383rd Auction

1892/1914, Railway Constantinople – Moustafa Pasha, small exhibit collection with 14 entires and some single stamps and pieces, some rare postmarks including negative seal.  

1865/1900, 41 covers, fronts or large pieces mostly franked with the "Duloz" and "Large Crescent" issues. Items of interest include internal two-colour- or multiple-frankings, clearly struck local handstamps, registered letters or a letter to the US (1905). In very mixed condition but an uncommon selection. 

1938, complete mint collection (Mi.-Nos. 1-25 as well as P1-6)

1919/21, unused collection incl. postage dues, with many better and complete issues, further types, perforation varieties, etc., mostly fine, in stockbook

BULGARIA: Collection of the all arabic cancellations on around 60 stamps and pieces from the Tugrah issue onwards, including the rare cancellations "MUSEVRI 90" and "AHYOLU"

1918, specialized unused and used Trident collection with over 200 stamps, classified by cities and types with Kiev, Chernigov, Ekaterinoslav, Kharkov, Odessa, Poltava, Podolia, including Mi. 50/51, etc., every value signed UPU, Seichter, etc., fine; furthermore "The Gregory Pos catalouge of Ukrainian postage stamps"

1918, trident overprints, about 600 stamps, mostly in sheets and part sheets

1929/96, in the main numbers complete used collection, Mi.-Nr. 39-44 signed A. Diena, from 1959 partly mint never hinged, clean in three pre-printed albums

1933/2014 (ca.), mint never hinged, unused and used collection, including sheetlets, miniature sheets, numis-covers, year books from 1983 to 2010, etc., with mostly modern material and still valid postage, in two boxes

1997, Pro Terremotati souvenir sheet, group of 500 blocks mint never hinged, extremely fine (Mi.-Nr. Bl 12 I) (Mi. 12.500,-- €)

1874/1984, mint never hinged and used group with some areas, a.o. Bosnia-Herzegovina.

1918, mint and mint never hinged group of "SHS SLOVENIJA 19/X. 1918" overprints on Austria, with some pairs and strips, mostly fine

1918/19, Issue for Croatia, detailed specialized collection mint/unused and used on 40 exhibition pages, including many uncommon stamps and interesting varieties like inverted or displaced overprints. The 1919 issue with the usual variety of imperf. stamps and multples "imperf inbetween" as well as spectacular varieties like strong double prints. Nicely rounded off with a few local issues and a small selection of covers. One cert. Fleck (1965). 

1945/91, mint collection, complete in the main values and in good condition. 

1949, mint never hinged and unused group of Mi.-Nr. 572-574, 100 pieces per value, most of them in blocks of four; (Mi. 4.500,-)

1954/84, comprehensive mint never hinged collection in 9 albums, also Bosnia and Herzegovina up to 1999, with some duplicates, some booklets and miniature sheets, mostly in very fine condition

1918/58, collection of about 150 postal stationery items, mostly used, with additional frankings, registered mail, occupation, etc.

1950/54, very interesting group of People's Republic definitive stamps, including multiples, with Soviet Union Cyrillic cancellations of "DALNY" (41), "PORT ARTHUR" (2) and "ANGTSINTSE"(2), all neatly written up on the original album pages of Michel Lipschutz. All are ex Tchinlinghirian and many formed the basis for the illustrations in parts four and six. It is unclear if these are legacy cancellations from the period of Soviet military occupation after 1945 or whether they were used in post office still under Soviet control until the final military withdrawal from the region in 1955. Provenance: Lipschutz (Lugano 1993, Lot 1640. Hammer price 5100 CHF)

1947/63 (ca.), imperforated stamps and proofs, roughly approx. 10000 stamps in sheets and multiples, many motives

1934/38, American cruisers during the Spanish Civil War, group of over 160 mostly illustrated envelopes with special ships cancellations, incl. USS Kane and USS Raleigh, most of those vessels were destroyers involved in the protection of the American citizens living in Spain, evacuating hundreds of people in 1936; very fine and interesting selection 

1840/1940 (ca.), very comprehensive old collection, very well occupied, with a variety of better issues, including France 17, Greece with attractive part Great Hermes Heads and Olympiad, Great Britain with many pound values, Gibraltar with 5 pounds, Malta with all 10 shilling values, attractive part Austria and Lombardy-Venetia, Portugal with St. Anthony, Sweden with some values 1st issue, etc. etc.

1840/2000, mostly mint and used collection Austria with i.a. used collection Liechtenstein 1945/2002 and 2x sheet 1 mint/unused, complete mint collection 1945-2000 (i.a. Mi.-Nr. 693-96I, certificate Soecknick BPP + Renner-Kleinbogensatz) and Switzerland souvenir sheets 1-15 twice used and once mint never hinged, plus GB Mi.-Nr. 1b used (certificate Pröschold BPP)

1849/1990 (ca.), extensive duplicate stock with also much early material in 3 large cartons, including yiel France from Ceres; also little oversea. Ex collection Gustav Strunk

1850/2009 (approx.), comprehensive mint never hinged/unused and used collection clean in 16 albums, incl. postage due stamps, emphasis after 1900, many issues, multiples, booklets and souvenir sheets, FDCs and letters, part Switzerland nominals (over 700 CHF), plus Turkey, Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The condition varies somewhat, but mostly in very good condition

1853/2000 (ca.), mostly used collection in 5 albums, strength in France and Italy, also Vatican and Finland, some better items and sets, with France 1871 5 Francs, Paris-1925 miniature sheet, Italy Mi.-Nr. 514-519, etc.; the condition varies especially in the classics, overall fine to very fine

1872/1991 (ca.), used collection with some covers on albums pages, incl. WWI German Occupation, Memel and Danzig, together with German Empire, Russia, Finland and Baltic States, mixed condition

1900/2000 (approx.), unused/mint never hinged and used collection German Reich, Berlin, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Vatican, etc., mostly fine condition, in two cartons

1900/37, mostly unused and used collection Europe and Germany on Schaubeks supplement pages (mostly bound) incl. some oversea with many better and complete issues, including German Reich Mi.-Nr. 456-58, 496-98 and centre piece souvenir sheet 2 unused, Saar Mi.-Nr. 18-31 complete, Belgium Mi.-Nr. 129-142 unused, France mint never hinged, Great Britain Mi.-Nr. 174 unused, Iceland Mi.-Nr. 172-74 unused (signed) and official stamps Mi.-Nr. 44-59 unused.No. 172-74 unused (signed) and official stamps Mi.-No. 44-59 unused, Italy Mi.-No. 188-93 unused and official stamp Mi.-No. 10 unused, Liechtenstein with souvenir sheet 1 unused, Luxembourg sheet 1 unused, Netherlands Mi.-No. 123-33 unused, Austria with souvenir sheet 1 with SST and Dollfuß unused and Poland with overprint stamps ex Mi.-No. 29-53 on pieces as well as oversea with some China and Japan with a.o. Mi.-No. 129 mint never hinged (!). Together in 24 albums or two folders, probably from a subscription and almost throughout in well condition, a very attractive object

1940/81 (approx.), mint never hinged/unused and used sheet stock, including Netherlands, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Austria, Iceland, Jersey, Guernsey, CEPT, etc., in box

1945/1990 (approx.), extensive duplicate stock in over 40 stockbooks and folders, including MH. Ex collection Gustav Strunk.

1956/2000, European stamps CEPT, extensive collection used, neatly mounted in three binders.

2000/20, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg, mint never hinged collection, many complete issues and sheetlets, plus booklets, clean in 4 albums

1762/1926, group of over 130 covers, strength in the 19th century, mostly mail from Belgium, Austria, Italy and Switzerland, many transit and entry marks, together with some parcel cards; mixed condition

1840/1900(ca.), interesting group of several hundred covers from pre-philately, including Switzerland with some colour frankings Sitzende Helvetia, Old Germany with better ones at Baden and Prussia, England from Penny Black, furthermore Scandinavia, Serbia Mi.-Nr. 18(29; Russia with decorative postage paid, Old Italy with tricolour franking Papal States, Greece with colour franking, France with Ballon Monte, Bordeaux issue with better frankings, somewhat condition varies

1840/1900(approx.), interesting group of several hundred covers from pre-philately, including many foreign covers, transit postmarks, better old Germany and Scandinavia covers, Switzerland with registered colour frankings, Serbia Mi.-Nr. 12 MeF, France, England with colour frankings, old Italy and Russia etc., somewhat varying condition varies

1840/1919, 28 covers and cards, strength in the classic period, starting with Mulready lettersheet (form 3, A19) used with red Maltese Cross, many interesting frankings like Hungary Mi.-Nr. 11 on postal money order 5 kr. red (form A6), GB SG.-Nr. 211 (x3) as a combination franking on registered envelope, Papal States Mi.-Nr. 17 and 15 on 1868 envelope to Bordeaux, Sardinia 10-13 with several two- and three-colour frankings, some private issues like Spitzbergenpost vignette and Hotel Post Hohen Pinne on postcards, Koltchak Army 1A block of ten on R-cover to New York, also Greece Hermes Heads three-colour frankings, Serbia, Ukraine, etc.; some occasional faults, mostly fine and usefull group