383rd Auction

1868/1980 (ca.), interesting group of over 200 covers, cards and mostly used postal stationery envelopes and cards with many better items, incl. British Commonwealth, Russia, Netherlands with colonies, Switzerland, etc., with many illustrated envelopes, registered mail, airmail, colourful mixed frankings; main strength up to the 1930s, mostly fine to very fine condition

1869/2002, more than 130 simple covers, mostly Germany, some Austria, Switzerland, Russia, also Egypt, Chile and Japan

1870/1980 (ca.), accumulation of a few hundred mostly european covers including some interest for postal history such as registered- or censored mail, parcel-adresses or a handfull of early meter-frankings. 

1875/1920 (approx.), over 60 letters and cards with some interesting pieces, registered mail, postal stationary with additional frankings, etc.

1880/1920 (ca.), old stock of about 400 covers, cards and postal stationary, including German and British colonies, Latin America, Crete, etc., including many registered letters, often to Bickel, but also much from private correspondence

1883/1960, interesting collection "Daguin - an early cancelling machine" with covers from France and its colonies, Romaniam, Austria and Chile, neatly on self-designed album pages with inscriptions in three folders, plus the manual by René Geslin, ex Dr Findeiss

1890/1939 (ca.), over thirty covers and cards, mostly incoming mail to Lithuania, noted departures Argentina, Serbia, Romania, Sweden; mixed condition

1893/1985 (ca.), group of over 180 cards and covers and mostly used postal stationary cards and covers from Egypt, India, Switzerland, Ned.-Indie, Austria, British Commonwealth, Belgium, etc., with many registered letters, airmail, censorship marks, first day covers, parcel cards, e.g. registered cover from Addis-Abeba, etc., mixed condition

1898/1919 (ca.), over 120 cards and covers and postal stationary cards with censorship marks and field post from Ireland, Russia, Austria, Germany, etc., an interesting group

1900/44(ca.), group of collections including Great Britain 1909 ½d Yellow green,two folded cards from "Credit Italiano" of London with affixed address label to Amsterdam, each with a circled "F.S." cancel, printed inside messages concerning financial transactions and rates, COLUMBIA MACHINE CANCELS COLLECTION of approximately 365 covers/ cards and 370 on piece (most post-1910 without stamps) in two large binders, Algeria H&G DB1, 1939 2.25fr Red brown and blue, large-sized envelope prepared for UPU Congress members, postmarked Alger and addressed to "Madame James H. Knox, Delegation de Etats Unis d'Amerique, Buenos Aires", Japan Censored Postal Cards to Japan POWs in the Philippines and Honduras Postal Stationery Collection, approximately 100 (mostly mint) postal cards, envelopes, and wrappers, note better including H&G 26 used and B1 mint and San Bernardino County Postal History Accumulation, approximately 220 covers in a binder, mostly San Bernardino (and some Riverside mixed in), arranged in more or less chronological order, back of binder with a number of smaller towns and DPOs, mostly good condition

1900/60 (ca.), interesting lot covers, cards and GSK incl. Germany, including Zeppelin letters with a.o. SAF 2 and 4 stamp (postage stamp) on card, three submersible letters Bavaria (one very defective) and some Asia with China-GSK with additional franking and letter from Hanover 1919 to Japan with pictorial stamps of Japan Post.

1939/49 (ca.) 80 cards and covers with prisoner of war post and censorship marks, with the majority from the USA, Soviet Union, Germany, Australia incl. States, an interesting lot

1940/47 (ca.), ca. 100 cards and covers, all either with British or American censorship marks, including some airmail, the majority from Germany, Britain, USA, Austria, Poland, etc., an interesting group

Germany: 1900/90 (approx.), mint never hinged/unused and used stock with a partial collection Bund and countless loose stamps, sheets and booklets in a small box. Varying condition.

GERMANY AFTER 1945: 1945/2000, comprehensive mint never hinged/unused and used collection in 71 albums, with Bund, Berlin, Bizone, SBZ and GDR, with complete issues, duplicates, booklets, FDCs, plus many letters. The condition varies somewhat, but mostly in very good condition

BUND UND BERLIN: 1949/2002, extensive mint/unused and souvenir sheets collection, with complete issues, multiples, sheetlets, souvenir sheets and other specialities, plus booklets and souvenir sheets, FDC, many duplicates in pairs and souvenir sheets of 4, etc., also two albums with telephone cards; the condition is partly somewhat defective, but mostly in good overall condition, in 28 albums and 30 stockbooks

1949/2013 (approx.), used lot of subscription goods with an apparently complete set of first day sheets and many used stamps and blocks of four, for the years 2006 to 2013 on the respective form supplement deliveries upward. In addition, many unused postal stationary from subscription and three boxes with kiloware Berlin 1949/55. in three large boxes.

EUROPE: 1960/2022, mostly modern issues Bund, Berlin, Liechtenstein and Austria, with many motif books and yearbooks, including Liechtenstein yearbooks 2007-14 and 2019-22, Bund with some numisheets 1997-2001 with Melanchthon and Austria with stamps, booklets and yearbooks after 2001, together in four boxes

WORLDWIDE: 1860/2010 (ca.), massive and eclectic holding in ten large boxes, many cpl. sets and duplicates, emcompassing both classic and modern issues, large selection of areas with Russia, France, Europa-CEPT, Austria, Italy, Latin America, China, etc., together with some old albums partly filled with early issues, also some banknotes and old photographs. Mixed condition

MOTIV: 1930/2000 (approx.), seabirds, boats and lighthouses, mint never hinged/unused and used collection with covers, neatly in 11 albums, mostly modern material, booklets, FDC, etc., mostly in good condition

1880/2010, approximately 800 ship mail items worldwide including mail to and from shipping companies, advertising mail from such companies, a large variety of civil and military ships markings, canadian letter card "Via New York with S/S Bremen" illustrated letter "Paquebot Lafayette" and matching illustrated letter "A Bord de Lafayette". A varied and interesting accumulation, rarely offered in this quantity. 

1893/1956, interesting collection with 760 covers, cards, postal stationary on the topic: "Illustrated product and company advertising", neatly in 4 albums, including 1 album with 230 pcs. coloured advertisements. The main part is Germany, mainly German Reich until 1945 with many scarce illustrations, abroad is represented with about 80 covers, including much USA with attractive illustrations, in very interesting stock

1900/45, extensive collection of 825 covers in 5 albums. Zeppelin mail with 183 covers, thereof 127 pieces German Reich with Zeppelin letters and cards, lithos, occasion cards as well as 4 memorabilia with several better covers a.o. 2 lithos LZ.1, 2 folding cards, cancellation card LZ. 4 as reprint St. "5.8.08", Michel-Zepp.-Spezial No. 4 a) g., 6x Rhein-Main 1912, Michel no. 47)b, Si. 57 EE with 2 RM SAF, Si. 57 A with 2 RM SAF, Si. 69. Bb, Zeppelin card Baltic Sea round trip with autograph text and autograph of Dr H. Eckener, Si. 119 F with 4 RM Polarfahrt€, Si. 428 D, Si. 129 D, 1 SAF-Lichtenstein, 2nd SAF - Switzerland, 1x Si. 102Aa Hungary and much better more, plus album with 64 old Zeppelin picture postcards. Also German and international airmail with 578 covers, including German Reich with 132 air-mail letters and cards, with many better covers, especially from the 1920s, some pioneer airmail, but also good and attractive airmail covers from Europe and oversea, including a total of over 270 first flights, including 66 old aeroplane picture postcards in the Album

1912/53, very interesting group of over 320 entire items, including many ILA, yellow and green dog, Bavarian air-mail, E.EL.P, 4 M. Polarfahrt, Südameriakfahrt, catapult and ejection flight, Zuleitungspost, some franked with Zeppelin stamps, interesting destinations and cancellations, mostly fine condition

1909/38, comprehensive holding with focus on the early air-mail incl. balloon post with better flights, picture postcards and vignettes, in addition good part air-mail Rhine/Main with better postage paid (i.a. multiple Mi.-Nr. IV as well as Mi.-Nr. V and twice No. VI on special cards) and "Halbamtliche Flugpostmarken" with i.a. Mi.-Nr. 5, 9 (over 20x) and 10 on air-mail stamps, better often signed resp. with certificates, the condition is partly defective, often in good condition

1909/1940 (ca.), German air-mail collector's stock with over 600 covers/cards, including Flugwoche Köln official 1909 field postcard "Blériot" used, air-mail 1912 Wiesbaden-Frankfurt, Nuremberg and Munich with attractive postage paid, air-mail Adlershof 1918 with vignette, air-mail Görlitz 1926, etc., plus approx. 80 air-mail cards "Blick auf..." unused, approx. 750 unused air-mail cards 1912 air-mail on the Rhine and Main, literature, etc.; mostly in clean condition

1910/51, interesting group of over 50 covers and cards from Bavaria semi-official air-mail, also Rhine-Main with better, good Zeppelin frankings with a.o. SAF two values 4M. on letter, Polarfahrt 4M. two single frankings, catapult mail etc., slightly different condition varies.

1912/81 (approx.), mostly German airmail letter collection with over 100 covers, main focus 1912 to 1935, incl. Graff Zeppelin, Do-X and catapult flight, many special cancellations and other specialities, including Mi.-Nr. IV on airmail card (certificate Sieger BPP), mixed frankings German Reich-Colombia, etc., including small part Bizone airmail folded letters and South America, the condition is partly somewhat defective, but mostly in good overall condition, ex Nagel