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Lot# : 387 Palestine
Lot# : 388 Palestine
1924 (Oct 10): Registered Parcel Form, P.T. 204, in black on grey, used for a 2 kg. 100 gr. Parcel to Neuchâtel, Switzerland franked by 1922 1 m. sepia, 4 m. carmine-pink and vertical strip of three 5 pi. purple all tied by JERUSALEM / PARCEL POST datestamps in black. Registered label at right and reverse with Port Said, Alexandria (Oct 16), Neuchâtel and Monruz (Nov 6) cds's. Vertical crease as to be expected but a charming and rare item.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 389 Palestine
Lot# : 390 Palestine
Lot# : 391 Palestine
British Mandate 1927/45: Definitive sets (both issues in complete sets), the marvellous mint selection of corner Control blocks of four with Plate Numbers 1-3 on 2 m. (three different), 3 m. (3), 4 m. rose, 4 m. maroon (2), 5 m. (2), 6 m. (2), 7 m. scarlet and 7 m. deep purple (2), 8 m. yellow brown and 8 m. scarlet (2), 10 m. slate (2), 13 m. both colours, 15 m. ultramarine (2), 20 m. (2), 50 m., rare 90 m. bistre, 100 m., 200 m., 250 m., 500 m. and £P1, all fresh and fine, superb or unmounetd og. blocks Gi = £700+.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 392 Israel
British Mandate 1918/47: The splendid collection with Feb 1918 1 pi. indigo mint (3) and used on cover, 5 m. on 1 pi. cobalt mint pair and single and used on postcard, 5 m. on 1 pi. ultramarine in D18 C control block of four, study of the 'Blues' including plate varieties and multiples, July 1918 set of 11 mint and usages on covers, Jerusalem I overprint set of 11 mint and a few varieties, Jerusalem II set mint ex June 1921 1 pi., but including duplication incl. 'arabic 40' variety on 4 m., perf. 14 set from 2 m. to 5 pi. mint, Jerusalem III set of 11 mint (Gi 47/57), 1921 London opt. set of 11 mint, London II set mint incl. varieties, Pictorials with 1927 set of 14 complete incl. varieties with coil pairs of 5 m. inverted watermark, Postage Dues, with covers, Parcel Cards etc. throughout.Starting bid : 4,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 393 Palestine
Interim Period 1948 (May 10): Narrow overprint 5 m. red brown on yellowish, 10 m. blue on bluish and 25 m. brown on white paper, the set of three values in imperforate pairs, two with slight adhesion thins, otherwise fresh and fine, unmounted og. Bale 104b+105a+106a = $ 600.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 394 Palestine
Interim Period 1948: Cover correctly franked for registered rate of 25 m., with Dr. Chaim Weizmann 10 m. blue, Jewish State 10 m. brown on yellowish and Negev Pipeline 5 m. brown on yellowish all overprinted at Tel Aviv in violet, with registration label at left and arrival on reverse. Minor ageing but a fine cover Bale 12+30+32.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 395 Palestine
Interim Period 1948: Cover correctly franked for registered rate of 25 m., bearing Hebrew Technicon 5 m. in brown on blue and pair of Jewish State 10 m. brown on yellowish horizontally imperforate between all with circular Haifa overprints in black, mailed from Qiryat Motzkin with arrivals on reverse including 'Kfar Ata' cds (May 9) Bale 13+30.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 396 Palestine
Interim Period 1948: Philatelic cover correctly franked for registered rate with May 9th Jewish State 5 m. brown imperforate btween stamp and margin, 10 m. blue and narrow overprint May 10th 10 m. blue all tied by Jerusalem 'Mea Shearim' special Jubilee datestamps (May 16) in use for one day only Bale 101e+102+105.Starting bid : 80 CHFHammer price : 110 CHFLot# : 397 Palestine
Lot# : 398 Palestine
Interim Period 1948: Cover correctly franked for registered rate of 25 m., with Tractor 5 m. brown on yellowish, Eliezer Ben Yehuda 2 m. blue in a block of four imperforate horizontally between and imperforate between stamp and margin, single with double row of perforations at top, and Dr. Chaim Weizmann 5 m. green (2) all handstamped for Tel Aviv in violet and cancelled in black. Registration label at left and arrival on reverse Bale 2+9a+9b+9c+11.Starting bid : 180 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 399 Palestine
Lot# : 400 Palestine
Interim Period 1948: Philatelic covers (3) franked by Diaspora Series 1, the set of ten values printed in green, overprinted Tel Aviv in violet, all tied to three covers (each with a block of four) with 'Maabarot' datestamps alongside (May 2). Signed Hoexter Bale 42a/51a.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 401 Palestine
Lot# : 402 Israel
Interim Period 1948: The specialised collection of covers (162) with all the listed issues present on letter, April 1948 'Commando' cover cancelled in violet from Haifa, mixed issue frankings with Mandate period adhesives, Diaspora issues on letters, Nahariya sheet mint and used; Rishon Le Zion 40 m. perforated on cover (5) and imperforate on cover, Safed local on cover, stamps including Jerusalem Locals with May 1948 5 m. imperf. between pair mint (vertical and horizontal pairs), 10 m. surcharge on brown (issued colour of 5 m.) error, 25 m. on blue (issued colour of 10 m.) error, Jerusalem II issue in top left plate blocks of four mint etc. Seldom seen in such quality and quantity, viewing recommended (Bale 1-124).Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 2,600 CHFLot# : 403 Palestine
French Consular Posts in Jerusalem 1948: 20 m. on 6 fr. carmine rose, a fine used example on cover to Tunisia tied by JERUSALEM / POSTES FRANCAISES datestamp in black (Nov 10). Return address (Jerusalem Consulate or Quai D'Orsay) on reverse of a fine cover.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 403A Palestine
Lot# : 404 Israel
1948/2004: Mint collection (all unmounted) with First Coins set of nine with full tabs (Gi = £ 12'000), First Coins 3 m. orange, 15 m. scarlet and 50 s. brown perf. 10 with tabs, Postage Dues with tabs, 1948 New Year set of five with tabs and interpanneau margin set with full tabs, interpanneau margin tête-bêche set of five, interpanneau set of five, and blocks of four with full tabs from corners of the sheet, 1949 Inauguartion mint with tab, Flag 20 pr. with tab (2), Miniature Sheet, Petah Tiqwa 40 pr. with tabs (2), 1949 New Year set with tabs, 1949 Coins with tabs, tête-bêche pairs and interpanneau pairs, 1950 UPU set with tabs, Independence set with tabs, Airmail set with tabs, Eilat 500 pr. with tabs (2), 1952 1'000 pr. with tab, thereafter complete to present day, also the complete set of issues all on First Day Covers with only the first Coin high values without tabs, replete with sheetlets, P.O. brochures and ephemera. A truly marvellous complete lot in generally superb condition throughout Gi = £ 30'000++.Starting bid : 6,000 CHFHammer price : 11,000 CHFLot# : 405 Israel
1948/80: Collection with better sets and values used/unused, some short tab, incl. 1948 FDC, 1948 Jewish New Year set of five in tête-bêche gutter pairs, UPU 1950 gutter pairs, just to be mentioned a few in three albums.Starting bid : 650 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 406 Japan
Lot# : 407 Japan
1899/1901: Chrysanthemum definitive ½ s. grey, (4), 1 s. red-brown, 2 s. green, 3 s. red and 6 s. maroon (2) all used on reverse of opened for display 1907 registered cover to Prague, tied by 'Yokohama cds's in violet (Dec 20). Prag arrival cds alongside and registered label on front of a most attractive cover.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 408 Japan
Lot# : 409 Japan
1922 (March 3): 4 s. carmine postal stationery card sent registered to Helsinki, Finland franked by 1913/25 6 s. brown, 8 s. grey and 10 s. blue all tied by Nagano datestamps, Tokio registration label of transit and both London transit in red and Helsinki arrival (April 15) all on front of a fine card.Starting bid : 160 CHFHammer price : 190 CHFLot# : 410 Japan
1961/64: Olympic summer games in Tokyo, five sport issues (from six) each in ten full mint sheets, will say 200 sets in total MI = EUR 2'400.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 411 Japan
1874/1984: Lot hundreds used/unused stamps with better values and sets, miniature sheets and booklets owner's cat. = EUR 4'800.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 250 CHFLot# : 412 Japan
1908/80: Collection resp. lot with several thousand stamps used/unused or in mint condition, incl. many high priced single values and full sets as 1908 Empress Jingu 5Y + 10Y, 1917 Tazawa set up to 1 Y, 1921 50 years of postal service, 1934 Air mail souvenir sheet, 1948 and 1949 philatelic week 5Y and 8Y miniature sheets etc., the modern part mainly in mint conditon and partly with heavy duplication, in addition glassines from the new issues department, some FDC's, a presentation folder and other philatelic material. A very fine collection.Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : 4,400 CHFLot# : 413 Collections/lots worldwide
No lot.Starting bid : BidHammer price : not soldLot# : 414 Japan
1871/2004: Lovely and important collection with several thousand stamps used/unused or in mint condition, the classic part with perforation varieties, colour shades and cancellations, further on with plenty of better sets and souvenir sheets as 1934 Airmail souvenir sheet for the Philatelic Exhibition in Tokyo, all sets and souvenir sheets related to the various national parks, 1948 + 1949 Philatelic week souvenir sheets and many more, the modern part after 1960 in mint condition with full sets, souvenir and miniature sheets, booklets and other products issued by the Japanese Post Office, a lot for a collector or for an investor, housed in five Leuchtturm albums (very high cat value)Starting bid : 4,000 CHFHammer price : 5,500 CHFLot# : 415 Japan
1871/1970: Interesting collection several hundred stamps used/unused, incl. better values, colour shades, cancellations,full sets, pairs, strips, blocs of four and more, souvenir sheets, miniature sheets, telegraphs, Japanese PO's abroad, occupation issues, Manchukuo, Burma etc., in addition some cards, covers and postal stationery items, in good condition and housed in two albums.Starting bid : 4,000 CHFHammer price : 4,000 CHFLot# : 416 Jordan
Lot# : 417 Palestine
1952 (July 7): Parcel Post registered form for a package from Bethlehem to Venezuela, with mixed franking of Jordan 1943/46 2 m. bluish green, 50 m. purple and 1952 Unification 20 f. black & deep blue in a vertical pair with 'Palestine' overprinted 1948 100 m. blue, 200 m. violet and £P1 slate all tied by BETHLEHEM datestamps in black. Two registration labels 'Bethlehem / H. K. of Jordan' at right. Remarkable and extremely rare usage.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 900 CHFLot# : 418 Jordan
/1920/1948: Blue stockbook with sporadic early issues, 1925 East of Jordan set to 10 pi. mint, 1927/29 New Currency definitive set of 11 complete mint, 1928 New Constitution set of 11 fresh mint, 1930 Locust Campaign set of 12 fresh mint, 1930 definitive set of 16 fresh mint; 1942/46 set to £ 1 mint, 1952 'Fils' overprint set to £ 1, 1959 set of 16 mint, also Jordan Occupation 1948 set of 16 mint. Fresh and fine lot Gi = £ 1'400+.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 418A South Korea
1951: American Red Cross envelope from a Turkish Soldier serving in the Korean War with the American 25th Division to Istanbul, sender's return address via Tokyo, franked by USA 15 c. grey-blue tied by ARMY AIRFORCE POSTAL SERVICE / A.P.O. 25 datestamp (May 3). The Turks sent over 5'000 troops to serve with the Americans, losing nearly a 1'000 men with over 2'000 wounded. Mail from this force is, however, very rare. Ex collection Bill Robertson.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 419 South Korea
1895: Album pages with 18985/96 set of four used, 1900 values incl. fine 20 ch. venetian red, 1902 Accession 3 ch. orange, and 1904 Falcon set of 13 values complete to rare 2 wn. purple on orange, fine cds used.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 280 CHFLot# : 420 South Korea
1946/49: Presentation booklet by the Corean Post Office, containing 78 unused stamps in full sets and one souvenir sheet, also some blocs of four and varieties, in good condition, a rare booklet.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 421 South Korea
1902/: Collection in small blue stockbook with 1899/1900 1 p. on 25 p. rose-lake surcharged in black (740, including a block of 99 used), 1902 surcharged 1 ch. on 'Tai-Han' 25 p. rose-lake with 150 examples unused including blocks of 4 (three), 6, 12, 16 and two blocks of 24; 1900 Japanese P.O. surcharged on Wedding 3 s. carmine (90 examples) used including multiples cancelled at Ninsen. A rare offering of much under-catalogued material Yvert = EUR 89'000.Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : 7,500 CHFLot# : 422 North Korea
Lot# : 423 North Korea
1951: 40 wn. carmine, size 16½ x 25 mm, a fine used imperforate example tied to scarce 10 wn. carmine postal stationery letter-sheet by neat 'Sinanju' datestamp in black (22.10.1953), also a Medal of Honour 5 wn. deep green postal stationery card franked by 1952 Dove 20 wn., similarly tied. A scarce pair.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 424 North Korea
1946/72: Collection several hundred stamps used/unused, mainly in full sets, also some blocs of four, souvenir sheets as well as a few imperf. stamps. A fine lot and aspecially the early years are very difficult to assemble.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 425 North Korea
1950/1990c.: 1957 10 wn. blue (Diamond Mountains) illustrated stationery card used to Brno, 1958 postcard of 'Stalin Street' franked by 1958 20 wn. blue Airmail from Phyongyang, 1958 Arms 10 wn. cinnamon on internal cover, 1959 10 wn. 'Sputnik' illustrated stationery envelope used, some interesting in-coming covers from Bulgaria, 1951 and 1952 American Field P.O. covers (2) and 1954 cover signed by the DPRK defector Kum Sok No who flew an undamaged MIG jet to the Allied lines, stamps from early 1950's with some reprints noted and later with strange Elizabeth II and Royal Wedding sheets etc. An interesting collection with 91 covers.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 426 Kuwait
1978/81: Complete run of commemorative sets mint (3 of each), including the rare 1980/85 definitive set to 4 dirhan value in strips of three in a grey stockbook, fresh and fine, unmounted og.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 427 Laos
1951/58: Dealer's stock with 1951 First Issue mint sets (2), 1952 Airmails set of four (17 sets), 1952 UPU postage set of five (50 sets +), Airmails set of two (12), Court of Love set (8), 1953 'Buddha' airmail set of six (18 sets), 1954 Sisavong set of three values (2 sets, Gi. = £ 800), 1955 Poems set of six (20), 1956 Buddha's Anniversary set of five (2), 1957 Musicians sets, 1958 Red Cross imperf. sheets, issues from 1958 in sheets etc. A fine unmounted mint stock of an up and coming area Cat: Michel = EUR 7'000+.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 428 Libanon
Austrian Consular Post Office 1865 (Nov 21): Entire letter from Beirut to Constantinople franked by 1864 5 s. rose red and 15 s. brown tied by BERUTTI datestamps (Tchilinghrian fig. 3) in brown.Some minor imperfections but an attractive and scarce franking.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 429 Libanon
Austrian Lloyd Office 1850 (July): Entire letter from Beirut to Syra, Greece struck with superb oval AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / BERUTTI in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 1). The entire slit for disinfection and charged '20' lepta due in red crayon for local delivery, Syros arrival cds on reverse.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 270 CHFLot# : 430 Libanon
1876: 20 pa. violet & green, four examples used on double weight 1881 cover to Montrose, USA; the envelope slit for disinfection (probably in Beirut), the adhesives tied by extremely rare SAYDA POSTA SUBESI negative seal handstamps in blue-black ink. Reverse with 'Beiruth / Turquie' cds, Alexandria transit cds, London transit cds (April 18) and New York / Paid All duplex. A charming and rare coverStarting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 431 Libanon
Lot# : 432 Libanon
Free French Censorship 1939/48: The collection in two boxes with a few written up on leaves but many loose (600+ covers) with mail fromall over the World going into Lebanon / Syria, Censored with Cross of Lorraine Censor cachets of CM, CP, CP/1, CP/2, CP/3, CP/4, CP/5, CP/6, CP/7, CP/11, CP/13, CP/4, CP/15, CP/17, CP/18, CP/20, CP/23, CP/22, CP/24, CP/28, CP/30, CP/37, CP/38,CP/60, CP/63, CP/80, CP/81, CP/92, CP/100, CP/120, CP/309, CP/370, CP/918, CP/438, CP/581, CP/723, CP/801, CP/R, SC, SM, SR, FFL Censors, 'Non Controle', 'Examined', PE, also in manuscript with numerals; myriads of different Censorr Reseal Labels with some covers Censored three or four times and one noted with five different Reseal labels, out-going mail to destinations: Algieria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroun, Canada, Chile, Congo, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, France, French Guinée, GB, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Madagascar, MEF, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Palestine, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, USA. An exhibit in progress and much of interest to the World War II specialist. A copy of Zimmerman's monogram on the subject enclosed with the lot. A fantastic lot with plenty of scope for a potential International Medal. Viewing is a pleasure and much recommended. Ex collection Bill Robertson.Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : 3,800 CHFLot# : 433 Liberia
1895 (June 27): 3 c. blue & red postal stationery card sent registered to Montenegro and up-rated with 1893 pair of 5 c. on 6 c. green tied by unframed 'Monrovia' datestamps in black. Liverpool (July 15) and London transits on front, Cetinje arrival cds on reverse.Starting bid : 180 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 434 Liberia
1907 (May 11): Real-photo card, sent registered to Berlin franked by 1906 2 c. carmine & black (2), Official 1 c. black & green and Monrovia 10 c. black & violet registration adhesive all tied by Monrovia datestamps. German Consulate cachet in blue at left and 'Plymouth' registration label tied in transit (June 15). A fine and unusual usage.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 435 Liberia
1929 (Jan 13): Sierra Leone ½ d. green postal stationery card cancelled by oval 'Deutsche Seepost-Linie-Hamburg-Westafrika-XXXI' in black, sent registered to Germany with Liberia 1928 Official 2 c., 3 c. and 10 c. (Gi. O519,O520,O522) all tied by BUCHANAN datestamps and by Maisach arrival cds. An unusual and appealing usage.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 436 Liberia
1929 (Jan 18): Postcard sent registered with Official 5 c. blue pair and, on viewside, 1928 Official 1 c. green, 3 c. brown and Postage 2 c. dull violet all tied by bold strikes of oval 'Deutsche Seepost-Linie-Hamburg-Westafrika-XXXL' Ship cancellations in black or (viewside) by HARPER datestamps.Starting bid : 160 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 437 Libya
Ottoman Posts 1891/1910: Group of six items with 1891 document from the Sharia Court with large negattive handstamp in black, 1893 fine cover to Florence with Turkey 1892 1 pi. tied by bilinngual BENGHAZI datestamp in blue (C& W fig 41, cert. Sorani), 1892 France 10 c. black stationery card used with 'Tripoli / Barbarie' cds, 1909 tatty cover with rare ZAVIE datestamp in black (C&W fig. 32), 1910 cover to Tripoli with Turkey 1909 20 pa. red tied by BENGHAZI datestamp (C&W fig. 42), condition varies but a rare assembly.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 438 Mexico
1827 (May 5): Entire letter from Mexico City to London endorsed 'pr. Leeds', reverse showing double Forwarding Agent in manuscript with 'Rec'd & Forw'd by Baumbush, Magnus & Co. Tampico' and 'Rec'd & Forwarded, New York, 7 July 1827 by John Rayner & Co.'. Struck with framed SHIP LETTER / LIVERPOOL in black (Robertson S12) and charged 4/9 d. due on receipt. Some aging but scarce. Cert. Van Der Linden (1995).Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 439 Mexico
1837/41: Covers (2) to France, earlier entire letter from Mexico City with oval ACHEMINÉE PAR / LEVERGER / VERA-CRUZ cachet in black to Aix via Bordeaux, 1841 cover from Mexico City to Paris with reverse showing framed SOUTEYRAN & PERRET / NEW YORK cachet in black, landed at Le Havre (March 19). A fine pair.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 440 Mexico
1851 (April 22): Second sheet of entire letter from Zacatecas to France, endorsed 'Steamer via Liverpool', reverse showing double Forwarding Agent in manuscript with 'Tampico May 20, 1851 acheminée par Claussen & Frères' and 'Forwarded by Cramer & Co., New Orleans, June 6, 1851'. New Orleans cds and 'Paid / 5' alongside in red, struck with framed 'Colonies / &c. Art 13' in red in London (June 29) and charged 30 décimes due in black on arrival.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 170 CHFLot# : 441 Mexico
1862 (April 24): Entire letter from Colima to Liverpool during the US Civil War, reverse with fine framed FORWARDED BY / FREDK. PROBST & Co. / NEW YORK in blue. Endorsed 'per Steamer Europa from Boston' at top with '5 / N. York Br. Pkt' cds (June 10) in black, Liverpool arrival cds (June 22) and handstruck '1/-' due marking in black.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 442 Mexico
1864 (Jan 6): Cover and contents addressed to Paris, France with manuscript endorsement at left 'A un prisonero Mexicano' and, underneath 'Bourges' in manuscript; struck with two line FRANCO S. MIGL. / DEL MESQUITE in black. Reverse with '2' (reales) Mexican handstamp in black alongside circular MINISTERE DE LA GUERRE 'Eagle' cachet in blue, presumably applied as a Censor marking to the letter between Paris and the Prisoner of War Camp in Bourges. Fascinating contents regarding the War and the whereabouts of weapons formerly controlled by the prisoner when he was in Pueblo de Saragoza, where the Republicans had just won a 'bloody battle'...'the Revolution continues in Guanajuato, Léon, Aguascalientes and San Luis (Potosi)...General Fraga suffered a defeat at Jalisco and it is known that Negrete and Mejia had a bloody battle in San Luis with 2-3'000 deaths on both sides and plenty of Prisoners of War....very soon we will have the support of the Americans...' this latter remark prescient and true but the Civil War still raged North of the border. Remarkably this is the sole recorded Prisoner of War cover from the 'Maximilian' Campaign in Mexico. An historic Postal History rarity. Signed Todd AIEP.Starting bid : 5,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 443 Mexico
1886 (Dec 19): Cover from the Dominican Republic Consul sent registered to '5a Division Panama Canal', franked by 1886 1 c. green (2) and 4 c. lilac (2) cancelled in Mexico City, oval framed 'Franco En / Acapulco' in black below. Reverse of cover with 'Union Ibero-Americana / Mexico' cachet in red - the writer was attending the Congress held in Mexico City. Some faults but rare.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 444 Mexico
4 c. orange stationery envelope (H&G B44), up-rated 1896 usage to Belgium with, on front and reverse, 1895/96 1 c. green (2), 2 c. red (2), 3 c. brown (2), 4 c. orange and 5 c. blue all tied by MERIDA / YUC. datestamps (Oct 3) in black. Opened for display, a charming cover.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 140 CHFLot# : 445 Mexico
1895 & 1898: Cards (2) sent registered to Germany with 1895 3 c. stationery card up-rated with 1890-95 5 c. blue and 6 c. vermilion overlapped by blue Mexican registration labels and New York transit label and three circular 'R' handstamps, 1898 early colour postcard sent registered-AR to Gera franked by 1895 10 c. lilac rose (2) with Vera Cruz registration and 'AR' cachets in violet. A scarce pair.Starting bid : 160 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 446 Mexico
Lot# : 447 Mexico
1856/1976; Interesting collection with several hundred mostly used stamps (also a few unused) starting with Hidalgo issues, further on with better values, full sets, colour shades, stamps on piece, cancellations, airmails, souvenir sheets, special delivery, officials, postage dues etc., mainly in good conditon and housed in three albums.Starting bid : 3,200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 448 Nicaragua
1899: Zelaya Province Postal Stationery provisional issue with black Coat of Arms and pre-cancelled with circular ADMINISTRACION DE RENTAS / BLUEFIELDS NIC. in violet, the set of envelopes with 5 c. black (2), 10 c. black (2), 20 c. black; new inscription 5 c. black (2), 10 c. black and 1905 'B' on 5 c. blue envelope (HG MB 1+2+2a+3+4++6+6); also three further cards incl. 1902 up-rated usage from Bluefields. A scarce group.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 449 Nicaragua
1862/80: Collection on leaves and a few loose, with superb cancellation study on first issues, with all numbers between 1-13 noted including both types of Leon No. 7, with superb rouletted 25 c. green (2) on piece sharing bold '3/G' of Granada, '9/C' cancels of Corinto in black and in violet, rare '2/R' of Rivas on perf. 1 c. brown, scarce transit or arrival usages in London, New York and Puerto Cabello, a few mint blocks of etc. A delightful and difficult to assemble collection (143 items).Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 450 Nicaragua
1862/1945c.: Collection in a large box, from first issues with some issues in vast quantity, some cancellation interest and 'back of the book' material noted, interesting project to sort through, also a small collection of Salvador.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 580 CHFLot# : 451 Panama
1859/69: Entire letters (2) to New York both with double Forwarding Agent's cachets, the earlier entire ex Bogotá with blue 'Encaminada Por / Macia E Hijo / Cartajena N.C.' and oval From / T.R. COWAN / SHIPPING & COMMISSSION AGENT / COLON-NEW GRANADA in red; the 1869 entire from Rio Hacha with oval 'Encaminada Por C. Hauer Simmonds / Santa Martha' in blue and 'Forwarded By / W.P.Mall / Aspinwall' in blue.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 452 Panama
1902/17: Panama 1902 5 c. blue block of four with oval 'AR' handstamps in red, 1904 10 c. orange with 'Colon/R' and 'AR' in mint multiples, 1904 third Panama 10 c. with double overprint reading up and down fine unused in block of four, 1916 registration 8 c. with entire surcharge in red inverted in a block of four, surcharge in green (official) inverted in mint block of four; also Canal Zone postal stationery with first card mint and up-rated usage from'La Boca' to Brazil, and 1 c. green cards (Scott UX2) used ex 'Balboa' and 'Pedro Miguel' (14 items).Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 453 Panama
1936: 4th Postal Congress, American Banknote Co. colour Die Proofs for 1 c. blue green, 2 c. carmine rose and 15 c. turquoise; all in issued colours and inset on cards, file index numbers 75651, 75650 and 75654 respectively. Fresh and fine, a scarce group.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 440 CHFLot# : 454 Panama
1942 (Jan 13): Airmail cover to San José, Costa Rica franked by 1924 1 c. green, 1941 Airmail 7 c. rose and 1939 Postal Tax 1 c. carmine tied in violet. Reseal Censor strip at left reading "Abierta por Censura / Defensa Continental / No. 7" in black on yellow. A rare cover - after the attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941 the Central American republics declared war on Japan on Jan 12, 1942 and set up Censorship on the following day - thus this is the first possible day of use for Censorship.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 455 Paraguay
Lot# : 456 Paraguay
Lot# : 457 Peru
1 d. blue, a large margined horizontal pair used on September 1858 entire letter from Arequipa to Islay, tied by dotted AREQ. cancellation struck in blue. A fine and scarce entire. Cert. Philatelic Foundation (2000).
Provenance: Corinphila sale 141 (April 2004), lot 4361.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 458 Peru
1857: 1 d. blue, a vertical pair in a deep shade with large margins all round, used on July 1858 entire letter to Islay cancelled by dotted '1-Lima-2' handstamp in black. A charming entire. Opinion Holcombe (1994).
Provenance: Corinphila sale 141 (April 2004), lot 4362.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 459 Peru
½ peso yellow-buff, diagonal bisect, lower right diagonal half of the stamp, used on cover dated internally December 16, 1859 from Puno to Arequipa to pay the double rate of 4 dineros, tied by PUNO oval negative handstamp in black. Tiny corner clip at left of stamp of no significance, this being one of just two recorded covers bearing this rare usage - this cover too was also cancelled at Puno (Corinphila, sale 90 (Oct 1994) lot 7222, realising 27,000 chf.). A great rarity of both Peruvian and South American philately. Signed Herbert Bloch, Calves. Cert. Calves (2008), Moorhouse (2010).Starting bid : 18,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 460 Peru
Lot# : 461 Peru
1866/67: 10 c. vermilion, imprint example used on 1868 entire letter to Genoa, Italy with 'Callao' British P.O. cds on reverse alongside London transit. Struck in London with framed 'GB/1F 90c.' Accountancy handstamp and charged with handstruck '14' due on arrival (Feb 20).Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 100 CHFLot# : 462 Peru
Lot# : 463 Peru
1889 (Feb 20): 20 c. violet postal stationery envelope sent registered/AR to Belize, British Honduras up-rated with 1886/95 5 c. orange (3) and 10 c. slate all tied by oval 'Correos / Lima' datestamps in black. Framed 'Recommandé / avec Avis de Réception' in violet at left and 'Transito / Panama' cds in blue (March 29), Barbados transit cds (April 15) and violet New Orleans transit (April 29) also on front of a fine and scarce cover to an extremely unusual destination. Cert. Moorhouse (2012).Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 280 CHFLot# : 464 Peru
1895 (Oct 7): 4 c. blue & black postal stationery card sent registered-AR to the Netherlands franked on reverse with Llama 1895 5 c. claret in a strip of three all tied by 'Lima' datestamps in black. London transit in red and Overveen arrival (Nov 15) on obverse. A scarce usage.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 190 CHFLot# : 465 Peru
1894 (Jan 15): 20 c. violet postal stationery envelope sent registered/AR to Mexico up-rated with 1886/95 1 c. violet blue, 2 c. green, 5 c. orange and 20 c. blue all tied by 'Lima/Peru' datestamps in black. Registration cachet at left and New York transit registered label above. Reverse with 'Transito / Panama' cds (Jan 24) in blue and New York transit in black (Feb 2), front with Mexico arrival cds (Feb 7) in black. Some minor imperfections but a colourful franking.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 466 Peru
1901 (July 25): 4 c. + 4 c. black postal stationery reply cards sent registered to Dresden, up-rated with 1896-1900 1 c. yellow green and 5 c. greenish blue tied by Lima cds's with large red registered label at base tied on arrival (23/8). Reply half attached unused. Unusual and appealing card.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 180 CHFLot# : 467 Peru
Lot# : 468 Peru
1905 (Sept 6): Illustrated 4 c. blue postal stationery card with brown 'Lima-Beneficencia Publica-Fachada' picture on reverse, sent registered to London and up-rated with 1900 10 c. grey-black. Framed violet registration handstamp and scarce TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE / PLYMOUTH / 3 cds (Oct 7) alongside.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 469 Peru
/ /1938: Pan-American Union Congress, Lima, the set of six mint, set overprinted MUESTRA (Specimen), and Waterlow File blocks with security punch-holes for 10 c. in block of 25 annotated 'File Copy 174977', 15 c. in block of 25, 25 c. in block of 25, 1 s. in block of 25 , 1 s. 50 c. in block of 25 and 2 s. in block of 25 all similarly annotated 'File Copy 174977' or '174978' (on 15 c.) in manuscript. A generally fine and scarce group.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 470 Peru
1949: UPU Congress celebration, the unissued values printed in Paris, with 2 c. green (21), 4 c. vermilion (21), 15 c. grey (41), 20 c. grey-brown (17), 50 c. purple (21), $ 1 turquoise (21), $ 2 blue (21), $ 5 lake-red (19), $ 10 brown (18) all in multiples, most marginal, fresh and fine, unmounted og.Starting bid : 160 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 471 Peru
/1824/1970c.: Collection with early pre-stamp cover bearing superb LIMA handstamp in red to Quito, thereafter with April 1861 cover franked by 1 p. red to Valparaiso and taxed '45' centavos, 1896 50 c. and 1 s. optd. 'Defecit' in blocks of 50 mint, 1930 Child Congress sheets, 1930 15 c. blue Harrison's imperfate Plate Proof block on card paper etc.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 472 Peru
/1886/1929c.: Collection on leaves with 1886 1 c. (two), 2 c., 10 c. and 20 c. values in pairs overprinted SPECIMEN in red, 1896/1900 Portrait definitive issue 1 c. blue (3), 1 c. green (8), 2 c. blue (2), 2 c. red (2), 5 c. deep blue, 5 c. green (4), 5 c. greenish blue (9), 10 c. yellow (2), 10 c. grey-black (5), 20 c. orange (5), 50 c. carmine (2), 1 s. orange red (3) and 2 s. claret all overprinted with differing types of SPECIMEN where more than 1 stamp noted and most security punched by the American Banknote Co., 1901 set of three opt. SPECIMEN, 1902 2 c. green (3) and 1905 12 c. (2) with diff. SPECIMEN opts in red, 1909/17 complete set similarly surcharged (39 stamps), 1918 complete set to 2 s. similarly optd. (44), 1924-29 set similarly optd. (25), 1909/21 Postage Dues (36), 1897 Telegraphs etc. A superb study with most unmounted og. (242 items).Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 473 Salvador
1882/1907: Postal stationery used selection (7) with 1882 Provisional 10 c. vermilion envelope from La Libertad cancelled on arrival by AGENCIA POSTAL NACIONAL / PANAMA cds, 1892 5 c. and 11 c. envelopes used (H&G B22 and B24), 1884 2 c. carmine card cancelled 'Santa Tecla' cds, 3 c. blue card used in 1888 to Germany etc.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 474 Saudi Arabia
1911: Ottoman Post Offices Cover sent registered from Medina to Istanbul franked on reverse with Turkey 1909 2 pi. blue-black tied by MEDINE datestamp (July 19) in black (Coles & Walker fig. 30). Stamboul arrival alongside. Some aging but scarce.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 180 CHFLot# : 475 Saudi Arabia
Lot# : 476 Saudi Arabia
1913 (Sept 12): Cover and original contents from Medina to Istanbul franked on reverse with Turkey 1912 1 pi. ultramarine tied by fine MEDINE datestamp in black. Constainople machine cancel arrival (Sept 25) above. Some aging around perforations but a rare usage.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 477 Syria
Lot# : 478 Syria
1867 (Jan 4): Entire letter at double rate from Winterthur to Alexandrette, Syria struck with straight line 'Winterthur' despatch handstamp, thence via Geneva (Jan 5), Marseille and Smyrna (Jan 14) with dotted arrival datestamp on reverse 'Alexandrette / Syrie' and charged '18' décimes due. Smudge at lower right where 'PD' in black was applied in error and deleted by a fingerprint. A scarce entire to an unusual destination.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 479 Syria
1912 (Feb 10): Cover, repaired at left, mailed from Maarra ul Naman to Jerusalem franked by Turkey 1909 20 pa. carmine pair tied by bold strike of bilingual MAARRA cds struck in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 85). Jerusalem arrival on front in blackStarting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 480 Syria
1929 (Oct 15): Airmail cover to Constantinople with framed bilingual DAMAS EXPOSITION cachet at top, franked by Airmail set of seven values all tied by special Exposition datestamps in violet. Reverse with airmail and registration labels and 7 p. 50 on 2 p. 50 blue pair alongside Athens cds and arrival. An attractive and scarce cover. Ex collection Bill Robertson.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 481 Thailand
Lot# : 482 Thailand
Lot# : 483 Thailand
Lot# : 484 Thailand
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