Lombardo Veneto - Rarità in asta

[Franco Peli]

Cari Amici,

è tempo di importanti aste internazionali e le “svizzere” la fanno da padrone…

La “David Feldman Sa.” sul proprio sito-web presenta i nove cataloghi d'asta delle loro prossime vendite specializzate che si svolgeranno in Zurigo (CH) dal 26 maggio al 1 giugno 2025, e precisamente:

- Austria, the Karl Korn collection of unused stamps and proofs from 1850-1946
- Brazil with the iconic Bull’s Eye issues.
- Egypt including Foreign Offices and Offices Abroad.
- France & Colonies.
- Great Britain with British Empire.
- India and States.
- Switzerland with the iconic Cantonal issues.
- Europe and All World collection with Greece, Haiti, Romania and Siria.

Cataloghi d’asta sono visionabile direttamente nel sito-web della stessa casa d’aste.

https://www.davidfeldman.com/upcoming-auctions/

Cordialità !
Franco

[somalafis]

''Austria, the Karl Korn collection of unused stamps and proofs from 1850-1946''
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Franco

Ho ricevuto da Feldman anche il ''Feldman digest'' che sottolinea l'importanza della collezione ''Korn'' nella quale sono presenti tutti gli esemplari (nuovi) del ''Mercurio'' emesso nel 1851-56. Ecco la serie completa:

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In un lotto (il n.10058) con una stima di 100 mila franchi svizzeri sono presenti le tre rarita' dell'emissione(il ''giallo'', il ''rosa'' e il ''rosso''). Eccoli qui sotto:

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Le immagini sono accompagnate dal seguente testo:
''Below is an extract taken from the Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps, vol.1, pg.1-2, 1992, by L. N. Williams, which gives more details about their production and usage.The Mercuries acquired their nickname because the main feature of the design common to all values is a head of Mercury; Austria was the first country to adopt for its stamps the apt representation of the Messenger of the Gods.
The stamps were issued exclusively for use by the publishers of newspapers for franking copies of the journals distributed through the post to inland subscribers. The issue was authorised by a decree dated 12 September 1850, which related to stamps printed in blue, without any indication of value on them, but to be sold for 1 gulden (60 kreuzer) per hundred. Another decree on 3 December referred to similar stamps printed in yellow, which would be equivalent to ten blue stamps and in red (actually rose) which would have a value equal to fifty of the blue. The decree specified that this method of prepaying newspaper postage would come into force on 1 January 1851, when the stamps would be issued.The Mercuries were designed by Josef Axmann and they were produced and typographed at the Imperial State Printing Works, Vienna. The sheets contained 400 impressions arranged in four panes of 100.The blue stamps were sold in quantities of 100 or multiples thereof and one stamp had to be affixed to each newspaper wrapper. Stamps of the other colours were affixed to wrappers enclosing ten or fifty papers, as the case might be. Those wrappers were removed and often destroyed by the clerks in the receiving post offices which acted as distributing agents so it is not surprising that the yellow and rose Mercuries are very much rarer than the blue.Although at first it was intended that the stamps should be used only within Austria, on 28 March and 31 July 1851 they were authorised for use on newspapers sent to foreign subscribers. That additional validity was rescinded at the end of 1851. Apparently the demand for the rose stamps was small, for in October 1852 they were devalued and the remainders were put on sale together with and at the sane price as, the blue stamps. Similar action was taken in the case of the yellow Mercuries on 21 March 1856. On that day, however, a new stamp was issued. This was later to become the rarest of the quartet. Its colour is a rich vermilion., but collectors are satisfied to call it simply red. It is the pride of the Austrian philatelist for it is his country’s rarest normal stamp and one needs but to mention the magical words “rote Merkur” to see him puff out his chest and a sparkle come into his eyes.The franking power of each red Mercury was equal to that of ten blue stamps. The design was unchanged except for a slight variation in the shape of the G in the inscription ZEITUNG at the top of the stamp. In the previously issued stamps the G is rather badly shaped, something like a poorly formed C with scarcely any cross-bar. The red stamps show a much more definite G, rounded and with a prominent cross-bar. The red Mercury exists only in the second type, the yellow and rose Mercuries only in the first type, while the blue Mercury can be found in both types.Austria’s first newspaper stamps remained in use until November 1858, when they were replaced by an issue bearing the head of the Emperor Francis Joseph I.''

[Franco Peli]

Cari Amici,

è online il catalogo prossima asta "Il Ponte” che torna con un appuntamento dedicato alla Storia Postale del Lombardo-Veneto e del Levante austriaco.

Sul sito web della stessa casa d'aste è visionabile il catalogo #713 della prossima asta che si svolgerà a Milano in data 10, 11 giugno (ore 14:30), dove sarà battuta in 127 lotti la “Collezione Annamaria” di Lombardo-Veneto e del Levante austriaco dove verrà offerta una superba selezione di alcuni dei francobolli e delle buste più importanti di questo settore.

Esposizione dei lotti c/o Palazzo Crivelli, via Pontaccio 12, Milano il 6, 7 e 8 giugno 2025 (orario 10:00-13:00, 14:00-18:00).

Ricordo che la partecipazione all'asta potrà avvenire esclusivamente tramite offerte scritte, telefoniche e online.

Ricordo anche che il capo dipartimento filatelia e storia postale è il Dott. Alberto Coda Canati e come specialista la Sig.ra Cristina Gani, disponibili per ogni chiarimento in merito a questa vendita ed per eventuali conferimenti per le future aste.

Catalogo d'asta visionabile sul sito-web:
https://www.ponteonline.com/it/lot-list/auction/713
https://www.ponteonline.com/it/auctions/prossime-aste

Cordialità !
Franco

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Per Vs. informazione,
copertina del catalogo asta "Il Ponte” che torna con un appuntamento il 10/11 giugno in Milano, dedicato alla Storia Postale del Lombardo-Veneto e del Levante austriaco.
Cordialità !
Franco

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[Napoli1860]

Ho ricevuto da Feldman anche il ''Feldman digest'' che sottolinea l'importanza della collezione ''Korn'' nella quale sono presenti tutti gli esemplari (nuovi) del ''Mercurio'' emesso nel 1851-56. Ecco la serie completa

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Quelli di Masi:

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Mercuri Rossi: quello in bianco e nero credo sia quello di Masi, ex Caspary; l'altro era di Mondolfo.

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Rev LB Jul 2026