$725.00
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A colourful 'world tour' cover with stamps and franking from Europe, North, Central and South America. Departed Bergau, Germany on July 7th 1909, destined for Paris. Then to London on the 16th July and onwards to Mexico on the 20th. On September 19th the letter went to New York and south to San Miguel, El Salvador on October 4th before arriving in Pernambuco on October 20th, finally arriving back at Burgau via Buernos Aires on January 11th 1910. Destination signatures (presumably by postmasters?) to the reverse. Vertical crease. A remarkable and highly attractive cover.
$180.00
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Hamilton Banknote Co. sunken die proof, mounted to card, depicting the Columbus statue in Genoa. There are some very subtle differences between this image and the final vignette used in the stamp, presuming that this is an earlier iteration.
$740.00
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ABNC set of plate proofs, just missing the 15c value. On India paper with seven value mounted to card. An attractive group.
$120.00
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The four top values to Bolivia's second revenue issue, printed by ABNC and depicting Simon Bolivar. Mounted to card with paper remnants to reverse. An attractive quartet.
$145.00
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A full set of the Artigas / Commercial Progress allegory issue. Ex Waterlow archive file copies in blocks of four with security punch. No gum with residual water staining; a result of the flooding of the London archive, held in the basement of the printer's premises, during the German bombing of London in WWII.$70.00
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Four margin pair from the right of the sheet. Distinctive plate flaw on the star above the eagle's head.
$75.00
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Waterlow specimens with punch hole in unissued colours, the top three values as Officials (the airmail top values were not printed as specimen colour trials).
$450.00
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Full set of ABNC specimens in corner marginal blocks with punch hole. An attractive group.
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$130.00
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Waterlow specimen sheetlet, possibly produced as a printer's sample. Reversed numerical reference at top of sheet. Punched, MNG as printed.
$60.00
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10,000 copies printed. Pencil notation to reverse.$65.00
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Infrequently available as MNH singles. Excellent centering. Only 10,000 copies printed.
$270.00
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ABNC sunken die proof for the first (and short lived) General Duty Series of Argentinean revenue stamps. The left hand (smaller) vignette was used on stamp values up to $90 whereas the right hand (slightly larger) vignette was used on values of $100 and above. A very nice introductory item for any collection of Argentinean revenues.
$45.00
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Fresh with good gum.
$540.00
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A fine used block, watermark position 4. Large margins with target handstamp cancellations. Tiny cut into frame line of lower right stamp. 1996 Corinphila Certificate (corner crease is mentioned but not detectable). Sold for CHF 1300 + commission in the Islander Sale in 1996.
$160.00
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ABNC sunken die proof depicting a train climbing the Devil's Nose in central Ecuador. Not issued as far as I can tell but a great railway thematic.
$175.00
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Cross bar in second A missing, creating an inverted V. Not listed in Scott but listed as Mena G52a and Saenz G58a. Position 71 on the sheet and also occuring on the 1c and 10c values. A scarce stamp.
$275.00
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ABNC pre-engraving image mounted to card. Designed in 1909 with printer's notations and approval signatures. Produced for the 'Los Festejos Invernales de La Habana' but never issued. Interesting array of ABNC internal handstamps to reverse. Unique.
$75.00
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Sepia on cream paper, printed by Henri Gillet. A classic and popular large-format design. Double 1898 cancellation completely clear of the image.$150.00
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The two shades of Brazil's 1871 200r Telegraph showing the scarcer darker green shade. The light green with gum (small mark on reverse), the darker green MNG. Both with four margins.
$120.00
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A few odd tone spots.$55.00
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These are the genuine perf.12 stamps. Identical sets in the market that measure perf. 13 are forgeries. Only 4,500 sets printed. Very light hinging across the set.
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