385th Auction

1884/1965 (ca.), Postage dues and Underfranked Mail, unused and used collection with about 100 covers, better items and complete sets like Mi.-Nr. P1-5, P6-9, P10-14 all unused, together with a fine selection of early proofs in black, rose-carmine and green(8), the collection is also filled with a charming selection of incoming and outgoing underfranked mail, together with a few more modern ship mail postcards to Germany. Some occasional faults in the early issues, otherwise in very good overall condition, an interesting assembly in four albums 

1927/59 (ca.), Egyptian Airmail collection with over 85 covers, strength before the 1940s, starting with the 1910 Heliopolis Air Meeting perforated vignette in black/red/yellow unused, the collection follows with an abundance of First Flight covers with many better items like 1931 First Flight Africa-England(4), 1931 Premier Vol Louxor-Mwanza, 1929 Egypt-Crete and 1932 Egypt-Transval by Imperial Airways, a very rare set of eight covers each with blue oval cachet “First Flight Egypt-South-America By Imperial Airways and Berlin-Buenos Aires Airline 4th June 1935”, most “retour” or “rebut” or “return to sender”, scarce 1933 First Flight Cairo-Singapore with Straits Settlements 30 c. applied on arrival, 1940 Eastern horseshoe route from Cairo via Australia and San Francisco, together with some incoming airmail from Germany with Zeppelin LZ 127 Orientfahrt 1929, Zeppelin LZ 127 1931 Return Flight with special cancellations from Port Said(2), Alexandrie(3), Caire(2), etc. Mixed condition with some occasional toning, overall fine, neatly mounted and expertly described on exhibition pages, in 3 albums

1752/91, Saint Domingue, group of five folded entires addressed to France, noted 1752 from “Lille a Vache” to Marseille with a fair strike of the single-line handstamp “DELAFLOTTE”, 1757 Leogane to Toulon, 1791 Cavaillon to Bordeaux with circular “COLONIES PAR BORDEAUX”, etc., some occasional toning, mostly in good condition. An unusual assembly from the Pearl of the Antilles

1948, Dutch Blockade issue, group of mint never hinged full sheets(20), 80 complete sets in total, very fine (Mi.-Nr. 46-50)

1949, Dutch Blockade issue, group of mint never hinged full sheets(20), 100 complete sets in total, very fine (Mi.-Nr. 96-100)

1875/1950 (ca.), unused and used old 2-volume collection, with nicepart lions, various specimens, some proofs, airmail letters, etc.. Unfortunately quite some stamps with greasy hinges

1948/2000, mixed collection incl. many better issues and sets, many with tabs, later mostly complete, in five hingless albums

1948/60, small mint never hinged/unused and used group, a few better values from the first issue including with lower tablet, also Mi.-Nr. Bl.3(6) mint never hinged, overall condition is good

1949/85, mint never hinged collection with a few used, mostly complete from 1954 with some duplicates, together with some souvenir sheets, multiples and a few covers, overall very fine, in two albums and one stockbook

1950/2013, used and later mint never hinged collection, from 1998-2013 in the main catalogue numbers apparently complete and mint never hinged, inkl. souvenir sheets, good part of valid postage, in three albums

1948/63 (ca.), mostly mint never hinged and unused accumulation, a few duplicates, some better items like Mi.-Nr. 428A (3) and 428A small souvenir sheets (3), some occasional light toning on a few values, otherwise mostly in very good condition, in one stockbook

1893/21, group of six covers, including military mail, envelopes from the Russian Embassy in Tokyo and from the American Consulate in Yokohama, etc., mixed condition

1900/84 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used group, some better sets and values like Mi.-Nr. 34-35, 41, etc., together with some souvenir sheets, overall very fine, neatly housed in one stockbook

1923/93, extensive mint never hinged and unused collection, including Officials, many better sets from the early issues on, a couple of occasional faults, overall in very good condition, neatly housed in one album

1923/61, mostly unmounted mint and unused collection incl. official stamps and duplicate, some better and complete sets, with Mi-Nr. 1-15 unused, twice Mi.-Nr. 16-37 unused, Mi.-Nr. 39-51 unmounted mint, Mi.-Nr. 51 in vertical gutter pair and official stamps Mi.-Nr. 15-25 unused, also some modern issues incl. some imperforated stamps and two booklets with ATM

1856/1996 (ca.), interesting mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including Postage Dues, Officials and Special Delivery, strength before the 1950s with a fine selection of the early imperforate issues with many duplicates, some better items throughout, mixed condition, an attractive assembly in eight albums/stockbooks

1890/1907 (ca.), unused and used small lot with a tete beche, 3 proof blocks, etc.

1880/1950 (ca.), interesting holding of about 400 franked and unfranked entires; many different handstamps, colour frankings, registered items, stationeries, etc, etc.

1858/1967, mostly used collection, including Officials and Postage Dues, some better sets and values throughout, starting with a group of classic issues, some occasional faults as to be expected, overall in good condition, in one album

1858/1987, mint never hinged/unused and mostly used collection, including Chilean Occupation, Postage Dues, Officials and Telegraphs, strength before the 1950s, starting with a fine selection of the classical issues with some duplicates up to the semi-classics, some occasional faults, overall in good condition, in one album and one stockbook

1980/2009, five-frame gold medal-winning exhibit collection “The Death of a Postal System - Zimbabwean Inflation 1980-2009”, neatly mounted on exhibition pages, documenting all the individual postage periods, including many interesting and better letters from some very short postage periods, rare single frankings, registered mail, air mail, censorship etc.

1888/1960 (ca.). mint never hinged/unused and used group with one cover, cpl. sets and duplicates, some better items with Taiwan Mi.-Nr. 155A-160A, Booklet Mi.-Nr. MH184B-187B, Bl.3, 5-6, etc., mostly in fine and fresh condition, a fine lot in one stockbook

1955/66, mint never hinged group of 1955 Mi. Bl. 2 souvenir sheet with tab (folded), unused without gum, as issued and two MNH sets of Mi. 591-94, good condition

1947/2009, mostly mint never hinged collection, some better sets like Mi.-Nr. 264-273 (twice the 20 Bath), 358-374, etc., together with many souvenir sheets, overall in excellent condition, neatly housed in three stockbook/albums

1885/1929, Transcaucasia, group of circa 35 covers and cards including Russian forerunners, together with a few fronts and some singles, many covers sent to Tabriz, Persia with some Dzhulfa border transit postmarks, also some scarce travelling post offices with “140” KISLOVODSK MINERALNYA, “229” and “230” TIFLIS DZHULFA, unnumbered route BORZHOM MIKHAILOVO route, etc., mixed condition

1918/23, Armenia bis Transcaucasia, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, plenty of material with duplicates, many multiples including blocks and large part sheets, some Yessayan series including reprints, “Occupation Azirbayedjan” overprints, a fine selection of the Batum issues and Armenian Monograms, some better items like Batum Mi.-Nr. 44b unused, Azerbaidjan Mi.-Nr. 42 block of six and horizontal pairs (2, one adhesive with variety double overprint), all tied by cds. “BAKU 19 6 22” and paying a 500,000 rubles tariff to registered envelope to Berlin, etc., many forgeries, reprints and dubious items, overall in good condition, an interesting assembly in one album