382. Auktion

10k. carmine-rose, fresh color and close to large margins all around, tied by boxed "HEINOLA 30 10 1858" and manuscript to folded letter to Borga with arrival mark, a fine and attractive entire, certificates Ossa (1978) and Schwenson BPP (2020)

1918, Reaper 10f. with handstamped overprint, fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. "FIUME 19 HAN -9 -N10" to small piece, fine exmaple of this rare stamp, certificate Martinas (2018)

1918, Reaper 10f. with handstamped overprint, fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. "FIUME 19 HAN -9 -N10" to small piece, fine exmaple of this rare stamp, certificate Martinas (2018)

1918, Parlament 10k. with machine overprint, fresh color and good perforation, unused, fine, signed and certificate Rogina (2014)

1918, Parlament 10k. with machine overprint, fresh color and good perforation, unused, with clear offset of overprint on reverse, fine and interesting, signed and certificate Martinas (2018)

1920, Arbe 5-25c. with large figure overprint, used with clear cds. "ARBE 13.XI.20", fine, certificate Martinas (2014)

1920, Veglia 5-25c. with large figure overprint, unused, 5c. some minor aging spots, otherwise fine, scarce, signed and certificate Martinas (2014)

1920, Veglia 5-25c. with large figure overprint, used with cds. "VEGLIA", fine, signed, certificate Martinas (2014)

TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH: 1801/11, illustrated `dépêche télégraphique´ sent during the Second Coalition War to a city mayor with dramatic text "on 30 messidor year 9 (...) the counter-admiral Durand, with only trois vessels, completely beat (...) in the Dalgezira Bay", together with 1811 Telegraphic Disptach from the Ministry of War in Paris addressed to the 5th Military Division General Commandant in Strasburg (very slight toning on the margin); fine to very fine, a very rare duo of early telegraphic dispatches

1849, Ceres 10c. brown, fresh color, touched, tied by grille to small folded lettersheet with cursive "9 Ramerupt" cancel alongside, certificate Behr (2022)

1853, Napoleon 20c. dark-blue with Susse perforation, tied by numeral "1" with adjacent cds. "PARIS 8 OCT 61" to folded lettersheet to St. Amand, light aging, otherwise fine, certificate Behr (2022)

1929, Pont du Gard 20 fr. brown-red (`chaudron clair´), perforated 11, mint never hinged, fresh colours with upper sheet margin, very fine

1930, air mail 1,50 fr., perforated "E.I.P.A.30", corner block of four with the logo partly inverted resp. inversed, unmounted mint, very fine

1936, Plane over Paris 50 fr. violet/red, fresh colours, unused with a barely discernible trace of hinge, extremely fine

1946, Postal Museum Inauguration, the special presentation folder with both single (10) and collective (2) Deluxe proofs from 1939 (Mi 461) and 1946 (Mi 746), in adopted and rejected colours, the collective proofs both in small and large formats, together with two imperforate sheets of the adhesives, some occasional toning spots only on the booklet and its pages, otherwise all stamps and proofs fine to very fine, very rare

LE DAGUERRE: Entire letter "Gazette des Absents No. 5 franked with Lauré 10 c. and 20 c., tied by star cancel "23" and with adjacent "PARIS...8.NOV. 70" and sent to Penzance, Great Britain with arrival mark at 7.12.70, letter with fold marks and stronger signs of ageing, signed Ferchenbauer

LE GÉNÉRAL FAIDHERBE: Small entire letter franked with two single stamps Lauré 30 c. brown tied by red cds. "PARIS 12.JANV.71" to Vienna without arrival mark, light vertical folded, otherwise fine, certificate Dr. Ferchenbauer (1974)

JEAN BART No. 1: Lauré 20 c. tied by star cancel to an entire letter to Dieppe, adjacent "PARIS 13 OCT. 70" with arrival "DIEPPE 18 OCT. 70", from there redirected to a poste restante in Bruxelles, all appropriate transit cancels, fine and scarce redirected balloon mail, certificate B. & P. Behr (2014)

VILLE DE PARIS (supposed): Gazette des Absents of 7.12.70, franked with two copies Laure 40 c. and Siege 20 c., with adjacent "PARIS 4 12 DEC. 70" and boxed red "P.D." to Lima, Peru. Just 2 further 'Ballon montee' letters have been recorded with this destination.

Provenance: Boule Monacophil 2017 auction

1872/77, Ceres 2 c. red-brown, fresh colour and large margins, unused with original gum, very fine, signed Calves and certificate Renon (1996)

1943, 2R.F.1Fr. / FEZZAN" handstamp on Lybia Libyan Sibyl 25c., fresh color and good perforation, unused without gum as usually encountered, a fine and very rare stamp with only 569 printed of which the vast majority was used, only few are known unused, signed Scheller and A. Brun

1923, 15000 r. on 5 r. on 15 k. lilac-brown/blue, tied by almost cpl. cto cds. "NEGATSAZH * 12 JUNE 1923" to small fragment, very fine, very scarce, certificate Ceresa (2013)

First Athen printing, Large Hermes Head 20 l. deep ultramarin on bluish with solid background, without control number, fresh color and wide balanced margins all around, neatly cancelled with dotted "1" ATHEN, a beatiful example of this rare and sought-after stamp, signed Bühler and Holcombe with certificates (1993) and certificate Tseriotis AIEP (2023)

1861, Provisional fine Athens printing, 2l. bistre, complete sheet of 150 stamps, unused with original gum, most unmounted mint.On reverse 'Eleghos' seal and seal and manuscript notation of the Greek philatelic society. lSome marginal faults and several creases; one stamp with tear. As complete sheet of great rarity. (Hellas 10II)

1862/68, 5 l. green and 40 l. lilac, both with full margins, tied by clear cds. of Kerkyra to letter sheet from Rome to Corfu, franked with 1868, 20 cent. on red lilac, taxed upon arrival with "45" lepta for the internal postage.  A very fine and rare letter. Certificates Enzo Diena (1989) and Vaccari (2014)

1871, Emperor Joseph, Litho 3 k. green, fresh colours, well centered, with cds. "KOLOZSVAR 23 - 3", very fine, certificate Ferchenbauer (2001)

1871, 15 kr. brown, tied by cds. "PEST AJANLOT" to small registered cover to Nagy Varadon

1871, Engraved 15 kr. brown tied by cds. "KARANIEBES 28.5.79" to registered mourning envelope with "Ajanlott" registration cachet to Burda with arrival mark, fine, signed Ferchenbauer

1920, Reaper 600 kr. yellow-olive, fresh colours, horizontal pair unmounted mint, left adhesive with error "800" instead of "600" in upper right  tablet; very fine, a striking and very scarce variety (Scott-Nr. 393a)

1951, Five Years Plan 2 ft. red-brown/yellow, horizontal pair from the upper right sheet corner, used with machine cancel, perforation dramatically shifted downwards leaving the pair imperforate at top, very fine and scarce variety

1967, air mail 10 ft. and 20 ft. imperforated, blocks of 4, unmounted mint (Mi. 4400,-)

1902/05, Christian IX. 1 kr. and Christian IX. 5 a., tied by sewing machine and additional cds. “BLONDUOS 16-7-1920” to parcel card from Denmark (franking with faults). Fine and scarce.

1911, Sigurdsson 25 a. and double head 5 a. (crease), tied by cds. “REYKJAVIK 13.VII.14” to reverse of parcel card from Norway to Iceland. Certificate Nielsen (2009)

1912, Frederik 50 a. and Double head 10 a., tied by cds. “REYKJAVIK 28.IV.15” to reverse of parcel card from Copenhagen to Reykjavík. Fine and scarce. Certificate Nielsen

1912, Frederik 1 kr.  and 20 a. (both pin holes), tied by cds. “ESKIFJÖRDUR  19.VI.20” to reverse of parcel card from Odense, Denmark to Iceland

1920, Frederik 1 kr. and pair 40 a., tied by cds. “REYKJAVIK 5.11.24” to parcel card from Norway with 1910/18, 5 kr., pair 2 kr. and lion 20 o.. One 40 a. light crease, otherwise very fine and scarce.