383rd Auction

1918/19, unused, mint never hinged and used collection with many better and complete issues, with pieces, including Sosnowice Mi. 1-5, Warschau Mi. I/II a-c, I/II P, Zarki Mi. 1-9, Zawiercie Mi. 1III, 2II/III, etc., many signed Landré, Schmutz, Petriuk BPP, Jungjohann BPP, etc., fine

1918, unused and used collection in one stockbook, complete in the main Michel cat. numbers, highly specialized with types, shades, multiples, better items like Mi.-Nr. 4 F (sign. Petriuk), together with some reference forgeries, mostly very fine and fresh, an unusual specialist assembly, many sign. Petriuk, Korszen, Mikulski

1853/1953 100 Years of the Portugese Postal Stamp book, containing very fine and fresh Stamp Reprint of D. Maria II, 1853 5 r., 25 r., 50 r. and 100 r., on embossed page, beautifully preserved, the book does have some outer toning/aging and the spine is separated in part, comes with a compliment slip from the General Administration of Posts and Telegraphs Portugal, with red cachet from International Philatelic Exhibition Lisbon 1953. 

1945/1995, a decent MNH collection, individually arranged on leaves in a KA/BE binder, in addition Azores+Madeira 1980/1995 and some 1996 issues, appears to be complete.

1985, Hundertwasser, Michel souvenir sheets 7-9, over 350 cpl. sets, neatly housed on hingeless leaves or mounted (in margins only) on presentation booklets, together with some FDCs and complete sheets of stamps

1985/89, 400 stamp booklets in quantities of 50 resp. 100 (Mi. 27.500,-)

1983/89, mint never hinged stock, often in sheets, plus souvenir sheets, in large cardboard box

1864/1969, mint never hinged/unused and used collection in two albums, incl. postage dues, war tax stamps, Rumanian occupation territories and Ukraine, strength in the 20th century, many cpl. sets and better items, with Mi.-Nr. 197-207 unused, 885-896, many souvenir and miniature sheets, some occasional faults especially in the early issues, otherwise mostly fine to very fine, a nice assembly

1946/2004, MNH collection/balance in six albums, well sorted incl. mini sheets, imperf. issues and thematic sets, in addition Austrian field post for Romania 1918 not issued short set of twelve (excl. top value 60b.) with certificate Ferchenbauer VÖB.

1918, mint never hinged and unused collection, virtually complete with few missing values, with Postage Due Stamps and some varieties, including Mi. 1I, 2I, 3I, 7II, 10I, 12I, 18II, 32II, 45I, 46I, 47I, 55, 61II, 64IIK, P1I (2), P2II, P4I, P10I, each with opinion Barabassy BPP, etc., furthermore two handwritten documents from Dr. Szalay; every stamp signed Dr. Szalay, fine with several very fine

1857/1925 (ca.), mint/unused and used collection beginning with the first issue, a well-margined example cancelled with postal date-stamp only and some better values of the 1866 and 1875 issues on vertically striped paper. Furthermore good sections each of local-, civil war- and early Soviet-issues as well as Russian Post Offices in China and the Levant. Condition mostly good to fine.

1889, Values in Rouble, specialized collection carefully mounted on album pages, with each rouble value in blocks of four unused, followed by a large selection of used arranged by shades and city postmarks or date of use; some occasional faults, mostly fine to very fine, an unusual group (Mi.-Nr. 55y-56y)

2002/19, small lot with eight scarce booklets and some sheets of self-adhesives (Mi. ca. 5400,-)

1789/1847, four folded entires from St Petersburg, various postmarks, with scarcer one-line "ST.PETERSBOVRG" to 1789 lettersheet to Riga, fine 

1850/66, Outgoing Mail, 26 folded entires mostly from St Petersburg, Mitava, Libava or Warsaw to France or Germany, wide-ranging selection of transit and entry marks, postage annotations, etc., together with two official covers to Tiflis; fine to very fine, an excellent study group 

1858/1910 (ca.), group of nine covers and cards, incl. Russian Post Offices in the Levant, with 1869 three-colour franking from Berdiansk to Austria via Odessa, a small format illustrated Red Cross envelope franked at the innercity rate, together with five cards from the Levant (one registered), etc.; mostly very fine

1865/1914, group of 22 postal stationery envelopes, cards and wrappers, incl. Zemstvo, some better usages and postmarks with boxed "KONT. ZAP. TB. MARINSKYI THEATR", "KD Feldpoststation Nr 106", etc., together with Bronnitsy Zemstvo 5 k. blue envelope; mostly fine  

1884/1913, Foreign Destinations, group of eight postal stationeries with better destinations like Guatemala, China, Egypt, South Africa, etc., mixed condition

1893/1917, fine group of 17 registered postal stationery cards and wrappers, better usages with 1907 registered card from Perm´s central Zemstvo governement library, mostly very fine condition

1883/1949, group of six unused/used postal stationery cards, incl. Mi.-Nr. P 164-165 unused (4), mostly very fine

1857/2000 (approx.), comprehensive, mostly used holding with partial collections and very large stock, including Russia with secondary areas, Soviet Union with interesting part 30s with better and complete issues, much multiple, together in almost 90 albums

1877/1934, Railway post cancellation collection, expertly described on album pages, some better and unusal Travelling Post Offices like 1932 Soviet TPO "VOLOGDA 322 ARCHANGELSK" on cover, also Nikolaev Railway, Moscow to Voronezh line, etc.; mixed condition

1914/50 (ca.), miscellaneous group with imperial red cross labels, WWII mute cancellations, civil war issues incl. 1920 Amur Mi.-Nr. 3 tête-bêche pair, etc.; mostly very fine

1856/1950, eclectic group of 15 covers and cards, some better usages like Saving Stamp Mi.-Nr. 124 as single fanking on envelope to Estonia, some inflation mail, Odessa 1858 rhomboid maritime postmark, 1929 special post label "B" on cover from Kharsisk to Moscow, etc.; some occasional faults, mostly fine

1875/1954 (ca.), eclectic group of over 50 covers and cards, strength before the 1940s, many interesting cancellations and usages with imperial Travelling Post Offices, early Soviet Express mail, provisional use of control stamps, civil war parcel cards with high frankings, etc.; mixed condition

2002, Booklets, assortment of 88 pieces: MH 7 St.Petersburg Eremitage (36), MH 8 St.Petersburg Buildings (20), MH 9 Coaches (32). Michel cat.value 10.520,- €.

1924/47, Soviet Airmails, group of 8 commercial covers to foreign destinations, various routes and postmarks, better covers like 1924 Mi.-Nr. 267-270 tied to envelope to Paris with scarcer boxed violet "CAMOLETON" and additional exchange stamp on reverse, 1934 Express registered cover from Gorki, etc., the condition varies, an interesting assembly

1929/58, 13 propaganda postal stationery cards, incl. factory and anti war depictions, together with a few cards and modern postal stationeries, mostly very fine 

1892/1927, 32 covers and cards, mostly registered with many interesting and good frankings.

1895/2011 (ca.), Sremska Mitrovica, specialized collection on album leaves mostly related to the city, spanning from the Austro-Hungarian to Yugoslavian periods, with various frankings, postal receipts and official documents, many cancellations incl. Austrian military post, etc. together with some illustrated postcards; mostly fine to very fine, an interesting group

1939/45, mint never hinged and unused collection, complete and sometimes overcomplete in the main Michel cat. numbers with Postage Due stamps with different watermarks, including Mi. 19a with overprint shifted 90 degrees to the right, 36XB, 37XC, 41XC, 64 with horizontally ribbed gum, etc., many signed Dr. Dub, Dr. Hörr, Kaufmann, etc., mostly fine

1939/2001 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation neatly housed in two stockbooks, incl. postage dues, strength in the period 1939 to 1944, many sets collected as duplicates with better items like Mi.-Nr. 22 as singles and multiple, together with some souvenir sheets; some values signed Gilbert/Kaufmann, mostly in very fine condition

1938/1945 selection of postal history covers, predominately Slovakia, with a small amount of Hungary and Czechoslovakia, contained in an album, comprising many varied frankings, single and combined, includes early Slovakia State overprints, registered, express, postal staionery uprated, cards, very rare postmarks and covers, also adhesives used on Court document, German Fieldpost cachet in red on 1940 card franked with 1 k. and 20 h., many interesting usages, in mostly fine condition, a rare selection. 

1687/1938 predominately a mint and used stamp collection, with a small selection of pre-philatelic and early covers, contained within a folder, presented upon self designed album pages, Michel 1 onwards with around ninety values of Isabella II, noted a Comex certificate for a 1851 10 r., includes six examples of the 19 c. value, partly complete sets up to 10 p., incomplete in the main, condition generally fine with many later examples very fine, catalogue value undoubtedly in the late twenty thousand, a useful and valuable assembly.