380th Auction

KHARKOV: 1918/20, Local Trident Overprints, specialized group of over 125 stamps, mint and used expertly identified by the Bulat catalogue on individual stockcards, many ex Dr Seichter, excellent provenance for those difficult issues; mostly very fine. 

ODESSA: 1918/20, Local Trident Overprints, specialized group of over 320 stamps, mint and used including some panes, expertly identified by the Bulat catalogue on individual stockcards and classified by 6 types: Odessa I (14), Odessa II (14), Odessa III (10), Odessa IV (20), Odessa V (100), Odessa VI (4), with some better items such as Bulat 1204, 1206; mostly very fine

PODOLIA: 1918/20, Local Trident Overprints, specialized group of over 950 stamps, mint and used including complete panes, many expertly identified by the Bulat catalogue, some signed Dr Seichter or UPV; mostly very fine

POLTAVA: 1918/20, Local Trident Overprints, specialized group of over 60 stamps, mint and used including some multiples, many expertly identified by the Bulat catalogue, some signed Dr Seichter or UPV; mostly very fine

POLTAVA: 1918/20, Local Trident Overprints, specialized group of over 130 stamps, mint and used expertly identified by the Bulat catalogue on individual stockcards, some better items such as Bulat 992 and 1038; mostly very fine

1918/20, specialized group of five (5) postal history items, including 1918 50k. Ekaterinoslav Local Trident Overprints (21) tied cds "ALEXANDROVSK EKATERINOSLAV" to an insured parcel card, arrival receiver on reverse "RIGA 13 4 19", Ukraine 50sh. horizontal strip of three with Arms 10k. tied by cds "KREMENCHUG 12 18" to reverse of a registered envelope with receiver "ROSTOV 12 12 18" alongside, scarce; fine to very fine

1918/20, Local Trident Overprints, specialized group of over 500 stamps, mint and used expertly identified by the Bulat catalogue on individual stockcards and classified by types; mostly very fine. 

1918/20, ROMANOV Local Trident Overprints, specialized group of over 100 stamps, mint and used including some multiples, expertly identified by the Bulat catalogue on stockcards, some signed Dr Seichter, with some better items such as Bulat 585 and 599; mostly very fine

1918/20, Local Trident Overprints, specialized group of over 650 stamps, mint and used including complete panes, many expertly identified by the Bulat catalogue, some ex Dr Seichter or Schmidt, also a few fakes (identified as such); an excellent assembly of those difficult issues, with a good prevenance and mostly very fine

1874/1984, mint never hinged and used group with some areas, a.o. Bosnia-Herzegovina.

1918/63, group of over three hundred (300) unused and used stamps, neatly arranged in hingeless album leaves, starting with 1918 First Issue overprints, 1919 selection of varieties such as inverted overprints, very fine and a fresh assembly

1927/31, c. 65 franked covers incl. double frankings with India, including registered covers and airmail covers, plus some covers with sender from Kabul with posting in India, interesting company correspondence.

1919, Dashnak Z Monograms, highly specialized assembly of over 60 stamps overprinted with "Z" without value (framed and unframed), mint and used with a few multiples, including the very scarce large framed Z in violet on 2k. (Mi. 4b) and an unlisted 15k. with framed Z type E4, plus some counter-surcharges; a very fine group of genuine Armenian monograms, most items with a Stefan Berger opinion

1919/20, Dashnak Monograms overprints, highly specialised group of a hundred stamps mint and used, "Z" monogram framed and unframed with and without new value, many scarce items including Mi. 84 block of three, 94I, 100IIa, 104Ib, 110IIb, 131, 136 or 138, some duplicates and unlisted (one ex Serebrakian), also a couple with stars overprints; mostly very fine, many clear Stefan Berger opnions

1920, Dashnak Z Monograms, highly specialized assembly of over 70 stamps overprinted with "Z" with new value (framed and unframed), mint and used with a few multiples, including some better items (Mi. 68 and 100IIa), some unlisted items and counter-surcharges, as well as selection of Stars overprints (15) including a rare 1r. pair tied with csd "NIKOLAEVKA"; a very fine group of genuine Armenian monograms, most items with Stefan Berger opinion (Mi.-Nr 66, 68, 71, 72, 73, 75, 78, 100, 114, 115)

1920, Chassepot Paris printing, specialized group with singles and multiples, including some better items such as 1r. to 15r. SPECIMEN overprinted in blocks of four and pairs, 5r. colour trial proof (opinion Stefan Berger) and 25r. pair of proofs in black on thick ungummed paper; a nice assembly from the original printing, very fine (ex Mi.-Nr Ia/Ik)

1920, Monogram Overprints on Romanov, fine selection of over 40 stamps on stockcards, 5r. on 4k. Romanov (11), 25r. on 4k. (6 including one block mint never hinged), 5r. on 10k./7k. (30) in blocks of four and six, many identified by type, some ex Ashford; mostly mint never hinged and very fine (Michel uncatalogued)

1921, Second Essayan set, very fine group of seven unissued stamps from the original printing, mint original gum, 100r. (1), 10000r. (2) and 20000r. (4), all with clear Stefen Berger opinions (Mi.-Nr. IIIa, IIIn, IIIo, IIIp)

1921/22, Armenian pictorials, group of over 140 stamps covering the range of both unissed without overprint and issued overprinted, mint and used, many from the April 1922 set, also some First Essayan printings (ex Ashford); most with stefan Berger opinions, fine to very fine

1923, Armenian pictorials, group of over 50 stamps overprinted, mint and used, some values with many duplicates, a few better items such as Mi. 167A; some with Stefan Berger opinions, most very fine

1919/22, 1920 20k. rare variety black design printed on both sides (two examples lightly hinged), 1921 5000r. mint gutter bloc and 1922 100,000r. on 2r. dark brown used pair; very fine specialist group (Mi.-Nr. 2y, 12, 47)

1919/23, balance of a dealer ´s stock with hundreds of stamps, singles and multiples, many of them expertly identified on cardboards, dozens of blocs including some with gutter pairs, better items like Transcaucasia Mi. 1 in bloc of 25 MNH, some varieties such as colour shifts or printed on reverse, some postally used, ex Trevor Pateman; overall very fine condition (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/27)

1843/2016, mint never hinged, unused and used collection with a.o. Mi.-Nos. 1, 2, 19-22 etc. in 3 stockbooks.

1920/60, collection of over seventy (70) used stamps, neatly mounted on album leaves, also three 1930s registered airmail covers from Ouagadougou, mostly very fine

1878/88(ca.), unused and used collection from Large Dragon 3C. used, furthermore two values Red Revenue, People's Republic Mi.-No. 534-45 used, 1126-31 unused, as well as postage stamps, Manchuria, slightly different condition

1880/2000 (ca.), Imperial China, Republic, PRC and Taiwan, comprehensive used and unused balance on stockpages/album pages, from a Large Dragon 1ca. green unused, also incl. a basic collection of Taiwan in three Lighthouse hingeless binders 1945/1989.

1900/90 (ca.), stockbook with duplicates of unused and used stamps, postal stationery and covers incl. some Taiwan, including nine values from the 1963 landscape issue, plus stamps and souvenir sheets from the 1990 vintage mint and used in the album of preprinted pages

1911, 50 unused and used values, including 2 pieces 2 R., plus 4 values China with Tibetan postmarks.

1949/1990 (ca.), comprehensive used and unused balance on stockpages/album pages, e.g. 1963 Huangshan Views S57 (2), 1963 Peonies S61, etc., in addition apprx. 35 covers/cards.

1949/2002, Chinese stamps used and unused on presentation books, including early PCR later printings, better items such as 1958 Tien An Men 8f. carmine souvenir sheet (upper margin stuck to the album page), Beijing 2002 large booklet presentation, 1993 booklet, etc., condition mostly very fine

1962/2008 (approx.), mostly mint never hinged material from postal subscription shipments with medium and better issues, e.g. Chrysanthemums I and III, 50th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, Paris Commune. Of the souvenir sheet issues included are a.o.: Kuan Han-ching, Arts and Crafts (4 pieces), Road Bridge souvenir sheet (4 pieces), Riccione (3 pieces), Hong Kong Stamp Exhibition (3 pieces), Dream of the Red House (3 pieces), also Year of the Rooster stamp booklets, FDC's, yearbooks from 1981 onwards, and much material in glassine bags. Enormous acquisition value.

1859/1999, mint, unused and used rich collection with better issues, Departamentos and some Scadta, in 2 albums

1892/1960, collection of over 200 used stamps mounted on album leaves, starting with Anjouan, following with Grande Comore, Mohéli and Mayotte, mostly early issues, a few multiples and also two covers; overall condition is very fine

1873/1999 (ca.), unused and used collection in four albums, from 1960 almost complete, some souvenir sheets; condition varies, mostly fine to very fine

1886/1980, collection of over two hundred (200) used stamps, about a dozen of some covers and cards, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, starting with Congo Kinshasa First Issues, with better items such as 1886 5fr. violet (Mi 5A), 1887 5fr. lilac (Mi 10) and 1891 10fr. orange-brown (Mi 11), following with 1894 pictorials, some duplicates with a range of various postmarks, Congo Belge 1909 fine study group of the Bruxelles and Local overprint types, 1890/1910 selection of twelve postal stationeries or cards tied by cds "MATADI", "BOMA 1890", "KONGOLO", "LEOPOLDVILLE 1904", "LUALI 1908", etc., some signed Pfenninger, condition mostly very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/637)

1880/1990 (ca.), mainly used balance in eight albums, comprising accumulations (five albums) and a decent 1960/1989 collection (three albums), from a few items Spanish period and almost exclusively from 1900 onwards, slighty mixed condition but mainly fine.