Start CHF Start CHF First Session Friday, 14 November 2014, at 13:00 Western Europe Austria 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 un til 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. Pow erful group. Michel €5 600 (6 820 CHF) (photo on web site). Est. 900 - 1 200 CHF. 900 CHF Many more photos of all lots on our website: www.harmersauctions.com 1 FIRST SESSION 8 6 Ex 7 9 13 12 Ex 11 14 Ex 15 16 Ex 18 17 2 New bidders must provide verifiable Philatelic References in order to validate bids submitted WESTERN EUROPE: Austria Start CHF Start CHF 6 ) 11 ) AUSTRIA, 1850-70, very nice group of four cov ers, reg is - AUSTRIA: LOMBARDY-VENETIA, 1850-67, won derful 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 & reg is tered, A treasure trove for special ists of the area, viewing highly recom mended, 3 certif i cates High cat. value 7 ) (Photo). AUSTRIA - Lev ant, 1855-1923, very in terest ing group of 9 Est. 750 - 1 000 CHF. 750 CHF cov ers and pic ture post card, show ing 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 cov ers, all franked with First is sue (one dis in fected) and large part of cover front with beau ti 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 spe cial 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 post age due hand stamp. A scarce four cov ers, 5c. yel low-or ange on preprinted form from Ve rona 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 - Lev ant, 1863-83, very nice selec tion of con sular ) (Corfu) and mar i time (Bei rut) can cel la tions, on Aus trian 14 Lev ant 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. Ex cel lent op portu 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 a telic) of Ship Mail mark ings, 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 se lection 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 na tion with Greek Hermes cover, franked with WIPA sou ve nir sheet in combi na tion 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. Ob verse 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 e vant transit marks. Michel €8 14 cov ers, all franked by 1867 is sue show ing 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 Many more photos of all lots on our website: www.harmersauctions.com 3 FIRST SESSION 19 21 Ex 20 23 Ex 24 25 27 29 26 30 4 New bidders must provide verifiable Philatelic References in order to validate bids submitted WESTERN EUROPE: Austria - French Area Start CHF Start CHF 19 ) 27 ) AUSTRIAN LEVANT - Greece, 1872, cover from Crete, FRANCE, 1856, Mili tary Oc cu pa tion of Rome, entire sent franked with 10sld blue (Sc 4), pre pay ing the lo cal post age 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 post age 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, in- clud ing postcards (10), statio nery (3), covers (4),show ing 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 Belgium 22 BKHH BELGIUM, Book lets, 1963-72, selec tion, in clud ing Red 28 ) Cross 25 book lets and BELGICA ‘72 exhi bi tion three complete FRANCE, 1858, Mili tary Oc cu pa tion of Rome, letter sent to sets of sheetlets in un cut tete-beche po si tions, Superb. Scott Mar seille, franked with 20c Na po leon 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 cep tionally 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, show ing 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 po leon imperf is sue, stamps tied by dotted PC “11" o.g., never hinged.