THE JOSE CASTILLEJO COLLECTION OF GUATEMALA, 1871-1886
8 JUNE 2016
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CATALOG KEY SYMBOLS ᗂ ᗂᗂ (ᗂ) H J L
MINT (O.G.) OR UNUSED AS ISSUED MINT-NEVER HINGED UNUSED (WITHOUT GUM OR REGUMMED) USED BLOCK OF FOUR OR LARGER ON PIECE COVER, CARD OR ON ENTIRE GRADED CANCELLED
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BK BP E P PB R S TC
COMPLETE BOOKLET BOOKLET PANE ESSAY PROOF PLATE BLOCK REPRINT SPECIMEN TRIAL COLOR PROOF
ms. n.h. o.g. ovpt. pmk. s.e.
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ABBREVIATIONS c.d.s. cplt. fdc h.r. h.s. incl.
CIRCULAR DATE STAMP COMPLETE FIRST DAY COVER HINGE REMNANT HANDSTAMP INCLUDING
NEVER HINGED ORIGINAL GUM OVERPRINT POSTMARK STRAIGHT EDGE
CONDITION EXTREMELY FINE VERY FINE
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OUTSTANDING, THE HIGHEST QUALITY POSSIBLE. CHOICE CONDITION, WELL CENTERED; IF IMPERFORATE WITH FOUR WELL CLEAR MARGINS.
FINE
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SOUND IN ALL RESPECTS, PERFORATIONS CLEAR DESIGN; IF IMPERFORATE MARGINS MAY BE CLOSE OR TOUCHING, BUT WILL NOT CUT DESIGN.
VERY GOOD
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STAMPS ARE SO GRADED EITHER BY REASON OF GENERAL APPEARANCE OF IMPERFECT CENTERING OR A FAULT.
At all times any faults such as a crease, tear, thin spot, etc. will be specifically described. In collection lots and balances the condition described is meant to indicate the overall average to be found. Examples above and below the condition listed can be expected. Typically we do not describe minor perforation separations on blocks or sheets as these are quite normal and are not grounds for their return. In regard to covers, torn or partially missing black flaps, light filing folds and small edge tears, unless they affect the adhesive or markings, are not justification for the return of a lot.
CATALOGS USED The catalog numbers and catalog values of the contents of the lots, given in the descriptions, are from the 2016 Scott Classic Specialized Catalog of Stamps and Covers and from Guatemala 1, edited by Robert Goodman and published by Robson Lowe Ltd in 1969.
ESTIMATES If an Estimated cash value is given, it is shown in the descriptions with the abbreviation “Est.” Estimates, which are in United States dollars, are used when a lot is large or when it is not listed in the standard catalogs. Our estimates are typically conservative and the lots invariably realize in the estimate ranges or higher.
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1859 COVER TO ENGLAND FORWARDED VIA THE BRITISH POST OFFICE IN BELIZE
One of Only Two Covers Known
1001 1001 u
1859 Guatemala cover forwarded via the British Post Office in Belize, folded cover to Manchester, England posted from Guatemala City with double circle “Guatemala /Nove 2/1859” c.d.s., matching “Franco” boxed h.s at right and endorsed “Paid” at left, bold numeral “1” h.s. on the reverse for the 1r rate along with a blue “Received and Forwarded/by Antonio Mathe/British Honduras” forwarding agent’s cachet who turned it over to the British Post Office and paid the 6d fee by Great Britain 6d Lilac wing margin single (#27), tied by “A06” in oval of bars cancel, on the reverse “Belize/NO 14 1859” British small double arc pmk. and Manchester backstamp, a very fine and attractive cover. This postal arrangement for mail to Europe was necessary as British Honduras refused to handle mail to and from Guatemala that was not prepaid. So the Guatemalan government established a system for letters to be posted and prepaid in Guatemala City and provided a forwarder in British Honduras to pay the British postage for transatlantic passage. Since stamps of Great Britain were only used between August 1858 and April 1860 there was only a very short period for mail to be handled in this way with Great Britain stamps. An extremely rare cover believed to be one of only two known using this service, the other being to France; 2009 BPA certificate; ex-Spycher. (photo)
3
Est. 3,000-4,000
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THE DELIGENCIAS Stampless Stagecoach Covers
1002 1002 u
Deligencias de S. Robles blue oval h.s. (28mm) on lovely small stampless mourning cover to Antigua, undated and probably from Guatemala City as this marking was used on that stagecoach route as early as 1866, endorsed “franco,” very fine and rare cover. (photo)
Est. 400-500
1003 1003 u
1872 “Diligencias de Robles” black oval h.s. (34mm), lovely clear strike on entire folded letter to Guatemala City, from Antigua datelined “Antigua 3 Abril 1872”, very fine and a rare dated cover on the Antigua to Guatemala City stagecoach line. (photo)
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Est. 400-500
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1004 1004 u
1875 “Diligencias De Vaque-Ubisco� black oval h.s. (40mm), clear strike on undated stampless cover to Guatemala City, M. Vasquez joined with the Ubisco service in 1875, very fine and attractive; another rare stagecoach cover. (photo) Also see lot 1113 for 15c Small Quetzal on Diligencias cover
5
Est. 300-400
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1871 FIRST ISSUE Essays & Proofs Unique Original Die Essay by Ferdinand Jobert
1005 1005 E
1006 P
1007 TC
1008 TC
1009 TCK
Goodman #DP1A, 1871 1c Original die essay in black on glazed card, measuring 92x60mm, the basic elements of the design typographed and uncleared from the round die block, then additional ornaments and details such as rays around the sun hand etched into the design (different than the final design) by the engraver Ferdinand Joubert, inscribed at top “This proof touched to be sent” and initialed “F.J.” by Joubert, very fine; a remarkable and unique working proof by the engraver; illustrated in Goodman; exAlbrecht, Hubbard and Lange. (photo)
Est. 1,500-2,000
Goodman #DP1C, 1871 1c Large die proof in brown, a hybrid proof on thin card, measuring 95x123mm, inscribed to “a Monsieur Le Senatuer President” and signed “Hulot,” the director of postage stamp production at the French Government Mint, the president referred to is Senator Dumas, President of the Commission of Coins and Medals, the governing body of the mint, very fine; an attractive and unique Proof; illustrated in Goodman, ex-Hubbard and Spycher. (photo on page 7)
Est. 500-750
Goodman #DP1D-J, 1871 1c Die color proofs, seven different colors complete in carmine, gray, orange, green, blue, brown and yellow brown as listed in Goodman, each an uncleared die proof showing the 40mm circular die block, all on thin white wove paper except for the yellow brown which is on cream colored paper as noted by Goodman, measuring 50x50mm to 75x60mm each, very fine; the only known complete set of all seven colors, some or all ex-Hubbard, Lange, and Spycher. (photo on page 7)
Est. 1,000-1,500
1871 1c Die proof in blue printed on card from the uncleared die and measuring 24x26mm, bright color and very fine; apparently unlisted by Goodman as he lists no die proof on card and his #DP1K is in prussian blue but noted as “in issued design” implying that it is not an uncleared proof, unusual and scarce. (photo on page 7)
Est. 150-200
1871 1c Plate proof in blue, block of twelve (3x2) pos. 62-65/72-75/82-85, clear to large margins all around, small thin in pos. 84, otherwise very fine; an unlisted proof in Goodman which lists plate proofs of the 1c in only ocher and buff; a rare proof with certainly no more than one sheet printed and this block of twelve being unique exLindquist, Hubbard and Lange. (photo on page 7)
Est. 200-300
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1007
1006
1008
1009
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1010
1010 ##TC
Goodman 1871 10c Gray blue, Ty. I, plate proof on gummed stamp paper, top left block of 35 (5x7), positions 1-5/61-65, very distinctive color and detailed impression, full o.g., never hinged, well clear to wide margins, very fine; there is some question as to whether this is a plate proof being gummed or a color variety of the issued stamps, Goodman chose “arbitrarily” to list it as a proof though “Their history is not known.,” we have chosen to follow his lead as this color to our knowledge is not known used; in either case a very rare block, this being the largest block known. ex-Lange. (photo)
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Est. 500-750
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1011 1011 TC
Goodman #DP2-3-4L, N-R, 1871 8c-20c Composite proof sheetlets of twelve on thin paper in six different colors, the sheet consists of four 5c in the top row (the values omitted in the right stamp) four 10c in the second row and four 20c in the bottom row (the first stamp inverted), in actuality no two positions are exactly the same, colors include, blue on white, orange on buff, green on pale green, ocher on ocher, red brown on buff and red on pale rose, lacking only the gray brown on white, all sheets with large margins, the smallest sheet measuring 140x120mm, a couple of margin flaws, a very fine unit of these unusual proof sheets. (photo)
Est. 1,000-1,500
1012 1012 TC
Goodman #DP2-3-4P, 1871 5c-20c Composite proof sheet of twelve, on thin paper in ochre on ocher, this color being the issued color of the 1c value, the sheet consists of a row of four of each of the 5c, 10c and 20c values, the top right 5c with values omitted and the bottom left 20c inverted, wide even margins with the sheet measuring 110x95mm, tiny thin at the top edge, very fine and scarce. (photo) 9
Est. 150-200
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1013 1013 TC
Goodman #DP4L-O, Q, 1871 20c Tete-beche proof pairs from the composite proof sheets of twelve on thin paper, five different colors in blue on white, gray brown on white, orange on buff (block of four with two 10c values) and red brown on buff, wide margins and bright fresh colors, very fine; the tete-beche pair is the key position piece from this sheet and a scarce unit. (photo)
Est. 150-200
1871 1 CENTAVO OCHER 1014 ##K
1015 ##K
1016 ##K
1017 (#) K
1018 (#) K
#1, 1871 1c Ocher, impressive large bottom portion of the sheet consisting of two blocks of fifty (5x10) from the same sheet, positions 51-150, full selvage on all three sides with oval “Controle/T.P� blue h.s. in the bottom left corner, fresh with excellent color and impression, overall unusually well centered for such a large multiple, several minor plate flaws noted in several positions, o.g., all stamps are never hinged, very fine; an excellent exhibition piece.
Est. 150-200
#1, 1871 1c Ocher, mint sheet of 150 (10x15), without selvages but quite fresh with rich color, full o.g., some hinge reinforced perf. separation, many stamps never hinged, centering varies as would be expected on a multiple of this size, but overall fine-very fine; this is the largest recorded multiple of the perforated One Centavo Ocher and believed to be unique.
Est. 300-400
#1a, 1871 1c Ocher, Imperforate, attractive bottom right mint block of 35 (5x7), positions 86-88/146-150, with full selvage at bottom and right, full margins on the other two sides, bright and fresh with full o.g., stamps are never hinged having been hinged in the bottom selvage only, very fine; the third largest recorded multiple of the 1c imperforate. (photo on page 11)
Est. 150-200
#1a, 1871 1c Ocher, Imperforate, top margin unused gutter block of 36 being two blocks of eighteen (3x6) from the left and right panes respectively with a vertical gutter in between consisting of six gutter pairs, full large margins on the other threes sides, normal light vertical fold through the gutter and without gum as usual, very fine; an impressive position piece being the second largest recorded multiple of the 1c Ocher imperforate; ex-Hubbard and Lange. (photo on page 11)
Est. 200-300
#1a, 1871 1c Ocher, Imperforate, printed on both sides, unused gutter block of 24 consisting of two blocks of twelve with a vertical gutter in between, this side being printed in a dark shade of the ocher color, on the reverse of the left block of twelve are three and a half vertical rows printed in the normal ocher shade on the reverse making the whole block of 12 printed on both sides, normal vertical fold in the gutter and faint vertical crease in the normal right block, without gum as usual, a very fine position piece and a rare error block. (photo on page 11)
Est. 500-750
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1016
1017
1018
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1019 1019 (#)
#1a, 1871 1c Ocher, Imperforate, impressive full sheet of 150 (10x15), possessing full selvages all around, blue “Controle/T.P.� oval control marking at top right, there are three horiz. folds between rows 5 and 6, 8 and 9, 11 and 12 as numbered from the top, these are intended to be between the stamps but the tight spacing encroaches in places on the designs, without gum as many imperforate multiples are, fresh with strong color, very fine appearance and a lovely exhibition piece; an additional full press sheet of 300 with gutter between the panes existed at one point but it is believed that this was broken into gutter multiples; the sheet offered here is believed to be the largest known imperforate multiple of the One Centavo Ocher and the only one currently remaining. (photo) WWW.SPINK.COM
Est. 500-750
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1020 1020 (#)K
#1b, 1871 1c Ocher, imperforate, printed on both sides, unused block of ten (5x2), printed in a rich deep shade on the front and a similar though even darker shade on the reverse, clear to large margins on the front, fully printed on the reverse with the impressions shifted a half stamp horizontally and slightly down in relation to the front, without gum as usual, light vertical fold between the left block of 4 and the right block of six, otherwise very fine and a nice strongly printed block of this variety. (photo)
1021 1021 (#)K
1022 (#)K
Est. 300-400
1022
#1b, 1871 1c Ocher, imperforate, printed on both sides, handsome unused left margin block of sixteen, printed in a rich ocher color, with wide full margins, on the reverse a matching sheet margin impression from the right side of the plate showing a full block of sixteen plus another half vertical row, printed in the normal lighter ocher shade, without gum as normal, extremely fine and a premium multiple of the printed on both sides variety. (photo)
Est. 400-500
#1b var., 1871 1c Ocher, imperforate, printed on both sides, one side inverted, unused block of four printed in the light shade of the stamp with wide even margins all around, on the reverse is a full inverted impression in the same light shade, positioned down and to the left in relation to the front, bare trace of o.g. on this side, very fine; a rare variety of the printed-on-both-sides stamp and unlisted in Scott. (photo)
Est. 150-200
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One Centavo 1871 First Issue Tete-Beche Gutter Block Of Sixteen Printed on Both Sides with a Normal Gutter Block of Sixteen
1023
1023 (#)K
#1b var., 1871 1c Ocher, imperforate, printed on both sides, with tete-beche gutter block of sixteen on one side, unused, being two tete-beche blocks of eight (4x2 from rows 8 and 9) with two tete-beche gutter pairs, issued ocher color and impression, the reverse is a similar gutter block of sixteen in a slightly darker shade only not tete-beche, thus one block of eight is a normal printed on both sides variety and the other block is printed on both sides and inverted, interestingly the normal block’s gutter is narrower than the tete-beche side so each block has an additional partial row of stamps, normal light vertical fold in the gutter, without gum as usual, very fine; only one sheet so printed in a new discovery of 2010; the gutter block of 120 was originally broken into only three pieces, the upper portion and lower portion of the sheet remaining intact and in the collections of varieties and rarities rather than specifically in the Guatemala collecting community; a great rarity of the One Centavo First Issue. (photo)
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Est. 1,500-2,000
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1871 1 CENTAVO AND 5 CENTAVOS FIRST ISSUE SINGLE RATE DOMESTIC COVER
The Finest Example of the Three Known Covers
1024
1024 u
#1-2, 1871 1c Ocher and 5c Light bister brown, tied to neat 1874 folded cover to Mazatenango by clear large numeral “1” cancel of Guatemala City with double circle “Correos/Guatemala/Oct 21, 1871” c.d.s. at left, paying the six centavo single internal rate, attractive and very fine. The need and intended use of the 1c value was to pay the 6c single domestic letter rate and was only in effect for a slightly less than ten month period from March 3, 1871 to January 26, 1872, when the currency was changed from the decimal system back to reals making the 1c value unnecessary. Of the 24 First Issue covers listed by Goodman only five are in this early decimal period and of these only three covers are listed with the 1c value, two single rate covers and one double rate. The cover offered here is the earliest listed by Goodman but an earlier, though less attractive single rate example was in the Lange sale that was not recorded in Goodman. A very rare early cover and the most attractive of the three known single rate covers with One Cent Ocher franking used as originally intended; ex-Hubbard and Lange. (photo)
15
Est. 2,000-3,000
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1871 5 CENTAVOS LIGHT BISTER BROWN
1025
1025 ##K
1026 ##/#K
1027 ##/#K
1028 ##K
#2, 1871 5c Light bister brown, mint bottom right corner block of 24 (6x4), positions 115-20/145-150, position 136 shows a significant white plate flaw above the “DE” in the inscription at top, fresh with attractive rich color, well centered, o.g., stamps are never hinged, small perf. fault to top right, very fine; a rare block being the second largest multiple known; ex-Lange. (photo)
Est. 200-300
#2a, 1871 5c Light bister brown, imperforate, bottom left mint block of eighteen (6x3), positions 121-126/141-146, the right stamp in the middle row has the major plate flaw of the white spot over “DE” at top, very fresh and attractive, large full margins all around, o.g., fifteen stamps are n.h., very fine. (photo on page 17)
Est. 200-300
#2a, 1871 5c Light bister brown, imperforate, left margin mint block of 28, positions 14-20/44-50, attractive with clear to large margins on the other three sides, bright color and clean impression, o.g., 23 stamps are n.h., very fine; the third largest known block. (photo on page 17)
Est. 200-300
#2a, 1871 5c Light bister brown, imperforate, handsome top left corner mint block of 35, full large margins on the other sides as well, rich deep color and impression, fresh with full o.g., all stamps are never hinged, extremely fine; a premium block being the second largest known block of this imperforate. (photo on page 17)
Est. 500-750
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1026
1027
1028
1029 1029 ##/#K
#2a, 1871 5c Light bister brown, imperforate, mint block of 40 being all of rows 47, positions 31-40/61-70, showing selvage at left and right and clear to large margins on the other two sides, position 66 shows the plate flaw “Ginco” for “Cinco”, one of the major plate flaws noted by Goodman, attractive bright color, o.g., 27 stamps are n.h., small thin at top left, very fine block; a block of 40 is the largest known multiple of the Five Centavo Imperforate, this being one of two known, ex-Ricoy. (photo) 17
Est. 750-1,000
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1030 1030 #
#2b, 1871 5c Light bister brown, tete-beche pair, two pairs and a horizontal strip of three, the pairs are in a pale shade and darker shade being positions 9-10 and 10-11 respectively, position 10 being the inverted cliche, the strip is positions 102-104, position 103 being the inverted cliche, these are the only two inverted positions in the plate, o.g., fine-very fine and attractive. (photo)
450.00
1031 1031 #
#2c, 1871 5c Light bister brown, tete-beche pair, top margin pair being positions 910, position 10 being the inverted cliche, strong color and fresh, well clear to large margins, o.g., very fine and scarce; ex-Hubbard and Lange. (photo)
2,600.00
1032 1032 #K
#2c, 1871 5c Light bister brown, tete-beche pair, the bottom pair in a mint block of 4, positions 93-94/103-104, position 103 being the inverted cliche, deep color and impression, well clear to large full margins all around, o.g., very fine; a scarce block and a nice way to collect this position. (photo)
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RARE FIVE CENTAVOS MARCH 1, 1872 SINGLE FRANKING The Only First Issue Usage from Amatitlan
1033 1033 u
#2, 1871 5c Light bister brown, well centered single tied to lovely 1872 entire folded letter to Guatemala City by clear large numeral “13” cancel of Amatitlan, datelined “Amatitlan Marzo 1, 1872”, a choice and extremely fine entire letter. After January 26, 1872 the 5c value was sold for ½ real (equal to six centavos) which was then the domestic letter rate. The cover offered here is very rare in several respects. First it is the only known first issue cover of any denomination used from Amatitlan. Second this is one of only five single rate covers with this 5c single franking listed by Goodman with one other that we are aware. And finally this is the earliest recorded usage of the 5c used as a single franking. A wonderful letter in exquisite quality; exHubbard and Spycher. (photo)
19
Est. 2,000-3,000
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FIVE CENTAVOS FIRST ISSUE ON COVER FROM COBAN One of Only Six Single Franking Covers Known
1034 1034 u
#2, 1871 5c Light bister brown, attractive well center single tied to 1872 entire folded letter to Guatemala City by large numeral “25” cancel of Coban, datelined “Coban 12 Jun 1872”, this single franking paying the single domestic letter rate of ½ real, cover and stamp are fresh and attractive, very fine and choice; a rare First Issue cover with only six covers known with the singe franking of the Five Centavo value; plus this posting is the only known full cover with First Issue franking posted from Coban, ex-Ricoy and Lange. (photo)
Est. 1,500-2,000
1035 1035 L
#2, 1871 5c Light bister brown, well centered single neatly tied to an 1875 cover front to Guatemala City by bold and well struck “25” large numeral cancel of Coban, red “Correos De Coban/Mar 15, 1875” c.d.s. at left, while only a front it has the appearance of a cover for exhibition and has the following to recommend it: excellent markings, a scarce usage being the only other recorded First Issue franking out of Coban (see cover above), and the latest recorded First Issue posting being only one month before the new Liberty series was issued, very fine and attractive; ex-Spycher. (photo) WWW.SPINK.COM
Est. 500-750
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FIVE CENTAVOS FIRST ISSUE ON COVER FROM SAN FELIPE DE RETALULEU One of Only Six Single Franking Covers Known
1036 1036 u
#2, 1871 5c Light bister brown, neatly tied single to 1872 entire folded letter to Guatemala City by large numeral “12” cancel of San Felipe de Retalhuleu, (Goodman lists numeral “12” as San Felipe de Retalhuleu and numeral “10” as Retalhuleu, though both the sender’s cachet and date line are “Retaluleu” spelled that way), sender’s blue cachet at left, lengthy letter written in German and datelined “Retaluleu Juni 13, 1872”, the five centavo stamp in this period pays the ½ real single domestic letter rate, a very fine and rare cover; unlisted by Goodman and this brings the count to only six of the single franking 5c covers known; ex-Lange. (photo)
21
Est. 1,500-2,000
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1035 1037 #K
#3, 3b, 1871 10c Blue, Ty. I-II, mint combination block of twenty (5x4), positions 6165/91-95, all of the stamps are type I except the bottom right stamp which is type II, exceptionally well centered, fresh bright blue color, part o.g., a few center row horiz. perfs. separated and hinge reinforced though most in that row are intact, very fine; the plate layout has the first 94 positions being type I and the rest at the bottom sheet type II except pos. 149 which is also type I; this block is particularly important as positions 9495 form a combination horizontal Ty. I-II pair that is only possible only in this position and in positions 149-150 and 148-149 (Ty. II-I); in addition this is the largest known block containing both type I and II stamps; a rare an desirable multiple; ex-Hubbard and Lange. (photo)
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Est. 400-500
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1871 TEN CENTAVOS PERFORATED BLOCK OF FORTY The Unique Largest Known Multiple
1038 1038 ##/#K
#3, 1871 10c Blue, Ty. I, handsome left margin mint block of 40 being full rows 5 through 8, positions 41-50/71-80, all type I, bright fresh color, full o.g., one block of four with hinge reinforced vertical perfs., the rest are never hinged, well centered and very fine; a very rare multiple being the unique largest known block of the Ten Centavo First Issue. ex-Lange. (photo)
Est. 500-750
1039 1039 ##/#K
#3a, 1871 10c Blue, Ty. I, imperforate, impressive mint block of 40 being the full rows of 5 through 8 with selvage on both sides, positions 41-50/71-80, all type I, attractive rich color and impression, full o.g., all never hinged except the bottom right stamp, clear to wide margins at top and bottom, very fine; an important block with 40 being the largest known multiple, this and the next block being the only two known type I examples; ex-Ricoy. (photo) 23
Est. 500-750
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1040 1040 ##/#K
#3a, 1871 10c Blue, Ty. I, imperforate, similar mint block of 40 being the full rows of 3 through 6 with selvage on both sides, positions 31-40/61-70, all type I, fresh strong color and impression, full o.g., 34 stamps are never hinged, clear to wide margins at top and bottom, tiny hinge thin in the bottom right stamp, very fine; another example of the largest known type I multiple; ex-Lange. (photo)
1041 1041 #K
1042 ##/#K
Est. 400-500
1042
#3a, 3b, 1871 10c Blue, Ty. I-II, imperforate, left margin combination block of four, positions 91-92 Ty. I and 101-102 Ty. II making two vertical se-tenant pairs, rich color, large margins, o.g., very fine and choice; a very scarce block; ex-Lange. (photo)
Est. 150-200
#3a, 3c, 1871 10c Blue, Ty. I-II, imperforate, scarce combination mint right margin block of ten (5x2), positions 86-90/96-100, each vertical pair is a se-tenant Ty. I/II pair, a variety not listed by Scott, clear to wide margins all around, fresh bright color and crisp impression, o.g., hinged in the two top corners, the rest are n.h., very fine; the se-tenant vertical pairs are far scarcer than pairs of either type I or II, in an entire sheet there are only eleven pairs possible and practically only eight because three positions would be used to produce two scarcer horiz. pairs; a lovely position piece; signed P. Holcombe: exRicoy. (photo)
Est. 400-500
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1043 1043 ##/#K
#3a, 3c, 1871 10c Blue, Ty. I-II, imperforate, rare combination mint block of 40 being the full rows of 8 through 11 with selvage on both sides, positions 71-80/101-110, positions 71-94 are type I and positions 95-110 are type II, attractive rich color and impression, full o.g., 34 stamps are never hinged, bottom left stamp with small thin, clear to wide margins at top and bottom, very fine; a very important position block showing the dividing line between the type I and II stamps including the very rare horiz. se-tenant Ty. I-II pair of pos. 94-95 as well as eight se-tenant vertical pairs; in addition this is the third example of largest known block of 40 being the unique block of 40 with both types of the Ten Centavos First Issue; a great exhibition piece; ex-Spycher and Hubbard. (photo)
1044 1044 L
1045 L
Est. 750-1,000
1045
#3 var., 1871 10c Blue, Ty. I, vertical bisect used as 5c, tied to small piece by large numeral cancel #6 of Quetzaltenango, very fine and attractive; on rare occasions bisects were used for 5c and were often only saved as pieces; the only cover that we are aware is from this post office making the pieces an affordable and scarce substitute for these great cover rarities. (photo)
Est. 150-200
#3 var., 1871 10c Blue, Ty. II, vertical bisect used as 5c, tied to small piece by large numeral cancel “9� of Mazatenango, very fine; an attractive and scarce piece. (photo)
Est. 150-200
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1871 TEN CENTAVOS SINGLE ON DOUBLE-RATE DOMESTIC COVER The Earliest of Two Covers Known
1046 1046 u
#3, 1871 10c Blue, Ty. I, tied to 1872 double-rate folded cover to Guatemala City by numeral “12” cancel of San Felipe de Retalhuleu, sender’s blue cachet at left, docketing dates this cover “1872/Retaluleu Julio 29”, fresh and attractive, a very fine cover that is unrecorded by Goodman. In this period the 10 centavos adhesive was sold and valued at 1 real, which was the rate for a double rate internal domestic cover as used here. Goodman lists only six covers bearing the 10c value and all but one are to foreign destinations with either single frankings (3x) or in combination with other values (2x), with this cover there are only two domestic double-rate covers known, this being the earlier (the other used on March 27, 1873). A wonderfully rare and desirable cover; ex-Lange. (photo)
Est. 2,000-3,000
1871 20 CENTAVOS ROSE 1047 ##/#K
1048 #(#)K
#4, 1871 20c Rose, mint block of 24 (6x4), positions 105-110/135-140, position 135 (bottom left stamp) shows major plate flaw of faulty cliche breaking up the branches and leaves of the branch of live oak at left, a constant variety in this position, bright rich color, intact perforations, o.g., nine stamps n.h., small thins in the top right stamp and each of the four stamps of the second vertical row from the right, fine-very fine appearance and the second largest perforated multiple known, ex-Hubbard. (photo on page 27)
Est. 150-200
#4, 1871 20c Rose, striking sheet of 150, lacking selvage at top but possessing nearly full selvage on the other three sides missing only the piece at the right end of the top row, blue “Controle/T.P.” oval h.s. at bottom left, a few perforations are hinge reinforced, color is bright and fresh and amazingly well centered for a multiple of this size, disturbed part o.g. that ranges from no gum to disturbed gum, fine-very fine; at the time of his handbook Goodman only knew of a block of 24 which was in the Hubbard collection and was regarded of the as the largest known multiple; this sheet, which contains all of the plate varieties, is now the unique largest known multiple of the Twenty Centavos Rose; ex-Lange. (photo on page 27)
Est. 750-1,000
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1049 1049 H
1050 ##K
#4, 1871 20c Rose, impressive used reconstructed block of twelve with an intact block of six (3x2) at left, horiz. strip of three at bottom right and a single and horiz. pair at top right, positions 135-140/145/150, position 135 (top left stamp) showing the constant plate flaw affecting the left live oak branch, all tied together as used by five strikes of large numeral “1� cancel of Guatemala City and affixed to a piece, bottom left pair with small closed tears and some color rub to the right edge, very fine appearance; while not the largest known used multiple (an intact block of eight is known) this is the largest known 20c Rose franking; ex-Lange. (photo)
Est. 200-300
#4a, 1871 20c Rose, imperforate, outstanding bottom left corner block of 35 (5x7), positions 81-85/141-145, which includes a nice example of the position 135 plate flaw breaking up the branches of the left live oak branch, full selvages at bottom and left, and wide even margins at top and right, fresh rich color and detailed impression, full o.g., never hinged, extremely fine; a magnificent block being the largest known multiple of the Twenty Centavos Rose Imperforate; ex-Lange. (photo on page 29)
Est. 750-1,000
1051 1051 #
#4c, 1871 20c Blue error of color, imperforate, attractive mint single of this very scarce error of color, wide even margins all around, rich color, o.g., small h.r., trivial edge wrinkle at right, very fine; an elusive imperforate of the error of color; ex-Hubbard. (photo)
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1050
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1871 TWENTY CENTAVOS ROSE ON ENTIRE FOLDED LETTER
One of Only Three Covers Posted to France
1052 1052 u
#4, 1871 20c Rose, bright and attractive single tied to 1873 entire folded letter to Havre, France by large numeral “1” cancel of Guatemala City, portion of “Correos/Guatamala” c.d.s. at left, blue company oval at lower left, mailed via the the British Post Office in Panama with “Panama/8 FE 1876/Transit” three-line h.s., “GB/1F90c” framed Anglo-French accounting h.s. and charged “15” decimes, plus Calais French entry c.d.s., all on the front, red London transit and French backstamps on the reverse, light discoloration along horiz. file fold not affecting the stamp, an attractive very fine and rare entire letter. Our records, along with Goodman’s inventory, show that only nine 20c Rose covers are known. Of these only six are single frankings of which only three covers are to France (two to Paris, one to Havre). Very few First Issue covers are also entire letters and the letter offered here is the only known entire letter with the Twenty Centavos Rose franking. (photo)
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Est. 3,000-4,000
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1873 COAT OF ARMS ISSUE
1053 1053 L
#5-6, 1873 4r Dull red violet and 1P Dull yellow, the two values complete tied together on small piece by central “Guatemala/24 Jul 74” c.d.s., stamps are well centered and attractive with normal perf. flaws, very fine and extremely rare being the unique example of both values used together; ex-Lange. (photo)
Est. 200-300
1054 1054 L
#5, 1873 4r Dull red violet, attractive single tied to large piece of cover front to London, England by striking red large numeral “1” of Guatemala City with light blue Guatemala oval at left dated “Aug 6, 1873,” posted via the British P.O. in Panama with three-line “Panama/21 AU 1873/Transit” handstamp, scarce bold “3/-” h.s., trace of perf toning, very fine; this second issue was issued in 1872, but the actual date of usage is unknown; Goodman lists April 24, 1874, as earliest known cancel on the 4r Dull red violet but this piece precedes that date by over eight months and to our knowledge is the earliest documented usage; ex-Hubbard and Spycher. (photo)
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Est. 300-400
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1873 FOUR REALS DULL RED VIOLET ON 1877 TRANS-ATLANTIC COVER
The Only Known German Consulate Cover to Germany
1055 1055 u
#5, 1873 4r Dull red violet, choice and well centered single tied to handsome 1877 cover to Berlin from the German Consulate in Guatemala, with printed “Kaiserlich/deutches Consula/fur/Guatemala” at left and large portion of embossed consulate seal on the backflap (small piece of backflap missing just carrying over to front), red “Correos de Guatemala/Paquette/Oct 7” c.d.s. at left, rated “180” in blue crayon and amended to “80” plus “T” marking, all on the front, red London 1877 transit on the reverse along with Berlin backstamp, very fine; an exceptionally rare and desirable cover in all of its aspects. The single rate per half ounce to overseas destination outside of America was 4 reals for which this value was issued. We are aware of only Eight 4r Dull red Violet covers. Goodwin lists one double rate cover with a pair to France and six single-franking covers, including this one being the latest known usage, plus one other that we are aware. This is the only known Four Reales Dull Red Violet cover to Germany and of the highest interest and rarity from the German Consulate; 2009 Brian Moorhouse certificate; exSpecher. (photo)
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Est. 4,000-5,000
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1056 1056 (#)
1057 H
1057
#6, 1873 1P Dull yellow, unused vertical pair from the left side of the sheet, Lind types 92 and 20, fresh rich color, without gum as nearly all unused are, fine and extremely rare; this is the unique largest known unused multiple and the only known vertical multiple mint or used; signed P. Holcombe; ex-Lind and Lange. (photo)
Est. 300-400
#6, 1873 1P Dull yellow, left margin horiz. pair with “Guatemala/19 Jul 76” central c.d.s., strong color and well centered, tiny edge tear at bottom, otherwise very fine; extremely rare with only seven horizontal pairs recorded by Walter Lind, the eminent student of this issue, this being the largest known used multiple; ex-Lind and Ricoy. (photo)
Est. 150-200
1875 LIBERTY HEAD ISSUE Proofs
1058 1058 P
Goodman #DP8A, 1875 ½r Liberty, die proof in blue green, on India die sunk on card measuring 64x80mm, in finished state and issued color, bright and fresh, very fine and rare; ex-Lange. (photo) 33
Est. 300-400
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1059
1062
1059 E
Goodman #DP8A, 1875 ½r Liberty, die proof in black, on India die sunk on card measuring 68x86mm, the unfinished design lacking crosshatching in the value tablets, a lovely proof with full India in the die sunk area, rich color and detailed impression, very fine and rare; ex-Lange. (photo) Est. 300-400
1060 TC
Goodman #DP9*, 1875 1r Liberty, die proof in black, on India die impressed on card measuring 50x859mm, final state of proof as issued, die imprint at bottom “No. 103” and “C” in diamond, sharp proof impression and with intense color, very fine and rare. (photo) Est. 200-300
1061 P
Goodman #DP10A, 1875 2r Liberty, die proof on India die impressed on card, measuring 49x58mm, in finished state and issued color, bright and fresh, very fine and rare; ex-Lange. (photo) Est. 200-300
1062 TC
Goodman #DP10B, 1875 2r Liberty, die proof in, on India die sunk on card measuring 69x85mm, imprint “No. 100” and “C” in diamond at bottom, attractive proof impression with intense color, very fine and rare; ex-Lange. (photo) Est. 300-400
1060
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COVERS 1875 One Quarter Real Black on 1879 Local Guatemala City Cover
One of Only Two Covers Known and the Only Known Local Usage
1063 1063 u
#7, 1875 ¼r Black, handsome single franking paying the domestic rate on an 1879 locally run cover within Guatemala City, stamp tied by a well struck black Star cancel with an excellent “Correos/Guatemala/1879 2 Abr” blue double circle c.d.s., colorful orange cover slightly reduced at left, very fine and exceedingly rare. When the Liberty series was issued the ¼ real value was issued for the new 1875 rate of ¼ real for local covers and postcards even though most of the single frankings of this issue are for usage between towns. The Goodman listing of covers lists only one cover and two fronts. The cover offered here is unlisted by Goodman as well as an additional unlisted newspaper wrapper to France, thus this is one of only two covers known. In addition, not only is this a late 1879 usage, this is the only known cover used locally within the same city and specifically as the this stamp was intended; ex-Bostwick. (photo)
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Est. 2,000-3,000
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1875 ¼ REAL BLACK ON 1879 NEWSPAPER WRAPPER TO FRANCE
The Only Known Newspaper Wrapper to a Foreign Destination
1064 1064 u
#7, 1875 ¼r Black, fresh single tied to a pristine 1879 newspaper wrapper to Paris, France, stamp tied by black Star cancel with blue double octagonal “Correos/Guatemala/Oct 2, 1879” datestamp, privately struck red “Via Panama” and blue company oval at lower left, rated “15c” on entry into France, an immaculate and highly desirable wrapper. As noted above, with Goodman’s listing of one cover and two fronts we are aware of an additional cover and this wrapper. At the issuance of the Liberty series the ¼r rate was established for local covers and postcards (though single uses are known between towns) as well as the foreign periodical rate. Such newspaper postings have always been elusive because they were often damaged in opening and usually thrown away. The Newspaper wrapper offered here is amazing in its extraordinary premium condition. It is also a fabulous postal history cover being the latest recorded Liberty series cover, the issue being demonetized three weeks later on October 22, 1879 and it is the only known ¼r Black franking on a newspaper to a foreign country. A great Guatemala rarity; exMadden and Lange. (photo)
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Est. 3,000-4,000
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1065
1065 1065 L
#7, ¼r Black, single franking tied to attractive cover front to Belize by neat “Guatemala/30 Dic 76” c.d.s., blue oval company cachet at left, stamp is fairly well centered, very fine and attractive; covers of the Liberty issue are so scarce that Goodman listed the known fronts, his census lists only one full cover and two fronts with the ¼r Black franking, this being one of the two fronts, we are aware of one further cover and a foreign newspaper wrapper with this franking to France (see lots above) unlisted by Goodman; a rare and desirable usage to technically a foreign destination; 1980 PF certificate; ex-Bostwick. (photo)
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Est. 500-750
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1875 ½ REAL BLUE GREEN ON 1876 COVER
One of Only Four Known
1066
1066 u
#8, 1875 ½r Blue green, attractive single paying the domestic letter rate, tied to neat 1876 cover to Retalhuleu by “Guatemala/ 22 Mayo 1876,” red “Correos de Guatemala /Paquetes/22 Mayo 76” c.d.s. at right, small corner mount flaws on the reverse, very fine and handsome cover; the One Half Real Blue Green franking is only known on a total of four covers, the cover offered here is one of only three covers paying this domestic rate; a very rare and desirable cover. (photo)
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1067
1067 L
#9, 1875 1r Blue, two singles tied to handsome 1876 cover front to Belize (British Honduras) paying the ½ to 1 oz letter rate to another American nation, tied by a large numeral “18” cancel with a partial strike of black “Correos De Zacapala/Abr 8 (1876)” c.d.s. at left, stamps with bright color, one with rounded corner and light horiz. crease to front barely affecting stamps at bottom, an exceptionally rare and desirable cover front; surprisingly this value as a whole stamp is rarer than the bisect used to pay the domestic rate; Goodman records show that there is only one cover and this cover front known with the Real Blue franking and only this front with two stamps paying an external rate. (photo)
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Est. 500-750
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1875 ONE REAL BISECT FOR ½ REAL ON 1877 COVER
The Earliest of Only Four Covers Known
1068 1068 u
#9a, 1875 1r Blue diagonal half used as ½r, tied to a petite and very attractive 1877 cover to Champerico by well struck large numeral “7” cancel, plus a lovely “Correos De San Marcos./Ene 24, 1877” blue c.d.s. at left, very fine; an exceptionally handsome example of this popular bisect usage. The 1real value seems to be the least used of the Liberty series and was apparently pressed into use as a bisect when necessary to pay the single. domestic rate. Goodman lists only four covers with this bisect usage. The cover offered here is one of the most attractive and the earliest known usage of the bisected One Real Blue used as a half real on cover. (photo)
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Est. 2,000-3,000
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1875 TWO REALS DULL RED SINGLE FRANKING ON 1877 COVER
One of Only Three Known Covers to the United States
1069
1069 u
#10, 1875 2r Dull red, well centered single tied to 1877 entire folded letter (unusual as most classic Guatemala are covers only) to the United States, stamp tied by circular grid with bold red “Correos de Guatemala/Paquetes/7 Oct” c.d.s at left, “New York/Oct 31/Due/10 Cents” duplex receiving h.s., all markings neatly positioned on the front, light and unobtrusive file fold affecting the stamp, still very fine and an uncommonly handsome full letter. The 1875 2r Dull red high value is the overwhelmingly predominant value used for foreign mail, Goodman lists nine covers and a front for this value plus two other covers, including this one not listed in Goodman. This very pretty letter is the only entire letter and one of only three covers going to the United States, two to New York and one to San Francisco. A most desirable cover this being the most attractive of the three. (photo)
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Est. 1,500-2,000
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1875 TWO REALS DULL RED ON COVER TO THE UNITED STATES
The Only Known Cover to San Francisco
1070 1070 u
#10, 1875 2r Dull red, fresh single tied to neat petite cover to San Francisco, California, posted from Guatemala City with stamp tied by “Guatemala/13 AG.” c.d.s, similar red “Correos de Guatemala/Paquetes/13 Ag.” c.d.s. at right which is overstruck by “San Francisco, Cal/St. Ship” entry c.d.s., “(Due)/10/Cents” h.s. off top as slightly reduced at top, very fine; another attractive and rare cover to the United States; the only known example to San Francisco of the three known covers to the United States; ex-Lange. (photo)
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Est. 1,500-2,000
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1875 TWO 2 REALS DULL RED ON 1877 COVER
One of Only Two Covers to France
1071 1071 u
#10, 1875 2r Dull red, two singles tied to 1877 folded cover to Paris, France, from Guatemala City with company oval at lower left and directed “Per British Mail”, stamps tied by “Guatemala/19 Mayo” c.d.s., red “Correos de Guatemala/19 Mayo” c.d.s. at left, French “12” decimes charge with “T” in triangle and blue “Pay’s Etrans/Paq. Reg. Paris” entry c.d.s., all on the front, backstamped Paris, cover lightly aged slightly toning perfs., very fine. The rate to foreign destinations outside of the Americas was four reals. Goodman records seven covers with this franking with most of those going to England. The cover offered here is one of only two covers recorded going to France, the other posted to Bordeaux. A very rare foreign posting; ex-Lange. (photo)
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Est. 2,000-3,000
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1878 INDIAN WOMAN ISSUE
Proofs
1072 1072 P
1073 P
1073
Goodman #DP11A, 1878 Indian Woman master die proof, with blank value tablets, in slate green on what Goodman calls coarse white paper (actually India proof paper) measuring 50x60mm, an uncleared die proof showing the die block, couple small India thins in the outer margin, very fine and scarce; ex-Lange. (photo)
Est. 200-300
Goodman #DP11A var., 1878 Indian Woman master die proof, a similar die proof with blank value tablets, in black on India, measuring 68x77mm, this example with die block cleared, very fine and scarce; ex-Lange. (photo)
Est. 200-300
1074 1074 P
1075 P
1075
Goodman #DP11C, 1878 Indian Woman master die proof, with blank value tablets, in black on white wove paper, cut down to the cleared area around the design, very fine and scarce; ex-Ricoy (photo)
Est. 150-200
Goodman #DP11C var., 1878 Indian Woman master die proof, a similar cut down die proof with blank value tablets, in unlisted slate on yellowish wove paper, very fine and scarce. (photo)
Est. 150-200
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1076 1076 P
1077 P
1077
Goodman #DP11N, 1878 ½r Indian Woman die proof, in slate green on soft white proof paper, measuring 60x95mm, fresh and attractive, very fine; a scarce finished proof; ex-Lange. (photo)
Est. 200-300
Goodman #DP14N, 1878 1P Indian Woman die proof, in slate green on soft white proof paper, measuring 83x97mm, inscribed at bottom “Bon a tirer” meaning Good to print, very fine; a scarce finished proof with the inscription possibly indicating approval; ex-Lange. (photo)
Est. 300-400
1078 1078 P
1079 P
1079
Goodman #PP11B-14B, 1878 ½r-1P Indian Woman, plate proofs on card, the four values complete in the issued colors, perforated 13½, a very fine set; the plate proofs on card are quite scarce and seldom available in a full set. (photo)
Est. 200-300
Goodman #PP11C-14C, 1878 ½r-1P Indian Woman, plate proofs on trial moire surfaced paper the four values complete in the issued colors, the moire is in the color of the stamp, perforated 13½, a very fine set; another scarce set that is difficult to find complete as the ½r Yellow green is often missing. (photo)
Est. 200-300
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ISSUED STAMPS
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1081 1080 ##/#K
1081 (#)K
#11a-14a, 1878 ½r-1P Indian Woman, imperforate, complete for all four values in blocks of four, the 1P Yellow high value is a bottom margin block, o.g., the bottom pair in each block is never hinged, all with bright colors and wide margins, 2r Carmine rose with light horiz. fold between pairs, very fine. (photo)
Est. 150-200
#11 var., 1878 ½r Yellow green, vertical pair imperforate between, impressive unused bottom right partial imprint block of ten (5x2) with full selvage at right and bottom, horiz. perfs. between rows omitted producing ten vertical pairs imperforate between, as well as being imperforate between the right pair and right selvage, well centered, bright yellow green color, choice very fine; an exceptional and desirable position piece of a scarce perforation variety. (photo)
Est. 300-400
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1878 ½ REAL INDIAN WOMAN ON 1880 SINGLE FRANKING COVER
The Only Cover Known of Any Issue from Chimaltentango
1082 1082 u
#11, 1878 ½r Yellow green, single franking (perf. faults at right) tied to an exceptionally scarce posting from Chimaltentango, stamp tied to neat cover to Retalhuleu by blue large numeral “3” cancel with matching blue “Correos De Chimaltentango/Dic 17, 1880” c.d.s., very fine cover. Goodman’s census lists eight covers and one front with ½r yellow green franking plus one other that we are aware. Most of these are in multiple frankings or in combination with other values or issues. Only four covers are single frankings paying the eternal domestic rate. This cover is especially rare being from Chimaltentango, which was a small town and its post office was apparently discontinued as the numeral “3” was reassigned to Guatemala City in about 1886 with no replacement numeral assigned. The cover offered here is believed to be the only known cover of any issue used for Chimaltentango 1979 RPS certificate. (photo)
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Est. 1,000-1,500
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1083 1083 u
#12, 1878 2r Carmine rose, single franking on a highly unusual domestic cover to Amatitlan with stamp tied by black violet large numeral “4” cancel of Antigua, on the reverse is a violet Guatemala City octagonal h.s. plus matching star, cover reduced at left, very fine usage; the domestic rate was only ½ real so it is unlikely that this is a multiple rate cover but the reason for this high franking is not readily apparent; some authorities have indicated that this is a “pliego” (specified) rate; nevertheless of the six known single franking covers this is the only known Two Real Rose on a domestic cover; exLindwall and Lange. (photo)
Est. 1,000-1,500
1084 1084 u
#12, 1878 2r Carmine rose,. attractive single in similar usage to England from the Matthews correspondence, tied to 1878 cover to London via California by large numeral “18” cancel of Zacapa, black “Correos De Zacapa/25 Jul 1879” c.d.s. at left, “NY/T” New York due h.s. and ms. “10”, a “5d” h.s. deleted by killer cancel, on the reverse is a red Guatemala City transit plus San Francisco and New York transits, backstamped London in red, small piece missing from the backflap, very fine cover and an interesting way of handling the international accounting; one of only three covers known to England using this single 2r franking; 1997 clear Brian Moorhouse certificate. (photo)
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Est. 1,000-1,500
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1878 2 REAL ROSE ON SINGLE FRANKING COVERS
Two of Three Known Covers to England
1085
1085 u
#12, 1878 2r Carmine rose, single franking tied to 1879 cover to London via California by large numeral “18” cancel of Zacapa, black “Correos De Zacapa/25 Jul 1879” c.d.s. at left, strong San Francisco transit below, bold “5d” rate charged on entry into England, on the reverse is Guatemala City transit and backstamped London in red, stamp with small edge tear, an attractive and very fine cover; postings to England via the United states was a favored tactic of correspondents as the rate was only 2r being partially paid to England rather than the foreign rate to England of 4r; of the approximately fifteen covers known with the 2r Carmine rose most are pairs or in combination with other values or postal entires; of these only three covers are known to England using this single 2r rate; from the Matthews correspondence; 1997 clear Brian Moorhouse certificate. (photo)
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Est. 1,000-1,500
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1878 FOUR REAL VIOLET ON 1881 COVER TO NAPLES
One of Two Known Postage Due Covers to Italy
1086
1086
1086 u
#13, 1878 4R Violet, attractive single on 1881 cover to Naples, Italy with black Star cancel, double line red octagonal “Correos/Guatemala/Mzo 29 1881”postmark at left, “10” rate h.s. and “50” in crayon with “T” due h.s., the postage due paid by Italian 40c single and 60c horiz. pair postage dues (#J9, J11), tied by Naples c.d.s, on the reverse is a Bologna transit and backstamped Naples, very fine and colorful foreign mail cover. Goodwin lists ten covers with this 4 real franking which was the single rate to a nonAmerican country including a similar cover of this same correspondence to Naples. We are aware of four other covers not listed by Goodwin including the cover offered here. Italy is a very unusual destination from Guatemala and this is one of only two covers known to Italy, both with Italian postage dues, this with the higher amount. An exceptionally rare and desirable cover; 2000 PF certificate. (photo)
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Est. 2,000-3,000
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1878 FOUR REAL ON EXQUISITE 1878 COVER FROM COBAN
One of Only Three Covers Known to Germany
1087
1087
1087 u
#13, 1878 4R Violet, fresh single tied to lovely 1878 cover to Berlin, Germany by clear large numeral “25” of Coban, with that city’s beautifully struck red “Correos de/Coban/ Ago 28 1878” c.d.s. at left, also on the front is an unframed “T/1-10” accountancy h.s. and ms. “125” arrival rating, on the reverse are red Guatemala City and red London transits, backstamped, small inconsequential tear at bottom of stamp, extremely fine cover and scarce usage. Goodwin lists ten covers with this 4 real franking which was the single rate to a nonAmerican country. We are aware of four others including this cover from Coban. Of this total only three covers are posted to Germany. The cover offered here is one of only two covers from Coban to Germany, this being one of the most attractive Four Real Violet covers in existence; clear 1997 Brian Moorhouse certificate; ex-Lange. (photo)
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Est. 1,500-2,000
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1088 1088 u
#13, 1878 4R Violet, single tied to 1879 cover to London by black large numeral “18” cancel with matching “Correos De Zacapa/24 Feb 1879” c.d.s. at left, on the reverse is a blue Guatemala City transit and backstamped London, a very fine cover from the Matthews correspondence; of the known 4r violet covers only five covers are recorded to England and all are from Zacapa; 2007 Pascal Scheller certificate. (photo)
Est. 750-1,000
1879 SMALL QUETZAL ISSUE
1089 1089 P
1090 P
1090
Goodman #DP15A, 1879 ¼r Small Quetzal, die proof of frame, in black on India, die sunk on card measuring 66x66mm, just showing the full die sinkage, “American Bank-Note Co. N.Y.” inscription at bottom, fresh and very fine; a scarce proof. (photo)
Est. 200-300
Goodman #DP16A, 1879 1r Small Quetzal, die proof of frame, in bluish green on India, die sunk on card measuring 65x67mm, just showing the full die sinkage, “American Bank-Note Co. N.Y.” inscription at bottom, a vignette in a similar color (not quite as blue) pasted in place, this is also a proof impression and was probably done by the American Bank Note Company as a mock-up to show the completed design, fresh and attractive, very fine and scarce proof. (photo)
Est. 200-300
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1091 P
Goodman #DP15C var., 1879 1r Small Quetzal, die proof, the completed design in dark brown on India (not listed in Goodman but the same as DP16C except in this color not Brown ochre), die sunk on card measuring a large 75x128mm, “American Bank-Note Co. N.Y.” inscription at bottom, an attractive full design proof, choice very fine and scarce. (photo) Est. 300-400
1091
1092 1092 u
#15, 1879 ¼r Black and green, well center single with black Star cancel, on petite 1880 local cover of Guatemala City with well struck double line octagonal “Correos/Guatemala/Dic 3 1880” postmark, very fine and very pretty; the ¼ real value is designed specifically for local usages and post cards; Goodman knew of only one such cover which he illustrated and this cover is similar with identical postal markings; the cover offered here is believed to be one of only five covers known. (photo) 53
Est. 750-1,000
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1881 SURCHARGES
1881 Five Centavos Surcharge on 1881 Cover
The Only Known Proper Domestic Usage
1093
1093 u
#18, 1881 5c on ½r Yellow green, plate I, fresh example of this provisional, tied to cover to Retalhuleu by light, black large numeral “9” cancel of Mazatenango, similar light but easily readable “Correos De Mazatenango/1881 Oct 22” c.d.s. at left, cover reduced at left, a handsome and fine cover. The Centavos surcharged Provisionals on the entry of Guatemala into the UPU are surprisingly rare used on cover. Goodman lists a total of only four covers of all values, three of which are the 5c on ½r Yellow green. All three of these covers are to England which is unusual as this is an underpayment of the ten centavos rate. The cover offered here is not listed by Goodman and is the only known domestic cover which properly uses the Five Centavos on Half Real Yellow Green to pay the domestic single letter rate; an extremely rare cover; ex-Lange. (photo)
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Est. 1,000-1,500
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1094
1094 #K
1095 #K
1095
#20, 1881 20c on 2r Carmine rose, fresh mint block of four, lovely fresh color that is especially bright, attractively centered, small hinge thin at top, otherwise very fine; Goodman notes that this stamp is very rare in multiples and that a block of four is the largest known multiple; in addition he records that only three blocks of four are known, one of which was the Hubbard block of four with each pair a horiz. pair imperforate between, which has now been broken into pairs; both of the other blocks of four have unobtrusive faults; the block offered here is the best centered of the two known blocks of four (see the lot below for the other block). (photo)
Est. 300-400
#20, 1881 20c on 2r Carmine rose, mint block of four, bright and fresh color, o.g., h.r., light horiz. crease in the bottom pair, attractive fine centering; one of only two blocks of four known, this being the largest multiple known of this value (see lot above for the other block); signed P. Holcombe. (photo)
Est. 200-300
1096 1096 #
#20a, 1881 20c on 2r Rose, horizontal pair imperforate between, fresh with bright rose color, centered to the bottom as all are and surrounded by full even perforations, small thin in top right corner, totally irrelevant to the rarity of this pair, fine and attractive; the census of this rarity is well documented, there was a block of four with two pairs in the Hubbard collection which has been subsequently separated and this pair making a total of only three pairs imperforate between known, this being the best centered and most attractive of the three, signed P. Holcombe; ex-Ricoy and Lange. (photo)
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1881 SMALL QUETZAL ISSUES Proofs
1097
1097 P
#21P-25P, 1881 1c-20c Small Quetzal, die proofs of frames only complete for all five values, all in the issued colors, on India die sunk on full size cards measuring 150x225mm, each with “American Bank Note Co. N.Y.” imprint at the bottom of the India and die numbers “C-17 to C-21” respectively, each with pencil control number at bottom of the card, a lovely fresh set, extremely fine in all respects; very rare with only one or two sets known. (photo) WWW.SPINK.COM
Est. 1,500-2,000
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1098 1098 E
1099 P
1099
#21E, 1881 1c Small Quetzal, unadopted frame die proof, in black on India on original card backing, measuring 46x60mm, this is the frame of the 1879 1r value but with “Un Centavo” value inscription, “American Bank Note Co. N.Y.” imprint at bottom and “C-17” die number which is unusual since the accepted frame design also has this die number, very fine; a very rare essay with only one or two examples known. (photo)
Est. 400-500
#21P var., 1881 1c Small Quetzal, plate proof with inverted center, on India, left margin block of four, positions 41-42/51-52, with full selvage at left and large even margins on the other three sides, bright and fresh, extremely fine; a rare inverted center that was not issued as a stamp; only one half sheet of fifty was discovered in 2011 and at that time broken into four pieces, blocks of 30 and 12 and this being one of two blocks of four. (photo)
Est. 750-1,000
1100 1100 P
#23P, 1881 10c Small Quetzal, die proof of frame only, in issued gray violet, on India on original card backing, measuring 49x62mm, “American Bank Note Co. N.Y.” imprint at bottom and die number “C-20”, fresh and very fine; Goodman lists this proof as #DP25B with a pasted in center which is a mock-up; very rare with only three or four known. (photo)
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Est. 200-300
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1102 P
1102
Goodman #F23a-Cab, ac, 1881 2c Small Quetzal, Sperati die proofs of frame and vignette, each a lithographed impression in black on white glossy paper, measuring 50x70mm, both signed Jean de Sperati, very fine; a handsome and very scarce pair of proofs showing this master forger’s skill at using heavy ink to make a lithographed impression resemble the engraved original design. (photo)
Est. 200-300
Goodman #F23a-Caa, 1881 2c Small Quetzal, inverted center, Sperati die proof, in black on glossy white paper, measuring 50x66mm, “Reproduction Interdite” (reproduction prohibited) h.s. at top and signed Jean de Sparati, on the reverse is a seal in yellow “Les Jean De Sperati/Philatelielie d’Art,” very fine; this is the completed design in proof form that Sperati produced forgeries of and very rare with very few known. (photo)
Est. 200-300
1103 1103 P
#25P, 1881 20c Small Quetzal, die proof of frame only, in issued yellow color, on India die sunk on card, measuring 152x125mm, “American Bank Note Co. N.Y.” inscription at bottom and die number “C-21,” exceptionally clean and fresh proof, extremely fine; very rare and unlisted in Goodman. (photo)
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Est. 300-400
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INVERTED CENTERS
1104 1104 #
#22a, 1881 2c Small Quetzal, Center Inverted, unusually well centered as most have only fine centering, slightly disturbed o.g., h.r., very fine. (photo)
400.00
1105 1105 #K
#22a, 1881 2c Small Quetzal, Center Inverted, fresh mint block of four, bright colors, o.g., small h.r., normal fine centering; very scarce in multiples with one block of ten and four or five blocks of four known. (photo)
1,600.00+
1106 1106 H
#23a, 1881 5c Small Quetzal, Center Inverted, a handsome example of this very rare stamp of which only about 20 examples are thought to exist, very well centered and much better centering than normally encountered as the vast majority are centered strongly to one side, rich fresh color, light blue and black cancel at bottom, choice very fine; of the three Small Quetzal inverted centers this is by far the scarcest and exceptional rare in this premium quality, this being one of the finest examples known. (photo) 59
1,300.00
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1107 1107 #
#25a, 1881 20c Small Quetzal, Center Inverted, unusually well centered as most have only fine centering, slightly disturbed o.g. from hinging, h.r., very fine and choice example of this popular variety; signed E(milio) D(iena). (photo)
500.00
1108 1108 #K
#25a, 1881 Small Quetzal, Center Inverted, attractive mint block of four of this popular inverted center, fresh bright colors, quite well centered for this and surrounded by full even perforations, o.g., h.r. at bottom, nearly very fine centering; very scarce in multiples with only one block of six and four or five blocks of four known; catalog value is for four singles. (photo)
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COVERS
1109 1109 u
#21, 1881 1c Small Quetzal, an exceptionally attractive single franking paying the local usage, stamp tied to pristine mourning cover by oval black “Corrio Ynterior/Guatemala” cancel, with matching death enclosure, an extremely fine cover; single frankings for local usage are especially scarce; this being a more unusual usage in exceptional quality. (photo)
Est. 300-400
1110 1110 u
#21, 22, 1881 1c Single and 2c Pair Small Quetzal, tied to cover to Antigua by red and violet cancels, with well struck violet “Correos/Guatemala/May 15 1883” octagonal pmk. at left, cover opened at both ends and slightly reduced at left, pair has small fault in top right corner, a fine cover and surprisingly rare with only three covers believed to be known with this franking making the domestic letter rate; ex-Spycher. (photo) 61
Est. 300-400
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1111 1111 u
#21.22, 24, 1881 1c, 2c and 10c Small Quetzals, an impressive three color franking on 1885 registered cover from Guatemala City to Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1c Black and green, two 2c Brown and green, and single and horiz. strip of three of the 10c Dull violet and green, the last on the front and the rest on the reverse, well struck “Oficiina de Certificados/Guatemala/Nov 9 1885” oval pmk. and double lined boxed registry h.s (these two markings used for the illustrations in Goodman’s handbook), multiple light strikes of these two markings tie all the stamps, New York double oval and boxed Boston registry transits, an attractive and scarce registered cover, opened out for display, very fine; Goodman notes that a horizontal strip of three is the largest known multiple of the Ten Cent Gray Violet and Green. (photo)
Est. 750-1,000
1112 1112 u
#22, 1881 2c Small Quetzal horiz. strip of five from the top row showing an extra-large sheet margin within the perforations, the strip is wrapped around the right side of a cover, from Guatemala City to Halifax, Nova Scotia, tied by cut grid cancels, scarce purple “Correos/Guatemala/Ene 15 1886” toothed c.d.s, unusual routing through San Francisco with that city’s transit on the reverse, very fine and scarce Small Quetzal cover; an interesting 19th century double stamp dealer cover from C.B. Hill of Guatemala City to Henry Hechler In Halifax; one of only two covers known with this franking; exSpycher. (photo)
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Est. 400-500
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1881 FIVE CENTAVOS ON DELIGENCIA COVER
One of Only Two Known Stagecoach Covers Franked by an Adhesive
1113 1113 u
#23, 1881 5c Small Quetzal, tied to mourning cover to Antigua by “Diligencias/De/ Vazquez-Ubico� company h.s. of the Vazquez-Ubico stagecoach service, cover with backflap missing and a few unnoticeable edge tears in the black border, a very fine and extremely rare usage. The Deligencias ran routes between towns in Guatemala as early as 1851. They carried mail as private carriers and eventually under contract with the Post Office. However in 1881 the Post Office decreed that the Deligencias could not operate outside of the Post Office and that all mail must have postage stamps attached, which were available at a 3 percent commission. Goodman notes that this must have persisted for only a very short time as only the 5c Small Quetzal is known with Deligencias cancels. The cover offered here is the better of only two known covers being one of the most significant Small Quetzal covers available. (photo)
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Est. 2,000-3,000
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1114
#23, 1881 5c Small Quetzal, fresh and well centered single with bold red star cancel affixed to 1883 Post Office document for Acknowledgment of Receipt form, for a registered cover to Halifax, Nova Scotia, used from Guatemala City with red boxed “Certificado/Guatemala/Jun 27 1883” h.s. and signed by the Postmaster, very fine and a rarely seen form; the prepaid fee of 5c was affixed to the acknowledgment of receipt form in this period, later the fee was included in the registration fee of 15c and no longer on the form; very few of these forms are known, this is believed to be one of only three examples known; ex-Spycher. (photo)
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Est. 400-500
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1115 1115 u
#24, 1881 10c Small Quetzal, attractive single tied to handsome 1883 cover from the Mathews correspondence from Izabal to London, England Via Livingston and New Orleans, stamp tied by blue target with blue “Correos/Izabal/Dic 21, 1883” c.d.s. at left, blue octagonal “Correos/Puerto de Livingston/ Dic 26 1883” transit on the front and New Orleans transit on the reverse, backstamped; all very fresh and attractive, very fine and an uncommon routing to England. ex-Hennan. (photo)
Est. 200-300
1116 1116 u
#24, 1881 10c Small Quetzal, two singles on 1882 cover to Oakland, California, routed through Guatemala City and San Jose, stamps tied by purple targets with matching “Correos/Champerico/Ago 23 1882” c.d.s. at left, red Guatemala City transit on the reverse and light red San Francisco entry transit on the front, slight edge toning to cover at right, very fine double rate cover to the United States; a very scarce cover believed to be one of only four covers with this franking known; ex-Spycher. (photo) 65
Est. 200-300
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1117 1117 u
#25, 1881 20c Small Quetzal, well centered single tied to 1883 cover from Guatemala City to Halifax, Nova Scotia via San Francisco, stamp tied by a violet target with matching octagonal violet “Correos/Guatemala/Feb 1 1883” pmk. at left, on the reverse is a violet oval company cachet and San Francisco “Paid All” entry transit c.d.s., backstamped Halifax, small minor corner gum stains to cover, a very fine double rate cover to Canada; the 20c Small Quetzal was the least used of this series’ values and is only known with singles on cover; a scarce cover with only four or five covers with the Twenty Centavos Small Quetzal believed to exist; ex-Spycher. (photo)
Est. 500-750
1881 SMALL QUETZAL POSTAL HISTORY LOT 1118 u
1881 Small Quetzal postal history lot of nine covers used in the period of 1884-88, five are domestic usages between domestic cities including, one with five 1c black and green, the other four with 5c Red and green used from towns of Antigua, Escuinta and Mazatentango as well as Guatemala City, also a 2c Brown and green bisect local usage in Guatemala City, this is one of two known made by stamp dealer C.B. Hill with his red note of the front partly eradicated, there are also three foreign mail covers, each with pairs of the 5c Red and green paying the UPU rate of ten centavos, two to England and one to Vienna, Austria, each with the appropriate transits and backstamps, there are some cover faults present but most are attractive and a nice representation of scarce covers of this popular issue.
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Est. 1,000-1,500
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1886 RAIL BOND PROVISIONAL ISSUE INTACT COLLECTION 1119 ##/#HKP #26-30, 1886 25c-150c Rail Bond Provisional issue extensive specialized collect, filling a Lindner album with dust case, the collection starts with the basic 1P Railway Bond subscription stamp including a black die proof with ABNCo. imprint and revised die number, two large die proof in the issued color, one with imprint and one without, plus plate proofs and even a ten year dated subscription sheet with five stamps tied to show how they were used, the provisional stamps start with what is a very rare and possibly unique surcharge essay with all the elements of the issued surcharge but without all the geometric ornaments that were used to obliterate part of the design on the issued stamps, this essay was pictured on the front cover the El Quetzal Guatemala journal in 1990, the collection of the stamps concentrates on all the great number of overprint varieties that exist in this issue, collected with varieties identified in singles, blocks and full settings of all five values, virtually all the Scott listed varieties are present, sometimes numerous times, as well as many unlisted varieties, some minor and some not so minor, in all there are thirteen full settings of 25 of the different values there is at least one of each value, the 25c on 1P has six settings of 25, one shows the rare “255c” instead of “25c” variety and then a setting with the error corrected, another setting shows all but two stamps with double overprint and another with a double overprint on only six of the 25 positions, the collection concludes with a few genuinely used items which are very scarce as very few were issued, also a few fake overprints and cancels, condition is excellent possessing o.g., many never hinged are present in both the singles and multiples, fine-very fine overall; this is a lovely collection of these issues and a great opportunity for the specialist as it would be very hard to duplicate all the material that is here; examine.
Est. 2,000-3,000
1120 1120 u
#26, 1886 25c on 1P Vermilion, single of this Rail Bond provisional issue properly used on registered cover from Guatemala City to Leipzig, Germany, the stamp is neatly tied by blue “Oficiana de Certificados/Guatemala/May 30 1886” oval pmk., boxed registry number h.s and New York registry label applied, also an apparently private purple “Por via Livingston” routing h.s., on the reverse New York transit and backstamped on arrival, a fresh and attractive cover, very fine; Goodman lays out the case that this issue was more for philatelic purposes using the large remainder of Rail Bond stamps and that there was little postal demand for high denomination stamps, thus when they went on sale there was little demand and they were only in use for slightly less than four months and then withdrawn; the cover offered here is a double stamp dealer cover from C.B. Hill to the Senf Brothers and properly used in every way paying the 10c UPU postal rate and the 15c registry fee; extremely rare with only five covers reported by Goodman; ex-Ricoy. (photo) 67
Est. 400-500
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POSTAL STATIONERY
1021 1121 Hu
1122 u
1123 u
1124 Hu
H&G #1, 1875 ¼r Black on pinkish white postal card, rare used example of the first postal card of Guatemala, position 1 of the sheet of ten being from the top left corner, posted to Guatemala City on August 8, 1878 from Quetzaltentango, the sender wrote the message on the front of the card under the address signing and dating the message so the post office applied the blue “Correos De Quetzaltentango/Ago 8 1878” c.d.s. to the reverse, also docketed on the reverse being received on the 12th of August, horiz. crease at top, very fine appearance; an interesting and very rare legitimately used card of which very few are known (H&G rated RRRR). (photo)
Est. 400-500
H&G #B1, 1875 ½r Green postal envelope postal history collection of seven entires of this scarce first postal envelope, each used within Guatemala with dated c.d.s. postmarks used between 1878 and 1881, two are from Guatemala City including one with red c.d.s. (backflap missing), the markings include Quetzaltentango and very scarce markings of Totonicapam and Jalpatangua, also a third Guatemala City cover to Quetzaltentango with purple oval registry cancels which was probably used for a registry receipt, except as noted all are fresh and very fine; a nice group of this scarce used envelope and used from a nice selection of scarce towns.
Est. 750-1,000
H&G #B1a, 1875 ½r Green on white postal entire, used to San Sebastian in the department of Retalhuleu with unusual and incredibly rare double line “Correos/de/Tejutla” oval postmark, marking is well struck and the postal entire is fresh and attractive; this postal first postal envelope is scarce used but a great rarity used from this town, this believed to be the only recorded cover of any type from this town. (photo on page 69)
Est. 200-300
H&G #E1, 1875 ¼r Brown on manila newspaper wrapper, lovely and rare international usage to Cadiz, Spain, posted from Guatemala City with “Correos de Guatemala/6 Set 75” canceling the stamp and a similar but different Guatemala c.d.s. at left, directed in ms. “Via Belize & South Hampton” but instead sent via Panama with “Panama/17 SP 1875/Transit,” bold “T” black due h.s. and very scarce red “MI/15” printed matter rate h.s., blue company cachet at bottom left, light an unobtrusive vertical folds, slightly reduced at sides to no affect, an attractive and very rare example of this newspaper wrapper used to Europe; one of only two or three used first wrappers known. (photo on page 69)
Est. 500-750
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1024
1125 #u
H&G #1-2, B1-3, E1, 1875 First Issue postal stationery mint collection of a total of 39 items, postal cards include two sets of ten identified by the different positions in the plate of ten impressions as they were printed, also included is a very scarce unsevered vertical pair of positions 4 and 5 on a buff mottled card that Goodman considered to be a scarce variety and knew of no unsevered pairs on this scarce card variety, postal envelopes include three each in various shades and paper tones of all three values as well as two each of the 2r value in the two larger sizes, there are three newspaper wrappers including one albino impression which is believed to be the only known example, a nice clean collection being fresh and very fine. 69
Est. 200-300
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PLATE PROOF COLLECTION BALANCE 1126 P
1871-81 Plate proof collection, of 64 proof impressions ranging from eighteen singles to four blocks of six, the collection starts with three 1c plate proofs in blue of the first issue, the 1878 Indian Woman issue is well represented with 2r, 4r and 1P values in the issued colors with moire and the ½r Green and 2R Carmine rose on card, plus all four values each in plate proofs in black in blocks of six (3x2), also includes plate proofs on India cplt. for the 1879 real and 1881 centavo Quetzal issues, the latter with strips of three of the frames in issued colors for all five values and the center vignette in green, a few India paper flaws as always but most are very attractive and fine-very fine with some scarce proofs present.
Est. 1,000-1,500
BALANCE OF THE JOSE CASTILLEJO COLLECTION 1127 ##/#(#)K Substantial mint and unused balance of specialized collection, housed in two Lindner albums with dust cases, this collection encompasses the early 19th century issues from the first 1871 Coat of Arms issue to the 1881 Small Quetzal issue, all stamps are present in singles except #5 but the real value of the collection is in the numerous multiples, some quite large, and the wide range of varieties and plate positions that are present, the first issue includes the 1c Ocher imperforate in the second largest multiple of a block of 52, other bocks are present including gutter blocks and two 1c imperforate blocks of four printed on both sides, we also note a 10c Blue Ty. I imperforate block ten, several 20c Rose blocks and three 20c Blue errors of color, 1875 Liberty issue has large blocks of each value and the 1878 Indian Woman has some large multiples of each value including a full sheet of 50 of the 1P Yellow, the 1879 1R Small Quetzal is present in a block of 24, the 1881 Provisional surcharges have numerous overprint varieties as well as multiples, finally the 1881 Small Quetzal have many imprint and plate number pieces including the full top half sheet of the 20c yellow and green high value, overall the collection is quite clean with bright colors, some of the early multiples, especially in the first issue. are without gum as is usual, but the largest portion, especially the later issues, have o.g. with n.h. in some of the multiples, overall fine-very fine; this is a great collection for the specialist with numerous pieces for exhibition; examine. 1128 H
1129 R#H
Est. 1,500-2,000
Substantial early 19th century used collection in Lindner album with dust case containing over 350 used stamps and 15 used multiples ranging from pairs to blocks of eight, issues are limited to the early first seven issues from 1871 to 1881 where legitimately used stamps are actually much scarcer than the standard catalogs indicate, the first Arms issues has seven examples with different cancels including two of the 20c Rose, one is on large piece to England via New York, the 1873 Arms high values include six 4r Violet (two on large pieces) and two 1P yellow, there are sixteen singles of the liberty values plus two bisects of the 1r Blue tied to pieces, 45 singles of the 1878 Indian Woman issue including a watermarked ½r Yellow green and a pair of the 2r Carmine rose, the 1879 Small Quetzal issue includes two bisects of the 1r Black and green on pieces, plus thirteen of the 1881 Provisional surcharges including a rare legitimately used 20c on 2r Carmine rose high value, the highest quantity is in the 1881 Small Quetzal centavos series with over 250 singles including rare cancels such as three Diligencias (stagecoach) cancels, a railroad cancel and a Skull and Crossbones fancy cancel, there are also fourteen multiples of various sizes up to two blocks of eight of the 10c Gray violet and green, condition is nice and clean with great care used to include only genuine cancels, a few faults are to be expected but most are fine-very fine; legitimately used stamps of this early period are much more elusive than one would expect and this collection is a great opportunity to acquire this scarce material.
Est. 750-1,000
Guatemala forgery and reprint collection of over 80 singles and four blocks of four of the 1871 to 1881 issues, the first issue has eight forgeries plus singles and blocks of four of of the Royal Philatelic Society of the four values, there are also four imperforates and four perforated examples of the bogus First Stamp issue of 1867, later issues are both forgeries and genuine stamps with fake cancels, the Indian Woman issue is especially interesting with several different types of forgeries, fourteen 1881 Provisional fake overprints and finally an unused and used 2c Small Quetzal with inverted center by Jean de Sperati, the used signed by Sperati, an interesting reference lot for the Guatemalan specialist.
Est. 150-200
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THE JOSE CASTILLEJO COLLECTION OF GUATEMALA, 1871-1886
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This form should be sent or faxed to the Spink auction office in advance of the sale. References for new clients should be ADDRESS ____________________________________________________ supplied in good time to be taken up before the sale. Bids received later than one hour before the start of the sale may CITY _______________________________________________________ not be processed.
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DATE
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The Jose Castillejo Collection
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 10:30 a.m.
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of Guatemala, 1871-1886 I request Spink, without legal obligations of any kind on its part, to bid on the following Lots up to the price given below. I understand that if my bid is successful the Purchase Price will be the sum of the final bid and Buyer’s premium as a percentage of the final bid as well as any Sales Tax chargeable. Please note there is a 20% buyer’s premium added to the hammer price of each lot up to and including $2,000.00 and 15% of the excess of the hammer price above $2,000.00. All bids shall be treated as offers made on the Terms and Conditions of Sale printed in the catalog. I also understand that Spink provides the service of executing bids on behalf of clients for the convenience of clients and that Spink will not be held responsible for failing to execute bids. If identical commission bids are received for the same Lot, the commission bid received first by Spink will take precedence. Please note that you will not be notified if there are higher written bids received.
BIDDERS PLEASE NOTE OUR EXTENSION CLAUSES IN OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR BUYERS PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY IN BLOCK LETTERS AND ENSURE THAT BIDS ARE IN US DOLLARS Lot Number (in numerical order)
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The Jose Castillejo Collection
DATE
SALE NO.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 10:30 a.m.
155
of Guatemala, 1871-1886
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY IN BLOCK LETTERS AND ENSURE THAT BIDS ARE IN US DOLLARS Lot Number (in numerical order)
Price Bid $ (excluding Buyer’s Premium)
Lot Number (in numerical order)
Price Bid $ (excluding Buyer’s Premium)
Lot Number (in numerical order)
Price Bid $ (excluding Buyer’s Premium)
BIDDING INCREMENTS Bidding generally opens below the low estimate and advances in the following order although the auctioneer may vary the bidding increments during the course of the auction. The normal bidding increments are:
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Up to $100 $100 to $300 $300 to $750 $750 to $1,500 $1,500 to $3,000 $3,000 to $7,500
Limit total: $____________________________
by $5 by $10 by $25 by $50 by $100 by $250
$7,500 to $15,000 $15,000 to $30,000 $30,000 to $75,000 $75,000 to $150,000 $150,000 to $300,000 $300,000+
by $500 by $1000 by $2,500 by $5,000 by $10,000 at auctioneer’s discretion
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR BUYERS The following terms and conditions set forth the scope of your contract with Spink USA Inc (“Spink”), by which Spink contracts with you either as agent on behalf of the Seller or as principal if Spink is the Seller. You should read these conditions carefully. 1 DEFINITIONS 1.1 The following definitions apply to these terms and conditions: Auction Agent, Auctioneer, Spink, us or we means Spink USA Inc; Bidder and you means a person making, attempting to make or considering making a bid for a Lot including a Buyer; Buyer means the person who makes the highest bid for a Lot which is accepted by the Auctioneer and, if the person is acting as an agent, will be a reference to the agent’s principal only if Auction Agent has accepted the agency in writing; Buyer’s Premium means the charge payable by you as a percentage of the Hammer Price, at the rates set out in clause 5.1 below; Certificate of Authenticity means a certificate issued by an Expert Committee confirming the authenticity of a Lot; Commission Bid means an instruction from a Bidder to us to bid on their behalf at the Auction; Expert Committee means a committee of experts to whom a Lot may be sent for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity in accordance with clause 3.4.3; Forgery means a Lot constituting an imitation originally conceived and executed as a whole with a fraudulent intention to deceive as to authorship, origin, age, period, culture or source where the correct description as to such matters is not reflected by the description in the catalogue and which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in accordance with the description in the catalogue. Accordingly, no Lot shall be capable of being a Forgery by reason of any damage and/or restoration work of any kind (including re-enamelling); Hammer Price means the amount of the highest bid accepted by the Auctioneer in relation to a Lot; Lot means any item deposited with us for sale at auction and, in particular, the item or items described against any Lot number in any catalogue; Purchase Price means the Hammer Price plus Buyer’s premium and New York State and City tax, where applicable; Reserve means the amount below which we agree with the Seller that the Lot cannot be sold; Seller means the owner of the Lot being sold by us; Spink Group means Spink and Son Limited, its subsidiaries and associated companies. 1.2 By making a bid, Bidder acknowledges acceptance of these terms and conditions and agrees to be bound by them. 2 SPINK’S ROLE AS AGENT 2.1 This is a public auction and mail-bid sale held by Spink, which is a licensed and bonded auctioneer.
3.3 Your Responsibility 3.3.1 You are responsible for satisfying yourself as to the condition of the goods and the matters referred to in the catalogue description.
2.2 All sales undertaken by us either at auction or privately are undertaken either as agent on behalf of the Seller or, from time to time, as principal if we are the owner of the Lot. Please note that even if we are acting as agent on behalf of the Seller, rather than as principal, we may have a financial interest in the Lot.
3.4 Extensions – Stamps Only 3.4.1 If you wish to obtain an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity on any Lot (other than a mixed Lot or Lot containing undescribed stamps) you must notify us in writing not less than forty-eight hours before the time fixed for the commencement of the first session of the sale. If accepted by us, such request shall have the same effect as notice of an intention to question the genuineness or description of the Lot for the purposes of clause 5.10 (Refund in the case of Forgery) of these Terms and Conditions and the provisions of clause 5.10 (Refund in the case of Forgery) shall apply accordingly.
2.3 The contract for the sale of the Lot will be between you and the Seller. 3 BEFORE THE SALE 3.1 Examination of Goods 3.1.1 You are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which you are interested, before the auction takes place. Condition reports are usually available on request. We provide no guarantee to you other than in relation to Forgeries, as set out in clause 5.10 of these Terms and Conditions. 3.1.2 All Bidders who have inspected the Lots prior to the auction will not be granted any return privileges, except for reasons of genuineness. It is presumed that all Floor Bidders have inspected the Lots prior to bidding. Therefore, Lots purchased by Floor Bidders are sold “AS IS” and may not be returned. Floor Bidders include those Bidders acting as agents for others. 3.1.3 Spink reserves the right to refuse to honour or reject any bid which, in its opinion, is not submitted in good faith, or, as the case dictates, is not supported by satisfactory references, as Spink, in its sole discretion, shall determine. Spink further reserves the right to ban any Bidder from participation in its sales for any reason deemed appropriate. 3.2 Catalogue Descriptions 3.2.1 Statements by us in the catalogue or condition report, or made orally or in writing elsewhere, regarding the authorship, origin, date, age, size, medium, attribution, genuineness, provenance, condition or estimated selling price of any Lot are merely statements of opinion, and are not to be relied on as statements of definitive fact. Catalogue and web illustrations are for guidance only, and should not be relied on either to determine the tone or colour of any item. No Lot shall be rejected on the grounds of inaccurate reproduction. No Lot illustrated in the catalogue and online shall be rejected on the grounds of cancellation, centering, margins, perforation or other characteristics apparent from the illustration. Estimates of the selling price should not be relied on as a statement that this price is either the price at which the Lot will sell or its value for any other purpose.
3.4.2 Notice of a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity must give the reason why such opinion is required and specify the identity of your proposed expert which will be subject to agreement by us. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to refuse a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity including (without limitation) where the proposed expert is not known to us. 3.4.3 If we accept a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity we will submit the Lot to the Expert Committee. You acknowledge and accept that the length of time taken by an Expert Committee to reach an opinion will vary depending on the circumstances and in any event is beyond our control. 3.4.4 We will not accept a request for an extension on account of condition. Any Lot described in the catalogue as having faults or defects may not be returned even if an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity cites other faults or defects not included in the catalogue description, other than in the case of a Forgery. 3.4.5 Should Spink accept a request for an extension under the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the fact may be stated by the Auctioneer from the rostrum prior to the sale of the Lot. 3.4.6 It should be noted that any stamp accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity is sold on the basis of that certificate only and not on the basis of any other description or warranty as to authenticity. No request for an extension will be accepted on such a stamp and the return of such a stamp will not be accepted. 3.4.7 If you receive any correspondence from the Expert Committee in relation to the Lot, including but not limited to a Certificate of Authenticity, you must provide us with copies of such correspondence no later than seven (7) days after you receive such correspondence.
3.2.2 Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and the absence of such a reference does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others.
4 AT THE SALE 4.1 Refusal of Admission Our sales usually take place on our own premises or premises over which we have control for the sale, and we have the right, exercisable at our complete discretion, to refuse admission to the premises or attendance at an auction.
3.2.3 Other than as set out in clause 5.10, and in the absence of fraud, neither the Seller nor we, nor any of our employees or agents, are responsible for the correctness of any statement as to the authorship, origin, date, age, attribution, genuineness or provenance of any Lot nor for any other errors of description or for any faults or defects in any Lot. Every person interested should exercise and rely on his own judgment as to such matters.
4.2 Registration Before Bidding You must complete and sign a registration form and provide identification before making a bid at auction. Please be aware that we usually require buyers to undergo a credit check. If you have not bid successfully with Spink in the past, or you are registering with us for the first time, we reserve the right to require a deposit of up to 50% of the amount you intend to spend. Such deposit will be deducted from
your invoice should you be successful. If you are unsuccessful at auction, your deposit will be returned by the same means it was paid to Spink. Some Lots may be designated, prior to the auction, as “Premium Lots”, which means a deposit may be required before placing a bid on the item for sale. Information will be posted on our website in such an event. 4.3 Bidding as Principal When making a bid (whether such bids are made in person or by way of telephone bids operated by Spink, commission or online or email bids), you will be deemed to be acting as principal and will be accepting personal liability, unless it has been agreed in writing, at the time of registration, that you are acting as agent on behalf of a third party buyer acceptable to us. 4.4 Commission Bids 4.4.1 If you give us instructions to bid on your behalf, by using the form provided in our catalogues, or via our website, we shall use reasonable endeavours to do so, provided these instructions are received not later than twenty-four hours before the auction. If we receive commission bids on a particular Lot for identical amounts, and at auction these bids are the highest bids for the Lot, it will be sold to the person whose bid was received first. Commission Bids are undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the sale, and the conduct of the auction may be such that we are unable to bid as requested. Since this is undertaken as a free service to prospective buyers on the terms stated, we cannot accept liability for making (or failing to make) a Commission Bid. You should therefore always attend personally if you wish to be certain of bidding. If we receive two Commission Bids for equal value for the same Lot, the Bid received first by us shall take precedence. 4.4.2. For all Commission Bids, you must supply your name and address, contact telephone number and email. You must also provide the Lot number and description of the Lot, the amount of your Bid and any other information requested in the Commission Bid Form or by us. It is your responsibility to provide the correct information and to ensure that we have received your Commission Bid. 4.4.3 If you submit a Commission Bid verbally (whether by telephone or otherwise), we shall not be responsible for any misunderstandings (by either us or our agent or you) in relation to your bid. All bids made in this way must be confirmed in writing by you before the Auction. 4.4.4 Bids will be executed for mail bidders at one advance over the next highest bid in competition with floor and/or internet bidders, until the maximum bid is executed for the mail bidder, or until the lot is sold. No buy or unlimited bids will be accepted. 4.5 On-line Bidding We offer internet services as a convenience to our clients. We will not be responsible for errors or failures to execute bids placed on the internet, including, without limitation, errors or failures caused by (i) a loss of internet connection by either party for whatever reason; (ii) a breakdown or problems with the online bidding software and/or (iii) a breakdown or problems with your internet connection, computer or system. Execution of on-line internet bids on www.spink.com and Spink Live is a free service undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the auction and we do not accept liability for failing to execute an online internet bid or for errors or omissions in connection with this activity. Buyers who acquire lots on the-saleroom.com will have a fee of 3% of the Hammer Price added to their invoice for using this facility. 4.6 Telephone Bids If you make arrangements with us not less than twenty-four hours before the sale, we shall use reasonable endeavours to contact you to enable you to participate in bidding by telephone, but in no circumstances will we be liable to either the Seller or you as a result of failure to do so. 4.7 Video Images At some auctions there will be a video screen. Mistakes may occur in its operation, and we cannot be liable to you regarding either the correspondence of the image to the Lot being sold or the quality of the image as a reproduction of the original. 4.8 Bidding Increments Bidding generally opens below the low estimate and advances in the following order although the Auctioneer may vary the bidding increments during the course of the auction. The normal bidding increments are: Up to $100 $100 to $300 $300 to $750 $750 to $1,500 $1,500 to $3,000 $3,000 to $7,500 $7,500 to $15,000 $15,000 to $30,000 $30,000 to $75,000 $75,000 to $150,000 $150,000 to $300,000 $300,000 and up
by $5 by $10 by $25 by $50 by $100 by $250 by $500 by $1,000 by $2,500 by $5,000 by $10,000 Auctioneer’s discretion
4.9 Bidding by Spink 4.9.1 We reserve the right to bid on Lots on the Seller’s behalf up to the amount of the Reserve (if any), which will never be above the low estimate printed in the auction catalogue. 4.9.2 The Spink Group reserves the right to bid on and purchase Lots as principal. 4.9.3 Spink reserves the right to bid on any Lot in the sale. Additionally, Spink may or may not have financial interest in any of the Lot(s) in the sale. 4.10 The Auctioneer’s Discretion 4.10.1 The Auctioneer has the right, to be exercised in good faith, to refuse any bid, to advance the bidding in such manner as he may decide, to withdraw or divide any Lot, and to combine any two or more Lots. Bidding shall be regulated by the Auctioneer. 4.10.2 The Auctioneer may reopen the bidding on a Lot under the following circumstances: (a) the Auctioneer has failed to execute correctly a mail bid; (b) a party purchasing the Lot on the floor has done so in error; (c) where a protest is made after the hammer has fallen but before bidding has commenced on the next Lot; (d) where the Auctioneer has determined that he/she has overlooked a party still bidding on the Lot but before the calling of the next Lot or (e) to effectuate a fair and reasonable resolution of any error or dispute. In the event of a dispute, the Auctioneer’s decision shall be final. 4.10.3 In the event of any dispute between Bidders, the Auctioneer may, at its sole discretion, immediately put the Lot up for sale again. The Auctioneer’s decision shall be final and binding upon all Bidders. 4.10.4 The Auctioneer reserves the right to postpone the sale by auction for a reasonable period of time as a result of any significant event which, in the sole discretion of the Auctioneer, makes it advisable to postpone the event. No prospective Bidder or prospective Buyer shall have recourse as a result of any postponement. 4.11 Successful Bid 4.11.1 The highest Bidder for each Lot shall be the Buyer. Subject to the provisions of Clause 4.10, the striking of the Auctioneer’s hammer marks the acceptance of the highest bid, provided always that such bid is higher than the Reserve (where applicable), and the conclusion of a contract for sale between you and the Seller. 4.12 Spink’s Own Material Auctioneer reserves the right to include in any auction its own material as well as material from affiliated or related companies, principals, officers or employees. Auctioneer may have direct or indirect interest in any of the Lots in the Auction and may collect commissions. 4.13 After Sale Arrangements If you enter into any private sale agreements for any Lot with the Seller within sixty days of the auction, we, as exclusive agents of the Seller reserve the right to charge you the applicable Buyer’s Premium in accordance with these terms and conditions, and the Seller a commission in accordance with the terms of the Seller’s agreement. 4.14 Return of Lot 4.14.1 All the Lots are sold as genuine. For the purpose of this sale, “genuine” is defined as not faked or forged and Spink will not knowingly sell any item that has been “repaired’, “restored”, “processed”, “cleaned”, “pressed” or “conserved” in any way without disclosure of such facts to the potential Buyer. 4.14.2 No Lots may be returned without a written request by the successful Bidder and the written approval of Spink. In the unlikely event of returning a Lot, Spink must receive notification of the Buyer’s intent within three (3) days of the Buyer’s receipt of the Lot. The following Lots may not be returned for any reason whatsoever: (a) Lots containing ten or more items; (b) Lots described as having faults or defects because of the faults described or any others, including lots described as “repaired”, “corroded”, “holed”, “whizzed”, or similar damage, except for non-authenticity; (c) illustrated Lots because of centering, margins, etc. or other factors shown in the illustrations; (d) Lots described “AS IS”, including third party graded coins or banknotes (i.e. PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG); (e) Lots valued primarily for the bullion content; (f) Lots examined by postal viewers; and (g) any philatelic extension Lot unless the conditions set forth in Item 3.4 above is complied with fully. Except for Lots placed on extension, as per the conditions of Item 3.4 above, no Lots may be returned for any reason whatsoever after thirty days from sale date. Late payment for purchase may, at Spink’s option, be considered just cause to revoke all return privileges. If any disputes arise regarding payment, authenticity, or description between the Bidder and Spink, Spink, at its sole discretion, may submit the disputed matter to binding arbitration before the American Arbitration Association in New York, NY, to which the Bidder, by placing a bid and hereby accepting these terms and conditions of sale, agrees to be bound.
5 AFTER THE AUCTION 5.1 Buyer’s Premium and Other Charges In addition to the Hammer Price, a Buyer’s Premium equal to 20% of the successful bid price of each Lot up to and including $2,000.00 and 15% of the excess bid price over $2,000.00, a fee of 3% on the Hammer Price total for using the-saleroom.com, and a surcharge for paying by credit card will be added to each invoice. 5.2 Sales Tax All Lots are subject to applicable state and local taxes, unless appropriate resale certificates are on file with Spink. 5.3 Payment 5.3.1 You must provide us with your full name and permanent address and, if so requested, details of the bank from which any payments to us will be made. You must pay the full amount due (comprising the amounts set forth in Clause 5.1 above and any applicable New York State sales tax, unless the Lot is exempt) within seven days after the date of the sale. This applies even if you wish to export the Lot and an export licence is (or may be) required. 5.3.2 You will not acquire title to the Lot until all amounts due have been paid in full. This includes instances where special arrangements were made for release of the Lot prior to full settlement. 5.3.3 Spink reserves the right to await clearance of any check used for payment before delivery of any item and a $25.00 charge will be applied for any check that fails to clear. 5.3.4 All sales are strictly for cash, check and bank/wire transfer in United States dollars; however, Spink will only accept cash payments under $10,000.00. Spink offers clients the option of paying by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, and American Express only) in United States Dollars for a convenience charge of two-percent (2%) for Visa and MasterCard and four-percent (4%) for American Express, up to a total of $30,000.00. Credit card payments will only be accepted if (a) the purchase is made by the card holder, (b) any purchased items to be shipped are shipped to the cardholder’s verified billing address, (c) floor Bidders present their credit cards and (d) all returns are governed by the terms and conditions of the sale. Payment is due and payable immediately upon receipt of the auction invoice or, if payment is to be made at the auction site, simultaneously with receipt of the purchased items. 5.3.5 Payments should be made by the registered Buyer and not by third parties, unless it has been agreed at the time of registration that you are acting as an agent on behalf of a third party. 5.4 Notification We are not able to notify successful Bidders by telephone. While Invoices are sent out by mail after the auction we do not accept responsibility for notifying you of the result of your bid. You are requested to contact us by telephone or in person as soon as possible after the auction to obtain details of the outcome of your bids to avoid incurring charges for late payment. 5.5 Collection of Purchases 5.5.1 Unless specifically agreed to the contrary, we shall retain Lots purchased until all amounts due to us, or to the Spink Group, have been paid in full. Buyers will be required to pay for their Lot(s) when they wish to take possession of the same, which must be within seven days of the date of the sale, unless prior arrangements have been made with Spink. Without prior agreement, Lots will not be released until cleared funds are received with regard to payments made by check. 5.5.2 Unless we notify you to the contrary, items retained by us will be covered under our insurance policy, which is available for inspection at our offices, from the date of sale for a period of seven days or until the time of collection, whichever is sooner. The risk of loss for the lot purchased by you shall be entirely yours after the earliest of seven days from the date of sale or from the time of collection. 5.5.3 Our policy will not cover and we are unable to accept responsibility for damage caused by woodworm, changes in atmospheric conditions or acts of terrorism.
5.7 Recommended Packers and Shippers 5.7.1 Shipping, handling and administration charges will be added to invoices for Lots delivered by mail. All Lots will be shipped via U.S. Express Mail to Post Office boxes, via Federal Express to street addresses, and via FedEx ground for bulky large lots (in the U.S. only). Buyer will be responsible for the total purchase price in the event of loss. Spink is not responsible for the loss of any merchandise shipped outside the United States. Insurance of any items to be shipped outside the United States is solely the responsibility of the Buyer. It is also the responsibility of the Buyer to provide adequate insurance coverage for the items once they are in his/her possession. Unless the risk of loss has already shifted by virtue of the provisions of Clause 5.5.2, risk of loss shall be borne by the Buyer following shipment of the items and Spink assumes no liability for merchandise lost, stolen or damaged while in the possession of any shipper to whom merchandise has been delivered, nor for any FedEx shipment which is subject to a “signature release” on file with FedEx, or otherwise. 5.7.2 If required, our shipping department may arrange shipment as your agent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, our suggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of such parties in the past and we are not responsible to any person to whom we have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the third parties concerned. 5.8 Remedies for Non-Payment 5.8.1 If you fail to make payment within fifteen days of the payment date set out by your invoice, we shall be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights or remedies: 5.8.1.1 to charge interest at the rate of 1.5% per month compound interest, calculated on a daily basis, from the date the full amount is due; 5.8.1.2 to set off against any amounts which Spink or the Spink Group may owe you in any other transaction the outstanding amount remaining unpaid by you; 5.8.1.3 we may retain all or some of the Lot(s) purchased by you, or other property in the possession of Spink or the Spink Group, until you have paid all the amounts you owe us or the Spink Group, even if the unpaid amounts do not relate to those Lots or other property. Following fourteen days’ notice to you of the amount outstanding and remaining unpaid, Spink and the Spink Group shall have the right to arrange the sale of such Lot(s) or other property. We may apply the proceeds of such sale in satisfaction of the debt outstanding and due us or the Spink Group, and may remit any remaining balance to you; 5.8.1.4 where several amounts are owed by you to the Spink Group in respect of different transactions, to apply any amount paid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particular transaction, whether or not you so direct; 5.8.1.5 to reject at any future auction any bids made by you or on your behalf or obtain a deposit from you before accepting any bids. 5.8.2 If you fail to make payment within thirty-five days, we shall in addition be entitled: 5.8.2.1 to cancel the sale of the Lot or any other item sold to you at the same or any other auction; 5.8.2.2 to arrange a resale of the Lot, publicly or privately, and, if this results in a lower price being obtained, claim the balance from you together with all reasonable costs including a 10% seller’s commission, expenses, damages, legal fees, commissions and premiums of whatever kind associated with both sales or otherwise, incurred in connection with your failure to make payment; or 5.8.2.3 when reselling the Lot, to place a notice in our catalogue stating that you successfully purchased the Lot at auction but have subsequently failed to pay the Hammer Price of the Lot, 5.8.2.4 In the event Spink refers an invoice(s) to an attorney for collection, the Buyer agrees to pay SPINK attorney’s fees, court costs, witness fees and other costs incurred by Spink; 5.8.2.5 take any other reasonable and appropriate action as we deem fit.
5.6 Packing and handling 5.6.1 We shall use all reasonable endeavours to take care when handling and packing a purchased Lot but remind you that after seven days from the date of sale or from the time of collection, whichever is sooner, the risk of loss with respect to the lot purchased by you is entirely yours. Our postage charges are set out in Clause 11 of these Terms and Conditions. 5.6.2 It is the responsibility of the Buyer to be aware of any import duties that may be incurred upon importation to the final destination. Spink will not accept return of any package in order to avoid these duties. The onus is also on the Buyer to be aware of any import restrictions that prohibit the importation of certain collectibles. Spink will not accept return of the Lot(s) if rejected for importation or if Buyer fails to pay appropriate import duties. Spink will not accept responsibility for Lot(s) seized or destroyed by any customs agencies. 5.6.3 Delivery of any Lot(s) to an address other than the invoiced address will be at Spink’s sole discretion.
5.9 Failure to Collect Where purchases are not collected within seven days after the sale, whether or not payment has been made, you will be required to pay a storage charge of $2 per item per day plus any additional handling cost that may apply. You will not be entitled to collect the Lot until all outstanding charges are met, together with payment of all other amounts due to us. 5.10 Refund in the case of Forgery 5.10.1 A sale will be cancelled, and the amount paid refunded to you if a Lot (other than a miscellaneous item not described in the catalogue) sold by us proves to have been a Forgery. We shall not however be obliged to refund any amounts if either (a) the catalogue description or saleroom notice at the auction date corresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars or experts at that time, or fairly indicated that there was a conflict of opinions, or (b) it can be demonstrated that the Lot is a Forgery only by means of either a scientific process not generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or a process
which at the date of the auction was unreasonably expensive or impracticable or likely to have caused damage to the Lot. Furthermore, you should note that this refund can be obtained only if the following conditions are met: 5.10.1.1 you must notify us in writing, within seven days of the receipt of the Lot(s), that in your view the Lot concerned is a Forgery; 5.10.1.2 you must then return the item to us within fourteen days from receipt of the Lot(s), in the same condition as at the auction date; and 5.10.1.3 as soon as possible following return of the Lot, you must produce evidence satisfactory to us that the Lot is a Forgery and that you are able to transfer good title to us, free from any third party claims. 5.10.1.4 you must provide us all evidence obtained by you that a Lot is a Forgery no later than seven (7) days after you receive such evidence 5.10.2 In no circumstances shall we be required to pay you any more than the amount paid by you for the Lot concerned and you shall have no claim for interest.
9 NOTICES All notices given under these Terms and Conditions may be served personally, sent by post, or faxed to the address given to the sender by the other party. Any notice sent by post will be deemed to have been received on the second working day after posting or, if the addressee is overseas, on the fifth working day after posting. Any notice sent by fax or served personally will be deemed to be delivered on the first working day following dispatch.
10 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 10.1 Limitation of Liability In the event that your bid and/or purchase is in furtherance of a business conducted by you or others, subject to clause 6, we shall not be liable, whether in tort (including for negligence) or breach of statutory duty, contract, misrepresentation or otherwise for any:
5.10.3 The benefit of this guarantee is not capable of being transferred, and is solely for the benefit of the person to whom the original invoice was made out by us in respect of the Lot when sold and who, since the sale, has remained the owner of the Lot without disposing of any interest in it to any third party.
10.1.1 loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and/or similar losses, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goods, loss of contract, loss of use, loss of corruption of data or information; or
5.10.4 We shall be entitled to rely on any scientific or other process to establish that the Lot is not a Forgery, whether or not such process was used or in use at the date of the auction.
10.1.2 any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses.
5.11 USE OF DEFAULT INFORMATION If you fail to make payment for a Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions:
10.2 Severability
5.11.1 we reserve the right to refuse you the right to make bids for any future auction regardless of whether previous defaults have been settled; and 5.11.2 you consent to us disclosing details of such default to other auctioneers and live bidding platforms, which will include your name, address, nature of the default and the date of the default Auctioneers or live bidding platforms who receive details of the default may rely on such information when deciding whether to enter into a transaction with you in the future.
If any part of these Terms and Conditions is found by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part may be discounted and the rest of the conditions shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
10.3 Force majeure
6.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or
We shall have no liability to you if we are prevented from or delayed in performing our obligations under these terms and conditions or from carrying on our business by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond our reasonable control, including (without limitation) strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving our workforce or the workforce of any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors.
6.2 any damage or liability incurred by you as a result of our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
10.4 Waiver
6 LIABILITY Nothing in these terms and conditions limits or excludes our liability for:
7. USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION 7.1 We will use the personal information you provide to us to: 7.1.1 process your payment relating to a successful purchase of a Lot; 7.1.2 process the bids you make on Lots (whether successful or otherwise) and other auction related services we provide;
10.4.1 A waiver of any right under these terms and conditions is only effective if it is in writing and shall apply only to the circumstances for which it is given. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right or remedy under these Terms and Conditions or by law shall constitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, nor preclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that (or any other) right or remedy.
7.1.3 arrange for delivery of any Lot you purchase, which will include passing your details to shipping providers and, on overseas deliveries, to customs where they make inquiries concerning the Lot;
10.4.2 Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising under these Terms and Conditions are cumulative and do not exclude rights provided by law.
7.1.4 inform you about similar products or services that we provide, but you may stop receiving these at any time by contacting us.
10.5 Law and Jurisdiction
7.2 In accordance with Clause 4.2, you agree that we may pass your information to credit reference agencies and that they may keep a record of any search that they perform 7.3 In accordance with Clause 5.11, you agree that where you default in making payment for a Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions we may disclose details of such default to other auctioneers and live bidding platforms. 7.4 We work closely with other auctioneers and bidding platforms (including, for example, other auctioneers and live bidding platforms) and may receive information about you from them. 8 COPYRIGHT 8.1 We shall have the right (on a non-exclusive basis) to photograph, video record or otherwise produce an image of the Lot. All rights in such an image will belong to us, and we shall have the right to use it in whatever way we see fit. 8.2 All the materials, including, but not limited to, text, data, graphics, logos, images, illustrations, video clips, and software is owned, controlled by, or licenced to Spink USA Inc. and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights.
THESE TERMS OF SALE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. THE SIGNER OF A SPINK BID SHEET OR PARTICIPANT IN THE AUCTION AGREES THAT EXCLUSIVE VENUE FOR ANY DISPUTE WITH RESPECT TO THESE TERMS OR IN CONNECTION WITH SPINK SHALL RESIDE IN A STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK. IN THE EVENT THAT SPINK HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED A DISPUTE TO BINDING ARBITRATION PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 4.14.2, SPINK MAY DO SO WITHIN THE TIME IN WHICH IT IS REQUIRED TO FILE A RESPONSIVE PLEADING IN ANY LITIGATION COMMENCED BY BIDDER, AND SAID LITIGATION SHALL BE DISCONTINUED.
11 POSTAGE CHARGES Shipments within the USA - $30.00 Shipments outside the USA - $50.00 Packages of more than 5lb or volumetric measurement of more than 5lb may incur extra charge. Please contact usa@spink.com for calculation of any further relevant cost in addition to the above charges.
SALE CALENDAR 2016 STAMPS 26/27/28 April 9 May 11/12 May 8 June 8 June 11 June 22 June 6 July 6/7 July 13 July 10 September 15 October 26/27 October
The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Philatelic Timed Auction The Pre-New York 2016 Collector’s Series Sale The Jose Castillejo Collection of Guatemala, 1871-86 The Stefano Fantaroni Collection of The Kingdom of Italy The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Great Britain Stamps and Postal History The Professor Derek Diamond Collection of New Zealand 2d. Chalons and the 1898-1908 Pictorial Issue The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History Stamps and Covers of South East Asia The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale
London London New York New York New York Hong Kong London
16027 16039 154 155 156 CSS18 16029
London London London Singapore Hong Kong London
16042 16030 16043 16032 CSS20 16034
COINS 21 June 22/23 June 28 June 29/30 June 25 August 28 September 28/29 September 29 September
Ancient Coins The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 2, Coins of Henry II to Edward II Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals including European Coins from the Peter Woodhead Collection The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 3, Gold Coins Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)
New York New York
325 324
London
16020
London Hong Kong London London London
16005 CSS23 16021 16006 16041
The Bruce Smart Collection of Middle East and North Africa British and World Banknotes The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale World Banknotes The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale World Banknotes
London London New York London Hong Kong London
16037 16008 324 16009 CSS23 16015
Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
London London London
16001 16002 16003
Bonds & Share Certificates of the World The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Bonds & Share Certificates of the World
London New York Hong Kong London
16017 324 CSS23 16018
The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
New York London
324 16043
An Evening of Great Whiskies and Spirits An Evening of Great Whiskies and Spirits An Evening of Great Whiskies and Spirits
Hong Kong Hong Kong Singapore
SFW19 SFW20 SFW21
BANKNOTES 12 April 12/13/14 April 22/23 June 5 July 25 August 26/27 September MEDALS 21 April 21 July 24 November BONDS & SHARES 20 May 22/23 June 25 August 18 November AUTOGRAPHS 22/23 June 13 July WINES 14 April 23 June 9 September
The above sale dates are subject to change Spink offers the following services: – VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE AND PROBATE FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS – – SALES ON A COMMISSION BASIS EITHER OF INDIVIDUAL PIECES OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS –
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