388. Auktion

1880/1900 (ca.), about 150 postal stationery cards and envelopes, unused and used,including some with additional franking

1880/1970 (ca.), about 140 mostly unused postal stationery items including some states with Registered envelopes of Chamba, Gwailor, Nabha, etc

1889/1972 (ca.), over 50 postal stationery cards and envelopes, incl. Feudatory State, strength before the 1940s, mostly domestic mail, noted Jaipur ½ Anna stationery card used in 1944, etc., slightly mixed condition

1905, India Royal visit in November - December, collection of nine postcards showing the progress of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Bombay, few toned spots, otherwise fine.

1890/91, 38 postcards ¼ a. with pre-print of the meterological office

MEWAR UDAIPUR: Interesting group of more than70 Documents with Court-Fee stamps, usual condition

1895-1910, Small collection on two album leaves, including 3 r. 1895 unused, five Specimen overprinted stamps, India stamps with Zanzibar cancellations, postcard 1904 and three postal stationery wrapper

1890/1944 (ca.), interesting accumulation of some hundered items, many interesting, including varieties,  multiples, entires, partly perforated stamps, proofs, etc

1880/1949, about 60 covers and cards, including many interesting items from different states including combination with British India, registered mail, etc. An interesting lot.

1880/1940 (ca.), about 180 items of postal stationery and few covers, unused and used, including some with additional franking is, registered mail, etc.

1914/44 (ca.), interesting lot oo about 100 stockcards, including Officials, unused, used and on entires with much interesting material, varieties like SG18 in sheet, printed double, one albino (cert. RPPSL), etc.

1919/99, Collection mainly unused/mint never hinged with blocks and margin imprit stamps of Mossul issue, from 1999 Iraqi Kurdistan Barzani 1 Id. & 5 Id. se-tenant pair, Palestine overprinted issue, generally fine, a scarce assembly.

1920/22, small lot of better stamps and varieties including Bale 62b used, 71c on letter and 82a unused, several certificates
 

1948/69, mint never hinged group, fairly advanced with 1948 Coconut Tree sets complete SG-.Nr. 1-30, also some blocks of four, overall in very good condition, neatly housed in two stockcards (ex SG-Nr. 1-126)

1902/38, Maritime Mail 11 covers & stationery postcards, including ship cards (S.S.Persic, R.M.S. Carisbrook Castle on reverse of stationery card COGH), oneliner ‘Per Dunottar Castle’ on stationery envelope 1900, four cards cancelled OCEAN POST OFFICE, Paquebot, The Union Castle Mail Steamship Natal Agency 2.JUN.1916, some different, mainly fine.

1902/12, OCEAN POST: Ten postcards, three ship cards (S.S.Kinfauns Castle and Steamer Briton) and seven Portugal Madeira Funchal cards, including basket sledge ride from Monte to Funchal, all bearing stamps from Transvaal or COGH and cancelled OCEAN POST OFFICE, some different, mainly fine.

1869/1900, used, somewhat specialised collection including occupation; also some entires, censor marks and -lables, cancellations, etc.

1870/83, Collection on eight pages starting first issues, imperf and rouletted stamps with a wide range of colour shades, different papers, over-inked plates, V.R. Transvaal overprints, misperfed stamps, interesting postmarks etc. Including 1883 Eagle with spread wings 1 s. green, re-issue, horizontal tete-beche block of six (tiny spot). Overall a mint and used specialized collection, except for the occasional fault overall in good condition.

1903/10, Collection on ten stock cards including King Edward VII set of 12, ½ d. to 10 s. black and purple on red overprinted SPECIMEN in black. Some second republic and british occupation issues. Mostly fine to very fine.

1915/16, ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´ Collection of cancellations on Gold Coast KGV overprinted issue up to 20 sh., including Anecho, Assahun, Lome Togogebiet, Noepe, Station Palime, Agbeluvhoe and Tsewie. Mostly fine, neatly housed on expertly described nine album pages.

1915/16, ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´ Collection Gold Coast KGV overprinted issue mostly unused up to 5 sh. block of four used, many overprint varieties, missing letters, small ‘F’, thin ‘G’, double and missing hyphen, multiples, margin imprints, gutter pair. Mostly fine to very fine, neatly housed on expertly described nine album pages.

1915/16, ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´ Collection of 7 covers and postal stationerys with good cancellations on Gold Coast KGV overprinted issue up to 5 sh., Anecho with french occup. mixed stationey and Lome Togogebiet late used german colonies cancel., five registered mail. Mostly fine, neatly housed on expertly described nine album pages.

1872/1995 (ca.), unused and used collection with duplicates, together with a few covers, in 6 albums/stockbooks

1890/1950, 22 covers/cards and 14 fronts, attractive frankings, censor marks and labels, french Saloniki, registered mail, mostly fine.

GREEK OCCUPATIONS & LOCALS: 1859/1942 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with 24 covers, many duplicates throughout, some better items including fine group of 1913 Dedeagach (some signed Schmitt BPP), 1897 Turkish-Greek War with Feld Post, some with bilingual cds “VOLOS” and LARISSA", also noted Thrace, Samos, Creta with some postage dues, etc., together with a fine selection of duplicates from the first Ionian Island issue (Mi.-Nr. 1-3), some occasional faults as to be expected, overall in very good condition, a delightful assembly neatly housed in one stockbook

1840/1912, Vilayet of Selanik / Salonica : The collection on leaves with covers/ cards (19) including 1840 prefilatelic envelope front with all arabic SELANIK in blue, Tatar Post documents with clear cancellations of Yanya 256, Yenisehir Fener 257, Salonique 258, Cavalla 2651903 cover at 1 pi. rate tied TIMOUR-HISSAR cds, 1906 card with 5 pa. pair tied by bold YALILAR / (SALONIQUE) datestamp in purple, 1910 cover with 20 pa. pair tied SERRÉS/1 cds, scarce 1911 and 1912 covers with 1 pi. frankings tied SERÉS/3 cds's, 1912 20 pa. rate cover tied CAVALLA/4 cds, cards from SERRES (one cancelled in violet), 1910 cover with 1 pi. tied CAVALLA cds, 20 pa. card cancelled by superb DRAMA cds. etc. A generally fine group.

1897/98, Ottoman military occupation of Thessaly: six covers franked with octagonal military stamps, all properly posted, with Volos, Domokos Kalabaka, Trikhala cds., very unusual; one cover with very scarce gutter pair 10 pa. from Volos, sheets and additional forgery study, good to very fine

1935/60, over 30 FDC and covers with attractive frankings, including Womans Congress 1935 up to 10 krs. on registered cover to England, mainly fine to very fine.

1914/15, North Epirus, small collection with stamps and three covers, starting with Argyrokastron issue mint including high values and pairs, followed with the 1940-41 issues with both overprinted Youth Organisation sets unmounted mint. The collection includes also one Cover with Argyrokastron values to Jannina, Infantrymen cover to Paris, cover with overprinted lithos and some unofficial stamps and reprints, generally fine, a scarce assembly.

1867/1983 (ca.). mint never hinged/unused and used collection, inclduing Officials, many duplicates throughout, together with a selection of covers, except for the occasional fault overall in good condition, in 5 stockbooks/album

1960/76, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, two albums of imperforated issues, with most miniature and souvenir sheets, including Mi.-Nr. Block 45 B mint never hinged, plus one album with perforated issues, overall in very fine condition

1884/1948, 27 covers and cards, including censored mail, noted 1914 Registered postcard, three airmail covers with large special postmark “ZEPPELIN MAGYARORSZAGI 1931”, etc., together with two unused stamps, slightly mixed condition

HYPERINFLATION: 1945/46, magnificent award-winning exhibit collection consisting of ca. 165 covers and parcel cards, showing a wonderful range of rates from all periods (1 to 27), with an abundance of better usages and interesting frankings, including Paid in Cash, Printed Matters, mail sent during the Grace Period (posted at the correct former rate), foreign destinations following - or preceding - the official reopening of international connection, etc.,; among the waterfall of better items we noted several covers from the 10th period (x5), 17th (x3), 19th (x4, including first day of rate), the scarcer 22th (x4, rate valid three days only), 23rd (x2) and 24th (x2), high franking achieved with fewer values including registered mail to USA correctly franked with 1 millio adópengö (x4), December 1945 cover to USA (5th period) with mixed franking of postage adhesives and paid in cash, provisional usage of the Holy Crown of St Istvan on parcel card (strictly controlled by the postal personal), February 1946 registered cover to London (7th period) correctly franked with few denomination of 3000 pengö, March 1946 cover to Canada (10th period) with large franking of the earlier Ezerp values, April 1946 correct Printed Matter rate to USA (12th Period), June 1946 underfranked cover with postage due during the Grace period, extremely rare use of the Milliard adhesives (100 m., 200m and 500 m. in multiples) on June 1946 Registered Express cover to Czechoslovakia (certificate Visnyovszki AIEP), exceptional 23rd Grace Period Paid in cash at the previous rate (one day Grace only), rare July 1946 (25th Period) cover to Wien franked with Billion values (certificate Visnyovszki AIEP), July 1946 (25th period) airmail cover to London, etc. A delighful collection, with an overall selection for quality, neatly mounted and expertly described in English on album pages, in 4 albums

HYPERINFLATION: 1945/46, massive stock consisiting of over 450 parcel cards, spanning periods 2 to 27, showing an extensive range of rates, including mail from the scarcer 10th (x21), 13th (x3), 20th (x2), 26th (x2) and 27th (x4)  periods, with an abundance of interesting frankings use to make up the complex parcel rates. An impressive assembly, neatly housed and annotated, in 6 stockbooks 

HYPERINFLATION: 1945/46, extensive exhibit collection with over 125 covers and postcards, spanning periods 1 to 21 and 25-26, showing a fine range of rates with an abundance of usages and better frankings, including Paid in Cash, foreign destinations, massive inflation frankings, mail sent during the Grace Period or under military free frank concession, etc., many better items throughout with March 1946 cover (10th Period) correctly franked at 90,000P, May 1946 Printed Matter (14th Period) during the Grace Period at the previous rate, mail from the scarcer 25th (x2) and 26th (x6) periods, April 1946 registered cover (13th Period) with fewer denominations of the earlier Ezerp values, July 1946 underpaid Printed Matter (26th Period) with Revenue 100 Ezer as single franking postage due, etc. A delightful assembly, neatly mounted and described, in one album 

HYPERINFLATION: 1945/46, large stock of duplicates with over 155 covers and parcel cards, spanning most periods up to the 27th, showing a large range of frankings and usages, together with a few banknotes, except for the occasional fault mostly in good condition