388th Auction

1872/1966, Collection on album leaves, few nice classic cancellations, air mails, national park and later issues unused. Additional some occupation issues Burma, Malaya and China.

1890/1990, Selection of covers & cards (150+) including interesting postmarks and destinations, incoming mail, stationerys with uncut blocks of four, FDC and special cancellations, some occasional faults, mostly in good and fresh condition

1892/1920 (ca.), over 80 postal stationery cards together with a few covers, fine range of postmarks, via Siberia mail, etc., mixed condition

1893/1940, Stationery cards including postcard imprints, answering cards, Ryukyu, occupation and overprinted issues, some occasional faults, mostly mint and in good and fresh condition

1893/1940, Stationery cards and envelopes including good cancellations,1935 Manchukuo set with spec. cancel, 1936 German Reich incoming air mail via Amsterdam-Batavia-Singapore, good air mail covers, some occasional faults, mostly in good condition

1930, Over 80 postal stationery cards 1½ s. green with special cancellations, showing many topics, sports, animals, high datail value

1906/10 (ca.), 7 illustrated postcards including with commemorative postmarks, some foreign destinations noted, mixed condition

1941/45, collection in thick album, with focus on China, including northern China specified by various provincial imprints, southern China Mi.No. 1-56 apparently complete, various central China, etc., also Occupations of Malaya, Philippines and Burma, including some documents and units, mostly fine

1926/70, Collection in album starting Turkey cancellations of Hodeida, first issues with 40 used stamps, few on piece, mainly good cancellations showing different types and cities, margin stamps, later issues mainly unused with complete sets, perforation varieties, many imperf issues, souvenir sheets, overprints ‘God, Imam & Country’ on stamps and S/S, air mails and Olympics, mostly very fine.

1961/70 (ca.), mint never hinged and used selection, including souvenir sheets, neatly housed in 2 stockbooks

1920/70, Collection on album pages including imperf pairs and varieties, additional Iraq, Mosul and Palestine overprints.

1884/1960, collection in folder mint and used, starting Mi.I-III blocks of four, imperf and overprinted issues, mainly fine.

1946/52 (ca.), 18 Field Post envelopes and cards sent free-frank, some interesting usages with destination Soviet Union or to some tank crews, envelope with printed patriotic slogan “Curse and kill the American invaders!”, etc., together with a small selection of early issues including reprints, slightly mixed condition, interesting assembly

1953/58, group of five postcards and envelopes to foreign destinations, various frankings, airmail, etc.

1924/79, interesting unused, mint never hinged and used collection including some better issues and souvenir sheets, mostly fine

1900/82, interesting holding in stockbook, modern part unused, noted Italian Post Offices in Libia, Eritrea, Somalia, Benadir and Africa Orientale, overall in good condition

1851/1912, delightful exhibit collection with 37 covers and cards, covering the Ottoman, Italian and French Offices in Tripoli including the consular postal services, many better usages with 1851 entire letter from Livorno via Marseilles and Malta to Tripoli de Barberia, 1881 envelope from “TRIPOLI DI BARBERIA” to Livorno with Italian Levant 5c. and 10 c. (x2) tied by mute “annulo a rombi”, official envelope headed “R. CONSOLATO D´ITALIA”  and on reverse its large seal handstamp, 1893 envelope to Constantinople with French Sage adhesives with pearled cds “TRIPOLI BARBARIE 14 FEVR 93” in mixed franking with Turkey 1 pi. adhesive (opened for display), etc.; except for the occasional fault in overall very good condition. An alluring specialist assembly, neatly mounted and described on album pages

1881/99 (ca.), unused and  used small collection including several tete beche pairs

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

1890/1985, unused and used collection, including five 1887/1904 postal stationery cards 

1908/79, Collection on Scott album leaves, starting no.1-5, many complete sets including Yv.100-123, later issues including postage due, mostly fine.

1840/60, „AN CANIB-I POSTA-I SHAM“ & „AN CANIB-I POSTA-I HALEB“, clear arabic negative seals on nine Tatar Post‘ printed forms for mail carried to and from Syria, old map of Syria, Palestine and Lebanon, very rare prefilatelic postal history.

1856/1918, Postal History of Ottoman Syria (7), including prefilatelic cover Alep, Tatar post document with cancellations of Damas and Beyrouth, postcard 1890 from Aleppo via Alexandrette and Port-Said via french ship to France, censor marks of Aleppo and Damas, 

1915/57, 43 covers and cards from ottoman period to first fights, including WWI censor cards from Aleppo and Damas, parcel card cancelled Damas 5 to Bagdad overland mail, french mandate with T.E.P.528 and 614, several modern censor marks, parcel tag to USA, additional few old photos of Damas and Egypt ship at harbour, mainly fine.

1955/75, over 100 covers and FDC, plus five sets of maximum cards, starting scouts and overprinted issue, emperors, paintings etc, mostly fine.

1883/99, album page with 41 classic issues, 1889 different overprint types 1 and 2, unused and fine.

1924/40, 12 air mail covers, including Condor and Air France flights, two air mail sets 1924 on cover, high values up to $5 on cover to Italy, some faults and spots, mainly fine.

1850/1950, interesting holding in little album, unused, incl. better values, perforations and varieties, officials, BoB, dublicates, some reprints, mainly fine.

1850/1950, interesting holding in two booklets and envelope, used with few fancy cancellations, incl. better values and varieties, parcel with perfins, coil pairs, officials, BoB, mainly fine.

1851/2020, from 1912 to 2020 mint never hinged in the beginning somewhat incomplete and from 1974 onwards in the main catalogue numbers apparently complete collection in three Scott albums. The years 1997 until 2018 originate from unfilled yearbooks. As well as a mostly used duplicates stock starting 1851 in nine big stock books. Good condition, in five large cartons

1860/1950, interesting holding in envelope, unused, incl. better values and varieties, officials, BoB with Specimen, few Porto Rico and Shanghai, some local reprints, mainly fine.

1860/1950, interesting holding in little album, early issues unused no gum, later issues mint never hinged, incl. better values, air mails, imperf pairs, Jefferson booklet pane misperf,  mainly fine.

1873/1925 (ca.), Postage Dues and Officials, small group mostly used with duplicates, noted Interior, Navy, Post, etc., better selection of Department of State, Postage Dues (ex Mi.-Nr. 2-43) and Parcel stamps, mixed condition, in one small stockbook

1945/90, in the beginning mint never hinged and some unused, later mostly used collection, incl. many blocks of four, zip-blocks, souvenir sheets, booklets and complete sets, good part valid postage, in four albums

1840/60 (ca.), Harnden Express postal history collection, , neatly-written up on pages, over twenty items beginning with a letter from William F. Harnden to the President of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad (ex Burrus), followed by a range of desirable pieces, including a rare 1847 entire to Russia (Wibourg) showing framed “POSTAGE PAID / TO DESTINATION / BY / HARNDEN & CO / OF / LIVERPOOL”, circular “PAID / H. & Co”, and reverse with “FORWARDED BY / HARNDEN & CO / BOSTON”, 1840 folded letter with “FORWARDED FROM / HARNDEN’S / PACKAGE EXPRESS & FOREIGN / LETTER OFFICE” (Boston), 1840 transatlantic to the United Kingdom with circular “FORWARDED BY / HARNDEN’S EXPRESS / FROM / BOSTON”, 1842 Havana to London forwarded via New York and Boston, 1866 Harper’s Ferry receipt, various types of “HARNDEN EXPRESS” and “HARNDEN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN EXPRESS” envelopes, full-rigged ship illustrated “FORWARDED BY / HARNDEN & CO / NO 20 WATER ST / LIVERPOOL” oval on two folded covers, four scarce labels from Cincinnati (white), Wall Street (blue), Savannah (orange) and Baltimore (orange), concluding with embossed Livingston & Co “Late Harnden Express Forwarder” envelope with embossed illustration on flap, transatlantic letters carried via the Acadia, Columbia, Caledonia, Britannia, etc, condition varies, some items with faults, but an important assembly of scarce material recounting the history of this pioneering independent express company.