368. Auction

1774, 6.9., entire letter from the French Givet via Namur to Verviers, handwritten marking “franco Namur” to indicate the prepayment to Namur, black line marking NAMUR and 5 Sols fee for the leg Namur – Verviers

1775, entire letter from Monschau, dated 6.8., via Liège to Nancy with border marking “DE LIEGE”, 16 Sols fee

1781, 10.9., entire letter from the Marquisat Bergen op Zoom to Ghent, at the backside handwritten marking of origin “BOZ”, 4 Sols fee

1787, 26.5., entire partly paid letter from Colberg (Prussia) via Wesel (handwritten “Franco Wesel”) and Maaseik (black line marking as border marking MASEYCK) to Bordeaux, 35 Sols fee in total

1789, 1.6., entire letter from Menin to Paris to the Treasurer of the Swiss Guard with “M” in circle as marking of origin Menin, 18 Sols fee

1790, 1.8., entire registered letter from Magdeburg via Wesel, Maaseik, Paris to Bordeaux, handwritten “maseick chargé” and the red line marking “CHARGÉ” from Paris. The letter is glued inside with an adhesive strip

1791, 28.1., entire letter from Philippeville to Chamblon (CH) with black line marking P.VILLE

1791, 9.10., entire paid letter from a French soldier, lying “Du Retranchement devand Mauberge” (Fortification of Mauberge) via Dusseldorp to Gerresheim. Red line marking MONS and rare red P.P. marking in circle. 10 Sols fee

1791/93, 3 entire unpaid letters from the time of the first and second restoration of the Austrian Netherlands all with black line markings: OSTEND to Beaune (F), LIERE – Aalst and FURNES to Courtray, interesting historical background

1792, 29.6., entire letter from Mons, first transported to Namur by Estafette from the Royal Service Post Office and from there to St. Trond by Taxispost as a paid letter (black line marking “PORT PAYE”)

1793, 29.4., entire letter from MALINES (red line marking) to Namur, 6 Sols fee because of heavy weight

1793, 30.8., entire paid letter from Bruges to Ghent. Unusual no marking from Bruges. Handwritten “francq” and large black circle marking “PP”, only known from Bruges

1794, 3.3., just over 3 months before the French siege, entire letter from EUPEN (black line marking) to Liège, 2 Sols fee

1794, 8.6., 3 weeks before the French victory at the battle of Fleurus, entire letter from WAVRE (black line marking) to Brussels, Cito-Cito, 1 Sols fee, plus an undated letter from CHARLEROY to St. Trond with unusually chalk marking for 8 Sols

1794, undated registered cover from Liège to Lille with 2 black line markings “DE LIÈGE” and “RECOMMANDEÉ”. Both markings are known together only from 1794-1796, 22 Sols fee

BROD: 1866, entire to Brod franked with 1pi of 1865 postage due stamp and tied by Bosna 81 handstamp and on arrival extremely rare PURUT 1278 (not recorded by A&P) negative seal. Certificate TFF

LOCAL ISSUE: East-Mostar: 1994, complete set of 14 values, all in horizontal or vertical pairs, mint never hinged, scarce, fine

SOFYA: 1857, (9 September). Telegraph from Istanbul struck on arrival by ADM.ON TELEG.QUE IMP.LE SOFIA (A&P type 2, RRR) bi-lingual negative seal. Received two days after the opening of the telegraph office. The earliest recorded document of this cancel.

TARGOVISHTE: 1864 (21 September). Entire to Pyce franked with 1pi of third printing Tughra stamp and tied by CUMA-I ATIK (A&P type 2, unrecorded on document) dotted handstamp. One of four recorded. Certificate Nakri AIEP (2019)

1920, Surcharge issue 2m. on 15sk. - 10m. on 5a., used, few with illegible cancellation, the high values with only 283 resp. 360 stamps printed, fine

1945, Stormdivision 50-100k., mint never hinged, fine, certificate Pervan (2017)

1945, Stormdivision souvenir sheet as imperforated progressive proof with missing 50k. value and in large format 240x145mm, mint never hinged with some negligible bends, otherwise very fine, a very rare sheet, signed Marjanovic and certificate Huzanic BPP (2018)

1991/92, Airmail 1-4d., each as imperforated horizontal pair, mint never hinged, fine

Compulsory surtax stamps: 1995, National Olympic Committee 0,5D. brown wihtout yellow background, imperforated proof sheetleet of 20 values, mint never hinged, fine, certificate Zrinjscak (2013)

1941, 1-2din. mint never hinged, 2din. from position ten with "0 in Slobodna 1mm higher", some perfs a little soiled at bottom, 2din. some short perfs, otherwise fine, a scarce set, signed and certificate Huzanic BPP (2018)

1941, 1-2din. unused without gum, 1din. from position ten with "0 in Slobodna 1mm higher", light red discoloration at bottom left, otherwise fine, a scarce set, certificate Zrinjscak BPP (2015)  

1925/29, Airmail 10Ø-1kr., each as block of four, mint never hinged, very fine, signed Sorani with certificate (1980)

Unissued 2 k. black as single and to the left separated by gutter a horizontal pair 15 k. black, printed on reverse of cinema cards, without gum, extremely rare and most attractive, tiny wrinkles in outer margin mentioned for accuracy, very fine

Unissued 2 k. black and to the left separated by gutter 15 k. black, printed on front of a complete sheet of five 50 k. cinema tickets, inverted position of proofs: the text above the proofs ("Talon") is inverted, the back of the sheet shows advertisments for "Berliner Malzperle" and "Mutti Must", without gum, extremely rare as complete sheet, fine, sign. Nemvalz (Hurt/Ojaste G4)

1919, 35p. brown as block of four, printed on both sides, gum side with heavily shifted print, mint never hinged, fine

Seagull 70 p., enlarged black copy of mother die, 41x52mm, tied to cardboard by red ink, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G1)

1924, Theater 30 m. lilac with light blue network as imperforated proof block of four with bottom sheet margin, unused, small crease at bottom margin, otherwise fine (Hurt/Ojaste G:1)  

1928, New Currency Overprint 15 s. on thin paper, used, very rare only few copies known so far, fine (Hurt/Ojaste C:2)

1933, Song festival 2-10 s. and 1938, Society of Estonian scolars 5, 15-25s., imperforated, mint never hinged, fine (Hurt(Ojaste G:1)

1933, Anti-Tuberculosis 5 and 12s. as imperforated block of four, 12s. with plate error on top left stamp (incomplete circle between the 2 horizontal bars of the cross), plate errors on Estonian proofs are very rare, mint never hinged, fine      

1936, Päts 2 S., proof block of four, top left corner, pane D, mint never hinged, hinged in margin only, fine. Together with a matching postage stamp block of four, also from the top left corner, pane A. And Päts 6 S., red/lilac carmine, corner proof block, no printing order number, mint never hinged, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G:1)