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Lot 3541 - westaustralien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain  - Day 3

Lot 3541 - westaustralien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1854 (Aug 1): Lithographed 4 d. pale blue, wmk. Swan sideways, a used example with good to large margins all round (Row 4, stamp 1), from Pane B, C or D, as without marginal lines of the watermark, lightly cancelled with "14" grid numeral of Albany Gi = £ 200+.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

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Price: CHF 120.00
Lot 3557 - westaustralien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain  - Day 3

Lot 3557 - westaustralien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1854 (Aug 1): Lithographed 4 d. pale blue, wmk. Swan sideways, an unused vertical pair, close to large margins all round (Row 7, stamp 4, Pane D, position 139 / Row 8, stamp 4, Pane D, position 159), upper stamp showing variety "Tilted Frame", of fine somewhat cloudy colour, unused without gum. A rare and attractive multiple displaying the variety well Gi = £ 3'625+.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

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Price: CHF 1,200.00
Lot 3573 - westaustralien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain  - Day 3

Lot 3573 - westaustralien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1854 (Aug 1): Lithographed 4 d. pale blue, wmk. Swan sideways, a used / unused example with even margins all round, (Row 9, stamp 15, Pane C, position 175) showing variety "P of PENCE with Small Head", fresh and fine with two light black spots presumably from an extremely lightly cancelled example Gi = £ 2'000.
Provenance: Collection Derrick Ray, Robson Lowe, London, 4 May 1983, lot 545.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

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Price: CHF 750.00
Lot 3536 - westaustralien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain  - Day 3

Lot 3536 - westaustralien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1854: Lithographed 4 d. blue, a superb example with large margins all round and showing portion of adjoining stamp at top (Row 2, Stamp 4, Pane D, position 39), overlapping 1854 1 d. black in a horizontal pair, MARGINS, tied to 1857 cover to East Grinstead, Sussex endorsed "Via St. George's Sound" by three strikes of the void obliteraator in black. Framed "POST OFFICE / ♚ / FREMANTLE / WESTERN AUSTRALIA" oval handstamp at left; carried on the European & Australian Mail Co. "European" on the service's third homebound voyage which left King George's Sound on 21 March for Galle (April 5), and Suez (April 19); transferred to the "Etna" at Alexandria (April 25) for Malta and Southampton, arriving 8 May. London tombstone "Paid" in red on obverse (May 9), Tunbridge Wells cds on reverse of same day. Top flap missing and slight edge wear to be expected, a splendid and very rare first issue cover.
Provenance: Collection John F. Seybold; Henry C: Gibson, Eugene Klein, Philadelphia, 11 March 1944, lot 480.
Note: There is a possibility that the cover was initially sent on the first unsuccessful homebound voyage of the "Oneida", which left KGS on 12 February 1857 only to return there with a broken sole-plate and crank on 21 March 1857 - her mail was then transferred to the "European".

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

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Price: CHF 3,000.00
Lot 3552 - westaustralien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain  - Day 3

Lot 3552 - westaustralien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1854 (Aug 1): Lithographed 4 d. blue, wmk. Swan sideways, an unused block of four, with good margins all round (Row 7, stamps 2-3, Pane B, positions 127-128 / Row 8, stamps 2-3, Pane B, positions 147-148), small repair in lower margin at bottom right, otherwise fresh and fine unused without gum Gi = £ 1'500.
Provenance: Collection Frank Chadwick, Robson Lowe, London, 18 May 1978, lot 2090.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

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Price: CHF 400.00
Lot 3568 - westaustralien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain  - Day 3

Lot 3568 - westaustralien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1854 (Aug 1): Lithographed 4 d. pale blue, wmk. Swan sideways, an unused example with good to large even margins all round, (Row 8, stamp 2, Pane D, position 157), with variety "WESTERN in squeezed down letters only 1½ mm. high". Fresh, fine and very rare Gi = £ 4'250.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

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Price: CHF 1,750.00
Lot 3547 - westaustralien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain  - Day 3

Lot 3547 - westaustralien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1854 (Aug 1): Lithographed 4 d. pale blue, wmk. Swan sideways, a used example with good to large margins all round (Row 5, stamp 5) cancelled by complete strike of the void obliterator in black. Signed Saatchi Gi = £ 200.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

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Price: CHF 100.00
Lot 3563 - westaustralien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain  - Day 3

Lot 3563 - westaustralien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1854 (Aug 1): Lithographed 4 d. pale blue, wmk. Swan sideways, an unused example with large to ample margins all round, (Row 8, stamp 2, Pane B, position 147) showing fault in the second "E" of WESTERN and frame loss under "U" of FOUR. Unused without gum. A fine stamp Gi = £ 375.
 

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

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Price: CHF 150.00
Lot 3579 - westaustralien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain  - Day 3

Lot 3579 - westaustralien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1854 (Aug 1): Lithographed 4 d. pale blue, wmk. Swan sideways, an unused example with large even margins all round (Row 10, stamp 1, Pane D, position 196) showing plate variety "N of PENCE narrow and compressed AUST of AUSTRALIA", similar to position 176 (Gi 3n) where "RALIA" of AUSTRALIA is squeezed, fresh and very fine, unused without gum. Scarce and attractive Gi = £ 375.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

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Price: CHF 175.00
Lot 3582 - westaustralien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain  - Day 3

Lot 3582 - westaustralien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1854 (Aug 1): Lithographed 4 d. blue, wmk. Swan sideways, an unused example with good margins all round (Row 11, stamp 5), fresh and fine, unused without gum Gi = £ 450.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

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Price: CHF 140.00