Census of Orient D’Express Labels on Cover

1888 (Jan 24)

History: Siegel June 2019 lot 220 sold $700 plus commission

1888 (Mar 27)

History: David Feldman SA Nov 2010 lot 60014 sold for €2’000 plus commission

1888 (Jul 10) GB 2d registered envelope sent to the USA with 80pa on 5d, 40pa on 2 1/2d and red Orient Express label

History: Alexios Popadopoulus collection

1888 (Aug 11)

1888 (Dec 1) GB 2d registered envelope sent to Belgium with 40pa on 2 1/2d and red Orient Express label, arrival bs, very fine

1888 (Dec 22)

History: Cherrystone Jan 2009 lot 652 unsold

1888 (Dec 27) Postcard to Germany with two GB 1887 1/2d vermilion and red Orient Express label tied by Constantinople cds and arrival cds

1889 (Feb 8) GB 2d registered envelope sent to Canada, cert. Holcombe

History: Cherrystone Jul 2007 lot 984 realised $2’900

1889 (Feb 9) GB 2d registered envelope from Constantinople to Denmark with red “EXPRESS D’ORIENT” label and 40pa on 2 1/2d, cert. BPA (2004)

History: Ex Adriano Landini (Spink May 2012 lot 21 realised £1’000 plus commission); Ex Derek Seaton (Cavendish Sep 2014 lot 375 realised £650 plus commission); Cherrystone May 2015 lot 618 est. $2’000; Cherrystone May 2019 lot 2605 sold $1’800 plus commission

1889 (Apr) Envelope to UK with “Express D’Orient’ label in rose alongside 1887 40pa on 2 1/2d, both tied with clear “S” (Stamboul) barred oval, cover faults, reduced at foot. Cert. RPS (1974)

History: David Feldman SA Jun 2015 lot 50529 sold for £320 plus commission

1889 (Apr 27) (scan of reverse)

History: Felzmann lot 4474 est €200 8 Nov 2018 sold €620 plus commission

1889 (Aug 19)

History: Cavendish sale 693 lot 989 realised £850 plus commission

1889 (Sep 6) (scan of reverse)

History: Grosvenor Jun 2018 lot 302 realised £1400 plus commission

1889 (Sep 28) Cert. RPS (1977)

History: David Feldman Nov 2010 lot 60015 sold for €2’600 plus commission

1889 (Nov 11)

History: Dr. Alan Huggins (Grosvenor May 2014 lot 277 sold £1050 plus commission)

1889 (Nov 20) Wrapper with black Orient Express label and GB 1887 1/2d vermilion sent to Germany, cert. Diena and Holcombe

History: Cherrystone, Jan 2009, realised $2800

1889 (Nov 20) cert. BPA (1996)

History: Grosvenor Nov 2014 lot 2704 realised £1’250 plus commission

1889 (Nov 20) Envelope with red Orient Express label and GB 1887 1/2d vermilion sent to Germany, cert. Holcombe (1995)

History: David Feldman Apr 2008 lot 30622 realised €2400 plus commission; Christoph Gaertner Oct 2016 lot 6207 realised €1’500 plus commission

1890 (Fev 3)

History: Corinphila May 2015 lot 1785 sold for CHF4’200 plus commission

1890 (Feb 20), Cover addressed to the known correspondence of Gustav Meyer in Hamburg with black Express D’Orient label with sheet margin at right and just touching at left, tied by “Constantinople Gare-Sirkedji, 20 Fevrier 1890” circular datestamp, Hamburg arrival backstamp, cert. Du Vachat (1997)

History: Siegel Nov 2013 lot 6528 sold for $1’700 plus commission

1890 (Mar 1) Envelope from Constantinople to Harburg, Prussia, showing British Post Office Constantinople cachet at upper left and bearing 40pa on 2½d in combination with Die II label in rose (marginal), both neatly cancelled “S.” in oval of bars, Constantinople British Post Office and arrival (5.3) on reverse. Cert. RPS (1997)

History: Spink Jan 24-25 lot 1032 realised £850 plus commission

1890 (Dec 5) Envelope sent registered from Constantinople to Germany with red “EXPRESS D’ORIENT” label and 40pa on 2 1/2d and 80pa on 5d, some wear and a few peripheral tears reinforced with staining old sellotape; not affecting red label

History: Ex Derek Seaton (Cavendish Sep 2014 lot 377 realised £360 plus commission)

1891 (Jan 2) Envelope registered from Constantinople to Oxford, showing Doursoun British Post Office cachet and upper left and bearing 80pa. on 5d. in combination with Die II label in black (marginal), both neatly cancelled and tied by British Post Office datestamp and with another strike and oval-framed “R” alongside, London Registered hooded datestamp at foot, arrival datestamp (7.1) on reverse, fine. Cert. BPA (2001)

History: Spink Jan 24-25 2018 lot 1033 realised £950 plus commission; Lugdunum Nov 2018 lot 573 sold for €2155

1891 (Feb 10) Envelope sent registered to Germany with red ‘EXPRESS D’ORIENT” label, cert. Vachat (2009)

History: Ex Derek Seaton (Cavendish Sep 2014 lot 378 realised £850 plus commission)

1891 (Oct 26) Front

History: Grosvenor Sep 2014 lot 509 sold for £260 plus commission

1891 (Nov 7) Registered envelope to Germany with black “EXPRESS D’ORIENT” label, cert. Holcombe

History: Cherrystone Jul 2007 lot 985 realised $2’900

1891 (Oct 26) Registered envelope to Germany with red “EXPRESS D’ORIENT” label

History: Burda auctions march 2015, lot 826, realised €555

1892 (Aug 31) GB 2d registered envelope (1883 issue, RP 13H) from Constantinople to Germany uprated with 80pa on 5d (3) and “EXPRESS D’ORIENT” label, the only example of this H size envelope recorded.

History: Ex Dr. Alan Huggins (Grosvenor May 2014 lot 320 realised £980 plus commission); Soller Y Llach Dec 5th 2017 lot 434 realised €1800 plus commission

1895 (May 13)