377th Auction

20-25 September 2021 in Wiesbaden

Lot no.1197

Condition

3

Catalogue no.2

Opening140 €
Sold for180 €
1 d. black, plate 1, LG, good to large margins, tied by red MC to small piece, very fine
Lot no.1198

Condition

3

Catalogue no.2

Opening140 €
Sold for260 €
1840, 1 d. black, plate 1A, DG, good to large margins, neatly cancelled by red MC, very fine, sign. Georg Bühler
Lot no.1199

Condition

3

Catalogue no.2Wi

Opening500 €
Sold forUnsold

1840, Victoria 1d. black, plate 1b,PJ, inverted watermark, fresh colour and good to wide margins with small part of adjoining stamp at upper right, used with clear red MC, a very fine copy of this scarce stamp

Lot no.1200

Condition

3

Catalogue no.2

Opening80 €
Sold for210 €
1840, Victoria 1d. black, plate 2, MB, fresh colour and good to wide margins all around, used with clearly struck black MC, fine, certificate Louis BPP (2004)
Lot no.1201

Condition

3

Catalogue no.2

Opening80 €
Sold for220 €
1840, Victoria 1d. black, plate 7, JA, fresh colour and good to wide margins all around, used with clearly struck black MC, fine, certificate Louis BPP (2004)
Lot no.1202

Condition

5

Catalogue no.2

Opening120 €
Sold for300 €
1840, 1 d. black, plate 3, SL, good even margins, tied by nice clear red MC to piece, very fine
Lot no.1203

Condition

6

Catalogue no.2

Opening120 €
Sold for280 €
1840, Victoria 1d. black, plate 1b, QD, fresh colour and good to wide margins all around tied by red MC with "GLASGOW FEB 11 1841" on reverse to folded letter via Belfast to Cookstown, Ireland, transit- and arrival mark on reverse, a late use of the red Maltese cross a few days before the official change to black stamp ink, certificate Louis BPP (2003)
Lot no.1204

Condition

3 5

Catalogue no.8

Opening150 €
Sold for160 €
MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS: London Numeral 1-12 struck on twelve 1d. red imperforated, mostly nice and good strikes, some stamps with faults, certificate Pröschold BPP (1988)
Lot no.1205

Condition

6

Catalogue no.C9

Opening120 €
Sold for120 €
1857, Transitional Issue 1d. pale-red, strip of three, two pairs and single tied by numeral "15" to small cover to Paris, some perfs slightly blunted as affixed on the edge, a little roughly opened, a scarce and attractive cover
Lot no.1206

Condition

6

Catalogue no.44

Opening100 €
Sold for280 €
1864/79, 1 d. lake-red, tied by clear "HELENSBURGH FE 13 1869" to small embossed Valentine's cover sent locally with arrival mark on reverse; very attractive
Lot no.1207

Condition

6

Catalogue no.58,63

Opening180 €
Sold for240 €
1854, Embossed 6d. dull lilac in combination with 1856 4d. carmine on highly glazed paper, tied by numeral "19" to folded letter to Bilbao, embossed slightly touched at bottom, otherwise a fine and rare combination of embossed and surface printed stamps, only 15 combinations recorded by Simpson & Louis
Lot no.1208

Condition

3

Catalogue no.128

Opening500 €
Sold forUnsold

1867/83, 10 sh. greenish-grey, GG, fresh colour and good perforation, used, fine
 

Lot no.6177

Condition

6

Catalogue no.GB218

Opening100 €
Sold forUnsold
1940, 23.5 and 21.6., two cards with Victoria/George 2d. orange tied by wavy line machine cancel to card to Thorshavn with boxed violet resp. red boxed "T.80" and "O.37" censor mark alongside, fine
Lot no.6178

Condition

6

Catalogue no.GB225

Opening1.000 €
Sold for800 €
1940, 3.11, George VI. 2½. blue tied by wavy line machine cancel "11 MAR 1940" to cover with routing "Per S.S. BARANDA" to Kvivig, censored in England and closed with "PC 66 2168" strip, in addition similar cover with content sent 9th October 1939 to the same adress without any censorship, very rare with only two recorded entires showing the "PC 66" censor strip from Britain to Faroe Islands
Lot no.6179

Condition

6

Catalogue no.GB226

Opening100 €
Sold for100 €
1941, 12.1., George VI. 3d violett with pencil cross and tied by boxed "Paquebot" to cover to Thorshavn with adjacent arrival mark "THORSHAVN 1.12.41". The letter was delivered directly to the "Security Control Office" in open condition, so that time could be saved, and it could be censored immediately, reverse with "PC90 Opened By Examiner 1672" censor label, fine
Lot no.6180

Condition

6

Catalogue no.GB221,222

Opening100 €
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1941, 18.2. and 7.5., George VI. ½ and 1d. tied by violet cachet to "sample post" tag with censor label "PC 90 4721" on reverse, and meter mark 2½d. on cover from "GREENFORD 7 V 41" to Thorshavn with brown closure strip and red boxed "PASSED T.123" alongside, fine
Lot no.6181

Condition

6

Catalogue no.

Opening100 €
Sold forUnsold
1941, 24.12., ½d. and 2½d. meter mark from "GLASGOW 24 XII 41" to Thorshavn, censored in England with new type of continuous closing strip "PC90 Opened By Examiner 543 51-1563", some ageing and little roughly opened 
Lot no.6182

Condition

6

Catalogue no.GB226

Opening600 €
Sold forUnsold
1944, 2.3., George VI. 3d. violett tied by machine cancel "LONDON 3 FEB 1944" to cover sent from the "Red Cross Message Bureau 201" to Thorshavn, censored in England and closed with "P.C.90 5404" label, minor transportation wear
Lot no.6183

Condition

6

Catalogue no.

Opening150 €
Sold forUnsold
1944, 6.4 and 24.4., two covers cancelled with undated cancel respectively "Post Office, Maritime Mail" and "Rhomb cancel". Probably sent from a soldier. Content dated respectively 6. April and 24. April 1944. Civil censorship in England and closed with a" P.C.90 4448 51-851-W.H.H. Ltd." labels
Lot no.6185

Condition

6

Catalogue no.

Opening100 €
Sold forUnsold
1942/43, four covers, three censored, all addressed to Thorshavn. Many friendships were made between the Faroese and "The Lovat Scouts" who were in the Faroe Islands at the beginning of the war. As these were replaced by forces from the 12th Battalion "The Cameronians" on 10 June 1942, there is some correspondence known subsequently - typically sent from Perth, Nairn and Glasgow.
Lot no.6186

Condition

6

Catalogue no.GB222,226

Opening150 €
Sold forUnsold
1943/44, registered postal stationery envelope with additional franking, the cover was handed over to B.P.A. which after study has approved the shipment thus oval "Passed by the British Philatelic Association Ltd" with signature of Miss Winifred Worsall and serial number applied. And cover with George VI. 3d. tied by machine cancel "LONDON 3 NOV 1944" to cover with special permit address label "POSTED UNDER CENSOR'S PERMIT No. E 15271" to Thorshavn, minor transportation wear, a scarce and interesting group
Lot no.6187

Condition

6

Catalogue no.

Opening150 €
Sold forUnsold

1942/43, group of four covers, three franked and one with meter mark, including "Permit C7", "Permit C1", "BPA censor and War office Permit C7" and "Permit mail no. B.226", interesting and mostly written up

Lot no.6242

Condition

6

Catalogue no.

Opening1.500 €
Sold for2.000 €
1944, 11.1., Internee Mail letter dated "Douglas I.O.M. dem 11.I.43" sent to Thorshavn, written by an Austrian citizen named Bugatsch, who lived in the Faroe Islands and lived as a merchant, however he was one of the foreign resident civilians that were removed from Faroe Islands and were interned. Front showing red cds. "OFFICIAL PAID 21 JA 44", on reverse oval cachet "P Camp 13. January 1944 Isle of Man", censored and closed with "P.C.90 4126" small type label, a very fine and rare entire  
Lot no.6263

Condition

6

Catalogue no.

Opening100 €
Sold forUnsold
1942/44, Letter concerning the consul's radio talks concerning the Faroe Islands, sent by Christmas Møller, member of the Danish Council in London, franked with George VI. ½ and 2d. from "LONDON 8 OCT 1942" to Faroe Islands and cover from "FUGLEFJORD" to the "Danish House" in London, censored in England, some minor imperfection, both written up  
Lot no.6592

Condition

3

Catalogue no.Z27

Opening300 €
Sold for750 €
1876/81, Victoria 1sh. green, plate 13, block of four, fresh colour and mostly good perforation, with clear centrally struck barred "C87", the only recorded block of four of this stamp used in the Dominican Republic, very attractive Provenance: HISPANIOLA - Dr. Clarence Hennan (Basel Uncommon Market, 1966) Reference: “Dominican Republic - The Classic Stamps”, Danilo A. Mueses (2000)  
Lot no.6593

Condition

6

Catalogue no.Z27,Z17

Opening500 €
Sold for9.500 €
1876/81, Victoria 1sh. green, plate 12, horizontal pair together with 1d. red, plate 190, strip of three tied by barred "C87" to cover Genoa with cds. "ST. DOMINGO JA 11 77" alongside, originally declared as triple rate, with exceedingly rare boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID" (most likely applied in St. Thomas) and taxation "1S1½d" alongside. In London declared as double rate, and thus original taxation crossed out and red "LONDON PAID" applied, cover and stamps some faults, nonetheless a quite attractive and scarce entire with only two entires and one piece registered with the boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID" Provenance: Robson Lowe (1969)                     The André Bollen Collection (238th. Heinrich Köhler Auction, 1983)
Lot no.6594

Condition

6

Catalogue no.Z27,Z18

Opening400 €
Sold for6.500 €
1876/81, Victoria 1sh. green, plate 12, togehter with 1½d. red, tied by barred "C87" to cover Genoa with cds. "ST. DOMINGO AP 20 77" alongside, fine Provenance: The André Bollen Collection (238th. Heinrich Köhler Auction, 1983)
Lot no.8037

Condition

6

Catalogue no.7,8

Opening500 €
Sold for700 €
GREAT BRITAIN-IONIAN ISLANDS, 1856, Lettersheet with part of contents from "PRESCOT DE 30 1856" to Cephalonia, franked with embossed issued 1 shilling green in vertical pair and line engraved 1 penny red-brown on bluish, tied by numeral "626" and partly by red "AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN FRANCO". In Germany marked with "3¼" in blue ink and "3" silbergroschen in red crayon, indicating that the letter fell into first German and second British weight class. A fine letter with scarce destination. Certificate Brandon (1987) (SG 54, 29)