2714

Sale number: 115

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: The First Stamps: 1856 (Sept. 4) O.H.M.S. envelope to Ireland franked at left by 6d. blue, good margins just clear at lower left, cancelled in red with oval despatch datestamp, marked ''3'' for British share, with Carlow Oct. 17 arrival backstamp. Ex John Ayre. B.P.A. certificate (1956). Illustrated on p. 29 of ''Saint Helena: Postal History and Stamps'' by Edward Hibbert (1979). Around 15 covers bearing the first issue have been recorded, only three dating before the arrival of the 1d. and 6d. values in 1863. Photo.

Price Realised £4000

2715

Sale number: 115

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: The First Stamps: 1861 (Dec.) envelope to London franked at 1/2oz. packet rate by 6d. blue, clean-cut perf. 14 to 16, with dumb cancellation in red and ''LONDON/M.T./JA 2/62/PAID'' c.d.s. alongside with ms. ''5'' (England's share of rate), part of reverse missing but showing incomplete notation ''Forwarded by'' (probably Nichols Bros. & Erridge). Only three usages in 1861 are known. Ex John Ayre. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

2716

Sale number: 115

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: The First Stamps: 1863 (Aug. 29) envelope to Canada West, bearing 1856 6d. blue vertical pair, 1863 1d. lake type B (long bar) and 4d., just touched, tied by slightly smudged oval datestamps, unusually in black, rated ''1/4'' and ''1'' representing the division between Britain and St. Helena of the 1s.5d. rate to U.S.A. and Canada, and with Sept. 25 Paid Devonport Cape Packet and next day London Paid transit and Hamilton Oct. 8 arrival datestamps. Ex Art Groten, Don Lampart and George Montrose collections. Spectacular and important, just two covers bearing the first imperforate issues are known, the other with pen cancellations. Photo.

Price Realised £9000

1323

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: The First Stamps: 1856 imperf. 6d. marginal pair with ornamental manuscript 'sunburst' cancellations paying 1s. 1/2oz. packet rate on 1864 (Jan. 20) envelope to W.L. Goodman in London, addressed and signed at lower left by S.J. Pritchard, 2nd Officer in the Customs Department from 1852, with lightly struck oval despatch datestamp in black, marked ''11'' for British share of postage and with Feb. 25 London Paid arrival c.d.s. R.P.S. certificate (2016). Photo.

Price Realised £4000

1324

Sale number: 120

Stefan Heijtz Saint Helena: The First Stamps: 1861 perf. 6d. pair cancelled by '5 long bars cork' on 1871 (Feb. 17) envelope to Plymouth, endorsed ''per Mail Steamer'' and ''paid'' at 1s. per 1/2oz. packet rate, a rare franking with despatch c.d.s. in red and also showing ms. forwarding agent's endorsement on reverse ''Forwarded by/Nichols Bros. & Erridge'', one of only two known examples. Illustrated on p. 14 of ''Saint Helena: The Postal, Instructional and Censor Markings 1815-2000'' ed. B. Mabbett (2000). Ex Art Groten. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD