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Lot# : 1605 Sicily
5 gr. vivid vermilion, 2nd plate in compl. sheet of 100 examples with full sheet margins, original gum which is intact for the majority of the examples, very fresh, minute oxidation traces in the upper and left sheet margin. A spectacular rarity. Cert. Enzo Diena (1986) Sassone = EUR 225'000 for 25 blocks of four.
Provenance: Collection Alphonse RothschildStarting bid : 25,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1606 Sicily
1 gr. olive brown, plate I, type II, pos. 18 showing large retouch, with wide margins on three sides an clear at left, neatly an facefree cancelled by hors-shoe obliterator leaving the retouch clearly visible. A rare fine copy, signed by Luigi Gazzi and Alberto Diena, certificate Dr. Helmuth Avi (2011) Sassone = EUR 37'500.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 1,700 CHFLot# : 1607 Sicily
Lot# : 1608 Sicily
1/2 gr. yellow light-olive, 1st plate on Naples paper with three broad margins and cut along the line at left, cancelled by framed handstamp on newspaper "Tremacoldo" from Messina (Jan 11, 1860), sent to Nicotera. Exceptional rarity and only example known of this colour on newspaper. Signed Emilio Diena and Matteo Tosto; certificates Enzo Diena (1990) and Raybaudi (2000) No price given in Sassone for use on cover.Starting bid : 20,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1609 Sicily
1/2 gr. orange (2), one from 1st, one from 2nd plate, in addition 1 gr. green-darkolive, 3rd plate, all on Naples paper, tied by three strikes of framed handstamp to letter from Giarra to Messina. The two 1/2 gr. stamp were reused to defraud the post in the office of Giarre and show therefore some small imperfections, a rare letter with fine postal history content, impressive due to the use of 1/2 gr. from different plates. Certificates Enzo Diena (1987) and Raybaudi (1994) Sassone = EUR 34'400.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 2,400 CHFLot# : 1610 Sicily
1859: 1 gr. grey-olive, plate II on Naples paper in a hor. pair, fresh colour and good to large margins, tied with framed handstamp to cover sent to Palermo with LIGATA handstamp (Sassone 13 points) and Palermo arrival cds (15 GIOG 59) alongside. Sign. Enzo Diena and cert. Colla (1993) Sassone = EUR 1'650.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 750 CHFLot# : 1611 Sicily
Lot# : 1612 Sicily
5 gr. vivid vermilion, 2nd plate in horizontal strip of four, positions 1-4, together with 10 gr. indigo as horizontal pair, positions 41-42, tied by framed handstamp to outer letter sheet, sent registered from Petralia Soprana to Palermo (Feb 1, 1860) with framed one-line dispatch mark and arrival cds on front. Despite some flaws a rare and spectacular franking with the largest strip of 5 gr. vermilion of 2nd plate known. Signed Alfredo Fiecchi, certificates Enzo Diena (1981) and Colla (2004).Starting bid : 10,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1613 Sicily
Militello circular datestamp (May 4, 1862, Sassone 12 points) used as obliterator of well margined Sardinia 10 c. dark chocolate-brown on entire letter to Palermo with Catania transit and arrival cds's (May 7, 1862) on reverse. Cert. Raybaudi (1996) Sassone = EUR 6'750.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 1614 Toscana
Lot# : 1615 Toscana
1851: 2 s. yellow on blueish paper and 2 s. scarlet on blueish paper (2), all with vibrant colour and good to large margins all round, tied by clear strikes of the rhomboid lozenge with "PISA 8 / .. / 1853" cds and "PD" in red alongside on attractive envelope (closed tear at bottom), sent to Pontremoli. Sassone lists twelve covers with this franking, a rare and decorative item. Cert. Oliva (2001) Sassone = EUR 48'500+.Starting bid : 2,000 CHFHammer price : 4,800 CHFLot# : 1616 Toscana
Lot# : 1617 Italy
Lot# : 1618 Italy
1851/60: Lot hundreds stamps used/unused in mixed quality incl. Papal States, Modena, Napoli with Savoy cross used and on piece, Parma, Romagna, Sardinia with 1851 5 c. black unused, 1853 40 c. rose, 1854 with 40 c. rose, Sicily King Ferdinand with 20 gr. and 50 gr., and Tuscany with Lion definitives. Several items signed. Very high catalogue value.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 7,000 CHFLot# : 1619 Italy
Old Italian States 1850/60: Lot 25 primarily used stamps, five pieces and three covers from Lomabardo-Veneto, Romagna, Napoli, Parma, Sardinia, amd Toscana, with interesting items in in general good quality. Nine certs., high catalogue value Sassone = EUR 25'000+ following the consigner.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 1620 Italy
1852/68: Lot 97 used/unused stamps, one piece and four covers incl. Stato Potifico 1852 50 baj light-blue, 1867 3 c. grey and 10 c. orange, four covers, Modena 1852 definitives, Napoli 1858 Arms of the Two Sicilies, seven values ½ gr. to 50 gr., 1860 Croce di Savoia, Parma definitives 1852/59 all eleven values used, 1859 Stati Parmensi 80 c. bistre olive, Romagna 1859, compl. set unused, and Sicily 1859 Ferdinando II, 5 gr. vermillion and 10 gr. blue unused compl. set ½ gr. orange to 50 gr. carmine brown used, Sardegna1855/63 incl. 1851 Vittorio Emanuele and 1854 Vittorio Emanuele, not issued, Tuscany 1851 Medici Lion, 60 cr. brown red with watermark Crown, 1857/59 Medici Lion with watermark Crossed Lines, compl. set and 1860 Arms definitives, six values. Many stamps signed Oliva, Enzo or Alberto Diena, ten cert. Sassone = EUR 145'000.Starting bid : 4,000 CHFHammer price : 4,200 CHFLot# : 1621 Italy
No lot.Starting bid : BidHammer price : not soldLot# : 1622 Italy
Lot# : 1623 Italy
1861: Issues for the former Kingdom of Napoli, definitives in grana currency, compl. set of eight unused values ½ t. green to 50 gr. grey, fresh colour, large margins and fine embossing, in addition 20 gr. yellow, fresh colour, tied by "NAPOLI AL PORTO 18 GEN 62" Neapel cds to piece, and 50 gr. in rare colour shade ardesio oltremare, fresh colour, good margins all round and fine embossing, cancelled by NAPOLI PORTO cds. Four certs. Sassone = EUR 24'100+.Starting bid : 850 CHFHammer price : 2,000 CHFLot# : 1624 Italy
Lot# : 1625 Italy
1890/1903: Postage due 2 l. blue & carmine with inverted print of the figure against the frame, plus 5 c., 20 c., and 60 c. postage due, all well perf., on registered letter from Bari (March 13, 1934) to Gallipoli, returned to Bari, postage due cancelled in Gallipoli. Only two covers with postage due 2 l. with inverted figure are known. Cert. Enzo Diena (1991) Sassone = EUR 16'500.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1626 Italy
1933: Trittici Crociera Nord Atlantica, both values 5.25 l. + 19.75 l. and 5.25 + 44.75 l., ovpt. APPARECCHIO I - BALB, with usual perf., tied by "CROCIERA AEREA DEL DECENNALE / ROMA FERROVIA 10.6.33 XI 22" with corresponding special cachet in green alongside on envelope (address partially crossed) via New York to Rome, then forwarded to Frascati with arrival and forwarding cds's of New York (July 20 1933) and return cds's of Rome and Frascati (Aug 1 33) on reverse. A fine flight cover from Rome Orbetello to the USA, return to Italy with regular Atlantic mail. Use of both trittici on one cover is rare, a fine cover. Cert. Newiger BPP (1999).Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,800 CHFLot# : 1627 Italy
1934 (Jan. 26): PRIMO VOLO DIRETTO ROMA - BUENOS AIRES, registered airmail cover franked with complete airpost set of four values tied by special cachet "Roma 1. Volo Postale Diretto 27..1.33" with additional franking of National 20 c. + L. 2.50 tied by "Roma Ferr. Racc.26.I.34" and with special flight cachet in magenta, showing on reverse boxed TRANSPORTADO FOR CORTESIA / PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS SYSTEM / FORTALEZA - BUENOS AIRES in violet together with Buenos Aires arrival mark of Feb. 2nd in black. Fine and scarce cover Sass. = EUR 1'850Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 1628 Italy
1889: Cartolina di Pubblicità - Brevettata dal R. Ministero di Agicoltura, Industria e Commercio (Serie 17/0001) advertising card franked with 20 c. orange perforated 'CC' used from Bologna to Modena showing various advertsings on front and back. The cards had been sold with the applied stamp and already perforated (Cartolina Commerciale). Scarce and rarely offered on the market. Fine. Sass. Emiss. Pubblicitarie = EUR 7'500.
Info: Applied stamp slightly overlapped with bend perforation at left and small horizontal crease as originally supplied at the Post Office.
Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 1629 Italy
1852/1963: Collection several hundred used stamps, maily small values and sets, incl. some Old Italian States, Kingdom of Italy incl. postage dues, Fiume, Italian post offices abroad and possession in the Aegean sea as well as Vaticano, good to mixed condition and housed in one Schaubek album.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 750 CHFLot# : 1630 Italy
1861/1945: Lot used/unused stamps incl. 1924 definitives with advertisement tabs, 1933 Triticci, ovpt. BORG unmounted og, 1934 Soccer championship used, 1945 definitive 30 l. blue unmounted og (2), and Campione first set, in addittion 17 covers with 1923 definitive 60 c. blue on two cards to Finland and 1926 Airmail 80 c. & 1.20 l. on flight cover to Stockholm. Several signed, two certs. Sassone = EUR 9'000++.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 1631 Italy
1861/1950(ca.): Lot hundreds stamps primarily unused, only better sets and singles incl. 1861 20 gr. yellow, 1862 10 cent. brown yellow, 1863 definitive set, three values, 5 c. grey olive, 10 c. ocre, 15 c. dull-blue, and 40 c. rose carmine, 1865 ovpt. definitive 20 c. on 15 c. dull-blue, 1877 definitive 10 c. blue, 1877 definitive 45 c. grey olive and 20 c. yellow ocre from the lower margin with inverted imprint "LI..", 1879 Umberto 60 c. brown used, 1889 5 c. unused and 5 l. green & carmine used, 1901 40 c. brown and 50 c. violet, 1923 Manzoni, also used, 1924 Cruiser Italia, 1928 Philibert of Savoy unused, 1930 Balbos flight on piece, 1933 Zeppelin on pieces, 1933 Dante Society Airmail used, 1933 Crociera Nord Atlantica mint (2), 1934 Soccer World Championship used/mint, 1934 Fligh Rome-Mogadiscio used, Official stamp 1934 Airmail stamp for the flight Rome - Mogadiscio, ovpt. SERVIZIO DI STATO 1935 Aeronautic salon mint, 1935 Bellini mint, 1937 Augustus mint, 1948 Risorgimento mint and Official stamp 1934 ovpt. on flight Rome - Mogadiscio. Ten certs. Sassone = EUR 70'000+.Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : 5,000 CHFLot# : 1632 Italy
1812/1963: Lot 135 covers and cards to Switzerland, incl. better usages and frankings with mail from Papal State, Vatikan or San Marino, many censored items with some of the Social Republic period as well as mixed franking Italy - Switzerland 1941.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 1633 Italy
/1926/40(ca.): Lot 39 Airmail covers, primarily from Italy and Italian Colonies incl. 1926 Venezia to Vienna flight, 1934 Roma - Mogadiscio Airmail set, 1934 Roma - Buenos Aires direct flight, 1934 Eritrea Massaua - Mogadiscio flight, 1938 Rodi to Torino cover with Egeo issue, in addition Egeo Zeppelin set (2), and Nobile Volo Transpolare vignette.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 1,500 CHFLot# : 1634 Fiume
Lot# : 1635 Fiume
1918: Hungary 10 f. red with inverted ovpt. "FIUME" in a hor. strip of five, tied by crisp "FIUME 918 DEC 22 N 10" cds's to registered envelope within the city. Only known multiple of this exceedingly rare stamp which had a printrun of 50 copies. Signed Raybaudi, cert. Renato Mondolfo (1992) Sassone = EUR 100'000 for five used stamps.Starting bid : 10,000 CHFHammer price : 12,000 CHFLot# : 1636 Fiume
Lot# : 1637 Fiume
Lot# : 1638 Fiume
Lot# : 1639 Italy
Lot# : 1640 Italy
Zona Fiumano Kupa 1941 (May 16): Complete set of nine values with 'Zona / Occupata / Fiumano / Kupa' overprint in black inverted, fresh and fine, unmounted og. (all signed A. Bolaffi, and 1941 1 lire on 50 p. orange in a mint marginal block of four, fine unmounted og. Signed A. Bolaffi Sassone = EUR 1'320.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1641 Italy
Lot# : 1642 Italy
Lot# : 1643 Italian Colonies lots/accumulations
Trieste-Zone A 1949/53: Parcel Post 20 lire brown-lilac, Imperforate horizontal pair, marginal from base of sheet, fresh and fine, full unmounted og. Extremely rare with just 10 examples recorded. Signed R. Mondolfo. Cert. Oliva (1963) Sassone = EUR 4'000.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1644 Italian Colonies lots/accumulations
Lot# : 1645 Italian Colonies lots/accumulations
Somalia / A.F.I.S 1950: Parcel Post 1 somalo violet (1), 2 somalo brown (10) and 3 somalo blue (16 examples) all used on 1975 Parcel Post form to Pully, Switzerland cancelled at 'Mogadiscio' on despatch (June 7). Somalia Customs cachet at lower left in black and reverse with Lausanne cds (19/6). Rare commercial usage - Sassone catalogue as used = EUR 17'550!Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1646 Italian Colonies lots/accumulations
/Somalia 1920: Postage Due 5 c. to 50 c. 'Somalia Italiana overprint below the figure, group of five values in multiples, incl. 5 c. and 10 c. in horiz. strips of seven, 30. c. in a block of eight, 40 c. in horiz. strip of eight and 50 c. strip of seven, all unmounted mint with original gum, some gum creases as usual, generally fine. Sass. = EUR 8'500.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 1647 Italian Colonies lots/accumulations
1910/50(ca.): Lot 160 covers from Italian Colonies such as Libya, Somalia, and Eritrea incl. Airmail, Censorship, Fieldpost, picture postcards and temporary photographs.Starting bid : 450 CHFHammer price : 450 CHFLot# : 1648 Italian Colonies lots/accumulations
1940/46: Lot 29 covers incl. British Occupation of Italian Colonies Eritrea and Somalia with "B.A." and "B.M.A." ovpts., Middle East Forces with "M.E.F." ovpt. (16, Sassone = EUR 7'500) and Prisoner of War correspondence to Italy, despatched from Kenya, India, Aden, and South Africa (13).Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 550 CHFLot# : 1649 San Marino
1877: 10 c. blue, 20 c. vermilion, 30 c. brown and 40 c. violet in combination with 1890 5 c. orange and 25 c. brown-carmine all used on 1891 registered cover front to Vienna tied by 'Republica San Marino' cds's in blue (Dec 19), with framed 'Raccomandato' above. File fold away from adhesives but a scarce franking.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 280 CHFLot# : 1650 San Marino
1892/1951: Lot 130 stamps and one miniature sheet, primarily unmounted og. with better sets and singles such as 1892 Arms definitive 1 l. carmine on yellowish paper (2), 1894 1 l. ultramarine (2), 1903 Monte Titano, compl. set, 1929 definitives, 1931 Airmail, 1932 Post Office & Garibaldi (2), 1933 Zeppelin and Philatelic Congress, and 1935 Melchiorre Delfico. Two certs. Sassone = EUR 24'200.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 3,200 CHFLot# : 1651 Vatican City
Lot# : 1652 Vatican City
Lot# : 1653 Vatican City
1929/2010(ca.): Collection hundreds used/unused stamps with better sets and singles starting with a small section of Papal States, incl. 1934 Overprint issue, compl. set , tied to piece, signed Vossen and 1948 Airmail mint, in addition First Day covers and miniature sheets.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 520 CHFLot# : 1654 Vatican City
1934/53: Lot hundred stamps primarily unmounted og. with better sets such as 1934 definitives, ovpt. with new nominal values, compl. set six values from 40 c. on 80 c. to 3.70 l. on 10 l.,1935 Jurist's congress, 1936 Catholic Press (3), 1948 Airmail (2) and 1951 Decretum Gratiani (3). Three certs. Sassone = EUR 11'800+.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHFLot# : 1655 Luxemburg
Lot# : 1656 Luxemburg
1852: Lot Wilhelm III definitives in overall good quality incl. 10 c. black (def.) and 1 Sgr. unused, this signed FSPL, 10 c. black (5) and 1 Sgr. (4 and pair), the 1 Sgr. in different shades, all cancelled with lozenge or ring mute marks. Mi = EUR 5'200+.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 1657 Luxemburg
1859/1956: Lot 100 stamps and two souvernir sheets, primarily unmounted og. with interesting sets such as 1859 Arms definitives 1 c. light-brown, 4 c. yellow, 12½ c. rose, and 30 c. red lilac, 1923 Birth of princess Elizabeth, 10 fr. green souvernir sheet, 1935 Charity for emigrated intellectuals, compl. set used, and 1956 EUROPA. One cert. Mi = EUR 8'200.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 1658 Monaco
1885: Prince Charles III, compl. set ten values 1 c. green olive to 5 fr. carmine on green, fine and fresh, normal centering and good perf., unused og. 5 fr. Signed Köhler, Thier & Roumet; cert. for the compl. set by von der Weid (2000) Cérès 2007 = EUR 5'300.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 1659 Monaco
Lot# : 1660 Monaco
Lot# : 1661 Monaco
Lot# : 1662 Monaco
1885/1960ca.: Collection of 70 stamps and three miniature sheets, primarily unused/unmounted incl. 1885 Prince Charles III, 1 fr. black on yellow and 5 fr. carmine on green, both used, 1891 Albert 25 c. & 5 fr., 1915 Orphelins used, 1920 Marriage Charlotte unmounted and used, 1933 Landscapes, and 1939 Princes. One cert. Cérès 2007 = EUR 11'400+.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 4,800 CHFLot# : 1663 Monaco
1956: Presentation book issued due to the marriage of Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly incl. the issued set in epreuves de luxe, album issued by Eduard Berck in Paris.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 1664 Montenegro
1941: Yugoslavia 0.50 d. orange, optd. 'Montenegro / 17-IV-41-XIX' in black, unissued, a very fine unused example of this rare stamp, showing 'I' of 'XIX' in 'Bastoncino' (position 7 on the sheet), fresh and fine, without gum. Cert. Colla (2014) Sassone = EUR 4'500.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1665 Netherlands
Lot# : 1666 Netherlands
1852: 5 c. milky blue and 15 c. orange-yellow in a sheet marginal horizontal strip of five, all used on 1861 double rate cover from Rotterdam to Belfast (Campbell correspondence). The adhesives all with four large margins, the fourth 15 c. being affected by vertical file fold, otherwise in good condition for such a high franking, neatly tied by three strikes of 'Rotterdam' half-round datestamps (Feb 19) in black. Reverse with Belfast arrival cds (Feb 22) in blue.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHFLot# : 1667 Netherlands
Lot# : 1668 Netherlands
Lot# : 1669 Netherlands
1872: Willem III., compl. set eleven values incl. 20 c. light-green perf 12½ : 12, 25 c. violet perf. 12½, 50 c. olive brown perf. 12½, 1 g. dark-lilac and 2.50 g. rose & blue, vibrant colours, ideal perfs. and good centering, unused og., the 50 c. hinged. An appealing set, five certs. Muis, NVPH and Moeijes Mi = EUR 4'450.
Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 2,000 CHFLot# : 1670 Netherlands
Lot# : 1671 Netherlands
1864/1951: Lot 74 stamps primarily in unmounted og. condition with several interesting sets such as 1864 Willem III., 5 c. blue and 10 c. carmine, 1867 Willem III., 5 c. blue Type II perf. 12½:12, 15 c. red brown Type I perf. 12½:12, 20 c. dark-green, and 50 c. golden Type I, 1869 Arms definitives, ½ c. lilac brown perf. 13¼, 1 c. black, 1½ c. rose perf. 14, 2 c. yellow perf. 14, and 2½ c. violet perf. 13¼, 1891 Wilhelmina, 50 c. yellow brown, 1 g. blue violet, and 2.50 g. lilac red & light blue, 1898 Wilhelmina, compl. set four values 1 g. blue green to 10 g. dark-orange, 1899 definitive set unused og., 1913 Centennary of Dutch Independence, compl. set, 1926/30 definitive set 1 g. to 5 g., 1946 definitive set 1 g. to 10 g., 1949 definitive set 1 g. to 10 g., and 1951 Airmail set. Seven opinions / certs. Mi = EUR 16'800.Starting bid : 2,000 CHFHammer price : 5,500 CHFLot# : 1672 Netherlands Indies
1843/55: Collection of covers/entire letters (22) from the Zollinger correspondence (Swiss Botanist in Java), with variety of cancellations including oval BATAVIA / ONGEFRANKEED in blue and prepaid example, superb SOURABAYA / ONGEFRANKEED in blue on 1844 or 1845 entires, ONGEFRANKEED / FORT WILLEM I AMBARAWA in blue also an 1856 incoming cover from Amsterdam to Java at double rate. Generally fine, a scarce group.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 1673 Norway
Lot# : 1674 Norway
4 sk. blue, fine to huge margins all round, used on 1856 cover to Laurvig tied by '123' circular numeral cancellation in black with HOLMESTRAND despatch cds at upper right (21/10) struck in black. A fresh and very fine cover. Cert. Hunziker (1968).Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 550 CHFLot# : 1675 Norway
4 sk. blue, a large margined example, position B29, used on December 16, 1856 entire letter to Jelsi tied by manuscript pen cross with single rate notation '1' at upper right. Some minor peripheral aging around the margins but a fine and scarce entire. Cert. Enger (1991).Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 670 CHFLot# : 1676 Norway
4 sk. blue, a large margined example, position C32, used on 1856 cover to Bergen tied by manuscript pen cross, with despatch in manuscript at upper right 'Vos 26/5, 1856'. A splendid and rare cover. Cert. Enger (1991).
Provenance: Corinphila, sale 83 (Sept 1991), lot 3351.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 1,400 CHFLot# : 1677 Norway
4 sk. blue, a large margined example used on 1857 cover to Arendal endorsed 'franco' at lower left tied by bold '172' circular numeral handstamp in black with corresponding LAURVIG cds (3/3) in blue alongside. A superb and scarce usage. Cert. Enger (1991).
Provenance: Corinphila, sale 83 (Sept 1991), lot 3346.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 1678 Norway
4 sk. blue, a fine used horizontal pair, margins ample to large with merest trace of aging on margin, used on 1856 entire letter to Lünd, Sweden cancelled by two fine strikes of circular '48' numeral in black with DRAMMEN cds at upper right (26/8) in black. Fresh and fine, a rare usage of the No. 1 to an overseas destintion. Cert. Nussbaum (1978).Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 1,400 CHFLot# : 1679 Norway
1867/68: 'Vapentyp' covers (2), with 1873 usage to Sweden bearing 1 sk. black and Posthorn 3 sk. rose used from Lillehammer, and 2 sk. orange in a top right corner marginal strip of three used on 1895 registered cover from Drammen to Oslo. A fine and scarce pair.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 170 CHFLot# : 1680 Norway
Lot# : 1681 Poland
Lot# : 1682 Poland
1860: 10 kop. slate-blue & dark carmine rose, fresh colour (short perfs at bottom left corner) tied by four ring numeral mark "152" of Oronsk (Bojanowicz rarity = 9) with framed "ORONSK" despatch handstamp and handwritten "24 / 9" alongside on envelope to Klimontov. A rare despatch office, no cover was in the Bojanowicz collection. Dealer cachet Marwinski Varsovie, cert. Eichele (2004).Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 8,000 CHFLot# : 1683 Poland
1860: 10 kop. blue and rose, a very fine used example tied to 1863 cover to Warsaw by superb strike of concentric ring '70' numeral cancellation with corresponding framed SOKOLOW despatch handstamp at upper right with manuscript date '11/10' alongside. Reverse with 'Warsawa' arrival datestamp (13/10) in red with time stamp 'P/3' somewhat blurred at right. A magnificent cover in outstanding quality. Cert. Mikulski (1986).Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 2,400 CHFLot# : 1684 Poland
1860: 10 kop. blue and rose, a fine example with one perf. detached at top on application, used on 1864 cover to St. Petersburg tied by six squared numeral '1' handstamp of the Head Post Office in Warsaw (Bojanowicz Type IV) with red circular WARSAWA despatch cds at right (1/10) in red. Reverse with St. Petersburg arrival cds (Oct 3) in black. File fold well away from the adhesive. A scarce and most attractive cover. Signed Bojanowicz. Cert. Mikulski (1999).
Provenance: Collection 'Bojanowicz', Corinphila sale 112 (May 1999), lot 3451.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 4,000 CHFLot# : 1685 Poland
1860: 10 kop. deep blue and bright rose, a fine well centred example in a rich shade, used on 1864 cover to St. Petersburg tied by six squared numeral '1' handstamp of the Head Post Office in Warsaw (Bojanowicz Type IV) with red circular EXSPEDYCY / POCZT / DWORZEC / PRAGA despatch cds of the Warsaw Praga Railway Station in red (15/11) at right. Reverse with St. Petersburg cds (Dec 5) in black. Ironed horizontal file fold does not detract from an exceptional and attractive cover. Cert. Zumstein (1969).Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 5,500 CHFLot# : 1686 Poland
1860: 10 kop. blue and rose, a a fine example used on 1864 cover to St. Petersburg tied by circular 'DP' in four rings with red circular EXSPEDYCY / POCZT / DWORZEC / PRAGA despatch cds of the Warsaw Praga Railway Station in red (13/8) at right. Reverse with St. Petersburg cds (Aug 3, julian) in black. An exceptional and attractive cover. Cert. Mikulski (1999).
Provenance: Agathon Fabergé; Collection 'Bojanowicz', Corinphila sale 112 (May 1999), lot 3583.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHFLot# : 1687 Poland
1860: 10 kop. deep blue and bright rose, a fine example used on 1865 cover to St. Petersburg tied by four squared numeral '1' handstamp of the Head Post Office in Warsaw (Bojanowicz Type II) with red circular WARSAWA despatch cds in red (2/9) below. Reverse with St. Petersburg cds (Feb 4, julian) in black. A delightful and attractive cover. Cert. Mikulski (1999).
Provenance: Collection 'Bojanowicz', Corinphila sale 112 (May 1999), lot 3448.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 4,800 CHFLot# : 1688 Poland
10 kop. pale greenish blue & light rose, used on 1864 cover to Moscow beautifully cancelled by WARSZAWA thimble datestamp (see Bojanowicz page 117) in red (8/1) with further information strike at right. Reverse with 'St. Petersburg-Warsaw Railway Wagon No. 4' datestamp in black (code 43, dated 27/12, julian), St. Petersburg cds (29/12) and Moscow arrival cds (30/12) in black. A wonderful and exotic cover for the specialist, in this describer's opinion one of the finest known and most attractive of the issue. Signed Bojanowicz. Cert. Mikulski (1999).
Provenance: Collection 'Bojanowicz', Corinphila sale 112 (May 1999), lot 3575.Starting bid : 2,000 CHFHammer price : 18,000 CHFLot# : 1689 Poland
1918/2005: Collection several hundred stamps used/unused or in mint condition, incl. full sets, souvenir sheets, officials, locals, postage dues, surcharged values and more, in good condition and arranged in eight KABE albums.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 1690 Poland
1928/48: Interesting lot five unused stamps and ten miniature sheets incl. 1928 Stamp exhibition mint, signed Rachmanow and used, 1938 National Stamp Exhibition and Stratosphere Flight mint, 1946 Polish Education Commision mint and used, cancelled by first day cds, signed Jungjohann BPP, 1948 Polish Culture mint and used as well as 1948 US constitution mint and used, signed Ryblewski. Mi = EUR 5'640+.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 1691 Poland
1860/1964: Lot 90 used/unused stamps and 18 miniature sheets, incl. 1860 10 kop. blue & red in good quality for this issue (three used copies, two pieces and one cover), 1919 Krakow issue with 25 h. blue, 10 h. violet, 90 h. red carmine and 4 kr. green (all twice), all unused and signed by Alberto Diena and others, 1919 Posen issue 10 f. on 7½ pf. unused, signed Romeko, 1925 Na skarb set unused (3), 1928 Warsaw stamp show miniature sheet used, 1938 Warsaw stamp show (6) and stratosphere balloon (5) miniature sheets, Polish exile government issues, 1944 definitives (2), 1946 BIE miniature sheet (2), 1948 Polish culture (2) and USA anniversary miniature sheets (3, one with Groszy ovpt.) as well as 1964 Winter Olympics 1 zl. without face value (5). An impressive stock Mi = EUR 19'700 following the consigner.Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : 4,800 CHFLot# : 1692 Poland
Lot# : 1693 Portugal
1834 (Sept 16): Entire letter from Porto to Sécheron near Geneva, Switzerland mailed via London and Paris with ANGL. EST IN RED at top and faint manuscript 1/8d. prepaid. Reverse with London transit cds and two line GENEVE dated arrival (Oct 2) struck in black. Front with 36 Sols charge in red ink and oval '2s.' handstamp in black. An unusual destination for Portuguese mail at this date. See 'Auslandspostverkehr 1798 - 1850', page 270 for further information.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1694 Portugal
Lot# : 1695 Portugal
1866/1940: Lot 18 stamps and one miniatare sheet unused/unmounted og. incl. 1866/67 Luis I., 10 r. orange, 25 r. rose, and 100 r. grey lilac, 1895 Antonius of Padua, compl. set, and 1940 Portuguese legion, miniature sheet of eight values. Mi = EUR 4'680.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 1696 Portugal
Lot# : 1697 Romania
1854 (Nov. 24): Entire letter sent from Bucharest to Paris, disinfected by fumigation at Tomos quarantine station with "SANITAS SIGILLUM TOMOS" inblack and Hermanstadt transit mark on reverse, French entry mark of forbach in red as well as "Paris 11. Dec. 54" arrival mark on reverse. Scarce usage of this Austrian Eagle quarantine cachet on commercial mail.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 550 CHFLot# : 1698 Romania
Bacau 1858c: Cover to Jassy struck on front with fair impression of framed Cyrillic "FRANKO" handstamp applied in Bacau in greenish ink (Kiriac fig. 205). Reverse with "Jassy / Moldova" arrival (fig. 279) cds in blue (4/7). Rare cover addressed to the Interior Minister.
Provenance: Collection Otto BinderStarting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1699 Romania
1862 (June 26): Handstruck from single Dies, 3 parale bright lemon yellow on white wove paper, the superb complete mint sheet of 32 subjects with central two rows in tête-bêche format (eight vertical pairs), of magnificent colour and showing the rather chaotic sheet formation. A wonderful and fresh sheet with full original gum. Cert. Heimbüchler (2010) Mi = EUR 4'200+.
Provenance: Collection Edouard CohenStarting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : 5,500 CHFLot# : 1700 Romania
Plate printed, 6 pa. carmine rose in complete mint sheets of 40 stamps (3), all in different shades and 30 pa. blue complete mint sheet of 40, all showing the central tête-bêche variety and eight pairs with stamps turned sideways. Fresh and fine, unused or large part og.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 1701 Romania
Printed from Plates, 6 pa. bright carmine rose and 30 pa. blue, both in complete sheets of 32 with central row of eight printed sideways, two cuts into the margins of the 6 pa. sheet, one tear through a stamp of the 30 pa. sheet, hinge remnants on the reverse of both sheets, large part to full original gum.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 750 CHFLot# : 1702 Romania
Handstruck 30 parale blue on thin white wove paper, a fine used vertical strip of three incl. a tête-bêche pair on piece, showing the typical fading of the lower stamps in a sheet in the process of single handstrucks, each stamp cancelled by light green "FRANCO VASLUI" handstamps. Sign. Friedl, cert. Heimbüchler (2014) Mi = EUR 6'000.Starting bid : 850 CHFHammer price : 1,400 CHFLot# : 1703 Romania
30 pa. deep blue, hand struck from single Die on white wove paper, a fine large margined example crossed by ironed file fold, tied to 1863 cover to Jassy tied by FRANCO / GALATZ handstamp (Kiriac fig. 308) with 'Galatz / Moldova' cds at right (8/3) both in black. Reverse with Jassy arrival (11/3). A fine and attractive cover. Signed Sottoriva, A. Diena. Cert. Heimbüchler (2005).
Provenance: Corinphila, sale 145 (April 2006), lot 1525.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1704 Romania