388th Auction

1915/16, ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´ Collection of cancellations on Gold Coast KGV overprinted issue up to 20 sh., including Anecho, Assahun, Lome Togogebiet, Noepe, Station Palime, Agbeluvhoe and Tsewie. Mostly fine, neatly housed on expertly described nine album pages.

1915/16, ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´ Collection Gold Coast KGV overprinted issue mostly unused up to 5 sh. block of four used, many overprint varieties, missing letters, small ‘F’, thin ‘G’, double and missing hyphen, multiples, margin imprints, gutter pair. Mostly fine to very fine, neatly housed on expertly described nine album pages.

1915/16, ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´ Collection of 7 covers and postal stationerys with good cancellations on Gold Coast KGV overprinted issue up to 5 sh., Anecho with french occup. mixed stationey and Lome Togogebiet late used german colonies cancel., five registered mail. Mostly fine, neatly housed on expertly described nine album pages.

1872/1995 (ca.), unused and used collection with duplicates, together with a few covers, in 6 albums/stockbooks

1890/1950, 22 covers/cards and 14 fronts, attractive frankings, censor marks and labels, french Saloniki, registered mail, mostly fine.

GREEK OCCUPATIONS & LOCALS: 1859/1942 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with 24 covers, many duplicates throughout, some better items including fine group of 1913 Dedeagach (some signed Schmitt BPP), 1897 Turkish-Greek War with Feld Post, some with bilingual cds “VOLOS” and LARISSA", also noted Thrace, Samos, Creta with some postage dues, etc., together with a fine selection of duplicates from the first Ionian Island issue (Mi.-Nr. 1-3), some occasional faults as to be expected, overall in very good condition, a delightful assembly neatly housed in one stockbook

1840/1912, Vilayet of Selanik / Salonica : The collection on leaves with covers/ cards (19) including 1840 prefilatelic envelope front with all arabic SELANIK in blue, Tatar Post documents with clear cancellations of Yanya 256, Yenisehir Fener 257, Salonique 258, Cavalla 2651903 cover at 1 pi. rate tied TIMOUR-HISSAR cds, 1906 card with 5 pa. pair tied by bold YALILAR / (SALONIQUE) datestamp in purple, 1910 cover with 20 pa. pair tied SERRÉS/1 cds, scarce 1911 and 1912 covers with 1 pi. frankings tied SERÉS/3 cds's, 1912 20 pa. rate cover tied CAVALLA/4 cds, cards from SERRES (one cancelled in violet), 1910 cover with 1 pi. tied CAVALLA cds, 20 pa. card cancelled by superb DRAMA cds. etc. A generally fine group.

1897/98, Ottoman military occupation of Thessaly: six covers franked with octagonal military stamps, all properly posted, with Volos, Domokos Kalabaka, Trikhala cds., very unusual; one cover with very scarce gutter pair 10 pa. from Volos, sheets and additional forgery study, good to very fine

1935/60, over 30 FDC and covers with attractive frankings, including Womans Congress 1935 up to 10 krs. on registered cover to England, mainly fine to very fine.

1914/15, North Epirus, small collection with stamps and three covers, starting with Argyrokastron issue mint including high values and pairs, followed with the 1940-41 issues with both overprinted Youth Organisation sets unmounted mint. The collection includes also one Cover with Argyrokastron values to Jannina, Infantrymen cover to Paris, cover with overprinted lithos and some unofficial stamps and reprints, generally fine, a scarce assembly.

1867/1983 (ca.). mint never hinged/unused and used collection, inclduing Officials, many duplicates throughout, together with a selection of covers, except for the occasional fault overall in good condition, in 5 stockbooks/album

1960/76, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, two albums of imperforated issues, with most miniature and souvenir sheets, including Mi.-Nr. Block 45 B mint never hinged, plus one album with perforated issues, overall in very fine condition

1884/1948, 27 covers and cards, including censored mail, noted 1914 Registered postcard, three airmail covers with large special postmark “ZEPPELIN MAGYARORSZAGI 1931”, etc., together with two unused stamps, slightly mixed condition

HYPERINFLATION: 1945/46, magnificent award-winning exhibit collection consisting of ca. 165 covers and parcel cards, showing a wonderful range of rates from all periods (1 to 27), with an abundance of better usages and interesting frankings, including Paid in Cash, Printed Matters, mail sent during the Grace Period (posted at the correct former rate), foreign destinations following - or preceding - the official reopening of international connection, etc.,; among the waterfall of better items we noted several covers from the 10th period (x5), 17th (x3), 19th (x4, including first day of rate), the scarcer 22th (x4, rate valid three days only), 23rd (x2) and 24th (x2), high franking achieved with fewer values including registered mail to USA correctly franked with 1 millio adópengö (x4), December 1945 cover to USA (5th period) with mixed franking of postage adhesives and paid in cash, provisional usage of the Holy Crown of St Istvan on parcel card (strictly controlled by the postal personal), February 1946 registered cover to London (7th period) correctly franked with few denomination of 3000 pengö, March 1946 cover to Canada (10th period) with large franking of the earlier Ezerp values, April 1946 correct Printed Matter rate to USA (12th Period), June 1946 underfranked cover with postage due during the Grace period, extremely rare use of the Milliard adhesives (100 m., 200m and 500 m. in multiples) on June 1946 Registered Express cover to Czechoslovakia (certificate Visnyovszki AIEP), exceptional 23rd Grace Period Paid in cash at the previous rate (one day Grace only), rare July 1946 (25th Period) cover to Wien franked with Billion values (certificate Visnyovszki AIEP), July 1946 (25th period) airmail cover to London, etc. A delighful collection, with an overall selection for quality, neatly mounted and expertly described in English on album pages, in 4 albums

HYPERINFLATION: 1945/46, massive stock consisiting of over 450 parcel cards, spanning periods 2 to 27, showing an extensive range of rates, including mail from the scarcer 10th (x21), 13th (x3), 20th (x2), 26th (x2) and 27th (x4)  periods, with an abundance of interesting frankings use to make up the complex parcel rates. An impressive assembly, neatly housed and annotated, in 6 stockbooks 

HYPERINFLATION: 1945/46, extensive exhibit collection with over 125 covers and postcards, spanning periods 1 to 21 and 25-26, showing a fine range of rates with an abundance of usages and better frankings, including Paid in Cash, foreign destinations, massive inflation frankings, mail sent during the Grace Period or under military free frank concession, etc., many better items throughout with March 1946 cover (10th Period) correctly franked at 90,000P, May 1946 Printed Matter (14th Period) during the Grace Period at the previous rate, mail from the scarcer 25th (x2) and 26th (x6) periods, April 1946 registered cover (13th Period) with fewer denominations of the earlier Ezerp values, July 1946 underpaid Printed Matter (26th Period) with Revenue 100 Ezer as single franking postage due, etc. A delightful assembly, neatly mounted and described, in one album 

HYPERINFLATION: 1945/46, large stock of duplicates with over 155 covers and parcel cards, spanning most periods up to the 27th, showing a large range of frankings and usages, together with a few banknotes, except for the occasional fault mostly in good condition

HYPERINFLATION: 1945/46, highly specialized Parcel Cards exhibit collection with around 80 items, showing a fine range of frankings and spanning periods 2 to 21 and 26-27, including interesting usages with Express mailing and Adópengö frankings, noted some of the scarcer periods with 10th (x5), 13th 8x3), 16th, 17th (x3, rate valid only 5 days), 19th (x3), 26th (x2) and 27th (x23), some better usages throughout with September 1945 scarce parcel card  for a 20 kg sending (2nd Period), etc.; a fine assembly in overall good condition, neatly mounted and expertly described in Danish, in one album

HYPERINFLATION: 1945/46, Parcel Cards exhibit collection with over 65 items, showing usages from periods 2 to 13 (including the scarcer 10th period, x5), also 15, 20 and 27, some better frankings throughout, neatly mounted and expertly described in Danish, overall in good condition, in two albums

1958/2014, mint never hinged collection incl. Yearbooks 1980-2014 cpl., also some booklets and FDC, good condition

1855/2000 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with duplicates, including Officials, Postage Dues, Parcel stamps and Italian Areas, fine group of Italian States with some better values and duplicates throughout, later issues with some better sets like Mi.-Nr. 183-185, 439-444 unused, Parcel stamp Mi.-Nr. 2 unused, etc., together with a selection of Vatican 1929/2000 including souvenir sheets, San Marino 1877/2002 with Postage Dues, the condition somewhat mixed especially in the early issues, a few reprints or forgeries noted as to be expected. An interesting assembly, neatly housed in 6 stockbooks

1852/60, Collection on eight album pages with good parts Papal States, Modena and Sicilia, only few reprints, mostly fine. Sicilia with good unused part, ½ gr. to 20 gr. denominations represented, though note a handful of multiples, with myriad shades for the specialist to further study. Many stamps signed G. Bühler, Raybaudi and Diena, some faulty or dubious examples to be expected, but good quality to what is often found, many four-margin examples among the imperforates, overall fresh and fine or better. 

1860/2000(ca.,) mostly use collection with duplicates and better items on album pages in folder

1862/1945, mostly used collection, incl. e.g. Mi.-Nr. 9a, 49, 95-98, 153-156, and many issues from the 1920s/30s. Later the advertising fields are almost complete, further BLP on card, insurance stamps Sass. Nr. 12+13(2) and 14+17 on excerpt, signed Raybaudi, also postage due Mi.-Nr. P1 in used pair with good margins, etc., 24 Certificates, good condition, in four hingeless GBE albums

1945/1980, mostly mint never hinged collection with only a few unused, including Airmail and Express stamps, some better sets with 1945 Democracy Mi.-Nr. 682A-704A, 1949 Medici Mi.-Nr. 782 complete sheet, etc., overall in very good condition, neatly housed in two albums (ex Mi.-Nr. 682-1741)

1892/96, 6 used cards, including five to Germany, of those two bearing a label stating that the presence of an illustration on the address side rendered them invalid at the postcard rate, and two without the label, those four charged postage due, interesting group

1941/43 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with 21 covers, including German Occupation of Montenegro and Zara, many duplicates, some interesting usages with censorship, etc., mostly in very good condition, in one album

1945/46, three album pages 'Corpo Polacco' with three souvenir sheets (Sass.2-4) mint never hinged, plus some unused and overprinted stamps, perforation variety and air mail, mainly fine to very fine.

1856/1995, sehr umfangreiche Sammlung in 24 Bänden, dabei kleiner Teil Vor- und Mitläufer mit Belegen, Mi. 1-3 überkomplett und auch danach fast alles in beiden Erhaltungen und oft mehrfach vorhanden mit auch vielen Briefen und FDC. Enthalten sind u.a. Bl.1 (2) Mi. 140-42 (4), 8 Zeppelin-Belege 1931, CEPT 1960 im gestempelten Kleinbogen, kleiner Teil Dienstmarken, usw., usw. Ab ca. 1964 vieles zusätzlich postfrisch in Viererblocks und Bogen. Ein äußerst reichhaltiges und sehr sauberes Objekt. 

1912/85, postfrische und ungebrauchte Sammlung, in den Hauptnummern fast komplett mit Block 1, zusätzlich einige moderne FDC

1912/85, Sammlung in gestempelter Erhaltung auf Leuchtturm Vordruckblättern ab 1-3, dabei Mi.3ya, 53-60, 72-77, 82-89, 94-107 mit Zähnungen B und C, 122-24, 126-139, Bl.1 mit leichten Flecken (Attest Rupp), 15-69, 171 (Attest), 309, 332-33, Flugpost 1930 auf Satzbrief, spätere Ausgaben über weite Strecken komplett mit vielen Attesten, dazu Nachporto und Dienst.

1912/2015, postfrische, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Sammlung in 2 Bänden, frühen Jahre schwach vertreten, aber mit Mi. 1-3 auf R-Brief, 94-107,114-15,122-24,143-47,149-50 und Bl. 1

1912/1988, anfangs meist gestempelte/ungebrauchte, ab 1965-88 in den Hauptnummern augenscheinlich komplette postfrische Sammlung, dabei einige bessere Werte und Sätze, u.a. Mi.-Nr. ungebraucht: 46-52B, 82-89, 94-107, 108-13, sowie 114/15 und 119-21 gestempelt, 143-48 ungebraucht, etc., in zwei Vordruckalben

1912/93, meist gestempelter und postfrischer Sammlungsbestand in sieben Alben ab Mi.-Nr. 1-3x gestempelt. Dabei einige bessere und kpl. Ausgaben sowie moderne Kleinbogen

1933, Dienstmarke 1,20 Fr., 100 Stück postfrisch im gefalteten Bogen (D10; 26.000,-€)

1945/97, postfrische und ganz wenig ungebrauchte Sammlungen, in den Hauptnummern komplett