1848/60 (ca.), Eastern Express Companies, just over twenty items, written-up on pages, noting Adams Express Company, New York, two stampless covers with different embossed corner cards; Bryant & Spear’s / Penobscot Express, Boston, green label on cover to Maine; rare “Forwarded by / Prince’s / Boston & Portland / Express” label in red on folded cover (untied, vertical crease); Wells & Co’s Express, with 1848 entire from Albany to Buffalo, 1849 cover from Buffalo to New York with yellow “Wells & Co’s” label, 1850 entire from Albany to New York with pink label, small group of receipts for payment showing the partners, offices, agencies, etc; Livingston, Wells & Co Express group with 1854 entire from Paris to Massachusetts forwarded with blue cachet, c. 1855 envelope with cachet of Paris agency forwarded to New York; Wells, American Express Co. covers with yellow “Buffalo, Albany & New York” label, “St. Johnsville” in red, “Albany” in green, varying condition, some covers and labels with faults, crease, etc, but a fascinating group to continue further study of this popular field.   

1886/1917 (ca.), Imperial Russia Revenues, excellent accumulation of circa 200 in two booklets, mostly used with some multiples, many interesting and scarcer issues throughout, noted 1890s Baku District Court, 1895 St Petersburg Residence Permit for Women 4r 29k used, 1889 Simbirsk Court Fee, together with two Zemstvo stamps, overall in good condition. A very attractive lot

1855/1990, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including telegraphs and special delivery stamps, many duplicates, with souvenir sheets and a few covers, some occasional faults especially in the early issues, overall in good condition, in four albums

1972/2001, meist postfrischer/gestempelter Bestand, hunderte kpl. Bögen und Sätzen, dazu FDC, in sehr guter Erhaltung 

1893/1942, group of six Die Proofs by the American Bank Note Company or Perkins Bacon, incl. Venezuela 1893 25 c. violet sunken Die Proof in adopted colour on India paper, mounted on a larger thick card with imprint beneath, Guatemala 1902 1 p. dark brown sunken Die Proof on thick paper, etc.; one proof small fault due to the mounting, otherwise fine and very scarce assembly

1897/1937, small group of covers, incl. three First Flight envelopes, mostly fine

IMPERIAL FISCALS: 1887/1900, specialist group of 30 stamps, including 1889 Simbirsk Court Fee 10k., Piatigorsk (2), Kislovodsk (2) one, 1895 3r. and 5r. Tobacco, Peasant Tax strip of 5 different values from 2 k. to 20k., 1887 Tribunal with three values in blocs of four MNH, 1899 St Petersburg residence for men (7), also a complete undivided sheet of six stamped papers for currency transactions; condition varies with a couple with faults, still a very fine and scarce assembly (a few ex Fabergé)

1860/1970, uriger ungebrauchter, postfrischer und gestempelter Bestand, dabei ein umfangreicher Tütenposten mit tausenden Marken, hunderte Luftpostbriefe, vier Schwarten mit meist frühen Werten sowie Zubehör, alles in drei großen Kartons

1969/72 (ca.), überschlägig etwa 300 Belege Flug-und Raumfahrt-Belege in zwei Ordnern

1860/1930, over 100 covers, postcards & stationerys, including early issues, blue and interesting cancellations, bisects, registered mail, many usages to Europe, Canal Zone, some different.

1889/1919, Roubles Values Only, attractive cancellation collection with several hundreds used, some mutliples including large blocs, many clear strikes, noted Ferghana Oblast, Field Post Office, Offices in China with Kharbin, strong group of the 10 roubles imperforated Mi.-Nr. 81Bxb (x11), etc., overall in very good and fresh condition, expertly described and neatly housed in one album (ex Mi.-Nr. 44xA-81Bxb)

1880, postal stationery envelope 75 c. in four different sizes resp. colours, 100 c. in 3 different colours/sizes and five different service stationery envelopes, some toned

1976/90, postfrische Sammlung Kleinbogen in einwandfreier Erhaltung, sauber sechs Borek-Album 

1872/2001 (ca.), extensive mint never hinged/unused and used collection neatly housed in 13 albums, some classics yet mostly modern, Japan, Korea and Malaysia nicely represented, many cpl. sets and some better issues like Japan mi.-Nr. Bl 5, together with some booklets, FDCs, early postal stationery cards, etc.; mostly fine to very fine 

1902/1940 (ca.), group of 10 covers, incl. incoming, censored and foreign mail, together with two unused postal stationeries, mixed condition

IMPERIAL FISCALS: 1890s, over 100 Baku Court District fiscal stamps used, many on fragment, expertly described, also a scarce group of Transcaucasia 1923 federation fiscals (11); mostly very fine (some ex Fabergé)

1860/1990 (ca.), sechst Stechbücher und einige Seiten mit Material, Schwerpunkt Europa mit kleiner Sammlung Schweiz, Blockausgaben inkl. ungezähnten, meist postfrischen Ausgaben von Rumänien und Ungarn und Deutschland mit Sammlung DDR mit besseren Ausgaben, Lokalausgaben mit Strausberg und u.a. Bund WZd 10 U (FA D. Schlegel BPP) sowie VR China mit Jahrbüchern 1987-1989, teils etwas unterschiedliche Erhaltung

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS: 1934/38, Partie von knapp 40 Belegen meist aus Singapur in alle Welt, saubere Erhaltung

1865/1960, ca. 160 covers incl. many airmail covers, cards with better picture postcards and postal stationeries, with u.o. patriotic cover “The Union Forever" with 3 c., registered covers, many postal stationeries with additional frankings and advertising covers and cards. In addtion some modern mint never hinged and used stamps ex 1983/94 with sheets and express stamps inkl. booklet 1983, mostly fine

1894/1914 (ca.), Imperial Russia Advertising Cards, group of 22 illustrated used and unused postcards, noted Russian American Ship Line, Bavaria restaurant in Odessa, Vetenary products “Urpin”, singer sewing machines, some hotel advertising cards with scarce 3 k. stationery card with additionally printed “Hotel Billo Moscou”, some early lithographed cards, etc., together with some vignettes of the Russian American Line, overall in good condition

1866/2008, mint never hinged/unused and used collection with over 180 covers, incl. Officials, Palestine Occupation, British Military Post and French Offices, many complete sets and better items starting with the Turkish Province issue Mi.-Nr. 1-7, 23-28, 82-93, 112-15 (PORT FUAD), 148-151, 128-159, 191-204, Bl. 8a all unused, also Suez Canal Mi.-Nr. 1-4 unused, etc., together with a fine range of covers with some attractive frankings, very good overall condition, neatly mounted in 7 albums

2000/23, augenscheinlich komplette postfrische Sammlung in guter Erhaltung. Frankaturwert CHF