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  • Lot# : 1860 Puerto Rico

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    1872: Cover from Ponce to France franked on reverse with Great Britain 1858 1 d. red pl. 140 used in combination with 1867/80 3 d. rose-carmine, pl. 7 in a fine vertical strip of five all tied by bold 'C61' obliterators of San Juan in black. Both sides of the cover struck with framed 'GB/40c.' Anglo-French Accountancy marking in black in London (July 29). Front with '10' décime handstruck charge marking. A rare and most unusual cover.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF

    Lot# : 1955 Kamerun

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    Cameroons Expeditionary Force 1915 (July 12): CEF 4 d. on German Kamerun 40 pf. black & carmine, variety 'Surcharge Quadruple, Three Albino', a slightly toned mint example of this rarity, one blunted perf. and somewhat browned large part og. Despite the slight aging, a hugely rare stamp with just two, perhaps three, examples recorded. Signed Hoffmann and Holcombe Gi = £ 2'500.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1964 Imperial China

    Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.

    Lot# : 1969 Dubai

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    Umm Al Qiwain 1964/1972: Mint Collection in two albums with 1964 first issue (2 sets), Olympic sets perf. (5) and imperforate (4), Kennedy sets (7), 1965 Coin sets (3), 1966 Cairo Stamp show sets (16) and imperf. sets (7), Churchill sets perf. and imperf. (11), ITU set mini-sheets perf. and imperf., 1967 Olympics sets optd. in new currency (4), Kennedy sets with new currency surcharges imperf. (10), Fish Set of 27 values (3), later with Appendix issues perf. and imperf. in large quantities. Fresh and fine lot.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 1970 Dubai

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    1963/71: Mint Collection/Stock in a brown album with 1963 first issue set (2), 1963 first issue sets imperforate (2 sets), Airmail set perf. and imperf. (2), Postage Due sets perf. (9) and imperf. (2), 1963 Red Cross sets mint (5) and imperf. (4), 1964 Kennedy imperf. sets (20, incl. multiples), 1964 Astronauts in imperf. blocks of four, 1964 World's Fair in perf. and imperf. sets (10+), 1964 Olympics in perf and imperf. sets (10), 1964 Space and Achievement sets perf. and imperf. (7), 1966 definitive set of 14 values (6), 1966 World Cup sets imperf. (2), 1966 Co-Op Year sets (10), 1966/67 Dirhan opt. sets mint (2), 1969 Fish sets (8), 1969 Explorers sets (9), 1970 Definitive sets (10), a good and valuable stock incl. three Indian usages on Censored 1943 covers.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 1971 Dubai

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    1964/71: Mint Collection/Stock of Miniature Sheets in large quantities with 1963 Red Cross sheets (4 sets in sheets), Malaria sheets (4 sets), 1964 Kennedy (13 sheets), Astronauts (22), Worlds's Fair (40), Human Rights sheets (22), Tuberculosis sheets (rare) with four rouletted sets, Education sheets (2), Space Achievements (16), 1966 World Cup perf. sheets (11) and imperf. (7), Winners sheets perf. (11) and imperf (11), Co-Op Year sheets (18) and optd. in New Currency (22), 1967 Paintings tête-bêche sheets (28), 1969 Fish set in complete sheets mint (5) and used (5) and myriad other sheets. A fine and scarce collection of high catalogue value Gi = £ 5'000+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1972 Dubai

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    1963/72: Mint Collection with large multiples, including 1963 Red Cross imperforate (39 sets), 1964 World's Fair sets in sheets (50 sets), Rashid bin Said set of eight (14), Olymic Games set imperf. (9), 1964 Kennedy optd. 75 np.perf. (45) and imperf. (50), 1969 Postal Service sets (30), Fish Sheets with two sets (18 sheets), Explorers sets (12), Oil Industry set of five (50+), 1970 UPU sets (50+), 1971 Airport (200+ sets), 1972 Unicef sets (21), Famous People sets (25), Olympic Games set in sheets (15 sets) mint and used etc. A fine lot of useful material in excellent quality Gi = £ 6'000+.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2175 Jordan

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    1925/26: Palestine 10 pi. light blue optd. 'East of Jordan' in black, a mint horizontal pair from base of sheet, with right hand stamp showing variety: 'E.F.F.' for E.E.F' in lower panel, of good colour and browned original gum. Rare. Opinion Holcombe (1989) Gi = £ 800+.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 2176 Jordan

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    1930 (April 1): Locust Campaign 500 m. brown, fresh mint example with variety: 'CU' of LOCUST omitted, the 'U' partially omitted, one or two slightly blunted perfs at right, a rare stamp with but 30 examples recorded, large part og. Cert. Holcombe (1990) Gi = £ 800.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 2196 USA

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    United States of America Polar Mail 1927 (Feb. 2): THE FIRST FLIGHT TO THE NORTH POLE AND THE CROSSING OF THE POLAR SEA, speech of Hon. Roy O. Woodruff  the President of Aerial League of America in the House of Representatives, 16 pages printed by the United States printing Office Washington showing on front the original autographs of Roald Amundsen, Floyd Bennett, Lincoln Ellsworth and Richard E. Bird. Some bends and wrinkles, but a rare and outstanding document.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF

    Lot# : 2197 USA

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    1926/76: Written up collection Richard E. Byrd's Polar Expeditions with 110 covers/cards, including headed cover 'Byrd Arctic Expedition' used in Boston Aug 10 (1926), ten covers/cards from the Antarctic Expedition I (1928/29), one signed by Bernd Balchen Pilot South Pole Nov. 28/29, 1929, another cover used with Canal Zone signed by Paul A. Siple (Member of the Expedition), Antarctic Expedition II (1933/34) with six original photocards, five covers and a Radiogramm (1934 Nov 5) from 'Little America Antarctica", Expeditions 1946/56 with operations High Jump and Deep Freeze, original typoscript signed by Byrd (1953 July 2), covers from Byrd Station Antarctica (1957/71) together with many commemorative envelopes, all showing diff. handstamps.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 2200 USA

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    1888/1971: Polar Explorers - Topic collection with autographed letters and cards together with commemorative issues and covers of Fabian von Bellinghausen (1778/1852), Vitus Bering (1680/1741), Fridtjof Nansen (1861/1930 including handwritten and signed letter (July 4th 91), Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld (1832/1901), the Swedish Explorer, with autographed letter together with a signed picture postcard signed his nephew and Antarctic exploerer Otto Nordenskjöld (1869/1928), signed typoscript (1912) plus handwritten letter (June 1915) of Robert Edwin Peary (1865/1920), who claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6 (1909), Alfred Wegener (1880/1930), Roald Amundsen (1872/1928) with handwritten and signed letter from 'Hotel Statler Buffalo' (Dec. 13th 1915), two cards from Spitzbergen and seven photographs reprinted from the original glass negatives as well as two original unused picture postcard commemorating the successfull return from the Antarctic (1897/99) of the Belgian explorer Adrien de Gerlache (1866/1934).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF
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