380th Auction

1865, AFRICA: Franklin 1c. blue horizontal pair and two horizontal pairs Washington 10c. green tied by circle of wedges to folded letter to Neuchatel, Switzerland, red "NEW YORK PAID 36" and british transit marks alongside, few slightly blunt perfs and one stamp 10c. toned perf, otherwise fine

1866, CHINA: Lincoln 15c. black and Franklin 30c. orange tied by grid to envelope with cds. "SALEM NOV 6" alongside to Zanzibar, endorsed "via Marseilles" and "care Adumally Sultanally, Esq., Merchant, Bombay", red "BOSTON BR. PKT. 7 NOV 40" credit handstamp and crayon "1" British colonial credit alongside, reverse with transit "BOMBAY DE 24", a fine and scarce entire. Albert P. Goodhue, the recipient of this cover, was a ship chandler and businessman from Salem, Massachusetts, who likely had a connection to Benjamin Goodhue, a commercial merchant and politician from the same area. Benjamin served in the state senate and later as a representative in the first U.S. congress, and played a significant role in shaping the country's revenue laws. His son, Jonathan, was also a successful commercial merchant.
 

1865, PERSIA: Washington 3. rose and 12c. black and Franklin 30c. orange tied by black target cancels and partly cds. "NEW ORLEANS AUG 26" to folded letter to Tonneins, France with red "NEW YORK ... PAID 36" marking alongside, hardly perceptiblehorizontal fold through adhesives, otherwise fine

1867, JAVA: Washington 3c. rose and 24c. grey tied cds. "BALTIMORE AUG 14 1867" resp. blue target cancel to small envelope to Brussels, Belgium with red "BOSTON BR. PKT  16 AUG 7 PAID" alongside, adhesives with minor imperfections, otherwise fine and attractive entire

1868, AUSTRALASIAN: Washington 24c. grey tied by red quartered cork cancel to folded letter endorsed "p. Australasie Private" to Liverpool with "NEW YORK PAID ALL MAR 11" and red boxed "SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL" alongside, fine and attractive supplemantary mail usage

1878/2012, mostly used collection from Mi.-Nos. 1-3 on three album pages, plus PR China in bags etc.

1843/2013, mint, unused and used holding, including good issues, but mostly mint modern material, in 8 large boxes.

1843/78, used collection with i.a. Mi.-Nos. 2, 3, etc. Pedro issues collected by postmarks

1885/1950 (ca.), French Indochina/French India and some Portuguese India, mint and used balance on album pages/stockcards, also 29 covers/cards/stationeries, slightly mixed condition but mainly fine.

1900/77 (ca), accumulation of over two hundred stamps and dozens of covers, including Algeria, Cote des Somalis, Djibouti, Diego Suarez (Sage type), some Portuguese Cap Verde, French Congo, Madagascar 1912 overprints, Diego Suarez (Sage type), also some modern envelopes from Tunisia, Spanish Sahara, overall condition very fine

1900/2000 (ca.), French Southern Hemisphere, comprehensive used collection, comprising TAAF incl. better early issues, French Oceania, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, also included are apprx. 240 covers/cards incl. a Terre Adelie 22.6.1950 cover.

1864/1970, collection of hundreds of used stamps as well as some covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, starting with some stampless folded entires tied by cds "TUNIS", France Napoleon 40c. orange singles tied by dotted diamond "5107" to two folded entires to Marseilles, red entry cds "TUNIS PAR BONE ALGERIE" and cds "TUNIS 67" alongside, reverse arrival cds "MARSEILLES", French Protectorate issues with better items such as 1893 2fr. violet (Mi 27),  1906 20c. brown scarce vertical strip of three with gutter tete-beche (uncatalogued in Michel, Yvert 34a), 1918 15c. on 5fr. violet/black (Mi 68), over twenty (20) covers and cards including registered and multiple frankings, general condition mostly very fine, an attractive assembly (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/464)

1888/1960, collection of over hundred (100) used stamps, with better items such as 1888 5fr. violet on lilac paper (2), signed Calves or Roumet, mostly very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. P1/65)

1893/1934, collection of over two hundred (200) used stamps and some covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, starting with Forerunners Egypt tied by cds "MASSAWA 1885", First Issue King Umberto I with better items such as 5l. blue/rose (Mi 11, signed Pfenniger), some covers including Mixed Franking Eritrea 50c., 1l. and East Africa 1.50l. all tied by cds "CECAMERE 31 8 38" to front of registered envelope, reverse arival cds "CASTROCARO 4 9 38", some scarce 1903 postage dues with better items such as 5l. and 10l. blue/karmin (Mi P10I, P11I), also a small group of Italian Ethiopia; overall condition fine to very fine, a very interesting assembly (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/252)

1902/81, collection of hundreds of used stamps and some covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, starting with French forerunners 25c. Mouchon tied by cds "TRIPOLI 02" to front of an envelope to Hannover, Italian issues well represented, better items such as 1933 Fair complete set (Mi 177/189), Kingdom of Libya 1951 First Issues study group with 500fr. (Mi 13) and 480fr. (Mi 23) duplicates on and off covers including some usage on parcel cards, later souvenir sheets, postage dues, parcel card stamps, etc., condition varies, overall very fine and impressive assembly (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/955)

ITALIAN POST IN TUNIS: 1865/78, collection of four folded entires, one front and a few fragments, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, including 1863 40c. carmine tied by cds "TUNISI POSTE ITALIANE 65" to front of four folded letters, also 20c. yellow-orange tied by boxed shipmail postmark "PIROSCAFI POSTALE ITALIOANI" applied in transit, single line "Da Tunisi" alongside, condition fine to very fine and interesting specialist group

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

1950/1969, Dutch New Guinea/UNTEA/West Irian, assortment of apprx. 59 covers/cards, comprising commercial mail and philatelic entires, airmail, postage dues, parcel despatch forms, money order, etc., some with inevitable postal wear. In addition few loose stamps.

1877/1973, collection of over two hundred (200) used stamps and four covers and cards, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album pages, starting with First Issue with some duplicates, 1886 King Luis I issue, 1925 War Tax stamps, also 1922 1e. lilac-rose vertical pair tied by cds to front of registered envelope to COSTA RICA, alongside registration label from S. Vicente, stroke out and used instead for Santa Catarina, reverse transit "LISBOA", "NEW YORK" and arrival cds "SAN JOSE COSTA RICA", overall condition is fine to very fine

1884/1950 (ca), group of about seventy (70) stamps, starting with First Issue (Mi 2), some overprinted, postmarks, etc., condition fine to very fine

IMPERIAL FISCALS: 1890s, over 100 Baku Court District fiscal stamps used, many on fragment, expertly described, also a scarce group of Transcaucasia 1923 federation fiscals (11); mostly very fine (some ex Fabergé)

1941/68, collection of over hundred (100) used stamps and a few covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, including an early unfranked envelope, tied on front by four lines blue handstamp "TERRITORIO DE FINI, CERTIFICO: Ques este sobre va sia franqueo, por no existir sellos de correos en este Territorio" (sent unfranked because no postage stamps exist from this territory), scarce forerunner, mostly very fine

1892/1960 (ca), collection of over three hundred (300) used stamps and a few covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, starting with 1892 French Sage "Congo Francais" tied by cds "BATA" or "BENTO", Ferdinand Poo 1899/1903 with better items such as 1900 50c. on 20c. lilac-red double overprint (Mi 66 uncatalogued), some Paquebot postmarks, Spanish Guinea 1902/60 including better items such as First Issue 1902 2pta. dark olive and 5pta. salmon-red (Mi 7, 8), some covers including airmails with multiple frankings, overall condition mostly very fine, a nice 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