Lot no. 20793

AFGHANISTAN – Meyer, Ferdinand: Afghanistan, seine Post und seine Postwerthzeichen (Wien 1879); PLUS: Meyer, Ferdinand: La Poste de les Timbres-Poste de l'Afghanistan (Neuilly 1881), 32 pages, bibliophile hardcover. Both versions are among the first – if not the very first – monographs on philately to be published in Austria. Both are extremely rare. The paper cover of the 1879 study is browned at the edges but in excellent condition inside; PLUS: Dietrich, Horst: Die Britisch-Afghanischen Kriege (1972), without page numbers (32 pages), softcover, stapled; PLUS: Collins, Peter: The Afghan Campaign 1841–43 (1973), 28 pages, softcover; PLUS: Dietrich, Horst: Afghanistan. Der Britisch-Afghanische Krieg 1839–1842 (without date and page numbers), softcover. if not otherwise stated in good condition. Estimate: 200 Euro

@Meyer F. (1881), # Soler y Llach, 23.12.2015, lot 586: 150 Euro + 20%