517 Animals Reptiles/Animaux Reptiles
| Lot No |
Type |
Description |
Reserve |
Estimate |
| 9105 |
OBL |
ETATS UNIS (1850) Grenouilles. Cachet à date bien marqué de Todds Valley (la Vallée des Grenouilles) en Californie daté du 17 février sur pli pré-philatélique pour le Maine, la lettre a donc traversé le continent américain. Marque de port payé circulaire à 10 cents PAID 10"". Oblitération rare!""
| $120 |
$150 |
| 9106 |
EP |
COREE DU SUD (1955) Bateau Tortue. Scott No 225. Yvert No 164. Bloc à tirage limité, 500 exemplaires seulement! Toujours sans gomme. Difficile à trouver!
| $400 |
$500 |
| 9107 |
ESS |
MALI (1961) Crocodiles. Bamako. Trial color proofs in margin strip of 5 with multicolor and printer's color codes penciled in margin. Scott No C14, Yvert No PA14. Interesting!
| $60 |
$80 |
| 9108 |
ESS |
MALI (1963) Crowned crane. Giant Tortoise. Trial color proof pair. Scott No C20, Yvert No PA20.
| $25 |
$30 |
| 9109 |
MAX |
GABON (1966) Crocodile. Maximum card. Scott No 204, Yvert No 203. Frightening!
| $20 |
$25 |
| 9110 |
EL |
MAURITANIA (1969) Python. Deluxe sheet. Scott No 264, Yvert No 266. Not easy to find!
| $25 |
$30 |
| 9111 |
ND |
(Image b)
NORTH VIETNAM (1975) Reptiles . Set of 8 imperforate blocks of 4. Scott Nos 790-7, Yvert Nos 875-82.
| $50 |
$60 |
| 9112 |
EP |
TONGA (1990b) Turtle. Stamp-on-stamp. Cromalin proof in full color on thick, glossy cardboard. From 1897 to 1942, all Tongan stamps had turtle watermarks. This set commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first postage stamp showed the watermark on the front of stamp, and hence on the proof also. Only a few exist! Scott No 740, Yvert No 772. Rare!
| $90 |
$120 |
| 9113 |
EP |
TONGA (1996) Green sea turtle. Imperforate plate proof from sheet margin showing color code marks. Scott No 920. Scarce!
| $60 |
$80 |
| 9114 |
MAQ |
INDIA (2000) Batagur Terrapin. Original artwork for Millepex 2000 issue. Watercolor on heavy paper, signed by General Manager of India Security Press. Design measures 9 x 7 cm. Scott No 1802. Accepted design, but the value was changed.
| $600 |
$750 |
| 9115 |
MAQ |
INDONESIA (2002) Water Monitor. Original drawing in pencil on heavy paper signed by the artist SUGIHARTA, measuring 15 x 21.5 cm. Varanus salvator. Scott No 2018b. I have been told but cannot confirm that this drawing was made after the stamp was issued. I have accordingly lowered the price.
| $200 |
$250 |
| 9116 |
EA |
MONACO (2004) European green lizard (Lacerta viridis). Pair of die proofs (pos & neg) in blue signed by the engraver LARRIVIERE. Scott No 2324.
| $200 |
$250 |
| 9117 |
VAR |
INDIA (2008) Aldabra Giant Tortoise. Hexagonal stamp with perforations missing on 2 sides, resulting in changing the shape of the stamp to a parallelogram!
| $160 |
$200 |
| 9118 |
VAR |
INDIA (2008) Aldabra Giant Tortoise. Strip of 3 with perforations missing from side of 2 stamps resulting in changing the shape of the stamps!
| $160 |
$200 |
GREAT BRITAIN (1975) Butterfly. Fox. Rabbit. Deer. Mushroom. Frog. Birds. Fish. Badger. Squirrel. Multicolor telegram (N) with new inscription "Post Office Telecommunications" rather than GPO. Superb illustration!
MONACO (1972) La Fontaine. Fox. Rabbit. Lion. Tortoise. Birds. Scott No 818. Yvert No 868. Trial color plate proof strip of 5.
ETATS UNIS (1939) Dinosaure. Empreinte bleue de machine à affranchir sur fragment Pitney Bowes No 01027: "Huiles Sinclair."
CAPE VERDE (1986) Various lizards in danger of extinction. Set of 4 overprinted SPECIMEN. Scott Nos 491-4.
