380th Auction

1915/16, holding of c. 40 covers and cards, including registered covers, war aid stamps, censorship mail, etc., mostly good condition

1918/21, Interesting assembly, starting with three cards and two envelopes sent during the civil war, including 1920 Free Post period registered envelope, a scarce 1918 registered postcard tied "MOSCOW" sent to Riga during the German occupation of the city, also Batum British Occupation last issue overprinted in transfer blocks of six (54), 1922 Mountain Republic (5), Far east Republic Chita 7 kopek rouletted variety imperforated between vertically (three strips mint original gum), some Russian Turkestan 1920s fiscals, also a few doubtful items identified as such 

1920, interesting group of 45 stamps mint, singles postally used and on fragments; mostly very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/7)

1852/1935 (ca.), group of over 40 covers and cards, incl. early stampless folded entires, inflation mail, Soviet Esperanto and airmail, better items like Mi. 2, teared, tied by rectangular dotted postmark "239" LIBAVA, also Mi. 57-60 unused each an overprinted character from "OBRAZETS", etc.; condition poor to very fine

1857/1980 (approx.), several hundred unused/mint never hinged and used stamps with emphasis on secondary areas, Levant, China, Zemstvo etc., including better stamps, varieties and specialities, neatly on stockcards in four Hawid boxes

1858/1988, unused and used collection in four albums, many better sets and individual stamps like Levant Mi. 1 (2), incl. Civil War issues, Post Offices Abroad, souvenir sheets, etc., some duplicates and varieties; condition poor to very fine, an interesting collection

1858/2010, mint never hinged, unused and used holding with collections, part collections and duplicates in 2 large boxes.

1869/1922, Balance of a specialized group, with mint never hinged blocs (over 15 sheet parts of the early 1908 printings), 1921 printed matter, an undelivered mail with mute cancels, a few Russia post in China overprinted used, etc.; fine to very fine

1875/1973, group "plate flaws" with nearly 40 stamps/units with focus before 1950 incl. secondary areas, all with photo proofs/photo attestations Hovest

RUSSIAN LABELS AND FISCALS: 1880/1937 (ca.) collection of over 450 Russian labels and fiscals neatly arranged in one stockbook, spanning from the Imperial to the early Soviet periods, mostly charity, airmail and official labels; fine to very fine

1915/95 (approx.), box full of duplicates on stockcards and bags, colourful mixture with old material, modern overprint issues incl. successor states.

1917, Provisional Government, specialist group of seven covers and cards, all franked with a selection of the Imperforate Arms issues, including a very early use of the 15k. imperf. (1,05r. rate, tariff of 28 Febrauary 1918), two fine strips of four of the 3k. (12k. foreign rate), a three colour franking with imperf. 1k. and 1r., and more; fine to very fine.

1918, a fine selection of three cards and one envelope, showing various postal rates and frankings from the early Soviet area, with 20k., 10k. or 70k. frankings (the later an error as no 70k. tariff was in effect) and a 24k. franked card from Rostov under Bolshevik control; interesting group

1918/91, mostly unused collection with many better items throughout including Mi.-Nr. 185-189, 453-55, 457-61, 480-82, 483-87, 489-93, 494-98, 513-22, 527 and bl. 11B, good condition

1918/21, assembly of nine covers and cards, showing a range of tariffs including a 1918 Brest-Litovsk tariff, an illustrated envelope, a scarce 1920 foreign postcard from Petrograd to Germany; very fine

1918/99, Interesting group of over 50 items, mainly covers with a strong focus on the 1922/23 inflation period, multiple frankings and rates, a few later items also included; overall very fine

PROPAGANDA CARDS WWII: 1941/45, group of over 35 unused and used Great Patriotic War cards, good range of scenes and texts, such as "Hit What You Want, But Kill! A. Prokofiev"; mostly very fine

PROPAGANDA CARDS WWII: 1943, group of 8 mostly unused Great Patriotic War cards, one passed through the military post, all animal caricatures of major Axis figureheads like Himmler and Hitler, with interesting texts such as "Laval: French shamrock - Nicknamed La Valetka"; fine to very fine, a scarce assembly

1880/1990 (ca.), used and mint balance in eight albums, from some Imperial Russia and main value Soviet Union.

1926/31, 5k. on 100r. (1), 10k. on 3k. (1) and 10. on 250r. (two horizontal pairs) tied on reverse of an assembly of four different covers to Germany, France, Italy and Sweden, franked on front with a selection of Soviet Definitives or commemoratives; very fine (Mi.-Nr. 7, 15, 16)

1877/1999, collection of a few hundred stamps used and unused, neatly mounted on album leaves, starting with First Issue, better items such as 1877 30c. brown, 1890 5c. orange and 25c. carmine-brown unused, scarce 1929 15l. green/violet and 20l. blue/red unused, 1931 Airmail set unused, souvenir sheets, etc., condition mostly very fine

1877/2017, unused and used collection, in the main numbers apparently complete

Bulgarian occupation: 1915/18, exhibition-like mounted collection of 75 covers, including various partly very rare local censures, franked postal orders, telegram, Kgf.-Post, etc, etc,. some rare pieces with certificates Penev

1850/2014, in the beginning used later unused collection, in the main numbers apparently complete incl. Mi.-No. 1-11 (8 strongly repaired), city post Madrid 3c, the good miniature sheets etc., classical period usually different, otherwise good condition

1850/2015, extensive, in the beginning mostly used collection incl. officials from Mi.-No. 1 with many better and complete issues as well as specialities with i.a. Mi.-No. 250/54 U and issues with "Muestra" overprint, from c. 1920 almost only unused/mint never hinged and over long stretches complete with i.a. Mi.No. 366-350 (signed), Mi. No. 444-456, Mi. No. 598-610, Mi. No. 737-745, pp. 7-8A/B, Mi. No. VIII, pp. 9BI and once imperforated without 50 C. value and margin lettering and souvenir sheet 11-12B, neat in

1874/2000 (ca.), comprehensive holding with part collections and duplicates, focus on the forced surcharge stamps and local issues 1936/37 incl. miniature sheets and some covers, plus some complete issues of the 20/30s with better and good part Spanish colonies with Philippines, Cuba and Costa Rica, together in three boxes

1808/68 (ca.), collection of nearly 80 letters and envelopes, mostly letters to England or France, some also to Spain; among others "(R)/ ARM. D ESPAGNE", mail during the first Carlist War, franked and insufficiently franked letters, British Post Office in Vigo, etc.; interesting lot

1871/1952, 10 covers, cards and postal stationeries, mostly to Scandinavia

1873/1985 (approx.), several hundred covers, cards and postal stationary with emphasis on the hundreds of unused/used postal stationary up to approx. 1930 and the many covers of the Civil War period with airmail covers, censorships, compulsory surcharge stamps/local issues incl. souvenir sheets etc.

1820/1970 (ca.), extensive collection with estimated 500-800 covers and postal stationary with a.o. much Cuba with franked mail from 1860, and African colonies with Capo de Jubi, Fernando Po, Ifni, Morocco and Tangier with R covers, including much commercial post and old used postal stationary

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

1905/75, collection of over two hundred (200) used stamps and fifteen (15) covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, starting with Rio de Oro First Issue, with better items such as 10pta. salmon-red (Mi 16), 1908 2c. on 2pta. orange, single franking tied by cds "RIO DE ORO 1908" to attractive philatelic card to Barcelona (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/275)

1855/1975, mint never hinged, unused and used collection with good issues like Mi.-No. 1, 3 (2 colour shades), 4 (3 colour shades), 159/73 etc.

1855/2017, at first used collection with all Skill-Banco values, from 1917 unused throughout and apparently complete in the main numbers incl. 1924 UPU issues etc, mostly good condition

1872/1977 (ca.), unused and used postal stationary collection with emphasis on postcards, including P3 with overprint used 1872 to Gothenburg, P4 used 1896 as local card (reply part with overprint of text), P6 as printed matter card to the USA and some town post issues