385th Auction
24–29 March 2025 · 7–8 April 2025 in Wiesbaden
"FIELD FORCE PERSIA 5 AU 57" with manuscript "4 as" on envelope to Bombay, with arrival mark. Very fine.
1863/1920 (ca.), interesting collection with over 20 covers, cards and a few fronts, incl. British, German and French Post Offices, many interesting usages and better items, noted three covers to USA from 1872-74 each bearing a single Hong Kong SG-Nr. 11 tied by oval barred “B62” and paying the single rate for mail carried by the Pacific steamship service, with red cds. “HONG KONG PAID” alongside, some scarcer postmarks like “LIU KUNG TAU” (Webb-Nr. 199 Type B) tying a Hong Kong 4 c. to 1904 postcard to London, French “AMOY CHINE POSTE FRANCAISE” and “FOU-TCHEOU-CHINE”, etc., some faults especially in the early mail, mixed condition. An impressive assembly
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
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