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  • Lot# : 1028 Russian P.O. in China

    1909: 14k blue and rose, with diagonal overprint KITAI good used horizontal pair, cancelled "URGA" (MONGOLIA), very rare on 14k, marked URGA by Holcombe on reverse. Very unusual.
    Starting bid : 180.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1029 Russian P.O. in China

    1899/1920: Small accumulation on three Minkus pages and a stock card with used values to 7 Dollars, with a range of postmarks including SHANGHAI, HARBIN and VLADIVOSTOK.
    Starting bid : 120.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 160.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1030 Soviet Union

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    Catalogue# : 156 Spec.
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    1921: 100 r. yellow on white paper fine unused with original gum and overprint O (Obrasetz / Specimen). Certificate Mandrowski (2006). Zwerev = $ 3000.
    Starting bid : 300.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1031 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 185/189 I + 185B
    1922 (Aug 19): Philately for Children, first printing - the complete set of five values perf. 14¼ x 14¾, fresh and very fine unused, the rare 1 k. (1 r. + 4 r.) orange-yellow marginal at left, together with 1 k. (1 r. + 4 r.) orange-yellow, a marginal imperforate example, all unmounted og. Superb, the two rare 1 kopek values signed Mikulski Mi = € 2'200.
    Starting bid : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1032 Soviet Union

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    Catalogue# : 260IH
    1924: Soldier 3r. brown and green, compound perf. 13½ x 13½ x 10 x 13½, unmounted og. A fine and rare stamp Mi. = € 4'000.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 250.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1033 Soviet Union

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    Catalogue# : 682/IIIA
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    1946 (Sept.): Fifth definitive set, printed with Litography Aviator/Parachutist 30 kop. blue, a vertical pair of this rare and sought after adhesive tied to registered cover by "CHERNOVTSY 14 8 48" cds with matching registration handstamp alongside, directed to Kiev with arrival cds of the next day on reverse. The only stamp of this issue printed in Lithoraphy, extremely rare on cover, following Liapine only three covers with this adhesive are known to him. Cert. Liapine (2021) Mi = € 2'000 / Liapine 1041 = € 3'500 / Standard Catalogue 988 unlisted on cover.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 300.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 380.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1034 Russia

    1865/1975: Lot several thousand stamps Imperial Russia and Sowjetunion used/unused, incl. 1947 Moscow souvenir sheet unused, Civil war issues and 'back of the book' material, good to mixed condition and housed in one album, in seven stockbooks and in a small box.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 260.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1035 Russia

    1865/1995: Collection mostly used in 12 Jumbo-Stockbooks in mostly good condition, used prevailing, beginning with Poland number 1. Souvenir sheets are rather unused, best value from about 1925-1940 with 'Transpolar Flight 1935' used etc. Some Ukraine, Levant and local issues.
    Starting bid : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 950.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1036 Russia

    1908/1918: Collection of seventy complete sheets 'Imperial Coat of Arms' covering most values up to 7 r. and two sheets of the 1914 Charity 1 kop. All except one sheet very fine unused with full og. A specialist's lot.
    Starting bid : 250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 420.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1037 Soviet Union

    1921/1924: Excellent study collection on forty seven pages and in an album, containing many Proofs, a study of papers and shades, as well as overprints and other specialities. The collection contains the 1921 Volga Famine with a good range, the 1922  Philatelic children's fund 1 k. perf. signed on the back with a further imperf 1 k. unsigned, and two stamps with inverted overprints. Three 1922 100 r. 'workers' quarter sheets with erroneous 70 r. cliché unused, two with full og, one no gum, and also a gummed single 70 r., 1923 overprints complete with scarce bronze overprints. The quality is mainly fine to very fine. There are three certificates Mandowski, and we expect the majority of the material to be 'good', but as little is expertised we start the lot low.
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1038 Soviet Union

    1923/91: Unused collection with better sets and values, including 1935 Spartacist Games, 1936 Pioneers, miniature sheets as imperf. 1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 1938 Transpolar flight, 1946 Aviation day, 1946 Jubilee issue '25 Years Soviet stamp's with three miniature sheets, 1949 Stalin's birthday and many more. All in fine and fresh condition in ten albums.
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1039 Soviet Union

    1925/39: Lot 33 values used / unused, all with perforation varieties as imperforated on one side including rare 1931 20 kop. green with rare perf. 10 ½ used Mi. 373 CX.
    Starting bid : 120.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 260.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1040 Soviet Union

    1945/2012: Used collection in eight albums with some better sets and values, incl. 1946 Anniv. of Soviet Postal Service, 25th anniversary of Soviet Revolution, 1955 Agricultural exhibition and Lomoosow university, further many unused /used miniature sheets as well as few earlier issues.
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 220.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1041 Soviet Union

    1946/2013ca.: Unused collection, predominatley issues from 1992 onwards with compl. sheets and miniature sheets, but also earlier issues as imperf. 1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition sheet and 1949 Lenin-Mausoleum (Mi. 11A). Fine.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1042 Russia

    1866/72: Collection of 19 covers 'Rate of 1st January 1866', mostly addressed to France, containing a very rare printed matter (only 3 are known to exist), multicolor frankings, one with mixed issues, one with 3 Kop. stamp with wrong underground, 2 covers double rates, covers from Riga etc.rn 
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1043 Russia

    1870/72: Small archive of 4 covers, all from Moscow to same family, 3 times to Geneva address, once to Coppet VD, nice multicolor frankings, all covers with contents.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 280.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1044 Russia

    1880/1950c: Lot 100+ covers, postcards from Tsarist Russia and Soviet Union, including picture postcards, partly from Far East, Ukraine, Bessarabia, stationeries, propaganda, to Switzerland as major destination.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 440.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1045 Soviet Union

    1922/93: The George Miskin collection of Speshnaya / Special Post / Express mail, a thorough selection of 109 covers on the original sheets of G. Miskin with his knowledgeable write up with the majority of the material up to 1940. The group starts with four pages of labels incl. rare ones such as the 1923 Ukrainian ‘USSR Speshnaya Korrespondents NKPT’ label and pink local labels from Moscow, Khodzhenz, Yaroslavl or Samarkand. Covers start with undated Moscow official mail of the Ministry of the Interior with unique ‘Moskva / Spettssvyaz’ label, early 1922 postcards with Speshnaya handstamp, 1923 Rostov to Moscow cover with correct cash paid 558 rouble payment, 1923 Taganrog cover with special Ukrainian label, 1923 Krasnodar cover with provisional handstruck express label, 1924 earliest known usage of a town special label from Moscow, handstruck label from Barnaul, special label for Moscow sub-office, 1925 Tsaritsyn purple label, another Ukrainian label sent from one factory to another, 1926 pink label ‘Osobo-vazhnoe’ - of special importance, 1927 handwritten Spehnoe label from Kaslovodsk, also express mail abroad, an impressive selection from one of the specialists of registered mail and related services.rnProvenance: G. Miskin collection, Phillips Auction (Oct. 2000).rnrn 
    Starting bid : 3,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1046 Georgia

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    Catalogue# : 44a, 43a, 42a, 46b
    1923: 80000 r on 3000 r brown and 40000 r on 5000 r green as well as 20000 r on 500 red (two, one small defect) all handstamped overprints and 15000 on 2000 r grey as 175000 r franking on letter from Tiflis to Paris. Minor wear and tear does not detract from this very rare letter.
    Starting bid : 100.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1047 Georgia

    1993/2015: Large unused stock in four large folders with miniature sheets and strips, as well as stamps in blocks and large units. All very fresh mnh, full inventory available on request. Mi. = € 28'000.
    Starting bid : 1,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1048 Serbia

    1848/1920c.: Serbia collection in four volumes with accent on the postmarks, with covers/cards (167), multiples and fine strikes on single stamps or pieces, arranged in alphabetical order from (approximately) Alexandrovac to Uzice and Zajecar; Alexsinac with stampless covers onwards, Arandyelovatz usage from 1866, Babusnitza, Bajna-Batsa from 1881, one entire volume on the subject of Belgrade, Bor, Brza Palanka from 1889, Brzan with 1869 issue covers (2) and 1880 issue reg'd cover, Golubac from 1887, Grocka with 1869 cover, Jovanovac, Kladovo with 1877 cover, Kragujevatz from 1882, Krupanj, Kursumlija from 1886, Lazarevac and Lapovo from 1889, Leskovac from 1880 issue, Nis from 1877, Petrovac from 1874, Pozarevac from 1842, Raca, Rasca, Smedorovo from pre-stamp onwards, Svilajenac from 1873, Tekija from 1869, Ub from 1869 issue cover, Vlastotinci, Vranja, Zajecar from 1868 etc., many further towns and villages not mentioned above, including some yet to be mounted loose stamps and covers.  A delightful 'old-time' lot seldom seen today, viewing is a pleasure.
    Starting bid : 1,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1049 Serbia

    1917/1919: Serbian Exile Government on CORFU, highly interesting group of four letters franked with French stamps, cancelled "TRESOR ET POSTES" or with Serbian cachets, from the same correspondence to Switzerland, including three registered letters and one official with various Censor markings. Two of the senders give insight into the postal system with Field Post numbers attached to their address. Another is to be passed on to a presumably Serbian citizen in Switzerland. The covers show some signs of wear but nonetheless an exceptionally scarce ensemble.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1050 Spain

    1838 (March 21): Entire letter from Cadiz to Buenos Ayres, sent via Forwarding Agent in London with flap showing "Encaminada pr. Lizaur Mariatequi y Ca., Londres 17 Abril 1828", and there prepaid "3/6d." in red manuscript for onward transmission, with further "per Packet" endorsement at lower left. An attractive entire and a most unusual routing.
    Starting bid : 175.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1051 Spain

    1871: 12c red-brown "HISPANIA", horizontal pair, tied to small cover from CADIZ to HAIDA in Boehemia. The letter is endorsed 3 for third weight rate and bears a range of transit marks, as well as an arrival HAIDA on front an back. A rare foreign letter.
    Starting bid : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1052 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 141
    1874 (July 1): Entire letter from Barcelona via Marseille to Genova, dated internally and externally "1 Jul. 1874", bearing 1874 'La Matrona' definitive 50 c. yellow, used on its day of issuance, tied in transit with Gros Chiffres '2240' numeral lozenge of Marseille, French "ESPAGNE 2 JUIL. 74 MARSEILLE entry cds in red alongside. Due to unknown reasons, the cover was taxed upon arrival with '6' decimi and a Postage due 60 centesimi was added and tied by "GENOVA 4 LUG 74 7 M." cds.
    Starting bid : 1,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1053 Spain

    1850/1964: Collection in one volume containing principally "classic" fine used stamps beginning with four 1850 6 Cuartos used including one on a fine cover to Jerez. The subsequent issues contain a range of interesting letters and with many Isabella and coat of Arms issues. Later issues contain some mint items.
    Starting bid : 120.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 240.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1054 Spain

    1851/1985: Small collection from earlies with some better stamps here 1851 6 r. and 10 r. used as well as other classics, issues from the Civil War and a range of covers. 
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1055 Spain

    1829/1940: Batch of twenty-three letters  about half prephilatelic with interesting transit markings and routings mostly to London. Much of the mail has travelled via St. Jean de Luz, here an comparatively unusual higher weight letter with a French transit and route marking "par Calais", taxed 3/2. Later correspondence deals with the exchange of postage stamps on a letter with Italy. A varied batch.
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1056 Spain

    1843/1950c: Lot of about 90 covers beginning with prephilately, some classic covers to France, later covers are mostly addresed to Switzerland containing picture postcards, censor covers civil war and stationery, some items from possessions in Africa and FDCs, one card Portugal.
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 180.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1057 Spain

    Spain, Griebert Hugo 1919; The Stamps of Spain 1850 to 1854. Hardbound in half leather with gold stamped spine and gilt edge, 564 pages. Luxury edition hardbound full leather Morocco, gold stamped raised spine and all edges gilt, some spine wear. 127 pages & 14 pages in rear pocket. Very rare de luxe edition, probabely only ten examples exist.rnProvenance Collection Joseph Hackmey, Huys-Berlingin (Oct. 2003), lot 2401.
    Starting bid : 250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 260.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1058 Sweden

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    1855: 24 sk. pale-red Coat of Arms, ideally cancelled WADSTENA 6/9 1857, of superb quality. Rarely seen with small town postmark in this condition. Certificate Lasse Nielsen 1987. Mi=€2'600+.
    Starting bid : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1059 Sweden

    Schweden 1931 (10. Mai): Karte ab Malmö vom Nachbringeflug via "Köln 11.5.31" mit Dt. Zusatzfrankatur zum Schleuderflug "Dampfer 'Europa' - New York 16.5.31". Seltene Zuleitung, nur wenige Belege bekannt Graue / Leder K 62 SW = Euro 800.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1060 Sweden

    1855/1960: Phenomenal collection in twelve Volumes containing a vast array of important stamps and some very interesting items of postal history. The collection begins with some early pre-philatelic letters here with a 1845 boxed CHRISTIANSTAD to STOCKHOLM letter. The Skilling section begins with a well centred 3 Sk light blueish green with a very neat cancel STOCKHOLM and a clean cert Helena Obermüller Wilen BPP (2007) emphasising the good condition. The 6 sk grey is also represented with two copies, including one centrally cancelled WISBY, the other GEFELL. The five used copies of the 8 sk represent both shades, an unused copy without gum with Per Sjöman certificate deserves further mention. The 4sk section contains many shades and attractive pieces including one with certificate. There are also five official reprints with three certificates. The 1856 local STOCKHOLM local issue is represented by five copies and an imperforate proof, 1862 with three used copies. The 1858 öre new currency values are represented by over 160 copies with most shades and many very attractive postmarks present. The 1862 3 ö brown is present in type I in used and unused, type II is representes by 15 copies. The 1869 17ö grey can be found twice, the purple 1866 version six times plus once on cover. Subsequent issues are also well represented, with a tremendous number of stamps present often of choice quality, occasionally on very interesrting letters. Later issues are collected in a highly specialised fashion, with numerous early and highly catalogued booklets beginning with the 1913 1 Kr 50 Oscar 30x5ö exploded (staple not present) and other very rare booklets, part perforations, rare watermarks and other highlights such as the 1920 5ö Lion vertical perforation 9 3/4 wmk 2Y used with a clean certificate, the 1920 airmails with inverted overprints or interesting usages on cover. This collection merits closest inspection and requires time to appreciate fully.
    Starting bid : 7,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 10,500.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1061 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 14B
    Lebanon 1871: Dulos 20 pa. green (2) used on 1873 entire letter to Damascus tied by triple boxed "Beyrouth / 81" handstamps (Coles & Walker fig. 4) in black.
    Starting bid : 120.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 160.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1062 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 88
    Libya 1901: Turkey 20 pa. rose-red, a used example on 1903 postcard (group of North African women) used to Constantinople cancelled by two fine strikes of bilingual "Tripoli D'Afrique" cds's (July 11) in black (Coles & Walker fig. 25), with framed Besiktas arrival.
    Starting bid : 100.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1063 Turkey

    Libya 1908: 20 pa. rose-red postal stationery envelope, a used example mailed in Misrata, cancelled on obverse and reverse on arrival with fine strikes of bilingual "BENGHAZI" cds (Sept. 1) in black (Coles & Walker fig. 42). Slight trim at left but a very fine strike.
    Starting bid : 120.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1064 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 777, 778
    1929: 1000 pi. brown fiscal, handstamped for postal use, with additional franking 500 pi. green (2) one with paper-fold variety and others, all stamps with usual scissor cuts on parcel card from Trebizonde. The 1000 pi. brown postally used is exceptionally scarce, with only 575 stamps having been overstamped for postal use. The franking is stuck close to the edge, thus has suffered somewhat. Nonetheless a very desirable item.
    Starting bid : 300.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 650.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1065 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 823/825
    1923: Definitive top values 50 pi. grey, 100 pi. violet and 500 pi. green, all three well centred for the issue and of fine fresh colour, unmounted og. and rare thus Mi = € 4'200.
    Starting bid : 600.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 650.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1066 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : P6
    1865: Turkey 1 pi. brown Postage Due used as postage (paid to the border only) on cover to Triest tied by double circle "Brood" (Sarajevo) handstamp in black, "BROOD / IN / SLAVONIEN" datestamp above (Aug 26) and thence via 'Sissek / Bahnhof' (Aug 28) to Triest, where rated at '20' kr. to pay. Slight aging to the adhesive but scarce.
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 420.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1067 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 30+46
    1890: "EXPRES D'ORIENT" imperforate label in black, used on 1890 cover to Gustave Meyer in Harburg, Germany in combination with 1876 10 pa. black on lilac pair and 1884 20 pa. carmine all tied by "Constantinople / Gare Sirkedji" cds's (Feb. 20) in blue. Reverse with Harburg (Feb. 24) arrival cds. Trivial imperfections, an extremely rare usage of the black Orient Express label on letter.
    Starting bid : 750.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1068 Turkey

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    1863: Tughra, 20 Pa yellow and black / 5 Pi red and black, accumulation of twenty-eight stamps, mostly good margins, including postage due issues. The main value lies in a complete unused series with original gum. There are also some thick paper stamps, all in predominantly very fine condition, only odd fault. Very good lot.
    Starting bid : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 800.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1069 Turkey

    1867/1938: Batch of approximately one hundred entires with a good proportion commercially used including parcel cards, French offices, red crescent charity stamps, colourful advertising and a batch of unutilised postal stationery. Furthermore and a letter from the Austrian Consulate in Burgas franked 2 Ghr blue from the 1867 Duloz issue to Constantinople.
    Starting bid : 400.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1070 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 226/228 spec
    1913 (Oct. 23): Adrianople issue, the study on leaves with unused set of three perforated SPECIMEN, the set handstamped with rectangular "T" marking in black, usages on cover/card (6) including delightful usage from Adrianople to the printer's of the issue, Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., in London.
    Starting bid : 100.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 180.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1071 Ukraine

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    1939: Carpathia-Ukraine: 3k blue one thousand copies, many with tabs and in blocks, neatly stored in a flat box. Mi. = € 35.000.
    Starting bid : 1,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1072 Yugoslavia

    1918/1961: Large collection in five self designed Albums, beginning with a fine range of overprinted items and many large units and part sheets, allowing for study and research. The collector has taken the oportunity to augment his collections by introducing interesting letters of commercial appearance, often with large numbers of stamps. There are two 1934 flight covers, one with cachet confirming emergency landing at PFULLENDORF, the other has been flown from VIENNA to BELGRADE.
    Starting bid : 250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 850.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1073 Yugoslavia

    1919/1939: Collection consisting of several hundred used and unused postal stationery cards housed in seven Minkus Albums. The collector took pride in specialisation and collecting different postmarks, resulting in a varied lot with much appeal. Needs to be viewed.
    Starting bid : 300.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 300.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1560 France

    Philatelic Catalogue; 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. 
    Starting bid : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1564 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, further The Philatelic Society London 1895/1906 Commonwealth - British Africa The POSTAGE STAMPS, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards, and Telegraph Stamps of THE BRITISH COLONIES, POSSESSIONS AND PROTECTORATES IN AFRICA, PART I 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, a fine 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, Transvaal with South African Republic, Uganda, Zanzibar and Zululand. Pages 248-708 not yet split in an unbound example, plates separately, spine of the volume damaged as well as British India including Ceylon, 101 pages and 57 pages in two Appendices, recently bound with the old title page on front of the cover. A historic monograph with contributions of Tapling and Bacon among others, a rare limited edition.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 220.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1565 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 : 400.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1568 Collections/lots Europe

    1920/80: Lot mit ein paar Hundert Marken gest./ungest. oder in postfr. Erhaltung, dabei eine kl. Sammlung Liechtenstein ohne Spitzenwerte in einem neuwertigen BIELLA-Album sowie eine Sammlung der CEPT-Ausgaben mit ein paar besseren in zwei Einsteckbüchern.
    Starting bid : 100.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 320.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1569 Collections/lots Europe

    1900/1980: Accumulation of Eastern European countries in fourteen stock-books and albums, containing a wealth of material, such as Sowjet thematic stamps and miniature sheets, issues from former Eastern Block countries with miniature sheets and thematics including "Space", "Animals" and "Sports", being the predominant content. There are also some covers to round off this collector's estate. 
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1570 Collections/lots Europe

    1850/1950: Small selection with 15 classic stamps from Austria, France, Luxembourg and Sicily, in addition a bunch of modern France in sheets or part sheets as well as a picture postcard of Bern, average condition.
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1571 Collections/lots Europe

    1850/1950: Small selection with few hundred stamps used/unused from Italy, Liechtenstein, Trieste and Turkey, mainly small values and incompl. sets, average to good condition and housed in four volumes.
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 340.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1572 Collections/lots Europe

    1860/1960c: Lot hundreds stamps used / unused incl. Germany with Bavaria and Prussia, Reich with booklet, Allenstein, Saargebiet, WWII Legion Française Icebear souvenir sheet, Austria with 1952 souvenir booklet of the postal administration, Switzerland with fair used Zürich 6, Strubel, some Campione and Sodier's stamps.
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 280.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1573 Collections/lots Europe

    1945/2000ca.: Mixed lot with mainly modern issues and part collections used/unused of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Vatican.
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 320.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1574 Collections/lots Europe

    1930/80: Lot appr. 200 mint booklets of Denmark and Norway, incl. some better early ones, in addition a small part of mint part sheets from Liechtenstein as well as a large quantity orignal sheets consisting of four souvenir sheets from Austria of 1969 depicting "100 Jahre Wiener Staaatsoper", all arranged in three albums and in a large sized envelope, packed in a Banana box.
    Starting bid : 300.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 320.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1575 Collections/lots Europe

    1849/1988c: Lot hundreds stamps used / unused incl. France 1947 XII. UPU Congress Paris commemorative album of the French postal administration with the matching issues, also as epreuves de luxe, a comparable souvenir booklet from Marocco, French commemorative and definitive issues from the 1920s/60s incl. 1922 Orphelins compl. set unused (2), 1929 Le Havre Exposition Philatelique with special cancellation on cover, 1988 Synagogue double print (3); also French offices in China used, TAAF unmounted og. commemorative issues. In addition Monaco, Luxemburg, Belgium with miniature / souvenir sheets such as 1924 Brussels unused (4), 1930  Antwerpen used (2) and 1936 Borgerhout unused. Mi = € 5'000+.
    Starting bid : 400.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1576 Collections/lots Europe

    1929/2010: Lot several hundred booklets as well as Framas of various types, used and unused,  from Norway, Switzerland (those with oval Types and partly on cover) and Spain, the whole in good condition and housed in total 17 albums and in a large envelope, arranged in a large box.
    Starting bid : 400.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 460.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1577 Collections/lots Europe

    1864/2000: Accumulation with a strong bias towards 'Russia', with a fine range 'Coat of Arms' unused including an 1864 1 k. unused, Romanov to 5 r. used and unused, 1924 'Sowjet Union' 2 r. part sheets with mis-perfs and a partial printing, post office in the 'Levant' issues, 'Kreispost Wenden', but also miniature sheets from Albania, Germany, Romania, Proofs from the Ukraine and other materials.
    Starting bid : 750.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1578 Collections/lots Europe

    1869-1940c:  Lot of about 55 covers GREECE including 17 unused picture postcards of the British Army used in various greek towns around WW1 plus 31 covers OTTOMAN EMPIRE with a little archive of 8 commercial R-covers 1917-18 to Geneva, some post offices abroad and TURKISH REPUBLIC.
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 480.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1579 Collections/lots Europe

    1801/1931: A mixed lot consisting of two French forerunners, a German Reich Zepplin card from the Polar flight, a forrunner of Switzerland as well as a Turkish envelope carried by Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co., the whole in good condition.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 280.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1580 Collections/lots Europe

    1900/50c: Lot with 113 covers and cards including Poland (40) with 1924/25 stampless covers, all insured and sealed, Bulgaria (25) mostly picture postcards, but also 3 insured covers; Jugoslavia (26) including several insured covers; Hungary (22); mostly addressed to Switzerland.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 440.00 CHF

    Lot# : 1581 Collections/lots Europe

    1924/53: Lot 15 Swiss decorative telegram formulars partially with its special covers, also 12 decorative telegrams from Belgium 1924/52 and few from Denmark.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1582 Collections/lots Europe

    1918/36: Fine group of 25 covers/cards starting with envelope from Span. Morocco Larache to Madrid bearing inverted CORREO AERO ovpt. in red on 25 c. blue, Hungary 1934 Budapest-Debrecen flight franked with Liszt miniature sheet, letter of first Austrian Airmail connection Krakow-Vienna (1918), 1923 envelope from Warsaw to Austria via Paris distribution as well as some Zeppelin flights with four items of 1931 Hungary flight franked with Zeppelin stamps as well as 1938 Hindenburg Olympia flight.
    Starting bid : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 750.00 CHF
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