373rd Auction

1875, First printing 10 cents black on greyish green-blue and dark-yellow, fresh colour and good perforation, mint never hinged, very fine, signed Schwenn

1875, First printing 10 cents black on greyish green-blue and dark-yellow, right marginal, used with clear agents cachet of "Blohm, Valentir & Co", fine, signed Dr. Debo BPP  (Facit HP1)

1875, First printing 10 cents black on greyish green-blue and dark-yellow, bottom marginal, used ring cancel, fine (Facit HP1)

1875, First printing 10 cents black on greyish green-blue and dark-yellow, fresh colour and good perforation, straight edge at left, used with clear strike of blueish oval "Captain H. Milo, Superintendent, St. Thomas", fine

1875, First printing 10 cents black on greyish green-blue and dark-yellow, fresh colour and good perforation, straight edge at left, used with clear of blueish straight-line "BUHRO(W, Schutt Co. Agents)", fine

1875, First printing 10 cents black on greyish green-blue and dark-yellow, heavily shifted embossing, fresh colour and good perforation with blue cross cancel on folded letter from Cap Haitien, endorsed "per Steamer Allmand", to St. Thomas, minor wrinkles, otherwise a fine and attractive entire

1875, First printing 10 cents black on greyish green-blue and dark-yellow, two singles with blue cancellation on double weight folded lettersheet endorsed "par Lotharingia" and with oval cachet "P.G. Buhrow & Co Cap Haitien" alongside to Ferd. Schultz in Port au Prince, reverse with small adhesives marks, a very fine and attractive entire, certificates Dr. Debo BPP (1975 & 1996) (Facit HP1) Provenance: The Julius Steindler Collection "Shipping Companies stamps" (Robson Lowe 1972)

1875, First printing 10 cents black on greyish green-blue and dark-yellow, with clear double embossing, the second one shifted approx. 8mm to the top, used with clear agents cachet of "Feddersen, Willink & Co.", a fine and attractive example of this rare variety (Facit HP1 var)

1875, First printing 10 cents black on greyish green-blue and dark-yellow, fresh colour and good perforation (two blunt perfs of no importance), with cleary inverted embossing, used with clear mute 5-ring canceller, a very rare stamp with only one other copy known, signed Bolaffi and certificate Möller BPP (2002)

1875, Second printing 10 cents black on green-blue and yellow, two singles, one upper marginal, both used with blue "P", one stamp with perfs added, otherwise fine (Facit HP2)

1875, Second printing 10 cents black on green-blue and yellow, block of eight, imperforated vertically, mint never hinged, the outer right stamps hinged, minor perf separation at left and right, three stamps minor ageing spots, otherwise a spectacular, very attractive and the largest existing multiple with only one other known, certificate Scheller (2013) (Facit HP2 v2) Provenance: 292. Heinrich Köhler Auction (1997)

1875, small group of 5 used stamps, showing different cancellations, few with small faults, some signed

1875, Second printing 10 cents black on green-blue and yellow, right marginal, tied by red oval agents cachet "G. Keitel & Cie, Port au Prince" to cover front endorsed "par Steamer Allemand" to Puerto Plata, Venezuela. There two-line "Affranchissement Obligatoire" and boxed "RETOUR" applied, a very fine and interesting coverfront, certificate Nielsen (1997) (Facit HP2) The Dominican Republic did not recognize the HAPAG stamp as having any franking power and returned the cover for "real" postage.