386th Auction

1918(ca.), Odesa tridents, mint never hinged lot of 26 varieties (inverted, displaced), fine condition, all with Pateman guarantee notes on stockcards in envelopes

1918/20 (ca.), group of over 130 mint never hinged/unused and used stamps, including Revenues and West Ukraine, some scarcer material with a fine choice of Tridents most neatly identified by Bulat numbers, noted Sarny and Klintsi, also some forerunners with Russia Mi.-Nr. 81Bxb 10 roubles imperforate used (3) with “ODESSA”, “KHARKOV” and “KIEV”, overall in good condition, many signed Bulat BPP, UPV or with Pateman guarantee notes, a most useful specialist lot

1920/30(ca.), mint never hinged group of 54 stamps with Vienna imperforates, West Ukraine, Currency stamps etc. Ex T Pateman on stockcards in envelope

1918, Ukraine Tridents, 10 overprinted sheets ranging from the 2 kopek to the 10 rubles, noted Odessa, Kharkov, etc., with some strikes in violet and black, one sheet with additional strikes in the upper margin, some signed Ukr.-Phil. Verb. e.V., an interesting lot

1770/2014, in the beginning mostly unused, later mint never hinged, in the main catalogue numbers apparently complete collection from papal states incl. airmail, postage due and officials, beginning with a folded letter with complete led seal from pope “CLE: MENS PAPA X I V.” (ca. 1770), further a cover with colour franking Mi. 6+9 to Württemberg (1855), provisionals set Mi.-Nr. 39-44 unused cpl. signed Zumstein, including all airmail sets with e.g. 140-48 cpl., etc., mint never hinged from ca. 1965, good condition, in three hingeless albums

1928/2023, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, fairly advanced in the Michel numbers, from 1940 mostly complete, overall in very fine condition, neatly housed in 5 hingeless albums

1929/60 (ca.), mnh and unused stock in stock book, including provisional issue (3)

1929/82, unused and later mnh collection, Provisionals unused with certificate A. Diena

1952, group of 20 mint never hinged souvenir sheets “Centenario del 1° Francobollo dello Stato Pontifico”, mostly very fine (Mi.-Nr. Bl 1)

1919/20, interesting collection of the “”Chain Breaker” issue with approx. 250 covers, cards, postal stationeries and a few stamps and pieces with different postmarks. Including registered covers, parcel cards, postal money orders, censorship and foreign mail, in two albums.

1918/25 (ca.), interesting old holding with hundreds of stamps and pieces and a large number of parcel cards and other entires, including mixed frankings, bisects, etc.

1920/50, hundreds of covers, cards and postal stationeries, including registered covers and cards, airmail, parcel cards, postal orders and foreign mail, plus a small collection of “Partisan mail” from 1944/45

1871/1897, a collection of mint and used on stock pages, beginning with Kingdom of Kabul issues, comprising a range of nine 18711/74 Tiger's Head issues, including on horizontal pair, fourteen 1876/8 Tiger's Heads, over twenty 1881/91 Script issues, these mostly used, and over 40 Kingdom of Afghanistan issues, mint and used, including a striking 1898 2ab black on light yellow block of twenty one, offered with a small number of covers and an unusual 1sch and 1/2a adhesive of India mixed franking on piece , typical faults for this period of Afghan philately, with owner's accompanying inventory noting a Michel catalogue value exceeding €1,600.

1880-1 Issue, collection of twenty four covers or fronts, mounted on pages and annotated as to denomination, wide range of shades, ranging from light rose and lake to orange/red and dark browns, mostly domestic usages though note usages from India, most cancelled with pen crosses, though note examples with ring-seal and ampersand-style markings of  Tashkurghan, usual faults and mixed quality, yet a challenging group to assemble.

1856/2005 (ca.), used and unused/mint never hinged collection, in two large albums, incl. Rivadavia sets perf and imperf (slightly faulty), Buenos Aires issues, Corrientes, later issues with S/S, Zeppelin issues and Air Mails, officials, some occasional faults, mostly fine

1866/1900, Collection unused on three album leaves starting Dom Pedro perf and rouletted issues including 500 r. orange, and 300 r pair, 1000 r. proof on white paper, Cross of South ten values up to 1.000 r., Liberte and Mercure up tp 2.000 r., newspaper 1879 and overprinted 1898, some stamps partially affixed, otherwise mostly fine and very fresh colours

1890/1996 (ca.), small selection in one stockbook, including Taiwan, some reprints noted, etc.

1900/1965, collection in little album mostly PRC mint and used, 1955 S/D set, chrysanthemum and fish sets used, few early issues and a Michel China catalogue

1900/65 (ca.), mainly used including Chrysantemums and Huangshan National Park in stockbook.

1920/80 ca., Collection in two albums mint and used, few Mao blocks of four, booklet

1941/44(ca.), small group of unused stamps including alledged local prints for Sing-Kiang, fine

1955/2000 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation, including some miniature sheets, together with a part of modern Taiwan, overall in fresh condition, neatly housed in 4 stockbooks

1897/1920, 14 cards and postal stationery cards and one cover with issue 1897 1 and 5 c. with large dollar “PEKING”,  with postal stationery cards with additional frankings, interesting postmarks etc., ex Calibra

1898/1910, nine covers and cards including Hong Kong, incoming mail, mostly with faults, missing stamps etc. 

1902/1997 (ca.), group of about 75 covers, noted some attractive Junk issue frankings, via Siberia, registered and censored mail, also some better People´s Republic mail, etc., together with a few photographs, overall in good condition, neatly housed in one album. 

1901/02, postcards and stationery philatelic frankings from Japan, China, Germany, USA and a letter piece with QV C.E.F. stamps from India in envelope

1949/80 (ca.), large stock book with unsued and used stamps incl. complete issues and many duplicates, plus some material from befor 1945

1960/70, Collection including many CTO stamps and sets

1965/68, mint never hinged accumulation containing a.o. Mi.-Nr. 882-889, 958-63, 977-81, 1010-1016, 1018,1019 and also Mi.-Nr. 966-976 and 1020-24 total three strips of five, slightly different condition with some stamps toned

1974/1979, mint never hinged, unused and used collection with the miniature sheets collected both conditions, including Highway Arch Bridge sheets, Shanhaiguan Pass sheets, Flying Fairies sheets, Galloping Horses sheet (1x used), 30th anniversary sheets (4x) and many better sets in stockbook

1975/79, small mostly mint never hinged collection including e.g. Year of the Monkey stamp, Mi.-Nr. 1162-67, 1225-27, 1198-1201, all MNH, further three folders, good condition

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

1958/99, interesting accumulation of more than 2500 cards and covers, containing a wide array of parcel cards, many r-stamps mostly R6, military post, FDC, 80 letters with selfmade stamp used in Wuhan, VR covers etc., mostly good condition

1859/2018, used, unused and mint never hinged collection with the Arms issues of Colombia, with many better classics (some forgeries) and Old States on album pages in folder

1881/1905, Columbian Telegraphs, mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation of circa 100 with many duplicates, slightly mixed condition, neatly housed in one booklet