387th Auction

GERMANY – Pauli, Emil: Über strafrechtlichen Schutz der Postwertzeichen des Deutschen Reichspostgebietes gegen Fälschung und Missbrauch … (1911), 101 pages, softcover; Pauli, Emil: Über den strafrechtlichen Schutz der Postwertzeichen in Belgien gegen Fälschung und Mißbrauch im Lichte der Philatelie (1913), special print., 16 pages, softcover. Both publications are rare! Good condition. Estimate: 50 Euro

GERMANY – Stenger, Dr. Erich: Die Deutschen Kriegsmarken und Kriegsganzsachen (1919), 83 pages, softcover; PLUS: Svenson, W.: Typen und Abarten der Wendenschen Originalmarken. Offiziellen Neudrucke. Nachdrucke und Fälschungen (1907), softcover; PLUS: Heinze, E.: Mischfrankierung in alter Zeit (1921), 20 pages + 5 photoplates, softcover (this with some faults on spine). But rare items! Estimate: 80 Euro

GERMANY – Wülbern, Arthur: Originale und Neudrucke von Helgoland (1906), 64 pages, softcover; PLUS: Wülbern, Arthur: Die Postwertzeichen Helgolands mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Falsifikate sowie der falschen Abstempelungen sowie einem Abriss der Postgeschichte Helgolands, 32 Seiten, Softcover; PLUS: Lemberger, Hellmuth: Helgoland Philatelie (1970), 143 pages + Nachtrag 18996, 4 pages. Good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

RUSSIA – Ceresa, Dr. R. J.: Russian Postage Stamps 1917–1923. Pocket Forgery Guide (5 brochures 2004/2005), part 1: North Western Army, Kopeck values, 28 pages; part 2: ditto, but Ruble Values, 24 pages; part 3: Armenia, 32 pages; part 12: South Russia – Don Territory Kossack Government, 20 pages; part 13: Siberia, Far Eastern Republic, 36 pages, all softcover and in good condition; PLUS: Speeckaert, A.: Russische Postzensur / Russian Postal Censorship 1914–1918 (1990), 320 pages + 7 maps, softcover; PLUS: The Alnis Guide to The Russian Levant Fantasies, 16 pages, softcover; Estimate:50 Euro

SPAIN – Graus, Francisco / Soro, Enrique: Postal Forgeries of Spain (1977), bilingual (English/Spanish), 604 pages, decorative hardcover in a slipcase, No. 423 of the 1050 “Printomat”-paper edition. Good condition. Estimate: 150 Euro

SPAIN – Montseny Monné, Antonio: Las Falsificaciones del sello Español (1966), 207 pages + CLXXII plates, half leather hardcover with gold title imprint on spine, this is copy No. 323 of the 500 printed; PLUS: Graus, Francisco: Guía-Catálogo de Falsos Postales España ba – Filippinas (1952), 233 pages, hardcover, this is No. 150 of the 300 copies printed, signed by the author. Both books in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

SWITZERLAND – Reuterskiold, A. de: Timbres Cantonaux de la Suisse (1909), 105 pages, 30 Abbildungen, hardcover; PLUS: Reuterskiold, A. de: The Forgeries of the “Cantonal” Stamps of Switzerland (1907), Philatelic Record handbook, 55 pages, 1 plate, softcover (cover some patina, inside good). Estimate: 150 Euro. 

SWITZERLAND – Schäfer, Richard: Kantonalmarken Schweiz. Echt – Falsch – Verfälscht. Reuterskiöld Nr. II (2022), 315 pages, paper with gilt edges, hardcover with dust jacket, 250 copies printed, as new. Estimate: 100 Euro

CANADA / PROVINCES – Mitchell, R. B.:  Fakes & Forgeries of New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island (1979), 43 pages, softcover; PLUS: Smythies, E.: BNA (British North America) fakes & forgeries (1971), 101 pages, softcover. Both items in good condition. Estimate: 30 Euro

MEXICO – Liera Gutiérrez, Roberto: Characterísticas de Algunas Falsificaciones de Timbres de Mexico / Characteristics of some Forgeries of Mexican Stamps (2007), 55 pages, softcover, good condition; PLUS: Ingham, Frederick: A Catalog of the Proofs, Essays, Sample, Specimen & Test Stamps of Mexico (1979), 46 pages, softcover, as new; PLUS: Odjfell, Abraham: The Postal Districts of Mexico (1956), Part I, 85 pages, softcover (the cover some patina), limited edition of 200 copies; PLUS: Roberts, Michael D.: México's Revenue Stamps. An Introduction to the revenue stamps of México (2011), 296 pages, hardcover, as new. Estimate: 80 Euro

ARGENTINE – Gazzolo, Andres E.: Barquitos of Buenos Aires. Forgeries and Reprints (2012), 162 pages + 1 page, hardcover with dust jacket and signature of the author for Brian Moorhouse; PLUS: Akerman, Clive: The Revenue Stamps of Argentina. The Province and Municipalities of Buenos Aires (1994), 178 pages, hardcover. Both books in good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

BRAZIL – Kloke, José: Os Olhos de Boi (1938), 83 pages + 15 plates, softcover (the cover with some faults) + the German translation of the book ("Die Ochsenaugen"), newly illustrated, 98 page, softcover, as new; PLUS: Brookman, L. G.: Bulls Eyes. Stamps of Brazil (reprinted from the July, 1943, ‘American Philatelist’), 22 pages, softcover, with signature of the author; PLUS: Alemany, Luis: Brazil: “Bull's Eyes”. First America's stamps 1843 (2004), 95 pages, softcover, good condition; PLUS: Studart, Marcelo G. C.: Falsificaçôes e Fraudaçôes na Filatelia Brasileira (1995), 256 pages, softcover, good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

COLOMBIA – Bortfeldt, Dieter: The Workbook. Notes on Reprints and Forgeries of Colombian Stamps (2004/2007). Part I: The Classic Period 1859–1868, 211 pages, Part II: The Sovereign States of Columbia, 252 pages, Part III: The Columbian Airmails, 240 pages, hardcover with gold title imprint on front and spine, good condition. Estimate: 500 Euro

@Cavendish auction, 30.7.2020, lot 161 (part I+II only): 420 GBP + 25%

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URUGUAY – Kobylanski, Juan K. / Casal Gari, Elias: Documentos Historico - Postales del Correo en la Republica Oriental del Uruguay (Tomo I 1984, Tomi II 1986), 155 + 178 pages, hardcover, numbered edition (vol I: 144/1000; vol II: 500/1000), very good condition; PLUS: Hoffmann, Robert: Estudio de las Falsificaciones de los Sellos Postales del Uruguay (1948), 115 + II pages, softcover, signed and dedicated to Stanley Gibbons by the author (the content is good, the cover with patina; PLUS a small brochure (40 pages) with different articles, softcover. Estimate: 180 Euro

TRANSVAAL – Yardley, R. B.: Notes on the stamps of the first Republic of the Transvaal (series of 8 articles in “The London Philatelist”, Nov./Dec. 1904, Jan.–May 1905, in total more than 50 pages in original issues of the journal (covers with patina, content is good); PLUS: Smeth, Paul de: Les Premiers Timbres du Transvaal (1922), 45 pages, softcover, edition of 100 numbered copies (this is No. 64); PLUS: de Raaij, Leon: Les Falsifications du Transvaal (1909), 63 pages, softcover (the cover with faults, but the content is good. Rare! PLUS: A duplicated manuscript written by A. Drysdall ("The Transvaal"), 11 pages, stapled. Estimate: 60 Euro

AUSTRALIA – Pope, Mavis: Stamp Forgeries of: Colonies and States of Australia (1995), XXVVV + 100, VI + 120, V + 105 and V + 108 pages, bound in one hardcover volume, dedicated and signed. The edition was limited to 30 copies and not for sale to the public. Good condition and very rare. Estimate: 100 Euro

CHINA – Dougan, Charles W.: The Shanghai Postal System (1981), 214 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Chow, Dr. Wei-Liang: Shanghai Large Dragons. The First Issue of the Shanghai Local Post (1995), 72 pages, softcover; PLUS: Proud, Edward B.: The Postal History of Hong Kong, Volume 1, 1841–1958 (1989), 422 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Tsang, Ming W.: Hong Kong. Forgeries (1994), 143 pages, softcover. Most in good condition. Estimate: 140 Euro

JAPAN – Metzelaar, W. / Tyler, Varro E.: Forgeries & Imitations of the Dragon Stamps of Japan (1970), 23 pages; softcover; PLUS: Tyler, Varro E. / Montgomery, Milton I.: The Wada Cherry Blossom Forgeries (1974), 92 pages, softcover; PLUS: Wilhelmsen, Kr.: Japans klassiske Forfalskninger (1981), 361 pages, softcover, in Norwegian, English and German; PLUS: Zweiling, Arthur: Japanmarken – echt oder falsch? (1971), 72 pages + 37 plates, softcover; PLUS: Gély, André: Les faux timbres anciens du Japon et leur expertise 1871–1875 (1958), 68 pages, softcover. All titles in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro