383rd Auction

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 

1869/1925 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, incl. revenues, together with a few official postal stationeries and some modern FDCs, condition varies, mostly fine to very fine

1878/1990 extensive postal stationery collection, comprising two large folders with approx. 450 covers/cards, includes first flights, official mail, postage free mail with imprinted signature of George Bush and Lyndon B. Jonson, airmail, reply cards, President's/Senator covers, private and commercial overprints, noted rare Hungarian/USA Ocean Flight, also business reply, aerogramme, priority and express mail, a wide ranging assembly. 

CANADA and US: 1907/73, extensive and specialized, mostly unused and mint never hinged collection, written up with many types, imperforate, proofs, progressive printings, different perforations, tete-beche pairs, booklet panes etc., all written up in three binders

1907/90s(ca.), extensive collection with singles, booklet panes and hundreds of complete sheets, specialized with printer marks, all in three binders, fine

1862/65, two franked letters General issue and USA respectively

1863/80, detailed, primarily used collection covering the 1863 "Eagle" and 1866/73 "Coat of Arms" issues as well as the fiscal 1871 "Bolivár" including some of the higher values and scarce multiples or cancellations like numerals, rosettes or manuscript. An interesting collection, mostly in fine condition. 

1866/67, used collection on neatly written up pages, including 1c. (2), ½r. (61), 1 r. (20), 2r. (4) and a page of forgeries, mostly good condition

1954, Prince Bao Long, 1500 sets, mostly in muliples, unmounted mint (Mi. 91-97, ca. 50.000,-)

1864/1940, unused and used collection of Belgian, Danish and Dutch colonies, complete over wide areas.

1990/2008(ca.), extensive accumulation of mint souvenir sheets from Barbuda, Burkina Faso, Comores,Guinea, Montserrat, Niger, Senegal, St. Tome et Principe, Tchad, Tonga and Turkmenistan etc., mostly in packs of 100, many interesting thematics

1890/1950 (ca.), about 300 covers and cards including Liberia, Ethiopia, Holy land and Palestine, Persia, Thailand, etc., with a lot of unusual and interesting material

1890/1999 (ca.), extensive mint never hinged/unused and used collection neatly housed in 25 albums, some classics yet mostly modern, some better represented like Cape of Good Hope and South Afrika, many cpl. sets together with some booklets, miniature sheets, FDCs, many covers, some early postal stationery cards, etc.; mostly fine to very fine

1960/2007, mint never hinged huge stock (few used), including sheets, souvenir sheets and souvenir sheets, much material in 4 large boxes. Many motifs sports, animals, flora, John Lennon, Doors, etc.

1851/1980 (ca.), unused and used collection in one album, incl. some specimen overprints and three covers, many duplicates, cpl. sets both unused and used, strength in British North America before 1950, together with a good section of British Honduras; condition varies especially in the classics, mostly fine to very fine

1875/1950 (ca.), 850 postal stationery items from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico and Salvador amongst others. Including many unused cards or wrappers, some marked "SPECIMEN" or "MUESTRA" including an early Dutch West Indies card, PTO-Stationery and interesting usages such as Argentinian stationery to Romania, Denmark, Natal (South Africa) or British India, a mexican Postcard to Sao Miguel (Azores) or another somewhat unclearly adressed to "Amberes" and forwarded several times between Hamburg and Antwerpen, before being vigourously marked "Amberes heisst Antwerpen & nicht Hamburg" by a German postal clerk. An interesting accumulation in mixed condition. 

1793/1848 (ca.), interesting group of six stampless covers originating from Central or South America, some better items like "DRY HARBOUR JAMAICA" on 1845 folded entire, Columbia 1810 red framed "SANTAFÉ YINDYAS FRANCA“ on scarce early post-Independance entire, superb "CIUDAD REAL" applied on transit on a 1812 folded entire from Honduras to Guatemala, etc.; some occasional faults on some items, mostly fine and a scarce assembly 

1858/70, large accumulation including approximately 800 commercial covers with many registered or express, another 750 or so items on philatelic exhibitions worldwide, including many early covers, plus a selection of better stamps and covers on stock card. Items of interest include some German Field Post or a very attractive, elaboratley illustrated bamboo-lettersheet dated "Pekin le 8 mai 1910". Varied and interesting, in mixed condition. 

1893/1942, group of six Die Proofs by the American Bank Note Company or Perkins Bacon, incl. Venezuela 1893 25 c. violet sunken Die Proof in adopted colour on India paper, mounted on a larger thick card with imprint beneath, Guatemala 1902 1 p. dark brown sunken Die Proof on thick paper, etc.; one proof small fault due to the mounting, otherwise fine and very scarce assembly

1872/2001 (ca.), extensive mint never hinged/unused and used collection neatly housed in 13 albums, some classics yet mostly modern, Japan, Korea and Malaysia nicely represented, many cpl. sets and some better issues like Japan mi.-Nr. Bl 5, together with some booklets, FDCs, early postal stationery cards, etc.; mostly fine to very fine 

1888/1945, interesting group of over 30 cards and covers from Hong Kong, China, Japan, etc., with e.g. registered letters, incoming mail, censorship, prisoner of war post, mail sent during the war, etc., mixed condition

1890/1999 (ca.), extensive mint never hinged/unused and used collection neatly housed in 8 albums, some classics yet mostly modern, Israel and Persia nicely represented, many cpl. sets together with some booklets, FDCs, covers, etc.; mostly fine to very fine

1964/90 (approx.), mint and used stock, mostly sheikhdoms, but also Yemen etc., in large cardboard box

1965/68 (ca.), small mint never hinged group in one stockbook, with Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Liban, some miniature sheets, cpl. sets, etc.; very fine condition

1880/2000 (ca.), extensive mint never hinged/unused and used collection neatly housed in 5 albums, some classics yet mostly modern, with India and States, Mauritius, Afghanistan, Madagascar, together with some early Ceylon postal stationery cards, many cpl. sets together with some booklets, miniature sheets, FDCs, many covers, etc.; mostly fine to very fine

FOOTBALL: 1962, World Championship Chile, souvenir sheet, special edition in light brown, 500 pieces mint never hinged. Michel refers to 605/608, 6.500,- €.

1800/1880(ca.), very interesting accumultation with more than 150 covers, most on lots cards or still written up on original pages, including many rare and interesting items, Forwarder markings, Retailiatory Rate Period and New Treaty Rate Period, mostly described by Line with Black Cross Line with 26 covers including, Red Swallowtail Line with 18 items, also Old Line, Union Line, Havre Second Line, further also better franked items US Postal Staionery with Columbian additional franking to Germany and Belgium, GB Used Abroad from St. Thomas, crowned circle "PAID AT BARBADOS", Antigua, Barbados and Trinidad with better franked like folded letter / printed matter to Nova Scotia, GB 2d. block of six to Chicago etc., usual mixed quality, but mostly good

1900/04, 10 postcards from the "Borkowetz" correspondence with postage paid from Austria, France, Egypt and USA to Kiautschou, mostly to Tschingschoufu. Including multiple cds. of Tschingschoufu as arrival postmark (once the scarce DKr. without date) as well as various Chinese transit postmarks incl. "Sun and Moon Dater" and bilingual oval postmarks "Chingchow" and "Weihsien", mostly good condition