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  • Lot# : 527 French Colonies

    1900/70: Large accumulation with several thousand stamps used/unused covering French Post Offices and Possessions all over the world from A.E.F. up to Wallis and Futuna, noted are single stamps, full and part sets, souvenir sheets, duplicats and plenty of topical items, nicely arranged in total six stockbooks and a few small stockcards, the whole packed in a box.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 528 French Colonies

    1892/1967ca: Collection hundreds used/unused stamps from Cote des Somalis and Obock incl. Cote de Somalis with 1894 DJ and DJIBOUTI ovpts. on Obock Dubois issues as well as on Méharistes 1 fr. on 5 fr., 1894 Vues de Djibouti definitives up to 50 fr. blue & rose, 1899/1902 ovpts on this issue up to 0,75 on 5 fr., 1902 Guerriers and later definitive and commemorative issue s, , postage due, Obock with 1892 Dubois with bend 'Obock' ovpts and straight OBOCK and numeral ovpts, 1893 Méharistes triangular stamps, 1894 Guerriers issue with bisected stamps on pieces and 1894 triangular Méharistes definitives up to 50 fr., as well as postage due with straight OBOCK ovpts. up to 2 fr. brown.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 529 French Colonies

    1859/1950ca.: Interesting Collection thousands stamps used/unused from French colonies incl. General Issues with Eagles, Napoleon and Cérès values showing in addition cancellation interest such as crisp "COCHINCHINE SAIGON 76" cds on 1872 Cérès 4 c. grey, A.E.F. & A.O.F. incl. large dealer series, Bénin with 1992 BENIN ovpts. on Dubois definitives and postage due, Cameroun, Alexandrie, Anjouan, Diego-Suarez, PO's in the Levant with early ovpt. Sage definitives, Tahiti with 1893 diagonal ovpts on Dubois type definitives and on postage due, Zanzibar 1894 ovpts., PO's in China, Congo français with 1891/92 ovpts on Dubois and 1892 ovpts on postage due, 1891 packet stamps, Cote d'Ivoire, Dahomey, Gabon with 1896 & 1888 ovpts on Dubois and 1889 ovpts on postage due, Guinée française, Guyane française with 1886/88 ovpts on Cérès and Sage, Haute-Volta, Inini, Indochine with early ovpts., 1945/48 VIET-NAM ovpts. on Indochina commemorative stamps, postage due and packet stamps, Madagascar with 1889/91 ovpts on Dubois and 1891 Numeral definitives, Martinique, Niger, Nouvelle-Calédonie with NCE ovpts on Sage, Océanie, Réunion with ovpts on Napoleon, Eagle, Cérès and Sage, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon with early SPM ovpts, Sénégal with 1887 ovpts. on Dubois, rare types included, Soudan with 1894 ovpt., Togo, Wallis & Futuna, Cilicien, Syria & Lebanon, Mayotte, Postes Serbes. An impressive lot with several sought after issues with an enormous catalogue value in six albums. To be studied carefully.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 11,500 CHF

    Lot# : 530 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : Austria 35/I
    1867: 3 kr. green coarse whiskers, a fresh example (two teeth clipped), tied by Szatmar 11/ .." cds to local letter, archive note "Sept 12 1867". 
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 531 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 9+10
    1871: Engraved 3 kr. green and 5 kr. red used on 1874 registered cover to Naszvadon tied by ERSEKUJVAR cds (12/10) in black (Gudlin = 30 pts.). 'Ajanlott / SZ' above with docket number. File fold through the stamps but an unusual usage.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 532 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 10
    1871: Engraved 5 kr. red, a single and horizontal pair, used on 1873 registered cover from Sibinj to Oriovac, tied by bold strikes of the rare SIBINJ circular datestamp (5/12) in black (Gudlin = 800 pts.). Circular 'Preporuceno / Recomandirt' registration cachet with docket number '146' in manuscript and framed Croatian 'Too Late' and 'Declared' handsstamps at right. Some manuscript docketing but opens well for Exhibit display.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 533 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 10a
    1871: Two lettersheets sent in 1872/73 from Orsova to Temesvar bearing each fine and fresh examples of Engraved 5 kr. carmine, tied by ALT-ORSOVA or ORSOVA cds's, reverse with Temesvar arrival cds. Nice pair showing the switch from the German Alt-Orsova to the Hungarian Orsova datestamp. Orsova being an important place at the Danube, at that time the border between the Upper Danube belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Lower Danube belonging to Romania and Turkey.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 534 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 10a
    1871: Registered envelope from Mehadia to Temesvar bearing Engraved 5 kr. carmine, a single and a pair, overall fine and fresh, tied by "MEHADIA 23/6" cds's (Gudlin = 250 points) with "AJANLOTT SZ" alongside, reverse with "TEMESVAR AJANLOTT 2./6 74" arrival cds. One corner fault and cover slightly shortened at top, but an appealing item. Mehadia in the Banat-Serbian Military Border district is now located in Romania.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 190 CHF

    Lot# : 535 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 10+11
    1871: Engraved 5 kr. red and 10 kr. blue (2) used on 1873 cover to Paris tied by KOLOSVAR cds's (2/12) in black (Gudlin = 30 pts.) with unframed 'P.D.' at right and Avricourt entry marking in blue (Dec 6). Vienna transit cds on reverse of a scarce cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 536 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 11
    1873c. 5 kr. rose postal stationery envelope sent registered to Pest, cancelled by fine strike of rare GYIMES datestamp (22/6) struck in black (Gudlin = 500 pts.) - now Ghimes, Romania - with framed 'Ajanlott' at left and Engraved 1871 10 kr. blue similarly tied on reverse but overstruck by 'Pest' arrival cds. Csik Martonfalva transit adjacent (23/6) in black. Scarce cancellation.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 537 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 12a
    1871: Registered lettersheet from Mehadia to Temesvar bearing Engraved 15 kr. brown, a fine and fresh example tied by "MEHADIA 7/6" cds (Gudlin = 250 points) with RECOM alongside, reverse with "TEMESVAR AJANLOTT 8/6 72" arrival cds. Mehadia in the Banat-Serbian Military Border district is now located in Romania.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 538 Hungary

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    Catalogue# : 12
    1871: Engraved 15 kr. brown, a used example on 1872 registered entire letter to Groszpold tied by SZEGSZÁRD cds (6/8) in black (Gudlin = 80 pts.). 'Ajanlott /SZ' registration cachet and docket number at left and reverse with 'Nagy-Apold' cds (9/8) in black. Closed tear on internal fold but scarce.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 539 Hungary

    1871/1963: Collection several hundred stamps used/unused, first issue with some lithographs, letter type and Turul bird with colour shades and welfare sets, commemorative issues, souvenir sheets incl. No. 1 on cover, officials, postage dues and more, mainly in good condition and housed in two albums.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 540 Iceland

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    Catalogue# : 83+85
    1920 1 e. yellow-green & red in a block of twenty (4 x 5) on reverse and 4 a. grey & red in a strip of five used on 1923 cover to Basel, Switzerland, all tied by ESKIFJORDUR cds's (3/II) in black. Scarce and unusual cover that would open well for Exhibit display.
    Starting bid : 80 CHF
    Hammer price : 110 CHF

    Lot# : 541 Iceland

    1873/1972: Collection some hundred stamps used and partly used as well as unused, incl. better values from the beginning, surcharged values, full sets incl. airmails and Zeppelin, Hopflug 1 Kr. blue/brown with cert Dr. Debo 1970. officials withfull sets, modern commemorative sets, souvenir sheets etc., mainly in good condition and housed in one album.
    Starting bid : 700 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 542 Greece

    1821: Entire letter begun from Athens (March 12) and continued in Corfu, Ionian Islands (April 17) mailed to Dublin, Ireland struck with circular ISOLE IONIE handstamp in bluish ink with '5d.' manuscriot inserted, disinfected with vertical slits at Otranto with straight line OTRANTO in red, manuscript '15' on front applied at Naples in grana, Venice, Augsburg, to London (May 24) and to Dublin where charged '6/-' (shillings) in manuscript. An unusual entire.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 543 Greece

    1835 (May 13): Disinfected tiny entire letter (contents refer to 'the usual Romanian courier') from Salonica to Trieste with reverse flap displaying well, missent to Livorno in error with a notation of payment due at top of cover for the amount of 1'230 sous (florini); with large part framed LAZZARETTO SAN / ROCCO DI LIVORNO cachet alongside and the entire presumably returned as enclosure and handstamped by circular NETTO E FUORA ET DI DENTRO circular cachet applied in Rothenthurn. An unusual entire.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 544 Greece

    1861: Cover from Athens to Naumburg a Saale, Saxony with manuscript "Athens 20/9 '61" in red at top (just a few days prior to the issue of the Large Hermes head issue), mailed via Triest (26/9) with datestamp in black on obverse and manuscript '7' silvergroschen in blue; arrival cds on reverse (29/9). An unusual usage.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 545 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 145/147+152/153
    1906: Olympic Games 2 l. black, 3 l. orange, 5 l. green, 40 l. brown and 50 l. red-brown, all used on registered cover to Catania, Sicly at 1 drachma rate tied by Athens cds's. Catania arrival on reverse of an attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 546 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 20+22
    Incoming mail from Austria (1862): Double rate Entire sent unpaid from Trieste to Nauplion struck with framed "TRIEST 26/10" datestamp and rated "6/30" (Kr.) in blue ink (twice 3 Kr. local Trieste land rate and twice 15 Kr. Lloyd ship fee = 110 lepta), with 1862/67 20 l. blue, four examples and 80 l. carmine, overall fresh to fine with fair to large margins all round, tied by 'Nauplion' datestamps (Oct 20, julian) on arrival, reverse with Athens transit (Oct 18 62). The Austrian taxation of 110 lepta and the double rate for Greece of 40 lepta resulted in '150' (lepta ) noted in red crayon, the difference between the handwritten taxation of 150 l. and the added postage due of 160 l. is not clear to the describer. 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 547 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 22a
    1861/1882: Large Hermes Heads, the unused collection with 1861 Paris printing 2 l., 20 l. and a fine large margined 80 l. carmine horizontal pair with large part og., 1862/67 consecutive printing 40 l. red-violet on bright blue (Mi 21/I = € 2'000) with large margins all round (cert. Simmermacher, 2009) and a superb corner marginal block of six of the 80 l. rose (cert. RPSL, 1956), some further fine examples from 1871/72 printings with 40 l. pair (cert. Simmermacher), 1876 Paris 30 l. and 60 l. (2, one is corner marginal), 1880 1 l., 10 l., 20 l. and 40 l. all overprinted SPECIMEN in black, 1882 20 l. carmine with sheet margin at left etc. (37 items).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 548 Greece

    1861/1970: Old time collection witth several hundred stamps used and partly as well as unused, showing a broad variety in large and small Hermes Heads incl. surcharged values, those all with colour shades and diff. cancellations, further issues as 1896 Olympic games and later sets, Revolution issues of 1922, aimail set 1926 and later issues,1933 Zeppelin set, 1951 Reconstruction set, surcharged values, postage dues, welfare issues and such with value added tax and many more, mainly in good condition and housed in one album.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 549 Greece

    1866/83: Lot six entires / lettersheets incl. 1866 London via Brindisi incoming to Patras with 10 l. & 80 l. used as postage due upon arrival, 1870 Syros to Genova with the same franking used in this case as definitives, May 1876 Kerkyra on Corfu to Venezia with 10 l. & 20 l. definitives, and three items with 30 l. UPU frankings to Venezia, Padova, and Trieste showing 30 l. brown Paris and Athens print and 30 l. blue. Interesting ensemble.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 550 Greece

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    Dedeagatch 1913 (July 18): Complete sheets of eight (3) each showing one 5 lepta black, four 10 lepta with one tête-bêche and vertical strip of three of the 25 lepta, each the sheet either vertically imperforate at sides, imperf. at base or imperf. at top and at base; each struck with three circular Anchor Control cachets (Fleet of the Aegean) in red; also a group of the hastily printed forgeries on blued paper unused (6) and used (6) issued on September 25, 1913. A scarce group Mi = € 540+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 551 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 13
    Dedeagatch 1913: Cover to Volos franked by 1913 provisional 10 l. blue, discoloured due to glue on reverse as these stamps were issued without gum, with part circular Control cachet and tied by straight in red, mailed to the Bank of Greece in Volos with manuscript 3/9/13 in red on front and Volos arrival cds on reverse (Sept 14) in black. A very rare cover. Signed Orestis Vlastos.rnrnNote: The issue date in both Michel and Stanley Gibbons is erroneous. The Hellas catalogue correctly states September 2, 1913 as the day of issue.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 552 Greece

    Western Thrace 1913: Postal Stationery envelopes 1 pi. blue envelopes (2) with first design both pre.cancelled at Gumuldjina with negative seals on 'Panama' and 'Discret' stock; 1913 envelopes with modified inscription 1 pi. blue envelope (143 x 110 mm.) used with First Day cachet in arabic 27 September 1329 (Oct 10, 1913, gregorian) on 'Elegant' stock, 2 pi. violet envelope on 'Panama' stock with same cachet, each with Gumuldjina negative seal handstamps; 1 pi. blue envelope on 'Panama' stock with design at left (143 x 110 mm.) used with 'Soflu' red seal, and 1 pi. blue used examples (2). Scarce group (7).
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF
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