382nd Auction

"B01" on 4 d. vermilion, pl. 12 and 6 d. buff, pl. 11, with adjacent "CAIRO AP 18 78" on cover with preprinted address, via London to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Very fine and fresh

1923, Mount Ararat 3 k. rose, 9 k. dark blue and Revenue 250 on 1 k., all tied by cds. "SUKHUMI 21 12 23" to registered envelope, undelivered and returned to Sukhumi, where the receiver handstamp "SUKHUMI 22 3. 24" was applied. Cover opened for display, shortened at right and small fault, otherwise fine and very rare usage of a fiscal stamp added to a re-addressed mail, certificate Ceresa (2014)

1922, USA George Washington 2 Cents mit Maschinenstempel "NEW YORK JUL.15.1922" auf Vordruckbrief "OCEAN LETTER" der Firma "Radio Comminucation Co. Ltd." und rückseitigem Absendervermerk "S/S Scythia" nach Hallowell, Maine. Der Umschlag mit leichten Beförderungsspuren im Rand, der bisher früheste bekannte "Ocean Letter"-Brief dieser Firma

1925, USA Theodore Roosevelt 5 Cents und Grover Cleveland 12 Cents mit stummen Stempel "NEW YORK C" auf R-Vordruckbrief "OCEAN LETTER" der Firma "Marconi International Marine Communication" mit Absenderangabe "SS Majestic" komplett mit Inhalt nach Baltimore mit Ankunftsstempel vom 18.8.1925. Der Umschlag mit kleinem Öffnungsfehler oben links, sonst in guter Gesamterhaltung

1926, 25. Regierungsjubiläum von König Georg V. 1 ½ Pence in Mischfrankatur mit USA Eilmarke 10 Cents je mit Dublex-Stempel "NEW YORK AUG 6.1935" auf Vordruckbrief "OCEAN-POSTE" der Firma "British Wireless Marine Service" nach Providence mit Ankunftsstempel. Der Umschlag mit kleinen Randfehlern, sonst in guter Gesamterhaltung, bisher einzig bekannte Zweiländer-Frankatur auf einem "Ozean"-Vordruckbrief

"U.S. POSTAL STA.PARIS EXPN.", machine cancel with seven straight lines on local cover and postcard with Guadeloupe 10 c., very scarce

1900, United States cancels, 9 covers and cards with two types of machine cancels and scarce duplex cancel, including May 22 (fencing and sailing) and July 19 (athletics)

"ULTRAMAR": 1892/1906 (ca.), unused group of over 30 postal stationery cards, envelopes and reply cards with the security overprints from the Portuguese UPU postal archives for the colonies, with New Caledonia, French Oceania and French Offices in India; some toning and mixed condition, a very scarce group

"ULTRAMAR": 1892/1917 (ca.), unused group of over 50 postal stationery cards, envelopes and reply cards with the security overprints from the Portuguese UPU postal archives for the colonies, incl. "COLONIAS", with a good section of Senegal and Anjuan, also Dahomey, Sudan, Madagascar, Congo, Guinea, Mayotte and Ivory Coast; some toning and mixed condition, a very scarce specialist group

"ULTRAMAR": 1892/1900 (ca.), unused group of over 15 postal stationery cards, envelopes and reply cards with the security overprints from the Portuguese UPU postal archives for the colonies, with St Pierre and Miquelon, Martinique and French Guiana, some occasional toning and mixed condition, a very scarce group

"ULTRAMAR": 1901/45 (ca.), unused group of over 40 postal stationery cards and envelopes with the security overprints from the Portuguese UPU postal archives for the colonies, incl. "COLONIAS", "SPECIMEN" and "ESPECIMEN", strong section of Turkey, also Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Irak and Persia, together with some meters and wrappers; some toning and mixed condition, a very scarce specialist group

NORWAY INCOMING MAIL: 1905/12, Coiling Dragons selection of four illustrated postcards and one cover, sent from Shanghai and Peking, interesting forwardings via British and French POs, some endorsed "Via Siberia", mostly very fine, scarce destination

1866/1912 Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philipines, Spain and US Postal Administration, a large mint and used stamp collecton, contained within a binder and a stock book, includes better values; 1 peseta 1870s mint, different years and values, scarce material, in generally fine condition, an excellent accumulation. 

1866/1957, used collection with stamps and covers, presented within two large albums, a stockbook and a small file, comprising a study from Turkish Provinces through to modern commemorative issues, includes scarcer early usages such as 5 pi. rose used on 1866 cover from Cairo to Alexandria, a 2 pi. blue used on 1870 wrapper to Cairo, noted a very attractive registered 1879 envelope franked with a vertical pair of 1 pi. rose, also a selection of Austrian, French, British and Italian Foreign Post Offices in Egypt, strong assortment of Aerial Post/Air Mail, with Zeppelin covers, some express mail, postal stationery, censored mail and postage dues, many complete used sets; a reasonably comprehensive assembly in mostly fine condition.

1903/49, mostly unused and unmounted mint stock of Spanish and French Post and Tanger in stockbook,including better sets and multiples

1950/2006 (approx.), unused and mint never hinged collection, including UNO, Europa CEPT, as well as Europa Vor- und Mitläufer, all in seven albums

1975/2018 presentation album with Apollo Space mission mint never hinged material and commemorative covers, All World, also three stock books of modern Japan,  almost exclusively mint never hinged, together with a commerative hardback folder celebrating the 30th Anniversary  of the Emperor, in addition a China 1999 Yearbook.