386. Auktion

1860/1970 ca., covers/cards (90+) from Napoleon issues, including few Colonies, 1930 air mail 3,50fr., censors, imprints Companies Hotels etc., registered and valeur declare mail, postage due, some different

1872/76, 6 entire lerttersheets with better cancellations and usages with Cérès 25 centimes blue including one tied by GC “2145F” (Maury-Nr. L7a) with scarce temporary office cds “LYON EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE 26 SEPT. 72” alongside to folded entire to Epinac (signed Scheller), also a very scarce duo of covers with 25 centimes tied by cds “PHILIPPEVILLE ALGÉRIE 27 JUIN 76” with framed “B. M.” (Salles-Nr. 537) to folded entire to Marseille (signed Jamet and Scheller), also 25 c. blue tied by dotted lozenge “224(0)” upon arrival to Marseille with cds “PHILIPPEVILLE 20 JANV. 76 BAT. A. VAP” (signed Scheller), also some blue cancellations, scarce plate flaw, etc., overall in good condition

1923/26, specialised collection of the Pasteur emission, including some varieties and picture postcards in 2 binders

POSTES SERBES: 1917/18, 24 Belege, dabei Einschreiben, Drucksachenschleife, Zensur, etc.

1944-45, Lanslebourg, Measnes, Badonviller, Dunkerque, Bellagarde, Nice, Bordeaux, Annecy, Aigurande, mint never hinged/unused collection, unsigned

1944-45, Lille, Niort, Nice, Chambery, Bordeaux, mint never hinged/unused collection

1855/1920 (ca.), Alexandrette to Tunis, used collection with some covers, arranged by offices with duplicates, some better items with the very rare cds. “SULINA TURQ. 9 OCT. 55" on lettersheet (defective and repaired) to Constantinople with Napoleon 40 centimes and 10 centimes tied by PC 4015 (signed Baudot), also a fine range of cancellations on various issues up to the 5 francs Empire including Bordeaux 20 centimes blue Type I Mi.-Nr. 41I pair (clear at bottom, upper right corner crease) with GC “5082” BEYROUTH, etc., a most useful lot in mixed condition

1894/1930 (ca.), Alaouites to Syria, unused and used collection with a few covers, including some forerunners from Smyrna, some numbered gutter pairs and better values throughout. Except for the occasional faults, overall in good condition, neatly housed in one album 

1869/76, Yokohama French Office, alluring group of 11 covers, showing an impressive display of tariffs from the 1866 to 1876 period, some better items with Laureated 80 c. and 40 c. tied by Dotted Diamond  “5118” to envelope to France with alongside cds. “YOKOHAMA 15 MAI 71” (scarce 1,20 Francs tariff valid six months from January until end of June 1871), two 1876 envelopes the first one franked at the 1 Franc tariff (endorsed “Voie Française”, French paquebot to Marseille), the second at the 1,10 Francs tariff (endorsed “Via Brindisi”, British paquebot), some faults but a rare duo exhibiting both routes, also some underfranked mail, etc., some signed Calves, mixed condition. 

1894/1922, unused and used collection with duplicates, incl. postage dues, a few better values thoughout, except for the occasional fault in mostly fine to very fine condition (ex Mi.-Nr. 1-48)

1930/80 ca., collection in 19 large albums mostly mint never hinged, including Comoros, Central Africa, Burkina Faso, Kamboscha, Guinea, Gabon, Dahomey, Benin, Madagascar, Cameoun, Morocco, Algerie, Haute-Volta, Djibouti, Guinee and Congo. Many good Space and Olympics issues incl. S/S and imperfs. 

1865/1900, 9 entires from or via St Thomas, interesting lot

1919–1923, specialised collection in stockbook, an extensive holding of singles, multiples, and covers, replete with notable varieties including partially perforated stamps, reverse printings, overprint errors, proofs, etc, beginning with the 1919–20 St. George and Tamar the Great issues showing a wide array of printing varieties and plate flaws, imperforate singles and blocks including a never hinged 40k red lower left corner block of thirty with tête-bêche pairs, a very fine group of six colour proofs including unissued 20k and 30k denominations, followed by a solid representation of 1920–21 overprinted issues, both perforated and imperforate, in singles and multiples, and Soviet-era issues including ten covers, noting a 1923 registered cover from Tiflis to Berlin and a mixed-franking registered cover with Overprint Types I and II from Tiflis to Leipzig, along with a 1923 700,000r on 2k green Coat of Arms imperforate block of fifty with sheet margins and five gutter pairs, offered  with the Ashford handbook “Georgia: Postal Cancellations 1918–1923”, the odd fault noted but overall sound and desirable, a rarely offered holding of this depth and ideal for the specialist.

1840/1900, interesting holding in stockbook, mostly used, containing Penny black (24+entire), SG 4 (8), 121 (certificate Louis BPP), 128 (certificate Louis BPP), 185 (2), 212 (4+SPECIMEN), etc., etc,                           

1840/1955 (ca), mostly used collection with focus on early issues, incl. officials, postage due, British forces and some used abroad and British territories, incl. Mi.-No. 1 (2), 5 (thin), 14yc (2), 20Ib, 30b, 62, 76, 78-83, etc., further 10 covers, some signed resp. some opinions Louis BPP. Some with faults, but mostly in good condition

1840/1970, collection in Lighthouse album starting three one penny black, 1 pound 1887 cancelled, some officials and B.o.B. mint never hinged/unused, mixed condition

1841-1970, Collection in Schaubek Album starting QV issues, embossed issues 1847, Mi.28-34 10 d. signed Senf, 36-42, 45-46, 48, 53, 63-64, 86-98, good part BoB with Official issues Mi.39-44, 50, 54, 60, 71, all used, mostly fine

1858/1969, used collection incl. plate study of 1p. red (151 values), further early definitives, postage due and 9 cards and covers, in hingeless album

1882-1951, used and unused collection, with better material on album leaves in folder

1990/2000, GB and Ireland, mint never hinged lot of luxury souvenir collections, year sets, UPU presentation folders, etc., in large box

1856/1950 ca., covers/cards (60+) starting QV envelopes, registered stationery cards and envelopes, advertisings, good cancellations and air mail, postage due, few covers Malta and Gibraltar, some different

1951-61, Collection on three album pages and glassine with complete sets mint never hinged, very fine

1823/56, 4 folded envelopes including early Guernsey and Jersey cancellations, envelope from Guernsey bearing "GRANDE BREATGNE PER ST MALO" to Bordeaux and St. Malo, incoming mail from Paris 1856 to Jersey, all mounted on old exhibition leaves in folder

1786/1840, diverse and scarce group of 20 18th- and 19th-century postal history covers to and from Jersey, including a rare 1871 ballon monté cover (repaired, certificate Roumet 2018), forwarding agent usages (1818–1831), five “Southampton Ship Letter” markings (1775–1840), an early 1786 forwarded letter via Thomas Durrell, and a broad range of mostly pre-stamp mail from 1776 to 1840, mostly fine condition

NEWSPAPERS: 1831/1945, ‘Chronique de Jersey’, 13.8.1831, 3.1.1835 to 26.12.1935 and 17.2.1941 to 20.11.1941 and ‘The Evening Post’ 28.6.1940 to 9.5.1945 as well as a single copy of ‘La Nouvelle Chronique de Jersey’ from 19.11.1859, a total of just over 1000 copies, probably the most extensive and almost complete collection of daily newspapers from the island of Jersey apart from a few issues. To our knowledge, there is probably only one more comprehensive collection in addition to this collection, which is owned by the Jersey Public Library. Apart from the usual signs of storage and folding, mostly in good to very good condition, in 22 folders, further 36 volume collection “La haule Books”, in six large cartons

1958/2000, seemingly complete mint never hinged collection including miniature and souvenir sheets. Fine. 

1840/1891, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, selection of  used classic singles and covers, over thirty stamps, strongest in Great Britain, with two four-margin Penny Blacks, range of Surface Printed including 1883 2sh6p lilac, 1882 10sh. slate (significantly repaired), and 1891 £1 green (reperforated on one side, repair), Malta, Australian States including Tasmania and Victoria, Cape of Good Hope three-margin 6d. Hope, etc, three British covers accompany including 1 d. black from Pimlico to Surrey, 5sh Embossed on 1852 cover to the United States, and 1861 Hastings to Mauritius via Marseilles, quality varies, with much being quiet fresh, much fine or better.

1840/1950(ca.), used and unused collection with better items including Great Britain, Barbados, Trinidad , Ceylon, Malaysian States, India and States, Cape, Bechuanaland, Falklands, Australian states, Rhodesia in 16 stockbooks

1850/1970, used, unused and mint never hinged A-Z country stock with India, Malayan States, Borneo, Barbados, Australian states etc. with better material in 2 stockbooks 

1852/1900 (ca.), mostly used collection incl. many better issues and high values, starting with Antigua Mi.-Nr. 2 (2) unused, some specimen, Bermuda 116 with sheet margin, Barbados Nr. 2 signed Pfenniger, 12 fine (opinion Ferchenbauer), Trinidad 1 unused, St. Helena 1 used, Cape of Good Hope 2Iby, 2IIa, 4Ib signed Bühler/Alcuri, good part Mauritius with e.g. Mi. 8 faulty signed Bühler, further early India, Ceylon and asia with e.g. Hong Kong 96 c. value, etc., also some covers, some occasional faults as to be expected, otherwise mostly good condition