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Lot# : 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
1918: Local issue Zarki, all nine values 3 h. to 24 h. incl. the three stamps with handstamp overprint, in mint condition, all signed Jungjohann BPP as well as in used condition, all signed Mikulski. Mi = EUR 1'815.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 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
1853: Queen Maria II, 100 r. lilac mauve, a fine example with fresh colour and good to large margins all round, cancelled by clear part strike of "19.." numeral handstamp. Opinion Ferchenbauer (1997) Mi = EUR 2'600.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 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
1957: Almeira Garrett 1.00 E. to 5.00 E., the complete imperforated set of four unused mint with fine o.g.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 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
Cuza 5 pa. blue, an attractive mint block of nine of fresh colour, large margins and near full original gum Mi = EUR 720.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 460 CHFLot# : 1705 Romania
4 bani blue, used example showing the 'Major Retouch' from Stone A, with dots for horizontal lines above a crushed right hand numeral '4' and retouched 'I' in 'Bani', four margins with a couple of tiny identations in margins and diagonal ironed crease not detracting from the appearance of this rarity, cancelled by large part Bucharest datestamp leaving the retouched area clear. Exceptional and particularly scarce adhesive (laughably under-catalogued by Stanley Gibbons as SG 66a at £ 325!) and the third example this describer has handled of the few recorded examples (two are shown in Heimbüchler on page 199, another was ex 'Cornelia' (lot 7172) and a vertical pair was in Ferrary's collection (November 1924). Cert. Heimbüchler (2014).
Provenance: Collection E. J. Leon (Oct 1966), lot 1516Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 1706 Romania
1869: 10 bani indigo, a fine large margined example with part of adjoining stamp at base, used on 1870 outer letter sheet carried at Printed Matter rate to Genoa, Italy tied by BUCURESCI / SERA datestamp (Feb 13) in black (Kiriac fig. 443). Framed 'PD' at upper right with Genova arrival cds (Feb 18) on reverse. Fresh and fine, an exceptionally rare rate and destination.Starting bid : 1,800 CHFHammer price : 3,000 CHFLot# : 1707 Romania
1869: 10 bani blue (5 examples) used with single 25 b. orange & blue, all without margins, used on 1869 cover from Galatz endorsed 'via Ostend' at correct 75 bani rate to London, tied by GALATI datestamps (2/12) in black (Kiriac fig. 394). Framed 'PD' in black at top and 'London / Paid' arrival cds (Dec 9) in red. Reverse of cover with Vienna transit cds (Dec 7) in black. Some age spots at lower left but Great Britain is a surprisingly scarce destination for classic Romanian mail.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 3,800 CHFLot# : 1708 Romania
1869: 25 bani orange & blue, two fine examples used on 1870 cover to Genoa, Italy tied GALATI cds (12/3) well struck in black (Kiriac fig. 394). Framed 'PD' below and reverse with Italian TPO and Genova arrival cds (21/3) in black. A fresh and very fine cover.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 1,700 CHFLot# : 1709 Romania
1869/1977: 28 unused stamps and eleven souvernir sheets used/unused with better items such as 1869 Prince Karl, 1906 Jubilee Exposition, 1931 definitives and 1959 Bukarest miniature airmail sheet Mi = EUR 1'975+.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 180 CHFLot# : 1710 Romania
Austrian P.O:'s 1863: 3 s. green, perf. 14 (2) used with 1864 15 s. brown (2) and single 10 s. blue, perf. 9½ on small 1866 registered cover to Genoa, tied by oval framed BUKAREST / RECOMANDIRT datestamps (5/4) well struck in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 716). Reverse with Vienna transit (9/4), Italian TPO and Genoa arrival cds (April 12). Imperfections at top of cover and one 15 s. with tiny closed tear of no great significance. Cover sensibly opened for Exhibit display, a fine and very rare registered mixed issue franking. Cert. Ferchenbauer (1992).Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 3,600 CHFLot# : 1711 Russia
1857: 10 kop. brown & blue, a fine used example with large margins all round, tied to small piece by straight line MITABA handstamp in black. Exceptional and scarce. Cert. Forenbacher (1978) Mi = EUR 1'000.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 1712 Russia
1857: Group of three imperf. 10 kop brown and blue, one three margin example, other two examples with full margins, cancelled by boxed handstamp, dotted numeral '9' (Tauroggen), respectively the third copy with pen cross plus dotted numeral cancellation. A fine group with two cert. Bühler (1982) Mi = EUR 2'500.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1713 Russia
1858: 10 kop. brown & blue imperf., plate II on thin paper, fresh colour, large and regular margins all round, tied by two line prephilatelic "Smorgon 1858 / August" datestamp (Dobin 05-4.1.01) with handwritten "6" to envelope, sent to Madame La Comtessa Ida Mostowska in Warsaw with "WARSZAWA 23 / 8" cds and framed "1 / P" arrival time mark, both in red, on reverse. One of two covers from Smorgon, Vilan gub., today Belarus. Cert. Buchsbayew (2015) Mi = EUR 5'000/Standard = $ 6'000+.
Provenance: Collection Mehrtens.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 3,600 CHFLot# : 1714 Russia
1858: 10 kop. brown & blue imperf., plate II on thick paper, vibrant colour, good to large margins, tied by crisp ornamental prephilatelic double-circle "KOVNO / P" handstamp (Dobin 22.1.07) to outer letter sheet with handwritten 18 June despatch date given inside, sent to St. Petersburg with arrival cds on reverse. A rare special mark when used as an obliterator. Cert. Buchsbayew (2015) Mi = EUR 5'000/Standard = $ 6'000+.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 3,600 CHFLot# : 1715 Russia
1858: 10 kop. brown & blue perf. 14½ with watermark '1' shifted slightly to the left, a very fine and fresh example with ideal perf. and centering, unmounted with full original gum. A splendid stamp, extremely rare in this condition. Cert. Buchsbayew (2015) Standard catalogue = $ 15'000.Starting bid : 5,000 CHFHammer price : 8,500 CHFLot# : 1716 Russia
1858: 30 kop. lilac-red & green perf. 14½ : 15, fresh colour and well centered, watermark '3' shifted slightly to the bottom, pen cancellation removed and stamp cleaned, perforation repaired. As this stamp was issued not earlier than February 1858 and as pen strokes were used only in the two first months of 1858 as sole cancellations this is an extremely early use of the 30 kop. stamp. In spite of its imperfections and modifications this is a scarce and desirable example of the rarest classical Russian stamp. Opinion Buchsbayev (2014) Mi = EUR 3'000 for a used stamp.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1717 Russia
1858: 20 kop. blue & orange and 30 kop. carmine & green on wove paper perf. 12½, both fresh colours (20 kop. small thin, 30 kop. inclusion at base), both unused with og. Certs. Buchsbayew (2015) Mi = EUR 1'950/Standard catalogue = $ 1'800.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1718 Russia
1864: 3 kop. black & green, unwatermarked and imperf. plate proof prepared for the 1867 Paris exhibition, vivid colour and regular large margins all round, gum is not original. Cert. Buchsbayew (2015) Zernev = $ 6'500.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,600 CHFLot# : 1719 Russia
1864: 5 kop. black & lilac, unwatermarked and imperf. plate proof prepared for the 1867 Paris exhibition, vivid colour and regular large margins all round, gum is not original. Very rare. Cert. Buchsbayew (2015) Zernev = $ 6'500.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,400 CHFLot# : 1720 Russia
1864: 1 kop. black & yellow, perf. 12¼ x 12½, two examples used with 1865 10 kop. blue & brown, perf. 14½ x 15, single and vertical strip of three, on double weight 1866 cover to Genoa, Italy; all tied by CERKASK datestamps (April 7) in black. Central black 'P.D.' on front and reverse, seal removed, with Vienna cds (May 4), Italian TPO cds and Genoa arrival cds (May 6). File fodls away from adhesives but a scarce cover. Cert. E. Diena (1987).Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1721 Russia
1866: Arms definitives 1 kop. yellow & black, 10 kop. brown & blue, and 20 kop. blue & orange, all on hor. laid paper, perf 14½ : 15, tied by "ST. TROSTENETS 13 MAI 1877" cds's to registered envelope (one backflap missing) with handwritten "ZAKAZNOJE" and "2L" alongside, sent to the railway station Boromlya in the Kharkov gubernia with arrival cds of the next day on reverse. The 31 kop. franking pays twice the postage of 8 kop., 10 kop. registration surcharge, and 5 kop. for the sender's receipt. A fine and rare registered cover from one horse carriage station P.O. to another.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1722 Russia
1878 (Feb 5): Delightful cover to London, addressed to the stamp dealer William Lincoln, franked by 5 kop. black & lilac on horizontally laid paper (2), tied by 'Irbit' cds's in black. London arrival cds (March 7) in red on front. Reverse with Moscow transit cds and further London cds. A charming cover.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 1723 Russia
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 1724 Russia
Incoming Mail 1881/84: Two envelopes, sent unfranked from Corgemont Canton Bern Switzerland to Batum and Tiflis with Corgemont one line handstamp and cds, respectively, Swiss international taxation mark "T", Russian railway, transit as well as arrival marks, Russian taxation 14 kopeks.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 170 CHFLot# : 1725 Russia
1904 (Oct. 9): Russian Balloon Troops, picture postcard showing start of a Military Balloon with attached Union Jack, written by an Officer and addressed to the German Major Moedebeck in Graudenz / Germany, the editor of the "Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen". From 1899 onwards Russian Military built up a Balloon unit in the Fortress at Jablonna near Warsaw. A scarce original photocard.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1726 Russia
1907 (17.Oct.): Original photocard depicting Russian troops launching a captive balloon type 'Sigsfeld-Parseval' with attached Union Jack, written in Irkutsk and addressed to H.W. L. Moedebeck in Strasbourg / Alsace, the editor of the German "Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen". Scarce witness of Russian balloon troops in Siberia.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1727 Russia Zemstvo
Ardatov 1878: 5 kopek red, imperforate (Schmidt #2), used on 1885 cover tied by large blue ARDATOV datestamp (March 11) in blue. The eenvelope marginally trimmed at top, however extremely rare and attractive usage. Cert. BPA (2000).
Provenance: Collection Fabergé, Corinphila sale 120 (Dec 1999), lot 1041Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1728 Russia Zemstvo
1880/96: Viatka 2 kopeks slate-green imperforate, a fine manuscript 'used' example, being the Proof of the eventually issued design as well as Orgheev 180/82 6 kop. proof together with unused copy of 3 kop. blue on dark yellow (minimal thinning) on reverse, scarce.
Provenance: Collection Fabergé, Corinphila sale 120 (Dec 1999)Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 1729 Russia Zemstvo
Ustsysolsk 1889/1902: Lot three different Die Proofs in black on thick paper, incl. 1889 2 kop. as well as 1902 2 kop. and 5 kop., to date no other copies known and very rare though.
Provenance: Collection Fabergé, Corinphila sale 120 (Dec1999)Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 360 CHFLot# : 1730 Russia
1866/1922: Lot 31 used/unused stamps in mixed quality incl. ROPiT 1866 10 pa. horizontal background, Russia 1866 5 kop. proof violet, definitives with shifted center or partially omitted print and Wrangel stamps. Lot will be offer as is: Tel quel.
Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 120 CHFLot# : 1731 Russia
1870/1950: Small selection with a few hundred stamps used/unused, incl.better values, surcharged items, paper varieties, souvenir sheets, fiscal etc., mainly in good condition and housed on small stockcards, in a small box.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 1732 Russia
1858/1938: Attractive collection hundreds primarily used stamps incl. better singles and sets incl. 1858 10 kop. brown & blue imperf., plate II with printing variety "missing background between 0 and K", 1858 30 kop. lilac-red & green perf. 12½ unused, 1864 1 kop. black & yellow and 3 kop. black & green unused, 1865 30 kop. rose-carmine & green unused, 1921 Volga charity issue, 1922 Philately for the Children, 1923 Philately for the Workers, partially with Soviet expertization, 1930 Zeppelin in both perfs, 1931 Zeppelin imperf. unused, as well as commemorative stamps of the 1930's such as 1935 Levanevskij used, in addition exchange fee stamps and postage due. To be examined Mi = EUR 8'000+.Starting bid : 850 CHFHammer price : 2,200 CHFLot# : 1733 Russia
1898/1907: Lot six picture postcards, despatched from Narva, Pavlovsk, Vladivostok, and from T.P.O. no. 242 Chita - Manchuriya, all send to Fritz Pape, the head of the German P.O. in Shanghai, showing a plethora of diff. transit and arrival cds's. Mixed quality but interesting.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 130 CHFLot# : 1734 Russia
1860/1905: Lot seven covers incl. 1858 10 kop. brown & blue, perf. 12½ on two covers from St. Petersburg to Odessa, 1870/75 three covers with 14 kop. frankings to Austria and Italy incl. 3 kop. with "V" background, and 1893 Wenden stamp in mixed franking with Imperial definitive.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 1735 Russia
1904 (May-June): Lot three cover, all despatched at the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War postage free with violet franchise cachets and cancelled by "Lyaoyanskaya Polevaya Potcht. Kont." cds's of the Lyaoyan Fieldpost Office, all sent to Reval, Estonia Gubernia.Starting bid : 180 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 1736 Russia
1899/1914: Lot 29 registered covers showing a large variety of «St. Pétersbourg» registration labels used at the 1st Expeditiya, incl. provisional 1899 label, UPU-type R-labels and orange-red 3-labels.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 1737 Russia
Incoming Mail 1901/03: Lot 10 covers in mixed condition, sent from San Francisco or Easton via Nagasaki and Yokohama Japan to the Huff branch offices in Vladivostok or Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 1738 Russia
1902/04: Lot twelve picture postcards, despatched at Odessa, Nikolayev, and Genichesk and sent to Orebich Dalmazia, showing either ship cachet "s/s NEREO TRIESTE" or steamship agent cachet "CARUANA & BOSSALINI Nicolaieff".Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 1739 Russia
1863/1900: Lot 15 covers, all sent to Switzerland, incl. 1874 regular 14 kop. rate, 1875 8 kop. rate (5), one overpaid by 1 kop., one by 2 kop., 1875 2 kop. printed matter rate (2), 1882 registered cover Smolensk with three colour franking and one incoming mail cover to Tiflis.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 1740 Russia
1887/1941: Lot 50 covers and cards to Switzerland, incl. stationery items, registered usages and some better frankings.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1741 Russia
1900/20: Lot 140 picture postcards used/unused showing various important buildings bridges, street scenes, traditional costumes, paintings and others topics, the major part of the pictures taken in Moscow and St. Petersburg, in good condition and every piece individually placed in a plastic sleeve, arranged in a small box.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1742 Russia
1805/91: Lot of 39 prephilatelic and stampless covers, mostly going abroad incl. 1827 Simbirsk via Terespol to Krakov, 1880 official cover Barnaul Altai to St. Petersburg, incl. covers from Odessa, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Taganrog, Berdiyansk, Mariupol, and Walck. A large variety of unfranked, partially and fully franked covers with many diff. routings, as well as five stampless money letters. An over average lot.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1743 Russia
1860/1921: Lot 39 covers with better rates, marks and usages such as 1860 10 kop. stationary envelope to Tamerfors, registered mail, 1887 registered envelope Vyatka to Irkutsk gub., 1897 money letter, St. Petersburg numeral «14» city PO, postcards from Poland and Crimea, 1911 Postcard from Kuban, 1913 Romanov frankings, 1914 Fieldpost, 1916 Kursk registered postcard, 1916 Finnish Krag machine censor to Imatra, 1917 German censorship on cover to Switzerland, 1917 10 kop. special «greetings rate» and two incoming postcards from Germany and the USA. A lot of rich postal history content in over average quality.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1744 Russia
1850/1950: Interesting Assembly of 450 covers and cards with emphasis in TPO markings, including scarce items of the Middle East and China Eastern Railways with many fine strikes. Viewing recommended.Starting bid : 850 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 1745 Russia
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 1746 Soviet Union
1935: Transpolarflight Moscow - San Francisco, so called Levanevskiy issue 1 r. red on 10 kop. brown, showing variety "missing leg in letter p" (position 13), unmounted og. Signed Mikulski Standard Catalogue 420 Kd = EUR 1'600.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 1747 Soviet Union
1962: Illustrated envelope commemorating the annual jubilee of the 1st, Russian manned rocket launch at Baikonur, original signature in black ink by Juri Gagarin.Starting bid : 75 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1748 Soviet Union
1992 (March 17): Russian space mission SOYOUZ TM 14, registered envelope bearing vertically surcharged 12 K blue KAZAKSTAN in kyrillic and latin, cancelled on first day with both special flight cachets of Baikonour, a rare space item, Cat. ESPACE LOLLINI No. 547A+B.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1749 Soviet Union
1933/62: Lot eight primarily unused stamps and three miniature sheet incl. 1933 All-Union philatelic exhibition, Stratosphere flight, 1934 balloonists, and 1937 Airplanes souvernir sheet, in addition some Imperial stamps. Standard Collection = EUR 1580.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 1750 Soviet Union
1957/90: Lot with some hundred Russian space covers, incl. better items right from the beginning of the space conquest with Juri Gagarin, good to mixed conditon and housed in two small boxes and two albums.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 1751 Soviet Union
1988/2006: Collection hundreds imperf. stamps with pairs, strips and sheet margins, unmounted og. incl. 1989 Khetagurov, 1990 Capitals in pairs, and 1991 Fauna of Black Sea 4 k. and 20 k. in pairs, includes also several modern fakes. Sold as is.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 2,400 CHFLot# : 1752 Soviet Union
1949: 25th anniversary of Lenin's death, miniature sheet perf. 12½, 18 examples in unmounted og condition, six examples with unused or with flaws. Mi = EUR 14'000.Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1753 Russian P.O. in China
1899: Arms definitives 10 kop. blue on front and 2 kop. green (strip of three) on reverse, all ovpt. 'KITAI' and tied by "HANKOW POSTE RUSSE 6.1.10" (Tchilinghirian & Stephen fig. 515) cds's to cover, endorsed "Via Transiberiana" and sent to Monza with arrival cds (27.1.10) on reverse.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1754 Russian P.O. in China
1899: Arms definitive 10 kop. blue with red diagonal ovpt KITAI, a vertical pair tied by Tyan-Tzin cds (Tchilinghirian & Stephen fig. 488), the damaged datestamp obliterator with handwritten date "11 V 01" to reverse of registered envelope (some edge wear) to Seesen Germany, despatched by the German postal officer Fritz Pape, endorsed "via Peking-Kiachta" with Tyan-Tzin 3-label and dotted R in circle on front and Troitskosavsk (June 11) and St. Petersburg (June 27) transit and Seegen (July 12) arrival cds's on reverse.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 1755 Russian Levant
1872: Imperial Post definitives 1 kop. brown, 3 kop. green (2), and 5 kop. blue (some pulled perfs. at top right), hor. laid paper, perf 14½ : 15, tied by "KONST-POLSK 26 OKT. 74" (Tchilinghirian & Stephen fig. 713) cds's in blue to envelope (roughly opened) from the ROPiT P.O. in Constantinople to Chios. A rare combination to pay the double weight rate within the Levant.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1756 Russian Levant
1872: Imperial Post definitive 10 kop. carmine & green, vert. laid paper, perf 14½ : 15 (some short perfs.), tied by KONST-POLSK AGENTSVO 11 AVG 1873 (Tchilinghirian & Stephen fig. 13) cds in blue to entire from the ROPiT P.O. in Constantinople to Tiflis with arrival cds (22 AVG 1873) on front. A fine cover in the second weight rate from the Levant to the Empire.
Provenance: Collection Alfred H. Caspary, Harmer Sale 13 (1958), lot 292.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1757 Russian Levant
1870/99: Lot five covers in mixed condition incl. 1870 1 kop. & 5 kop. (def.) cancelled by "Port Chios" cds in blue, 1869 10 kop. carmine & green (2) tied by blue retta mark to entire sent from Serres to Taganrog, 1872 cover Acre to Constantinople (1 kop. stamp missing), and Imperial definitives 10 kop. and 3 kop., tied by blue retta mark to cover sent from Odessa to Constantinople.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 1758 Slovenia
1493: Entire letter from Capodistria (Koper) to Venice, with some evidence of toasting for disinfection, couple of minor worm holes but rare and fine entire letter.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1759 Slovenia
1568: Entire letter from Capodistria (Koper) to Venice or possibly Ancona, clearly datelined internally 'Capa. alli 11 auosto 1568' at base of letter, the front and back panel with chisel slit, either for disinfection or string binding for privacy. Scarce early letter.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 280 CHFLot# : 1760 Slovenia
1625: Entire letter from Pirano to Venice, datelined inside 'di Pirano à 25 Aple. 1625', the front and back panel with chisel slit, either for disinfection or string binding for privacy. Scarce early letter with docketing of receipt on the front panel.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 1761 Spain
1804 (Nov 27): Entire letter from Cartagena mentioning 'epidermia' (epidemic) and the Napoleonic War, mailed to Naples and slitted and toasted against Cholera outbreak. A fine and unusual entire.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1762 Spain
1850: 6 cu. black, Plate I, a fine large margined used example tied to May 25, 1850 entire letter to Santiago by fine strike of 'GALICIA / Puebla' handstamp in red with repeated strike at right. A rare and very attractive entire. Signed Roig.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1763 Spain
1854: 2 r. vermillion, fresh colour, good to large margins all round, unused og. An attractive example Mi = EUR 1'600/Edifil no. 25 = EUR 1'700.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 900 CHFLot# : 1764 Spain
1909: King Alfonso XIII Type Medallion 15 c. yellow postcard unused, as an unfolded tête-bêche pair, each numbered 'A .000000' in black. Fine and scarce specimen item.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1765 Spain
1864/1958: Lot 74 stamps and three souvernir sheets, primarily unmounted og., incl. better sets such as 1905 Don Quijote, compl. set, 1930 Railway congress, 1930 Railway congress, set of 13 values, 1936 Airmail, 1940 Virigin of Pilar, both sets, 1950 centennary of Spanish stamps and 1953 Sorolla y Bastida. Mi = EUR 7'700.Starting bid : 850 CHFHammer price : 2,400 CHFLot# : 1766 Spain
1854/1930: Lot 20 proofs (Pruebas de Punzon) of Spanish definitives and official stamps incl. 1854 Official stamps, 1870 Alabern essay in black, 1871 1 p. black, 1871 Reinado de Amadeo 12 c. brown (4) and blue (2), 1877 American Banknote Essay 5 p. brick-red, 1901 final proof 20 c. green, 1922/30 10 c. orange as a top marginal copy and 1 p. red brown, as well as 1930 40 c. blue in block of four. Nine certs. Saeftel BPP Galvez (1961) = p. 8'200+.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1767 Spain
1938/40: Lot 26 covers despatched from Italian troops during the Civil War using Spanish or regular Italian Imperiale stamps and special Fieldpost datestamps, in addition postcards sent postage-free, some vignettes and propaganda cachets.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 1768 Cuba
1867: Stampless cover from Holguin to Mayari struck with 'Holguin / Isla de Cuba' datestamp and superb strike of the oval network handstamp in black. Reverse with 'Mayari' arrival cds. Most unusual and seemingly untaxed.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 1769 Philippines
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 1770 Philippines
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 1771 Philippines
1854: 5 c. orange, used example of fine appearance with large margins all round, trace of negligible thin in top margin only, lightly cancelled in black. A scarce stamp so fine Scott = $ 350.Starting bid : 175 CHFHammer price : 190 CHFLot# : 1772 Philippines
Sperati Forgeries: 10 c. carmine 'used', 1855 5 c. pale red 'used', 1863 1 r. violet 'used' and 1 r. blue unused; all very fine and each handstamped on reverse 'Sperati Reproduction / 43'. A scarce group.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 1773 Sweden
1855: Coat of Arms, 3 sk. light-green on thin paper, a fine example with fresh colour and good perf., cancelled by boxed "UPSALA 15 / 9 (18)56" datestamp. Cert. Nielsen (1996) Mi = EUR 3'500/Facit no. 1a = SEK 42'000.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 1774 Sweden
1855: Group three used stamps with 6 sk. grey, 8 sk. orange and 24 sk. vermilion, fine examples of good strong colour. Two certs. Obermüller Wilén (2014) Mi. = EUR 3'800.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 1775 Sweden
1855: Coat of Arms, 6 sk. brownish-grey on piece, as well as 8 sk. dull-yellow and 24 sk. brick-red used, all fresh colour and good perf., three certs. Nielsen resp. Obermüller-Wilén Facit no. 3e, 4f & 5c = SEK 35'000.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 750 CHFLot# : 1776 Sweden
1855: 24 sk. light brownish-red on thick paper, a good used example, well centred in a delicate shade cancelled by part 'Stockholm' cds in black, minor blunted perforation at upper right but a choice used example. Signed Strandell, Holcombe; Cert. Holcombe (1988) Mi = EUR 2'000.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 360 CHFLot# : 1777 Sweden
1858: 12 öre blue, a horizontal strip of three used on 1871 cover from Stockholm to Neuchâtel, Switzerland endorsed 'via Stralsund' tied by PKXP Nr. 1 Railway datestamps (Sept 6) in black. Framed FRANCO below in black and reverse with PKXP Nr. 2 cds (Sept 7), 'Stralsund / Berlin' TPO and faint arrival cds. Manuscript red '2½' silvergroschen weiterfranco and charged 1 sgr. due. The stamps with aging removed but an attractive usage.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 1778 Sweden
1872: Ringtype, 1 riksdaler brown & blue perf. 13, fresh colour, good perf., unused og. Cert. Obermüller-Wilén (1990) Mi = EUR 2'000/Facit no. 37a = SEK 19'000.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 360 CHFLot# : 1779 Sweden
1918: King Gustav V., two supplementary values 55 ö. light-blue and 80 ö. black, with fresh colour and good to very good centering, tied by Varnamö double circle or single circle datestamps (12.7.1918) to two pieces. These two values were issued without ovpt only in the city of Värnamo in July 1918, the printrun was only 1'000 examples. A desirable pair of stamps. Two certs Obermüller-Willén (1997) Mi = EUR 11'000+/ Facit nos. 92,94 = SEK 110'000.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 4,000 CHFLot# : 1780 Sweden
1855/1938: Collection hundreds primarily used stamps with better singles and sets such as 1855, four values 4 sk. blue to 24 sk. red (24 sk with corner fault), 1858 50 ö. dark carmine unused, 1862 local stamp, 1916 Landsturm I and II unused, 1924 UPU congress Stockholm, compl. set 15 values, primarily used, 5 kr. unused, 1924 UPU centenary, compl. set of 15 values, primarily used, 5 kr. unused, and 1936 300 years Swedish post unused, in addition official stamps and postage due Mi = EUR 8'000+.Starting bid : 850 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 1781 Sweden
1855/1936: Lot 110 stamps primarily in unused/unmounted condition with several interesting singles and sets such as 1855 Coat of Arms, 4 sk. blue, 1856 & 1862 Local stamps unused, 1858 Coat of Arms, compl. set of six values unused, 1866 Lion 17 ö. unused, 1886 Ringtype definitives, 1872 Printing error "20" öre in combination with TRETIO orange red, unused without gum (repaired), 1924 UPU Congress Stockholm and 50th anniversary UPU, both sets. Nine certs Mi = EUR 22'100.Starting bid : 2,000 CHFHammer price : 2,600 CHFLot# : 1782 Sweden
1955/95: Lot many hundred first day covers and maxi-cards, from the new issue service, further small collection with Swedish Polar Mail, including Airmail, Ballonmail and Arctic Polar expeditions.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 1783 Turkey
Bosnia 1849: Pre-stamp cover from Sarajevo to Ministry of War in Istanbul with negative despatch mark "an dschanib- i-posta Bosna 265" (Year 1265 = 1849 in the Gregorian Calendar; Coles & Walker I-15 fig. 1) and negative rectangular value letter mark, both in blueish black. A fine cover with clear strikes.
Provenance: Collection Franz SeeStarting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1784 Turkey
Bosnia 1868: Cover from Sarajevo with all Arabic double circle "BOSNA" (Coles & Walker I-15 fig. 4), the postage fee collected in Istanbul with Duloz definitives, 1 gr. yellow and 5 gr. grey, perf. 13¼, very good perfs., tied by "DERALIYE" cancellation, bilingual "STAMBOUL" cds on reverse.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1785 Turkey
1890 (3 Feb): EXPRESS D'ORIENT label, the rare black version from the left margin, together with Osman Crescent definitives, 1884 10 pa. green and 20 pa. carmine as well as 1888 5 pa. green (2), some corner and perf. faults, all tied with "CONSTANTINOPLE GARE-SIRKEDJI 3 FEVRIER 1890" cds's (Coles & Walker fig. 75) in blue to neat envelope (minor soiling), sent to a known address in Harburg with arrival cds on reverse. The black label is much rarer than its salmon coloured counterpart, the Express d'Orient labels were used primarily on covers despatched at the British P.O. , rarely on covers with Osman stamps.Starting bid : 850 CHFHammer price : 4,600 CHFLot# : 1786 Turkey
1918: Unissued set of five values (not including the 10 para value), fresh and fine mint examples from this rare set prepared for the invasion and anticipated Conquest of Egypt, fine unmounted og. Mi = EUR 2'000 for the complete set.
Additional information: 10 Pi redorange missing (Michel XIII) and NOT as described 10 Pa green (Michel IX).
Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 350 CHFLot# : 1787 Turkey
1919: Proposed 2 fr. stamp for Orient Flights from Constantinople 'Poste Avion en Orient', imperforate, a superb imperforate vertical pair, marginal at base with minor aging in margin, fine unused. Scarce.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 1788 Turkey
1922: Envelope from a Turkish Prisoner of War in KIOUTAHIA to Constantinople, censored at AIXMALATOS, showing black handstamp on front and Greek censor mark in black and censor tape on reverse. Scarce.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1789 Turkey
1914/22: Lot 42 unused stamps incl. 1914 Konstantinopel views, compl. set, 1918 Armistice commemorative issue, compl. set and 1922 National unification, compl. set, 50 pia. in both types Mi = EUR 2'800.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 400 CHF
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