388th Auction

1852/1980, in the beginning used and from 1940 also mint never hinged collection stock, incl. better early issues, Mi.-Nr. 1-3 multiple, se-tenants, postage due, etc., in two stockbooks

1876/1960, mostly unused and some mint never hinged collection, incl. better values, e.g. Mi.-Nr. 100, 580/81, etc., some multiple, good condition

1900/80 (ca.), accumulation in large box with stamps and entires, including small specialised collections enthronement 1948 and Watersnood 1953

1964/2000, mnh stock of about 300 booklets in  albums 

1925/70, approx. 150 letters, cards, postcards, and stamped forms, including post office cards and lots airmail cover to overseas with first flight covers, in three albums

1949/2000, Aerogramme, few hundred examples, partly mounted and described as exhibition collection

1872/1900, Collection of 13 postal stationery cards Neth.-Indie and 9 cards Curacao, including nine complete answering cards, plus ten cards Netherlands, mainly unused, tiny hinge remains on reverse, otherwise fine.

1873, page from the Royal Swedish General Post Office collection with stamps mounted on both sides, stamps handstamped and overprinted “SPECIMEN” include 1889 King William III 15 c., 30 c. and 1.50 g., 1889 Numerals 1-5 c., postage due 2 ½-50 c., 1892 Queen Wilhelmina 12 ½ c., 15 c. and 25 c., also some of the issued values, all fresh colours, scarce (SG of specimen stamps ca. £1.850,-) (Mi.-Nr. 15Sp, 16Sp, 18Sp, 19-23Sp, 26-28Sp, P1-10Sp, etc.)

1941/42, Wilhelmina, about 100 imperforated colour proofs in multiples (some gutter-pairs), all ungummed

1869, two pages from the Royal Swedish General Post Office collection with mounted stamps, values handstamped and overprinted “SPECIMEN” include 1887/88 King William III 12 ½ c. and 30 c.,1886/88 Numerals 1 c. and 5 c. yellow green, 1887/88 postage due 30 c. and 50 c., also some of the issued values, all fresh colours, scarce (Mi.-Nr. 10Sp, 14Sp, 17Sp, 21Sp, P10IISp, P12IIISp, etc.)

1941, dancers 2 c. - 7½ c. as imperforated ungummed proofs, 20 sets in multiples (plus some additional), few stained (Mi. 312-18 proof)

 

1873, page from the Royal Swedish General Post Office collection with stamps mounted on both sides, stamps handstamped and overprinted “SPECIMEN” include 1889 King William III 15c.-1g., 1886 postage due 30c. and 50c., also some of the issued values, all fresh colours, scarce (SG of specimen stamps ca. £950,-) (Mi.-Nr. 17-21Sp, P5IISp, P8IIISp, etc.)

1930, air mail cent values, about 160 colour proofs of all denominations, on ungummed paper, mostly in multiples, some with faults

1855/2008, extensive, mostly used collector's stock, including a collection with 2x Mi. No. 1 and 2 each, further sub-collections from Mi. No. 1 onwards and modern FDCs and booklets. In addition, mostly modern collection “Norwegian ship mail”, ex Steinmeyer

1855/1980 (ca.), unused without gum and used collection, starting from Mi.-Nr. 1, mixed condition

1937/2001, mint never hinged and small parts used collection, starting with some better semiclassics, Yearbooks 1984-2001, some multiple, also booklets and FDC, good condition

1872/1900, Collection of 41 postal stationery cards starting Mi.P1-P5, including 17 complete answering cards, some watermarked, all unused, tiny hinge remains on reverse, otherwise fine.

1860/1990 (ca.), large mint never hinged/unused and used assembly, including Officials, Postage Dues, Locals, Port Gdansk and other Polish areas, strength before the 1960s with an abundance of duplicates, noted a nice group of locals with Zarki, etc., together with a selection of covers, in 7 stockbooks

1918/19, interesting, unused/mint never hinged/used collection “Germania overprint issues,” including local issues with better items, including Mi.-No. 135-136, overprint varieties, stamps with margins, multiples, better postmarks, and some covers, including Mi.-No. 10 DD and 11 DD unused, Mi.-Nr. 135 as unused and mint never hinged block of four, and local issues including Brzeziny 2½-60 pfg. complete on letter fragments, Kolo Type II 2½-60 pfg. complete, unused, Ostroleka 40 pfg. unused, Ostrow with several values unused or on letter fragments, Pultusk with nine unused and used stamps, and Wloclawek with many stamps/overprints, including inverted overprints, many with good signatures Jungjohann BPP, Landré, etc. In addition, various overprint forgeries (some on covers) and some defective stamps from the so-called “Poznan find 1939,” mostly neatly on written-up album pages

1918/69, mint never hinged and unused collection with souvenir sheets, a few multiples and some better sets throughout, fairly complete after 1919, a few values signed, except for the occasional fault in overall very fine and fresh condition, neatly housed in one album (ex Mi.-Nr. 2-1985)

1918/90, unused and used collection starting with “Stadtpost Warschau”, Przedborz, Luboml and Zawierce, later some better issues like Naskarb unused, extensive duplicates with mint never hinged including souvenir sheets etc., mostly good condition

1918/89 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and mostly used collection with duplicates, including Polish areas, Schlesien, etc., together with a few multiples and covers, overall in good condition, neatly housed in 6 albums/stockbook

1853/1866, MARIA/PEDRO/LUIS imperforate issues, used collection of 78 stamps of all denominations, slight imperfections to fine, neatly arranged on album pages, incl. two copies each 1853 5r. brown, 50r. green and 100r. lilac, two copies 1855 5r. brown and following issues, good range of shades and postmarks, some units (two strips of four) etc.

1847/59, 3 letters: 30 Nov. 1847 to Paris, rated “1/9” d., framed “LISBON” and “COLONIES/&C ART.13”, Calais transit and London cds.; 1859 letter to Genoa, rated “1/9” d., straight-line “LISBON”, circular “GB/1F”, Calais transit cds., also 1861 letter to Paris, posted after closure of the Consular P.O. but carried by Peninsular Mail Packet with Lisbon cds., on described pages

1872/1950 (approx.), unused and stamped lot in stockbook, including India and Macau.

1872/1980 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including officials and postage dues, together with some souvenir sheets and doubles, mostly in good condition, in eight albums

1858/1978 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including Postage Dues, Officials and Parcel stamps, many duplicates throughout, overall in good condition, neatly housed in 2 stockbooks

1893/1997 (ca.), used and mostly mint never hinged collection with duplicates, including Postage Dues, strength after 1957, overall in very good quality, neatly housed in one stockbook

1875/1940 (ca.), over 100 postal stationery cards, mostly unused, overall in very good quality

1866/1992, mint never hinged/unused and used group, eclectic material with some printing varieties, scarce Nikolsk railway fiscals, Zemstvo Borisolevsk, modern postal forgeries with 1992 25 roubles, etc., neatly housed in one booklet

1880/1923 (ca.), Russian Fiscals and Zemstvo, group of unused/used including some multiples, noted Moscow chancellery, Simbirsk, Armavir, Voronezh and more, 1871 “Tabak” 3 roubles green imperforate unused (Standart-Nr. 5, ex Fabergé), small Zemstvo part with Ustssissolsk, Krememchug, Borigolevsk, etc, except for the occasional fault mostly in fine condition, an interesting assembly neatly housed in two booklets

1889/2012, mostly unsed/mint never hinged and used stamps in multiple albums and folders and plastic sheets, focus on the modern material with FDC, booklets, souvenir sheets ans minor sheet, in a large box

1874/1909, 5 postal stationeries and 1 cover, including two Incoming Mail from USA and England to Revel, some registered mail, etc., overall in very fine condition

1875/1913, group of 8 covers and cards, some interesting usages including ship mail with “PARAKHODA. OBSCH. R.V.A.P. z 17 7 08” (STEAMSHIP OF EAST ASIATIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY) on 4 k., repeated alongside to postcard to Switzerland, Caspian sea mail with “BAKU-ENZELI PAROKH. 30 1 13” oval cds. on 10 k. on reverse of envelope to Ispahan with transit cds. “TEHERAN (DÉPART) 17. 11 13”, “(TEHERAN) 20.11.13”, very fine, also a similar cover from 1912, etc., together with Mi.-Nr. 26x (bloc of five) used with pen cross to a 1875 police report regarding a crime involving counterfeited coins in the hamlet of Dokurin, mostly fine 

1900/15 (ca.), Red Cross Illustrated Postcards, impressive collection with well over 300 mostly unused cards, depicting scenic scenes, art, cities and village folks, many better and scarcer types noted throughout. Overall in fine condition, neatly mounted on exhibition pages

1911/14, Russian Temporary Postmarks, small group of 5 cards, some better items with “DVINSK POLIGON VITEB. 4 VII 1911” (DVINSK ARTILLERY POLIGON) temporary cds. tying a 4 k. (one negligible perf toning) to postcard to St Petersburg, latest date of usage recorded, “SERGIEVSKI POLIGON 11. 8. 11” SERGIEVSKI ARTILLERY POLIGON cds. as a receiving mark on postcard with travelling post office “RIGA 39 TAPS 10. 8. 11” addressed to the Artillery School (civilian temporary post office opened from 1st May to 15 September), also one card from Switzerland, etc., overall in fine condition