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THE MOST IMPORTANT COVER OF THE FRENCH MAIL IN CHINA 1876 (Nov 4) Opened envelope to Port-Vendres, readdressed to Perpignan, dispatched at Chefoo showing "CUSTOMS/CHEFOO" cds on reverse, transferred to the French P.O. bearing 'Cérès' 80c and 1871 10c tête-bêche pair, tied by "5104" lozenges with "SHANG-HAI/CHINE" cds at left, French transits and receiving cds's on reverse; an extraordinary and unique cover as a result of the following features: the only i...

УНИКУМ ! 1934 г. Авиапочта. 10-летие Гражданской авиации и авиапочты. 20 коп. СК 352 Б Перф. 13 3/4: 10 ! Единственно известный УГЛОВОЙ ВОСЬМИБЛОК ! До настоящего времени не выставлялся ни на одном аукционе, является раритетом Советской филателии, минимальная оценочная стоимость 680.000 $ (Цена марки в состоянии* указана в каталоге Зверева 8.500 $ - 4 марки 34.000 $-коэффициент квартблоков в каталогах умножается на 20= 680.000 $), Восьмиблок в люксовом со...

SOVIET UNION: 1932, Moscow Philatelic Exhibition, Specimen of the ''Kartonka'' souvenir sheet, size 169x119mm, pre-printed at the top with text: ''Obrazets k Dokladu V C I K No. 16832'', officially signed, extremely fresh condition with very slight internal paper wave, practically perfect corners, no gum as produced, NH, VF and definitely unique item, Z. Mikulski certificate, Sc. #485-86 fn

1881 (May 8) Cover (opened for display) to Halle (Germany), fully prepaid on departure with, on reverse, China 1878 Large Dragons thin paper 1ca (one short corner perf.), 3ca and 5ca (Chan 1-3), tied by blue Peking seal cancel, with matching "I.G. OF CUSTOMS/PEKING" cds, "CUSTOMS/SHANGHAI" (13.5) and arrival cds's also on back, where offsets of the "5104" lozenge are also found, entering the French P.O. with Type Sage 5c and 30c on front, tied by dotted "5...

LA COLLECTION KARPOV DES FEUILLETS MINISTÉRIELS 1929-2000, Collection quasi-complète en 19 albums de tous les types de feuillets ministériels émis par les postes durant cette période. En 1929, l'administration des postes décida d'imprimer chaque timbre de Belgique sur des feuillets spéciaux à partir des coins originaux. Chaque feuillet est revêtu d'un grand cachet circulaire à sec du Ministère. Ces feuillets furent offerts exclusivement à des hautes person...

1870s-2000s, Fabulous collection of modern stamps in 130+ stockbooks & albums, with some nice classic period material, incl. GB QV Telegraphs used (5s, 10s, £1, £5 and postage stamp QV £1 green used), Albania, stockbook of classic Brazil incl. Bulls Eyes and Telegraphs, Australia four-margined Sydney Views 1d (2) and 2d (3), the volume made up of mostly modern material, collected in date issue order, with many plate/cylinder blocks throughout, souvenir she...

Zenkov (Ukraine – Poltava region): 1879-95 Exceptional study on 83 written up pages of Zenkov Zemstvo issues with a range of multiples, varieties, printing types and covers. Most of items are coming from Ferrari and Fabergé collections. Including: Ch#2a superb mint block of 6, Ch#4 (Schmidt #8-RR) and 1882 3k dark brown block of four, Ch#5 superb mint 3k brown, Ch#8 complete sheet of 4x6 (ex Fabergé), Ch#9 3k green complete sheet of 4x6 (ex Fabergé), Ch#21...

1870-79, Extensive and valuable specialised collection neatly mounted and presented on 47 album pages, including the 1867 Barre essays in red (40), green (36), violet (39) and blue (29, showing part or complete unused reconstruction of the with every plating position being distinct, including the five different clichés, with singles, pairs and blocks, gutter margin included some with centre of the sheet tête-bêche blocks, others essays include Reister unad...

TUNISIE - Lettre avec mention manuscrite pour Tunis affranchissement Empire Lauré 40 centimes orange, oblitération étoile de Paris avec à côté un cachet à date à section de levée de Paris du 8 novembre 1870, taxée à l'arrivée 3 décimes, taxe manuscrite barrée du fait de 3 timbres taxe italiens 10 centimes apposés à l'arrivée et portant l'oblitération d'arrivée "Tunisi / Posta Italiane" du 5 décembre, au dos cachet italien de transit de Livorno du 29 novemb...

1935 г. Авиапочта. Спасение челюскинцев. СК 392-401, Серия в квартблоках ! Считается самой знаменательной и редкой серией квартблоков 30-х годов СССР, состояние**. Цена ао каталогу Зверева 45.000 $.

IMPERIAL RUSSIA: 1919, 3.50r maroon and green, 7r green and pink, two imperforated values in corner sheet margin blocks of four printed on paper with horizontal varnish lines, completely flawless quality pieces, full OG, NH, VF and extremely rare set of blocks, ex-Vadim Ustinovsky, this lot had been sold in our Auction #73 for $17,250 including Auction's commission, C.v. $24,400, Standard Cat. #R08-09, C.v. 2,100,000P=US$28,000 as singles, Sc. #137d, 138c

1789-1900, Extraordinaire collection d'exposition à l'ancienne sur pages montées avec un panorama sublime des classiques de France, mise en avant de timbres détachés et sur lettres, on cite facilement la présence du 1 franc vermillon vif de Sedan sur lettre, filet touché vers coin bas-gauche (signé Roumet), d'une paire de n°18 TB signé Brun et Calves ainsi que d'un Type Sage 1 centime bleu de Prusse signé Brun, en allant davantage dans les spécialités des ...

RUSSIAN AIR POST STAMPS AND COVERS: 1923, Fokker F-111, 5r green, wide ''5'' variety, printed on ordinary paper, tiny natural paper inclusion at the bottom, exceptional condition without usual gum creases, full OG, NH, VF and extremely rare, the only a few never hinged stamps are known of 50 printed (25 on thin and 25 on ordinary paper), expertized by R. Calves and others, Raritan Stamps guarantee, C.v. $40,000 as hinged, Sc. #C4a

1885 (July 29) Fully prepaid cover (opened for display) to Le Mans, redirected to Mont Cenis, franked on reverse on dispatch with China 1885 Large Dragons Dragons on thick paper, 3ca rough perf. (Chan 11), tied by blue Peking seal cancel, with matching "I.G. OF CUSTOMS/PEKING" cds alongside, together with "CUSTOMS/SHANGHAI" (2.8) cds and French transits on reverse, transferred to the French P.O. for external transmission and franked with Type Sage 25c bist...

1862, Réimpressions réalisées suite à la demande de Sir Rowland Hill auprès de l'Administration française des Postes, série complète de Cérès de 1849 et Présidence de 1852, tous en paires en coin de feuille, 4 valeurs présentent le cachet "CONTROLE T.P." ou "C.F" sur la marge, la qualité est superbe, seul un exemplaire du 10 centimes a un pli de gomme, série probablement unique en mains privées avec cette présentation spectaculaire, signé Bloch (New York) ...

The Luc van Bogaert Collection of Wreck Postal History by Railroad Transportation 1880-1990 RAILWAY ACCIDENT MAIL: An outstanding specialised and most certainly a unique assembly of these piece of Railroad history. For many years the wreck covers by airmail transportation have been systematically classified in the philatelic literature. About wreck covers by railroad transportation, very few sources are listing and or cataloguing these on a worldwide ba...

1955 г. 10 лет Договору о дружбе взаимной помощи и послевоенном сотрудничестве между СССР и Польской Народной Республикой. СК 1720 (Коперник) Малый лист. В идеальном состоянии с заверками, Состояние **.

1933 г. Народы СССР. СК 317-337 полная серия в квартблоках, чрезвычайно редкая серия в квартблоках, одна из самых сложных серий, все квартблоки с полями или угловые, в идеальном качестве**. Мало коллекционеров которые могут похвастаться что в их коллекции есть эта серия в квартблоках. Цена по каталогу Зверева 25.000 $.

1955 г. 10 лет Договору о дружбе взаимной помощи и послевоенном сотрудничестве между СССР и Польской Народной Республикой. СК 1720. Малый лист. Состояние **.

1871 (8.8) Registered linen lined envelope from Alexandria to Paris, bearing France 1869 5f. grey horizontal strip of four, vertical strip of three and four singles on flap, 1863-70 80c. rose horizontal strip of five, 1870-71 imperforate Bordeaux 20c. blue, each tied by lozenge “5080”, black framed PD, with ALEXANDRIE / EGYPTE / 8 AOUT 71 circular datestamp alongside, straight-line CHARGÉ with manuscript “No.696”, blue Paris (16/8) arrival marking on rever...

1865-78 The Lion Issues: Attractive, valuable & specialised mint and used balance collection neatly mounted on pre-printed special album pages housed in two brown deluxe album, plus stockpages and stock cards, showing strength in unused and used, with mostly singles some unused multiples present, also a fine array of essays including 1865 Riester essays in four colours, Lion Labels type three orange and and extensive range of the 1865-68 Barre essays with ...

1849-1959, Desirable old-time mint & used All World collection in 16 large Yvert & Tellier albums plus 2 others in a standard format, strength in Europe with many better items noted for France including Bordeaux issues with duplicates, also french colonies, also China with some Dragons, must be viewed.

1935 г. Строительство первой очереди Московского метрополитена. СК 402-405, серия в квартблоках, одна из самых редких серий 30-х годов, состояние**.

1868 Folded cover from Dardanelli to Constantinople, franked by 2nd Issue 20 paras green pair, to pay the single 1 piastre rate, tied by circular negative seal handstamp of DARDANELLI in blue with repeated srike at right reading “Chanak-kil’l / 1868 / Post Office / Egyptian Official” in Arabic, manuscript ‘franco’ and ‘par vapeur Egyptien’, backstamped POSTE VICE REALI EGIZIANE / CONSTANTINOPOLI / 9 DEC 68 circular datestamp, no sideflaps, an exhibition sh...

1857-2010, Spectacular collection in 12 Lighthouse albums, mint & used with a few covers, incl. many good issues, varieties, essays, proofs, Specimens, as well as few forgeries, important items incl. very fine 1858 30k thick paper unused (Mi. 4x, €8'500, cert. Scheller), 20k very fine used signed Mikulski (Mi. 3x, €2'000), several very fine no.1s used incl. one with cert. Hovest mentioning unrecorded plate flaw, 1884 3.50R & 7R mint (Mi. 38-39), 1922 Overp...

Hermannstadt, Sibiu in modern day Romania. 1850 two 3kr, 6kr single and seven examples of 9kr, on 20.1.1857 large cover from the Natural Science Society of Transylvania in Hermannstadt (endorsement at top and red wax seal on reverse) addressed to the Viscount of Kerckhove, President of the Belgian Academy of Archaeology in Antwerp; all stamps, with usual aging, being in good condition and well margined, except for one 3kr which is barely touched on one sid...

1849-1960, Volumineuse collection classée comme un stock en pas moins de 13 albums de toutes tailles avec une épaisse pile de pochettes comprenant des timbres en blocs, planches et feuilles, une succession plaisante de bonnes valeurs et séries complètes avec des multiples, quelques soucis de qualité et d'authenticité souvent évidents sont à prendre en compte pour mesurer le juste important potentiel de cet ensemble, forte cote totale

1924-25, peasant 15k lemon yellow, typo printing on paper without watermark, intact perforation 14 1/2x15, strong embossing and perfect centering, full OG, NH, VF and absolutely fabulous example of this rarity, this stamp is definitely the best we ever offered, ex-M. Weisman, Raritan Stamps guarantee (2002), Est. $15,000 -$20,000, Scott #287

1907-25 Extensive duplicated assembly of mint in two Lindner album, showing the 1907-09 Ali Shah Qajar 50k gold, vermilion & black in a complete nh sheet of 25, plus some other values from the same set in blocks of four, 1911-13 Ahmed Shah attractive group of five imperforate colour proofs without value, plus a duplicated array of eight values all with inverted centre error, 1915 Coronation Issue normals, officials and parcels posts, plus an extensive arra...

1849-1960, Grande collection de timbres de France menée en neuf et en oblitéré avec belles parties sur les classiques dont Cérès 10 centimes en paire tête-bêche à cheval sur lettre (défauts, certificat Brun), réimpressions de 1862, des ballons montés, n°34 * etc., en semi-moderne apparemment complet en combinant les neufs et les oblitérés, de nombreux à-côté dont épreuves de luxe sur bons timbres des années 30 et collective CITEX, lettres de guerre, en sus...

1886-1903, Fascinante collection du bureau français de Zanzibar retraçant l'histoire philatélique et postale passionnante et colorée de cet archipel de l'océan indien, l'ensemble est proprement montée en 3 album Lindner, bel approfondissement des différentes périodes postales qui présentent une composition équilibrée entre timbres et documents postaux, dans la partie timbres de nombreuses pièces marquantes jalonnent cet ensemble comme les 2 séries existant...

1968 "Directives of Mao Tse-tung" se-tenant strip of 5 contained in an unmounted mint block of twenty from the foot of the sheet showing imprint; a few light tone spots not detracting from the fine appearance of this rarely seen piece and the scarcest of the normally issued Cultural Revolution "W" issues, especially in multiples. Note: This block has been generously donated to be sold on behalf of Medicines Sans Frontières and is sold without reserve, so ...

Blockausgabe "Masaryk mit Kind" mit Handstempelaufdruck "Wir sind frei! + Hakenkreuz", postfrisch, Auflage nur 20 Exemplare, gepr. AB, Mahr BPP und Expertise Brunel VP (2021): "Das im sbrigen einwandfrei erhaltene Stück weist die üblichen leichten Knitter auf. Aufgrund der geringen Auflage von laut Dr. H"rr nur 20 Exemplaren ist sehr Block sehr selten. Es hat bislang nur ein weiterer postfrischer Block vorgelegen.", Mi. -.-Souvenir sheets issue "Masaryk wi...

1843, "Bull's Eyes" assembly comprising 60 stamps, mostly used but with remarkable duplication of unused examples for the 30r and 60r denominations, cancellations including Rio, Outo Preto, Porto Alegre, Pernambuco, Santos, Maranhao, Sorocaba, Aldeia de S. Pedro, Bahia, S°. J°. de Pedro and Vassouras, also including papers, retouches, marginal examples and two 60r pairs used; nearly all well margined, accompanied by three certificates, mainly fine-very fin...

1902 Meched Provisional Issues: Attractive mint balance collection neatly mounted on pre-printed special album pages housed in brown deluxe album, plus stockpages and stock cards, showing strength in unused and used, with mostly singles some used multiples present, also a fine array of forgeries, mixed to very fine, a scarce assembly of these popular primitive issues

1898 (April 29) Cover to Baden Baden readdressed to Berlin, franked by 1892-98 20pf tied by "SHANGHAI/2-5 98" cds, displaying various postmarks on reverse incl. large bilingual "NANKING" cds with ms. date (29.4), Shanghai Large Dollar dater (30.4), German transit and arrival cds's, a possibly unique combination with this Nanking type which was used for receipt of registered mail only; signed Bothe.

British Empire: 1860s-1980s, Mint collection in 58 Marini albums with good deal of completion from 1937 onwards, majority mint nh, incl. BWI with Bermuda incl. 1935-83 key-type basic set to £1, Seychelles, Pacific Islands with better New Guinea incl. 1939 airmail mint nh set to £1, Papua New Guinea 1960 Postal Charges 6d on 7 1/2d mint nh (cert. Ceremuga), India & Convention States less complete but including Nabha State 1938 set to 25R mint nh, Gwalior 19...

1935 г. Всемирная спартакиада. СК 406-415 серия в восьмиблоках ! БОЛЬШАЯ РЕДКОСТЬ ! Состояние**.

1866 (3.5) Cover from Bath, England to British Consul in Jeddah franked by 1865 6d and sent care of British Consul in Suez. Forwarded to Jeddah with Egypt 1866 1pi. tied by POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / SUEZ / 21 MAG. 66 circular datestamp, with British Post Office SUEZ / MY 12 66 circular datestamp alongside, backstamped LONDON MAY 3 66, a very fine cover and an outstanding usage Provenance: “Cihangir” (H. Schaefer)

1875 (14.6) Mourning envelope from Beiruit to Florence bearing Great Britain 2d. blue plate 14 cancelled by “G06” barred obliterator and BRITISH POST OFFICE / BEYROUT 14 JUNE 75 and Italy ESTERO 40c. red applied in transit and cancelled by “234” in dots with matching POSTE ITALIANE / ALESSANDRIA D’EGITTO 17 JU. 75, an attractive combination franking and a tremendous rarity Provenance: Jeidel

1942-59 Extensive duplicated assembly of mint and used in Lindner two album, showing the 1942-46 Reza Shah part sets to 200r with some of the better colours, plus some in blocks of four, 1949-50 Pictorials in four complete sets plus some high values singles,1954-55 & 1955-56 Reza Shah array of complete sets and singles, 1956-57 Reza Shah with five complete sets, plus much duplication especially the higher values and some multiples, etc., mixed to generally...

1945-59, Nice collection, mostly mint nh, in good condition with all issues presented incl. 1954 definitive State Coat of Arms with 20M mint and used, 1956 Revolution 30M brown two tête-bêche pairs, 60M green imperforate pair and 60M orange pair with double perforation, 1958 State Coat of Arms 20M block of eight (with gum) vertically imperf. (two pairs), (Mi. 67/132,148).

100 Mark Ozeanreederei 2. Ausgabe mit fallendem Wasserzeichen, tadellos ungebraucht, wie postfrisch wirkend, unseres Wissens das 2. bekanntgewordene Exemplar in ungebrauchter Erhaltung, ein vergleichbares Stück wurde im letzten Jahr für ca. 20.000.- versteigert, Fotoattest Wagner BPP, Mi. 20.000.- 100 Mark Ocean shipping company 2. Issue with falling watermark, in perfect condition unused, like mint never hinged causing, by our knowledge the 2. Become know...

1935 г. Строительство первой очереди Московского метрополитена. СК 402-405.Квартблоки. Состояние **.

1937 г. Архитектура новой Москвы. 40 коп. СК 466 Ра вертикальный блок из 6-ти марок без перф. С левым полем, большая редкость, сертификат Paul Buchsbayew, цена по каталогу Зверева 25.000 $

BRÉSIL - Lettre avec mention manuscrite pour Rio de Janeiro affranchissement Empire Lauré 80 centimes rose, oblitération étoile 4 de Paris avec à côté un cachet à date rue d'Enghien du 21 octobre 1870, au dos cachet à date ambulant "Paris au Havre" et cachet d'arrivée du 2 décembre, transport via "Le Garibaldi", TB, une destination d'une très grande rareté, signé Calves et Roumet, certificat Roumet

GIBRALTAR - Gazette de Absents n°13 pour Gibraltar par voie d'Espagne affranchissement Type Siège 40 centimes orange (petit défaut en angles inférieurs), oblitération étoile 4 de Paris avec à côté un cachet à date Rue D'Enghien du 3 décembre 1870, sans cachet d'arrivée, transport via "Le Franklin", destination rarissime, cote Maury 25'000€, signé et certificats P et A Roumet

1939 г. Стандартный выпуск. СК 607 Ра пара марок без перфорации, большая редкость ! Цена по каталогу Зверева 16.500 $. Состояние**.

1937 г. Архитектура новой Москвы. 40 коп. СК 466 Ра горизонтальный блок из 6-ти марок без перф. С левым полем, большая редкость, заверки СФА, цена по каталогу Зверева 25.000 $

1934 г. 10-летие смерти В.И.Ленина. СК 381-386 полная серия в квартблоках, большая редкость ! Одна из самых редких серий 30-х годов ! В превосходном состоянии**.

1868 (14.5) Entire to Beirut bearing 1865 ROPiT 10 pa. rose and pale blue strip of four with large even margins, crisply cancelled ‘785’ and triangle of dots of Alexandria, showing on reverse ‘PORT ALEKSANDRIYA ‘ c.d.s. (11.5) and ‘PORT BEIRUT’ c.d.s., all in blue, one of the nicest and most stunning covers known with this issue, marked for conveyance ‘Par Vapeur Russe’ (by Russian Steamer), a superb showpiece and an outstanding exhibition item Provenanc...

SENNEH REBELLION: 1912 "Avis de Réception" complete receipt, franked 13sh with Senneh Rebellion manuscript ovpt, tied SENNEH cds, very fine and an extremely rare AR document, showpiece, signed Sadri

SERBIE - Lettre avec mention manuscrite pour Belgrade affranchissement Empire Lauré 20 centimes bleu et 40 centimes orange, oblitération étoile de Paris avec à côté un cachet à date de section de levée du 7 octobre 1870, au dos cachet à date d'arrivée, texte intéressant sur l'Empereur et la situation, transport probable via "Le Washington", TB, destination exceptionnelle, signé et certificats Behr, J.F. Brun et Calves

1923-39, Good quality collection on KA-BE pages showing all issues with a range of watermarks, perforations, and printing varieties. Golden Kopeks definitive issues very well represented incl. Litho and Typo printings; Lenin 1924 first printing, Leningrad flood 300R green on pelure paper, good range of postage due stamps without and with overprints; 1927 POCHTOVAYA MARKA surcharges by types and printings; Foreign exchange stamps, Zeppelins 1930 both perfor...

1841-1935 An overall spectacular accumulation house in two large cartons showing strength in Belgium and Luxembourg and described as follows: Belgium: A spectacular collection consisting of a wealth valuable and interesting items mint and used, including bisect covers, gutter pairs and blocks, partial and full sheets, booklets and booklet panes, proofs and colour trials, essays, overprint varieties, many stamps with very fine centring, marginal singles an...

1928-1936 ZEPPELIN Selection of 129 documents (mostly covers) partly mounted on exhibition pages, showing a wealth of flights, frankings, Bordstempeln, markings such as "Beförderung verzögert wegen Abbruchs der 1. Amerikafahrt", origins incl. Hungary, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Danzig, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina, Spain, Brazil, USA, Belgium, destination incl. Japan, Egypt, useful section of Polarfahrt incl. Nautilus cover, etc., s...

1894 (Dec 3) Cover to Leipzig (Germany), endorsed "Imperial German Post Office Shanghai", franked by Shanghai Local Post 1893 1c brown, tied by neat "CHINKIANG/POSTAL SERVICE" cds, with overprinted Sage 25c applied at right and tied by "SHANG-HAÏ/CHINE" cds, receiver on back, a very rare usage of a Shanghai LPO stamp after the introduction of the LPO issues in Chinkiang.

Uruguay: 1856-1975, Extensive specialised collection neatly mounted on 100s of Scott album pages, showing attractive array of the Sun Issues from 1856 to 1860 with shades & coloured cancels, Escuditos with varieties and multiples, 1866 Numeral Issue with a wonderful study, 1900 to 1975 with a great deal of completion, showing shades, multiples, plus an amazing assembly of error & varieties incl. imperfs, partial imperfs, ovpt varieties with inverted, doubl...

1939 г. Стандартный выпуск. СК 577 Ра квартблок с нижним полем без перф. Очень редкий ! Состояние**.

1878-1929 An exceptional lot comprising several hundreds on stock cards, used and mint and with some duplication, including 1878 'Large dragons', 1885-88 'Small dragons' with very fresh mint o.g. examples, 1894-97 'Dowager' Issue and their overprints, 1897 'Red Revenues' including two mint 4c, as well as later sets; mostly in fresh and very fine condition, viewing recommended.

1866 (6.11) Registered cover at triple rate (3 pi. postage + 2 pi. registration) from Constantinople to Cairo via Alexandria, franked 1st Issue1866 5 pi., tied large POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / CONSTANTINOPOLI / 6 NOV. 66 circular datestamp with additional strike in lower-right of cover, also cancelled on arrival in Alexandria and boxed RACCOMANDATE alongside, backstamped in Alexandria Nov. 11 and Cairo Nov. 12, some expert restoration to the envelope, an ...

1869 (11.8) Entire from Suez, franked 2nd Issue 10 paras dull-lilac, two horizontal pairs, tied two POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / GEDDA circular datestamp, cover crease, a stunning showpiece and one of the most important 2nd issue usages from this most sought after post office

1871 (28.12) Folded disinfected cover from Salonica to Patras, manuscript ‘via de Siri’ at right and ‘From Thessalonike’ in blue crayon at left, franked 2nd Issue 1 piastre red (corner fault) tied by V. R. POSTE EGIZIANE / SALONICCHI / 28 DIC 1871 circular datestamp in black with repeated strike at left, also Greek Large Hermes 20 lepta blue applied for internal postage cancelled by Patras circular datestamp, backstamped with Athens and Syra circular dates...

1865-79, Attractive old-time study collection of the Lion Issues mounted on 23 album pages showing a good deal of completion unused and used, including shades and much duplication, with Riester Essays three in different colours and proof on thick paper, Barre Essays (10), Bagari Issue with all four values (41), 1875 Issue with all four values (60), 1876 Issues with blocks of four (113), 1877 Issues (11), 1878 Issues (40), plus 1878-79 Issues (13), mixed to...

1880-1990, Attractive and varied mixed balance accumulation of collections, selections and stocks of both stamps and postal history in one large carton, showing airmails, first flights, censored mail, 1925 Commemorative part sheets, forgeries, modern mint and used, plus much more, mixed to fine, an unusual assembly (100s of covers and stamps)

1976-1973 Attractive and extensive mint stock in a number of small boxes and envelopes, showing much duplication of both singles and complete sets, mostly all mint nh, including blocks of four, also airmails and officials present, plus a fine array of early used issues, a wonderful accumulation for the ebay dealer (1000's)

1932 (Mar) Commemoratives issue, 2m (3), 10m (1), 20m (3), 25m (1), 40m (1), 1t (4), selection of 13 perforated trial colour proofs, all different colours and perforations, each attached to a grey card with red "ПРОЕКТ" (Essay) overprint, various dates, exceptionally fine and rare assembly.

1899 (July 2) "China" overprinted 10pf postal stationery card from nanking to Diedenhofen, showing bilingual cds of nanking on dispatch at left, struck in transit with bilingual cds of Shanghai (3.7) of the Chinese P.O., where the denomination was cancelled with framed "I.P.O." hs, entering the German P.O. at Shanghai with corresponding cds applied on the franking, an extremely rare usage of the I.P.O. postmark, an exhibition item of exceptional and deligh...

1849-1950, Volumineuse collection à l'ancienne axée principalement sur les classiques et les usages courants de la première partie du XXème siècle, ensemble dans son classement polarisé par des albums de tailles particulièrement imposantes avec une succession ininterrompue de lettres depuis les Cérès de 1849 au type Sage en passant par les Bordeaux avec du septembre 1871 et affranchissements colorés, un magnifique panorama d'oblitérations détachées, des ét...

Lgov: 1898 Envelope locally posted in the village of Sevenka bearing 5k blue tied by violet Zemstvo cds with further strike adjacent, fine and extremely rare cover from Lgov, with this example thought to be unique (see foreword for story about this cover) (Ch. 3).

1935 г. Авиапочта. Спасение челюскинцев. Полная серия пробных марок в синем цвете ! Очень редкая подборка в одном цвете ! Сертификат Paul Buchsbayew, состояние без клея, марки подклеены на специализированные подложки для лучшей сохранности ! Большая редкость !

Коллекция почтовых карточек Дирижабли 115 шт

1962 г. Почтовый блок "Северный полюс-1" Ск.Бл.29 с красной надпечаткой 1937-1962 . Размер 160-118 (больше стандартного) Неутвержденый вариант выпуска. Большая редкость. !!! Состояние * Сертификат В.А.Ляпина.

1871 (13.5) Folded cover from Volo addressed to Sira, franked by 2nd Issue 1 piastre red, tied by V.R. POSTE EGIZIANE / VOLO / 13 MAG 1871 circular datestamp with a second strike alongside. A manuscript to pay the Greek internal rate of 20 lepta due from the addressee which was marked in red crayon, and so there is a Greek 20 Lepta blue Large Hermes Head affixed and tied by Sira circular datestamp, backstamped on arrival in Sira, an attractive and importan...

1876-1973, An extensive and valuable collection of mostly unused or mint housed in one large stockbook and six small ones, showing many of the better sets each bearing the key value or the high value, including 1915 Unissued Kings & Historical Buildings Postage and Officials 1ch to 50kr etc., some useful Revenues, mixed to very fine (100s)

1865-66 Shanghai Local Post - 'Large Dragons' collection comprising over 60 unused stamps from the Max Mayer collection, all classified according to the Livingstone catalogue and including the useful information of the printings, quality ranging from small faults to extremely fine; a rarely offered collection with high catalogue value, viewing essential.

SUISSE - Lettre avec mention manuscrite pour Aarau (canton d'Argovie), affranchissement tricolore Empire dentelé 5 centimes vert avec Empire Lauré 1 centimes vert bronze x5 et 20 centimes bleu, oblitération étoile 1 de Paris avec à côté un cachet à date Place de la Bourse du 5 octobre 1870, transport probable via "L'Armand Barbès", TB, une composition d'affranchissement d'une exceptionnelle rareté, signé Goebel avec certificat

URUGUAY - Pli confié du "George Sand" pour Montevideo affranchissement Empire Lauré 80 centimes, oblitération cachet à date Lille à Paris du 9 octobre, cachet PP encadré, transit Londres du 8 novembre, plis d'archives et rousseurs, destination exceptionnelle

1924 “Limonka” typographed, mint lh, light horizontal gum bend, well centred and rare, one of the most difficult stamps to find from this period, cert. Mikulski (1988) (Zverev 46, Mi. 253IA).

3 Mark "Enthüllung des Denkmals Kaiser Wilhelms I, Berlin", 25 : 16 Z,hnungsl"cher, violettschwarz, sauber entwertet mit zwei Einkreisstempel "STUTTGART 22 MRZ 11, bis auf einen kurzen Zahn oben - im Anbetracht der Seltenheit zu vernachl,ssigen - tadelloses Exemplar dieser Rarit,t, Fotoattest J,schke-Lantelme BPP (2011), Mi. 23.000.-. Uns sind aus den letzten 10 Jahren nur 2 (je ein postfrisches und ein gestempeltes Exemplar) Auktionsangebote in allen E...

1932, Moscow Philatelic Exhibition, 35k x2, 70k x2, souvenir sheet of four values, printed on thin cardboard, appropriate size of 169x119mm, nice and very fresh item, no gum as produced, NH, VF and rare, only 500 sheets were printed for participants of the Exhibition, Raritan Stamps guarantee, Est. $10,000-$12,000, Scott #485-86 fn

Air Post Stamps and Covers - International Polar Year Issue, 1932, 50k carmine rose, perforation 10 1/2, well centered with large margins all around with a part of sheet margin at right, full OG with slight wrinkles as always, LH, VF example of this Air Post and Soviet Union rarity, ex-Maslowski, this stamp has been sold by Cherrystone Auction in April 2017, lot #128 for $11,500, C.v. $30,000, Est. $10,000-$12,000, Scott #C34a

БОЛЬШАЯ РЕДКОСТЬ ! 1946 г. 10 лет со дня смерти М.Горького. СК 962. Квартблок. Без перфорации. Состояние ** Сертификат В.А.Ляпина.

ОЧЕНЬ РЕДКАЯ ! 1946 г. Медали СССР. СК 979. 2 Руб. ПРОБА другой цвет другой дизайн, другой номинал, Сертификат Н.Ф.Мандровского.

1875 (4.1) Large registered parcel front from Cairo to Pernau, Russia (now part of Estonia) via Alexandria, franked by horizontal pair of 1863-70 5fr grey + 1871-75 80c. strip of 6, all tied lozenge “5119”, with LE CAIRE / BAU FRANCAIS / 4 JANV. 75 on top of cover, plus straight-line CHARGÉ and manuscripts “No. 815” “Raccomandata”, plus framed PAQUEBOTS DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE alongside Provenance: Emile Antonini, Samir Fikry Note: The large envelope front or...

1920-45 Attractive mixed accumulation of over 100 covers, cards, airmails, censored mail and money letters, showing many high franking, airmail and registered usages, mixed to fine, a scarce assembly

1900 (Sept 10) Red ban cover to Remaufens (Switzerland), showing on reverse "CHUNGKIANG" (dispatch) and "Shanghai" bilingual cds's, franked by Type Sage 25c black on rose, tied by "SHANGHAI/CHINE" cds and framed "I.P.O." tie print, a very rare usage of this postmark of Chungking on an unoverprinted French stamp.

Boxer War - Rebellion in Petschili. 1901 (Oct 20) Cover to Lüdenscheid franked by 1900-02 Provisional "Germania" 10pf pair (one stamp with small surface scuff), tied by "SHANGHAI/21-10 01/DEUTSCHE POST" cds's, showing Chinese wooden carved district dater below with inserted ms. date, bilingual "CHINKIANG/20 OCT 01" cds at lower left, repeated on reverse, where it is accompanied by bilingual "SHANGHAI/21 OCT 01" cds and German receiver, an extremely rare co...

1877-1993, Incroyable collection de variétés en 4 albums et pochette depuis le Type Sage avec de très belles monographies notamment sur les Semeuses, un superbe panorama de l'existant avec certaines variétés en blocs et plus grands multiples, nombreux signés, prévoir du temps pour découvrir car fort potentiel du fait du côté nature et agréablement volumineux de l'ensemble, une occasion unique

RÉUNION - Lettre avec mention imprimée pour St Denis affranchissement Empire Lauré 40 centimes orange et Type Siège 10 centimes bistre, oblitération étoile muette de Paris avec à côté un cachet à date de section de levée, au dos cachet à date de transit par Marseille du 29 décembre, transport via "Le Tourville",TB, très rare destination, certificat Robineau

1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue Zarrinch Phototype Essay – UNIQUE Imperial Crown, die essay in royal blue, by Richard Zarrinch, prepared for the 5 Ruble value, a wonderful rarity, ex Robert W. Baughman (Siegel 1971) and Rev. L.L. Tann (Cherrystone 2008, lot 5105 sold US$16'000).

SPECIMENS: Attractive Bradbury, Wilkinson booklet showing a beautiful selection of imperforate essays and proofs all appear to have a Specimen perfins, showing an array of different countries including Crete, Egypt, Falkland Islands, Mexico, Romania, Rhodesia, Transvaal etc., a superb showpiece (57)

3 Pfennige zinnoberrot, sog. "Sachsen Dreier", Platte III / Pos. 14, auf Drucksache ohne Adressschleife ins Postvereinsgebiet, ideal zentrisch gestempelt K2 "CHEMNITZ 30. NOV. 50" und nebengesetzter Ra "Aus Sachsen", allseits voll- bis überrandig, unten mit kompletter Schnittlinie des bayrischen Liniensystems, oben und links Teile der Schnittlinie, wunderbar farbfrisch erhaltenes, tadelloses Luxusstück, Drucksache mit vollem Inhalt - Vertreteranzeige der F...

Insel Rhodos, Zulassungsmarke gezähnt, tadellos postfrisches Ausnahmestück dieser seltenen Marke, gepr. Rungas und ausführliches Fotoattest Claus Petry BPP (2018): " postfrisch ... in einwandfreier Erhaltung. Der Lokalaufdruck von Rhodos auf gezähnten Luftfeldpostmarken gehört in postfrischer Erhaltung zu den seltensten Erscheinungsformen der INSELPOST!", Mi. 15.000.- - in dieser Qualität werden Sie die Marke kaum einmal kaufen können, seltene Gelegenheit ...

1935 г. Всемирная спартакиада. СК 406-415 серия в квартблоках, состояние**, цена по каталогу СК 1.200.000 р.

1930 г. Береги время! Пользуйся безналичными расчетами сберкасс ! Печать автотипия на бумаге с водяным знаком "меандр и цветок". Перф. 12 1/4, Наклеена картон, типографская красная надпечатка слова "ПРОЕКТ" и даты. 78 на 103 мм. Светло-оливкая намного реже чем синяя !

1866 (April 3) Folded cover from Alexandria to Akexandrette franked ROPiT 2 pi. cancelled ‘782’ triangle of dots handstamp of Alexandrette in blue on arrival, extremely clear cancellation of Alexandria ‘PORT ALEKSANDRIYA’ next to stamp, back of letter with circular cancellation of Alexandrette, an extremely fine and stunning showpiece Provenance: Jeidel, Lars Alund

1879-1962, Attractive and interesting lot of hundreds of covers, waybills and postal stationery neatly presented in three cover albums & on album pages, with some useful postal stationery from 1879 to 1925 including 1925 Pahlavi Provisional 2ch on 12ch red postal card unused, 1938 Aerial 50d unused card, covers & postal history showing some rare usage of the 1885-87 OFFICIEL surcharged issues on cover or waybill, some later airmail & censored usages, a won...

1936-41 Extensive and valuable assembly of mint and used in Lindner album, showing the 1938 Anniversary of Reza Shah four complete sets of the miniature sheets both imperf. and perf., plus some used sheets and array of normal singles (Sc.$10'000+), also a selections of mint sets of the 1936-37 and 1938-39 each to 10R (Sc.$7000+), one of which is complete set in blocks of four, finally a scarce group of the 1941 Official set of 14 to 50r with three complete...

1893 (Nov 3) Cover (opened for display) from Chinkiang to Geneva, initially franked on reverse with China 1888 1ca, 3ca and 5ca, perf. 11 1/2 x 11 3/4 (Chan 19-21), tied by "CUSTOMS/CHINKIANG" cds, with aprt fo the franking being additionally tied by blue CUSTOMS/SHANGHAI" cds (5.11) in transit and receiver from Geneva, paying the rate to Switzerland on front with Type Sage 25c black on rose, tied by "SHANG-HAÏ/CHINE" cds (broken inner circle); a highly ap...