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  • Lot# : 1206 Bulgaria

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    British Army of the Black Sea 1918: Postcard of Roustchouk with FIELD POST OFFICE / T.26 cds (Nov 18) in black on censored card to UK (Proud = Not Seen or Recorded), 'Active Service' cover with fine FIELD POST OFFICE / 77 cds (also in Rustchouk) mailed from a Piper in the 77 Brigade, 26th Division; and an OHMS envelope to England struck with ARMY POST OFFICE / R26 datestamp (Dec 18) in black and 1919 Great Britain 2 d. black registered envelope cancelled FIELD POST OFFICE / D.26 mailed to UK from Varna. A very scarce group.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1795 Ukraine

    Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.

    Lot# : 1515 France

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    1902/55ca.: Collection of 130 stamps, primarily unused/unmounted incl. 1902 Mouchon retouché, 1903 Semeuse ligné, 1914 Valenciennes unused & used, 1917 Orphelins 5 fr. blue, 1922 Orphelins, 1923 Congress Bordeaux (2), 1925 Merson, 1926 Orphelins, 1927 Airmail congress Marseille (2), 1929 Exposition Le Havre, 1930 & 1931 Caisse d'Amortissement, 1936 Airmail Vue de Paris, Burelage & South Atlantic, as well as 1937 Samothrace. One Opinion and six certs.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF

    Lot# : 1609 Sicily

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    1/2 gr. orange (2), one from 1st, one from 2nd plate, in addition 1 gr. green-darkolive, 3rd plate, all on Naples paper, tied by three strikes of framed handstamp to letter from Giarra to Messina. The two 1/2 gr. stamp were reused to defraud the post in the office of Giarre and show therefore some small imperfections, a rare letter with fine postal history content, impressive due to the use of 1/2 gr. from different plates. Certificates Enzo Diena (1987) and Raybaudi (1994) Sassone = EUR 34'400.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1383 France

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    1 franc dull vermilion, used example with touched to large margins, thin not affecting frontal appearance, cancelled by floral 'Rosette' handstamp in black, used at the Place de la Bourse Post Office (Bureau J) for a few days - believed to be in use from January 7-12, 1849 only, thus for six days during the second week of issue. An extraordinarily rare stamp and cancellation. Signed Roumet. Cert. Roumet (2006) Yvert = EUR 17'000.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF

    Lot# : 1755 Russian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 6x+7x+8x
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    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 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1666 Netherlands

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    Catalogue# : 1+3
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    1852: 5 c. milky blue and 15 c. orange-yellow in a sheet marginal horizontal strip of five, all used on 1861 double rate cover from Rotterdam to Belfast (Campbell correspondence). The adhesives all with four large margins, the fourth 15 c. being affected by vertical file fold, otherwise in good condition for such a high franking, neatly tied by three strikes of 'Rotterdam' half-round datestamps (Feb 19) in black. Reverse with Belfast arrival cds (Feb 22) in blue.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 1554 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 9a+15A+18A
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    Engraved 3 kr. green used in combination with 1874 2 kr. violet (blurred, first printing) on 1875 registered cover to Vienna with further 1874 10 kr. blue on reverse used as seal and cut across on opening, all adhesives tied by NAGY - MÁROS datestamps (Jan 6) in black (Gudlin = 150 pts.). 'Ajanlott' registration cachet at left and reverse with Vienna arrival cds (Jan 7). Slightly trimmed at left but a rare combination franking. Cert. Orbán (1984).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1553 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 9a+10a
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    1871: Engraved 3 kr. green in a horizontal pair and single 5 kr. red used on local 1872 registered cover to Medves, neatly tied by oval TEMESVAR / AJANLOTT datestamps (20/3) in black. 'Ajánlott /Sz.' registration marking at top in black. Reverse with lengthy docketing concerning attempts to deliver the cover and red wax seal. File fold and small tear in address panel but a very scarce 11 kreuzer franking and a most unusual cover.
    Starting bid : 1,750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1572 Lombardy-Venetia

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    1859: 2 so. yellow type II (3) in mixed franking with 1862 10 so. brown with good perf. and embossing, fresh colours, all tied by two ideal "REVERE 1 / 10" (1863) cds's with P.D. alongside to entire letter to Milano with transit and arrival cds's on reverse. A very rare combination to pay the 16 so. rate for three postal sections. Signed Enzo Diena; certs. Ferchenbauer (1983) and Eichele (2002) Ferchenbauer = EUR 8'000.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1449 France

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    1853/70: Collection with Imperforate Colour Trials with 1853 issued 1 c. olive mint and 1863 issued 1 c. mint followed by 22 Essays in various colours on carton, wove, pelure or 'gold beater's skin' paper; 1853 5 c. with 22 Essays in various colours; 1853 10 c. bistre mint and 8 Essays; 1853 20 c. blue mint (4) and 17 Essays; 1853 25 c. with remarkable 242 Essays (many in multiples) and even an example used on cover; 1853 80 c. unused and 20 Essays; and 1863 30 c. with 12 Essays. A remarkable and wonderful collection seldom seen in such quantity or quality.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1514 France

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    1849/2008: Important lot resp. small dealer's stock with several thousand stamps used/unused or in mint condition, incl. some better values and full sets, the classic part in mixed condition, modern issues incl. all the weird souvenir sheets mostly used as well as unused, will say there's a lot of valid postage, the whole nicely arranged in 12 albums and stockbooks and in a small box, furthermore one album with some cards and covers as well as a topical stockbook 'Pilze' (mushrooms), packed in a large removal box.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1555 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 11a+12a
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    Engraved 10 kr. blue and 15 kr. brown, fine examples of rich colour, used on 1874 cover, side flaps removed, used to Paris tied by BUDAPEST / LITOTVÁROS cds in black (July 9) and by French 'Avricourt' entry marking in blue. Italic 'PD' in black below and Vienna transit cds on reverse. A charming cover. Signed Orbán, Ferchenbauer. Cert. Orbán (1998).

    Provenance: Corinphila, sale 107 (Sept 1998), lot 1952.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1779 Sweden

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    Catalogue# : 84,85
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    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 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1790 Turkey

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    1854/1912: Lot eleven stamps used/unused, incl. 1863 20 pa. black on yellow thin paper in a block of six, 1 pi. black on yellow thin paper, the rare Error of Colour as a single stamp and in a vertical tête-bêche pair, all used, 1865 Postage Due, the unissued 10 para deep red brown, an unused copy as well as five covers with prephilatelic covers, postage due (2) and one cover related to Liannos local mail.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF

    Lot# : 1650 San Marino

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    1892/1951: Lot 130 stamps and one miniature sheet, primarily unmounted og. with better sets and singles such as 1892 Arms definitive 1 l. carmine on yellowish paper (2), 1894 1 l. ultramarine (2), 1903 Monte Titano, compl. set, 1929 definitives, 1931 Airmail, 1932 Post Office &  Garibaldi (2), 1933 Zeppelin and Philatelic Congress, and 1935 Melchiorre Delfico. Two certs. Sassone = EUR 24'200.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1699 Romania

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    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 Cohen
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1683 Poland

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    Catalogue# : 1
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    1860: 10 kop. blue and rose, a very fine used example tied to 1863 cover to Warsaw by superb strike of concentric ring '70' numeral cancellation with corresponding framed SOKOLOW despatch handstamp at upper right with manuscript date '11/10' alongside. Reverse with 'Warsawa' arrival datestamp (13/10) in red with time stamp 'P/3' somewhat blurred at right. A magnificent cover in outstanding quality. Cert. Mikulski (1986).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1210 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 5+18
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    1879: 1 franc black & red used with 1882 25 st. deep blue & blue on registered 1886 cover to Munich, each tied by bilingual ROUSTCHOUK datestamps (Nov 5, julian calendar) in blue. Registration etiquette at right and reverse with bilingual 'Russe' cds (Nov 17, gregorian) and Munich arrival cds (Nov 19) in black. The cover trimmed at top and with file folds away from the adhesives but a rare mixed issue franking carried at quadruple rate.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 9,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1293 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 20+27
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    1887: 'Lettre de Voiture', Value Declared Parcel Card form sent registered with Fiscal 10 st. grey, 1882 50 st. deep blue & rose-pink with Jan 1887 1 leva black & red all tied by TIRNOVO datestamps in blue (7/X) with two registration labels at top. Scarce bilingual CHASKOVO datestamp in blue on reverse (12/X). Slight closed tear to form at lower left but an extraordinary and scarce franking.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1379 France

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    1 franc carmine, fine used example with ample to huge margins (sheet marginal at left), used on 1849 cover to Chalons Sur Marne, tied by two strikes of the grill handstamp and by Paris (Bureau J) datestamp (April 27) in black. Reverse with arrival datestamp of the following day. The cover refolded at top for better Exhibit display, an attractive and rare usage. Signed Roumet. Cert. Roumet (2006).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1343 Denmark

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    1854/1941: Lot 62 stamps primarily in unused condition with interesting singles and sets such as 1854/58 Skilling stamps 2 s. blue and 16 s. grey violet with dotted spandrels as well as 4 s. brown and 8 s. green with wavy-lined spandrels, 1864/68 2 s. blue, 3 s. lilac, 8 s. yellow brown, and 16 s. olive, 1870 48 ö., 1912/15 Main Post Office with both watermarks, 1918 definitives, 1927 King Christian 10 kr., and 1929 Airmail Mi = EUR 6'220.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1221 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 15F
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    1882 (Dec 4): 5 st. rose & pale rose, Error of Colour, printed in the colours of the issued 10 stotinki, a fine used example tied to small piece by 'Sophia' bilingual datestamp (27.II.87) in black. Rare and most appealing piece. Signed H. Bloch. Cert. Hunziker (1968), Friedl (1978) Gi 24a = £ 3'750/Mi = EUR 3'600.

    Provenance: Corinphila, sale 63 (March 1980), lot 3995.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1682 Poland

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    Catalogue# : 1a
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    1860: 10 kop. slate-blue & dark carmine rose, fresh colour (short perfs at bottom left corner) tied by four ring numeral mark "152" of Oronsk (Bojanowicz rarity = 9) with framed "ORONSK" despatch handstamp and handwritten "24 / 9" alongside on envelope to Klimontov. A rare despatch office, no cover was in the Bojanowicz collection. Dealer cachet Marwinski Varsovie, cert. Eichele (2004).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 8,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1270 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 315 var
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    1937 (Oct 3): King Boris III, 2 leva red-brown, 'Ministerblock' with the adhesive imperforate (78 x 110 mm., not as stated erroneously in Michel), a fresh mint example of this rare sheet with imprint '3. October 1937' at lower right in black. Some very minor crinkles and colour wash to the glossy paper on front but with full unmounted og. Extremely rare with just 20 examples printed.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1570 Lombardy-Venetia

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    1854: 15 c. bright-red, Type III on machine paper in mixed franking with 1858 5 so. red, Type I, the 15 c. fresh colour with good to large margins all round, the 5 so. vivid colour with good perf. and embossing, both tied by "PADOVA 5 / 11" cds's in black to small piece. This combination of same colour but different issues was possible only in November and December 1858. Signiert Alberto Diena & Matl; cert. Ferchenbauer (2015) Ferchenbauer = EUR 8'000/Sassone = EUR 11'000.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1575 Lombardy-Venetia

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    1862: 3 so. green, type II (2) in mixed franking with 1863 5 so. rose perf. 14 (vertical pair), all with fresh colours, good embossing and perforation, tied by "PADOVA 16 / 10" cds's to entire letter with P.D. alongside, sent abroad to Milano with "DA DESENZANO A MILANO (2) 17 OTT. 63" transit and "MILANO 17 OTT" arrival cds's on reverse. Cert. Strakosch (2014) Ferchenbauer = EUR 2'800.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1615 Toscana

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    1851: 2 s. yellow on blueish paper and 2 s. scarlet on blueish paper (2), all with vibrant colour and good to large margins all round, tied by clear strikes of the rhomboid lozenge with "PISA 8 / .. / 1853" cds and "PD" in red alongside on attractive envelope (closed tear at bottom), sent to Pontremoli. Sassone lists twelve covers with this franking, a rare and decorative item. Cert. Oliva (2001) Sassone = EUR 48'500+.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,800 CHF

    Lot# : 1630 Italy

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    1861/1945: Lot used/unused stamps incl. 1924 definitives with advertisement tabs, 1933 Triticci, ovpt. BORG unmounted og, 1934 Soccer championship used, 1945 definitive 30 l. blue unmounted og (2), and Campione first set, in addittion 17 covers with 1923 definitive 60 c. blue on two cards to Finland and 1926 Airmail 80 c. & 1.20 l. on flight cover to Stockholm. Several signed, two certs. Sassone = EUR 9'000++.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 1571 Lombardy-Venetia

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    1851: 15 c. red vermillion, Type II on vertically ribbed paper (coste verticali), vibrant colour with large to immense margins all round, tied by the very rare "FINO 17. GIUG" two-line datestamp (Sassone = R3) with distribution handstamp alongside to entire, sent to Como with arrival cds (18 / 6) on reverse. Certs. Sorani (2007) and Raybaudi (2011). A rare stamp Sassone = EUR 3'000 & 50'000.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1320 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 53+54+56+57
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    1903/1910: Covers (3) all franked by 1901 issue, with 10 st. on postcardcancelled by superb EUXINOGRAD / PALAIS datestamp in black to Paris, 1909 cover to Munich with 5 st. pair and single 30 st. on 'Cabinet Secret de Sa Majesté le Roi de Bulgarie' envelope tied by SOFIA / PALAIS datestamps in violet (with full contents) and 1910 cover to Germany franked by 25 st. black & blue tied by rare PALAIS DE TSARSKA BISTRITZA cds in black. A delightful trio.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1608 Sicily

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    1/2 gr. yellow light-olive, 1st plate on Naples paper with three broad margins and cut along the line at left, cancelled by framed handstamp on newspaper "Tremacoldo" from Messina (Jan 11, 1860), sent to Nicotera. Exceptional rarity and only example known of this colour on newspaper. Signed Emilio Diena and Matteo Tosto; certificates Enzo Diena (1990) and Raybaudi (2000) No price given in Sassone for use on cover.
    Starting bid : 20,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1459 France

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    1933 (Dec 11): Celebrities issue, album pages with set of three mint, 30 c. Die Proof in deep brown & maroon, another in red & blue but with fault; Essay for proposed 50 c. value imperforate in red; completed Die Proof in bright red for 75 c. value signed by the designer and engraver, G. Hourriez, further example in deep blue (also signed); 1 fr. 25 c. value with two coin daté corner blocks and Colour Trials on 'Bristol' card paper printed in red and in blue.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 1623 Italy

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    1861: Issues for the former Kingdom of Napoli, definitives in grana currency, compl. set of eight unused values ½ t. green to 50 gr. grey, fresh colour, large margins and fine embossing, in addition 20 gr. yellow, fresh colour, tied by "NAPOLI AL PORTO 18 GEN 62" Neapel cds to piece, and 50 gr. in rare colour shade ardesio oltremare, fresh colour, good margins all round and fine embossing, cancelled by NAPOLI PORTO cds. Four certs. Sassone = EUR 24'100+.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1510 France

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    1849/1925ca.: Lot hundreds used/unused stamps in mixed quality with better sets and singles, incl. 1849 Cérès 40 c. orange (3), one with "D.S." cancellation on piece, Presidence 10 c. bistre, Napoleon imperf. 25 c. blue (3), one with Gros Points cancellation, and 1 fr. carmine, Napoleon lauré Rothschild issue and 5 fr. grey, and Bordeaux, in addition proofs and essays, postage due, telegraph stamps, and colonial stamps, in a small stockbook.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1556 Hungary

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    1871: Lot 22 used Franz-Joseph definitives incl. Lithographed 2 kr. orange (2) and 25 kr. violet (2), as well as Engraved 15 kr. in the rare copper red 'kupferrot' shade, signed Matl, in addition eight covers incl. Engraved 10 kr. blue in mixed franking with 1874 5 kr. rose on reg'd December 1874 cover Bihar-Dioszegh to Debrecen, Engraved 5 kr. with 15 kr. revenue stamp, and 5 kr. stationery envelope with Engraved 3 kr. green on a local reg'd letter.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 1645 Italian Colonies lots/accumulations

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    Somalia / A.F.I.S 1950: Parcel Post 1 somalo violet (1), 2 somalo brown (10) and 3 somalo blue (16 examples) all used on 1975 Parcel Post form to Pully, Switzerland cancelled at 'Mogadiscio' on despatch (June 7). Somalia Customs cachet at lower left in black and reverse with Lausanne cds (19/6). Rare commercial usage - Sassone catalogue as used =  EUR 17'550!
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1205 Bulgaria

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    Crimean War 1854 (June 26): Autographed letter-sheet written to 'The Assistant Postmaster, Varna' from Lt. Col. Sir D. A. Cameron from 'Camp at Varna', stating 'I am of course naturally desirous that the letters for the 42nd Regiment should be delivered without delay, and the Drum Major was sent this morning with money ready to pay for them. I have ordered him to call again immediately and request you will have the goodness to cause them to be delivered to him on payment of the Postage'. A fine and interesting letter.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 1352 Finland

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    Catalogue# : 2x
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    1856/58: 10 kop. carrmine on white wove paper, a large margined single example (11 mm. margin at left) on 1858 cover to Jacobstad, cancelled by typical Äbo pen cross of despatch high boxed ÄBO datestamp (17/9) above and 'Ank' arrival marking (20/9) in black. A delightful cover - 'most beautiful cover' - Rolf Gummesson. Cert. Gummesson (1980) Mi = EUR 900.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF

    Lot# : 1351 Finland

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    Catalogue# : 2x
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    1856/58: 10 kop. carrmine on white wove paper, a large margined single example on 1858 cover to Borga, cancelled by double pen crosses, corresponding framed TAMMERFORS low boxed datestamp alongside (Sept 19) in black. Framed 'Ank' arrival (21/9) at right. A fine and most attractive cover. Cert. Gummesson (1991) Mi = EUR 900.

    Provenance: Corinphila, sale 83 (Sept 1991), lot 3311.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1409 France

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    1923/27: Sower Issues, various values (24 different) plus the 'Ronsard' 75 c. blue, 10 being Sower issue with lined background, 13 being pre-obliterated with half-round 'Affranch.ts / Postes' in black, all ex the Bechuanaland Post Office archive. The Bechuanaland UPU archive was returned to London in 1937 whereupon each individual stamp was diagonally overprinted SPECIMEN in black to prevent theft or re-use. A unique group. Cert. Diena (1981) for Ronsard, and Behr (1999).
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1678 Norway

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    4 sk. blue, a fine used horizontal pair, margins ample to large with merest trace of aging on margin, used on 1856 entire letter to Lünd, Sweden cancelled by two fine strikes of circular '48' numeral in black with DRAMMEN cds at upper right (26/8) in black. Fresh and fine, a rare usage of the No. 1 to an overseas destintion. Cert. Nussbaum (1978).
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1342 Denmark

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    1857/70: Fine lot four unused stamps and two covers incl. 1857 16 sk. violet-grey unused, 1863 16 sk. deep red-lilac imperforate unused, 1864 2 sk. in a imperforate unused pair, cover with mixed franking of 1858 8 sk. green and 1864 4 sk. red, sent 1867 Copenhagen to Frankfurt as well as cover with 1864 2 sk. pale blue and 4 sk. red in hor. strip of three, sent 1870 Copenhagen via Hamburg to London. One cert. RPS (1973).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 1424 France

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    1927 (Sept 7): Centenary of Marcelin Berthelot, 90 c. carmine; the specialised collection on leaves with Artist's Proofs in brown and in deep blue (both signed by designer Abel Mignon), typographed Proofs in black, bright blue, mauve and vermilion, rare engraved Proofs in black, brown (on Japon paper) and in deep indigo, further example in 'rouge capucine' in Miniature Sheet format and a letter-press 'Epreuve deluxe' sheet. Superb group (11 items).
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1317 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 28/37 spec
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    1889/90: Paris printing, 1 st. lilac and 2 st. grey in strips of three, 3 st. brown, 5 st. green, 10 st. rose, 15 st. orange, 25 st. blue all in horizontal pairs, 30 st. brown in strip of three, 50 st. grey-green in a pair and single 1 leva all overprinted SPECIMEN (13.5 x 2.5 mm.) in black, also the 1890 5 st. green postal stationery card overprinted SPECIMEN in black (53 x 4.5 mm.) in black. Fresh and fine, a scarce group.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1202 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 2+4
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    1867: 3 s. green and 10 s. blue (2) used on 1871 entire letter endorsed 'via di Varna & Vienna' from Constrantinople to Genoa, tied by good strike of framed LETTERE ARIVATE / PER MARE / VARNA in black (Tchilinghirian fig 115) with the 3 s. also with part manuscript  cancel (14/6). Reverse with Vienna (17/6) and Genova (June 20) cds's. A fine and attractive entire. Signed Müller.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1606 Sicily

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    1 gr. olive brown, plate I, type II, pos. 18 showing large retouch, with wide margins on three sides an clear at left, neatly an facefree cancelled by hors-shoe obliterator leaving the retouch clearly visible. A rare fine copy, signed by Luigi Gazzi and Alberto Diena, certificate Dr. Helmuth Avi (2011) Sassone = EUR 37'500.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 1544 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 37+38
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    1867/74: Austria 5 kr. red and 10 kr. blue (4, one on reverse), used on 1871 registered Express cover from Papa to Györ all tied by neat strikes of PAPA datestamps (29/6) in black. Manuscript notation 'Expresse' on front and reverse with five red wax seals intact. A marvellous and extremely rare usage - a quadruple rate cover (20 kreuzer), plus registration (10 kreuzer) and Express (15 kreuzer) prepaid.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF

    Lot# : 1321 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 50/61
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    1901: The collection on leaves with Ferdinand issue multiples, with the set of twelve values in blocks of four mint, including a superb block of the redrawn 1 leva marginal from top of sheet, additionally the 2 st. and 'normal' 1 leva in complete panes of 25 and the 3 leva in a block of eight mint and a rare used block of four; together with 11 covers including 5 x 25 st. on cover to the 'Grand Vizier in Constantinople'. A fine and attractive lot.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 1366 France

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    20 c. black on yellowish paper, unused horizontal strip of three from Plate I positions 147-148-149, marginal from base of sheet with central stamp tête-bêche, close but clear at right and large margins on other three sides, of outstanding rich colour, without gum. A splendid and extremely rare positional strip for the specialist. Signed A. Brun, A. Miro and Roumet. Cert. Behr AIEP Yvert = EUR 12'000.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF

    Lot# : 1672 Netherlands Indies

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    1843/55: Collection of covers/entire letters (22) from the Zollinger correspondence (Swiss Botanist in Java), with variety of cancellations including oval BATAVIA / ONGEFRANKEED in blue and prepaid example, superb SOURABAYA / ONGEFRANKEED in blue on 1844 or 1845 entires, ONGEFRANKEED / FORT WILLEM I AMBARAWA in blue also an 1856 incoming cover from Amsterdam to Java at double rate. Generally fine, a scarce group.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 1657 Luxemburg

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    1859/1956: Lot 100 stamps and two souvernir sheets, primarily unmounted og. with interesting sets such as 1859 Arms definitives 1 c. light-brown, 4 c. yellow, 12½ c. rose, and 30 c. red lilac, 1923 Birth of princess Elizabeth, 10 fr. green souvernir sheet, 1935 Charity for emigrated intellectuals, compl. set used, and 1956 EUROPA. One cert. Mi = EUR 8'200.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 1547 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 37
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    1867/74: 5 kr. red postal stationery envelope sent registered to Leutschau / Locse, franked on reverse with two 5 kr. red paying the registration fee, all tied by three strikes of framed oval KASSA / AJÁNLOTT datestamps (17/6) in red (Ryan fig. 743 = 400 pts.). Reverse with KASSA cds despatch datestamp (Ryan fig. 738) and Locse arrival cds (18/6), both in black. Extremely fine and rare cover.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1245 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 66/68 Essays
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    1907 (Aug): Ferdinand's Accession, Essays (3) in Miniature Sheet format, lithographed at the Hungarian State printing works, the 'stamp' being slightly smaller than issued and with horizontal lines over value tablets, with 5 st. in pale green, 10 st. in red and brown and 25 st. in blue & deep brown, all on chalk surfaced paper. Minor edge imperfections well away from the Essays, fresh and fine, a most unusual trio.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1369 France

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    20 c. black on white paper, unused block of twelve (6 x 2) with ample to large margins all round, of fine definition and colour. Note position 8 on the block with flaw between '20' and 'Postes' at base turning 'c' into 'o'. Some minor creasing not affecting the frontal appearance of a rare and attractive multiple, large part og. Signed Calves. Cert. L. Miro (1974).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1545A Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 40b
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    1867/74: 25 kr. grey-lilac, a fine used example of this scarce shade on 1868 cover to Bordeaux tied by Budapest East Railway Station PEST / VASP. datestamp (Jan 11) in black. Red italic P.D. below and French Strasbourg entry mark in blue struck over Company cachet at upper right and arrival datestamp (Jan 14) on reverse of a fine cover.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1381 France

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    1 franc vermilion, used example in an orange shade, clear margin at top and large on the other three sides, minute scissor outside the frameline at top right, neatly cancelled by light strike of the grill handstamp in black. A very rare stamp. Signed Ebel, Calves. Certs. Calves (2003), Roumet (2006), Gautré (2009) Ceres 7e/Yvert = EUR 17'000.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1378 France

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    1 franc carmine, a fine used horizontal pair showing the tête-bêche variety, positions 34-35 on the original pane; margins ample to large, imperceptibly grazed at lower right on outer frame only, lightly cancelled by two strikes of the grill handstamp in black. Rare and attractive example of this variety. Signed A. Brun, Fulpius, Roumet Yvert = EUR 30'000.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1654 Vatican City

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    1934/53: Lot hundred stamps primarily unmounted og. with better sets such as 1934 definitives, ovpt. with new nominal values, compl. set six values from 40 c. on 80 c. to 3.70 l. on 10 l.,1935 Jurist's congress, 1936 Catholic Press (3), 1948 Airmail (2) and 1951 Decretum Gratiani (3). Three certs. Sassone = EUR 11'800+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 1231 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 24/II
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    1885 (April 5): '50' on 1 fr. black & red, lithographed overprint in black, a mint block of four, fresh and fine colour, lower left stamp showing tiny thin not apparent on face, large part og. An extraordinarily rare stamp in a multiple. Cert. APS (1974) Mi = EUR 5'000.

    Provenance: Corinphila, sale 56 (Oct 1973), lot 2901.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1540 Greece

    Catalogue# : 1-61
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    1861/80: Reference collection of Large Hermes Heads on stockcards (131 stamps) with exceptional 1861 Paris print 1 l. brown (Proof?) unused and used, 5 l. green used (2), 10 l. orange used, 40 l. mauve on blued used (2), 80 l. carmine unused; Athens printings with fine 5 l. green on greenish unused (2), cleaned plates 20 l. deep blue on greyish mint, many other choice examples noted, condition varies but many particularly fine.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1702 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 10/Ix+10/IxK
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    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 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1441 France

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    1938 (July): King George VI Visit, Artist's Die Proof in black signed by the designer Henry Cheffer; the 'Epreuve de Luxe' in blue; also the similar design used for the Inauguration of the Australian Monument, with 55 c. green and 1 fr. carmine stationery cards and the Epreuve de Luxe for each, also the folders of Postcards  sold at 2 fr. 75 c. with green folder and at 5 fr. with red printed folder. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1375 France

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    25 c. blue, strip of four used on large piece of 1851 cover to Duras, Lot et Garonne, positions 131-134, showing the tête-bêche variety. The strip with just touched to fine margins all round neatly tied by four strikes of the grill handstamp witth 'Bordeaux' cds below (Jan 15). Rare and most appealing. Signed Roumet, Thiaude Yvert = EUR 15'000.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF

    Lot# : 1476 France

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    1850: Cérès 15 c. dark-green, a fine and fresh example with clear to large margins, tied by mute star mark to entire, sent to Paris with arrival cds (1 Dec. 52) on reverse. As the address does not show a city name, this could be an overpaid local letter within Paris. Cert. von der Weid (2001) Cérès 2008 = EUR 2'250.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 1669 Netherlands

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    1872: Willem III., compl. set eleven values incl. 20 c. light-green perf 12½ : 12, 25 c. violet perf. 12½, 50 c. olive brown perf. 12½, 1 g. dark-lilac and 2.50 g. rose & blue, vibrant colours, ideal perfs. and good centering, unused og., the 50 c. hinged. An appealing set, five certs. Muis, NVPH and Moeijes Mi = EUR 4'450.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1490 France

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    1871 (Jan 19): Napoleon laureated 80 c. rose, a fine copy tied by mute star to Ballon monté cover with "PARIS 10 JANV 71" cds, framed PD in red, and blue Prussian Weiterfranco alongside on small format entire to Moscow, transported with the balloon "Le Keppler" Lhéritier no. 57, Destinatoion Russia = FF 28'000.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1313 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 6/11
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    1881: First 'Stotinki' issue, the collection on leaves with rare mint blocks of four of the 3 st. and 30 st. (Mi. = EUR 900), further values used on piece etc., and fine single franking covers of 15 st. red & green used from Trin to Widdin (ex Karaivanoff, 2002) and a 25 st. black & purple used on cover from the French Consulate in Roustchouk to Paris. A scarce group.
    Starting bid : 450 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 1725 Russia

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    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 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1310 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 4+5
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    1872 (Aug 5): Entire letter from Constantinople to Marseille franked by 1867 10 s. blue and 15 s. brown (2) for the 40 soldi rate under the 1866 tariff, neatly cancelled in transit by both framed LETTERE ARIVATE / PER MARE / VARNA datestamp in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 115) in black and by Avricourt entry marking (Aug 8) in blue. Small imperfections but an attractive and scarce entire.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1363 France

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    15 c. green on greenish paper, a fine large margined example tied to local 1852 entire letter by neat Paris Star handstamp with despatch cds at right (Jan 29) in black. Bureau 7 arrival datestamp (same day) on reverse. Slightest of aging does not detract from a scarce usage Yvert = EUR 1'850.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 1451 France

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    1876/90: Collection with 1876 1 c. green mint (4), rare 2 c. green mint (2), 4 c. green mint (4), 4 c. green mint pairs (2), 10 c. green mint, 20 c. brown-lilac  mint (2), 30 c. cinnamon mint and all values used. Type II with many examples mint or used incl. 25 c. with 'Langer' underprint, the whole with cancellation interest, multiples, covers, postal stationery etc. A collection which was obviously 'in use' and being prepared for Exhibit, with many scarce and fine items of high catalogue value noted.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 1745 Russia

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    Lot# : 1484 France

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    1853: Napoleon imperf. 1 fr. carmine, fresh colour with good to immense margins, parts of right and top neighbouring stamp, tied by fair Petit chiffre to entire with "CHATEAUROUX 14 MARS 54 (35)" cds alongside, sent to Argenton with arrival cds of the same day on reverse. Cert. von der Weid (2001) Cérès 2008 = EUR 10'000.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1373 France

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    20 c. black, a vertical pair with irregular but full margins all round, used on 1849 cover mailed from Belleville-Sur-Saone (Aug 3) to Grenoble, prepaid for double weight (up to 15 grams) but marked in manuscript '16 grammes' and taxed on arrival with manuscript '6' décimes to pay. Lyon cds and Grenoble arrival (Aug 5) on reverse of a most unusual cover. Signed Roumet.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1742 Russia

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    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 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1757 Russian Levant

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    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 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 1333 Croatia

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    Catalogue# : 111A/114A var
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    1943 (July 15): Legionary Miniature Sheets, five mint examples, three perforated sheets each showing off-sets on the reverse in colour on 1 + 0.50 k. blue, 2 + 1 k. green and 3.50 + 1.50 k. brown; imperforate sheet with off-set on reverse of 1 + 0.50 k. blue and a perforated sheet with extra row of horizontal perforations at base, fresh and fine unm. og., a scarce group.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1229 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 22/IF+16
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    1884: Provisional '5' typographed in black on 1882 30 st. blue & yellow-brown used on creased piece with three 1882 10 st. deep rose & rose all cancelled by 'Star in Circle' obliterators in blue. Exceptionally rare stamp. Signed Friedl Gi 39 = £ 3'000/Mi = EUR 2'800.

    Provenance: Baron Rothschild; Franz See, Corinphila, sale 62 (May 1979), lot 2119.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1677 Norway

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    4 sk. blue, a large margined example used on 1857 cover to Arendal endorsed 'franco' at lower left tied by bold '172' circular numeral handstamp in black with corresponding LAURVIG cds (3/3) in blue alongside. A superb and scarce usage. Cert. Enger (1991).

    Provenance: Corinphila, sale 83 (Sept 1991), lot 3346.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1574 Lombardy-Venetia

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    1862: 3 so. green, type II in mixed franking with 1863 2 so. yellow perf. 14, both with fresh colours and good perforations, tied by crisp three-ring  "LENDINARIA 11 / 4" cds to small envelope, sent to Este with corresponding arrival cds of the next day on reverse. An attractive cover. Cert. Ferchenbauer (1996) Ferchenbauer = EUR 2'350.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1225 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 18 var
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    Postal Fraud 1882: 25 st. deep blue & blue, three joined together parts forming a single stamp, used on reverse of cover to Hannover tied by 'Star in Circle' handstamp with bilingual 'Pycce / Roustchouk' cds alongside (22/IIII) with repeated strike on front. Hannover arrival cds (7/5) in black on reverse. File fold but a scarce Postal Fraud usage.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1307 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 1B+3/I
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    D.D.S.G. / D.S.N.C. 1867: 17 kr. red, a fine example used on 1867 cover to Orsova tied by oval framed AGENTIE / D.D.S.G. / SISTOV handstamp in blue, single example off cover with WIDDIN oval in blue (signed Matl), and faulty 1867 10 kr. green used on 1869 cover to Vienna tied by circular '14/7' datestamp and oval AGENTIE / D.D.S.G. / SISTOV datestamp in blue with mss. 'Alt Orsova 6/7' transit (gregorian date) at top right.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1635 Fiume

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    1918: Hungary 10 f. red with inverted ovpt. "FIUME" in a hor. strip of five, tied by crisp "FIUME 918 DEC 22 N 10" cds's to registered envelope within the city. Only known multiple of this exceedingly rare stamp which had a printrun of 50 copies. Signed Raybaudi, cert. Renato Mondolfo (1992) Sassone = EUR 100'000 for five used stamps.
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 12,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1433 France

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    1930/31: Colonial Exhibition, Paris, the 'Epreuve de Luxe'  sheet with four values imperforate, minor corner bends, otherwise fresh and very fine, also the 1 fr. 50 c. Epreuve de Luxe unused, and an interesting unadopted Proof (similar to the 1 fr. 50 c. blue) for a proposed 50 c. value in blue on gummed paper, without shading behind the torch, also by Hélio Vaugirard. A scarce group. Certs. Gautré (2005).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1336 Denmark

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    Catalogue# : 2/II
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    1852: 2 rbs. blue, Thiele Printing, Type 10, Plate II, No. 50; a fine mint example of good colour, large even margins on all sides and large part original gum. Negligible aging at upper right, a delightful example of this scarce stamp Cert. Möller (2014) Mi = EUR 3'000/Facit 1/II = 28'000 skr.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1199 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 15+P11B
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    1870: Entire letter from Filibe / Plovdiv to Constantinople franked by Dulos 1868 1 pi. yellow and 1869 Postage Due 20 pa. brown  & red-brown, rough perf. 5-11, crossed by file fold, tied by circular arabic only TIRNOVO / 81 handstamps (Coles & Walker fig. 78) in black. Despite the fold a fine and scarce usage.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 1287 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 10
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    1881: 25 st. black & purple, a fine used example on 1881 cover to Belgrade, Serbia tied by 'Star in Circle' with bilingual WIDDIN datestamp (12/XI) at right. Reverse with 'Belgrad' arrival cds (15/XI) in black. Slight stain on front panel but a surprisingly scarce destination for Bulgarian mail of the classic period. Cert. Behr (2011).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 1618 Italy

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    1851/60: Lot hundreds stamps used/unused in mixed quality incl. Papal States, Modena, Napoli with Savoy cross used and on piece, Parma, Romagna, Sardinia with 1851 5 c. black unused, 1853 40 c. rose, 1854 with 40 c. rose, Sicily King Ferdinand with 20 gr. and 50 gr., and Tuscany with Lion definitives. Several items signed. Very high catalogue value.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1646 Italian Colonies lots/accumulations

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    Somalia 1920: Postage Due 5 c. to 50 c. 'Somalia Italiana overprint below the figure, group of five values in multiples, incl. 5 c. and 10 c. in  horiz. strips of seven, 30. c. in a block of eight, 40 c. in horiz. strip of  eight and 50 c. strip of seven, all unmounted mint  with original gum, some gum creases as usual, generally fine. Sass. = EUR 8'500.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1298 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 40/43
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    1896: Cover to Belgium with superb franking on front and back with half sheet of 50 of the 1 c. green, used with 5 st. blue strip of four, 15 st. violet pair and 25 st. red pair all tied by bilingual 'Philippople' datestamps in black, with Brussels arrival cds (May 24) on front. A splendid and scarce 'complete set' franking.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1289 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 20
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    1882: 50 st. deep blue & rose-pink, a sinle example used on 1886 registered cover to Liege, Belgium neatly tied by bilingual LOM-PALANKA cds in blue (11/XI).  Registration etiquette at right and reverse with ORSOVA cds (Nov 26, gregorian) and Liege arrival cds (Nov 28). Slight aging but scarce and attractive cover.

    Provenance: Roberto Sciaky.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1339 Denmark

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    1863: 16 sk. deep red-lilac, imperforate mint block of four, marginal from right of sheet showing 'OST' in marginal watermark, a fresh and fine multiple in exquisite condition, of rich colour with large margins all round, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. Cert. Möller (2014) Mi = EUR 4'000+/Facit 10v4 = 28'000+ skr.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 1610 Sicily

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    1859: 1 gr. grey-olive, plate II on Naples paper in a hor. pair, fresh colour and good to large margins, tied with framed handstamp to cover sent to Palermo with LIGATA handstamp (Sassone 13 points) and Palermo arrival cds (15 GIOG 59) alongside. Sign. Enzo Diena and cert. Colla (1993) Sassone = EUR 1'650.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1394 France

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    'Rothschild' Issue, Laureated issue imperforate, fresh and fine mint examples with 1 c. bronze sheet marginal, 2 c. brown, 4 c. grey sheet marginal, 10 c. bistre, 20 c. blue in sheet marginal block of four, 30 c. brown, 40 c. orange and 80 c. carmine sheet marginal example; fresh and fine with gum. A rare and fine page. Most signed. Cert. Gautré (2004) for four items Yvert = EUR 6'400+.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 1456 France

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    1923/37: Philatelic Exhibitions, 1923 Bordeaux Merson 1 fr. mint with large part og., 1929 Le Havre Exhibition with 2 fr. value used on piece and on large illustrated cover sent registered to Paris (22/5) with the set of four Le Havre perforated labels, 1937 PEXIP sheet mint; also the Airmail 1927 set of two values used on registered cover (25/6). A scarce group.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1427 France

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    1928 (May 15): Sinking Fund, 'Le Travail' 1 fr. 50 c. + 8 fr. 50 c. blue, a mint pair from corner of the sheet (State I + State III), further mint example (State III) and a single used on registered cover, together with imperforate Plate Proof in black marginal from top of sheet, and two further Proofs in dull grey-green, both imperforate and perforated 14 x13. A rare and most appealing group.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1303 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 6bx
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    1887 (Jan 25): Cover sent un-franked from London struck with large 'T' mark and mss. '20' (grams), taxed on arrival with Postage Due 1885 50 st. deep blue imperforate, tied by bilingual SOPHIA datestamp in blue. A rare and fine cover addressed to Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Connor at the British Agency.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1567 Lombardy-Venetia

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    1858: 45 c. ultramarine, Type VI, produced in Milano for the detriment of the post, a fresh and fine copy with large margins all round, cancelled by part "MILANO 9 / 5" cds. Signed Alberto and Enzo Diena, certs. Sorani (2007) and Raybaudi (2011). An extremely rare stamp Sassone = EUR 30'000 / Ferchenbauer = LP.
    Starting bid : 1,800 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1223 Bulgaria

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    Catalogue# : 16+18+23/II
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    1882: 10 st. deep rose & rose, 25 st. deep blue & blue (2) and provisional April 1885 '15' lithographed in vermilion on 25 st. deep blue & blue used on double rate registered cover to Berlin, all tied to reverse by Sophia datestamps (20/XI) in blue. Cover with registration cachet in blue on front, two file folds away from adhesives. Rare and most unusual cover. Cert. Max Thier (1918).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,000 CHF
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