1892 combination cover to London by APIA / SAMOA cds in black (Oct 12), mailed with USA 1890/93 5 c. chocolate (Scott 223) tied in transit by cork cancel in black. San Francisco cds in black (Oct 27) and Highbury arrival cds (Nov 9) also on reverse of a fine and rare usage. Cert. BPA (1986). Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3samoa |
