383rd Auction

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.