388th Auction

1900/30, hundreds of revenues on documents mainly cancelled with all arabic ottoman cancellations.

1848/1916, 23 envelopes & cards including lost territories of Ottoman Empire, good cancellations, Pirlepe, Cerkes, Ayvalik, Hania, Camaran Jemen, Telegram receipt Jerusalem and Kerkuk, Remle, Jaffa and Bethlehem, some different.

1974/99, seemingly complete mint never hinged collection in album including proofs ('örnek' overprints), miniature sheets and WWF issues. 

1974/99, Large stock in album, mainly mint never hinged, including blocks of four and part sheets, miniature sheets and in some cases with high quantities.

1918/47 (ca.), eclectic group including Vienna printings and Regensburg camp issues, also noted Shagiv and Tridents, some better items with Regensburg 1948 top horizontal row of the sheet unused with five se-tenant values, Vienna issue printer´s trials, 1921 Svyatoshina local provisional, etc., except for the occasional fault overall in fine condition, neatly housed in one booklet

1918/20, Ukraine Tridents, over 100 unused and used stamps, including some multiples, with a fine choice of local overprints including the Romanov issue, noted Kiev, Kharkov, Poltava, etc., small part of postmarks with usages from Olgopol, Sarnovskoe and Murafa, a few values signed, neatly housed in one booklet and expertly attributed to Bulat numbers. Except for the occasional fault in overall fine condition

1918, unused, mint never hinged and used accumulation on stockcards, partly pre-sorted and classified, slightly different condition, some signed Bulat, Seichter and UPV

1929/97, mostly mint never hinged and some unused, in the main catalogue numbers complete collection incl. parts postage due and revenue, incl. Mi.-Nos. 39-44 unused (cert. Diena), 45-50 MNH, 51-58 unused (49 and 51 with cert. Raybaudi), 72 signed Raybaudi, further airmals and a used part collection from 1929-80, in two hingeless albums

1918/64, lot with mostly mint never hinged Stamps, covers and varieties, with u.o. Mi.-Nr. 243+245-48 as sheet set, varieties with Mi.-No. 472Ul, 477U, 479U, 480U, 480Uu, 483U and 484U (all mint never hinged) and Mi.-No. 776-87 on to registered airmail First Day Covers, mostly fine

1918/85 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including complete, miniature and souvenir sheets like Mi.-Nr. Block 4 A and B mint never hinged, Block 5 mint never hinged (2x) and unused (1x), mixed condition in the beginning after that in mostly excellent condition, in ten albums

1894/1984 (ca.), group of over 220 covers and cards, including some forerunners with Montenegro and Bosnia Herzegovina, many attractive multiple frankings, some better items throughout with 1933 Day of the International Association of Writers Mi.-Nr. 249-254 complete sets on both FDC envelope and card, Express covers, etc., except for  the occasional fault in overall very good condition, neatly housed in one album

1919/29 (ca.), 30 fiscal documents franked with adhesives from the 1919 issue used as fiscals, some interesting usages and combinations throughout, interesting specialist lot

1945/47, unused/mint never hinged and used collection with five covers/cards, with u.o. Mi.-No. 32Y mint never hinged, rare Mi.-No. 48 “Epreuve de Luxe” and  horizontal pairs Mi.-No. IV/V, mostly fine

1858/1997, used, unused and mint never hinged collection, including some better issues, like Mi.-Nr. 152, 200-201, 337-41 unused, Mi.-Nr. 199-201 used, Bl. 6 mint never hinged, somewhat mixed quality

1871/1945, Armenians in Turkey: 20 covers, postcards and documents from Ottoman Empire to Republic with armenian imprints, senders and addresses, monastery document Samsun 1908, two nice postcards armenian village and Ararat, some faults and missing or added stamps, but an interesting collection for collectors with an interest in history.

1843/1990 (ca.), useded collection in 3 stockbooks, including Ml. 1-3

1850/95, used collection, incl. early values, from 1950 in the main catalogue numbers apparently complete incl. all souvenir sheets, in the beginning different, later in good condition, in two albums

1858/95, Six covers and cards including Colon bisect 10 c. blue on envelope from Valparaiso to Santiago, Rengo oneliner, two uprated stationery envelopes to Italy, mostly fine.

1885/1979, mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation, with some complete issues, including some doubles, overall in fresh condition, in four stockalbums

1897/1967 (ca.), unused and used accumulation, including Hong Kong, spanning from the Coiling Dragons to the PRC cultural revolution issues, some duplicates and multiples, in the modern area a few reprints noted, overall in good quality, neatly housed in 4 stockbooks

1900/80, group of mostly used and unused in three albums and some small cards, mostly fine

1920/80, Collection in three little albums and glassines, mostly PRC mint and used, covers & FDC, few early issues and a Michel China catalogue.

1920/80, Collection on album pages, PRC mint and used, few early issues, 1964 strip of three used, mostly fine

1900/11, postal history group of circa 65 covers and cards, mostly foreign destinations, many attractive and interesting usages including mixed frankings at the Treaty Ports, noted French, Japanese, German and Russian Offices, a fine part of German Fieldpost markings, together with an abundance of multicolour Coiled Dragons frankings, some postal stationeries, local post Cheefoo, etc., mixed condition. A delightful specialist lot

1912/20 (ca.), Chinese Republic early years, group of 13 covers and cards, noted 1 c. overprinted coiled dragon (x4) used with “PEKING” to 1913 postcard to Italy with unusual “ITALY = VIA SIBERIA” straight-line marking, also some stampless mail, printed matter, etc., together with 5 postcards franked with Japanese issues with cds. "TIENTSIN", “DAIREN”, etc., overall in good condition

1913/33 (ca.), Hall of Classics specialized assembly of around 80 covers and cards, interesting usages with some combination and large multiple frankings, destinations abroad with Germany, France, Bangkok, etc., some maritime mail with Paquebot handstamp, registered and express mail, routing via Siberia, etc., mixed condition

1926/49 (ca.), Chinese Republic specialized accumulation of around 120 covers and cards, including Postage Dues, noted a wealth of multiple- and combination frankings, inland and foreign mail, many issues represented and usages with various postal rates, etc., conditions varies as expected, interesting specialist lot

1934/49 (ca.), Chinese Airmail attractive accumulation of over 120 covers with a wealth of interesting usages and postal rates, multiple- and combination frankings, censored airmail, many better with 1937 “HONG KONG - SAN FRANCISCO RECEIVED - FIRST FLIGHT” handstamp on registered cover from “SHANGHAI 26 4 37”, scarce 1948 Martyr of Revolution 50 c. on ½ c. brown bloc of 20 with additional franking used to reverse of envelope to the provincial department of education in Wuchang, inland airmail franked at 63 cents from “PAHSIEN CHUNGKING” to Shanghai, 1947 incoming mail from Tientsin to British Occupation Zone in Germany with censor paper seal and mark, etc., somewhat mixed condition as to be expected. A most useful specialist lot