1852, Entire letter from St. Croix, sent by British PO "ST.-THOMAS JU 15 1853" via England and Hamburg to Copenhagen, charged with a total of 87 skilling (noted on reverse); a fine and scarce letter to Denmark

1897, 4k. black and orange in deep shade with inverted frame, unused, small corner crease, otherwise very fine and scarce (Chuchin 91a)

1857, folded letter dated "19 de Abril de 1857" to Genoa charged with "600" reis and cancelled, reverse with blue cds. "P. TRANSATLANTICO 8 /5", blue italic straight-line "Espana" of La Junquera and "VIA DE NIZZA" on front, upon arrival charged with "22"., very attractive, mail to Italy was rarely carried by Portuguese services and routed via Spain

10 c. grey-black with large to enormous margins, originating from the lower left sheet corner, neatly cancelled, very fine, sign. Goebel and Demuth BPP, certificate Böttger BPP (2017)

37½. green, Sperati forgery in block format with pencil signature, BPA signature, fine

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 6d., block of 14 from the upper left sheet corner containing six times overprint variety "R over Se" and 2 stamps with "wide Ac", basic stamps with "missing perf hole between", two stamps and margins are hinged, otherwise mint never hinged and despite light soiling in the margin a rare and attractive multiple, fine (Michel  20I var)

1 sgr. rose, clear to mostly large margins, tied by circle of 9 bars to entire letter with adjacent "LUXEMBOURG 10 DEC. 58" to Trier, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 2i)

RUSSIA USED IN POLAND: 1866/75, 3 k. black/green on vertically laid paper with 5 k. on horizontally laid paper and 1865, 20 k. (the latter 2 with small faults) tied by ring cancel "BW" to envelope with adjacent cyrillic double line and bowed "FRANCO" to Paris

1862, 2 rp. grey in vertical block of 10, fresh colour and good to large margins all around, cancelled by several nice strikes of cds. "THUN 29 MAI 1863 VORMITTAG"; a rare and attractive multiple in very fine condition, we have only 2 other blocks of 10 recorded of this stamp. Zumstein 21G

12 ch. on 1 kr. tied by cds. "TEHERAN .DEPART" to reverse of cover via Baku to France; a fine single franking

10 k. used on commercial censored cover to London with adjacent cds. "MOSCOW 9.4.15"; since the cover was underpaid, the stamp uncancelled with adjacent red "0" and manuscript "50" below; in England taxed with 5 d. postage due stamp, interesting item

1889/1904, 10 k. on printed commercial cover, regsistered from "BUKHARA 9 XII 1895"  to Peshawar, the routing via "AMBTE PONTEBBA - BOLOGNA 4 ... 96" and "SEA POST OFFICE JA 12 96"  to "PESHAWAR CITY 20 JA 96" all visible on the reverse, faults from opening but an interesting example of mail to India

1913, Airmail Laufen-Solothurn 50 c. green with additional franking tied by special cancellation "SCHWEIZ. FLUGPOST LAUFEN SOLOTHURN 28.9.13" and cds. to specially printed postcard (Borrer with his Ponnier-Hanriot monoplane), some very minor abrasion on the card, otherwise very fine, Marchand certificate

1 Kreuzer auf gelbweiß, voll- bis breitrandig mit blauem DKr. "RAVENSBURG 3 FEB. 1853" auf Briefhülle nach Altdorf; sehr schöne Einzelfrankatur

1936, 6. Nordamerikafahrt, R-Brief, Pracht 1936, 6. Northamerica flight, registered cover, fine

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

1940, 100 Years of stamps 15 s. on white paper, used, fine

1840, (February), Wyon’s head without pendant curl and Whitings Engraving: Essay ONE PENNY in light blue, extremely rare essay, embossed on thick card, some minor staining.

Note: This essay was printed in three colours: black, light blue and dark blue. The Karl Louis Card Index has records of just two such essays on stout card in light blue, A dark blue printing of this essay affixed on a Composite sheet (Royal Collection)  is dated „21 May 1840, Beaufort House“ and noted in ms.  “Mr. Wyons head, the rest by us“. 
Very few essays printed in either light blue or dark blue are also known printed on letter sheets or envelopes, recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index, but these are unavailable for private collectors in the N.P.M. London (Philips Collection) and the German Postal Museum, Bonn / Berlin.

Provenance: Robson Lowe, 13 December 1973, lot 1006

1 d. rose-red, plate 186, tied by vertical barred oval "C51" on 'sailor's letter' envelope from a seaman on HMS "SHAH" to England with arrival mark of July 30, 1877. Part of reverse flap missing and small faults, still fine and extremely scarce (SG Z3)

1923, October Revolution Worker 20k. imperforated block of four with annulling perforations, mint never hinged, fine

1828, folded letter from Rio via Lisbon to Genoa with oval red transit mark applied in Portugal, then overland in Spain und France with black straight-line "ESPAGNE POR ST JEAN DE LUZ" and "NIZZA MARITTIMA", upon delivery charged 54 soldi, inside somewhat faulty, a fine and early letter from Brazil and the earliest to our knowledge sent to Italy

10 c. grey-black, good to wide margins, used with bright blue circle of 9 bars, fine and scarce, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

37½. green as horizontal strip of three, Sperati forgery, used, signed "FALSCH"

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 9d. with left sheet margin, with basic stamp error "PQSTAGE", mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 24 var)

Reprint 10 c. and 1 sgr., each in horizontal pair on watermarked paper, very fine

1946, BIE 3-11 Zl. in complete miniature sheets with 12 stamps, unmounted mint, fine and scarce (Mi. for single stamps 1.800,-)

1881: Cover from Bangkok to Paris franked by Straits Settlements 8 c. orange-yellow tied by bamboo lozenge of dots handstamp in black and by part 'E. Lamache & Co. / Bangkok (Siam)' Company cachet in blue. The correctly rated cover with fine strike of octagonal French Paquebot POSS. ANGL. / PAQ. FR. N. No. 8 datestamp (Sept 29) in black (Salles fig. 1933) and carried on the 'Anadyr'. Red 'Modane A Paris' TPO at left (Oct 30). Reverse with large SINGAPORE / PAID cds in red (Sept 29) and Paris arrival cds (Oct 30). Slight cut in face panel and seal removed from reverse but an extremely rare cover.

Rosette handstamp issues: Large letters: 1 ch., marginal copy tied by Tabriz cds. to postcard to Constantine, Algeria with arrival mark; underpaid but untaxed

1889, 1 k. tied by clean strike of  rare ship cancellation, "PAROKHOD OBSCH: R:V:A:P 4 10 07" to postal stationery card 3 k. with 2 further strikes, addressed to Berlin, the text of the card (in German) locates precisely the route being followed by the sender

Airmail Lugano-Mendrisio, mint never hinged, very fine, Rellstab SBPV/BPP certificate

3 Kreuzer auf gelb, 5 Stücke in verschiedenen Nuancen, alle breit- bis teils überrandig, 3 Werte vom Bogenrand, alle klar und gerade stehend gestempelt, Kabinett/Luxus

1934, Argentinienfahrt, DO-X-Fotokarte, Kabinett 1934, flight to Argentina, DO-X-photocard, very fine

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

1936, Päts 4 S., imprimatur proofs, strip of 5, signed by Gustav Jallas and seal as Director of the Estonian Postal Service, dated September 24, 1936. The date here (Sept.24, 1936) is the "imprimatur date", the date on which a separately printed sheet of proofs was approved for printing as postage stamps. This imprimatur date here is about 5 months after the "printing order date" (April 29, 1936, printed on the margin in the subsequent lot), which is the date on which the initial printing request was placed with the State Printing Office. The imprimatur proofs were made in a separate printing for the imprimatur/approval by Jallajas, before the printing of the postage stamps. Bottom margin 24mm wide (postage stamps: 27mm). Unusual register cross, two outer stamps unused, otherwise never hinged, a unique and beautiful item, tiny tear in margin, very fine (Hurt/Ojaste G:1) The printing order numbers are currently the only way to distingish between the various printings of the Päts issue! The lots with the 4 S. Päts were placed first in the auction sequence because the 4 S. Päts was the first Estonian postage stamp with a printed printing order number (Weiner, No.1,  p.105).

1841, Postal Stationery 1d. pink envelope cancelled by black Maltese Cross, mailed to Alcester, Warwickshire, on reverse large part datestemp „12 FE (1841)“ in red with docketing at left of receipt “Feb. 13/41“ in manuscript and internally on flap „Arthur sends you this envelope as a specimen of the new Royal Postage Stamp“. The second earliest example recorded , the 1d pink enveople being issued 10 February 1841 and was initially confined to the limits of the London Two-penny Post. A highly important item in regard of the change from the ‚hated‘ Mulreadys to the Penny Pinks postal stationery which were highly appreciated by the public and then in use for the next 60 years until 1901. Fine and very fresh.

Note: The earliest example of the 1d. pink was used on 10 February 1841, but is heavily restored.

Provenance: Michael Lockton Collection, 294th. Corinphila, 29 November 2022, lot 5318.

1 d. rose-red, pl. 139, vertical pair, the lower stamp with clipped perforation, tied by vertical "C51" to small sailor's cover from a crew member of H.M.S. 'Reindeer', Arica, Pacific, addressed to Newton Abbot with arrival mark of February 12, 1872, usual slight transportation marks. A fine and rare cover (SG Z3), certificate RPS (1973) Provenance: J. Grant Glassco (Robson Lowe 1969)