383rd Auction

1876/85, Type Sage 20 c.red on green, horizontal pair, mint never hinged, very fine, private signature

1877/98, Type Sage 35 C. black violet on orange, mint never hinged, very fine

5 fr. violet with part of sheet margin, mint never hinged, very fine

50 c. red, mint never hinged, very fine

1923, Philatelic Congress 1 fr., mint never hinged, very fine, signed Brun and Scheller

1925,  Philatelic Exposition Paris souvenir sheet, all four stamps with special cds. "EXPOSITION PHILSTELQUES PARIS 4.5.25", fine, two certificates A. Dreyfus (1995)

1925, Philatelic Exposition Paris souvenir sheet, unmounted mint, light pressure marks in the corners, otherwise fine

1927,  Philatelic Exposition Straßbourg souvenir sheet with special cancel in the sheet margin and full original gum, fine

1929/31, Pont du Gard 20 fr., perf. 11, mint never hinged, very fine

1936, Plane over Paris 50 fr. violet/red, fresh colours, unused with a barely discernible trace of hinge, extremely fine

1924, 25 c. und 50 c. tied by css. "LE HAVRE A NEW YORK 16.5.24" on preprinted letter card "LETTRE-OCEAN" of "COMPANGNIE RADIO MARITIME" with printed letter head inside, used to USA. The letter card vertical folded and small margin defects, otherwise fine, till now only a few early letter cards from this company are known

1870, LE GÉNÉRAL UHRICH: Laureate Napoleon 30 c. brown, lightly tied by star cancel "4" with adjacent cds. "PARIS RUE D´ENGHIEN 15 NOV. 70" and red boxed "PD" to folded entire to Bruxelles, Belgium, endorsed "Par Ballon monté", reverse arrival cds. 22 November, very fine and scarce

1870, LE PARMENTIER: Cérès 20 c. blue, tied by star cancel "32" with adjacent cds. "PARIS 16 DEC 70" to cpl. folded entire to Issoudun endorsed "Ballon monté", reverse arrival cds. 28 December, moving text about the disastrous consequences of the war, very fine and scarce

1894, Allegory 10c. tied by cds. "TELEGRAPHIE MILITAIRE POST No 6 BENIN 26 MAI 02" to Dahomey postal stationery envelope 5 c. to Paris, original contents included, fine

1940, Spitfire 25c.- 70c., cpl. set neatly tied by cds "DOUALA -8 DEC 40 CAMEROUN" to envelope to Nkongsamba, special commemorative "Journée du Spitfire" boxed handstamp, several censor postmarks, circle "A2" and boxed "PARTI SANS LAISSER D´ADRESSE" (left without leaving a forwarding address), very fine

1892, Sage 2 c. green, fresh colours, four even margins all round, a fine example of this scarce stamp, certificate Philatelic Foundation (1988)

1872, Cérès 10 c. brown on rose paper and Sage 15 c. grey, intact to large margins all round, tied by cds. "INDE PONDICHERY JUIN 1879" repeated alongside with red transit cds. "COL. FR. V. BRIND. A. MOD. 12 JUIN 1879" to folded entire from the Amalric correspondence to Marseille, endorsed "Par Bombay v. Brindisi" with arrival cds. on reverse; very fine (Yvert-Nr. 18, 33)

1902, 0,40 on 2 fr., large margins all round, fresh colours, with cds. "DJIBOUTI 16 JANV 02", very fine an early usage of this scarce stamp, signed Richter 

MADAGASCAR UPU SPECIMENS: 1916, Occupation franco-anglaise 1c-5fr., each as horizontal strip of three tied by red handstamp "POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES MADAGASCAR COLLECTION DE BERNE" to 4 pieces, one piece with note "cent cinq figurines postales...." as well as signature and adjacent handstamp "LE DIRECTEUR des Postes et Telegraphes", 75c.,  1-2fr. some perfs cut at top, otherwise fine and attractive

1924, airmail surcharge issue 2 pia.- 10 pia. on registered airmail cover from Beyrouth via Baghdad and Cairo to Alexandria

1896, Olympics 1 l.-10 dr., complete set, fresh colors, unused with original gum, 2-5l., 20l, 40-60l mint never hinged, fine, few signed

1896, Olympics 1 l.-10 dr., complete set, fresh colors, unused with original gum, 2-25l., 60l., 1-2d. mint never hinged, fine, few signed

1871, 2 kr. orange, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. "SOPRON 5 10 71" to cpl. printed matter to Wien, reverse arrival cds., very fine

1871, Engraved 15 kr. brown tied by cds. "KARANIEBES 28.5.79" to registered mourning envelope with "Ajanlott" registration cachet to Burda with arrival mark, fine, signed Ferchenbauer

1920, Reaper 600 kr. yellow-olive, fresh colours, horizontal pair unmounted mint, left adhesive with error "800" instead of "600" in upper right  tablet; very fine, a striking and very scarce variety (Scott-Nr. 393a)

1950, UPU souvenir sheet perforated and imperforated with cds. "BUDAPEST 51.1.23" on reverse of two registered cards with additional franking to the USA with arrival marks, fine

1951, Five Years Plan 2 ft. red-brown/yellow, horizontal pair from the upper right sheet corner, used with machine cancel, perforation dramatically shifted downwards leaving the pair imperforate at top, very fine and scarce variety

1951, 80 years hungarian stamps, souvenir sheets 60 f-2 ft. imperforated complete, unmounted mint, fine

1951, 80 years hungarian stamps special souvenir sheet 60 c. lilac, perforated and imperforated booth with special cancellation "BUDAPEST 19.9.51" on two registered covers with additional franking, addressed to Germany, one souvenir sheet with gum spots, otherwise fine, rare

1951, 80 years hungarian stamps souvenir sheet 60 f. lilac, perforated and imperforated, unmounted mint, fine

1871, 25 kr. violet-blue, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. "PÈNZ-UTALVANY TEMESVAR 11 5 74" repeated alongside to postal money order card 5 kr. red on green, sent to Zara and with arrival on reverse; card with vertical central fold reinforced on reverse, otherwise fine and very scarce

1876, 10 a. red, fresh colours, tied by cds. "REYKJAVIK 22.-8.1901" to illustrated postcard to Wien, with adjacent part arrival blue cds., very fine. A very scarce usage of the 1897 printing, certificate Dr Debo BPP (1983) (Facit-Nr. 26)

1912, Frederik 50 a. and Double head 10 a., tied by cds. “REYKJAVIK 28.IV.15” to reverse of parcel card from Copenhagen to Reykjavík. Fine and scarce. Certificate Nielsen

1938, Leif-Eriksson Day Geysir 20a. unadopted design, three Essays in miniature sheet format, in red, violet and black-blue, black-blue without gum, the others mint never hinged, very fine and scarce

1938, Leif-Eriksson Day Ingolfur Arnarson 35a. unadopted design, three Essays in miniature sheet format, two red nuances and black, one red Essay without gum, the others mint never hinged, without gum with small wrinkles, otherwise very fine and scarce

1938, Leif-Eriksson Day National Theater 1k. unadopted design, three Essays in miniature sheet format, in brown, dark-violet and black-blue, the latter without gum and small wrinkle in the margin, the others mint never hinged, very fine and scarce