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Lot# : 1998 Turkey
Gallipoli Campaign / German Field Hospital 1916: "Feldpost" cover from a Major at Bigalli, Gallipoli to Stuttgart endorsed "Deutsch Militar Mission - Konstantinopel" struck with circular bilingual "DEUTSCHE MILITAR MISSION / FELDPOST" datestamp in violet (Feb 25) with circular "DEUTSCHES FELDLAZARET BIGALLI / V. ARMEE" in violet at right, File fold but scarce.Starting bid : 175 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1999 Turkey
Caucasus Front 1914: 10 pa. green and 20 pa. red tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 29" Field Post Office datestamp to 1915 postcard from an Officer of the 29th Division, XI Army Corps with circular Unit seal in violet at left, based at Baiburt after the battle of Sarykamish. Scarce.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2000 Turkey
Caucasus Campaign 1917: Turkey 20 pa. red postal stationery card from Hauptmann Hans Fasching from the HQ of the Turksih 3rd Army in Armenia, mailed to Constantinople and addressed to Feldpost 451. Struck on despatch by fancy circular "K. u. k. Instructions Detachement / Haupt. Fasching" and "Zensuriet" violet cachets and equally fine "SAHRA POSTASI / 33" Field Post datestamp (Dec 8) in black. Turkish Censor in black below. Rare and very fine.rnNote Hauptmann Fasching was in charge of instructing the use of Mountain Artillery units operating against the Riussians in Armenia and Persia. Mail from Austrian units operating in this theatre of war is rare.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2001 Turkey
Caucasus Front 1917: Official stampless cover from 2nd Army Headquarters struick with very fine "SAHRA POSTASI / 13" Field Post Office datestamp (Sept 7) in black. Envelope with slight trim at right and unfortunate photographic corner fault but a fine strike.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2002 Turkey
1914: 20 pa. red used on 1915 postcard tied by "Kizil-Toprak" cds, addressed to Field Post Office on Gallipoli front with "SAHRA POSTASI / 4" arrival cds (Nov 17) with rectangular framed 4th Division Censor cachet applied below. The 4th Division was sent from Bulair in July 1915 to make up for the heavy losses in the Battle of Zighin Dere (Gully Ravine). Some aging but scarce.Starting bid : 180 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2003 Turkey
1914: 10 pa. green used on 1 pi. blue postal stationery envelope to Switzerland, tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 13" Field Post Office datestamp (Oct 7, 1916) of the 2nd Army, based post-Gallipoli at Tchataldja, Constantinople. Censorship negative handstamp of 2nd Army and framed Censor alongside, reverse with red wafer seal and Davos-Platz arrival cds (Oct 28). Scarce and attractive cover.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2004 Turkey
1916: 20 pa. red and 10 pa. carmine used on 1916 cover from Constantinople to Banderma tied by "CONS-PLE 1" datestamps, reverse with Banderma arrival (Nov 4) and fair strike of "SAHRA POSTASI / 9" Field Post Office datestamp (5th Army) applied in transit.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2005 Turkey
1916: 1 pi. ultramarine and 10 pa. rose used on 1916 cover, flap missing, to Stamboul (backstamped June 14) each tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 61" Field Post Office datestamps in black, with violet countersigned Unit Censor handstamp of the 7th Division at lower left. In the Spring of 1917 this Division was moved to the Palestine front at Beersheba and Gaza. Some minimal aging but a scarce and attractive cover.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2006 Turkey
1916: Austrian Feldpost pink letter-card addressed to Constantinople struck with circular negative "SAHRA POSTASI / 65" Field Post Office handstamp utilised by the 20th Division of the 15th Army Corps, at this date in Galicia serving with the Austrian Army. Constantinople Censor no. 44 on obverse and reverse with arrival of Istanbul 4. Despite imperfections, a scarce survivor.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2007 Turkey
1916 (Oct 3): Postcard to Kassa, Transylvania written from Damascus posted at Turkish Field Post Office (there was no Austrian Fieldpost in this theatre of war in 1916, in the contents at left the writer (a member of Feld Haubitzer Batterei 2/6) says reply to the Militar bevollmächtigter in Constantinople) and struck with very fine "SAHRA POSTASI / 44" datestamp in black. Framed Turksih Censor at left in black, somewhat over-struck by "UBERPRUFT" in violet. Rare.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2008 Turkey
Incoming 1917: Switzerland 10 c. red postal stationery card, a used example cancelled at Fribourg (March 17), addresseed to an Austrian soldier in the Detachment Oblt. Elder, Dardanelles; with Austrian Feldkirch framed Censor cachet in red and Turkish framed Censor in black. Struck on arrival with "SAHRA POSTASI / 2" Field Post Office datestamp in black. Slight edge wear as to be expected but most unusual.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2009 Turkey
1917: 10 pa. violet used on 20 pa. red postal stationery card from Stamboul to a Captain Osman Nuri, Officer Commanding 2nd Company Field Artillery, 52nd Division XVIII Corps near Damascus, readdressed in black ink to 14th Division with large part arrival "SAHRA POSTASI / 44" Field Post Office datestamp. Typical minor imperfections but scarce.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2010 Turkey
1917: 20 pa. red postal stationery card up-rated with 1917 10 pa. violet tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 30" Field Post Office datestamps in black of the 30th Infantry Division at Erzindjan on the Armenian front, the 10th Corps suffered greatly at Sarykamish. Scarce.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2011 Turkey
1917: 10 pa. on 20 pa. rose and 1916 1 pi. violet & black, used on 1918 cover with original contents to Stamboul (Aug 28), tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 76" Field Post Office datestamp in black with circular Unit cachet of an Artillery Battery beautifully struck in red at lower left, believed to be from the Damascus area. Small closed opening tear at top of cover but rare.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2012 Turkey
Turkish POW Mail 1914: 10 pa. green and 20 pa. red pair used on 1915 cover to a Turkish POW held in Camp at Mudros on Lemnos tied on despatch by "Aktché-Chehir" cds's (July 27) with Turkish Censor above and red wafer seal on reverse and Stamboul transit cds (Aug 30). Struck with straight line "CENSORED" in black and circular "CORPS D'EXPÉDITIONAIRE D'ORIENT / Depot / de Prisonniers / de Guerre" in blue. Some peripheral aging but scarce.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2013 Turkey
Turkish POW Mail 1914: 20 pa. red and Sept 1915 10 pa. green on reverse, used on 1915 cover from Banderma to a Turkish POW held on Lemnos, cancelled on despatch (Nov 17) and Censored with red wafer seal on reverse and framed cachet in black. Stamboul transit cds (Nov 20) and Piraeus transits; obverse with framed "CENSORED" cachet in red applied in Mudros and Greek "Kastron-Mudros" cds. A scarce and fine cover.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2014 Turkey
Turkish POW Mail 1914: 1 pi. blue, two examples, used on registered 1915 cover from Kutahya to a Turkish POW held on Lemnos cancelled on despatch (Nov 6) and also tied by framed "CENSORED" handstamp in red applied by British forces at Mudros. reverse with Stamboul transit cds (Nov 8), Turkish red wafer seal applied with Turksih Censors (on obverse) and Piraeus cds's and "Kastron-Mudros" Greek arrival cds's of Lemnos. A rare example of a registered usage that would benefit from being opened for display.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 2015 Turkey
Turkish POW Mail 1916: Postcard franked by 1916 5 pa. ochre (2) and 10 pa. green vertical pair tied by "Ada Pazar" cds's of despatch (Jan 17) and by Stamboul transit cds, to Turkish POW in Camp on Lemnos, "Prisonnier Français No. 141, Mudrod, Ile de Lemnos", with framed Turkish Censor cachet on front and Piraeus transit on reverse. The last British troops evacuated the Gallipoli Peninsular on 8-9 January 1916 but retained Lemnos. Minor aging but very rare.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2016 Turkey
Turkish POW Mail 1916: Postcard from Egypt from a Turkish POW sent without chaarge, cancelled by "Ras El Tin" cds (March 16) addressed to a Turkish POW held in Chemench Camp in Malta, with Maltese circular Censor "PASSED BY CENSOR / ♚ / No. 1074" struck in red on arrival. A most unusual example of mail between two Turkish prisoners held in two different countries.Starting bid : 180 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2017 Turkey
British POW Mail 1916 (June 11): British Red Cross Society POW card with handstamped "FOR P.W. TURKEY ONLY" at top, with circular "Postage Free" cachet below, written from Nuneaton to Changri Camp (No. 24) by 2nd. Lt. W.W.A. Phillips of the 24th Punjabis, "Prisoner of War - Kut Garrison" with framed Turkish Censor cachet also on front; together with a card from Changri Camp to the sender of the above card, with Censor on reverse and Nuneaton arrival (Feb 17, 1918). Scarce pair.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 2018 Turkey
British POW Mail 1917 (April 22): Red Cross "Croissant Rouge Ottoman" POW postcard from Capt. E.N.C. Sandes at POW camp 20 in Yozgad, Anatolia to England thanking the recipient for her letter of Feb 23 congratulating him on the award of the Military Cross; struck with Yozgad seal handstamp in black over-struck by Istanbul Censor No. 2 handstamp in black with manuscript docketing of receipt (July 7). Capt. Sandes (later Major) was the author of "In Kut and Captivity" (1919).Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 120 CHFLot# : 2019 Turkey
British POW Mail 1917 (Nov 5): Red Cross "Croissant Rouge Ottoman" grey POW postcard from Kédos Camp to the Ambassador of Holland in Constantinople, struck on front with "Bern Transit / + / Kriegsgelangenenpost" cachet in violet (Jan 31, 1918) and struck on front by "Legation de Pays-Bas / Service des Prissoniers de Guerre" in red (March 12). Message on reverse reads "I have the honour to inform you that Lt. EG. Staples, Lt. T.M. Jenkins Lt., Sir J.W.L. Napier, all of the South Wales Borderers have been here since June 7 and have no clothing, bedding nor toilet requisites.." and signed by Jenkins. All three survived incarceration - just 77 Officers plus orderlies were held in the Camp. Turkish Censor on reverse of an unusual card.rnrnStarting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 2020 Turkey
1917: 10 pa. violet used on 20 pa. red postal stationery card cancelled by part strike of Field Post Office datestamp with circular violet Stationery Armsy Post Office marking of Uzunköprü at left (Thrace, south of Adrianople). Manuscript "Turkish Post Card" in red ink applied by Harry Chamberlain of the Berkshire Yeomanry when the addressee was a POW. Corner fault but most unusual.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2021 Turkey
British POW Mail 1916/18: Covers (6) and cards (6), with most mailed in 1918 from soldiers, many captured at Kut in 1916, with censored covers (3) with one to India and two to England from Angora Camp, one from Sgt. Wood of the King's Own Scottish Borderers taken in Palestine (together with two unused b&w postcards numbered 1 and 2 showing troops at the Camp), cover from Samatia Camp, cover from a Lieutenant E.O. Mousley taken at Kut mailed from Brousse camp, and a cover from Afion Kara Hissar Camp and postcard of the Officers building, together with two postcards of Kirchéhir Camp, one depicting Russian troops. A fine and scarce collection.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 350 CHFLot# : 2022 Turkey
1853/1918c: Collection of hundreds stamps primarily used and some covers/postcards/documents, all with strong cancellation interest, from the entire Ottoman Empire including Palestine, Syria, Istanbul local post, Anatolia, Macedonia, Thrace, Asia Minor, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Crete, Libya, Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 1,600 CHFLot# : 2023 Turkey
1863/1914c.: Collection in green album with first issue 20 pa. yellow on thin paper unused (3), 1 pi. lilac on thin paper unused (2), 5 pi. carmine unused; further range of used, Duloz issues with useful varieties and multiples, Russian Levant with covers and pieces, British P.O.'s incl. scarce 1923 "FPO / 13" up-rated registered cover from Constantinople, 1914 pictorial set unused and used, 1926 Pictorial issue unused, 1923 Congress set optd. used on pieces, 1928 Smyrna Exhibition set unused, 1930 set of twenty-two unused, 1930 Sivas Railway set unused, 1934 Izmir Fair set unused, 1936-39 period complete unused etc.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 2024 Libanon
Ottoman P.O.'s in Lebanon & Syria 1910/17ca.: Small group of covers/cards (11) with 1914 cover bearing 1914 1 pi. and 2 pi. on registered cover tied by scarce "RAKKA" cds's (Coles & Walker fig. 89), 1914 card from Damascus to Denmark, 1914 stationery card with superb "ALEY" cds (C&W fig. 48), 1913 cover with 1 pi. tied by superb "BEIT-MÉRY / (BEYROUTH)" cds (C&W fig. 68) addressed to Mexico (probably ex Coles collection), 1913 cover with 1 pi. tied "BROUMANA (LIBAN)" cds (C&W fig. 76) used to Canada and 1914 cover to London with 1914 1 pi. blue tied by "KÉRYÉ BACHI (BAGDAD)" cds (C&W fig. 14) and framed "Insufficiently addressed / E.C. 6" applied on arrival. Condition varies but many fine strikes.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 1,900 CHFLot# : 2025 Ukraine
1918/1923: "TRIDENTS", Immense collection of UKRAINE consisting of mainly trident Issues in a large box containing many thousands of stamps with many in complete sheets and part sheets. The lot contains a study of the different towns covering "KIEW", "ODESSA" "CHARKOV", and all other towns using trident overprints up to and including high values, as well as some postal stationery. Due to the complex nature of the area, we will not take responsibility for the genuiness of any individual items. Nonetheless there are many genuine overprints included in this phenomenal lot, also some issues of West Ukraine. Never seen in this quality.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 2,400 CHFLot# : 2026 Ukraine
1918/1990: Vast accumulation of Ukraine in 2 large boxes with a great deal of duplication. The lot contains many trident handstamps often in sheets and part sheets and frequently the albums alternate between older and modern issues. Unsorted, tremendous lot for the specialist.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 2027 Ukraine
1920: Group of 24 colour proofs, all perf. 11 1/2 for the unissued set 'Trident and Country representations', each in different colours, of which twenty examples showing the 'Trident' and four with 'Heraldic Lion' in center. All mounted to thick cardboard with manuscript annotations. Ex the printer's archive.Starting bid : 700 CHFHammer price : 3,000 CHFLot# : 2028 Ukraine
1992/2006: Enormous collection on sheets containing apparently a comprehensive run of the stamps of Ukraine. There is some significant duplication as the collection contains many stamps in complete sheets, some 2003 issues in gutter pairs, some seemingly unadopted Essays and other peripheral items. Immense cost to acquire.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 2029 Western Ukraine
1919: Registered Cover from GWOZDZIEC (May 14, 1919) to Kolomyja franked with four unoverprinted 15 h. red and registration stamp 30 s. black on pink paper (Bulat 9) tied to envelope, very fine and rare. Signed Bulat.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 750 CHFLot# : 2030 Ukraine
Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Folded official form used as envelope to Rahov with June 1945 10 f. yellow tied by violet "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Veliki Bytschiv" handstamp in violet, with handstamped "28 Aug. 1945" date of sending. A scarce and fine usage.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 2031 Ukraine
Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Folded official form from Dept. of Health protection used as envelope to Berehowe with June 1945 10 f. yellow tied by "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Uschgorod" circular handstamp in violet, with manuscript dates of sending and receipt on reverse. A scarce and fine usage. Signed Bulat BPP.rnStarting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 250 CHFLot# : 2032 Ukraine
Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Folded official form used as envelope to Verkhovyna-Bystra with June 1945 20 f. grey (2) tied by circular "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Veliki Berenyj" handstamp in violet, with handstamped date "23 AUG 1945" at left. Some slight peripheral aging but very scarce. Signed Bulat BPP.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 2033 Ukraine
Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Folded official form used as envelope to Chornoholova with June 1945 20 f. grey in a vertical pair tied by "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Veliki Beresnyj" circular handstamp in violet, with handstamped date "1945 AUG 6" tying lower stamp in violet and circular arrival (Aug 7) below. A scarce and fine usage.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 2034 Ukraine
Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Folded official form used as envelope to Tyhyi with June 1945 40 f. sage-green tied by brownish violet "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Veliki Beresnyj" circular handstamp, with handstamped date of sending "9. NOV 1945" alongside. A scarce and fine usage: mailed just two days prior to Carpatho Ukraine being absorbed into the Soviet Union.rnStarting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 2035 Ukraine
Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Brown "Kézbesitési bizonyitvány" (Delivery Certificate) from the People's Court in Peretschyn with June 1945 60 f. red tied by two circular "Carpatho Ukraine / Post" handstamps in violet, with manuscript date of sending (Oct 19) to Chornoholova at base. File fold well away from the adhesive, a scarce and fine usage.rnrnStarting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 2036 Ukraine
Lot# : 2037 Ukraine
Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Brown printed form franked by June 1945 60 f. red tied by circular "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Serednje" handstamp in violet with date "6.VIII.45" in blue manuscript, mailed to Uschgorod. A scarce and fine usage.rnrnStarting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 340 CHFLot# : 2038 Ukraine
Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Brown "Kézbesitési bizonyitvány" (Delivery Certificate) used as cover to Neresnytsya bearing June 1945 60 f. red tied by circular "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Dubowe" handstamp in violet, with manuscript date of sending "4 VIII 45" inserted in ink. A scarce and very fine usage. Signed Bulat BPP.rnStarting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 2039 Ukraine
Carpatho Ukraine 1939/45: Small collection beginning with 3 k. blue JASINA church single and block of four, as well as on FDC, June 1945 issue "Sowjet Star" in complete sheets of 100, as well as usages on seven entires. A very rare ensemble.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,800 CHFLot# : 2040 Great Britain
Great Britain 1909: The complete set of six used Scouts' cards depicting the diff. skills as there are: 'Camp Fire', 'Standing at Ease', 'An Attack', 'The Ambulance at Work' (two diff.) and 'Weaving a Straw Bed', all issued by 'National Series' and used in 1909 from Alton, Ipswich, Paddington West, Poole and Surbiton. Fine and very early cards.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 2041 Great Britain
Great Britain 1911 (July 4th): Pictorial 'Scouts' postcards (Series 1069) "35,000 Boy Scouts Reviewed by King George in Windsor Great Park, the complete unused set of twelve cards with the original envelope, edited by C.W. Faulkner ç Co., Ltd., London. A fine and rare set.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 180 CHFLot# : 2042 Great Britain
Great Britain International Jamboree Olympia 1920 (July 30th to August 7th): THE BOY SCOUTS' INTERNATIONAL JAMBOREE OLYMPIA Programm on a four page leaflet with Message from the Chief Scout Robert Baden Powell and the complete Programme plus the Competitions open to Rovers, Sea Scouts and Wolf Cubs, fine and rare.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 2043 Great Britain
Great Britain 1910/20: Group of 16 used picture postcards depicting Scouts skills and sceneries, incl. 1910 card with interesting text: "What do you think of our boy scouts? Don't they look just fine?" and original photocard with inscript. "La collecte au prophit des orphélins Armeniens, Smyrna 29/1/20' dipatched at "British P.O. Smyrna 2 MR 20" to England, further one shaped BOOK POST double card used from Harrogate 1911 as well as an envelope used from '1913 Scout Exhibition Birmingham' and addressed to the 'Boy Scouts Camp' in Kalo, Denmark. A fine and rare assembly.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 2044 Great Britain
Great Britain 1908/20 ca.: Assembly of 60 unused picture postcards depicting various Boy Scouts sceneries and skills, incl. complete sets and part sets, original photocards and humouros cards by Ernest Ibbetson (1910) or 'Wolf Cubs' set by C.S. Chapman as well as a souvenir card with original signature by Mrs. Olave Baden-Powell (1963).Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 360 CHFLot# : 2045 Russia
Russia 1914: The complete set of ten Russian Scout's post cards, all unused and all with printed emblem of the Russian Scout Movement 'Bud Gotov!' (Be Prepared!) on the address side, from card 'No. 2' onwards all with photographs and texts attesting to the various Scouts' skills and achievments. A fine and very rare complete set.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 440 CHFLot# : 2046 Collections/lots Europe
Early Scout's Movement 1911/27: Assembly 30 early Scout's cards used/unused, incl.1911 Scouts card from Hellerup, Denmark, Scouts card from "Helsinki 31.XII.11", 1912 photocard from 'The Methodist College St. John's Newfoundland' with imprint: "The 'collegian' Troop of Boy Scouts send their heartly Greetings to all their brother scouts...." to England, rare 1912 Scouts vignette on card from "Harlem 4.7.12" to Amsterdam, set of six unused cards from the 1912 'Olympic Games' Scouts Camp in Stockholm, three cards with special cachets from Belgrade (1923/25), four Spanish Scouts cards as well as 1927 card with special cachet "En Faveur du Scoutisme à Poznan (Pologne) issued for the '20 years jubilee' of Polish Scouts in Poznan.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 900 CHFLot# : 2047 Czechoslovakia
POSTA CESKYCH SKAUTU 1918 (Nov. 4): Cover to Prague franked with Austria Karl I. 20 h. tied by Nachod cds. in combination with Scouts 20 h. red cancelled by black circular "N.V." and two line "Dopis od skauta/prezval" handstamp below. Envelope with slight bends and some wear, but a very rare usage.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 2048 Czechoslovakia
POSTA CESKYCH SKAUTU 1918 (Nov.): Group of seven covers, incl. five franked with Scouts 10 h. blue and another two covers franked with 20 h. red, all tied by clear strikes of circular "Posta Skautu / Praha /1918" in black and two line "Dopis od Skauta / prevzal" docketed alongside. A fine and attractive group.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 550 CHFLot# : 2049 India
Lot# : 2050 India
All India Scouts Jamboree in Delhi 1937 (Feb. 1):Boy Scout's Equipment list in blue, vert. and horiz. folded, bearing purple "ALL INDIA BOY SCOUTS JAMBOREE ROCKET DESPATCH 1. FEB. DELHI 1937" cds. and signed by Stephen Smith with manuscript '400 carried' Hopferwieser SS-34b.rnStarting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 2051 India
All India Scouts Jamboree in Delhi 1937 (Feb. 1): Boy Scout's Equipment Price list in violet on light blue paper, vert. and horiz. folded, bearing purple "ALL INDIA BOY SCOUTS JAMBOREE ROCKET DESPATCH 1. FEB. DELHI 1937" cds. and signed by Stephen Smith with manuscript '150 carried' Hopferwieser SS-34d.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 250 CHFLot# : 2052 India
All India Scouts Jamboree in Delhi 1937 (Feb. 1): Printed lettersheet of the 'Governor and Chief Scout for Bengal' John Anderson, bearing purple "ALL INDIA BOY SCOUTS JAMBOREE ROCKET DESPATCH 1. FEB. DELHI 1937" cds., signed on reverse of letter by Stephen Smith with manuscript '200 carried' Hopferwieser SS-34e.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 2053 India
All India Scouts Jamboree in Delhi Propaganda rockets 1937 (Feb. 1 and Feb. 2): printed Message of Loyality leaflet 'Indian Scouts offer their Homage and Loyal Affection to Their Imperial Majesties King Georg VI and Queen Elisabeth', both bearing purple "ALL INDIA BOY SCOUTS JAMBOREE ROCKET DESPATCH DELHI" of which one dated Feb. 1, other of Feb 2, both signed by Stephen Smith Hopferwieser SS 34f + SS 36b.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 120 CHFLot# : 2054 India
All India Scouts Jamboree in Delhi 1937 (Feb. 1): Rocket 134 named after the Swiss airmail collector Dr. R. Paganini, cover franked with India 9 p.cancelled by special Jamboree cachet together with imperforate vignette in blue tied by purple "ALL INDIA BOY SCOUTS JAMBOREE ROCKET DESPATCH 1. FEB. DELHI 1937" cds., arrival mark on reverse, signed by Stephen H. Smith on reverse, fresh and fine, 87 items flown Ellington-Zwisler 18C1, Hopferwieser 2017 SS-35 = Euro 2'300.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 440 CHFLot# : 2055 India
All India Scouts Jamboree in Delhi 1937 (Feb. 2): Rocket 135, named after the airmail collector Dr. Max Kronstein, illustrated Jamboree envelope franked with India 9 p.cancelled by 'All India Jamboree Post' - special cachet together with imperforate vignette in red tied by purple "ALL INDIA BOY SCOUTS JAMBOREE ROCKET DESPATCH 2. FEB. DELHI 1937" cds. A fresh and fine envelope, 176 items flown Ellington-Zwisler 20C1, Hopferwieser 2017 SS-37 = Euro 1'500.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 2056 India
All India Scouts Jamboree in Delhi 1937 (Feb. 3): Rocket 138 'Princess Elizabeth', illustrated Jamboree envelope franked with India 9 p.cancelled by special cachet together with imperforate vignette in green tied by purple "ALL INDIA BOY SCOUTS JAMBOREE ROCKET DESPATCH 3. FEB. DELHI 1937" cds., signed by Stephen H. Smith on reverse. A fresh and fine envelope, 288 items flown Ellington-Zwisler 25C1, Hopferwieser 2017 SS-39 = Euro 1'250.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 2057 India
All India Scouts Jamboree in Delhi 1937 (Feb. 2): Group of three Rocket Mail labels in blue, red and green, each in a mint tête-bêche block of four signed 'Stephen Smith / Jamboree Camp / Delhi 2/2/372' and manuscript '25/25', all three with horizontal fold at bottom, away from stamps. Not often seen in compl. tête-bêche blocks of which only 25 had been printed Hopferwieser SS35V, 37V, 39V.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 2058 India
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 2059 India
All India Scouts Jamboree in Delhi 1937 (Feb. 3): Rocket 139 'Lord Baden Powell', illustrated Jamboree envelope franked with India 9 p.cancelled by special cachet together with imperf. vignette in blue tied by purple "ALL INDIA BOY SCOUTS JAMBOREE ROCKET DESPATCH 3. FEB. DELHI 1937" cds. addresed to Stephen H. Smith. A fresh and fine envelope with just 71 flown Ellington-Zwisler 24C1, Hopferwieser 2017 SS-41a = Euro 2'000.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 460 CHFLot# : 2060 India
All India Scouts Jamboree in Delhi 1937 (Feb. 3): Rocket 139 'Lord Baden Powell', illustrated Jamboree postcard with imperf. vignette in blue tied by purple "ALL INDIA BOY SCOUTS JAMBOREE ROCKET DESPATCH 3. FEB. DELHI 1937" cds., signed by Stephen H. Smith on reverse. A fresh and fine card with just 90 cards flown Ellington-Zwisler 24C1, Hopferwieser 2017 SS-41b = Euro 1'500.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 480 CHFLot# : 2061 India
All India Scouts Jamboree in Delhi Propaganda rockets 1937 (Feb. 3 and March 2): Two leaflets signed by Stephen Smith, incl. 'Message of Welcome', bearing purple carried by rockets 5 or 6 cds., both bearing purple "ALL INDIA BOY SCOUTS JAMBOREE ROCKET DESPATCH DELHI 3. FEB. 1937" cds. as well as Greeting leaflet of Olave Baden Powell bearing purple 'GIRL GUIDES RALLY BENGAL" cds. carried by Propaganda rocket No. 8 Hopferwieser SS-40 + SS-43.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 2062 India
1935/38: Group of eleven unused Rocket Mail labels, incl. 1935 Sikkim Durbar Label in a mint green sheetlet of three (SS13), 'All India Scouts Jamboree' labels in blue, red and green (SS35,37,39) 'Bengal Girls Guide Rally 2-3-37' (SS42), Coronation label (SS45), 'Rocket Train' (SS47), green label 'Marianne Kronstein' (SS52) as well as a purple label 'Gertrude Collins'. Fine and exceptional.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 170 CHFLot# : 2063 Poland
Scout's Post during the Warsaw Uprising 1944 (Aug.1- Oct. 2): Small folded lettersheet sent within Warsaw to Przejazd 5 bearing violet circular handstamp 'HARCERSKA - POCZTA' handstamp with Scouting Movement’s Fleur-de-Lis (Gryzewski type 3) together with boxed 'CENZURA HARCERSKA' censor cachet (type 1) in violet with little faded Scouts counting number '504' and arrival markrn'11 SIERP 1944 (type 28), addressed to Mrs. Litynska, Obozna 8 W7; 9.VIII. 44 - Ihr Lieben, ich bin gesund und unverletzt.......". Very rare postal document, signed Mikulski, cert.. Petriuk (2021)Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 2064 Poland
Scout's Post during the Warsaw Uprising 1944 (Aug.1- Oct. 2): Folded lettersheetlet sent within Warsaw to Mickiewicza 34/36 W.40, bearing on reverse circular handstamp 'HARCERSKA -POCZTA' handstamp with Scouting Movement’s Fleur-de-Lis (Gryzewski type 3) and on front boxed 'CENZURA HARCERSKA' censor cachet type 1, both handstamps in violet. Rare usage with full content: "liebster, ich bin auf der Wspolna 10, ich komm von hier nicht weg. Im Vergleich mit anderen geht es uns gut. Gebe ein Lebenszeichen von Dir....". A fine and rare postal history item, signed L. Schmutz, cert. Petriuk (2021).Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 2065 Poland
Scout's Post during the Warsaw Uprising 1944 (Aug.1- Oct. 2): Folded lettersheet sent within Warsaw to 'Czerwonego Krzyza 29, Dom Kolejowy', bearing circular handstamp 'POCZTA-POLOWA / WARSZAWA-PLD' with Scouting Movement’s Fleur-de-Lis in violet (Gryzewski type 7) together with boxed 'CENZURA HARCERSKA' censor cachet (type 1), both in violet with content: "Wir bitten um eine Nachricht über Edmund Sokolowski, Die Eltern" written by Kazimierza Sokolowska Krucza 11. Fine and rare Scouts Post.' cert. Petriuk (2021).Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2066 Poland
Scout's Post during the Warsaw Uprising 1944 (Aug.1- Oct. 2): Folded lettersheet addressed within Warsaw to Mrs. Raczyliska, bearing rare blue 'HARCERSKA -POCZTA' handstamp with Scouting Movement’s Fleur-de-Lis (Gryzewski type 3) and boxed 'CENZURA HARCERSKA' censor cachet (type 1) in blue, with red arrival mark of '10 SIERP 1944' (type 1) applied on front and back, with full content: "Liebe Kinder, ich bin gesund und unverletzt. Ich kann aus der Strasse Piusa 5 nicht herauskommen, ich komme aber bald. Gibt mir ein Zeichen, dass Ihr lebt. Meine Adresse Piusa 5 in der Küche. Eure Mutter, 8.VIII., Montag". Fine and rare item with 'Tadeusz-Andzej Sliwak' owner's handstamp, cert. Petriuk (2021).Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2067 Egypt Kingdom
Egypt 1944/58: Illustrated Christmas Airgraph produced for Cairo Scouts, dated 5.11.44 to England, registered First Day Cover (25.7.56) franked with Scout's issue of 2nd Pan Arab Jamboree 1958 as well as two imperf. U.A.R. Colour Proofs 35 p. brown and 40 p. blue of III. Pan-Arab Jamboree.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 2068 France
France 1912/55ca.: Assembly of more than 100 French Scout's cards / covers depicting live and sceneries, incl. early card from Troyes, the group which correspond with the Russian Scouts, furthe many unused card sets with 1939 'Feu de Camp Arènes de Lutèce' as well as VI. World Jamboree 'La Paix' in Moisson 1947 Viewing recommended.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 2069 Dt. Reich
Germany 1912/32: Group of 50 German Scout cards with interesting handstamps as 'Frankfurter Pfadfinderinnen-Verein' (1913), Pfadfinderkorps Auerbach (Vogtland) or 'Pfadfinderabteilung der Deutschen Komandatur Brüssel', 'Münchner Pfadfinder Feldpost', further original photo of Prince Carol II visiting the Berlin Scout Corps, further many unused photocards depicting various Scouts' sceneries and skills (1916) as well as some vignettes: 'Nur gültig im Lager der Ringgemeinschaft im Dt. Pfadfinderbund'.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 2070 Hungary
Hungary 1921/42: Assembly of 100 covers/cards used/unused, incl. early / cards unused, 1927 Nagy Tabor National Jamboree (11), 1933 IV. International Jamboree Gödöllö (30), 1934 First flight Zalaegerszeg to Budapest (11) as well as 1939 I-PAX-Ting (8) together with many unused picture cards with some compl. sets as booklets issued at Gödöllo (set 1) and Debrecen souvenir booklet offered by the Mayor to the Boy scouts on their arrival (1933, Aug. 4th). A fine group.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 2071 Italy
Italy 1916/25: Assembly of twenty Italian Scouts cards used / unused, incl. five used cards as well as compl. mint set. of 12 artist's cards by Corrado Mezzana, with wrapper of 'La Legge la Promessa il Motto degli EsploratorI' issued by Edizioni Scoutistiche Roma (1925). Fine and scarce group.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 2072 Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein 1928/53: Group of 12 covers/cards franked with 1932 'Jugendfürsorge', incl. two First Day usages (21.12.32), three aircovers of 'Erste Alpentraversierung im Segelflugzeug' (SLH SF33.1aL) with one official usage as well as two postcards and one envelope used 1928 'Freiwilliger Hülfsdienst in den wassergeschädigten Gebieten' (Rheinnot) SBK = 3'200+Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 2073 Romania
Romania 1916/41: Group of eleven covers/cards used / unused, incl. 1916 picture postcard from Craiova to France, two envelopes franked with Scouts issue 1932 (Sibiu) of which one addressed to King Carol II, two registered covers from Bucuresti franked with Scout issue 1935 as well as two emblems / stickers, one from the Jamboree in Brasov, other from Sibiu.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 480 CHFLot# : 2074 Switzerland
Switzerland 1913/60ca.: Fine assembly of 140 Swiss Scout's cards used / unused, incl. early mint card issued 1913 in Geneva with first Swiss Scouts Emblem 'Crossbow and Swiss Cross on flamed background, further several early cards used 1913/15 as well as 'Montre Zenith' advertising cards in two mint sets of twelve each.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 2075 Switzerland
Switzerland 1912/16: Group of nine early used Swiss Scout's postcards, incl. 1912 advertising 'Guide des Eclaireurs suisses' by Léon Martinet éditeur in Lausanne, used card of 'Camps de vacances de Val-de Ruz' (July 13), 'Fête Cantonal des Unions Cadettes La Tourne 1912 (sic!) and 1913, additional handstamp as 'Pfadfinder Abteilung - Schwyzerstärn' used on card from "Kandersteg 24.VII. 16" as well as 'Züricher Pfadfinder Landsgemeinde 1916 Gerlisberg' in violet on card from "Zürich 18.VII.16".Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 340 CHFLot# : 2076 Thailand
Lot# : 2077 Collections/lots Europe
Europe 1921/56: Assembly of 100+ covers and cards used/unused, incl. better items from Austria with VII. World Jamboree Bad Ischl - St. Wolfgang 1951, Scout cards from Belgium, the Baltic States, Poland, further a 1941 censored cover from the Netherlands to Manila showing on reverse on censor label advert meter-mark 'BOY SCOUT ANNIVRSARY PERIOD' as well as 5th. World Jamboree in Vogelenzang, Bloemendaal in the Netherlands, with some aircovers from the Neth. Indies.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 2078 Collections/lots Asia
Far East 1924/72: Group of 50 covers/cards used/unused from various Scout's events in Asia, incl. three cards used in the first Japanese Scout camps 1924, Chinese Scout vignette used on 1943 envelope from Canton, three items from the 'All India Jamboree 37', 10th World Jamboree 1959 on the Philippines, 1957 Jamboree in Taipei (6) and Korea (8), FDC of 1959 Pakistan National Jamboree with two usages in Bangladesh (1971/72) as well as 1960 (Nov. 1) 'Second Far East Scout Conference in Rangoon' Burma. A fine and very attractive offer.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 2079 Collections/lots Oversea countries
Overseas 1915/67: Fine assembly 115 Scout's covers/cards from Argentine to U.S.A., incl. Australia (12), Brazil (10), Canada (5) with sticker of 8th World Jamboree 1955 at Niagara-on-the-Lake ONT, Cuba (19), Haiti (3), Jamaica (3), Nicaragua (4) with 1957 imperf. Scouts set unused as well as USA (50) with 1915 envelope to Belgium bearing Scout's vignette 'Boy Scouts of Belgium who captured Red German Spies' on reverse, 1951 "Paul A. Siple 'Eagle Scout' of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition", 1958 envelope signed by 'Richard L. Chappell U.S. Antarctic Boy Scout' cancelled "Little America Antarctica Jan 1. 1958) and sticker of 12th. World Jamboree in Idaho 1967.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 2080 Great Britain
General Interest - Indices; Crawford Earl of / Bacon E., 1911; Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Vol VII. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS / General, Special and Periodical forming the LITERATURE of PHILATELY. Divided into Two Parts (1) Authors and Titles (2) Periodicals printed at the Aberdeen University Press 1911, 923 pages hardbound in black rexine, gold tooling on spine and front. The Bible of early Philatelic Literature - 'the Crawford' with spine broken partially on one side, a book which would benefit substantially from rebinding.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 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 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 2082 Collections/lots Asia
Lot# : 2083 Collections/lots worldwide
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 CHFHammer price : 900 CHFLot# : 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 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 2086 Helgoland
Lot# : 2087 Mecklenburg Schwerin
Lot# : 2088 Preussen
Preussen; Moens, J.B, 1887; Les Timbres de Prusse, illustré de 37 gravures sur bois, 128 & 167 Seiten, Band 124 von 150 gedruckten Exemplaren, in Halbleder gebunden mit Titel auf Buchrücken, Titelseite beschädigt und fachgerecht auf neue Unterlage geklebt, minim fleckig.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 2089 Sachsen
Lot# : 2090 Schleswig Holstein
Schleswig; Moens, J.B, 1884; Timbres des Duchés de Schleswig, Holstein & Lauenbourg et de la ville de Bergedorf, illustré de 20 gravures sur bois, 94 Seiten, Auflage 150 gedruckte Exemplare, aber keine Nummer eingetragen, perfekt in Halbleder gebunden mit Titel auf Buchrücken.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2091 Thurn u. Taxis
Thurn & Taxis; Moens, J.B, 1880; Timbres de l'office Tour et Taxis depuis leur origine jusqu'à leur suppression (1847-1867), illustré de 27 gravures sur bois, 107 Seiten, Band 150 von 150 gedruckten Exemplaren, in Halbleder gebunden mit Titel auf Buchrücken.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2092 Württemberg
Lot# : 2093 Great Britain
Great Britain, Wright, H.E. & Creeke A.B., 1899; History of the adhesive stamps of the British Isles, hardbound in ¼ leather, gold stamped spine, 263 pages, binding scuffed, the majority of the plates was cut into pieces and the figures were glued at the right position into the text. The basis of the Gibbons Specalised.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2094 Brit. Colonies lots/accumulations
Commonwealth - British Africa, The Philatelic Society London 1895/1906; The POSTAGE STAMPS, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards, and Telegraph Stamps of THE BRITISH COLONIES, POSSESSIONS AND PROTECTORATES IN AFRICA, PART I of 1895 comprising British Bechuanaland, British East Africa, British South Africa (including British Central Africa, and the Cape of Good Hope. 247 pages with Illustrations of the Stamps described and also Eight Sheets of Photo-mezzotype Illustrations. An example hardbound in half leather with the usual cover scuffs. Also PART III of 1906 comprising New Republic, Northern Nigeria, Oil Rivers and Niger Coast Protectorate, Orange River Colony with Orange Free State, St. Helena, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Southern Nigeria, Stellaland, Swazieland, The Transvaal with South African Republic, Uganda, Zanzibar, and Zululand. Pages 248-708 not yet split in an unbound example, the figure plates separately. Spine of the volume damaged, an example which would benefit from a new binding.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2095 British Guyana
Lot# : 2096 India
British India; Philatelic Society London 1892; The Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards, and Telegraph Stamps of British India and Ceylon, 101 pages and 57 pages in two Appendices, in addition with twentyfour Sheets of Autotype Illustrations. Recently bound with the old title page glued to the front of the cover. A historic monograph with contributions of Tapling and Bacon among others, a rare limited edition.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2097 Egypt Kingdom
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