1860 Three covers franked with 5kr revenues, two sent to Wroclaw and one to Leipzig, mixed condition but very interesting examples.
Opening EUR 50.00
Sold...EUR 40.00
Closed..Dec-05-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 40
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 50008
Symbol:
Austria - 1851-56 Newspaper Stamps "Mercure" 30kr, a fantastic lot comprising ten items including the only recorded engraved copper plate for this reproduction, with five accompanying 'die' proofs on bistre and white pelure paper, with an additional in ochre on wove paper, and four essays on white wove paper with one featuring two impressions including one with part cds; an extraordinary and unique lot demonstrating that Sperati not only used the photolithography, but also the typography as an attempt reproduce this great European rarity; the poor results obtained made him exclude this option. (Image)
Opening EUR 2,000.00
Sold...EUR 17,000.00
Closed..Dec-06-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 17000
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 50009
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
Austria - 1856 Newspaper issue, group of 72 items including nine glass clichés, two of which are negative, the remaining seven being vermilion, brown and black, three with dates including 2/38 and 2/41, eight celluloid clichés, one in orange with notation "Cliché 12/51 calor" (dated Dec--51 and produced using the "Calor" lamp), another in red-orange with notation 'pressed too much' and "voile bien" meaning good, one in a brown-orange marked "c" with faint part tête-bêche impression below, another in burnt-orange labeled 'essay 2', one a vertical tête-bêche the top in orange marked "X les miens" meaning the best and below an impression in black, another in black and two in red, four exposure trials on photographic paper, two in olive-green both labeled "21" one dated 3/42 the other "Type III", another in brown also with the "21" and a further on a deeply grey background, also four examples of single white paper with cancellations which are genuine stamps that have been chemically treated to remove the stamp, leaving the cancel which was his method for then printing his reproductions on the correct paper with a genuine pmk, twelve celluloids of various pmks, nine working trial proofs, seven in red-orange (1856 6kr) and two in black, one a vertical piece with a black and red example, six examples on piece with cancels, one a piece with printed text (to simulate newspaper) and a number of trial cancels on paper with notations; a unique and comprehensive assembly of great importance in understanding the development of the reproductions, including the designs of the stamps and the cancellation, with nothing comparable seen before. (Image)
Opening EUR 4,000.00
Sold...EUR 20,000.00
Closed..Dec-06-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 20000
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 50010
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Cat No: Collection
Austria - 1858 Newspaper Tax Stamp 1k and 4k, group of 34 items comprising a retouched painted master on film of the 1kr value -the foundation for the creation of the clichés-, of which there are eleven for this value, including five negative glass clichés, six glass support clichés, with four in black, one in vermilion and one in orange-brown, four with notations incl. one with 5% chemical substance at 2 minutes light exposure at 17°C temperature; seven celluloid clichés, two in blue, one with notation "A1" and indicating a violet filter was used with 5.5% substance, three in black, one with 6% chemical substance, one in vermilion marked "C.14" and 6% chemical substance, one negative celluloid, also ten trial working essays in blue and black on white paper, three with two impressions and a vertical strip of three on one piece with notations showing one crossed in red crayon, accompanied by one final reproduction of the 1k value with the violet Sperati hs and numbered 256, three glass support clichés for the 4k incl. two negative (both cracked), one celluloid cliché in a burnt-orange with notations indicating a 5% chemical substance; a unique and remarkable selection of clichés supported by material not previously available in such detail or quantity. (Image)
Opening EUR 2,500.00
Sold...EUR 12,000.00
Closed..Dec-06-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 12000
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 60002
Symbol: H
Cat No: ANK 2 Hpa
1850, Handpaper, 2kr black, imperforate horizontal pair, very fine four margins cancelled by the scarce cds in black of 'Neugedein' (a small town in Domažlice District in the Plzen Region of the Czech Republic), a wonderful combination of stamp quality and scarcity of postmark. (Image)
Opening EUR 80.00
Sold...EUR 110.00
Closed..Dec-07-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 60003
Symbol: C
Cat No: ANK 5a
1850, Machine Paper (Type IIIb), 9kr blue, imperforate, mint example showing vibrant colour with clean appearance, full margins all around of which three being large and even, full original gum, very fine indeed, an exhibition quality stamp in such fresh condition; cert. Ferchenbauer (1984) and signed Predl, Raybaudi, Vaccari and Enzo Diena (ANK €1300). (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 320.00
Closed..Dec-07-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 320
Austria Collections and Lots
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 30003
Symbol: F,WWW
Cat No: Collection
1912-1925 Pioneering flights exhibit, displayed on eight A3 pages, a beautifully presented study of the early development of flights and air mail, comprising scarce balloon mail (noted 1912 Ragusa and 1913 Achtung Ballonpost), WWI balloon mail, International air meetings, Austrian airships, Zeppelin visit (1913), air meetings, and post WWI flights, includes 32 cards, 12 labels and ephemera, very neatly written-up, a very fine assembly. (Image)
Opening EUR 800.00
Sold...EUR 1,300.00
Closed..Dec-05-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1300
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 30004
Symbol: F,WWW
Cat No: Collection
1914-1915 The Siege of Przemysl: Collection of balloon and mail flights sent during the two sieges by the Russia army, neatly presented upon eight A3 exhibition pages, including 24 post cards, many of the flights represented as well as the balloon mail flights including used and unused cards with the "Ballonpost Przemysl /1915" cachet, several very fine examples, some with faults, otherwise overall fine, a fascinating study, and comes with two reference books one a Monograph on the historical event by Schenk and Pollischansky (160 pages with colour illustrations), and the other a Postal History book by Franmer (33 pages), an excellent assembly. (Image)
Opening EUR 130.00
Sold...EUR 1,600.00
Closed..Dec-05-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 30005
Symbol: F,WWW
Cat No: Collection
1915-1938 Austrian Airmail collection of 120 covers/cards relating to internal flights, expansion of flights throughout European, flights to Great Britain, South and North Atlantic, Zeppelin mail, Siege of Przemysl, Flugpost, many first flights, includes rare airmail and frankings, condition is fine to very fine, some exceptionally fine, just a few with any significant faults, a real treasure trove of airmail, a must view lot. (Image)
Opening EUR 2,000.00
Sold...EUR 3,000.00
Closed..Dec-05-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 3000
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 30007
Symbol: F,WWW
Cat No: Collection
1918 Flugpost First International flights, a study mounted on seven A3 exhibition pages, comprising 20 covers/cards, mail between Vienna, Kraków, Lviv (Lemberg) and Kiev, as well as between Vienna, Arad, Budapest, Bucharest and Odessa, wonderfully presented and written-up, many scarcer frankings and rare items including an 1918 Kiev to Vienna letter addressed to a Flight Lieutenant with the red K.u.k. cachet (all mail from Kiev is rare), also two military mail documents one recording details of a flight between Kiev and Lemberg which went via Proskurow, both documents have the violet cachet of the K.u.k., this beautifully presented collection comes with a set of six Flugpost adhesives, condition is generally fine with the usual filing crease on the larger covers, otherwise exceptional quality for this period, well worth closer inspection. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 600.00
Closed..Dec-05-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 30009
Symbol: F,WWW
Cat No: Collection
1928-1937 Austrian Airmail across the South Atlantic, a study on four A3 pages, comprising 15 covers including Zeppelin flights, mail from Austria to Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, some wonderfully scarce transit and cachet marks, interesting and rare frankings such as a 1930 commercial cover from Vienna to Buenos Aires bearing 25s and 424g stamps in a colourful array of adhesives front and back, a fine collection elegantly displayed. (Image)
Opening EUR 800.00
Sold...EUR 850.00
Closed..Dec-05-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 30010
Symbol: F
1928 (May 1) First flight envelope Vienna to Leningrad, franked with 8g, 30g and 10g tied by cds "Flugpost Wien Aspern" dated I.V.28, with fine strike below stamps, also the violet "Flugfeld Aspen, P. Wien 1" rectangular cachet top left corner of envelope, arrival on reverse dated 4th May, extremely rare cover - listed in kohl although unpriced due to its rarity - very few examples known. (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
Sold...EUR 400.00
Closed..Dec-05-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 30011
Symbol: F,WWW
Cat No: Collection
1929-1937 Austrian Airmail across the North Atlantic, a study on four A3 pages, comprising 16 covers including Zeppelin, Dornier DO-X and catapult flights, including mail from Stammersdorf to Canada, covers from Vienna to Honolulu, Cristóbal, Managua, New York (7), Bethlehem (US), Vancouver, Boston, and Fort Wayne, a fine to very fine select group of flight covers wonderfully displayed. (Image)
Opening EUR 700.00
Sold...EUR 850.00
Closed..Dec-05-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 30012
Symbol: F,WWW
Cat No: Collection
1930-1936 Austrian Airmail study of mail east to India and beyond, presented on four A3 exhibition pages, including 15 covers with flights from Austria to Teheran (one a rare imperial airways stage only 82 flown), Karachi, Ragoon, Palembang, Palestine, Syria, China, Penang, Australia and other locations in India, several scarcer trans-continental flights, unusual frankings and transit marks, all neatly written-up, a fine and scarce selection. (Image)
