388th Auction

Die I, ½ a. indigo, good to large margins, cancelled by pen strokes and tied by diamond of bars, to entire folded up native letter with adjacent greenish blue cds. "LAHORE 8 SEP. 1857" to Mooltau, very fine

Die II, ½ a. indigo, good to large margins, tied by diamond of dots to small yellow native envelope 

1854/55, Die 2, ½ a. blue, deep colour and nice margins, tied by numeral "75" to small envelope with red "NAGPORE 1856 SEP 6 Paid" on reverse, very fine

Die III, ½ a. blue, good to large margins, tied by diamond of dots to small yellow native envelope from Umritsar to Lahore, with both red c.d.s. on reverse

Die III, ½ a. blue, good to large margins, tied by Madras type "150" in blue to entire letter from Negapatam to Cuddalore, vf

1854, Lithographs, ½ a. blue, die I, good to large margins, tied by diamond of dots to blue miniature envelope with adjacent red dispatch mark. Very fine.

1852, Scinde Dawk 1 a. white, good to large margins, cancelled by diamond of dots. At base tear reaching into the design (closed by hinge), otherwise fine

1866, fiscal stamps with overprint "SERVICE/POSTAGE" in green, 2 a., neatly cancelled, fine

1866, fiscal stamps with overprint "SERVICE/POSTAGE" in green, 2 a., neatly cancelled, very fine. Signed Pfenninger

1895-1910, Small collection on two album leaves, including 3 r. 1895 unused, five Specimen overprinted stamps, India stamps with Zanzibar cancellations, postcard 1904 and three postal stationery wrapper

1889, ½ a. black on pink with embossed 'peacock', tied by native cancel, with combination franking India QV ½ a. green, tied by "INDORE CITY" squared circle, on cover to Tellichery with arrival mark on reverse. On cover a rarity.

1818, entire letter endorsed inside “Zante 7 Augusto” to Corfu, faint red circular “IS(OLA) DI (ZANTE)” and framed “FRANCA”, fine, together with a 1819 entire letter from Malta to Corfu, endorsed “P. Osprey” and with faint red circular “ISOLA IONIE” with manuscript "45." gazette to pay, fine, both entires slitted and treated against cholera. A rare and early duo from the British Protectorate period

1817, entire letter from “LIVORNO” via Otranto to Corfu, taxed in transit in Neapel “10” Grana with reverse red “NAP(OLI) 27 MAR.”, slitted and roasted for disinfection, arrival faint circular bluish postmark “ISOLE IONIE” with “18” gazette to pay, fine. An extremely scarce early mail from the British Protectorate period

1923, Turkey 20 para postal stationery reply part, overprinted "IRAQ IN BRITISH OCCUPATION 1 An" cancelled by WESTGATE ON SEA 14/NO/20 KENT c.d.s., hex. postage due “T/20 D.R.” and “OVERLAND POSTAGE DUE A/2” alongside, addressed to "Col. S.G.Leslie Ordnance Base Depot Majil Basra" (written by his sons) and forewarded to Ordnance Advanced Basra by red pen, arrival mark on reverse. A very scarce usage of this reply part from England, no other recorded in PROFI archive

1915, Malta First World War Prisoner of War Mail: Maximum Card style olive-brown impressed ´kamp post/malta´ stamp on reverse of card to Stettin Germany. Shows on front the fine violett strike "Free from Prisoner of war MALTA PC", fine and unusual.

1895 Postal stationery envelope Turtle 15 c. blue registered with additional franking of 4 pairs of the 2 c. die II at front and back cancelled SEYCHELLES 16.8.95 to Germany, at bottom left paquebot transit mkg. of the french AUSTRALIE 17/8/95 and at back arrival marking Ulm, one adhesive at back with tiny tear, otherwise very fine and fresh maritime cover.
 

1902/38, Maritime Mail 11 covers & stationery postcards, including ship cards (S.S.Persic, R.M.S. Carisbrook Castle on reverse of stationery card COGH), oneliner ‘Per Dunottar Castle’ on stationery envelope 1900, four cards cancelled OCEAN POST OFFICE, Paquebot, The Union Castle Mail Steamship Natal Agency 2.JUN.1916, some different, mainly fine.

1902/12, OCEAN POST: Ten postcards, three ship cards (S.S.Kinfauns Castle and Steamer Briton) and seven Portugal Madeira Funchal cards, including basket sledge ride from Monte to Funchal, all bearing stamps from Transvaal or COGH and cancelled OCEAN POST OFFICE, some different, mainly fine.

1878/80, ½ d. to 2 s. set of 7 in top left corner blocks of four, unused no gum, 2 s. with some perf. separation, mostly very fine (SG £2.600+)

1885, ½ p. on 1 sh. green, tete-beche block of four, stamps mint never hinged, hinge at top margin. The top left stamp with inverted cliche, bright and fresh, very fine, a rare tete-beche pair. (SG £2.000++)

1883, Eagle with spread wings 1 s. green, re-issue, horizontal tete-beche block of four, light cancelled PRETORIA, fine and attrcative.

1903/10, Collection on ten stock cards including King Edward VII set of 12, ½ d. to 10 s. black and purple on red overprinted SPECIMEN in black. Some second republic and british occupation issues. Mostly fine to very fine.

1870/83, Collection on eight pages starting first issues, imperf and rouletted stamps with a wide range of colour shades, different papers, over-inked plates, V.R. Transvaal overprints, misperfed stamps, interesting postmarks etc. Including 1883 Eagle with spread wings 1 s. green, re-issue, horizontal tete-beche block of six (tiny spot). Overall a mint and used specialized collection, except for the occasional fault overall in good condition.

1932/35,  Three air mail covers to Germany with attractive frankings, violet oneliner OTJOWARONGO used as registraton mark, fine trio

1917/21, G.E.A. on 1 c. – 50 r. including some shades and wm mult. Scipt 12 c. – 5 r., unused o.g., fine and scarce 

1915, 4 h., 7½ h. and 15 h., overprint in reddish violet, mint never hinged, 15 h. gum slightly toned, each opinion Dr. Pauligk (2002)

1915/16, ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´ Collection of 7 covers and postal stationerys with good cancellations on Gold Coast KGV overprinted issue up to 5 sh., Anecho with french occup. mixed stationey and Lome Togogebiet late used german colonies cancel., five registered mail. Mostly fine, neatly housed on expertly described nine album pages.

1915/16, ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´ Collection of cancellations on Gold Coast KGV overprinted issue up to 20 sh., including Anecho, Assahun, Lome Togogebiet, Noepe, Station Palime, Agbeluvhoe and Tsewie. Mostly fine, neatly housed on expertly described nine album pages.

1915/16, ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´ Collection Gold Coast KGV overprinted issue mostly unused up to 5 sh. block of four used, many overprint varieties, missing letters, small ‘F’, thin ‘G’, double and missing hyphen, multiples, margin imprints, gutter pair. Mostly fine to very fine, neatly housed on expertly described nine album pages.

1917, large format registered stationery letter with overprinted 1 d. with London printing  ½ d. two singles, each tied by cds. “LOME 17. 3. 20” to Hamburg, reverse transit and arrival marks, fine (Higgins & Gage-Nr. 1 + SG-Nr. H47)

reichhaltige Sammlung Silbermünzen, dabei viel 5 DM und 10 DM Silber sowie Olympiade 1988 mit u.a. Jamaica 100 Dollar, Feingewicht gesamt ca. 2.690 g., im Karton

BRD: 1997/2023, Sammlung der Numisblätter von 1/1997 bis 5/2023, dabei Silbermünzen 10 DM (25), 10 € (101), 20 € (38) und 25 € (5), sowie 13 KMS, in 12 Alben

OSTAFRIKA: 1892/1916, interessante Sammlung mit 24 Münzen, dabei u.a. ½ Rupie 1904+1907, 1 Rupie 1894+1904+1912+1914, 2 Rupien 1894, zwei 5 Heller-Münzen 1908/09 sowie 4 Notgeldmünzen 1916. Dazu einige ältere indische Münzen Britisch Indien und EAST AFRICA 1921-50 sowie moderne Banknoten/Münzen

ALLE WELT: 1903/2004, Münz-Album mit u.a. 5 M. Hamburg 1903, Schwerpunkt Ostafrika mit Münzen ab 1922 bis 1956 mit Nennwerten bis 1 Shilling

NIEDERLANDE: 1892/2021, etwa 30 Bücher, gute Erhaltung, dabei “MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE LOW COUNTRIES Volume: I-IV" von Gerard VAN LOON

Konvolut mit u.a. Infla Band 51-51.4 und 66-1/3, Franzosische Armeepost 1792-1848 (A. Reinhardt), Feld- und Militärpost in Österreich (A. Clement, 2 Bände) und Mischfrankaturen Österreich -Lombardei-Venetien (Dr. A. Jerger)