385th Auction
24–29 March 2025 · 7–8 April 2025 in Wiesbaden
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1822/56, group of eight folded entires to Canada, mostly sent to Hamilton, some re-addressed, also 1843 mail sent to an officer of the 43rd regiment located in “Petite Cote”, 1822 entire to Quebec with red “SHIP” and “NEW-YORK APR 2”, fine lot of transatlantic mail
1826/1941 (ca.), interesting group with more than 50 cards and covers and some registered postal stationery envelopes, incl. many high frankings and six airmal covers sent by German airmail with red cachets to South America
1847/1980 (ca.), interesting collection with approx. over 500 cards, covers and postal stationery, with estimated 200 pices up to 1901, with many interesting, registered, airmail, etc., in one box
1968/2009 (ca.), extensive mint never hinged and used collection, including Postage Dues, with souvenir sheets and used booklets, Jersey only in used condition, noted some good part of mint never hinged postal facial value for both Isle of Man and Guernsey, overall in good condition, in 8 albums
1969/2020, mostly mint never hinged collections of Jersey and Guernsey, albeit missing years 1991-2016, Jersey from 2017-2020 apparently complete, incl. postage dues, booklets and miniature sheets, good condition, in seven hingeless albums
1978/94 (ca.) extensive mint never hinged accumulation, many cpl. sets and duplicates, together with booklets, very fine
1787 (January 6), folded letter from Guernsey to Nantes, France, rated “10” in manuscript, representing the 2 sous ship fee plus 8 sous French inland postage, conveyed to St. Malo where it was endorsed by forwarding agents Blaize de Maisonneuve on the reverse on January 11, struck with a black "S MALO" straight-line handstamp, fresh and fine, a scarce and newly-recorded forwarding agent endorsement.
Note: While Newport lists St. Malo forwarding agents Louis Blaize & Cie (1802–23) and Louis Blaize (1832), Blaize de Maisonneuve remains unrecorded in both Newport and Rowe, first reported as a new discovery in Les Isles Normandes of the Channel Islands Specialists' Society (September 2010, Vol. 29, No. 3).
1882/1993 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with strength in the modern MNH parts, almost complete in the main numbers with a large quantity of booklets, miniature and souvenir sheets, MNH and used booklet panes and some covers, furthermore a small part Guernsey, mostly in hingeless albums, good condition, in two cartons
1776/1840, pre-stamp, group of ten items, mostly pre-stamp from Jersey to the United Kingdom, with 1776 letter privately carried to London, 1797 to the Chancellor the Exchequer in London with fair strike over the curved “DOVER” handstamp,1830 from Edinburgh to Aberdeen forwarded to St. Aubin, with pleasing strike of Crown inspector's mark, 1812 letter from Bangor to Bath forwarded to Jersey, 1814 Gosport to Jersey with “X-Post” manuscript endorsement and Portsmouth transit mark, 1822 free frank signed by the Earl of Jersey, 1833 folded letter from Jersey to Lichfield, 1835 folded letter to London endorsed to be carried via the ship “Doris via Jersey,” 1839 4d rated folded letter to London, 1840 cover to Newcastle, 1840 (November), condition varies, several fine items.
1782/1930(ca.), The Postal connection between Jersey and France, very interesting two volume collection, with many better and interesting items like round “D'A B” on letter from Guernsey to Nantes, 1823 folded entire from the “Bailly” Correspondence, Incoming mail, different rates, ship mail including Carteret, many better early cancellations Granville with red two-line “COLONIES PAR GRANVILLE” on folded letter, “48 GRANVILLE” in black and red, several “GRANDE BETRAGNE PAR GRANVILLE”, via Forwarding Agent at Jersey, “GRANDE BRETAGNE PAR ST MALO”, “P.24.P ST MALO”, “crowned Registered” on cover from Jersey to Cognac, many better frankings, more than 180 cards and covers, all neatly written up
1795/97, JERSEY concave handstamp study of five folded letters, written-up on pages, comprising 1795 to Guernsey endorsed "missent to Weymouth"; 1796, two 1797, and 1798 examples to London, three rated 9d, some small faults, quality of strikes varies, but overall much above average, a mostly fine group.
1811/29, Jersey Scroll, study collection of eighteen, neatly-presented and written-up on pages, illustrating several different postmark types and their distinctive characteristics, variously rated in manuscript and most to London or Guernsey, noting one example to Spain, quality of strikes varies, but many fine examples, rarely offered in this quantity, an ideal opportunity to acquire a significant holding of these attractive and distinctive markings.
1823 (October 18), folded letter from Jersey to Bern, Switzerland, struck on reverse with fair Jersey Scroll, various manuscript rate and accountancy notations, including “P 2/10", endorsed “Paid” in manuscript and postmarked with London PAID datestamp, an attractive and fine example to an uncommon destionation.
1830/9, Jersey Double Arc datestamps, a study comprising twelve folded entires or covers, neatly-mounted and annotated, with examples of Type I (3, one to Porto, another including enclosed circular related to a patent for a new method of generating coal gas), Type II (5), Type III (2) and Type IV (1), and one unidentified, two additionally struck with boxed “Jersey / Penny Post”, condition varies somewhat, but mostly fine examples, ideal for the specialist.
1840/53, Jersey Ship Letter group of four folded letters or covers, written-up on pages, comprising an 1840 folded letter from Buenos Aires to London struck on reverse with framed "JERSEY / SHIP LETTER" in black (Robinson S.1), along with three examples bearing the black unframed "JERSEY / SHIP LETTER" (Robinson S.3), including 1846 and 1847 letters from Bahia to London, and an 1853 cover of unknown origin routed via Jersey to Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, generally very good strikes throughout, a scarce and desirable group.
1855/1986(ca.), small group of mostly covers, including a nice range of picture postcards, some WWII material and modern envelopes, good condition
1948/93 (ca.), comprehensive collection with ca. 400 covers, many registered, with some postal stationery, first day covers, machine cancels, aerograms, reply coupons, picture postcards, postal parcel tag from Gorey, etc., neatly housed and described, good condition, in 14 Binders
Jersey, in-depth postmark collection, pre-stamp to modern, a highly specialised study comprising over six hundred covers, postcards, postal forms, and receipts, plus single stamps, representing well over a century of postal history, showcasing the myriad types of cancellations used on the island, including squared circles with foreign destinations or uses as transit marks, a range of Parcel Post cancellations including on £1 Victoria and Edward VII stamps, various instructional markings such as "Too Late", "Undelivered", "Liable to Letter Rate", and "Contrary to Regulations", PAID markings, notably a scarce 1891 violet oval "Post Office / Express / Paid", and a 1943 usage on a newspaper, as well as an oval "PD" on an 1873 folded letter bearing three 1d red stamps to St. Malo, plus single franking covers with 4d stamps from 1859 and 1862 to St. Beziers and St. Brieuc, over 100 examples of slogan and machine cancels, a detailed study of single-circle postmarks, "Boite Mobile" Jersey/France datestamps, including a scarce 1866 usage from Dinan to Jersey via St. Malo, later paquebot postcard usages, rate markings, numeral cancels such as "409" including on a 1s Embossed cover to Naples, duplex cancels, Maltese Cross cancels including an 1840 Penny Black cover to Edinburgh, over 35 examples of double-arc cancellations, registration markings including a rare Crown registered marking on an 1860 cover from Jersey to Great Britain, an extensive study of oval registered cancellations, with scarcer origins incuding First Tower and private postal stationery usages, including 1894 and 1898 registered envelopes to Brussels and Paris, an exceptional and comprehensive study, the product of many years of diligent research and accumulation, offering a wealth of scarce and elusive material, condition somewhat mixed, particularly among earlier covers, but many are fine and highly desirable, a collection worthy of close inspection by the specialist to fully appreciate its scope and significance.
1798/1824, Jersey & Guernsey's postal links with France, group of six folded letters, comprising 1816 to St. Malo with choice strike of “COLONIES PAR / ST MALO”, 1820 to Cognac with bold “COLONIES PAR / ST MALO” and partial strike of scarce “ABONNEMENT” straight-line,1820 and 1821 examples from Guernsey to Nantes both with fine “COLONIES PAR / ST MALO” handstamps, and 1823 from Jersey to Marseille with “GRANDE BRETAGNE / PAR ST MALO” two-line handstamp, as well as a fine 1798 folded letter from Edinburgh to Guernsey to an Officer of the King's Guard (of France) in Guernsey, the odd small flaw but a chiefly fine and attractive group.
1958/99, mostly mint never hinged collection incl. many better sets, souvenir sheets, etc., in seven hingeless albums
1862/1981, used collection including 55 large hermes heads incl. postage dues, good condition, in five neat hingeless albums
1896, Olympic issue, 1923 reprints from the original dies ex 60 l. - 10 dr. three die proofs and five plate proofs in different colours
1850/2018, comprehensive, used collection from precursor issues Austria with Hungarian cancellations (nine findings) and with M-Nr. 1-6 (M-Nr. 2 signed Pfenninger). From the 1874 issue very specialised with perforations, colours, plate errors, imperforate issues from the beginning of 1950, miniature sheet sets and many other special features, with Bl. 1 (3x), Mi.-Nr. 1039 miniature sheet, Bl. 17, Mi.-Nr. 1104I, Bl. 18 A/B, Mi.-Nr. 1162Uu, twice Mi.-Nr. 1167Ur, Bl. 20-22, Mi.-Nr. 1287Ur, Bl. 31B, miniature sheet Mi.-Nr. 1465-68B and numbered miniature sheet Mi.-Nr. 2053-56 A/B unmounted mint, the last years are not quite complete, but with many miniature sheet issues and specialities. In addition telegraph- and postage stamps and Beleyegek special catalogue, in 14 albums. An exceptional and recommendable collection, a digital list is enclosed
1871/1989 (ca.), large mint never hinged/unused and used collection with covers, well filled in the classics with some duplicates and better items like Mi.-Nr. 4 used (2, one tied “VARAZDIN” to the back of a 5 kr. postal stationery envelope to Hamburg), 6 used, 8ND-13ND, 478-79 on Zeppelin cover, etc., together with a fine choice of semi-modern covers with many attractive frankings, also a small part of Slovakia including postage dues, some occasional faults, mostly in good and fresh condition, neatly housed in eight albums
1871/2020, extensive, mostly used duplicate stock with many complete issues, in seven thick stockbooks, plus a small lot in bags and an album with modern machine labels and some Europe Michel catalogues
1872/2006, extensive stock with some partial collection, plenty of dublicates in various stockbooks, First Day Covers and much material, in 40 albums
1913/62, mostly unmounted mint stock with better and complete issues, blocks of four and miniature sheets, with Mi.-Nr. 427-29 in a set of four, Mi.-Nr. 484-87, Mi.-Nr. 502-10 in a set of four, two miniature sheet sets Mi.-Nr. 985-92 (once with tête-bêche), in good condition
1918/88, nine albums with complete sheets and parts of sheets, unmounted mint and used with complete sets, motifs, postage due and further specialities, much material with high value
1931/50(ca.), unused, never hinged and used group, containing Mi.-Nr. 478-79 (Zeppelin) blocks of four, Bl. 1, Bl. 10-11 also Bl. 17(4 never hinged and one used), in addition "Catalog of the Hungarian stamps", 2020, mostly good condition
1938/2004, used and anmounted mint stock with souvenir sheets, with unmounted mint Bl. 12, Bl. 13 (2) and Bl. 17 (2x), in good condition
1948/91, unmounted mint stock with imperforate stamps with better and complete sets, with Mi.-Nr. 1011-20B (6x), Mi.-Nr. 1776-82B (6x), souvenir sheet set Mi.-Nr. 1783-86B, Mi.-Nr. 1827IB (6x), Mi.-Nr. 2044-51B (4x), Mi.-Nr. 2141-50B (4x), Mi.-Nr. 2164-73B (4x), Mi.-Nr. 2201-09B (4x) and 2452-59B (4x), in good condition
1950/2006, mixed collection incl. souvenir sheets and postage dues, in 16 hingeless albums
1951/85, umounted mint collection with only imperforted stamps and souvenir sheets, many complete and better sets with Mi.-Nr. 1820-29B, 1881-88B, Bl. 37B, 1954-62B, 2000-07B, 2044-51B, 2071-77B, Bl. 45B, 2141-50B (2x), 2201-09B and Mi.-Nr. 2315-16B (!), few stamps unused, otherwise fine, in five preprinted albums
Local issues: 1919/56, mostly unused collection from Arad to Thesvár, seven unounted mint values Sopron 1956 and some West Hungary, partly with signatures