387th Auction

FRANCE – Catalogue des estampilles et oblitérations postales de France et des colonies françaises, Yvert et Cie. 1929, 634 pages, half leather bound with gold embossed title on the spine. Estimate: 100 Euro

FRANCE – Catalogue Spécial des Timbres d'Alsace-Lorraine. Leurs oblitérations et certaines pièces postales 1870–1871, Bischweiler 1937, 163 pages, 1 map, hardcover, a rare catalogue! PLUS: Catalogue des Cachets allemands d'Alsace-Lorraine de 1872 à 1918 (1952),  83 pages + XI + 4 plats, softcover; PLUS: Bauer, Henry: Quelques Études sur les Timbre-Poste dits “d'Alsace-Lorraine” … (1933), 120 pages, softcover, very rare. Estimate: 200 Euro

FRANCE – Encyclopédie des Timbres-Poste de France, published by the Académie de Philatélie in Paris (1968), 2 books with 599 + 848 pages (Annexes), hardcover, well preserved. This is the rare No. 1 copy! Estimate: 300 Euro

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FRANCE  – Postal history - Anthology with six full-page cartoons (approx. A4 format), each with a matching chanson and sheet music! Not dated, perhaps mid-19th century? Well preserved for the time. Rare! Estimate: 80 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Concordance des Calendriers Républicain et Grégorien (Paris 1808), 112 pages, hardcover, some signs of age, binding with defects, but not frequent. Estimate: 50 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Convention Conclue, le 3 Avril 1843 entre La France et L'Angleterre, au sujet du Service des Postes (Paris 1843), large format original contract on absolutely flawless woodfree paper, 165 pages, bound in a decorative ornamental leather binding, with embossed title on the spine, the top of the title slightly separated, but overall the book is in excellent condition. Connoisseur's price! Estimate: 300 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Du Service des Postes et de la Taxation des Lettres au Moyen d'un timbre (1838), 148 pages, hardcover, not in Crawford; PLUS: Hayes, Gabriel: Traite des Infractions Postales (1899), 215 pages, softcover, not in Crawford; PLUS: Grout, Henry: Les Services Maritimes Postaux en France, 193 pages, softcover, not in Crawford. – all three items with faults due to their age, but not common. Estimate: 200 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Florange, Ch.: Étude sur les Messageries et les Postes d'Aprés des documents Métalliques et Imprimés (1925), IV + 542 pages, elaborate bibliophilic hardcover in good condition. Inside with ex libris Pedro Monge y Pineda. A very rare work! Estimate: 350 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Gouin, M.: Essai Historique sur l'Établissement des Postes en France … (1823), 15 pages, softcover, not listed in Crawford, cover with a bit of Patina; PLUS: Henrioud, Marc: Le Service des Postes dans L'Évéché de Bâle (Jura bernois) de 1636 à 1848 (1919), 119 pages, hardcover, with author's dedication, good condition. Estimate: 140 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Jaccottey, Paul: Traité de Législation et d'Exploitation Postales (1891), 1.017 pages, bound in a wonderful bibliophile half leather hardcover with title imprint on spine, not listed in Crawford, very rare and for the age in good condition. Estimate: 500 Euro 

FRANCE – Postal History – Joubaud, Pav: Les Chemins de Fer et Le Postes dans Leurs Rapports comparés de progrés et de Conservation, en France et à l'Etranger (1841), 82 pages + map, bibliophile hardcover, not listed in Crawford Catalogue, good condition. Ex libris Monge. Estimate: 200 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Jouhaud, Pierre: De l‘Institution comparée des postes en France at à l'étranger et des innovations soumises par l’administration à une commission (1838), 94 pages, hardcover, not listed in Crawford, many pages with some foxing, but a rare study. With signature of the author. Estimate: 250 Euro 

FRANCE – Postal History – La Boite aux Lettres par un Indiscret, unusual documental of handwritten letters, no page numbers, hardcover, with ex libris de la Biblioteca Filatelica de Pedro Monge y Pineda. Estimate: 80 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Labussière: Les coulisses de ministére des Postes et des Télégraphes eu Rôle de l'Ecole Polytechnique au télégraphe et à la poste, par un témoin oculaire (1887), 188 pages, not in Crawford; beautifull bibliophile hardcover; – PLUS:  Gallois, Eugéne: La Poste et les Moyens de Communication (1894), 382 page, softcover; PLUS: Naud, Louis: Histoire de la Télegraphie en France depuis ses Origines jusqu'a nos jours (1890), 158 pages, softcover: PLUS: Legris, Albert: Du Secret des Lettres Missives de leur Proprieté de leur production en justice (1894), 236 pages, not in Crawford, softcover; PLUS: Péret, Raoul: L'Inviolabilité du Secret des Lettres (1895), 208 pages, not in Crawford, softcover – Condition: the paper covers show signs of age, as do some of the inside pages. Inspection recommended. But a rare ensemble! Estimate: 250 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Lenain, Louis: La Poste de L'Ancienne France des Origines à 1891 (1965), 752 pages, bibliophile half leather bound with  decorative title imprint on the spine, good condition. Estimate: 150 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Les payeurs d'armee. Historique du service de la Trésorie et des Postes aux armées (1906), 649 pages, softcover, pages not yet cut open, good for the age. Rare! Estimate: 250 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Map (1811–1920) Carte des Routes d'etapes de la France, Folded large format map on linen in slipcase. Well preserved for the time. Estimate: 120 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Map (1832): Carte Administrative Physique et Routière de la France indiquant Les Canaux, les Rivières navigables, les Routes de Poste avec leurs Relais d'Distances (by Dufour, Géographes, Paris 1832) The large-format map of France is folded and virtually flawless thanks to the sturdy backing. For postal historians, it offers valuable information on the transportation routes. Estimate: 200 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Map (1851): Carte Routière Physique et  Administrative de France – The large-format map of France is folded and virtually flawless thanks to the sturdy linen backing and an additional slipcase. For postal historians, it offers valuable information. Estimate: 150 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Map (1860) Carte Routére de France, folded large format map on linen in slipcase. Well preserved for the time. Estimate: 100 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Paulian, Louis: La Poste aux lettres (3rd edition 1892), 248 pages, 62 gravures, bibliophile hardcover, good condition. Rare. Estimate: 250 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History – Zaccone, Pierre: La Poste Anecdotique et pittoresque (1867), 307 pages, coloured paper wrapper; PLUS: Serre, Edmond: Manuel du service des recettes des postes ,,, (1869), 48 pages, softcover; PLUS: Tissier, Albert: La propriété et l'inviolabilité du secret des lettres missives (1885), 108 pages, paper cover. All items with age-related defects, but rare (not in Crawford). Estimate: 150 Euro

FRANCE – Postal History / Cartographical Work – Defnos, Nouvel Itinéraire Général comprenant Toutes les Grandes Routes es chemins des Provinces de France, des Isles Britanniques, de l'Espagne, du Portugal, de I'Italie, de la Suisse, de tous les Pays-bas, de l'Allemagne, d'une Partie de la Hongrie, de la Pologne, de la Prusse et du Dannemarck etc. avec les Distances en Lieues ou Milles d'usage dans ces différens Pays. Ouvrage de la plus grande Utilité pour le Commercant et le Voyageur: Dressé par des Auteurs connus qui ont beaucoup voyagé et dont les Ouvrages sont aussi répandus quéstiméa, 1766 – leather binding with elaborated spine print, content on the edges little dirty, otherwise in perfect condition, containing 41 maps, most double-page size, some even larger, all of them hand coloured, in this first edition with emphasis on the main traffic and post routes, very interesting for every postal history specialist, early and extremely scarce atlas, especially in this condition. Estimate: 12.000 Euro

@Heinrich Köhler auction # 352, Nov. 2012 (IPHLA), lot No. 9744: 11.000 Euro + 20%

GERMANY – Ascher, Dr. S. / Junker, Th.: Die Deutschen Ganzsachen 1850–1930 (2nd edition 1930), 390 + 24 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Grobe, Hans: Altdeutschland. Spezial-Katalog und Handbuch (5. Auflage, 1975), 717 pages, hardcover. Both books in good condition. Estimate: 70 Euro

GERMANY – Beck, Carl: Die bayerischen Kreuzer-Marken der Ausgaben 1849 bis 1875 (1920), 71 pages, softcover; PLUS: Stündt, Joh. Wilh.: Bayrische Mühlradstempel (1917), 47 pages, softcover; PLUS: Ohrt, Paul: Handbuch aller bekannten Neudrucke staatlicher Postfreimarken, Ganzsachen u. Essays nebst Angabe ihrer Kennzeichen, Band II: Hannover bis Marokko (1912), Hardcover with decorative gold title imprint, excellent condition. Estimate: 60 Euro

GERMANY – Berger, Ludwig: Die Postwerthzeichen des Herzogtums Braunschweig nebst einem kurzen Abriss der Braunschweigischen Postgeschichte (1893), 138 pages, softcover, in excellent condition! Rare like this. Estimate: 150 Euro

@Heinrich Köhler auction #352, 3.11.2012, lot 9399, 160 Euro + 19%

GERMANY – Brunel, Georges: Les Timbres de Brême (2nd edition), 20 pages, softcover; PLUS: Brunel, Georges: Les Timbres de Hambourg (1940), 45 pages, softcover; PLUS: Brunel, Georges: Les Timbres de Lubeck, 16 pages, softcover; PLUS: Mayer, Dr. Stephan: Die Abstempelungen von Hannover (1924), 30 pages, stapled; PLUS: Goldberger, Josef: Geschichtliche Darstellung des Danziger Postwesens vom 15. Jahrhundert bis auf den heutigen Tag (1929), 11 pages, stapled, somewhat differently preserved, but not common. Estimate: 50 Euro

GERMANY – Cockrill, Philip: The History, Ships and Postal Cancellations of the Woermann Steamship Line of Hamburg (1965), 32 pages, printed as manuscript, softcover: PLUS: Zangerle, Dr. Karl: Portobriefe im Auslandsverkehr (2003), 402 pages, hardcover with gold title imprint on front and spine; PLUS: Drechsel, Edwin: Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen 1857–1970. History – Fleet – Ship Mails (1994), 468 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. All 3 items in good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

GERMANY – Dreschel, Edwin: A Century of German Ship Posts (1987), 114 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Lundh, Børge: Les Cachets “D Allemagne”, “Hambourg”, et “Hamburg” (1989), ca. 150 pages, softcover; PLUS: Littauer, Dwayne O.: U.S.-Bremen Convention one-month period markings (2015), 20 pages, softcover; PLUS: Beutin, Peter: Frühe Marine-Schiffspost. Eine Darstellung des Postverkehrs zwischen Deutschland und seinen Kriegsschiffen im Ausland vor 1875. Postverkehr mit Südamerika 1872–1875 (2008), pages 27–126. All in good condition. Estimate: 70 Euro

GERMANY – Elsner, Dr. Wolfgang: Der Berliner Postkrieg 1948/49 (2005), 126 pages, softcover; PLUS: Bruns, Wigand: Aachener Postgeschichte im Spiegel der Poststempel (1980), 262 pages, softcover; PLUS: Meyer-Margreth, Dr. Ernst: Die Poststempel von Hamburg … (1965), 87 pages, softcover; PLUS: Patton, Donald: Hamburg (1963), 56 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Faulhaber, B.: Geschichte der Post in Frankfurt a.M.  (1883), 356 + 3 Seiten, hardcover. – All items in good condition. Estimate: 140 Euro

GERMANY – Feuser/Münzberg: Deutsche Vorphilatelie. Stationskatalog (1988), 926 pages, linen hardcover with gold title imprint on front and on spine; plus the additional “Catalogue of exchange and desinfection markings” (1990), 118 pages, red linen + imprint on front. As new! Estimate: 140 Euro

GERMANY – Friedemann, Albert: Die Postwertzeichen und Entwertungen der deutschen Postanstalten in den Schutzgebieten und im Ausland, 3rd revised edition 1968/69 by Dr. Heinrich Wittmann, 1.600 illustrations, in 3 linen hardcover binder, loose-leaf edition, a fourth binder is for the supplements. Good quality! Estimate: 80 Euro

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GERMANY – Glasewald, A. E.: Thurn und Taxis in Geschichte und Philatelie (1926), 183 pages, softcover, Glasewald's last and important study, published posthum, good condition; PLUS: Die Postverhältnisse Thurn und Taxis – Österreich (1994), 288 + 2 pages, softcover, as new; PLUS: Besold, Tarek: Die Geschichte des Hauses Thurn und Taxis und seines Postwesens mit Schwerpunkt des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Reichsgründung (2004), 63 pages, softcover, good condition. Estimate: 150 Euro

GERMANY – Helbig, Joachim: Bayrische Postgeschichte 1806–1870 (1991), 2 parts with 337 + 257 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Good condition. Estimate: 60 Euro

GERMANY – Hosang, Joachim: Gezähnte Kriegspropaganda (1954–1959), 4 brochures with 31 + 83 + 18 + 16 pages, in addition a signed letter of Hosang concerning the sale of his collection. Average condition. PLUS: Trapnell, David: Some aspects of German Forces Feldpost in World War 1 (2009), A4 format, 36 pages, softcover, as new. Estimate: 100 Euro

GERMANY – Kloss, Dr. Paul: Geschichte der Postwertzeichen des Königreichs Sachsen (1882), 85 pages, 68 illustrations, hardcover, very good condition for the age! PLUS: Springer, Renate: Die postalische Behandlung von Insinuations-Dokumenten in Sachsen ... (2002), 100 copies printed. 28 pages + 50 pages with illustrations, softcover, as new. Estimate: 100 Euro