RARITIES AUCTION EUROPHILEX LONDON 2015

1925/32, 5 £ violet and black, unused with minimal hinge mark and small pencil number, very fine and fresh

Imperforated proofs in the issued design, but Pence-values with different denominations, all in horizontal pairs, unmounted mint

Horatio Nelson with different denomination "40 p" instead of the later issued "42 p", imperforated proof-sheetlet of 10 stamps, at top mounted on card (all stamps unmounted mint), unique

Mahatma Gandhi 1 £, imperforated proof-sheetlet of 10 stamps, at top mounted on card (all stamps unmounted mint), unique

1857 (April 13): Entire letter from Hong Kong to the 'Le Comte Cavour', Minister of Foreign Affairs in Turin (and later a leading figure in the movement to Italian Unification), endorsed inside 'pr. Steamer Madras via Marseilles' and on front panel 'via Alexandria and Trieste', struck on despatch with Crown PAID AT HONG KONG in red with double arc 'Hong Kong' cds in black (April 14) on reverse. Blue ink '9/9' (kreuzers by land and sea)...

1863/71: 2 c. brown, 12 c. pale greenish blue and 30 c. orange vermilion overlapped on small 1866 envelope endorsed 'via Alexandria' to Genoa, Italy tied by 'B62' obliterators in black, with single ring 'Hong Kong' despatch cds (July 26) on reverse. Transit cds of British Post Office in 'Alexandria' (Sept 6) on front and small cartridge PIROSCAFI / POSTALI / ITALIANI in black. Reverse with Brindisi cds (Sept 10) and Genova arrival cds. A...

1852 (July 1): Scinde District Dawk, ½ anna embossed in blue on white paper, a fine used example with large margins all round, neatly cancelled by lozenge of dots obliterator in black. Slightest of horizontal cracks at upper left, well outside the design, minute thin spot at base and insignificant scissor sut away from design at top. An exceptionally rare stamp in fine condition for this delicate issue. Cert. BPA (2015) Gi = £ 9'000.

1854 (Sept/Oct): Lithographed ½ anna deep blue imperforate, wmk. Coat of Arms sideways, Die I, Stone 'A', a splendid block of twelve from top of sheet of 96 subjects, positions 1-6/9-14, showing position 6 with the prominent retouch to the Chignon, margins ample to large all round, some minor aging and minor corner bend at upper right of no real significance and not detracting from the beauty of this rare multiple, cancelled by diamond...

1854 (Aug/Sept): 1 anna dull red, part paper-maker's watermark, Die II, a splendid sheet marginal mint block of 40 from the centre of the sheet of 96 subjects, positions 17-24/49-56,of excellent rich colour with the watermark splitting positions 36 and 44, showing the italic marginal inscriptions at left 'Price SIX RUPEES Per Sheet - EIGHT ANNAS per Row. or' and at right, 'Amount to be cut off and affixed towards the RIGHT HAND CORN(ER)',...

INDIA USED IN SINGAPORE: 1856/64, 4 a. black in horizontal pair, tied by octogonal "B172" and additional pen stroke to entire letter via Triest to Germany with adjacent tax mark "6¼"; one stamp slightly fixed over the edge of the entire, but still fine; also from the same correspondence: 8 a. carmine on blue glazed paper, tied by "B172" to letter sheet 1861, again over Triest, now with new tax stamp "6", introduced after the currency change...

1848, early impression 2 d. blue, nice deep fresh colour and good to wide even margins, cancelled by superb central strike of black target cancel; an extremely fine and exceptional beautifull copy of this rare stamp; certificate Holcombe (1982)

1859, Dardenne 2d. blue, horizontal pair with interesting printing flaw in chignon of top stamp, nice deep colour and large even margins, each copy with clear target cancel; an extremely fine pair, certificate Holcombe (1993)rn rnProvenance: Kanai (D.Feldman 1993)