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Lot# : 1744 Russia
1899/1955 (ca.): Collection 250 picture postcards in used/unused condition, depicting personalities of Russian history and culture incl. Tsar Peter the Great and his successors, diff. Grand Dukes of Russia and their families, Tsar Nikolay during WWI, Napoleon, Pushkin, Tolstoi, Gorki, Bulgakov as well as Soviet leaders such as Stalin, Lenin, Trostky and Sverdlov.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 900 CHFLot# : 1745 Soviet Union
1925/90 (ca.): Collection 1'000 picture postcards and postcard booklets in used/unused condition incl. topography, artist cards and Easter, New Year's and March 8 gratulation cards, propaganda and anti-clerical cards, also some early stationery postcards with revolutionary motifs. To be studied.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,500 CHFLot# : 1746 Russia
Lot# : 1747 Russia
Lot# : 1748 Russia
1900/18 (ca.): Collection 350 picture postcards in used/unused condition, incl. artist cards designed by Sergey Solomko with his typical fairy tale motifs and Ivan Aivasovsky, as well as Moscow motif cards with 'Old Moscow' paintings, 'Tsar of ther Canons' and St. Petersburg Zarskoje Selo motifs incl. some modern cards.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 1749 Russia
1900/50 (ca.): Lot 750 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily from the Imperial period incl. topography cards from all over Russia, personalities from history and cultural life, artist postcards, theatre artists on postcards, in addition Russian diaspora Easter cards produced in the USA.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1750 Russia
1900/18 (ca.): Collection 250 art picture postcards in used/unused condition and mixed quality, issued by diff. charity organizations such as St. Evegenia or Petrograd War charity committee, as well as other editors such as Granberg, Imperial Art Museum St. Petersburg, and Subotnik, depicting artwork from famous artists such as Bilibin, Benois, Samokish, Solomko, Sytchkov, Bakst, and Dobushinskij. To be viewed.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 1,600 CHFLot# : 1751 Russia
1905/27 (ca.): Collection 360 picture postcards primarily from Imperial period in used/unused condition depicting churches and monasteries from all over Russia, in addition Winter Palace and Petergof nearby St. Petersburg and WWI postcards from Petrograd.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 1,100 CHFLot# : 1752 Russia
1905/30 (ca.): Collection 250 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily Imperial postcards depicting trains, railway stations, small and big, railway bridges, railway line maps, ships, submarines, military vessels, Volga and Baikal cruisers as well as Troikas and horse-driven carts.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 1,500 CHFLot# : 1753 Russia
1903/20 (ca.): Collection 400 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily Imperial postcards depicting military related topics such as generals and admirals of the Russo-Japanese war and WWI, War bonds before and after the February revolution, military roads in the Caucasus, Siberian military roads, Russo-Japanese war incl. Russian Outrage at Hull and Peace treaty conference Portsmouth, WWI incl. Japanese occupation of Vladisvostok and Czech Army during Civil war, heraldic motifs, propaganda postcards during WWI, Skobelev committee, Russian troops in France, in addition Russo-Japanese war cigarette cards.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,700 CHFLot# : 1754 Russia
1905/60 (ca.): Collection 450 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily from Imperial times with 'Mery Christmas', 'Happy Easter', 'Christ is arisen' and 'Happy New Year' motifs, issued in Russia and Germany for Russian customers but also after the October Revolution in the USA for the Russian diaspora, in a blue and a brown album.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 1755 Russia
1905/26 (ca.): Collection 1'100 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily Imperial postcards from St. Petersburg, Odessa and Moscow, incl. museums, churches, monuments, few topography cards from other Russian cities, art postcards, as well as embossed cards and 35 panorama postcards primarily from Moscow.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 4,400 CHFLot# : 1756 Russia
1895/1918: Collection 400 picture postcards in used/unused condition, showing in a large diversity the members of the Royal Russian family i.e. the Tsar, the Tsarina, Tsarevitch Aleksey and his four sisters, family photographs, few critical French postcards with the Tsar depicted as an autocrate, cards issued after 1918 in memoriam, visits in France and Germany, alliance with France incl. French stationery envelopes commemorating the Tsar's visits in France, cards issued in Russia but also in Western Europe, lot includes in addition St. Petersburg sceneries, etched by Gr. Rudatsov and a selection of about 50 Western European cigarette pictures with royalty motifs. A great lot to be studied to be fully appreciated.Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : 3,000 CHFLot# : 1757 Russia
1894/1905: Collection 700 picture postcards in used/unused condition showing a large diversity, early private imprints on formular postcards, first censored Russion picture postcards from 1895, 'Hold-to-light' postcards, leporellos, lithographed postcards, postcard booklets, early 'Russian types', topography primarily from Moscow and St. Petersburg, but also from all over Russia such as Caucasus, Baku, Riga, Kiev, Tiflis, Odessa, Orel, Tashkent, Lodz, and Kharkov, some embossed cards. To be studied to be fully appreciated.Starting bid : 3,500 CHFHammer price : 4,200 CHFLot# : 1758 Russia
1905/30 (ca.): Collection 4'200 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily Imperial postcards depicting landscapes, smaller cities and villages with the exception of St. Peterburg, Moscow and Odessa, an enormous hoard of items much sought after from areas such as the Crimea, Baltic Area, Siberia with Baikal and Amur, Ural, Altai, Far East, Kuban, Aserbaidschan, Central Asia, White Sea, Georgia, Adsharia with Batum, Manchuria with Kharbin, Dagestan, Armenia, Caucasus, Estonia, Black Sea region with Sea of Azov, Belarus, Russian Poland and Finland in addition few postcards with Erotica, hunting, animal & children motifs.Starting bid : 4,000 CHFHammer price : 6,000 CHFLot# : 1759 Serbia
Lot# : 1760 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 : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1761 Spain
1851: 6 r. blue, a fine used example in the deep blue shade, with ample to large margins all round, cancelled by araña in black leaving the Queen's head clear. A very fine example of this rare stamp. Cert. RPS (1967) Mi = € 1'000/Edifil 10a = € 1'475.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 1762 Spain
1854: 1 r. pale blue on bluish wove paper, a fine used example with clear even margins all round, cancelled by somewhat heavy parrilla in black. A very rare stamp indeed. Signed H. R. Harmer; cert. Comex (2014) Mi = € 7'000/Edifil 34A = € 8'400.Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : 1,400 CHFLot# : 1763 Spain
Catalogue# : 49,59,651862/65: Lot three used blocks incl. 1862 2 cs. blue on yellow wove paper in a block of four, 1864 1 r. red-brown on green wove paper in a block of six as well as 1865 1 r. yellow green in block of four, all fresh and with even large margins all round, lightly cancelled by datestamps, muted dotted parilla of Burgos, and barred numeral obliterators, respectively. An attractive group. One signed Galvez Mi = € 1'610/Edifil 57,67,72 = € 1'495.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 280 CHFLot# : 1764 Spain
1867 (Jan): 29 cs. lilac and July 1867 25 m. blue & rose (Edifil 92+95), used on 1867 entire letter to Langnau, Switzerland tied by numeral '2' obliterators of Barcelona in black, with despatch cds at right (Nov 23). Framed PD in blue on front and reverse with 'España / La Junquera' transit cds in blue, Geneva and Bern transits (Nov 30) and Langnau arrival (Dec 1). A fresh and fine cover.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 1765 Spain
Lot# : 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 top marginal example and 1 p. red-brown, 1930 40 c. blue in block of four. Nine certificates. Saeftel BPP Galvez (1961) = p. 8'200+.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1767 Spain
Lot# : 1768 Spain
Lot# : 1769 Spain
1851/1945: Collection several hundred stamps used/unused, incl. some better values, full sets, surcharges, colour shades, airmails, souvenir sheets, officials and some colonials as Puerto Rico and Philippines, in good condition and mounted on hand made album pages.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 1770 Spain
1860/1980c.: Lot thousands used/unused stamps beginning with Isabella, commemorative issues, Airmail, back of the book such as Civil War issues as well as Spanish Colonies Maroc, Ifni, Spanish Sahara, Guinea, and Tanger.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 1771 Spain
1851/65: 5 r. rose used (2), 1852 12 c. lilac used (2), 1853 12 cs. violet used (3) and rare 2 r. vermilion on thin paper used, cert. Holcombe (1988), and 1865 19 c. brown & rose, imperforate, a good used example cancelled in black, signed Engel and with Comex (1992) certificate. A scarce group Mi = € 3'000+.
Info: only 2 values of 12 cts. violet and NOT three as formerly described.
Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 1772 Spain
1960/70(ca.): Lot hundreds stamps unused in complete or part sheets incl. examples from Fernando Poo, Spanish Guinea, Ifni, and Spanish Sahara, a lot of topical content Mi = EUR 3'000+.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1773 Spain
1905/70: Collection several hundred stamps unused or in mint condition, incl. better single values and full sets as Cervantes, Red Cross surcharges, Airmails, submarine mail Barcelona-Mahon incl. souvenir sheet, conquest of Paradise, Virgin del Pilar Cathedral restoration, personalities up to Ptas 50, Visit of the Gaudillo on the Canary Islands, airmails incl. souvenir sheets and many more, in additon some tax stamps for Barcelona incl. souvenir sheets, excellent condition and housed in a hand made album with green leather jacket.Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : 6,000 CHFLot# : 1774 Turkey
1863: Cover from Stara Zagora / Zagra-i Atik to Constantinople with red manuscript weight '3 dirhem / postal charge 3 piastres', struck with superb Crecent type 'Postahane-I Zagra-i Atik 1278' negative seal handstamp in bright blue (Coles & Walker fig. 92). Age stain at right but scarce.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1775 Turkey
1865: Dulos 20 pa. yellow horizontal pair used with single 5 pi. carmine on registered cover from Zagra-i-Atik to Istanbul tied by circular arabic only ZAGRA / 81 handstamps in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 93). Faint trace of registration circular neghative handstamp above, a fine and very scarce usage.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1776 Turkey
1868: Cover from Smyrna to Milliadhi Brothers in Chios, attributed to the Egypt Shipping Co. / Azizie Line of steamers, struck with private bilingual cachet FRANCO in greenish ink. File folds away from the handstamp but extremely scarce. For a further example of this handstamp see the late Cengiz Arsman collection (DF, May 2005), lot 20353 also from this correspondence. Extremely rare.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 3,800 CHFLot# : 1777 Turkey
1869/73: Duloz 10 pa. lilac-grey, perf. 12, horizontal pair and 1 pi. yellow, perf. 5-12, used on distressed envelope to Constantinople, each cancelled by circular all arabic FILIBE / 81 handstamps (Coles & Walker fig. 19) in black. Left hand 10 pa. heavily creased at left and possible Postage Due missing from reverse with 'Baghtche Capussi' oval (Nov 18) and 'Pera' oval in blue.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 160 CHFLot# : 1778 Turkey
1869/72: 2 pi. orange-red, a diagonally bisected example used on cover from Damascus to Beirut, tied by framed all arabic SAM / 81 handstamp in black (Coles & Walker fig. 31) with Beirut cds of receipt on reverse. Cover internally restored at top and at base but scarce.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1779 Turkey
1869/72: 2 pi. bright orange, perf. 12½ and Postage Due 1 pi. brown & deep brown, irregular perf. 5-12, used on registered 1874 cover from Sumnu (Bulgaria) to Constantinople tied by slightly watery all arabic circular SUMNU / 81 handstamps in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 69) with repeated strike at right. Registration handstamp weakly struck at top left and reverse with bilingual Stamboul arrival cds (June 18). The 2 pi. adhesive with small scrapes to front of stamp but scarce.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 1780 Turkey
1869/72: Duloz 10 pa. violet and 2 pi. brick-red used on cover front from Tirnova to Plovdiv each well tied by circular all arabic TIRNOVO / 81 handstamps in blue-black (Coles & Walker fig. 78). Slight piece of front missing at upper left and creased away from the adhesives but scarce.
Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 1781 Turkey
1872: Postal Money Order printed form for 50 gold Lire sent from Sofia to Nis carried at rate of 11 piasres 10 paras (in manuscript) and showing fine strike of all arabic Crecent type 'Postahane-i Sofiya 1278' negative seal handstamp (Coles & Walker fig. 74) at base in black. Scarce and fine usage.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1782 Turkey
Lot# : 1783 Turkey
1892: 10 pa. green (2) and 20 pa. claret used with private vignette taken from centre of Djibouti, French Somali Coast stamp design printed in black, all used on philatelic cover to France tied by 'Brousse' cds's and Constantinople transit cds in black. St. Etienne arrival cds on reverse of an unusual cover.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1784 Turkey
Catalogue# : 181/2111911: 'Sultan Resad's Visit to Macedonia', the special issues overprinted for Monastir, Pristina, Salonique and Uskub, the complete set of 124 stamps unused, fresh and fine, large part og. Mi = € 4'800.Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 1785 Turkey
Lot# : 1786 Turkey
Lot# : 1787 Turkey
1845: Official cover from Sumnu / Shumen to Constantinople struck with superb 'An janib-i Posta Sumnu 260' negative seal handstamp in greenish ink (Coles & Walker fig. 65) with accompanying 'Tahrirat Muhimme' (Official Mail) rectangular seal alongside. A fresh and very fine cover.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1788 Turkey
1874 (Jan 31): Entire letter from Aleppo to Grenoble, France franked on front by France Siège 40 c. orange pair tied by '5079' gros chiffres with corresponding ALEXANDRETTE / SYRIE French P. O. cds below in black. Reverse (opens well for Exhibit display) with Turkey 1869/72 Postage Due 20 pa. yellow-brown & brown in a vertical strip of three tied by all-arabic 'Aleppo' framed handstamps (Coles & Walker fig. 4) in black and by Grenoble arrival cds (Feb 16). A charming and scarce entire. Signed Lamy.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 520 CHFLot# : 1789 Turkey
Lot# : 1790 Turkey
1865/1941: Collection several hundred stamps used/unused, incl. perforation varieties, colour shades, surcharges, cancellations, a unused block of 16 of the Duloz issue 5 Ghr. blue, full sets after 1930, newspaper stamps, airmails, postage dues etc., in good quality and mounted on hand made album pages.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 190 CHFLot# : 1791 Turkey
1868/1970c.: Lot thousands stamps used/unused starting with Tughra, Crescent & Empire definitives, better commemorative issues such as 1930 Ankara - Sivas railway, postage due, Red Crescent charity issues, and Airmail, in two albums and a box.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 360 CHFLot# : 1792 Turkey
The Ottoman Empire in Europe 1870/1912(ca.): Collections 150 used stamps and one cover from the Western Balkan area of the Ottoman Empire, written up on pages incl. Serbia, Novipazar, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia as well as Kosovo. Overall neat to crisp cancellations also in blue with some rare ones included, a nice selection.Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1793 Ukraine
1918: Covers (2) with philatelic frankings, one with 1918 50 sh. red and Russia imperf. 3 k. rose Arms issue pair, 5 k. Fiscal and nine Postal Savings 1 k. red on buff used to Tomeln, also a fine registered cover with 1918 10 sh., 20 sh. in combination with Trident ovptd. stamps (14) tied by RYLSK (Kursk Gub.) datestamps and used to Tworgau, Germany. The latter cover signed Seichter and Bulat.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1794 Ukraine
1919: Parcel Receipt Card for an uninsured package weighing over 12 pounds, from Zhitomir to Petrograd, Russia franked on front with July 1918 20 sh. brown and 50 sh. red vertical pair and Jan 1919 20 hr. vermilion on green just off edge of card, franked additionally on reverse with six Kiev II Trident opts. on imperforate 1 r. brown & red-orange in a vertical pair and horizontal strip of four, one folded over top of card, all tied by ZHITOMIR / 28.6.19 datestamps in black. Tiny tear at top of card away from adhesives and typical slight stain, a scarce mixed franking Bulat 7+10+275+2544.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1795 Ukraine
1919 (Jan): 20 hryven vermilion on green paper, a vertical sheet of 80 stamps (16 x 5), folded between eighth and ninth rows, with large margins all round and requisition sheet number 373 at top right in black. Fresh and fine, unmounted og. A scarce multiple Bulat 2544 / Scott = $ 800.
Note: The sheets were three panes of 80, two horizontal and one vertical. Only the latter pane had the sheet requisition number.
Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 520 CHFLot# : 1796 Ukraine
1919 (Jan): 20 hr. vermilion on green imperforaate, three examples (one on reverse) on Money Transfer Form for 3'000 roubles from Dzhuryn to Sharhorod, all tied by fine strikes of DZHURYN / 20.1.19 datestamps in black, the franking being 1% of the amount transferred. Usual insignificant bends to card, but rare and very attractive - believed to be the earliest recorded use of this adhesive Bulat 2544.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 550 CHFLot# : 1797 Ukraine
Cherkasy Provisional 1920: Money Transfer Form bearing 1918 40 sh. green in an imperforate vertical pair used from Cherkasy to Kaniv, each stamp with surcharged "20 p." (roubles) in violet ink manuscript and tied by CHERKASY / 28.5.20 datestamps in black, representing a 100 tiems face value re-evaluation to pay the 2% increased Money Transfer fee; the card slightly truncated at left. Also a small piece bearing 1918 10 sh. buff vertical pair surcharged "5 p." (roubles) in violet ink manuscript tied by Cherkasy cds (April 26, 1920). Rare provisionals.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 1798 Ukraine
1920: 10 h. ovptd. in black on 10 sh. buff, a complete mint pane of 25 (5 x 5), large margins all round, showing all the sub-types of the surcharge with position 15 and 23 showing italic 'b' at the end of Cyrillic 'hryven', thin 'o' in 'Posta' on position 17 etc. Position 20 with tiny closed tear at left barely noticeable from front and vertical crease between the fourth and fifth rows, typical aging, otherwise fresh and fine with large part or unmounted og. Scarce, with just three full panes of 25 recorded Bulat V11 = 2'000 printed / Scott = $ 500+.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 1799 Ukraine
1920: 20 h. ovptd in black on 20 sh. brown, a complete mint pane of 25 (5 x 5), large margins all round, showing all the sub-types of the surcharge with position 15 and 23 showing italic 'b' at the end of Cyrillic 'hryven', thin 'o' in 'Posta' on position 17, and '2' and '0' of '20' widely spaced on position 6 etc. Light horizontal crease between third and fourth rows, otherwise fresh and fine, a superb and rare multiple with full large part or unmounted og., just three full panes of 25 recorded Bulat V17 = 2'600 printed / Scott = $ 375+.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 1800 Ukraine
1920: 20 h. overprinted in black on 20 sh. brown, a complete mint pane of 25 (5 x 5), variety 'Surcharge Inverted', large margins all round, showing all the sub-types of the surcharge with position 15 and 23 showing italic 'b' at the end of Cyrillic 'hryven', thin 'o' in 'Posta' on position 17, and '2' and '0' of '20' widely spaced on position 6 etc. Light vertical crease between fourth and fifth rows, minor age stains not apparent on face otherwise fresh and fine, a superb and rare multiple with full large part or unmounted og. Very rare, the sole recorded intact pane with the inverted surcharge variety Bulat V17a / Scott = $ 1'500.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,400 CHFLot# : 1801 Ukraine
1920: 20 h. on 40 sh. green, a fine large margined example used on cover to Headquarters (Stavka) A, tied by bold circular datestamp (26.VIII) in violet of the Central Office. Reverse with Stavka A arrival datestamp (29.VIII) also in violet. A fresh and fine cover in superb quality Bulat V19 = 1'000 printed.
Note: August 26, 1920 is the acknowledged First Day of Issue for these adhesives.
Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 1802 Ukraine
1920: 40 hryven on 20 h. vermilion on greenish paper, mint imperforate example with large even margins all round, of fresh vibrant colour; issued in Tarnow. The overprint is identical with position 21 of the setting of 25 used to overprint the 1918 definitive of the Shahiv issue (as is the only other recorded example of this stamp, which is used on cover) and the stamp. A wonderful and extremely rare stamp, lightly hinged and with large part original gum. A photocopy of the original album page is included with the lot, although Roberts states that 15 examples were printed this has now been confirmed as erroneous with just 5 stamps believed to have been ovptd. One of just two examples of this rarity recorded and with impeccable provenance Bulat V26 / Scott M16 = unpriced.
Provenance: Collection C. W. Roberts.
Starting bid : 5,000 CHFHammer price : 5,000 CHFLot# : 1803 Ukraine
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1920: Album page with Surcharged Shahiv Issue mint varieties: including the remarkable 'Off-Set' on reverse on 20 h. on 10 sh. buff (unrecorded), 'Inverted Surcharge' varieties on 10 h. on 40 sh. green, 20 h. on 20 sh. brown, 20 h. on 30 sh. ultramarine (pos. 5), 20 h. on 50 sh. red in a block of four, 10 h. on 10 sh. with 'Inverted & Misplaced Surcharge', further misplaced surcharges on 10 h. on 10 sh., 10 h. on 40 sh. green pair (pos. 11-12) and a single, 20 h. on 20 s. brown pair, 20 h. on 30 s. pair (pos. 24-25), 40 h. on 10 sh. buff pair, 40 h. on 20 s. brown pair etc. A splendid page with very rare varieties Bulat V11a+V14a+V17a+V18a+V20a. / Scott = $ 2'100+.
Note: It is unlikely that any of the Inverted Surcharges of this set were issued in quantities above 100 stamps.
Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,400 CHFLot# : 1804 Ukraine
1920: The complete mint set of 15 values imperforate, issued at Tarnow by the Ukrainian Government in Exile, with 10 h. values (5), 20 h. values (5) and 40 h. values (5), each on the five different July 1918 values of Ukraine. Fresh and very fine set, all with large margins all round, of fresh colours and large part og., with just 100 full sets possible Bulat V12/V25. Scott = $ 1'700+.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 550 CHFLot# : 1805 Yugoslavia
Catalogue# : 27/33Fiume-Rijeka 1945 (July 26): Italian definitives overprinted '3.V.45 / FIUME / * / RIJEKA', the complete set of seven values, all in complete sheets of 100 (or two sheets of 50 of the 20 l. on 1.25 l. green), one sheet of the 20 l. value in two halves, otherwise fresh and fine, all 200 sets full unmounted og. Mi = € 3'200.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 1806 Yugoslavia
1945 (March 1): Montenegro under Italian Occupation Issues ovptd., the Postage set of seven, Airmail set of four and very rare Postage Due set of two values, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce, just 1'000 sets of thee Postage Dues were issued Mi = € 700.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 210 CHFLot# : 1807 Yugoslavia
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1944/80: Mint collection (many hundreds), in three albums with 1949 Railway souvenir sheet perf. and imperf., 1951 definitives mint, 1951 Zefiz sheet, 1951 Rebellion sheet, 1952 Sports set mint, 1954 Fauna issue complete, majority fine to very fine, a good lot.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1808 Yugoslavia
1918/45: Covers/cards (136) together with some Chainbreakers multiples etc., incl. some Croatia, Serbia and SHS, some interesting Parcel Cards usages noted and scarce September 1945 provisional cover sent stampless and censored to Belgrade, further Military or provisional stampless covers from Birac and Novisad, range of postal stationery etc.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1809 Denmark
1850: Cover, closed tear at top, addressed to Princesse Helena Poninska in Leopol, Galicia via Vienna, prepaid with manuscript cross on front of envelope and mss. '29' and '9' in crayon at lower left and on reverse, struck on despatch with KJOBENHAVN cds (23/3) in blue. Reverse with Hamburg Danish and T&T transit cds's in black (26/3) and two line dated 'Lemberg' datestamp.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 1810 Denmark
1854: 2 sk. blue, 16 sk. grey-violet in a horizontal pair used in combination with 1858 4 sk. brown on 1859 cover from Copenhagen to Bordeaux, all stamps with close but clear margins to large margins all round, neatly tied by '181' numerals with 'Sjaell. Post. Sped. Bureau' datestamp (4/5) below. Valenciennes entry marking in red and reverse with Hamburg transit and arrivals. A charming and scarce mixed issue franking. Cert. Nielsen (1999).
Provenance: Collection Dr. Gene Scott (Oct 1999), lot 111.
Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 460 CHFLot# : 1811 Denmark
Lot# : 1812 Denmark
1857: 16 sk. greyish violet, two over-lapped examples used with 1858 8 sk. green on 1859 envelope to Thetford, UK all tied by 'Sjell. Post. Sped. Bureau / 182' Railway duplexes in black (Oct 24). 'Hamburg / Paid' transit cds below in red (Oct 25) and London cds in red (Oct 27) all on front. Reverse with Danish P.O. Hamburg cds in black and Thetford arrival cds. A most attractive and scarce 40 skilling cover in fine quality. Cert. E. Diena (1984).Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 1813 Denmark
Lot# : 1814 Denmark
1864: 3 sk. lilac, 4 sk. red and 16 sk. olive (pair and single), fresh and fine examples, tied by neat '181' duplex handstamp (31.3.) to envelope to Philadelphia USA, endorsed "via Liverpool", transit mark Denish P.O. Lübeck (1.4.) and blue railway three-line "LÜBECK / 1.4.. / LAUENBURG on reverse, red Aachen transit mark and US arrival mark on front. Signed A. Diena.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 1815 Denmark
1851/70: Selection with 1851 4 rbs. used, 1854/58 set used, 1864/70 set used and 3 sk. unused, numeral issue incl. scarce 48 sk. used etc.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 180 CHFLot# : 1816 Faroe Islands
Lot# : 1817 Danish West Indies
Danish West Indies 1862: Prepaid entire letter from St. Thomas to Port Au Prince, Haiti with manuscript '1 s.' in red ink and fine strike of British P.O. Crown PAID AT ST. THOMAS in red. Reverse with double arc 'St. Thomas' datestamp (Dec 31) in black. A fine and scarce entire Gi. CC1 = £ 500.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 1818 Danish West Indies
1867: Cover from St. Thomas to New Yorrk franked by Washington 1861 10 c. green on greenish paper, striaght edge at left, with ST. THOMAS Danish P.O. despatch cds (Feb 13), the adhesive neatly tied on arrival by circular N. YORK / STEAMSHIP handstamp in black. File fold affects the adhesive but an attractive and scarce usage.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 1819 Danish West Indies
1908 (Jan 29): Cover to St. Croix, DWI, sensibly opened for display, franked by 1905 3 ö. grey pair and 4 ö. blue tied by 'Aarhus' machine cancel. Struck with circular 'T' marking on despatch in black and manuscript '25 cts', the reverse with 1905 Postage Due 5 c. and 25 c. cancelled by manuscript crosses in blue crayon with 'St. Thomas' cds (28/2) and 'Christiansted' cds (1/3) in black alongside. Some slight soiling but scarce.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 1820 Finland
1874/75 Coat of Arms Roulette II: 5 penni reddish lilac brown on pale lilac blue paper, vertical pair in fresh colour attractively cancelled by concentric "JAKOBSTAD 27/8 1875" cds. to small piece as well as another piece bearing single value tied by double ringed "Helsingfors 24/2 1875" cds. in blue, both with some irreg. teeth as usual, otherwise fine, the latter ex collection Mehrtens. Provenance: 'Sibelius' Collection, Corinphila (135 Auction) Lots 1178 + 1179.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1821 Finland
1867/71 Coat of Arms Roulette III: Seletion of seven values used, incl. 5 penni brown-lilac on pale lilac paper, 8 penni black on ordinary green paper in an horizontal pair (creased) with fine concentric strike of "Jakobstad 26/3 73" (Ex-Sibelius collection, lot 1189 Corinphila 2003), 10 penni black on yellow paper (2) as well as 20 penni light blue on grey-blue paper in an horizontal pair tied by "Uleaborg 9/7 70" cds. (cert. Ossa (1984). Despite some irreg. perfs., a fine group.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1822 Finland
1879: 25 p. carmine, perf. 11, a few nibbed perfs. at right, used on 1881 cover to St. Gallen, Switzerland tied by KYMMENE cds (21/8) in black. Reverse with Railway transit datestamp (No. 2) and St. Petersburg transit alongside Lichtensteig arrival (26/8). A fine and scarce cover.
Provenance: Collection Leo Linder (1955).
Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1823 Finland
1856/1910c.: Stock card with interesting selection incl. 10 kop. carmine cancelled by low boxed 'Bjorneborg' datestamp, 1866 5 p. used, 8 p. unused, 10 p. used, 20 p. used (2), 40 p. used, 1 m. used; 1875 values incl. 32 p. carmine pair etc.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1824 Finland
1860/82: Collection with Rouletted 1860 10 kop. rose unused, 1866 5 penni brown-lilac unused (6) single examples in varying shades and roulettes (all three types noted), 5 p. brown-lilac on thick pale-lilac laid paper, roulette B in a rare unused block of six (cert. Schwenson, 2007); 8 p. black on green unused (4), 10 p. black on yellow, roulette C in an unused block of four, 20 p. blue on bluish pair from base of sheet and a vertical strip of three unused, 1 mark pale orange-brown unused (cert. Tuori, 2006), 1875/84 issue with shades, 2 p. grey (3), 5 p. orange (2), 8 p. green (3), 10 p. grey-brown, 20 p. blue (2), 25 p. carmine, 32 p. carmine and 1 m. pale lilac unused. Some fine material as noted.Starting bid : 5,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1824A Finland
1845/1938c.: Collection of Postal Stationery with covers/cards (275+), predominantly used, with 1845 10 kop. black 'Porto Stempel' covers (3), 1850 without pearls 5 kop. blue envelope from Borga (cert.), without pearls 10 kop. (4), with pearls 5 kop. (5), and 10 kop. (5), and 1860 5 kop. and 10 kop.Starting bid : 2,000 CHFHammer price : 5,500 CHFLot# : 1825 Iceland
Lot# : 1826 Iceland
1933: Visit of Italian Transatlantic Flight Squadron Balbo, compl. set three values from 1 kr. to 10 kr, ovpt. "Hopflug Itala / 1933", unused with faint hinge traces. Four certs. Fulpius (1952) and Möller (2015) Mi = EUR 1'700 / Facit 165-167 = SEK 17'500.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 460 CHFLot# : 1827 Iceland
1933: Visit of Italian Transatlantic Flight Squadron Balbo, compl. set of three values from 1 kr. to 10 kr., ovpt. "Hopflug Italia / 1933" in red, vivid colours and good perforations for this issue, all cancelled by "REYKJAVIK 16. VI. 33" cds's. Cert. Nielsen (1998) Mi = EUR 4'300/Facit 165-167 = SEK 43'800.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 1828 Iceland
Lot# : 1829 Iceland
1873/1961: Collection hundreds stamps used/unused incl. many interesting sets and singles such as 1873 skilling definitives, compl. set, 1902, 1907 & 1912 Kings Christian and Frederik definitive sets, 1925 Iceland Landscape set, 1931 Allthing opening, Zeppelin set, 1933 Hopflug Italia, cert. Wallner, in addition official stamps with King Christian and Allthing. Mi = EUR 7'700+.
Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 1,100 CHFLot# : 1830 Iceland
1931/75c.: Small group of covers/cards (47) with 1941/45 U.S. Army Post Office covers from Iceland with Censor cachets and some with APO / 610, 810 or 860 datestamps, Wartime cover from APO 858 in Greenland, 1950/60's Greenland covers with village cancels, some other Scadinavia etc.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1831 Iceland
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1902: 'Í-Gildi' overprint in black on large 3 aur yellow, 10 a. red, overprint in red on 5 a. green and 6 a. grey and Official 5 a. brown and 10 a. ultramarine, all in complete mint sheets of 100 subjects (except the 6 a. grey in a block of 50 from base of sheet), mostly fresh and fine with large part or full original gum. An excellent reference and scarce and attractive multiples.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1832 Norway
1855/1914: Selection on card with 1855 4 sk. blue used (3), 1856 Oscar set of four values used (two sets), 1863 and 1867 Vapentyp sets used, Posthorns used or unused etc.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 1833 Norway
Lot# : 1834 Norway
1855: 4 sk. blue, a fine large margined example used on 1857 cover to Nordalen tied by bold strike of '180' numeral of Levanger in black, with despatch datestamp at right in green (Jan 20). A charming and scarce cover.
Provenance: Collection Edward S. Knapp (1941).
Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 1835 Norway
1856: Oscar 2 sk. orange-yellow used in combination with 1863 24 sk. brown on 1864 cover to Amiens, France tied by FREDERIKSHALD cds (15/8) in black and by 'Norwege / Erquelines' entry markling (Aug 19) in black. Reverse with SANDOSUND transit cds and Amiens (Aug 20) arrival cds. Couple of tiny tone spots have been reduced on the 24 sk. (not mentioned on cert.) otherwise a fresh and fine mixed issue combination cover. Cert. Enger (1991).Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 460 CHFLot# : 1836 Norway
1863: 3 sk. grey-violet and 1867 8 sk. carmine, used on 1870 entire letter from Oslo endorsed 'via Kiel' to Langnau. Switzerland, tied by 'Christiania' cds (5/5) in black. Reverse with 'Sandosund' transit cds in black and 'Kiel / Hamburg' TPO alongside Langnau arrival cds (9/5). Refolded at top to protect the perforations, an attractive and scarce mixed issue franking.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1837 Norway
1867: 3 sk. violet, 4 sk. blue and 8 sk. carmine, all used to pay 15 skilling rate to France on 1870 entire letter from Oslo to Mauzé, neatly tied by 'Christiania' datestamps in black (25/8) and by framed red PD. Reverse with Sandosund transit cds in red and 'Paris A La Rochelle' cds (30/8). A fresh and fine entire.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 250 CHFLot# : 1838 Sweden
1834: Gustav IV Adolf Gustafson, King of Sweden (1778-1837), autographed letter sheet (als.) written in French on 4 pages in his own hand, addressed to 'Votre Altesse Royale' with fascinating content on Swiss neutrality and Austrian, Prussian, Russian monarchies etc., with some corrections to text, written, signed 'G.A.G.' and dated 'St. Gall., le 26 Avril, 1834' at base of third page. Rare.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 1839 Sweden
1864: Cover front endorsed 'via Ostende & England' addressed to Henry Brincourt, Governor General of the Puebla & Tlaxcala District in Mexico, franked by 1858 24 ö. yellow (2) and 50 ö. carmine-rose (six examples) all cancelled by WARBERG datestamps (28/9) in black and one stamp by oval 'Hamburg' transit (Oct 1). Manuscript '28½' credit in blue and faint 'London / Paid' cds also on the battered front, however it appears the franking of 348 öre is complete (even if nearly all are creased or defective) and the piece is certainly the sole recorded example of Swedish mail to the French Expeditionary Force in Mexico.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 2,600 CHFLot# : 1840 Sweden
1918: Värnamo 55 öre pale blue and 80 öre black, no wmk., fine mint examples of excellent rich colour, well centred, unmounted og. Just 1'000 examples issued in error at Värnamo. Rare. Certs. Obermüller-Wilén (1997) Mi 85+86 = EUR 3'500/Facit = 50'000 skr.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHFLot# : 1841 Sweden
1918 (July 3): Värnamo 55 ö. light blue and 80 ö. black, fresh and fine unused examples, lightly hinged, large part og., (only 1'000 each of these two stamps were released in error at Väarnamo), sold with the 1 kr. black on yellow, fine og. Cert Oliva (1963) Mi = € 3'570.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1842 Sweden
1924 (July 4): UPU Congress, the complete set of 15 values, all in fresh and fine unused blocks of four, well centred and of good colour, all with paper hinge remant to prevent splitting, large part og. Scarce st in multiples Mi = € 5'200.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not sold