tradition and experience in classic philately since 1919

all lots

EUROPE & OVERSEAS
Sort list :
  • Lot# : 1458 Libya

    1950/70: Lot 240 envelopes, mostly showing philat. frankings and addressed to Germany, in between also some business mail and a wealth of diff. cancellations, in addition a selection of stamps used/unused or on piece, furthermore a bunch of envelopes showing meter band advertising and a tourist map. Housed in three albums.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1459 Nepal

    1881: 1 a. milky blue on European paper, an imperforate block of six (2 x 3) positions 10-11/18-19/26-27, probably from Setting 1, with large margins all round and of excellent clear impession and fresh colour, unused without gum as issued. A superb and rare multiple Gi = £ 1'350.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1460 Nepal

    1901/14ca.: Two stampless official covers carried by courier to Kathmandu showing fine strikes of large ornamental transit marks from the Tibet border administration in Kerong and Kuti (Tibet towns under Nepalese jusrisdiction), one registered with 'Shri Adalata Kuti' Court seal, other with 'Shri Adalata Kerong' Court seal. Fine.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 1461 Nepal

    1930 (Aug--Dec): Sri Pashupati Redrawn Issue Recess Perkins Bacon & Co, London 8 p. scarlet perf. 13 ½ on ungummed wove paper in a spectcular complete sheet of one hundred with nearly compl. sheet margin, only three tabs of upper margin missing, minimal marginal tear at bottom right, showing '8 PICE' imprint on lower left Gi. = £ 2'700.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 1462 Nepal

    1935 (Aug--Dec): Sri Pashupati Redrawn Issue perf. 13 ½, Recess Perkins Bacon & Co, London, the complete set of six values in large marginal part sheets without gum, incl. 2 p. brown sheet of 95, 4 p. green two sheets of 90, rare  8 p. scarlet in a sheet of 96 with '8P-' imprint on top left corner sheet, 16 p. purple sheet of 90 as well 32 p. blue also in a sheet of 90 stamps, all with minor imperfections. Ex The Perkins Bacon Archive formerly offered at Robson Lowe Dec. 1996 Gi. = £ 7'200.

    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1463 Nepal

    1935 (Aug-Dec): 4 p. green, perf. 13½, a complete sheet of forty (4 x 10), with full imprints all round, and complete wide margins at top and at base, some aging on gum, mostly in the margins and fold between eighth and ninth row, unmounted og. Scarce Gi = £ 230+.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1464 Nepal

    1985: 14th Eastern Regional Tuberculosis Conference Kathmandu, a complete imperforted sheet of twenty values together with a perf. sheet as issued, fine unused mint. A modern rarity.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1465 Nepal

    1881/1930: Interesting Selection 700+ Crossed Kukris definitives used/unused with large shades and cancellation interest incl. 1881 European paper 2 a. purple imperf (2), 4 a perf, later 1886 issues on native paper such as 1 a. blue in marginal block of four with inscription on selvedge, large multiples, several tête-bêches, singles and multiples from the recut printings, also on European wove paper, pin-perforated examples, barred obliterator and telegraphic Crescent cancellations, multiples up to complete sheets of 64 examples with telegraphic cancellations, 1901 Retouched plate 1 a. blue imperf in vertical pair used, cert. Hellrigl, 1917 1 a. error of colour emerald-green instead of blue, a used marginal single and a tête-bêche pair, both with cert. Hellrigl, and 1917/30 new printings in changed colours with large multiples up to 56 examples showing blank positions. A strong lot which has to be studied carefully to be fully appreciated.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1466 Nepal

    1898/1998: Hundreds used / unused stamps, mounted separately for both conditions on leaves, incl. Crossed Khukris on native paper incl. colour error green instead of blue, 1899 ½ a black with clear imprint and pin-perforated, Siva Mahadeva issues up to 5 r., later definitive and commemorative issues, 1959 King Mahendra imperf in multiples, 1960 Child's Day in imperf. miniature sheet of four, 1966 National Flag with error: colour red missing, 1981 Nepalese Postage Stamp Centenary souvenir sheet showing variety imperf. and 4 a. green imprint shifted to the left, 1985 Tuberculosis in a vertical imperf. corner marginal pair, 1986 Vishnu in block of four with shifted perf., and 1987 SAARC Summit with shifted perf. and red double imprint, modern material also in blocks of four and complete sheets.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1467 Nepal

    1935 (Aug./Dec): Sri Pashupati Redrawn Issue, Imperforated Colour Proofs by Perkins Bacon & Co, London, Selection of various multiples as blocks of four and more and pairs, incl. 2 p. brown, 4 p. green, 16 p. purple, 14 p. orange and 32 p. blue, with some marginal items. All fresh and fine. Ex the printers archive, offered at Robson Lowe, Dec. 1996.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 1468 Nepal

    1935 (Aug--Dec): Sri Pashupati Redrawn Issue Recess Perkins Bacon & Co, London, 4 p. green perf. 13 ½, in compl. sheets and part sheets, incl. imperforated  Colour Proofs with one complete sheet of one hundred as well as one complete sheet with imprint '4 Pi / 2' showing misplaced horizontal perforations rows Gi. = £ 1'300 for regular issues.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1469 Nepal

    1815/1949: Lot 39 Official stampless documents incl. 1815 cover sent during the 1814-16 Anglo-Gurkha War from Uzir Singh Tapa, the Commander of the western Front at Palpa to Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa, several documents with different large trinlingual seals of Prime Ministers from later years, Seal of the Royal Palace and other official seals, also 25 stampless covers with postal datestamps of diff. shapes from Kalaya, Chisadagi, Chisapani, Kataharban, Chitwan, Bhagwanpur, Dhankuta, Hannumannagar, Bhadra, Pokhara, Palpa, Pyuthan, Butwal, Birganj, Sarlahi, Tatapani, Trisuli, and Rasuwa. A very varied and interesting lot.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1470 Nepal

    1935/74: Album with 100 covers, incl. 1935 Sri Pahupati Redrawn Issue 24 p. orange (30), 1962 Nepalese Poets and 10 r. King Mahendra up to later issues, throughout commercial usages.rn 
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 1471 Thailand

    1909: Registered stationery postcard 2 a. on 1½ a. carmine (H&G 10c) sent from Bangkok to Tammerfors / Tampere, Finland under Russian rule, a fresh and fine example with add. franking of 1908 9 a. on 10 a. blue and 2 a. on 24 a. purple & blue (Gi 110+112) cancelled by crisp "Bangkok 2" bilingual cds (March 29, 1909) in black, trilingual Tammerfors arrival at left. Reverse with Napoli transit datestamp.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 1472 Thailand

    1920: Scouts handstamp overprinted with T72b & T73a on 1906-1920 definitives, in total 13 stamps issued, unused og. Gi = £ 1'311.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1473 Thailand

    1999: 72nd Birthday King Bhumipol, Royal Palaces, the complete set of four stamps in two gutter pairs, unmounted mint o.g., scarce, ex the printer's archive, not issued in such combination.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1474 Yemen Kingdom

    1926: Inland Postage 2½ b. black on white, 2½ b. black on orange and 5 b. black on white, unused, all on horizontally laid paper, together with 2½ b. black on white a horizontal pair, all with large margins all round, minor wrinkles not affecting the appearance, unused as issued, scarce Gi = £ 450.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1475 Yemen Kingdom

    1939 (April 28): 2nd Anniversary of the Arab Alliance, the unused set of six values, wmk. YG, in corner marginal blocks of four, unmounted og. but with some aging, and the unused set of six values variety "Imperforate" in marginal blocks of four, unmounted og. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1586 Iraq

    1918/99: Collection with Mosul 1919 ½ a. on 1 a. green & red in an unused sheet of 25, 1 a. on 20 pa. black & red in strips of five unused each with top marginal tab (4), thereafter with a used run from 1918 to 1969, thereafter predominantly unused with miniature sheets and Booklet, Officials etc. and small range on cards with 1958 Republic overprint incl. 1 f. gre-blue with five pairs showing Overprint Transposed (Gi 426a = £ 180+), 5 f. green with Opt. Transposed (Gi 447a = £ 85) vertical pair, further items with unpriced inverted overprints etc.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 1587 Iraq

    Baghdad-Haifa Overland Mail 1925/29c.: Covers (53) with handstamped markings for Overland Mail or with the scarce bilingual "OVERLAND MAIL" labels in red, imperforate or perf. in two differing types (17 covers), with covers to Begium, Egypt, France, Italy, Switzerland and UK, incl. unusual 1925 cover with Officially Sealed labels to London, covers (16) incl. registered, with manuscript or typed endorsements 'Overland Mail' and others (4) with various imprinted 'Overland Mail' indicators in red or handstamped privately in red, blue or violet (9) from Iraq and Iran together with Palestine covers (4). Condition varies but a scarce and appealing group.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1588 Iraq

    NO LOT
    Starting bid : Bid
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1649 Libanon

    1848/1843: Lot five envelopes and two cards incl. entire from Beyrouth to Aleppo with all Arabic negative Post Office seal, postcard from the Turkish PO in Baalbek via Salonico the the German Post Office in Constantinople etc. in addition few single stamps and two souvenir sheets on stockcards., good to mixed condition.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 1671 Collections/lots Oversea countries

    1851/1970ca.: Collection in an album with some better sets and values used, starting with USA including 1851 Jackson (3), Lincoln (2), 2c., 3 c. 10 c. and 12 c., 1901 Pan American Exposition, further two stockbooks with Canada and some Latin-America from Antigua to Uruguay.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1672 Collections/lots Oversea countries

    1930/80: Small selection with few hundred stamps and a bunch of cards and covers depicting Asian countries as China, Korea, India, Iran, Japan and Vietnam, mainly small values, several full sets and duplicats, business or daily mail and some dovuments, noteworthy also colourful topics as beetles, birds, butterflies, flowers and many more, in addition some stamps from other countries, good to mixed condition and housed in a large and in a small stockbook, on album pages and loose in plastic files, the whole arranged in a box.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1673 Collections/lots Oversea countries

    Persian Gulf 1934/87: Collection attractively mounted on leaves with Bahrain from 1934 incl. 1942/45 set complete used, 1948 GB optd. set unused complete, 1948 RSW unused, 1950/55 set of nine used, 1952/60 defintive sets unused, 1960 set Al-Khalifa set unused, 1964 definitive set unused, 1966 definitive set unused, 1972 Arab League set unused and good range to 1979 Dhows set unused, Kuwait from 1945 with unused set of 13, 1948 GB optd. set unused, RSW £1 unused, 1950 definitive set of nine unused, QE2 sets (3) unused, 1961 set used to 3 d., 1965 Falcons set unused, Qatar with 1961 set of eight unused, Olympic, Kennedy, Nubian, Scouts sets unused, 1968 definitive set of 14 unused, Abu Dhabi with 1964 definitive set unused, 1965 Falcon set unused, British Post Agencies unused, Trucial States sets unused etc.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 1674 Collections/lots Oversea countries

    1945/99 ca.: Asia - Lot from Aden to Wallis and Futuna, with some interesting PRC noted as mint 1973 'Giant Panda' set of six, furtherissues for Hong Kong, India, Indonesia and Indochina, together with a two volume collection of 1952/99 Indpendent Papua - New Guinea.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 1675 Collections/lots Oversea countries

    1866/1966: Lot nine albums with some better sets and values used/unused with some duplication, incl. Egypt with 1866 first issues and Penasson 1867 5 pi. brown (3) genuine used, 1872/75 issues, Ethiopia from 1895 onwards, two albums French Colonies with issues for French Syria, India, Indochina and French Africa, further two albums with Portuguese colonies, one album with Belgium Colonies as well as an album with modern Yemen.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 1676 Collections/lots Oversea countries

    1860/1960: Collection several thousand stamps used/unused or partly in mint condition included some better sets and values, blocks of four, surcharged values and more, covering a wide array of countries all over the world, noteworthy among others Central and South America, Brith. Colonies, French Colonies, Portugese Colonies, Siam etc., stamps mainly in deep fresh colour and mounted by first hinge, housed in two Schaubek albums.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1677 Collections/lots Oversea countries

    1900/50: Small selection with more than 100 covers, cards and postal stationery items, mainly business or daily mail from Argentina, Brazil, Hawaii, Persia (stationery items with removed additional frankings), USA and some others, mixed condition.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 1678 Collections/lots Oversea countries

    1930/60: Lot 250 airmail covers, cards and postal stationery items from various countries in oveseas, noteworthy among others are Australia, Canada, Egypt, Persia, USA and Philippine Islands, Central and South America etc., incl. first and special flights, business mail, aviation events etc., mostly in good condition and housed in a box.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF
Sort list :