Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 13045 - Stamps of Bermuda - Dr. the Hon. David J. Saul Collection
Lot: 5

(x) Bermuda
The Postmasters' Stamps
J.H. Thies' Issue at St. Georges
1860 (1d.) Carmine-Red Crowned Circle on Yellow-Buff Paper
1860 J.H. Thies' Issue at St. Georges, (1d.) Carmine-Red Crowned Circle "paid/at/st. georges. bermuda" struck on yellow-buff paper, cut octagonally, cancelled with a manuscript pen cross and tied by a light "finger" mark to a piece of bluish paper; upper left corner, and to a lesser degree the lower left corner, stained by damp. An exceptionally rare stamp of which only five examples are recorded. R.P.S. Certificate (1974), issued to R.J. Cottman Jr., states "badly soiled". S.G. O7, £85,000. Photo

Note: In "Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps", Volumes I and II by L.N. Williams it is suggested that this stamp may be the one recorded in "The Postage Stamps of Bermuda" by H.R. Holmes as having been discovered in the USA in about 1930. It is listed in "Stamps of Fame" as No. IV

provenance:
1975: Found by a young man among his deceased father's effects in California

1976: 4 June Earl P.L. Apfelbaum auction 402, lot 613, realised $5,000. Bought by a doctor from the Midwest. Subsequently acquired by the current owner from a U.K . dealer


literature:
Alfred Smith "Alfred Smith's Monthly Circular", July 1897, Bath
M.H. Ludington, "The Postal History and Stamps of Bermuda", March 1978, Massachusetts
L.N. and M. Williams, "Stamps of Fame", 1953, London
L.N. and M. Williams "Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps", Vol. 1 "The Stories", 1993 Geneva
L.N. and M. Williams "Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps", Vol. 2 "The Biographies", 1997 Geneva


Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£13,000