380th Auction

1887, Alphée Dubois First Issue, 10c. on 20c. (type VII), tied by cds "DAKAR 31 OCT 87", very fine, signed Calves

1887, Alphée Dubois First Issue, 10c. on 20c. (type VIII), fresh colour, tied by cds "DAKAR 31 OCT 87", very fine, signed Calves

1887, Alphée Dubois Second Issue, 75c. on 15c. blue and 1fr. on 5c. green, black overprint, used, very fine, signed A.Brun and Calves

1916, Handstamp Overprint 5c. blue-green, 10c. red (2) and 1p. on 25c. blue, neatly tied by cds. "ILE ROUAD * 30 - 4 1916" to a registered cover to Port Said, on reverse arrival cds. "PORT SAID 31 5 16"; some slight imperfections, otherwise very fine and scarce

1922, Allegory 5000r., horizontal strip of four together with Overprinted 3000r. on 100r., tied by cds. "TIFLIS 26 6 22" to registered envelope to Germany, adjacent oval transit mark "MOSCOW 7 - 7 22" and arrival "BERGEDORF 14.7.22", minor soiling otherwise fine

"AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRO-UNGARICO SYMI", clear strike in blue on 1867, 10 so. blue, fine printing, on entire letter 1878 to Trieste. On reverse transit mark of Smyrne and arrival mark. Very fine. The only recorded franked entire with this handstamp in blue. Certificate Dr. Ferchenbauer (2004)

Provenance: Dr. W. Shalcross (1956), Dr. Anton und Elisabeth Jerger (Corinphila, 2004)

"AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO SCIO", fine strike of bluish black oval handstamp on entire letter to Athens, rated "10" lepta for inland postage, rare and  fine

"AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO Metelino", oval handstamp in black, fine strike on letter sheet 1859 to Constantinople, fine and rare

1871, Franz Josef 2 kr. yellow tied by cds. "BUDAPEST 74 DEC-20" as additional franking to Postal stationery card King Franz Josef 2kr. to Zürich with arrival mark "ZURICH 22 XII 74", very fine and attractive combination, very scarce 

1871, Franz Josef 3 kr. green tied by oval handstamp to Postal stationery card King Franz Josef 2kr. to Leipzig with cds. "AUSGABE 21 XI", horizontal crease and small tear at bottom, still an attractive two-colors combination, very scarce

1904, 2kr. grey-blue/black, perf. 11½, fresh colours, unused with original gum, very fine and scarce

1909, Turul and King Franz Josef, 1f. to 5kr., sixteen imperforate blocks of four with sheet margins (1913 16f. missing), 2kr. grey-blue/black light horizontal bend, 5kr. lilac-brown/black fold in the sheet margin far away from the adhesives, mint never hinged, fine to very fine

1934, Souvenir Sheet, 20ft. carmine-brown, with uncut lower sheet margin (scarce thus), horizontal fold on the margin far way from the design, unused, very fine (Mi.-Nr. BL1)

1949, 70th birthday J. Stalin 60 f. - 2 ft. imperforated each in block of 9 contiguous as horizontal large block with large margins on three sides, anmounted mint with small gum crease, otherwise fine, very rare, so far only a few copies are known

1933 Hopflug Itala 1kr.-10kr., unused, very fine and scarce, with certificate A. Diena (1974)

1852, Crowned Eagle 5c. black/green and 25c. black/brownish, both barely touched at corner otherwise good to large margins, neatly tied by blue horizontal barred cancel with adjacent framed "UFFIZIO POSTALE IN SASSUOLO" and "P.D." to a registered folded entire to Modena, on front single line "RACCOM" and arrival cds. "MODENA 20 GIU 55"; an attractive and very fine cover, signed Diena

"CARPI", so-called 'Cuore' cancel, clear central strike on Sardegna 5 c. light olive yellow on piece, very fine, certificate Colla (2022) (Sassone 13Ca)

1859, Ferdinand II ½-50 Gr., nice and fresh colors, 20 gr. touched at top, otherwise normal to large margins all around, unused, ½-1 gr. signed Diena, 50 gr. with certificate Raybaudi (2008)

1859, Ferdinand II. 5gr. scarlet ("rosso sangue"), deep and fresh color, close to good margins all around, very fine and attractive, signed E. Diena with certificate (1977) (Sassone Nr. 9c)

1851, Lion 2 so. brown-red ("scarlatto chiaro"), fresh color and mostly good margins, just touched at upper left corner, used with grid of diamonds, fine and attractive for this, certificate Raybaudi (1995) (Sassone Nr. 3a)

1941, Airmail 50p. brown, top sheet margin, perforated 12¾:12½ instead of 12¾:11½, unused full original gum, very fine and very scarce (Sassone 1 variety, uncatalogued in Michel), certificate Colla

1934, Oasi Tripoli, 50c. to 4,50l., complete set neatly tied by cds "TRIPOLI POSTA AERO CIRCUITO OASI 18 5 34" to small fragments, very fine and scarce, signed Diena

1905, 15c. on 5a. orange-yellow and 40c. on 10a. lilac, used, 15c. one perf. short otherwise very fine, signed Diena

ITALIAN POST IN TUNIS: 1868, 40c. carmine, horizontal pair (a few short perf.), tied by numeral dotted cancel "235" to front of a folded letter to Italy, departure cds "TUNISI POSTE ITALIANE 12 2 68" alongside, reverse arrival cds "GENOVA 10 2 68", very fine and scarce double weight step rate

ITALIAN POST IN TUNIS: 1868, 40c. carmine tied by numeral dotted cancel "235" to front of a folded letter to Italy, departure cds "TUNISI POSTE ITALIANE 22 7 68" alongside, reverse arrival cds "GENOVA 26 7 68", usual horizontal file fold away from the adhesive, very fine

1780, "MITAU" Posthorn cancel clean and clear on small folded cover from Mitau via Nimmersatt to St. Quentin, good condition.

1780, "MITAU" posthorn cancel clean and clear on small folded letter from Hodiment to the known address Peter de Thier, fine

1918, Second Vilnius issue 20sk. and 30sk., tied by German cds. "FELDPOST -4 1 19" to a commercial envelope to Berlin, with adjacent violet circular handstamp "GRODNO POST TELEGRAPH OFFICE", adhesives toned and cover corner missing, otherwise fine

1918, Second and Third Kaunas issues 10sk.-60sk. tied by cds. "KAUNAS 28.III.19" to an envelope endorsed "Einschreiben" to Berlin, with its registration receipt, also First Kaunas issue 10sk. and 15sk., tied by violet circular handstamp "GRODNO POST TELEGRAPH OFFICE", with adjacent German cds. "Deutsche Feldpost 27.2.19", and Second Kaunas issue 10sk.-50sk. tied by cds. "KAUNAS -6.III.19"; fine to very fine

1865/75, rouletted in colour, 12½c. rose in block of 4, unused with original gum, roulettings slightly split and strengthened by hinges, still fine and very scarce, certificate Böttger BPP (2018)

1972, Albrecht Dürer 2fr. with "Albert" error, mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Calves & Jacquart (2013)

"AGENZIA DELL LLOYD AUSTRIACO PIREO" Ovalstempel in blau, sauber auf kpl. Faltbrief der Agentur, datiert "Pireo 8 Marzo 1866" nach Athen. Einzig registrierte Abschlag dieses Stempels auf Brief. Signiert Todd AIEP.

Provenienz: Henry Houser (1992), H. Smith (Corinphila 2013)

"AGENZIA DELL LLOYD AUSTRO-UNGARICO PIREO" Doppelovalstempel in blau, sauber auf Ganzsachenkarte 5 So., datiert "Pireo 10/1(84" nach Bregenz mit nebengesetztem Ankunftsstempel. Die Karte rechts oben Eckfehler und oben links zwei Büge, sonst gute Erhaltung. Eine große Seltenheit der österreichischen Levante; es ist kein weiteres Ganzstück mit dieser Entwertung registriert.

“AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / CAVALLA”, schwarzer Ovalstempel, sauber auf Briefhülle 1867 mit nebengesetztem Absenderstempel nach Triest mit Ankunftsstempel

1866, 17 (Kr.) scharlachrot mit blauem Ovalstempel "AGENTIE D.D.S.G. WIDDIN" und übergehendem Zahlenstempel "3/10" auf kpl. Faltbrief nach Braila, Marke mit Eckfehler und etwas fleckig, sonst in guter Gesamterhaltung

1867, 10 (Kr.) grün, Type I mit blauem Ovalstempel "AGENTIE GIURGEVO SALDIRT 5.OCT."(1870) auf Faltbriefhülle nach Galatz, Marke üblich gezähnt und Briefhülle mit Faltspuren, gute Gesamterhaltung, sign. Ferchenbauer VÖB mit Fotoattest (2004)