385th Auction

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

1919/23, unused and used collection of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Batum and Georgia, many questionable as usual throughout, but also better items signed Romeko, Jem and Pohl, mostly good condition

1968/72 (ca.), mint never hinged and used accumulation with souvenir sheets, many duplicates and sets both perforated and imperforated, neatly housed in two stockbooks

1967/70 (ca.), large mint never hinged accumulation, plenty of material and duplicates including souvenir sheets and full sheets, in one stockbook

1902/74 (ca.), Arabic United Republic group of about 450 FDCs, together with a selection of Egyptian covers and postcards with some airmail, mostly very fine, in six albums

1951/88, Vienna, New York and Geneva, comprehensive mint never hinged collection in 5 albums, together with some sheetlets, a few used and a few covers, overall condition very fine

1962/93 (ca.), mint never hinged and used collection, also some covers, mostly very fine, in two albums and one stockbook

1847/2000, mint never hinged/unused and used collection with some covers, incl. Officials, Revenues, American areas with Hawai, Porto Rico and Canal Zone, some better items with Scott-Nr. 1(2), 17, 77/91/98(8), 119(3) all used, 241 unused with sheet margin, 630 cpl. pane unused(2) incl. the plate flaw “dot over S”, 2870 Bill Picket Recalled pane of 20, etc., a large selection of pre-cancels, some booklets, a selection of Revenues with some high values, some specialities with a 1870 split grill, Blood´s dispatch 1 c. bronze/black on 1853 lettersheet, 1864 15 cents franking tied by Cork cancel on envelope from New York to  Braunschweig, etc., together wih a few duplicates, mixed condition, in eight albums and some stockcards

1847/2020, in the beginning mostly used collection, since ca. 1995 often mnh. Classic very mixed condition with some better items like Columbus 1$ unused and 2$ used, Omaha 2S unused, etc.

1847/1932 (ca), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, with many better and interesting throughout, good section of the 1869 pictorial issue, some better items like Scott-Nr. R80c with R30c used on 1870 receipt, also some Postage Fractional currency, Private Die and Beer stamps, also some Philippines, usual slightly mixed condition

1849/1920 (ca.), interesting small holding of stamps and entires, including several interesting and scarce items like Galveston 98XU3, Nashville cover, etc.; some certificates

1851/2016 (ca.), massive mint never hinged, unused and used collection, strength in the modern area with some huge facial postal value, many duplicates, multiples and complete sheets, some better items like Recalled Scott-Nr. 2870(3), together with a good selection of modern booklets, some occasional faults in the early issues, overall in very good and fresh condition, neatly housed in 56 albums and stockbooks

1851/1926, mostly used collection with covers and cards incl. Zeppelin covers, without top values, but the early issues with good stamps, neatly in a preprinted album

1855/2020, mixed collection incl. a good part valid postage, booklets, souvenir and miniature sheets, etc., in 19 hingeless albums

1860/1996 (ca.), large mostly used accumulation, incl. Fiscals, many duplicates, together with some souvenir sheets and a few covers, mixed condition, in 21 stockbooks and 3 albums