387. Auktion

NEPAL – Hellrigl, Dr. Wolfgang C. / Vignola, Frank: The Classic Stamps of Nepal (1984), 215 pages, hardcover with gold title imprint on front and spine, excellent condition; PLUS: Smythies, E. A. / Dawson, L. E.: The postage Stamps of Nepal (1945), 15 pages, softcover (cover with small faults); PLUS: Heddergott, Jochen: Nepal ½ Anna, 25 pages, softcover, good condition; PLUS: Smythies, E. A. / Dawson, L. E. / Haverbeck, Harrison D. S.: The Postage Stamps of Nepal (1951), 48 pages, softcover, good. Estimate: 80 Euro

NEPAL – Hellrigl, Dr. Wolfgang C.: Nepal Postal History: The British-Indian Post Office in Nepal (1991), 200 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Hellrigl, Dr. Wolfgang C.: A Catalogue of Nepalese Postmarks (1879–1935) (1982), 74 pages, bilingual (German/English) stapled. Estimate: 70 Euro

NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES – Bulterman, P. R.: Poststempels Nederlands-Indie 1864–1950 (1981), 579 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, a rare and always expensive book; PLUS: de Beer, W. S. Wolf: Poststempels in Nederlands Oost Indie 1789–1864 (1971), 200 pages, hardcover with dust jacket (this is a litte discoloured in small parts), the book is fine; PLUS: ten Geuzendam, A. W.: De vierkantstempels van Nederlands-Oost-Indie 1892–1916 (1976), 27 pages + 27 pages with illustrations, spiral binding. All three items in good conidition. Estimate: 200 Euro

PALESTINE – Lindenberg, Paul P.: Das Postwesen palästinas vor der britischen Besatzung (1926), 46 pages, softcover (this slightly coloured at the edges, otherwise in good condition), rare; PLUS: Hochheiser, Dr. Arthur M.: Postal Stationary of the Palestine Mandate (1984), 97 pages, softcover, good; PLUS: Pollack, F. W.: The Turkish Post in the Holy Land, 59 pages, softcover; PLUS: Proud, Edward B.: The Postal History of the British Palestine 1918–1948 (1985), 305 pages, hardcover. All in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

PALESTINE – Livnat, Raphaël: Jérusalem et la Poste Française en Terre sainte 1843–1914 (2015), 397 pages, softcover; PLUS: Livnat, Raphaël: Jérusalem. La Poste Consulaire Française 1948 (2007), 152 pages, softcover. Both in good condition. Estimate: 90 Euro

PALESTINE – Steichele, Anton: Die Postgeschichte Palästinas von 1841 bis 1918. Die Osmanische Post (1981), without continuous pagination, hardcover; PLUS: Steichele, Anton: Handbook of Holy Land philately. The Foreign Post Offices in Palestine 1840–1918. English revised edition by Norman J. Collins and Leopold Dickstein, vol. II (1991), V + pp. 198–495 + Errata, hardcover; PLUS: Hoexter, Dr. Werner: Handbook of Holy Land Philately. The Stamps of Paelestine. I. The stamps issued during the period of the Military Administration (1918 to 1st July 1920) (1969), 57 pages, hardcover, privately bound. Estimate: 80 Euro

PERSIA – Huguonet, Paul: La Poste des Califes et la Poste du Shah (deuxième édition Paris 1884), 111 pages, map, signed by the author! A unusual rarity! The content is quite good, but the softcover lacks stability and is somewhat faulty. Nevertheless: a rare item; PLUS: Tomkins, T. L. C.: The Persinan Gulf (1950), 100 pages, softcover, good condition; PLUS: Schüller, Friedrich: Die persische Post und die Postwerthzeichen von Persien und Buchara (Wien 1893), 90 pages + 4 plates, private hardcover with slip case, for the age in good condition. One of the first monographs in Austria! Very rare! Estimate: 200 Euro

PERSIA – Karman, G.: Meched Stamps according to Karman (1996), 154 pages, hardcover, limited and numbered edition of 100 copies (this is No. 52/100, signed by the author), with a letter of the author. A rare book in good condition. Estimate: 250 Euro

@ David Feldman auction 14.12.2021, lot No. 31324A: Estimate 300–400 Euro, Hammer price: 250 Euro + 23 %

PERSIA – Lewis, H. L.: The Stamps of Persia (1970), 136 pages + Errata, softcover, cover slightly stained, content good; PLUS: Hackmey, Joseph: Persia. The Classic Period to 1879, Collection formed by Joseph Hackmey (David Feldman 2009), 129 pages, blue velvet hardcover, excellent condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

PHILIPPINES – Peterson, Don / Lewis, Geoffrey: Postal History of the Spanish Philippines 1565–1909 (2000), VII + 237 pages, Hardcover, dust jacket; PLUS: Bartels, J. Murray / Foster, F. Apthorp / Palmer, F. L.: Postage Stamps of the Philippines including a list of the Telegraph and Revenue Stamps issued under Spanish Dominion (1904), 107 + (1) pages, folded map, hardcover, edition of 350 copies, this is No. 109, signed by Bartels and Foster, with a private bibliophile slip case, a very rare book! PLUS: Palmer, F. L.: The Postal Issues of the Philippines (1912), 84 pages, softcover. All three items in good condition. Estimate: 200 Euro

SARAWAK – Batty-Smith, W.  / Watterson, W. N.: Sarawak. The Issues of 1871 and 1875. Plating Studies and Postal History (1990), 301 pages + 18 plates, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Batty-Smith, W. / Johnson, Dr. R. G. / Rogers, J. M. F.: Sarawak. Cancellations and Postal Rates 1858–1963 (1996), 98 pages, softcover. Both books in good condition. Estimate: 50 Euro

SAUDI ARABIA – Warin, D. F.: The Postal Issues of Hejaz, Jeddah and Nejd (1927), XII + 130 pages + folded map of Arabia in colour, softcover, edition of 350 copies, good condition; PLUS: Haworth, Wilfrid, R. / Sargent, H. Lionel: The Postage Stamps of the Hejaz (1922), VI + 63 + 1 pages. “Ten copies of this work were produced on special paper, and of these nine were bound in the Royal Colours of the Hejaz. This is No. 4, signed by Haworth and dedicated to Fernand Serrane. hardcover, preserved in a bibliophile book box. Good condition for these two rarities! Estimation: 300 Euro

SIAM / THAILAND – Documentation of four well known collections – 1) Rattakul, Anatchai: A Study of Thai Mail 1836–1943 (1985), 226 pages, hardcover, text mostly in Thai; 2) Rattakul, Anatchai: The Collection of Championship Class. A Study of Thai Mail 1688 – The End of King Chulalongkorn Era (1989), 204 pages, bilingual (Thai / English), hardcover; 3) Ramm-Ericson, Nils: Airmails of Thailand - The first 25 years (2003), 128 b/w single photocopies in a folder; 4) Indhusophon, Prakaipet: The Prakaipet Indhusophon Collection of Siam, 240 pages, hardcover with dust jacket & slipcase. All items in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

SIAM / THAILAND – Gmaehle, Markus: Early Cancellations of Siam (1998), 66 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Holland, Alex.: The postage Stamps of Siam with special reference to the issues of 1889–1900 (1904), 28 pages + plate, softcover; PLUS: le May, R. S. / Williamson, W. J. F. / Smith, E. Wyon: Descriptive Catalogue of the Postage Stamps and Post- and Letter-Cards of Siam. Issued during the years 1883 to 1919 (1920), 129 pages, hardcover with private bibliophile slipcase, very rare; PLUS: Row, R. W. Harold: The Adhesive Postage Stamps of Siam (edited by Fred J. Melville 1914), 75 pages, private bibliophile hardcover with slipcase; PLUS: Frajola, Richard: The postage Stamps of Siam to 1940. A descriptive Catalog (revised 1994, 1979 edition), 126 pages, softcover; PLUS: Indhusophon, Boonkrong (Ad): 19th Century Siam Royal Mail (handout for a display at the Collectors Club New York 21 April 2004), 49 pages, spiral binding. All items in good condition. Estimate: 250 Euro

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS / Southeast Asia etc. – Brown, William: The Stamps of the Straits Settlements, surcharged for use in the native protected states (1894), 109 + 4 pages, limited edition, hardcover, Slightly bumped at the edges, but overall in good condition for its age. Very rare! PLUS: Wood, Dr. F. E.: The Postage Stamps of the Federated Malay States, Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor, Straits Settlements, Sungei Ujong and Trengganu (2nd reprint 1981), 136 + 97 + 70 pages, softcover; PLUS: Lockhart, R. H. D.: The Postage Stamps of the Straits Settlements (1925), VII + 40 pages, softcover, very rare. PLUS: Hopson, S. / McCloy, B. M.: Seychelles. Postal History and Postage Stamps to 1976 (2002), 172 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. All items in good condition. Estimate: 300 Euro

TIBET – Waterfall, Arold C.: The Postal History of Tibet (1965), 188 pages, hardcover, dust jacket (this with some faults, but the book is good); PLUS: Holmes, H. R.: The postage Stamps of Tibet (1941), 23 pages, softcover, rare. Estimate: 80 Euro

AUSTRALASIA – Beech, David / Berry, Allan P. / Startup, Robin M.: New Zealand and Dependencies – A philatelic Bibliography (2004), XV + 288 pages, hardcover (signed by Berry), good condition; PLUS: Ellott, Gerald J.: New Zealand Mails to England ‘Via Brindisi' (April 1976, reprinted September 1976), 10 + 4 pages, stapled, average condition; PLUS: Collins, R. J. G.: The Air Mails and Pigeon Posts of New Zealand (1931), 89 pages, softcover, good condition; PLUS: Castle, M. P.: Notes on the imperforate issues of New Zealand (Oct. to Dec. 1913, articles in “London Philatelist”, ca. 25 pages, original issues, a few cover faults, the content is good; PLUS: Startup, R. M. / Proud, Edward B.: History of the New Zealand Military Postal Services 1845–1991 (1992), 377 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

AUSTRALASIA – Burge, Richard: A postal history of the Samoan Islands (1987), 136 pages, limited edition of 350 copies, softcover; PLUS Burge, Richard: A postal history of the Samoan Islands part II: 1914–1989 (1989), 276 pages, No. 13 of 350 copies, softcover; PLUS: Jack Hughes Collection of Samoa, extract of a Westpex Sale/Schuyler Rumsey auction 2011, ca. 50 pages; PLUS: Berg, Jan: The Samoa Express: A new Cover is discovered (2008), 2 pages + a documentation of a collection “Samoa 1885–1900” (20 pages), colour photocopies. All items in good condition. Estimate: 70 Euro

AUSTRALASIA – Phillips, Charles J.: The Postage Stamps etc. of the Fiji Islands (Stanley Gibbons Philatelic Handbooks No. 9 / 1908), VI + (2) + 114 pages, 15 plates, bound in a bibliophile hardcover with gold title imprint on spine, slightly bumped at the edges, but overall in good condition for its age, rare; PLUS: Rodger, J. G. / Duberal, R. F.: Fiji. The Stamps and Postal History 1870–75 (1970), VII + 147 pages, hardcover, good condition. Estimate: 200 Euro

AUSTRALASIA – Rodger, J. G.: The Postal History of Fiji 1911–1952 (1991), 212 pages, softcover, No. 137 of 300 copies printed, with ex libris Stephen Holder; PLUS: Rodger, J. G.: The Postal History of Fiji (1999), 528 pages, hardcover, dust jacket; PLUS: Rodger, J. G.: The Postal History of Fiji 1876–1910 (1983), 230 pages, softcover, No. 69 of 500 copies printed. All titles in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

AUSTRALASIA – Simpson, R. L.: Pitcairn Islands. The Stamps & Postal History (1972), printed typed manuscript of 40 pages, stapled; PLUS: Lee, Roger: The Postal History of British New Guinea and Papua 1885–1942 (1983), 111 pages, hardcover, dust jacket; PLUS: The Pacific Islands Circle: The Cook Islands to 1919 (1958), 56 pages, softcover, limited edition of 300 copies; PLUS: Burge, A. R.: The early Cook Islands Post Office (1978), 100 pages, softcover; PLUS: Melville, Fred J.: Tonga (1909), 65 pages, softcover; PLUS: Kleeberg, P.: Die Postwertzeichen von Papua (1912), 48 pages, softcover; PLUS: Elliot, W. T.: The Stamps of Papua (1922), 18 + 1 pages + 4 plates, softcover. Titles without major defects. Estimate: 150 Euro

AUSTRALASIA – Vernon, D. H.: Philatelic Handbook of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1973), 278 pages, hardcover, numbered “116” + Corrigenda, Amendments & Adenda, Issue No. 1 (January 1975), 40 pages, softcover; PLUS: Tristant, Henri: T.A.A.F. Terre Adélie – Iles Australes. Philatélie Histoire Postale (dedication of the author 1974), 296 pages, softcover; PLUS: Bagshawe, Richard W. / Goldup, John: The Postal History of the Antarctic 1904–49 (1951), 79 pages, softcover; PLUS: Séfi, Alexander J.: King Edward VII. Land. A History of the special postage stamp issued for use in the Antarctic regions for Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition of 1907–09 (1912), 18 pages + plates; PLUS: Jurion, M.: Les Timbres des Colonies Françaises Nouvelles-Hébrides (1928), 24 pages (brownish paper), softcover; PLUS: Hals, Nathan / Collas, Phil: The New Hebrides. Their Postal History and Postage Stamps (Collectors Club Handbook No. 20/1967), 176 pages, softcover. All titles without major faults. Estimate: 120 Euro