347 / März 2012

2 kr. violet-ultramarine, size 26:29 mm, unused, fine, sign. Benes a.o.

3 kr. brownish-carmine, size 25:30 mm, unused, fine, sign. Benes a.o.

10 kr. grey-violet with overprint inverted, unused, perforation slightly irregular, otherwise fine, sign. Benes a.o.

10 kr. brownish-violet, unused, perforation slightly irregular, still fine, sign. Benes

Overprint on Austrian airmail stamps: 1,50-4 kr. unused, small faults, sign. Benes a.o.

Overprint on Austrian postage due stamps: 1908/13: unissued 1 h. (type B) and 10 h., also 5 kr. (perforation partly cut at left) and also unissued  postal saving stamp 10 f., all unused, partly small perforation faults, all sign. Benes

Overprint on Austrian newspaper stamps: 10 h. lilac-red, unused, fine, only 250 issued, sign. Benes a.o.

Overprint on Turul: 1 f. grey-violet, unused, 1 short perf, otherwise fine, only 180 issued, sign. Benes a.o.

Overprint on Hungarian stamps inscribed "MAGYAR POSTA": 20 f. brown, unused, fine, a rare stamp, only 100 issued, sign. Benes

Overprint on Hungarian postage due stamps: 1 f. green/black (P26), overprint type II, unused, fine, sign. Benes

1 f. green/black (P26) overprint type III, unused, few short perfs, still fine, sign. Benes a.o.

2 f. green/black (P19), unused, perforation partly somewhat flat, a scarce stamp, sign. Benes

2 f. green/black (P27), unused, perforation somewhat rough, sign. Benes

5 f. green/black (P28), overprint type I, unused, sign. Benes

unissued 6, 10 and 20 f., unused, minor imperfections, sign. Benes

1920, airmail stamps 14 k. and 24 k. perf. 13 3/4 and 28 k. perf. 13 3/4:13 1/2, all in blocks of 4, unused, fine, sign. Benes

1922, airmail stamps 50 - 250 h. with overprint inverted, unused, sign. Benes a.o.

50 h. imperforated with overprint inverted, unused, very rare, sign. Benes

250 h., unissued black overprint, unused, slightly creased; a very rare stamp, only few copies known, sign. Benes a.o.

1920, 10 h. imperforated and 15 h. perf. 13 3/4, unused, sign. Benes a.o.

Masaryk 500 h. and 1000 h. in blocks of 4 from the left sheet margin, 500 h. one stamp with retouch, unused, very scarce, sign. Benes

Masaryk 500 h. and 1000 h. imperforated, unused, sign. Benes a.o.

1851, FIRE R.B.S. brown, plate 2, horizontal strip of five, positions 96-100, good to wide margins and fresh colour, tied by numeral "1" to folded cover to Vordingborg, right stamp of strip few faults at right, a very scarce and remarkable cover, certificate Gronlund

2 RBS blue, Thiele printing, large margins all around, cancelled by clear "1" and part of blue oval "P.P.", very fine

1884, unissued 5 pia. brown on light brown, block of 4, unhinged mint, fine and scarce, sign. Zagorsky VÖB (Mi. 1.400,-+)

1885, 5 m. green/red and 10 m. yellow-brown/red, used, fine (Mi. 1.050,-)

1919/20, 3 r. blue and 5 r. yellow tied by cds. "BATUMI v 23.9.10" to registered cover to Bern with arrival mark on reverse, fine

1922, 2000 r. blue and two singles 5000 r. dark-green tied by cds. "TBILISI 5- 12 22" to reverse of cover to Oelsnitz, fine

2000 r. gray-blue block of six and 3000 r. brown a strip of three, a pair and a single together with Hunger Relief 3000 r. red-brown tied by cds. "BATUMI o 17.1.23" to reverse of registered cover via Moscow to Leipzig with arrival mark, few usual folds, otherwise fine, scarce

PROVINCIE NAPOLETANE: 1861, 1 gr. black with central embossing inverted and double, good to wide margins, used with cds. of Bari on small piece; the bottom left corner little defective, otherwise very fine; the only known copy of this variety, certificates Alberto Diena and G. Oliva (Sassone 19eb)

1851/52, 2 s. brown-red on blue, good margins all around and lightly cancelled, very fine, a rare stamp, certificate Colla (Sassone-no. 3a)

1859, 9 cr. lilac-brown, good margins all around, lightly cancelled, very fine, a rare stamp, certificate Colla (Sassone-no. 16a)

1860, 1 c. brownish-lilac, horizontal strip of 5 with mostly wide margins, lightly cancelled "FIRENZE 13 GEN 61"; a fine and rare multiple, certificate Colla (Sassone-no. 17)

80 c. light brownish-red in horizontal pair together with 20 c. blue and 5 c. yellow-green, tied by clear cds. "FIRENZE 4 OTT 60" to lettersheet endorsed "Via de Panama" to Valparaiso, Chile with adjacent red transit marks "SARDAIGNE CULOZ" and "LONDON PAID"; a very fine and rare cover; according to certificate Colla only one other cover known from Tuscany to Chile (Sassone-no. 22, 20a, 18c)

1926, Orphanage 2 c. with double overprint, one inverted, unused, tiny faults, short certificate Klein

1935, Vaitkus-flight 40 c., block of four, unused, one stamp unhinged mint, fine, a scarce multiple, several signatures incl. Mikulski