Petite Treasures – May 2026

1933, PROOF METER MARK impressions on six pieces with Machine number N 1, different values from 1 to 13 guerches all dated 14/VIII/33 with “BANK OF ETHIOPIA” advertising and "ADDIS ABEBA" cds., very fine.

1949, 8th ANNIVERSARY OF ITALIAN WITHDRAWAL five values, unaccepted designs, 5/5/41 instead of 5/5/49, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, scarce and very fine

1949 & 1961, CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ADDIS ABEBA three revenue proofs, unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very fine

1950 ca., 10 YEARS ERITREA CHURCH AT MASSAWA five values, unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, scarce and very fine

1950-1951, 20th Anniversary Crown Jubilee Haile Selassie, three unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very fine

1951, Haile Selassie I. Agriculture issue, seven unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very fine

1953-1960, Haile Selassie I. four Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, unaccepted designs, mounted on card, very scarce and fine

1955(ca.), Red Cross Nurse, 15 c. Contemporary Photograph, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, accepted design, mounted on card, very fine 

1956, Air Mail & Express 24-9-56, five values unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very scarce and fine

1955, Silver Jubilee: Emperor three values and Balambaras two values, unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very fine

1957, Lake Taan Air Mail & Official four values, unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very fine

1957, Air Mail & Official five values unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very scarce and fine

1959, Birds three Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book,  unaccepted designs, mounted on card, very fine

1960 ca., Tuberculosis two values & Institut Pasteur 10 c. medicine, unaccepted designs, 10+25 instead of 10+3, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very fine

1960, Freedom From Hunger Campaign two values, unaccepted and accepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, fine and very scarce

1961, Birds two Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, unaccepted designs, mounted on card, very fine

1961, Birds 14-7-61 two Contemporary Photographs, unaccepted designs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, scarce and very fine

1930, GUAM GUARD MAIL 2 c.-10 c. overprinted set of eight, unused, fine

1896, Pair 20 c. green and 5 c. violet engraving issue tied to overseas "AR" by violet mute cancellation and "OFICINA DE CERTIFICADOS ABR/30 1896 GUATEMALA" oval ds. alongside, vertical crease, on reverse 4 x 1 C on 5 C violet with ms. year, arrival mark Hamburg 23/5/96, fine

1881/90, Liberty first issues three sets on album page

1893, 5 c. orange, horizontal pair with cds. “CAP-HAITIEN 13.NOV 98” on cover of the Belgium Consulate General au Cap Haitien (violet seal on reverse), to Brussels, arrival mark 10.12.93, fine

1898, 5 c. greyish black, horizontal pair with cds. “PORT-AU PRINCE 28.MARS.98” on cover with dutch “KONINKLIJKE WEST-INDISCHE MAILDIENST OTTO BIEBER & Co. PORT AU PRINCE AGENTS.” in blue alongside, on reverse Miesbach Germany arrival mark 15.4.98, tiny crease, otherwise fine, scarce and attractive

1904, Haiti 20 c. orange uncancelled on cover, on top blue oneliner ‘Prins der Nederlanden’, ‘via New York’ and ‘PAQUEBOT (N.Y.2D Div.)’, on reverse NY transit and Lausanne arrival mark, some border crease, otherwise fine and unusual

1905, US 1 c. black on buff used postal stationery card to Germany, Honolulu H.Isls Apr./9/1905 duplex cancellation, addressed to Görlitz and forewarded to Berlin with arrival mark on front

1883, 2 c. + 2 c. dark blue complete postal stationery answering card unused, very fine. (Scott catalog value $450), plus 1 c. + 1 c. purple on buff and three cards, all unused, tiny hinge remains on reverse, otherwise fine. (H&G 1-5 a.o.)

1899, Railway issue postal stationery card reply part 2 c. orange on buff written in Puerto Cortez with violet ABR/12 1899 cds., transit New Orleans LA Recd. Apr.17 99 and New York 20/APR on reverse, to Germany with arrival Lauenburg 1.5.99 and redirected to Grande with arrival mark 2.5.99, used reply parts of the Locomotive cards are extremely scarce, fine.

1925, Pioneer flight from Tela to USA, with 6 c. red-violet franking and oval "Landing Field Tela Honduras" alongside, "Via Airplane" label, fine Roessler cover. Airmail service was of great significance to Honduras, its capital Tegucigalpa isolated from the outside world, with no rail transport and with roads so poor that mule trains took up to a week to carry mail to a port on the north coast for onward transmission to other countries. The small aircraft flown by Compania Aerea Hondurena traveled the 200-kilometer distance in about an hour and a half. The pilot, Sumner B. "Sonny" Morgan flew a small number of covers, fine and scarce. Signed R.Togila.

1945, Overprint Repoeblik Indonesia on 3½ sen red, mint never hinged, small gumbend, otherwise fine.

1950, RIS overprinted complete set of 23 stamps, unused and used, 5 r. no gum, scarce 2 r. green unused with original gum, fine.

1949, Failure of dutch blockade, Vienna printings, two souvenir sheets, both imperforate, mint never hinged, very fine.

1949, Liberation of Djakarta, gold overprints MERDEKA on Air Post stamps of 30 s.,
50 s., 1 r. and 2 1/2 r . (inscribed Pos Udara) in imperforate souvenir sheet, mint never hinged, very fine. (Scott cat. value $250). (Michel 177U a.o.)

1949, Liberation of Djakarta, Vienna printings, gold overprints MERDEKA on two souvenir sheets, imperforate and perforate, both mint never hinged, very fine.

1949, Liberation of Djakarta, gold overprints MERDEKA on Air Post stamps of 30 s., 50 s., 1 r. and 2 1/2 r . (inscribed Pos Udara) in perforate souvenir sheet, mint never hinged, very fine.

1921,  "IRAQ 2 1/2 An. IN BRITISH OCCUPATION" overprint on 1 Pia. brown on beige postal stationery registered envelope, medium size (225x108mm), unused, fine

1936, 3 f. green tied to envelope by HAMADIE 6/DEC/36 c.d.s., red imprint “Overland Mail”, addressed to Cornwall, fine

1999, Iraqi Kurdistan Barzani 1 Id., 2 Id. & 5 Id. se-tenant gutter block of four, additional 19 stamps, all unused with part gum as issued.