388th Auction

1922/33, Collection on five Scott Album leaves, mint never hinged, including postage due stamps, very fine

1880/1902 PERFINS: stock of approx. 800-1000 stamps, strongly mixed condition, in five stockbooks

1840, Victoria One Penny black QC with good margins on three sides, closed at bottom right, clear strike of the Maltese cross in red, thin at right, otherwise fine, additional 2 d. blue CG, Maltese cross in black, closed on two sides, tiny faults

1841, QV 1 d. red-brown SL on blued paper with wmk. Small Crown,unused no gum, imperforate with good margins on three sides, closed at left, fine 

1840, QV 2d. blue, plate 2, horizontal pair, lettered EK-EL, four mostly good margins, cancelled with Maltese Cross in black, lovely bold strikes, right stamp tiny vertical crease, otherwise fine and attractive. Certificate P.E. London. (1996)

1918/62, Collection on 17 album leaves including British field post Natal South Africa, Palestine censorship reg. 1918 to Egypt, (Hebrew), Italy, Trieste and Greece, M.E.F. two air mail covers from Egypt to Germany 1948, mostly fine.

1969, Anniversaries NATO 1 s. 6 d., one showing variety black omitted, the other with variety yellow-green (flags) omitted, both mint never hinged and very fine, each with cert. BPA (2014)

1882, £5 orange on blued paper, AA, handstamped "SPECIMEN", type 9, very good colour, mostly very good perforations, unused with part original gum with various paper residues, a few shortened perfs at upper right and one short perf at lower right, otherwise in fine and fresh quality. Certificate Louis BPP (2025)

Provenance: 2025, re-discovered from a recent find near Frankfurt, Main (Germany) in a printed “All World” stamp album, assembled by a stamp collector around 1900.

1862/64, 9 d. straw, tied by duplex "545/NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE AP 23 63" to entire letter, endorsed "via Osend" and with Hamburger transit mark, to Copenhagen. A scarce reduced rate franking. Certificate Sismondo (2002)

1878, wm 'Maltese Cross', 10 s. greenish-gray, GF, bright fresh colour, very good perforations, unused with part original gum and various paper residues, central thin on reverse causing internal tear below the Queen's ear, otherwise in fresh quality. The stamp originally from an “antique” printed stamp album where it was stuck on a page with its original gum. According to Mr Louis, only 60 unused stamps of this classic rarity are known to exist, some of which are held in institutional collections, such as postal museums, and are therefore unavailable to private collectors. This stamp was previsouly not recorded. Cert. Louis BPP (2025)

Provenance: 2025, re-discovered from a recent find near Frankfurt, Main (Germany) in a printed “All World” stamp album, assembled by a stamp collector around 1900.

1878, wm 'Maltese Cross', £1 brown-lilac, DI, very good colour, very good perforations, unused without gum, central heavy thin on reverse and minor surface rubbing on the front in the bottom right corner, two light horizontal creases (almost invisible and not further affecting the appearance), otherwise in fresh quality. The stamp originally from an “antique” printed stamp album where it was stuck on a page with its original gum.  According to Mr Louis, only 56 unused stamps of this classic rarity are known to exist, some of which are held in institutional collections, e.g. postal museums, and are therefore unavailable to private collectors. This stamp was previsouly not recorded. Cert. Louis BPP (2025).

Provenance: 2025, re-discovered from a recent find near Frankfurt, Main (Germany) in a printed “All World” stamp album, assembled by a stamp collector around 1900.

OFFICIALS: 1840, Unissued "VR" 1 d. black, LL, small but regular margins all around, unused without gum, slightly toned, otherwise in good and fresh quality. According to Mr. Louis, “It is possible that the stamp was used by Rowland Hill for cancellation removal trials carried out in June 1840. The stamps were coated with unknown substances, then cancelled, and finally treated chemically to remove or wash off the obliteration. The chemical process might have caused the toning of the paper. Stamps from the horizontal “L” row are recorded having been used for those trials." Certificate Louis BPP (2025)

Provenance: 2025, re-discovered from a recent find near Frankfurt, Main (Germany) in a printed “All World” stamp album, assembled by a stamp collector around 1900.

1847, Mulready wrapper 1 d. black, stereo A159, cancelled by red Maltese Cross handstamp, on reverse arrival mark BELFAST AU/29 1840, fine red wax seal and dated red marking on reverse, spot on top left, vertical crease, early usage to Ireland

1847, Mulready wrapper 2 d. blue, stereo a201, from Dublin to Kilkenny cancelled by “186” Irish numeral of Dublin, blue Kilkenny OC/12/1847 bs., fine red wax seal and dated red marking on reverse, slightly toned, horizontal fold at top, still a scarce cancel and late usage on the Mulready (SG £ 1.400)

1994/2008, Collection in Album icluding S/S, all mint never hinged

1852/60, Collection on eight album pages with good parts Papal States, Modena and Sicilia, only few reprints, mostly fine. Sicilia with good unused part, ½ gr. to 20 gr. denominations represented, though note a handful of multiples, with myriad shades for the specialist to further study. Many stamps signed G. Bühler, Raybaudi and Diena, some faulty or dubious examples to be expected, but good quality to what is often found, many four-margin examples among the imperforates, overall fresh and fine or better. 

1856, 50 b. blue with 2 b. olive green tied by overlapping diamond cancellations on a complete, freshly preserved collector's folded letter with full content, alongside local ‘ROMA 3.1.1856’ cds., ‘ROMA FRANCA’ and red decorative oval ‘A FRANCA’, addressed to Luciano Serra/ Duca di Cardinale/ Palazzo Paliano/ Napoli with red arrival mark on reverse. 50 b. tiny closed at bottom, otherwise absolutely flawless, fantastically fresh with part of the neighbouring stamp on the right in an equally effective and rare combination. Certificate E. Diena (1989)

1859, 80 c. bistre-olive, fresh colour, good to large balanced margins, unused without gum, very fine, opinion Colla (2025)

1851, King Emmanuel II 40 c. lilac rose, two fresh examples of this rare shade, margins shaved or touched to large, each tied by mute cancel to folded entire to Thann, France with alongside departure cds. “TORINO”, red “P.D.” and transit cds. “PONT DE BEAUVOISIN 6 MARS 1853”, reverse transit via Lyon and arrival “THANN 9 MARS 1853”. One 40 c. with a strong paper crease, still a fine, very rare and attractive franking, slightly overpaid at the previous 1844 postal convention, certificate Bottacchi AIEP (2024) (Sassone-Nr. 3d)

2008, 400 Jahre Fürstenhaus, Blockausgabe, 10 verschiedene Phasendrucke, 100 Garnituren, postfrisch (Block 18 PH)

1933, Dienstmarke 1,20 Fr., 100 Stück postfrisch im gefalteten Bogen (D10; 26.000,-€)

CEPT 50 Rp., Oberrandstück, mit Abart "orange Farbe um 1 mm nach rechts verschoben", postfrisch

1856/1995, sehr umfangreiche Sammlung in 24 Bänden, dabei kleiner Teil Vor- und Mitläufer mit Belegen, Mi. 1-3 überkomplett und auch danach fast alles in beiden Erhaltungen und oft mehrfach vorhanden mit auch vielen Briefen und FDC. Enthalten sind u.a. Bl.1 (2) Mi. 140-42 (4), 8 Zeppelin-Belege 1931, CEPT 1960 im gestempelten Kleinbogen, kleiner Teil Dienstmarken, usw., usw. Ab ca. 1964 vieles zusätzlich postfrisch in Viererblocks und Bogen. Ein äußerst reichhaltiges und sehr sauberes Objekt. 

2011/20, postfrische Partie mit 10 unzerteilten Druckbogen “Tierkreiszeichen”, ferner ein Druckbogen aus Kanada Block Mi.-Nr. 294, gute Erhaltung

CEPT 50 Rp., Unterrandstück, mit Abart "violette Farbe um 1 mm nach unten verschoben", postfrisch

1931, Zeppelin 1-2 Fr., Randstück bzw. rechte obere Bogenecke, je auf Beleg der Lausanne-Fahrt

1912/1988, anfangs meist gestempelte/ungebrauchte, ab 1965-88 in den Hauptnummern augenscheinlich komplette postfrische Sammlung, dabei einige bessere Werte und Sätze, u.a. Mi.-Nr. ungebraucht: 46-52B, 82-89, 94-107, 108-13, sowie 114/15 und 119-21 gestempelt, 143-48 ungebraucht, etc., in zwei Vordruckalben

1912/85, Sammlung in gestempelter Erhaltung auf Leuchtturm Vordruckblättern ab 1-3, dabei Mi.3ya, 53-60, 72-77, 82-89, 94-107 mit Zähnungen B und C, 122-24, 126-139, Bl.1 mit leichten Flecken (Attest Rupp), 15-69, 171 (Attest), 309, 332-33, Flugpost 1930 auf Satzbrief, spätere Ausgaben über weite Strecken komplett mit vielen Attesten, dazu Nachporto und Dienst.

1996/2015, postfrische und gestempelte, in den Hauptnummern überkomplette Sammlung, in 18 Alben, fast alles in beiden Erhaltungen und mehrfach gesammelt, dabei praktisch vollständig in postfrischen Kleinbogen, viele postfrische Viererblöcke sowie FDC