ITALY – Diena, Emilio: A History of the Postage Stamps of Sicily (1904), with 20 plates of Autotype Illustrations, a Stanley Gibbons Philatelic Handbook, translated by E. B. Evans, nice hardcover (this just with very small faults), in total a well preserved book and a rarity! Estimate: 200 Euro

ITALY –  Diena, Emilio: I Francobolli del Ducato di Modena – Delle Provincie Modenesi (1894), 226 pages + 7 photoplates, dedicated and signed to M. P. Castle, No. 57 of the 400 printed, half leather binding (the spine with small defects), but a very rare work like this. Estimate: 200 Euro

ITALY – Diena, Emilio: L'Incisore dei Francobolli di Sicilia (1925), 12 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Diena, Emilio: Note sui Francobolli del Governo Provisorio di Parma (1913), 14 pages and - separate - three folded photoplates, inside with dedication to Serrane, softcover; PLUS: Diena, Emilio: The Stamps of the Duchy of Modena and the Modenese Provinces (Philatelic Record Handbook No- 2), 144 pages + 7 plates, softcover (the preface is signed 1894)!  Average condition. Estimate: 120 Euro

ITALY – Lénars, Arthur: Manuel des Timbres des Deux-Siciles à l'Effigie du Roi Ferdinand (1919), 91 pages with 142 illustrations, hardcover, good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

ITALY – Piloni, Luigi: Bibliografia della Posta e Filatelia Italiane (1959), 397 pages, softcover; PLUS: Micheli, Giovanni: Le Tariffe Postali Italiane 1862–2000. Regno d'Italia 1862–1900 (2000), 317 pages, softcover, as new; PLUS: Zanaria, Daniele / Serra, Gabriele: Le Tariffe postali italiane dal 1862 al 1878 (1985), 104 pages, softcover; PLUS: Alberto Diena. Un Filatelista. La sua vita, una sua opera inedita (1994), 45 pages, softcover; PLUS: Bolaffi, Alberto: Victor Victoria. Il primo Francobollo del; Mondo – il primo Francobollo d'Italia (1990), 69 + 1 pages,softcover, as new; PLUS: Bolaffi, Alberto: Una tradizione entra nella storia. Folder made by the Italian Post to honour the Bolaffi family (1992), with a personal letter by A. Bolaffi to T. Bjäringer. Good condition. Estimate: 200 Euro

ITALY – Sicilia. Tutti i Valori e tutte le Tavole dei Francobolli di Sicilia Riprodotti in Fogli Interi e nei colori Originali (1923), 8 pages + 24 colour plates,, softcover with some patina. PLUS: Bianco, Umberto del: Gli Annulli Marittimi Italiani in uso Anteriormente al 1891 (1968), 158 pages, softcover; PLUS: Diena, Mario: I Francobolli del Regno di Napoli e i due Provvisori da Mezzo Tornese del 1860 (2nd edition 1947), 26 + XII pages, softcover; PLUS: Diena, Mario: I Francobolli del Regno di Napoli e i due Provvisori da Mezzo Tornese del 1860 (1st edition 1932), 23 pages, softcover; PLUS: Patton, Donald S.: The Romagna (1953), 32 pages, softcover; PLUS: Gian, Giorgio dal: I Timbri Postali ed 1 “Tagli Delli Soldi 4 per Lettera” della Repubblica di Venezia (1950), 143 + 1 pages, No. 74 of 500 printed copies, signed by the author, Hardcover, good condition. Estimate: 160 Euro

ITALY – Tchilinghirian, S. D. / Bernardelli, Rag. R.: Stamps of Italy Used Abroad, part 1–6, 474 pages, softcover, delivered in a special box. Good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

ITALY –  Vollmeier, Paolo: The Postal History of Sicily. From its beginnings to the Introduction of the Postage Stamp (1998), 686 pages + Tables and maps, hardcover with dust jacket and a slip case, as new! Estimate: 100 Euro

ITALY – Zanaria, Daniele / Serra, Gabriele / Dal Negro, Francesco: Historical Postal Catalogue of Stamps used in the Italian Post-Offices abroad 1852–1890 (2000), 406 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Delrieu Fils, Henri: Les Timbres de Sardaigne et Leurs Oblitérations (1935), 41 pages, bibliophile hardcover binding with gold title imprint on spine; PLUS: Rattone, Cesare: Manuale e Catalogo dei Francobolli di Sardegna (1951), 414 pages, hardcover, No. 639 of 1.000 copies printed. Mainly in good condition. Estimate: 160 Euro

LATVIA LITHUANIA – Priede, Osv.: Latvijas Pastmarku. Robojumi un Udens Zimes (1963), 93 pages, softcover; PLUS: Grigaliunas, Jonas / Ivanauskas, Steve / Matuzas, Charles / Mulevich, Joseph: Postage Stamps of Lithuania (1978), 237 pages, hardcover, good condition. Estimate: 30 Euro

LUXEMBOURG – Engelbert, René: Die Bahnpoststempel des Grossherzogtums Luxemburg (1961), bilingual (German/French), 50 pages, softcover; PLUS: Ungeheuer, A.: Etude sur la Première Émission des Timbres-Poste du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg 1852–1859 (1946), 46 pages, softcover; PLUS: Goebel, R.: Catalogue des Marques Postales Préphilatéliques du Luxembourg (1988), 31 pages, softcover; PLUS: Kayser, Joseph: Genese des Premiers Timbres-Poste du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (1977), 47 pages, softcover; PLUS: Diemer, Jacques: Les Premiers Timbres-Poste du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, 12 pages, softcover; PLUS: Catalogue Illustré “Prinet” Luxembourg, 7th edition 1948, 48 pages, softcover, mostly in good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

MALTA – Sefi, Alexander J.: The postage Stamps of Malta (1913), 39 pages, softcover; PLUS: Martin, R. E.: Malta. The Stamps and Postal History 1576–1960 (1980), XVI + 411 pages. hardcover plus dust jacket; PLUS: The John A. Trory specialised Catalogue of Malta (6. edition 1990), 68 pages, softcover; PLUS: Tristant, Henri: Franco-Maltese Postal Relations from their Origins to 1870 (1983), no pagination, softcover; PLUS: Galea, Joseph: The Quarantine Service and the Lazzaretto of Malta (1967), 36 pages, softcover; PLUS: 5 brochures of the Malta Study Circle  about different subjects. All in all in good condition. Estimate: 120 Euro

MONACO – Delrieu Fils, Henri: Monaco. Les Marques Postales et les Cachets Oblitérants 1790–1860 (1936), 20 pages, this is a numbered copy, with a dedication, softcover; PLUS: Almasy, Paul G.: Les Timbres-Poste de Monaco. La Série Charles III (1945), 86 pages, 200 copies printed, bibliophile half leather hardcover with gold title imprint on spine; PLUS: Agneray, André / Granero, Michel / Boule, Mauric: Les Timbres Fiscaux de la Principaute de Monaco (1998), 109 + 1 pages, softcover; PLUS: Boule, Maurice / Fissore, Jean / Majewski, Georges / Prat, Robert: Les Timbres Olympiques de Monaco (1998), 112 pages, softcover; PLUS: Boule, Maurice: Histoire postale de la Principaute de Monaco des origines à 1885 (1993), 253 pages, leather hardbound. All in good condition. Estimate: 150 Euro

MONTENEGRO – Brunel, Georges: Les Timbres-Poste du Monté-Négro (1926), 20 pages, 35 illustrations, 500 copies printed, half leather bound. Rare and in good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

NETHERLANDS – DELBEKE, Claude J. P.: De Post vanuit de Nederlanden Huidig Benelux 1813–1853. Met catalogus van de portostempels (1989), 245 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; dito, but the 2004 edition, with 588 pages, also hardcover with dust jacket; – both books as new! PLUS: Cleij: J. F.: Emissie 1864 (2009), 244 pages, hardcover with dust jacket (the dust jacket with some faults). Estimate: 130 Euro

NETHERLAND – Holstege, G. / Vellekoop, J. / Heuvel, R. van den / Brekelmans, M.: Postwaarden Nederland (1994 ff. till 2020 61 supplements were delivered!) – eight large-format specially designed ring binders with probably well over 1,400 pages, probably covering all philatelic and postal history aspects and topics of the collection area, art paper, in color, loose-leaf, not checked for completeness, each with specially designed slipcase, very good condition. As new! Estimate: 360 Euro

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NETHERLANDS – Leavy, Joseph B.: The Postage Stamps of Holland (XIX Century) (1912), 49 pages, softcover (this has some faults in the binding); PLUS: Balen, G, C. van: / Buurman, Bert / Reed, Fred L.: Nederland 1852. 15 Cent (1976), 96 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Thaels, V. H. C. J. / Sicking, L. J. H. M.: De Druckplatten van de Zegels van de Eerste Emissie van Nederland (1962), 24 pages with 34 enlarged photos, softcover; PLUS: Baldwin, N. C.: Fifty Years of K.L.M., 1919–69. Significant First and Special Mail Flights,without pagination (12 pages), stapled; mixed condition. Estimate: 50 Euro

NETHERLANDS – Schreuders & Co: De Afstempelingen voorkomende op de Postzegels van Nederland (1897), 48 pages + 18 plates in red print + pricelist, hardcover (the binding is partly loose), but it is a very rare book; PLUS: Melville, Fred J.: Holland, 77 + XVII pages, hardcover, very good condition and not common! Estimate: 150 Euro 

NETHERLANDS –Standaardwerk over de Postwaarden van Nederland en Zijne Kolonien. Part 1 1: Beschrijving van alle Nederlandsche Postzegels, Frankeerzegels voor Dagbladen en gedrukte Stukken, Postzegels, Postbewijszegels, Postbladen, Briefomslagen en Briefkaarten, mit 16 plates (1894), 69 pages; Part 2: Beschrijving van alle Nederlandsch Indische Frankeerzegels, Portzegels, Briefomslagen en Briefkaarten, with 11 plates (1895); Part III + IV: Beschrijving van alle Frankeerzegels, Portzegels en Briefkaarten van de Kolonie “Suriname and Curaçao” (1895), with 19 plates. All parts hardcover bound and for that age in acceptable condition. Rare Study! PLUS: Adema, Kees: The First Postage Dues. Holland's ‘3S’ Markings 1667–1811 (2002), 303 pages + 5 foils, softcover, good condition. Estimate: 220 Euro

NORWAY – Anderssen, Justus / Dethloff, Henrik: Norges Frimerker 1855–1914 (1915), 84 pages, copy No. 350 of 550 printed, with the special page of six reprints after page 24, softcover; PLUS: Jellestad, J. / translated by King-Farlow, R.: Norway 4 Skilling, 1^st Januar 1855 (1955), 20 pages, copy No. 1088 of 5,000 printed, softcover; PLUS: NORGE Skillingsmerker og brev 1855–1879 (1990), 80 pages, hardcover, No. 270 of 1,000 copies printed. Good condition. Estimate: 120 Euro

NORWAY – Anderssen, Justus: The Stamps of Norway in the 20mm. Type (1885–93), translated by Benjamin Goodfellow (1921), 29 pages + 7 plates; PLUS: Anderssen, Justus: The Stamps of Norway. A Contribution towards the Study of the Issues of 1877–78 (Shaded Posthorn) + Plate Variations of the Issues 1894–1909 (co-author: Kjos, Gunnar), both studies translated by Benjamin Goodfellow (1923), 30 pages + 4 plates; PLUS: Nichols, W.: The postage Stamps of Norway (ca. 1916), 14 pages with 22 enlargements and illustrations, softcover; PLUS: Jellestad, Johs.: Norske Frimerker og Varianter. En Oversikt og Vurdering. I. Skilling-Merkene (1943), 27 pages, softcover; Caspersen, Gottfried: Norske Frimerker. Spesialstudium. I: Centraltrykkeriets Utgaver 1893/94 og 1893/95 (1941), 61 pages + 5 plates, softcover; PLUS: Goodfellow, B.: Norge 4 Skill. 1863–66 (1923), 20 pages, softcover; PLUS: Jellestad, Johs. / Odfjell, Abr.: Rekonstruksjon av Norge nr. 1, 4 skilling 1855, 14 pages + 4 folded large photo plates, softcover, the cover is loose in 2 parts, the booklet is good and signed by Jellestad. For the time most of the titles are in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

NORWAY – Brecke, Leiv A. / Gellein, Per: Norges Posthistorie, utarbeidet for Norske Posthistorisk Selskap. Kilderregister, for årene 1814–1849 / for årene 1850–1860, 50 + IV + 23 pages, stapled; PLUS: Brecke, Leiv A.: Norges Posthistorie. Kilderregister, for årene 1855–1865, 157 pages, stapled; PLUS: Brecke, Leiv A.: Norges Posthistorie. Kilderregister, for årene 1861–1874, 2 parts, 84 + 106 pages, stapled; PLUS: Brecke, Leiv A.: Norges Posthistorie. Kilderregister, for årene 1855–1877, 91 pages, stapled; PLUS: Brecke, Leiv A.: Norges Posthistorie. Kilderregister, for årene 1875–1889, 114 pages, stapled; each of the 6 volumes printed as manuscript, plus four other small publications. Good condition, Estimate: 80 Euro

NORWAY – Brofos, Frederick A.: Norwegian Railway and Steamship Parcel Stamps (1964), 52 pages, softcover; PLUS: Moldenhauer, F. C.: The Maritime Postal History of Norwegian Steamships (1971), 32 pages, softcover; PLUS: Gjelsvik, Tore: Postal History of the Norwegian Hamburg Line 1853–1865 (2002), 112 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Melbøe, Gunnar: Dampskipet Prinds Gustav og postgangen til Nord-Norge for 150 år siden (1988), 115 pages, softcover; PLUS: Snarvold, Harry: Transatlantic Mail Sailings Connected with Norway in den 19^th Century (2010), 102 pages, hardcover, with gold title imprint on spine, with author's dedication to T. Bjäringer; good condition. Estimate: 140 Euro

NORWAY – Bye, Arne: Norske Poststempler. Fortegnelse og Typer (1969), 79 pages, softcover; PLUS: Ahlström, Torsten / Moldenhauer Jr., F. C.: De Norske Poststempler i tiden 1.1.1845 – 31.12.1854 „Prefilateli-Katalogen“, special print from the Norsk Filatelistisk Tidsskrift (1965), 54 pages + 4 pages supplement + a shortened translation (summary) of the main points, 300 copies printed, softcover; PLUS: Sanness, Stian: Fortegnelse over Norske Poststenpler 1846–1894 (1941), 60 pages, softcover; PLUS: Bunæs, Bjørn / Langangen, Anders: Håndbok over Norske 4-Ringsnummerstempler (1987), without pagination (some hundred pages), softcover. not all perfect. Estimate: 70 Euro

NORWAY – Gjelsvik, Tore: Norway Number One. The New Handbook (2001), 112 pages, hardcover, with author’s signature; PLUS: Snarvold, Harry: Posthornutgavene 1879–1883. Posthistorie og Filateli (1984), 183 pages, softcover, with dedication/signature of the author; PLUS: Aune, Erling Johan / Aune, Kristian: Norske Innenrikske & Gebyrer 1877–1995 (1997), 338 pages, hardcover; Håndbok over Norges Frimerker (1986), 239 pages, softcover; good condition. Estimate: 120 Euro

NORWAY – King-Farlow, R.: Catalogue of The postage Stamps of Norway (1948, 61 + 2 pages, softcover (the binding has some small damage below); PLUS: Four issues of “Katalog over Norges Frimerker” (edition 1940–1943), each with up to 60 pages, softcover; PLUS: Katalog over Norges Helpost 1872–1980 (1980), with short text in English; 87 pages + 8 pages pricelist, softcover, cover with label and wear and tear. Estimate: 40 Euro

NORWAY – Sanness, Stian: Norges Bypostmerker (1941), 39 pages, softcover; PLUS: Pihl, Carl A.: Norges Byposter og annen norsk lokalpost (1963), 71 pages, softcover; PLUS: Brofos, Frederick A.: Norway – Postmarks of the Local Posts, reprint from the 1957 Year Book of the American Philatelic Congress, 10 pages, softcover; PLUS: Price list of Norway’s Xmas seals (1955), 8 pages. Estimate: 40 Euro

NORWAY – Snarvold, Harry: Norske Brevportotakster til Utlandet 1743–1855 (1999), III + 55 pages, hardcover with gold title imprint on spine, with a letter and a dedication of the author to Tomas Bjäringer; PLUS:  Snarvold, Harry: Norwegian letters to foreign destinations until 1855 (1992), 127 pages, hardcover, with gold title imprint on spine, No. 64; PLUS: Snarvold, Harry: Norwegian Mail Abroad up to UPU (2003), 308 pages, hardcover, with gold title imprint on spine and inside a dedication of the author to T. Bjäringer. Excellent condition. Estimate: 150 Euro.

NORWAY – Snarvold, Harry: Transatlantic Mail Sailings Connected with Norway in the 19^th Century (2010), 102 pages, hardcover, with gold title imprint on spine, with authors dedication and letters to T. Bjäringer; PLUS: Fossum, Bernt; International Grand Prix Collection NORWAY (2003), 136 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Størmer, Georg: Norwegian Classic (2024), 140 pages, hardcover, only 100 copies printed. All in excellent condition. Estimate: 160 Euro

NORWAY – Stark, Erling: Norsk Luftpost 1911–1977 (1978), 158 + 4 pages, softcover; PLUS: Anderssen, Justus: Norsk Luftpost 1920–1937 (1938), 53 pages, hardcover with gold title imprint on spine; PLUS: S. Bayèr: Air Mail Transpolar Flight by the Dirigible “Norge” (1926), 12 pages, stapled (this is a bit rusty); PLUS: Aune, Finn / Hansen, Sven Arne: Price Catalogue Norwegian Air Mail 1870–2020 (2021), 304 pages, hardcover; good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

NORWAY – Sundsbø. Ivar: Norske Brev før 1855 (1989), 142 pages, soft cover; PLUS: Wasenden, Wilfred: Postgangen fra Norge til Utlandet i Perioden 1855–1890. Register over frankerte Postforsendelser (1994), 146 pages, softcover; PLUS: Ǿstlund, Tor: Fra Svinesund til Haparanda. Norsk Posthistorisk Selskap 1977–2002 (2002), a book to mark the 25th anniversary of the Norwegian Postal History Society, in which 18 members of the society contribute 184 pages of articles on Norwegian philately, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Vik, Knut L.: Poststeder I Trondheim commune (1997), 215 pages, softcover; PLUS: Snarvold, Harry: Franske Portotall I Decimer på Norske brev til Frankrike 1853–1875 (1994), 36 pages, softcover, in the back numbered “74”, in the front with a dedication/signature of the author. Good condition. Estimate: 120 Euro

NORWAY – Norsk Filatelistforbund: Håndbok over Norges Frimerker 1855–1955, part I: 1855–1888 (1963), 312 pages, hardcover + part II: 1886–1955 (1966), 378 pages. Hardcover, both volumes with the official reprints; PLUS: Norsk Filatelistforbund: Håndbook over Norske Filatelistika (1969), 312 pages, hardcover with the official reprints. All three volumes in good condition. Estimate: 200 Euro

NORWAY – Norsk Filatelistforbund: Håndbok over Norges Frimerker, Vol. V: „20 MM Utgaven“, 3. Trykningsperiode 1888–1891 (1993), 180 pages + 1 photoplate; Vol. VI: „20 MM Utgaven“, 4. Trykningsperiode 1890–1892 (1998), 334 pages + 1 photoplate; Vol. VII: „20 MM Utgaven“, 5. Trykningsperiode 1892–1893 (1992), 212 pages; Vol. VIII: Antikva-Utgavene 1893–1895 (1988), 128 pages + 10 photoplates. All volumes beautifully bound in balacron-leather imitation with decorative gold title page and imprint on spine. Excellent condition. Estimate: 150 Euro

NORWAY – Lot of different items of philatelic history: Børresen, M: Preisliste über skandinavische, Isländische und finnische Postwertzeichen, Nr. 8/1891, 20 pages, in German language; PLUS: Frimerkecentralen: Innkjøpsliste for Norske Frimerker (April 1942), 12 pages; PLUS: Halvorsen, Olaf: Prisliste No. 17 over billige Frimærke (1917), 58 pages, with dealers' correspondence; PLUS: Holms Frimærkehandel, Prisliste No. 7 (1915), 16 pages, with dealers correspondence; PLUS: Troms Filatelistklubb 1927–1937, 32 pages, softcover; PLUS: Oslo Filatelist-Klub; Glade Minner – V: 1927–1946 (1946), 200-page, rather humorous commemorative publication marking the club's 60th anniversary, with dedication, softcover; and a few other small publications. Estimate: 60 Euro

POLAND – Polanski, W. de: Timbres-Poste de Pologne aux XVIIIe et XIXe Siècles (1780–1870), french edition (1920), 80 pages + 44 plates, 150 copies are numbered (this is No. 60), half leather hardcover, a very rare book! Estimate: 500 Euro

POLAND – Polanski, W. von / Rachmanow, W. von: Die Postwertzeichen und Poststempel von Polen im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert (1935), 82 pages (softcover) + 53 plates, this is No. 10 of the 300 copies printed, with original box (a few small faults). PLUS: Mikstein, Stanislaw: Pieczecie Posztowe na Ziemiach Polski w XVIII Wieku (1762–1800) (1936), 126 pages, red leather binding, dedicated and signed by the author. Estimate: 200 Euro