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Lot# : 1664 Italy
1862/1970: Mint and used collection with strength in beginning of 20th century with many better sets and values, some duplication noted, incl. 1923 Manzoni, 1924 Crociera, 1930 Virgil and Dante sets, both with airmails, further selection of Pubblicitari (6 used), express delivery stamps, Posta Pneumatica, airmail isssues as 1933 Balbo Triptych I-GIOR and I-NAPO unused as well as parcelpost and postage dues. Few stamps slightly tropicalised, otherwise fine.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 1665 Italy
1909/49: Valuable chiefly mint collection of Italian Colonies, starting with Offices in the Levant, but with a strength in the Colonies with 1923 mint Manzoni sets of Cirenaica, Tripolitania, Eritrea and Somalia, further Cirenaica and Egeo with compl. Zeppelin set and Balbo Triptychs, and Somalia with 1935 Royal visit 25 L. unused. In addition Trieste Zona A with 1949 pacchi postali 10 L. ovpted. AMG-FTT narrow spacing (5,5 mm instead of 11 mm)unused example of right of sheet (cert. Raybaudi 1999) as well as Occupation and Local issues. A fine offer.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 2,400 CHFLot# : 1666 Italy
1924/80: Collection several hundred stamps used/unused, incl. some better single values and full sets, stamps with advertising Tab, airmails with Zeppelin set, postage dues, surcharged values, fiscals, issues for the Italian post offices in the Aegean see, Fiume etc. in good to mixed condition and housed in three albums and in a small envelope.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 1667 Italy
1920/45: Interesting selection with some hundred picture postcards from Italy, Vatican and Italian Colonies, mainly franked on picture side but uncirculated, incl. some better ethnographic items from Eritrea. Good condition and nicely arranged in a small box.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 1,600 CHFLot# : 1668 Vatican City
Lot# : 1669 Vatican City
1995 (June 8): 'Giardini Vaticani' - complete set of eight 200 L to 3000 L, in four vertical or horizontal interpanneau pairs, unused mint original gum with fold in between, ex the printers archive, not issued in such combination and very rare though.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1670 Vatican City
1995 (June 8): 'Giardini Vaticani' part set of six values in horizontal gutter pairs as 300+200 L., 1500+550 L. + 3000+2000 L, all three pairs unused mint original gum with fold in between, ex the printers archive, not issued in such combination and very rare though.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1671 Vatican City
Lot# : 1672 Vatican City
Lot# : 1673 Vatican City
1999 (May 25): 'Luoghi Santi di Palestina' - complete set 200 L to 1300 L, in three horizontal interpanneau pairs in the following combination: 200 L. + 500 L., 800 L. + 900 L. and 1300 L. + 900 L., vertical folds in between, but not issued in such combination and very rare though.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 1674 Vatican City
Lot# : 1675 Vatican City
Lot# : 1676 Luxemburg
1852 (Sep 15): 10 c. black, a used horizontal pair with good even margins all round cancelled by scarce 'Dot in Rings' handstamp in black and 20 c. rose-red in a matching pair lightly cancelled by barred obliterator in black, both with slight ironed creases not affecting the fine appearance Mi = € 330+.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 100 CHFLot# : 1677 Luxemburg
Lot# : 1678 Montenegro
Lot# : 1679 Montenegro
Lot# : 1680 Montenegro
1893: Registered cover to Zara, franked 25 nkr. brown, perf. 13, sent from Cetinje, double weight and overfranked by 1 nkr. (correct rate 7 + 7 + 10 for registration), in addition cover from same correspondence with one stamp missing. Rare.Starting bid : 850 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1681 Montenegro
Lot# : 1682 Montenegro
1897: Registered cover to Gmunden, Austria, franked with 200th anniversary 2 f., tied by PODGORITZA cds with matching registration label alongside, reverse with Gmunden arrival datestamp, central filing crease clear off adhesive and label.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1683 Montenegro
Lot# : 1684 Montenegro
Lot# : 1685 Netherlands
1587 (March 24): Entire lettersheet with waver wax seal on reverse, given at Utrecht and addressed to: "Know well worthy, wise, brave and most prudent Burgomaster and Aldermen of the town of Ammersfoort" concerning "... punishment and irregularities of certain English soldiers, .... and to ensure that the worthy citizens do not suffer any inconvenience." Fine historical document, written in the period of the 8th War of Hugenots.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 1686 Netherlands
1588 (March 9): Entire lettersheet given at Zwolle op Polder, written by the Spanish Governor Adolph de Cortenbach in Bois-le-Duc (s'Hertogenbosch), addressed to: "Le Compte Charles de Mansfeldt nobel Baron de Heldrunghen, G(éne)ral e l'artillerie de sa Ma(jes)te en ce pais Bas". Karl II von Mansfeld (1543 – 1595), appointed General and Admiral in the Navy of the Spanish Netherlands. Full text transcription with German translation attached.rnStarting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1687 Netherlands
1591(April 27): Entire lettersheet given at "Du nouveau fort pres d'Axelles" (Hasselt, Zwartewaterland) addressed to: "Le Compte Charles de Mansfelt noble Baron de Heldrimghen, Buggenhout" written by 'le bien commandemante serviteur Gervais de Streland', Officer in the new fortress of Hasselt. Karl II von Mansfeld (1543 – 1595), appointed General and Admiral in the Navy of the Spanish Netherlands. Full text transcription with German translation attached.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1688 Netherlands
Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678): Three entire letters, incl. 1672 (June 24) letter from Gent to Amsterdam during the blockade and sent over Zeeland taxed VI and II by red crayon, 1673 letter "de l'armée de maréchal de Luxembourg" from Cologne via Mastricht to Paris as well as 1673 letter written by Michel Le Peletier de Souzy (1640-1725) from Lille to Courtrai/Kortrijk (BE) taxed 'II' in red crayon, the latter two with full text transcription and German translation.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 1689 Netherlands
War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714): D'HOLLANDE in black on entire lettersheet endorsed "fr:S:Hag" (franco La Haye) and 'par Paris', written at Luvarden (Leeuwarden NL) 28 Dec. 1708 by Captain La Coste-Maillac in the Bellabre dragoon regiment, imprisoned by the dutch after the battle of Oudenaarde (11. Juli, 1708), addressed "Monsieur le Baron Tauriac" in Toulouse, Languedoc. Fine and scarce historical item with full text transcription and German translation attached.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 1690 Netherlands
1780 (Nov 13): Entire letter from Rotterdam to Amsterdam struck with very fine circular "Posthorn/R/3S" handstamp (3 stuyvers) in black (Adema R11) (Ex collection Van Dieten) further 1782 (Oct 3) entire letter from Amsterdam to Lille, with manuscript '1 once' at upper right and "fr." struck with rare straight line "D'AMSTERDAM" handstamp in black (Van der Linden fig. 891) Ex collection James Van der Linden.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1691 Netherlands
1852: Willem III., 5 c. blue on bluish in a block of four from plate III, positions 81-82 / 86-87 in the sheet of 100, fresh colour and fair to large margins, cancelled centrally with "HELMOND / FRANCO / 14 / 1 1855" half-round datestamp (type K.56). Attractive and rare NVPH 1j = € 4'000.rnProvenance: NPV auction (June 1982).Starting bid : 700 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 1692 Netherlands
1852: Willem III., 10 c. carmine on reddish in a block of four from plate V, positions 19-20 / 24-25 in the sheet of 100, fresh colour and fair to large margins, cancelled centrally with "sGRAVENHAGE / FRANCO / 26 / 7 1857" half-round datestamp (type K.57). Attractive and rare NVPH 2j = € 3'750.rnProvenance: Rietdijk auction, sale 302 (Jan 1977).Starting bid : 700 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHFLot# : 1693 Netherlands
1852: Small used group with 5 c. blue, marginal at right, 5 c. pale blue (Plate V) in a horizontal pair marginal at left, 10 c. lake-red in a horizontal strip of three and 15 c. orange-yellow in a horizontal pair; largely fresh and fine, all are signed, a choice selection Mi = € 400+.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 1694 Netherlands
1899: Queen Wilhelmina 7½ c. brown perf. 12½ in a block of 16 with four gutter pairs (some perf. with folds or strengthened with hinges), cancelled by four strikes of "ROTTERDAM 26 -8.X.11N 1924". A rare and appealing multiple. Cert. Vleeming (2020) Mi = € 4'000+ / NPHV 61c = € 4'600+.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 750 CHFLot# : 1695 Netherlands
1921 (Oct 28): Cover from Amsterdam to Weltevreden Java, endorsed 'per drijvende brandkast', bearing Wilhelmina definitives 1899 10 c. violet-grey and 1920 15 c. blue & rose in mixed franking with Brandkast stamp 2.25 g. red-brown, tied by Amsterdam (Oct 28, 1921) cds in black with corresponding registration label alongside, reverse with Weltevreden arrival cds (Dec 3, 1921). Fold through 10 c. definitive, the 'floating safe' stamp is fresh and fine, the cover is roughly opened at top, but attractive, cert. A. Louis (1980).Starting bid : 700 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 1696 Netherlands
1921 (Nov 25): Cover from Amsterdam to Weltevreden Java, endorsed 'per drijvende brandkast', bearing Wilhelmina definitive 1920 25 c. rose & blue in mixed franking with Brandkast stamp 4.5 g. dark grey, tied by Amsterdam (Nov 25, 1921) cds in black with corresponding registration label alongside, reverse with Weltevreden arrival cds (Jan 3, 1922). The 'floating safe' stamp is fresh and fine, the cover roughly opened at top, but attractive and scarce, cert. A. Louis (1980).Starting bid : 700 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 1697 Netherlands
1921 (Aug 6): Cover from Harlem to Weltevreden Java, endorsed 'per drijvende brandkast', bearing a mixed franking of 1920 Wilhelmina definitive 25 c. rose & blue and Brandkast stamp 7½ g. red, tied by clear 'Haarlem / Plein 4' (Aug 6, 1921) cds in black with corresponding registration label alongside, reverse with Weltevreden arrival cds (Oct 7, 1921). A fine and fresh franking of this rare 'floating safe' issue, an attractive cover, cert. A. Louis (1980).Starting bid : 700 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 1698 Netherlands
1628/1805: Selection 30 entire letters from and to the Netherlands, incl. Mantova Exchange office (8), Incoming mail from Spain (2) and Portugal (2) as well as Bishop Mark 'AP-4' on entire letter to Rotterdam ( 1684) as well as letter from Amsterdam to New York (1793).Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1699 Netherlands
Lot# : 1700 Netherlands Antilles
1788 (July 25): Entire lettersheet from Suriname to Harlem Netherlands, endorsed 'Met Capt: Andrees Mulder', taxed with red crayon and with arrival date on reverse "28. Septbr. 1788". Some water stains inside, ink not affecting, a fine and early transatlantic ship letter.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 1701 Norway
Lot# : 1702 Poland
Russo - Polish War 1666: Two entire lettersheets from East Prussia to Gerhard Ahasverus Count of Lehndorff (1637-1688), Officer in the King's Guard in Warsaw, one dated Oct. 8 from Ludwigsdorf (probably Lodwigowo) the other dated Dec. 29 and sent from Hohenstein (probably Olsztynek), both with fine wax seals on reverse and with full text transcriptions attached. A fine scarce pair.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1703 Poland
Lot# : 1704 Poland
Lot# : 1705 Poland
1948 (Dec 30): Roosevelt Miniature Sheets, unused examples (6) in fine to very fine quality large part or unmounted og., and a single used example cancelled in Warsaw, this last with a few wrinkles. A scarce group Mi = € 3'400.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1706 Poland
1840/1948c: Lot hundreds stamps/pieces and some covers incl. 1840/67c nine prephilatelic or stampless outer letter sheets with straight line handstamps or cds's, 1918 'Poczta Pol. Korp.' stationery postcards unused, 1919 Posen issue with '5' and '10' f. ovpts, unused single and pair, signed Richter, also on set cover, Poszta Polska ovpts on Germania, local issues WWI Pultusk, Plonsk, Skierniewce, Brzeziny, Wloclawek, Blonie, Makow, Kalisz, 1943 Poczta Polowa 114 Polish Fieldpost in the UK cover to Tel Aviv, 1944 camp issue, 1945 local issues Rlezajsk, Rudnik, Schwarzenberg, 1946 post war issue in Bavaria, and 1948 Polish culture souvenir sheet.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,800 CHFLot# : 1707 Poland
1849/69ca.: Lot 30 letter sheets of stampless, primarily official mail with a large variety of Polish one-line handstamps or circular datestamps in black or red incl. Strykow, Radziejow, Wolborz, Szadek, Blaszki, Sosnaszew, Nieszawa, and Szczekociny.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 1708 Portugal
1648 (Oct. 17): Joao IV King of Portugal (1604-1656), King's letter written in Alcantara (Lisbon) and signed 'Rey', entire lettersheet with waver wax seal addressed to A. Ruy Governador das Armas da Provincia de Trallosmontes (Tras-os-Montes 'behind the mountains') located in the northeastern corner of the country. Transcription of complete portuguese text attached. A fine, historical document. John the Restorer, so his nickname, whose reign lasting from 1640 until his death, led to the Portuguese "restoration" of independence from Spanish rule and established the house of Braganza on the Portuguese throne.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1709 Portuguese Colonies
1882/1962: Collection in two stockbooks from the early issues with better values and many complete sets used, unused from Portuguese Colonies Moçambique, Nyassa, Ponte Delgada, Quelimane, St. Thomé e Principe, Tete, Timor and Zambezia. Some with slight tropicalization, but many with some usefull duplication.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 550 CHFLot# : 1710 Portugal
Lourenço Marques 1899: 5 r. on 10 r., 25 r. on 10 r., 50 r. on 30 r. and 50 r. on 800 r. green & brown, both halfes of each value; used on registered cover to Lisbon tied by three strikes of "Correio / Lourenço Marques" datestamps (April 27) and by framed registration cachet in black. Reverse with Lisbon arrival (May 24). File folds but a rare issue on a genuine cover (Scott 53/56).Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 280 CHFLot# : 1711 Mocambique
1913/75: Small selection 60 cards and covers sent to Switzerland, partly showing philat. multicolour frankings and partly business mail, some items censored during WW 2, good condition and housed in an album, in addition a stockbook with some hundred used stamps, partly with heavy duplication.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 1,100 CHFLot# : 1712 Romania
1831c: Postal Wax Seal reading "... Valach: Molda: ... 1831" (not listed in Kiriac) on reverse of cover to Galati struck solely with superb but erased impression of DDSG "ABONIRT" straight line "Subscriber" handstamp in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 826, see page 479). A rare entire, the Abonirt marking was only used by subscribing Companies who paid an annual fee to the DDSG for their mail to be carried.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 1,700 CHFLot# : 1713 Romania
1858 (July 21): Bull's Heads 27 parale black on rose laid paper, an example with fair to good margins, fresh colours, cancelled by two part strikes of "BERLAD / MOLDOVA ./8" datestamp in blue (Kiriac fig. 272). Only five examples of the 27 pa. are recorded in the Heimbüchler handbooks used from Berlad with this stamp being a new find. The stamp is obviously completely backed, still an attractive example of this desirable stamp due to its excellent colour and fresh appearance. Cert. Gmach (2016) Mi = EUR 15'000.Starting bid : 4,000 CHFHammer price : 6,000 CHFLot# : 1714 Romania
1858 (July 21): Bull's Heads 54 parale blue on greenish blue laid paper, an example with good to enormous margins all round, fresh colours, cancelled by nearly complete centric strike of "FOKSCHANI / MOLDOVA 11/9" datestamp in blue (Kiriac fig. 275). This example is a new find and therefore unlisted in the Heimbüchler handbooks. An interesting example of this desirable stamp. Signed Fulpius, Mohrmann, Grobe; Cert. Grobe (1970) Mi = EUR 6'000.Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : 5,000 CHFLot# : 1715 Romania
1858 (Nov): Moldavia 5 pa. black type II with broken frame, 40 pa. green blue and 80 pa. brown red on yellowish wove paper, three fresh unused example with large to enormous margins on all sides, of good colour, large part og., 80 pa. with two minor thins, but an appealing trio Mi = € 1'900+.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 900 CHFLot# : 1716 Romania
1858 (Nov): Moldavia 40 pa. deep blue on white wove paper, an unused block of four with two vertical tête-bêche pairs, of intense deep colour, good to large margins all round, one insignificant age spot nearly invisible from front and with large part, lightly cracked og. A delightful and scarce multiple Mi = € 1'600.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 3,000 CHFLot# : 1717 Romania
Lot# : 1718 Romania
1865: Unadopted Essays (4) for the Cuza issue (although some may say these were produced for the 1865/66 Maximilan issue of Mexico), with vignette of Crowned Eagle design and blank surrounds in horizontal pairs, printed in brown, red, black and green. A fine and scarce group.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 1719 Romania
1865: Cuza 20 pa. red, a mint block of 36 (6 x 6), marginal from top right of sheet, types 1-2-1-2-1-2 repeated, showing the uneven spacing between the rows, good to fair margins, shaved at bottom right. Two stamps defective and file fold through the bottom of the 3rd row and between 4th and 5th row, minor toning on top, nevertheless an appealing multiple with fine colour, nine stamps mint, 27 stamps unmounted og. Mi = € 1'600+.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 340 CHFLot# : 1720 Romania
1866/67: 2 pa. black on yellow thin paper, a superb mint block of 26 with the four blank spaces at upper right of sheet, Stone B, marginal from top right of sheet. The multiple shows three times the regular Transfer Types 1-2-3/4-5-6 in blocks of six at right and two times the irregular Transfer Types 1-2/4-5 in blocks of four below the blank space. Folded horizontically between the 2nd and 3rd row without affecting the stamps, some toning at the lower right, one minor thin in the upper margin, but an interesting and attractive multiple of fresh colour and primarily very fine unmounted og., two stamps mint. Signed A. Diena Mi = € 2'300+.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 1,500 CHFLot# : 1721 Romania
1869: 15 b. carmine-red, a fine example with good margins, in a deep vivid shade (transfer type 4), tied by "JASSY 19 / 4 SERA" (1870) cds in black (Kiriac fig. 463) to entire letter to Itzkany, framed FRANCO alongside. An attractive cover in the Romanian Austrian border rate.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 1722 Romania
1869: 25 b. orange & blue, a fine example with fair to good margins, in a vivid shade (transfer type 1), tied by "BRAILA 23 /4 " (1869) cds (Kiriac fig. 368) and grill obliterator in blue to entire letter to Vienna, framed "P.D." alongside, reverse with thimble Vienna arrival cds (Apr 27). Some toning, an early usage of the new 'international' stamps issued at the beginning of April 1869 after the closure of the Austrian consular offices in Romania. Signed Heimbüchler.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 1723 Romania
1870 (March 14): Letter sheet from Oltenitza to Syros, franked by Carol 'without beard' 50 b. blue & red, in vivid colour with good margins on three sides, shaved at base, tied by crisp and rare ".OLTENITZA DIST. ILFOVU" rural cds in blue (Kiriac fig. 885), straight line OLTENITZA of the telegraphic P.O. at the Danube port in blue and framed "P.D." alongside. The front shows an Austrian "P.P." which corrected the erroneously applied PD. Reverse with Austrian CONSTANTINOPEL and Constantinople Lloyd transit (March 20) as well as Syros arrival (March 15) cds's. Upon arrival, the cover was taxed with '20' lepta in blue crayon and a left marginal Large Hermes Head 20 lepta blue showing variety 'inverted 0' (Karamitsos 27 Nb) with ample to large margins was added and tied by the same datestamp. A very attractive cover full of character, a very rare mixed franking of Romanian and Greek stamps. Signed Tseriotis.rnProvenance: Ex collection Binos.Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : 14,000 CHFLot# : 1724 Romania
1871 (Jan): Carol 'with beard' 5 bani vermillion in a hor. pair, a fine multiple in a vivid shade with fair to large margins, shaved at left (Transfer Types 1-2), used on 1872 entire letter to Braila (Faranga correspondence), endorsed "Cu vaporu", carried by Danube Steamer, tied by CALAFAT / SERA datestamp (Feb 19) in blue with framed "P.D." alongside in blue (Kiriac fig. 447). Reverse with 'Braila / Dim' arrival cds in black. A fine and scarce franking, the cover displayed in Kiriac Dragomir on page 250.rnNote: For further information on Romanian DDSG covers from this correspondence see Gabriel Sassower's article in the London Philatelist (July/Aug 1978 and April 2003).Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 2,800 CHFLot# : 1725 Romania
1871: 25 b. brown, two singles with fair to large margins, in fresh colour, tied by "BUCURESCI 4 OCT 71 " cds (Kiriac fig. 488) in black to entire letter to Genova, framed "P.D." alongside, reverse with Genova arrival cds (Oct 10). Correct franking of the 50 bani rate to Italy.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 1726 Romania
Lot# : 1727 Romania
Lot# : 1728 Romania
Lot# : 1729 Romania
1872: 'Decoupage' Proofs for Carol I Paris printing by A. Hulot, a part set of five from 1½ to 50 bani in unissued colours, in addition four 1½ b. with the blue frame and King's head present and the green background absent, fine and most attractive group.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 340 CHFLot# : 1730 Romania
1872: Paris printing 3 b. green on greenish, a fresh example tied by "BUCURESTI 1 JAN .." cds (Kiriac fig. 603) to local wrapper sent within Bucharest, framed FRANCO in blue alongside. Stamp with pre-use fold, and wrapper with folds, an attractive and rare printed matter usage.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 1731 Romania
1872: Paris printing 5 b. brown on brownish, a fresh example tied by "T. SEVERIN 19 / 4 DIM" cds (Kiriac fig. 483) in blue to printed matter entire to Langnau, Switzerland, reverse with Orsova and Burgdorf (April 15, 1873) transit cds's. Entire with file fold well away from stamp and cancellation, some staining but a very rare printed matter usage abroad.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 1732 Romania
Lot# : 1733 Romania
1872: Paris printing 10 b. blue on bluish, a fresh example tied by "BRAILA 1. DEC 72" cds (Kiriac fig. 487) to double rate printed matter entire dealing with grain market prices in Galatz and Braila, sent to Naples, framed "P.D." alongside. A delightful entire full of character, a very rare printed matter usage abroad.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 1734 Romania
1872: Paris printing 15 b. red brown on light brownish, a fresh and fine example tied by "CRAJOVA 11 OCT 76" cds (Kiriac type B2) in blue to entire letter sent to Orsova in Austria, reverse with arrival cds. Attractive and rare usage in the local border rate between Romania and Austria.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 160 CHFLot# : 1735 Romania
1872: Paris printing 25 b. orange on tinted paper, 2nd printrun, a fine example with minor traces of oxidation, tied by crisp "LEOVA 14 APR 76" cds (Kiriac type B1) to entire letter to Sulina, reverse with Bolgrad (Kiriac type B1) in blue green and Galati transit cds's as well as the arrival cds of the Austrian Consular P.O. in Sulina (Tchilinghirian fig. 840). A most interesting and attractive cover from Leova in Bessarabia via Bolgrad in Southern Bessarabia, nowadays part of the Ukraine, down to the Danube, where it was put in Galati on a vessel to be shipped to Sulina which was with the whole of the Danube estuary and the Dobrudja part of the Osman Empire until the 1877/78 war, delivered by the Austrian P.O. in that city. Cover opened up for display.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 2,200 CHFLot# : 1736 Romania
1872: Paris printing 25 b. orange on tinted paper, a fine and fresh hor. strip of three, tied by "GALATZI 24 OCT 74" cds (Kiriac fig. 633) to letter sheet to Marseille, French 'Autriche / Ambulant' entry cds in red and "A. / P.D." postal contract handstamp alongside, reverse with arrival cds (Oct 30). Attractive multiple on double rate cover to France.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 160 CHFLot# : 1737 Romania
1878: Bucharest printing 30 b. orange, a single example and pair 1879 10 b. blue, fresh and fine examples on part wrapper and underlying part of original printed matter in German language, tied by "SASCUT 17 MAI 79" cds (Kiriac fig. 651) in blue, framed RECOMANDAT alongside, reverse with Heilbronn arrival (May 20, 1879). A very rare and unsual registered usage.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 1738 Romania
1880/88: 1880 25 b. blue and 1885/88 six values 1½ b. to 50 b., with 50 b. twice, perf. 13½, on two pieces with handstamp SPECIMEN black on seven values and in purple on six values, from the archive of the Natal post on receipt from UPU. Cert. BPA (1981).Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 180 CHFLot# : 1739 Romania
1890/91: 25 b. ultramarine, fine and fresh, tied by "CALAFAT 12 APR 91" cds (Kiriac fig. 718) in blue to registration return receipt referring to a letter sent to Budapest with signature of the receiver and oval handstamp of the Budapest P.O.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 440 CHFLot# : 1740 Romania
1906 (Nov 3): Local registered cover franked with 10 b. rose definitive, 25 b. black & blue 40 years rule King Carol, 15 b. black & violet, 25 b. black & blue and 30 b. sepia and red of the Jubilee Exhibition Bucharest, tied by special "BUCURESTI EXPOSITIA JUBILARA" cds in blue, matching registration label alongside, transit and arrival cds's on reverse.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 1741 Romania
Lot# : 1742 Romania
Lot# : 1743 Romania
1941: Transnistria Gheorghe Duca, all three values in miniature sheets with marginal inscription 'GUVERNAMANTUL CIVIL AL TRANSNISTRIEI / PENTRU CRUCEA ROSIE / 1943 / LEI 300', each MS cancelled to order and tied by "BUCURESTI 19 MAI 1946" cds to an envelope with Bucaresti address alongside.rnNote: These miniature sheets were prepared in 1943, but not issued, on May 19, 1946 sold by the postal administration, but immedeately withdrawn. Extremely rare usage, especially on cover.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 1744 Romania
Lot# : 1745 Romania
1858 (Nov): Moldavia, group nine unused stamps comprising 5 pa. black type II with broken frame (3), 40 pa. blue on bluish and white wove (4) paper, and 80 pa. red on white wove paper, fresh examples with large to enormous margins on all sides, of good colour, large part og., minor toning and marginal nicks, an attractive lot; in addition compl. set United Principalities 3 pa. - 30 pa. Mi = € 2'400+.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 2,200 CHFLot# : 1745A Romania
1858/76: Lot 140+ stamps used/unused incl. 1858 5 pa black unused, 40 pa. used, two singles, one on piece, pair, and 80 pa. used, 1862 United Principalities 3 pa. yellow pair, 1866 2 pa. (13), 5 pa. (6) & 20 pa. (13 & two blocks of six) unused, 1868 3 ba. violet, single & pair tied to piece by Slatina cds's in blue, 25 b. & 50 b. on piece, 1869/72 values with cancellation interest, 1876/79 Carol issue essays and stamps cancelled ANNULAT. Interesting group.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 1,800 CHFLot# : 1746 Romania
1858/90: Selection hundreds primarily used stamps with large numbers of imperfs from 1858-61 Moldova with 80 pa. red (3), 1862 United Principalities, all values in multitude with cancellation interest, one cert., thereafter duplicated range of later issues, virtually all with four margins.Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : 2,400 CHFLot# : 1747 Romania
Lot# : 1748 Romania
Lot# : 1749 Romania
1862/1995ca: Ranges in stockbook with 1862 United Principalities selection with mutiples with tête-bêches and stamps sideways, 1864 unissued, 1865 Prince Cuza with mutiples, 1872 issue in blocks of four, 5 bani colour error in blue, alter issues with multiples throughout, some varieties, 1906 Welfare Fund in mint gutter blocks of four, also some Finland and Russia.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 6,500 CHFLot# : 1750 Romania
Lot# : 1751 Romania
1865: Prince Cuza Lithographed and Imperforate, great collection 100+ primarily unused examples of all three values on wove and laid paper with shade interest incl. 2 pa. with 18 unused, one used, 5 pa. blue with 10 unused singles, two blocks of four and a block of eight, three used, one with Pitesti cds, and 20 pa. red with 7 singles and a strip of four unused, 11 used cancelled by grill handstamps or cds's of Jassy, Roman and Bucuresci, as well as a large part registered cover from Ismail to Bolgrad with both 20 pa. stamps on front and back tied by framed RECOMANADT handstamp in blue; in addition 1864 unissued 1864 Cuza issue incl. 2 pa. in block of four, 5 pa. blue in block of six with two blank spaces at bottom right and 20 pa. red in irregular block of six with additional blank space at bottom right. Fine and fresh lot, stamps mostly with even regular margins.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,100 CHFLot# : 1752 Romania
1864/1997ca: Accumulation of stamps including complete sheets noted 1864 unissued Prince Cuza set of three in complete sheets of 100, range of imperf Prince Carol issues mint, 1908/09 values in mint blocks of four to 2 lei (2) with shades, 1930 King Carol set imperf used, 1932 Scout set unmounted og in blocks of four, 1940 Balkan Entente set imperf, section of 1952/53 surcharged issues, various proofs, imperfs, varieties such as imperf between throughout, Romanian P.O. in Turkey, some ephemera incl. early map, interesting lot that needs reorganizing.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 4,600 CHFLot# : 1753 Romania
1865/1931ca: Collection of essays and proofs in album commencing with 1865 project for the design of the new Cuza definitives (4th proposal, 25 essays) through to 1931 with essays from 1911 post office competition for the design of new definitives, various essays / proofs to mark the Coronation of King Ferdinand & Queen Maria 1922, and for King Ferdinand's 60th Birthday with multiples, also essays for postage due issues, officials etc. Fine lot.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 5,000 CHFLot# : 1754 Romania
Lot# : 1755 Romania
1866/67: Prince Carol parale issue, interesting plating study and collection of all three values on thin and thick paper, incl. 2 pa. black on yellow from both plates, 13 unused, 6 used, 5 pa. blue on both papers, 17 unused with shade interest, 20 pa. black on rose, 15 unused singles, three pairs, three blocks of four, a fine marginal block of 12 and an irregular block of five with four blank spaces at top right, 26 used with a large variety of cancellations incl. grill handstamps, cds's ot framed FRANCO, variety interest with 'dot in the meander' at pos. 5. A fine lot, stamps mostly with good to large margins, some sheet marginal.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,100 CHFLot# : 1756 Romania
Lot# : 1757 Romania
Lot# : 1758 Romania
1868/70: Prince Carol New Currency issue, interesting plating study and collection of all four values, incl. 2 b. yellow/orange, 13 unused singles and a block of four from transfer types 2-3-6-7, 16 used singles, three pairs and a strip of three, some varieties and retouches, 3 b. violet, 9 unused singles, nine used singles and a strip of four with transfer types 2-3-4-2 as well as on piece with 2 b. orange and with 1869 15 b. red, respectively, 4 b. blue in light and dark blue, five unused and 10 used, and 18 b. rose/vermillion, 7 unused singles, 42 singles used or on piece with a large cancellation variety, three on covers from Pitesti, Jassy and Budio. A fine lot, stamps mostly with good to large margins, cancellations of great appeal.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 2,600 CHFLot# : 1759 Romania
1869: Carol without beard imperf., unused examples of 5 b. orange (4), 10 b. blue (6), 15 b. red (5), 25 b. orange & blue (5), and 50 b. blue & red (3), including three distinctive shades of the 50 b., vast majority fine with good margins.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 1760 Romania
1869: King Carol 'without beard', interesting plating study and collection of all five values with cancellation and shades interest, incl. 5 b. yellow/orange, five unused, ten used singles, one with part Milano strikes and a double franking on cover front, 10 b. blue in the dark and light shade, three unused singles, an unused block of four, 38 used or on piece, a mixed franking with 25 b. orange & blue on piece, a part cover with two diff. shades, 15 b. in the rare rose shade shade on vertically laid paper unused, in red/vermillion shade 22 used or on piece, a used pair, and a mixed frankung with 25 b. orange & blue on piece, 25 b. orange and blue, an unused block of four, 15 used or on piece, an used pair and strip of four with transfer positions 3-4-1-2, and two single frankings on covers to Vienna, 50 b. in light- or dark-blue & red, two unused and 24 cancelled with a large variety of postmarks. A fine lot, stamps mostly with good to large margins.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 3,200 CHFLot# : 1761 Romania
1871/72: Carol with beard imperf., unused examples of 5 b. red (6), 10 b. orange (8), 15 b. red (2), 25 b. olive brown (9), 10 b. blue (6), and 50 b. blue & red (3), including shades, one cut into, majority fine with large even margins.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHFLot# : 1762 Romania
1871/72: King Carol 'with beard', interesting plating study and collection of all six values with cancellation and shade interest, incl. 5 b. vermillion/carmine, two unused and 18 used, 10 b. orange, five unused singles and a block of four, 16 used examples, and a cover from the Faranga correspondence Calafat to Braila, 25 b. brown, six unused and 15 used singles, New Stones 10 b. blue, three singles and a pair unused, 18 used single examples, 10 b. ultramarine, one unused on laid paper, three unused singles, a block of four, and a block of six, six used examples and a pair with marginal marline on large piece, 15 b. red nine singles unused, twelve used, and 50 b. blue & red, nine singles unsed, thre used. An interesting lot, stamps mostly with good to large margins, high catalogue value.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 2,700 CHF
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