384. Auktion

1939/2005, good collection souvenir sheets with more than 40 covers, containing many registered, express, special cancellations, better thematics, better items like Mi.-Nr. Bl. 1B(2), good condition

1852/1970, mostly used collection including service and postage due stamps with, among others, eleven used values each Michel No. 1 and 2 with color variants, block 1II unused and Michel No. 266-280 complete (FA Goebel A.I.E.P. for Michel No. 279-80), in the beginning some better values with old signatures and mostly in good condition, neatly on self-designed album pages in two albums 

1923/49, mint never hinged/unused and used collection of souvenir sheets and miniature sheets, with e.g. Bl. 1I MNH/MH (2) and one used (signed Georg Bühler), Mi.-Nr. 121 miniature sheet both unused and used (faults), etc., in the beginning occasional faults, otherwise fine, in one album

1945, Caritas-Block mit Ersttagsstempel, 10 Stück, 2 mit Fotobefund Böttger BPP (Bl.5, 4000,-)

1952/56, small group mint never hinged with 552-554 cpl. sets in blocks of four(3), together with Mi.-Nr. 490-494 on cover, very fine

1892/1999 (ca), mint never hinged/unused and used assortment, incl. parcel stamps, together with a small group of France and colonies with Mi.-Nr, 211-214 unused, Alaouites and Taaf with some plate blocks, together with a group of ten sheetlets “aide aux intellectuels 1943” and some foreign material with Latvia, etc., an ecclectic lot in mostly  good condition, in seven stockbooks

1938/2001, mint never hinged/unused and used mostly complete collection of souvenir sheets, with e.g. Mi. Bl. 1 MNH (2) (one signed) and another used one, Bl. 2 I on blue paper, 3A/B, Mi.-Nr. 401-407 in complete perforated and unperforated special printing set, unperforated souvenir sheets: 35, 37B, 39, 43, 46, 51, special printing of Mi. 2009-2010 (2), etc., with some duplicates, in two albums

1942/96, mint never hinged/unused and used collection of souvenir sheets with e.g. Mi. Bl. 1-2 MNH (Bl. 2 twice) with small soiling, furthermore Bl. 1-2 used, etc., in one album

1960/2010, seemingly complete mint never hinged collection including souvenir and miniature sheets, airmail, postage due, semi-postals and Monacophil-Vignettes. 

1987, Schalterbogen ungezähnt, Los von 378 Ausschnitten postfrisch. Michel Nr. Block 37 B, 13.230,- €.

1938/97, good collection souvenir sheets with more than 90 covers, containing many registered, special cancellations, better thematics, better items like Mi.-Nr. Bl. 1(3) and Bl. 4B, good condition

1852/48, used and unused , partly specialized collection with some better items, all neatly written up on pages, mostly good condition

1855-1970, a comprehensive used collection in two albums, neatly-mounted and annotated, with a focus on nineteenth century issues, beginning with the 1855 4s. blue, with fourteen used examples and three covers, almost all four margin stamps and neatly-cancelled, with c.d.s., numeral, or grid cancels, including the scarcer 10-bar type, followed by a study of 1856-7 Oscar I issues, with seven or more examples of each denomination, as well as a few covers, including an attractive 2s pair on inland cover; the 1863 Arms issues similarly well-represented, including five used examples of the 2s yellow, one additional used on piece with 4s, an examination of the eight types of the 1863/4 4s blue, four used singles of the difficult 3s gray lilac, and covers including an 1863 8s single franking to Italy; the subsequent 1867-8 Typographed issues with a comparable used selection as well as several select covers with both single and multiple frankings;1872-5 Post Horn & Crown and subsequent printings with extensive arrays of colour shades, noting 1884 12o green, as well as a number of choice covers, including mixed frankings and an 1875 1s yellow green strip of three on cover showing the “E.EN” variety, the overall selection being carefully-chosen noting a range of shades and postmarks, chiefly well-centered, neatly-cancelled, and with fresh, bright colours, the second album continues with equally fine examples to 1970, complemented by roughly a few dozen covers, an in-depth collection, some small faults to be expected but typically of a quality superior to that which is most often encountered, meriting close inspection; multiple certificates accompany.

1855, 4s. blue, group of ten used single and a used pair, each with four large to very large margins all around, three with town cancels of Bergen, Christiania, and Frederikstad respectively, the latter tied to piece, three singles and the pair with neatly-struck circular grid cancels, and four with numeral cancels, including of Kragero, Sandefjord, and Stavanger, pleasing variation in shades, the odd occasional small flaw, the pair with vertical crease through centre margin, else most attractive and chiefly very fine; two certificates accompany. (Facit 1, Michel 1)

1855/1980s, carton with several stockbooks and a small box, largely used but includes one stockbook of mint duplicates, this chiefly 1940s/60s, used begins with five 1855 4s blue, dozens of 1856-6 Oscar I, with some better including three 3s yellow, Coat of Arms including three 1863 3s grey, four 1867-8 3d dull lilac, duplication of the various printings of the Crown & Post Horn definitive, subsequent stockbooks with collector's duplicates of both definitive and commemorative issues, including officials and other back-of-the-book material, local posts, etc, small box of  duplicated definitive issues in glassines, useful literature including Handbuch Uber Die Norwegischen Briefmarken (Vol I/II) and Handbok Over Norske Filatelistika, varied condition, with many thousands of stamps, ideal for the specialist.

1855/68, small group of better used, with 1855 1s. blue cancelled with Jupiter c.d.s., 1856-7 Oscar I 2s yellow with choice "48" numeral cancel of Drammen, four 3s. lilac singles, three which clear c.d.s. cancels, one with crisp "2" numeral cancel, 8s dull lake in horizontal strips of three and four, and 1868 3s dull lilac strip of three tied to piece by Bergen c.d.s., the occasional small flaw but chiefly fine and of pleasing appearance. (Facit 1, 2, 3, 5, 7)

1857/1929, used selection of several hundred stamps on leaves, beginning with 1856 “Oscar I.”, 2 sk. orange-yellow cancelled by “183” barred numeral and brown manuscript ink, a selection of 10 sk. blue with several neat cancellations as well as two manuscript ink crosses, followed by broad selections of the subsequent issues, usually with some emphasis on shades of colour. Mixed condition. 

1855/69, small group of covers, with 1855 1s. blue horizontal pair on cover from Sarpsborg to Christiania, 1857 3s. lilac strip of five on small cover from Christiania to Copenhagen (one adhesive creased due to being affixed over edge of cover), 1857 2s. yellow single franking on 1865 cover; 1863 and 1867-8 Coat of Arms mixed franking on piece and cover front, and scarce 1863 24s brown single franking on cover from Bergen to Copenhagen (stained and creases), variously flawed, but a scarce group; four certificates accompany.

1880s-1950s, collection of over 120 covers in two albums, with a range of useful material, noting among the earlier items 25o lilac Coat of Arms single franking on 1882 cover to Philadelphia, and fine 1s black single franking on printed circular, range of Post Horn & Crown frankings including paquebot, advertising, North Pole Mail,postal stationery, etc, several 1930s airmail and first flight covers, 1940s/50s registered covers with attractive philatelic frankings, etc, some with small faults but chiefly fresh and attractive.

1920s/1970s, carton filled with many hundreds of covers, some First Day Covers but largely commercial mail with a wide range of frankings, noting registered, postal stationery, Antarctic Expedition, Europa frankings, picture postcards, etc, condition varies but typically sound and quite diverse.

1824/1918, Austrian Period, fine used collection with covers (33), incl. Newspaper and Postage Due stamps, many interesting items and usages, starting with some prephilatelic entires, a fine selection of cancellations on the early issues with many clear strikes “NARAJÓW”, “PRZEMYSL”, “DUKLA", TYSMIENITZ"(TYSMIENICA), “STRYJ”, etc., Mi.-Nr. 23, money letters, airmails. Feldpost with a selection of  “K.u.K. ETAPPENPOSTAMT” handstamps, parcel cards, some combination frankings, censor marks, etc. Mostly in fine and fresh condition, neatly mounted on album leaves

1858/1913, used collection with over 120 covers, incl. a fine part of Russia Used in Poland, strength before the 1880s, many interesting and better items starting with a fine selection of Poland Mi.-Nr. 1(15) used with “1” WARSAW, “282” KIBARTY, “Dot in Circles” from TPO, Hexagonal Dotted “16”, etc., 1859 1½ k. Postal Stationery envelope with Kurmanowicz and Bobinski signatures on the inside flap, the collection follows with a good part of Polish numeral cancellations on Russia with Mi.-Nr. 2 used, lots of numeral cancels up to the 30 kopek, some multiples and combination frankings, incoming mail and foreign destinations, interesting usages, transit postmarks, money orders and railway mail, together with a couple of stampless entires. Mixed condition, a great lot in two albums