385th Auction

1835/1900 (ca.), nice group of postal history with about 50 items, including "VIA VICARAGUA…", transatlantic mail, etc.

1838/1995 (ca.), group of covers, cards and postal stationeries, incl. Revenues, some better items with an early 15 cents franking tied by cork cancel to transatlantic mail from New York to Hanau with three-line “AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN FRANCO” and red cds. “NEW YORK BREMEN PAID” alongside, small group of stampless covers with Lancaster 1845 folded entire with 5 cents carrier rate struck in blue, also some early single frankings, Columbian Exposition illustrated postcards(7), First Flights covers, parcel cards, etc., mixed condition, in 9 albums

1850/1910, interesting group of more than 30 cards and covers, some better frankings, Wells Fargo Express Envelope to San Francisco, cover with red provisional octagon rate stamp “PHILA 5 Cts PAID” etc., mostly good condition

1880/2015 (ca.), large unused and used postal stationery collection with around 2500 items, some duplicates, strength after 1950s, together with a few foreign stationeries, mostly in very fine and fresh condition, neatly housed in 19 albums

1880/2014 (ca.), large accumulation of over 750 covers, incl. Official Mail and Canal Zone, together with a large group of over 900 FDC from 1937 to 1987, some occasional faults, mostly in fine and fresh condition, neatly housed in 17 albums

1880/1950 (ca.), balance of apprx. 400 covers, good percentage of used/unused stationery envelopes, also uprated, registered, censored and airmail, vignettes, etc., mixed condition from postal wear/faults to fine.

1880/2006 (ca), accumulation of covers, cards and postal stationeries, some better usages incl. airmails, combination frankings with some Colombus values, catapult mail via the Bremen, USS Akron 1932 training flight, several covers to Germany via Graf Zeppelin, etc., together with some litterature, mixed condition

1929/89 (ca), American First Flight collection with well over 3500 covers, strength before the 1970s, also “American Air Mail Catalogue” in five volumes, overall in very good condition, neatly housed in 36 albums

Western Mail & Express Companies consignment balance, with over thirty five nineteenth century covers, several express company printed franks, noting Pacific Union Express (including one on Matteson & Williamson full-front advertising entire), one Pacific Express “Volcano” blue oval handstamp, stagecoach illustrated Coast Overland Mail Company cover, Lamping & Co's Express, Langton, Adams & Co, Greenhood & Newbauer, and four Wells Fargo including blue oval “Ophir” handstamp on missent cover to Gold Hill, scarcer cancellations including Santa Clara and San Buenaventura manuscript cancels, Silver Mountain c.d.s. on 12c. rate transatlantic cover to London (faults), attractive El Paso de Robles Hot and Cold Sulphir Springs advertising cover, dual Union Pacific Railroad from North Platte and Wells, Fargo & Co Express from Stockton labels on redirected cover from Santa Cruz to San Jose (flaws), City Express / G & H PAID label on Wells, Fargo cover from San Francisco to Oregon, and unusual California usage of 1873 3c Official on cover from Grass Valley, condition varies significantly, but with several scarcer covers noted, worthy of close inspection.

2005/2009, interesting group of 8 souvenir sheets, most with artist and engravers signatures, including Scott# RW73b, RW74b and RW75b, 4 certificates PSE.

Also including 2 x the  $15.00 2005 Hunting Permit, souvenir sheet with the Atrist's signature in black (Scott RW72b, mint never hinged, each catalogue value 1.900,-) Extremely fine quality. 1.000 souvenir sheets were printed and sold for $ 20,- each, all are signed by the artist, approximately 750 in black, 150 in blue an 100 in gold.

1859/1991, mint never hinged/unused and mostly used collection, including Fiscals and Officials, also some souvenir sheets together with a few covers, mixed condition especially in the classics, neatly mounted in one album

1866/67, used collection on neatly written up pages, including 1c. (2), ½r. (61), 1 r. (20), 2r. (4) and a page of forgeries, mostly good condition

1948/90 (ca.), unused and used collection, including Officials and Postage Dues, with a good choice of the 1945/46 Democratic Republic issues, some better sets and items throughout, together with a 1951 special presentation booklet “Première Émission des Timbres-Poste du Vietnam”, also a small part of Indochina and other areas, some occasional faults and dubious cancellations, overall in very good condition, in four albums and one stockbook

1840/2010 (ca.), ungebrauchter/postfrischer und gestempelter Bestand mit einigen Teilsammlungen ab Bayern mit u.a. Bayern Mi.-Nr. 1 gestempelt (Mängel, Privatsignatur), ferner Deutsches Reich mit einigen Dutzend, meist postfrischen Infla-Bogen, ferner Tütenbestand Bundesrepublik mit einem kleinen Teil Euro-Nominale sowie Teilsammlungen Österreich 1850/1971 (ca.) und einer postfrischen Sammlung Vatikan 1958/69  (ca.), in zwei Kartons

1840/1960 (ca.), interesting mixed holding in complete old “Schaubek's Briefmarken Album” and one “Schwaneberger's Briefmarken Album”, up to ca. 1890, also some stockbooks and about 400 covers, cards and postal stationery cards, covers, also 130 used Austrian wrappers, further four stockbooks, with a good part Germany starting with German States, German Reich, further Austria, Switzerland, Netherland, Commonwealth incl. territories, also France incl. territories, further some Russia, Finland, Canada, America, etc., mostly good condition with some occasional faults in the beginning as to be expected, albeit the albums beeing in very good condition, in one carton

1840/2005 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation of part-collections starting with classical issues, with e.g. Austria 1850/2005 in one hingeless album, further some overseas material, in six ‘Schaubek’ albums and a few stockbooks

1850/1960 (ca.), interessante Stempelsammlung mit Belegen, Schwerpunkt vor 1945, viele klare Abstempelungen auf österreichischen, deutschen, polnischen und tschechischen Marken, meist nach Orten sortiert, dabei u.a “Reichenberg”, “Triest”, “Zlin”, “Franzensbad” auf Österreich Mi.-Nr. P2, “WARSAWA” in rot auf 1862 Faltbrief nach Wien, etc., dazu Stempel von Orten, die mehrmals das Land gewechselt haben, etwas unterschiedlich, in 9 Alben/Steckbüchern

1855/2009 (ca.), large mint never hinged and used accumulation, strength in the Scandinavian countries, noted Färoe Island some modern mint never hinged up to 2006, selection of Portugal, Italy, San Marino and Vatican with souvenir sheets, Finland, etc., mixed condition, in 23 albums/stockbooks

1861/2007 (ca.), mixed collections of Greece and Cyprus, beginning with large Hermes heads, further some better values, souvenir sheets, etc., in seven hingeless albums

1872/2000 (ca.), large and diverse accumulation including many covers, strength in the modern area, mostly noted Austria and Germany including Posthorns, mixed condition, in 8 albums/stockbooks and two small boxes

1880/2011 (ca.), mixed stock with part collections France, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, etc., also Germany starting with Bavaria, over German Empire, incl. some better values, also Federal Republic 2005-2011 used/MNH incl. approx. 300 EUR valid postage, in three cartons

1885/1989 (ca.), mostly used and some mint never hinged/unused duplicates stock with e.g. Norway, Monaco 1885-1989 with e.g. Bl.1 used, 205-219 MH, Bl. 2, further EUROPA/CEPT and better modern souvenir sheets, etc., further a small part All World and Overseas material, in 16 stockbooks

1900/2008 (ca.), mostly mint never hinged and some unused and used accumulation of part collections with some better and complete early issues with strength in the MNH modern parts with e.g. France 1945-88, Vatican 1963-2005, Isle of Man 1964-2008, Austria 1850-2008, Luxemburg 1861-2008, etc., mostly in hingeless albums, in two cartons

1900/2010 (ca.), unused/mint never hinged and used accumulation with some mixed stockbooks incl. a large quantity of covers, with e.g. Estonia with approx. 600 modern covers, further Germany with a small part valid postage, three volume book series “150 Jahre Deutsche Briefmarke”, etc., in three large cartons

1923/36, kleine Partie mit zwei gestempelten Luxemburg Block 1 sowie Österreich Dollfuß auf Brief, unterschiedliche Erhaltung

1937/90 (ca.), about 150 souvenir sheets, miniature shetts and booklets including few China, mostly mnh

1960/1992 (ca.), mixed stock of part-collections with e.g. Finland 1860-1992 used, and from 1931-78 in the main catalouge numbers mostly complete apparently all MNH collection, stockbook Denmark starting from Mi.-Nr. 1, further Israel 1954-96 in the main catalouge numbers mostly complete and additionally large stockbook Germany with areas, in seven albums

1729/1867 (ca.), accumulation of over 120 prephilatelic and stampless entires, many interesting postmarks with many clear strikes, noted France, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, etc., various accounting and transit marks throughout, overall in good condition, in one box

1805/1900(ca.), interesting accumulation of more than 200 cards and covers with better frankings throughout, good section German states with better Baden items, Prussia mixed frankings, France with Bordeaux-Issue, Russia, Great Britain with Mulready Envelope, Serbia, some Italian States etc., mixed condition

1818/69 (ca.), 49 pre-philatelic and stampless covers, mostly transit mail with corresponding cancellations, some still on old auction cards.

1842/1900(ca.), interesting accumulation of several hundred cards and covers, mostly classic period, containing many useful German States, mixed franking Austrian Levante and Greece, Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Scandinavia, USA colorless embossed cover etc., many better and interesting items, somewhat mixed condition

1850/1900(ca.), interessant Partie mit über 200 Briefen und Karten, dabei guter Teil Frankreich, etwas Altdeutschland, außerdem Österreich, Spanien, Schweiz, dabei bessere Frankaturen, R-Briefe usw., unterschiedliche Erhaltung

1900/73, group with 28 cards and covers, mostly from Denmark, Finland and Belgium with advertising labels

1905/99 (ca.), about 260 cards and covers, almost all with expedition-post, with e.g. Spitsbergen 5 ö. on card, hindukusch-, everest-, polar- and arctic expedition, some airmail, a good part from Norway, Denmark and CCCP, also “Die Postgeschichte der Arktis Band II”, an interesting group

1919/58 (ca.), interesting group with over 80 cards and covers from Latvia and Poland, with a good part airmail, with interesting frankings and cachets, etc., in one box

1880/2000 (ca.), mixed collections of Jugoslavia, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania and Croatia, incl. some complete sets and souvenir sheets, in 23 hingeless albums