375th Auction

1935, Lewanewski flight 1 rbl., tied by cds. to piece, fine

1949, Lenin mausoleum 1r., perforated and imperforated souvenir sheet, used with clear cds. of Riga, perforated minor corner bend, otherwise fine

1964, Tokyo Olympic games souvernir sheet in type I and II, mint never hinged, fine  

1869/80, Milan 40 pa. lilac, 4 single copies together with single stamp 20 pa. blue, all tied by cds. "ALEKSINAC 11 10" to front and reverse of sealed registered cover to Janina, Epirus; the cover roughly opened on reverse with one 40 pa. torn, another one with missing corner, envelope with desinfection slits; nevertheless an interesting item with rare franking and unusual destination

1810, folded letter from Pamplona to Malmedy with three-line "N0 31 ARM FRANCAISE EN ESPAGNE" alongside, with interesting context (transcription included), fine

1831, Lettersheet from Havana to Switzerland with boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER A LE HAVRE" and "C.T.F." with red crayon "36"

1837, Entire letter from Santiago to France with boxed "PAY D'OUTREMER" with adjacent cds. "ROCHEFORT 1 MAI 1837", taxed "7" decimes

1854, Isabella 1 r. bluish-grey in block of 4, neatly cancelled by circle of dots, very fine and scarce, certificates EXFIMA (1980) and COMEX (1985)

1872, 1d. red tied by barred "C61" to printed matter to Copenhagen with cds. "PORTO-RICO PAID" and "PD" alongside, reverse with arrival mark, a beautiful and very rare entire especially sent to Denmark, certificate BPA (2007)

1924, 8th world postal congress 5 ö-5 kr., unmounted mint, 20 ö. with small perforation faults at right, otherwise fine (Mi. 1.200,-)  

1865, 1 ghr. lilac-grey tied by blue boxed “BEYRUT” to entire letter, tiny spots, otherwise fine, certificate BPA (1966)  

1898, Occupation issue for Thessalien 10 pa. – 5 pia., complete sheet set, mint never hinge, some stamps with little spot free of gum and some creases at sheet margins, otherwise fine  

1911, Sultan's Journey to Macedonia, the complete set of 124 values, unused, rare (Mi. 4.800,-)  

1914, Sultan Mehmed V. 200 ghr. green and black, unused, fine, signed Ferchenbauer (Mi. 900,-)  

1913, Post Office Constantinopel, three different booklets 12 pia. with 10 pa., 20 pa. and 1 pia., mint never hinged, one cover with crease, otherwise fine (Mi. 850,-)  

Ganzsachen: 1892/98, double card 20 pa. used from „BEYROUT 14.12.96” with text via Austria post office to Teheran with transit mark “SEA POST OFFICE B” on front, answer part used with boxed “MALDIRIGÈ” without text to Beirut, fine  

1918, 50sch. red as strip of three with additional franking (Katerynoslav overprint) tied by railway cancel "KREMENCHUG VOKSAL 19 12" to reverse of roughly opened registered cover to Rostov on Don, at this period all railway cancels are very scarce, almost unknown

1918, 15k. with Poltava type 1 trident with additional franking tied by cds. "ROMNI" to reverse of cover to Konotop with arrival mark, fine

1918, 1rbl. with Odessa type Vd tridents, pair and horizontal strip of four tied by cds. "DZIGOVKA 21 1 19" to front and reverse of money transfer to Shargorod with arrival mark, fine

1920, Parcel card endorsed at top in Mss "Krasn . Arm ." [ Red Army ] from POLEVAYAR POCHT STAN LIT 3 , 14 / 16 11 20 to KOSTROMA 10 1 21, charged 105 roubles and originally correctly franked as follows : verso , 10x10 rouble Imperial Arms perforate , used at face value [ one has since fallen off ] and , recto , 5 x 1 kopeck Arms imperforates overprinted Podillia VIIId [ Bulat 1677 ] revalued x 100 and representing a Trophy Use of Ukrainian stamps . These stamps were applied in a crumpled state and then smoothed - hence the misalignment of one of the cancels . In addition, four stamps were added to the franking in Kostroma and pen cancelled; according to Alexander Epstein , they represent the fee for parcel storage from the arrival date until collection on 2 2 21 . An exceptional item, the Trident sub - type on the 1 kopeck is normally only found mint or CTO, in addition a mint block of 25

KHARKIV: 1r. perforated and imperforated and 3,50r. imperforated, overprint types 2 and 3 on se-tenant strips of seven, mostly mint never hinged, 1r. imperforated with light horizontal bend, otherwise fine, ex Ron Zelonka (Bulat Nr. 739f, 754d, 1r. perforated not listed)

KHARKOV: 10rbl. as horizontal pair and 7rbl yellow/black, both with Kharkov type 2 overprint, the latter with inverted overprint, used at "KABANE KHARK", some imperfections, scarce Provenance: ex Schmidt collection (who worked in Kharkiv as an engineer in the 1930s)

KYIV: 4k. red, 20 stamps with scarce overprint type 2ee tied by cds. to front and reverse of money order, another clipped money order with mixed franking also, the first one with punch holes, fine

ODESSA: 1918, 2k. perforated, 3k. imperforated and horizontal pair of 10k. perforated, with types 1,2 and 3, tied by cds. "7 10 18" to commercial censored cover to Vienna. Despite the presence of Austrian occupation troops in Ukraine, mail to Austria is not common in 1918, a fine cover

1840, Mulready envelope 1 d. black, Stereo A134, unused, very fine

1847/54, embossed 6 d. lilac, cut to shape, with 2 copies 1854/57, 1 d. red-brown on blued, tied by duplex "LIVERPOOL 12 JU 1856" via France to Switzerland, very fine

5 £ orange, AE, with overprint "SPECIMEN" type 9, fresh colour, gum slightly soaked in upper perfs and one short perf at left, otherwise a fine and rare stamp (SG £4.500,-)

1873/80, 1 s. green, pl. 13, 3 copies tied by duplex "EXCHANGE LIVERPOOL 16 JA 78" to entire letter to Lima, Peru, stamp at top right small defects, still fine

1884, 1 £ brown-lilac, watermark imperial crowns, used, very fine (SG £ 3.000,-)  

1884, 1 £ brown-lilac, watermark imperial crowns, used, very fine (SG £ 3.000,-)  

1902, King Edward VII. 10 sh. ultramarine, unused, fine (SG 1.000,-)  

1929, UPU £ 1 black, unmounted mint, fine, signed  

1887/92, Victoria 1 £ green AC, neatly cancelled by central small cds. "GLASGOW DE 31 96", one shortish perf and a trifle rubbed at left, still fine and attractive, certificate BPA (2020)

"C51" on 1865/73, 4 d. vermilion, pl. 8, on entire letter from "ST. THOMAS JA 2 67" to Jacmel, Haiti, very fine

"AMSTERDAM Fo. GRENZEN" in red on entire letter from Amsterdam to Copenhagen, prepaid with "5" stuiver (noted on reverse), transported via Wildeshausen and Hamburg and charged in Denmark with 200 Rbs. N.V.

"Aus Schweden", boxed marking on front of entire letter with blue dispatch mark "TRONDHJEM 6/12 1852" via Helsingoer and the Swedish Norwegian post office at Hamburg with frontside oval "FRANCO" to Bordeaux