Europe
Albania 51000-51006 Austria 51007-51037 Belgium & Belgian Congo 51038-51065 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51066-51071 Bulgaria 51072-51074 Croatia 51075-51077 Czechoslovakia 51078-51086 Denmark 51087-51090 Greenland 51091-51095 Finland 51096-51110 Germany, States and Colonies 51111-51183 Greece 51184-51268 Hungary 51269-51274 Iceland 51275-51279 Italy, States & Colonies 51280-51501 Liechtenstein 51502-51529 Luxembourg 51530-51532 Montenegro 51533 Netherlands 51534-51545 Norway 51546-51553 Poland 51554-51560 Portugal & Colonies 51561-51576 Romania 51577-51592 Russia & former Soviet States 51593-51774 Serbia 51775 Spain & Colonies 51776-51807 Sweden 51808-51820 Turkey 51821-51847 Yugoslavia 51848-51855 Collections and Lots All World 51856-52041 Europe Thursday, December 6, 2018, at 10:00 CET Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
Albania
51000 H 150 1913 20pa Green and orange fiscal, with double-headed Eagle overprint, neatly cancelled by VLONE 14.9.1913 overprint, cert. Chiavarello stating “Perfetta” 51001 CC J / 168 2271F 200 1985 BASKETBALL 80Q in marginal mint nh block of 4 with MISSING BLACK PRINT resulting in missing country inscription and value tablet, very fine & scarce
51002 C H Collection 200 - 300 1913-72, Collection of mounted mint and used incl. 1913 National crest handstamped on white paper issue to the Grosh values, 1925 1fr red and ultra and 3fr brown and violet mint, Scott 193/95 part- imperf blocks of four with wild-perforations. 1927 Air 2f olive green & violet Scott C13, with unlisted broken ‘I’ in overprint. Plus later blocks, souvenir sheets, German and Italian occupation issues
51003 CC C H Collection / www 100 - 200 1913-1991, Duplication on 8 A4 stockpages, mint hinged, mint nh and used, noted diverse medium better to better values & sets, mostly fine to very fine, from the stock of a former Eastern bourse dealer
51004 F Collection / 168 301/440 ex 80 - 120 1941-1948, Group of 7 registered covers & 1 ppc from a correspondence from Durres & Tirana of a Czechoslovak in Albania to Moravia (Litovel)
51005 CC H Collection 160 - 200 1986-1993, Accumulation of miniature sheets and sheetlets in stockbook, mostly per 10, MNH &/or used (Mi. €2’000+)
51006 CC Collection 2493-2495 Klbgn. 170 - 200 1992 Albanian membership to OSCE & CEPT, each in 200 mint nh se-tenant sheetlets (Mi.2493-94Klbgn II & 2495-96Klbgn., €5’600)
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168 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
Austria
51007 H J 5X 320 1850 9Kr Blue, Handpaper, Type III, horizontal block of eight cancelled RECOMMANDIRT/ WIEN / 25/8 185., touched at bottom and left, also two small tears, a scarce multiple, cert. Sismondo
51008 51011 51008 C 3 700 1851 Newspaper (3c) Blue, type III, horiz. strip of 3, sheet margin at left, full original gum, centre stamp shows interesting plate variety (sideways hollow “S” before “ZEITUNGS”), very fine and attractive multiple, signed A. Diena, Oliva & Colla (cert. 2000) (Sass. 3, € 7’200 as singles) 51009 C DCE 100 1858-59 Small group of St.Andrews Crosses in red (1), blue (3), brown (2), noted type I & type II, mixed to very fine 51010 F / 168 16 120 1858-59 (1.05Kr) Blue newspaper stamp, used on complete wrapper to Rovigo, arrival bs 51011 C 10 300 1861 (1.05kr) Light Grey newspaper stamp, excellent strip of 4 with full original gum, good margins and strong embossing, very fine showpiece, signed A. Diena and Colla (Sass. 10, € 4’000 as block) 51012 F / 168 31,34 300 1863-64 Issue: Three 15Kr brown together with 10Kr blue, and two 5Kr rose and two 3Kr green, partly on reverse of FOUR-COLOUR franking reg’d cover to Paris, tied by red RECOMMANDIERT / WIEN 7/9 / 1865 cds, red CHARGE and AUTR. / STRASBOURG hs, bs, stamps with wax seal on reverse, very fine and rare 51013 F / 168 120 1876 Issue postal stationery card 2Kr brown + additional 5Kr franking for local registration bearing WIEN SUEDBAHNHOF 20.11.81 cds alongside RECOM:, very fine 51014 F / 168 200 1886 Underfranked postal stationery card 5Kr red from RAABS to Curityba, Parana, Brazil, with Austrian and Brazilian postage due marking, scarce, very fine 51015 F / 168 200 1900 Rare bisect usage of the 1k grey together with 2k brown tied by Innsbruck 07.03.1900 ds to postcard to Budweiss with arrival cds, very fine, rare
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170 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
51016 CC C H 555A,556A 300 1933 WIPA adhesive on ordinary paper : 1x with hinge trace & 2x used on fragment with special WIPA KONGRESSHAUS 9.7. pmks, also WIPA granite paper mint nh (Mi. €1’460)
51017 CC J P 120 1996 UNITED NATIONS VIENNA office: 1S definitive (UN - flag) in 8 IMPERFORATE progressive colour proofs, each in strip of 6 , MNH, scarce & decorative (48 adhesives) Austrian Levant 51018 F / 170 150 1869 Folded cover to Genova franked by 1867 25s Grey together with 3s green tied by thimble SMIRNE 2 JAN 63 cds, very fine 51019 F / 170 200 1871 Folded cover to Syros franked by Austrian Levant 1867 10s tied SCIO-CESME cds and Greece Large Hermes Head 20L blue, reverse bears Syros 14.4.71 arrival, 20L slightly touched, fine, cert. Schöpfer 51020 F / 170 120 1873 Folded cover from Schio franked by 1867 10s blue and addressed to Athens, Greece Large Hermes Heads 20L Blue applied on arrival, fine 51021 F / 170 150 1875 Wrapper to France with 10s pair and 15s tied by boxed LETTERE ARRIVATE / PER MARE / VARNA ds, French arrivals, very fine 51022 F / www 120 1882-1886 JERUSALEM : 3 postal stationery cards incl. 1875 5so, all bearing JERUSALEMME cds’s (2 different types), very fine 51023 F / 170 120 1900 Parcel card to Vienna franked by 1900 10pa on 2Kr cancelled by CONSTANTINOPEL 16.5.00 cds, fine 51024 F / 170 200 1908 Envelope sent registered to Austria with 5c on 5h block of 8 and vert. pair tied by RETTIMO cds with matching registration label, Trieste transit and Salzburg arrival bs, fine 51025 F / www 100 1912 Cash on delivery parcel accompanying card to Switzerland franked Levant 1908 5pi + 10pi bearing CONSTANTINOPEL II 15.3.12 cds to Berne, with Swiss parcel card Offices in the Turkish Empire
51026 F / 170 300 SMYRNA (TURKEY): 1878 Entire from Metelino to Trieste franked with 10s blue tied “SPED.POST PRESSO LLOYD SMIRNE” on arrival in Smirna port, scarce and very fresh, ex Del Bianco Offices in Crete
51027 F / 170 340 1874 Austrian Levant 10s blue tied by Candia 9/2 cds on cover in combination with Greece 20Lep (touched at right), black PP, fine, signed Baudot
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Collections 51028 F / www 500 - 1’000 1850-1938 Accumulation of 150+ covers & cards, noted many medium better items, mixed 51029 CC C H G / www 400 - 700 1850-1940, Neatly mounted mint and used collection on 10 Scott album pages, from first issue onwards, noted 1910 Birthday Jubilee 10K, 1931 Rotary Convention set, 1933 FIS set tied to pieces with special cancels, also airs, postage dues, newspaper stamps, etc. 51030 CC C H / www 700 - 1’000 1850-1974, Mint & used selection in stockbooks and glassines, from the 1850 issue onwards, noted strength in the later years with two Rotary covers and a multitude of the 1952-53 Birds, never hinged, very fine 51031 CC C H G J DCE M / www 100 - 200 1854-1965 Lot of mostly fiscals + various vignettes, MNH, hinged, unused or mostly used, noted some blocks of four and never hinged fiscals 51032 H G F / 172 1’500 - 2’500 1864-1920ca, AUSTRIA USED IN LIECHTENSTEIN: Collection on leaves from pre-stamp covers, later franked covers with Austrian issues or on fragment or loose, in all 71 items with scarce including postage dues on a card, Newspaper stamp on circular, needs reorganising 51033 F / www 150 - 250 1873-1938 POSTAL STATIONERY COLLECTION on 76 self-made exhibition pages, cards and letter cards only, partly with nice cancellations, fine to very fine 51034 F / www 200 - 400 1865-93 Postal stationery group (9) with many better items noted incl. 1865 envelope issue 25Kr violet bearing WIEN 15.12.68 cds to London (a basically identical item from Jan.1869 from same correspondence but with 1867 25kr imprint is shown in Ferchenbauer 2000 p.784), etc., mixed to very fine, interesting group 51035 C H 80 - 100 1915-46 Mint and used range of Austrian, Italian, Romanian and Serbian fieldpost issues on home- made album pages, incl. Postage due issues 51036 F / www 80 - 140 1936-1961 POSTAL STATIONERY AUSTRIA & HUNGARY: Accumulation of about 60 picture stationery cards with 35gr (1936-37) red and 1S45gr (1951-56) red (for foreign destinations), mostly unused, also some airmail stationery + HUNGARY about 20 picture stationery cards 1933-37
51037 CC H J S / www 150 - 250 2002-17 Dealer’s stockbook with Euro issues only, in order by years, mostly used, but noted many special prints, imperfs., black prints, flower stamps (sent to regular abo clients only), etc. (spec.cat. ANK € 2000+) Belgium 51038 F / 172 1V 150 1849 10C Brown with variety “vertical line at left” plate flaw, tied by P14 barred numeral on APRES LE DEPART (in red) cover to Beaumont to Mons, superb 51039 F / 172 1’500 1854 Cover with text written in Ostende and sent to Paris with 40c Medallion (cut in), Ostende 17 aout 54 red cds, redirected to Epone in France with 20c Napoleon, touched, tied by mute star, Mantes 19 aout cds on reverse, scarce mixed franking, signed Calves 51040 A / www 400 1864 Competition, over 220 artists’ essay from various artists including: Asthöver, Dargent, Delpierre, De Patoul, Frisch, Lemaire, Sels, Wittebols, etc., very fine
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51041 F / 172 30 200 1869-70 10c Green on cover from Brussels to Alost, opened and resealed by two P.O. labels, ms “Retour à la griffe”, scarce 51042 NO LOT
51043 CC / www RT1 300 1897 Telegraph receipt stamp, 10c in tête-bêche gutter pair, scarce 51044 172 2000 1972 BANKNOTES Two Artist’s sketches for the designs of the 1000 BEF & 5000 BEF Banknotes, very fine, unique, the only two sketches known from Velghe
51045 F Collection / 174 500 - 800 1667-1844, Attractive selection of Prephilatelic covers, noted 1667 document from Charleroy signed by French minister Colbert, GRAVENHAGE/FRANCO, MAASEIK CHARGE, registered 1795 FLAMESOUL, P7P MARIEMBOURG, also two other types, 1795 TIRLEMONT, HOUDENG-GOEGNIES, BEAURAING, two Luxemburg covers including P96P, 1844 cover with early “Adm on des Postes”,etc. 16 lettres
51046 Collection / 174 200 - 400 1782-1962, Group of 91 covers, stationery and illustrated stationery including early express covers, perfinned stationery (1883), 1782 cover with D.A.B. in blue, airs, etc.
51047 CC C H G F Collection 500 - 800 1849-63, Attractive mint & used collection in two stockbooks showing good strength in the Epaulettes and Madaillons issues, with shades and various cancellations plus some valuable proofs and reprints, also varieties, various multiples and a range of cancellations, later years (from 1869 onwards) generally mint with better sets and singles including 1919 Helmet issues with various multiples, also some Orval issues, a few covers, gen. fine to very fine
51048 CC C H F DCE Collection 800 - 1’200 1849-64, Attractive selection of Epaulettes and Medaillons on stockcards, many large margined examples, multiples up to strip of four (Epaulette 20C), proofs, noted also letter with 1851 10C and Affr. INSUFF. and Déboursé, scarcer items including unused 1858 40C, etc. a great lot
51049 CC C H G Collection 700 - 1’000 1849-1980, Chiefly mint stock in 18 stockbooks plus various folders, some earlies but mostly later years’ material, various early issues in complete sheets, also some charity issues, noted several numbered “Malines” sheets, gen. fine
51050 CC C H Collection 500 - 900 1849-1981 Mint and used collection showing a number of better sets and singles incl. Yv. N°1 and 2, good basis for expansion
51051 CC C H Collection 100 - 200 1850-1998, Duplication on album leaves & A4 stockcards noted medium better values, etc, mint hinged, MNH and used, mixed to v.fine
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51052 C H F Collection / 174 300 - 500 1851-61 Specialised MEDAILLON collection neatly mounted on 18 pages showing singles, multiples and covers displaying a fine range of cancels and shades, noted 20C block of four on cover, study of the LL watermark on the 10C and 20C, covers showing various rates with 10C, 20C and 40C adhesives, identified numeral cancellations on the 10C and 20C plus TPO cancels including M.I, E.II in green, M.V., also various boxed TPO cancels including ANVERS, BRUXELLES, GOSSELIES, MONS and NAMUR
51053 C H Collection 800 - 1’200 1851-1950, Attractive old-time collection in album showing a wealth of 40c Medallion imperforate with cancellations, a mint 40c with variety “planche felée”, strong back of the book, a few booklets, useful bandes publicitaires, etc., few foxing
51054 F Collection / 174 500 - 800 1865-1940, Specialised postal history selection with 42 items showing a large proportion of pre-1900 items, cancellation interest incl. 1891 TRAZEGNIES octagonal, Swiss cancellation, French cancellation, TPO cancels, PD cancel, blue FALISOLLE, readdressed mail, printed matter, early registered items, Boite Rural, perfins, Express mail, insufficiently franked mail, Red Cross items, rare postage due bisect, multiple frankings, 1865 1F cover to Spain, “Livret de mobilisation civile”, etc.
51055 F Collection / www 200 - 300 1867-78 Newspaper wrappers, lot of 36 items overprinted SPECIMEN, some in sheets and part sheets, some signed Corneille, scarce group
51056 F Collection / 176 7’000 - 10’000 1867-1881, Group of 13 covers, mostly a recently discovered archive to Paris, showing scarce massive frankings, noted 3F rate to Paris with 1865 30c (x10, bloc of four and block of six), 2F70 rate to Paris with 1865 1F (x2) +40c +30c, 2F40 rate to Paris with 1869 30c (x8), 1F80 rate to Paris with 1860 30c (x6), scarce printed matter rate to Paris with 1865 10c, and same with 1869 10c, 60c rate to Paris with 1869 20c strip of three, 1876 reg’d cover to Paris with 1869 40c +5c, 1876 reg’d cover to Paris with 1869 40c +30c, 1881 reg’d cover to Paris with 1869 10c (x5), 1889 cover to Russia, etc., mixed to very fine
51057 CC C H Collection / www 300 - 500 1879-1987, Railroad stamp collection, mint and used, showing a great deal of completion, practically only missing the 1915 Roue Ailée set, a collection for completion
51058 CC C H Collection / www 150 - 250 1884-1943 Ranges mint/nh mint, noted 1905 set, 1914 Red Cross imperf. proof blocks of 6 (4), 1915 Railway Parcel set to 1f, 1934 Tuberculosis set used etc, few faults Belgian Congo
51059 F / 176 120 - 150 1907-59, Group of 23 Covers/stationery all addressed to Switzerland, censored covers from both wars, 1 doubly censored through Gold Coast 51060 F / 176 120 1940 Registered air letter with N°176 and N°201 tied by very rare POSTES MILITAIRES / BUREAU N°4 cds and addressed to Leopoldville. corresponding registration label, rare, cert. Van der Marcken 51061 F / www 100 1942 Airmail cover from the tiny town of AKETI and addressed to South Africa, franked 10F50 (N° 254 & 260) plus 1F air (PA8), all tied AKETI 6/8 42 cds, censored in BUTA (special 2-line marking) plus South African censoring, scarce, cert. Van der Marcken 51062 F / 176 100 1943 Fieldpost cover from Belgian troops stationed in Nigeria and bearing censor marking CENSURE MILITAIRE / TROUPES COLONIALES BELGES in violet, scarce, cert. Van der Marcken
51063 CC Collection 200 - 400 1924-60, Small never hinged stock of Belgian Congo and Ruanda Urundi in sheets, noted Mask 10F in sheet of 50, also Palm Tree issue and Ruanda Urundi “Vloors” issue etc. (STC €4’530)
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Lado Enclave 51064 F / 178 600 1901 (12.10) En provenance de Kéro: Entier postal égyptien à 3 millièmes avec timbre soudanais à 3 millièmes annulé losange de points de Khartoum, cachet de transit Khartoum 9 NO 01 (date en lettres, rare) et cachet d’arrivée à Marchienne, voie du Nile Rwanda 51065 A / 178 300 1970 Gorillas, Set of 8 values in imperforate proofs stuck on a sheet with printer’s annotations, unique Bosnia and Herzegovina 51066 F / 178 800 1917 KUK Declared value cover from Sarajevo to Brcko franked by 19 stamps with values between 10 heller and 2 Kronen from the 1912-1917 issues, all tied by SARAJEVO 6/9 17 cds, wax seals on reverse, a scarce franking
51067 Collection / 178 2’000 - 3’000 Collection of 181 Watercolour painting in four deluxe albums depicting all the towns of Bosnia with postoffices at the turn of the 20th Century, from Alipasin-Most to Zvornik, with title “Die Postzstempel von Bosnien-Herzegowina”, ideal for a collection of postmarks, unique
51068 F Collection / 180 2’000 - 3’000 1859-1875, Attractive specialised collection mounted on seven album pages plus 3 stockpages comprising 19 covers, with pre-philatelic items, a Toughra cover from Sarajevo to Trieste (via Brood) and mostly Duloz issue franked covers, mostly from Sarajevo but also from Mostar, some incoming mail (Samokoff in Bulgaria), most covers have explanations of rate, a fine lot, some certs.
51069 F Collection / www 400 - 500 1879-1916, Selected group of 8 covers including 1879 stampless military envelope with ETAPEN- POSTAMTNo 1 cds on front, backstamped FELDPOST-EXPOSITUR No 18, with contents, 1890 KuK Feldpost Expositur Plevke cds with FRANCO alongside to Wien, 1916 parcel card from Austria with postage dues 10h pair + 4h tied byKonsk cds, good lot
51070 CC C J DCE Collection / www 4’000 - 5’000 1879-1918, One man’s outstanding lifetime collection, particularly strong in back of the book. Much is well displayed mostly on album pages, as well as plenty waiting to be incorporated into the collection. Present are 100s of proofs, colour trials, varieties, different papers, from the first coat of arms through to Karl I heads and corresponding frames. There are extensive studies on the 1906 issues here with large coloured proofs and much material we have never seen before
51071 F Collection / www 200 - 300 1994 LOCAL ISSUE MOSTAR (Eastern Mostar): Group of 57 covers, cards, stationery including proofs and varieties of the local overprint resp. issue, from a genuine original source, interesting time documents and quite scarce group for the specialist Bulgaria
51072 C H Collection 200 1879 Selection of first issue only, noted all values, 5C (7 incl. one mint hinge), 10C (5), 25C (9), 50C (8), 1Fr (7), mixed to superb (Mi approx. €3’700)
51073 CC C H Collection 100 - 200 1879-1986, Accumulation on A4 stockcards & diverse envelopes & glassines, noted medium to better sets and values 1920s to 1940s, some classics, MNH, hinged or used, mixed to v.fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock
51074 F Collection / www 100 - 150 1893-1958 Group of 50 covers/postal stationery all addressed to Switzerland including airs, registered, TPOs, censored, diverse frankings
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Croatia 51075 H 24-38 200 1941 Complete set of 15 values neatly used with Zagreb cds, very fine, scarce, cert. FSH
51076 CC C J DCE P / www 280 1941-45 Selection of varieties on 4 A3 stockcards with proofs, engraver signs, plate errors, double perfs and 8 1941/42 landscape specialties with certs of N.Petric, also 1945 military stamps incl. “feldpost” overprint, etc., mint hinged or MNH, generally fine to very fine 51077 CC / 180 500 1945 Storm troopers min.sheet, nh, very fine, cert. Raybaudi Czechoslovakia 51078 F 100 1893 5kr Postal stationery card with printed message relating to ASTRONOMY, sent to William Maw (past President and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society), sent by the Director of the Imperial Royal Observatory in Prague, with message concerning the star Capella, some creasing, scarce 51079 F / 180 500 1939 Airmail cover Airs 1930 50H + definitives 4Kc + 10Kc bearing PRAHA 1 26.4.39 cds to Kakakashi / Dairen / Manchuria via Bangkok / Shanghai (transit at back), already Protectorate usage, a very scarce destination and unusual routing 51080 F / 180 300 1939 Airmail cover franked definitives 4Kc(2) + 50H bearing MORAVSKA OSTRAVA 29.8.39 cds to Kakakashi / Dairen / Manchuria,, already Protectorate Bohemia & Moravia usage, with violet cachet D.K. PRAHA (Devisenkontrolle), a very scarce destination
51081 C P 100 1943 SEIZINGER colour proofs for Croatian Ruder Boskovic issue 3K50 (brown, olive, violet) and 12K50 (green, brown, violet and red) and issued 12K50 with engravers sign (‘S’ for Seizinger), mint hinged, fine to very fine (Mi nos.148-49Pr & 149I)
51082 DCE 900 1984 Olympic Games 1Kc WITH inscription “HRY XXIII. OLYMPIADY LOS ANGELES 1984”, unissued value showing variety ‘total missperforated horizontally, as usual without gum, 2017 cert. Vychron
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51083 A P Collection 200 - 300 1918-25, Hradcany, Chainbreaker and WIndehover, selection of 124 colour proofs and printers waste on three stockcards, some scarce, fine
51084 CC C H J Collection 150 - 300 1918-93, Accumulation on A4 stockcards & album pages including Bohemia & Moravia, some Slovakia, noted medium better sets and values 1920s to 1950s, MNH, hinged or used, mixed to v.fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock
51085 G Collection / www 50 - 100 1919 FISCALS Accumulation of about 140 cut outs of fiscal imprints on bills of exchange, all from 1919, for fiscal values from 20h to 50Kc
51086 H Collection 150 - 300 1950-1992 Very large accumulation of complete used sheets in large box, many with cds’s and not the usual roller obliterations Denmark
51087 51088 51087 H 1 280 1851 2BS blue used with 1 in circles, very fine, signed Calves 51088 F DFE / 180 2 300 1851 4s Brown on front and on cover tied by “2” numeral of Hamburg with cds adjacent, the front with clear strike but stamp creased, the cover with less legible strike, both four margined stamps, scarce 51089 H 40aa 1’300 1895 8ö Grey and red, wmk Large Crown, strip of three showing variety NO WATERMARK on the first example, cancelled by HURUP 9.5.02 cds, scarce variety, especially when together with normal, cert. Möller
51090 CC C H Collection / www 300 - 400 1851-1940, Mint and used collection on 3 Scott album pages plus a stockpages, good earlies plus later issues including airs such as the 1925-29 set mint, fine Greenland
51091 H F / 184 P3/P16 500 1905-37 “Bears” group of 10 diff. used with variety of cancels (note 3kr with 1937 cds) plus parcel card (creases) to Julianehaab franked by 25ö Thiele I (imperf BR corner margin stamp) tied by two crowned straight-line hs (Facit P3 I, on cover SEK 10’000). Useful, generally very fine (SEK about 22’500) 51092 F / 184 300 Four parcel cards with “Bears” tied by Gronlands Styrelse straight-line or oval cancels, two with 10ö single frankings, another with 10ö+2ö, last with four 10ö front or back plus 3kr (card with repaired corner), very fine overall (SEK 16’000+)
182 Europe Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
51093 F / 184 P10-P11 400 1930 Thiele Printing: 70 öre violet & 1kr yellow, neatly tied on parcel card (Form A4i) by oval crown GRONLANDS STYRELSE, sent from Copenhagen to Holsteinsborg, with “1531” (Type CII) label alongside, cert. Moller 51094 F / 184 P9 300 1930 Thiele Printing: 20 öre red, three singles, all neatly tied on parcel card (Form A4h) by oval crown GRONLANDS STYRELSE, sent from Copenhagen to Godhavn via Holsteinsborg, with “1710” (Type CII) label alongside, cert. Moller
51095 CC C H G F Collection / www 700 - 1’000 1905-79, Specialised mint and used collection housed in two stockbooks, with nearly 200 Pakke Porto stamps plus some better later issues including the 1945 Liberation set, a few covers, fine Finland
51096 51097 51098 51099 51096 H 2 100 1856-58 10k carmine-red, obliterated with ink pen cross, creased at top margin, thin needle point, signed Berger/Troppau (Facit SEK 3’500) 51097 G 2 v1 300 1856-58 10k Carmine-red on narrow-laid paper, used on small fragment, lovely Borga low boxed ds (8 JUNI 1858), very fine, cert. Schwenson (SEK 20’000) 51098 G 2 v1 300 1856-58 10k Carmine-red on narrow-laid paper, low boxed Borga ds (21.OCT.1858) and ms index no. 5, hinged back to piece from which lifted for examination, fine, cert. Schwenson (SEK 20’000) 51099 G 2 v1 300 1856-58 10k Carmine-red on narrow-laid paper, tied to piece by high boxed sans-serif Wiborg ds (1858) and index no. 1, cert. Schwenson and Bühler and also signed Senf (SEK 20’000)
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51105 51100 F 2c 1’000 1856-58 10k Dark Carmine, good to large margins, cancelled by clear high-boxed ÅBO 20/6 1856 ds, also index number “67” at top right, on letter to Helsingfors, very fine, cert. Tuori
51101 51102 51101 H 2e 300 1856-58 10k Red-carmine, high boxed Wiborg ds (4.1.1857) in antique type and index no. 4, very fine, cert. Schwenson (SEK 7’000) 51102 H 2e 300 1856-58 10k Red-carmine, scarcer low boxed Nyslott ds (20 OCT 1856), couple faint bends else fine, cert. Schwenson (SEK 8’000) 51103 F / 184 2g 130 1856-58 10k Carmine red, cut-round, tied by neat HELSINGFORS 12/10 1858 cds on envelope to Jyväskylä, ANK 16/10 arrival pmk alongside, covers creases, still fresh and fine, cert. Tuori 51104 F / 184 120 1860 Design “Retour Recipisse” formular with imprinted 10p Arms, sent from Borga (30.11.1871) to Jakobstad, with RED cds of receipt (6.11.1871), very fine 51105 F 6 C1, 8 C3 2’000 1866-67 8p roulette I on ordinary paper (v1) pair and single plus pair of scarcer 20p greenish-blue roulette III on grey-blue paper (v2b), all cancelled by long manuscript cross on cover to IRELAND, with small Brahestad cds (16.12.1873) and crayon “3” on obverse, cds of St. Petersburg (10.12.73) and H & K. PACT (26.12.1873) on reverse, very few slightly shorter teeth, earlier by far than the two Finland covers recorded to Ireland in the “Emerald” collection, a showpiece, fine, cert. Schwenson (SEK 22’000 to Great Britain)
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51106 F / 184 7v1C3 200 1866-67 10p Black on yellow, Roulette III, two examples tied by ÅBO 20/6 71 cds on folded cover to Kumo, very fine, cert. RPS
51107 DFE 10C3+5+6 2’000 1867-73 Roulette Issue (Roulette C) 1M Brown together with 5p and 8p singles, all tied by BORGÅ 15/3 1870 cds on cover front to Cognac, France, with St.Petersburg transit and French entry cds, a few short teeth and filing crease through the 1M, fresh and fine An extremely important item as it is believed to be the ONLY cover to France bearing a 1M adhesive 51108 C H / www 165 120 1930 10Mk ZEPPELIN 1 x mint (hinge traces), 2 x used (1 w. 1 short perf), FACIT SEK 5’000
51109 DCE P / www 198-200 IMPERF. 100 1936 Red Cross set in 3 IMPEFORATE pairs, ungummed, very fine
51110 C H Collection 150 - 300 1856-1987, Duplication on A4 stockcards & Schaubek leaves with mostly classic values & diverse semi-modern sets and values, mostly hinged & used, noted many better values of Russian Finland, mostly fine to very fine German States Bavaria
51111 F / 184 1’200 1867-70 18kr Red-orange in combination with 1kr. light green two singles, on cover to Venice, all tied “AUGSBURG/4.3.71” cds, a fine and scarce combination frankings of imperforate and perforated issues 51112 CC C H / www 77II 600 1911-1912 Part sheet from se-tenant gutter sheet of 5Pf Luitpold consisting of printed label Esperanto restaurant & Brewers school Dr.Doemens : Mi W1.14 + WZ 1.14 + W1.13 + WZ1.13 + W1.14 + WZ1.14, 3 adhesives and 2 printed labels mint hinged, rest is MNH, Mi Euro 2110 for MNH), also single used and single mint hinged (hinge trace) 5Pf Luitpold with Esperanto label and another used block with R13 and R14 label + se-tenant 5Pf tete-beche, a rare group 51113 F / www 77II 200 1912 5Pf Luitpold with se-tenant label “brewers school Dr.Doemens” and another 5Pf Luitpold with label “Esperanto restaurant” se-tenant with left margin from booklet-page tied to back of small envelope by DINKELSBUEHL 25.4.12 cds to Muenchen, rare on cover
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Heligoland 51114 F / 188 200 1875 (Jul) 3 Farthings / 5Pfg postal card (H&G 1) sent to Hamburg, cancelled with “HELIGOLAND” s7l hs, full message on reverse, early & scarce 51115 F / 188 380 1879 Provisional postal envelope 2 1/2d / 20 Pfg on 1 1/2 2d / 10 Pfg (H&G B2a) sent to Bremen, cancelled by arched double-circle date-stamp, very fine and scarce 51116 F / 188 200 1879 10Pfg on 5Pfg provisional postal card H&G 4a sent to Hanover, cancelled by double-arched date- stamp, reverse with full message, fine 51117 F / 188 120 1882 Incoming reply postal card portion only H&G 7 from Rostok (Germany) to “Helgoland” with full message, fine and very scarce 51118 F / 190 14 150 1882 Envelope sent to Germany bearing 10pfg pair, fine, cert. Karl-Heinz Schulz (2001) 51119 F / 188 380 1889 Intact reply 5d / 10 Pfg postal card H&G 7 sent to Austria bearing message outgoing (no return message), very fine and scarce, cert. Schulz (2001) 51120 F / 188 180 1890 Envelope sent internally with 5 pfg single franking tied by cds, very fine and rare internal usage, cert. Jens Muller (2009) 51121 F / 190 18, 17, 16 500 1890 Registered envelope sent to Loebejun bearing 1 shilling (1mark), 6d (50pfg), 3d(25pfg), rare, cert. Saxony
51122 F 4IIa(2) 50 1855 (Apr 16) Wrapper from Leipzig to Schleitz with 1851-52 1ng black pair, good to large margins but creased by filing folds, cancelled by pen with ms despatch and date adjacent, arrival bs, some soiling Schleswig-Holstein 51123 F / 188 200 1833 Cover to France with rare linear “PLÖN, des 16. May 1833.” pmk, “DANEMARCK PAR HAMBOURG”, “TTR4”, arrival Bordeaux 25.05.1833 cps, very fine, scarce, signed Baudot Thurn and Taxis 51124 F / 188 600 1865 1Sbgr. rose (x6) tied by 291 numeral to cover to Vienna, arrival backstamp, few toning, scarce Wurttemberg
51125 H 1’500 - 2’000 1851-83, Used collection on 2 printed album pages incl. the first six issues to 18kr, 1873 70kr, mixed margins and condition, some rare stamps
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51116 51117
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51123 51124
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Germany German Empire 51126 F / 190, 194 329 1’000 1923 (Nov 23) Bank to bank money value letter of 34th weight rate from Dt.Ueberseeische Bank Berlin to Banque de Genève for a contents of 240 Billionen Mk franked originally 91 x 20M Mk (3 adhesives fell off) at front and back of envelope totalling 1820 Milliarden Mk (which is composed of 400 Milliarden Mk for insurance + 20 Milliarden Mk for registered fee + 1400 Milliarden Mk for 34th weight tariff), each adhesive bearing BERLIN W 23.11.23 cds, at back also Geneva arrival marking The cover is franked at the tariff of the 3rd last inflation period A very impressive and outstanding cover of the German Inflation period and one of the highest frankings we have ever seen 51127 F / 190 330B+ 400 1923 (Nov 30) Registered cover from Charlottenburg to Stockholm/Sweden franked by ROULETTED 50M blue and pair of 20M plus single 10M to pay the 100M rate, very fine and rare 51128 F / 190 341 150 1923 (Dec 1) Definitives 20Pf viol’blue tied commercial postcard to Ireland by BREMEN 1.12.23 cds (first day of usage !!), very fine and scarce 51129 F / 192 200 1929 Zeppelin Flight from Latvia with 4Rm brown tied by F’hafen 15.05.29 cds to New York, rare red pmk “Beförderung verzögert wegen Abbruchs des 1. Amerikafahrt.”, New York 05.08.29 cds, very fine, scarce 51130 F / 192 500 1929-31, Group of 4 Zeppelin covers/cards incl. 1929 card to Latvia with Mi. 423 +424 +382, 1930 cover to Latvia with Mi. 438 (x2) +439 (x2), 1931 Polarfahrt with Mi. 458, 1930 Sudamerica fahrt from USA with US stamp, very fine (4) German Foreign Offices German Post in Morocco
51131 51132 51131 C 100 1900 6p25c on 5m slate and carmine, type II, mint, very fine, cert. Sismondo (2015) 51132 C 80 1900 6p25c on 5m slate and carmine, type I, mint, very fine German Post in Turkey
51133 51134 51133 C 80 1900 25pi on 5m slate and carmine, type I, mint, very fine
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51126ex1
51127 51128
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German Colonies Kiautschou 51134 C / 189 80 1905 $1 1/2 black violet, mint, fresh, fine and scarce German WWI Occupation Issues 51135 F 100 1916 Reg’d Express cover to Calbe with 5 stamps overprinted Postgebiet Ob. Ost incl. 1 RM tied by Kowno 25.10.1916 cds, toning, arrival backstamp, scarce, signed Baudot Danzig
51136 CC C H Collection 1’200 - 2’000 1920-1937, Practically complete collection of Danzig mounted on 5 Scott album pages, early overprinted Germanias including the famous “Innerdienst” 60pf, 1M and 2M singles in mint condition, very fine Memel
51137 F 200 1922 Two airmail covers (16.9.1922 and 18.10.22) bearing colourful frankings and addressed to Germany
51138 C F Collection 200 - 300 1824-1944, MEMEL 30 stamps and 40 covers incl. 1824 St Petersburg to France via Memel, WWI & II Fieldpost, French period, Lithuanian period, WWII German ruling, etc., plus related documentation, most attractive Bohemia and Moravia Theresienstadt 51139 H / www 100 1943 ‘ZULASSUNGSMARKE’ green, used with part cancel “PRAG 3 16.3.44”, very fine (Mi € 400) Sudetenland
51140 CC C H G F Collection / 192 1’200 - 1’800 1938-39 COLLECTION in thick album noted Rumburg & Maffersdorf with diverse better, MNH, hinged, used and on covers (many signed, some with certs.) and large collection of covers, cards and philatelic souvenir items in alphabetic order by areas and villages, mostly fine to very fine German WWII Occupation Issues French Legion 51141 CC J / 192 200 1942 Green vignette F.(+10F) with overprint FRONT DE L’EST OSTFRONT in bottom margin blk of 6 showing right 4 stamps with variety: large green colour band from bottom to top, MNH, very fine Fieldpost WW II
51142 F / www 100 1940s WWII German Military and Civilian censored mail collection of covers and cards with different slogan cancellations, much mail with various violet German Unit cancels. Plus 1941 Munchen cover to Luftwaffe in Brussels, endorsed ‘L09532’ and 1944 letter from the N.S.D.A.P. to Luftwaffe ‘L02630’ with children Red-Cross Cinderella.
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51140ex4 51140ex5
51140ex6 51141
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Bizone
51143 CC 96 var. 140 1948 Definitives 90Pf Cologne Cathedral in 3 pairs: imperforate, vertical imperf and horiz.imperf., MNH Collections 51144 F / www 120 - 200 1830-1865, Lot of 50 covers with mostly Bavaria, some pre-philately but mostly covers franked with the first issue, fine
51145 CC C H G F 2’000 - 3’000 1849-1914, Attractive collection of GERMAN STATES in one stockbook, good section of Baden, Bavaria incl. N°1 (signed) up to the early 20th century issues, Hannover icnl. 1859-63 10Gr green, extensive Prussia and Saxony, valuable Wurttemberg and Northern Confederation, a few covers including Holstein 1864 1/4s on large part cover, very good quality overall. see scans of the whole album on the net
51146 CC C H G 4’000 - 7’000 1849-1940, Substantial mint & used collection of Germany and colonies mounted on 26 Scott album pages, strength in German States with better items including T&T 1859-60 5gr lilac, good Oldenburg including 1852-55 1/3Sgr, 1859 1/3Gr, 2Gr and 3Gr, also 1861 3Gr and 1862 3Gr, string Bavaria, also good Hannover, Wurttemeberg and Hamburg, then German Empire showing a great deal of completion with good Germania, Infla including good Serrate Rouletted singles, later issues with good Zeppelins, some colonies, Sarre, officials, etc., mixed to fine 51147 CC C H F / www 1’200 - 2’000 1849-1945, Attractive mint and used collection of German States, German Empire and German Colonies housed in three stockbooks, good selection of States with primarily Baden and Bavaria, also Prussia incl. some covers, Empire with se-tenants, extensive colonies replete with Ship-issues, then Saar, Danzig, some occupations and more, gen. fine (3’270 stamps) 51148 F / 194 5’000 - 6’000 1851-82, Lot of 143 items of classic German in one stockbook, mostly GERMAN STATES with extensive Baden and Bavaria, good Hannover, Brunswick, some postal forms, mostly addressed to France, section of German Empire, mixed to fine 51149 CC C H 2’000 - 3’600 1851-1980, Starter collection with German States incl. Württemberg Yv.43 used, the Germany and Colonies incl. Kiautschou Yv.13*, etc., good collection with some better stamps
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51205 51169ex2
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51150 C H 200 - 400 1860-1945, Mint & used collection neatly presented in 6 stockbooks, noted German States, useful Territories & Colonies, very fine 51151 F 400 - 800 1860-1945, 100’s covers/stationery neatly presented in 6 albums, noted German States, useful Infla, strong Third Reich, very fine 51152 F / www 50 - 100 1863-1945 Accumulation of 28 German Empire covers & cards incl. a few German States covers, 1883 registered cover with pair 20Pf to Praha, 1944 airmail cover from Athens via Berlin to Nusle, 1943 cover franked 12Pf ‘Durch Deutsche Feldpost’ from Belgrade to Praha, ‘forced labour camp’ workers mail to Bohemia Moravia, etc., mixed to very fine 51153 C H 800 - 1’400 1865-1950, Collection in album (mint from 1920) loaded with useful sets, noted Zeppelin incl. Polar Flight, early Bizone and French Zone, DDR, States with T&T, fine to very fine 51154 F / www 100 - 200 1866-1938 GERMAN EMPIRE: Small but interesting group of mostly airmail cards, noted stationery airmail card 1912 with better Doppeldecker design, also 1866 Hamburg postal stationery envelope 51155 F / www 150 - 300 1873-1912 BAVARIA : Lot of 54 POSTAL STATIONERY CARDS used or unused including 21 stationery picture cards : mostly private stationery event cards, incl. Arbeits- u. Kraftmaschinenausstellung Muenchen 1898, Turnfest Nuernberg 1903, Bundesschiessen Nuernberg 1897 and 33 ordinary stationery cards with some double cards and many nice cancels, mostly very fine to superb 51156 F / www 150 - 300 1874-1919 WUERTTEMBERG : Lot of 72 POSTAL STATIONERY CARDS used or unused including 22 stationery picture cards : mostly private stationery event cards, incl. Heilbronner Industrie- Kunst- und Gewerbeausstellung 1897, Electrotechnik Ausstellung Stuttgart 1896, Jahresfest dt.-oesterr. Alpenverein, Saengerbundfest 1896, Klimperkasten-Ball 1897, etc + 50 regular post.stat.cards (many with nice cancels), mostly very fine to superb 51157 F / www 150 - 250 1875-1959 Group of 112 covers/postal stationery all addressed to Switzerland with WWII correspondence and early Bavaria/Wurtemberg postal statinery 51158 F 200 - 400 1880-1975, GERMAN EMPIRE & BUNDESREPUBLIK – POSTAL STATIONERY & BOOKLETS: Large accumulation of mostly picture postal stationery Hindenburg medalion, Hitler, Heuss II, Bedeutende Deutsche and Bedeutende Bauwerke, but also WWI and WW II occupations, some Wurttemberg & Bavaria, mostly unused & very fine, hundreds, additionally small box with Reich & Bundesrepublik booklets and hundreds of FDC and FD Cards (these not calculated), all in removal box, a lot from the Eastern Europe dealer’s stock 51159 F / www 200 - 400 1889-1903 GERMAN EMPIRE : Lot of 44 POSTAL STATIONERY PICTURE CARDS : mostly private stationery event cards, all with either Krone/Adler or Germania Reichspost value imprints, nearly all unsed, noted 2 with additional 1900 gold print, 16 with Reichspost and Germania blacked out printing (coat of arms picture cards), noted Bismarck birthday cards, Saalburg cards, philatelic exhibition Muehlhausen, Saechs.-Thuering. Gewerbeausstellung, Philatelistentag Frankfurt 1900, Kaiser Wilhelm cards, etc., mostly very fine to superb 51160 CC F / www 200 - 400 1897-99 COLONIES postal stationery and picture postcards: Selection of 15 unused litho stationeries, all ‘Krone/Adler’ : Dt. Neu-Guinea (2), Dt.Ost-Afrika (5 with 4 diff.pictures), Dt. Suedwest-Afrika (2, 1897) Kamerun (2), Marschall-Inseln (2, 1897), Togo (2), unused and very fresh
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51161 CC C H G 60 - 80’000 1897-1919 COLONIES: An extensive and valuable collection of mostly mint or unused sets, including some used, with strength in Offices in China showing Mi. 11-14 all with certificates, Offices in Morocco with Mi.19II, Offices in Turkey also with the rare set Mi. I to VI, of which apparently on 20 Mi.VI were issued, New Guinea with Mi. 5a 25pfg showing inverted overprint, only 100 issued, New Britain Mi. 1-12 some with certificates and many with only a small number issued, a very rare set, East Africa, South West Africa, Cameroon, Caroline Islands Mi. 10a used on fragment and Mi. 20 both with certificates, Kiautschou Mi. 2 mint and used, Mi. 9 mint with certificate, Mi. 32 mint nh, Mariana Islands Mi. 1I used, 2I used, 5I mint, 5IIK mint with certificate, Marshall Islands Mi. 1I mint signed, GRI Mi. 10-13, Samoa Mi. 10I and 10II mint, Mi. 11-13 used, Togo Mi. 8 used, Mi. 10-11 mint etc., a wonderful collection and an excellent basis for study and expansion, a important foundation and full of rare stamps many signed or with certificate, generally in above average condition (STC Mi. €300’000+)
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51162 F / www 300 - 400 1898-1919, German P.O. in China, small lot of 20 mostly unused postal stationery cards, include double- cards, very fine
51163 CC C H G 5’000 - 8’000 1900-74, Important mint & used stock in eight stockbooks plus a few boxes and folders crammed with glassines, strength in the 1920s and 30s with important airmail issues, noted ca.14 mint or never hinged sets of the 1926/27 airs issue, plus a dozen used sets, Zeppelins with about mint 10 sets of the 1928 issue, plus about 10 used sets, 1930 South America flight with three mint sets plus a used set, 1931 Polar flight with six mint sets and two used sets, 1933 Chicago flight with three mint sets plus four used sets plus some extra 2RM singles, good later issues with good Berlin including 1949 UPU with seven mint sets, among other better sets, much value 51164 CC F / www 50 - 80 1909-33 Used and unused PCs and stamps inc. 1926 Zeppelin fund PCs and 1925 Zeppelin Eckener 10pf red and 10pf blue, two other Cinderella issues. Plus 1934 original Graf Zeppelin no.2 time-table. 51165 1910-1944, Attractive group of over 500 Banknotes and provisional paper money, mostly from Inflation 500 - 1’000 period, also WWI & WWII POW “Kriegsgefangenen-Lagergeld”, noted Memel 1922 Handelskammer, etc., mixed to very fine, high potential ! 51166 CC C 5’000 - 8’000 1920-55, Small selection of better values & sets in a stockbook, mostly mnh, incl. Empire, useful early Bund incl. four Posthorn sets, early Berlin incl. red Berlin ovpt, UPU, etc., very fine, enormous catalogue value (€ 70’000 ?) 51167 F / www 500 - 800 1921-50, Lot of 79 covers and cards, interest in the early Infla period with officials, also some early post-WWII material, fine 51168 CC C H G 700 - 1’000 1925-59, SAARGEBIET and SAARLAND selection in various stockbooks and on sets of album pages, value in the early part with much charity, gen. fine 51169 F / 194 2’000 - 3’000 1933-1946, Important WWII postal history accumulation of ca.2’000 covers and cards sorted out in 24 folders, strength in the end of the WWII period with specialisation in the months of January, February, March and April 1945, much fieldpost including good airpost, censored mail, Occupied territories, also allied occupation 1945-46, Generalgouvernement with the different districts incl. Krakau, Warsaw, Lublin, Radom, camp mail, slogan cancels, Prisoner of War mail. Ukraine, etc., a wonderful group for the specialist
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51170 G / www 50 - 100 1936-1944 3rd REICH: Accumulation of special cancels only, all on fragments (Mi for adhesives approx. €500), in stockbook, fine to very fine 51171 C F / www 100 - 200 1938-44, BOHEMIA & MORAVIA accumulation of about 170 postal stationery, mostly unused, noted picture stationery cards, 1x Adressenvormerkschein and 1x Sozialversicherung, mostly very fine, a lot from the Eastern dealer’s stock 51172 CC C H F 150 - 300 1939-1944, Bohemia & Moravia mint & used stamp collection, plus 72 covers/stationery neatly presented in a Lighthouse album, very fine 51173 CC C H F 150 - 300 1939-1944, General Government mint & used stamp collection, plus 100 covers/stationery neatly presented in a Lighthouse album, very fine 51174 CC C 50 - 100 1939-1944 GENERALGOUVERNEMENT: Collection on self-made album leaves, mostly MNH, some MH 51175 CC C H G F J L 200 - 400 1941-45, Mostly mint collection of Occupation issues incl. Montenegro, France, Austria, Channel Islands, Latvia, Estonia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Serbia, Poland, Greek islands, etc., forgeries as to be expected so please inspect closely 51176 CC C H G F J L 150 - 300 1939-45, General Gouvernement mint & used collections (concurrent) on Lighthouse pages, plus fragments, multiples with marginal imprints, forged Hitler imperf. set, postage dues, 45 diff. registration labels, etc., and Bohemia Moravia mint collection incl. multiples plus some used and covers 51177 F / www 200 - 400 1940-1942, Seven items from Concentration Camps : two covers (without contents) from Dachau, one cover from Buchenwald, one cover from Oranienburg, one stationery from Litzmannstadt Ghetto, two letters (text only) from Dachau, very fine, scarce 51178 F / www 100 - 150 1941-47 German P.O.W. Mail to Egypt and Australia, group of five letter-cards, PCs and 1941 cover sent from Frankfurt to P.O.W. ‘Kurt Zieger’ to the P.O.W. Postal centre in Cairo, with German and GB censor labels, redirected with violet ‘P.O.W., Murchison, Vic’, Australian h.s., alongside Australian censor tape covering previous GB censor tape, itself tied by two triangular ‘3/PASSED/BY CENSOR/251’. Interesting group. 51179 CC C F DCE / www 200 - 300 1942-44, Small GeneralGourvernement specialised collection mounted on album pages, mostly mint singles and blocks but also some covers, please view 51180 F / www 80 - 150 1943-56, GERMAN EMPIRE (3rd Reich) & BUNDESREPUBLIK: Accumulation of about 23 covers and cards, noted better frankings, one cover to Brazil, mostly very fine, a lot from the Eastern dealers stock 51181 F / www 500 - 800 1946-49, Allied Occupation, Soviet Zone, selection of 30 covers and two min.sheets, very fine 51182 CC C H / www 200 - 400 1945-58 ALLIED OCCUPATION ZONES & SAARLAND: Collections in 2 A4 stockbooks and 1 Schaubek album, used, mint hinged or MNH, partly a bit specialized, mostly very fine 51183 CC / www 50 - 150 1954-88 BERLIN: Lot in red A4 stockbook of mostly blocks of 4, apparently all MNH
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Greece Large Hermes Heads 1861 Barre proofs
51184 51185 51186
51184 P 140 1861 Barre Proof 20L Blue on thin bluish paper, regummed, good even margins, very fine, ex. Guirea Lea
51185 P 110 1861 Barre Proofs 20L Deep Blue double printed on one side, good even margins, very fine, ex Guirea Lea
51186 P 55 1861 Barre Proofs 20L blue printed on both sides on very thin paper, good to large margins, ex. Guirea Lea
51187 51188 51189
51187 P 90 1861 Barre Proof 30L deep brown double impression on porous paper, very fine, ex. Guirea Lea (Konst.56E)
51188 P 250 1861 Barre Proof 40L rose-lilac on pelure paper, superb, ex. Guirea Lea (Konst.6Es II.1)
51189 P 150 1861 Barre Proofs 40L Goldish Yellow on the front with the back being covered with the same colour, very fine, ex. Guirea Lea (Konst.6Es III.4)
51190 P 500 1861 Barre Proofs 80L Deep Carmine marginal strip of four, right stamp with plate flaw “broken circle,” superb and rare, ex. Guirea Lea (Konst.7Es I.3)
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Geneva, December 6, 2018 199 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
1861 Paris print
51191 H 1-7 1’000 1L to 80L complete set of the Paris Print in beautiful used pairs, all with good to large margins, difficult to fine in such quality
51192 51193 51192 H 1a 600 1L brown, used vertical strip of four, just touched to good margins, a scarce used multiple 51193 H 5aPa 180 20L blue, used pair on very thin transparent paper, good to large margins, very fine and scarce
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51194 F 5b+3b+4a+6b 3’000 1861 Paris Print 20L Prussian blue (good to large margins showing portion of adjoining stamp at right) used together with Paris Print 5L (creased), 10L and 40L on cover from Nafplion (5 October 1861) to Triest paying the 75L rate, a colourful and rare usage on the 5th day of issue of the Paris Print, showpiece Provenance: Zachariades
51195 F 5a+3 5’000 1861 Paris Print 20L blue and Paris Print 5L, both in two strips of three and both with clear to good margins, tied by lozenge “13” of Pygros to 1862 cover from Triest to Kranilion, two stamps affected by filing crease An attractive and most impressive combination and a great exhibition showpiece Provenance: Zachariades Expertise: Cert. Tseriotis
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THE FAMOUS IMPRINT BLOCK OF TWENTY-FIVE
51196 CC C J / 206 80 - 100’000 20L blue, mint with original gum as issued, bottom right corner marginal inscription BLOCK OF TWENTY FIVE, showing complete printers inscription ‘TYPOGRAPHIE ERNEST MEYER, RUE DE VERNEUIL 22, A PARIS’, some minor imperfections mentioned for accuracy only, the finest and most important of all the imprint blocks known One of the most important multiples of the Large Hermes Heads Provenance: Alfieris, Gill Expertise:. RPS (1955), Zehs (1988), Tseriotis (2018)
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1861-62 First Athens print 20 Lepta
51197 F 8 Ic 22’000 Major Greek Rarity on Cover 1861-62 First Athens provisional printing 20L ultramarine without control figures on quadrillé background, just touched bottom right corner to large margins, used on folded lettersheet from Athens (25 Nov.1861) to Nafplion, very fine An important exhibition item in excellent quality Provenance: Binos and Zachariades Expertise: Signed D.Spanos, A.Diena and W.Balasse, cert. Tseriotis
1861-62 First Athens Coarse Printing
51198 51199 51200 51198 H 10Ib 40 2L brown bistre, used, with huge margins, scissor cut far away from design, superb 51199 H 12I 260 10L yellow-Orange used with huge margins, superb, ex Guirea Lea 51200 H 13Ib 120 20L indigo blue, used with four good margins, fine
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1861-62 First Athens Print - Fine prints
51201 51202 51203 51201 H 11 IIa 180 5L yellow-green used pair with large to very large margins all around, very fine, ex Guirea Lea 51202 H 11 IIa 110 5L yellow-green used left marginal with very large margins, superb, ex Guirea Lea 51203 H 11 IIb 100 5L deep olive-green used with beautiful even margins all around, superb, ex Guirea Lea
51204 51206 51214 51204 H 12 IIa 70 10L orange used with very large margins, very fine, ex Guirea Lea 1862-67 2nd Athens print
51205 H / 194 15 A 150 1L copper-brown in a beautiful mint corner block of four, with lined background, superb, ex Guirea Lea 51206 H 15c 150 1L red-brown used showing plate flaw “upper rounded corner” (pos. 91) with good to very large margins, very fine, ex Guirea Lea 51207 CC C J / www 16c 85 2L brown-bistre in a very fresh unmounted mint block of four, ex Guirea Lea 51208 CC C J / 206 16d 180 2L deep grey-bistre in a mint corner block of 16 with control cachet (ELEGHOS) on the back, two stamps mint and the rest unmounted, very fine, ex. Guirea Lea
51209 H 17a,b,c 140 5L green, the three main colours in very fine to superb used pairs, ex Guirea Lea
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51210 H 17b 120 5L yellow-green, used strip of four, good to large margins, one showing deformed ‘5’ control number, very fine and scarce
51211 H 18a,b,d,e 200 10L yellow-orange in four distinctive colours in used pairs, superb condition, ex Guirea Lea 51212 H / www 18a,b,d,e,f 120 10L yellow-orange, the five distinctive shades all in superb used condition, ex Guirea Lea 51213 H / www 19 a-g 140 20L blue in seven distinctive shades, used, all superb examples, ex Guirea Lea 51214 H / 204 21b 70 80L rose-carmine used with orange control figures, large to very large margins, very fine, ex Guirea Lea 51215 H / 206 22a 360 80L rose-carmine mint block of nine (eight unmounted) from the early consecutive prints with the central right stamp showing “broken circle,” the lower middle stamp “whitish 8” and the lower row showing “white line through upper inscription,” very fine and scarce, ex Guirea Lea
51216 F 5’000 PAPAL STATES COMBINATION COVER 1865 Cover from Rome to Athens, franked with 8 baj. two pairs and single, 2 baj. single plus 20l added upon arrival, a very fine and impressive rare franking Provenance: Lascarides and Zachariades Expertise: Cert. Tseriotis
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51208 51217
51228 51245
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1862-67 2nd Athens print Later prints
51217 CC J / 206 23b 360 1L light greyish brown in marginal mint block of 15, good to large margins, very fine, ex Guirea Lea 1868-69 Cleaned plates
51223
51218 51224 51218 CC J 23a 100 1L red-brown, mint nh sheet marginal block of four, very fine 1871-72 Later clean plates
51219 51220 51221 51219 H 34 b 65 5L sage-green used with large margins, showing a big part from a neighboring stamp on top, very fine 51220 H 34a 70 5L yellow-green used with large to very large margins, ex Guirea Lea 1871-76 Meshed paper issue
51221 C 38a 120 2L grey-bistre, mint with large even margins, fine and scarce 51222 H / www 39 a-e 120 5L, the five distinctive shades in five superb used examples 51223 H 39 b 130 5L deep yellow-green in a beautiful used strip of three, with very large margins all around, superb 51224 H 39 c 100 5L greyish green used strip of three showing plate flaw “broken circle at upper left” (pos.15), good to very large margins and very fine
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51225 51226 51225 DCE 39d 300 5L emerald, unused without gum being normal for this issue, good to large even margins, fine and scarce 51226 H 39 e 140 5L deep green used strip of three with large even margins, very fine
51227 H 40 a-d 240 10L, the four distinctive shades in superb used pairs with 40c and 40d showing plate flaw “open cross” in the right stamp 51228 F / 206 120 1873 Incoming envelope with Austria 10s tied by Candia (Crete) cds in combination with Greece 20l Large Hermes Head tied by “1” in lozenge of dots with ms “20” due, arrival bs, missing backflap, attractive franking 51229 H / www 41 a,b,d,e,f,g,h 130 20L, seven distinctive colours all in superb condition, used
51230 51231 51232 51230 H 41 d 65 20L blue used pair showing plate flaw “distant frame line” on the left stamp and “close frame line” on the right, very large margins and very fine 51231 H 42 Ia,b 110 40L dull olive-green and bistre on blue, two very fine, used examples 51232 H 42 IIa 100 40L greyish magenta used pair with large margins apart from a narrow corner, scarce
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1876 New Values - Paris print
51233 51234 51235 51238 51241 51233 CC 43a 120 30L yellowish brown, mint nh, very large even margins, fine 1875-80 Printed on cream paper with figures at back
51234 C 49f 80 5L vivid green, mint, with large even margins, fine 51235 C 47 a 80 1L Dark Brownish Purple in a very fine mint pair 51236 H 49 a 140 5L Yellow-Green on white paper used strip of three with huge margins all around, showing “broken circle” on the middle stamp, superb
51237 H 49 a,b,c 90 5L Yellow-Green on white, yellow-green and light olive-green (the last with overinked control figure), three very fine used pairs 51238 C 50 c 150 10L Red-Orange mint right marginal example, very large to huge margins, very fresh colour, superb 51239 H 51 a-f 240 20L, the six main colours in very fine to superb used examples 1880-85 Printed on cream paper without figures at back
51240 F / 210 47 150 1L deep grey-bistre, large margined pair tied on reverse of envelope with Small Heads 1L pair and single alongside, plus 5L green, three singles on the front, a scarce combination 51241 C 56a 600 10L bright orange, mint, just touched at top with three other good margins, a fine example of this most difficult stamp, very rare mint Later Issues
51242 210 200 1907 (Jan 1) Greeting card from the Post Office depicting the 1906 Olympics issue, couple of corner creases, still attractive
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51243 A / 210 300 1930 Independence issue group of six photographic essays with the 10l, 1D50, 2D, 5D, 10D and 20D, with ms name of the people depicted at top left, fine 51244 A / 210 300 1933 100D Youth of Marathon photographic essay of the hand-drawn essay, from the Perkins & Bacon & Co archive, cert. BPA (1981) 51245 F / 206 150 1935 Registered cover from Corfu to Patras, franked 50L on 40L imperforate with central zig-zag roulette through the centre of the stamp, plus 5Dr. on 100Dr., very fine and an extremely rare unlisted variety, possibly unique Egyptian Levant Post Offices
51246 H 140 1870 40L Large Hermes Head pair bearing complete nearly central ALEXANDRIA (TORKIL) cds, very fine Epirus 51247 F / 210 240 1914 Registered cover to Belgium, franked 1L(3), 5L, 10L(2) and 25L all neatly tied by ARGYROKASTRON/17.6.1914 cds, array of transit and arrival bs, very fine and scarce destination 51248 F / 210 240 1914 Cover to Janina, franked Surcharged issues 5L on 10pa, 10L on 20pa pair, 20L on 1pi pair and 30L on 2pi pair, all neatly tied by ARGYROKASTRON/6.3.1914 cds on the last day of circulation, array of transit and arrival bs, very fine and scarce 51249 F / www 240 1914 Cover to Janina, franked Surcharged issues 5L on 10pa, 10L on 20pa pair, 20L on 1pi pair and 30L on 2pi pair, all neatly tied by ARGYROKASTRON/6.3.1914 cds on the last day of circulation, array of transit and arrival bs, very fine and scarce 51250 F / 210 200 1914 Registered cover franked attractive array of the Flag Issue, all tied AG.SARANTA/13.9.14 cds, via Corfu to Patras, fine 51251 F / 210 180 1914 Registered cover to Austria, franked 10L(3) and 25L all neatly tied by AG.SARANTA/18.3.1914 cds, array of transit and arrival bs, very fine and scarce destination 51252 F / 212 150 1914 Registered cover to Paris, franked 1L, 5L, 10L, 25L and 50L all neatly tied by ARGYROKASTRON/ 31.3.1914 cds, array of transit and arrival bs, very fine and scarce destination 51253 F / 212 320 1915 Registered cover from Delvinon, franked 5L and 10L pairs each showing ovpt reading down, with Red Cross Charity stamps alongside, very fine and scarce
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51254 F Collection 200 - 300 1914-15 Attractive group of 28 covers or fronts, mostly philatelic, with a fine array of different frankings including the following issues Infantrymen, Argyrokastrom, Flag, Campaign issues, unofficial Korytsa, Skull reprints and some forgeries, some interesting and better destinations, mixed to very fine Ionian Islands Korfu and Paxos
51255 F / www 150 1916-18 KORFU - POSTES SERBES: Small group of cover, cards & fgmt with Postes Serbes related items, mostly to or from Corfou, mixed, scarce Collections
51256 F DFE / 212 1’000 1840-87, Group of about 85 covers with Large Hermes Head frankings only, noted many incoming, also some outgoing mail, some to or from Cospoli & a few stampless covers (these from GB or France), very mixed quality but interesting postal history group (routes & rates) for the specialist, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock
51257 C H G J DFE / www 200 - 400 1861-1930 Cca. Duplication on A4 stockcards of mostly Large Hermes Heads incl. used and hinged and strips & blks fom mixed to superb condition, a few with old signatures + some more modern material & BOB (areas, etc.), from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock
51258 CC C H / www 300 - 500 1861-1940, Mint and used collection on five Scott album pages showing a good selection of Large Hermes Heads, 1896 Olympics, 1900-01 Provisionals, then later issues, postage dues, etc., a fine lot
51259 CC C H / www 300 - 400 1896-1906, Lot of Olympic games issues, mainly 1896 and 1906, mint and used, plus some France 1924 issues, showing some Olympic games markings, mixed to fine
51260 F / www 150 - 250 1901 Correspondence of 78 illustrated posta lstationery cards to Turkey, fine
51261 CC C H / www 600 - 1’000 1901-65, Collection in Schaubek album, noted 1901 + 1913-24 Definitives, 1922 surcharges on Crete stamps incl. both 5Dr surcharges, etc., 1927 definitives 5, 10 & 15Dr., 1930 Independence, all hinged, also many medium/better never hinged sets, only very few used (STC Mi. €‘8’000+)
51262 CC C H P Collection 2’000 - 3’000 1861-1886 Attractive and clean mint and used collection showing 217 Large Hermes Heads, listed with Hellas numbers and apparently complete with all the main numbers present, except No.8, showing mayn useful sahdes, some control number varieteis, proofs, mint and used multiples, generally fine and in above average condition (Hellas €14’000+)
51263 F Collection 100 - 150 1869-75 Four covers each from different Greek post offices in Turkey, all franked with Large Hermes Heads, including Clean Plates 40L tied ‘97’ lozenge of Alexandria, Meshed Paper 10L & 20L tied Constantinople cds, two covers each franked 30L brown, tied Thessaloniki & Volo cancels, a scarce group (4)
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Crete 51264 F / www 100 1907 Handwritten document franked 25L blue (1901 issue) with fiscal surcharge REVENUE 10L in horizontal strip of 4 with fiscal obliteration, very fine Russia Administration Rethymnon
51265 CC C J 200 - 300 1899 Provisional handstamp issue complete mint set of block of four, very fine and scarce
51266ex 51267 51266 C H 1’000 - 1’500 1899 Complete used collection of the Russian Post Office in Rethymnon including all the main catalogue numbers of the provisional handtamps, trident issues without stars, with the three rare blacks, two on fragments, many stamps are signed, above average condition, all ex. Schmitt (37) 51267 H 200 - 300 1899 Provisional handstamp issue 2m rose brown in oily print used on quadrilled paper, very fine and rare variety, ex. Schmitt
51268 CC C Collection / www 300 - 500 1899 Mint collection showing the different issued values and overprints, mounted on pages, over 560 stamps in singles and multiples, all mint Hungary 51269 F / 212 300 1890 Rare usage of a 5k Fiscal stamp on reg’d cover from Pest to Mulhouse, Alsace, rare
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51270 CC C H J Collection 150 - 300 1850-1981, Large duplication on stockpages + a collection on album leaves (incl. a few specialized sections and 2 pages with Austrian forerunners), mint hinged, MNH and used, noted diverse medium better to better values and sets, mixed to mostly very fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock
51271 F Collection / www 200 - 300 1871-1954, Lot of 111 covers/formulaires including collection on leaves of 32 covers of the Yugoslav Occupation (1941), various stationery used, destinations etc., interesting group
51272 F Collection / 212 150 - 240 1876-1967, Group of 72 covers/stationery/postcards and parcel cards, all addressed to Switzerland with registered, censored mail, much diversity
51273 CC C H J Collection 200 - 400 1919-1921, OCCUPATION ISSUES of ARAD, BANAT, BACSKA, DEBRECEN, SZEGED, TEMESVAR, WESTERN HUINGARY etc. in 3 partly specialized collections with varieties, mostly mint hinged or used, mostly very fine and a true specialist lot, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock
51274 F Collection 200 - 400 1964-1977, Large accumulation of FDCs with imperforate sets & miniature sheets only, all addressed to Czechoslovakia, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock (Mi approx. €7’000+) Iceland
51275 H 32 300 1897 Small ‘3 Prir’ surcharge on 5a, perf. 14 : 13 1/2, used, minim. tiny thin in watermark area at back otherwise very fine 51276 F 162,164 100 1931 Zeppellin 30a + 2Kr on registered Zeppelin return flight cover Reykjavik 30.6.31 to Friedrichshafen, very fine
51277 CC C H Collection 300 - 500 1873-1940, Mint and used collection mounted on three Scott album pages, better sets and singles include 1873 perf. 12 1/2 16sk yellow used, 1924-30 provisionals 10Kr on 5Kr brown and 10Kr on 50a violet, 1930 Parliament issue; postage and postage due, also airmails, etc.
51278 C H Collection / www 200 - 400 1873-1987, Collection on Schaubek leaves, mostly hinged or used, a few MNH, noted better classics as well as semi modern better sets incl. 1930 1000 years Allthing (incl. official set), 1930 Opening of Allthing, 1931 Zeppelins, etc., mostly fine to very fine
51279 F Collection 100 1942-57 Iceland U.S. Forces mail WWII covers in dealers inserts inc. 1942 A.P.O.s 810, 1952-57 A.P.O 81 (eight), 1957-47 A.P.O. 610 (Base Command, five) and later. Mostly addressed to America.
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Italian States Lombardy Venetia
51280 H 1 1’000 1850 10c yellow-ocher in horizontal strip of 6, used with VENEZIA cds, 3rd adhesive with filing crease, 1st adhesive with left margin close to touched, a rare strip, signed E.Diena (Ferchenbauer €7’000, Sassone €16’000)
51281 51282 51286 51288 51281 H 2 400 1858 1Kr Newspaper Tax greyish-black obliterated with signette cancel of VERONA, four-margined adhesive with faults and thins, repaired but very scarce & still of presentable appearance, Sassone € 16’000, ANK € 5’750 51282 C 24A 750 1858 3s Black perf.16:15 mint part og, minor gum discolouration, small crease at top left, fine and rare, signed and cert. Matl (1978) (Sassone €17’500) 51283 C F / 216 13-16 800 1861 Issue, mint small format entires of the better 20s, 25s, 30s and 35s values, quite scarce, few faint age spots, very fine, signed A. Diena & G. Oliva (Sass. €5’750) 51284 F / 216 200 1863 15so Postal stationery envelope bearing very clear CONEGLIANO 14.8. cds, part of backflap missing, with Vienna arrival marking, very fine (Sassone no.20 €1’200) 51285 F / 216 22+ 300 1864 3s Green entire with wmk, sold in Austria as ordinary envelope (so-called “Aufbrauchsausgabe”) with franking covered by 1867 Austria 5Kr tied by 1876 Wien cds, sent to Linz (bs), uncommon and very scarce used example of the obsolete entire, slight soiling and central fold, fine, signed A. Diena and cert. E. Diena (1994) (Ferch. € “mind. 750.-”) 51286 CC 45 500 1864 15s Brown mint nh pair, very fine, cert. Colla (2014) 51287 CC J M / 216 200 1864-65 Issue - Specialized group of 2so and 3so MNH blks of 4 of the 1887 reprint showing 2so blk with inverted watermark, also 3so blk of 4 with horizontal double perforation at bottom, as usual some perf. separation due to the thick gum and the irregular perforation, scarce group Modena 51288 C 9d 300 1852 10c on Rose (period after value), “CE6T.” variety (pos. 162 of 240), a gorgeous fresh example incl. cutting lines at top and bottom, og, superb, signed G. Bolaffi, A. Diena and others (Sass. 9d, € 2’750)
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51289 F 10i+7 5’000 Rare Franking with 40c Pair With & Without Period 1852 5c on Green pair plus 1854 40c on Dark Blue marginal pair, ONE WITHOUT PERIOD (pos. 221-222), tied by blue Modena “capped” cds (16 AUGS. 1858) to cover to Paris, France with red Sardaigne / Culoz exchange office cds (20 AOUT 58) on obverse, Torino transit and Paris arrival on reverse, the pairs with large to very large margins showing several dividing lines, an important showpiece of the utmost rarity, signed by A. & E. Diena, G. Colla, etc.; cert. E. Diena (1984) 51290 F / 216 D3 800 Sardinia used in Modena: Sardinia 20c Dark Blue, huge margins at each side, tied by double-circle Modena cds (3 MARZ. 60) to envelope to Genova with “Da Bologna...” transit and bs on reverse, very fine example of this scarce usage of Sardinian stamps in Modena, signed by A. Diena & Avanzo
51291 L Collection / www 500 - 700 FORGERIES: Specialist’s reference collection of well over 150 stamps written-up in an album, with many different forgeries categorised, denomination by denomination, with the 1852 issues 10c to 1 lira, then the newspaper stamps both ‘Poste Estensi’ and the ‘Tassa Gazzette’ eagles, as well as 1859 postage issues to 80c. A very interesting working reference collection Naples
51292 G J 1b 2’000 1858 1/2gr Rose Lake, plate I, BLOCK OF FOUR cancelled by boxed ANNULLATO on small piece, very fine & scarce, cret. Sorani (Sass. €35’000)
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51293 F / 216 2c 800 1858 1/2gr Rose , plate II, large margins, tied by boxed ANNULLATO on complete “Omnibus” (12.5.1860) newspaper, reverse bears red partenza da NAPOLI 12.5.60, very fine, cert. Bottachi (Sass. €35’000)
51294 F 3b+3c 4’000 1858 1Gr CARMINE, two examples together with 1Gr rose tied by boxed ANNULLATO on folded cover to Naples, the carmine shade is extremely rare, cert. Chiavarello (Sassone €30’000 + 12’000)
51295 H L F3 4’000 1859-61 POSTAL FORGERY 10Gr rose, type I, cancelled by boxed ANNULLATO, bottom marginal example with good margins all around, these stamps present nearly always a horizontal crease, this example has no horizontal crease and is in perfect condition, cert. Sorani (Sassone €30’000 for creased example)
51296 H F9b 100 1859-61 Postal Forgery 20gr carmine, type II, vertically laid paper, good margins, used, cert. Diena (Sass. € 1’350)
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51297 C 14 10’000 1858 50gr. Rose brown, mint horizontal pair, good to very large margins, showing superb gum, colour and impression, a stunning showpiece (Sass. €52’000+), cert. Enzo Diena (1991)
51298 F 14b+F14 15’000 1861 (2.2) Folded insured valuable entire from Naples to Paris, franked 1859-61 Postal Forgery 20gr. rose brown and normal 50gr. rose carmine, both neatly tied by boxed ‘ANNULATO’, with red straight line mkgs ‘ASSICURATA’ and ‘CHARGE’ alongside, an important usage of the postal forgery and a rarity, cert. Colla (2001 THE FINEST KNOWN MULTIPLE OF THE “TRINACRIA”
51299 H 15 60 - 80’000 1860 1/2t Blue, the “Caspary” used pair with enormous margins showing part of neighboring stamp at right, and fresh intense colour. Left stamp shows marginal watermark ornaments. One of four known off cover, and the finest known multiple A great rarity from the very peak of Italian and Classic philately, superb in all respects. Enzo Diena: “The unique perfect pair of the four known.” (Sass. € 265’000 for this pair) Provenance: Alfred Caspary; exhibited at “Club de Monaco” and illustrated by Sassone (2010 p. 176: “questa è senz’altro la più bella”) Expertise: Signed by A. Diena & Enzo Diena (cert. 1985)
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51300 H 16d 1’000 1860 CROSS OF SAVOY SHOWING VARIETY : DOUBLE ENGRAVED ‘T’ 1860 1/2t Cross of Savoy (croce di Savoia) used showing variety: horizontally double engraved ‘T’, 4 good to large margins, slight abrasions at back otherwise very fine and rare, certificates Vaccari & Bottacchi (Sassone 16d, € 14’000)
51301 51302 51301 G 18 700 1861 Neapolitan Provinces 1/2gr bister-brown, two vertical pairs mounted as a block of four on piece, centrally cancelled by PONTELANDOLFO 24 MAG. 62, cert. Diena (Sass. € 60’000 for a block of four) 51302 H 23b 1’000 1861 20gr Orange, fine to large margins, neat cds, very fine and rare, cert. Raybaudi (1997) (Sassone €8’500)
51303 L Collection / www 500 - 700 FORGERIES: Specialist’s reference collection written-up in an album, with 150 stamps, presented denomination by denomination with many good-looking types of forgery including the Billig productions, lots of Trinacria and Crocetta types, as well as Neapolitan Provinces with very convincing examples of inverted embossed heads on mezzo tornese green and mezzo grano grey-brown, through to higher values again with mint signed examples that we must take the collector’s word that they are actually forgeries. An impressive working collection, a great opportunity for the collector of Naples and Neapolitan Provinces Papal States
51304 F / 222 300 1809 Group of 6 folded lettersheets from a correspondence to Firenze, all bearing ‘BUREAU FRANCAIS ROME’ postmarks, all ex 1809, all to Firenze, very fine 51305 F / 216 3a+due 200 1852 2baj. Bluish grey tied by grill on folded cover from Rome (20 Nov. 66) to Spoleto, pair of Italian 1863 10c postage due applied on arrival, very fine, cert. Sorani 51306 F / 222 3a+due 200 1852 2baj. Bluish grey tied by grill on folded cover from Rome (2 FEB 67) to Narni, pair of Italian 1863 10c postage due applied on arrival, very fine, signed Diena and Raybaudi 51307 F / 222 3Ab 3’000 1852 2baj. Bluish grey tied by extremely rare T.P. (Tassa Provvisoria) in circle of Rome, despatch cds ROMA 3 GIU 64 alongside, only one other such cover noted by Dott. Girogio Colla, very fine and extremely rare, cert. Colla (R3)
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51308 F / 222 4A trisect 600 1852 TRISECT of 3 baj.(central part of adhesive) on backside of cover from Bologna to Porretta (lettera in porto assegnato), at left of adhesive closed hole from seal, rare and lovely small cover, signed Diena, etc., ex Barcella (Sassone no.4A, € 8’000+) 51309 F / 222 5A 240 1852 4baj on Local money value letter of Roma bearing manuscript marking ‘bono di scudi venti’, at back 3 small seals, very scarce as only a handful of these ‘money value letters’ are known from Papal State (Sassone no.5A) 51310 F / 222 300 1854 (May 23) Mourning env. from Rome to Philadelphia “Per steamer via Liverpool” with 1st-Issue Papal States 6b (near 4m) plus 2nd-Issue Papal States 8b (4; margins mostly clear) all tied by mainly fine 2-ring “ROMA” cds’s with French transit cds (“E. POST./2 ST. LOUIS 2”) and “5/N. YORK BRITISH PKT” cds on the front. Addressed to Joshua Francis Fisher (1807-1878) a prominent Philadelphian and once vice president of the Philadelphia historical society. A ridiculously rare incoming item to the USA, exhibition quality. 51311 A / 222 3’000 1867 J. Delpierre essays of Pope Pius IX, group of six essays, each of size approx. 108X68mm in colours of lilac, slate, black, rose, green and lake, scarce, cert. Diena
51312 51313 51312 A 2’400 1867 J. DELPIERRE Essay on cardboard combining photography of Pope Pius IX, added red frame and “1 Scudo” value in reverse, no gum, very fine an possibly unique, cert. Sorani, ex Harris 51313 C J 14 1’500 1867 3c Pink grey mint block of four, original gum with hinge remnant, faults incl. tear and pinhole on lower left stamp, a very rare multiple, cert. Sorani (2009) (Sassone €35’000) 51314 F / 222 16 1’500 1867 5c Blue-green, VERTICAL GUTTER PAIR, tied by grill on folded cover to Vetralla, ROMA 3 FEB 68 cds alongside, pair is touched at right, cover slightly reduced at left, a rare pair, cert. Diena (Sass. € 30’000)
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51315 F 18+17 1’500 1867 20c Indian Red, HORZONTAL GUTTER PAIR, and 10c orange vermilion single (slightly oxidised) tied by grills on folded cover to Avignon (France), ROMA 5 NOV 67 cds alongside, pair slightly touched at bottom, a rare pair, cert. Diena (Sass. € 35’000)
51316 F 20+26a+27 3’500 1867 & 1868 Issues: Folded entire from Rome to Sydney, Australia, franked 1867 80c rose-lilac, GUTTER pair in combination with 1868 10c and 20c (cnr defect), all tied diamond of dots, with ROMA/21.OTT.68 cds, plus clear Sydney arrival bs, a superb usage of the ‘interspazio di gruppo’ an especially to such a rare destination (Sass. €32’000), cert. Colla (2003)
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51317 F 22+22c 7’000 1868 5c Bright green, vertical strip of five showing the three middle example with variety “Missing stop after Cent”, tied by grills on folded cover to Vignanello, an exceptional item and only of its kind recorded by Dott. Giorgio Colla, fresh and fine, cert. Colla and Diena 51318 F / 228 26 750 1868 10c Orange-vermilion tied by neat grill on double-rate folded local cover from VITERBO (21.10.70), latest recorded usage and only recorded double-rate local cover from the Sardinian occupation period, cert. Colla
51319 CC C J 29a 2’000 1868 40c YELLOW, mint block of six, the real yellow shade and not the lemon-yellow, slight hinge trace at top, otherwise never hinged, second row shows natural perforation irregularity, a fresh and exceptional mint multiple of this rare shade, cert. Chiavarello and Raybaudi (Sass. approx. € 35’000)
51320 C H G F Collection / www 700 - 1’000 1852-68, Specialised collection of Papal States in two GBE hingeless albums, showing mostly a good selection of shades of most values, nice selection of cancellations with several straightline cancels, various frankings including going to abroad, cover with Italian postage due, etc., gen. fine
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Parma
51321 51322 51323 51321 DCE 3 300 1852 15c Rose, unused, no gum, good to large margins all around, very fine and scarce unused (Sass. € 3’250) 51322 C 5 500 1852 40c Black on blue mint og pair, clear margins all around, two light horizontal creases and one vertical, otherwise a fine and scarce multiple, signed Diena and cert. Sismondo (2006) (Sassone € 20’000+) 51323 G 5 150 1852 40c Blue with large margins all around tied by s/l cancel on small piece, very fine (Sass.€ 1’200)
51324 C 700 1859 5c Blue-green (verde azzurro),mint, cert. Sorani (Sassone 12 Cat. €5’500) Romagna
51325 L Collection / www 300 - 500 FORGERIES: Specialist’s reference collection of well over 100 stamps, presented denomination by denomination with many forgery types identified, all written-up in an album. Many dangerous examples here, please inspect Sardinia
51326 51327 51326 C H 1 200 1851 5c Black with large remainders of gum and nearly invisible traces of obliteration, faults but rare, signed Raybaudi (Sassone €4’500 for used, €28’000 for hinged mint) 51327 H 3 200 1851 40c Rose, used, four good to close margins, thins but still very presentable example of this scarce adhesive, signed Thier, etc. (Sassone €9’000) 51328 CC C / 228 10,12 500 1854 UNISSUED – NON EMESSI 5c and 40c 1854 5c green (verde oliva scuro) minim, practically invisible hinge trace, 4 good to large margins, very fine, cert. Oliva 1854 40c red (rosso mattone) in left margin block of 6 MNH (2 adhesives with nearly invisible hinge trace), beautiful fresh and with very good to large margins, cert. Sorani Sassone nos. 10 and 12, € 10’000+
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51329ex 51332 51333 51335 51329 C DCE / www 10-12 500 1854 UNISSUED 10C dark-olive green, hinged, signed Raybaudi, 20C dark blue, unused and 40C rose hinged with melted gum, signed Schlesinger & Richter (Sassone €8’600) 51330 F / 228 8 200 1854 20c Blue with large margins all around including bottom sheet margin, tied by GENOVA 3 SEP 54 cds on folded cover to La Trinità, very fine 51331 F / 228 14Af 800 1855-63 Extremely rare vertical pair of the 10c Dark Chocolate Brown tied to folded cover from Torino, two strikes of the cds “with hour,” sent to Breo-Mondovi (bs). The pair with large margins showing part of neighboring stamps at right and at foot, an important and precious franking, very fine, signed A. & G. Bolaffi, Avanzo, A. Diena 51332 H 14Cb 500 1858 10c Dark olivish grey (oliva grigrio scurissimo), neatly cancelled by rare CALASCIBETTA s/l cancel (PR3), large margins, a rare shade with a very rare cancel, only a few known, cert. Diena 51333 H 14Dc 400 1858 10c Olive-yellow (giallo olivastro) cancelled by TORINO 29 NOV 1862 cds, large margins, very fine, cert. Sorani (Sass. €3’250)
51334 F 16Ea 30 - 40’000 PAPAL STATES BISECT USAGE 1861 40c Light Rose (1862 print) diagonal bisect tied to cover from Orvieto (29 GEN. 63 c.d.s.) to Viterbo (30 GEN. 63 backstamp), large margins on uncut sides, a great rarity both of usage and condition, extremely fine. (Sass. 16Ea €125,000+; Scott 13h $72,500) Expertise: Signed A. Bolaffi, Alberto Diena, Emilio Diena, Enzo Diena (with 1990 cert.), Raybaudi (with 1990 cert.) & G. Colla (with 2000 cert. stating: “della pochissime lettere note...una delle più belle...” - “of the very few letters known...one of the most beautiful...”) 51335 H 18 200 1861 3L used, frameline slightly touched at left, small faults, rare adhesive, signed Raybaudi (Sassone €7’500)
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UNIQUE USE OF RED BOXED “LONATO” CANCEL OF LOMBARDY
51336 F 14E+13Db 6’000 1863 Cover to Soresina (Brescia) sent from Lonato (22 DIC 63 cds) franked by 5c Light Yellow Green (1862 print) and 10c Bistre (1863) cancelled by rare red boxed Sardo-Italian cancel in red - the only known use on these two values. Stamps with ample margins, and shows transit on reverse of Treviglio (24 DIC 63), very fine showpiece, signed A. Bolaffi, G. Bollaffi (1950), Raybaudi & Enzo Diena (cert. 1991) Sicily
51337 P P40 2’800 1859 1/2Gr Proof in carmine on card, horizontal pair, very rare, cert. Diena (Sass. €27’000)
51338 CC C H G F J DCE DFE Collection / 228, 230 20 - 30’000 1859 Attractive and valuable assembly of unused and used singles and multiples, plus a fine array of covers, including 1/2gr. unused single and used vertical pair, 1gr. unused pairs showing double impression, used block of four, 2gr. unused single, strip of five, blocks of 24 and 25, used three pairs, one on fragment, 5gr. unused blocks of ten and twelve in different shades, used two singles, block of four, 20gr. unused marginal bloc of four, covers showing 2gr. six singles on cover, 2gr. pair + 5gr. on 1859 cover to Naples, 1gr. + 5gr. on insured cover and 1gr. + 2gr. + 5gr. two singles all on part cover, a wonderful group for the specialist (21 items), many with certificates
51339 L Collection / www 300 - 500 FORGERIES: Specialist’s reference collection of well over 100 stamps, written-up in an album, with the Ferdinand II heads from ½gr orange to 50gr brown with many different types of forgery on each denomination. A great opportunity for the Sicily collector to acquire a working reference collection with the high likelihood of genuine present Tuscany
51340 F / 230 100 1835 Disinfected letter from Firenze to Roma with neat “NETTA DENTRO E FUORI”, “FIRENZE” pmk, Roma 07.05.1835 cds on reverse, disinfection slits, very fine, scarce
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51341 H DCE 500 - 1’000 1851-60 Group of 13 stamps including 1851 1cr carmine unused with full margins, 1s ochre cancelled with red ‘PD’ cancels and 1q black with red grill cancel, few small faults and repairs
51342 F 4 12’000 1853 Folded lettersheet franked 1Cr carminio chiaro in block of 6 bearing 5-bar postmarks alongside FIRENZE 3.6.53 datestamp to Bologna, with good to large margins allaround (some repairs on 2 margins), a very rare franking (Sassone approx. €50-60’000)
UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF THE “POSTA MILITARE SARDA N.1” POSTMARK on TUSCANY
51343 F 19 10’000 1860 10c Brown tied by exceptional POSTA MILITARA SARDA N.1 cds on folded cover from FIRENZE 12 FEB 61 to Mola di Gaeta (Naples), addressee was not found and the taxed 10c before returned to Modena, this military post-office was attached to the “IV corpo d’armata” of General Cialdini, ONLY example of this cancellation on a Tuscany stamp and cover transited through Mola di Gaeta on reddition day, a great postal history item, cert. Colla
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51344 F / 230 19c 300 1860 10c Dark brown tied by S. SOFIA 26 AUG 1860 cds in red on folded cover to Rossa S. Casciano and redirected to S. Pietro, very fine and scarce cancel (P11), cert. Colla and Bottacchi 51345 F / 232 20+ Sard. 14Cc 2’000 1860 20c Blue in mixed franking with Sardinia 1861 10c grey-bistre tied by SIENA 14 MAR 1861 cds on triple rate folded cover to Montepulciano, fine and rare, cert. Bottacchi and Colla (Sass. € 32’000) 51346 F / 230 20+France 100 1860 20c Blue in pair tied Livorno on folded cover to France, once in France has been reused with a French 20C Empire and addressed to Valence before being readdressed to Lyon, the Tuscany franking is missing a stamp, still interesting 51347 F / 230 20b 400 1860 20c Grey-blue tied by rare banderole SIENA 25.7.1861 cancel on small envelope to Milan, cert. Colla (P12) 51348 F / 232 21 2’000 1860 40c Scarlet-Carmine in mixed franking with Sardinia 1855 20c blue tied by LIVORNO 18 NOV 61 cds on double rate folded cover to Genova, fine and rare, cert. Bottacchi and Colla (Sass. € 32’000)
51349 L Collection / www 800 - 1’200 FORGERIES: Specialist’s reference collection of well over 250 stamps, written-up in an album, many dangerous stamps here, including Sperati forgeries on the lion top values signed in pencil on the reverse, followed by the Marzocco types on nine different denominations to 60cr, as well as the coats of arms issues with Billig, Fournier, Spiro and others. An excellent working reference collection Italy
51350 F / 232 2’000 FIRST DAY OF USE 1863-65 De La Rue 15c light blue, neatly tied by superb CIVITANOVA/1.DIC.63 first day cancel, on folded entire to Monte San Giusto, an exceptionally fine usage, cert. Diena (1990), Colla (2017) 51351 F / 232 1’200 1863 15c blue, type II, large even margins, neatly tied by ‘S.ELPIDIO A MARE/31.DEC.63’ cds being the last day of usage, very fine and extremely rare, cert. Enzo Diena (1987), Colla (2017) 51352 J A / 232 12 2’000 1863 (15c) Black, Proof block of 25 showing effigie without text nor value, no gum, very fine and scarce, cert. Sorani 51353 F / 232 13Ea 150 1863 (Jan 7) Entire from Torino with mixed franking of Sardinai 5c imperf. (just clear margins) and Italy 1862 10c tied by cds, Genova arrival bs, fine
51354 CC 1b 300 1863 Postage Due 10c Orange, never hinged, very fine, cert. Carraro (Sass. €3’750)
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51355 51358 51359 51363 51355 CC L18 750 1863 15c Light blue, De La Rue printing, never hinged and very well centred, very fine & rare, cert. Sorani, Colla (Sass. €8’500)
51356 51357 51356 CC L19a 4’000 1863 30c Brown, De La Rue printing, never hinged and perfectly centered (Colla states “ottimamente centrato”), very fine & extremely rare in this quality, possibly the best example known, cert. Colla (Sass. €55’000) 51357 CC L20 2’400 1863 40C Rose-carmine, De La Rue printing, never hinged and perfectly centred (Colla states “eccezionale freschezza e centratura”), very fine & extremely rare in this quality, cert. Diena, Colla (Sass. €35’000) 51358 CC T16 400 1863-65 Victor Emmanuel 5c Greenish-grey, Turin printing, fine unmounted mint with a few irregular perfs as per illustration, rarity in this condition, cert. Ceremuga 51359 CC T17 700 1863-65 Victor Emmanuel II 10c buff, Turin printing, unmounted mint, very fine and rare in this condition, cert. Ceremuga (Sass. €4’250) 51360 F / 232 T17, 20, 21, 22 1’200 1863-65, 2L vermilion +10c ocher +40c red carmine + two 60c lilac, all Torino printing, tied by 13 numeral pmk on insured envelope to Livorno, GENOVA 21 OTT despatch cds alongside, very fine FOUR- COLOUR franking, cert. Colla 51361 F / 240 1’500 1864 Exceptionnal reg’d cover to France franked at 3L30 with 2L +60c +40c +30c tied by Torino 20.12.64 cds, French Chargé cachet on reverse indicating weight (70gr.) and the number of 7 red wax seals, arrival Taninges 22.12 cds, very fine 4-colour franking, directly from a family archive 51362 F / 240 2’600 FIRST DAY OF USE 1865 De La Rue 20c on 15c blue, neatly tied by ANCONA/1.GEN.65 first day cancel, on folded entire to Amendola, showing ASCOLI/2.GEN.65 & AMENDOLA ASCOLI/3.GEN.65 bs, an exceptionally fine usage, cert. Raybaudi (1994), Colla (2017) 51363 C 24 500 1865 20c on 15c Blue, type II, mint, fairly good centering for this difficult stamp (Sass.€ 6’000 for bad centering, € 16’000 for medium centering)
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51364 F 2 5’000 1877 Publicity postal stationery number 8a bearing 1867 20C blue, Turin print, single, unused, very fine and extremely rare, cert. Sorani and Colla (Sass. €75’000)
51365 51366 51365 CC 37-42 300 1879 5c to 50c mint full og short set, all with very good centring, the 20c cert. Colla “eccezionalmente centrato” (Sass €5’000), very fine group, 20c cert. E. Diena, 25c cert. Raybaudi and 10c cert. E. Diena
51366 S 100 1884 Postage Due 50L green & 100L carmine red, mint both with SAGGIO ovpt, very fine
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Geneva, December 6, 2018 235 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
51367 F 30’000 1889 Large registered cover from Naples to St. Martin de Macon, paying the 2L75 registered rate, showing the extremely rare usage of the 1878-82 Umberto 2l orange, plus 25c blue and 50c violet from the same set, all neatly tied by ‘NAPOLI/19.5.1889’ cds with similar alongside and registered label, somewhat cleaned, an important showpiece, cert. Enzo Diena (1989), Giorgio Colla (2015)
51368 J 44 200 1889 5c Dark Green mint block of six, with two stamps on the left with small paper adherence, remaining a block of four mint nh, stamp on the right with small cut on the margin and some perf. separation, rare multiple (Sass. €3’850 for block of 4) 51369 F / 240 400 1891-96, 20c Orange, corner marginal with plate number “3715” tied by SALZA IRPINA 19 APR 00 cds on envelope to Naples, arrival bs
51370 P / 240 500 1901 Floreale 1c Brown, die proof on carton paper in issued colour, very fine and scarce, cert. Diena (1991)
51371 P / 240 500 1901 Floreale 1c Grey, die proof on carton paper, very fine and scarce, cert. Diena (1991)
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51372 H 29a 500 1903 Postage Due 2L Blue and carmine with INVERTED VALUE, with used cancellation, very fine, rare (Sass. € 5’500)
51373 P / 240 400 1906 Victoria Emanuele II 25c die proof in colour of the 15c grey-black, some tone spots, scarce 51374 H 100 1910 Portofino/Kulm Vignette with King Vitt. Em III 15c grey-black, cancelled by GENOVA/FERROVIA cds, very fine & scarce 51375 F / www 150 1916-18 WWI Italian Expeditionary Force to Egypt group incl. 1918 2m E.E.F. green and 1916 Italian 5c blue surch. 20c tied by favour with Italian Detachment Privilege hand stamp Type B and censor marks. 1917 Troop PC (faults) with detachment stamp Type B, alongside a British ‘Base Army Post Office/C/27 JU 17/1’ skeleton and ‘Ferrara/10-7-17’ arrival c.d.s. Plus similar 1918 PC from Jaffa. 51376 F / www 2’000 1917 (27 JUN) Naples-Palermo flight envelope franked by 25c on 40c violet BLOCK OF FOUR cancelled by POSTA AEREA 28 6 17 NAPOLI - SICILIA cds, UNIQUE block of four on Naples-Palermo airmail cover, very fine, cert. Longhi, Sorani and Colla 51377 F / 240 PD24 750 1919 Picture postcard from Genova to Villavernia insufficiently franked with 1906 10c rose, postage du of 20 cents paid by a bisected 40c postage due, tied by VILLAVERNIA 24/6 19 cds, very fine and very rare, cert. Colla 51378 CC / 242 expr.6 200 1922 SPECIAL DELIVERY (ESPRESSO): 60C on 50C rose in vertical MNH strip of 8, very fine, Sassone no. 6, €1’400 51379 F / www 100 1924 POSTAGE FREE STAMPS (FRANCHIGIA): Envelope of ‘Cassa Nazionale d’assicurazione per gl’infortuni sul lavoro’ franked 50C violet bearing ‘LA MADDALENA 16.11.24’ cds to Sassari (Sassone no.21), scarce 51380 CC J / www 100 1926 ‘’Volo Transpolare’’, the Amundsen - Nobile - Ellsworth perforated vignette in block of four with official cachet on reverse, mint nh, very fine 51381 G 212de 100 1927 Alessandro Volta 60C Brown, horizontal pair, vertically imperforate and shifted horizontal perforation, together with 1L25 ultramarine tied by COMO N°1 23.5.27 cds on large piece
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Geneva, December 6, 2018 237 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
51382 F 65 - 70’000 ARCTIC AIRMAILS 1928 (10.6) Flight cover transported on board airplane, flown by pilots Umberto Maddalena and Stefano Cagna, sent from Sesto Calende to Baia de Re and franked 80c on 1L blue airmail and 50c tied ‘SESTO CALENDE/10.6.28’ cds, bearings 2-line handstamp ‘SPEDIZIONE AREA DE SOCCORSO/ SESTO CALENDE - KINGBAY’, with message and signature of Umberto Maddalena one of the pilots on reverse with 2-line ‘R.N.C.DI MILANO APED. ARTICA 1928’ alongside. A spectacular Artic and Italy airmail rarity Expertise: Signed G.Bolaffi and A.Diena, cert. Alberto Diena (1969), Longhi (1997), Colla (2018)
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51383 CC 48a 1’500 1933 Zeppelin 12L Blue and orange, IMPERFORATE at right, never hinged single, very fine and rare, cert. Diena 51384 F / 242 4’800 “I-MIGL” (Commander Captain Alessandro Miglia), set of two covers, the cover to Reykjavik carried on to Cartwright (July 12 arrival), very scarce thus, very fine (Sassone GP30, € 19’500)
51385 DCE P 2’500 1934 FOOTBALL WCS: Complete set of photographic silver bromide PROOFS already with original perforation tied to black carton, cert Sorani 51386 F / 240 150 1934 FOOTBALL WCS: Ppc of Rom franked 25C green bearing roller pmk ROMA 11.6.34 to Kromeriz (Czechoslovakia), the card is written by a Czech on the day of the finals ‘R. 10/6.34’ ITALY - CZECHOSLOVAKIA 51387 G 100 1944 Socialist Republic GNR Propaganda, 25c green with plate number in margin plus 30c GNR in vertical pair with full stop missing after N in top example, tied on piece
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51388 51390 51388 H 495/A 500 1944 20c Julius Ceaser with error of overprint, neat partial cds, a little discolouration on reverse, very fine and scarce, cert. Chiavarello (1970) (Sassone €6’000)
51389 F 500 1’000 1944 50L Violet with lilac overprint on philatelic cover along with 25c, 30c, 50c, 75c, 1L and Express 1L25 and 2L50 all tied by Castello / Firenze cds, very fine, cert. Fiecchi (1978) 51390 H 501 700 1944 50L Violet with carmine overprint, lower marginal single with neat Firenze CTO cds (still with original gum), tone spot in margin otherwise very fine and rare, cert. Chiavarello (1973) (Sassone €7’000)
51391 P / 244 1’500 1945 Mazzini 2L carmine, 10L violet, 50L violet and Garibaldi 2.50L orange and 5L red, roofs all mounted on card, fine and scarce, signed A.Diena, cert. Sirotti (2000)
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51392 P 240 1945 Unissued 2,50L enlarged photographic essay, fine & unusual, cert. Sirotti (2004)
51393 CC 543-565 180 1945-46 Definitives complete set 10C to 100L , MNH, very fine & fresh, Sassone € 1’200
51394 P / 242 2’400 1945-48 ‘Democratica’ photographic proofs, eleven different individually mounted on perforated background, numbered and mounted on card, very fine
51395 P / 244 1’000 1945-48 ‘Democratica’ photographic proof, 10 Lire enlarged and stamp size proof mounted on carton, very fine and rare 51396 F / 244 918-921 500 1960 205L “Gronchi” rose underneath 205L grey on registered cover to Lima, arrival backstamp in Lima plus arrival stamp in Modena upon return, plus other covers with respectively 170L and 185L, very fine trio, cert. Caffaz 51397 F / 246 300 1961 205L Gronchi rosa with corrected stamp applied on top, together with 185L + 170L on reg’d airmail cover to Peru, arrival on reverse, very fine, scarce, cert. Vacari 51398 F / 246 300 1961 205L Gronchi rosa with corrected stamp applied on top, on reg’d cover to Peru, arrival on reverse, very fine, scarce, cert. Colla 51399 CC / 246 2125var 500 1994 Stamp Day 600L polychrome, vertical never hinged pair with strongly displaced perforation towards the bottom leaving top example with “Stamp Day” inscription twice, never hinged, cert. Colla (Bolaffi Nr. 2252B)
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244 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
Aegean Islands 51400 F / 246 300 1854 Folded letter to Athens bearing black oval AGENZIE DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / METELINO hs, red crayon “15” rate, slit-disinfected, ornate transit and bs of Pireaus and Athens, fine and rare hs, ex Del Bianco 51401 CC J / 246 AERO21 150 1932 High value 100L Dante Alighieri in MNH margin block of 10, superb (Sassone Aero no. 21, €750++) Italian Occupation Fiume Kupa 51402 CC 31-33 100 1945 YUGOSLAV OCCUPATION ISTRIA : Fratelli Bandiera issue (3) of 1944 with ISTRIA surcharge, MNH, slight toning, fine to very fine, scarce (Sassone page 845, nos.31-33 €340) Italian Occupation II WW Croatia Sebenik-Spalato 51403 C H / www 1 ++ 200 1944 Croatian Occupation SIBENIK issues: 3K50 on 10C used and group of 13 values with rubber handstamp overprint ‘N.D.H’ on airs, postage dues and defins. of Italy, mint hinged, fine to very fine, specialist group (Sassone page 839) Italian Occupation Julian Venetia
51404 H / www 16 280 1918 3K rose carmine on granite paper, used with large part cds of nationalized TRIESTE 12 4.12.18, scarce, cert. Avi (Sassone no. 16, € 1’150) Italian Post Offices Abroad Italian Post Albania 51405 CC J / www 7 200 1907 10pa on 5c Green in two mint nh blocks of 25 from the lower left and lower right of the sheet with margins, very fine (Sassone €3’500) Italian Post China
51406 51407 51408 51406 C 800 1917 5c Green, mint, fresh, fine and scarce (Sass. €10’000) 51407 H 29 1’500 1920 $2 on 5L “Pechino” local overprint with light cancellation, very fine and rare, cert. A Diena (1967) and Oliva (1967) (Sassone €22’500)
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246 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
51408 G/ 245 600 1917 10c Red, used on fragment, fresh, fine and scarce (Sass. €10’000) Italian Post Levant
51409 C 11 1’000 1878-79 20c Orange “ESTERO”, mint og, fine and rare, various signatures on reverse, cert. Raybaudi “gold” (2007) and Caffaz (2006) (Sassone €13’000) 51410 F / 246 1,2,3 150 1910 Commercial cover franked 1C (strip of 3) + 2C + 5C (2) bearing TRIPOLI di BARBERIA 27.5.10 ds’s to Firenze (arrival marking at back), fine, scarce 3-colour multiple franking (Sassone nos.1,2,3) Italy Military Government Venezia-Giulia
51411 CC 15-17 500 1918 2k Blue, 3k Rose-carmine and 4k green, never hinged singles, very fine, cert. Colla (Sass. €6’750) Italy Fiume
51412 F / www 240 1918-19 Group of 14 covers, of which 12 registered, noted 2 Express covers to Vienna (1 registered), 2 covers franked 45 on 6f postage dues, various other multi franking covers of a philatelic nature 51413 C H J / www 100 1918-23 Small but interesting selection of varieties, noted overprint offsets, IMPERFORATES on one side, mostly fine to very fine, ex Dr.Brom
51414 H 87/I 250 1919 ‘FRANCO’ surcharges 55 on 10Cor with rare perforation 10 1/2, used, ex Dr.Brom (Sassone 87/I €1’500)
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Geneva, December 6, 2018 247 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
51415 51416 51415 C A36f 300 1919 15C violet-lilac on yellowish-brownish paper (carta A) in block of 4 showing 2x variety: horizontal pair IMPERFORATE inbetween, mint higed, ex Dr. Brom (Sassone no. A36f, €1’400) 51416 CC C J / www B40g,B40h,B45h 300 1919 Definitives 40C brown on semi-transparent paer (carta B) in vertical pair and block of 4 IMPERFORATE horizontal + vertical (blk) + 2Cor cobalt-blue vertical pair IMPERF INBETWEEN, MNH (40C pair hinge trace), very fine, ex colln. Dr.Brom, (Sassone B40g, B40h, B45h € 1530 for MNH resp. 1 hinged) 51417 CC / 254 B41 1’500 1919 45c Orange, perforation 11 1/2 semi-transparent paper (carta B) in MNH block of 28, typical rough perforation, bottom row showing a crease (more a paper wave then a crease), a rare unit, cert. Martinas (+ each stamp signed), ex colln. Dr.Brom (Sass. B41, €17’500) 51418 CC C H / www C32/C48 ex 100 1919 Definitives - Selection of better quality paper C, mostly MNH, noted 3x 10Cor. (incl. 1 used, 2 signed Vossem), mostly very fine, ex Dr.Brom
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51420 51421 51419 CC J C32e,C32m 120 1919 Definitives 2C cobalt-blue on white good quality paper (carta C) in horizontal strip of 4 and margin strip of 3 IMPERFORATE vertical + block of 4 with double perf vertical, MNH, very fine, ex colln. Dr.Brom (Sassone C32e, C32m € 625 for MNH) 51420 CC C32h 250 1919 Definitives 10C cobalt-blue in 4 horizontal pairs, each IMPERFORATE inbetween, MNH, very fine, ex colln. Dr.Brom (Sassone C32h € 1’800 for MNH) 51421 CC C34i 100 1919 Definitives 5C yellow-green on white good quality paper (carta C) in vertical top margin pair IMPERFORATE inbetween adhesives, MNH, very fine, ex Dr.Brom (Sassone C34i € 300 for MNH)
51422 51423 51424 51422 C C44/I 300 1919 1Cor on better quality paper (carta C) with rare perforation 10 1/2, as usual 1 or 2 shorter perfs., mint hinged, ex Dr.Brom (Sassone C44/I, € 3’000) 51423 C C45/I 160 1919 2Cor on better quality paper (carta C) with rare perforation 10 1/2, very fine example, mint hinged, ex colln. Dr.Brom (Sassone C45/I, € 1’250) 51424 C C46/I 500 1919 3Cor on better quality paper (carta C) with rare perforation 10 1/2, very fine example, mint hinged, signed Vossem, ex Dr.Brom (Sassone C46/I, € 3’000)
Geneva, December 6, 2018 249 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
51425 51426 51427 51425 C C46/I var. 700 1919 3Cor on better quality paper (carta C) with rare perforation 10 1/2 showing variety: STRONGLY SHIFTED PERFORATION AT BOTTOM MARGIN, very fine & unusual example, mint hinged, signed Andre Stohmann, ex Dr.Brom (Sassone C46/I, € 3000+) 51426 C C47/I 500 1919 5Cor on better quality paper (carta C) with rare perforation 10 1/2, very fine example, mint hinged, signed Vossem (Sassone C47/I, €3’000) 51427 C 111q 100 1920 ‘Valore globale’ 10Cor on 10Cor violet-grey in horizontal pair IMPERFORATE inbetween, mint hinged, very fine, ex Dr.St (Sassone 111q, €350)
51428 F 133 PROOF 1’000 1920 : ‘REGGENZA ITALIANA DEL CARNARO’ large letterset PROOF overprint on 5C together with 25C ordinary overprint (BOTH with red overprint) on registered local ‘Biego’ cover postmarked FIUME D’ITALIA POSTA MILITARE 19.12.20, rare proof, ex Dr.Brom (Sassone cat. these covers at € 5’500) 51429 F / www Arbe2,4 170 1920 : ‘ARBE’ overprinted 10C (small letterset) and 5C and 25C (large letterset) on threefold ppc of the island of Arbe (Rab) and small size envelope postmarked nationalized ARBE 10.12.20 and 13.11.20 (first day) cds, fine (Sassone 2,4, 6 € 900 for loose adhesives)
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51430 51440 51430 H segnat.30 100 1920 EXPRESS: Reggenza Italiana del Carnaro 30C on 20C & 50C on 5C, mint hinged, at back div.signs., Vossen & others, ex colln. Dr. Brom (Sassone expr.no. 3/4 €700)
51431 51432 51433 51431 H 172n,174n 250 1921 Costituente Fiumana 2L & 5L with surcharge letterset ERROR ‘Costiteente Fiumana’ instead of ...tuente..., used, rare, 2L signed Vossen, ex Dr.Brom (Sassone 172n, 174n, €1’400) 51432 H 173 var. 100 1921 Costituente Fiumana 3L with surcharge letterset ERROR C of ‘Costituente Fiumana’ shifted up, used, signed Vossen, ex Dr.Brom (Sassone no.173 var., not catalogued) 51433 C Segnat.17 100 1921 POSTAGE DUES 0.06L on 20C with 1st type of the first surcharge, mint hinged, very fine, cert Martinas, ex Dr.Brom (Sassone no.17 € 750)
51434 51437 51438 51434 H segnat.30 100 1921 Postage due 0.20L on 45C with larger ‘Valore globale’ surcharge (2nd type), used, very fine, scarce, ex Dr.Brom (Sassone segnat. no.30, €750) 51435 H segnat.30 100 1921 POSTAGE DUES - Group of 18 segnatasse on valore globale surcharges, both types, noted 1 shifted surcharge, all signed Vossen &/or Martinas, mostly very fine, all ex Dr.Brom (Sassone segnat. approx. €700) 51436 H / www segnat.30 30 1921 Governo Provvisorio overprint on 5c without line at bottom (Milano overprint) showing variety: all 3 ‘v’s of different letterset, used, very fine, scarce, double signed Dr.Vossen, ex Dr.Brom (Sassone 177c,€ 240)
Geneva, December 6, 2018 251 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
51437 CC / 251 Segnat.30 200 1921 POSTAGE DUES 0.20L on 45C with 2nd type of the first surcharge (larger surcharge), left side perfs short, MNH, very fresh, cert Martinas, ex colln.Dr.Brom, (Sassone no.30 € 2’000) 51438 C / 251 Segnat.32 300 1921 POSTAGE DUES 0.40L on 80C with 2nd type of the first surcharge (larger surcharge), mint hinged, very fine, cert.Martinas, ex colln. Dr.Brom (Sassone segnatasse no.32, € 1’600)
51439 CC C H F J Collection / www 500 - 1’000 1827-1924 Old-time postal history & covers exhibition collection on 71 album pages + 16 album pages with proper FIUME values and sets + 4 A4 stockcards, noted prephilatelic red FIUME, many medium better covers of proper FIUME (philatelic & commercial), many values and sets beginning with FIUME overprints on the Hungary issues, a good bease for further specialization & future advance, generally fine to very fine - the balance of the Dr.Brom exhibit collection of Fiume Fiume Carnaro
51440 H / 251 200 1920 1L on 25C (some short perfs) and 10L on 20C, used, scarce, Sassone € 2’000 San Marino
51441 C 5-7 160 1877 25C lacca in pair, 30C orange-brown, 40C lilac, mint hinged or remainder gum, Sassone € 1’400
51442 51443 51442 CC Espr.6e 300 1927 Express - Espresso 1,25L on 60C on 25C in vertical pair IMPERFORATE in middle, MNH, as usual with slight prefolding trace in middle otherwise superb example of this rare variety, ex A.de Kroo, Sassone espressi 6e, € 1400 51443 CC Espr.6e 300 1927 Express - Espresso 1,25L on 60C on 25C in vertical pair IMPERFORATE in middle, MNH, as usual with slight prefolding trace in middle otherwise superb example of this rare variety, ex A. de Kroo, Sassone espressi 6e, € 1400
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51444 F / 246 240 1933 Reg’d Zeppelin cover to Germany with 3 stamps, blue special Flight cachet, Roma 30.05.33 Crociera Zeppelin cachet on reverse, very fine 51445 CC / 254 Pacchi 19II/b 100 1946 Parcel Post - Pacchi 25C in vertical IMPERFORATE margin block of 5 with slightly shifted value imprint, MNH, ex A. de Kroo, Sassone pacchi 19II/b 51446 CC / 254 Segnat.53 150 1936-39 Postage Dues - Segnatasse 2L on 15L in vertical corner block of 10 with double perforation at bottom from gutter, MNH, superb & decorative unit, ex A. de Kroo, Sassone segnatasse 53, € 2’000 51447 CC / 254 Espr.10a 180 1943 Express - Espresso 2L50 in IMPERFORATE MNH margin block of 9, superb & decorative variety, ex A. de Kroo, Sassone espresso 10a, € 720 51448 CC / www Segnat.69a 450 1945 Postage Dues - Segnatasse 0,25L greyish violet in IMPERFORATE block 28, decorative & superb, MNH, ex A. de Kroo, Sassone segnatesse 69a, € 1’820+ 51449 CC / www Segnat.72a 200 1945 Postage Dues - Segnatasse 0,5L greyish blue IMPERFORATE block 12, decorative & superb, MNH, ex A. de Kroo, Sassone segnatesse 72a, € 780+ 51450 CC / www Segnat.73a 240 1945 Postage Dues - Segnatasse 0,60L red brown in IMPERFORATE bottom margin block 15, decorative & superb, MNH, ex A. de Kroo, Sassone segnatesse 73a, € 975
51451 CC Segnat.74c 100 1945 Postage Dues - Segnatasse 1L orange in horizontal strip of 6 with partly missing resp. incomplete printing, MNH, ex A. de Kroo, Sassone segnatesse 74c 51452 CC / www Espr.15b 160 1946 Express - Espresso 30L horizontal IMPERFORATE block of 10, MNH, superb & decorative variety, ex A. de Kroo, Sassone espresso 15b, € 650 Trieste Zone A
51453 F / 246 26/I 500 1954 (Aug 12) Unaddressed cover with 1954 1000L line perf. block of four tied by Trieste cds on the first day of issue, very fine and scarce (Sassone €6’000 as four used pairs) Zone B
51454 CC / 254 104b 1’500 1953 ESPERANTO 300Din light-purple-violet (lilac) in sheetlet of 8 with red margin inscription, MNH, Mi Euro 7500, Sassone Euro 11000
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Vatican City (see also lot 51479)
51455 CC J 34’000 - 40’000 1934 Provisional 1.30 on 1.25 Lire, proof of surcharge in mint nh block of four, a stunning exhibition showpiece and a major Vatican rarity, apparently unique in a block, cert. Alberto Diena (1961), Enzo Diena (1990), Raybaudi (1990)
51456 CC J 35-40 3’000 1934 Provisionals 40c on 80c to L3.70 on L10 overprints set in mint never hinged blocks of four in pristine condition, as fresh as the day they were printed and sold at the Vatican Post Office almost 75 years ago, gorgeous colours on bright white paper, cert. Raybaudi gold certificate (1999) (Sassone 35-40)
51457 CC C H Collection / www 1’200 - 2’000 1929-74, Mint & used selection of Vatican in one stockbook, noted two mint 1934 provisional sets plus five of the six used values, also 1935 Juridical Congress with 11 mint or never hinged sets and six used ones, also valuable section of airmails, mostly very fine Italy and Areas Collections and Lots
51458 F 300 - 500 1795-1950, Several hundred covers starting with pre-stamp from Pisa, Radicofani, Narni, etc., then franked covers from Italian States, covers from Kingdom period incl. postage dues, good lot for the postal historian 51459 F 3’000 - 4’000 1822-83 Attractive and valuable assembly 36 covers, showing a variety of stampless and later franked usages, including stampless covers with various mkgs; negative boxed ‘STAFFOLO’ in green, oval ‘GALLO LAZZARETTO DI MONTE’, ‘S.AGATA/FERRARESE’, two covers with ‘R.POSTA MILt SARDA’ cds’s, later franked covers with strength in early Victor Emanuel usage incl. 1863 15c tied on cover by blue ‘CARPENEDOLO’ cds etc., generally fine to very, many signed Raybaudi and others 51460 F / www 200 - 300 1833-1865, Group of 4 DISINFECTED items: 3 covers incl. “disinfettara Provincia di Bologna”, “Netta denture Efuori”, and one 1839 Constantinople Trade check, fine to very fine, interesting group
Geneva, December 6, 2018 255 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
51461 CC C H 8’000 - 12’000 1850-1960, Collection with a good foundation of stamps, noted 2 sheets with the 20 surcharges of the Balbo flight, parcel post Yv.65. *, airmail Yv.6a *, etc., Italian Colonies well represented incl. San Marino and the Vatican, superb lot with a very high catalogue value 51462 CC C H 800 - 1’200 1851-1988, Collection with good deal of completion from 1928 onwards, with better stamps incl. airmails Yv. 13 to 15, etc., nice starter collection 51463 CC C H G DCE / www 700 - 1’400 1852-1862, ITALIAN STATES (except Lombardy Venetia): Large duplication on 9 A4 stockcards and 7 Schaubek leaves, noted many medium better to rare values of all areas, mostly mint hinged and used, a few MNH,, as usual with these group lots forgeries to be expected, mixed quality but also many fine to very fine items, some signed, high cat.-value, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock 51464 C H 80 - 100 1860s-1950s, Chiefly used collection with odd Italian states and colonies issues, on album leaves and stock-sheet. 51465 CC C H 150 - 250 1861-1958 ITALY & FIUME: Collection in Schaubek album, mostly used, some MNH or mint hinged, noted diverse better values, mixed to very fine 51466 C H / www 1’500 - 2’000 1863-1953, Collection in Leuchtturm album with many better sets and values and for many periods more or less complete, the good sets of the 1930s occasionally with CTO but most are with genuine obliterations, after WWII complete, noted 1951 Firenze gymnastics with special cds, also noted BOB areas (parcel post, postage dues, Colonies, occupied areas, etc.), mostly very fine, according to Sassone 2011 cat. €60’000+ 51467 CC C H DCE 700 - 1’400 1863-1991, ITALY & AREAS (Colonies, Aegean, some Vatican, Fiume): Large duplication on A4 stockcards and in 2 Schaubek albums, etc., noted many medium good to better sets & values, mint hinged, MNH and used, mixed, high cat.-value, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock 51468 CC C H F 100 - 200 1874-1922, Small Italian Levant group including unusual card to Bebek/Iraq, small section of Romanian Levant included
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51469 CC C H 5’000 - 8’000 1878-1942 Practically all never hinged collection of Kingdom in two hingeless GBE albums, replete with better sets and singles of which most come with certificates, noted 1901 Vitt Em. set, 1922 Philatelic Congress set, 1923 Manzoni set to 5L. rare 1929 1L75 perfoarated 13 3/4 but used, also airs with 1930 7L70 Balbo single, a few Triptychs, publicity se-tenants and parcel stamps and Express issues, very fine (Sassone€ 60’000+) 51470 CC C H 300 - 500 1890-1940, COLONIES collection incl. Levant, Cyrenaica, Lybia, Rhodes, Somalia, Tripoli, etc., worth looking at closely 51471 F / www 150 - 250 1898-1948 ITALY: Group of covers and cards, noted medium better to better items, mixed, mostly fine to very fine 51472 CC / www 500 - 800 1901-42, Never hinged selection in one stockbook showing various sets from the period, includes also complete “De Montel” publicity sheet, very fine, see also enclosed list for €7’697 51473 CC C H 300 - 500 1918-41, Small selection on stockcards comprising 11 Bolzano postage dues from the 1918-19 period (STC ca€4’000) plus Eritrea and Oltre Giuba express-stamps, later WWII Istria and Lubiana, fine & scarce, see scans on the web (20) 51474 F / www 80 - 100 1919-1920 TRENTO & TRIESTE, FIUME: Italy post.stat.card 10C red surcharged for Trento & Trieste area with 10cent.di corona + addit. franking for registered fee from SEBENICO to Austria, still with Austrian registered label, also same card with FIUME overprint + additional franking for registered still with Hungarian FIUME 1 reg.label, very fine 51475 F / www 120 - 200 1942-44 Italian P.O.W. in Egypt and Libya with P.O.W. stationery inc. capture cards. 1942 Egypt 6m green tied, env. to Port-Said from Geneifa P.O.W. Hospital,1942 Ismailia camp 309 (Cage 2) PC, 1944 Libya camp 313 Tripoli M.E.Form 65 (two), Suez camp 310 Form A.F.W. 3054 bluish card (two, other letter-sheet), 1944 Fayed camp 307 letter-sheet, 1945 Mustafa Barracks Alexandra camp 308, form M.E. 65. (two, other letter-sheet), Plus two censored red-cross envs., 1942 24 July capture card from camp 308, one of two known items of mail sent contrary to the air route, flown directly from Egypt to Italy.
51476 CC C Collection 5’000 - 6’000 1893-1940, COLONIES: Attractive mixed lots of unused or mint singles and sets from Eritrea, Libya, Somalia and Tripoli, showing Eritrea 1893 Umberto 1893 1c to 5L complete set of eleven, Libia 1912-15 1c to 10L complete set of twelve, plus a fine array of later pictorial and airmail sets, almost all appear mint nh, generally fine to very fine (STC Sass. €68’000+)
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Italian Colonies British Occupation of Italian Eritrea
51477 51478 51477 CC 2/I-7/I 1’000 1941 British Occupation overprint in black on 20c on 10c to 2L on 1L mint nh set of 5, very fine (Sassone €11’000 with mnh premium) Italian Cyrenaica
51478 CC 31a 500 1926 San Francesco 5L + 2.50L olive, mint nh, showing double ovpt in red and black, fresh, very fine and rare in this quality, signed Bolaffi, cert. Colla (Sassone € 6’000)
51479 CC 31a 500 VATICAN CITY, 1996 Pope’s visit to Poland and the Czech Republic, 500L blue-green and 750L blue, mint nh right sheet marginal singles both showing MISSING SILVER varieties, very fine and rare modern errors
51480 CC 40a 440 1927 1,25L + 60c Blue and black, DOUBLE OVERPRINT, never hinged marginal example, very fine and rare (only 45 examples were printed), cert. Colla Italian Jubaland
51481 CC 7 150 1926 Express 70c and 2L50 in mint nh vertical strips of five, very fine (Sassone €1’750) Italian Eastern Africa
51482 CC J / 254 Aero20 500 1941 A.O.I. Airmails: Unissued 1L Mussolini/Hitler in MNH corner block of 4 (Sassone Aero no.20, €3200+)
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Italian Libya
51483 P 750 1921 Pictorial issue: Sunken die proofs mounted on carton (165x116mm) showing three values depicting “Ancient Galley” in various colours, very fine and rare (3), signed Bolaffi
51484 P / 254 750 1921 Pictorial issue: Sunken die proofs mounted on ‘Officina Gov. Carte - Valori Torino’ carton (160x115mm) showing three values depicting “Diana of Ephesus” in various colours, very fine and rare (3), signed Bolaffi
51485 P / 254 750 1921 Pictorial issue: Sunken die proofs mounted on carton (165x110mm) showing three values depicting “Roman Legionary” in various colours, very fine and rare (3), signed Bolaffi
51486 P / 260 500 1921 Pictorial issue: Sunken die proofs mounted on carton showing 5 Lire value depicting “Victory” in blue, very fine and rare, signed Bolaffi
51487 P / 260 5’000 1921-31 Pictorials and Libyan Sibyl issues: Die proofs mounted on carton (235 x 160mm) showing six “Sibyl” values and nine Pictorials in various colours, very fine and rare (15)
51488 DCE 8a 500 1922 Express 2L IMPERF with “ANNULLATO” overprint, slight creasing and a pinhole at foot, extremely rare, one one example recorded (unpriced) by the Sassone catalogue (this being a second example), cert. Colla (2015)
51489 P / 260 1’000 1924 Libyan Sibyl issue: Die proofs mounted on ‘Officina Governativa Carte - Valori Torino’ carton (165x100mm) showing four “Sibyl” values in various colours, very fine and rare (4), signed E.Diena & A.Diena
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51490 P / 260 1’000 1924 Libyan Sibyl issue: Die proofs mounted on ‘Officina Governativa Carte - Valori Torino’ carton (140x90mm) showing four “Sibyl” values in various colours, very fine and rare (4), signed E.Diena
51491 CC J 51c 5’000 1924 Pictorials 50c Black and olive, CENTRE INVERTED, in never hinged marginal block of four, very fine and extremely rare, cert. Colla (Sass. € 28’000 for hinged)
51492 51493 51492 CC C 54f 500 1926-29 Libyan Sibyl issue: 20c green, mint nh top marginal pair imperf. between, hinge in margin only, fresh, very fine & scarce, cert. Sismondo (2008) (Sassone 54f, €4’000) 51493 CC C 54f 500 1926-29 Libyan Sibyl issue: 20c green, mint nh top marginal pair imperf. between, hinge in margin only, fresh, very fine & scarce, cert. Colla (Sassone €4’000)
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Geneva, December 6, 2018 261 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
51494 CC 58-65 1’500 1926-1930 Pictorials 1c to 1L complete set of mint nh corner marginal singles, fresh, very fine & scarce in this quality, cert. Colla (2017) (Sass. €24’000)
51495 51496 51495 CC 58-65 1’000 1926-1930 Pictorials 1c to 1L complete set of mint nh marginal singles, fresh, very fine & scarce in this quality (Sass. €12’000) 51496 CC 58-65 1’600 1926-1930 Pictorials 1c to 1L complete set of mint nh marginal singles, except for 30c, fresh, very fine & scarce in this quality (Sass. €24’000), cert. Colla (2017)
51497 CC 58-65 700 1926-30 Pictorial mint full og set of 8, fine to very fine with good centring, cert. Raybaudi for 50c (Sass. €11’000) 51498 F / 260 31, 32, 43 700 1927 Registered local cover franked with high values 2L, 5L & 10L bearing TRIPOLI D’AFRICA No.1 28.11.27, at back arrival marking TRIPOLI 28.11.27 RACCOMANDATE e ASSICURATE and manuscript marking ‘francobolli affrancati dal mittente’, philatelic but very rare, horizontal cover crease otherwise very fine and clear cancel (Sassone nos.31,32,43 € 4’500)
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51499 CC 750 1927-33, Express stamp 1L25 on 60c with INVERTED OVERPRINT, mint never hinged, very fine, cert. Colla (Sass € 7’500) Italian Somaliland
51500 C 12-22 200 1909 POSTAGE DUES: Complete set 5c to 10L mint hinged, very fine & fresh (Sassone €1’375) 51501 F / 260 80,98 240 1927 Registered cover franked 3x 1L on 10a + 75C bearing MOGADISCIO 3.10.27 cds to Italy, small unimportant faults, rare non-philatelic cover & franking (Sassone no.80, 98 min. € 1040) Liechtenstein
51502ex 51503ex 51504ex 51502 CC C H G 1x/y-3x/y, 3ya 600 1912-1916 Duke John II Selection of complete sets on chalky & ordinary paper + 25H ultramarine, all hinged, hinge remainders or MNH, also diverse used or on fragments., mostly fine to very fine group (SBK CHF 5’000+) 51503 C H 1x/y-3x/y, 3ya 300 1912-1916 Duke John II complete sets on chalky & ordinary paper + 25H ultramarine, all hinged or hinge remainders & 1 used set on chalky paper (SBK CHF 1’830) 51504 C 3x,3ya 120 1912 25H Duke John blue on chalky paper & 1916 25H ultramarine on ordinary paper, both hinged (SBK CHF 620) 51505 CC C H / www 100 1920 Selection of varieties of definitives and postage dues, noted paper folds, double perfs., plate numbers, MNH, hinged, unsed 51506 CC C / www 55,60 150 1921 Landscapes & buildings 30Rp dark mountains & rough perf., MNH, also with light mountains and fine, clear perf., 1Fr rough and fine perf., all 3 hinged or hinge trace (SBK CHF 655)
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51507 C / www 200 1928-1936, Lot of better hinged sets and values, mixed to very fine group (SBK approx. CHF 2’000+)
51508ex 51513ex 51508 CC F7/F8, F9z-F13z,F14/F15 200 1931-1936 AIRMAILS: Zeppelin flights 1931,1936 & 1934-36 Eagles Issue with ribbed gum, noted 1936 Zeppelin 1Fr with plate error: red spot on Zeppelin mint nh, mostly fine to very fine group (SBK approx. CHF 1’600)
51509 CC C / www F7/F8,F14/F15 120 1931-1936 AIRMAILS: Zeppelin flights incl. 1936 issue twice, MNH or hinged, mostly very fine, SBK nos. F7/F8, F14/F15 (CHF 540 for hinged)
51510 F / 268 D8B 150 1932 OFFICIALS : 1Fr20 perf. 11 1/2 tied to official registered express envelope to Mauren by ‘VADUZ 6.XI.32’ cds, arrival marking at back, scarce (SBK CHF 700)
51511 H J / www W11-W13 100 1932 For the Youth complete set in used blocks of 4, stains but scarce (SBK CHF 640)
51512 CC / www 119-121 200 1933-1935 High values 2Fr to 5Fr Princess Elsa, Duke Franz I and coat of arms, complete set mint nh (SBK CHF 1’500)
51513 CC 119-121 200 1933-1935 High values 2Fr to 5Fr Princess Elsa, Duke Franz I and coat of arms, complete set mint nh (SBK CHF 1’500)
51514 CC / www 119-121 200 1933-1935 High values 2Fr to 5Fr Princess Elsa, Duke Franz I and coat of arms, complete set mint nh (SBK CHF 1’500)
51515 C / www 119-121 100 1933-1935 High values 2Fr to 5Fr Princess Elsa, Duke Franz I and coat of arms, complete set hinge traces (SBK CHF 900)
51516 C / www 119-121 90 1933-1935 High values 2Fr to 5Fr Princess Elsa, Duke Franz I and coat of arms, complete set hinge remainder (SBK CHF 900)
51517 CC / www 142/253 100 1938-1952 Selection of high values only, on 2 small stockcards, noted Duke & Princess 1951 2Fr & 3Fr perf.12 1/2, 1952 5Fr Chateau of Vaduz, etc. (SBK nos. 142,147-150,202-205,206 pair, 248A-249A,253), mostly very fine to superb (SBK CHF 1000+)
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51518 CC 216,253 50 1947-1952 Princess Eldas Death 2Fr in MNH corner margin block of 4 and Chateau Vaduz MNH corner margin single (SBK CHF 350+) 51519 CC / www 248A/49A,249B 70 1951 Duke & Princess 2Fr & 3Fr perf. 12 1/2 : 12, MNH, 3Fr 12 1/2 : 12 used, also 3Fr perf. 14 3/4 MNH (SBK CHF 730) 51520 CC J / www 348I 40 1960 EUROPA 50Rp in mint nh block of 4 and single (SBK CHF375)
51521 C H G F A Collection 500 - 800 1886-1953ca., Accumulation of covers, and some stamps with postage due essays and a few varieties + a few forerunners, covers include maxicards, 1st issue frankings, much of interest
51522 C H Collection / www 300 - 400 1912-39, Chiefly mint collection on three Scott album pages, replete with better sets and singles including officials and Zeppelin issues, gen. fine
51523 CC C H Collection / www 500 - 800 1912-70, Mint & used accumulation on stockpages and in glassines, also sheets in folders, noted a few good sets and singles from the 1920s plus good airs, very fine
51524 CC C H Collection / www 500 - 1’000 1912-1980, Large accumulation in 4 A4 stockbooks & 2 albums, noted numerous medium better to better values & sets, mint hinged, mint nh and used, mixed to very fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock
51525 CC C H G F Collection 500 - 800 1912-92, Mint & used collection in 9 stockbooks, earlies include good airs with Zeppelins, better sets and singles form the 1920s and 30s including high values to 5Fr, also 15 boxes from the post office with 100s of more modern maximum cards, fine
51526 F Collection / www 300 - 400 1919-56, Lot of 72 covers and cards from the early issues to post-war issues, commemoratives and definitives, various airmail covers from the 1930s, fine, see also enclosed list with catalogue value
51527 CC C H Collection / 268 1’000 - 1’500 1928-39, Attractive mint and used selection in glassines, including pristine used 1934 VADUZ min.sheet (with cert. RUPP), better sets includes 1928 Jubilee, Zeppelin airs, all ordered by Scott numbers (82-89, 94-107, 108-110, 166-129, 58A, C1-6, C7-C8, C9-13, B7-10, O1-O8, O11-O20, Bl.1), gen. very fine
51528 CC Collection 100 - 200 1928-1995, Duplication and part collections in 3 A4 stockbooks and A4 stockcards, MNH and used, 95% modern material
51529 CC C H Collection / www 100 - 200 1936-1962 Selection of miniature sheets & sheetlets, mostly MNH, some used, SBK CHF 100+-, also modern group of sheetlets, all EUROPA CEPT thematic, used
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Luxembourg
51530 F 11’000 1859 Small neat envelope from Luxembourg to France, franked Guillaume III 10c grey-black and Armoires 30c violet, both tied by the 9-bar grill cancel, an extremely rare first and second issue combination usage, cert. Scheller
51531 F 5’000 1859 37 1/2c Green with large to enormous margins showing portion of adjoining stamp at foot, tied by Luxembourg cds to 1867 (Jan 16) envelope from the Prussian garrison in the fortress at Luxembourg to Wesel in Germany (17.1), showing small oval “Officier Brief, Luxembourg” origin cachet and framed “PD” hs, extremely fine and the best of the five examples recorded of this Prussian military use on cover from Luxembour, cert. Goebel 51532 F / 260 2’000 1868 North German Confederation 1gr. red on cover from Cassel to Wiltz, on arrival in Wiltz was redirected to Ostende, franked 10c pair tied WILTZ cds, an extremely rare combination usage, cert. Scheller Montenegro
51533 C 80 1916 Unissued definitive set of exile government, the set was prepared but never issued, hinged, v.fine
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Netherlands
51534 F / www 50 1827 Folded lettersheet dated inside Philadelphia 14.5.27 via Le Havre (red COLONIES PAR LE HAVRE) to Schiedam, at back disinfection annotation
51535 F 800 1861 Cover Rotterdam to Belfast, franked 15c strip of three + pair + 5c paying 80c double rate, all good to large margins, 2 stamps light cover crease, all tied FRANCO, red ROTTERDAM 16/7 61 cds, LONDON PAID, bs BELFAST JY 19 61. Very fine and rare double rate franking, choice cover, ex “Emerald”, cert. Dr. Louis 51536 F / 268 2 520 1852 10c Lake, STRIP OF FOUR tied by boxed FRANCO on folded cover to London, ROTTERDAM 10/10 62 cds alongside with LONDON OC10 62 arrival cds, strip slightly touched at top left, a scarce multiple, fine 51537 F / 268 3+1 1’000 1852 15c Orange in pair together with 5c blue in pair (crease) tied by boxed FRANCO pmks on folded cover to Belfast, ROTTERDAM 10/3 62 despatch cds and LONDON transit alongside, BELFAST MR/13 62 arrival backstamp, stamps with good to large margins, fine and scarce destination 51538 F / 268 3+2 1’000 1852 15c Orange (4) and 10c lake in pair tied by boxed FRANCO on folded cover to Belfast (Ireland), ROTTERDAM 5/4 62 despatch cds alongside, BELFAST AP8 62 arrival backstamp, a few touched margins, fresh and fine, scarce destination 51539 F DCE / 268 1+3 500 10c and 15c pair (filing crease) tied by boxed FRANCO on cover to Belfast/Ireland, ROTTERDAM 26/2 63 despatch cds alongside, scarce destination
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51540 H J 700 1898-1923 Wilhemina 10g orange top marginal block of four with central Amsterdam cds, top margin with hinge stain on front and held in place by hinge, still a very fine and very rare block of four of this high value, cert. Muis (1977)
51541 C H Collection 500 - 800 1852-1933, Mint & used collection on 10 Scott album pages, showing a great deal of completion, noted most of the high Guilder values including 1893-95 Princess Wilhelmina 5G, 1898-1905 5G and 1913 10G, also sections of Dutch Antilles and Dutch Indies, airs, etc., fine Netherlands Colonies Netherlands Indies
51542 H F / 270 2’000 - 3’000 1832-1910, Specialised CANCELLATION collection neatly mounted on over 100 exhibition pages from prephilately onwards, wide range of cancels on the early issues, also postal stationery and various frankings, lot includes also three stockbooks with extras, gen. very fine 51543 CC C H F / 270 4’000 - 5’000 1941-45, JAPANESE OCCUPATION, Extensive and valuable exhibition collection mounted on 84 pages, showing a wide range of the occupation issues including gutter-pair sheets and part sheets, numerous usages on covers and cards from the internee camps for German P.O.W. to end-of-war V-mail cover, also useful duplication in one box and stockbook, a great lot
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51544 CC C H F / 270, 272 1’500 - 2’000 1945-50, Netherlands Indies / Indonesia pre-independence crisis situation: Attractive exhibition collection mounted on 98 pages replete wit issues and covers from these troubled times, provisional issues, US issues, non-issued independence sets, much postal history with 1949 Police-Action, independent Sumatra and Java issues on cover, etc., a fascinating collection 51545 CC H F / www 200 - 300 1950-1970 IRIAN JAYA, Netherlands West New Guinea, the issued stamps plus a fine range of commercial covers including fieldpost cover, parcel cards, UN-mail, etc. Norway
51546 H 1 200 1855 4sk - 5 used examples with blue cds, grid cancel and 3 different numeral cancels, mostly large to very large margins, fine to very fine group, Facit SEK 5000 for cheapest
51547 H 3 80 1856-1857 3Sk grey in horizontal strip of 4 used with part cancels of CHRISTIANIA 7.1.62, very fine, Facit SEK 4000 51548 F / 268 11 160 1867-68 1sk1 black, single franking tied to 1869 folded printed entire, Christiania to Ringsakn, v.fine & scarce printed matter rate 51549 F / 268 11 160 1867-68 1sk1 black, single franking tied by CHRISTIANIA cds to 1870 folded printed entire, with Namsos cds alongside, v.fine & scarce printed matter rate
51550 CC J 151-7 300 1925 Polar Bear set in blocks of 4, mint nh, very fine (SEK 5’600) 51551 C F / www 140 1932 Norwegian Olympic vignette mint marginal pair, plus single on reverse of cover, unusual & scarce
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51552 C MI1 400 Norwegian Missionary Society 1894-95 5 vari black on white, mint, good to large margins, some toning & other small defects, a scarce issue
51553 CC C H F DCE Collection / www 80 - 160 1856-1973 Accumulation on 8 A4 stockcard pages of mostly classic (incl. mostly nice examples) to semi-modern & modern sets & values, mint, MNH and used, also a few Iceland & Sweden Poland
51554 CC C H G / www 1’200 - 2’000 1860-1938, Attractive and valuable mint & used collection of Poland neatly mounted on 7 Scott album pages, noted beautiful N°1 on piece, several of the very good 1918-19 Cracow issues (POCZTA POLSKA overprints), also later issues, postage dues, etc. 51555 C F / 276 700 - 1’000 1870-1969, BALLOON MAIL Specialised group of 81 covers and cards, mostly Poland showing a wide range of flights from mainly the 1930s, noted 1938 Stratospheric flight with min.sheet, several October 1926 flights (Swizlocz, Kleszczele, Siematycae, Warsaw), 1936 Sanok flights, 1935 Moscice flights, several 1935 Gordon Bennett flights plus a range of vignettes, also small exhibition collection mounted on 55 pages showing extensively balloon flights between 1958 and 1969 51556 CC C H / www 80 - 160 1918-1982 Duplication in A4 stockbook, loose album pages, POFIS album pages (for issues 1945-67), MNH, hinged and used, mixed to v.fine, from the stock of a former Eastern bourse dealer
51557 CC C F P / 272 4’000 - 7’000 1915-39, Attractive Award-winning exhibition collection on Poland’s Early Airmail, mounted on 80 pages, showing the development of the Polish airmail service from the pioneers to the invasion of Poland by Hitler’s forces in 1939, wide range of frankings both inland and abroad, early items include items flown out of Przemysl in 1915, covers flown to and within Poland during the last few months of the Austrian occupation, covers flown on the “Aereotag”: the first attempt to set up a private airmail carrier service in 1921, development of foreign companies in Poland such as Aerolloyd, Companie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne and Polskie Linie Lotnicze, noted also 1928 min.sheet, Warsaw-Copenhagen vignettes, good Zeppelins, experimental and trial flight, lot includes also extra group of vignettes plus 68 loose covers, very fine, see complete set of scans on the web
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51558 C F 500 - 800 1935-68 Specialized POLISH GLIDER MAIL collection neatly mounted on 64 exhibition pages, beginning with the early “Ustjanova” flights (both 1935 and 1936), unusual items include 1958 “Bocian” flight vignettes, perforated and imperforate plus proofs, 1958 “Bocian” flights with both blue and the more rare red vignettes, noted also prof of the 1962”Bocian” vignette, plus 136 covers and cards including 1954 Lezno flights, 1954 Lisie Katey flights, etc., very fine
51559 CC C H F P / 272, 276 1’200 - 2’000 1946-48 Douglas Plane over Ruins of Warsaw: Specialised exhibition collection neatly written up on 70 pages plus a further duplication of covers and cards on 46 stockpages and 53 unmounted commercial covers, beginning with the issued set with much specialisation regarding paper, perforations (including imperf.) and shades showing the 21 print runs with their sheet identification, also grozsy overprinted set, followed by a great postal history presentation of covers addressed mostly to the USA and the UK, fascinating combination frankings including mixed franking with zloty and grozsy issues, many registered items, practically every cover presented on pages have their analysis of the applicable rate at the time, mostly very fine and a scarce specialised offering, see complete scans of the collection on the web
51560 H G Collection 80 - 150 1865-1917, Selection of Russia used in Poland on small stockcard, mostly 2nd period, also 1x 10k large perf of 1st period, all with4-ring cancels of Poland, mixed to v.fine Portugal
51561 F Collection 300 - 400 1840-1950, 50 covers from Portugal & colonies incl. Angola, Cabo Verde, India, Funchal, etc.
51562 CC C H Collection / www 200 - 400 1853-1960, Lot on A4 stockcards, mint hinged, MNH or used, noted better classics, some signed Dr.Rieger or Drahn, interesting lot, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock
51563 F Collection / www 70 - 140 1894-1941 PORTUGAL & MADEIRA : Group of 22 mostly picture postal stationery cards, mostly mint, mostly very fine Portuguese Colonies
51564 CC C H G Collection / www 400 - 700 1855-1940, Mint & used collection on 30 Scott album pages, strength in Portuguese Guinea, extensive Portuguese India with a good selection of the 1881-82 overprinted issues, also St.Thomas & Prince Islands, Zambezia, Azores including 1895 San Antonio 300R, 500R and 1000R, also nice sections of Cape Verde, Macao, Mozambique and Mozambique Company, fine
51565 CC C H Collection / www 120 - 200 1880-1920, Chiefly used collection of Portuguese colonies in one stockbook, issues from practically all areas from Azores to Tete, mostly fine (1’454 stamps)
51566 F Collection / www 60 - 90 1903-20, Range inc. Funchal 100r blue block of six, 50r blue and 5r orange tied to AR form, with further solo frankings of various values on PPCs and covers addressed to; US, Australia and GB. Plus items from Azores, Cape Verde, Port. India and Congo.
51567 CC C H F Collection / www 500 - 800 1949-74, Portuguese colonies chiefly mint collection housed in five stockbooks: Macao, Angola, Mozambique, Portuguese India and Timor, noted good Macao and Angola including the famous 1951 Birds set never hinged, a few commercial covers, fine
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Azores
51568 H 5-6 80 1868 80r orange and 100r lilac, used, fine
51569 51570 51571 51569 H 11,15 80 1868-70 50r green and 240r violet (A of Azores painted), used, fine, cert. PF (1995) 51570 H 55 100 1882-85 150r blue, perf. 12 1/2, used, fine and scarce, cert. Bloch (1975) 51571 H 55a 100 1882-85 150r blue, perf. 13 1/2, used, fine and scarce Lourenço Marques
51572 www 200 1901-1970, Collection of different used incoming telegraph forms from Lourenco Marques in three folders inc. forms from the Eastern and South African Telegraph Company Madeira
51573 F Collection / www 100 - 140 1886-1901+- MADEIRA & FUNCHAL: Postal stationery selection (20+), all unused, mostly very fine Mozambique
51574 F / www 150 1926 Stampless envelope from SARDHAR/India to Lorenco Marques (Mozambique) franked on arrival at Lorenco Marques postage dues 1924 issue 20C on 30C + 50C on 60C (6), very oily postmark, scarce franking
51575 F Collection / www 120 - 180 1898-1914 MOZAMBIQUE & COMPANHIA DE MOZAMBIQUE: Postal stationery group (40+-), mostly unused, mostly very fine Portuguese India
51576 F / 276 500 1882 (Jan) Envelope to Belgaum bearing Crown 1 1/2r and 4 1/2r with oval of bars cancellations, Mapuca (22.1) and Belgaum (26.1) transit and arrival marking on reverse, some staining, otherwise fine and a rare cover
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Romania Austrian Levant Post Offices
51577 F / www 300 1857 Small envelope bearing 2-line GALLATZ 9.3.(57) alongside red D.A.a.L. ‘18’ to ALBENGA / Stati Sardi / Ducati di Genova, at back transit mkgs, etc., interesting cover 51578 DFE / www 200 1866 Large part cover front franked 10so (4, incl.strip of 3) from Alexandria to IBRAILA, brought by Lloyd to Cospoli (also pmk Lloyd Agenzie Constantinopol), from there taken to Sulina (ink obliteration ?) and via DDSG taken to Ibraila to the Italian Consul, a very interesting unusual incoming piece ! D.D.S.G. Post Offices
51579 C F DCE P Collection / 278 5’000 - 8’000 1867-67, Specialised D.D.S.G. collection in two parts mostly covering the Romanian post-offices but also Bulgaria, good selection of proofs including a a block of five and a block of 10kr. red showing the 10 transfer types of setting A, series of various colour proofs in pairs, neatly written up covers with postal history details, from Romania include Braila, Turn Mugulle, Calafat, Galatz, Oltenitza, Piquet, then Bulgaria with Sistov, Widdin, Rustzuk, Silistria, and Oreava, also section of Revenues, many fragments including Widdin, Oreava, Lom Palanka, Rustzuk, Giurgevo, Oltenitza, Odessa, Radujevaz, Alt-Orsova, Tulcia, Package Additional Payment Stamps, Baggage Control Fee with Braila to Galatz, Galatz to Braila, Kalaras-Ostrov_Silistria, Ostrov-Kalaras-Silistria, Silistria-Ostrov-Kalaras, General Insurance Fee stamps, a mostly very fine group Romania
51580 F / 278 10Iw 300 1862 30Par blue on bluish smooth paper tied to small envelope by BUCURESCI 26.11. cds, four margined example, very fine 51581 DFE / 276 10 200 1862-1864 30Par blue (2) tied to large partial cover front bearing ornamental FRANCO FOLTICHENI alongside FOLTITSCHENI 21.11. cds and straightline RECEPISSE, front & adhesives with tear but still nicely representable front with rare postmark
51582 DCE 10II Kb 140 1864 Issue 30Par blue (plate printing) in unused block of 12 showing 4x 90 degrees tete-beche, very fine scarce block
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51583 C / 276 10IIx 200 1864 30par blue in complete MNH sheet of 40, only one stamp hinged
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51584 C H 11 160 1865 2Par - Small group with 3 diff. shades, mint hinged and a used example with blue part cancel (small tear at bottom), interesting specialist group
51585 CC C 11cx 300 1865 2Par occre in horizontal strip of 3, mint hinged for centre adhesive, left and right adhesive without hinge, slight faults - (gum)creases, a rare item, signed Zoscsak
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51586 CC 14y 400 1866-1867 2Par black on yellow, medium thin paper in MNH block of 6 in type order first row 123 and typ 4 to 6 in 2nd row, a beautiful & fresh item
51587 CC C 15ya,b 340 1866-1867 5Par black on greyish-blue, medium thin paper in MNH report block of 6 (1 hinged), vertical prefolding crease between 2nd & 3rd vertical row, a beautiful & fresh item + single indigo example with dried gum, very fine 4-margined example, scarce group
51588 C H 20 340 1868 18B rose - Small group including mint hinged (1) and used (1 fragment, 1 pair and 2 loose adhesives) including 1 loose example with central blue BOTOSANI, all very fine, interesting specialist group
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51589 F / 276 500 1933 Envelope franked complete set Dt.Reich Chicagofahrt for 50th Zeppelin Jubilee trip to USA (World EXPO) postmarked Dragun 11.10.33 + return flight and forwarded to its final destination Bucurest (with arrival mkg at back), fine & scarce
51590 C H J Collection 1’000 - 1’500 1858-1864, Lot of classic values only, incl. 1858 54p used & 2 blocks of 4, mixed
51591 CC C H Collection / www 200 - 400 1858-1970, Large accumulation on A4 stockcards & approval book pages + modern part on album pages , many medium to better sets and values, many classic values & semi-modern 1920ties to 1940ties values & sets, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock
51592 CC C H Collection / www 100 - 200 1862-1970, Duplication on A5 stockcards & A5 album, mostly classics and medium better 1915- 1940ties, mint hinged, MNH and used, mostly very fine, classic issues a bit mixed, overall a nice and interesting lot with better sets (e.g. Mamaia, Scouts, etc.), from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock Russia 1858 Second Issues Arms perf. 12 1/4 : 12 1/2 (St. 5-7)
51593 F / 278 100 1861 (Jan 25) Wrapper from St. Petersburg to Moscow with 1858 10k tied by neat “2” dotted hexagon, very fine and fresh 1865 Fourth Issue Arms perf 14 1/2 : 15 (St. 11-16)
51594 F / 278 16 400 30k rose & yellow-green tied to 2 covers 1868 and 1869 with additional 5k black & lilac (one 1865 issue, other 1866 issue) by TPO pmk and other by Moscou cds, both via Venezia to Genova, cover faults (one with filing hole, other with missing side flaps), adhesives fine to very fine 1866 Fifth Issue Arms on horizontally laid paper (St. 17-22)
51595 C P 800 1866 5k Colour essays in red, orange or green, mint, very fine, scarce (3 essays) 1868-75 Sixth Issue Arms on vert. laid paper (St. 23-28)
51596 F / 282 25,27,18 400 5k black,bluish shade + 20k blue, orange, both vertically laid paper + 1866 3k black, green horizontally laid paper tied to cover by SPB 17.5.72 cds to France, 20k minim trace of filing crease otherwise fine and very fresh franking, scarce
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51597 F / www 27 200 20k vertically laid paper tied to 1872 covers to Sweden & Italy, fine to very fine 1889 Eleventh Issue Arms (St. 52-56) 51598 F 53 80 KHANAT of BUKHARA: Registered cover to Peshawar franked at back block of 4 of 10k horiz.laid paper bearing BUKHARA 2 27.1.96 cds’s, rough opening at right, scarce 1889-92 Twelfth Issue Arms (St. 57-65) 51599 CC J / www 77,78 700 1889-92 3R50 & 7R RUSSIAN FINLAND, horizontal laid paper, each in MNH corner margin blocks of 4, very fine and fresh, rare 1902 Thirteenth Issue Arms (St. 66-74) 51600 CC C H J / www 400 1902-04 3 1/2r and 7r collection on leaves with duplicated ranges including mint multiples, extensive used selection with cancel interest, fine (428 stamps) 51601 F / 282 200 1902 7k dark blue (vertical laid paper) tied to beautiful decorated Red Cross envelope 1904 Sixteenth Issue (St. 83-86)
51602 H 800 1904 3k perforation 11 1/2 with IMPERFORATE left margin, used, creased at left margin at top, very rare, we have known about this variety only mint up to now, Mi no.57C var., Zverev & Gilmanov no.75 Bpa, Zagorsky no. 83B var. 51603 C H / www 100 1904 3k to 10k : Group of the different perforations mint hinged or used, noted scarce 7k line perforation but with small remainder gum only, also 5 examples of the 3k line perf. 11 1/2, mixed to very fine specialist assembly, Mi no.57-60, Zverev & Gilmanov nos.75-78, Zagorsky no. 83-86 51604 F / www 150 1904 3k to 10k : 3 1905-1906 covers with complete sets + one cover franked 3k charity issue with 7k eagle definitive, fine group, Mi no.57-60, Zverev & Gilmanov nos.75-78, Zagorsky no. 83-86 1908 Nineteenth Issue Arms (St. 94-108) 51605 F / 202 95, 100c 200 1908 2k green (5) + 10k darkblue tied to 1915 maritime mail cover from Vaasa (Russian Finland) to Stockholm by pointed Swedish cds ‘SUNDSVALL 7.8.15’ (Swedish arrival port for ships from Vaasa) alongside straightline framed FRAN FINLAND cachet + Russian censor, at back St’holm arrival marking, very nice example for ship mail in the Gulf of Bothnia (Pohjanlahti, Bottnischer Meerbusen) 51606 F / 202 97(1) 100 1908 4k carmine (first printing period) tied to postcard from Reval by ‘REVEL 15.9.12’ cds to Flensburg alongside small ‘S.S.Peritia’ cachet in violet, sender: shipping agent from St.Petersburg, ex Dr.Casey
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1913 Twentieth Issue Romanovs (St. 109-125) 51607 F / 282 400 1913-1918 Lot of covers, cards, stationery, all of Romanov issue, noted registered envelope 5x 4k bearing KONSTANTINOPLE POCHT.KONTORA R.O.P.I.T. 16.10.13 and envelope from Moscou to Jaffa showing at back arrival mkg of R.O.P.I.T. JAFFA, specialist group 51608 CC F / 282 113 200 1913 7k brown (3) tied to 1914 maritime mail cover from RIGA (seal and senders imprint on back) to Amsterdam by KOBENHAVN cds alongside large boxed Paquebot cachet, at back A’dam arrival marking, very fine example of a Baltic Sea cover posted on board a ship letterbox crossing the Baltics 1914 Twenty First Issue War Charity on coloured paper (St. 126-129)
51609 C P / www 126-133 100 1k to 10k complete set hinge remainder, also on white paper with (partly large) hinge remainder, both with ‘OBRAZETS’ overprint 1916 Twenty Fourth Issue Romanov Auxiliary Overprints (St. 136-137)
51610 C P 136 prob 300 1916 10k on 7k imperforate proof, large paper remainder at back, scarce 1917 Twenty Sixth Issue Caretaker Government 1917 51611 CC / www 152 200 1917 1R in 2 complete horizontal double sheets of 112 (including each 12 decorated fields) with large horizontal gutter (16 gutters), showing also different colour shade of brown printing, both with progressive stronger getting colour shift of red orange print of eagle & value, never hinged, very fine, Standard 152 var., Zverev & Gilmanov 139 var., Liapin 148 var. 51612 CC / www 152 200 1917 1R in 2 complete horizontal double sheets of 112 (including each 12 decorated fields) with large horizontal gutter (16 gutters), showing also different colour shade of brown printing, both with progressive stronger getting colour shift of red orange print of eagle & value, never hinged, very fine, Standard 152, Zverev & Gilmanov 139, Liapin 148 51613 CC / www 152 200 1917 1R in 2 complete horizontal double sheets of 112 (including each 12 decorated fields) with large horizontal gutter (16 gutters), showing also different colour shade of brown printing, both with progressive stronger getting colour shift of red orange print of eagle & value, never hinged, very fine, Standard 152 var., Zverev & Gilmanov 139 var., Liapin 148 var. 51614 CC 152 var. 200 1917 1R in 5 complete horizontal double sheets of 112 (including each 12 decorated fields) with large horizontal gutter (16 gutters), showing also different colour shade of brown printing, both with progressive stronger getting colour shift of red orange print of eagle & value, never hinged, as usual folded in gutter, very fine Mi no. 77Bxb var., Standard 152 var., Liapin 148 var., Soloviev 123 var, Zverev & Gilmanov no.139 var. St. Petersburg City Public Telegraph 51615 F / 282 200 1848 St Petersburg City Post Office stationery envelope 5(+1) kopek blue impression INVERTED at bottom left, fine unused (HG 4a)
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RSFSR 1918-23
51616 CC 9g,9h 240 1921 Definitives 200R in 2 different olive shades (each in 2 pairs), MNH + normal brown for comparison, Standard € 1’100+ 51617 C 33II 100 1921 Surcharge Issue 10.000r on 40R R.S.F.S.R. in red, horizontal watermark, mint hinge remainder, very fine, Mi no. 175C III Y, Zverev & Gilmanov no. 33 II, Standard 33 II
51618 DCE SL5 Ta 7’500 1922 CONSULAR AIRMAILS 12M on 2R25k typ II with INVERTED SURCHARGE, mint hinge remainder, signed Calves, Sov. Phil. Assoz., Bloch, etc.,cert. Zagorskiy, very few examples known and a great airmail rarity, € 15’000
51619 DCE SL5/SL12 9’000 1922 CONSULAR AIRMAILS Plating collection of 48 values in small A4 stockbook, consisting of Standard nos. SL 5 (10), SL 6 (11), SL 7 (9), SL 8 (9), SL 9 (4), SL 11 (3), SL 12 (2), smaller values mostly MNH, higher values mostly mint hinged or hinge remainder, 2 values are with ink obliteration and maybe 2 only unused, about 34 different positions are present, many have old signs. and all have Zagorskiy certs., a fantastic base for further expanding and also a great expert lot for comparison! Nearly every adhesive could be a single auction lot
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51620 DCE SL6 Ta 6’500 1922 CONSULAR AIRMAILS 24M on 3R typ III with INVERTED SURCHARGE, unused, signed Calves and Mikulski, cert. Zagorskiy, very few examples known and an airmail rarity, € 15’000 51621 CC 93 I 100 1922-1923 ERROR OF COLOUR 70R orange in quarter sheetlet of 25 of 100R orange, small matt spot on gum of 1 adhesive, MNH, Mi no.211AF, Standard 93 + 93I, Zverev & Gilmanov 100e
51622 C 14’000 1923 VLADIVOSTOK airmail set of 16 values, mint, very fine, extremely rare, cert. Mikulski “only 25 complete set existing”. A world-wide rarity 51623 CC / www 107-108 150 - 250 1923 UNISSUED 1R & 2R in complete sheets of 4 x 25, MNH, some creases, some tears in margin, fine to very fine
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51624 51626 51627 51624 CC C H G / www 95/99 300 1923 Selection of ‘philately helping working people’ issue, noted 1r+1r on 10R bronze surcharge & 4r+4r on 5000R silver surcharge, mostly hinged or used, generally very fine, Mi 212/214 Euro 1600+-, Standard 95/99, Zverev & Gilmanov 101/105 Soviet Union
51625 C / www 011II 10’000 1923-1924 UNISSUED AIRMAILS 5R type II (proof type) with wide 5, on quite thin transparent paper, at bottom, gum missing due to negligent gum brushing, diagonal gum crease, frontside with large even margins allaround and very fine, a very rare adhesive (apparently only 50 were printed), signed Sov.Phil., cert. Zagorskiy, Mi XVIIxII €50’000 for hinged, Standard 011II €48’750, Zverev & Gilmanov $50’000, Liapin 2010 AH18 50000.- 51626 CC C H / www 104-0216 ex 160 1925-1927 Small specialized group including Popov, Esperanto 1926, also surcharged values 1927 (Dez.) incl. Popov in pair with inverted ‘8’ of surcharge, mint hinged, Standard 211+ 211Ka ++, Zverev & Gilmanov 167+167a ++, Mi no. 335+335K ++, Lyapin P1(281)+281 ++ 51627 F / www 151 var. 150 1926 7k Esperanto tied to pictureside of ppc to Wena showing variety: red colour shifted to the right, a rare item not mentioned in the catalogues 51628 F / www 151-152,183-184 150 1926-1927, Group of 8 covers & cards + 1 registered cover front, all franked 1926-1927 Esperanto issues, noted 2 cards with special 1926 Congress postmark, mixed but interesting group 51629 F / 282 150 1927 Registered air mail envelope franked Internat. Avio Post Conference 10k (3, all 3 with minor plate errors, one Mi 326III) + 15k bearing MOSCOU 14.9.27 cds to Berlin, at back div. transits, from the Phil. Assoz./Glueck correspondence, very fine
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51630 51631 51630 CC J P / www 183-184 var. 180 1927 14k Esperanto - Small lot with and without watermark incl. 1 blk of 4, noted a 14k with watermark corner example imperf with shifted portrait and voiding perforation, MNH, mostly very fine group
51631 CC H P / www 184Pa 200 1927 14k Esperanto IMPERFORATE without watermark in bottom left corner margin pair, used with cto, very fine & scarce,, with cert. A.Farberov, Standard 184Pa, Zverev & Gilmanov 195c, Mi no.325ZU, Lyapin A254
51632 CC C J 184Pa 4’000 1927 14k Esperanto IMPERFORATE on gummed paper without watermark in corner margin block of 4, left pair mint hinge remainder, right pair MNH - hinge remainder in margin only, a beautiful and rare block, signed ROMEKO
51633 CC H 184Pa 500 1927 14k Esperanto IMPERFORATE without watermark MNH left margin example + used (with the usual TULA cto) bottom sheet margin example, very fine and rare, Standard 184Pa, Zverev & Gilmanov 195c, Mi no.325ZU, Lyapin A254 + 1 modern laserprinter forgery for comparison
51634 DCE P / 296 208 Pr 3’000 1927 ANNIVERSARY OF OCTOBER 1917 Revolution PROEKT carton 28k light green, very scarce
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51635ex 51637 51639 51635 CC C H 181,181A,182,209A,210,589,590 200 1927-1939 Selection of surcharge definitives 8k on 7k wide spacing, narrow perf and wide perf (with wmk and without wmk), narrow spacing (with and without wmk), 30k on 4k without wmk (2) and with wmk (3), hinged, MNH or used, Mi € 900 51636 CC C H J / www 241-243, 0285 150 1929-1932 Selection on the definitives 1R & 3R incl. IMPERFORATE 1R mint hinged (2, incl. 1 with plate error) and divers other specialities, very fine, Standard 241-43, 0285, Zverev & Gilmanov 244-246, 288, Lyapin H68, Mi 392Bxq 51637 C 276 340 1931 AIRSHIPS 50k ‘ASPIDKA’ black-blue, watermark horizontal, mint hinged, very fine, cert Zverev
51638 51640 51638 H J 285 100 1931-1932 Definitives IMPERFORATE 1R dark blue in block of 4, used as usual with central cto postmark, very fine, Standard 0285, Zverev & Gilmanov 288, Lyapin H68, Mi 392Bxq 51639 DCE 301B 700 1931 AIRSHIPS 15k engraved in rare perf. 10 3/4, unused, cert Zverev 51640 H J 301B 300 1931 AIRSHIPS 15k engraved in rare perf. 10 3/4 in used block of 4, natural paper waves on top pair, scarce block, each value signed Mikulski
51641 H 297A 5’000 1932 AIRMAILS POLAR YEAR 50k perforation 10 1/2, as usual used cto with gum, very rare, Mi 410B unpriced, Standard 297A euro 15500, Zverev & Gilmanov 300A $20000, Liapiyn 357A no price 51642 CC C H 301,301A-B 100 1932 15k Zeppelin engraved in all 3 perforations used and perf. 12 1/4 hinged and MNH, Mi nos.406A-C, E 340, Standard 301,301A-B, Zverev & Gilmanov 304, 304A and B
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51643 CC 301,301A-B 100 1932 15k Gorki IMPERFORATE, MNH, showing small variety at bottom under 5 of 15k, brown circle from oil spot during print, scarce, Mi no.421YU € 300, Standard 299Pa, Zverev & Gilmanov 302a
51644 DCE P 324 Pr 7’000 1933 PEOPLE OF USSR 8k PROEKT carton with 6 colour proofs, very rare, pristine printers fresh quality, cert.A.Zverev
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51645 CC P 341 2’300 1933 STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT 5k IMPERFORATE colour proof in dark brown, practically MNH, superb example, signed I.P.Morozov, cert. Zverev
51646 C P 341 2’300 1933 STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT 5k IMPERFORATE colour proof in red, as usual mint remainder gum (sort of dried gum), very fine & rare, cert.Zverev
51647 C P 341 2’300 1933 STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT 5k IMPERFORATE colour proof in grey black, as usual mint remainder gum (sort of dried gum), very fine & very rare, signed I.P.Morozov, cert.Zverev
51648 C P 341 2’300 1933 STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT 5k IMPERFORATE colour proof in light brown, as usual mint remainder gum (sort of dried gum), very fine & very rare, signed I.P.Morozov, cert.Zverev
51649 51650 51649 C 357 var. 3’000 1934 AIRMAILS 20k with RARE PERFORATION 13 3/4 : 10 1/4 : 13 3/4 : 13 3/4, mint hinged 51650 H 359 var. 3’000 1934 AIRMAILS 80k top left corner margin example with RARE PERFORATION 10 1/4 : 13 3/4 : 13 3/4 : 13 3/4, used (the few known examples are all used !), at back signed Sov.f., Zverev & Gilmanov no. 363A
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51651 DCE P 373-375 prob 500 1934 AIRMAILS Stratosphere accident complete set perf.11 , each value with OBRAZETS part perfin, as usual without gum, scarce 51652 C 373A 100 1934 AIRMAILS Stratosphere accident 5k lilac perf 13 3/4 (~14), mint hinged, fine
51653 51654 51655 51653 H 373Pb 4’500 1934 AIRMAILS Stratosphere accident 5k lilac, watermark vertical, perf. 11 with IMPERFORATE bottom sheet margin, very rare adhesive ….known only used, Mi 480A Uu, Standard 373Pb , Zverev & Gilmanov 377pd, Liapin 433 var., cert. Zagorskiy 51654 H 374A 2’000 1934 AIRMAILS Stratosphere accident 10k brown perf. 13 3/4 (~14), a very rare adhesive …. known only used cto with gum, Mi 481CY, Standard 0374A, Zverev & Gilmanov 378A, Liapin 434A 51655 C 375A var. 6’000 1934 AIRMAILS Stratosphere accident 20k darkblue perf. 14 : 14 : 14 : 11, mint hinge trace, some gum distribution otherwise very fine and extremely rare, cert Zverev
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51656 51657 51656 DCE P 407 1’500 1935 SPARTAKIADE 2k colour proof green / violet in different design (1934 inscription instead of SSSR), unused, v.fine & very rare
51657 DCE P 407 1’500 1935 SPARTAKIADE 2k colour proof green / red in different design (1934 inscription instead of SSSR), unused, v.fine & very rare
51658 51659 51660 51658 DCE P 407 1’500 1935 SPARTAKIADE 2k colour proof black / blue in different design (1934 inscription instead of SSSR), unused, v.fine & very rare
51659 DCE P 407 1’500 1935 SPARTAKIADE 2k colour proof brown / red in different design (1934 inscription instead of SSSR), unused, v.fine & very rare
51660 DCE P 415 1’500 1935 SPARTAKIADE 40k colour proof orange / blue in different design (1934 inscription instead of SSSR), unused, v.fine & very rare, signed Mikulski 51661 F / 296 343,352,377+ 200 1936 Airmail cover to Vena franked Stratosphere 20k + 1934 airs 20k +1934 Zeppelins 10k+20k + defin. 1R blue bearing VOZDUSHNAYA POCHTA LENINGRAD - BERLIN 31.5.36, slight toning otherwise very fine & scarce cover, Standard 343,352,377,379,241, Zverev & Gilmanov 347,356,381,383,244, Mi nos.455,464,484,486,392 51662 H / www 444A Gp 200 1936 15k Dobroliubov perf. 13 3/4 on yellowish toned paper in vertical gutter, used, scarce, Mi no. 548Cy ZS, Standard 444A Gp, Liapin 501Aa 1200.- 51663 CC C / www 451-52 BL.1 100 1937 Pushkin miniature sheet (3), MNH or hinge remainder, 2 with different plate errors (missing dot between AC and dot in O of POCHTA), very fine, Mi nos. Bl.1x, 1xI, 1xII, Standard BL.1, 1Ka, 1Kb 51664 CC 480 BL.3 120 1937 Airmails Allunion Airplane Expo miniature sheet, MNH, Mi Bl.no.3, Standard 480 BL.3 E 560, Zverev & Gilmanov 483 Blok 3 E 500, Liapin Bl.3 € 450
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51665 CC J 578 (1)A 150 1939 Definitives 60k line perforation 12 1/4, vertical raster in MNH marginal block of 6, Mi no. 684 IV Cs € 480++, Standard 578(1)A € 564++, Zverev & Gilmanov 581A I, Liapin 664A 51666 H 140 1944 Liberation of Leningrad miniature sheet (20) in type Ib (Mi type III/III), all used with RIGA cto & full original gum, Mi Bl.no.4 € 1200, standard no.BL4 Ic, Liapin BLOK 4 IIC, Soloviev 945- typ IIIB 51667 H BL 4 Ic 200 1944 Liberation of Leningrad miniature sheet (20) in type I Ka – small letter B - (Mi type III/V), all used with RIGA cto & full original gum, additionally one sheet shows margin inscription relatively strongly shifted upwards, Mi Bl.no.4 € 1500, standard no.BL4 Ic, Liapin BLOK 4 IIC, Soloviev 945- typ IIId NOTE: this type always shows an additional dot on the 4th stamp in the letter ‘m’ of Pochta 51668 H BL.4Ta, BL 5 150 1944-1945 Leningrad & Stalingrad miniature sheets with strongly shifted margin text, used, the Leningrad sheet with paper crease in left margin due to the shifted print of the margin text, scarce, fine & interesting varieties 51669 H J / www 841/846, 899/902 100 1944-1945 Selection of 1944 I.Repin and 1945 Military Aircrafts values, all with varieties: plate errors, double and shifted perforations, mostly in blocks of 4, 6 and pairs, all used, mostly very fine group 51670 H J / www 180 1944-49, SOVIET UNION: Mostly scarcer blocks of 4 in complete issues only, with Mi no.911/17, 932A/936A, 1047, 1295/96, 1288/91, 1309/13, 1316/17, 1327/30, 1341/47, 1355/56, 1391, 1414/17, Mi € 800+- 51671 H J 1093 200 1947 October Revolution Anniversary 1R imperforate top margin block of 4 with shifted black print (+ normal single for comparison), very fine, Mi no.1166B, Standard 1093
51672 C 1369Pa 300 1949 AIRMAILS 1R with variety: IMPERFORATE LEFT SHEET MARGIN, mint hinged, rare, cert A.Zverev 51673 CC / 296 BL 11 300 1949 Lenin Mausoleum IMPERF. miniature sheet, typ II (thick 1, thick I Ilitsch and thick L of Lenina) showing additional variety: shifted brown colour, no hinges but gum abrasions, rare, Mi Bl. 11B € 500++ for hinged, Stand. BL 11 € 1500 for hinged, Liapin BLOK 12 typ II 3000 for MNH 51674 CC / 296 BL 11 300 1949 Lenin Mausoleum min.sheet, nh, very fine, scarce 51675 CC BL 11 100 1949 Lenin Mausoleum perf. miniature sheet, typ Ia, no hinges but gum abrasions, Mi Bl. 11A € 300 for hinged, Stand. BL 12 € 650, Liapin BLOK 11 51676 H / www 1497(II)-1498(II) 200 1950 Ayvazovsky 40k and 50k, used, 2nd printing, each in sheetlet of 10, both are from the se-tenant sheetlet, but still scarce, very fine, Mi nos. 1522y-1523y, Standard 1497-1498, Liapin 1538I-1539I, Soloviev 1584I-1584II
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51677 CC BL 14 150 1950 Stalin miniature sheet on yellowish-white paper, Mi Bl. 13y € 550, Stand. BL 14 € 950, Liapin BLOK 14 € 600 51678 CC C H / www 100 1955-1958 Selection of better perforations on 2 small stockcards, mostly line perforations, MNH, hinged or used, mostly very fine 51679 CC / www 1900-1903, 1895Ka 200 1957 World Youth Festival 10k margin pair, 20k pair + 3 singles (incl. 1 with plate error), 40k dove margin pair, 60k block of 4, all IMPERFORATE, all but 1 adhesive MNH, also 25k in 2 used blks of 4, each blk one adhesive with plate error ‘vodka bottle, mostly all very fine, Mi 1922B, 1945B, 1948B, 1980B, 1980I, 1946+1946AI € 760++, Standard 1895Ka, 1900-1903
51680 51682 51680 CC 2161 UNISSUED 400 1958 Pioneers of Soviet Industry : UNISSUED 40k Voroshilovgrad MNH - unissued because name of City changed - , Mi XXA € 1500, Standard 2161 unissued € 1200, Soloviev 2015/16 2251b 30000Rbl, Liapin H70 51681 CC F / www 2542-2543 (A,B,I,II) 150 1961 Communist Party Congres - Lot with and without overprints MNH & on covers (FDC’s and 1 reg.AR airmail express cover), noted different tail types and overprint types I and II, Hungarian and local (bad quality) aluminium foil types, specialist group, Mi 2540 & 2541 € 550+, Stand. 2542-2543, Liapin 2577-2578 51682 CC 2564 I Ta 600 1961 Airmail surcharge 6k on 60k blue in horizontal pair showing 2nd adhesive with famous error ‘missing value 6 on surcharge’, also whole surcharge on both adhesives slightly shifted to the top, MNH, very fine, Mi 2566qII, Standard 2564 I Ta € 3000, Liapin 2599 (P1) € 2000 51683 CC H F / www BL 32I/II 200 1962 25th Anniversary of ‘Drifting Polar Station North Pole 1’ Selection of 6 min sheets MNH or used (noted perforation variety and type II) + type \II miniature sheet on blank cover with first day cancel, Mi Bl. 30I,30II €770+, Stand. BL 32I, 32II € 700, Liapin BLOK 33, 33A 51684 CC H F / www BL 33,34 100 1962 First Soviet Cosmonauts miniature sheets perf (MNH, used, FDC with red cancel) and IMPERFORATE (MNH and 2 FDC’s), very fine, Mi Bl. 31A,31B, Stand. BL 33 & 34 €200+-, Liapin BLOK 34,35 cca. 200+ 51685 CC BL.36II 150 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, numbered miniature sheet with variety : ‘asymmetric top of golden star’, MNH, Mi Bl.no.33I, Standard BL 36II € 720, Liapin Bl.37II € 600 51686 CC J / www 3328,3330-32 150 1966 Definitives - Selection of varieties on 3 small stockcards, noted 4k blk of 4 with total missperf., plate error, also blks of 4 without value tablet (test adhesives), 3k with total missperf., etc., MNH, mostly very fine, Mi 3279, 3282, 3282y (test), etc., Standard 3328, 3330-31, etc., Liapin ex 3363-65 etc 51687 CC F J / www 3331 120 1966 Definitives 4k red trial proof without value tablet and inscription in MNH block of 4 + registered cover to Germany with block of 3 of 4k & single trial proof bearing LENINGRAD cds, scarce, Mi 3282 € 500, Stand. 3331, Liapin 3366
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51688 CC 2564 I Ta 400 1969 Ivan Bilibin fairy tales 20k + 50k in horizontal se-tenant pair IMPERFORATE inbetween and imperforate right margin, MNH, Mi 3692Ur + 3693Ul und Ur, Standard 3741+3742 € 2200 (var. in strip of 5), Liapin 3776, 3777 varieties 51689 CC H / www BL65I,65ITa 200 1970 All Union Philatelic Expo 20k miniature sheet MNH (5) and 1x used, all Standard type I, embossed lines parallel (the used one w. corner crease), 2 are showing the Lenin head in bronze instead of gold + 1 ordinary MS for comparison, very fine, Mi Bl. 132II € 930, Stand. BL 65I, BL65I Ta € 1600+-, Liapin BLOK 66A 51690 F / www BL65I,65ITa 200 1970 All Union Philatelic Expo 20k miniature sheet (4), all FDC’s, all Standard type I, embossed lines parallel, 2 are showing the Lenin head in bronze instead of gold, very fine, Mi Bl. 132II€ 1000+, Stand. BL 65I, BL65I Ta € 900+, Liapin BLOCK 66A
51691 CC 4596Pa-4598Pa 460 1976 Flowers of Caucasus 2K & 3k IMPERFORATE, 4k IMPERFORATE margin pair, also 2k in IMPERFORATE margin pair with black printing only, 1 adhesive unimportant paper waves, never hinged, scarce group, Standard 4596Pa-98Pa €3800++, Mi 4546U-48U, Lyapin 4631A- 33A €3500++ 51692 H BL135 Ka 100 1978 New Constitution 30k miniature sheet showing variety: damaged yellow hammer, used, very fine, scarce, Mi Bl. 132II € 700, Stand. Bl 135Ka, Liapin Bl 136 P1 51693 DCE 5094 100 1981 60 Years Georgian Republik 4k (2, including 1x corner margin example) both with strong horizontal missperforation, MNH, very fine, scarce, Mi 5044 var., Stand. 5094 var., Liapin 5129 var.
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51634 51661
51673 51674
51699 51700
51701 51703
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51694 51696 51694 DCE 6030Pa 200 1989 Letter Week 5k in horizontal IMPERFORATE pair on ungumed thicker paper, very fine, scarce, Mi 5978U, Stand. 6030 Pa, Liapin 6065A 51695 CC 6205-6207 150 1990 International Stamp Exhibition ‘Armenia - 90’ complete set in se-tenant block of 3 + coupon with double overprint, MNH, scarce, Mi 6149-6151, Stand. 6205-6207, Liapin 6240-6242 51696 CC 100 1992 ROSSIJA : 5R Joint space flight Russia / Germany (2), both with shifted perforation, one from bottom margin, MNH, Mi no.229 51697 CC / www 180 1992-1996, ROSSIJA Accumulation of min.sheets and sheetlets, all MNH, mostly per 10, very fine (Mi € 2200) Postal Stationery 51698 F / www 1’000 1878 4k green Postal stationery card 1875 issue used with SPB cds to Egypt showing at back inscription error: U ravlenie instead Upravlenie, rare 51699 F / 296 250 1909 3k red postal stationery card with advertising imprints at front and back: ‘Ivan Durdin’, ‘Gilzovaya fabrika Lebed’, ‘tobak Semenova’, etc., used with ST.PETERSBURG cds, rare 51700 F / 296 800 1923-1927 POSTAL STATIONERY: Group of complete sets of 1st definitive issue (workers) stationery cards & envelopes, also noted 1924 Lenin post.stat.card, a pristine unused group, above average quality Russian Post in China 51701 F / 296 750 1912 Peking envelope registered double rate sent to Berlin Germany bearing 30K mixed franking composed of 15k, 4k(2) & 2k with “Kitai” overprints & solo 5k not overprinted all tied double circle date-stamps; the cover displays the bi-lingual registration label which now conforms with the UPU regulations, very scarce & very fine
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Geneva, December 6, 2018 297 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
Russia Post in Levant
51702 H 400 1865 Russian Levant 6k blue (Newspaper stamp) with rare cancellation of 1865, very fine, very rare 51703 F / 296 200 1883 Envelope to Cairo franked 1879 7k bearing the large oval R.O.P.I.T. CONSTANTINOPOL 17.2.83, at back trans.& arr.mkg., very fine cover, ex Bolaffi 51704 F / 300 200 1888 GEORGIA to Cospoli: Envelope franked at back 7k bearing TIFLIS 16.4.88 cds via TPO no.95/11 & BATUM to Constantinople bearing scarce oval R.O.P.I.T. CONSTANTINOPOL 24.4.88 arrival marking
51705 F 5’000 1894 (Dec 13) Printed envelope from the ROPiT Agency in Jaffa, sent to Yellan in the Saratov District in Russia registered and double rate, franked on the reverse with vert. strip of three 1890 10k tied by “R.O.P.i.T / 13 DEC 94 / AGENCY JAFFA” oval ds in blue (latest recorded date), several transit ds of Constantinople, Odessa and Yellan arrival, with ms “Addressee not found, holding period expired, so return”, with further ROPiT Agency Jaffa oval ds on return, opened for display (split in two and re- attached), according to Steichele this is the earliest item of registered mail of the Russian post in the Holy Land, a very attractive showpiece
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51706 F / 300 100 1908 Tourist ppc of Dardanelles franked Austria 10pa (pair, slight faults) + Russian Levant 10pa bearing violet DARDANELLU + French Levant 5c with blue DARDANELLES cds & Turkey 10pa w. Dard. postmark to Austria, quite scarce 51707 F / 300 300 1909-1914, Small cover lot, mostly COSPOLI, mostly registered, mostly very fine 51708 F / 300 150 1913 Printed envelope from the French Consulate in TREBISONDA franked with 10pa on 2k, 15pa on 3k and 20pa on 4k surcharged Romanovs tied by violet R.O.P.I.T. Trebisond cds, arrival bs, fine Russia Post in Mongolia 51709 F / 300 600 URGA: 1908 Native cover to Kalgan, franked with two Russia Arms 2k and two 5k paying double the internal rate, tied by Urga 19.IX.08 type 4 cds in grey-black, very fine & colourful, a scarce usage Provenance: Tolman & Casey Wenden 51710 F / 300 240 1899 Cover from Shtokmanhoff to Dorpat franked by 1875-80 2k black, scarlet and green plus Russia 1889-1904 7k blue and cancelled by Shtokmanshoff traveling post-office N°1 cds dated 25 II 1899, very fine, cert. Sismondo Zemstvos 51711 C H DCE / www 500 Collection of 90 different zemstvos mounted on stockcards, all identified from a range of districts, vast majority unused 51712 F / 302 400 1875-1896, POSTAL STATIONERY: Small lot of 3 envelopes & 1 card from Kazan, Pskov, Rzhev & Ustsisolsk, mint & very fine Ship Mail
51713 F 1’000 1901 SHIP MAIL LENA RIVER: Envelope to Stuttgart franked at back 5k (2) bearing PAROKHOD UST- KUT via YAKUTSK 1 28.5.1901 in blue (also clear one at front) alongside blue UST-KUT cds and faint Stuttgart arrival marking, a very fine and truly rare shipmail marking
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51704 51706
51707 51709
51708 51710
300 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
Collections
51714 302 200 - 300 1840-1850 Steel engravings (27), noted Kremlin, Czaritzana near Moskva, Kostroma, Kertsch, Cafkas, SPB, Ararad, Kiev, Odessa, Archangel, etc.
51715 F / 302 500 - 800 1848-50, Lot of 16 “Eagle” type postal stationery envelopes, unused and used, showing different types of imprints in either red, blue or black 51716 F 200 - 400 1848-1990, Selection of covers presented in 4 albums, noted Baltic States, WWII, reg’d, censor, etc., examine carefully 51717 CC C / www 700 - 1’000 1857-1917, Attractive mint collection in stockbook, practically all never hinged (of the 270 stamps, approx. 250 are noted as never hinged), strength in the early period although a few of the earlies (1857 and 1858 issues) have removed pen marks, certificates for the following singles - Michel N° 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 18y, 21y, 38y, 39y, 23y, 24y, later issues with many multiples, see a complete set of scans of the collection on the web 51718 F / www 300 - 500 1858-79, Collection of 14 covers/stationery mounted on leaves and identified all with straight line cancels, fine group 51719 F / www 300 - 400 1858-1919, Small selection of covers including two N°2 on cover addressed respectively to Helsinki and Riga, two picture postcards (1955 and 1916), 1919 colourful Latvia cover, also twenty-two 1880s invoices from Riga with some bearing revenue stamps, fine 51720 CC C H F / 302 600 - 1’200 1858-1992, Mint & used collection in 29 stockbooks from 1858 #1 to modern CIS new countries through useful 1920-40 period, min.sheets, useful array of covers/stationery incl. WWI Russian censormarks, etc., needs careful examination 51721 CC C H 1’000 - 2’000 1858-2014, Mint & used collection neatly presented in 30 Lighthouse albums & stockbooks, noted 5 examples on #1, 1858 30k used signed Calves, Armenia, Wrangel, Levant, Ukraine 1919 (one album), South Army, Zemstvos, Tuva, Poland #1, New Republics 1990-95, etc., generally very fine, needs careful examination 51722 C H / www 700 - 1’000 1865-1919, RUSSIAN LEVANT: Attractive collection from a Parisian estate with a wide array of mint & used stamps, errors & varieties, rare cancellations, see web 51723 F 800 - 1’200 1865-1980, Fine collection in 6 albums plus duplicates and an extra well formed collection, hundreds of letters and postcards, easily adaptable to a new collection 51724 CC C J / www 150 - 300 1866-1905 DEFINITIVES ON LAID PAPER: Selection of single values, blocks, strips, gutters, etc., much medium better values, much MNH material, needs careful calculation 51725 CC C H G 1’200 - 2’000 1866-1980, Mint and used selection in 28 albums or stockbooks, much never hinged material but also cancellation interest for the Imperial Russia period, also Russian Levant, Ukraine, Gerogia, good Soviet Union section including for the later years a comprehensive collection in several hingeless albums, better later items include two 1964 Tokyo numbered min.sheets, gen. fine 51726 CC C H 150 - 300 1866-1991, RUSSIA & SOVIET UNION incl. BOB: Large duplication in 3 A4 stockbooks, 2 thick A4 approval books, diverse stockcards, mint hinged, MNH and used, mixed to v.fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock
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51712 51714ex
51720ex1 51720ex2
51715ex 51720ex3
51728ex 51753ex
302 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
51727 F / www 300 - 500 1870s-1913, Collection of 77 postal stationery cards, mix of mint and used, a range of cancels, only a couple uprated, a range of types, various cancels, etc. 51728 F / 302 700 - 1’000 1870-1917, Lot of 168 POSTAL STATIONERY items housed in stockbook, includes some rare overprinted wrappers from the later period, fine 51729 F / www 80 - 150 1870-1922, RUSSIA / RSFSR: Small group of covers, noted 2 INFLA mega frankings, 1899 reg.envelope with red reg.label, etc., mixed but interesting 51730 F / www 80 - 140 1878-1938, RUSSIA / SOVIET UNION: Accumulation of about 80 postal stationery (used & unused), covers & cards, noted several advertising stationery, mixed but interesting lot, also some Esperanto interest 51731 F / www 500 - 800 1880-1917, Lot of ca125 covers and cards from the Russian period showing a fine array of frankings and destinations 51732 CC C H 300 - 500 1890-1923, Chiefly mint collection on pages showing Russian-Influence areas comprising Wrangel Army issues, Russian P.O. in China, Soviet Republics including Armenia (with a fascinating selection of varieties), Georgia, Transcaucasia, Azerbaijan, also Russian Civil War and Ukraine, mostly very fine 51733 F / www 1’000 - 1’500 1894-1903 EMPIRE: Octagonal TPO Cancellations of the Moscow Region: Attractive one frame exhibit on 16 pages neatly presented and knowledgeably written up. The is a study of the octagonal cancellations arranged by TPO number the by Serial number within each. In the Moscow region, only fibe TPO’s used these cancellers: TPO 14 sub-office, TPO 119, TPO 136 & 136, TPO 150. Examples are shown of mail cancelled on the TPO, where it is usual to see a strike on each stamp with one adjacent and, where mail was sorted in transit on the TPO when a single strike is usual. Both inland and foreign mail, inwards and outwards, are included, noted also many examples are the earliest or latest dates recorded with many unrecorded strikes, an excellent basis for study and expansion (35 covers) 51734 CC F 400 - 700 1895-1980, Lot of 50 mostly pre-Soviet covers, many addressed abroad showing a range of different frankings plus small collection of post-WWII Soviet Union for STC £1’400 51735 CC C / www 150 - 300 1905-1919, Large duplication on the definitve issues around 1905-1919, noted many complete sheets, many with plate numbers, also some modern material partly in sheets as well 51736 CC C J / www 100 - 200 1908-1919 Definitives: Duplication of mostly blocks, quarter sheets, noted many plate numbers, also some on better papers (early printings), etc., mostly MNH, mostly very fine 51737 J / www 800 - 1’000 1908-19, Collection of sheets and part sheets in an album, with 36 sheets from the perf. Arms issues up to 5R, Romanov Currency stamps (5 sheets & 2 part sheets), 1917 Arms imperf. (4 sheets with 1R used) and finally 3R50 and 7R sheets, fine and attractive lot 51738 CC J / www 80 - 150 1914-1915 RUSSIA: Charity issues on white and coloured paper - accumulation of mostly MNH blocks of 4, mostly very fine 51739 CC C J / www 80 - 150 1915-1919 Definitives: Small lot of varieties, noted offsets, shifted printings, apparently all MNH, mostly very fine
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51740 F / www 30 - 50 1916-90, Mixed group with 5 covers incl. 1916, four covers from the 1990s, a few stamps on a stockcard and 1923 1r and 2r imperf. definitive sheetlets 51741 CC C H G F / www 500 - 800 1918-23, Early Post-Revolution period collections in four albums, with White Russian Armies, various Caucassian States, Ukraine, and Wrangel Armies, very fine 51742 F / www 700 - 1’000 1918-23, Soviet Republic issues: lot of 163 covers and cards in one stockbook showing a fascinating range of covers from this Inflationary period, many registered items and/or addressed abroad, mostly very fine 51743 H 1’500 - 2’200 1947-1949 Lot of mostly complete sheets of medium better sets of this period, noted Bering Strait, Anniversary of Soviet Army, Press Day (all ex 1949), mostly very fine, Mi € 26’800 51744 F 80 - 120 1958-89, Group of 90 covers with commemorative cancels, mostly plain and unadressed envelopes, strength in SPACE thematics 51745 F / www 100 - 150 1958-85, CHESS players’ autographs on 8 postal stationery envelopes (5 depicting Chess championships), incl. Karpov, Taimanov (2), Korchnoi, Khasin, Panchenko, Petrosian and Kharitonov 51746 CC DCE / www 80 - 160 1966-1994, SOVIET UNION: Group incl. 1966 test stamp (4k) in blk of 4, 1991 bogus proof of 5k October Revolution adhesive and 1977-1980 Golden Ring issues, cpl sets totalling 30 adhesives - all in MNH sheetlets (Stand. € 1600) also 1937-1994 lot of min. sheets, mostly very fine 51747 F 1’500 - 2’200 1968-91, Collection of ca.2000 FDCs, unaddressed with each stamp on an individual cover 51748 LITERATURE: 1925 Zemstvo catalogue by Chuchin, hardbound plain cover, a few marks inside and 30 binding split in one place, scarce
Former Soviet States Azerbaijan
51749 CC 615 (U) 200 2005 Death of Pope John Paul II 3000m IMPERFORATE sheetlet and IMPERFORATE pair, MNH, very fine, scarce Batum
51750 51751 51750 C 38 100 1920 50r on 2k Yellow-Green imperf. mint lh, very fine, cert. Sismondo (2015) (SG £450) 51751 H 39 150 1920 50r on 3k Carmine-Red imperf. with Batum cds, very fine, signed “MSC” and cert. PF (1998) (SG £650)
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Belarus 51752 CC / www 49I/II-53I/II 200 1994 Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer & Football World Championships USA : Surcharges on 1992 values & miniature sheet in English and Belorussian including proof overprints on miniature sheet (Mi 49I/II-53I/II, Bl.1/2) Georgia
51753 CC C H F P Collection / www 1’200 - 2’000 1919-21, Specialised collection in two albums, of the National Republic period covering the St.Georges’ issue and the Queen Thamar issues, much specialisation with a section of colour proofs, perforate and imperforate singles and multiples of practically each issued value, varieties, TETE BECHE pair of the the St.George 40K vermilion, also 2R brown with inverted rider, also fascinating selection of covers, a good basis for expansion
Latvia
51754 G 100 1858 10k narrow perf. of Russia used on small fragment with RIGA 17.MART.58, very fine, signed Dr. Stuhlmann Tajikistan
51755 CC / J / 308 208-211 (U) 300 2002 Cats WWF sheetlet IMPERFORATE and without WWF emblem, MNH, very fine, scarce (Mi nos. 208-11 (U) var.) 51756 CC / www 150 2017 Cats WWF complete set of 4, each in sheetlet of 10 with total MISPERF, MNH, very fine, scarce 51757 CC / www 150 2017 Cats WWF se-tenant double sheetlets of the 4 values IMPERFORATE , MNH, very fine, scarce 51758 CC / www 150 2017 Cats WWF se-tenant double sheetlets of the 4 values with total MISPERF , MNH, very fine, scarce Tannu Tuva
51759 51760 51759 C 240 1933 15 on 6k yellow-orange & 35 on 15k brown-yellow, mint h, very fine, rare, signed Calves (2)
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51760 H / 305 39,41 600 1933 Fiscals with surcharge 15K (corner perf missing and 1 crease) and 35K, with large numerals, used, the 35K a very scarce adhesive, Mi € 4600 for the 35k 51761 F / www 80 1935-1937 Two large size registered philatelic covers to Paris & Luzern, from ‘Turan’ and ‘Kizil’, posted as usual from Moskva, both with arrival marking
51762 C 63 var. 140 1935 Landscapes 15k oliv left margin example with variety: left side partially IMPERFORATE due to paper fold, mint hinged, rare
51763 C H Collection / www 200 - 400 1926-1941, Collection on 33 album pages, mostly mint hinged and/or used, noted diverse better especially surcharge values, also noted 1941 sable in changed colour green (2), mixed to very fine Transcaucasian Federal Republic
51764 F 120 1923 Registered envelope to Berlin franked at back Ararat definitives 500000R (3) bearing TIFLIS 4.10.23 cds and Berlin arrival marking, at front green registration label TIFLIS TSENTR.P.T.K., fine & scarce 51765 F 120 1923 Registered envelope franked at back Russia definitives with star overprint ZSFSR 10k on 7k (2, accidentally uncancelled) + 35k (red ovpt) 1 1R imperf. (strip of 3) bearing BAKU 25.6.23 cds and at front blue label as registration label BAKU, vertical cover crease affecting one adhesive, scarce Ukraine
51766 F / 308 240 1870 CARPATHO-UKRAINE; 2Kr postal stationery with German text (1869 issue) bearing clear ‘BEREGSZASZ 31.8.’ cds to Vienna, backtext in Sephardic script, rare
51767 CC C H G DCE P 100 - 200 1920 Specialized accumulation on the UNISSUED Vienna set noted shades, imperfs, makulature, perf varieties, plate errors, etc. + a large variety of forgeries of 1st issue and tridents, etc., ex collns. Dr.Brom
51768 P / www 100 1920 Unissued group of printer’s waste in imperf. blocks (12) from 60h to 200h, incl. frame only, centre only, centre double, etc. 51769 CC C H DCE 100 1918 Specialized collection of the 1st issue in A4 stockbook, noted imperf & perf., emergency banknote values, shades, plate errors, postmarks, blocks & folded but cpl. sheets, also some Russia with forerunner dates for Ukraine, ex collns. Dr.Brom
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51770 C H DCE 100 1920 Courier Fieldpost - 2 complete sets, hinged (1 value unused) of which several with ovpt plate errors, signed Seichter + div. Ukraine local issues & diverse bogus values, ex Dr.Brom
51771 CC C H Collection / www 200 - 400 1918 Collection of trident overprints in 3 A3 stockbooks, noted one stockbook with Poltava, 1 with Charkiv, 1 with Jekaterinoslav, hinged, used, some MNH, not all but apparently large majority signed Seichter, UPV, Peters, etc. , a real treasure lot for the specialist, ex colln. Dr.Brom
51772 CC H Collection / www 1’200 - 2’000 1918-1920, Specialized exhibition collection on about 140 leaves on the definitive values incl. unissued 1920 & the trident overprints, mint hinged, MNH, used and some covers, noted shades, cancels, varieties, majority of tridents signed Stohm.(ann), UPV, Dr.Seichter, Diepenbroek, Breul, Liska, etc., should be inspected to be fully appreciated, ex collns. Dr.Brom
51773 CC C H Collection 1’000 - 2’000 1918 Collection of trident overprints in 4 A4 stockbooks, noted one stockbook with Podolia, 2 with Kiev, 1 with Odessa, at back of books sometime also better from other areas, noted many scarcer ones, noted a few red ones, not all but apparently large majority signed Seichter, UPV, Stohmann, A.Liska , a real treasure lot for the specialist, bear in mind the costs one safes just for expertizing these as so many are already signed, ex colln. Dr.Brom
51774 F Collection / 308 150 - 300 1918-1944, Accumulation of postal stationery(envelopes & cards), mostly with trident surcharges, also div Ukraine WW II covers, 1 Western Ukraine registered envelope with 1K franking of the Moldauer ‘correspondence’, etc. , ex colln. Dr.Brom Serbia
51775 C H DCE / www 100 1866-69, Group incl. Coat of Arms types, 1p dark green and rose, 2p red brown lilac reprints, Belgrade printing 1p green, two. 2p bistre brown, two. 20p (two, one used) rose and 40p ultra mint.Sc7-10. 1868- 69 1p green, mixed condition Spain
51776 F / www 300 1809 (Jul 30) Entire from the PENINSULAR WAR written by Major Charles Ainslie from Talavera, talking about a couple of battles and the approximate size and losses of the Spanish, French and British armies, rated “11” with Portsmouth Ship Letter crown oval, has been stuck in a scrapbook, interesting contents (incl. pretty complete transcription)
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51777 51778 51779 51780 51777 C 2 800 1850 Isabel II 12c lilac, mint lh, fresh & very fine, rare, cert. Comex 2018 51778 DCE 5 1’000 1850 Isabel II 10r green, unused, fresh & very fine, rare, cert. Comex 2018 51779 C 9 800 1851 Isabel II 5r pink, mint lh, fresh & very fine, rare, cert. Comex 2018 51780 DCE 11 800 1851 Isabel II 10r green, unused, fresh & very fine, rare, cert. Comex 2018
51781 C 14 2’000 1852 Isabel II 2r light orange, mint lh, fresh & very fine appearance, rare, cert. Comex 2018 “with some repairs”
51782 51783 51782 C 18 600 1853 Isabel II 12c violet, mint lh, light aging on gum, fresh & very fine, rare, cert. Comex 2018 51783 DCE 19 1’500 1853 Isabel II 2r vermilion, unused, light ageing and tiny thin spot mentioned for accuracy only, fresh & very fine, rare, cert. Comex 2018
51784 51785 51784 DCE 32 600 1854 Coat of Arms 2c green, unused, fresh & very fine, rare, cert. Comex 2018 51785 DCE 34 500 1854 Coat of Arms 1r dark blue, unused, slight horizontal crease and ageing, fresh & very fine, rare, cert. Comex 2018
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51786 F 3’000 1855 Folded cover from Cadiz to Buenos Aires, Argentina, franked 2r pair tied by circle of bars with a very fine strike of the rare “PAID AT TENERIFFE” crown circle, with blue Cadiz departure cds alongside, fine 51787 F / 308 300 1858 (Jan 2) Wrapper to Cadiz endorsed ‘Pr Estafeta’ bearing 1856 4c rose strip of four, with SAN ROQUE and CADIZ cds, fine and attractive
51788 C 54M 200 1860-61 19c chestnut on salmon with ink vertical line on reverse from the Specimen sheet, mint lh, fresh & very fine, rare, cert. Comex 2018
51789 H 55 GUTTER PAIR 5’000 1860 Isabella II 1R Blue, horizontal GUTTER PAIR, centrally cancelled by numeral 7 of Sevilla, good to large margins all around, fresh deep shade, vertical crease in-between as is usual with gutter pairs, very fine and extremely rare, cert. Graus 51790 F / 308 200 1863 Folded lettersheet from France / Marseille to Barcelona franked Napoleon 40c orange bearing on arrival Spanish numeral ‘2’ alongside ‘ADMON DE CAMBIO BARCELONA 3C:os’, scarce
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ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN IMPERFORATE EXAMPLES RECORDED
51791 DCE 91s 7’000 1867 Isabel II IMPERFORATE 10c green, clear to very large margins, fresh deep shade, unused, light thin on reverse otherwise very fine. An extraordinarily rare stamp of which only THREE examples are recorded. See copy of page 48 of the 2008 Bolano catalogue classifying it under nr. 91s with a catalogue value of 38’000 euros. Missing in almost every collection. Certificate: Graus and Soro Bergua 51792 DCE / www 180 1870 50M Ultramarine in part sheet of 80 and 100M red-brown in sheet of 100 (a block of 10 cut out, with margin inscription), both imperforate on ungummed paper and both showing clear DOUBLE PRINT (including one inverted), partly showing also nice paperfolds, interesting and unusual 51793 G / www 300 1906 Algeciras Conference cancels on pieces, various Spanish denominations with fine strikes of the ‘CONFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL ALGECIRAS/-7 ABR.1906’ violet cds. Rare group.
51794 C P 1 70 1930 Airmails 5c, 25c and 4p colour trials in red, violet and grey-black respectively, mint hr, very fine
51795 F Collection / 308, 312 4’000 - 5’000 1714-1785, Attractive group of seven early letters showing array of scarce markings including boxed ‘MADRID.10’ crown on four covers, plus two circular black cachets with two different crosses, mixed to fine, a rare group (7)
51796 F DFE Collection 300 - 500 1779-1890, Over 100 covers or fronts with useful cancellations incl. Cataluna in red, 1854 Tarragona with French & Spanish taxes, then with various stamps, etc., examine carefully
51797 H F Collection / 312 1’200 - 2’000 1810-1980, Attractive postal history collection neatly mounted on pages ordered by the different Spanish Provinces from Albacete to Soria, from pre-philatelics to modern plus some loose stamps, comprising Albacete (33 covers), Guipuzcoa (31 covers and 28 stamps), Palencia (30 covers and 22 stamps), Caceres (25 covers), Castellon (9 covers and 12 stamps), Barcelona (50 covers), Asturias (45 covers and 33 stamps), Toledo (9 covers and 11 stamps), Huelva (13 covers), Malaga (37 covers), Leon (30 covers), Granada (10 covers and 9 stamps), Cantabria (23 covers and 10 stamps), Soria (49 covers and 11 stamps), gen. fine
51798 F Collection / www 150 - 200 1812-1941, Group of 31 covers including prestamp, Civil War, maritime, express, illustrated, Fernando Po, etc., interesting group
51799 C H Collection 200 - 300 1850-1936, Collection of mounted mint & used issues on leaves, with a number of useful sets (Scott $2’500+)
51800 CC C H Collection / www 150 - 300 1850-2001, Duplication in 2 thicker A4 stockbooks, noted much classic issues and a larger section of Civil War local issues, mint hinged, MNH and used, mixed to v.fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock
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51801 C J DCE Collection 3’000 - 6’000 1851-1864, Mint selection of better items, noted Edifil 1A, 3, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 33, 40, 42, 47, 50, 56, a few blocks incl. 56 in block of 9, 254s in pair, etc., mixed condition still fine to very fine, mostly with cert. Comex 2018, a scarce offering
51802 CC C H Collection 300 - 500 1879-1970, Collection in one album with numerous used followed by mint nh such as Yv. 555, 556, PA 16, 26, etc., very nice starter collection
51803 CC C H Collection 400 - 700 1880-1990, Mint & used collection of Spain in several albums, a stock of French Andorra, and a collection of UNO, very fine, ideal to start with
51804 F Collection 400 - 700 1900-1940, Ca 1’600 picture postcards with small villages, scenes, better subjects, also Canaries & Balears, and one album on Alphonso XIII, examine carefully Spanish Mariana Islands
51805 C 1 100 1899 2c dark blue, mint, few tone spots, fine & scarce
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Spanish Colonies Cuba
51806 F 15’000 1862 Folded cover from Veracruz to Vigo, franked 1r green pair, neatly cancelled by superb centrally struck framed grill, used on January 30th during the two months of military intervention A stunning showpiece of the greatest rarity Equatorial Guinea
51807 CC 75-80 120 1972 Sapporo gold set of six, very fine (Michel € 1’300) Sweden
51808 F / 316 6a3 1’000 1856-58 (3 öre) Black local stamp, two singles neatly tied by “star” cancels on local cover, very fine & an unusual & scarce way of folding a letter, attractive, cert. Nils Svensson (1980) 51809 F / 312 10a 650 1858 24 öre Dark orange, pair and single neatly tied by clear STOCKHOLM / 29.8.1859 cds on folded cover paying the 72ö rate to France, superb 51810 F / 312 14B 280 1862-66 3ö Brown, two singles, tied by MALMO 4.5.1872 cds to folded printed entire to Kristinehamn, v.fine & scarce printed matter rate 51811 F / 316 17d, 21j 500 1872-76 3 öre Orange-brown pair plus 12 öre strip three, all tied by STOCKHOLM / 13.9.1873 cds on cover to Bordeaux, fine example of the 42 öre rate to France 51812 F / 316 300 1875 Cover to France with 12ö blue (x3) +3ö brown-orange (x2) tied by Göteborg 20.05.1875 cds, “AFFRANCHISSEMENT INSUFFISANT” pmk, rated “10”, black “PD”, transit and arrival cds on reverse, few toning, scarce, signed Baudot 51813 F / www 150 1888 4öre blue and brown grey tied with a fine ‘STADSPOSTEN/5/5/1888’ cds on blue local post stationery PC, redirected, plus two unused cards
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51814 CC C H Collection 300 - 500 1855-1924, Small mint & used collection on stockpages, noted well-centered 1855 4sk, useful Coat- of-Arms and Ringtypes, section of never hinged 1877-86 postage dues in pairs, later issues including some 1924 Congress and UPU singles and multiples, gen. fine
51815 C H G Collection / www 100 - 200 1855-1940, Duplication on A4 stockcards, old Borek leaves, noted classics with cancel interest, 1924 UPU set with hinge trace only, etc., mostly fine to very fine
51816 CC C H G F P Collection / www 800 - 1’200 1887-1926, STOCKHOLM Local Post collection in two albums, mostly written up on exhibition pages but also on stockpages, fascinating section of of various proofs and varieties, small study on the different cancellations, postal stationery used and unused, also some later type issues incl. frankings and cancellations, ca 380 stamps and 34 covers, gen. very fine
51817 CC C H G F P Collection 2’000 - 3’000 1888-1926, Extensive GÖTEBORG Local Post collection housed in five albums, mostly neatly written up on exhibition pages showing a great deal of specialisation with great strength in the “Bältespännarstatyn” series, showing shades and varieties including some spectacular and unusual perforations varieties, later issues showing a great deal of varieties including double perforations, pair with imperforate between, partly imperforate, proofs with double prints, great number of frankings, good section of later FERM local post including proofs and imperforates, perfins, etc. more than 1000 stamps and 120 covers, see full set of scans on our website
51818 CC C H G F P Collection / 320 300 - 500 1926-27, Small selection of MALMÖ local post on 13 stockpages, mint & used, also covers and fragments showing a range of frankings, scarce unusual proofs, various cancellations, perf. varieties, etc., see full set of scans on the web
51819 CC C H G F P Collection / www 400 - 700 1926-1946, SWEDISH LOCAL POST collection of 430 covers and card in eight folders, strength in Hälsingborg and Göteborg but also Värnamo, Västerås, Örebro, Halmstad, Huskvarna, Stockholm, Malmö, Sundsvall, Södertälje, Trollhättan, Umeå, Uppsala, Vänersborg, Jönköping, Kalmar, Karlskrona, Katrineholm, Kristianstad, Kumla, Landskrona, Lidköping, Motala, Skövde, Skara, Nässjö, Norrköping, Alingsås, Borlange, Borås, Eksjö, Eskilstuna, Falköping, Gävle, Linköping, Lund, very fine
51820 F Collection / www 200 - 300 1929-39, Extensive range of airmail covers to GB, Austria, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Switzerland and USA, with mixed frankings and additional special cancels. Plus a few later 1940s items.
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316 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate (€)
Turkey
51821 F / 316 240 1848 (28.1) Folded entire from Constantinople to Marseille, bearing small thimble fancy PP in red, red arrival cds alongside, very fine & scarce 51822 F / 316 240 1851 Folded entire from Constantinople to Brousse, bearing Admiralty frank double oval PP/CO/ CONSTANTINOPLE in green, fine & scarce (Ringström & Tester Type 4) 51823 F / 316 240 1854 (9.1) Folded entire from Constantinople to Brousse, bearing Admiralty frank double oval PP/CO/ CONSTANTINOPLE in black, fine & scarce (Ringström & Tester Type 4) 51824 F / 320 400 The “PORTO-PIASTER” Label Two Piastre Rate: 1859 Folded cover entire from ISTANBUL to BURSA, bearing Porto Piastre 2pi label, with boxed P.P./Anchor in black alongside, attractive, fine & rare, cert. RPS 51825 F / 320 500 1860ca. Folded entire from Constantinople to Samsus, bearing Porto-Piastre 3pi label, with clear circular AGENZIA DEL PIROCAFI OTTOMANI CONSTANTINOPOLI/PP in black alongside, very fine, attractive and scarce
51826 51827 51828 51829 51826 J A 1’900 1862 Toughra essay 20pa yellow, trial printing for the third issue on thin paper, right sheet marginal block of four (Type C-D/K-L), very fine & an extremely rare multiple (Note: The tabulation of the block reports and type are according to Kuyas) 51827 A 950 1862 Toughra essay 5pi black on brown rose on thick paper, vertical pair, very fine & a scarce multiple 51828 C 1 400 1863-65 Tughra First Printing 2pi black on blue, red band at top, unused with large part gum, bottom marginal single, very fine to superb (Isfila Specialised No. 1 PV03) 51829 DCE 1 400 1863-65 Tughra First Printing on thin paper 2pi black on blue, red band at top, unused single showing “dot on line at the bottom” plate marking
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51830 51831 51830 C J K 3 1’700 1863-65 Tughra Second Printing 20pa black on yellow TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR, red bands at bottom, mint tête-bêche block of four head to head (Types VIII-IX/II-III), fresh & very fine (4) 51831 C J K 3 1’700 1863-65 Tughra Second Printing 20pa black on yellow TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR, red bands at bottom, mint tête-bêche block of four (Types XI-XII/V-VI), fresh & very fine (4) (Isfila Specialised No. 3 TB02)
51832 51833 51832 H J K 3 1’100 1863-65 Tughra Second Printing 20pa black on yellow, control bands foot to foot, used tête-bêche block of four, cancelled by black battal, some usual wrinkles, very fine (4) (Isfila 3TB02) 51833 H J K 4 1’100 1863-65 Tughra Second Printing 1pi black on grey used TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR, control bands foot to foot showing four tête-bêche pairs, a fine & scarce block
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51834 51835 51834 H 6 550 1863-65 Tughra Second Printing 5pi black on rose, with control bands in blue at bottom, used right sheet marginal horizontal strip of three, very fine (Isfila Specialised No. 6 PV03) 51835 H 20 500 1863-65 Third Printing 1pi black on grey-lilac, used horizontal strip of three, cancelled by line & dot in black, very fine
51836 F 1’500 1866 Entire from Bari, via Smyrne to Constantinople, bearing Lianos local issue 5pa black on blue, two pairs, neatly tied rectangular bars in combination with Austrian Levant 10s tied by LLOYD AGENZIA/ SMYRNE/12.11 cds alongside, with LLOYD AGENZIA/ CONSTANTINOPOLI/13.11 arrival bs, unusual, attractive & rare combination usage, signed Bloch & Calves. Note: The usage of the cover remains in doubt as the grid cancels should be traced to a particular office on the Bosphorus, and yet two well respected experts have signed the cover. 51837 F / 320 800 1876 Handmade envelope (opened on 3 sides) franked at back 1869 issue 2Ghr brown-red + 20pa green(pair) + Constantinople City Post Sehir 1Ghr yellow, rare combination 51838 F / 320 120 1881 Registered envelope from Constantinople to Galatz, Romania, franked 1876-82 Duloz 2pi in combination with Empire 1pi, cover faults, unusual & scarce combination 51839 F / 320 100 1897 (May 2) Envelope with attractive philatelic franking (a few previously used) surrounding the address panel tied by Brousse double circle ds, France arrival bs, very nice
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51840 51841 51840 C 400 1915 Sultan Reshed Toughra - Star Crescent 25pi myrtle green, mint, fresh, very fine and rare, cert. Sismondo (2017) 51841 F / 320 100 1919 Printed Turkish stationery PC addressed to ‘Monsieur Clemenceau, President de conseil des quatres, Versailles’ (Prime Minister of France and one of the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles), bearing a trio of Turkish cancels and a note in Turkish to reverse, a nice addition to a WWI collection 51842 C 150 1923 Star and Crescent 500pi deep green, mint, fresh, very fine and scarce, cert. Sismondo (2017)
51843 CC C H Collection 800 - 1’200 1865-90, Chiefly mint collection in one album from the Duloz issues to the Crescent issues, showing a wide range of shades, some cancellation interest, multiples, etc. (STC Scott $18’142)
51844 CC C J DCE Collection / www 700 - 1’000 1865-1918, Attractive collection of mint blocks of 4 from 1865 Duloz to 1916-18 issue, mostly on printed pages, plus some duplicates and large blocks at the end, rarely offered
51845 CC C H J Collection 100 - 200 1865-1972, Accumulation of collections in album, loose album leaves, A4 stockbook and stockcards and 2 A3 stockbooks, noted numerous medium better to better sets and values, diverse classic and semi classic material, used, hinged or MNH, mixed to mostly very fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock
51846 CC C H F Collection / www 500 - 1’000 1875-1950, Specialised Ottoman Post-offices in Lebanon collection in one album plus Ottoman Post-offices in Greece collection in other album, mostly identified by Cole-Walker and Isfila catalogues, better postmarks include Hamdiye, Saida, Beit Chebab, Deir-el-Kamar, Djounie, Roumye, Abie and Elrasye, gen. fine French Post Offices
51847 P 150 1918 Air semi-official 2F red, brown, yellow and blue, ungummed, large margins, fine (Sanabria S2a)
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Yugoslavia
51848 CC 166F 200 1922 ERROR : 15pa brown surcharged 9Din instead 8D in (4), all MNH, all with left margin, all signed (Mi €1’600) 51849 CC J / www 500 1945 Liberation overprints for Slovenia, all 3 sets complete, per 10 + 1943 exile issue with 1945 overprint (also per 10) (Mi.1-46, €1’900+)
51850 CC C H F 200 1953 ESPERANTO Issues for Yugoslavia and Trieste B - group of singles, some covers and 2 sheets, incl. several 300Din values, MNH, hinged and used 51851 CC 730 400 1953 ESPERANTO 300Din sheetlet of 8, MNH,cert. Tubinovic, Mi € 1’800
51852 CC C H DCE P Collection 200 - 300 1900-1960, Duplication in A4 stockbook & stockcards, etc. including Croatia, some Serbia (with German Occupation), Bosnia & Montenegro, noted a small Geza Sekula / Luzern leather album with SHS varieties, mixed to mostly very fine
51853 CC C H G F J Collection / www 340 - 400 1918-1939, Duplication in sheet file & 2 approval books, noted some better, also chainbreaker etc. in part sheets, most probably ex Kohl
51854 CC C H Collection / www 2’000 - 3’000 1919-50, Attractive collection of mostly WWII Occupations and varieties houses in five stockbooks, German occupations with Kotor, also Laibach, Zara, Istra, various scarce SPECIMEN overprints from a postal archive, several perforation and overprint varieties, POSTES SERBES overprints on French stamps, many early SHS overprint varieties, plus some good items in the later years and a selection of Bosnia, mostly very fine, many items with certificates
51855 CC C Collection / www 800 - 1’200 1945-1946, YUGOSLAVIA LOCAL ISSUES 1945 Collection on stockcards, issues for Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, incl. better, noted 4Pf Hindenburg with Slovenia overprint (Mi no.I), cert. Caffaz, diverse other varieties, etc., specialist lot
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All World Collections and Lots 51856 F 800 - 1’200 1785-1940, Lot of many 100s of cover and cards showing a fascinating worldwide selection of items, strength noted in some Swiss early classics, also strength in Germany with Infla and various censored items, later covers is all commercial mail, the complete estate, untouched 51857 F 400 - 500 1791-1964, Group of 125 covers from diverse countries with prestamp including mail into Madeira, Channel Islands, British Commonwealth, Europe with classics, parcel cards, mixed 51858 F 200 - 300 1800-1865, ca 175 covers from EUROPE incl. Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Belgium, etc., attractive 51859 F / 322 12 - 16’000 1800-1950, FRANCE: Superb collection in 7 albums starting with pre-stamp “Pays d’outremer” covers, franked covers incl. 1F Empire, general colonies stamps and finally Réunion, a fabulous collection and great foundation for a postal history collection 51860 F 1’600 - 2’800 1800-1990, EUROPE: Several thousand covers from all over Europe, unsorted and accumulated for many years, good opportunity for an astute internet dealer 51861 F 2’000 - 3’000 1800-2000, 1000’s of covers in two larges boxes, starting from Prephilatelic postmarks through classic philately and 100’s of 20th Century covers from all over the world, a treasure trove ! 51862 CC C H G F / 322 1’000 - 1’500 1825-2000, Thematic Collection on Astronomy neatly mounted on 106 exhibition pages showing a wide range of stamps and covers illustrating this fascinating theme, better items noted include 1911 proof sheetlet from the Norwegian post, various Epreuve deluxe of which many are signed, various representations of the Sun on a range of documents, moon-shaped cancels, 1945 illustrated V-Mail items, card from the Royal Observatory of the Cape of Good Hope, French and US classics with Star- shaped cancels, Mulready item with Telescope advert and many other fascinating items, see also list of prices paid for items in this collection totalling €15’845, gen. very fine 51863 CC C H G F / 322 10 - 15’000 1840-1910, Stunning old-time all-world collection in magnificent deluxe Maury album (Volume 1), being European countries and Colonies, better items noted throughout include good GB with Penny Blacks (incl. on cover) plus Mulready, 1854 Embossed issue, Surface printed QV including high shilling values and £1 green, KEdVII incl. £1 green, Sweden with 1855 4sk and 6sk, Denmark incl. 1851 2RBS, extensive German States with a few nice covers, Switzerland with some facsimiles in the classics but nevertheless a Zurich 6Rp, Geneva Eagles and a good section of Rayon stamps, strong France with Cérès 15C and 1Fr, also Napoleon 1F, Empire 5Fr., Spain with Isabellas, Sardinia with Cavallinis, the further good Italian States with some high values, Russia with beautiful N°1 with two certificates, Finland Serpentines, Poland N°1, Turkish Toughra, Greece, then some useful French and British colonies, mixed to fine 51864 C H 2’000 - 4’000 1840-1965, Mint & used old-time all-world collection in 11 albums/stockbooks with strength in France incl. 1849 15c green, 1F carmine, 1F & 5F Napoleon, Orphan 1F+1F, 1925 & 1927 min.sheets, Bordeaux 1923, Le Havre 1929, Caisse d’amortissement incl. blocks of four, back of the book incl. Precancels, Airmail 1&2, nice collection of French Colonies, Europe incl. early Sweden, Italy & States, Germany & States, useful GB QV from 1d black, Embossed set of 3, Belgium, Americas, Asia, etc., high potential 51865 CC C H 1’500 - 3’000 1840-1975, All-world mint & used assembly in two larges boxes from 1d black to modern thematics, noted useful array of classic France, German Empire, Thematic on Goethe, etc., careful examination needed 51866 CC C H / www 500 - 800 1840-1980, Mint & used collection in six stockbooks comprising useful collection of GB from Penny Black onwards, Spain and some Spanish territories, Portugal with earlies, Italy including some States, important mint France duplication from 1900 onwards with useful face-value in the later years
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51867 CC C H 500 - 1’000 1840-1980, GREAT-BRITAIN Mint & used assembly from 1d black to modern, Embossed, surface printed, plus a few British Empire incl. Malta collection, etc., for the treasure hunter ! 51868 H G 200 - 400 1841-1960s, Mostly used collection in 5 stockbooks & one album; two with GB (one with some QV used blocks and KEVII controls), one with British Commonwealth, one with France and Europe, one with mostly Europe and one with All World, some early issues, mixed condition 51869 CC C H 600 - 800 1842-1950, Small mint & used assembly incl. GB, useful British Commonwealth, USA, Sweden, Chile, etc., plus 3 Schaubeck albums from 1908, examine carefully 51870 CC C H F / www 700 - 1’000 1843-1930, Mint and used collection of LATIN AMERICA in four stockbooks, with issues from Brazil (incl. Bull’s Eye and some frankings), Colombia incl. some States and postal stationery, Ecuador, Bolivia, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama, Porto Rico, Dominican Republic, Argentina with some Escudos and RIvadavias, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, etc. (4’507 stamps)
51871 CC C H J P 600 - 1’200 1843-1980 LATIN AMERICA: Collections of Nicaragua & Uruguay, also diverse duplications of other countries Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, etc., on album pages, A4 stockcards and 1 A3 stockbook, mixed to very fine, high cat.-value 51872 C H G 700 - 1’000 1847-1980, Small Estate in two large boxes with 28 folders and 15 stockbooks showing a wide selection of countries, noted useful Latin America including Mexico and Argentina, also some good Switzerland including face value, French colonies, British Empire, Europa, etc. 51873 CC C H G F / 330 2’000 - 3’000 1848-1980, Extensive Thematics collection of flowers neatly mounted on 172 exhibition pages showing a wide range of interesting items with strength in 19th century as well as 20th century material, noted several US mute cancels on cover, numerous stamps with perforation varieties, printing varieties, prephilatelic covers, fascinating watermarks, illustrated covers, airgraph covers, fine and one of the best collections on this theme we have seen in some time, lot includes four further stockbooks with extra material including a large amount of booklets plus some more unusual telegrams, also Domfil catalogue and documentation on 19th century US cancels, see also a full set of scans of the exhibition collection on the web 51874 CC C H 800 - 1’200 1840-2005, Small estate in 20 albums and groups of albums pages with strength in Switzerland incl. Pro Juventute and Pro Patria sections, Germany, Great Britain from Penny Black onwards, also France, substantial face value for both France and Switzerland, fine
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51875 CC C H G F 7’000 - 10’000 1849-1950, Attractive mint and used selection in 15 stockbooks, of EUROPEAN items, replete with better sets and singles, highlights include a good Denmark section with high values, airs, and valuable newspaper stamps, Iceland from early skilling single to later better sets from the 1930s, Sweden incl. neatly used 1924 UPU set to 5Kr and selection of better cancels on earlier issues, France from Cérès issues to better airs incl. 50F green and 50F banknote, mint and used, good GB and Empire section incl. some early QV covers., Hungary with 1871 Lithograph & engraved singles plus min.sheet, Austria, Switzerland with post-1900 better sets incl. PAX-issue and good min.sheets including 1945 Spende and 1951 Lunaba, Belgium with some 1918 King Albert with Helmet high values, and 1932 Orvals, strong Germany and colonies, gen. fine
51876 CC C H G F 5’000 - 8’000 1849-1960, Fresh Estate in 11 albums and stockbooks, showing strength in classics, good France incl. 1849 Cérès 15c, two 1F singles, Napoleon 1F on cover to India, Empire 5F, Bordeaux-issues, also later issues including Paris 1925 min.sheet, Switzerland incl. Pro Juventute forerunners, airmails and NABA- sheetlet, also useful Romania, German States, Italian States and Scandinavia, strong Belgium with two 1918 King Albert Helmet issue, Orval issues incl. 1932 Cardinal Mercier, also 1933 Orval issue, both never hinged, Luxemburg with Intellectuals, Liechtenstein incl. 1928 Jubilee set never hinged plus airs, Germany Zeppelins, extensive French colonies in two albums, a great lot 51877 CC C H 2’000 - 3’000 1849-1970, Part of a Dealer’s stock neatly sorted out by country in 46 albums, with Yvert catalogue value indicated on each album part, sometimes on each page, some duplication, enormous catalogue value and ideal for retail
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51878 CC C H G 4’000 - 7’000 1849-1974, Mint & used collection on 70 stockpages, strength in Switzerland with a selection of 1850 Rayon and later Strubelis, Belgium with better Orvals, Netherlands with Queen Wilhelmina 1898-1923 10G and 1913 10G, also useful Telegraphs, Liechtenstein Zeppelins, extensive German Empire, Russia airs, Norway with over a dozen N°1s, Sweden with some 1855 skillings and later sets including 1924 UPU, Luxemburg 1935 intellectuals, good Austria incl. 1931 Rotary and later FIS issue, Finland with a selection of Serpentine issues, Vatican, Iceland, Poland incl. two N°1s and later provisionals, a great lot 51879 CC C H J 1’000 - 2’000 1849-1978 FRANCE & COLONIES: Comprehensive and powerful lot in A4 stockbook and numerous A4 stockcards of France (especially classic period) noted mint hinged and used incl. strips, blocks of 1st issues, also medium better to better semi-modern adhesives, sets, etc,, also French Polynesia and New Caledonia groups + diverse other colony material, emphasis of value in the classic issues of France, mint hinged, MNH and used, mixed to very fine and high cat.-value, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock
51880 CC C H 1’200 - 2’000 1849-1980, Important BENELUX selection in six stockbooks, stength in Belgium with good selection of Epaulettes and Medallions, several 1918 Helmet sets, 1933 Cardinal Mercier, various valuable Orvals, etc, a few covers from the Medallion issues onwards, Luxemburg and Netherlands first issues, fine 51881 CC C H G F DCE 1’000 - 1’500 1849-1980, All-world collection in 29 stockbooks or albums showing a wide range of countries, noted Austria including some first issues, Russia and other Eastern Europe, Belgium including some Medalion, France with some earlies and colonies, Spain with a selection of Isabellas, Germany, Italy, Vatican including soem Papal States, Chile, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Portugal and colonies, Finland, Flower thematic, etc., mixed 51882 CC C H F 500 - 1’000 1849-1980, Mint & used assembly incl. selection of better early issues, noted Germany, French colonies, Portuguese colonies, also mnh min.sheets (noted Monaco 1964 Philatec special Yv. €930, France 1964 Philatec min.sheet), 1967 30c lilac Marianne in complete roll of 1000, etc., ideal for retail
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51883 CC C H 200 - 300 1849-1980, 1000s of stamps in a large box with some already classified by country and others waiting sorting during the long Winter evenings... 51884 CC C H 1’200 - 2’000 1849-1981, Various mint & used collections in 5 large boxes, noted useful USA, China, Denmark, Russia, Turkey, Norway, etc., plus an old-time album, need some time for inspection 51885 CC C H G F 700 - 1’000 1849-1996, Mint & used Estate in 19 stockbooks with chiefly Europe including collection of France in two Lighthouse albums, Germany incl. good BERLIN section and Bund with Posthorns, section of min. sheets, complete Europa collection in hingeless albums, very fine
51886 CC C H G 7’000 - 10’000 1850-1900, Remarkable old-time Overseas collection housed in spectacular 11th edition Deluxe Schwaneberger album, showing a wide array of countries with strength in the following areas: Japan, China, well-furnished Hong-Kong with early Queen Victoria issues, Siam including a good selection of the 1890-99 overprinted issues, Ceylon, strong India and Indian States, USA with locals, Pony Express, Revenues and good Hawaii, extensive South America with good Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Peru, also extensive New Zealand with Chalon Heads, some easily identifiable forgeries included, an attractive old-time collection 51887 H 400 - 600 1850-1917, Old-time Maury album with many useful stamps, noted Greece 1896 complete set mint & used, early Switzerland, etc., attractive 51888 CC C H G F / www 1’200 - 2’000 1850-1925, Fascinating mixed lot comprising group of seven Swedish classic covers incl. three 4sk covers, also Lion and Coat-of-Arms cover to Finland, also Lombardy Venetia 1850 15c(2) on cover from Bergamo to Verona, also Specialised Swiss Standing Helvetia collection on 21 exhibition pages, the small specialised collection on WWII French Legion including the Polar Bear min. sheet, and finally Austria/Local issues collection on 14 album pages with Tyrol, East Tyrol, Carinthia, Salzburg, Spielfeld, Linz and Knitterfeld, see full scans of this lot on the web, generally fine
51889 CC C H G 3’000 - 4’000 1850-1930, Extensive all-world collection housed in seven stockbooks showing strength in BRITISH COMMONWEALTH and ASIA, better areas include Japan incl. some first issues plus good selection of the later years, Shanghai locals, Uruguay Suns, Dominican Republic earlies, substantial Indian States, German States, Austria, Italy and colonies, Saudi Arabia, Canada with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and 1897 Jubilee values incl. $5, various Britannias, Australian States, range of postal stationery cutouts as was often extensively collected during the time when this collection was formed, some easily identifiable forgeries are included, quality is mixed as stamps have been transferred from a older album that had water damages, a fascinating lot
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51890 CC C H F 1’200 - 2’000 1850-1930, Mint & used All-World collection neatly presented in 16 stockbooks, with Europe and Overseas, better countries and areas include Italy and States, plus some colonies, Belgium with a section of Medallions, Liechtenstein airmail covers, Spain and Portugal with a range of frankings, Liberia, Montenegro, Egypt with varieties and covers, Persia and Thailand, China with Dragons and locals, min. sheet section incl. some Japan, good Belgian Congo, some Scandinavia, Austria, Netherlands, Greece with Large Hermes Heads, Turkey, USA, etc. (approx. 12’000 stamps) 51891 C H DCE 150 - 200 1850s-1930s, 19th-20th century South America mint & used accumulation mainly on album leaves inc. Argentina, Guatemala 1871-1929, Nicaragua, Bolivia, El Salvador,1858 Buenos Aires forgeries, Columbia and a red Ecuador album 1865-1990 incl. officials. Useful cancels noted throughout, further inspection warranted.
51892 CC C H G 12 - 20’000 1850-1940, Attractive All-World balance collection in three large Scott albums with sets and singles from Aden to Zanzibar, better areas noted include Bahamas with 1861 1d lake and 1902 £1 green, Barbados. 1873 5s dull-rose, Belgium incl. the 1918 charity high values, good British Central and East Africa with high shilling and Rupee values, British Honduras with bisects and QV high dollar values, Belgian Congo incl. 1887-94 5F violet, Finland with a selection of better 1866-74 Serpentine Roulettes, Gambia with used and unused 1874 issue, Honduras with the early 1865 primitives, Hong Kong, Honduras, India including superb mint 1855-64 2c yellow-green, Ireland with a selection of Seahorses, Italy with valuable airs, Japan with earlies and min.sheets, Korea incl. 1903 1wn and 2wn, Norway, Nyasaland incl. 1908 KEdVII 10s and £1 mint singles, Peru with early Coat-of-Arms, St.Helena incl. two fine unused unoverprinted fine perf. 6d blue, Sweden including neatly used 1924 UPU set to 5Kr, Trinidad with 1896-1904 £1, Tunisia with 1888- 97 5Fr., Uruguay Suns, and many more fascinating countries, generally fine 51893 CC C H G 700 - 1’000 1850-1945, Lot of various old-time albums, namely Deluxe L.Richard “Album de Timbres-poste” albums (2 volumes), also early Yvert & Tellier album, all three in superb condition and showing some good stamps including GB QV £1 green, then Lincoln album with some good classics from Penny Black onwards, plus handmade Swiss album incl. some early Swiss, box with pages, mixed to fine 51894 CC C H 8’000 - 14’000 1850-1960, Mostly mint selection of better items and sets in one stockbook, noted useful Belgium, German Empire, Berlin, early Bund & DDR, Austria, Andorra, Denmark, GB, Italy & States, FL, Luxembourg, Portugal, Switzerland, etc., plus medium stamps & sets on black cards in four boxes, ready for internet retail 51895 CC C H 800 - 1’200 1850-1965, All world collection in sixteen stockbooks showing a wide range of countries and territories, strength noted in the following areas: Thailand, Malayan States, Argentina, Canada, Mexico including some useful covers, Philippines, Indonesia, Uruguay with some Suns, range of British colonies
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51896 F / www 50 - 100 1850-1965, Group of about 20 medium to better and / or interesting covers, noted Hungary, Austria, Persia, Tonga, Papua, Romania, etc.
51897 CC C H G 3’000 - 5’000 1850-1972, Mint & used collection in 13 stockbooks, strength in Europe, better items noted include Denmark N°1, Portugal including 1895 San Antonio set, Scandinavia, Blatic States, Switzerland with some better Standing Helvetia, Italy and Italian States, Germany with Bund Posthorns, Liechtenstein with Zeppelins and valuable sets from the 1920s, Luxemburg with 1935 Intellectuals set, also China with some Dragons, USA, Canada, etc., a fine lot 51898 CC C H G F 800 - 1’200 1850-1980, Large mint & used estate in 55 stockbooks or albums showing a wide range of countries and territories including substantial San Marino, Vatican, Czechoslovakia, Argentina including some early Republic issues, some min.sheets, great source of thematics, also some Japan, etc., mixed to fine 51899 CC C H 300 - 500 1850-1986, BENELUX mint and used selection on stockcards showing a good selection of Belgium with Medalions, various groups of vignettes from a range of exhibitions - 1897, 1899, 1907, 1927, etc., Luxemburg including first issue plus a range of officials, Netherlands including Dutch East Indies, 1942 Legion min.sheets, etc. fine 51900 C H / www 300 - 500 1850-1988 ALL WORLD Accumulation of about 70 thick A5 approval books, noted nearly all areas of the globe including many less frequently seen countries, mostly used, but mint hinged as well, mixed to very fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock 51901 CC C H F 500 - 1’000 1850-1990, All-world mint & used assembly in stockbooks, noted useful early classics incl. Commonwealth, Europe, China Large and Small Dragons, France mint pre War & face value, etc. 51902 CC C H 500 - 1’000 1850-1990, Mint & used all-world collection in two large boxes incl. Germany & States, Belgium, Greece, Russia/USSR, Baltic States, etc. 51903 CC C H G F 6’000 - 9’000 1850-2000, Enormous all-world assembly of various collections in 15 large boxes, assembled over 40 years, nearly all countries present, fantastic retail potential or 1000’s hours of pleasure during the long Winter evenings 51904 CC C H G F 3’600 - 5’000 1850-2000, EUROPE: Great lot of collections from all over Europe incl. Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Sweden, Denmark, Turkey, Europa, as well as smaller countries such as Latvia, Danzig, Albania, etc., ideal for an internet retailer to break down 51905 C H G 700 - 1’000 1850-2000, Small Estate in two large boxes, numerous stockbooks with strength in Switzerland incl. face value, China including good PRC, France with section of mint sets and singles plus booklets, Vatican, San Marino, thematics, etc.
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51906 CC C H 500 - 1’000 1850-2010, Massive mint & used all-world stock in 9 large boxed, strength in Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Iceland, CHINA, Turkey, Scandinavia, Indian States, German Empire, Portugal, Japan, USA, etc., all carefully ordered, enormous retail potential 51907 CC C H F 1’200 - 2’000 1851-1974, All world collection in ten albums, better areas incl. a fairly comprehensive collection of USA, then Korea, Lebanon, Vietnam, Tannu Tuva, Thailand, useful Cape of Good Hope with 15 Triangulars, scarce Japanese Occupation of Burma Peacock issues with values up to 1R and 2R, also eight New Zealand early airmail covers, etc.
51908 CC C H G F 2’000 - 3’000 1851-1933, SCANDINAVIA: Attractive selection of key-items in a small album plus folder, strength in DENMARK incl. N°1 (Thiele printing) in pair on cover, plus single (Ferslew printing), both with certificates, Faeroe Island bisect on cover, airmail including 1933 airmail cover to Lima with AFA cat value of DKK13’000, Danish West Indies bisect on card, Islandic Parliament issue on cover, Finland Serpentines issue including also on cover, Greenland Pakke-Porto selection plus 1945 Liberation set never hinged, gen. fine 51909 C H / www 150 - 200 1851-1950 Ca. GERMAN STATES, GERMAN COLONIES, GERMAN REICH - some shields, duplication on 13 small stockcards, also some Switzerland, etc, mint or used, mixed 51910 CC C H J DCE / www 100 - 200 1851-1980 Ca Duplication on A5 stockcards and 1 A5 stockbook, mostly Denmark, some Iceland (both with diverse classic values) and diverse JUL stamps from Sweden and Faroer (these partly in folded sheets or blocks, MNH or hinged or used, mixed to v.fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock 51911 CC C H J / www 200 - 400 1851-1991 UNITED STATES + some CANADA, NEW FOUNDLAND, HAWAI on 14 A4 stockpages, hinged, MNH and used, noted diverse better including incl. diverse 90C values of 1860,1861,1870, 1888 & 1890 and many other classics (very mixed quality, many signed Dr.Rieger), also diverse face value, generally mixed to v.fine, from the stock of a former Eastern bourse dealer 51912 F 100 - 200 1852-1971, ALL WORLD Cover lot of about 170 items, noted Bosnia, Poland, Italian States, GB, Suisse, German Reich, France & Colonies, Belgium, Austria, Soviet Union, etc., noted some better and / or interesting items, mixed to very fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock 51913 F / 330 500 - 800 1852-1981, Attractive selection of +200 covers and cards, mostly displayed in one stockbook, noted good Italian States, Spanish Isabella issues including N°1, France with covers to Vera Cruz, Belgium Medallions, Russian Imperial Coat-of-Arms, German States, DDSG, German Zeppelin covers to South America including some foreign frankings such as Netherlands and Sweden, important section of Swiss covers with numerous airmails, also LUNABA min.sheet and officials, mixed to fine
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51914 CC C H 500 - 800 1852-1986, Various European countries collection comprising GDR (incl. Nr 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7, plus Mao sets), mostly used Italy with useful Regno and Tuscany Mi.17, some duplication of more modern issues from Spain, Wurttemberg 1851-1948 incl. N°1, Netherlands with first issue, Monaco and Belgium, stockbook of Luxemburg from Nr.1, mixed 51915 CC C H 200 - 400 1852-1987, ANDORRA, LUXEMBURG, MONACO, NETHERLANDS : Duplications in A4 stockbook & numerous stockcards, also div. album leaves, noted medium to better Andorra, etc., mint hinged or MNH or used, mixed to very fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock 51916 H F / www 800 - 1’200 1854 INDIA Small collection of classic values with 1/2a (6), 1a (6 incl. 1 pair), 2a (2), 4a (1) and a folded letter with 1/2a + 2a from Madras to Mayaveram 51917 C H DCE L 300 - 500 1854-1890s, Great-grandfather’s album with hundreds of different stamps, classics only, stuck down as was the method in 19th century collecting. We note German States inc. Bavaria imperfs to 18kr, lots of Romanian imperfs, Italian States especially Sicily imperfs, Hong Kong, China inc. Shanghai candareens, well-filled US pages with imperf and perf classics inc. 12c Washingtons perf 15 and perf 12½ plus $1 black Perry and much more, through to Australian States imperfs, New Zealand Chalon heads, etc, a few forgeries spotted, offered intact as received, very mixed condition 51918 C H F DCE 150 - 300 1855-1960 ca. EUROPE & OVERSEAS: Large duplication in hundreds of envelopes & glassines in medium size carton, noted extensive Switzerland with Pro Juventute etc., very mixed due to humidity but foremost used material 1900ies to 1950ies which is still of good use 51919 CC C H 800 - 1’200 1855- 1980, Small old-time collections in 20 albums, plus an album with gold stamps, a EUROPA CEPT collection incl. 1956 Luxembourg & FL 1960, etc. 51920 H 150 - 300 1855-1995, Small estate in a large box incl. a few useful China PRC used singles, some European classics, FL 1960 Europa Cept, FL 1980’s in complete sheets, and a lot of Swiss FDCs, if you don’t like to look for hidden values in bulk lots, this is not for you
51921 CC C H G 500 - 800 1857-1960, Attractive all-world chiefly mint selection in stockbook showing mostly number ones of the world, these include Russia, Thailand, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Germany, Tannu Tuva, Belgian Congo, South Africa, Qatar, Oil Rivers, Luxemburg, also Germany Zeppelins set mint and used, a fine lot, see web for full set of scans 51922 CC C H F 300 - 500 1858-1980, Selection of various French colonies collections with Somali Coast (STC € 1’587), Gabon (STC €973), then Guadeloupe, Guyana with Inini, Guinea, Senegambia and Niger, Senegal for STC € 3’223, plus a range of covers incl. early Mexico cover to Valaparaiso, selection of of more modern Japenese covers, etc. 51923 CC C H G 1’200 - 2’000 1859-1980, Important mint & used Estate in 25 albums or stockbooks and two small boxes, showing useful collections of Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Luxemburg, French colonies, Hungary and Poland, also an important selection of min.sheets and booklets, fine
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51924 F / www 400 - 500 1860-1893, MAURITIUS : 5 covers to France with nice frankings 51925 F 280 - 400 1860-1920, Over 130 all-world covers incl. better GB, Germany, Austria, etc., from a most attractive old-time assembly 51926 C H 200 - 300 1860-1940 ca., Old-time duplication in glassines, old albums, etc., mostly around the turn to 20th century from classic to semi-modern 1930ies, used, sometime mint hinged, mixed 51927 CC C H F 1’200 - 2’000 1860-1970, SOUTH AMERICA: One box of small collections amassed during a lifetime, potential discoveries to be made from this old-time lot 51928 CC C H 100 - 200 1860-1978 MALTA Collection on Lindner leaves, MNH, mint hinged or used 51929 CC C H F 1’500 - 2’400 1860-1990, Small Estate in 16 albums with strength in Switzerland and specialised airmail collection (mostly the later years - Sieger collection from the 1980s) but also some early items incl. Gelber Hund, useful Germany, some PRC, lot of old covers, etc. 51930 F 100 - 200 1860-2010, Cover group in 2 large boxes with strength in France & 1920-40 French colonies, plus bulky modern French covers 51931 C H 400 - 600 1863-1901, Three-volume collection housed in 1902 black gold-leaf Imperial albums in very decent condition, rather sparsely filled with hundreds of mint and used stamps. The first book, GB and British Commonwealth, includes useful ranges of Canada, Hong Kong, India 4a red and blue cut-to-shape, unusual ‘postal service’ overprints on QV and KEVII, China Expeditionary Force, Convention States, Kashmir, Seychelles, etc. The Europe and Colonies (book 2) includes colonies and the Foreign Countries (book 3) has notable Latin America, China, US, etc., please inspect.
51932 CC C H 300 - 500 1863-1930, Specialised All-world VARIETIES collection in one stockbook, strength in Italy and Italian States with double embossings, perforation varieties, Specimens, watermark varieties, displaced frame or center, overprint varieties, colour missing, etc. 51933 F 500 - 800 1865-1946, Lot of covers and cards, noted five Eastern Telegraph Company covers, group of 70 pristine US illustrated cards from ca. the 1940s, also Swiss 1919 airmail cover, Indochina, Russia, etc. 51934 F / 330 500 - 700 1866-1954, Accumulation of covers and cards (100+-), noted several better or interesting ones, noted Panama, Nicaragua, Chile, Guatemala, Uruguay, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Haiti, Argentina, Honduras, Salvador, etc., mixed
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51935 CC C H F / www 1’500 - 2’400 1867-1940, Interesting All-world collection in five mostly Borek albums, noted useful section of early German Empire with a range of covers and cards, some France, GB, Russia, section of various cards and covers from German Colonies, Scandinavia, specialised section of min.sheets with good Japan and Switzerland, gen. fine (Approx. 14’000 stamps)
51936 CC C H F / www 400 - 700 1867-1950, MIDDLE EAST Fascinating selection mostly neatly sorted out on stockcards, showing useful sections of Persia, Ottoman Empire with a range of fiscals, Saudi Arabia, also Egypt, Syria, Israel, range of covers and cards, mostly commercial usages, mostly fine
51937 F / www 500 - 600 1868-1915, British INDIA : 4 covers incl. 3-coulour franking, etc., fine to very fine
51938 C H DCE 300 - 500 1849-1900s, Grandfather’s collection of many hundreds of mint and used stamps housed in a large battered Senf album published in 1901, including interesting classics of Baden, Bavaria, Greece, Heligoland, Japan, Cape of Good Hope triangulars, etc, as well as Latin America and Australian States to investigate
51939 C H DCE 150 - 240 1870s-90s, Grandfather’s collection of hundreds of mint and used stamps housed in a beaten-up Lincoln album, the usual mixed condition, including interesting French Empire, Italian classics, Spain, China, Japan with revenues, US revenues, Canada small and large QV heads, Latin America, New Zealand Chalon heads to 1/-, etc., please inspect
51940 C H DCE 100 - 200 1870s-1900s, Collection of of mint and used including Cinderella and fiscals, virtually all 19th Century, housed in a large vintage Stanley Gibbons Century album, sparsely filled
51941 C H 300 - 500 1870s-1920s, Grandfather’s collection in a pre-WWI Lincoln album offered intact as received, with hundreds of stamps including Japan classics and early revenues, British Post Offices in China to $1, Indian Native States, interesting Australia and States, Hawaii, US inc. Broadway Post Office local, St. Helena KGV ships mint, Siam, Portugal with lots of mint Ceres issues, Italy inc. advertising se-tenants mint and used, Canada revenues, Austria and Lombardy-Venetia classics, etc.
51942 H 150 - 200 1870-1940, World range of hundreds of mainly used issues in six stockbooks/albums and some loose, countries represented incl. Canada, Czechoslovakia and Japan, Balkans incl. Croatia/Slovakia/Bohemia- Moravia and Poland General gov. issues, postmark interest noted throughout, etc.
51943 F 200 - 260 1870-1940 POSTAL STATIONERY ALL WORLD: Accumulation in box, mostly around 1900, several from or to Bickel, used or unused, mixed to very fine
51944 CC C H 300 - 500 1870s-1980s, Varied collection in a well-filled stockbook with diverse countries and periods incl. Tuva, China 1982 Birds min.sheet, Germany, GB 1840 1d black, Portugal 1940 min.sheets, early Switzerland, etc., needs careful viewing
51945 C H DCE 150 - 300 1871-1902, A gold leaf Imperial album rather sparsely filled with mint and used stamps including interesting Austria and Hungary, Denmark, France, Germany and States, Greece, Holland, Italy, Russia and Russian Post Offices in China, Switzerland, etc.
51946 F 80 - 140 1871-1969 EUROPE & OVERSEAS - COVER LOT incl. stationery cards, noted Italy 1945 mixed issue franking Rep.Sociale with Democratica issue + modern Switzerland FDC’s
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51947 C H 150 - 300 1872-99, Vintage red Imperial album, sparsely filled with mint and used stamps, including Japan and Japanese revenues, China and Chinese locals, Shanghai with 6ca brown mint, etc., as well as much Latin America, Egypt, etc. 51948 H G 50 - 100 1872-1930 Ca., ALL WORLD incl. ROMANIA, GB & COLONIES, BENELUX, HUNGARY, etc. - Accumulation of postal stationery cut outs in A4 stockbook, noted scarce GB Smith, Elder & Co and W.H.Smith postal stat. advertising cutouts, also some all world adhesives, mixed but interesting for stationery specialists
51949 CC H G 1’200 - 2’000 1872-1945, Valuable selection of key-European sets and singles comprising neatly cancelled Germany 1872 Large shield 2Kr orange tied to piece by MAINZ cds (cert. APS, €3’200), rare Monaco 5C Empire strip of four with GC 2387 numeral pmk, used 1923 5L Manzoni with cert. Avi, Sweden 1924 Congress set never hinged, Rodi Sassone E4 in block of four used, Poland Szlacheckie overprint set of 21, also 1919 10pf Gniezno provisional on cover, Russia 1923 Soldier/Worker/Peasant imperfs (4), Belgium 1928 Orval set, Italy 1877 mnh 2C on 0,30L provisional (cert. Avi), see full scans on the web, a great lot 51950 C H F J DCE M 400 - 600 1875-1980s, Mostly used collection in 17 albums and loose incl. USA with some classics incl. 1861-66 24c and Trans-Mississippi 50c, Poland, later GB, South Africa with specialised section of 1930s-50s fly-speck varieties incl. a couple of better listed by SG (1930-44 1s twisted horn in vert. used pair and 1941-46 3d cigarette flaw used pair, 1947-54 5s rain flaw mint & used pairs, etc.), range South Africa states revenues from QV to QEII incl. high values, British Commonwealth in an album with better Malaya incl. high values, some covers, has been sotred in a humid place but the better material is mostly ok 51951 F 150 - 300 1876-1992, ALL WORLD accumulation of covers, cards & postal stationery, mostly 1930s to 50s, mostly Europe, much Czechoslovakia, mixed 51952 F / 320 50 - 100 1879-1934 EUROPE -POSTAL STATIONERY GROUP (13), noted Russia, San Marino, Iceland, used or unused, mostly very fine 51953 C H F / www 200 - 300 1880-1958, Selection of TIBET, BHUTAN and NEPAL in one folder, noted useful early overprinted Chinese P.O. (CIP), mostly covers incl. Tibet Lion issues, lot also includes H.R.Holmes reprint of his 1941 book, fine
51954 CC C H G F DCE 1’000 - 1’500 1880-1910ca., Fascinating LOCAL POST mint and used collection mostly mounted on pages showing a range of issues from different countries, strength in Scandinavia with mostly Denmark and Norway (the latter including some very unusual Madagascar Missionary postage stamps and various Spitsbergen), also extensive selection of German towns incl. Hamburg, Munich, Elbersfeld, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Mühlhausen, Berlin, Lübeck, Stuttgart, Strassburg, Rergedorf, Wiesbaden, Metz, Bremen, also noted Swiss Hotel Post item with earliest known date (1893 compared to 1894 mentioned in the Zumstein specialised catalogue), mixed to fine
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51955 F 100 - 200 1880s-1910s, SOUTH AMERICA: Correspondence, much addressed to Paraguay from Argentina including many turn of the century wrappers, some uprated, mint & used Paraguay stationery, also Chile, Brazil, Uruguay (100s) 51956 C H DCE / www 300 - 500 1880s-1930s, CANADA back-of-the-book range on four filled stockpages, with gas inspection, cigarettes, officials seals, excise, law stamps, playing cards, British Columbia hospital aid, unemployment, insurance, luxury tax, etc., interesting lot 51957 F / www 500 - 800 1880-1945, Fascinating lot of 323 covers and postal stationery, strength in Italy and Germany, also some early Latin America with Nicaragua, Chile and Uruguay, mostly fine 51958 CC C H F 700 - 1’000 1880-1980, Estate in 39 albums and stockbooks with primarily Spain, France with yearbooks including good face value, unusual Vietnam, Italy, etc. 51959 CC H F 700 - 1’000 1880s-1980s, CANADA balance of an estate with over a hundred covers and a hundred plus stamps, incl. a range of registered from Small Queens to 1930s, postal stationery, instructional markings, stamps incl. a study of the 1898 Christmas stamp, good lot to sort through 51960 F 800 - 1’400 1880-1980, The cover stock of a dealer with a wide array of frankings, cancellations, origins, etc. neatly sorted out by Country, ca 1000/1200 covers/stationery, interesting treasure trove, ready for retail 51961 F 280 - 400 1880-1980 , ca 330 all-world not yet classified from an estate, treasures to be discovered ! 51962 CC C H F 200 - 360 1880-1990, Various mint & used collections incl. Russia in one album, etc. 51963 CC C F 300 - 500 1882-1975, MIDDLE EAST & GULF STATES mixed lot incl. Aden 1953 SG62 & SG63 complete sheets of 100, Bahrain 1975 Horses min.sheet, two GB KEVII/KGV cover incoming to Persia, Lebanon 1938 min.sheet (SG242a), Qatar 1957 set of 12 in mnh blocks of 6 (SG1-12), Saudi Arabia incl. 1960-61 8p imperf. pair, 1968-75 200p block of four, 1976-81 1r gutter block with complete offset, 1977 20h & 80h incorrect date blocks of 4, Egypt GEDDA interpostal seal, Jordan incl. 1930-39 50n to £P1 used, Syria 1943 set of 9 corner marginal mint blocks, Bahrain ovpts, page of Kuwait, a few India used in Zanzibar and a French Zanzibar 10a on 1F postage due mint, etc., a great lot for the dealer 51964 F DFE / www 800 - 1’200 1884-1939, Attractive accumulation of 94 covers cards and documents, mostly from Iraq, Persia and Russia, showing strength in Ottoman Empire, plus a fine array of registered and commercial usages, some revenue documents and postal receipts, mixed to fine 51965 C H 120 - 200 1890-97, Beautiful old-time L.Richard “Album de Timbres-poste”, part II, in excellent condition, some stamps included but is waiting for its next proprietor for completion, lot also includes small “Cigarette Cards” album, very fine 51966 CC C H F 1’200 - 2’000 1890-1980, Accumulation of various ASIAN countries in 8 albums plus various folders, with China, important Japan with covers and valuable min.sheets plus booklets, also some Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, good Korea, etc. 51967 F / www 150 - 200 1892-1937 MIDDLE EAST & TURKEY: Group of covers & cards, noted some medium better ones, mixed
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51968 F / www 100 - 150 1892-1940, Postal history group incl. 1918 Greece 5l green and 25l blue tied with Greek c.d.s to Switzerland, via Italy, redirected. Resealed with Greek? and Italian censor tape, additional transit and censor handstamps. 1935 GB 3d purple tied, with two ‘LONGNIDDRY’ c.d.s.’s, charged Egypt 8m brown- violet due (strip of three) tied by one of two, Port-Said c.d.s.’s. addressed to ‘1st class passenger’ on ‘Carthage’. Plus other military and censored items. 51969 F / www 2’000 - 4’000 1899-1980, Attractive assembly of WRECK MAIL & Crash Mail (80 covers), partly mounted on pages before the collector’s death, plus related documentation on the subject, strength in France & colonies, noted 19.02.1929 reg’d cover France to Saigon from the crash of “Dragon d’Annam”, 14.12.1929 Two reg’d cover France to Saigon “courrier accidenté”, 23.03.1930 Goulette crash on Leopoldville-Bruxelles Flight, 03.11.1935 “Courrier accidenté au Brésil le 3 novembre 1935”, 27.10.1937 “Courier sinistré reconstitué par les soins du Bureau de Casablanca”, etc., an amazing assembly ideal to start this interesting subject or for retail purpose 51970 C H F / 340 700 - 1’000 1899-2000, PACIFIC REGION Specialised collection neatly mounted on 60 exhibition pages, showing a wide range of frankings from practically all countries and territories including Fiji, Cook Islands including Pukapuka and Penrhyn, French territories incl. Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia incl. 1899 Missionary cover from Tahiti to the Marquise Islands, also Mouroa, Tuamotu (Service de plongé!), Nuka Hiva, Huaniné, Iles Australes, Tubuai, Mangareva, other territories incl. Pitcairn Islands, Easter Island, Juan Fernandez, Galapagos, Gilbert And Ellice Islands, Christmas Atoll, Wake Island and other US possessions, Hawaii, German Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands, wide range of Japanese occupations, good Papua, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Nauru, New Zealand, Samoa, Australian dependencies, Niue, mostly covers but lot also includes a selection French Oceania stamps, mostly very fine 51971 F / www 120 - 160 1900 +- ALL WORLD: Accumulation of about 40 stationery cards & envelopes, noted Mauritius, Nederl. Indies, Eritrea, mostly unused, mixed to mostly very fine 51972 F DFE 100 - 150 19th-20th century worldwide used mail incl. WWII R.A.F. commemorative covers, official mail and FDCs. 51973 F 200 - 400 1900-1970, ca 90 covers showing mixed frankings because of redirection or postage due, etc., from all over the world 51974 CC C H G F DCE 700 - 1’000 1900-2000, Large quantities of postcards, stamps in envelopes/glassines and various postal year books, mostly from Canada, all in two large boxes 51975 CC C H G F 600 - 1’000 1900-2000ca., Important Thematics stock on Space and Astronomy housed in three stockbooks and four trays, neatly sorted by sub-themes such as rockets, planets, stars, telescopes, astronauts, etc. fine and useful assembly ready to be mounted into an exhibition collection, see also list of paid prices totalling €13’216, very fine 51976 F / 330 500 - 800 1902-84, Lot of 46 covers and cards from chiefly CHINA or JAPAN and addressed to Denmark, some CIP, Junk-type issues, later with PRC, etc., fine 51977 F / 340 150 - 300 1886-1925 LATIN AMERICA: Group of 40++ postal stationery cards, nearly all used, many interesting items, also some Liberia, India, Ceylon, mostly very fine 51978 F / 340 150 - 260 1906-1930, Group of 2 covers from CHINA incl. Flotille du Yang-Tse-Kiang and 7 from JAPAN incl. two multicolour reg’d covers to France via Siberia, very fine (9)
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51979 F / www 300 - 500 1909-1988 THEMATIC ESPERANTO: Accumulation of over 100 covers and cards, ppc’s & postal stationery, noted Esperanto postmarks, adhesives, vignettes, etc. from old to modern including some medium better ones 51980 H 700 - 1’000 1910s-70s, CANADA pre-cancels accumulation in four volumes incl. multiples, sheets, etc., mostly KGV & KGVI, incl. some errors, one volume organised alphabetically by town, etc. 51981 F 1’000 - 1’800 1910-2004, FRANCE : About 15’000 modern covers and some early postcards in 33 large Yvert et Tellier albums 51982 CC C H 200 - 400 1910-2010, Thematic assembly incl. Sports, Fauna, Birds, superb Paintings, etc., with min.sheets, booklets, etc., high retail potential 51983 F / 340 3’000 - 4’000 1912-39, Most attractive ZEPPELIN collection of 135 covers and cards showing a wide range of frankings, flights and destinations, beginning with fine “Reception and Dinner” Menu from the Hindenburg dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria on May 10, 1936, better Zeppelin covers noted include 1931 LZ 127 Ostseejahr- flight to Copenhagen, 1931 Liechtenstein flight to Switzerland with Lausanne drop franked with both 1Fr and 2Fr, 1931 Saargebiet Island-flight (only 145 covers flown), 1931 Landungsflight to Vienna from Hungary to Bodensee, 1931 Island flight from Hungary to Reykjavik, 1939 South America flight (via Condor) with Swedish franking to Buenos Aires, also some airmails including first Australia-New Guinea flight, a fantastic display of a range of flights from this fascinating period in aviation history, see our website for a complete set of scans 51984 F 500 - 1’000 1912-1939, ZEPPELIN collection in 3 albums showing +90 Zeppelin covers, noted 1931 Polarfahrt with USSR imperforate set of four on 2 covers, 1931 Polafahrt 1Rm on 1932 cover, etc., plus modern stamps and covers, very fine 51985 F / www 2’000 - 2’500 1912-1948 ALL WORLD AIR MAIL: Larger accumulation with many medium better to better airmail covers and cards, noted many Zeppelins, better frankings, scarce to rare flights, mixed to mostly very fine 51986 F / www 80 - 120 1914-43, WWI-WWII range of covers/pc’s incl. WWI Russian forces PC, WWII Italian officer P.O.W. in India, 1940 small env. to British P.O.W. Germany censored and with return and insufficient address marks in red. 1940 fragmented cover from Hungary to England, redirected to the Isle of Mann ‘House 6 central camp/Douglas’. Plus period hotel mail and other censored items. 51987 F / www 100 - 200 1915-84, ASIA / CHINA, etc.: Small group of covers, cards and 2 receipts, mostly China, etc., very mixed 51988 CC C H / www 100 - 200 1918-1940 BALTIC STATES : ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA & CENTRAL LITHUANIA: Collections on KA-BE album leaves including some duplications, mint hinged or used, mostly fine to very fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock 51989 CC C H 200 - 400 1918-2015, Mint & used collection of BALTIC STATES neatly presented in 5 Lighthouse albums, nh from 1990, very fine
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51990 CC C H G 800 - 1’200 1919-33, BALTIC STATES : Small selection on album page with scarce Estonia 1919 overprinted Russian stamps, all on piece and cancelled by TALINN 8.6.19 cds, a few Latvia airmails stamps comprising Scott C9-C13 and CB21a-24a, also Lithuania 1926 40C air with error PASPAS instead of PASTAS (cert. Wassman), a fine group 51991 F / www 190 - 260 1919-40, BALTIC STATES: Group of 40 covers/stationery including registered, airs, commercial and philatelic frankings 51992 F / www 120 - 200 1923-41 South America postal history, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Colombian mail to overseas destinations. 1924 Colombian company cover to Cuba, mixed franking (Registered 10r Blue.), 1925/27 cover pair to France and Japan. Plus Brazil 1936 mixed franking, Condor Zeppelin cover to Scotland, redirected (reverse flap, part missing). Interesting group. 51993 CC C 2’000 - 3’000 1925-80, Specialised thematic collection on Philatelic Exhibitions and “stamps on stamps” housed in four large albums plus extras in a stockbook, strength in min.sheets incl. France 1925 Paris, two 1937 PEXIP, Hungary 1951 min.sheets incl. unissued 60f, Switzerland with NABA, 1945 Spende, LUNABA, etc. very fine 51994 CC C H F J 1’500 - 3’000 1927-2000s, ISRAEL: Collection in 21 volumes plus extras, mostly written up incl. Interim Period with a range of issues incl. multiples, covers and a booklet, then 1948 Doar Ivri incl. 1’000m mint plus forgeries, 1953 1’000m Minorah tab block of 4, etc., modern mostly hinged, incl. mini sheets, booklets, sheets incl. 11 uncut printer’s sheets in presentation boxes, FDCs, Year books, etc., a varied lot 51995 CC C H G F 2’000 - 3’000 1933-45, Specialised World-War II collection issues in 12 stockbooks comprising a collection of German Empire plus Fieldpost, occupied territories including Balkans and Baltic States, Bohemia Moravia, General government, also various issues from a range of countries including Vichy France, Croatia (noted 1944 Stormtrooper min.sheet), Spanish Civil-War period, early Poland, Finnish territories of Aunus, Northin- germanland, Karelia and East Karelia, very fine, also includes a small TAAF in a different type of album 51996 CC H / www 2’000 - 4’000 1936-72, Small stock of mint and used MIN. SHEETS in two stockbooks, from Berlin 1936 to modern, noted good Portugal, Austria including the Renner sheets, Hungary 1951 Stamp exhibition sheets, and more, mostly very fine 51997 F 300 - 500 1880-1950, Small all-world cover group with main interest in Germany & States, noted Dunkerque special 1940 ovpt, reg’d, Zeppelin, German Fieldpost 1901 in China, etc. 51998 H DFE 170 - 240 1948-70, Middle East (Trans-Jordan/Yemen/U.A.E.) range in two albums and loose leaves, including 1948 pair of Trans-Jordan covers to Mexico, varied franking and transit marks. Albums contain hundreds of later Jordan/Yemen/U.A.E. thematic issues used. An interesting accumulation.
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51999 CC C 500 - 1’000 1949- 1964, Small selection of better pieces, noted San Marino 1951 Airmail 1000L nh (x2), Vatican, USSR 1949 min.sheet, USSR 1964 Tokyo green min.sheet nh (x3), Israel First min.shhet nh and used on cover, etc., very fine 52000 CC F 500 - 1’000 1950-2010, THEMATICS SPACE, CONCORD, ROCKETS (Ariane), POLAR Collections of mint nh stamps but mostly covers neatly presented in 15 nice Leuchturm albums, very fine 52001 CC 100 - 200 1951-98, Mint collection on pages of UNO from the three offices, complete incl. 1955 min.sheet, very fine 52002 CC 200 - 300 1956-79, Complete never hinged EUROPA collection in hingeless album, includes 1956 Luxemburg set, 1960 Liechtenstein and 1972 Spanish Andorra, the latter in pair, plus some min.sheets, very fine 52003 F / www 60 - 80 1959-80s Middle East postal history incl. Iran/Oman/U.A.E. inc. British FPO covers inc. 1959 OHMS folded cover to ‘Botany Dept. British Museum’ with ‘FPO/15FE/59/941’ c.d.s., pencil endorsement ‘From Sultan…forces Muscat’ 1961 FPO 1056 folded cover with c.d.s. and ‘THE COMMANDING OFFICE 45 COMANDO R.M. B.F.P.O ..69’ h.s. Plus 1980 Airmail to Abadan Iran cover with Return to sender marking. 52004 CC H 100 - 150 1960-1980ies ALL WORLD: Box full with sheets and part sheets, noted a lot of sports thematic, MNH or used 52005 F 200 - 300 1960-90, Lot of hundreds of mostly commercially used covers of Ethiopia plus a “Franklin Mint” album with gold-plated silver reproductions of classic stamps, fine 52006 CC 1’000 - 2’000 1960-2000, The THEMATIC stock of a dealer, mostly mnh complete sets (with very light duplication sometime) (ca 3’000/4’000 sets), a few FDC’s, neatly sorted by themes incl. Cats, Horses, Sports, Olympic Games, Football, Fruits, Cars, Cinema, Space, Red Cross, Paintings, Planes, Ships, Trains, Birds, Comics, Religion, Scouts, Flowers, Celebrities, etc., very fine & ready for retail 52007 CC C H F 1’200 - 2’000 1960-2010, THEMATICS: Four large boxes full of thematic stamps incl. butterflies, animals, sports, paintings, etc., a superb lot to make up thematic collections for retail
52008 CC P / www 1’000 - 1’500 1965 THEMATIC TELECOMMUNICATION: UIT Jubilee - issues for AFRICA, on 45 pages, noted the issued stamps, imperforate sheet proofs, epreuve de luxe & 28 artist signed single die proofs , a rare group !
52009 CC P / www 500 - 1’000 1965 THEMATIC TELECOMMUNICATION: UIT Jubilee - the issues of news satellite ‘SYNCOM’ only of French Antarctica(rare), Wallis & Futuna, Nouvelles Hebrides, Comores, Somalis, Nouvelle Caledonia, Polonesia & St.Pierre, on 15 pages, noted the issued stamps, imperforate sheet proofs, epreuve de luxe & diverse artist signed single die proofs , a rare group !
52010 CC P 300 - 500 1965 THEMATIC TELECOMMUNICATION: UIT Jubilee - specialized collection on 15 pages on the issues of MONACO only, noted issued stamps, imperforate colour proofs and single die proofs with engraves signatures, rare group
52011 CC P / www 200 - 400 1965 THEMATIC TELECOMMUNICATION: UIT Jubilee - issues ALL WORLD A - Z (except France and areas), on over 70 pages, noted many elusive issues, often with imperforate sets or min.sheets, MNH
52012 CC P / www 180 - 240 1965 THEMATIC TELECOMMUNICATION: UIT Jubilee - the issue of CAMBODIA only, noted the 3 issued stamps, imperforate sheet proof, imperf.sheetlet of 4, single die proof with engravers signature and 3x epreuve de luxe, scarce
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52013 CC P / www 180 - 240 1965 THEMATIC TELECOMMUNICATION: UIT Jubilee - the issue of LAOS only on 5 pages, noted the 3 issued stamps, imperforate sheet proof, imperf.sheetlet of 4, 3x epreuve de luxe & complete set in perf. & imperf epreuve de luxe and 1x perf sheetlet with presentation folder, scarce
52014 CC P / www 140 - 180 1965 THEMATIC TELECOMMUNICATION: UIT Jubilee - the issue of FRANCE only, noted issued stamp, imperforate colour proof and single die proof with engravers signatures and epreuve de luxe, scarce
52015 CC P / www 80 - 120 1965 THEMATIC TELECOMMUNICATION: UIT Jubilee - the issue of ANDORRA only, noted issued stamp, imperforate colour proof and single die proof with engravers signatures, scarce
52016 CC A P 1’500 - 3’000 1970-1990, Hundreds (ca 2’800) of proofs or colour essays on gum paper, some imperforate stamps, a few Essays with Printer’s annotation (incl. Artist sketch for Honduras, unique), with a wide array of THEMATICS incl. Scouting, Sport, Olympic Games, Flowers, Xmas, Gorillas, Animals, Dogs, Birds, Butterfly, Fish, etc., countries incl. Singapore, Oman, Rwanda, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Ajman, Burundi, Zaire, Tchad, Guinea, Ethiopia, Venezuela, United Nations, Honduras, Bhutan, nh, very fine, rare, ideal for retail with seldom offered material 52017 CC C H G F J 1’400 - 2’600 1980-2000, Accumulation of 1000’s mint & used stamps from a wide array of countries, prepared for a reservation center. Enormous catalogue value with many useful Thematics, ideal for a web retailer 52018 F / www 120 - 200 1982-2002, Eclectic cover collection incl. Argentina 28 April 1982 Military FDC, 1984 3 Feb, Mixed GB Machin’s tied cover from the commanding officer H.M.S. Guardian, with h.s. and a 1990 Yugoslav protest PPC to the President. Plus BBC Anthrax alert mail 21 Sept./28 Feb,2001/2 pair of large covers to the BBC from Algeria and Pakistan with ‘CHECKED’ alternate blue and red h.s., with notice. 52019 CC 10 - 12’000 1984-1990, Group of IMPERFORATE mint nh stamps in complete sheets, only complete sets, many thematics incl. Airplane, Olympic Games, Trains, Old Cars, Flowers, Celebrities, QE II, Mickael Jackson, all showing misprinted errors with variety “INVERTED CENTER”, noted St Vincent, St Lucia, Nevis, Montseerat, British Virgin Islands, very fine, a total of 67 sheets of 50 stamps and 35 sheets of 25 stamps, totalizing 4’225 stamps (STC Michel € 800’000++)
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52020 CC H / www 200 - 300 EASTERN EUROPE : ALBANIA / SOVIET UNION / ROSSIJA 1986-1995 Accumulation of mostly miniature sheets and sheetlets only, in 2 stockbooks, mostly per 10, mostly MNH + partly used, Mi € 4’200+ Cinderellas, Poster Stamps, Vignettes
52021 F 150 - 240 1790-1930, FRANCE: 94 “Billets de Nécessités” issued by the Chambers of Commerce incl. one Army ticket 11 Assignats, great for the specialist 52022 CC C H G F J 900 - 1’500 1898-1960, Important lot of vignettes incl. whole sheets perf. and imperf., proofs, several collections already well developed incl. a book of WWI Delandre, etc., a very interesting lot for a collector of vignettes
52023 CC C J DCE 18 - 24’000 1914-18 WWI “God, Kaiser and the Fatherland” vignette / cinderella patriotic stamps in 10 albums plus loose, with a great deal of completion incl. supplementary material, blocks, complete sheets, imperfs, tête-bêches, mostly German but also some Austrian, Ottoman, etc., Red Cross interest, plus the collector’s literature, a beautiful collection with many attractive designs, the finest collection of its type that we have seen (ca.20’000) 52023A C 60-80 1914 “Lord Roberts Memorial Fund Stamp Album”, complete with 144 vignettes partly stuck in place, incl. the biographical notes in gummed sheets but they are partly stuck together, very attractive 52024 CC C F DCE 2’000 - 3’000 1920s-2000s, FRANCE vignettes in 4 volumes, the first album written up with the Eiffel Tower incl. two vignettes on ppc, “Les Beautés de Paris” with booklets, “Sauvons L’Enfance”, “L’Aide aux Artistes”, 1932 Foire de Paris, strong section of “La Belle France”, Savoie, Lyon, Marseille, 1934 Lymphatisme Congress, etc., the second album with sheets with many more “La Belle France”, the two stockbooks with various French vignettes, plus some normal European stamps on album pages, a lovely lot Late Lots
52025 CC C H F DCE / www 3’000 - 5’000 Last minute entry, a very diverse range of mint, used and postal history, representing material taken out of collections over the decades by a retired dealer, now offered intact as received with no time to break it down, great opportunity for a dealer
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52026 F 600 - 800 1900-50, Several thousand all-world picture postcards incl. Russia, Australia, USA, GB, etc., viewing recommended 52027 F / 340 300 - 500 1900-1965, ca 2000 picture postcards from various countries incl. Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Belgium, etc., noted a beautiful set from Belgium on La Panne, etc., an attractive lot directly from the collector ! 52028 F 100 - 200 1950-1960, 116 picture postcards with advertising for pharmaceutical labotary & medicine, unusual 52029 F / 330 240 - 360 AFRICA 1898-1920, 80 picture postcards of Africa with cards from Djibouti, the Zambezi, Bamako, Transvaal, Senegal, etc., nice lot with a diverse range 52030 F 400 - 600 CHINA 1900-1925, 60 picture postcards, desirable lot 52031 F 500 - 700 FRANCE: 1900-1926, 433 picture postcards of TOULOUSE, incl. regional agricultural competition, Dalbade catastrophe, etc., some small villages of Haute Garonne commune such as Alan, Grenade, Salis da salat, etc., also some illustrated cards, excellent lot for a Toulousian 52032 F 340 - 500 FRANCE: 1901-1929, 498 picture postcards from South-West of France incl. better like Lavelanet with goatherd or factory, Toulouse with Train station, Montauban with Orphan’s house, etc. 52033 F 120 - 200 FRANCE: 1905-1930, 38 picture postcards on AVIATION showing mostly meetings, plus 14 other subjects 52034 F / www 70 - 100 1900-1940ca, GREAT BRITAIN: Group of ca.150 picture postcards, range of scenes incl. Royal Visits (2), street scenes, views, buildings, transport, etc., varied group 52035 F 200 - 300 GREECE: 1901-1926, 60 picture postcards incl. Pireus, Salonicco, Milos, scenes & markets, etc. 52036 F / 330 300 - 400 INDOCHINA: 1899-1925, 75 picture postcards incl. better scenes & small jobs, noted comprador, school teacher, etc., most attractive 52037 F / www 150 - 240 MALAYSIA: 1900-1930, 31 picture postcards from Malaya and Singapore 52038 F / 330 400 - 600 MOROCCO: 1900-1950, 225 picture postcards incl. villages, Salé market, El Kénitra, Sefrou, Oudjda with bread or coal seller, Fez-Djedid, etc., scenes, small jobs, etc. 52039 F / www 240 - 300 RUSSIA: 1901-1927, 70 picture postcards incl. ice breakers on Neva, Cossacks, etc., attractive 52040 F 160 - 280 SYRIA, LEBANON, ADEN 1900-1925, 84 picture postcards of Damas, Jaffa, Baalbeck, Nahr-el-kelb, etc., also some illustrated cards, scarce offering 52041 F 160 - 280 SYRIA, LEBANON, ADEN 1900-1925, 84 picture postcards of Damas, Jaffa, Baalbeck, Nahr-el-kelb, etc., also some illustrated cards, scarce offering
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