366. Auktion März 2018
366. Heinrich Koehler Auction
19–24.03.2018 in Wiesbaden- (-) Remove Single lot filter Single lot
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3 centavos on 5 centavos, the overprint error, 2 blocks of 4, one with top right stamp with variety 'A without bar', the other one with shifted overprint and one stamp with variety "CORRCOS", both large parts o.g., very fine
3 centavos on 5 centavos, tied by cds. "SANTIAGO 13.VIII.904" to commercial local cover; the stamp with some missing perfs and cover lightly folded; a very scarce franking
Provenance: Gerhard Blank (1991)
12 centavos on 5 centavos with colourful additional franking, used on opened out registered envelope from "VALDIVIA 20 JUL. 1908" via Santiago, New York, Seattle (transit register label) and Shanghai (Chinese PO) to Tsingtau with arrival mark of the German post of 21.9.; slight age and transportation marks, still attractive and scarce
1904/09, Columbus issue 1 centavo, die proof in black on carton, mounted on sunken card, very fine
1910, Independence 1 centavo-10 pesos unused including additional 2 pesos in block of 4 and marginal pair 5 centavos with plate number
1910, Independence 1 centavo, 3 centavos and 15 centavos and (on reverse and originally uncancelled) 1 centavo and 10 centavos on large size registered cover from "VALDIVIA 9 FEB. 13" to Zavidovic with arrival and censor marks tying the stamps on reverse; interesting cover during the first Balkan war
1910, Independence issue 5 centavos, plate proof of the frame only in vertical pair on carton, very fine
12 centavos, die proofs of the center only and entire stamp, the first on sunken card, the second on India fixed on sunken card, very fine
2 peso tied by cds. "VALPARAISO 20 ENE 11" to not quite complete wrapper endorsed "Certificado impresos" to France, showing on reverse violet cachet of Vina del Mar Sugar Refinery; a remarkable and rare single franking
1911/13, Presidents, McDonald die proofs 1 centavo, 2 centavos, 4 centavos, 5 centavos, 15 centavos and 1 peso on carton paper, cut to shape; fine and scarce
14 centavos carmine/black, die proof on India, fixed on sunken card
10 pesos orange/black, die proof on India, fixed on large size presentation card
10 pesos orange/yellow together with fiscal stamps 5 centavos blue (2) and 20 centavos orange, tied to parcel card from "VALPARAISO 10 FEB. 23" to New York; a very high and attractive franking
1911/13, Presidents, small unused collection including the complete set of 22 values in blocks of 4 and 5 plate proofs
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1923, Pan-American Conference, small specialized collection with unused and used stamps and multiples and 28 letters and cards including philatelic registered letters with multiples of the peso-values
50 centavos green/black with 1834, Perez 30 centavos tied to registered envelope from "SN BERNANDO 16 JUL 36" to San Sebastian, Spain with Spanish censor label and mark and returned with adjacent "DEVUELTO ZONA OCUPADA", several transit and arrival marks; interesting letter during the Spanish Civil War
1928/35, Presidents with watermark: 10 pesos as single franking on large size registered envelope with a weight between 200 and 220 g to Berlin with arrival mark; a fine and scarce single franking of the high value (Especializado 148)
1942, University Centenary 100 pesos used on sealed registered envelope from the British embassy at Santiago 1943 to Washington D.C. with transit and arrival marks, fine and scarce franking
1953, Special souvenir sheet (178:228 mm), usual light bend
1839, Lettersheet with blue cds. "PARIS .. JUIN 39" addressed to the Chilean Envoy at Paris, at that time residing at London, taxed in France with "20" decimes, in England "2/6"; a fine early cover
1854, Lettersheet with red "LONDON PAID 21 APR. 1854" addressed to Blanco Encalada at Paris with transit mark on front, prepaid with "1/3"; interesting historical entire
1858, Folded cover from president Manuel Montt with his seal on reverse with frontside oval "FRANCA" and cds. "VALPARAISO 22 FEBRO 58" to the Sylvestre Ochagania, a senior civil servant, fine and scarce early presidential mail
1861, "CONSULATE U.S.A. VALPARAISO", superb strike on front of entire letter from Valparaiso to New York, showing on front "STEAMSHIP 10"; 2 filing creases not disturbing the overall good impression; fine and scarce forwarded letter
1886 "ADMINISTRACION PRINCIPAL DE CORREOS DE SANTIAGO", oval embossing with locomotive in center on official envelope from "SANTIAGO 14 DIC. 85" to Constantinople with frontside arrival marks of the British PO and Galata arrival mark on reverse; slightly stained and 2 vertical filing creases
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1858/1945, Interesting collection on exhibition pages including 6 items of presidential mail, mail of different ministries, the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate and post office correspondence
OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1926/28, 1 peso tied to large size wrapper from the National Library at Santiago sent locally; a fine and scarce single franking
1941/54, 5 pesos green, horizontal block of 8 tied to registered airmail cover from "SANTIAGO 15. JUN. 56" to Bruxelles, Belgium, slight transportation marks
1958, Antarctica 10 pesos with additional franking used on official registered cover from "SANTIAGO 16. DIC. 1958" to Germany; the cover light vertical fold, not affecting the stamps; the scarcest franking of "OFICIAL"-stamps
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1907/60, Unused and used collection with several stamps of 1907 issue, multiples, "SPECIMEN" and varieties; an interesting object on exhibition pages
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1926/60, Postal history collection with 38 covers, many to abroad and/or registered, including scarce frankings; an impressive object
1855/70 (ca.), 3 covers and 3 fronts with different markings resp. manuscript notation
1880, "MULTADA 40 c.", oval handstamp on entire letter from Liverpool to Huasco, franked with 1873/80, 1 shilling green (2, one round corner) and 6 d. grey (4, one with filing crease); since the postage paid only the distance to the landing harbor Valparaiso, the handstamp was applied to pay the distance to final destination; an unusual use of the Multada handstamp
1884/92, Multada handstamps 4 centavos and 2 centavos on 5 unfranked or unsufficiently franked covers
1894, 2 centavos tied cds. "VALPARAISO 23.XII.94" to local cover franked with 1 centavo; cover creases not effecting the franking, scarce
1894, First issue 10 centavos black, tied by Valparaiso cds. to Dutch postal stationery envelope 5 cent with uncancelled 7½ cent on reverse from "AMSTERDAM 24 NOV. 94", transit and arrival marks; a very scarce combination
1895, New design perf. 11, 2 centavos red on yellow, 2 copies, tied by different Multada handstamps to 2 postcards 1 centavo 1895 from Valparaiso to Santiago, one little stained