1867, Victoria 2sh. blue and 1873 3d. rose tied duplex "C61" "PORTO RICO MAR 24 77" to folded letter to Genoa, fine Provenance: "The Glassco Collection" (Robson Lowe, 1969)

1 sgr. pale red-orange, good to large margins, cancelled by part of Belgium type cds. of Redange, fine and scarce, certificate Demuth BPP (1985)

1960, Olympic Games / football championship, 5fr. green with and without surcharge, each as block of four from the lower right sheet corner with "coin daté", mint never hinged, very rare and attractice multiples, fine

1922, Definitives ½d. as imperforated horizontal pair with even margins all around, mint never hinged, small backstamp "SG" in pink barely shows through, otherwise very fine, rare (Michel 40xU)

"MALILI", 5 clear strikes on postal stationery envelope 12 1/2 on 15 c. with additional franking overprint issue 10 c. slate and vertical strip of 3 as registered cover via Makasser to Pedang with arrival mark (8.11.1909), fine, scarce

SERAKENICHTE: Violet negative seal on postal stationery envelope 1901, 1 pia. sent to Istanbul with transit mark of Erguiri on front; little roughly opened on reverse with small part of back flap missing, still fine

CITY CARRIER DEPARTMENT STAMPS: BALTIMORE: 1850/55, 1c. red with mostly full margins and 1851 Washington 3c. brownish carmine, inner frame lines, with upper sheet margin and part of adjoining stamp at bottom, cut into at sides, tied by black grid and cds. to folded lettersheet to Philadelphia, one vertical fold through 3c. stamp, otherwise very fine, an extremely scarce combination cover, certificate PF. Scott No. 1LB5, 11 Provenance: Joseph Hackmey

6 ch. in horizontal pair, tied by cds. "SENNEH 18.IV.12" to reverse of cover to Hamadan with endorsement of the post office Hamadan, that the franking cannot be accepted without proper Ahmad Shah stamps and therefore was returned; a scarce and interesting item; certificate APS

1983, 110 year railway to Rijeka 8.80 din. without value overprint, block of 4 from the left lower sheet corner plus complete sheet with overprint, mint never hinged, fine

1874, Markwerte: 1 M. rotviolett, geschnitten, im waagerechten 6er-Block, farbfrisch und allseits gleichmäßig breit gerandet, sauber entwertet durch EKr. "MÜNCHEN 6 OCT.", Kabinett, eine seltene Einheit, sign. Alberto Diena mit Attest und Fotoattest Schmitt BPP

1932, Schweizfahrt, Karte, Kabinett 1932, flight to Switzerland, postcard, very fine

1989, CEPT 60 and 170 dr. in imperforated sheet, eight stamps at left with vertical shifted perforation unmounted mint, fine

MUTE CANCELLATION: Pärnu, registered cover with Romanow and Coat of arms franking on reverse, tied by mute "star", fine

PUERTO RICO: 1868, Entire letter from Arecibo, franked with GB 4 d. orange (perforation faults), tied by clear "C61", addressed to St. Thomas with arrival of July 29, 1868, still fine and quite scarce

1855/63, Perkins Bacon 6 d. palerose-lilac with good to large margins, tied by triangle to cover from "CAPETOWN FE 2 1860" to Ireland with frontside "PAID DEVONPORT CAPE-PACKET", envelope little stained, otherwise fine

1873, Victoria 1sh. green as horizontal pair together with two singles 1865 4d. orange-red tied by barred "F85" to folded lettersheet with adjacent cds. "MAYAGUEZ PORTO RICO DE 11 74" to Genoa, filing fold through one 4d. otherwise a fine and scarce entire

1 sgr. red-orange, horizontal strip of 3 with good margins, lightly cancelled by circle of 9 bars of Luxemburg, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (2018)

1913, Wilhelmina 10 gld., block of six, each stamp cancelled "ROTTERDAMM 20.3.19", a fine and rare multiple, certificate Vleeming BPP

1922, Definitives ½d. with black sans-serif "SPECIMEN" overprint, mint never hinged, very fine, signed Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 40X Sp)

"KOTABAROE BATANG HARI", clear strike on postal stationery double card 5 c. via "SAWAHLDENTO 17.8.1910" and Paris to Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast with arrival mark and retour with handwitten endorsement "Retour à l'envoyer", fine

1861/1910 (ca.), 9 covers and postcards with different cancellations including good strike of negative "AN CANIB-I POSTA-I ISKODRA 1265", negative seals of Selgika and Piskopi

CHARLESTON: HONOURS CITY EXPRESS 1851/58, 2c. black on bluish with full margins all round and 1851 Washington 3c. dull red, no inner frame lines, ample to large margins all round tied by blue cds. "CHARLESTON S.C. PAID OCT 19" to envelope to Effingham, some minor edgewear, otherwise extremely fine, very scarce, certificate PF. Scott No. 4LB11, 11 Provenance: Joseph Hackmey

9 ch., tied by cds. "SENNEH 4.IV.12" to reverse of cover to Hamadan; the 9 chahis value is extremely rare on cover

1 M. violett, geschnitten, allseits breit gerandet und farbfrisch als vorderseitige Frankatur auf Faltbrief von "NÜRNBERG 4/9" (1874) nach Petropolis in Brasilien mit rückseitigen Transit- und Ankunftsstempeln; das Porto betrug insgesamt 36 Kr., eine unter der 1 M. klebende 1 Kr.-Marke ist abgefallen, dennoch ein außerordentlich seltener Überseebrief in sehr guter Erhaltung, Fotoattest Schmitt BPP

1944, 4. Südamerikafahrt, R-Brief Anschlußflug Berlin mit Frankotyp-Teilfrankatur, Kabinett 1933, 4th SA flight, registered cover, connecting flight from Berlin with meter and stamps, very fine

1874, 10 k. blue on postal stationery card as registered card from "SZABADKA 9.8." with German transit register label "Vom Ausland über Würt. Bahnpost" to Mannheim with arrival mark, tiny spots, otherwise fine

POSTMASTER-PERFORATIONS: BALTISKI & VILJANDI , three registered covers with View of Tallinn fraking to Sweden, fine

UNITED STATES: 1867, Envelope franked with 1861/67, 10 c. green and 24 c. lilac with faint adjacent "ESSEX JAN 24" to St. Thomas with faint arrival mark with red accountancy mark "8"; the 24 c. corner crease and franking with some short perfs, very scarce

6 d. pale rose-lilac and deep rose-lilac, both with ample to large margins and quite lightly cancelled, fine, sign. Dr. Knopke resp. Starauschek and Drahn

1873, Victoria 1sh. green as horizontal pair togehter with 3d. rose tied by barred "F85" to folded lettersheet with adjacent cds. "MAYAGUEZ PORTO RICO AU 10 76" to Genoa, a very fine and handsome double rate usage, signed Diena with certificate (1985)

1 sgr. red-orange with reversed watermark, vertical strip of 3 with ample to large margins, lightly cancelled by circle of 9 bars of Luxemburg, very fine, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (2018)

1877/1903, 12½ c., 15 c. and 25 c.-2 g., unused o.g. and partly larger hinge remainders, 50 c. small tear and tiny thin, otherwise fine/very fine, except 50 c. signed Enzo Diena with a certificate (1990)

1922, Definitives ½d. as marginal block of six, reverse with superb offset complete on 2 stamps and partially on 2 more stamps, slight wrinkles, one normal stamp unused, the others mint never hinged, very fine and attractive (Michel 40X var)

1893, postal stationery card 2 1/1 c. used from "BENEDEN COMMEWIJNE 10.12.02" via Paramaribo with ship mark "FERRY DIENST 11.12.1902" to Greater Antillen, fine, scarce ship mark

MOSTAR: "POSTAHANE-I MOSTAR 1278", very fine strike of greenish-blue negative seal on entire letter to Saraybosna, transported most likely by special delivery (Surucu); fine and very scarce

KINGMAN'S CITY POST: 2 c. black on blueish, "Kingman's" erased, top left corner sheet margins, other sides clear to touching, tied by manuscript cancel that appears to be the initial "M" (possibly Joseph G. Martin) and 1851 Washington 3c. claret, no inner frame lines, close to just touched margins tied by blue cds. "RALEIGH N.C. JU ? 1857" to envelope to Charleston with detailed street address in another handwriting, presumably applied at Charleston, part of two backflaps missing, small ink spots at top, otherwise very fine. The only recorded example of the "Kingman's" erasure on the four-line stamp, certificate PF (1975 and 2000). Provenance: Alfred H. Caspary John R. Boker Jr. Joseph Hackmey