388th Auction

1872/1946 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, incl. Forerunners and General Issues, with some duplicates, multiples, gutter pairs and other specialities, some better items throughout with Cérès 80 c. imperforate pair used with dotted “INDE” (Mi.-Nr. 23, signed A. Brun), fine group of Obock with some bisected on pieces, a selection of GC 5080 (Alexandria) cancels on 5 Francs empire and 40 c. Bordeaux, fine section of Reunion, St Pierre & Miquelon, etc., some Fournier forgeries noted, a few values signed A. Brun. An interesting assembly, except for the occasional fault in overall good condition

1856/1940 (ca.), over 120 covers and cards, strength before the 1930s with many multiple and mixed frankings, usages and destinations, noted Senegal with a fine group including Dubois 5c. (x2), 15 c. and 25 c. with blue octogonal “GOREE 23 12 84” to mourning envelope to Brest, New Caledonia with Dubois 25 c. strip of three with “Nlle CALEDONIE NOUMEA 19 AVRIL 89” to envelope to France, fine section of French offices in Asia with large violet circular “CORPS D´OCCUPATION DE CHINE” on franked postcard from “SHANGHAI 22 3 02” to Gibeon in German South West Africa, etc., somewhat mixed condition

1967/78, Collection on 20 Scott Album leaves, mint never hinged, including postage due stamps, very fine

1924/57, Collection on Scott album leaves mint and used starting overprinted issues 1924, largely complete with good part postage due, mostly fine.

1906/44, Collection on 15 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting Ballay set 1906, including good part air mail issues, S/S and postage due.

1897/75, Collection on 24 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting early overprinted set 1912, including good part air mail issues, S/S and postage due, additional some Mayotte, Anjouan and Moheli.

1892, Allegory 1 fr. olive/red on yellowish paper, together with additional franking including Forerunner Dubois, each neatly tied by cds. “LIBREVILLE CONGO-FRANCAIS AVRIL 1893” to registered envelope endorsed “Par courrier francais”, alongside boxed “R” and red octogonal maritime “LOANGO A MARSEILLE 23 AVRIL 93”, reverse arrival “HAMBURG 13 5 93”, fine and very scarce

1892/94, 6 covers to Germany, some attractive mixed-issue frankings and interesting usages with mail sent via French, Portuguese or German lines, some better items with Mi.-Nr. 4I (pair) and 10 tied by cds. “LIBREVILLE CONGO FRANCAIS 15 NOV 92” to envelope via French ship to Hamburg (Yvert-Nr. 4A, 7ba), etc., except for the occasional fault in overall good condition, a scarce assembly

1936/49, Collection on 21 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting Congo overprinted sets 1936, including good part air mail issues, S/S and postage due.

1892/1952, Collection on 20 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting allegory 1 fr., including good part france libre overprints and air mail issues, complete sets, S/S and postage due.

1941, Paris Exposition 5 fa. with "France Libre" overprint in blue on Souvenir Sheet tied to small piece by "Inde Francaise, Pondichery 21-1-1942" double-circle datestamp, small oil stain at bottom right, otherwise Very Fine, only 775 examples were overprinted and while the unused examples are scarce, we seldom see used examples, signed Roumet

1886/1933, Collection on nine Scott Album leaves, unused and mint never hinged, including postage due stamps, additional few used stamps, very fine

1892/1933, Collection on 17 Scott Album leaves, unused and mint never hinged, from 1913 mainly complete,  including postage due stamps, additional few used stamps in the beginning, fine

1943/58, Collection on 12 Scott album leaves, mint never hinged, starting uprated and overprinted issues, air mail issues, many complete sets, S/S and postage due, fine to very fine.

1906/42, Collection on Scott album leaves, starting General Ballay complete set of 16 (Yv.1-16) unused, later issues including S/S, postage due, mostly fine.

1932, Paris-Noumea Flight  50 c. , unused, lightly hinged, vf, signed Scheller

1921/1944, Collection on 11 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting ‘Territoire du Niger’ overprinted issues, air mail issues, many complete sets, S/S and postage due, fine to very fine.

1891/1964, Collection on 39 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting colonies allegory overprinted issues with multiples, including good part france libre and CFA overprints, air mail issues, many complete sets, S/S and postage due, fine to very fine.

1933/38, Landscapes 15 c. and 55 c., each in imperforated horizontal pair,  mint never hinged, vf (Yvert 130a,136Aa; 890,-)

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.

1926, König Georg V. mit schwarzem L1 “HOMERIC” auf Luftpost-Vordruckbrief als Versuchs-Vorausflug von der SS Homeric für spätere Katapultpost-Flüge via “NEW YORK NOV.25” mit Freimarke 2 C. nach Milburn mit Ankunftsstempel und vorderseitig eigenhändiger Unterschrift des Piloten. Dazu Vordruckbrief mit Freimarke USA 5 C. und Maschinenstempel “N.Y. AUG.29.1924” sowie L1 “HOMERIC nach Deutschland und kleiner Prospekt ”HOMERIC - THE SHIP OF SPLENDOR"

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.