365 / September 2017

1867/74, 5 c. red, tied by "BUENOS AIRES JUL 26 1875" to lettersheet with combination franking France Ceres 25 c. in strip of 4 with ancre cancellation and adjacent "BUENOS-AYRES PQ. FR. No. 5" to France, fine combination cover, sign. A. Diena

5 c. red, tied by cds. "BUENOS AIRES 10 MAI 74" to envelope with combination franking Ceres 25 c. and large numeral 80 c., tied by ancre with adjacent "BUENOS-AYRES PAQ. FR. J No.3 10 Mai 74", to Lyon, fine, sign. Calves

1876, 5 c. red rouletted, tied by cds. "BUENOS AYRES ... " to envelope with combination franking Italy with overprint "ESTERO" 20 c. and 30 c., tied by "Da Buenos Aires coi Postali Italiani", minor imperfections; a rare combination cover, certificate Enzo Diena (1990)

FRENCH POST: 1871, Lettersheet franked with France Lauré 80 c. and Bordeaux 20 c., tied by ancre with adjacent "BUENOS-AYRES PAQ.FR.J No.1 30 DEC. 71" to Bordeaux; 18 c. faint crease; a scarce combination

1859, 5 c. blue with ample margins, tied by pen cross to entire letter from Chanar to Cordoba; a fine and rare letter with not much more than a handful of entires registered, certificate Moorhouse (2013)

1919, framed Z 10r. used and monogramm overprint 10 r. perforated in two colour varities, one with margin "V", fine, signed Berger BPP

1920, 5 r. on 2 k. depp green imperforated, block of 4 and horizontal pair without cancel to reverse to registered cover with register label "Alexandropol" to Baku with arrival mark from 27.2.21, cover horizontal folded and shortened at right

1920, Monogramm overprint, 5 r. imperforated, one unused and one mint never hinged copy, fine, signed Romeko a.o. and short certificate Berger BPP

100 r. on 7r., unused, very fine, a scarce stamp, signed Jem and certificate Berger BPP

100 r. on 7r., used, very fine, a scarce stamp, signed Lissiuk a.o. and certificate Berger BPP

Over the counter production: 5 r. on Romanov 4 k. red, unused, a very rare stamp,  tiny brownish spot on reverse, otherwise fine, signed Senf and certificate Berger BPP

Over the counter production: 50 r. on War Aid 10 k., unused, a very rare stamp, signed Jem and certificate Berger BPP

Over the counter production: 100 r. on Nikolaus II. 10 k. blue, unused with gum as issued, a very rare stamp which Cerea gives a "RR" rating, signed Jem and certificate Berger BPP (2017)

1922, Overprint in gold curreny, red overprint, 1 on 1r. grey-green as block of four with upper sheet margin, mint never hinged, fine, opinion Berger

1922, Overprint in gold curreny, black overprint, 3 on 20000 k., mint never hinged, fine, opinion Berger

10 on 100 k. as block of four with bottom sheet margin, mint never hinged, fine, certificate Berger BPP

1921, 400 r. blue, block of 4 and two single stamps, tied by cds. "BAKU 6.11.21" to reverse to rigistered cover with rigister label on reverse via Moskau and Kaunas to Anyksciei, Lithuania with arrival mark, two stamps with faults and small part of cover are missing

1922, 400 r. deep blue with violet overprint, horizontal pair tied by cds. "BAKU 13.2.22" to reverse to registered cover via Kaunas to Anyksciai, cover two sides opened and one stamp torn  

1851, Entire letter from the French Consul General at Chuquisaca to Paris with superb consular "BOLIVIE 13 AOUT", blue forwarding agents' mark and "PANAMA 22 SP 1851 / TRANSIT" to Paris, here taxed with "21" decimes. Supposed to be the finer of 2 recorded strikes of the consular handstamp

1877, "CORREOS DE LA CHIMBA * BOLIVIA", blue negative seal marking, struck twice on envelope with adjacent "ADMON DE CORREOS DE LA CHIMBA", "FRANCA" and "T170" via Lima and British PO at Callao to Paris, here taxed with "29" decimes, fine and scarce

1843, 30 r.-90 r., intermediate to worn impression, all with good to mostly large margins and neatly cancelled by cds., 30 r. and 60 r. sign. Pfenninger, 90 r. sign. Georg Bühler and Schlesinger

1849/50, 30 r. black and 60 r. black in combination with 1866, 10 r. red, tied by boxed "BRAGANSA" to entire letter to Santos; tear in the entire fixed, otherwise fine and scarce, certificate Moorhouse (2013)

1866, Pedro 200 r. black, tied by cork cancel to envelope (small part of backflap missing) with adjacent "RIO DE JANEIRO 25 JUN 74" to Lucca, Italy with adjacent oval loop "INSUFICENTE", taxed on arrival and franked with Italy postage due 1870/74, 5 c., 40 c. (2) und 1 l.; partly perforation faults, otherwise fine; a scarce combination cover

1900, Bay of Rio de Janeiro 50 r. green, horizontal strip of five and single stamp, tied to reverse to cover via "RIO DE JANEIRO 14.JUN.1902" and New York to Curacao with arrival mark and ship mark "BARBADOS SHIP LETTER 30.JU.02" on reverse, fine

1863, "VALPARAISO A 18.DE.1862", slight stroke to reverse to folded letter with handwritten endorsement "via Panama" via London to Schiedam, Netherland with arrival mark, fine

1867/68, 1 c. orange tied to lettersheet with adjacent violet "PETORCA 17 OCT. 75" to Santiago, here charged with double of missing postage 4 c. with violet handstamp "SANTIAGO MULTADA 8 Cs.", very fine and scarce

1883, 5 c. blue, tied by Valparaiso cds. to envelope 1891 to Tacna, Peru, additionally franked with Peru 10 c. 1886, 10 c. black; fine and scarce Pacific War cover

1897, 5 c. on 5 ca. lemon yellow tied by black cds. "NINGPO CUSTOMS MAY.6.97", fine

1897, Red Revenue 1 $, type II, neatly cancelled with Pa-Kua, very fine

"TANGKU 12.AUG.02", clear on front of picture card with combination franking German Post 5 pf. tied by cds. "SHANGHAI DP 16.8.02" to Zittau, Germany and forwarded to Langebrück with arrival mark, very fine

"NANKING LOCAL POST FEB.12.1896" on cover with combination franking German Post 20 pf. tied by cds. "SHANGHAI DP ...2.96" to Germany with Chinese transit mark "SHANGHAI LOCAL POST" and arrival mark on reverse, cover with small tear at right; a fine and rare combination cover

"LOCAL POST SHANGHAI J MA.11.91" in blue on reverse of cover with sender cachet "Russel & Co Agents Shanghai" to Tientsin with faint arrival mark "TIENTSIN CUSTOMS MA.16.91" in blue and re-adressed to Königsberg, Germany via Shanghai with German Post 20 pf. tied by cds. "SHANGHAI KDPAg 28.3.91" with arrival mark, cover and stamp with faults, still fine, a rare combination

"SHANHAI LOCAL POST A SE 20.94" on front of German Post postal stationery card 10 pf. cancelled cds. "SHANGHAI 20.9.94" to Magdeburg with arrival mark, somewhat unfresh, but scarce

"SHANGHAI LOCAL POST AU.13.95" on reverse of cover with combination franking block of four German Post 5 pf. tied by cds. "SHANGHAI 13.8.95", to Stuttgart with arrival mark, fine, signed Bothe BPP

"LOCAL POST SHANGHAI D MY.1.99" on front of German Post postal stationery double card 10 pf. without text, cancelled "SHANGHAI DP 1.5.99" to Liege, Belgium and forwarded to Herderen with arrival mark, fine

Postal Stationery: 1900, postcard 1 c. rose with additional franking 10 c. green, 4 c. brown (2) and 2 c., registered from "KIUKIANG 6.JUl." with red handwritten endorsement "through German Post Office Shanghai" with combination franking German Post 20 pf. blue (2) cancelled "SHANGHAI DP 11.7.00" and German register label to Munich with arrival mark, tiny spots, otherwise fine, signed Manfeld, rare