353 / März 2013

1961, table tennis souvenir sheet, ungummed as issued, fine

1967, Maos theses gold/red, strip of three and pair (slighty oxydized) and poem 4 f. and 1968 8 f. tied by cds. to front and reverse of cover to Vienna, fine

1919, airmail 2 c. in excellent condition, tied by "BARRANQUILLA JUN 18 1919" to cover (opened on 2 sides) to Puerto Colombia with arrival mark on front, partly on stamp, Sociedad Filatélica Argentina certificate

1889, unissued CORREOS 10 c. blue tied by cds. "SAN JOSE AUG 15 90" to postal stationery envelope 10 c. to Germany with transit and arrival marks, scarce and fine usage

1828, 2 entire letters from Alexandria to Steyr in Austria, both desinfected and re-sealed by wax seals, of which at least one is clearly Triest Meyer type VL, signs of age, but useful items

1922, essay of Harrison & Sons, 50 m. blue-green in imperforated miniature sheet of 4, ungummed, light crease in the margin only (Nile Post E236a)

Fuad, essay 5 m. brownish-black, die proof in gravure printing in block format, light creasing in the lower right margin, fine and scarce

1933, international railway congress 13 m. tied by special cancel "CAIRO 26.JA." to picture card with red special cachet "CONGRES INTERNATIONAL DES CHOMINS DES DER... to Bern and 5 m. block of 4 on preprint-cover "CHAMBRE DE COMERCE FRANCAISE" from "ALEXANDRIA 26.JA.33" to Paris, fine

1952, King Faruk 15 m. violet, imperforated strip of four with right sheet margin, unused with gum, with inclined "Cancelled" on reverse, fine

ITALIAN POST: 1867, De La Rue 10 c. orange-brown, 6 single copies, 4 tied by dotted numeral "234" and 2 by boxed "PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI" to entire letter with adjacent cds. "ALESSANDRIA D'EGITTO POSTE ITALIANE 19 DEC 67" to Florence with transit mark of Brindisi and arrival mark; slight marks of archival tape, otherwise fine; a rare multiple franking with unusual 'duplex'-cancellation, sign. Enzo Diena

Austrian Post: 1908, 30 pa. in horizontal pair and 1pia. with perfin "A.P.C." and 5 pia. with perfin "CL/J"

1918/20, typographed and Jerusalem overprint, altogether 20 values from 1 m. - 5 pia. tied by archive marking "SPECIMEN COLLECTION MARETANIE" on archive sheet, unique

1921, London I 1m.-20 pia., all 15 main values in horizontal strips of three, tied by red "SPECIMEN COLLECTION MAURETANIE" to large piece, unique item (Bale 60-70)

1922, London II 1m.-20 pia., all 15 values incl. 5 pia. 25 mm high with overprint "Specimen", in horizontal strips of three with red "SPECIMEN COLLECTION MAURETANIE" tied to large piece of archive page, uniquie (Bale S.71-89)

1927, pictorials 250m.-1£ in vertical strips of 3, mounted on paper and cancelled "SPECIMEN COLLECTION MAURETANIE", unique

"JAFFA PORT" negativ seal cancel on Turkey 1892, 10 pa. on small cover to Jerusalem with arrival mark

"JERUSALEM PALESTIN R" register mark on registered commercial cover from "JERUSALEM 31-5 913" to Nablus, 2 folds not affecting stamp or R-cancel

POSTAGE DUE STAMPS: 1924, 1 m.-5 pia. overprinted "Specimen" in horizontal strips of three, tied by red archive cancel "Collection de Berne Postes et Télégraphes Madagascar" to piece of archive page, unique (Bale S.6-11)

1928, 1-50 m., the 8 values issued in 1928, overprinted "Specimen", in horizontal strips of three with additional red "Collection de Berne Postes et Télégraphes Madagascar" to large piece of archive page, unique

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: SPECIMEN: Mounted collection with Bale S.1, S.2, S.71-89, S90-103A, S104-108, S109-111, postage due S6-11 and S12-20, a marvelous group

SPECIMEN: 1927/45, postal stationery complete collection of all UPU specimens (except RE202-03 since different sizes were not issued) on exhibition pages incl. air letter sheet, very fine condition

1924, "POSTAGE PAID" franks, proof strikes of Haifa, Jaffa and Jerusalem struck on cut-outs from postal registration sheets, all with diagonal overprint "Specimen", stuck on paper, also 2 strikes of Haifa on same kind of paper, very rare, certificate Muntz for the first 3 items, uniqie pieces from the Bechuanaland archives

1952,  Menora 1000 pr. with full tab from the lower left sheet corner, mint never hinged, fine

1934, 63 Years of post souvenir sheet, unmounted mind, fine

1935, Fujisan 1 1/2 S. carmine miniature sheet of 20 stamps, unmounted mint, small crease at left upper sheet corner, otherwise fine

1932, railway line San Jorge-San Juan del Sur airmail 15 c.-1 cord. tied by special flight cancel "MANAGUA NIC-C-A 17.12." to registered airmail cover (three stamps at reverse) to San José with arrival mark, scarce

Railway line León-El Sauce 5 c. darkbrown and airmail 25 c. brown tied by special flight cancel "MANAGUA NIC-C-A 30.12." to registered airmail cover with additional franking (2 stamps at reverse)  via New York to Paris with arrival mark, fine

1868, 1 d. green, tied by barred oval "C38" to entire letter from "CALLAO DE 13 70" to Genua, Italy, franked upon arrival with Italy postage due 1869, 10 c. orange-brown and 1870, 2 l. brown/blue, tied by Genua cds.; 1 d. little corner crease, otherwise fine

1921, stationery card 10 c. (slightly stained), letter card and envelope 20 c. in good condition, all unused

1931, Australia cover from "BRISBANE" with additional Scadta Gold currency and Columbia franking via Buenaventura to Cali, fine

1950, definitives 0.5 p - 50 p. imperforated, unused, fine

1920, 1 m.-2 pia., tied by Es-Salt type JP2 cancel to registered envelope with register label on reverse to Jerusalem

1953,Protection for refugees 3 c. and 5 c., plate proofs in insciption blocks of 4, unhinged mint, security finger prints

1955, UNESCO 3 c. and 8 c., plate proof gutter blocks of 4 with emblems, 8 c. with plate number, folded in the gutter, unhinged mint with security fingerprints

10th anniversary of UN, 3 c.- 8 c. in plate proof pairs, unhinged mint with security fingerprints

1956, WHO/OMS 3c. and 8 c. in plate proof  blocks of 4, unhinged mint with security fingerprints