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  • Lot# : 503 USA

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    1847: Washington 10 c. black on blued paper, a fine large margined example on 1849 entire letter to Peru, Miami Co., Indiana cancelled in blue with 'Philadelphia' datestamp (April 13) alongside. File fold well away from the adhesive, the entire with interesting contents. A very fine cover. Opinion Holcombe (1998).
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 350 Haiti

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    1881/1940: The collection of Postal Stationery with seemingly complete mint collection (100+ items), including fine used formula card with 1881 3 c. bistre used to Austria, President Sam issues on formula cards mint, 1898 cards up-rated used, 1902 'pre' cards mint and used, rare Official 1935 cards used with purple 'Verification' handstamp etc. A fine lot for further specialised continuation.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 30 Brasil

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    1848 (Aug 30): Cover prepaid from Marseille to Rio de Janeiro via London, struck with Marseille cds in black and annotated '48' (décimes) on reverse in manuscript; thence via London (Sept 3) with red 'Paid' datestamp via Falmouth Packet. British P.O. RIO-JANEIRO arrival in black (Sept 30) and charged 990 reis due in manuscript. An unusual pre-paid cover.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 418 Jordan

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    1920/1948: Blue stockbook with sporadic early issues, 1925 East of Jordan set to 10 pi. mint, 1927/29 New Currency definitive set of 11 complete mint, 1928 New Constitution set of 11 fresh mint, 1930 Locust Campaign set of 12 fresh mint, 1930 definitive set of 16 fresh mint;  1942/46 set to £ 1 mint, 1952 'Fils' overprint set to £ 1, 1959 set of 16 mint, also Jordan Occupation 1948 set of 16 mint. Fresh and fine lot Gi = £ 1'400+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 464 Peru

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    1895 (Oct 7): 4 c. blue & black postal stationery card sent registered-AR to the Netherlands franked on reverse with Llama 1895 5 c. claret in a strip of three all tied by 'Lima' datestamps in black. London transit in red and Overveen arrival (Nov 15) on obverse. A scarce usage.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 190 CHF

    Lot# : 349 Haiti

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    1906: 'Nord Alexis' design, Postal Stationery by the American Banknote Co., 5 c. blue letter-card with 'F846' file number in red, 1 c. blue on blue card, 2 c. red on pinkish card, 1 c. + 1 c. blue on blue (file number F846) and 2 c. + 2 c. red on greenish, all with security punch-holes and SPECIMEN handstamps in red on each. Fresh and fine, a rare group ex the ABN archives (H&G 13/16+A1 spec).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 75 Brasil

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    1878/79: Dom Pedro White Beard 20 r. violet (2) and 80 r. lake (2) used on double rate 1883 cover from Rio de Janeiro (June 23) to Sao Paulo, tied by segmented cork cancellations in black. Some minor tropicalisation but an unusual make-up of the 200 reis rate.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 84 Brasil

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    1906/16: Booklet Panes with ABN & Co imprint at top: 50 r. green in a toned pane, 100 r. aniline rose and 200 r. blue in fine mint panes of six perf. x imperf., also 100 r. aniline rose and 200 r. ultramarine each in mint vertical strips of five overprinted SPECIMEN in blue or red with ABN & Co. security punch-holes. Scarce group.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 129 Chile

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    Estancos 5 c. dull reddish brown, a large margined example with portions of adjoining stamps at top and at base, used on 1859 entire letter to Santiago cancelled by target obliterator in black with 'Valparaiso' cds (Feb 8) in red alongside. A very fine and attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 479 Syria

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    Catalogue# : 161
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    1912 (Feb 10): Cover, repaired at left, mailed from Maarra ul Naman to Jerusalem franked by Turkey 1909 20 pa. carmine pair tied by bold strike of bilingual MAARRA cds struck in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 85). Jerusalem arrival on front in black
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 156 Chile

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    1892 (April): Santiago Official postal stationery card, Proof example with Colombus design and border only (and missing the subsequent 'Administracion Ppal. De Correos / Santiago' and Locomotive logo and 'Tarjeta Servizio'), printed in grey-black on white thin paper with imprint 'Lit. P. Cadot. Eduardo Cadot Sucesor Santiago' at base. Rare and most unusual.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 34 Brasil

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    1865: Incoming stampless cover to Sao Paulo, endorsed via France, struck with BOPFINGEN despatch cds, thence with framed B.9.K. handstamp in black (kreuzers), framed Convention marking 'F / 21' in black (Van Der Linden fig. 1142) on front and taxed on arrival with framed '430' in red. Reverse with six further datestamps. Some aging but scarce.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 357 Iran

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    Catalogue# : 153+155
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    1902 (July 22): Postcard sent registered to Vienna franked by imperforate 1902 provisional 5 ch. vermilion on yellow and 12 ch. ultramarine on yellow tied by oval 'Teheran' despatch datestamp with registration cachet at left. 'Baku' cyrillic transit cds in black and Vienna (4/8) arrival cds alongside. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 65 Brasil

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    1866: Dom Pedro 200 r. black, a fine used example cancelled 'Aus Brasilien' in black, and an oddity: 200 r. black rouletted at top and at base x perforated 12 at left and right, used with cork cancel in black; the latter item with certificate RPS (1939) with the stamp sent in by Lt. Col. G. S. Napier.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 37 Brasil

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    1828/73: Group of mixed stampless entires/covers (9) with 1828 entire with framed S. PAULO, 1832 entire to France, 1842 Santos 'Fish' cover, 1861 entire to Salto prepaid from Rio via Montevideo, 1851 entire to New York from Pernambuco with SHIP and '7' handstamps in black, 1873 entire to New York with French type PERNAMBUCO despatch cds etc.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 142 Chile

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    1867: 5 c. orange-red and 20 c. green used on cover endorsed 'via Panama & Hamburg' to Waltershausen bei Gotha, Germany tied by experimental 'Valparaiso' duplex without year date. This cancellation was in use from October 1876 to February 1878 and thus the cover can be accurately dated to 1877. A fine and scarce cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 435 Liberia

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    1929 (Jan 13): Sierra Leone ½ d. green postal stationery card cancelled by oval 'Deutsche Seepost-Linie-Hamburg-Westafrika-XXXI' in black, sent registered to Germany with Liberia 1928 Official 2 c., 3 c. and 10 c. (Gi. O519,O520,O522) all tied by BUCHANAN datestamps and by Maisach arrival cds. An unusual and appealing usage.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 290 Imperial China

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    1913/20c.: Album pages with Sinkiang 1916/19 ½ c. - 10 c. values (11 stamps) mint and overprinted SPECIMEN in black, China 1916/19 1½ c. violet optd. SPECIMEN, further similar issues mint or used, Flood relief values used on 1920 card to Switzerland (10th day of issue), 6 c. red stationery card unused etc.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 184 Imperial China

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    1909 (Feb 26): Postcard sent registered to Hannover franked by CIP issue 2 c. green and single 10 c. ultramarine tied by CHUNGKING cds's with registration cachet below, Hankow transit cds and Hannover arrival cds (March 16) alongside. Correctly rated at 4 c. postcard rate, 10 c. registration, a scarce usage.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 396 Palestine

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    Interim Period 1948: Philatelic cover correctly franked for registered rate with May 9th Jewish State 5 m. brown imperforate btween stamp and margin, 10 m. blue and narrow overprint May 10th 10 m. blue all tied by Jerusalem 'Mea Shearim' special Jubilee datestamps (May 16) in use for one day only Bale 101e+102+105.
    Starting bid : 80 CHF
    Hammer price : 110 CHF

    Lot# : 429 Libanon

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    Austrian Lloyd Office 1850 (July): Entire letter from Beirut to Syra, Greece struck with superb oval AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / BERUTTI in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 1). The entire slit for disinfection and charged '20' lepta due in red crayon for local delivery, Syros arrival cds on reverse.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 270 CHF

    Lot# : 125 Chile

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    5 c. red brown on blued, a superb large margined example with portion of adjoining stamp at top, used on 1857 entire letter to Valparaiso tied by target obliterator in black with 'Santiago / Chile' cds (March 6) of despatch alongside. A fine entire. Signed Sorani.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 469 Peru

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    1938: Pan-American Union Congress, Lima, the set of six mint, set overprinted MUESTRA (Specimen), and Waterlow File blocks with security punch-holes for 10 c. in block of 25 annotated 'File Copy 174977', 15 c. in block of 25, 25 c. in block of 25, 1 s. in block of 25 , 1 s. 50 c. in block of 25 and 2 s. in block of 25 all similarly annotated 'File Copy 174977' or '174978' (on 15 c.) in manuscript. A generally fine and scarce group.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 87 Brasil

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    1935: 5th Postal Union Congress, the set of six printed by Waterlow (CR$1.30-CR$10'00), fresh and fine mint, all overprinted SPECIMEN in black, large part og., also imperforate Waterlow Proof blocks of four of the CR$1.30 value and CR$10'00 value, again with security punch-holes and backed on to card. A scarce group.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 433 Liberia

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    1895 (June 27): 3 c. blue & red postal stationery card sent registered to Montenegro and up-rated with 1893 pair of 5 c. on 6 c. green tied by unframed 'Monrovia' datestamps in black.  Liverpool (July 15) and London transits on front, Cetinje arrival cds on reverse.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 360 Iran

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    Catalogue# : 227+232
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    1906 (Dec 31): 5 ch. rose red illustrated postal stationery card (H&G 10) sent registered to Zurich and up-rated with 1906 imperforate provisional 1 ch. violet and 13 ch. blue tied by Teheran datestamps. Registration cachet at right and Zurich arrival (Jan 4, 1907) on front. Some ageing but scarce.
    Starting bid : 160 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 126 Chile

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    5 c. red brown on blued, a superb large margined example (marginal from base of sheet) used on 1857 entire letter to Valparaiso tied by target obliterator in black with 'Santiago / Chile' datestamp (July 21) in red alongside. Scarce so fine. Signed Calves and Raybaudi.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4 Argentina

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    1921: Pan-American Postal Congress, card given to delegates with set of four values imperforate in issued colours, the set of four values mint and in blocks of four with First Day datestamps, and Colour Trial blocks of four in un-issued colours for all four values, reduced size 5 c. rose Proof on card and wmk'd imperforate pair and usages on cards (7). A fine lot.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 89 Brasil

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    1906: Cover presumably from France, sent unpaid and endorsed 'via Lisbonne' to Pernambuco, struck with NÃO FRANQUEADAS and framed '400 / RÉIS' in black, taxed with vertical pair of 1895/1901 Postage Due 200 r. violet tied by POSTE RESTANTE / PERNAMBUCO datestamps (Sept 1) in black. Fresh and fine cover.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 123 Chile

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    Gillet 5 c. burnt sienna, a fine large margined example used on 1854 cover to Valparaiso tied by target obliterator in black with 'Santiago' despatch cds (Oct 30) in red below. Horizontal file fold well below the adhesive, a rare stamp on letter. Cert. Moorhouse (2007).
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 350 CHF

    Lot# : 488 Thailand

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    1910 (Aug 25): 6 s. + 6 s. on 4 a. + 4a. carmine postal stationery reply cards, H&G 17, fine used to Hong Kong and up-rated with 1910 28 s. brown tied by 'Bangkok-2' cds with registration label at upper left and Hong Kong arrival (Sept 5). Reply half attached unused, a fine usage.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 358 Iran

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    Catalogue# : 185/187+189
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    1904: Postcard sent registered to Verviers franked by 1903-04 1 ch. lilac, 2 ch. grey, 3 ch. green and 10 ch. pale brown all tied by 'Lingah' datestamps with fine BENDER ABBAS transit cds (Sept 3, with inverted date) alongside. 'Sea Post Office-B' transit (Sept 10) and Belgian arrival (Sept 25) alongside. Faults but scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 317 Costa Rica

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    1946: Unissued set of four values 1 colon - 10 colon black printed by the American Banknote Co., overprinted in red 'Vo. Congreso Postal / Panamericano / Rio De Janeiro 1946' in red and again unissued due to illegibility. Most were destroyed by the Post Office. Fresh and fine set, large part og.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 192 Imperial China

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    French Post Offices. 1903 (Dec 11): Postcard sent registered to Paris franked by 1902-06 5 c. green and 30 c. mauve tied by bold strikes of HAN-KEOU-CHINE / POSTES FRANCAISE datestamps in black with repeated strike at left and framed 'R'. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 403 Palestine

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    Catalogue# : 62
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    French Consular Posts in Jerusalem 1948: 20 m. on 6 fr. carmine rose, a fine used example on cover to Tunisia tied by JERUSALEM / POSTES FRANCAISES datestamp in black (Nov 10). Return address (Jerusalem Consulate or Quai D'Orsay) on reverse of a fine cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 400 Palestine

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    Interim Period 1948: Philatelic covers (3) franked by Diaspora Series 1, the set of ten values printed in green, overprinted Tel Aviv in violet, all tied to three covers (each with a block of four) with 'Maabarot' datestamps alongside (May 2). Signed Hoexter Bale 42a/51a.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 364 Palestine

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    Catalogue# : 115
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    1905: Printed Matter cover from Safed to Ledds, franked by Turkey 1905 10 pa. green tied by good strike of bilingual SAFFED datestamp (Coles & Walker fig. 87 = 15 pts) in blue. Reverse with Leeds arrival cds (Sept 14). Scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 26 Brasil

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    1837 (June 26): Entire letter to Ouro Preto endorsed 'S.P.' (Servico Publico) with superb CALDAS despatch handstamp in brown (Meyer P-MG-11) and transits of straight line P. ALEGRE (P-MG-47) and CAMPANHA (P-MG-11) also well struck in brown. A fine and clear entire, rare with three cancels at this date.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 436 Liberia

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    1929 (Jan 18): Postcard sent registered with Official 5 c. blue pair and, on viewside, 1928 Official 1 c. green, 3 c. brown and Postage 2 c. dull violet all tied by bold strikes of oval 'Deutsche Seepost-Linie-Hamburg-Westafrika-XXXL' Ship cancellations in black or (viewside) by HARPER datestamps.
    Starting bid : 160 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 470 Peru

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    1949: UPU Congress celebration, the unissued values printed in Paris, with 2 c. green (21), 4 c. vermilion (21), 15 c. grey (41), 20 c. grey-brown (17), 50 c. purple (21), $ 1 turquoise (21), $ 2 blue (21), $ 5 lake-red (19), $ 10 brown (18) all in multiples, most marginal, fresh and fine, unmounted og.
    Starting bid : 160 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 8 Argentina

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    1928/: Collection in a grey stockbook with 1928 Airmail set of 19 mint optd. 'Muestra' (Specimen), 1930 Zeppelin sets of five optd. in blue and in green each optd. 'Muestra', 1930 Insurgents set of 17 optd. 'Muestra', later issues without the Specimen overprint, incl. 1948 Miniature Sheets, 1952 Eva Perón sets (3) etec. A generally fresh and very fine lot
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 468 Peru

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    1905 (Sept 6): Illustrated 4 c. blue postal stationery card with brown 'Lima-Beneficencia Publica-Fachada' picture on reverse, sent registered to London and up-rated with 1900 10 c. grey-black. Framed violet registration handstamp and scarce TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE / PLYMOUTH / 3 cds (Oct 7) alongside.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 439 Mexico

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    1837/41: Covers (2) to France, earlier entire letter from Mexico City with oval ACHEMINÉE PAR / LEVERGER / VERA-CRUZ cachet in black to Aix via Bordeaux, 1841 cover from Mexico City to Paris with reverse showing framed SOUTEYRAN & PERRET / NEW YORK cachet in black, landed at Le Havre (March 19). A fine pair.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 458 Peru

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    1857: 1 d. blue, a vertical pair in a deep shade with large margins all round, used on July 1858 entire letter to Islay cancelled by dotted '1-Lima-2' handstamp in black. A charming entire. Opinion Holcombe (1994).

    Provenance: Corinphila sale 141 (April 2004), lot 4362.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 160 Chile

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    1892 (April 18): Official postal stationery cards (3) for Santiago unused, printed in steel blue on yellow, deep yellow buff and a third example in blue-green with 'Administracion Ppal. De Correos / Santiago' and Locomotive logo at left. Minor spotting and blemishes but a rare trio - just 1'950 cards in all colours were printed.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 163 Chile

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    1897/1905: Cards sent registered (2) with 1897 3 c. + 3 c. blue on pink card to Germany up-rated with 1885 10 c. orange tied Valparaiso cds mailed via Buenos Aires and Genoa with reply half attached unused, and 1905-09 1 c. green (5) and 10 c. grey used on postcard sent registered to France.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 315 Scadta Colombia

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    1931/32: Lot 14 covers from Colombia, incl. Macomun service (7), covers to England with 'jusqu'à' cancellations as well as one Henning combination cover from the re-opening Leningrad - Berlin (1931), bearing Russia-Scadta mixed franking on Colombian 4 c. stationery envelope tied by "Buenaventura  25.V.31" cds's to Cali.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 282 Imperial China

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    1878/1990(ca.): Collection hundreds used/unused stamps, incl. Large and Small Dragons, Imperial Post 1897 overprints, Junk definitives, PRC commemorative issues, Hongkong Victoria & Edward definitives, several modern covers and maximum cards, in addition two covers from Japanese occupation of Dairen and a selection of banknotes from Republic and PRC.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 476 Saudi Arabia

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    Catalogue# : 216
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    1913 (Sept 12): Cover and original contents from Medina to Istanbul franked on reverse with Turkey 1912 1 pi. ultramarine tied by fine MEDINE datestamp in black. Constainople machine cancel arrival (Sept 25) above. Some aging around perforations but a rare usage.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 324 Dominican Republic

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    1867: Medio (½) real black on rose wove paper, mint examples (4), two with original gum (rare thus), and a good used example cancelled by red British P.O. obliterator. As with all Dominican Republic classics, a much undercatalogued selection. All signed Todd AIEP Gi. 7 = £ 300/Scott = $ 300.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 474 Saudi Arabia

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    Catalogue# : 163
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    1911: Ottoman Post Offices Cover sent registered from Medina to Istanbul franked on reverse with Turkey 1909 2 pi. blue-black tied by MEDINE datestamp (July 19) in black (Coles & Walker fig. 30). Stamboul arrival alongside. Some aging but scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 191 Imperial China

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    French Post Offices. 1902 (March 2): Postcard sent registered to Belgium franked by 'Chine' ovptd 1894-1900 10 c. black on lilac and 25 c. black on rose tied by dotted HANKEOU-CHINE datestamps. Shanghai transit (March 5) and Louvain arrival cds alongside. An unusual usage.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 372 Palestine

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    French Post Offices 1870/1914: Collection on leaves with 1857 entire letter with dotted JAFFA / SYRIE datestamp in black to Lyon, various France adhesives (12) used with 5089 gros chiffres of Jaffa, study of the 'Jerusalem / Palestine' cds on cards and covers etc. Viewing recommended (97 items).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 393 Palestine

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    Interim Period 1948 (May 10): Narrow overprint 5 m. red brown on yellowish, 10 m. blue on bluish and 25 m. brown on white paper, the set of three values in imperforate pairs, two with slight adhesion thins, otherwise fresh and fine, unmounted og. Bale 104b+105a+106a = $ 600.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 428 Libanon

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    Catalogue# : V21+V23
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    Austrian Consular Post Office 1865 (Nov 21): Entire letter from Beirut to Constantinople franked by 1864 5 s. rose red and 15 s. brown tied by BERUTTI datestamps (Tchilinghrian fig. 3) in brown.Some minor imperfections but an attractive and scarce franking.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 444 Mexico

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    4 c. orange stationery envelope (H&G B44), up-rated 1896 usage to Belgium with, on front and reverse, 1895/96  1 c. green (2), 2 c. red (2), 3 c. brown (2), 4 c. orange and 5 c. blue all tied by MERIDA / YUC. datestamps (Oct 3) in black. Opened for display, a charming cover.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 152 Chile

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    1905/09: Colombus 1 c. green, American Banknote Co. Die Proof pull in black on card paper; sold with a fine matching mint blocks of 16 of the original stamps (1 c., 2 c., 3 c. and 5 c.) showing imprint and requisition numbers at top. Fine and unusual.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 100 Brasil

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    1925: 'Hotel Gloria' 200 r. rose red & brown postal stationery advertising letter-sheet, logo in brown at lower left and picture of Senado Federal in Rio on reverse, Chrysler advert inside, a fresh and fine mint example of a rare piece of postal stationery Meyer CBH-04.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 307 Colombia

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    1881: Postal Stationery cards (7) used: with 1881 5 c. brown card used to Stanley Gibbons at Gower Street cancelled by 'Cartagena' oval, further example on different stock used to Medellin, 1889 2 c. black on yellow cards used to Mexico, Tasmania via Vancouver, Antioquia 1899 card, and 1903 5 c. card used to Brussels.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 457 Peru

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    1 d. blue, a large margined horizontal pair used on September 1858 entire letter from Arequipa to Islay, tied by dotted AREQ. cancellation struck in blue. A fine and scarce entire. Cert. Philatelic Foundation (2000).

    Provenance: Corinphila sale 141 (April 2004), lot 4361.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 343 Ethiopia

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    1918 (Jan 25): Postcard sent registered to Switzerland franked by 1917 surcharged ½ g. rose and 2 g. blue tied by 'Addis Abeba' datestamp with repeated strike at left and 'R' handstamp below. Obverse with 'Direction Des Postes Ethiopiennes' datestamp in black. A charming and scarce usage.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 308 Colombia

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    1903 (May 20): 5 c. red on 2 c. black colour illustrated postal stationery card (H&G 17, Cartagena picture), sent registered from Bogota to Germany with 1903 imperforate 20 c. blue on grey registration label.  Barranquilla transit (June 6), New York label of transit (June 23) and arrival all on fine and scarce card.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 132 Chile

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    Last London printing 10 c. blue, the mint selection (5), all with four margins in a variety of shades from clear blue to a rich deep blue, one with minor stain at top, otherwise all are fine to very fine, with part to large part og. A generally fine group with three signed E. or A. Diena, one with cert. RPS (1980).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 138 Chile

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    1867: 1 c. orange and horizontal pair of 2 c. black, used on 5 c. dull violet postal stationery envelope to Antofagusta and cancelled by barred obliterators in black, with fine CHAÑARAL / CHILE cds alongside (Jan 5, 1878) in red. Minor edge wear but scarce and attractive.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 36 Brasil

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    1825/43: Pre-stamp covers/entire letters (11), mostly to Rio, with 1829 entire with framed S. PAULO, 1830 and 1837 entires with straight line SANTOS, 1839 entire showing framed LORENA handstamp, 1839 entire with straight line V.D.QUELUZ, 1840 entire showing MOGY MIRIM framed handstamp and circular SAO PAULO in brown, 1843 entire with circular CORREIO DE SANTOS and another with same cancel and framed YTU, 1843 entire with S. PAULO datestamp.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 90 Brasil

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    1869/1934: Album pages with 1869 first issue set of three used, 1871 issue with 200 r. block of four mint and used, 500 r. mint (3 + a block of four) and 1'000 r. blue mint (2) and used, also later issues including 1873 rectangular 200 r. black on pale greenish (3) unused and a few later perf. types, also a 1934 used Radiogram (35 items).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF

    Lot# : 502 Thailand

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    1883/1963: Collection on leaves with first issue complete, 1899 2 a. on 3 a. mint, 1899 set of 15 used, 1905 set of 14 used, 1908 Horseman set to 20 t. used, 1912 set of 12 values used, 1944 issue for occupied Malayan States set of six mint (Gi TM1/TM6) etc. Generally fair to fine, stated to cat. EUR 2'000.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 453 Panama

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    1936: 4th Postal Congress, American Banknote Co. colour Die Proofs for 1 c. blue green, 2 c. carmine rose and 15 c. turquoise; all in issued colours and inset on cards, file index numbers 75651, 75650 and 75654 respectively. Fresh and fine, a scarce group.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 320 Cuba

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    1850 (March 23): Entire letter from Havana to Santander, Spain carried outside the Mails and forwarded  with oval ZULUETA & Co. / LONDON oval cachet in black (April 22), sent prepaid to Santander via France with handstruck '10 Rs.' to pay in blue; a fine entire with an unusual routing.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 348 Haiti

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    1899 (Aug 3): 3 c. green postal stationery card sent registered to Paris up-rated with 1898 10 c. orange (Gi. 58) tied by 'Port Au Prince' cds's and over-lapped by New York transit registered label (Aug 14). Paris arrival (Aug 22) alongside. Slight peripheral ageing but unusual.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 190 CHF

    Lot# : 386 Palestine

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    1921 (Sept)/1922 (March): 'First London' 20 pi. grey, a mint example of excellent colour with dramatic flaw in upper left corner where presumably a piece of paper was caught on the plate, showing 'Missing 20 in Value Tablet'. Superb og. - a completely unrecorded variety.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 334 Ecuador

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    1916 (May 13): 4 c. red postal stationery card sent registered to Gravenhage, Netherlands, up-rated with 1907 20 c. yellow-green & black tied by target cancel and New York transit (June 1). Green registration label at left and arrivals below. A fine usage.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 105 Brasil

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    1934: Illustrated 100 r. postal stationery cards, the used selection (6, with three up-rated for use to Germany), showing views of 'Baia - Cachoeira', 'Ceara-Barragem', 'Nordeste-Coquieros' (2), 'Vaquieros', 'Rio Grande do Sul, Praia', fair to superb, a rare group (H&G 44 / Meyer BP-107+BP-108+BP-116+BP-118+BP-134).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 519 USA

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    1851/1980: Collection several hundred stamps used/unused, incl. better values up to 90c. or 1$, full sets, souvenir sheets, officials, a bunch of cards and cover incl. Zeppelin cards 65c. and 1.30$, mainly in good condition and housed in two albums and in a small box.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 2 Argentina

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    1867 (July): 5 c. carmine rose, imperforate, a fine example used on 1867 cover to Buenos Aires tied by framed CORREO NACIONAL DEL ROSARIO handstamp in black with Rosario datestamp at right (Aug 9) in black. A fresh and fine cover (Gi 24 = £ 80 off cover).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 127 Chile

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    5 c. red brown on blued, a superb large margined example (marginal from left of sheet) used on 1857 entire letter to Valparaiso tied by target obliterator in black with 'Santiago / Chile' datestamp (June 24) in red alongside. Scarce so fine.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 509 USA

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    1908 (July 30): 2 c. black postal stationery card sent registered to Ispahan, Persia and up-rated with Martha Washington 8 c. purple black, tied by New York/Reg oval handstamps in black. Registered label at left, London and Teheran transits alongside. Some ageing but very scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 517 USA

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    1859/1970: Lot a few hundred stamps used/unused, mostly small values, pairs, blocs of four, precancels etc., in addition cards, covers and postal stationery  items to various destinations incl.Switzerland, also a small part Philippine Islands unter US administration, mainly in good condition and housed in two albums.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 309 Colombia

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    1898 (Jan 12): 2 c. black on yellow postal stationery card sent registered from Barranquilla to USA additionally franked by 1892 10 c. yellow brown on buff registration adhesive overlapped by New York transit registered label. Gessen, Louisiana arrival at left (Jan 28).
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 190 CHF

    Lot# : 524 Uruguay

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    1896 (Dec 27): 3 c. + 3 c. brown postal stationery reply cards sent registered to Lima, Peru and up-rated with 1895-99 10 c. brown tied by framed 'Certificada' and over-lapped by red registration label of Montevideo. Lima arrival (Jan 2, 1897) alongside. Reply half attached unused.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 353A Iran

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    1878/79: 5 kran bronze-red no watermark on medium paper, imperf. unused without gum, small thin and little soiled at foot. A fine genuine copy of the '8' shahi cliché converted to '5'. Cert. BPA (2014) Gi 42 = £ 3'750
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 347 Haiti

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    1898: President Augustin Sam design, Postal Stationery by the American Banknote Co.,1 c. + 1 c. blue on white, 2 c. + 2 c. orange on pink and 3 c. + 3 c. green on lilac reply cards, all struck with SPECIMEN in red and annotated in manuscript. Rare, ex the ABN & Co. archives (H&G 4/6 spec).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 461 Peru

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    1866/67: 10 c. vermilion, imprint example used on 1868 entire letter to Genoa, Italy with 'Callao' British P.O. cds on reverse alongside London transit. Struck in London with framed 'GB/1F 90c.' Accountancy handstamp and charged with handstruck '14' due on arrival (Feb 20).
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 150 Chile

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    1901/03: Second Printing 1 c. green, 2 c. red and 5 c. blue, all in top marginal horizontal strips of three with security punch-holes and each stamp overprinted SPECIMEN in red or black with cards showing 'Dec 1, 1903' handstamps in violet. Fresh and fine, a scarce group.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 447 Mexico

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    1856/1976; Interesting collection with several hundred mostly used stamps (also a few unused) starting with Hidalgo issues, further on with better values, full sets, colour shades, stamps on piece, cancellations, airmails, souvenir sheets, special delivery, officials, postage dues etc., mainly in good conditon and housed in three albums.
    Starting bid : 3,200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 120 Chile

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    Desmadryl 5 c. deep reddish brown, a superb four margined example with portions of adjoining stamps at top and at base, tied by target obliterator in black to 1856 cover to Valparaiso with 'Santiago / Chile' cds at right (April 20). A fresh and very fine cover.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 485 Thailand

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    1909 (March 29): 4 a. on 1½ a. postal stationery card, a superb used example sent registered to Tammerfors, Finland and up-rated with 1908 9 a. on 10 a. blue tied by 'Bangkok-2' cds. Registered label at left and superbly struck Tammerfors arrival cds (May 2). Delightful and scarce.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 295 Imperial China

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    1960/75c.: Black stockbook with PRC covers, some good frankings incl. 1960 Goldfish values (2) on registered cover, 1960 Korea Liberation set and three further values on cover, 1962 Che Guevara 8 f. (3) on cover, condition varies but generally fine, an interesting and valuable lot (45 covers/cards).
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 323 Dominican Republic

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    1866: UN real black on green vertically laid paper, a fine used example with good margins all round, neatly cancelled by British P.O. obliterator in red. A scarce stamp. Signed Todd AIEP Gi. 6 = £ 150/Scott = $ 125.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 365 Palestine

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    1910 (April 6): Postcard with Turkey 1908/09 issues (8 stamps to 5 pi. violet) used on philatelic card, all cancelled by JERUSALEM / GARE datestamps (Coles & Walker fig. 31 = 25 pts) in black. Some ageing but scarce and attractive.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 397 Palestine

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    Interim Period 1948: Cover franked by Safed Local 10 m. black on blue from lower left corner of the sheet of six, cancelled in red (May 6). Addressee's name erased but very rare. Signed Hoexter on reverse Bale 124 = $ 200.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 336 Ecuador

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    1944: Pan-American Highway Airmail, Die Proofs (4) by the American Banknote Co. with completed Die Proofs (two are Index Copies) for 1 s. carmine, 2 s. violet, 3 s. turquoise green and 5 s. bright orange; file numbers 85085-85088, largely fresh and very fine, a scarce group.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 158 Chile

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    1892 (April 18): Official postal stationery card for Santiago printed in steel blue on bright rose-red (300 issued), with 'Administracion Ppal. De Correos / Santiago' and Locomotive logo at left, used locally within Santiago cancelled by 'Santiago / Chile' cds's (May 2, 1894) in black. Rare.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 25 Brasil

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    1835 (June 28): Entire letter to Minas Gerais struck with scarce straight line italic CAMPANHA handstamp in black with large 'dot' at the end of the handstamp similar to Meyer P-MG-12 but not identical. Manuscript '80' (reis) rate at upper right. Slightly smudged but rare handstamp.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 83 Brasil

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    1890c.: Unadopted Essays (15), imperforate with Dom Pedro facing right, 1'000 r. values (6) in various colours from slate-purple, green, red and orange; proposed 2'000 r. value (9) in colours ranging from black to blue and shades of red. Fresh and fine, a scarce assembly.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 506 USA

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    1885: Covers (2) from same correspondence, one franked at 6 c. to Constantinople and the other 5 c. to Alexandria, Egypt; each forwarded in London by official Agent with oval violet UNITED STATES DESPATCH AGENT / B. F. STEVENS / LONDON, earlier cover further handstamped 'Care of the United States Consul / Constantinople, Turkey' and the other 'Care of the United States Consul / Alexandria Egypt'.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 526 Uruguay

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    1953: Roosevelt imperforate Waterlow Proofs of the set of three values, 3 c. green, 7 c. ultramarine and 12 c. brown, all in corner marginal blocks of four from upper left of sheet with security punch-holes and the 3 c. value with manuscript notification of small flaws in printing. Scarce and fine set.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 422 North Korea

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    1950 (July 10): Liberation of Seoul, 1 wn. red, blue & turquoise green, the complete sheet of 100 subjects, folded between fifth and sixth rows, otherwise superb and fresh, unused as issued. Rare. Signed Todd AIEP Mi. 37 = EUR 3'000/Gi = £ 4'000.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 185 Imperial China

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    1910: Two illustrated 1 c. pale green postal stationery cards sent to Vienna on the same day, each up-rated with 1900 CIP 2 c. ochre and 1905/10 2 c. green tied by 'Tientsin' datestamps. Transferred to French Post Office in Tientsin (Jan 3, 1910) and thence to Vienna.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 380 Palestine

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    1918: 1 pi. indigo, a superb used example tied to cover to the Director of Army Postal Services, tied by bold strike of ARMY POST OFFICE / SZ 44 dated 10-FE-18, the First Day of Issue. Exceptional quality and of great rarity Bale = $ 2'250.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF
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