387th Auction

Szaley, Dr. Adalbert Béla: Höhere Philatelie – die Philatelie der Zukunft (Hermannstadt/Romania 1935), 2 vol. in German language, 1,046 pages, hardcover, good condition. A very unusual work and not common. Sieger literature Prize 1936. Estimate: 100 Euro

Turner, Sydney R.: A Selection of fifteen edition pamplets or monographs, dated between 1913 and 1959. Subjects are first issues of Turkey, Postal Handstamps of the Imperial Ottoman Government, Some Notes on the Stamps of the Stamp Act 1765–1766, Newspaper Tax Stamps of Great Britain, Notes on some early British and Colonial Postmarks etc. etc. Most of these works were printed in very limited editions (50 copies) for private circulation to the author's friends. Most in good condition and a very rare offer. Estimate: 500 Euro 

Victoria, Victor: Il primo Francobollo del Mondo – Il Primo Francobollo d'Italia (1990), 69 + 9 pages, softcover; PLUS: Trepel, Scott R. / Lawrence, Ken: Rarity Revealed. The Benjamin K. Miller Collection (2006), 181 + 2 pages, softcover; PLUS: Philatelic Collection of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco: L'Evolution des Marques et des Cachets Postaux de la Principauté de Monaco avant L'Emission de Charles III (folder, ca. 100 pages?); PLUS: ERIVAN Collection (2019), 192 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Courtney, Nicholas: The Queen's Stamps. The authorised History of the Royal Philatelic Collection (2004), 337 pages, hardcover, dust jacket: all items in excellent condition. Estimate: 120 Euro

Wijnants, Paul: 50 Ans Académie Royale Belge de Philatélie 1966–2016 (2016), 260 pages, hardcover, dust jacket; PLUS: Legrand, Dr. Amable (Président de la Société): Annuaire de la Société Nouvelle de Timbrologie pous l'année 1894 (1895), 68 + 4 pages, softcover, very rare; PLUS: Tiffany, John K.: An adress delivered before the second annual convention of the American Philatelic Association (1887), 10 pages, softcover, very rare; PLUS: Junior Philatelic Society: Prospectus for Season 1904/05 + 1910/11 + 1911/12 + 1917/18 + 1918/19 + 1919/20 + 1939/40, stapled, conserved in a folder; PLUS: Pütz, Léon: F. I. P. Origin and Evolution of the International Federation of Philately (1986), 240 pages, softcover; PLUS: Stone, Jeffrey C.: Aberdeen Philatelic Society 1910–2010. A History of Philately in Northeast Scotland (2010), 165 pages, softcover. All items in good condition. Estimate: 200 Euro

Wijnants, Paul: A Century of Notices to the Public. Four volumes with a total of approx. 1,780 pages, 3 volumes in large format approx. 43 x 30 cm, weight 16 kg. The books reproduce the British Postmaster General's postal announcements from the British Post Office archives on routes, tariffs, destinations, etc. of the Kingdom to almost every place in the world at that time from 1782 to 1880. An index book with 1,500 keywords facilitates the search. In immaculate condition (three volumes still shrink-wrapped), like new. Only 75 copies were printed. PLUS: Two small brochures (handouts): The impact of conventions on overweight letters in international pre-adhesive exchanged mails (2014, 24 pages, softcover) + British influence on mail traffic via the Danube to Constantinople and the East (2022, 32 pages, softcover). Estimate: 400 Euro

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Williams, Leon Norman: Fundamentals of Philately (revised edition 1990), XV + 862 pages, hardcover, signed by the author, one of the best fundamental works on philately ever written!; PLUS: Williams, L. N. & M.: Rare Stamps. Pleasures and Treasures (1967), 120 pages, hardcover, dust jacket; PLUS: Todd, Tom (General Editor) / Williams, L. Norman (Consulting Editor): An Album of Rare Stamps (1982), 162 pages, hardcover, including interesting letters, e.g. Todd to Dr. Bierman etc. Limited and numbered edition of 200 copies printed (this is No. 40). All titles in good condition. Estimate: 120 Euro

Williams, L. N. & M.: Techniques of Philately (1969), 134 pages, hardcover, dust jacket; – PLUS: Williams, L. N. & M.: Stamps of Fame (1949), 280 pages, hardcover, the bible for rarest stamps; PLUS: Williams, L. N. & M.: Stamps Day by Day (1950), 237 pages, hardcover, gold title imprint on front and spine, ex libris Vicki Lou Middleton: – PLUS: Williams, L. N. & M.: Waterlow & Sons Limited. A Century of Stamp Production 1852–1952, 44 pages, softcover. All books in fair average condition. Estimate: 60 Euro

Williams, L. N. & W.: Fundamentals of Philately (unabridged edition 1971), 629 + XXX pages, hardcover, with a lot of additional material (letters, review copies etc.), one of the best fundamental works on philately ever written!; PLUS: Williams, L. N. & M.: Famous Stamps (original edition 1940), 256 pages + 78 illustrations, hardcover, dust jacket; PLUS: Williams, L. N. & M.: More Famous Stamps (1st edition 1942), 152 pages + 71 illustrations, hardcover, dust jacket; PLUS: Wölfl, J. W.: Philatélique 1965. Annual Postage Stamp Auction Records (4 languages: Engl./Germ./French/Italian), 382 pages, hardcover, dust jacket. The books are in good condition, dust jackets partly damaged. Estimate: 100 Euro

Williams, L. N.: Encyclopaedia of rare and famous stamps. Part 1: The Stories (1993), 368 pages, hardcover, dust jacket; Part 2: The Biographies (1997), 218 pages, hardcover, dust jacket. Both in excellent condition. Estimate: 300 Euro

Woo, Dr. Arthur K. M. / Moorhouse, Brian: Extracts from the Dr. Arthur K. N. Woo Collections (2015), 240 pages, hardcover, No. 33 of 50 copies printed. The book contains numerous colour illustrations of the most important philatelic rarities and small excerpts from special collections, many of which have been awarded Large Gold and Grand Prix awards. Very good condition and rare. PLUS: Two folders with b/w copies of Woo's collection: 1) Classic & Contemporary Rarities with Bird Designs (80 + 16 pages); 2) The Early Bird, b/w copies (Gold at Singapore 1995, 80 pages). Estimate: 180 Euro

@ Cavendish # 850, 8. Febr 2023, lot 470: 140 GBP + 20%

The Royal Philatelic Society London is well known for their regular Displays where collections are also on display and renowned experts and philatelists give lectures and presentations. To these presentations beginning around 1950, and later regularly in the early years, handouts were given by the speaker. These were were simply duplicated as typewritten manuscripts, but later they became more sophisticated. In recent decades, there have often been entire books as so-called handouts, professionally printed in colour and with hard covers.
This lot offers 582 (!) different handouts, an immeasurably rich fund of knowledge, because the specialist's information is concentrated in such handouts. The condition varies slightly, but is predominantly good. Estimate: 500 Euro

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Colour Guides: Lot of different Guides – National Philatelical Society New York: A Color Chart designed to illustrate and identify the colors of postage stamps (1884), 79 page with 70 pages of different colours and shades, hardbound. Good condition. As far as it is known this is the first philatelic colour guide in the world! Rare. PLUS: Stanley Gibbons' Colour Guide for Stamp Collectors (Improved edition 1922): included are 100 sample ‘stamps’ produced by Perkins Bacon. In total six editions of this Colour Guide exist, all with the same 100 sample-facsimiles, but with different front and back covers. This item is one of the first three editions. Good condition. PLUS: Horadam's Patent Aquarellfarben publ. by H. Schmincke & Co. Düsseldorf, Künstlerfarbenfabrik, without date, six pages with printed ‘strips’ of different colours & shades, pages are good, the binding is loose. PLUS: The Prang Standard of Color, publ. by Louis Prang, Boston (1899), with seven large format colour plates with shades plus a six page article, softcover with very decorative title (format ca. 36 x 26 cm), good condition. PLUS: Helsingfors Frimärkssamlare Förening r.f.: Farbenkarte, die sich an die 6. Auflage von Finnland I Briefmarken anschließt (ca. 1934, in German language), without page numbers, ca. 11 pages with about 160 different colours/shades, softcover; fair condition. PLUS: Schwaneberger Verlag / MICHEL - three colour guides (21. edition 1956; an earlier edition and the 34. edition. A rare ensemble. Estimate: 300 Euro

White, R. H.: Color in Philately (publ. by the Philatelic Foundation, New York 1979), 173 pages, 16 full colour plates and numerous charts together with an insert supplement of six colour charts covering 625 colours and six charts providing colour names to match. buckram hardbound, in good condition: PLUS: Kornerup, A. / Wanscher, J. H.: Methuen Handbook of Colour (3rd edition 1978), 252 pages incl. 1,266 colour samples on art paper, hardcover, excellent condition; PLUS: Baumann's Neue Farbentonkarte. System Prase (1912), 46 cards with 1,359 colour / shades, slipbox, good condition and very rare. Estimate: 400 Euro

Barefoot, J. Ltd: Telegraph Stamps of the World, 1st edition 2013, 140 pages, softcover, good condition; PLUS: Hiscocks, S. E. R.: Telegraph & Telephone Stamps of the World. A priced and annotated catalogue (1982), 365 pages, softcover, signed by the author; PLUS: Kay, A. B.: Priced Catalogue of British Colonial adhesive Revenue, Telegraph and Railway stamps (1908), 98 pages, softcover, the binding is defective, the content is good; PLUS two small brochures written by V. Demange: Les Récréations d'un Philatéliste: a) Timbres et Vignettes de Loterie, 8 pages; b) Les vignettes de gymnastique (13 pages), softcover. Estimate: 50 Euro

Cazin & Rochas: Catalogue des Timbres Commémoratifs. Parus depuis leur création jusqu'en 1914 (1914), 469 pages, one-third leather bibliophile  hardbound, with gold title imprint on spine, very good condition and rare; PLUS: Drummond, James N.: Official Seals of the World (2007), 610 pages, softcover + Update 2007 with 17 pages. Good condition. Estimate: 200 Euro

Tester, H. E.: Literature of Cinderella Philately (1972), 104 pages, softcover; PLUS: Williams, L. N. & M.: Cinderella Stamps (1970), 152 pages, hardcover, dust jacket; PLUS: Forbin, A.: Catalogue de Timbres-Fiscaux (original book 1915). This looks like a Reprint of the 1915 edition. 797 pages, hardcover. All three items in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

Hopkinson, Martin: : Ex Libris. The Art of Bookplates (2011/2012), 111 pages, softcover; PLUS: Jaeger, Dr. Heinz: Briefmarken sammeln – Warum? Es muss nicht immer die Mauritius sein! (2021), 385 pages, hardcover, signed by the author; PLUS: Wijnants, Paul: 25 years of International Postal History Fellowship 1994–2019 (2019), 316 pages, hardcover, a letter of Wijnants inside confirms that only 60 copies were printed. All items in excellent condition. Estimate: 60 Euro

Mahé, Pierre: Les Marchands de timbres-poste d'autrefois et leurs catalogues (1908), 373 pages with additional facsimiles pages of the very early stamp catalogues of the 1860s (e..g. of de Laplante, Alex. Baillieu, E. Thirifocq, François Valette, Mme. E. Nicolas, Ch. Roussin, Potiquet. Privately half leather bound. The contents of the book is in good condition, but the hardcover is fallen into parts (but easy to repair). Estimate: 300 Euro

Pope, Elizabeth C.: OPINIONS IV. Philatelic Expertizing – An Inside View (1987), 244 pages + 1 page Addendum, hardcover; PLUS: Lera, Thomas / Barwis, John H. (Editors): Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium of Analytical Methods in Philately (Nov. 2020), 102 pages, softcover; PLUS: Lera, Thomas / Barwis, John H. / Nilsestuen, Kenneth R.: (Editors): Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium of Analytical Methods in Philately (Oct. 2023), 116 pages, softcover; PLUS: Hellrigl, Wolfgang: The A.I.E.P.-Handbook of Philatelic Expertising (2004), 320 pages, hardcover. All items in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

Lallier, Justin – Album All World, “Paris, le 15 Juin 1863”, 3rd edition with 180 pages. A year before Lallier had published his 1st edition, the very first manufactured philatelic album in the world. This is without stamps, but with a decorative de luxe-binding, Gold edging on the pages, two metal closures, one of which is still intact. For the time in quite good condition and very rare. Estimate: 500 Euro

Lallier, Justin: Postage-Stamp-Album. Illustrated with Maps, Arms, and Flags. Third (English) edition. Entirely rewritten and extended. Translated from the 4th French edition (publ. by A. Lenègre, Paris, August 1864), 279 pages with gold edging on the pages and two metal closures, one of which is still there and intact. Decorative hardbound. With a few original stamps inside. The pages are very clean and the album in good condition. Such English versions of the Lallier-album are very rare. Estimate: 400 Euro

Zikmund Reach: Album Postovnich známek, Prague 1887, publ. by the Club of Czech philatelists, 244 pages, no stamps, but with 820 illustrations, hardbound and nice title picture. One of the early Czech albums in good condition. PLUS: Universal-Briefmarken-Album: Illustriertes Briefmarken-Album. Kleine Octav-Ausgabe. With space for over 2.000 stamps and over 1.000 illustrations of stamps. Hardcover, 62 pages. Without date, good condition. Estimate: 240 Euro

Edition d'Or – a book series published by the Global Philatelic Network. The first four volumes were presented at a MonacoPhil exhibition 2006. Meanwhile many more books in this series were published. The lot contains the complete series Nos. 1–72, a few of them signed or dedicated to Tomas B. All hardcover with dust jacket and in good condition. Estimate: 1.400 Euro

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Edition Spéciale – a book series published by the Global Philatelic Network since 2011. The lot contains 26 books of the series until 2024 which document fantastic collections which were never shown to the public. A few of them are signed by the author, all items hardcover with dust jacket and in perfect condition. Estimate: 500 Euro

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