386th Auction

1870/82, postal stationery, interesting remaining exhibition collection with about 180 items, including essays and proofs, double cards, used reply cards, cards and envelopes with additional frankings, destinations as Egypt, Brazil and United States; a very interesting object.

1870/75 (ca.), Correpondance Cards, about 170 items in different types and colours, including many used as 'Zeitungssache' and some with stamps. An interesting lot for specialists.

1875/1955 (ca.), 'The evolution of Luxembourg's railway postmarks', nice little exhibition collection with 38 entires including German occupation. Some destination as Argentina, United States, Belgium (with postage due), Belgian Congo, etc.

1880, lot with six preprinted cards “CARTE-CORRESPONDANCE/Correspondenz-Karte”, all franked with 5 c. yellow (Mi.-Nr. 39), from a correspondence 1882 to Mersch with arrival marks, very fine

1914/23, 18 German field post covers and cards to Luxembourg with various postage stamp frankings or postage paid from Luxembourg (including two cards with postmark “Kompagnie Luxemburg”), plus seven further covers and cards from other European countries to Luxembourg with postage stamps

1874/1913, unused and used collection including postage stamps with various perforations and types, overprints and varieties, plus an unused collection of  “postal stationeries” with varieties, in two albums

1874/1913, unused and used collection on old pages, much Prince Nicola I, somewhat specialised by issue, and an album with hundreds of duplicates and twelve unused bills with different denominations.

1885/1914, approx.120 covers, picture cards and postal stationeries with different franking and postmarks, including registered postal stationery envelope, two used postal stationery return receipts and foreign mail

1890/1905, postal stationery (39 items) mostly unused with many different varieties and several provisional items, including used and cancelled cards in folder

1852/2000, in-depth mint collection, written-up in detail on custom pages to 1927, arranged on Lighthouse hingeless pages thereon, beginning with 1852 King William II imperforate and 1864 perforated issues, including examples of colour shades, the subsequent King William III arranged by plate, and including scarcer examples such as the 25 c. dark violet and 50 c. gold, and 1872-91 2gl5c. rose & blue, subsequent Numeral, Princess and Queen Wilhelmina issues, etc. include key values and also collected with an eye to colour variations, plate flaws, perforation varieties, and other special attributes, a few with certificates including 1891-6 Wilhelmina 50 c. “sand” shade, 1899/1905 Fur Collar Issue 5 g. “wine red” shade, and 1920 2.50g on 10 g. mint pair with “broken E of NEDERLAND” variety, from the 1920s onwards missing only a handful of items for completion for the available spaces, including more esoteric items such vending machine stamps, booklets, souvenir sheets, as well as back of the book issues, largely hinged to the 1950s, then mostly never hinged thereafter, assembled with an eye to quality, trivial imperfections occasionally among the nineteenth century issues, though these have been chosen for fresh and bright colours, very fine, a wonderful collection.

1852/1988, unused and later mnh collection with just a few used examples; in the main Michel numbers obviously complete with specialised part of perforations and some multiples, also postage due, service etc. (partly used). Some items with small faults, but generally very fine.

1852/1960, interesting holding in 2 stockbooks and on pages, unused and used, containing a lot of good material as Michel 1-6 unused without gum, 66 (3), 92 (2), 132-33 (2), PA 1-7, Brandkast set, etc.

1852/2000, comprehensive used collection, mounted on custom pages to the 1920s, with accompanying detailed annotations as to shades, plates, etc, arranged on Lighthouse hingeless pages thereon, beginning with 1852 King William II imperforate and 1864 perforated issues, organized by plate and including an impressive array of shades of each denomination, including the 5 c. (x19 singles and four pairs), 10 c. (x17 singles and four pairs) and 15 c. (x5 singles and two pairs) the subsequent King William III also arranged by Utrecht and Haarlem Printings, the subsequent Arms issues arranged by perforation, with similar attention to detail paid to the Numeral, Princess and Queen Wilhelmina issues, which are also studied in detail, a few with certificates including 1852 10 c. horizontal pair, 1869 1½c. rose and 5 c. blue perf 14, and 1876 Numeral ½ c. perf 14, from the 1920s onwards missing only a small number of items for completion for the available spaces, including back of the book issues, and includes more unusual material not often found in a used collection, 
including souvenir sheets and booklet panes, selected with an emphasis on quality, with minor flaws occasionally present among the nineteenth-century issues, which have been carefully chosen overall for their freshness and vibrant colours, a remarkable collection, rarely offered so complete.