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3 H AUSTRIA, 1850-2000, very nice col lection, of stamps (3 vol - umes) and covers (2 volumes) with great vari ety of early is sues mint, lightly hinged or used. Later issues mainly N.H. Se lec tion of 200 covers from early day until 1970’s in clud ing lot of in terest - 1 m ing flight and bal loon post covers. Nice selec tion of Bosnia is - sues in cluded as well. Viewing highly recom mended. Michel AUSTRIA, 1850, Arms, 1kr yellow, hand-made pa per, two €14 000 (17 060 CHF) (Photo). neat strikes of octag o nal PESTH datestamp, signed Bloch & Est. 1 200 CHF. 1,200 CHF Sismondo certif i cate. Michel 1 X a. Scott 1 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

4 H/m/) AUSTRIA, 1918-26, Airmail, su perb se lection, on ex hi bi tion pages, n.h., with 6 covers, includ ing reg is tered one to France with 10s 1926 is sue. Very attrac tive group. Michel €1 400+ (1 700 CHF) (Photo). Est. 350 - 450 CHF. 350 CHF 2 HH 5 HH AUSTRIA, 1946, Renner minia ture sheets complete, o.g., never hinged, excel lent condi tion, Superb. Michel 772B-775B; AUSTRIA, 1929-46, very nice selec tion of superb never €2 300 (2 800 CHF). Scott B185-B188 (Photo). hinged sets, in clud ing Land scapes Small Size, Ro tary, Poets, Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF FIS I, Inno va tors (4 sets), Grazer 3M&5M with certif i cate and complete set of Renner sheets. Power ful group. Michel €5 600 (6 820 CHF) (photo on web site). Est. 900 - 1 200 CHF. 900 CHF

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6 ) 11 ) AUSTRIA, 1850-70, very nice group of four cov ers, reg is - AUSTRIA: LOMBARDY-VENETIA, 1850-67, wonder ful se- tered first is sue with 6+9Kr to Mantova, scarce ARGO cover lection of 16 cov ers from 1st is sue on, with va ri ety of or i gins with 67 is sue. Un usual group (Photo). & better des ti na tions, in clud ing in ter est ing rates, stamp type us - Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF ages & regis tered, A treasure trove for special ists of the area, viewing highly recom mended, 3 certif i cates High cat. value 7 ) (Photo). AUSTRIA - Levant, 1855-1923, very in terest ing group of 9 Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF cov ers and pic ture post card, showing vari ety of frankings ) from Egypt, Greece, Turkey. Va ri ety of mari time markings. Ex- 12 cel lent lost for the special ists, F.-V.F. (Photo). AUSTRIA: LOMBARDY-VENETIA, 1850-55, very nice group Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF of four covers, all franked with First is sue (one disin fected) and large part of cover front with beauti ful franking of 4x15c+2x45c, 8 ) very fresh and fine, all stamps with large mar gin. Very attrac tive AUSTRIA - France, 1856 (Feb.), insuf ficiently pre paid letter, group, good for special ists (Photo). franked with 3kr red and two 9kr blue Coat of Arms is sue (Sc Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF 3,5), all tied by GORZ date stamps. Front shows two red oval ) BOLLO / INSUFFICIENTE hand stamps, red VIA DI CHIASSO 13 transit, two red AUTRICHE / BAU FR DE BALE French en try AUSTRIA: LOMBARDY-VENETIA, 1851-54, assem bly of markings, plus “20” decime postage due hand stamp. A scarce four cov ers, 5c. yel low-or ange on preprinted form from Vero na and in terest ing first is sue cover. Scott 3, 5 (Photo). (sign Poschmann) 15c verti cally laid pa per on a cover from Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF Milano (cert Diena) superb FINO and CHIAVENNA cover, F.-V.F. (Photo). 9 ) Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF AUSTRIA - Levant, 1863-83, very nice selec tion of con sular ) (Corfu) and mar i time (Bei rut) can cel la tions, on Aus trian 14 Levant issues. Very scarce cancel la tions in good qual ity with AUSTRIAN LEVANT, 1818-36, selec tion of three let ters from three certif i cates on seven stamps (Photo). Corfu (2) and Zante, an attrac tive selec tion, Zante with dis in - Est. 300 CHF. 300 CHF fected, V/STATO PONTIFICIO transit and vari ety of postal rates and routes. Excel lent oppor tu nity for postal his torian of this area (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF

15 ) AUSTRIAN LEVANT, 1839-1922, varied selec tion of 17 cov - ers / cards (6 pre phil atelic) of Ship Mail markings, many better frankings & markings. Great assem bly for the special ist, view - ing rec om mended (Photo). Est. 500 - 750 CHF. 500 CHF

16 ) AUSTRIAN LEVANT, 1850-60, nice selec tion of 9 cov ers, showing a good va ri ety of ship markings & frankings, Col Lloyd da Trieste—Da Venezia col Vapore, CV da Venezia, & others, spe cial ist ac cu mu la tion. (Photo). Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF

17 ) 10 ) AUSTRIAN LEVANT - Greece, 1868-69, nice pair of cov ers, AUSTRIA - Switzer land, 1933 (July 3), regis tered air mail from Salonica and Metelino (in combi nation with Greek Hermes cover, franked with WIPA souve nir sheet in combi nation with head stamp) show ing va ri ety of transit and arrival marks. Fine WI, all tied by phila telic ex hibi tion KUNSTLERHAUS-WIEN qual ity (Photo). boxed datestamp. Front bears ex hi bi tion reg is tra tion la bel and Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF WIPA WIEN/FLUGPOST c.d.s. Along side “ZURICH FLUGPLATZ” transit and “LAUSANNE/POSTE AERIENNE” 18 ) arrival c.d.s. Obverse arrival Lausanne c.d.s. Very rare on com- AUSTRIAN LEVANT, 1871-81, an excep tional assem bly of mercially used covers with all rel evant transit marks. Michel €8 14 covers, all franked by 1867 is sue showing a good va ri ety of 000 (9 740 CHF) (Photo). frankings, rates, or i gins & des ti na tions, with qual ity gen er ally Est. 1 500 - 2 000 CHF. 1,500 CHF Very Fine, rarely of fered intact, view ing rec ommended (Photo). Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF

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19 ) 27 ) AUSTRIAN LEVANT - Greece, 1872, cover from Crete, FRANCE, 1856, Mili tary Occu pa tion of Rome, entire sent franked with 10sld blue (Sc 4), pre paying the lo cal postage on a from Rieti to Paris, franked with 20c im per fo rate Na po leon (all sin gle weight letter to Greece. Stamp tied by brown CANEA four margins) tied by Grille handstamp, “CORPS dated straight line. The rat ing of manu script.20 shows Greek EXPEDITIONNAIRE D’ITALIE / 2e DIVISION” dated 29 May postage due paid by a pair of 10 lep ta large her mes (Sc 40), tied 1859 c.d.s. alongside. Front shows red boxed by SYRA c.d.s. A Fine and scarce com bi na tion cover. Scott 4, AFFRANCHISSEMENT / INSUFFISANT handstamp, in manu- 40 (Photo). script 8 decimes to be collected on arrival. Transit and arrival on Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF re verse. Very nice and in ter est ing com bi na tion (Photo). Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF 20 ) AUSTRIAN LEVANT, 1885-1914, good lot of Ship mail, includ ing postcards (10), statio nery (3), covers (4),showing Dal - matian line, Croatia-Hun gary line, Lloyd Trieste line & others. Nice se lec tion of well struck cancels, excel lent for the special ist (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

21 ) AUSTRIAN LEVANT, 1912-13, two post cards, bear ing Aus - trian Lloyd cancel la tions of ALEXANDRIA - TRIESTE line, at - tractive pair (Photo). Est. 100 - 150 CHF. 100 CHF

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22 BKHH BELGIUM, Book lets, 1963-72, selec tion, in clud ing Red 28 ) Cross 25 booklets and BELGICA ‘72 exhi bi tion three complete FRANCE, 1858, Mili tary Occu pation of Rome, letter sent to sets of sheetlets in un cut tete-beche posi tions, Superb. Scott Mar seille, franked with 20c Na poleon Lauré tied by red CP B470 (photo on web site). “CER” loz enges, bearing in red “CORPS EXP. RE. D’ITALIE/ Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF ROME ” (S.P.R2) used by the General Head quarter Comman - dant Failly in Rome, dated 3 April 1870 c.d.s. alongside. Mar- seilles ar rival on re verse. Ex ception ally rare - two or three French Area cov ers re ported (Photo). 23 HH Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF FRANCE, Postal Strike Stamps, 1909, Chamber of Com - 29 ) merce 10c, complete sheet of 25, showing va ri eties: FRANCE, 1859, do mestic cover, franked with 2 pairs of dark tête-bêche pair po si tions 4 & 5, missing “C” in “10C” po si tion 23, green 5c Na poleon imperf is sue, stamps tied by dotted PC “11" o.g., never hinged. Yvert 1; €1 100 (1 340 CHF) (Photo). loz enges handstamp, with Paris c.d.s. alongside, arrival Douai Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF on reverse. Rare multi ple of this shade. (Photo). 24 ) Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF FRANCE, 1835-65, Mili tary Oc cu pa tion of Ancona & Rome, 30 ) an ex otic assem bly of 12 covers (9 stampless, 3 stamped) FRANCE - Rus sia, 1873, cover, franked with pair 5c green and showing a good va ri ety of markings, in clud ing. Tax, and most pair 40c orange Ceres is sues, under pay ing the 1 Franc letter with clear mil i tary strikes. Great for the special ist (Photo). rate to Russia, via Aus tria. Stamps tied by GC 2656 loz enges, Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF with NICE c.d.s. alongside. Front shows red AFFRANCHISSEMENT INSUFFISANT handstamp, scarce F / 25 ) 29 exchange marking un der the Franco-Austrian Conven tion, FRANCE, 1835-38, Mili tary Occu pation of Ancona, very blue manu script “28" kreuzer Austrian debit, ODESSA transit, nice trio of cov ers, bear ing French mil i tary ca chets dur ing the plus red KHARKOV ar rival c.d.s. and small vio let ”30" kopek occu pa tion period of Ancona. Vari ous postal rates and routes. postage due handstamp. A very rare cover with col orful franking Good postal his tory lot for special ists (Photo). and an in terest ing ar ray of postal markings. Yvert 38, 53 Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF (Photo). Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF 26 ) FRANCE, 1850, Mili tary Occu pation of Rome, pair of stampless covers, showing rare “BRIGADE FRANCAISE / ITALIE” and “ CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE/DIVISION I” (pre - paid post age - 20c for ordi nary letter+5c fee for unfranked letters from the 1.July 1850) c.d.s. Rare and attrac tive (Photo). Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF

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31 ) 37 ) FRANCE, 1935, cover for the Nantes-to-Paris Airmail Ser- FRENCH LEVANT - Italy, 1876, cover from Volo, franked with vice, franked with hori zon tal strip of three 2Fr Merson Airmail is - 30c Ceres is sue (Yv 56), prepay ing the GPU sin gle let ter rate to sue with “Poste Aerienne” over print, and sent on the in au gu ral It aly. Stamp tied by the Ital ian “coi Postali Francesi” handstamp, flight as so ci ated with the Nantes-to-Paris air mail ser vice. and reverse shows NAPOLI transit and GENOVA arrival Stamps tied by NANTES-GARE / AVION date stamps, and front c.d.s.’s. A Very Fine cover showing scarce use of the coi Postali shows two dif ferent PAR AVION la bels and spe cial “1ere Li ai - Francesi handstamp used as a cancel ing de vice during the in - son Postal Aerienne” ca chet in magenta. Re verse shows terim period when the French Office at Volo was not in op era tion PARIS ar rival date stamps. A very rare multi ple franking on a (Photo). first light cover, with 2004 von der Wied cer tifi cate. Yvert No. 1 Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF (Photo). Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF 38 ) FRENCH LEVANT - Bul garia, 1906, reg istered cover, ) 32 franked with sin gle 8pi/2Fr French Levant issue (Yv 7), prepay - FRENCH LEVANT - France, 1853, folded letter datelined ing the UPU let ter rate and Reg is try fee to Bulgaria, and tied by Adrianople to Marseille, forwarded by Gallipoli and show ing a CONSTANTINOPLE-PERA/POSTE-FRANCSE. Front shows Very Fine strike of the rare cursive handstamp. of the French Of - framed “R” Regis try handstamp, while re verse bears fice, along with “SMYRNE / TURKEY” tran sit c.d.s., taxed 20 PHILIPPOPLE arrival datestamp. A very fine and scarce regis - dec. and red, large format boxed handstamp. “PAQUEBOT DE tered letter to a most unusual des tina tion (Photo). LA MEDITERRANEE”. A very scarce cover in Very Fine qual ity Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF (Photo). Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF 39 ) FRENCH GUIANA - France, 1869 (Oct.), letter, franked with ) 33 French Co lo nial 20c Ea gle is sue, pre pay ing the mil i tary sol - FRENCH LEVANT - France, 1854 (Dec.), un paid letter from dier’s letter rate to France. Stamp tied by mute lozenge, with Syria, showing the rare cursive “Alexandrette” ori gin blue oc tag o nal CORR.D.ARMEES/CAYENNE datestamp handstamp, and sent to France aboard the Ligne du Levant along side. Front shows red “PD” handstamp, GUYANE / paquebot Caire. Front shows SMYRNE / TURQUIE transit of CAYENNE c.d.s., plus blue COL.FR.PAQ.FR/ST.NAZAIRE en - the French P.O., red framed PAQUEBOTS / DE LA / try marking, while reverse bears a manuscript nota tion and sig - MEDITERRANEE handstamp, and ‘20’ decimes post age due nature of the command ing of ficer. A Very Fine and rare mil i tary marking (uprated for a double weight letter). Re verse bears rate letter (Photo). SMYRNE and MARSEILLE transits, plus LYON arrival c.d.s. A Est. 500 - 750 CHF. 500 CHF Fine exam ple of this rare ori gin handstamp (Photo). Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF 40 ) FRENCH INDOCHINA, 1884-1903, very nice postal history ) 34 group, six covers and picture postcard (1) with Expe di tionary FRENCH LEVANT - France, 1865, cover from Syria, franked Corps. cachets Tonkin showing a wonder ful array of mili tary with 10c and 40c Na poleon is sue, tied by GC 5070 loz enges cancel la tions. Scarce group (7 items), F.-V.F., Ex. along side ALEXANDRETTE * SYRIE c.d.s. in asso ci ation with Desrousseaux (Photo). boxed red PAQUEBOTS / DE LA / MEDITERRANEE and black Est. 200 - 250 CHF. 200 CHF boxed P.P. Marseilles ar rival on re verse (Photo). Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF 41 ) FRENCH INDOCHINA, 1887-1902, very nice group of 3 cov - ) 35 ers, Poulo Condore, Doson and Nam Dinh, both reg is tered. FRENCH LEVANT - France, 1866, cover to Nantes, franked Uprated 15c sta tio nery en ve lope from by France Empire 40c vermil ion, tied by GC “5080” lozenges, “STUNGTRENG-CAMBODIA” and 3c uprated newspa per with Alex an dria c.d.s. alongside. Un derpaid and charged 8 wrapper to Singa pore. some faults, however a scarce group (5 decimes on deliv ery with framed “Affr. Insuffisant”, Very Fine. items)., Ex. Desrousseaux (Photo). Yvert 23 (Photo). Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF 42 ) ) 36 FRENCH INDOCHINA, 1891-1945, very nice group of differ - FRENCH LEVANT - France, 1873, cover from Egypt, franked ent sta tio nery cards (5 used & 3 mint) in addi tion three early with 15c bistre, 25c blue, and 80c red Ceres issues, overpay ing sta tionery enve lopes 5c and 2 of 15c (scarce) used at Mytho, the single weight letter rate to France by British packet service Cholon & Cantho, all Very Fine. Scarce group (11 items)., Ex. via the Brin di si route. Stamps tied by GC 5119 loz enges, with LE Desrousseaux (Photo). CAIRE / BAU FRANCAIS c.d.s. alongside. Front shows red Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF “PD” handstamp and red PAQ.ANG.V.BRIND / A.MOD French entry c.d.s., while reverse bears PAQ.ANGL. / ALEXANDRIE 43 ) transit, PARIS A BELFORT ambu lant, plus LANGRES ar rival FRENCH INDOCHINA, 1892-1904, very nice pair of cov ers c.d.s. A Very Fine cover with scarce three-color franking. Yvert from Annam, one franked with 5c+2x10c French Colo nial is - 57, 59, 60 (Photo). sue tied by HUE c.d.s. and the second one pro vi sional 15/25c Est. 800 - 1 000 CHF. 800 CHF tied by Quang-Ngai c.d.s. Scarce, Very Fine, Ex. Desrousseaux (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF

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44 ) 51 ) FRENCH INDOCHINA - New Cal edo nia, 1894, small size 5c FRENCH INDOCHINA - France, 1904, cover to Paris, franked statio nery enve lope, redi rected to Tahiti, with “Marine with 5c+10c Peace and Nav i gation is sue tied by clear strike of Francaise” cancelled “CORR D’ARMEES * SAIGON” via Ligne BAC-KAN s/SONG-CAU * TONKIN, reverse shows transits and N to Noumea, arrival on re verse. Redi rected to Tahiti, proba bly arrival c.d.s. Very attrac tive and neat cover., Ex. Desrousseaux by mis taken reading of the actual ships name. An incred i ble (Photo). printed matter rate which survived, two verti cal folds not detract - Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF ing from its rarity and aesthetic appeal., Ex. Desrousseaux (Photo). ) Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF 52 FRENCH INDOCHINA, 1904, postcard marked “Imprimé”, ) 45 sent from Mil i tary hospi tal of “QUAN-YEN”, the other card sent FRENCH INDOCHINA, 1899-1914, very nice group of four from “FORT BAYARD” taxed on arrival at France. Attrac tive cov ers, two regis tered one Chargé to France and USA from pair., Ex. Desrousseaux (Photo). Ha noi,bearing ‘Doson’ and ‘Quangtreng’ c.d.s. In addi tion, an Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF uprated regis tered 15c statio nery enve lope from ‘Bake’. Gener - ally fine. (4 items). ex.Desrousseaux (Photo). ) Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF 53 FRENCH INDOCHINA, 1944-46, two inter nal covers, one 46 ) large size from “Chemins de Fer Indochine / Yunnan” with ex- FRENCH INDOCHINA, 1900-07, Hong Kong postcard, cep tional frank ing and the sec ond bear ing in ter est ing mixed franked with 2x5c stamps tied by French Paquebot No10 LAOS RF-EF frank ing of Jap a nese oc cu pa tion (Photo). c.d.s. Uprated 5c sta tionery enve lope with pair of 5c all stamped Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF with Fr. Paquebot No7 c.d.s. Franked cover to Paris bearing Fr. Paquebot No2-(YARRA) c.d.s. Very Fine and scarce trio., Ex. 54 HH Desrousseaux (Photo). Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF FRENCH SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES, 1950-80, selec tion of issues, in clud ing all im por tant stamps, 47 ) in su perb never hinged condi tion. Yvert €2 710 (3 300 CHF) FRENCH INDOCHINA, 1902-03, two cov ers sent to Hanoi, (Photo). one bearing 15c gray tied by MONGTZE CHINE c.d.s. 1902 in Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF blue and a 15c statio nery bearing MONGTZE B, both with transit & arr. c.d.s. Scarce Yunnan usages, ex. Desrousseaux 55 ) (Photo). Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF GUADELOUPE - France, 1871 (Sept.), let ter, franked with verti cal pair of French Co lo nial 5c and strip of three 20c Eagle 48 ) is sue, prepay ing the 70c letter rate to France via British packet service. Stamp tied by mute lozenge, with GUADELOUPE / FRENCH INDOCHINA - France, 1903, Tonkin post card to POINTE-E-PITRE datestamp along side. Front shows black Paris, showing excep tional strike of MUI-NGOC * TONKIN “PD” handstamp, plus red COL.FR.V.ANGL/LE HAVRE en try c.d.s. alongside “CORPS EXPEDITION * TONKIN handstamp marking. Cover with excep tional franking, Very Fine (Photo). ac com pa nied with POSTE-DU-MUI-NGONG/TONKIN/LE Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF /COMMANDANT handstamp sign by of ficer in charge, Ex. Desrousseaux (Photo). Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF 56 ) 49 ) GUADELOUPE - France, 1891, regis tered cover, franked with five sin gle 5c / 10c and strip of five 5c / 1Fr surcharged FRENCH INDOCHINA - 1903, Saigon pic ture postcard sent Dubois is sues (Yv 10,11), prepay ing the sin gle weight letter rate to Paris, franked with 10c stamp tied by blue “LIGNE DE plus Reg is try fee to France, and all tied by POINTE-A-PITRE / SAIGON A SINGAPORE 14/OCT/03" c.d.s. Very Fine and GUADELOUPE c.d.s.’s. Front shows black framed “R” Regis try scarce., Ex. Desrousseaux (Photo). handstamp, plus CALAIS A PARIS French ambu lant c.d.s., Est. 100 - 150 CHF. 100 CHF while reverse bears MONTEREAU ar rival c.d.s. A scarce and colour ful franking on a com mercial reg is tered cover (Photo). 50 ) Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF FRENCH INDOCHINA, 1904, Evian adver tis ing postcard, showing su perb strike of BAN-YEN-NHAN * TONKIN c.d.s. applied front and back alongside ar rival HUNG YEN*TONKIN c.d.s., Ex. Desrousseaux (Photo). Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF

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57 ) 59 H MARTINIQUE - Cochin China, 1891, cover, franked with hori - MOROCCO, 1922-28, spe cial ized ex hi bi tion col lec tion of zontal strip of five 05c / 10c provi sional postage due is sue sur- the first air mail set, on 27 pages with hundreds of stamps - charged in red (posi tions 21-25), prepay ing the 25c sin gle sin gles and mul ti ples, corner marginal blocks of four show ing weight letter rate to Cochin China. Stamps tied by vari ety of color shades, typi cal plate vari et ies. Marginal imper fo - MARTINIQUE / ST. ESPRIT c.d.s.’s, and front shows blue oc - rated: 25c, 50c (one on flown cover), very rare 75c and 2Fr tago nal LIGNE D / PAQ.FR.No3 c.d.s. of the French paquebot stamps. In addi tion 18 flown cov ers in clud ing extremely rare Can ada. Reverse bears FORT DE FRANCE and SAIGON 1923 May flight Ca sa blanca - Dakar. Viewing rec ommended CENTRAL transits, plus CHAUDOC / COCHINCHINE arrival (Photo on web site). c.d.s. A very rare provi sional frank ing to a very un common des- Est. 500 - 750 CHF. 500 CHF ti na tion. Yvert 23 (Photo). Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF 60 ) MOROCCO: Cherifian Ad minis tra tion, 1912-13, very attrac - 58 ) tive se lection of 14 covers / cards, showing vari ety of cancel - MARTINIQUE, 1891, printed cir cu lar, franked with 05 / 20c la tions: Merrakech, Fes, Port Petit etc. Some TP mil i tary surcharged issue, tied by ST. PIERRE / MARTINIQUE c.d.s., ca chets sent abroad with dif ferent transit markings. In addi tion and prepay ing the 5c UPU printed matter rate to a foreign des ti- Mazagan 2 cov ers and certif i cate of posting for regis tered letter nation, France? A wonder ful printed matter item, and very rare in Ital ian. Very attrac tive and un usual as sembly. Viewing rec om- use of this provi sional stamp. Yvert 11 (Photo). mended (Photo). Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF

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61 ) 64 ) NEW CALEDONIA - France, 1893, cover, franked by 15c OBOCK - U.S., 1902, cover, bearing 10 ct black & green + 15 ct Dubois is sue with Nlle / CALEDONIE overprint, prepay ing the blue & red + 50 ct rose & blue cancelled by “DJIBOUTI COTE 15c Mil i tary rate to France. Stamp tied by CORR.D"ARMEES / FRANCAISE DES SOMALIS 12 / 1 / 02" c.d.s. on regis tered NOUMEA c.d.s., and ad di tional Correspondance / Militaire la - cover to the United States. Reverse shows ”LA REUNION A’ bel tied by Mili tary Comandant ca chet. Front shows French MARSEILLE L.V. n. 13 14 / 1 / 02" oc tag o nal mar i time post- LIGNE T / PAQ.FR.No 6 c.d.s. (Salles 2141) as so ci ated with the mark, and New York 1 1/2 / 02 transit + Spring field 12 / 2 / 02 ar- steamship “Polynesien”, and reverse bears PARIS ar rival c.d.s. rival post mark. Rare 3-color franking at the 75 ct regis tered rate A Very Fine and rare cover. Yvert 26 (Photo). for the United States, Very Fine. Yvert 51, 52, 57 (Photo). Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF

62 ) 65 HH/H OBOCK - France, 1899, printed matter cover, bearing 5 ct blue green and brown cancelled by blue “DJIBOUTI COTE RÉUNION, 1949-75, CFA overprinted issues dealer stock, FRAN.SE DES SOMALIS 28 / 9 / 99" c.d.s. on cover to France; well repre sented housed in a large stock book, includ ing air - reverse shows Miradoux Gers 13 / 10 / 00 arrival post mark (date mails and post age due is sues. Mostly mint never hinged, Very error). RARE RATE of 5 ct for printed mat ter. Yvert 50 (Photo). Fine. 2007 Yvert €7 000+ (8 530 CHF). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF

66 ) RÉUNION - France, 1866 (Mar.), letter, franked with French Co lo nial 20c and 80c Ea gle is sues, prepay ing the 1Fr double weight letter rate to France by Fr. packet service via SUEZ. All tied by blue mute lozenge, with REUNION/ST. DENIS date stamp. Front shows red “PD” handstamp, plus red COL.FRA./V.SUEZ AMB E en try marking, Paris transit and Nantes arrival c.d.s. Very Fine cover with scarce franking (Photo). Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF

67 ) RÉUNION, 1937 (Jan. 28), early flight of the “Roland Garros” from Saint-Denis to France, by avi ator Laurent, arrival on re verse. Scott 1; $600 (540 CHF) (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF

68 ) SENEGAL - France, 1865 (Oct.), letter, franked with pair of French Co lo nial 10c Ea gle is sue, pre pay ing the mil i tary sol - dier’s letter rate to France, tied by blue SNG loz enges, with oc- tago nal CORR.D.ARMEES/ST.LOUIS date stamp. Front shows red “PD” handstamp., and reverse bears blue COMMANDANT DE L’ESCADRON DU SENEGAL seal, plus Paris transit and Reims arrival c.d.s. Rare mili tary letter, Very Fine. Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF

63 ) 69 ) OBOCK - French Indochina, 1901, reg istered en ve lope ad - SENEGAL - France, 1875, cover, franked with 5c green, 15c dressed to Ha noi, bearing Cote des So malis Yvert 15, 50c bistre, and 30c brown French Col onies Ceres is sues (Yv blue and rose (3) and Yvert 16,75c vio let and or ange (3), mixed 17,20,22), prepay ing the sin gle let ter rate to France by French with Obock Yvert 51, 10c black and green and Yvert 54b, 25c paquebot service. Stamps tied by blue GOR loz enges, with blue black and blue (six strips of four) tied by Dji bouti/Cote Francais SENEGAL-ET-DEP / GOREE c.d.s. alongside. Front shows des So malis dou ble ring in blue ‘28th Nov 01’ with boxed blue framed “PD” handstamp, and reverse bears COL.FR. / hand-struck ‘R’, routed via Sai gon/Cochinchine with Ha - PAQ.FR.J No4 French mari time cachet, BORDEAUX A CETTE noi/Tonkin re ceiver ‘8th Jan 02’ on reverse. Remark able mixed ambu lant, plus MARSEILLE arrival c.d.s. A beauti ful cover,VF franking to French Indo-China, opened for dis play. Yvert 54bB; (Photo). €9 500 + for stamps alone (11 570 CHF) (Photo). Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF Est. 2 000 - 2 500 CHF. 2,000 CHF

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70 ) 77 ) SENEGAL - France, 1880, enve lope, franked with imper fo rate HANNOVER, 1850, cover, franked with bottom sheet margin French Col o nies 25c blue Sage is sue (YT 35, rough right mar - copy of 1 Ggr black on blue, tied by straight-line gin), prepay ing the UPU let ter rate to France. Stamp tied by MARKOLDENDOR can cel. A beauti ful first issue cover of ex - SENEGAL ET DEP/ST. LOUIS c.d.s., with ad di tional strike ceptional qual ity. Michel 1 (Photo). along side. Front shows red octag o nal COL. FR./PAQ FR J No 6 Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF mari time datestamp, and reverse bears BORDEAUX ar rival c.d.s. Despite mi nor enve lope im perfec tions, a very scarce us- 78 ) age of this rare stamp (Photo). HANNOVER, 1856, cover to Berlin, franked with 1/10Th/3 Sgr Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF black/orange tied by blue boxed HANNOVER datestamp.& arrival c.d.s. Michel l 7 (Photo). ) 71 Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF SOMALI COAST - Aus tria, 1911, cover, bearing two 5 c. blue green & brown on the reverse of a 15 c. blue & red on gray pa per 79 ) Postal Sta tio nery let ter card cancelled by “ DJIBOUTI COTE HANNOVER, 1858, wrapper with full contents, bearing 3 pf. FRAN.SE DES SOMALIS 6 / 3 / 11" c.d.s.; sent to Vi enna,Aus - (1 / 3 sgr.) tied by clear blue Bre men c.d.s., to GRONDHE, ar- tria, with 16 / 3 / 11 arrival post mark on the reverse. Yvert 50 rival c.d.s. on reverse. A RARE item, dated the 2nd day of the (Photo). Groschen value, Berger certif i cate. Michel 8b (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF Est. 600 - 750 CHF. 600 CHF HH H 72 / 80 ) ANDORRA (FRENCH), 1931-81, su perb collec tion, with first MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN, c. 1860, statio nery enve lope overprinted set lightly hinged all other sets in never hinged con - 1½Sg from Rostock, uprated with pair of ½sch tied by di tion, o.g., hinged or never hinged. Michel €7 000+ (8 530 ROSTOK*BAHNHOF c.d.s., sent to Woserin, with arrival date CHF) (Photo on web site). stamp., small age spot at the top left corner. Michel 1 (Photo). Est. 1 500 - 1 800 CHF. 1,500 CHF Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF H 73 81 MONACO, 1885-1970, old fash ion dealer’s stock, housed in OLDENBURG, 1852-61, three mint and two used Sperati two large stock books, one presen ta tion book with better sets, forg er ies, a very in ter est ing se lec tion, un usual and at trac tive two large sheets maps and a large box with enve lopes with group, all with Bohne photo certif i cates. Michel 1, 5, 10a, 10b small quan tities of sets. Very useful with good range of thematic (Photo). sets, airmail stamps, post age due, small sheetlets and large Est. 500 - 700 CHF. 500 CHF sheets with gutters. Yvert €16 000+ (19 490 CHF). Est. 2 000 - 3 000 CHF. 2,000 CHF 82 ) OLDENBURG, c. 1861, cover, franked with im perfo rate 2 gr German Area red, prepay ing the sin gle weight letter rate. Stamp tied by blue framed NEUENBURG c.d.s., with ad di tional strike along side, 74 ) and reverse shows blue framed VAREL arrival. Scarce franking on a Very Fine cover, Brettl certif i cate. Michel 13; €2 000 (2 440 BRUNSWICK - Aus tria, 1854, cover, franked with im per fo rate CHF) (Photo). 3 Sgr vermil ion. Stamp tied by blue framed BLANKENBURG Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF c.d.s., with addi tional strike along side, and reverse shows HALBERSTADT / BAHNHOF transit plus WIEN arrival c.d.s.’s. 83 ) A Very Fine and rare cover, signed Miro and Diena, and with 2001 Lange certif i cate. Michel 3 (Photo). OLDENBURG, c. 1862, printed circu lar with address band, Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF franked with rouletted 1 / 3 Gr green Arms issue, prepay ing the in ternal printed matter rate to Lohne. Stamp tied by blue 75 ) OLDENBURG c.d.s., and reverse shows blue framed transit c.d.s. A rare sin gle use of this stamp on a de sir able printed mat- BRUNSWICK, 1864, outer letter sheet, franked with 1Sgr. yel - ter item. Michel 15A (Photo). low (roulette 12) cancelled by HELMSTEDT c.d.s. Rev. shows Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF blue boxed Königslutter datestamp and nice company paper seal, light cen tral filing fold, signed Brettl BPP. Michel 14B 84 ) (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF PRUSSIA, c. 1858, use of 1 Sgr postal sta tionary enve lope as parcel post letter, uprated with 6pf orange, 2 Sgr black on 76 ) blue, and 3 Sgr black on yel low King Freder ick Wil liam IV is sue HAMBURG, c. 1860, lo cal cover, franked with im per fo rate 1 (Mi 1,3,4a), all tied by nu meral “495" target cancels, with Sch brown, tied by the usual four bar killer, and show ing two GLOGAU c.d.s. along side. Front shows red BRESLAU / strikes of the oblate Foot Post c.d.s. alongside. Scarce franking PACKK c.d.s., and reverse bears partial Par cel la bel, plus sev - on a Very Fine cover. Michel 2 (Photo). eral ar rival c.d.s.’s. A beau tiful four-color franking, with stamps Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF of excep tional qual ity. Michel 1, 3, 4a (Photo). Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF

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85 ) 92 ) PRUSSIA, 1863, cover sent from Berlin, with mixed franking GERMANY - France, 1880, parcel card, franked with of 2Sgr blue King Johann I and 1Sgr car mine Arms type, 3x50Pf+10 Pf(all 1877 Pfenige is sue) tied by “MULHEIM a cancelled by boxed Berlin datestamp. Reverse shows arrival RHEIN” c.d.s. via Colon to Paris, where French reve nues c.d.s. Very nice and clean. Michel 11, 16 (Photo). 10c+25c where applied both tied by oval c.d.s. Very Fine and at - Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF trac tive (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF 86 ) ) PRUSSIA - Finland, 1865, regis tered cover from Berlin to 93 Helsingfors, correctly franked with 2x2Sgr ultra ma rine+10Sgr GERMANY - Austra lia, 1893, Around the World statio nery (cut to the pic ture top and left side) all tied by blue ‘BERLIN 9 11 card, sent to Sidney - Austra lia, redi rected to Vic toria, where 67’ c.d.s., along side boxed blue FRANCO & red boxed ½d+1d Vic toria stamps were applied tied by TALLANGATTA RECOMANDIRT. Reverse shows arrival handstamp boxed c.d.s. Redi rected to San Francisco where Colum bian 2c was ANK. De spite small faults very scarce cover to highly in terest ing applied and sent to Vi enna-Austria. An inter est ing route desti na tion, M. Brettl certif i cate. Michel 17a, 20 (Photo). (Photo). Est. 800 - 1 000 CHF. 800 CHF Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF

87 ) 94 HH PRUSSIA - France, 1866, in suffi ciently prepaid letter, GERMANY: SAAR, 1920-48, superb never hinged selec tion franked with strip of three 1 Sgr red (Sc73), under pay ing the 3½ of high value sets, in clud ing: 1st set signed Burger, Nures and Sgr sin gle weight letter rate from Rhenish Prussia to France, in valid 1926, 10Fr Ra phael Char ity stamp, Madonna 1929, The and all tied by COLN BAHNHOF datestamps. Front shows Win dow set, St. Martin 1931, Neukirchen 1933, Love 1934, framed “Affranchissement/Insuffisant” and “Aus dem 1935 Love overprint set and gutter-pair set, 1948 Flood Re lief Briefkasten” handstamps, blue PRUSSE/ERQUELINES both souve nir sheets. All are in su perb never hinged condi tion. French entry, plus manuscript “2” decime post age due marking. Michel €6 300+ (7 680 CHF) (Photo). Re verse bears PARIS A BORDEAUX ambu lant and Est. 1 000 - 1 200 CHF. 1,000 CHF BORDEAUX arrival datestamp, Very Fine (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF 95 H GERMANY, 1921-28, Airmail, very attrac tive issues for 88 ) Danzig, Memel and Saar, lightly hinged, mounted on exhi bi tion PRUSSIA, 1867, cover sent from Usingen, franked with 2Kr pages with 5 very nice flown covers. Nice and attrac tive. Michel orange Arms type cancelled by USINGEN (T&T) single cir cle €800 (980 CHF) (Photo). datestamp. Reverse shows arrival c.d.s., signed Brettl BPP. Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF Michel 23 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF 96 H GERMANY: MEMEL, 1921-23, very nice dealers stock of 89 ) ma jor ity of is sues, some few times presented. Good selec tion THURN & TAXIS, 1862, wrapper, bearing 1/3 Sgr black/ocher of Lithu a nian oc cupa tion is sues as well with range of dif ferent brown, clear around, slightly in at bottom left, cancelled by cir cle types of overprints. Major ity of issues very fine lightly hinged. numeral handstamp along side CASSEL c.d.s. sent to Dresden. Viewing rec ommended. Michel €2 700+ (3 290 CHF) (photo on Re verse bears BRIEF P.-AUSGBE X ½ handstamp and boxed web site). arrival datestamp. Unusual. Michel 2 (Photo). Est. 350 CHF. 350 CHF Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF 97 H 90 ) GERMANY: WWII OCCUPATION OF SLOVENIA, 1943-44, NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION - Swit zerland, 1869, very nice complete collec tion, mint lightly hinged, on al bum cir cu lar, franked with rouletted issue ¼ Gr vio let and perfo rated pages (Photo). ½ Gr orange numeral is sues (Sc 1,15), prepay ing the Gr Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF printed matter rate to Switzer land, and all tied by LUBECK horseshoe datestamps. A very fine and scarce printed matter 98 ) item, with rare mixed is sue franking (Photo). GERMANY: WWII OCCUPATION OF SERBIA, 1941-44, very Est. 200 - 250 CHF. 200 CHF good postal his tory selec tion, in clud ing sta tio nery cards (some uprated), covers with mix and multi ple franking (some 91 H with cer tif i cates), of fi cial mail, ad ver tis ing cov ers, ma chine mail GERMAN STATES, 1854-62, very attrac tive selec tion, of and lost parcels franked postal forms. Very good lot for students Ham burg (17), Macklenburg-Schwerin (5), of this area. Total 56 items. Viewing rec ommended (Photo). Macklenburg-Sterlitz(8), Oldenburg (2), Schleswig-Hol stein Est. 500 - 700 CHF. 500 CHF (4). Major ity of stamps are with origi nal gum, many sign A.D. Very fresh colors. Viewing rec ommended. Michel €6 000+ (7 99 ) 310 CHF) (Photo). GERMANY: WWII Fieldpost Rhodes, 1945 (Feb. 22), mili tary Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF air mail cover, tied by Fieldpost c.d.s. of FPO 68066 based at Rhodes-Greece. In ter est ing cor rect us age of INSELPOST stamp. Good quality, Petry certif i cate. Michel 8BII; €400 (490 CHF) (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF

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100 H 104 ) GERMANY: FRENCH ZONE, 1947-49, small accu mu lation PAPAL/ROMAN STATES, 1850-57, good lot of 16 cov ers (4 of com plete sets, sets very fine never hinged con di tion. Most stampless) of cancel la tions of Umbria & Romagne with an array is sues repre sented, in addi tion bal ance of stock with in com- of frankings & good cancels, for the special ist, quality gener ally plete sets (not counted) un checked for vari eties. Won derful lot Very Fine (Photo on web site). for special ists. Michel €3 200+ (3 900 CHF) (photo on web site). Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF 105 ) PAPAL/ROMAN STATES, 1868-69, very nice group of three Greece cov ers, all with single franking 10c (III issue) with a good range 101 ) of rare transit and arrival can cel la tions. Good lot for students of this in ter est ing area. View ing rec om mended (Photo). GREECE: LEMNOS - France, 1916, French mili tary statio - Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF nery card, franked with Greece 30 lepta tied by MUDROS Greek c.d.s. in asso ci ation with French PO * 506 c.d.s. along- 106 H side straight line CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE D’ORIENT plus SARDINIA, 1859, Victor Emman uel II, 10c brown choc o late, GROUPE DE BRANCARDIERS * LE MEDECIN-CHEF mili tary full o.g., very lightly hinged, Superb, Sorani certif i cate. Sassone cachets. Scarce (Photo). 14Af; €2 250 (2 740 CHF). Scott 11j (Photo). Est. 200 - 250 CHF. 200 CHF Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF Italian Area 107 ) SARDINIA 1862, letter from Palermo to Lercara, franked with 102 H 20c in digo strip of 3 to pay 60c - sixth rate letter fee. Light hori - NAPLES, 1861, selec tion of stamps, show ing va ri ety of zontal fold not af fecting stamps. Rare franking, Diena cer tifi - shades (10gr and 20gr), and 1/2t strip of 3, very nice se lec tion of cate. Sassone 15E; €3 250 (3 960 CHF) (Photo). stamps, most signed Diena, Bolaffi, Sorani. Sassone 17-24; €3 Est. 400 - 600 CHF. 400 CHF 400 (4 140 CHF) (Photo). 108 H Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF ITALY, 1863, Victor Emman uel II, 15c blue, hor i zon tal pair, left 103 H stamp without portait, o.g., lightly hinged, very fresh color, nice PAPAL/ROMAN STATES, 1852-1868, very nice exhibit col- and attrac tive in pairs, Raybaudi cer tifi cate. Sassone 11, 11n; lec tion, from the USA, mounted on self made pages with many €2 000 (2 440 CHF). Scott 12i (Photo). his tori cal notes. Contains many better stamps & cov ers. Very Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF high cat alog value. Viewing rec ommended (photo on web site). Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF

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109 HH ITALY, Airmail, 1933, Balbo Trans-Atlan tic Return Flight, 5.25L+44.75L, unis sued, o.g., never hinged, triptych in excep tional con - di tion with very fresh and vibrant colours, Superb, Sorani certif i cate. Sassone 53; €67 500 (82 230 CHF). Scott C49 var. (Photo). Est. 15 000 - 20 000 CHF. 15,000 CHF

Rarest Italian air mail stamp and one of World air mail rarities. Only 500 issued.

110 H ITALY, Airmail, 1933, Balbo Trans-Atlan tic Return Flight, 5.25L+44.75L, unis sued, full o.g., lightly hinged, top Ital ian air mail rar ity in excel lent qual ity, Superb, signed Giulio Bolaffi, A.Diena, P.Rho, with Phil atelic Foun dation and E. Diena cer tifi cates. Sassone 53; €45 000 (54 820 CHF). Scott C49 var. (Photo). Est. 8 000 - 12 000 CHF. 8,000 CHF

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111 H/m/) ITALY, Airmail, 1917-30, an inter est ing selec tion, issues and cov ers mounted on exhi bi tion pages, show ing va ri ety of is sues, FDC’s and First flights, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. Sassone €2 200 (2 680 CHF) (Photo). Est. 400 - 600 CHF. 400 CHF

112 ) ITALY, 1852-82, highly varied assem bly of 62 covers, of Lazio, Romagne & Umbria (2 stampless), on is sues of Italy & Sar dinia, as well as from Rome & Lugo plus oth ers. Great vari - ety of frankings, markings, regis tered, taxed & Post. dues.An excep tional lot for the special ist, view ing highly recom mended. High cat. value (Photo). Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF

113 ) HH ITALY - U.S., 1866 (Sep. 7), cover from Florence to Phila del- 118 phia, franked with 40c carmine + 2L scarlet (both Turin Printing ITALY: ISTRIA & THE SLOVENE COAST, 1946, imper fo rate in good con di tion) both tied by squared dotted numeral “12" of set of ten (Zagreb printing), verti cal pairs, o.g., never hinged, Firenze. Front shows French transit mark and light New York rarely of fered, large mar gins all around, very fresh, Superb. PAID c.d.s. Very nice and fresh cover with this correct attrac tive Scott 23-35 vars. Sassone 51a/60a; €13 000 (15 840 CHF) usage of 2 Lira stamp. Sassone T20, T22; €4 000 (4 870 CHF) (Photo). (Photo). Est. 3 500 - 4 500 CHF. 3,500 CHF Est. 1 200 - 1 500 CHF. 1,200 CHF 119 ) 114 ) ITALIAN WWII OCCUPATION OF SLOVENIA, 1941, very at - ITALY - France, 1870, taxed printed matter sent from trac tive se lec tion, seven covers, postcard and money order, Livorno, franked with 1c and 5c (1863 issue) tied by Livorno showing va ri ety of franking. Good lot for special ists (Photo). c.d.s. Front shows P.D. handstamp.crossed with boxed Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF “FRANCOBOLLO / INSUFFICIENTE”, French ITALIE * AMB. LYON MARS F. entry and 6 decimes in manu script charge 120 ) mark. Aix en Provence arrival c.d.s. (Photo). ITALIAN WWII OCCUPATION OF ALBANIA, 1943, air mail Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF cover from Scutari to Ger many, franked with Al bania 15q red and 30q purple, tied by SHKODER-TREG c.d.s., with ad di tional 115 ) strike alongside. Front shows red framed POSTE AJRORE / ITALY, 1878, surcharged 1877 issue on eleven covers, PAR AVION handstamp plus Cen sor tape and seal. Scott 315, showing va ri ety of postal rates, single us age, and multi ples (2 317 (Photo). with strips, one with block of five). Very attrac tive and unusual Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF lot, good for expan sion. Sassone 151-153; €1 500 (1 830 CHF) (Photo). 121 ) Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF ITALIAN LEVANT, 1873 (May 21), let ter from Tu nis to Livorno, franked with 10c. “Estero” strip of 3, with numeral 116 ) “235" cancel, ”coi Postali Italiani" handstamp added at Cagliari; ITALY - Turkey, 1903, cover to Con stan tino ple, franked with Cagliari and Livorno backstamps. Carried by Rubattino Com- 2c. (S. 69), with Austria 10pa on 5h post age due added on ar- pany steamer Moncalieri, Very Fine and scarce, signed Em. rival (Scott J1), cancelled by rare"PORTO / PIASTRES / PARA" Diena (Photo). to indi cate the rate, a scarce combi nation, Very Fine (Photo). Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF 122 ) 117 H ITALIAN MILITARY POST IN ALBANIA, 1917, reg is tered let - ITALY: TRIESTE ZONE A, 1947-54, unmounted mint col lec- ter to Torino, franked with mixed 5c, 15c, 20c mixed issues for tion, on exhi bi tion pages, includ ing Post age Due and Par cel Italy in combi nation with LEVANT surcharge 1Pi on 25c Post stamps, with certif i cate for good issues. Many vari eties, ESPRESSO issue. ALl tied by “POSTA MILITARE * TRUPPE dis placed-in verted, gutter pairs with “NATALE TRIESTINO” OCCUPAZIONE 2" cds along side straight line cen sor mark. overprint, multi ples with labels etc not counted. Sassone €8 Cen sor la bel and on re verse censor No7 handstamp Rare us - 000+ (9 740 CHF). age of overprinted Espresso stamp (Photo). Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

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123 ) Liechtenstein ITALIAN OFFICES IN EGYPT - France, 1870, cover sent 127 H from Port Said to Mar seille, franked with Egypt 2x1Pi Sphinx LIECHTENSTEIN, 1955, 2fr-3fr Prince and Princess com- paying dou ble rate letter fee, tied by “V.R. POSTE EGIZIANE*PORTO_SAID”. Letter was sent via French P.O. at plete, sheets of 9, o.g., but only counted as 9 sets due to 2Fr Al exan dria where 2x40c perfo rated Empire stamps was ap- sheet gum bend in left margin (not af fecting stamps), Very Fine. plied, tied by “5080" numerlas, with Al exan dria de parture c.d.s. Michel 332-333. Scott 287-288. Zumstein 276-277; 4 800 SFr along side. Front shows red mari time ”PAQ.ANG (Photo). 1*MARSEILLE" c.d.s. At the back Ital ian “V.R.POSTE Est. 700 - 800 CHF. 700 CHF EGIZIANE*ALESSANDRIA” transit and Marseilles ar rival. Very attrac tive mixed franking dou ble rate cover (Photo). Luxembourg Est. 800 - 1 000 CHF. 800 CHF 128 H/m 124 HH LUXEMBOURG, 1864-1927, old dealer’s stock, show ing a ITALIAN COLONIES, 1924, Manzoni issue for Cirenaica, good range of Coat of Arms is sues unchecked for perfo ra tions Eritrea, So ma lia and Tripolitania, o.g., never hinged with gum and vari eties, very nice ar ray of later issues. Strong section of showing dif fused adher ence, cat a log value for hinged, very OFFICIAL overprints with some in verted overprints and nice fresh colours, very attrac tive assem bly of this popu lar is sue., Tele graph stamps section. Nice and use ful stock in very fine Carraro certif i cate. Sassone 11-16(S.5), 71-76(S16), hinged and used con di tion. Scott $6 900 (6 270 CHF) (photo on 55-60(S.14), 11-; €3 000 (3 660 CHF). Scott 11-16, 75-80, web site). 61-66, 11-16 (Photo). Est. 800 - 1 000 CHF. 800 CHF Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF 125 HH Netherlands and Colonies ITALIAN OCCUPATION OF THE AEGEAN ISLANDS, 1930, H Hy dro log i cal Con gress set, o.g., never hinged, well cen tered 129 is sue, rare in such a good condi tion, Superb, Dr. Avi cer tifi cate. NETHERLANDS, 1947, Paris XII UPU Con gress Special Sassone 12-20; €6 500 (7 920 CHF). Scott 29-37 (Photo). Pre sen ta tion Book, stamps with good selec tion of issues in - Est. 1 200 - 1 500 CHF. 1,200 CHF clud ing QW 1946 up to 10 Gulden is sue, o.g., lightly hinged, rarely offered. Scott 281 (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF

130 m NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES, 1864, 10c lake imper fo rate, attrac tive used strip of 3, boxed FRANCO handstamp, fresh col - our, not repaired, with good margins on three sides, bottom left corner touched, oth erwise Very Fine, W. Moeijes certif i cate. NVPH 1. Scott 1. Yvert 1; €575 (700 CHF) (Photo). Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF

131 HH NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES & INDONESIA, 1930-60, dealer’s stock in quan tities, with good thematic inter est: birds, an i mals, sport, med i cine etc. In ven tory en closed. Michel €3 480 (4 240 CHF). Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF

132 ) 126 ) NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES - Germany, 1866, stampless ITALIAN COLONIES: SOMALIA - Italy, 1934, reg is tered en ve lope, written by ‘Maintz and Co, Java, Batavia’ dated 29th cover to Rome, franked with Roma-Mogadiso 25L with over- Dec 1866 ad dressed to Germany cancelled by Batavia/Franco print SERVIZIO DI STATO sent to Rome by first flight from with m/s ‘Port Payé’ 100 soit on reverse and endorsed ‘via Mar- Mogadiscio tied by special flight crown cancel la tion seille with hand-stamp ‘PD’ in black, routed on the French “MOGADISCIO*POSTA AREA SPECIALE 13.11.34" alongside paquebot ‘Capitole’ via Sin gapore with octag o nal ‘Indes Neerl, flight commem o ra tive cachet ”VOLO POSTALE / ROMA * Paq. Fr. Amb.Mars’ entry cachet ‘1st Feb’ with framed and quar- MOGADISCIO /AL SERVIZIO DI S.M.IL RE". Re verse shows tered ‘Frankr/Uber/T.T./Belg’ on face (Van der Lin den 1522) and Roma Aero arrival c.d.s. Very rare and attrac tive cover, Colla Mayence arrival on re verse ‘Feb 4th’. Very rare asso ci ation of and Caffaz certif i cates. Sassone €12 000 (14 620 CHF) mail via Belgium for Thurn and Taxis origi nating in the Far East / (Photo). Neth er lands In dies (Photo). Est. 2 000 - 2 500 CHF. 2,000 CHF Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF

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133 ) 134 ) NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES - Germany, 1866, stampless NETHERLANDS COLONIES: SURINAM - Nether lands, en ve lope, back flap missing, written from Soerabaija dated ‘9th 1849, enve lope sent from Batavia to Rotter dam-Hol land, June 1866’ addressed to Germany cancelled by oval bearing BATAVIA datestamp at the front in blue, alongside “100" ‘Soerabajia/Franco’ with ‘PD’ endorsed ‘via Marseille’ with charge mark in manuscript. Reverse shows British P.O. at Al ex- framed ‘India Paid/By Batavia’ on face, routed via Sin gapore andria and MALTA quaran tine station handstamp ”PURIFIE AT and Suez with ‘Poss Ang. V. Suez Marseille D’ French entry ca- LAZARET/MALTE" ar rival Rot terdam in red c.d.s. Exhi bi tion chet and circu lar ‘Aus Frankreich Per Aachen Franco’ in blue on qual ity (Photo). face with Coeln ar rival on re verse ‘28/7’. Scarce item from the Est. 300 - 450 CHF. 300 CHF Neth er lands In dies to Ger many (Photo). Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF

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Portuguese Colonies 141 m 135 ) SPANISH PHILIPPINES, 1869-74, Queen Isabella II, 2r carmine on blue paper, imperf, strip of 3, with three line PORTUGUESE COLONIES: ANGOLA, 1910, regis tered handstamp “ HABILATADO / POR LA / NATION”, in ad di tion cover to Nossi-Bé islands, Mada gas car, bearing 1898 pro vi - 1856 used 1R stamp, cancelled by oval ro sette handstamp in sional 50/65 15r. Provisorio overprint.along with 10 & 25r of black, good margins on three sides - bottom right corner 1905 iss.all tied by Benguella date stamp, via Lor. Marques with touched, not repaired, fresh and bright col our, CEM certif i cate. Tamatave arrival c.d.s. Plus an unsealed cover to Germany, Scott 27. Scott 27. Edifil 20E; €420 (510 CHF) (Photo). with CERES franking 5,10,85,1.80 all tied by ‘ DEUTSCHE Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF SEEPOST-OST AFRIKA LINIE-11-10-36’ (2 covers), Very Fine (Photo). 142 ) Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF SPANISH PHILIPPINES, 1887, French Mari time Mail, enve - 136 H lope, with full con tents headed ‘Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes/Paquebots Poste Francais’ written from Manila by a PORTUGUESE INDIA, 1872-1921, very attrac tive selec tion French sailor on the Paquebot “Saigon” dated ‘29th Mars 1887’ of early issues, sin gles mul ti ples, var i ous types and va ri et ies addressed to France bearing Phil ip pines SG 8, 8c Chestnut tied (some with certif i cates) includ ing later Ceres (1r, 1½r, 2r & 1T) by Correos/Manila date stamp in blue ‘26/3’, routed via French with in verted black in scrip tions. Great op por tu nity for spe cial ist paquebot with octag o nal ‘Col Espag. P. Ligne N No. 10’ date of this area (Photo). stamp in red ‘11th Avril’ (Salles 1937) ap plied in Sin gapore then Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF sent on the ‘Melbourne’ to France with Ardeche arrival ‘4th Mai 87’ on reverse. Very scarce item of French mari time mail orig i - 137 H nating in the Phil ip pines (Photo). PORTUGUESE INDIA - 1885, Wrapper from Nova Goa to Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF Bom bay, franked with 4 1/2 Re-Issues ol ive tied by numeral “5" obliterator alongside NOVA GOA cds. back shows Bombay arrival cds. Very rare rate of 4 1/2 Re-Issues post age for printed matter items sent to British India, Proba bly UNIQUE. Scott 170. Michel 151 (Photo). Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF Switzerland

143 m Spain and Colonies SWITZERLAND, 1854, Sitting Helve tia (“Strubel”), 40rp yellow green, emer ald silk threads, second Munich printing, 138 H left sheet mar gin, lightly used, not repaired good qual ity, R.Berra-Gautschy certif i cate. Zumstein 26A. Scott 19. Michel SPAIN, 1850-1950, dealers stock of mint and used, housed 17 I b (Photo). in large stock al bum with over 50 pages. Wonder ful assem bly Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF for special ist with many better stamps present and quantity of cancel la tions to be checked. Very high cat a log value (photo on 144 m web site). Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF SWITZERLAND, 1945, PAX, 5c-10fr complete, top values corner marginal, “BERN 1, 31.V.46-10" c.d.s. the LAST DAY OF 139 ) USAGE, Renggli SBPV cer tifi cate. Zumstein 267-274; 3 000 SFr. Scott 293-305. Michel 447-459 (Photo). SPANISH COLONIES: FERNANDO POO - U.S., 1924, reg is - Est. 500 - 750 CHF. 500 CHF tered cover, franked with Spanish Guinea 10c, 20c, and 30c 1922 is sue, all tied by blue framed CERTIFICADO / SANTA 145 m ISABEL / FERNANDO POO c.d.s.’s, with addi tional strike longside. Front shows blue “R / ESPAGNE” Reg is try cachet, SWITZERLAND, Airmail, 1919-20, 30c-50c First Issue com - and reverse bears CERTIFICADO / MADRID, and oval NEW plete, 30cts used at Leysin 29.I.21 c.d.s., in good condi tion, YORK / REGY DIV transits, plus HAMILTON SQUARE arrival scarce, Werner Liniger certif i cate. Zumstein 1-2. Scott C1-C2. c.d.s. A Very Fine and scarce regis tered cover from this Spanish Michel 145, 152 (Photo). office. Scott 187, 189, 191. Scott 187, 189, 191 (Photo). Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF 146 m 140 (H) SWITZERLAND, Airmail, 1936, 40c on 90c Disar ma ment SPANISH PHILLIPINES, 1854, Queen Isabella II, 1r ul tra ma - Con fer ence, used with BERN 1*31.XII.42. - LAST DAY OF rine, im per fo rate, without gum, with large margins - at the right USAGE, signed with Liniger certif i cate. Zumstein 24a; 1 000 sheet margin, with very fresh colour, not repaired, Superb, cer- SFr. Scott C25a. Michel 293a (Photo). tifi cate Graus. Scott 4. Scott 4. Edifil 3; €1 075 (1 310 CHF) Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF (Photo). Est. 250 - 400 CHF. 250 CHF

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147 HHr SWITZERLAND, Airmail, 1938, 75c on 50c “Pro Aero”, block of 4, o.g., never hinged, excep tional rarity of Swiss air phi lately, Su- perb, certif i cate Raybaudi. Zumstein 26; 90 000 SFr. Scott C26. Michel 325 (Photo). Est. 25 000 - 30 000 CHF. 25,000 CHF

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148 H/m SWITZERLAND, 1850-2000, two jumbo boxes, weight 45 kg, with mint and used col lec tions in seven vol umes,17 volumes stock-books and one box, in addi tion Liech tenstein col lec tion in 4 vol umes. Swiss col lec tions: some of stamps with certif i cates Ex 150 in cluded, mint stamps 95% never hinged, used stamps all with very fine can cel la tions, in ter est ing ac cu mu la tion of Sit ting Hel - 150 H vetia is sues, Pro Patria/Pro Juventute with range of mint/used blocks of four (CHF 2,000 face value), Air Mail stamps, Postage SWITZERLAND, 1908-70, tête-bêche issues, Biella album Due, Of fi cials, League of Na tions, In ter na tional La bor Bu reau, well filled withtet pairs, se-tenant prints, multi ples, booklet souve nir sheets in quan tities n.h. and used, mili tary stamps, panes, gutter pairs with both size of holes in the middle, most if high face value. Liech tenstein n.h. collec tion, quantity of souve - not all un mounted mint condi tion. Many key items repre sented, nir sheets, used stock book with modern used blocks of four, some in du pli cation. Viewing rec ommended. Zst SBK 14 000 high face value. Viewing highly recom mended. The buyer of SFr (Photo). this lot is respon si ble for removal from Harmers premises Est. 1 800 - 2 200 CHF. 1,800 CHF (Photo). Est. 2 000 - 2 500 CHF. 2,000 CHF

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151 H SWITZERLAND, 1914-50, pow erful selec tion of high qual- Ex 149 ity never hinged sets and sou venir sheets, in clud ing: 5Fr deep ul trama rine block of four 1914 issue (Zum 130), 1924 Coat 149 H of Arms corner marginal, sou venir sheets - NABA (light fold at the right margin) Aarau 1938 & 1940 Na tional Fete day s.s., avi- SWITZERLAND, 1853-2000, three jumbo boxes, weight 60 a tion 1923-37, Of ficial 1950 over print set in blocks of four,1918 kg, with Swiss, Liechten stein and some foreign postal his tory, in Board of Trade top values with certif i cate, Inter na tional Bu reau total well over 4,700 covers/cards in 39 cover albums. Pro Pat- du Travail sets etc. Zumstein 7 600+ SFr (Photo). ria and Pro Juventute covers with range of covers with blocks of Est. 800 - 1 000 CHF. 800 CHF four, Stamp day covers, Bundesfreier, strong air mail section with early spe cial flight can cel la tions, com mem o ra tive cov ers, maxi mum cards, souve nir sheets on covers in clud ing NABA ‘34 cover, thematic covers etc. Very high face value. Viewing highly recom mended. The buyer of this lot is respon si ble for removal from Harmers premises (Photo). Est. 1 500 - 2 000 CHF. 1,500 CHF

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152 ) SWITZERLAND, 1850, do mestic cover, franked with 10 Rp Rayon II Federal is sue, tied by bold CHARGE handstamp, with FRUITGEN c.d.s. alongside. Rare can cel on a fresh and col orful stamp, with 1995 Renggli cer tifi cate. Zumstein 16Iic-Type 31,A1-0 (Photo). Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF

155 ) SWITZERLAND - Singa pore, 1863 (April), letter sent from St. Gallen to Singa pore, Straits Settle ments, via Vi enna, Trieste, Alex an dria & Suez. Sin gle let ter rate of 90 Rappen was paid by pair of 40 Rp “Strubel”, third Bern print, in combi nation 153 ) with Siting Hel vetia 10Rp,1862 is sue, all tied by St.Gallen c.d.s. SWITZERLAND - Cey lon, 1859 (May), let ter sent from Letter sent via Trieste - tax break 9/11 and 14 silbergroschen Geneva to Point de Galles, sin gle let ter rate of 95 Rappen paid was converted to 47 Kreuzer (rhein-currency) transit fee. At the by “Strubel” 15Rp.+2x40Rp Bern sec ond printing, all tied by back shows Aus trian Lloyd charge mark 15/52 (15Kr. Trieste to “GENEVE 25 MAI 59" c.d.s. Letter was sent via Marseille. Rate Al exan dria and 52Kr Al exan dria - Suez - Sin gapore). On arrival paid to port of ar rival - PP & PD mark ings ap plied. Let ter was the Kreuzer rate was converted to 1 Schilling (red manuscript) carried via Messageries Imperiales Marseille-Al ex an dria and for collec tion. An excep tional cover sent under Austrian Transit Pen in su lar & Ori en tal Line from Suez via Bom bay to Point de Treaty to a rare desti na tion. Despite some natu ral age ing faults Galle, redi rected to Colombo and marked with ”COLOMBO an ex cep tional ex hi bi tion item, Eichele cer tif i cate. SBK 26G, 31 POST NOT PAID". Rated in Cey lon with the 1d co lo nial rate - (Photo). as sessed for mail to British Col o nies. Only recorded letter to Est. 6 000 - 8 000 CHF. 6,000 CHF Ceylon. Excep tional exhi bi tion piece, SBPV & Eichele certif i - cates. SBK 24D, 26C (Photo). Est. 8 000 - 12 000 CHF. 8,000 CHF

) 154 ) 156 SWITZERLAND - U.S., 1862, cover, franked with im per fo rate SWITZERLAND - Poland, 1865, letter, franked with Sit ting 10c blue, 20c orange, and pair 1 Franc lav ender Hel vetia is sue, Hel vetia 40Rp. green and 2 x 60Rp bronze, tied by Winterthur prepay ing the 2F30c dou ble weight letter rate to the United c.d.s., sent to Pilica. Fil ing fold free of adhe sive. Back shows States under the US-French Conven tion. Stamps tied by Swiss TPO Bern-Romanshorn c.d.s. and bilin gual ar rival VERVEY datestamps, and front shows black “PD” handstamp, SKIERNIEWICE c.d.s. Nice and fresh to rare desti na tion, BPA red SUISSE / BELLEGARDE French entry, red manuscript “18" cer tif i cate (Photo). cent credit to the U.S., plus red PHILADELPHIA / PAID arrival Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF c.d.s. and red ”42" cent rate handstamp. Reverse bears LAUSANNE transit c.d.s. A very rare franking on an excep tional trans at lan tic cover (Photo). Est. 1 000 - 1 200 CHF. 1,000 CHF

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160 ) SWITZERLAND - Turkey, 1869, letter sent to Constan ti no - ple, franked with Sit ting Hel vetia 5Rp. brown (1862 is sue) + pair ofm 30Rp. blue (1867 issue) all tied by straight line NEUKIRCH a/Th and BURLINGEN c.d.s. Front shows boxed PD and manuscript endorse ment “ Via Wien, Warna”. At the back transits Vi - enna, Lindau and Austrian P.O. at Con stanti no ple ar rival c.d.s. Light hori zontal fil ing fold. Letter was overpaid by 20Rp using old cor rect tariff of 65Rp which was in usage up to 28 Novem ber 1868 - NEW rate of 45Rp was in troduced in 1st Sep tember 1868. Very in terest ing and un usual us age of old postal rate, Eichele cer tifi cate. Michel 22, 33a. SBK 30, 41 (Photo). Est. 500 - 750 CHF. 500 CHF

157 ) SWITZERLAND - Egypt, 1866, letter sent from Delemont to Al ex an dria, bearing 60Rp bronze (very good and fresh color) pay ing sin gle let ter fee via France to Egypt intro duced from 1.Oct.1865. Stamp tied by clear DELEMONT c.d.s., alongside boxed P.D. and transit SUISSE*DIJON c.d.s. Filing folds free of adhe sive. Back shows transits Basel, Marseilles and ar rival Al - ex an dria. Nice sin gle frank ing, Eichele cer tif i cate. Michel 27. SBK 35 (Photo). Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF

158 ) SWITZERLAND - U.S., 1867, small neat enve lope sent from Geneva to New York, franked with Sit ing Hel vetia 10C red and 152 1Fr gold (superb fresh color) both tied by neat “GENEVA 7 X 67" c.d.s. Stamps tied as well with transit mark and red ‘New York PAID ALL’ arrival c.d.s. Front shows endorse ment in manuscript ”Via Queenstown". Very fresh and attrac tive small size en velope, BPA cer tif i cate (Photo). Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF

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159 ) SWITZERLAND - Singa pore, 1868, letter, franked by 1866 Sit ting Hel vetia 25Rp green (1868 is sue) in combi nation with 1Fr gold (1864 is sue - lightly oxi dized) on a en tire sent from Zu- rich to Sin gapore, pay ing old 125Rp rate via Aus tria to Singa - pore (valid un til 2 June 1868). Stamps tied by ZURICH c.d.s., 160 along side P.P. handstamp. Back shows transits Chur & Trieste, and arrival Sin gapore c.d.s. Nice franking to scarce desti na tion, Eichele cer tifi cate. Zumstein 36, 40. Michel 28c, 32 (Photo). Est. 2 500 - 3 000 CHF. 2,500 CHF

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166 ) SWITZERLAND, 1864-81, over 55 “NACHNAME” wrappers, covers and cards, with Sitting Hel vetia stamps, showing var i - ous frankings and postal rates. Vari ety of cancel la tions. Viewing highly rec om mended (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

167 ) SWITZERLAND, 1865-80, very in ter est ing ac cu mu la tion of over 90 cov ers (17 reg is tered) with Sit ting Hel ve tia stamps, one with Strubel issue, show ing va ri ety of frankings and postal rates (local and CHARGE rates included). Vari ety of cancel la - tions and of ficial ca chets. Viewing highly recom mended (Photo). Est. 400 - 600 CHF. 400 CHF 161 ) 168 ) SWITZERLAND - Victo ria (Austra lia), 1878, enve lope sent from Montreux to Mel bourne, bearing 50Rp. lila (1867 issue) SWITZERLAND, 1882-99, Nu meral issue cover selec tion, in com bi nation with 25Rp. green (1868 issue) paying 75Rp. sin - in clud ing cov ers(40), statio nery cards (39), wrappers (4), post- gle let ter fee via It aly to Aus tralia. Stamp tied by MONTREUX cards (12) and 1 mint illus trated postal sta tionery enve lope. c.d.s., along side manuscript endorse ment “ Via Brin di si”. Back Very in ter est ing postal rates and com bi na tions for reg is tered shows transits Geelong and arrival Mel bourne. Fine enve lope ‘NACHNAME’ and CHARGE cov ers. Very good selec tion of ad- roughly opened at the top. Nice franking to scarce desti na tion, vertis ing cov ers with great thematic inter est. To tal of 100 items, Eichele cer tifi cate. Michel 32, 35. SBK 38, 43 (Photo). of which 68 bear the prices paid CHF 2,800. An inter est ing as - Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF sembly good for expan sion. (Photo). Est. 500 - 700 CHF. 500 CHF 162 ) SWITZERLAND - France, 1880, illus trated adver tis ing 25c green statio nery enve lope sent from Einsiedeln, on reverse bears transit and arrival c.d.s. Scarce early adver tis ing statio - nery (Photo). Europe Collections Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF 169 H/m ) 163 EUROPE, 1870-1990, balance of es tate in large box, with SWITZERLAND, 1934 (06.X.34), nice regis tered cover with France used vol ume; Germany in clud ing states and good infla - NABA sou ve nir sheet, SWITZERLAND. 1934-38 Nice reg is - tion up to modern very strong post WWII used range and over tered cover (06.X.34) with NABA souve nir sheet to Payerne 150 covers includ ing early DDR and Soviet Zones; Nether lands along side Stamp ex hi bi tion reg is tra tion la bel - ar rival c.d.s. on mint and used in 4 vol umes; 1904 ex hi bi tion postcards and la - reverse. In addi tion 1938. 17 Septem ber Aarau stamp exhi bi - bels; Spain with good modern booklets selec tion. Offers a good tion souve nir sheet on a cover to Amer ica tied by exhi bi tion can- week end of en ter tain ment. cel la tion, on reverse transit New York and arrival date Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF handstamp. Nice and in terest ing pair in good condi tion. Zumstein W1, W11; 1 090 SFr (Photo). 170 H Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF EUROPA CEPT, 1956-83, substan tial dealers stock of mint never hinged sets, in clud ing many better issues. Housed in one large old fashion stock-book plus one large sheet file. Michel €10 000 ++ (12 180 CHF). Cover Groups Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF 164 ) SWITZERLAND, 1854-1904, inter est ing group of four regis - tered cov ers, Rayon I & II (2 covers), Strubely and Standing Hel ve tia show ing va ri ety of in ter est ing frankings, three cov ers with cer tif i cate. Qual ity gen er ally Very Fine (Photo). Est. 500 - 750 CHF. 500 CHF

165 ) SWITZERLAND, 1863-81, nice selec tion of TPO/AMBULANT can cel la tions, on over 60 covers/cards with Sit ting Hel vetia stamps. Good vari ety of frankings and postal Suitable consignments accepted anytime for our rates. Viewing highly recom mended (Photo). upcoming March 2015 auction Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF

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30 New bidders must provide verifiable Philatelic References in order to validate bids submitted SCANDINAVIA Start CHF Start CHF Scandinavia 175 ) DENMARK - Dan ish West Indies, 1880, under paid cover, Denmark franked with 5o and 25o bi-color is sue, under pay ing the double weight UPU letter rate to St. Croix. Stamps tied by 171 ) Kjorebenhavn du plex cancels, and front shows cir cled “T” DENMARK - Germany, 1859, cover, franked with 2sk blue and handstamp, manuscript “42" centime equiva lent amount of pre - 16sk gray vi olet 1855-57 issue, plus 4sk brown 1858 is sue, pre- payment, plus blue ”17" and “17 cents” postage due nota tions. paying the 22sk rate to Germany via the Thurn & Taxis Post. Re verse bears ST. THOMAS transit and CHRITIANSTED ar - Stamps tied by numeral “1" target cancels, with KIOBENHAVN rival c.d.s.’s. A rare franking on a Very Fine and un usual un der- c.d.s. Reverse shows HAMBURG dates stamps of the Danish paid UPU cover. Scott 27, 32 (Photo). and T&T offices, plus WEIMAR transit and WALLENDORF ar - Est. 800 - 1 200 CHF. 800 CHF rival c.d.s. A beauti ful and rare mixed is sue, three color franking, with 2002 Niel sen certif i cate. Facit 3, 6, 7 (Photo). 176 ) Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF DANISH WEST INDIES - Ger many, 1885, use of 3c postal sta tio nery en ve lope, uprated with bi-color 7c is sue, all tied by ST. THOMAS c.d.s.’s of the Danish Of fice. A Very Fine and scarce cover, with 1990 Paaskesen certif i cate. Scott 9 (Photo). Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF

Finland

177 H FINLAND, 1875-1954, very nice selec tion of unused stamps, in small stock book, some profes sional regum noted, showing va ri ety of is sues, with some val ues in quan tity. Noted 8p blue green (1875), 1R x7 (1891-92), 1M chalky paper (1901). In addi tion very nice and use ful selec tion of Red Cross issues, 172 air mail etc. Good lot. Scott $3 870 (3 520 CHF) (photo on web site). 172 ) Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF DENMARK - Bel gium, 1861, cover, franked with 2s blue and 16s li lac Sec ond Issue, plus 4s brown and 8s green Third Is sue, Iceland prepay ing the 30s letter rate to Bel gium. Stamps tied by numeral “34" target cancels, with SJJBPSPB c.d.s. along side. Front 178 HH shows ”P.D." handstamp plus red manuscript “5" Sgr credit, ICELAND, Of fi cials, 1930, Par lia ment Millenium complete, while reverse bears HAMBURG c.d.s.’s of the Danish and o.g., never hinged, Su perb, Bianchi certif i cate, only 4,000 sets Thurn & Taxis offices, plus ANVERS ar rival c.d.s. A rare and overprinted. Facit Tj59-74. Scott O53-O67. Michel 44-58; €1 beauti ful four color franking on a Very Fine cover to an uncom - 980 (2 410 CHF) (Photo). mon desti na tion. Scott 3, 6, 7, 8 (Photo). Est. 600 - 700 CHF. 600 CHF Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF 173 ) Norway DENMARK - Great Brit ain, 1865, cover, franked with strip of ) three 2sk blue plus sin gle and pair of 8sk green Royal Em blem 179 is sue, prepay ing the 30sk letter rate to England. Stamps tied by NORWAY - France, 1859, cover, franked with sin gle 2sk and numeral “51" target cancels, with blue ODENSE c.d.s. along - strip of three 8sk King Oscar issue (Sc 2,5), prepay ing the 26sk side. Front shows red ”PD" handstamp plus red LONDON / sin gle weight letter rate to France. Stamps tied by BREVIG PAID arrival c.d.s., while re verse bears LUEBECK transit c.d.s. c.d.s.’s, and front shows red framed “PD” handstamp, plus Rare franking on a Very Fine and col orful cover. Scott 3, 8 NORVEGE-QUIEVRAIN French en try c.d.s. Reverse bears (Photo). SANDOSUND transit, plus CETTE arrival c.d.s. A wonder ful Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF cover, of excep tional qual ity. Scott 2, 5 (Photo). Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF 174 ) DENMARK - Dan ish West Indies, 1876 cover, franked with 8o, two 20o, and bi-color issue, prepay ing the 98 ore letter rate Scandinavia Collections to St. Croix via Southampton. Stamps tied by KJOBENHAVN 180 HH c.d.s.’s, and front shows red “110" centime credit to England, red LONDON / PAID transit, plus red ”4" cents postage due on SCANDINAVIA, 1925-30, Airmails, very nice never hinged arrival. A beauti ful three color franking on a Very Fine and rare se lec tion, on exhi bi tion pages of air mail is sues from Denmark cover. Scott 28, 31, 33 (Photo). (1925/29 issue + 3 flown covers-one to Paris with 50o+1Kr), Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF Iceland (1928/30 issues +3 covers) and Norway (1925/27 issues + 2 covers). Very attrac tive assem bly with high cat alog value. Michel €1 700+ (2 070 CHF). Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF

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Zeppelin Flights 189 ) MOROCCO AGENCIES, 1933 (Aug 5 -15), 4th South Amer- 181 ) ica Flight, regis tered printed mat ter from Larache to Pernambuco - Brazil, with attrac tive mixed franking Brit ish Mo - ALBANIA, 1933 (Oct 14 - Nov 2), Chicago Flight, reg is tered rocco Agency KGV overprinted issue, all tied by oval LARACHE postcard from Scutari via Italy and Friedrichshafen to datestamp, alongside flight ca chet and transit Friedrichshafen Pernambuco - Brazil, mixed franking, all proper postmarks front c.d.s.Reverse bears Paris transit and arrival c.d.s. Very Fine and back. Very Fine and at tractive. Sieger 238 (Photo). and attrac tive. Sieger 223 (Photo). Est. 350 - 450 CHF. 350 CHF Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF 182 ) 190 ) BRAZIL, 1933 (Sep 16-26), 7th South America Flight, Zep pe - ROMANIA, 1933 (Sep 2-12), 6th South America Flight, reg is - lin com mercial sam ple mail en velope sent to Denmark, show - tered post card from Bucarest via Nurnberg to Recife, Brazil, ing at the front SERVICO AEREO TRANSANTLANTICO / with at trac tive frank ing; all ap pro pri ate post marks, Very Fine. CONDOR ZEPPELIN 2 VOO SETEMBRO 1933 flight ca chet, Sieger 229 (Photo). along side Via CONDOR-ZEPPELIN and J 4012 blue let ter reg- Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF is ter number. On reverse correctly franked with 2x300r + 500r + 2x2000r +2x10,000r stamps to make 25,100r, all tied by Brazil - 191 ) ian des patch c.d.s. Friedriechshafen green transit 26.9.33 c.d.s. and Copen ha gen arrival. Some light folds not affect ing RUSSIA, 1933 (July 1-12), 3rd South America Flight, cover value of this rare commer cial zep pelin cover (Photo). from Lenin grad via Berlin to Asuncion - Para guay, with attrac - Est. 500 - 750 CHF. 500 CHF tive mixed franking, all proper postmarks and backstamps. Very Fine and at tractive. Sieger 219 (Photo). 183 ) Est. 500 - 750 CHF. 500 CHF

BULGARIA, 1933 (May 6-17), 1st South America Flight, reg- 192 ) is tered cover from Sofia via Berlin to Recife, Brazil, franked with col orful vari ety of airmail is sues, all proper postmarks and RUSSIA, 1933 (Aug 19 - 29), 5th South America Flight, reg is - backstamps, Very Fine. Sieger 202 (Photo). tered cover from Moscow via Berlin to Pernambuco - Brazil, with Est. 350 - 500 CHF. 350 CHF attrac tive franking of zeppe lin is sues, all proper postmarks and backstamps, Very Fine. Sieger 226 (Photo). 184 ) Est. 400 - 600 CHF. 400 CHF

ESTONIA, 1933 (Oct 14 - Nov 2), Chicago Flight, reg is tered 193 ) cover from Tallinn via Berlin to Bue nos Ai res - Argen tina, mixed franking, all rel evant postmarks front and back. Fine and attrac - RUSSIA, 1933 (Sep 30 - Oct 9), 8th South America Flight, tive. Sieger 238 (Photo). regis tered Zeppe lin post card from Lenin grad via Berlin to Par a - Est. 400 - 450 CHF. 400 CHF guay, mixed issues franking, all proper postmarks on the front. Very scarce and attrac tive. Sieger 235 (Photo). 185 ) Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF

HUNGARY, 1931 (Apr 9-13), Egypt Flight, cover from Buda - 194 ) pest via Friedrichshafen to Egypt, then returned to Buda pest, with very col orful airmail franking, all proper postmarks and RUSSIA, 1934 (Oct 27 - Nov 5), 11th South America Flight, backstamps; minor mounting marks on reverse, F.-V.F. Sieger regis tered postcard from Moscow via Berlin and 104 (Photo on web site). Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco, superb franking of 1934 Zep - Est. 100 - 150 CHF. 100 CHF pelin is sue, all rel evant postmarks. Rare. Sieger 283 (Photo). Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF 186 H 195 ) HUNGARY, 1933 (Oct 14 - Nov 2), Chicago flight, card, with Pro pel lers 2P mixed franking sent from Buda pest to RUSSIA, 1934 (Jun 23-Jul 6), 3rd South America Flight, reg- Pernambuco - Brasil with all proper postmarks front and back. is tered picture post card from Moscow via Friedrichshafen to Fine and at tractive card. Sieger 238 (Photo). Recife, Brazil, franked with Po lar Year and Fedorov issues, all Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF proper postmarks, Very Fine. Sieger 254 (Photo). Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF 187 ) 196 ) LATVIA, 1933 (Jul 1-12), 3rd South America Flight, post card from Riga via Berlin to Recife, Brazil, with all proper postmarks SWITZERLAND, 1931 (July 24 - 31), Polar Flight, uprated 20c and backstamps; col orful franking, mi nor gum stains, F.-V.F. sta tio nery card in com bi na tion with air is sues, sent from (Photo). Romanshorn to Basel, bear ing flight ca chet along side to Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF Friedrichshafen c.d.s. and “BRISE-GLACE-MALYGUIN * ARCTIQUE” anchor datestamp. Sieger 119 (Photo). 188 ) Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF

LITHUANIA, 1932 (May 2 -12), 4th South America Flight, 197 ) high franking cover sent from Kaunas to Pernambuco - Brazil, alongside to zeppe lin cachets, arrival on reverse. Attrac tive. SWITZERLAND, 1933 (Oct 14 - Nov 2), Chi cago Flight, nice Sieger 157 (Photo). franking on a cover sent from Romanshorn to New York - USA, Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF Friedrichshafen transit, bearing flight ca chet, Chi cago transit and New York arr.c.d.s. Sieger 238 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF Many more photos of all lots on our website: www.harmersauctions.com 33 FIRST SESSION

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British Commonwealth 205 H/m GREAT BRITAIN, 1880-2000, mint and used collec tions and stock, in a large box (weight 27kg) with good vari ety of early is - Great Britain sues, re gional de fin i tive is sues, book lets, postal sta tio nery en - velopes, 1968/87 FDC, commer cially used mail & com mem o ra tive cov ers with spe cial can cel la tions, In land Rev - e nue is sues, postage due stamps, QEII booklet panes n.h, used and covers. Chanel Islands col lec tion in two vol umes with FDC and booklets. High face value. Viewing rec ommended. The buyer of this lot is respon si ble for removal from Harmers premises. (Photo). Est. 800 - 1 200 CHF. 800 CHF

206 ) GREAT BRITAIN - Mexico, 1889, outer letter sheet, from Lon- don to Mex ico, via New York, franked with pair of 4d (1884 issue 198 H - DT) tied by London date stamp, reverse shows New York tran- GREAT BRITAIN, 1840, 1d gray black, plate 7 “Q-E”, large part sit and Veracruz arrival c.d.s. (Photo). o.g., good balanced margins all around, very fresh, Very Fine. Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF SG 3; £11 500 (16 730 CHF). Scott 1b (Photo). Est. 4 000 - 4 500 CHF. 4,000 CHF Ireland 199 m 207 H GREAT BRITAIN, 1841, 1d red brown, all is sues with all letters po si tions A-A and A-T. missing only one stamp letters O-F, At- IRELAND, 1937, 2s6d-10s St. Patrick complete, Carraro cer- tractive recon struction, V.G. SG 8; £5 975 (8 690 CHF). Scott 3 tifi cate. SG 102-104; £450 (660 CHF). Scott 96-98 (Photo). (Photo). Est. 200 - 250 CHF. 200 CHF Est. 350 - 500 CHF. 350 CHF

200 m Colonies 208 H GREAT BRITAIN, 1884, Queen Vic to ria, £1 brown li lac, Im - perial Crowns water mark, lightly cancelled, nice, one perf short ADEN, 1937, Dhow, ½a-10r complete, bright colours, Superb. at the bottom right. SG 185; £2 800 (4 070 CHF). Scott 110 SG 1-12; £1 000 (1 460 CHF). Scott 1-12 (Photo). (Photo). Est. 350 - 450 CHF. 350 CHF Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF 209 H 201 HH BAHRAIN, 1938-41, King George VI, complete to 25r, o.g., GREAT BRITAIN, 1887-1900, Queen Victo ria Jubi lee, lightly hinged with full orig i nal white gum, very good and bright ½d-1s, some values marginal in clud ing 1s dull green, o.g., colours. SG 20/37; £950 (1 380 CHF). Scott 20-37 (Photo). never hinged with perfect white gum, rarely offered in such good Est. 350 - 450 CHF. 350 CHF condi tion. SG 197/211, 213/214; £650 (940 CHF). Scott 111-122,125-126 (Photo). Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF

202 m GREAT BRITAIN, 1929, P.U.C. com plete, in ad di tion Burlington Gardens offi cial U.P.U. heading with Congress set applied on it, tied by POSTAL UNION CONGRESS*LONDON 10-AM/10 MY/29 c.d.s., very fresh color, nice and attrac tive. SG 434/8; £550 (800 CHF). Scott 205-209 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

203 H 210 H GREAT BRITAIN, 1929, £1 P.U.C., o.g., very lightly hinged, bright color, usual light gum toning, other wise Very Fine. SG BRUNEI: Japa nese Occu pation, 1944, the elusive 1c black, 438; £750 (1 090 CHF). Scott 209 (Photo). actu ally SG J1 over printed in orange red, for which three sep a - Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF rate handstamps were used for the overprint, full o.g., brownish as usual, with a couple of perf. stains, with a tiny 5mm. crease at 204 H/m bottom left, which breaks the brittle gum only & does not show GREAT BRITAIN, 1880-1910, Reve nues, collec tion of on front, Very Fine, signed Her bert Bloch, 2014 BPA certif i cate, Queen Victo ria and King Ed ward VII issues, on 14 pages in - BPA cert states large part o.g., but actu ally full o.g. SG J20; £8 clud ing scarce is sues. Nice and attrac tive assem bly of over 250 000 (11 640 CHF). Scott N20 (Photo). dif fer ent rev e nue stamps (Photo). Est. 2 000 - 3 000 CHF. 2,000 CHF Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF A similar copy sold very recently for over 5000 CHF.

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211 H 212 ) BURMA, 1937, straight line black BURMA overprint on In- BURMA: Jap a nese Oc cu pa tion, 1943, In dian over printed dia King George V, full white o.g., very lightly hinged, top val - statio nery enve lope 1a King George VI, uprated on reverse ues signed Diena. SG 1/18; £2 250 (3 270 CHF). Scott 1-18 with 20c dull pur ple, farmer plow ing is sue + strip of three El e - (Photo). phant 5c rose, all tied by bi lin gual na tive c.d.s. Despite some cli - Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF mate ageing very nice item., signed (Photo). Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF

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213 H 217 H CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1863-64 “Trian gu lar”, De La Rue FIJI, 1871, Times Express, 1d black on rose, laid bâtonné printing, 1d deep carmine red, pair, large part o.g., very fresh pa per, superb mint lightly hinged with full orig i nal gum, signed and bright col our, good to large margins all around, Royal cer tifi - Roig with Royal cer tifi cate. SG 5; £1 100 (1 600 CHF). Scott 6 cate. SG 18; £550 (800 CHF). Scott 12 (Photo). (Photo). Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF

218 HH FIJI, 1912, King Ed ward VII, £1 purple & black on red, wa ter- marked Multi ple Crown CA, o.g., never hinged, excel lent qual - ity. SG 124; £300 (440 CHF). Scott 78 (Photo). Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF

219 H FIJI, 1923, King George V, £1 purple & black on red, Die II, water marked Multi ple Crown CA, very fresh colours, excep - tional stamp. SG 137a; £250 (360 CHF). Scott 91a (Photo). Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF

220 ) GIBRALTAR - It aly, 1866, cover, franked with two GB 1d. red 214 ) (-plate 93, tied by Type K1 “ A26 ” kill ers, with GIBRALTAR c.d.s. along side. Front shows “Col Vapore Syrian” en dorsement, plus CEYLON - U.S., 1857 (Aug 31), cover from Colombo to San red VIA DI MARE “ / E handstamp. and 4 decimepostage due, Fran cisco, 4d. rate to Cal i fornia, entire (addressee’s name ex- bearing red framed GENOVA / ARRIVO date stamp. arrival. cised and replaced), marked “p steamer via China”, bearing 1d. Scarce 2d. Ship Letter rate on a Very Fine cover. SG 43 (Photo). blue (4, all cut-into on one side) tied by neat oval bars, showing rare on a franked cover “BRITISH PACKET/PAID/POSTAGE” Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF cir cular handstamp. Reverse shows “COLOMBO / STEAMER LETTER” and Hong Kong datestamps. A very rare rate being 221 ) the 4d, rate to a desti na tion beyond and via a Brit ish Col ony, and not passing through London. This cover went by P.O. ship GIBRALTAR - Italy, 1886, uprated ½d Queen Victo ria statio - “ADEN” to Hong Kong and Amer i can clip per ship “Starr King” to nery card, with ½d green QV Bermuda stamp, each with San Fran cisco. Fault described in certif i cate does not detract GIBRALTAR over print, tied by duplex “A26" Gi bral tar (23 from rarity, B.P.A. certif i cate (2000), ex Obre Sanders. SG 2a March. 86) c.d.s. sent to Na ples. Early usage. Scott 1 (Photo). (Photo). Est. 200 - 250 CHF. 200 CHF Est. 1 500 - 2 000 CHF. 1,500 CHF 222 H 215 ) MALAYA: JAPANESE OCCUPATION, 1942, very attrac tive CEYLON - Great Britain, 1858, cover, franked with imper fo - and pow erful small group (8 stamps and 2 blocks of four) of rate 1d blue and 2d green on white paper, plus 6d plum on blue General is sues and Kelantan is sues in very good mint l.h. with paper Queen Vic toria is sue (Sc 2,3,4), prepay ing the 9 pence full orig i nal gum. Noted, very good o.g. with light hinge, 12c ul - sin gle weight letter rate to England, via the Marseille route. trama rine (Pahang) brown overprint with certif i cate. SG J16, Stamps tied by cir cular bar cancels, and front shows red J17, J170b, J182, J194a, J203, J20; £6 700 (9 740 CHF). Scott LONDON / PAID arrival c.d.s. Reverse bears KANDY / POST J16 (Photo). PAID and KANDY / STEAMER LETTER c.d.s.’s. A rare Est. 1 500 - 2 000 CHF. 1,500 CHF three-color franking on a Very Fine cover. Scott 2,3,4 (Photo). ) Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF 223 MALAYA: STRAITS SETTLEMENTS - Switzer land, 1889, cover to Weinfelden, bearing, pre-cancelled by company se- curity cachet, 4c pale brown + 2x6c li lac QV (1883 is sue -CA wa- termark.) tied SINGAPORE no date handstamp, alongside black SINGAPORE c.d.s. and French octag o nal paquebot “LIGNE N / PAQ.FR.No9" datestamp. Reverse bears Marseilles transit and Weinfelden arrival c.d.s. SG 64, 66 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

224 HH MALTA, 1921-22, King George V, ¼d-10s complete, o.g., 216 H never hinged, fresh colours, Su perb. SG 97-104; £450 (660 CHF). Scott 66-73 (Photo). FALKLAND ISLANDS, 1933, Cen tenary, ½d-£1 complete, Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF full white origi nal gum, very lightly hinged, bright and fresh colours. SG 127/38; £4 250 (6 180 CHF). Scott 65-76 (Photo). Est. 1 300 - 1 500 CHF. 1,300 CHF

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225 ) 232 HH MAURITIUS - France, 1867, cover to Nancy, franked with 2 RHODESIA, 1910, King George V “Double Head”, £1 car- pence blue and pair 6 pence blue green Vic toria is sue (Sc mine red & bluish black, perf 14, o.g., never hinged, very 33,37), prepay ing the 1 sh 2d let ter rate to France by French fresh colors, excep tional stamp, signed Diena. SG 165; £1 600 packet service, and all tied by “B53” barred oval can cels. Front (2 330 CHF). Scott 118 (Photo). shows red “P.D.” handstamp and red octag o nal Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF POS.AN.V.SUEZ/P.F.AMB.MARS French entry marking, while reverse bears blue MAURITIUS de parture datestamp, “1307” Bu reaux de Passe transit, plus NANCY arrival c.d.s. Scarce 233 ) franking on Very Fine mari time cover (Photo). ST. KITTS - Great Brit ain, 1886, regis tered cover, franked Est. 200 - 250 CHF. 200 CHF with St. Christo pher ½d on 1d unsevered pair, ONE PENNY / 6d, and 4d / 6d provi sional is sues), all tied by A12 barred oval ) 226 kill ers, with ST. KITTS c.d.s. alongside. Front shows oval “R” MAURITIUS - France, 1873, regis tered cover to Paris, bear- handstamp and REGISTERED / LONDON c.d.s., while re verse ing 2d. blue and pair + single 6d. green, all tied by “B53" in bars, bears HORSHAW arrival c.d.s. An ex ceptional cover, show ing and showing oval ”reg is tered Mauri tius" No. 7. “P.D.” in red as rare use of these provi sional stamps. SG 23a, 24, 25 (Photo). well as a black “CHARGE” straight line. Routed via Fr. Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF Paquebot (red octag o nal) and bearing ML (Marseilles) black account ing box and Paris receiv ers on reverse. A rare regis - H tered cover. SG 60, 65 (Photo). 234 Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF ST. KITTS-NEVIS, 1923, Tercen te nary of the Colony com - plete, full orig i nal white o.g., lightly hinged, very fresh and bright H 227 col ors. SG 48/60; £1 200 (1 740 CHF). Scott 52-64 (Photo). NAURU, 1916, King George V “Sea horse”, 10s deep bright Est. 350 - 500 CHF. 350 CHF blue, De La Rue printing, full o.g., very lightly hinged, signed Diena. SG 23d; £500 (730 CHF). Scott 15e (Photo). 235 ) Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF ST. VINCENT - Great Brit ain, 1863, cover, bear ing hor i zon tal 228 HH pair of 6d deep green, rough perf, tied by “A10" obliterator and NEW GUINEA, Air mail, 1939, Bulolo Goldfields, ½d-£1 showing ”ST. VINCENT-A-OCT 24 63" c.d.s. along side, London com plete, o.g., never hinged. SG 212/25; £1 000 (1 460 CHF). transit and Liv erpool re ceiver c.d.s. A rare cover. SG 4 (Photo). Scott C46-C59 (Photo). Est. 800 - 1 000 CHF. 800 CHF Est. 350 - 450 CHF. 350 CHF 236 ) SAMOA - Germany, 1894, letter, franked with verti cal strip of four Samoan 2d orange and 5d/4d blue, all tied by APIA/SAMOA c.d.s. Alongside U.S. 10c Webster small bank- note issue tied by segmented cork killer. Reverse shows SAN FRANCISCO transit and Hamburg arrival. Light verti cal fil ing fold through the second 2d stamp from the left. Rare combi na - tion cover. Scott 13a, 22 (Photo). Est. 700 - 800 CHF. 700 CHF

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229 H SAMOA - Great Britain, 1894, regis tered cover, franked with Sa moa ½d vio let Palm is sue and 5d vermil ion Flag de sign, plus NORTH BORNEO: Jap a nese Oc cu pa tion, 1942, over- U.S. 3c purple and 10c green (corner fault) for post age to the printed set, unwatermarked, per fora tion 12½, full o.g., lightly U.S. and beyond. Samoan stamps tied by APIA/SAMOA hinged, very fresh, rarely offered in complete set, Superb. SG datestamp, and U.S. stamps tied by magenta J1/15; £4 500 (6 540 CHF) (Photo). REGISTERED/SAN FRANCISCO and oval N.YORK/REG’Y Est. 1 500 - 2 000 CHF. 1,500 CHF DIV datestamp, plus red New York Reg is try la bel. Re verse shows vari ous British Regis try postmarks applied at London H 230 and on re-di rection to Rich mond. Rare combi na tion cover. Scott NORTH BORNEO, 1939, Picto rial issue com plete, o.g., very 9c, 23, 221, 226 (Photo). lightly hinged, very fresh and bright colours. SG 303/317; £1 Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF 300 (1 890 CHF). Scott 193-207 (Photo). Est. 400 - 600 CHF. 400 CHF 238 HH 231 H SARAWAK, 1945, “B M A” overprints, 1¢-$10 complete, o.g., NORTHERN RHODESIA, 1925, King George V, ½d-20s never hinged, excep tional qual ity, Superb. SG 126/45; £500 com plete, Wmk Mult. Script CA, per fora tion 12 1/2, o.g., very (730 CHF). Scott 135-154 (Photo). lightly hinged, very bright colours. SG 1/17; £600 (870 CHF). Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF Scott 1-17 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

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239 H SINGAPORE - Great Britain, 1862, Seaman’s con ces sion rate for half ounce letters, from British Packet- One Penny, letter from seaman George Fossick - HMS SCOUT, sent from Sin - gapore to Ripon (18 Septem ber 1862) franked with perfo rated 1d red QV, tied by light A86 barred numeral killer. Ship was on stand by on account of the problems in Ja pan 1862-64 (Photo). Est. 400 - 600 CHF. 400 CHF

240 H SINGAPORE - Great Brit ain, 1862, Seaman’s con cession rate for half ounce letters, from British Packet- One Penny, letter to Ireland from seaman Jamie Duhig - HMS SANSPAREIL, sent in a sealed Navy Bag opened in London cancelled by 1844 type obliterator No33 in di amond. Front shows arrival Midleton (31 Oct. 1862). Ship was on stand by on account of the prob - lems in Ja pan 1862-64 (Photo). 246 HH/H Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF BRITISH AFRICA, 1884-1964, very attrac tive collec tion, housed in two vol umes of Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Cape of 241 H Good Hope, Gambia (in clud ing QV 1898 n.h. blocks of four) TANGANYIKA, 1922-24, Giraffe, 5¢-£1, set of 15 with addi - Gold Coast, KUT (very strong section), Nige ria, Northern Ni ge - tional 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s and £1 stamps, all with wa termark upright, ria, Nyasaland (very good with 1919 l.h. £1), Rhode sia, North- full orig i nal gum, very bright colours. SG 74/88a; £1 140 (1 660 ern & South ern Rho de sia, Si erra Le one, Soma li land, South CHF). Scott 10//28 (Photo). Africa and Swazi land. Quality is very good gener ally very lightly Est. 350 - 500 CHF. 350 CHF hinged, later QEII is sues mainly n.h. SG £12 500+ (18 180 CHF) (Photo). H 242 Est. 3 500 - 5 000 CHF. 3,500 CHF TANGANYIKA, 1927-31, King George V 5¢-£1 complete, full orig i nal white gum, lightly hinged, very bright colors. SG 93/107; 247 H £450 (660 CHF). Scott 29-44 (Photo). BRITISH AMERICA, 1863-1967, nice collec tion, housed in Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF brown Marini al bum with good range with great thematic inter - est of: Antigua, Ba hamas (noted KEVII l.h 1902 issue with ) 243 crown CA water mark, 1930 Great seal used set), Barba dos TRINIDAD - France, 1871, printed circu lar, franked with pair (1916 lightly hinged), Bermuda (1932 lightly hinged 12s2d, 1d red (perf 12½) Bri tannia is sue (Sc 48), prepay ing the printed 1938/53 set with n.h. £1), Dom i nica (l.h. 1903), Grenada (KEVII matter rate to France. Stamps tied by TRINIDAD datestamps 1902 lightly hinged, 1906/08 Badge of Colony l.h.)(Jamaica with red TRINIDAD/PAID c.d.s. alongside. Front shows blue (1919 l.h) Leward Islands (1938 KGVI o.g., lightly hinged £1), oval FORWARDED BY/OCONNOR BROTHERS/ PORT OF Vir gin Islands. Nice and clean col lec tion very good qual ity. SG SPAIN/TRINIDAD, red LONDON/PAID tran sit, and red £7 000+ (10 180 CHF) (Photo). ANGL/AMB.CALAIS French en try marking. A rare and attrac - Est. 1 100 - 1 400 CHF. 1,100 CHF tive printed matter item (Photo). Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF 248 H/m BRITISH COMMONWEALTH, 1851-96, very attrac tive group of early issues, in clud ing Ba hamas (SG 23x unused, 42 l.h.), Barba dos (SG 8 l.h; 11 used), Cape of Good Hope (SG 5a&6a both used), Natal (SG 4 used, 51 unused), Trin i dad (SG 2 mint Collections block of 4 and 9,29, 71, 74 l.h.), Uganda (SG 75 used). Most 244 HH/H with certif i cates (APS, Friedl, Royal, Roig etc.). SG £2 800+ (4 070 CHF) (Photo on web site). ASCENSION, 1922-63, beauti ful small collec tion, on ex hi bi- Est. 700 - 900 CHF. 700 CHF tion pages, superb very lightly hinged early is sues, later QEII is - sues n.h. Noted very nice se lec tion of perfo ra tions KGV 1938 249 HH/H is sue. SG £886 (1 290 CHF) (Photo). BRITISH COMMONWEALTH, 1929-68, very attrac tive range Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF of countries, in clud ing Aden (QEII 1953 n.h.included), British 245 H Sol o mon Islands (good the matic in terest), Burma, Cook Is - lands, Hong Kong (QEII 1962 n.h. in clud ing.), India, Mauri tius BAHRAIN, 1933-59, nice lightly hinged collec tion, on seven (good thematic selec tion), New Hebrides, Pitcairn Is lands ex hi bi tion pages show ing va ri ety of is sues, in clud ing Qa tar QEII (good thematic range) in lightly hinged or later is sues n.h. condi - is sues. SG £800+ (1 160 CHF) (Photo). tion. SG £2 500+ (3 640 CHF) (Photo). Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF Est. 800 - 1 000 CHF. 800 CHF

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250 HH/H BRITISH GUIANA, 1921-63, very nice small collec tion, on six ex hi bi tion pages with good range of issues in very good barely hinged con di tion, later issues n.h. SG £500 (730 CHF) (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF

251 HH/H Ex 258 BRITISH HONDURAS, 1913-68, very nice col lection, on nine 258 HH/H ex hi bi tion pages with good ar ray of com mem o ra tive and de fin i - tive is sues in su perb lightly hinged condi tion, later issues QEII FALKLAND ISLANDS, 1912-81, very attrac tive collec tion, in n.h with good thematic inter est. SG £1 360 (1 980 CHF) (Photo). Marini al bum in clud ing 10s (1916) n.h, 1929 KGV n.h £1, 1938 n.h. £1 Arms of Falklands, 1952 l.h. issue, QEII 1960 n.h birds, Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF De penden cies is sues, South Georgia 1962 n.h, British Antarc - tic Terri tory 1963 n.h. SG £3 100 (4 510 CHF) (Photo). Est. 1 000 - 1 200 CHF. 1,000 CHF 252 HH 259 HH/H BRITISH OCCUPATION OF ITALIAN COLONIES, 1943-51, very at trac tive col lec tion, on ten exhi bi tion pages, overprints FIJI, 1912-68, beau ti fully pre sented col lec tion, on ten exhi bi - M.E.F, B.M.A. & B.A. ERITREA, E.A.F, B.M.A. & B.A. tion pages with vari ety of issues in su perb very lightly hinged or SOMALIA, B.M.A. & B.A. TRIPOLITANIA in n.h. condi tion. SG newer hinged con di tion. Great thematic inter est flora and fauna £700+ (1 020 CHF) (Photo). etc. SG £880 (1 280 CHF) (Photo). Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF

260 H 253 H GIBRALTAR, 1907-68, very attrac tive never hinged collec - BRITISH OMNIBUS ISSUES, 1935-68, very attrac tive collec - tion, on eight exhi bi tion pages with good range of issues repre - tion, in clud ing 1935 Silver Jubi lee com plete lightly hinged is - sented. SG £1 700+ (2 470 CHF) (Photo). sue, 1937 two times complete Cor o na tion is sues, 1963 QEII Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF Red Cross is sues -in complete and some 1964 Shake speare; housed in blue Marini al bum. SG £1 700+ (2 470 CHF) (Photo). 261 HH/H Est. 350 - 500 CHF. 350 CHF GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS, 1912-68, nice collec tion, on seven exhi bi tion pages in very good lightly hinged condi tion 1912-24 KGV WMK Mult.Crown CA set up to £1 included, later 254 HH/H is sues n.h. show ing va ri ety of good thematic inter est issues. SG BRITISH WEST INDIES, 1899-1965, very attrac tive collec - £900+ (1 310 CHF) (Photo). tion, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St.Vin cent, show ing va ri ety of is - Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF sues starting from 1903 in very good lightly hinged con di tion, later QEII is sues n.h. Very good base for expan sion. SG £1 262 HH/H 500+ (2 180 CHF). MALAYA, 1937-60, col lection, in clud ing Straits Set tle ments, Est. 450 - 600 CHF. 450 CHF Malacca, Penang, Sabah, Singa pore, on eleven presen ta tion pages show ing va ri ety of issues in very good barely hinged con - 255 HH/H di tion, later issues n.h., o.g., hinged or never hinged. SG £1 400 (2 040 CHF) (Photo). CAYMAN ISLANDS, 1907-67, very attrac tive collec tion, Est. 450 - 600 CHF. 450 CHF showing va ri ety of issues on nine pages in very good barely hinged con di tion, later issues n.h. Cente nary 1932 set included. SG £1 500+ (2 180 CHF) (Photo). Est. 450 - 600 CHF. 450 CHF

256 H CEYLON, 1903-49, very attrac tive range of issues, on three presen ta tion pages very good lightly hinged condi tion, good for expan sion. SG £800 (1 160 CHF) (Photo). Ex 263 Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF

263 HH/H HH H 257 / MALTA, 1899-1962, very attrac tive collec tion, on fifteen pre- CYPRUS, 1904-55, very attrac tive collec tion, on six presen - senta tion pages, early is sues (10s black 1922 in cluded- water - tation pages in very good barely hinged con di tion, later issues mark Mult.Script SA) in very good lightly hinged condi tion, later n.h. 1928 British Rule £1 n.h. SG £1 750 (2 540 CHF) (Photo). is sues n.h. Ex cel lent base for ex pansion. SG £2 500 (3 640 Est. 550 - 650 CHF. 550 CHF CHF) (Photo). Est. 750 - 900 CHF. 750 CHF

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264 HH/H 273 H MONTSERRAT, 1908-68, very attrac tive collec tion, show ing TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1904-61, attrac tive collec tion, vari ety of issues starting from 1908 in very good barely hinged showing va ri ety of issues starting from 1903 in very good lightly condi tion, later issues n.h., o.g., hinged or never hinged. SG £1 hinged con di tion. SG £880 (1 280 CHF) (Photo). 000+ (1 460 CHF) (Photo). Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF Est. 350 - 450 CHF. 350 CHF 274 HH 265 H TRISTAN DA CUNHA, 1952-68, complete collec tion for the MOROCCO AGENCIES, 1914-57, very nice collec tion, on 17 pe riod, superb unmounted mint, n.h., on eight presen ta tion pre sen ta tion pages show ing va ri ety of printings, in clud ing pages. Nice and attrac tive. SG £450 (660 CHF) (Photo). Span ish and French cur ren cies in clud ing Tang ier is sue, ex cel- Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF lent base for ex pansion of this very in terest ing area. Quality very good lightly hinged some issues n.h. SG £1 200+ (1 740 CHF) 275 HH/H (Photo). TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, 1900-67, nice collec tion, Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF on ten presen ta tion pages qual ity very good - barely hinged condi tion, later issues n.h. SG £700 (1 020 CHF). 266 HH/H Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF NAURU, 1916-23, very attrac tive selec tion of overprints on KGV stamps, stamps are barely hinged some n.h. superb white gum. Includes SG. 2-3/6-12, 13-16, 22, 23, 25. SG £585 (850 CHF) (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

267 H Australia and States NEW GUINEA, 1931-38, nice lightly hinged collec tion of air 276 H mail issues, in clud ing 1931 & re drawn 1934 basic sets Bird of TASMANIA, 1892-99, Queen Victo ria, ½d-£1 complete, top Para dise and overprinted air mail sets. SG £1 500+ (2 180 CHF) value £1 stamp N.H. all others very lightly hinged, with full orig i - (Photo). nal white gum. SG 216/25; £750 (1 090 CHF). Scott 76-85 Est. 450 - 600 CHF. 450 CHF (Photo). Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF 268 HH/H NEW ZEALAND, 1906-69, very attrac tive collec tion, in Marini al bum with all is sues in very good lightly hinged condi - tion, later issues n.h. SG £2 500+ (3 640 CHF) (Photo). Est. 800 - 1 000 CHF. 800 CHF

269 HH/H NORTH BORNEO, 1931-64, very attrac tive collec tion, showing va ri ety of issues starting with 1931 50th Anni versary British N.B. Company in very good lightly hinged condi tion, later QEII is sues n.h. SG £950+ (1 380 CHF) (Photo). Est. 350 - 450 CHF. 350 CHF

270 HH/H ST. HELENA, 1903-68, very attrac tive collec tion, show ing vari ety of issues starting from 1903 in very good barely hinged con di tion, later is sues n.h. Cen te nary of Brit ish Colo nis ation 1934 set included. SG £800+ (1 160 CHF) (Photo). 277 ) Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF VICTORIA - Den mark, 1860, cover, franked with rouletted 2d 271 HH/H li lac, 1sh blue, plus 2sh green, prepay ing the 3sh 2d multi ple weight let ter rate to Denmark. Stamps tied by numeral “1" can- SARAWAK, 1934-65, nice collec tion, on five ex hi bi tion pages cels, with corre spond ing MELBOURNE c.d.s. on reverse. Front in very lightly hinged condi tion, QEII period n.h. Very attrac tive shows red LONDON/PAID c.d.s., red oval ”P" handstamp, plus with thematic inter est, o.g., hinged or never hinged. SG £550 red manuscript “10 ½” pence credit. Reverse bears Hamburg (800 CHF) (Photo). transit and WYCK arrival c.d.s. A very scarce mixed issue frank- Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF ing to remark able des tina tion on the North Frisian Island of Föhr. Scott 25, 26, 41 (Photo). 272 HH/H Est. 1 200 - 1 500 CHF. 1,200 CHF SEYCHELLES, 1903-67, at trac tive col lec tion, on ten presen - tation pages showing va ri ety of issues all in very good lightly hinged con di tion, later issues n.h. KGVI 1938-49 set included. SG £1 000 (1 460 CHF) (Photo). Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF

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278 ) VICTORIA - France, 1861, cover, franked with pair 1 penny green and pair 6 pence slate (Sc 67,68), pre paying the dou ble weight let ter rate to France via Southampton, and all tied by numeral “14” barred circle can cels of Avoca. Front shows red cir - cu lar “PD” handstamp, red manuscript “8” pence credit, red LONDON/PAID transit, and ANGL/AMB.CALAIS French en try. Re verse bears AVOCA/VICTORIA de parture, red MELBOURNE tran sit and BORDEAUX ar rival. Scarce franking on a Very Fine mar i time cover (hori zon tal file fold does not de - tract) (Photo). Est. 200 - 250 CHF. 200 CHF

278 279 HH/H AUSTRALIA, 1926-2001, nice collec tion, housed in Marini al - bum, very good lightly hinged condi tion, later issues n.h. with good range of issues in cluded. Good base for ex pansion. SG £1 700+ (2 470 CHF) (Photo). Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF

Canada and Provinces

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280 ) BRITISH COLUMBIA - Great Britain, 1861, let ter via San Fran cisco, franked with perfo rated 2½d rose (Sc 2), prepay ing the British Co lum bia in ternal fees, plus the post age to San Fran- cisco. Stamp tied by barred oval “3” cancel of Hope, BC and front shows SAN FRANCISCO datestamp. Letter carried by US steamships to New York, via the Panama route, then by HAPAG steamship to England. Treated as totally unpaid from the West Coast under the current US-British Con vention, and ini tially rated for a col lec tion of 1sh2½d. upon inspec tion, re-rated as double weight and charged 2sh5d on deliv ery. Reverse shows red LONDON transit and PENRITH ar rival datestamp. Rare franking on a most unusual transat lan tic cover. SG 3 (Photo). Est. 1 000 - 2 000 CHF. 1,000 CHF

281 HH/H NEWFOUNDLAND, 1897-1944, very attrac tive collec tion, on fif teen pages, in lightly hinged some unmounted mint condi - tion, includ ing 400th An ni versary, 1910 Lithographed set, 1911 recess-printed, Coro na tion 1911, 1931 Air etc. SG £3 000+ (4 360 CHF) (Photo). Ex 279 Est. 900 - 1 200 CHF. 900 CHF

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The Immensely Rare De Pinedo Airmail

282 H NEWFOUNDLAND, Airmail, 1927, 60¢ De Pinedo Flight, posi tion 18 in the setting, for mail car ried by De Pined to Eu rope 300 stamps were overprinted, 258 were sold over the post of fice counter, of which 255 were used on let ters, 4 were damaged and de - stroyed, leaving only 38 mint stamps, clean o.g., a superb exam ple of this World air post rarity, finely centered, bril liantly fresh, this par- ticu lar stamp being among the finest avail able., light hinge remnant, Ex tremely Fine, signed Lissiuk and Dienna, with BPA 1971, Diena 1982, Bolaffi 1986 certif i cates. Scott C4. SG 163; £38 000 (55 270 CHF) (Photo). Est. 20 000 - 25 000 CHF. 20,000 CHF

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288 ) CANADA - Co lombia, 1930, regis tered airmail cover from Re gina to Cali, showing un usual use of Co lom bia 4c postal sta - tionery entire, with addi tional mixed franking from Canada (Sc. 152, 162, 164, C1), Canal Zone (Sc. 70, C5) and Colom bia (Sc. 340, 341, C72). A col orful and very rare SCADTA cover showing avail abil ity and use of Canal Zone and Co lom bia / SCADTA stamps via con sular agents in Can ada, Very Fine (Photo). Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF

289 HH/H CANADA, 1912-69, very nice collec tion, on 23 pre sen ta tion pages in mint lightly hinged condi tion, later issues n.h. with practi cally all issues repre sented. Good base for ex pansion. SG 283 ) £850 (1 240 CHF) (Photo). NOVA SCOTIA, 1860, First Issue do mestic cover, franked Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF with a hori zon tal strip of three (partially cut between the stamps) of the imper fo rate 1d red brown Queen Vic toria, prepay ing the 3 pence in ternal let ter rate to Maitland. Stamps tied by barred oval India and States kill ers, with as so ci ated HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA c.d.s. on re - H verse. A beau tiful first issue cover, showing a very rare and un- 290 usual franking, with Holcombe cer tifi cate. Scott 1 (Photo). INDIA, 1902-11, King Ed ward VII, 3p-15r, o.g., bar est trace of Est. 1 500 - 2 000 CHF. 1,500 CHF hinge with superb white gum only 6a has light yel lowish gum, Su perb. SG 119/46; £1 250 (1 820 CHF). Scott 60-74 (Photo). ) 284 Est. 400 - 600 CHF. 400 CHF CANADA - U.S., 1851, cover, franked with 6d Prince Al bert is- H sue on laid paper, prepay ing the cross-border letter rate to New 291 York. Stamp tied by black target cancel, with red MONTREAL / INDIA, 1909, King Edward VII, 25r brownish orange & blue, LC c.d.s. alongside. Front shows red framed CANADA ex- o.g., very light hinge trace at the back with natu ral light yellow ish change handstamp plus red PAID marking ap plied in New York. gum, Superb. SG 147; £1 800 (2 620 CHF). Scott 76 (Photo). A excep tional exam ple of this rare stamp, used on a Very Fine Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF cross-border cover from the well-known Kennedy corre spon - dence. Scott 2 (Photo). 292 H Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF INDIA, 1911-22, King George V, 3p-25r complete, 19 val ues, complete by S.G., full origi nal white gum, very lightly hinged. SG 285 ) 151/91; £950 (1 380 CHF). Scott 80-82, 84-86, 88-98, 99, CANADA - U.S., 1856, cover, franked with two VF im perfo rate 101-102 (Photo). 3 pence dark red Bea ver is sue on wove pa per, prepay ing the Est. 350 - 500 CHF. 350 CHF sin gle weight letter rate to the USA un der the US-Can ada Treaty. Stamps tied by target cancels with KINGSTON/U.C. 293 H datestamp along side, and front shows arc framed CANADA ex- INDIA, 1926-33, King George V, 3p-25r complete, set of 18r change of fice handstamp. Scarce franking on a Very Fine cross (complete by S.G.), full orig i nal white gum, very lightly hinged, 1r border cover. Scott 4 (Photo). & 2r with yel lowish spots. SG 201/19; £550 (800 CHF). Scott Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF 106-110, 112-114, 116, 118-125 (Photo). Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF 286 ) CANADA - Great Britain, 1876, cover, franked with 5 cent 294 H Large Queen is sue (SG 63), pre pay ing the GPU rate to Eng- INDIA, 1937-40, King George VI, 3p-25r complete, set of 18 land. Stamp tied by cir cle-of-wedges can cel, with (complete by S.G.), o.g., very lightly hinged (complete by S.G.), COLLINGWOOD/ONT datestamp along side. Re verse shows Su perb. SG 247/64; £550 (800 CHF). Scott 150-161, 162-167 TORONTO transit and front bears red LONDON/PAID ar rival (Photo). datestamp. Scarce frank ing on a very fine transat lan tic cover Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF (Photo). Est. 200 - 250 CHF. 200 CHF 295 ) 287 ) INDIA - France, 1864, folded letter sheet sent from Calcutta to Bordeaux, franked with 2a. yel low pair (1863 is sue) + 4a. CANADA, 1881, domes tic usage cover, franked with pair ½ pale car mine + 8p. purple/white (1860 is sue) all tied by B/1 cent black Large Queen and 2 cent green Small Queen is sues obliterator alongside “P.D. CALCUTTA” c.d.s. in red, boxed (Sc 21,36), pre pay ing the 3 cent in ternal let ter rate, and all tied INDIA PAID and Marseilles en try c.d.s. On reverse forward ing by LONDON/CANADA du plex cancels. Front shows ON agent BORRAPAILES CHILLER & CO/CALCUTTA MILITIA SERVICE im print, and reverse bears handstamp, transit Bombay and arrival c.d.s. Very fresh and MELBOURNE/QUE ar rival datestamp. Ironed out crease does col orful, Very Fine (Photo). not detract from this rare mixed is sue Hechler cover (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF

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296 ) Indian States INDIA, 1894, regis tered cover, franked with two 2a pale blue and two (one on front) ½a blue-green, from KOTAR 28 with 301 ) boxed cachet “R KOTAR”, arrival mark and “TOO LATE” INDIA: KASHMIR, 1887-1905, two cov ers (one regis tered to handstamp reverse, at opening cover lit tle shorted at right. SG Swe den) and three sta tio nery en ve lopes (two uprated) used 85, 91 (Photo). at Sialkot and Leh. Inter est ing as sembly.(5 items) (Photo). Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF

) 297 302 H INDIA - Alge ria, 1896, reg istered use of ½ anna postal sta - INDIA: JIND, 1886-99, Queen Victo ria, ½a-5r complete, set tio nery en ve lope, uprated on reverse with verti cal pair 2 anna of 14, full origi nal white gum, very lightly hinged, Superb. SG ul trama rine (Sc 40), prepay ing the UPU let ter rate to Al geria, 17-35; £1 800 (2 620 CHF). Scott 49-62 (Photo). and all tied by barred “B” cancels. Front shows “R” in cir cle Reg - Est. 600 - 700 CHF. 600 CHF is try handstamp plus red MODANE A PARIS en try, while re - verse bears ADEN/REG transit and ST. LEU/ORAN arrival, plus PARIS c.d.s. applied on re di rection. Scarce regis tered sta - 303 H tionery to a most unusual des tina tion (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF INDIA: JIND, 1927-37, King George V, 3p-25r complete, set of 25, full origi nal white gum, very lightly hinged, Superb. SG 84/108; £650+ (940 CHF). Scott 108-132 (Photo). 298 ) Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF INDIA - Great Britain, 1915, regis tered enve lope to Shef- field, franked KGV 2a6d tied by Base Office Reg datestamp. 304 H Ob verse also bears or nate Base Of fice reg is tra tion et i quette. Cen sored. London transit and Shef field arrival date stamp INDIA: JIND, 1941-43, King George VI, 3p-25r complete, full (Photo). orig i nal white gum, very lightly hinged, Superb. SG 127/36; Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF £350 (510 CHF). Scott 155-164 (Photo). Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF

299 ) 305 H INDIA - Rus sia, 1917, cover, franked with four 3p grey, ½a green, and 1a carmine George V issue with I.E.F. overprints (Sc INDIA: NABHA, 1938, King George VI, 3p-25r complete, full M34-36), prepay ing the mil i tary letter rate plus Reg is try fee to orig i nal white gum, very lightly hinged, Superb. SG 77/94; £550 Rus sia, and all tied by F.P.O./No 32 datestamps. Front shows (800 CHF). Scott 69-86 (Photo). partial red PASSED BY CENSOR handstamp and purple Rus - Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF sian cen sor, while re verse bears MOSCOW arrival datestamps. Scarce India Expe di tionary Force franking on a Very Fine let ter to a most unusual des tina tion (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF

300 ) INDIA - Ireland, 1915, regis tered cover, franked with the entire I.E.F. overprint issue (Sc M34-43), plus two 1d British scarlet George V issue (Sc 160), prepay ing the of ficer letter rate plus Reg is try fee to Ireland, and all tied by ARMY POST OFFICE/A/57 datestamps. Front shows Major R.A.M.C. en- dorsement and red PASSED BY/No 1988/ CENSOR handstamp, while re verse bear ARMY POST OFFICE/A/57 Reg is try la bel. A very rare In dia Ex pe di tion ary Force frank ing on a Very Fine reg is tered letter (Photo). Est. 200 - 250 CHF. 200 CHF

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United States and 311 H/m NORTH AMERICA, 1918-30, Airmails, nice exhi bi tion col- Possessions lec tion, on 10 pages with US (Sc#C1/11 + 10 covers), Canada (Sc#C1 + 1 cover), New foundland (Sc#C3+1 cover) and Ca nal Zone (Sc#C1-4 + 3 covers) mostly never hinged. Very attrac tive United States selec tion, view ing rec ommended. Scott $1 400 (1 270 CHF) (Photo). 306 HHr Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF UNITED STATES, Mil itary Air mail, 1945, French Na val overprints on 6¢ red, Ca sablanca type I, o.g., never hinged, rarely Hawaii of fered (cat a log value does not in clude pre mi ums for va ri et ies), Fine, signed Cot ter and P. Mayer. Scott CM1. Yvert 16; €960 as 312 ) sin gles (1 170 CHF) (Photo). HAWAII - U.S., 1873, cover from Lahaina (Maui), 6 cent rate Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF paid by 6c green Kamehameha IV, Hono lulu c.d.s. at right, 307 ) Lahaina and San Fran cisco backstamps, Very Fine, a scarce cover. Scott 13 (Photo). UNITED STATES - Switzer land, 1860, printed circu lar, Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF franked with pair of 1 cent blue 1857 issue, prepay ing the printed matter rate to Switzer land via the French mails, and tied by smudged NEW ORLEANS / La. c.d.s. Front shows red ET. UNIS SERV. BR. A.C. French entry and red manuscript “20" centimes post age due, while re verse bearg BRUGG arrival c.d.s. A scarce exam ple of the 2 cent printed matter rate to Swit- zerland. Scott 24 (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF

308 ) UNITED STATES - Switzer land, 1867, cover, franked with pair 3c rose and pair 30c orange 1861 is sue, roughly opened, prepay ing the double let ter rate to Switzer land via the Prus sian Closed Mails, and all tied by cork “cross roads” kill ers with NEW ORLEANS / LA c.d.s. alongside. Front shows red manuscript “f6". Sgr Prussian credit to Switzer land. Re verse bears blue VERVIERS / COELN and Baden rail way transits plus Basel. ) Luzern and Sarnen Swiss c.d.s.’s. A Very Fine and colour ful 313 franking on a transat lan tic cover to a scarce Swiss Can ton. HAWAII - Germany, 1881, cover, franked with Ha waii 6 cent Scott 65, 71 (Photo). Kamehameha V is sue (Sc 33), in combi nation with pair U.S. 3 Est. 700 - 800 CHF. 700 CHF cent Banknotes (Sc 184), prepay ing the Treaty rate from Ha waii to the U.S., plus the UPU let ter rate from the U.S. to Germany. ) 309 Ha waii stamp tied by fancy cog-wheel killer, with HONOLULU UNITED STATES - Switzer land, 1869, cover, franked with “F” c.d.s. alongside, and U.S. stamps tied by segmented cork kill- grill ver sion of the 10 cent green Washing ton, under pay ing the ers. Reverse shows magenta SAN FRANCISCO transit and 15 cent single weight letter rate to Switzer land via the closed framed DRESDEN ar rival c.d.s.’s. A very rare combi nation mails through England. Stamp tied by cork killer, with NEW cover, with 2006 PF certif i cate (Photo). YORK / BR.TRANSIT depar ture on reverse. Front shows Est. 1 000 - 1 200 CHF. 1,000 CHF INSUFFICIENTLY PAID handstamp with manuscript “5" cent ) defi ciency, VIA OSTENDE handstamp, plus manuscript ”45" 314 centime postage due. Reverse bears ARGAU Swiss transit plus HAWAII - Germany, 1886, postal statio nery enve lope 4¢ red, ZURZACH ar rival c.d.s. A very unusual in suf ficiently prepaid uprated with 6c blue-green tied by target handstamp along side letter under the US-Swiss Con vention, showing scarce use of Ho nolulu datestamp, sent on the S.S.Zealandia via San Fran - the 10 cent grilled stamp. Scott 96 (Photo). cisco and New York to Germany, bearing Bre men arrival on re - Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF verse, Very Fine. Scott U3, 33a (Photo). Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF 310 ) ) UNITED STATES - France, 1872, cover, franked with pair 2c 315 red-brown Bank notes issue, tied by BOSTON c.d.s. and cork HAWAII - U.S., 1887 cover, franked with 1c Prin cess Vic toria, handstamp. Front shows blue SHORT PAID handstamp (with 2c brown King Da vid, plus 2c li lac rose King Da vid is sues, pre- addi tional strike on reverse), GB/40c accoun tancy marking, paying the 5c UPU rate to the United States. Stamps tied by tar- ANGL./AMB.CALAIS French entry, plus “10" decime post age get cancels, with HONOLULU / H.I. c.d.s. alongside. Re verse due handstamp, while re verse bears red LONDON transit. A shows partial red SAN FRANCISCO transit and AKRON ar rival Very Fine and scarce exam ple of the 4c British Open Mail rate to c.d.s. A very scarce three color, mixed issue franking. Scott No. France sent during the non-Treaty period. Scott 146 (Photo). 30b, 35, 38 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

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316 ) 321 ) HAWAII - Germany, 1889, use of 2 cent black postal card, HAWAII - France, 1899, regis tered cover, franked with strip of uprated with 2 cent rose King Da vid Kalakaua is sue (Sc three 5 cent ultra ma rine King Kamehameha V is sue over- 43,UX2), prepay ing the UPU postal card rate to Ger many. printed “Provi sional / GOVT. / 1893 in red (Sc 59), prepay ing the Stamps tied by WAIANAE/OAHU datestamp, and front shows UPU sin gle weight letter rate plus Reg is try fee to France, and all HONOLULU du plex and SAN FRANCISCO tran sits. A scarce tied by magenta HONOLULU / HAWAII c.d.s.’s. Front shows overseas use of this card from a small town on the West coast of magenta hol low ”R" handstamp with in ternal REGISTERED / Oahu (Photo). HAWAII P.O. inscrip tions, red NEW YORK Reg is try la bel, plus Est. 200 - 250 CHF. 200 CHF PARIS-ETANGER / CHARGEMENTS arrival c.d.s. Reverse bears purple SAN FRANCISCO / REG.DIV. and NEW YORK / 317 ) REG"Y DIV. transits, plus PARIS ar rival c.d.s.’s. A scarce and col orful regis tered cover from Hawaii. Scott 9 (Photo). HAWAII - Aus tria, 1893, use of 1 cent postal card, uprated Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF with 1 cent green Prin cess Likelike is sue, both with “Provi sional Govern ment 1893” overprint (Sc 55,UX5), prepay ing the UPU 322 ) postal card rate to Austria. Stamps tied by HONOLULU, H.I. HAWAII - Sweden, 1899, use of 2 cent postal card, uprated datestamps, and front shows SAN FRANCISCO tran sit and with 1 cent yel low 1894 issue (Sc 74,UX9), prepay ing the 3 cent WIEN ar rival datestamp. A scarce overseas use of this card postal card rate to Swe den, and all tied by HONOLULU H.I. du- showing Provi sional franking (Photo). plex cancel. Front shows SAN FRANCISCO ma chine can cel Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF applied in tran sit, plus MALMO arrival datestamp. A Very Fine and attrac tive card, sent to an excep tional des tina tion (Photo). 318 ) Est. 200 - 250 CHF. 200 CHF HAWAII - France, 1894, regis tered cover, franked with 12 cent 323 ) Prince Leleiohoku and 18 cent Kekuanaoa is sue overprinted “Provi sional / GOVT. / 1893" (Sc 62,71), prepay ing the UPU tri - HAWAII - Aus tria, 1902, un paid cover from Hawaii, with ple weight letter rate, Reg is try fee, and Acknowl edge ment of HONOLULU, H.ISLS duplex cancel. Front shows purple “T Re ceipt fee to France, and all tied by vio let target cancel, with CENTIMES” handstamp, circled “T” mark ing of New York, and HONOLULU / HAWAII c.d.s. along side. Front shows vi o let hol - blue manu script “50h”(eller) postage due nota tion. Reverse low ”R" handstamp with in ternal REGISTERED / HAWAII P.O. bears NEW YORK transit and strip of five Austria 10h perfo - in scrip tions, vi o let “A.R.” handstamp, red NEW YORK Regis try rated postage due is sue (Sc J28), all tied by barred oval WIEN labe, plus red PARIS / CHARGEMENTS c.d.s. Reverse bears datestamps. A rare and most unusual post age due item (Photo). NEW YORK / REG"Y DIV. tran sit, PARIS ar rival c.d.s., plus re-direc tion address applied in manu script. Scarce franking on Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF a beauti ful and rare regis tered, AR item from Ha waii. Scott 62, 71 (Photo). Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF Puerto Rico 324 ) 319 ) PUERTO RICO - France, 1899, reg istered cover, franked with HAWAII - France, 1895, regis tered cover, franked with 1 cent U.S. 1c Franklin, 2c Washing ton, and three 5c Grant, all with yel low and two 12 cent blue 1894 is sue stamps, prepay ing the PORTO RICO overprints, prepay ing the UPU dou ble weight let- UPU dou ble weight letter rate, Regis try fee, and Acknowl edge - ter rate plus Reg is try fee to France. Front shows vi olet ment of receipt fee to France, and all tied by vio let target cancel, Mayaguez Porto Rico / REGISTERED c.d.s. and red NEW with HONOLULU / HAWAII P.O. in scrip tions, vio let “A.R.” YORK Regis try la bel, while reverse bears SAN JUAN and NEW handstamp, plus red NEW YORK Reg is try la bel. Re verse bears YORK transits, plus PARIS ar rival c.d.s.’s. Scarce franking on a vi o let San Fran cisco / REGISTERED, NEW YORK / REG"Y Very Fine and col orful regis tered cover from this of fice. Scott DIV. transits, plus DIEULEFIT arrival c.d.s. and NYONS c.d.s. 210, 211, 212 (Photo). ap plied on re-di rection. Scarce franking on a col orful and rare Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF regis tered, AR item from Ha waii. Scott 74, 78 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF 325 ) PUERTO RICO - France, 1902, use of Puerto-Rican 5¢ Grant 320 ) postal sta tio nery en ve lope, uprated with U.S. blue 5c Grant HAWAII - U.S., 1898, soldiers letter rate cover, franked with 2 Bu reau is sue. Enve lope cancelled by MAYAGUEZ/P.R. cent brown 1894 is sue (Sc 75), to the United States, and tied by datestamp, and U.S. stamp tied by unre corded large “T” HONOLULU H.I. du plex cancel. Re verse bears SAN handstamp. Front shows T/25 CENTIMES du plex indi cating FRANCISCO machine can cel ap plied in tran sit, plus ANDES, short paid amount, plus PARIS/ETRANGER ar rival c.d.s. with NY arrival datestamp. Enve lope slightly reduced at right, but a 50c French post age due (Yv. 37). Reverse bears SAN JUAN very scarce postal his tory item on exhi bi tion page, with sail ing P.R. and NEW YORK FOR.B’CH transit datestamp. Very data (Photo). scarce - wonder ful array of postal markings. Scott U14, 281 Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

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331 ) 338 ) BRAZIL - France, 1879, cover, franked with rouletted 260 COLOMBIA, 1901, provi sional issue cover, franked with mar- Re-Issues Dom Pedro is sue Sc 74), prepay ing the UPU let ter ginal exam ple of the Rio Hacha “No hay estampillas” pro vi - rate to France. Stamp tied by in dis tinct cork cancel, with RIO DE sional, signed by J.R.Pichon, and used to prepay the inter nal JANEIRO c.d.s. alongside. Front shows red octag o nal letter rate. Stamp tied by oval RIO HACHA/FRANCA RIO-DE-JANEIRO/PAQ.FR.J.No5 mari time datestamp (Salles handstamp, with AGENCIA POSTAL NACIONAL/RIO HACHA 1080), and reverse bears LYON arrival c.d.s. Rare franking on a marking along side. A Very Fine and scarce exam ple of this pro- Very Fine transat lan tic cover (Photo). vi sional is sue, Schiller sig na ture (Photo). Est. 200 - 250 CHF. 200 CHF Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF

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Ecuador 343 ) 339 HH MEXICO - France, 1868, cover, franked with perfo rated 50c black on yel low Hidalgo is sue with Gothic “MEXICO 1 68” over- ECUADOR, 1935, Co lumbus Day issue, 500 sets, prepared print (Sc 55), pre pay ing the in ternal post age on a let ter to by the “Sociedad Columbista Panamericana” in the multi ples of France, and tied by FRANCA/MEXICO datestamp. Front ten, regu lar and air mail set in su perb never hinged condi tion. shows VERA-CRUZ/PAQ.FR.B.No 1 French mari time cachet Scott 338A-E, C38A-E; $3 000 (2 730 CHF). and “10” decime postage due handstamp, while re verse bears Est. 200 - 250 CHF. 200 CHF PARIS ar rival datestamp. Scarce use of this stamp on a Very Fine transat lan tic cover. (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF Honduras 344 ) MEXICO - France, 1869, cover, franked with two im perfo rate 340 H 25c blue Hi dalgo is sue with “PUEBLA 4 69” overprints (Sc 48), HONDURAS, Airmail, 1925, First Issue, 5c blue with over- prepay ing the in ternal post age on a let ter to France, and tied by print in blue & 25c/5c surcharged in blue, both with full o.g., CORREOS/PUEBLA datestamp. Front shows GB/1F60c ac- hinged, Phil a telic Foun da tion cer tif i cates. Scott C1, C11. Yvert coun tancy marking, ANGL/AMB.CALAIS French en try, and PA1a, PA5; €925 (1 130 CHF) (Photo). “10” decime post age due handstamp. Reverse bears red Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF LONDON transit and BAYONNE arrival datestamp. Minor open ing tear does not detract from this scarce classic cover (Photo). Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF Mexico 345 ) MEXICO - France, 1878, cover, franked with 25c blue Hi dalgo is sue with “DURANGO 1678” over print (Sc 109), pre pay ing the in ternal post age on a let ter to France, and tied by blue oval FRANCO datestamp. Front shows NEW ORLEANS/LA US en - try, New York T/CENTIMES/35 duplex debit handstamp, blue ETATS UNIS/PAQ.FR.BREST French entry marking, plus red “95c” postage due no ta tion. Re verse beras NEW YORK/F.D. transit and BORDEAUX ar rival datestamp. A very fine and scarce cover sent to the UPU from a non-member country (Photo). Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF

346 ) MEXICO - Germany, 1883, use of 2c+3c postal card, prepay - 341 ing the UPU card rate to Germany. Front shows red octag o nal VERA CRUZ/LIGNE B.PAQ.FR/No.2 French mari time cachet 341 ) plus KONSTANZ ar rival datestamp. A Very Fine and scarce use of this UPU card (Photo). MEXICO - France, 1861 (Nov.), cover to Paris via London, Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF franked by Very Fine 1861 4r rose red on yellow tied by Mexico City c.d.s., British PO at Vera Cruz c.d.s. on reverse in black. 347 ) An glo-French ac coun tancy marking GB / 1F 60c in black and MEXICO: GUADALAJARA, 1858 (April), entire let ter to red London transit. Calais tran sit c.d.s.FR. “24" decimes due. Sayula, franked on front and back with 1856 1/2r blue pairs Rare cover. Scott 10 (Photo). each tied by cir cular neg a tive handstamps of Guadalajara, Est. 1 500 - 2 000 CHF. 1,500 CHF Schatzkes 299 in black. Dated c.d.s. along side. Scott 1 (Photo).

Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF 342 ) MEXICO - France, 1864, cover, franked with sin gle and pair of 348 ) the 2 rs. grey-green Hi dalgo is sue, with MEXICO overprints, all MEXICO: GUADALAJARA, 1858 (Sept.), cover to tied by FRANCO / MEXICO c.d.s.’s. Front shows blue oc tag o - Guadalajara, tied by framed italic “Franqueado-en Tepic” nal MEXIQUE c.d.s. of the French Con sular Agency at Very handstamp. in red, Schatzkes 409. Rare and Fine cover at 6r tri - Cruz, plus a “24" decime postage due handstamp for a double ple rate. Scott 3, 4 (Photo). weight letter. Re verse bears rare FLORIDE / * French paquebot Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF c.d.s. in red (Salles 1311c) & PARIS ar rival c.d.s. A Very Fine sec ond is sue cover with rare mari time markings. Scott 8 349 ) (Photo). MEXICO: GUADALAJARA, 1868, cover to Guadalajara, Est. 1 200 - 1 500 CHF. 1,200 CHF franked with 2 reales li lac Guadalajara pro vi sional is sue, tied by nega tive CORREOS / TEPIS handstamp, and show ing oval FRANQUEDO / TEPIC c.d.s. A rare cover, signed Gilbert/Paris, 2006 Jaretzky cer tif i cate (Photo). Est. 500 - 750 CHF. 500 CHF

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Paraguay 356 ) 350 ) URUGUAY - France, 1883, regis tered use of 10c enve lope, uprated with 5c blue and 10c brown 1883 is sue (Sc 50,51), pre - PARAGUAY, 1881, domes tic cover, franked with 5c orange pay ing the UPU let ter rate to France plus Reg is try fee, and all brown Lion is sue of 1879 (Sc 12), pre paying the domes tic letter tied by framed RECOMENDADA handstamp. Front shows rate, and tied by CORREOS DE LA ASUNCION datestamp. CORREO/CORDON datestamp, and reverse bears Front shows addi tional ASUNCION datestamp. Repairs to mi- MARSEILLE transit. A scarce regis tered use of this statio nery, nor opening tears and partially missing back flap, but a rare use with Very Fine franking (Photo). of this stamp on cover (Photo). Est. 100 - 150 CHF. 100 CHF Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF

) 351 357 ) PARAGUAY - Argen tina, 1929, regis tered airmail cover, URUGUAY, 1895, regis tered use of 5c enve lope, uprated franked with 2.50p bister Yegros and $2.85/5c lilac air mail is sue with 1c blue, 2c red brown, 5c rose, and 7c green 1894 issue (Sc (Sc 293,C1), prepay ing the airmail let ter rate and Reg is try fee to 75,77,80,82), prepay ing the domes tic letter rate plus Regis try Argen tina, and all tied by purple AEREO-POSTAL/PARAGUAY fee, and all tied by CORREOS URUGUAY/RIVERA datestamp. Front shows “R” Reg is try la bel from Asuncion, pur- datestamps. Front shows blue Reg is tration la bel, and reverse ple CORREO AEREO/REP. DEL PARAGUAY handstamp, plus bears MONTEVIDEO ar rival c.d.s. Very fine four color frank ing pri vate “First Flight” label, while reverse bears oval purple usage on regis tered statio nery (Photo). ASUNCION handstamp and BUENOS AIRES ar rival Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF datestamps. Scarce franking on a very fine First Flight cover (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF 358 ) URUGUAY, 1924-26, selec tion of three uprated regis tered Peru cards, very nice se lec tion with air mail stamps, sta tio nery cards and one sta tio nery let ter card all sent to Argen tina. Very attrac - 352 H/m tive assem bly (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF PERU, Airmail, 1927, First Issue, 50c vio let, in verted overprint, used, also a normal mint exam ple, lightly hinged, stained. Scott C1, C1a; $550 (500 CHF) (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF

353 H Latin America Collections PERU, 1900-70, balance of old dealers stock, sorted by Yvert, on pages very fine mint and used. Approx i mately 350 - 359 H 400 dif ferent sets in small quan tities of airmails, souve nir sheets, service stamps, post age due, re-tour stamps and prov- CENTRAL AMERICA, 1927-29, Airmail, inter est ing group of inces. Very useful. High cata log value. is sues, on ex hi bi tion pages, from Cuba, Mex ico, Nic a ra gua & Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF Pan ama, show ing va ri ety of issues (6) and selec tion of 7 flown cov ers. Est. 100 - 150 CHF. 100 CHF Uruguay

354 ) 360 ) URUGUAY - Argen tina, c. 1866, letter sent unpaid to Bue - SOUTH AMERICA, 1921-29, Airmail, ad vanced col lection, nos Aires, lo cally franked with BISECTED 10c im perfo rate Nu- on 34 exhi bi tion pages with vari ety of issues: Argen tina 1928 is - meral is sue, tied by numeral ‘29’ cancel, with oval sue with 2 covers; Brazil 1927 is sue with 1 covers; Chile 1928 NUEVA-PALMIRA handstamp along side. Letter sent unpaid to is sue with 1 covers; Colom bia 1923/29 3 is sues with 3 covers; Bue nos Ai res, with blue 1 peso-2 reales postage due. A rare ex- Costa Rica 1926 is sue with 1 cover; Ecua dor 1928/30 6 issues ample of this bi sected stamp on cover, signed Bolaffi and Diena. with 3 covers; Hondu ras 1929 issue with 1 cover; Para guay Scott 31 var. (Photo). 1929 5 is sues with 5 covers; Peru 1927/28 2 issues with 2 cov- Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF ers; Uruguay 1921/29 6 issues with vari eties and 13 cov ers. Stamps are mostly very fine N.H. An in terest ing base of this very 355 ) popu lar area good for expan sion. Total of 32 flight covers. View- URUGUAY, 1866, cover franked with bisected imper fo rate ing highly recom mended. SG £4 500 + for stamps only (6 540 CHF) (Photo). 10c green nu meral issue (Sc 31), prepay ing the domes tic let- Est. 1 500 - 2 000 CHF. 1,500 CHF ter rate, and tied by blue barred oval “C” cancel. Front shows blue oval PAYSANDU datestamp. A very fine and rare exam ple of this bisect (Photo). Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF

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62 New bidders must provide verifiable Philatelic References in order to validate bids submitted MISC. ASIA: Asia Collections - Japan Start CHF Start CHF Misc. Asia 368 ) JAPAN, 1916-48, mili tary mail, very nice selec tion of 14 Asia Collections items, with covers (6), mili tary sta tio nery cards (5) and postcards (3) on exhi bi tion pages showing va ri ety of ori gins (Burma, 361 H Indo-China, Ko rea, Tai wan, China) showing va ri ety of mil i tary ASIA, 1921-29, Airmail, never hinged selec tion of issues, units marks, censor marks. Very in terest ing and un usual ar ray for China, India, Dutch Indies, Phil ip pines and Siam. Inclu sive 7 of 15 mil i tary items (Photo). covers with all these is sues applied. Good lot for special ists. Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF View ing highly rec om mended (Photo). Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF 369 ) JAPAN - In com ing mail from Czecho slova kia, 1931, reg is- Cambodia tered cover from Suche Vrbne, damaged in transport, sealed at the top with 3 ‘Impe rial Japa nese Tele graphs’ offi cial seal la - 362 ) bels in red. Shimonoseki FM can cel re ceiver. Scarce usage of this Of ficial Postal labels. (Photo). CAMBODIA (FRENCH INDOCHINA) - France, 1905, picture Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF post card, showing “The ru ins of Cham Pa goda” bearing Indo-China SG24,10c rose red tied by SNOC-TROU 370 ) /Cambodge double ring ‘18th Sept’, routed via Pnompenh 19/9’ JAPAN - Incom ing mail, 1908, attrac tive array of 12 post- with Ceret arrival in France ‘20th Oct’. Unre corded type not cards sent to Japan, most with good transit and arrival can cel - listed in Desrousseaux. Very scarce early cancel from this small la tions from: Tahiti, Somali Coast, It aly, Spain, Egypt, Dutch vil lage on Tonal Sap Lake (Photo). Indies, N.S.Wales (2), Pales tine (2) and Turkey (2). In addi tion Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF two covers from Brunei (air mail from Syria) and Phil ip pines. To - 363 ) tal 14 items. Scarce group. (Photo). Est. 100 - 150 CHF. 100 CHF CAMBODIA (FRENCH INDO-CHINA), 1912, picture post card, showing ‘Pe tit Temple, Angkor Wat’ addressed to Cholon, 371 ) French Indo China bearing Indo-China SG 55, 10C scarlet tied JAPAN: Bando Camps, 1915-20, huge accu mula tion of by Pailinh/Cambodge dou ble ring ‘22nd Mai’, routed over 700 items, in five vol umes, from dif ferent Bando camps Battambang ‘27/4’ with Cholon/Cochinchine arrival ‘9th Juin’. showing va ri ety of camps in structional and cen sor handstamps, Very rare item from the Thai/Cam bodian bor der, the area was in ter est ing inter-camps rout ing, for eign des ti na tions, var i ous returned to Thai land in 1912 (Photo). P.O.W. statio nery forms by dif ferent camps, Red Cross, vari ous Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF censor labels on offi cial cov ers, spectac u lar range of Camp pic- 364 HH/H ture postcards. Quality gener ally Very Fine. An excep tional ac - cumu la tion formed during the period of thirty years, great CAMBODIA, 1951-73, fairly complete collec tion, mounted oppor tu nity for students of this highly in terest ing area Enor - on Minkus exhi bi tion pages with most of souve nir sheets n.h. mous J.S.C.A. cata log value (photo on web site). condi tion. 2003 Michel €1 000 (1 220 CHF) (Owner’s). Est. 7 000 - 9 000 CHF. 7,000 CHF Est. 100 - 150 CHF. 100 CHF 372 ) Japan JAPAN: Bando Camps, 1914-19, written up ex hibi tion collec tion, in five vol umes of POW camps: Kurume (34), 365 HH/) Marugame (10), Matsuyama (23 includ ing 2 parcel cards), Nagoya (21), Narashino (27), Ninoshima (16), Oita (17), JAPAN, Airmail, 1919-29, First and Sec ond Is sues com - Osdaka (15), Shizuoka (6), Tokushima (13) and mail from re - plete, in ad di tion, second is sue on a regis tered cover sent from turning pris oners 816). Superbly described and with support ing Osaka (07.Oct.29) to San Fran cisco, o.g., never hinged, Su- in forma tion about about camps. Mail to vari ous domes tic and perb, overprinted set sign by K.Hennig. Scott C1-C7. Michel €1 foreign des tina tions (Brazil) with excep tional range of camp 700 (2 070 CHF). cen sor mark ings, reg is tered mail, var i ous tran sit marks, camps Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF postcards, pre-printed camps statio nery cards. Total of 198 366 ) items. An excel lent study of this attrac tive subject with great po- tential for expan sion. Viewing highly recom mended (photo on JAPAN - Tu nisia, c. 1894, small lady’s en velope, bear ing web site). Koban’ SG 114,2 s rose tied by vernac u lar date stamp, en- Est. 5 000 - 6 000 CHF. 5,000 CHF dorsed ‘via Can ada’. Very Fine item pay ing the open printed matter rate to North Africa (Photo). 373 ) Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF JAPAN: Bando Camps, 1914-19, good postal history selec - 367 ) tion, of better covers (13) and cards (15), with excel lent array of des ti na tions, cen sors and camp mark ings. Great as sem bly for JAPAN - Tu nisia, 1899, small lady’s en ve lope, bear ing spe cial ists (Photo). Koban SG 114, 2s rose (2) and SG 116, 5r slate (2) tied by ver- Est. 500 - 750 CHF. 500 CHF nacu lar date stamp, under paid with ‘12 1/2 Ctms/T’ hand-stamp in vi olet on face and bearing Tuni sia postage due Yvert 16, 25c black/rose with hand-struck ‘a percevoir’ on face and Tuni - sia/Regence de Tunis ar rival ‘23rd Feb’ on reverse. Wonder ful combi nation. Unique item of postage due mail (Photo). Est. 500 - 750 CHF. 500 CHF Many more photos of all lots on our website: www.harmersauctions.com 63 FIRST SESSION

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374 ) Thailand JAPAN: Bando Camps, 1915-20, scarce se lection of 16 sta - 381 H tio nery money let ters, JAPAN - Bando Camps: 1915-1920 THAILAND, 1883-1917, small selec tion on exhi bi tion Scarce selec tion of 16 statio nery money letters on ex hi bi tion pages showing va ri ety of types to Kurume, Matsuyama, pages, in clud ing three postal statio nery cards and one picture Nagoya, Narashino, Ninoshima, Oita and Osaka camps. Vari - post card show ing va ri ety of can cel la tions (one cancelled in ous censor marks, POW in structional and regis tration hand writing), in clud ing sta tionery card addressed to Mom handstamps. Quality gener ally Very Fine (Photo). Luang King (5th gener a tion grandson of Rama III), inter est ing Est. 2 500 - 3 500 CHF. 2,500 CHF and attrac tive group (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF 375 ) 382 m/) JAPAN: Bando Camps, 1915-19, very attrac tive group of 16 THAILAND, 1891-1899, very nice study of Bang kok 1, 2, 3 cov ers to for eign des ti na tions, in clud ing Dutch In dies, Den - mark, Nether lands, Sweden, USA. Showing va ri ety of unusual &5 can cel la tions, on stamps and postal statio nery cards, in- censor marks, POW despatch handstamps. Quality gener ally clud ing First Day usage on 3att stamp of BANGKOK 1 c.d.s. Very Fine (Photo). (Photo on web site). Est. 250 - 400 CHF. 250 CHF Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF H 376 ) 383 JAPAN: Bando Camps, 1915-19, very attrac tive group of 14 THAILAND, 1905-39, very nice group of used stamps, multi - stamped mail (in clud ing one tele gram form) to Bando camps ples and 3 cov ers (in clud ing 1939 Red Cross FDC) on pages, from for eign des ti na tions: Ger many, Phil ip pines, Rus sia, Swe- show ing va ri ety of bi lin gual can cel la tions and in ter est ing den, USA. Showing va ri ety of unusual cen sor marks. Qual ity handstamps (Photo). gener ally Very Fine (Photo). Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF 384 ) 377 ) THAILAND - Germany, 1895, postal card 4a card from Hin JAPAN: Bando Camps, 1917, unique collec tion of 54 cus- Lap, cancelled by rare native c.d.s. (Type II) from Krung Kao toms dec la ra tion bills, from Yo ko hama in var i ous POW (Ayutthaya province), with Bang kok c.d.s. at left and camps to vari ous POW Russian camps in Si beria. Al most all Bremerhaven arrival can cel, Very Fine, a rare commer cial us - with franchise stamp SERVICE OF DE GUERRE, dupli cate no- age of this card. Higgins and Gage 3 (Photo). tices and customs decla rations with detailed con tents list of var- Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF i ous packages. The ECR shown here. This col lec tion is a great 385 ) docu men ta tion of the POW mail traffic (Photo). Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF THAILAND, 1904-08, Chinese post card sent from Ger man ship S.M.S HERTHA, stationed at “Paknam Jetty” (port of 378 ) Chantaburi oc cupied by French 1893-1905) franked with JAPAN: Bando Camps, 1917-20, very scarce selec tion of 33 Germania 5pf and tied down by “KAIS.DEUTSCHE / MARINE / picture post cards (32 used) all dif ferent from vari ous POW SCHIFFSPOST / N0. 39" dated 12.12.1904. In addi tion 1908 camps. Vari ety of camp’s special handstamps and censor German statio nery card sent from Shanghai to Bang kok, an in- markings. An excel lent array of camps postcards in very fine ter est ing pair (Photo). condi tion. Viewing highly recom mended (photo on web site). Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF Est. 400 - 600 CHF. 400 CHF 386 ) 379 ) THAILAND - Ja pan, 1915 (Apr 24), Provi sional postal card JAPAN (FRENCH OFFICES), 1879, Newspa per wrapper to 5s / 6s from Bangkok to POW Matsuyama Camp, via MOJI Bel gium, franked with hori zontal pair of 4c. vio let brown Sage 13.5 c.d.s.and showing very good strike of the large orange is sue (Yv 88), prepay ing the GPU printed matter rate to Bel - kenzasumi censor, along with personal seal of Motomiya cen- gium. Stamps tied by YOKOHAMA / Bau FRANCAIS date sor. 3 weeks in transit in di cates infre quent shipping ser vice to stamp, and front showing red INDO-CHINE / Japan. Scarce. Higgins and Gage 26 (Photo). PAQ.FR.MODANE and LIGNE N / PAQ.NO.3 mar i time ca - Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF chets. A extremely rare wrapper, show ing scarce usage of the Sage is sue from this French office. JSDA 88 (Photo). Viet Nam (North) Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF 387 H 380 ) VIET NAM (NORTH), 1948-65, superb collec tion, housed in KOREA - Great Britain, 1904, picture post card, ‘Gei sha green al bum show ing va ri ety of is sues, mul ti ples, im per fo rat ed Girls’ Japan UPU statio nery addressed to England bear ing SG sets, souve nir sheets. Great thematic inter est. All stamps mint 54, 4ch rose tied by Se oul/Coree double ring ‘24/5’, routed via without gum as issued. Michel €3 100 (3 780 CHF). the German Terri tory of Kiaochow with Tsingtau/Kiautschou Est. 700 - 900 CHF. 700 CHF transit ‘28th May’ on face. Very rare routing via German China (Photo). Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF

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Breaking down the lifetime collection of exquisite Afghanistan quality of an Italian gentleman. 388 (H) 394 ) AFGHANISTAN, 1874-76, 1 rupee black (medium wove laid PALESTINE: Turkish P.O., 1892-1911, nice small collec tion, paper) and Abasi purple (hor izon tally laid paper), two very on 21 exhi bi tion pages showing va ri ety of picture postcards, nice strips of 5, both without gum, very fresh colours, scarce post marks from Nablos, Beni-Saab, Naz a reth, Je ru sa lem, mul tiples, both with certif i cates. Scott 14,18. SG 17,21 (Photo). Jaffa, Tiberiade, Bethleem. Very good base for expan sion Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF (Photo). Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF

395 ) Iran PALESTINE: German P.O., c. 1905, very attrac tive selec tion of 4 photo post cards, showing German P.O. at Jaffa and Jeru - 389 ) salem. Rarely offered (Photo). IRAN, Airmail, 1927, 1st issue com plete set on flown FDC, Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF signed T. Champion, only 600 complete sets is sued, excep tion - H ally rare on covers. Scott C1-C16; $880 as stamps (800 CHF) 396 (Photo). PALESTINE: Rus sian P.O., 1900-10, nice illus trated small Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF col lec tion, on ex hi bi tion pages show ing va ri ety of Rus sia’s is - sues for Jeru sa lem and Jaffa with range of vari eties. Scarce in - coming par cel card to Jaffa and some postcards in clud ing HH 390 orig i nal photo postcard of Austrian P.O. at Je rusa lem. Very IRAN, 1927-29, Airmail, out stand ing assem bly of over- good base for ex pan sion (Photo). printed never hinged issues, in per fect condi tion. High val ues Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF signed by T.Champion. In addi tion two covers - one with vari ety - missing 10 (Sc#C26). Scott C1-C33. Michel €1 950+ (2 380 397 HH CHF) (Photo). PALESTINE: 1918. 13 May, Overprints complete sheet Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF 12x10 of 5m on 1Pi. ultra ma rine, rouletted 20, mar gin all around, plate D18-C, Typi cal va ri eties at posi tions 11, 52, 71, 87, 118, sheet is with full orig i nal gum, major ity of stamps o.g., 391 ) never hinged, Rarely of fered in complete sheet, some re in - IRAN, 1905, incom ing let ter to Bushire with full contents forcement on few places, two mi nor sepa ra tions. Scott 3 from Bom bay, sent from French consul ate, franked with 2A li - (Photo). lac KEVII tied by Bombay c.d.s. Alongside “OVERLAND Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF POSTAGE/DUE/As 1" in structional can cel la tion and ”T" in circle. Post age due marking in green crayon applied on ar rival in 398 H Arabic. Re verse shows BUSHIRE ar rival c.d.s. and FRENCH PALESTINE, 1867-1959, very attrac tive collec tion, housed CONSULATE BOMBAY paper seal. In addi tion a few pri vately in 3 bind ers showing va ri ety of issues and good range of postal carried letters to the French consul at Bushire. Un usual and his tory items from the Foreign P.O.s Austrian, German French nice group (Photo). and Ital ian. Very nice sec tion of British camps 1918 (2), British Est. 100 - 150 CHF. 100 CHF man date items, sta tio nery en ve lopes, ma chine can cel la tions, nice se lec tion of Gaza 1957 covers. Very attrac tive well illus - trated binder with pic ture postcards and histor i cal notes en- 392 ) closed. An attrac tive and unusual col lec tion, viewing highly IRAN - U.S., 1909, picture post card, showing the ancient gate recommended (Photo). of Seistan, bearing 1ch & 2ch. 1902 is sue to Boston, paying Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF Printed matter rate, tied by egg shaped oval Seistan c.d.s.24.6.09 and routed via ‘ KOH-I-MALEK SIAH 399 H ZIARAT—INDIAN PO’ 26.6. a Rare Indian exchange office PALESTINE, 1918-28, E.E.F. issue and Je rusa lem over- (Photo). prints, in ter est ing re search col lec tion, on ex hi bi tion pages Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF showing good range of overprints and perfo ra tions. Very strong study of 44 covers (14 regis tered) and 12 picture postcards 393 ) showing va ri ety of mixed and mul tiple franking to: Austria, Czecho slo va kia, Egypt, Eng land, Ger many, It aly. Si erra Le one, IRAN - Netherland East Indies, 1912, picture postcard to Switzer land, Turkey and US. Good array of dispatch cancel la - Java sent from Isfahan, to Sourabaya-Java missent tions and transit marks. An inter est ing lot for students of this in- (MALDIRIGE) to India, showing transit Aden c.d.s. (Photo). ter est ing area. View ing highly re com menced. Sc.1/J20-NOT Est. 100 - 150 CHF. 100 CHF complete. Bale ‘87 cat. value for used and mint stamps $730 (Photo). Est. 1 500 - 2 000 CHF. 1,500 CHF

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400 ) PALESTINE, 1910-30, nicely presented Judaic group of 16 pic ture post cards, mainly with differ ent street scenes all in He - brew in scription. Unusual and attrac tive group (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

401 ) PALESTINE, 1923, Post age Due, incom ing cover from Great Brit ain to Sarafan, franked with 1p KGV tied by machine can cel la tion of BRITISH INDUSTRIES/FAIR 1924 can cel la tion. 407 HH Taxed on arrival with 2M+8M(1923 P.D. issue), both tied by ISRAEL, 1948, First Coins, 250m-1000m high values, with SARAFAN c.d.s. Front shows scarce boxed “TO PAY/10/MILS” complete tabs, 500M with both tab vari eties, o.g., never hinged, tax mark, along side “T/35 L”handstamp. Very nice and scarce excep tional qual ity! Superb, signed with A.Diena & E. Diena cover, Sorani certif i cate. Scott J2, J4 (Photo). certif i cates. Bale 7-9; $7 700 (7 000 CHF). Scott 7-9 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF Est. 2 500 - 3 000 CHF. 2,500 CHF

402 ) 408 ) PALESTINE, 1923, Post age Due, Ameri can 2c sta tionery ISRAEL, 1948, New Year complete on FDC, with full color en ve lope sent to Je ru sa lem, taxed on arrival with tabs on cachet cover. Hakirya bi lin gual c.d.s. Bale 10-14. Scott 4M+8M(1923 P.D. issue) both tied by Jeru sa lem c.d.s. Front 10-14 (Photo). shows scarce boxed “TO PAY/12/MILS” tax mark, alongside Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF double cir cle “T - CENTIMES 30 H” handstamp. Reverse shows tipped note from New York P.O. about postage to the foreign 409 HH desti na tion for the first ounce post age is 5 cents. Extremely scarce combi nation of two P.O. tax anno ta tions. Despite punch ISRAEL, 1948, New Year issue, study on five exhi bi tion pages, hole at the bottom left very desir able postage due item, Sorani showing complete set with tabs (2), corner marginal stamps, certif i cate. Scott J3, J4 (Photo). verti cal gutter pairs, hori zontal gutter pairs in blocks of four with Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF plate numbers, Superb, E. Diena certif i cate. 1987 Bale 10-14; $1 285 (1 170 CHF). Scott 10-14 (Photo). Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF 403 ) PALESTINE, 1942, Post age Due, incom ing cover from 410 ) Famagusta, Cy prus to Tel-Aviv, in suf fi ciently franked with 3x1p KGVI(Sc 146 perf 12 1/2). Cen sored and taxed on arrival ISRAEL, 1952, 1000p Meno rah FDC, also franked with 1st with 1M+8M(1928-45 issue) Postage due is sue, both tied by Coins, Par lia ment, Univer sity and Negev is sues all with com- TEL AVIV c.d.s. Front shows scarce boxed “TO PAY/m.s. plete tabs. Stamps tied by GIVATAYIM c.d.s. Scarce and attrac - 9/MILS” tax mark, alongside “T” and in manu script “2 1/2c” an - tive cover. Bale 59. Scott 55 (Photo). nota tion. Cy prus 27 censor mark. Very nice and attrac tive cover. Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF Scott J12, J16 (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF 411 HH ISRAEL, Book lets, 1949-50, complete set of six unex - ) 404 ploded booklets, o.g., never hinged, Su perb. 1987 Bale 1, 2a, PALESTINE: Transjordan Occu pa tion, 1948-50, nicely pre- 3-6; $725 (660 CHF) (Photo). sented group of 10 cov ers (8 regis tered air mail) mostly sent Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF to England showing va ri ety of mixed franking of 1948 is sue from Nablus, Beth le hem, Je ru sa lem, Heb ron. Un usual range of reg- 412 HH is tration la bels. Inter est ing lot for students of this area (Photo). Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF ISRAEL, Post age Dues, 1948, First Issue, 3m-50m complete, with tabs, o.g., never hinged, excep tional is sue, Superb, E. Diena cer tifi cate. 1987 Bale PD1-5; $2 100 (1 910 CHF). ) 405 Scott J1-J5 (Photo). ISRAEL, 1948, First Coins complete on FDC, Su perb. Bale Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF 1-9. Scott 1-9 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF 413 H ISRAEL, 1902-99, Jewish National Fund, wonder ful collec - HH 406 tion, on ca 240 pages housed in 6 vol umes which in cludes 6 ISRAEL, 1948, First Coins, 3m-50m, with mixed tabs., vari ous cov ers in the 1st vol ume and good se lec tion of dif ferent sheets perfo ra tions: perf 10 (3M), perf 10 (15M), perf 11, compound of ‘vil lages’. Excel lent base for expan sion of this in terest ing perf 10x11, roulette perfo ra tion 3M, 5M, 10M., excep tional is - topic. Copy of 1990 Rochlin hand book also pres ent (photo on sue, o.g., never hinged, Superb, E. Diena certif i cate. 1987 Bale web site). 1-6; $3 000 (2 730 CHF). Scott 1-6 (Photo). Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF

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414 H/m/) Turkey ISRAEL, 1948, Interim Period (April 15 - May 14), su perb 422 ) col lec tion, in two vol umes from begin ning to Bale I.102 includ - TURKEY: OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 1892-1917, highly varied col- ing stamps, multi ples, vari eties and over 45 covers. Great for expan sion (photo on web site). lection of 74 items, in clud ing 35 cov ers, 9 postal statio nery, 30 Est. 1 500 - 2 000 CHF. 1,500 CHF pic ture post cards, all bearing Turkish stamps, with a good vari - ety of cancel la tions of Pales tine, Greece, Crete & many other 415 m areas, with regis tered, also a selec tion of French PO in Lev- ant.Cancels with RR in cat alog, qual ity gener ally Very Fine, ISRAEL, 1948-2000, complete used collec tion, mounted on great special ist lot. viewing highly recom mended (Photo). approx i mately 300 pages in 8 bind ers. All is sues with complete Est. 500 - 750 CHF. 500 CHF tabs in very fine con di tion in cludes many vari eties, Doar Ivri issue 250m-1,000m with certif i cate. 2000 Bale $7 500 (6 820 CHF) (photo on web site). Yemen Est. 2 500 - 3 000 CHF. 2,500 CHF 423 H 416 ) YEMEN, 1926-65, very advanced col lection, housed in three ISRAEL, 1948-2001, First Day Cov ers collec tion, mounted vol umes with North Yemen issues starting from 1926 early is - on 450 pages in 16 bind ers almost complete. All is sues with sues with hand painted in troduc tory page to give better illus tra- complete tabs with good range of frankings and ca chets. Good tion of rele vant issue. Unmounted mint, hinged and used sets. base for expan sion. (photo on web site). Special is sues. Speci mens 1930 & 1931 is sue, numbers of vari - Est. 1 500 - 2 000 CHF. 1,500 CHF eties and in terest ing and un usual cov ers (59). Study of vari eties and cancel la tions. Kingdom part 1962/65 over printed issues ) 417 very well pre sented in clud ing sou ve nir sheets per fo rated and ISRAEL, 1949-73 col lec tion of 164 com mem o ra tive il lus- im perfo rat ed (UN sheets 1a&1b noted), overprints on Con sular trated cov ers, stamped for of ficial open ing of P.O.’s showing fee stamps enclosed. Excel lent lot for special ist of this area. va ri ety of ca chets and can cel la tions. Three vol umes. Un usual Viewing highly recom mended. 2003 Michel €13 000 + for regu - and at trac tive col lec tion well pre sented (Photo). lar stamps (15 840 CHF) (Photo). Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF Est. 3 000 - 4 000 CHF. 3,000 CHF

HH 418 Middle East Collections ISRAEL, 1949, complete year study of the is sues, with complete tabs (some with tabs both sides), Coin set with plate vari et- 424 ) ies. Nicely presented on exhi bi tion pages, o.g., never hinged, Su perb, E. Diena certif i cate. 1987 Bale 15/26, PD 6/11; $1 185 MIDDLE EAST, 1841-1970, an accu mula tion of 400 covers, (1 080 CHF). Scott 15 (Photo). in a box, from Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Leba non, Libya, Saudi Ara - Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF bia, Syria, Egypt. Range of regis tered air mail, aerograms, hotel post, disin fected mail, FDC, of ficial mail, parcel cards. Great 419 HH thematic inter est - oil, Red Cross, medi cine. Quality gener ally Very Fine. ISRAEL, 1950, complete year issues, on 10 ex hi bi tion pages, Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF showing set with complete tabs UPU to Negev & 1st airmails. Goor range of tête-bêche pairs(16), tete-beche gutter pairs of 425 H/m/) coins with plate numbers, UPU tête-bêche gutter blocks of 6 and 24. All in su perb mint N.H. condi tion. 1987 Bale 27-47; $2 MIDDLE EAST, 1920-29, Airmail, a beau tiful collec tion, on 300 (2 090 CHF) (Photo). 26 exhi bi tion pages from Alaouties, Leba non and Syria with Est. 800 - 1 000 CHF. 800 CHF early is sues (25 sets) mostly NH with good range of vari eties. In addi tion 27 covers mainly FDC many signed by T. Champion. 420 HH Gener ally very fine condi tion. A good base for expan sion of this in terest ing area. Viewing highly recom mended. Michel €1 700 ISRAEL, 1951-2001, spe cial ized col lec tion, mounted on ap- for stamps (2 070 CHF) (Photo). proxi mately 400 pages in 10 bind ers in very fine NH con di tion Est. 1 800 - 2 000 CHF. 1,800 CHF for the period. Col lec tion in cludes sou venir sheets. booklets, coils, a many typi cal va ri eties along with ‘51-52’ new year, 426 ) Weizman plus others in complete sheets. A wonder ful oppor tu - nity to acquire a new area 97% complete. MIDDLE EAST, 1920-80, very nice small postal history ac- Est. 1 500 - 2 000 CHF. 1,500 CHF cu mu la tion, in clud ing post cards(3), air let ters(6), par cel cards(2) and covers(17), from Aden, Iraq, Jeru sa lem, Jordan, Leba non, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Sharjah, Yemen to foreign des ti- Liberia nations showing va ri ety of frankings. Unusual and attrac tive (Photo). 421 ) Est. 100 - 150 CHF. 100 CHF LIBERIA - Germany, 1894, cover from the Schultze corre - spondence to Hamburg, bearing a ver tical pair of the 10pfg. rose red, tied by 3 strikes of the scarce boxed “Aus West-Africa / Mit Hamburger Dampfer”, showing TPO transit, and Hamburg arrival c.d.s.-11 / 94. A very scarce usage. Michel 47 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

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427 H ALBANIA, 1913, Eagle overprints on Otto man 1909 issue, Ex 432 2pa to 5pi, a very nice se lec tion, all stamps are with full orig i nal gum, very lightly hinged, rare assem bly, Superb, all signed by A.Diena and Raybaudy. Michel 3/6, 7/10; €6 900 (8 400 CHF) (Photo). Est. 2 000 - 3 000 CHF. 2,000 CHF

428 H ALBANIA, 1913, Eagle overprint on Otto man 1909 issue, 20pa carmine rose, full orig i nal gum, lightly hinged, very fresh, nice and scarce stamp, Superb, signed A.Diena and Raybaudi. Michel A6; €900 (1 100 CHF) (Photo). Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF

429 HH ALBANIA, 1913, Eagle overprint on Otto man 1909 issue, 10pi dull red, o.g., never hinged, very fresh nice and scarce stamp, signed by Rommerskirchen BPP, A.Diena and Raybaudi. Michel 11; €4 500 (5 480 CHF) (Photo). 434 Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF

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430 H ALBANIA, 1913, Eagle overprint on Otto man 1909 issue, 25pi dark green, full orig i nal gum, lightly hinged, very fresh, signed Rommerskirchen BPP, A.Diena and Raybaudy, only 35 stamps were overprinted. Michel A11; €10 000 (12 180 CHF) (Photo). Est. 2 000 - 3 000 CHF. 2,000 CHF

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437 H/m/) BALTIC STATES, 1920-28, Airmail, very attrac tive collec - tion, on exhi bi tion pages of air mail is sues from: Es tonia- 1920-25 sets with 4 covers; Latvia 1921-28 sets with three covers; Lithu a nia 1921-26 sets with 8 covers. Michel €900 + for stamps only (1 100 CHF) (Photo). Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF

Croatia 431 H 438 HH H ALBANIA, 1913, Eagle overprint on Otto man 1909 issue, / 50pi red brown, full orig i nal gum, with hinge remnant, very CROATIA, 1941, Medjumurje pro visional, se lec tion of seven fresh colour, Sign by Rommerskirchen BPP, A.Diena and val ues, some in pairs, showing two types of overprint of this Raybaudy. Michel A11; €22 000 (26 800 CHF) (Photo). scarce pro vi sional is sue (Photo). Est. 8 000 - 10 000 CHF. 8,000 CHF Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

The rarest Albania stamp - less then 20 stamps were 439 HH overprinted. CROATIA, 1941, Jubi lee set, o.g., never hinged, HFS cer tifi - 432 Hr cate. Michel 24-38 (Photo). Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF ALBANIA, Air mail, 1928, First Flight Valona-Brin di si com - plete, blocks of 4, marginal and cor ner marginal, Su perb, Raybaudi certif i cate, set rarely of fered in multi ples, 5,340 sets is sued. Michel 162-168; €1 800 (2 190 CHF). Scott C15-C21 (Photo). Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF

433 HH ALBANIA, Airmail, 1925-29, selec tion of issues, in clud ing Valona-Brin di si and Tirana-Valona over prints as well both sets on covers. An excep tional as sembly, o.g., never hinged, Su- perb, sign T.Champion. Michel €3 400 (4 140 CHF). Scott C28 (Photo). Est. 700 - 800 CHF. 700 CHF Ex 437

434 ) ALBANIA: TURKISH POST, 1871, incom ing letter from Ven- ice to Scutari, franked with It aly 60c li lac (1863-65 is sue) tied by dotted numeral 196 along side Venice c.d.s. Turkish Duloz Post age due (applied on the back) added on arrival for messen - ger service be tween Antivari and Scutari. Both tied by Otto man Arabic Scutari cir cle handstamp. Trieste transit on reverse. At- trac tive com bi na tion (Photo). Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF

435 ) 438 ALBANIA, 1913, Eagle overprint on Otto man 1909 issue, 20pa carmine rose, two, applied as a tête-bêche pair, both tied by Elbasan c.d.s. on a CTO cover, phil atelic but nice and clean. Scott 6 (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF

436 ) ALBANIA - Aus tria, 1915, cover sent from Durazzo, franked with 10 para, green strip of four Tarabosch issue, all tied by Otto - man bi-lin gual Durazzo c.d.s. alongside to Hinterbruhl arrival. Rare commer cial us age of this issue (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF

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440 ) 447 P CROATIA, 1941, Jubi lee set, on three phil a telic made cov ers CROATIA, 1943, Zagreb Phil a telic Ex hi bi tion, com plete set tied by Zagreb 10.May 1941 cds., sign by Ercegovic. Michel of 18k imper fo rat ed col our trials, o.g., never hinged, with light 24/36 (Photo). toned spots. Michel 115 (Photo). Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF

441 P CROATIA, 1941, Sixth overprint trial print on thin paper in 448 HHr zincography, marginal pair, certif i cate Ercegovic, rare. Michel CROATIA, 1943, Pavelic 100Kn imper fo rate, block of 4, with 43 (Photo). top right stamp show ing en graver sign “S” in the collar, posi tion Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF 87 in the sheet of 100 stamps, o.g., never hinged. Michel 147 I (Photo). HH 442 Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF CROATIA, 1941, Landscapes 1Kn imper fo rate, com plete sheet of two panes of 50 stamps in tête-bêche posi tion, scarce plate IV; also 3Kn im perfo rate sheet of 100 stamps with en - 449 P graver sign “U” on posi tion 46 (not recorded in every sheet) CROATIA, 1944, Third An niver sary, complete set of nine plate I, natu ral paper fold and typ i cal va ri ety “white spot at value col our tri als, corner margin pair, o.g., never hinged, very at- 3” posi tion 45, small tear at the top row, o.g., never hinged. tractive. 158-160 (Photo). Michel 50, 53 (Photo). Est. 250 - 400 CHF. 250 CHF Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF

443 HH CROATIA, 1941, Red Cross imper fo rat ed set, pairs, on thick pa per 1,50Kn value with misplaced blue back ground print, o.g., never hinged. Michel 66-68 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

444 P CROATIA, 1942, First An niver sary Landscape Issue without overprint, 2k, 5k and 10k tête-bêche proofs from minis te- rial al bums, without gum as issued, rarely of fered in complete set. Michel 78-80 (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF Ex 450

445 P 450 HHr CROATIA, 1943, Workers set, of three corner marginal col our CROATIA, 1944, Split provi sional is sue, blocks of 16, Ten trials on un gummed paper with water mark as issued., Scarce. val ues “small set”. Only 231 complete sets where overprinted Michel 94-96 (Photo). (CHF 8,000+), o.g., never hinged. Sassone 6-12,14,17-18; €6 Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF 700 (8 160 CHF) (Photo). Est. 500 - 600 CHF. 500 CHF

451 HH CROATIA, 1944, WWII Occu pation of Hvar - Lesina, set of 4, o.g., never hinged, Chiavarello cer tifi cate, rare (Photo). Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF

452 H CROATIA, 1944, Railway Workers 32k+16k, im per fo rate sheetlet of nine stamps, with heavily mis placed black print, without gum as issued, very attrac tive vari ety. Michel 153 (Photo). Est. 100 - 150 CHF. 100 CHF Ex 446 453 P 446 P CROATIA, 1944, Francetic trial print, three colour trials on CROATIA, 1943, Eastern Le gion, complete set of trial print, thick paper, black proof in pair on thin pa per and two perfo ra tion in com plete sheets of 100 stamps on thick yel lowish paper and vari eties, without gum as issued. Michel 161 (Photo). complete imper fo rat ed and perfo rated set in sheets of 100. Un- Est. 100 - 150 CHF. 100 CHF usual and attrac tive lot with over 700 vari eties, full o.g. Michel 107/110 (Photo). Est. 600 - 700 CHF. 600 CHF

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460 H 454 E CROATIA, 1941-45, very advanced col lection, housed in CROATIA, 1945, Red Cross es say, in the complete sheetlet of black al bum, with wide range of vari eties, imper fo rate, essays, 16 stamps on meshed cream pa per, far right row with out cross color trials. Jubi lee set with certif i cate, sheets of offi cial stamps print at the tab lets., o.g., never hinged, Scarce (Photo). with print ing va ri et ies. Over 650 stamps. Care ful ex am i na tion Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF highly rec om mended (Photo). 455 E Est. 800 - 100 CHF. 800 CHF CROATIA, 1945, Dr. Fon un issued es say, imper forate, hori - 461 ) zon tal pair, o.g., never hinged (Photo). CROATIA, 1941-44, very attrac tive selec tion of cov ers and Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF cards, showing va ri ety of postal rates, regis tered and express 456 P mail, parcel cards and Sibenik overprints on cover. Attrac tive group of POW mail from-to Jasenovac (3) and Stara Gradiska CROATIA, Post age Due, 1941, trial print of 0,50Kn, on thick (10). Red Cross and German FP’s mail. Very good postal his - pa per on the other side dou ble print of 1Kn and 2Kn and im per- tory lot for students oif this very attrac tive area. 90 items. View- forat ed pair of 0,50Kn. Michel P6 (Photo). ing highly recom mended (Photo). Est. 100 - 200 CHF. 100 CHF Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF

457 P 462 H CROATIA, Offi cial, 1942, 3Kn trial print on thick yel low ish CROATIA, 1942-45, nice selec tion of imper fo rate sheets, in- pa per, notes and musi cal print at the reverse, unusual and clud ing “Cro atian wings” min ia ture sheet in pair, Pavelic 3,50Kn scarce. Michel D6 (Photo). im per fo rat ed sheet of 100, St Sebastian im per fo rat ed sheetlet Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF of nine, Storm Divi sion per forated 50Kn block of 10 without gum. Rarely offered assem bly. High cata log value. (Photo). H 458 Est. 300 - 400 CHF. 300 CHF CROATIA, Offi cials, 1942, nice selec tion, mul ti ples and complete sheets of 100 stamps perfo rated and imper fo rat ed showing the array of printing va ri eties, nice and un usual (Photo). Estonia Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF

463 H/m/) ESTONIA, Airmail, 1923, provi sional overprints on 10m and 20m, perf. 11½, both sign T. Champion lightly hinged with usual skipped gum. Also flight cover bearing the this two stamps with addi tional 15m defin i tive is sues stamps, all tied by Tallinn c.d.s. dated 26 Nov.1923. Cover (signed Champion) ad dressed to Ex 459 Juri Ots - chief pilot of Aeronaut Co. Rare stamps as 10M only 400 stamps perfo rated. Michel 43A-44A; €4 000 (4 870 CHF) 459 H (Photo). Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF CROATIA, 1941-45, su perb ac cu mu la tion of sou ve nir sheets, in clud ing 1942 Cro atian Wings perf and imperf (18), 1943 Pavelic perf and imperf (60), 1944 State Working (20); Hungary SMALL SHEETLETS: 1941 Red Cross (3), Croatian Wings (1), 1942 Gubec, 1943 State workers (2), Croatian Youth (4), 1944 464 H Rail way Workers (3), St Sebastian (3), Third Anni versary (11), HUNGARY, 1920-64, good selec tion of mint sets, mostly State Workers (9), Red Cross (13), 1945 Postman (3). SHEETS never hinged very fine, very good thematic inter est includ ing 5 of 100 stamps : 1941 Franco overprint, 1943 Zrinski (2), Russia sets of 1925 Sport issue. Yvert €1 000+ (1 220 CHF) (photo on le gion, 1945 Field-post stamp, parcel stamp (4). Very rarely of - web site). fered on market. Michel €10 000+ (12 180 CHF) (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF Est. 1 000 - 1 500 CHF. 1,000 CHF

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Romania 471 ) 465 ) RUSSIA: Russo-Jap anese War, 1905, very attrac tive group of cov ers and mil i tary sta tio nery cards, sent in July from offi - ROMANIA - French Indochina, 1904, 10b postal card used cer and soldier on their way to occupy North Sakhalin. Both with from Braila to Ha noi, routed via Costantinople (2 TPO can - full con test de scrib ing prep a ra tions for in va sion trans lated in cels), and Aden to ‘ Penang- Singapore’with Haiphong Tonkin Eng lish. In addi tion Japa nese mil i tary cards from FPO 3,26th 8/04 arrival c.d.s. Very scarce desti na tion & routing (Photo). Bri gade served in North Sakhalin, showing the earli est known Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF type of this FPO cancel la tion used in Sakhalin. An excep tional trio and great histor i cal doc ument of Sakhalin Island (Photo). Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF

Russia 472 ) 466 H/m/) RUSSIA, 1916, cash on deliv ery letter to Yuryev, for collec - tion of 397R 40kop, franked with 5R Romanov on the front. Re - RUSSIA, 1922-27, Airmail, small selec tion, on three ex hi bi - verse bears 1k+15k1strip of three 1R all perfo rated eagle is sue, tion pages with n.h/l.h. issues and 3 commer cially flown covers tied by Petrograd c.d.s. A rare franking cor rectly prepaid - (1927 is sue FDC) (Photo). C.O.D. fee 2%=7.96R, post age and regis tration 10k each=20k, Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF total of 8.16R. Very nice and fresh exhi bi tion cover. (Photo). Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF 467 ) RUSSIA - Greece, 1865 (Feb.), let ter via the Aus trian Post, 473 ) franked with sin gle 30 kop Arms is sue (Sc 10, perf 12 1/2), pre- RUSSIA: Ad vertis ing stamps, 1923 (Nov. 26), cover sent paying the sin gle weight letter rate to Greece via the Austrian from Moscow to Finland, last week of Infla tion that ended on Post. Stamp tied by TAGANROG c.d.s. and front shows circu lar the 30th of Nov, correctly franked with 2x10k Soldier (golden ko - FRANCO handstamp. On arrival in Greece, an addi tional 50 pecks) applied on TOBACCO adver tis ing la bels on re verse of lep ta postage due was required, signi fied by the appli cation of the cover alongside Petrograd transit and Hel sinki ar rival c.d.s. the 10 lepta and 40 lep ta Large Hermes Heads of the Consec u - Postman used 20k NEW postal tariffs valid from the 01.12.1923 tive Athens printings (Sc 19,21), all tied by arrival c.d.s.’s. The not current 44,700R before money denom i nations on the reverse shows a trian gu lar ODESSA transit c.d.s. (Photo). 01.Decem ber 1923. Nice and very unusual us age of new postal Est. 700 - 900 CHF. 700 CHF rates during last four days of Infla tion period (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF 468 ) RUSSIA - Greece, 1866, mixed franking cover, franked with 474 ) 30 kop Arms issue (Sc 10), partially prepay ing the letter rate to RUSSIA: Ad vertis ing stamps, 1924, on regis tered cover Greece, and tied by TAGANROG c.d.s. Greek “130" lep ta col - from Sevastopol to Lenin grad, franked with 2x7kop Soldier, lected on deliv ery with 10 lep, 40 lep, and 80 kep Consec u tive gold ko pecks, applied on two Ukrainian TOBACCO ad vertis ing Athens Printing is sues applied as postage due stamps (Sc stamps both tied by oval SEVASTOPOL rail way station 19,21a,22), all tied by SYROS c.d.s. A wonder ful and rare com- datestamps - light verti cal fil ing fold free of adhe sives. Re verse bi na tion cover (Photo). shows arrival c.d.s. Nice and attrac tive. (Photo). Est. 800 - 1 200 CHF. 800 CHF Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

469 ) 475 ) RUSSIA - Saxony, 1868, circu lar, franked with two1kop Coat RUSSIA: Adver tis ing stamps, 1924, on cover to Lithu a nia of Arms issue, prepay ing the printed matter rate to Saxony un - der the Russian-Prus sian Con vention, and tied by sent from Nizhniy-Novgorod, franked on reverse with ST.PETERSBURG c.d.s. Front shows red manuscript “1 / 4" 2k+3x6k Peasant, gold kopecks, applied on three adver tis ing Sgr credit to Prussia plus red AUS RUSSLAND / FRANCO en - stamps - TOBACCO & SAVING BANK (2). Rare usage of differ - try marking, while reverse bears AUSGABE arrival c.d.s. A Very ent ad ver tis ing la bels (Photo). Fine and scarce printed matter item sent to a foreign des tina - Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF tion. Scott 19 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF 476 ) RUSSIA: Ad vertis ing stamps, 1925, air mail regis tered 470 ) cover from Tashkent to Berlin, franked with Mauso leum RUSSIA, 1870, cover sent from Pernau to Riga, franked with (1925 perfo rated issue) in combi nation with very rare all Arabic 1k+3x3k all 3kop. stamps with the background ERROR ‘V’ war in valids char ity 25R la bel. In manuscript “ Par Avion - via (1866 is sue) all tied by blue PERNAU c.d.s., Riga arrival on re - Moscow - Riga-Konigsberg” all ap propri ate air mail ca chets ap- verse. Very Fine (Photo). plied front and back (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF

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477 ) 483 ) RUSSIA: Ad vertis ing stamps, 1925, air mail regis tered RUSSIAN LEVANT - Rus sia, 1872, cover, bearing a pair of 5 cover to Berlin sent from Kursk, franked with Lenin (1924 im - kop. blue perf. 11 1868 to Odessa —- tied by abbre vi ated per fo rat ed is sue) in com bi na tion with very rare war in va lids “KONSTANTINOPOLSKOE AGENTSVO”c.d.s. In blue charity 5R la bel. Air mail ca chets applied front and back. Mos- (Tchillingirian type 9) showing TAGANROG Transit & Odessa cow transit and arrival Berlin on reverse. Rare and attrac tive arrival c.d.s. Scarce mul tiple franking with a rare can cel (Photo). early Rus sian air mail cover. (Photo). Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF Est. 500 - 750 CHF. 500 CHF

478 ) 484 ) RUSSIA: Ad vertis ing stamps, 1926, regis tered cover from RUSSIAN LEVANT - Iran, 1894, regis tered letter to Kursk to Berlin, with inter est ing mixed issues franking in ad di - Isphahan, franked with strip of three 10kop numeral is sue (hori - tion to nine charity la bels ap plied front and back. Very attrac tive zon tally laid pa per), pre pay ing sin gle weight reg is tered let ter and unusual (Photo). rate to Persia. Alél tied by blue ‘ROPIT/SMYRNA 4. July. 84’ Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF c.d.s. Front shows blue boxed RECOMMANDEE handstamp, along side Tiflis transit c.d.s. At reverse Russian P.O. at Con - 479 ) stanti no ple, Odessa Tiflis and Tabriz transits. A Very Fine and RUSSIA: Ad vertis ing stamps, 1926, cover, Sol dier rare regis tered letter from Rus sian Lev ant to a scarce desti na - 7k.(golden kopecks) applied on TOBACCO adver tis ing la bel on tion (Photo). re verse of cover, in com bi na tion with post man ad ver tis ing ma- Est. 600 - 800 CHF. 600 CHF chine can cel la tion. Nice and at trac tive. (Photo). 485 ) Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF RUSSIA: TRANSCAUCASIAN FEDERATED REPUBLICS - 480 ) Swit zer land, 1923, reg is tered cover, franked on reverse with RUSSIA: Ad vertis ing stamps, 1926, cover from Sverdlovsk 35 kop star overprint, two pair 1r imperf (Sc 4,8) and pair to Moscow, franked with sol dier 7k.(golden kopecks) applied Azerbaijan 500r / Sc 29) all tied by BAKU c.d.s.’s. Front shows on Cri mea TOBACCO ad ver tis ing la bel. Along side Mos cow ar- Baku Reg is tration la bel and re verse bears Baden / schweiz ar - rival c.d.s. Nice and attrac tive. (Photo). rival c.d.s. A Very Fine and rare mixed franking cover (Photo). Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF Est. 350 - 400 CHF. 350 CHF ) 481 ) 486 RUSSIA: Ad vertis ing stamps, 1933, regis tered cover from RUSSIA: TRANSCAUCASIAN FEDERATED REPUBLICS - Zvenigorod to Moscow, franked with 3x10kop Worker, one Germany, 1923, cover, franked on reverse with sin gle 25 kop applied on GUM de partment store adver tis ing stamp. Nice and and two 50 kop Arme nia handstamped is sue with star over- at trac tive late us age of these ad ver tis ing la bels (Photo). prints (Sc 9,10). Stamps tied by BAKU c.d.s. and reverse shows Est. 150 - 250 CHF. 150 CHF addi tional MOSCOW transit c.d.s.’s. An extremely rare com- mercial us age of these provi sional stamps. Scott 9, 10 (Photo). Est. 250 - 300 CHF. 250 CHF

487 ) RUSSIA: AZERBAIJAN - Germany, 1922, regis tered cover from Baku, bearing mul tiple franking on the front and on the back of 18 x 50,000 (3 stamps cut to the picture frame) sent to Berlin. Reg is tration la bel and Berlin arrival ap plied on the back (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF

488 ) RUSSIA: AZERBAIJAN - Germany, 1923 (Mar. 6), regis tered cover sent from Baku to Berlin, franked on reverse with block of 10 surcharge 15,000R/5000R, to make correct 1,500,000 R postage for mail abroad. Berlin arrival. Find and at tractive multi - ple com mercially used. Baku serial “d” c.d.s. (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF Ex 482 489 ) 482 ) RUSSIA: AZERBAIJAN, 1923, money order, for amount of RUSSIA: Zemtsvo, 1880-1916, group of twelve cov ers, in- 47,000,000R franked with 4x1R star overprint on the front in ad- clud ing Shack, Zolotonosha, Irbit (2), Bogorodsk with Levant di tion to 25k+50k of the same issue applied on the back, all tied stamp, Urzhumsk, Gadyach (2), Belebey, Ustsisolsk, Kotelnich, by PRISHIB c.d.s. Lenkoran arrival on re verse. (Photo). Glazov. Excel lent oppor tu nity for students of this elusive area Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF (Photo). Est. 2 000 - 2 500 CHF. 2,000 CHF

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490 ) RUSSIA: AZERBAIJAN, 1923, small group of 4 reg istered covers, two sent in ternally, two to foreign des tina tions from Baku and Bibi Eybat. Attrac tive mul tiple frankings, with correct postal rates (Photo). Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF

491 ) RUSSIA: GEORGIA - France, 1923 (Dec. 29), reg istered cover from Tiflis, franked on reverse with gold ko peks 1k+3k+2x18k in ad di tion to 10R war in va lids char ity stamp. All tied by Tiflis rail way sta tion oval hand-stamp along side to Paris Ex 490 arrival. Rare ap pearance of Char ity stamps on a com mercial cover. (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

Yugoslavia

492 HHr YUGOSLAVIA, 1918, SHS issue for Croatia, blocks of 4, o.g., never hinged, certif i cate Marjanovic. Michel 64-65 (Photo). Est. 250 - 350 CHF. 250 CHF

491 493 HH YUGOSLAVIA, 1945, Mostar provi sional issue on Croatia is sues, o.g., never hinged, very nice, signed Marjanovic. Michel 1-20 (Photo). Est. 150 - 200 CHF. 150 CHF

494 HH YUGOSLAVIA, 1945, Montenegro Cetinje provi sional issue, o.g., never hinged, signed. Michel 1-11, P1-P2 (Photo). Est. 200 - 300 CHF. 200 CHF

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495 H/m/) WORLDWIDE, 1918-29, Airmail, very attrac tive balance lot, on exhi bi tion pages showing va ri ety of issues from Spain, Neth- er lands, Greece, Egypt, Ethi o pia, Tu ni sia, Bel gian Congo, 493 South Africa, Bul garia, Hungary, Poland and Ro mania. All stamps are n.h, Very attrac tive selec tion of 24 first flight and commer cial flight cov ers. Good base for expan sion. Viewing rec om mended. Est. 400 - 500 CHF. 400 CHF

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