383rd Auction

1890/1910 (ca.), large accumulation of mostly unused and used postal stationeries, incl. a selection of specimen, mostly very fine

1862/97 (ca.), unused and used collection with a few duplicates, incl. officials, some shades and overprint types, together with two postal stationery cards; some occasional faults, mostly fine to very fine

1974/2016, selection of mint never hinged souvenir sheets and booklets duplicates in one box, very fine

1854/55, ½ a. blue, small study of 27 used examples including pair and strip of four

1854/55, Lithographs ½ a.  and 1 a., 8 single stamps, 12 pairs, strip of 5 and 3 small covers, mostly fine/very fine

1854/1949, small group in stockbook, including high rupee values, partly with telegraph cancellations.

1854/1987 (ca.), unmounted mint/unused and used collection, together with some covers and official stamps, neatly housed in one album, starting from SG-Nr. 2 onwards, many duplicates with shades, also C.E.F, I.E.F (with SG-Nr. E1 used on card, E2 pair used on cover), overall condition fine to very fine

1860/1900 (ca.), Fiscal- and Telegraph stamps, unused and used accumulation of about 270 stamps

1882/1933, unused collection with several high values incl. SG 144-45  and 219, very nice quality.

1880, Second Afghan War, 8 postal documents, including 3 telegram receipts with India fiscals used from Kandahar and Kohat, money order receipts with Field force resp. Kohat cds., etc.. Interesting and rare items, ex Dietrich

1895/1970(ca.), small group of more than 30 cards and covers including postal stationery of Faridkot and Jaipur and also cover with Ceylon franking "MADRAS-KARACHI FIRST AIRMAIL 17 OCT. 32", somewhat mixed quality

1864/1950 (ca.), large mint never hinged/unused, used and covers collection, neatly housed in four albums, highly specialized with shades, multiples and some sheets, lovely sections of Jammu and Kashmir with watercolor and oil printings, Travancore, Bhopal, Bamra, Jind, Bundi etc., also some booklets (Idar) and postal stationeries, many good values throughout, some forgeries and reprints noted. As expected conditions varies, nevertheless mostly fine to very fine, a substantial specialist holding of great interest

1904/48, unused and used  collection with some first issue sheets, franked entires, etc

1880/1900 (ca.), selection of 34 covers (few fronts) and 17 used stamps including a handfull of the 1857/77 circular stamps, some of which cut square and one on "native" letter, some 1877 oil colours and a variety of usages of the following issue such as on British India 1/2 a. postal stationery envelopes (one 1/2a. orange-red with corner-margin) or on underpaid "native" letters to british territory, in both cases with the stamps often additionally tied by characteristic private pen-markings for the prevention of theft or manipulation. An interesting selection in rather mixed condition. 

1860/1901 (ca.), unused and used collection, incl. officials, together with a selection of unused postal stationeries with ten Penitentiary postal stationery cards with red handstamp "JAMAICA 1877 THREE PENCE PAID", some later issues and a wrapper, some occasional faults, mostly fine to very fine

1867/1970 (ca.), remarkable mint never hinged/unused and used collection, neatly housed in two albums, incl. some covers, spanning from Bangkok to Trengganu, strength up to the 1940s, many better items like Straits Settlements SG.-Nr. 139s, Johore 76 and 77 (certificate RPSL) unused, North Borneo 148a and 235-252 unused, Perak 79 unused, 80s, 103-121, O1-O9 "P.G.S" unused, Sarawak 25 unused "C Omitted", 28b, Trengganu 1-18 unused, 48-58 unused, etc.; many cpl. sets throughout, duplicates with shades and overprint types. An attractive holding in overall fresh and fine to mostly very fine condition

1948/2007, Johore, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Penang, Perak, Selangor and Trengganu, attractive mainly mint never hinged collection, including some varieties, good condition

1841/50, Incoming Mail, group of 8 folded entires mostly from Livorno, incl. a scarce cover from Alexandria with arrival black cds. "MALTE", a fine assembly

1982/99, mint never hinged stock with sheets, souvenir sheets and miniature sheets

1855/19508ca.), unused and used collection, starting with a good section Chalon Heads including 10 covers, later issues specialized, good section officials and postage due, also better items like Postal fiscals Mi.-Nr. 50 used with certificates Holcombe etc., mainly on older written up pages, mostly good condition

1856/1890, unused and used collection with a few duplicates, some better values with SG-Nr. 1-2, stamps with marginal watermarks, etc.; fine to very fine, an interesting group

1860/1884 (ca.), unused and used collection with a few duplicates, incl. Steam Ship Conveyance, some better values with SG-Nr. 1, 3, together with some postal stationery cards and a few forgeries for reference; some occasional faults, mostly fine to very fine

1860/2000, mint never hinged/unused and used collection incl. over 80 covers and postal stationeries in seven albums, incl. officials, postage dues and fiscals, up to the 1930s complete in the SG numbers, starting with a fine selection of classics mostly used with some shades, better items like SG-Nr. 12 horizontal pair on 1874 lettersheet to Bordeaux, 1897 cover to Russia, etc.; overall condition fine to mostly very fine

1861/99, unused and used collection with a few duplicates, incl. revenues, some better values, specimen and a revenue postally used, together with a postal stationery card, a wrapper and some forgeries for reference; some occasional faults, mostly fine to very fine

1861/1979 (ca.), extensive unused and mostly used collection in three albums, strength in the issues up to the 1890s, starting with a 1775 Ship Letter to London (one of the earliest entires known from St Vincent) and an assortment of Abbreviated Village Datestamps with "BA" Barrouallie, "BEQ" Bequia (x2), "CA" Calliaqua (x2, one in black), "CH" Chateaubelair, "CO" Colonarie, "K" Kingston (x5, one in red), "RAB" Rabacca (x2), followed by a strong selection of mostly used classics, many better items like SG-Nr. 10 used (cert. BPA), 28a unsevered pair used (cert. RPSL), 34 both used and unused, 35 used (x2, small faults), 11 wmk reversed and inverted used (cert. Brandon), etc., together with a very fine group of covers and Revenue stamps used postally. Some occasional faults or light sulphurisation in the classics, overall a remarkable lot in fine to very fine condition

1861/1979 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used duplicates in one stockbook, together with a few stamps from Natal, Grenada and St Lucia, mostly fine to very fine

1917/18, „PASSED BY CENSOR GRI SAMOA“,  15 covers with censor marks in green and blue, with censor number 2 and 3, somewhat mixed quality

1890/1988 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection incl. some postal history in four albums, starting with a selection of "B64" forerunners, followed by the first issue used (Die I and II), some better items like SG-Nr. Z13 (cert. BPA), Z38 (cert. BPA), Z45, 16a unused, 97 (Die I) used, etc., together with some modern FDCs, Specimen and a couple of postal stationeries, mostly fine to very fine condition

1853/1906 (ca.), mostly used collection with more than 20 cards and covers, starting with Cape of Good Hope, Orange Free State, Natal and Transvaal, containing some better items like Mafeking SG# 16 used with RPSL certificate, Griqualand West with different overprint types etc., mixed condition

1913, 1 d. red lettercard specialized collection with 17 cards, with several red overprint "SPECIMEN" on both Dutch and English versions, misplaced overprint "ZUID-WEST AFRIKA.", "S.W.A." issue, etc.; a very fine group

1925/37, group of 18 covers, with registered mail, airmail, special cancellation "HEALTH RESORT BATHING", mixed frankings, etc.; mostly very fine

1916/22, interesting unused and used collection, containing better items like Mi.-Nr. 33-37, 33-37 with "SPECIMEN", 38-54 with "SPECIMEN"  unused and Mi.-Nr. 38-54 used, furthermore overprint and shade varieties, multiples, plate-numbers, nice selection of cancellations and some covers, mostly good condition

1915/23, an interesting group of 30 cards and covers, containing postal stationery, registered covers, censor marks etc., mostly good condition

1915, extensive unused/mint and used collection with many varieties, shades, multiples, plate numbers, overprint errors like "Small F in French", "Thing G in Togo", "no hyphen after Anglo", "CCUPATION instead of OCCUPATION" etc., also double and inverted overprints, "SPECIMEN" Overprints, also nice selection of cancellations, some better postal stationeries, mostly well described and in good condition

1915/27, interesting group of thirteen covers and cards neatly mounted on exhibition pages, franked with Gold Coast KGV definitives used with cds. "LOME TOGO" during the British Control period, some better items with registered mail and overprinted issues; mostly very fine