19- Hawaii, 1851, unused, Missionary (so called because it was commonly used by missionaries); Burrus.
20- Uruguay, 1858, tete-beche pair; Atlanticus.
21 - Zurich, 1843; Leeman.
22- Geneva, 1843, strip of three doublestamps; Leeman.
23- Uruguay, 1858, tete-beche pair; Atlanticus.
19. Hawaii, 1851, 2c Missionary
Priced in Scott (2007) as $660,000/$250,000 mint and used.
Narrative and image from Twinings, "The first Hawaiian stamps are called “Missionaries” because most of them were found on letters from missionaries at Honolulu to relatives and friends in the U.S.A. There are 3 values in the set: rarest is the 2 cents (about 15 known). Because the paper is brittle nearly all the “Missionaries” are damaged".
20. Uruguay, 1858, 180c green tête-bêche pair
23. Uruguay, 1858 120c blue tête-bêche pair
These issues are discussed in detail in the Williams Encyclopedia, published in print and online by Feldman.
There are three known t-b pairs of the 120 centavos: one in the Tapling collection at the British library; one in the Lichtenstein collection auctioned in May 1970 by Harmer for $9,000 (£3,750); and one in the Lathrop Pack collection auctioned in 1945.
For the 180c, two t-b pairs are known, again one is in the Tapling collection and one previously owned by Lichtenstein and sold in the Harmer auction for $11,000 (£4,583).
Images: 180c from Williams Rare Stamps, 120c from Feldman.
There are two conclusions from this:
1. LIFE's Atlanticus was Lichtenstein;
2. The pairs would sell for significantly more nearly 50 years on.
21. Zurich, 1843, 4r pair
The catalogue price is $20,000 for a single stamp. None of the catalogues to hand give a price for a pair. Filat AG at the time of writing are offering an example for CHF255,000 which equates to $251,640 and is one of the largest increases noted to date and should, perhaps, be treated with caution.
The piece is described as, "CANTON ZURICH 1846 4rp black, horizontal background. THE MAGNIFICENT MINT PAIR in a wonderful horizontal format with full margins all around and complete original gum. Of the five existing pairs one is in the Postal Museum and this is the finest of the remaining four pairs in private hands. An exhibition showpiece with a celebrated provenance in the greatest of collections: Ex Mirabaud, Ferrari & Burrus".
Image from Filat.
22. Geneva, 1843, 10c strip of three double-stamps
There are two publications online dealing with this piece, The Postal Gazette and StampNewsOnline. The former notes, "Ex collection Bally, it was sold in Zürich by David Feldman on November 29, 1991 for SF 552.000. ($ 394,290)". The image is from the latter.
The Gazette translates the inscription at the top of the stamp as, “Stamps for franking of letters less than 1 ounce; in the interior of the Canton of Geneva. The tags should be cut and stuck on the address of letters which are to be franked. Two joined tags are necessary to frank one letter from one commune to another commune of the Canton. One single tag franks for the interior of the same commune. Lith. Schmid”.
23. Uruguay, 1858 120c blue tête-bêche pair
These issues are discussed in detail in the Williams Encyclopedia, published in print and online by Feldman.
There are three known t-b pairs of the 120 centavos: one in the Tapling collection at the British library; one in the Lichtenstein collection auctioned in May 1970 by Harmer for $9,000 (£3,750); and one in the Lathrop Pack collection auctioned in 1945.
For the 180c, two t-b pairs are known, again one is in the Tapling collection and one previously owned by Lichtenstein and sold in the Harmer auction for $11,000 (£4,583).
Images: 180c from Williams Rare Stamps, 120c from Feldman.
There are two conclusions from this:
1. LIFE's Atlanticus was Lichtenstein;
2. The pairs would sell for significantly more nearly 50 years on.
21. Zurich, 1843, 4r pair
The piece is described as, "CANTON ZURICH 1846 4rp black, horizontal background. THE MAGNIFICENT MINT PAIR in a wonderful horizontal format with full margins all around and complete original gum. Of the five existing pairs one is in the Postal Museum and this is the finest of the remaining four pairs in private hands. An exhibition showpiece with a celebrated provenance in the greatest of collections: Ex Mirabaud, Ferrari & Burrus".
Image from Filat.
The Gazette translates the inscription at the top of the stamp as, “Stamps for franking of letters less than 1 ounce; in the interior of the Canton of Geneva. The tags should be cut and stuck on the address of letters which are to be franked. Two joined tags are necessary to frank one letter from one commune to another commune of the Canton. One single tag franks for the interior of the same commune. Lith. Schmid”.
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