U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History; July 15, 2015: The Confino Collection of United States
July 8-9, 2015

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1424
SWITZERLAND
1851 5c black and red, grid cancel, cut in at top, good color and fresh, fine appearance,
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Catalog #2L7
Catalog Value $ 3,800
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1425
SWITZERLAND
1850 5r and 10r used, each with margins all around, the latter with a horizontal crease, scarce "Rheineck 5 Aug 1851" cancel, 5r with von Der Weid certificate
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Catalog #8,10
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #1426
SWITZERLAND
1882 numerals, 5c magenta, imperforate single on granite paper with watermark, identical to the issued stamp, showing broken frame line at top (same variety exists on the perforated stamp), v.f.
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Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1427
SWITZERLAND
1889 5c stationery card, additionally franked with Standing Helvetia 20c orange, perf. 9 3/4x9 1/4, used in combination with 10c Arms, tied by Geneve 29.1.80 (wrong year-date, should have been "1889"), sent to Boudry, with 30.1.89 arrival pmk, fine and interesting combination franking, year-date error of pmk, with Pierre Guinand cert.
Envelope
Catalog #Zu.61ad,66b
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1428
SWITZERLAND
1914-1930 Mythen, Rutli, Jungfrau, 3fr-10fr complete set of five, h.r., fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #181-185
Catalog Value $ 1,097
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #1429
SWITZERLAND
1934-1955 souvenir sheets, eleven different incl. Naba, Pro-Patria and Pro-Juventute, Lifeboat, Imaba etc., first one h.r. (in margin), others n.h., fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #226/352a,B80/178
Catalog Value $ 1,482
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1430
SWITZERLAND
1968 Chess Olympiad (Lugano 1968), 30c brown, blue color omitted (castle is white instead of dark blue), perforations displaced as always, cancelled Feb 1968, v.f. Only 10 unused, three used (one on cover) examples of this error have been recorded; a fabulous modern rarity from Switzerland and the most elusive "Chess on Stamps" item, considerably undercatalogued (Zu.454var)
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Catalog #489var
Catalog Value SFr 4,500
Unsold

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