dito, R-Karte der Rundfahrt, Kabinett dito, registered postcard of roundtrip, very fine

1958, Europe Flag 25, 35 and 50 fr., three épreuves de presentation in sepia, fine, very rare, only three series known

1939, Caritas 10-50 s. each as block of four from the lower left sheet corner with full printing date, mint never hinged, fine

1860, Prepared for use, but not issued: 1 ½ d. rosy mauve on blued paper (strong Ivory Head), AD, Imprimatur with top margin and inscription, removed small stain, fresh and very fine. Rare: only 38 stamps were taken from the Imprimatur sheet. (S.G.Cat.: GBP 7.000)

Provenance: Robson Lowe, 18 March 1953, lot 308 (incl. Laycock Collection)
Phillips, 7 December 1995, lot 224
‚BESANCON‘ Collection, Corinphila, 12 June 2019, lot 3076
Ake Rietz Collection, Corinphila, 7 June 2023, lot 3636

BRITISH MAIL: "PAID AT ST. THOMAS" (CC1), good strike on entire letter from "ST. THOMAS JA 3 1853" to San Francisco, prepaid with "4 d" and rated "20" cents at arrival. A fine and scarce letter to the west coast of the United States (just 4 recorded)

1919, 1r. on 4k. perforated block of four with inverted overprint, mint never hinged, fine, signed Sovjet Philatelic Assoc.

1847, folded letter dated "Bahia 9 Feb. 1847", addressed to Genoa and transported by ship "Anna Persipitea", charged 4 soldi upon arrival and red -line "VIA DI MARE (A)" applied, fine

10 c. black, 3 vertical pairs, 2 values slightly touched at one side, otherwise all with good to wide margins, tied by circle of bars to part paid double-rate lettersheet (2 side flaps missing) with adjacent "LUXEMBOURG 17 AOUT 54"; in England taxed with "1/2 to pay" noted on reverse.; next to the franking red crayon "franco ostende"; one stamp slight wrinkles, otherwise fine and attractive; a scarce first issue cover Provenance: Francis Rhein (Balasse 1968)

25 c. brown in horizontal pair with clear to large margins, unused with large part of original gum, tiny tear in the lower margin of the right stamp not touching the design, sign. F.S.P.L. and certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 1½ d. as block of 6, upper right stamp with partly missing overprint due to foreign matter on the plate, unused, partly re-inforced with hinges, middle upper stamp with thins, otherwise fine, a rare and interesting multiple (Michel 14I var)

1 sgr. salmon (chairpale), vertical strip of 3 with good to large margins, cancelled by circle of 9 bars, very fine, signed Bühler and Goebel, certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 2g)

5 c.-1 fr. (except 12½ c.) as compositive proof on sheetlet, ungummed, some folds in the margins only, very scarce

1858, 30 ö. brown, 3 copies with single 9 ö. violet, tied by cds. "KONGELF 6 8 1864" to reverse of opened-out envelope via Hamburg, Triest and Alexandria to Hong Kong with all transit and arrival marks; the cover is paid to Alexandria, the remaining postage of 1/- noted on front, to be collected from the recipient. Due to rough opening the reverse flap including large part of 9 ö. missing, one of the 30 ö. missing lower right corner and tear at top, the other two 30 ö. in quite fine condition; despite the faults a remarkable entire. This is the only known cover of Classic Sweden to Hong Kong. Provenance: Klaus Michtner

12 ch. tied by oval "TEHERAN MADIN" to postcard 1896, 5 ch. as registered card to Germany with arrival mark, fine and scarce

20 k.(2) on entire letter  from "TAGANROG 6 NOV 1871" to the island of Hydra where Greek adhesives for 10 and 80 Lepta were added and cancelled at Hydra, transit cancels of Odessa and Constantinople, crease through on greek stamp, an attractive item

1937, Moscow - North America Flight via Pole, three large photographs (approx. 160x225mm) of M.M. Gromow, A.B. Yumashev and S.A. Danilin, all personally signed, fine

1852/66, ungebrauchte/postfrische und gestempelte Sammlung inkl. einiger Briefe und Ganzsachen, dabei viele bessere Werte wie u.a. Nr. 3 im Viererblock, gestempelt, Nr. 7a unregelmäßiger Fünferblock gestempelt, L1 "OFFENBACH" auf Nr. 10 auf kleinem Brief nach Berlin, roter L2 von Coburg auf Nr. 7a, "109" in rot auf Nr. 21, "109" in rot auf Nr. 22IA, Nr. 24 in Mischfrankatur mit Nr. 20 auf Brief nach Brüssel , Nr. 33 senkrechtes Paar und Einzelmarke auf farblos geprägtem Zierbrief nach Schottland, Nr. 38 im ungebraucht/postfrischem 27er-Bogenteil (1 Wert defekt), Nr. 38 im Viererblock mit Nr. 37 auf Briefstück, Nr. 45 auf kleinem Briefstück, Nr. 46 gestempelt, "424" in blau auf Nr. 54 II (letztere (Kurz)Befund Sem BPP), außerdem die seltene U 25 A gebraucht (Mängel) ; darüberhinaus etliche Randstücke, Einheiten und bessere Stempel

1934, Weihnachtsfahrt, R-Karte, Kabinett 1934, Christmas flight, registered postcard, very fine

1958, Europe Flag 35 fr. épreuve d'artiste in orange without engraver signature, fine

1939, Caritas 10-50s. tied by cds. "TALLIN 10 I 39" to local First Day cover, addressed to  V.Kuusik, whose book plate/ex-libris is inside the Roosman Album

1870, 1 ½ d. lake-red, plate 3, AH, Imprimatur with top margin and inscription, some gum remnants in the top margin from the original mounting, fresh and very fine. Only 25 stamps were taken from the Imprimatur sheet, of which AK and AL (both N.P.M. London) and TA (Royal Collection) unavailable for private collectors. (S.G.Cat. GBP 6.000)

Provenance:

Board of Inland Revenue Collection handed over to De La Rue in 1883

Robson Lowe, 17 December 1975, lot 1641

‚Chartwell‘ Collection, Spink 29 June 2011, lot 1493

"PAID AT ST. THOMAS" (CC1) in black, good strike on lettersheet dated 17.4.1855 to Port au Prince; on reverse large double-line arch "ST:-THOMAS   1855" without day and month; little stained, still fine. An extremely rare entire, only few strikes of the crowned circle in black are recorded

SEMYONOV: Wooden handstamp overprint on 20k. blue/red block of four, signed Krynine (ex Lipschutz Lot 2303 in the 1994 sale) - in addition four examples of the metal handstamp with appropriate cancels, one signed Krynine, ex Trevor Pateman

1857, folded letter dated "Rio de Jan 28 Febb 1857" and endorsed "pr. Genova" addressed to Genoa, charged 33 dec upon arrival and superb strike of boxed "Vapori transatl." applied upon arrival in Genoa, a rare entire with some negligible ink corrosion and discoloration in the margins transported by the "Genova" which made only three journeys from Rio to Genoa, signed Diena with certificate  

10 c. grey-black with large retouch (no.4), large margins with part of adjoining stamp at left, unused without gum, very fine, a scarce stamp, certificate Demuth BPP (1985)

25 c. brown, slightly cut into at left, otherwise clear to wide margins, tied by small cds. "CLERVAUX 7 JUIL. 66" to white MANDAT DE POSTE for 187,50 Fr. to Luxemburg; the card with some surface rubs resp. adhesions, otherwise fine; a scarce item, certificate Böttger BPP

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 2d. die I, inverted overprint, unused, very fine and scarce, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 15I/I K)

1 sgr. light-brownish-red (chair foncé), vertical strip of 3, ample margin at bottom, otherwise very wide margins with parts of 4 neighbour stamps, tied by circle of bars to lettersheet (in the corners of cover folds lightly strengthened by hinges); very fine and fresh, sign. Miro and Goebel, certificate Böttger BPP (Prefix 2f)

1856, cover from "LOUISVILLE DEC.11." via New York with blue straight line "PAID" and tax mark "5" via London, Aachen and Trier to Luxembourg "pour Bureau de polis", transportation marks and small part of reverse flap missing

1851/54, Rayon I 5 rp. blue/red in horizontal pair in combination with 1854, Strubli Munich printing 5 rp. orange-brown, all in fresh colour and with good to mostly wide margins, tied by light grid cancel to letter sheet dated "1854 / Frauenfeld 25 Sept." and with faint adjacent date stamp, to Stein with arrival mark; a faint ironed horizontal crease affecting the upper area of the Strubli stamp; an attractive and very rare entire. Only 41 covers with combinations of Rayon and Strubli are known; this is the only existing with a sole combination of two different 5 rp. stamps, certificate Rellstab/Witschi (1992) (Zumstein 17IISFe)

1899, issue on greenish paper 1 ch., 3 ch. and 5 ch. in strip of 4, tied by Meched cds. to postal stationery envelope 12 ch. as registered letter to England, showing several transit marks including Russian PO at Gaoudan and on front desinfection mark "OBESSARENKO", two 5 ch. small faults, otherwise fine

20 k. on horizontally laid paper tied by cds. to folded lettersheet to Lyon, slightly stained, otherwise fine

1914, Flight Öland - Kalmar, franked picture postcard from the return flight addressed to Stockholm, with adjacent red cachet "LUFTPOST öfverfördt or aeroplan ad D:r THULIN fran Kalmar till Öland den 7. eller 8. Feb. 1914", few minor creases, otherwise very fine and scarce with only about 30 pieces flown, Nielsen certificate (Muller-Nr. 4a; Lüning 14B)

STEMPELSAMMLUNG: umfangreiche Nummernstempelsammlung mit ca. 250 Briefen(vorderseiten) und Ganzsachen und über 400 Marken und Briefstücken inkl. nachverwendeter Ortstempel auf NDP und Deutschem Reich; ein enorm reichhaltiger und interressanter Bestand

1930, Südamerikafahrt, Karte Sevilla-Friedrichhafen, sehr selten, insges. nur 10 Belege befördert, Kabinett 1930, SA flight, card Sevilla-Friedrichshafen, very scarce, only 10 items flown, very fine

1958, Europe Flag 35 fr. épreuve d'artiste in green with engraver signature, fine