1930, Südamerikafahrt, Deutsche Post, 58 Briefe und Karten, davon 47 mit SAF-Frankaturen (u.a. 2 Belege mit je 3mal 4 M. sowie Brief mit 2 kpl. Sätzen); enthalten u.a. Schweiz-Karte mit Anschlußflug Berlin, Bordpost mit Anschlußflug SCADTA, Condor-Weiterfrankaturen, Bordpostbelege verschiedener Etappen, Rundfahrtbeleg mit Dt. Reich + USA + Brasilien etc.; ein sehr schöner Bestand! 1930, SA flight, German post, 58 covers and postcards incl. 47 items with SA-flight-frankings (incl. 2 items with 3 copies 4 m. each and cover with 2 cpl. sets), Swiss post with connecting flight Berlin, board post with connecting flight SCADTA, additional Condor frankings, board post of several legs, roundtrip cover with franking Germany, USA and Brazil etc., very nice lot

1851, 1 cr. carmine-violet on bluish, fresh deep colour and good even margins, unused with part original gum, on reverse tiny slight thinning, otherwise very fine; a rare stamp, sign. "G.C" and certificate Colla (Sassone 4c)

 1941, Old age pension plan/Rentenversicherung, Ostland, with inscription "OSTLAND", Kulo p.77 (Kulo 28-36)  

1996, Palace of human rights 3,00 and 3,80 fr. imperforated, two sheets of 50, umounted mint (Maury 3.250,-)  

1832, Entire letter from Rio to France with frontside boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER" (Brest removed) and Brest date stamp of 3.11.1832

1874, Estero Viktor Emanuel II. 20 and 40c. tied by a strike of the rare barred "MONTEVIDEO" to folded letter to Napoli Vallo della Lucania per Acquavella, some soiling and minor imperfections on the adhesives, but only two other covers known with this cancellation, signed E. Diena with certificate (1984)

1 c. pale brown, block of 4, ample to mostly wide margins, unused with original gum, natural gum bend and one stamp small pressure marks, still fine and attractive, a scarce multiple, certificate Böttger BPP (2017)

1865, Cuza 20 par. red fresh colour and close to wide margins at bottom and right tied by scarce blue "T.OKNEI MOLDOVA 29 5" to folded lettersheet to Galati, a fine and attractive cover

1976, US Bicentenary 15d. with missing silver print, mint never hinged, very fine, only 86 examples known, signed Feldman and certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 343F)

1898, postal stationery card 30 r. with additional franking 50 r. on 300 r. blue on salmon as philatelic registered card from "LORENCO MARQUES 16.1.97" with red registered boxed to Lisbon with arrival mark, fine, rare stamp on card

KATAFIGHIE: "KATAFI KARYESI POSTA SUBESI 1313", clear strike in violet on horizontal pair 1892, 20 pa. on reverse of envelope to Marasesti in Romania with adjacent transit mark of Saloniki. One of the rarest cancellations of Ottoman Empire; this is the only known cover and the only known complete strike of this cancellation

3 kr. tied by cds. "SULTANABAD 1-IX.23" to registered envelope to London with transit and arrival marks; a scarce single franking

"C59" on 4 d. sage-green on entire letter from Port au Prince with adjacent red "JACMEL PAID NO 25 77" to St. Thomas with arrival mark of the Danish PO, fine

1890/1900, Krone/Adler 10 Pfg. mittelkarminrot, senkrechter 6er-Streifen und waagerechtes Paar mit 20 Pfg. violettultramarin, jeder Wert sauber zentrisch gestempelt "KAMERUN 9/6 94" auf großem Briefstück; durch die mittlere Zähnung des 6er-Streifens Brieffaltung sowie rechts leichter Knitter durch 4 Werte gehend; ein sehr attraktives Stück in insgesamt guter Erhaltung, Fotoattest Eibenstein BPP

1930, Südamerikafahrt, Südamerikanische und Spanische Post, 74 Briefe und Karten, dabei u.a. Mischfrankatur Paraguay/Argentinien mit kpl. Satz mit blauem Aufdruck, 2 Mischfrankaturen Spanien/USA, Paraguay Post bis Sevilla, Lakehurst und Friedrichshafen, verspätete Post aus Barcelona, 2 Belege mit deutschem Bestätigungsstempel auf brasilianischer Post etc. 1930, SA flight, Southamerican and Spanish post, 74 covers and postcards incl. mixed franking Paraguay/Argentina with cpl. set Argentina with blue overprint, 2 mixed frankings Spain/USA, Paraguay post to Sevilla, Lakehurst and Friedrichshafen, late post from Barcelona, 2 items with German cachet on Brasilian post etc.

1861, issue for the province of Napoli 2 gr. blue with good margins, tied by clear "annullato" to large piece with adjacent "SALVIA", very fine and scarce, certificate Dr. Avi (2005) (Sassone 20d)

1941, Health insurance, German occupation, Reichskommisariat Ostland Rentenversicherung with inscription "LETTLAND" and used in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Kulo p.75 (Kulo 2-11)  

1943, 50c. dark-brown, four singles with additional franking tied by cancel "R.F. POSTES FEZZAN" with handwritten date "10.5.43" to airmail covber to Brazzaville with arrival mark, fine and scarce, signed Bolaffi with certificate (1965)

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: 1922, International Reply Coupon 200 r., vertical and corner crease

1866, Numerals 10c. green paying the local rate tied by barred "A" to envelope endorsed "Italo-Platense" with adjacent cds. "CORREO MONTEVIDEO 25 OCT 72" to Genoa, taxed "4" d. and postage due 40c. applied on reverse, with good strike of handstamp "con Bastim Mercant." alongside, two disinfection slits, a scarce and fine entire

1 c. light-brown, horizontal block of 8 with clear to large margins, unused with original gum, very fine and scarce multiple, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (2018)

1872, Charles 5 b. yellow-brown and horizontal pair 25 b. yellow-orange, tied by cds. "BUCARESCI ..NOV.75" to registered cover with boxed "RECOMANDAT" and German transit registered label "Eingeschrieben. No." to Lichtenstein, Saxonia with arrival mark, crease

1976, US Bicentenary miniature sheet with missing silver inscription with cds. on official FDC, the unique used example, very fine (Michel Bl. 2F)

1948, Telegram sheets 02.00 LEI on King Michael 100 l. and 100 l., unused; folded and slight creasing, scarce

KAYALAR: "KAYALAR 99", Arabic circle postmark, clear strike on 1901, 20 pa. on postcard to Istanbul with additional strike alongside and arrival mark, litttle unfresh but nice clear postmarks; a very rare cancellation

4 kr., 10 copies incl. block of 4, tied by Teheran cds. to almost complete Barnameh; small part of formular paper missing and crease between stamps fixed by tape; an amazing franking of this scarce stamp

1908, pre-printed picture postcard "Poultry Farm" 1 c. black, unused, very fine

1905/19, Schiffsausgabe mit Wasserzeichen: 5 M. grünschwarz/karminrot im senkrechten 6er-Block, farbfrisch und gut gezähnt in guter Bedarfserhaltung, der rechte obere Wert mit winzigem Flachriß, leicht gestempelt "DUALA 24.2.14"; eine sehr seltene Einheit, mit aller Wahrscheinlichkeit von einer Nachweiskarte für Träger- und Zollgebühren stammend, u.a. sign. Bloch mit Fotoattest sowie Fotoattest R. Steuer BPP

1930, Südamerikafahrt, US-Post, 33 Briefe und Karten, dabei 28 mit Zeppelin-Frankaturen mit insgesamt 22 Werten 65 C., 9 Werten 1,30 $ und 2 Werten 2,60 $, dabei auch FDC der 65 C., Kombinationsbriefe Weltrundfahrt + SAF und Schweizfahrt + SAF, Rundflugbelege, interessante Destinationen etc. 1930, SA flight, US-post, 33 covers and postcards incl. 28 with Zeppelin stamps with a total of 22 values 65 c., 9 values 1,30 $ and 2 values 2,60 $; incl. is a FDC of 65 c., combination covers world-roundtrip + SA-flight resp. flight to Switzerland + SA-flight, roundtrips, interesting destinations etc.

2 gr. blue and 10 gr. bistre with clear red "BARI 20 FEB 1862" to registered lettersheet with adjacent oval "Bari" to Naples; a fine letter with this rare cancellation, only used in February and March 1862 for registered letters; sign. Colla with certificate (2017)

GERMAN OCCUPATION WORLD WAR II: 1941, Tartu 15 k., imperforated block of four with bottom sheet margin, cyrillic text printed on both sides, without gum, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G:1)  

Airmail 50c. with additional franking tied by cds. "POSTE MILITAIRE No 561 1-9 43" to cover addressed to Douala, fine, certificate Diena (1980)

VARIG issue: 1927/28, 1300 r. green with overprint type III and express stamp $ 700 on 1300 r. green with overprint type I and additional franking 300 r. rose tied by flight cds. "VARIG PELOTAS 5.AGO.29" to express cover to Porto Alegre with arrival mark and special flight cachet on reverse, fine

1874, Numerals 10c. green (faulty) paying the local postage tied by barred oval and cds. "CORREOS MONTEVIDEO 19 JUN" to almost complete folded letter to Como, taxed "9" d. and postage due 40 and 50c. applied with adjacent three-line "PIROSCAFI POSTALI FRANCESI", (last line with pen strike-through, this cancellation was in use because the handstamp "Da Buenos Aires coi Postali Italiani" was not ready yet), two disinfection slits, fine. A very attractive entire from the first journey of the "Espresso" of the Laverello Company from Montevideo to Genoa and at the same time the only known letter from Montevideo with this peculiarity

1 c. pale brown, clear to mostly wide margins with 2 mm sheet margin at right, neatly cancelled with cds. of Bettembourg, very fine, sign. FSPL and certificate Demuth BPP (1986)

POSTAGE DUE: 1918, 50b. with plate flaw of basic stamp "lower left rose with two instead of one dent in the frame", unused, small perforation flaws, unused, very scarce, signed Dr. Szalay and short opinion Barabassy BPP (Handbook Szalay page 967.X3)