345 / September 2011

Municipal Congress Barcelona 1,50 pta. in unissued colour brown, unhinged mint, fine and scarce

1989, Maria de Maezto 20 pta. without black inscriptions, sheet corner from bottom right, unhinged mint, fine and scarce

20 pta. without blue colour, unhinged mint, fine and scarce, certificate Graus

EXP'92 8+5 pta. London, all colours except black print missing, unhinged mint, fine and scarce

1923, 10 k. dark-blue, six values tied by cds. "AGDASH ELISAV 23  23" to reverse of money order to Baku with arrival mark, vertical fold affecting one stamp, otherwise fine, scarce

1 r. as vertical pair tied by cds. "AGDASH ELISAV 11 6 23" to reverse of money order, fold through upper stamp, otherwise fine, scarce

1 k. yellow and 3 k. rose, each as horizontal pair and additionally singles of 9 k. blue and 18 k. blue-grey,  tied by cds. "LANKARAN 11 18 23" to front and reverse of money order to Baku, fine

1949, definitive 1 din. with overprint inverted, unhinged mint, very fine, sign. Schlenger and certificate Zrinjscak BPP

1953, definitive 5 din. in type II, unhinged mint, very fine, sign. Zumstein and certificate Zrinjscak BPP

15 din. type II, with overprint inverted, unhinged mint, very fine and rare, sign. Schlenger BPP and certificate Zrsinjscak BPP (Sassone-No. 79/Ia; 2.000,-)

1915, overprint crescent and star on 1908, newspaper stamp 2 pia. blue/black, tied by Pera cds. to piece, fine, a scarce stamp,  opinion Holcombe (Scott-no. P130) (Mi. 1.300,-)

1921, 10 p. olive-green, block of four, unused, fine

1 p. blue, vertical strip of three, unused, slightly stained, otherwise fine

 1 p. blue, block of four, unused, slightly stained, otherwise fine

unissued values: 40 p. red-brown, block of 21 with upper sheet margin, unhinged mint, few stamps with stains, a fine and very rare multiple

1957, Osman Hamdi Bey 20 k. with varity "black colour missing", sheet with 25 stamps, 14 items unhinged mint, 11 unused or without gum, lower sheet margins with faults

1974, RCD, 200 k. as block of 9 from the upper left sheet corner, with missing value tablet, unhinged mint, fine

 1985, turkish folks, 70 l. with missing black colour, unhinged mint, fine

KOSOVO: Europe souvenir sheet imperforated, unmounted mint, unknown in Michel

ditto, same lot

1840, 1 d. black, plate 1B, OE, large to enormous margins with parts of 2 neighbour stamps, used with light cental red MC to cover front with adjacent "T.P. Chiselhurst", very fine, opinion Louis BPP

1 d. black, plate 4, LC, good to wide margins, neatly cancelled with central double lined red MC (most likely Stonehaven), extremely fine, certificate Louis BPP

1 d. black, plate 8, OI, very deep colour and large even margins, neatly cancelled by clear red MC, extremely fine, certificate Louis BPP

1 d. grey-black, plate 1A, FE, good to wide margins, tied by red clear MC to entire letter with adjacent "T.P. Holborn Bar", very fine, certificate G. Bühler

2 d. deep-blue, GG, good to wide margins with part of adjoining stamp at top with clear strike of black MC, very fine, signed Hunziker

1841, 1 d. red-brown, EH, with clear strike of distinctive black MC of York on small piece, fine, sign. Pröschold BPP

1 d. red-brown, horizontal strip of 4, LD-LG, large margins, clear black MC in Scottish type, very fine

2 d. blue, horizontal pair HG/HH, large margins all around, cancelled by numeral "918", very fine

2 d. blue, plate 4, horizontal pair DE-DJ, cancelled by London-type "17", wide margins, very fine, opinion Louis BPP

2 d. blue, horizontal strip of 5, GA-GE, nice deep colour and good to mostly wide margins, cancelled "498", very fine, sign. W. Engel and Pröschold BPP

1843, W.Mulready, original signature with small note " Dear Madam, here is the autograph of your very faithfull W Mulready, Linden Grove Bayswater, 25 Feb 1843"; also small engraved portrait

1847, Mulready lettersheet 2 d. blue, somewhat reduced in size, fixed on carton paper and used as a wrapper with numeral "969" from "SETTLE NO 28 1847" to London with arrival mark; some age wear, but extremely unusual and scarce

1847/54, embossed issue 10 d. brown, nice colour and enormous margins with parts of 2 adjoining stamps, neatly cancelled "466" LIVERPOOL, slight break in the margin of embossing, a marvelous copy, certificate Louis BPP

6 d. mauve, deep colour and good margins, cancelled, fine/very fine

1865/67, 9 d. straw, plate 4, horizontal pair AL/BL, used, fine

1881, 1 d. lilac, tied by cds. "PORTOBELLO AU 18 94" to illustrated envelope 'dog in a basket' to Chatham; somewhat roughly opened and some age wear, still attractive