386th Auction

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. 

1861/1935, approval booklet with some better material

1861/1881, Large Hermes Heads, postal history group of sixteen items, wide range of frankings and printings represented, typical mixed margins, with single frankings of the 20 l. (x6) and 40 l. (x2), three-colour franking on 1875 cover to Trieste, appealing four and five colour frankings, 1 l. strip of five (on stamp torn) on newspaper, etc, condition varies, but a useful group.

1861/1895, Hermes Head study, mint and used, organized in a stockbook, over three hundred stamps, with the vast majority of the emphasis being on the Large Hermes Heads, beginning with 1861 Paris Print and progressing through subsequent printings, these later printings with more duplication within denominations, some slightly mixed condition but a much fresher lot overall than typically found in such holdings, largely fine or better, with potential for postmark interest, ideal for further study of these complex classic issues.

1850/64, small holding forerunners and first issues, including Mi. 1(4), 2(2), 4(3), 5(7) and 6(4)

1870/1970 (ca.), unused/mnh and used accumulation in large box, with also better issues and miniature sheets

1871/1944, used collection, in the main numbers complete, Cover with figure and Turul specialised, also service and postage due, telegraph and newspaper stamps, also partly unused occupied territories (Arad, Banat, Baranya, Debrecen, Temesvar) and Western Hungary

1871/2020, extensive, mostly used duplicate stock with many complete issues, in seven thick stockbooks, plus a small lot in bags and an album with modern machine labels and some Europe Michel catalogues

1872/1943, used and unused collection on album leaves