3 k. with variety 'wrong background' with 20 k. on vertically laid paper and 5 k. on folded entire letter from St Peteresburg to Paris , all markings on the front, an attractive item

FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC: 1922, definitives overprinted "Vladivostok 1923", 20 k. on 1 k. orange imperforated, unused, very fine, signed Jem an Buchsbayew AIEP certificate

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1922, 12 and 24 m., unused very fine, scarce, signed Buchsbayew and others

Umschlag 3 Kreuzer rosa im Großformat mit Zufrankatur 1 Kreuzer grün in gutem Taxisschnitt, mit Nr. "298" und nebengesetztem EKr. von Schleiz, nicht häufige Kombination, Kurzbefund Sem BPP

3. Südamerikafahrt, R-Karte bis Barcelona, Kabinett 3rd SA flight, registered card to Barcelona, very fine

1958, Europe Flag 8, 20 and 35 fr. special souvenir sheet, unmounted mint 

1938, Caritas 10-50s. tied by cds. "TALLIN-VAKSAL 21 1 38" to First Day cover Tallinn with arrival mark, fine

1870, May, Bantam ½d. die proof in rose taken after the engraving of the head was strengthened and the die was hardened, affixed to card. Very rare, said to be one of only six produced of which some are unavailable in Institutional Collections & Museums. (S.G.Cat. GBP 12.000)

Provenance: ‚Yorkshire‘ Collection, Christies, 27 January 1981, lot 163
Stanley Gibbons, Dealer’s List, September 1992, lot 167

1854, "FOREIGN LETTER OFFICE ST. THOMAS" on reverse of entire letter from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico to New York, privately carried to St. Thomas and from here sent to Baltimore with frontside blue arrival mark of November 16, "SHIP" and "7" (cents due); a file fold on front with paper break and entire slightly stained

MINSK: 1921, (250 R) on 2k. green block of six with cds. "MINSK 17 2 22", minor imperfections as always, otherwise fine

1842, entire folded letter dated "Bahia 19 Gen.. 1842", addressed to Genoa and transported by ship "Graziosa Fanny", charged 4 soldi upon arrival and red three-line "VIA DI MARE (A)" applied, fine

10 c. black, watermark reversed, 3 single copies with good to wide margins, tied by 2 strikes of target of Remich to piece, fine and attractive, certificate Böttger BPP (2017) (Prifix 1d)

10 c. blue in horizontal pair with good to enormous margins, part of 2 neighbour stamps at bottom and wide sheet margin at right, use with rural cancel of Esch on coverfront to Belgium; a pre-fold in the lower margin slightly affecting left stamp, otherwise very fine, certificate Demuth BPP

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 1½d. with upper sheet margin, with downwards shifted overprint thus without "1922", unsed, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 14IV)

1 sgr. brownish red, nice deep colour and clear to mostly large margins, tied by clear circle of 9 bars to entire letter with adjacent cds. "LUXEMBOURG 17 JUN." (1853), very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 2c)

1875, broad overprint "UN FRANC." on 37½ c., block of 4 with upper sheet margin (folded in the rouletting), unused with original gum, fine and fresh, a scarce block, certificate Goebel AIEP (2009)

2 k. black/rose, horizontal strip of three tied by cds. "ALEKSANDRETA 18 JAN" to cover to Aleppo, reverse with Turkey Duloz 10 p. lilac block of six, two strips of three, a pair and a single tied by cds. "ALEPPO 2 FEVRIER 1880", fine and rare cover.

2 ch. in horizontal pair with register label used as 1 ch. tied by Kazvin cds. to reverse of cover to Ispahan with Teheran transit mark; fine and scarce combination cover

1866, 3 k. with variety 'Error of Background', strip of 3 and 3 single copies with oval postmark and additional crayon on folded outer letter from St Petersburg to Amsterdam with red transit cancellation on front and neat "AMSTERDAM 23 APR 70" arrival on reverse, a particulalry attractive example of use of this stamp

20 on 50 k. brown-lilac/green, unused, very fine, scarce, signed Jem and Buchsbayew AIEP certificate

Ausschnitt 6 Kreuzer blau achteckig geschnitten mit Nr. "220" und nebengesetztem Ra3 "FRANKFURT A.M. POSTEXPED.No.4 5/6 67" auf Briefhülle nach Oehringen, Kabinett, ex Gaston Nehrlich

dito, R-Karte bis Pernambuco, Kabinett ditto, registered card to Pernambuco, very fine

1958, Europe Flag 8 fr. épreuve d'artiste in deep brown with engraver signature, fine

1938, Caritas souvenir sheet, imperforated 138 x 177 mm, unused with few wrinkles and few toned spots on gumside. Originally 8 of these blocks where printed in two large blocks of four, very rare and attractive

Bantam ½d. rose-red, Imprimaturs, the attractive selection of eight: plate 3, TJ, plate 4, TO, plate 5, TO, plate 8, TO, plate 14, AJ, plate 15, TH, plate 19, TH and plate 20, AO. All with large margins and very fresh. (S.G.Cat. GBP 7.600)

Provenance: ‚Durham‘ Collection, Phillips, 11 November 1993, ex lot 143
‚BESANCON‘ Collection, 268 Corinphila, 9 June 2021, lot 4586

1860, "FOREIGN LETTER OFFICE ST. THOMAS", clear strike on reverse of entire letter from St. Thomas to Carupano, Venezuela

MINSK: 1920, "250r" violet cachet on 2k. green block of eight, tied by cds. "BORISOV MINSK 2 9 21" to private registered cover addressed to Jewish Daily Forward in New York, with Mosow censor mark and New York receiver, multiple with some faults, a very rare and attractive item

1843, folded letter addressed to Genoa and transported by ship "Polaca Fortuna" red straigt-line "VIA DI MARE" alongside, slight discoloration at top left, otherwise a fine and scarce entire

10 c. black with good to wide margins, used on commercial entire letter dated "Thionville le 20 avril 1855", posted at "LUXEMBOURG 22 AVRIL 55" to Diekirch with arrival mark, the stamp cancelled at arrival with target of Diekirch, very fine, a scarce and interesting letter, certificate Goebel AIEP (Prifix 1f)

12½ c. rose in horizontal pair with clear to wide margins, unused with original gum, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 1½ d. as block of 15 from the upper right sheet corner with severley shifted overprint and into the right margin, mint never hinged with hinges in the corner margin only, rare and very spectecular (Michel 14IV var)

1 sgr. vermilion with watermark inverted and reversed, nice colour and wide to very wide margins, neatly cancelled; a rare stamp of which only 3 single examples, one pair and one strip of 3 are recorded, sign. Calves and certificate F.S.P.L. (1979)

1875/78, narrow overprint on 25 c. blue, unused with original gum, very fine, certificate Goebel AIEP

1899 (Aug 31): 2 k. green, tied by Constantinople cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 17) to complete newspaper 'Servet' with wrapper still attached and sent to Verona, Odessa transit cds (Sept 3) on reverse. To our knowledge the only recorded complete newspaper with Russian Levant stamp. Provenance: Collections Liphshutz and Cihangir, 121. Corinphila Auction (2000), lot 397.

4 ch. and 1 ch. tied by Ispahan cds. to reverse of envelope to Teheran, some slight staining

5 k. with 1875, 2 k. and 20 k.on registered letter sent from "BALTA  5 JA 1879" to the court in Kamenetz Podolsk, unbroken private wax seals, filing fold through one 20 kopeck stamp but otherwise very fine and fresh appearance, certificate Mikulski