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  • Lot# : 2081 Collections/lots worldwide

    General Interest - Indices; Amrhein, Manfred, 1992/1997/2001; Philatelic Literature - A History and a Select Bibliography from 1861, Vol. 1  Nineteenth Century Publications. Introduction to Philatelic Literature-Collecting (1992), 179 pages. Vol. II: The Spread of Philatelic Knowledge and Latin America (1997), 228 pages. Vol. III: The Middle East – Africa – The Far East (2001), 223 pages. An in depth description of philatelic literature, well presented in Large Quartro format (31.5 x 24 cm), all with dust jacket.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 2083 Collections/lots worldwide

    Encyclopaedia, Munk, Herbert Dr. 1926/36; Kohl-Briefmarkenhandbuch, 11. Auflage, Band 1-5 Afghanistan - Italien, Lieferungen 1-40 komplett. Five volumes bound in Morocco, as new. One of the most important work ever. 
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 2084 Collections/lots worldwide

    Forgeries, Moens J. B. 1862; DE LA FALSIFICATION DES TIMBRES-POSTE ou nomenclature générale de toutes les imitations et falsifications, ainsi que des divers timbres d'essais de tous pays. 34 pages, hardbound, the first book every issued regarding the topic of stamp falsifications, only one year after the first catalogue.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF

    Lot# : 2085 Collections/lots worldwide

    Forgeries 1865/1950c: Lot eleven books & booklets incl. 1862 Moens Falsification of Postage Stamps, reprint, 1865 very early Stourton J.M., Postage Stamp Forgeries, 1905 Earée Album Weeds, both volumes, 1920c Forged Stamps of all Countries, and war propaganda forgery literature.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 2126 Collections/lots worldwide

    Catalogues; Potiquet, Alfred 1862: Catalogue des timbres-poste, créés dans les divers États du globe, a catalogue without any figures depicting the adhesives, compiled by Alfred Potiquet, published and printed by E. Lacroix Paris 1862, 48 pages, 11x18 cm. The second edition of the world's first stamp catalogue issued in December 1861 by Alfred Potiquet, of which only three examples are known to exist. Placed in most attractive half leather bound book container with gold stamped spine.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF

    Lot# : 2127 Collections/lots worldwide

    Catalogues; Moens J.-B. 1862: Manuel du Collectionneur de timbres-poste, a catalogue without any figures depicting the adhesives, compiled by Jean-Baptiste Moens and Baillieu Paris, printed by M.J. Poot Bruxelles 1862, 72 pages, 10x14 cm. The first Moens publication, the original binding and the text of this catalogue are in a very fresh and fine condition. Placed in most attractive half leather bound book container with raised and gold stamped spine.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 2128 Collections/lots worldwide

    Catalogues; Gray, John Edward 1862: Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps for the use of collectors, a catalogue without any figures depicting the adhesives, compiled by J. E. Gray, printed by Robert Hardwicke London 1862, 54 pages, 10x17 cm. Print run of 1'500 examples, but how many have survived, the introduction includes already a philatelic literature list. The hardbound cover depicts a red ONE SHILLING stamp, some aging of the cover as to be expected, however the first British catalogue. Placed in most attractive half leather bound book container with gold stamped spine.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 2129 Collections/lots worldwide

    Catalogues; Brown, Mount 1862: Catalogue of British, colonial, and foreign postage stamps, a very early catalogue without any figures depicting the adhesives, compiled by Mount Brown, printed by Passmore London 1862, 72 pages, 10x13cm, defect outer pages mounted on cardboard, text very good. Placed in most attractive half leather bound book container with gold stamped spine.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 2130 Collections/lots worldwide

    Catalogues; Moens J.-B. 1863: Manuel du Collectionneur de timbres-poste, supplément de la 2e édition, a catalogue without any figures depicting the adhesives, compiled by Jean-Baptiste Moens, 16 pages, 12x19 cm. Half leather bound with gold stamped spine.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 2132 Collections/lots worldwide

    Catalogues; Moens J.-B. 1864: Les timbres-poste illustrés, contenant la nomenclature générale de tous les timbres-poste et la reproduction de tous les types émis jusqu'à ce jour, dans les divers pays de l'univers. Compiled by Jean-Baptiste Moens Bruxelles, with the illustrations made by P. Schmitz and F. Deraedemaeker, printed by Typographie Veuve J. van Buggenhoudt Bruxelles 1864, 148 pages and figures on 54 plates. The first stamp catalogue with illustrations, thus in a narrow sense the first stamp catalogue at all. The original hardbound Morocco binding and the text of this catalogue are in a fresh and fine condition, gold stamped spine, some scuffing of the spine, the illustrations are gorgeous.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 2133 Collections/lots worldwide

    Catalogues; Stafford Smith & Smith's 1864: A New and Revised Descriptive Price Catalogue of British, Colonial, and Foreign Postage Stamps, a catalogue with some adhesives depicted on a central plate, compiled by the stamp dealer Stafford Smith & Smith's in Bath 1864, 15 pages. One of the first stamp catalogues with figures, newly half leather bound with gold stamped spine.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 2134 Collections/lots worldwide

    Catalogues; Moens J.-B. 1891: Catalogue Prix-Courant de Timbres-Poste - Atlas de Planches de Timbres, in two volumes with 197 pages depicting complete sheets from different areas, hardbound in Morocco. Lot includes also Publications Timbrologiques, a 1897 list of the publications issued by Moens, eight pages hardbound, Almanach du Timbre-Poste, and Cliches Galvanos.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 2135 Collections/lots worldwide

    Catalogues; Moens J.-B. 1892/93: Catalogue Prix-Courant de Timbres-Poste & Atlas, bound in five volumes with vol. 1 timbres-poste et telegraphe, vol. 2 enveloppes, bandes, cartes & mandats, vol. 3 timbres fiscaux mobiles etc., vol. 4 illustrations on 192 plates. and vol. 5 stamp sheet illustrations. All half leather bound.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 2136 Collections/lots worldwide

    Catalogues; Moens J.-B. 1866/99: Lot ten Moens catalogues incl. Catalogue Prix-Courant 1866, 1868, 1869, 1872/73, 1877, 1884, 6th edition, 1886, 1888-89 3rd supplement to the 6th edition, 1899 1st part, and 1908c Liquidation générale des timbres. A fine and fresh selection, all half leather bound with gold stamped spine.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 2137 Collections/lots worldwide

    Catalogues; 1866/1920c: Lot 19 catalogues incl. 1866 Gray illustrated catalogue, a worn example but full of character, 1882 Edward B. Evans catalogue without illustrations, 1893 Maurice Belin Bruxelles catalogue, 1889, 1900 & 1913 Maury catalogues, 1908 Anton van Hoek in two volumes, 1922 Serrane Europe catalogue, 1933 Champion supplement, also fiscal and telegraph stamp catalogues.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 2147 Collections/lots worldwide

    1887/2000c: Lot 20 books, booklets and catalogues dealing with the philately and postal history of the Commonwealth incl. 1887 Lockyer - Colonial stamps, Holmes BNA, Cooper two books Early Indian Cancellations & Stamps of India, also other Overseas areas incl, China - Ireland Large Dragons and Post offices of the world (except Germany), 1888, reprint, USA - Zareski Oblitérations des Étas-Unis, print run 300, in addition auction catalogues Burrus Ceylon, Barbados & New Zealand, also DF Kainai Mauritius.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 2149 Collections/lots worldwide

    1895/19080c: Balance of the collection with monographs and periodicals incl. the 1987 reprint of the Ferrary auction with the 1921/25 Gilbert auctions, the 1929 Luder Greece auction and the Napier and Serrane indices, two 1983 books dealing with Moens, HJMR and Harris philatelic literature indices, Neues Handbuch der Briefmarkenkunde 1960/80 vols 1-51 nearly complete, The Stamp Collector's Fortnightly vols 1, 2, 5 & 6, 1894/96 & 1898/1901, also Robson Lowe's The Philatelist vols. 16-17, 20, 22 & 23 ex 1949/57 bound, vols 27-31 1961/64 in compl. runs unbound as well as single issues ex 1969/88.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 2185 Collections/lots worldwide

    1806/60: Group of five stampless letters, incl. 1828 (Oct. 17) entire letter from Santiago to Valparaiso struck with fine CHILE straight line handstamp in red, further four coves from Peru with LIMA h.s. in red on 1806 entire letter to Cuenca 1859 entire letter endorsed 'V. Callao' from Lima to Bordeaux  as well as tow 'Steam Ship 10' letters from Lima via Panama to New York one with PAID / PANAMA h.s. (1857) other with "PANAMA FE 7 1860" cds., both on front.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 2188 Collections/lots worldwide

    1880/1980c: Balance of the Keith Tranmer Collection, in albums, boxes and folders; includes among other areas material from Austria, Liechtenstein, France, Great Britain & Colonies, South America, WWI propaganda labels, German Third Reich Winterhilfswerk badges, WWI Fieldpost from all sides, and modern covers from Arabia. Viewing recommended.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 2189 Collections/lots worldwide

    1900/70: Lot few hundred stamps used and some covers from various countries all over the world, all in mixed condition, in additon a bunch of presentation leaflets of Liechtenstein used/unused, the whole arranged in a small box.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 2190 Collections/lots worldwide

    1912/2000ca: Lot hundreds used / unused adhesives and miniature sheets, primarily from PRC, China, and other Asian countries, but includes worldwide material with a lot of topical content.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 2191 Collections/lots worldwide

    1890/1950c: Lot 400 used adhesives, all with perfins incl. about 200 Australian Commonwealth Kangaroo and KGV definitives, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Portugal, French Colonies, Italy, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Norway, Denmark & Sweden.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 2192 Collections/lots worldwide

    1860/1940c: Collection worldwide with hundreds stamps used/unused mounted in a Schaubeck album and 24 exercise books, a relatively well filled album without the top pieces as to be expected.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 2193 Collections/lots worldwide

    1920/90ca.: Large Box with unused France collection, incl. French ATM's and booklets (1967/95ca.), further unused German sheets or part sheets with some booklets as well as two albums with modern British - Booklets.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 2194 Collections/lots worldwide

    ATM-stamps 198/94: Lot with several hundred stamps used/unused and covers/cards franked with ATM-stamps, incl. Brazil with many Nos 1 in three albums, New Zealand ATM's in an album, further two stockbooks with a lot of material from Australia to South Africa and Austria to Turkey with a good range of Switzerland included as well as two 1994 year booklets issued by Th.v.Loeper with stamps from Australia to USA.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 2195 Collections/lots worldwide

    1900/80ca.: Remainder several hundred stamps used and unused with some better sets together with as well as many covers, incl. 'Book Post' from Lhasa (Tibet), many from India and 'Incoming Mail' to Nepal. Despite some ageing, an interesting assembly.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 2196 Collections/lots worldwide

    1851/66: Mixed lot with Barbados with 1852 slate-blue pair unused, 1858 6 d. rose fine used, British Guiana 1853/55 4 c. blue used (Gi = £ 550), New South Wales Diadem issue imperfs. all with four margins, USA 1851 3 c. single and pair each with large margins and cancelled in blue, together with an 1866 Mauritius cover to Bordeaux franked 4 d. rose and 1 s. orange-yellow. A choice group (15 items).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 2197 Collections/lots worldwide

    1852/1935.: Group of classic issues including Tasmania 1855 4 d. used with '68' numeral, Greece 1861 Pairs print 40 l. lilac on blued cancelled '9' numeral, Switzerland Rayon I black & red on blued cancelled 'P.P.' in black, Spain 1865 19 cs. brown & rose with large margins all round lightly cancelled in black, together with covers/cards (3) with Japan 1888 2 c. green stationery card cancelled by Nagasaki 'bota' in black with rare bilingual "SHIP" marking, 1899 Straits Settlements cover to Germany by French Packet franked 4 c. and 6 c. (2), and 1935 S.S. Bremen 'Ship to Shore' cover returned to sender from Southampton (17 items).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 2198 Collections/lots worldwide

    1840/1990c: Lot hundreds stamps used / unused incl. Tunesia, Arabic countries, Great Britain from Penny Black, British Colonies with South Africa, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Cyprus, Malta, New Zealand, early Japan, Bavaria and other Old German States, France, also strong topical content such as Ships and Airplanes, in five albums.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 2199 Collections/lots worldwide

    1960/90ca.: Minister sheets 1970 Dahomey 'Cavalier Bariba' 1 Fr.  to 10 Fr. 'Epreuves de Luxe' two sets of three values together with 1976 Central African Republic 'Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck' 40 f to 500 f. set of six, further unused 'bird' - sets of Australia, Gambia, Ghana, Papua New Guninea and St. Vincent as well as some better New Zealand Health miniature sheetlets, all fine unused, never hinged.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2200 Collections/lots worldwide

    1885/1941: Mixed lot with better stamps used/unused, incl. 1928/33 Tunisia proofs (2) engraved in violet-brown on medium wove paper (Yvert 161), Reunion 1938 Airmail issue 3 fr. 65 (Yvert 2a) in an unused marginal and imperf. block of four, further 1918 Western Ukraine Kolomya 'Ukr.N.R./5' with cyrillic ovpt. on Austria 15 H. used (cert. Ceremuga) together with seven Romania covers (1879/1917) and 1940/41 stamp issues unused with miniature sheets as well as seven Zante covers (1942).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 2201 Collections/lots worldwide

    Stamp-Booklets 1937/1992ca.: Large accumulation of many hundred stampbooklets predominatly unused modern issues (1970/90) from various European countries and some overseas included, some duplication and booklet-covers only noted as well as 17 PRC-booklets (1980/90), these in complete and fine unused condition.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 2202 Collections/lots worldwide

    1850/1950: Remainder with some thousand stamps used/unused, mainly small values, incompl. sets and duplicats, covering a wide array of countries all over the world, noteworthy among others are France, Iceland, the Netherlands, Sowjetunion, India, Japan, Persia and USA, mixed condition and housed in five old albums.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 2203 Collections/lots worldwide

    1850/1950 ca.: Large box lot with large Schaubek album and three stockbooks with mainly smaller values, France cover album with ten items to Beyrouth (1858/60) and many to Switzerland (1865/75) as well as hundreds of stamps in glassine bags.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 2204 Collections/lots worldwide

    1960/1980: Collection of modern issues including many miniature sheets "Middle East", and "Asia" with strength in "THEMATICS" such as "Olympics" and sports in general, "Animals" and "Ships" in a large Album and on stock cards.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2205 Collections/lots worldwide

    1948/1972: Middle East collection containing Bahrain: 1955 Castles overprint, both types (Gi 94/96 an 94a/96a), 1964 definitives (Gi 128/138), and many later issues, Dubai, Iraq: 1948 perforated miniature sheet insignificant creasing,  Kuwait. All areas include many high catalogue value thematic issues covering: "Sports", "Scouting", "Olympic Games", "Ships" and many more. 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 2206 Collections/lots worldwide

    1900/80c: Collection hundreds stamps used / unused with a lot of topical content showing airplanes motifs incl. Soviet Union 1938 Airplane & Poland 1938 Stratosphere souvenir sheets as well as sports motifs, also post-WWII issues of Allied Occupation of Germany with Sachsen & Thüringen with souvenir sheets.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 2207 Collections/lots worldwide

    1860/1910c.: Locals collection in an album with some useful Denmark, Norway locals and Russian Zemstvos together with a stockbook of same and a copy of Herrick's "Zemstvo Stamps" (1978 reprint), some forgeries incl. Suez Canal set of four, nevertheless an unusual lot.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF

    Lot# : 2208 Collections/lots worldwide

    1858/1937: Lot 30 stamps/pieces incl. Austria 1858 Large St. Andrew's Cross yellow unused, Great Britain 1887/92 Jubilee 2 d. green & scarlet used, Italian P.O. in Alexandria, 1863 (Sept 19) piece bearing two Sardinia 80 c. deep orange tied to piece by framed "PIROSCAFI POSTALI FRANCESI" in blue with matching "ALESSANDRIA D'EGITTO" despatch cds alongside. Also Italy lot 24 primarily unused stamps incl. Airmail 1933 Zeppelin set unmounted og., Crociera Nord Atlantica trittici ovpt I-DINI, both values unused, Somalia 1935 Visita del Re up to 25 l unused & Eritrea Espressi 1,25 l. on 60 c. used (3) (Sassone = € 1'590). And Peru four Lecocq adhesives used / unused.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 2209 Collections/lots worldwide

    1880/2000c: Lot hundreds stamps used / unused with collection parts incl. Cuba under Spanish rule, Labuan, India, Indian Convention States, C.E.F., worldwide stationery cut-outs group, Württemberg, Venezia Giulia & Tridentina with four covers, Uruguay collection on Maury pages, Macao, Austria, Penny Red plating, Bechuanaland, Portuguese colonies, Philippines under Spanish rule, Russia, Samoa, Toga, USA, Finland local stamps, classic Japan with many forgeries, Jammu & Kashmeer with definitives, many forgeries included and telegraph stamps in whole sheets. Also 150 Italian 1865/1890 inland covers with VEII and Umberto frankings. Interesting group, to be studied.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 2210 Collections/lots worldwide

    1964/1972: Middle East collection, mainly "Gulf States" strong in "ADEN" overprints eg. 1966 "Olympic Games", 1967 "World Peace" and  "Astronauts", other areas include many high catalogue value thematic issues covering: "Sports", "Scouting", "Olympic Games", "Animals" and many more. The lot also comprises a number of phase prints depicting sporting greats. Significant catalogue value.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 2211 Collections/lots worldwide

    1880/1980c: Lot hundreds stamps used/unused in five albums incl. two Lücke / Schaubek albums, also filed with classical issues of Bavaria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Baden, Italy, Egypt with Interpostal Seals, in addition an album with 350 stationery postcards and some covers.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF

    Lot# : 2212 Collections/lots worldwide

    1934/1980: World accumulation of mainly unused miniature sheets including Hungary: "LISZT", 1948 and 1949 "CHAIN BRIDGE" , Poland, "CULTURE",  France "PEXIP", Sowjet-Union "LENIN" 1949 imperforate and perforated, "STALIN 70th BIRTHDAY" on white and cream paper and many many more, condition not always perfect, good lot from collector's estate.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 2213 Collections/lots worldwide

    1860/1980: All world collectors' estate with oddments and collections from all corners of the earth, so a very presentable lot Spain and colonies, with many classics and semi classics such as the "1920 UPU Congress", 10 Pts unused (Mi 279), Air Mail (Mi 250/4), Italy and States with Sicily a very nice 20 gr and 50 gr, (Mi 6/7) and many other high catalogue value items. Croatia with many miniature sheets and sheetlets. Austria a collection 1st Republic, some Ephemera, Fiscals and many other stamps and covers. The condition is as usual a very mixed bag with many really good quality stamps included.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF

    Lot# : 2214 Collections/lots worldwide

    1850/1950ca: All World collection in 20 stockbooks with better sets and values used/unused, incl. Britisch Commonwealth with Hong Kong and Malaysia from the early issues onwards, also Europe with some Scandinavia, Latin America with a range of Locals, further Asia with China Small Dragons used and duplicated Vietnam.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF

    Lot# : 2215 Collections/lots worldwide

    1840/80: 'All World' collection in four volumes with classic material in a combination of stamps with postal history items throughout, the European countries from Austria - Turkey including Austria 1863 3 Kr. yellow-green, perf. 14, multiple franking of nine on registered cover, Finland serpentine rouletted stamps, Great Britain with 1840 1 d. black used (cert. Bolaffi) and British Commonwealth with Australian States, Cape of Good Hope with triangulars and two usages on cover, further Overseas from Argentine to USA. Somewhat in mixed condition, nevertheless an attractive offer.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 8,000 CHF

    Lot# : 2216 Collections/lots worldwide

    1840/1965: Accumulation of better material "All World" including Berlin 1949 "Red Overprint" complete unused full og. (Mi 21/34) cert. Raybaudi, Luxemburg 1935 "Intellectuals" complete unused (Mi 266/280), Ascension KGVI to 10 s. complete unused (Gi 38/47), Gambia QEII, 1953 set to £1 complete unused (Gi 171/185), 1840 Penny Black, a good collection of Netherlands, classic stamps from all over Europe and the World with significant strength in British Commonwealth.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 2217 Collections/lots worldwide

    1906/39 ca.: Mixed lot with 50 covers/cards incl. 1906 envelope from the Russian P.O. in Shanghai to Berlin, 1917 censored envelope from Pera (Turkey) to Zug, Switzerland, 1936 cover from Egypt to China, 1931 envelope from Teheran to Germany, further some covers/cards from Bohemia, Hungary and Yugoslavia as well as some Persia Lion stamps with Boital reprints and Egypt numbered Registration labels in an unused block of 25.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 2218 Collections/lots worldwide

    1860/1990ca.: Cover Lot with several hundred items mainly from Germany, Great Britain and the Netherlands as well as three albums with Austrian Balloon Mail.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 2219 Collections/lots worldwide

    1950/80: Lot several hundred cards and covers from and to Switzerland, mainly airmai items and the incoming section showing a wide array of countries all over the world, the major part being business or daily mail, few special cancellations and items pre 1950 may be found. Also 1783/1895 Lot 27 covers primarily from Austria, Hungary and Italy incl. prephilatelic entires such as 1783 Hungary Caschau to Miskolc, 1813 during the Regno d'Italia from the census department in Ampezzo to the mayor of Forni Avoltri, 1825 Lindau to Malans Grisons, 1830 Szathmar with honorific address to Ungvar, 1834 Verona to the Duchy of Modena, 1835 Lavis to Trento, also stamped covers such as 1854 Padova to Bozzolo with two examples of Lombardo-Veneto 15 c. red, Austria eight stationery postcards and nine covers; 1870/89 Telegram form dated "Paris 10 August 1870" bearing Telegraph stamp 1 f. orange and a Telegram form Switzerland dated "27 III 89", and USA 1849/52 two Entire letters to Germany.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 2220 Collections/lots worldwide

    1790/1860ca.: Accumulation of  pre-stamp postal history items, many hundreds, mainly from Europe with some interesting items from Switzerland, incl. documents with diff. wafer seals as well as stampless mail with some from Austria-Hungary.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 2221 Collections/lots worldwide

    1903/1975: Accumulation of Airmail letters from all around the world, covering all aspects of flight. Among the items seen are early picture postcards, with aviation motives ranging from Balloon flights to a drawn image of the Wright brothers first plane. Postal history covers many balloon and first flights inclusive of US and Canada first flights, but also Swiss flights and rocket mail. An Austrian 1937 "Volksspende" for the army card depicts a period military plane. This varied lot will yield many pleasant surprises for the specialist collector.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 2222 Collections/lots worldwide

    1885/1965: Latin America and USA accumulation of approximately 500 almost completely commercial envelopes and cards with many sent to overseas destinations, a significant proportion by airmail with accordingly higher denomination frankings. During wartime with many different censor markings. Occasionally contained older picture postcards and postal stationery. Among the earlier items is a letter from "MILLINGTON NJ" to "MORGES" franked "COLUMBUS" 6c purple (Mi 78) and a picture postcard franked 1912 Parcel Post 1 c red.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 2223 Collections/lots worldwide

    1931/64: Lot total 83 cards, picture postcards and envelopes from various rocket experiments and space missions in Austria (rocket V 15), Russia and in the USA, in good condition, housed in two albums and on album pages.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 2224 Collections/lots worldwide

    1930/70: Lot some hundred cards, covers and postal stationery items (the latter mainly unused) covering a wide array of coutries as GB, Germany and related aereas, Italy, Russia and Sowjetunion, Switzerland incl. Campione, Belgian Congo, Egypt and some more, the lot includes daily mail as wellas philatelic frankings, good to mixed condition, arranged in a woody box.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 2225 Collections/lots worldwide

    1826/1920ca.: Album with illustrated lettersheets and covers, incl. six Ladies envelopes with three from USA of which two franked 3 c. perf. / imperf. and unfranked 1858 envelope to Baden AG, Switzerland, 15 illustrated letterheads with engraved or lithographed letter-heads from Vevey (2), 'Hotel Gibbon' in Geneva (1), 'Königliches Schloss' in Berlin, Nauen, Vienna, and Hamburg, further two small 'Amulet' and 'Baptismal' - envelopes, nine unused lettersheets and envelope sets, used illustrated lettersheets as well as some illustrated invoices of Restaurants and Hotels as Hotel Glockenhof in Zurich. Fine and exceptional.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 2226 Collections/lots worldwide

    1880/1970: Cover lot, 650+ items from all over the world into Switzerland, incl. commercial business mail with many registered usages together with a private correspondence to the Basle, interesting Airmails and frankings as 1937 registered envelope from Adis Abeba to Liestal, 1901 Postcard from "Kiautschou Dt. Post 26.5.01" as well as one 'O.A.T' envelope from Turkey (1945), all neatly mounted in six albums.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 2227 Collections/lots worldwide

    1850/1950c: Lot 400 worldwide covers with a focus on European provenances, incl. Germany with post-WWII Allied occupation, Austria, Italy, Great Britain, Spain, France, also Palestine, Egypt, China junk issue, Northern Korea, New Zealand, primarily directed to Switzerland, in addition some carantine related documents.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 2228 Collections/lots worldwide

    1900/1960: Box containing over 500 items of postal history, originating from around the globe. This lot comprises postal stationery, letters, postcards, and picture postcards predominantly pre WWII, including some rather unusual items, such as a Lybian parcel card, early postcards from Croatia, stationery from Ceylon, items from Zanzibar and Australia. In addition there is also a selection of Asian stamps and miniature sheets from Vietnam and Indonesia.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 2229 Collections/lots worldwide

    Astrophilately - Spacemail 1948/1981: Collection 800+ covers starting with 1948 El Paso covers, 1959 first captive flight X15, 60'ties rocket mail items and Mercury missions up to Apollo 17 flights, including five items signed by James Lovell, the American Astronaut of Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13, further commemorative covers to various lauches and landings with recovery ships as USS Okinawa 1969/71, special cachets as Apollo 11 'Manned Lunar Landing' U.S. Navy Recovery Pacific 'USS Hornet Jul 24-1969' as well as later missions as Apollo-Sojuz, Skylab, Space Shuttle, all together with Ballon Mail, Concorde and Satellite flights with some Japanese missions included. A fine offer, with much material, Ex Waldemar Feller.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 2230 Collections/lots worldwide

    1850/1977ca.: All World Postal History lot in ten classeurs (various sizes) with several hundred commercial covers in mixed condition but also with better items included, much addressed to Switzerland, incl. British Commonwealth, Tannu-Tuva, Albania as well as some Polar postcards, needs careful inspection.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF

    Lot# : 2231 Collections/lots worldwide

    1856/78c: Lot 150 primarily unpaid entire letters / covers, all from one correspondence to Nantes in France, originating from Pointe à Pitre Gouadeloupe, Valparaiso via Panama, Havanna, New York, Melbourne, Martinique, Rio de Janeiro, New Orleans, Réunion, Buenos Ayres, San Francisco, Tacna via Arica Peru, and Batavia, also Riga, St. Petersburg, and Hamburg, some post-UPU postcards in addition as well as letter contents, documents, telegrams, waybills bearing revenue and exchanges. Lot includes also 250 French covers with single local or inland frankings as well as 100 covers from Great Britain to France from the 1870s.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400 CHF

    Lot# : 2232 Collections/lots worldwide

    1777/1857: Transatlantic Mail - Group of eleven covers from Overseas to Europe, incl. 1777 entire lettersheet from Cap-Haitien and 1792 lettersheet endorsed 'par le Telemaque D.L.S' from Port au Prince bearing concave semi-circle 'COLONIES' h.s. in red, both to Marseille, 'COLONIES PAR / BREST' h.s. in black on 1824 entire from Rio de Janeiro to St. Malo, France, 'MARTINIQUE' h.s. in black and 'COLONIES PAR / LE HAVRE' h.s. in red on cover to France, further '74 / LE HAVRE' h.s. in red on 1824 cover from Boston to Scheidam, Netherlands as well as 1839 letter from New York bearing  'VIA DI / PONT-BEAUVOISIN' h.s. via Paris to  Livorno. A fine and scarce assembly.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2233 Collections/lots worldwide

    1929/40: Airmail lot, five covers /cards, incl. Zeppelin 1929 Mediterranean flight cancelled on board (22.4.1929) to "S. Remo 25.4.29", Rome Flight 1933 Thoolen - card from s'Gravenhage, Netherland (23.5.33), Bolivia picture postcard used on 'Escquadrilla Militar' flight from "Loja Jul.27 1932" (signed Longhi), further 1931 commercial airmail usage from "Catania 24.7.31" to Paris taxed on arrival as well as WW II censored airmail dispatch from Cairo to "Rome 17.1.40".
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2237 Collections/lots worldwide

    1950/2000c: Topical collection flowers & mushrooms, hundreds stamps primarily unused.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 2239 Collections/lots worldwide

    1921/70ca.: Topic collection 'Horses on stamps' in five albums with many hundred unused sets and miniature sheets from all over the world, depicting horses in Sports, on monuments and as a companion and a faithful friend of mankind, enhanced with some cancellations on covers or cards.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF
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