379th Auction

1961, Modern art 0,50-1,00 fr. as epreuves de luxe, vf

1892, DIEGO-SUAREZ on 60 c. black, used, vf, signed Calves 

1886, 0f05 on 2 c. green, used, vf, signed Calves

1931, air mail, imperforated proof on blue paper with blank value tablet, unmounted mint, vf, signed Scheller ("essai")

1889, Dubois 15 on 1fr., used, vf, signed Calves

1889, provisional issue 25 c. on green, used, vf, signed Calves

1891, Ceres 80 c. rose, ample margins, used, fine, signed Calves

1902, surcharge on Diego Suarez, error 00,5 on 30 c., used, vf, signed Calves 

1892, Dubois 5F on 1fr., used, vf, signed Calves

1882, Sage 25C on 1fr., good margins, used, vf, signed Calves

1921, Dejure 2-5r. tied by cds. "TIFLIS 30.1.21" to image side of local picture postcard with arrival mark, 5r. small corner crease, otherwise fine, scarce, signed. Prof. Winterstein

Provenance: 19. Stanley Gibbons Frankfurt (1981)

CONSULAR POST IN CONSTANTINOPLE: 1920, surcharges 1-50 pia. cpl., unused o.g., very fine, most signed Dr. Jem

1862/68, 5 l. green and 40 l. lilac, both with full margins, tied by clear cds. of Kerkyra to letter sheet from Rome to Corfu, franked with 1868, 20 cent. on red lilac, taxed upon arrival with "45" lepta for the internal postage.  A very fine and rare letter. Certificates Enzo Diena (1989) and Vaccari (2014)

1927, re- issued 25 dr. in marginal strip of 3, unmounted mint (Mi. 510,-)

BULGARIAN OCCUPATION: 1916, Gjumjurdjina, postcard with bilingual cds. and provisional straight-line censor mark to Sofia. Opinion Penev "less than 5 recorded"

1916, Xanthi, postcard 5 st. used without dispatch but clear red "inspected by the censor" 

1917, Drama, postcard franked with 10 CT. on 25 st., tied by faint bilingual cds., adjacent clear Drama military censor handstamp. A rare item. Opinion Penev

1917, Soflu, cover to Constantinople, franked with Bulgaria 10 st. , tied by bilingual cds. , adjacent censor commission cancel of Soflu and Ottoman censor mark. Very rare. Opinion Penev

1917, Xanthi, postage free postcard with 6 line sender's cachet of the Malaria Hostpital of the 10th White Sea Division, to Kotel, Opinion Penev

1867, Austria Franz Joseph 3 kr. green, four single stamps as horizontal strip with 5 kr. carmine each tied by cds. "PEST 19.1.70" to registered quadruple rate local letter with arrival mark, fine and rare

1840, GB 2 d. blue, EC, just touched at upper right, otherwise full to large margins, tied by black MC to printed Bank of Ireland entire from "ENNISKILLEN FE1143" to "Dudlin", stamp affected by 2 pressed cover creases

1 d. single perf. with wm inverted, vertical strip of 4, unmounted mint, very fine

1 d. single perf., wm inverted, vertical pair with Middleton cds. of May 18, 1940; very late use, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (2019)

2 d., vertical coil leader R/500 with 3 stamps attached, unused, fine and scarce

2 d., vertical coil end with 3 stamps and 7 empty spaces in blue (dated 8 JAN 1925), unused, partly folded

2 d. with plate flange at lower right, tied Nass postmark 4.9.1936 to piece, very fine and scarce, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (2019) (Mi.-No. 43C var.)

1935, experimental coil stamp 2 d., perforated 15 x imperforated, tied by cds. "NAS NA RIOGH 10 VI 36" to postcard to Vienna, Austria with arrival mark on front; the stamp applied with top right perforation slightly over the edge of the cover, but still intact. A fine and very rare single franking. Just 4 entires with this stamp are recorded, including only one further to a foreign destination (Hibernian T4cii)

1940, wm "e", 1 d., single die proof in black on thin surfaced card, uncleared surround, fixed on small sheet, annotated "NEW DIE 24.4.39"; slight thinnings on reverse, still fine and very rare (Mi.-No. 72 proof)

1852, ½ baj. – 8 baj. (including some shades) and 1 scudo carmine, all in very fresh colour and with good to large margins, unused with original gum, very fine. 1 Scudo with certificates Enzo Diena (1990) and Bolaffi (1991)

1867, 2 c. – 80 c., all in very fresh colour and with good to large margins, unused with original gum, very fine. Certificate Bolaffi (1990)

1867, 3 cent. rose gray, nice fresh colour and large margins with dividing lines on all sides (double  at top), unmounted mint with fresh original gum (top of stamp ungummed due to production). A very fine and scarce stamp in this condition. Certificate Bolaffi (1992)

1868, 2 c. – 80 c., including both colours of 20 c. and 80 c., all in very fresh colour, unused with original gum, very fine. 

1868, 3 cent. rose gray, nice fresh colour and well perforated, unused with fresh original gum. A very fine and scarce stamp in this condition. Certificates Enzo Diena (1986) and Bolaffi (1992)

1868, 80 cent. deep rose ('Fragolone'), nice deep fresh colour and well perforated, unused with fresh original gum. A very fine and scarce stamp in this condition. Certificates Alberto Diena (1968), Enzo Diena (1985) and Bolaffi (1993) (Sassone 30d)

1852, 5 c. – 1 l., the complete set in both types, including both shades of 5 c. with dot behind numeral, all very fresh with original gum and large margins, 4 copies with sheet margin. Extremely fine. Some signed and 2 certificates Bolaffi for the sets (1992)

1852, 25 c. on green, the error of colour, very fresh with unmounted original gum, large margins with sheet margin at bottom. Extremely fine. Certificate Bolaffi (1994) (Sassone 4A)