BURRUS, MAURICE; sale of his stamp collection, between 1963-1967, the largest in the world at the time, was auctioned off by various auction companies (there had been a first auction catalogue by Shanahan in 1959, but the auction never took place). In 1967 Herbert Trenchard already counted 75 country catalogues known to him (see: Philatelic Literature Review, Sept. 30, 1967, pp. 120-125). This lot contains 78 different original catalogues from various companies (incl. the Shanahan sale), as well as a folder with original correspondence to/from Burrus and copies of various lists and studies. In this richness an absolutely unusual lot. Here only a short overview:
Shanahan: Great Britain + The Netherlands (6.6.1959)
Robson Lowe (Nov. 1962–Nov. 67: 32 catalogues, including for example Australia, Austria, Brazil, Brit. Empire, Brit. Guinea, Brit. North America, Cape of Good Hope, Egypt, Europe, France, French Colonies, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Italian States, Levant, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherland, Portugal and Philippines, Switzerland, Turkey.
Willy Balasse: 4 catalogues (catalogue I: Romania, Oct. 1962; cat. II: Belgium, March 1963; cat. III: Spain, June 1963; cat. IV: Luxembourg, Oct. 1963)
Hans Grobe: Helgoland (Nov. 1962)
Hans Mohrmann (112. auction): Sweden, Ionian Islands, Serbia, Hungary, Äthiopia, Panama, Germany. Uruguay, German Colonies (Nov. 1962)
Georg Bühler (128. auction): Karolinen, Mariannen, Marshall-Inseln (15.2.1963)
Georg Bühler (130. auction): Deutsche Post in China, Deutsch-Neuguinea, Dänemark, Norwegen (8.6.1963)
Hans Grobe: Thurn und Taxis + parts of the Sweden collection (12.–14. March 1963)
Harmer, Rooke & Co., New York: United States (15.–17.5.1963)
Renato Mondolfo: Oferte No. 4–7 (May 1963–April 1966), incl. Brit. Colonies, Lombardi-Venezia, Brit. Colonies, Italian Colonies, Lombardi-Venezia, Romagnia, Tuscany, 1 lot Neaples and 1 Romagna.
H. R. Harmer: Hawaii (27.5.1963) - 2 copies with different year dates!
Kanai: Japan (12. Oct. 1963) - with an original “Floor bid Ticket” and P/R - very rare!
Fred Rich: 3 catalogues: Nov. 1963, Nov. 1966, Dec. 1967
Bournemouth Stamp auctions (Robson Lowe): 3 catalogue with Burrus material (Nov. 1963, March 1964, July 1964 (30.5.1964).
Willy Balasse: 201. auction (23.–30.5.1964). Trenchard wrote that the sale included 31 lots of Netherland Indies.
EBEL: Bayern (Sept./Oct. 1964)
Harmer Rooke, London: 4 catalogues (17.+18. Dec. 1964), 21.5.1965; + 26.11.1965; 20.(21. Jan. 1966
Jacques Robineau / Robson Lowe / Urs Peter Kaufmann: Mittel- und Südamerika (18.3.1965)
Jacques Robineau / Bernard Behr: Gill-BURRUS, France (2 catalogues 1967)
Jacques Robineau / Robson Lowe: France (18.3.1967)
Trenchards lists also Corinphila, Sale 49 (Supplement 1), April 1963 and wrote. One lot of Afganistan and one of Peru are marked “ex Burrus”. There are many other items not marked.
Estimate: 2,000 Euro
