387th Auction

1996 – Fikry, Samir Amin; Postal History of Egypt to 1900 (1996), XVI + 158 pages + 1 page with corrections, hardbound in orange cloth with title imprint on spine, dust jacket; PLUS 2019 –  Chazen, Steve / Kin Chi Wong, Danny: Tibet Stamps and Postal History (2019), 443 pages, hardcover, dust jacket, just 100 copies printed. Both titles in very good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro 

2001 – Lowe, Robson / Walske, Carl: The Work of Jean Sperati II, 218 pages, four original photo plates, hardbound in green synthetic leather, with gold title imprint on cover and spine; – PLUS 2005 – Cartwright, Brian: Madame Joseph Revisited (2005), two volume boxed set, 95 pages, A4 size, hardcover, dust jacket + 40 pages of transparencies in a red ringbinder, A4 size, loose leaf; a corrected content page is included. Monograph and spiral binder come with a special slipcase. – PLUS 1993 – Worboys, Derek / West, Roger B.: Madame Joseph Forged Postmarks (Nov 1993), 122 pages, hardcover, numbered edition of 500 copies, but on page 4 it reads: “This book is one of several unnumbered copies, specially authorised and signed by the authors”! All titles in excellent condition. Estimate: 200 Euro

2005 – Eibl-Kaye, Geoffrey (Editor) / Wills, John (Assistent Archive Editor): The London Philatelist. Archival Edition 1892–2005, first edition on CD in two boxes. – PLUS 2019 – Hällström, Jonas (Editor): Maselis, Patrick. The President. Membership Newsletters 2017–2019, 85 pages, softcover, edition of 250 copies; plus Memorabilia of the Sesquicentenary Americas Event of the RPSL at the National Postal Museum, Washington, D. C., 17–19 Octover 2019 (program brochure etc.). Estimate: 60 Euro

2006 – Pearson, Patrick (on behalf of the RPS Expert Committee): The Grinell Hawaiian Missionary Stamps (2006), XVI + 96 pages incl. two appendices (equipment uses, principal references) plus a selective index. Hardcover (instead of the normal softcover edition). With a dedication by Pearson to Tomas B. – PLUS 2015 – Lewis, Geoffrey: The 1836 Anglo-French Postal Convention. How this agreement between Great Britain and France made it easier to send international mail from all parts of the world (2015), XVIII + 372 pages, hardbound in blue cloth with gold title imprint on spine, dust jacket, 300 (and 100 unbound) copies printed. Both titles in excellent condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

2006 – Simpson, Ray / Sargent, Peter: Stamp Perforation: The Somerset House Years 1848 to 1880. Includes an illustrated guide to perforation varieties (2006), 370 pages, red-brown hardbound with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket; – PLUS 2013 – Huggins, Alan / Klempka, Edward: Great Britain. The 1840 Prepaid Parliamentary Envelopes (2013), XVII + 99 pages, hardbound with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket, signed by Huggins for Tomas B., 180 copies printed; – PLUS 2016 – Johnson, Roger / Walton, Frank L.: Edwin Hill's Diary 1840 (2016), 119 pages with facsimiles of original documents, plus 39 pages introduction and transcription of these documents, softcover, 75 copies printed; – PLUS 2019 – Chipperfield, Michael presents: The 1840 One Penny Black (2019), 215 pages with gold edge, beautiful leather bound hardcover with slip case. This copy is No. 4. – Although officially the RPSL was listed as the publisher, it should be noted that Chipperfield, the well-known dealer of rare British stamp editions, produced this book for the RPSL so that the proceeds would benefit the society on its 150th anniversary. The book was sold at Stockholmia in 2019 for £100 or $131. A very nice documentation of exquisite first penny rarities with well-founded technical descriptions. Estimate: 250 Euro

2006 onwards – exhibition catalogues – The Royal Centenary Exhibition. 7th to 9th December 2006, 40 pages, softcover;  – PLUS 2010 – An Exhibition by the Royal Philatelic Societies from around the World, 6th and 7th May 2010, 48 pages, softcover; – PLUS 2011 – Royal Philatelic Society London. Exhibits at Monacophil 2011. Catalogue, 376 pages, dark blue hardcover with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket. All 3 items in excellent condition. Estimate: 80 Euro 

2011 – Hellrigl, Wolfgang C.: The Postal History of Mongolia 1841–1941, 350 pages, hardbound in grey cloth with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket, 400 copies printed. – PLUS 2017 – Fernbank, Peter: Bahamas. Stamps and Postal Stationery to 1970 (publ. by the RPSL and the British West Indies Study Circle, 2017), XII + 344 pages, red hardcover with short title imprint on spine, dust jacket. T. Bjäringer noted 125 copies for the RPSL. Both items in very good condition. Estimate: 180 Euro

2012 – Granzow, Gary W.: Line Engraved Security Printing: the Methods of Perkins Bacon 1790–1935. Banknotes and Postage Stamps, XXIII + 319 pages, hardbound in dark blue cloth with gold title imprint on spine, dust jacket, 450 copies printed. – PLUS 2021 – Young, Peter: The Inks of De La Rue & Co. and their introduction of synthetic and aniline ingredients c. 1850–1910 (2021), XVIII + 414 pages, hardbound in dark blue cloth with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket (this with small tears at the bottom, but the book is in good condition. – PLUS 1987 – Lowe, Robson: The De La Rue Punch Book, 23 pages, without cover, stapled binding. Estimate: 100 Euro

2014 – Walton, Frank: The De La Rue Collection, six volumes with colour illustrations of every items from the De La Rue corporate collection of postage stamp Artwork with Essays/Specimen, covering besides G.B. a huge range of countries from ‘A’ as ‘Aden’ to ‘Z’ as Zululand, In total 4,100 pages and 3,548 colour pages, all volumes hardbound in blue cloth with white title imprint on spine, dust jacket, like new. Additional blue cloth covered wood slipcase. Only 126 copies were printed and sold by the RPSL 2014 for 495 £ immediately. 2023 this set of six volumes achieved an almost unbelievable price at a Cavendish auction on 8 February 2023 (lot 416: £8,500 + 20%). Subsequent bids were lower, but still reached £2,000. Estimate: 1,000 Euro

@ Grosvenor #159, 6.6.2024, lot 114: 2.000 GBP

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2016 – Rubec Clayton / Al-Manaseer, Akthem: Guide to the Postal Stationary of Iraq (1st edition 2016), VI + 110 pages, softcover plus second edition 2022, 139 pages, softcover, 140 copies printed; PLUS 2017 – Khalastchy, Freddy: “Bagdad in British Occupation”. The Story of the 1917 Provisional Stamps, XIII + 321 pages, hardbound in black cloth with gold title imprint on spine, dust jacket, 300 copies printed. All titles in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

2016 – Trotter, Brian: Southern African Mails. Routes, Rates and Regulations 1806–1916, XII + 572 pages, hardbound in blue cloth with gold title imprint in spine, dust jacket, 257 copies printed; PLUS 2021 – Spivack, David / Reah-Johnson, Stephen: The British South Africa Company. King George V Admiral Stamps 1913 to 1924 (2021), XI + 656 pages + revised table of contents, pages IV, hardbound in blue cloth with gold title imprint in spine, dust jacket. Both titles like new. Estimate: 140 Euro

2016 onwards – Exhibition Catalogues – Opening of The Francis Kiddle Congress Collection. The Royal Philatelic Society London, 6 September 2016, by Máire Kiddle, 20 pages, softcover; – PLUS 2018 – Dave, Markand: The Royal Philatelic Society London. Activities in India 2013–2017, 38 + 3 pages, softcover, including a letter of Markand Dave to Tomas Bjäringer; – PLUS 2019 – Stock, Richard / Walton, Frank (Editors): RPSL Members' Exhibition of King George V Material, Supplement to the LP, February 2019, 88 pages, softcover; – PLUS 2019 – Bailey, Mark W. / Walton, Frank L. (Editors): Royal Philatelic Society London. Members Collections 2019, 584 pages, hardcover with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket. All items in very good condition. Estimate: 120 Euro

2017 – Moubray, Jane / Moubray, Michael: British Letter Mail to Overseas Destinations 1840–1875 (2nd edition 2017), XIII + 510 pages with many more illustrations in colour, hardbound in dark blue cloth with gold title imprint on front and spine, signed and with dedication to Tomas B., an additional letter of Jane M. is included; – PLUS 2017 – Galland, Robert B. / Louis, Karl-Albert: Forgeries of the Great Britain 2s Brown of 1880 (2017), XV + 80 pages, softcover, 200 copies printed; – PLUS 2018 – Snelson, J. Kenneth / Galland, Robert B.: The Returned Letter Offices of Great Britain to 1912 and Beyond (2018), X + 486 pages, hardbound in blue cloth with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket, 200 copies printed. All titles like new. Estimate: 250 Euro

@ Moubray book: Cavendish # 845, 18.5.2022, lot 399: 210 GBP + 20%

2018 – Stein, Robert C.: British King George V Definitive Profile Head and Seahorse Stamps Overprinted for NAURU (2018), XII + 261 pages, dark blue cloth, gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket, 150 copies printed; – PLUS 2021 – Huggins, Alan / Wicks, Tony: The 1840 Embossed Wyon-Whiting Essays. Their genesis and subsequent influence on British Postal Stationary (2021), 187 pages, the Bjäringer copy is the de-luxe edition in dark brown buckram leather with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket, with additional certificate which confirms this is No 4 of 7 of the Limited edition. – PLUS 2022 – Roberts, Michael J. Y.: The Pacific Steam Navigation Co. History, Postal History and Stamps of what was once The Largest Steam Ship Company in the World (2022), 321 pages, dark blue cloth, gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket, signed by the author for Tomas B. All titles in excellent condition, like new. Estimate: 300 Euro

2018 – Adema, Kees / Groeneveld, Jeffrey: The Paper Trail. World War II in Holland and its Colonies as seen through Mail and Documents (2018), XXXII + 699 pages, hardcover, dust jacket, 250 copies printed, a truly exceptional work! – PLUS 2021 – Påhlmann, Sven: Postal Routes to the Dutch Possessions in West Africa, West Indies and Suriname 1652 to 1919. A Guide to Dutch Maritime Mail (2021), 276 pages, buckram hardcover with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket. There is a special edition with a “certificate” inside: “Limited Edition. Number 4 of 7”. Both items in superb condition. Estimate: 120 Euro

2019 – Oppenheim, Charles (Editor): A History of “The Royal Philatelic Society London 1869 to 2019 (2019), VIII + 290 pages, the normal edition is dark blue hardbound with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket, the Bjäringer copy is one of 25 special made de-luxe copies, brown-red buckram with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket, signed by Charles Oppenheim for Tomas. – PLUS 2019 – Birch, Brian J.: The Fathers of Philately. Inscribed on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists, XX + 300 pages, the normal edition is dark blue hardbound with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket, but the Bjäringer copy is one of 15 special made de-luxe-copies, brownred buckram with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket, going with a certificate: ”Limited Edition Number 7 of 15". Estimate: 400 Euro

2020 – Davies, John: A Jubilee Reminiscence. A Philatelic History of the Great Britain 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee (2020), XVIII + 332 pages, blue hardcover with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket; – PLUS 2023 – Haimann, Alexander / Knight, Ian / Simpson, Cam: Clash of Empires, the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Exhibition. A Special Exhibition at the Royal Philatelic Society London 1–31 July 2023, 348 pages, hardcover, limited edition of 500 copies, this is No. 79, signed by I. Knight and A. Haimann. Both books in excellent condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

2020 – Kimmel, Kurt E. / Pearson, Patrick C.: Ceylon. The Pence Issues (2020), VIII + 592 pages, buckram hardcover with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket. There is a special edition with a “certificate” inside: “Limited Edition. Number 2 of 15”. – PLUS 2022 – Winters, Graham: Ceylon Postal Stationary. Another look at King George V Postal Stationary Envelopes (2022), 66 pages, softcover. Both items in superb condition. Estimate: 200 Euro

2021 – Trotter, Brian / Hoffman, Colin / Flanagan, Patrick: Rhodesian Philately to 1924. The British South Africa Company Period (2021), 718 pages, dark brown buckram leather bound with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket. This is a special limited de-luxe edition, numbered 3 of ten attesting by the certificate included; PLUS 2023 – Trotter, Brian / Flanagan, Patrick / Harrop, Keith: The Rhodesias & Nyasaland. From Colonial Rule to Majority Rule. The Evolution of the Mails (2023), 500 pages, dark blue hardcover with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket. Both items in excellent condition. Estimate: 300 Euro

2023 – Bjäringer, Tomas / Sundberg, Mårten: Tête-Bêche. Rarities from the Oval Issue of Finland (2023), 496 pages, buckram leather hardbound with gold title imprint on front and spine, gold edges, dust jacket, special slipcase with gold title imprint. 100 copies of the book were only available by subscription, 12 other copies were left to the authors; and this is one copy from the author's edition, indicated by the slipcase in red colour (instead of blue). The RPSL sold the book for 290 GBP to member, 320 GBP for non-members. Incl. postage, custom etc. this added to 400 Euros! The Book was sold out in six weeks! This title was awarded the Crawford Medal in 2025. Estimate: 400 Euro

2024 – Cassell, Robin / Hobbs, Richard: The Mulready Caricature. The Philatelic Caricatures of the Envelopes and Letter Sheet Design of William Mulready RA. Volume 1 – Publishers A to H, 432 pages, Volume 2 – Publishes I to Z, pp. 433–863, buckram hardcover with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket. There is a special de-luxe edition with a “certificate” inside: “Limited Edition. Number 2 of 10”. Slip case. Both items in superb condition. Estimate: 400 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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BELGIUM – Balasse Magazine, Nos 1–289 (1936–1986), housebound in 26 green volumes with goldtitle imprint on spine, ex Balasse, very good condition. Estimate: 500 Euro

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CHILE – 1922 – CHILE, 1st year, No 1, Valparaiso, Chile, 15 Nov 1922, 22 pages, softcover, good condition. – PLUS: 1915–1917 – Revista Filatélica de Chile, No. 1–27, apparently complete and in acceptable condition. – PLUS: CHILE FILATELICO (1929–1967), very few issues are copies, but nearly all of them originals, bound in 12 blue linen hardcover volumes with gold title imprint on spine, very good condition. Ex Alex Rendon. Estimate: 300 Euro

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COLOMBIA – 1880 – El Filotelista, Nos. 1–7, early, perhaps the first magazine in Colombia, hardbound with gold title imprint on spine, very good condition; PLUS: ARGENTINA: Revista Filatelica Americana, 1st year 1924, Nos. 1–2, 4–6, first number with small defects, the others are better. Rare. 80 Euro

DENMARK – 1876 – Skandinavisk Frimaerketidende, No. 1+3, first year, 1876, first page with a bit of age patina, but a very rare journal. Estimate: 100 Euro

DENMARK – 1890 – Skandinavisk Frimaerke-Tidende, 1st year, No. 1/31 October1890–No. 11/31 August 1891, 132 pages, privately hardbound, gold title imprint on spine, good condition. Rare! Estimate: 150 Euro

FRANCE – 1862–1866 – Le Magasin Pittoresque. – This journal was a popular magazine for the educated middle classes of the time and before there were any philatelic journals, Natalis Rondot published 53 individual instalments of articles with detailed descriptions of published and newly issued stamps from all over the world. The articles that appeared in these five volumes from June 1862 to December 1866 were also published in the German periodical ‘Der Bazar’. A selection that appeared in Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper and in the Nederlandsch Magazijn was also based on the original French series. Five annual volumes, bound in half leather, inside mostly in good condition, one binding with a small loss on the spine, but a really rare offer to receive these ‘birth certificates’ of philatelic literature as complete as this. Also included is an old privately produced book with a small number of original cuttings from Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper series.  Estimate: 500 Euro

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FRANCE – 1864/65:  Le Collectionneur de Timbres-Poste, publ. by A. Maury, Paris. The first number appeared on July 10, 1864. Nos 1–3 were reprinted in quarto size, as one number, with the date '15 September 1864. Beginning with this first numbers 1–3 there are the numbers till No. 47/48/49 bound in one volume. At times the magazines appeared at irregular intervals. Good condition (but a cut out on one page). A rare item. Estimate: 250 Euro 

FRANCE – 1866–1871 – Le Timbrophile, publisher Pierre Mahé, starting with No. 1 (15 November 1864) till 7th year, No. 81/82 – Sept./Oct. 1871, beautiful half leather bound with title imprint on spine, including all issues of the magazine in top condition. Very rare like this! Estimate: 700 Euro

FRANCE – Société Française de Timbrologie 1879–1887, four volumes with Bulletin No. 11/1878 to No. 44, Dec 1886. This lot contains most numbers twice, nicely bound in half leather volumes with gold title on spine. A bit of age patina, but rare. Estimate: 200 Euro

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FRANCE – (1959–2022) – Académie de Philatélie: Documents Philatéliques, No 1–182 preserved in 17 housebound volumes with gold title imprint on spine + No. 183–254 (2005–2022) as single copies. Very good quality for an academic magazine. Estimate: 400 Euro

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GERMANY – Magazin für Briefmarken-Sammler. Ein Organ zur Vermittlung des Briefmarkenverkehrs, No. 1/1. Mai 1863–No. 48/1. April 1867, Publisher: Zschiesche & Köder, Leipzig. The first stamp magazine to appear in Germany. An excellent magazine with countless specialised articles on philately, but also with many interesting advertisements. Tastefully bound in a half leather binding with gold embossing on the spine. Interior largely flawless except for a few pages with foxing. A very beautiful complete edition, which is quite rare. Estimate: 800 Euro

GERMANY – 1871/1872 – A. Moschkau's Magazin für den Sammler von Essais, Privatpost-, Wechsel-, Stempel-, Telegraphen- und Eisenbahnmarken. Following No. 4: “A. Moschkau's Magazin für Deutschlands Markensammler.” Owner and Publisher A. Moschkau, Oybin/Zittau and S. F. Friedman, Rudolfsheim/Wien, This magazine, published and edited by Moschkau, only appeared with 12 issues from 15 July 1871 to June 1872. Moschkau was forced to discontinue it in 1872 because he lost a lawsuit against the dealer and forger Georg Sartori from Frankfurt am Main. An extremely rare magazine that is hardly ever offered in its entirety. Here bound in a hardcover. Ex Wolfgang Maassen library, paper with minimal toning. Estimate: 500 Euro

GERMANY – Illustrirtes Briefmarken-Journal. Organ für die Gesammt-Interessen der Briefmarkenkunde, Publisher: Louis Senf, Leipzig, 1874 to 1878. The first four volumes of this legendary magazine, which only appeared in an edition of 500 or fewer copies. Bound in a decorative embossed hardcover, hardly any significant defects. Extremely rare. Probably only offered twice worldwide in the last ten years. Estimate: 1.000 Euro