EDITION D'OR

Up to the present day, the collection of Dr. Hugo Goeggel is probably the most complete and most important collection of the first issues in the history of Colombian philately. The colours used, the lithographic stones, the inverted clichés and the clichés placed by mistake in the incorrect lithographic stones are documented in great detail. In addition, the various cancellations, as well as the extremely rare usages of the early issues of Colombia on letters are included.

156 pages, of which 127 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German 

The collection of Dr. Hugo Goeggel documents the development of the post and the structure of the postal routes with covers from the year 1601 up to the beginning of the wars of independence in 1810. With many postmarks, especially those from smaller post offices, there are the greatest rarities and the earliest known usages. Dr. Hugo Goeggel’s postal history collection of the colonial period of Colombia by probably the most important collection of this exceptional collecting area in the history of Colombian philately.

156 pages, of which 126 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German 

Dr. Hugo Goeggel documents in great detail the different printings, printing plates and settings, the positions of individual stamps on the sheet, the use of postage stamps on letters. The different postage rates are also explained and the postmarks of various post offices on the postage stamps of the first issue of Ecuador are presented in detail. During his long career as a collector it has been possible for Dr. Hugo Goeggel to acquire almost all the major items in the philately of Ecuador for his collection. Among these are the unique half sheet of the first printing of the Medio Real blue, the largest known blocks on cover, overseas frankings and mixed frankings of different values. Also the only known registered letter of the first issue of Ecuador.

144 pages, of which 116 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German 

Among the many great collections of Brazilian “Bull’s Eyes” of the past, some of the first generation should be mentioned: Col. Napier, Charles Lathrop Pack, Philip H. Ward, Maurice Burrus, Tevfik Kuyas, Alfred Caspary and Paolo Ayres. The great items from these collections found their way into the next generation of collectors with Koester, Norman S. Hubbard, Mauricio Ferreira, Reynaldo Bruno Pracchia, Everaldo Santos, and Angelo Lima. They all received the highest international awards for their collections. Dr. Hugo Goeggel was in recent decades in the fortunate position to be able to acquire many “key” items of Brazil philately for his collection and so put together perhaps the best Brazil collection of our time.

164 pages, of which 126 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German 

The collection of Predrag Antic documents all areas of the postal history and stamps of Serbia, often with the most important existing pieces. Thus, the collection includes the earliest known letter with a disinfection seal of Belgrade during the Austrian occupation of 1739 and the cover from the first day of the opening of the Belgrade post office on 25 May 1900. The seals of the various quarantine stations are extensively represented, letters franked with Austrian stamps and newspapers of the Austrian post office in Belgrade, letters franked with Turkish stamps from the Turkish postal service and prepaid letters of the Danube Steam Navigation company. All newspaper and postage stamps of the Principality of Serbia issued from 1866 are shown in detail with the various printings, perforations and paper types. In regard to letter usages the Predrag Antic collection contains some of the most important items of the collecting area, among others the extremely rare 2 -, 3 -, and 4-colour frankings of the Viennese printing of the first issue of 1866! At the same time used blocks, bisects, perforation varieties, plate varieties and the rarest overseas covers can be found in the collection before and after the accession of the Principality of Serbia to the Universal Postal Union.

186 pages, of which 154 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German

A 6d. stamp was issued in Ceylon as the country’s first postage stamp. It paid the postage rate to Great Britain for ordinary letters. Although the stamps were already printed and ready by 21 July 1855, these were only issued in mid-1857. It was unique for its time that Ceylon ordered stamps and postal stationery for all postage rates and weight steps! A total of 12 postage stamps and 10 postal stationery items were thus issued in the years 1857-59 in Ceylon (except the first 10d postal stationery item issued in 1868). The Ceylon collection of Kurt Kimmel, RDP, shows all the proofs as well as all the catalogued issues, unused and used, early and earliest usages, the largest blocks, all the single frankings and mail usages both inland and overseas. The collection of Kurt Kimmel is at present undoubtedly the most important of the period of 1857-71, which for Ceylon is of particular importance.

192 pages, of which 162 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German

Bouwe Brandsma dedicates his collection to the first three stamps of the Netherlands. The emergence, printing and usage of the 1852 issue are documented in detail in the collection. The focus is on particularly spectacular and internationally esteemed rarities of Netherlands philately. To do this, Brandsma presents a remarkable collection of overseas letters including rare destinations, also plate studies, postmarks and the various postage rates.

164 pages, of which 138 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German 

With the aim of postal reform, the Greek Government decided in 1855 on the introduction of postage stamps. However it took another six years for the first postage stamps, the ‘Large Hermes Heads’ to arrive at post office counters. The stamps were designed by the famous French engraver Désiré-Albert Barre, the son of the designer of the French first ‘Ceres’ issues. The artistic execution of Hermes inspires every philatelist up to the present day. Stavros Andreadis shows in his “Kassandra” collection the many different facets of the Large Hermes Heads; beginning with examples of the various printings and colours, the Solferino misprint, usages on covers, newspapers and printed matter with rare destinations, as well as special “combination” frankings.

168 pages, of which 140 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German 

After Great Britain and the Swiss canton of Zurich, Brazil was the world’s third country to issue postage stamps. The idea for this came from a German, Jacob Sturz, who was the director of an British mining company. The origin of the rather unusual stamp design, the so-called “Bull’s Eyes”, was probably a banknote of the Brazilian State Bank. Luis Alemany Indarte shows in his collection, which is one of the best collections of the area ever put together, the various printings from six plates with many stamps and blocks, among which is the famous “xiphopagus pair” of two denominations. The study of Brazilian cancellations on the “Bull’s Eyes” had already fascinated the earliest collectors of Brazil. The collection shows almost all the known postmarks.

160 pages, of which 128 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German 

Joseph Hackmey documents in his collection “Chile - ‘Colon’ issues 1853 - 1867” the various issues, printings and colours of the first printings in 1853 until the last printings of 1867 from badly worn and thoroughly cleaned steel plates. Joseph Hackmey has probably succeeded, as never before in history, in bringing together all the great rarities of Chile in one collection. In addition to the classic rarities the postal history part of the collection with covers, postage rates and rare destinations is of paramount importance. Most of the rarities of Chilean philately, from the collections of Col. Green, Joaquin Galvez, Alfred Caspary, Welczek, R.A.G. Lee, du Pont, Norman Hubbard and Gerhard blank are now to be found in the Joseph Hackmey collection.

 

188 pages, of which 160 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German