1870 Printed matter to DENMARK with 2k yellow in pair, very fine, rare rate (Image)

1935 Airmail 5g to 10s set of 15 in imperf. pairs, no gum, very fine (Mi. €1’100) (Image)

1936 Dollfuss 10S blue with neat cds, very fine (Mi. €1’100) (Image)

1946 ANTIFA Exhibition UNISSUED so-called “Blitz-Totenkopf’ PROOFS in line perforation instead comb perforation, slightly darker colour shades and no gum as the other 2 or 3 sets known also, extremely elusive and important proofs – one of the great rarities of modern Austria, detailed cert. Mag.Babor, ANK € 20000 (Image)

1946 Renner set of four imperf. min.sheets, mint nh, very fine (Mi. €2’300) (Image)

1858 Lilac grey with large margins, used, very fine (Image)

1874 Envelope from Linz to Paris, bearing uncancelled Revenue 25kr with large ‘8’ handstamped rate mkg alongside, unusual (Image)

1822-1979, Austrian Area: Accumulation of mostly covers & cards, mostly pre-war incl. pre-philately, noted several medium to better items: noted 1867 15so pair with manuscript ‘v.Galatz’ + 3ring no. 1 of Vienna (cert. Ferchenbauer), pre-philatelic negative cancel of Szamos Ujvar (1852, ex offo), 1867 brown 2Kr postal stationery card bearing German Reich boxed Löbau i.Sachsen – Ebersbach – Zittau TPO marking, etc. mixed to very fine (Est. € 120/200) (Image)

1842-1903 LLOYD AUSTRIACO: Small postal history collection of maritime items carried by Lloyd Austriaco, including two very early Piraeus-Syra Line item from 1842, items from Athens, Trieste, Genova, Larnaca, Kefallinia, Corfou, later with markings of other lines on Greek stamps incl. Romanian, Bulgarian and Russian, fine (Est. € 400/700) (Image)

1850-59 Selection of first issues Austria & Lombardy Venetia with unused including 1kr & 10c unused & used, with some useful cancels, many with large to very large margins, singles, pairs & one strip of three, plus some later issues, mixed to very fine (50) (Est. € 800/1’200) (Image)

1850-71, Attractive selection on exhibition pages showing various cancels on the first issue, also 1867 issue, some 1871 Hungary and also first issue Bulgaria included, fine (Est. € 120/200) (Image)

1850-1908 Small lot of better adhesives: 1850 1Kr horizontal pair, 2Kr (2), 1858 3Kr (2, both with red postmark), 1908 10K, all used and very fine, (Est € 150/200) (Image)

1850-1960 ca Accumulation incl. numerous sheets, part sheets of middle period/Austrian military issues, also better mint sets from the 1930’s, some earlier issues (Est. €150/250)

1850-1970 Collection on Scott album pages, including also diverse LEVANT, LOMBARDY & BOSNIA, mostly used or mint hinged, some never hinged, with diverse medium to better sets & singles (1st republic, 1945, etc., mostly fine to very fine, (Est. € 400/500)

1850-1980, Mint & used collection in one album, noted some well cancelled 1850 earlies, later sets incl. 1908-13 Reign set to 10Kr, 1933 WIPA mint single, neatly cancelled 1936 FIS set, airs with 1925-30 set and 1935 set, also 1955 birds, then newspaper stamps, dues, etc. (Est. € 300/500)

1850-1990 An extensive & valuable specialised old-time collection neatly mounted on 100’s of album pages & housed in 10 albums, showing a good deal of completion, with early classics 1850 1kr, 2kr, 3kr & 6kr unused, Newspaper stamps 1851 Mercury in blue, yellow & pale rose, later issues show 1908 set to 10kr imperforate, 1933 Wipa sheet mint & on cover, plus some useful modern imperforates, plus much more, mixed to very fine, a truly wonderful lot, many signed & some with certs (1000’s of stamps) (Est. € 9’000/12’000) (Image)

1851-1874 Selection of 8 ROTHSCHILD covers with diverse frankings incl. 3 with 1867 25Kr with blue WIEN cancels, 1 freight cover (bilingual German-Ukrainian) + 1851 cover with WIEN sunburst cancel (Est. € 80/120)

1854-1914 AUSTRIAN LEVANT & MARITIME CANCELLATIONS: Collection on 84 pages, mostly cancels on loose stamps but also over 30 cards & covers of offices of Canea, Constantinopoli, Scutari, Alexandria, Beirut, Candia, Durazzo, Salonicci, Adrianopoli, Scio, Mersina, Metelino, Prevesa, Rettimo, Rustchuk, Samsun, Jerusalem, Jassy, Jaffa, Janina, Cavalla & Filippopel, also diverse maritime cancellations, noted postal money order Scio to Paris (cert. Hochleutner), 1872 cover with combi franking 5so (pair) 1867 issue + Greece 20L Scio-Cesme to Patrasso, 1913 registered AR cover: bluish Metelino to London, etc., as usual with these cancel lots mixed but including many fine to very fine items – please view (Est. € 400/700) (Image)

1864-1910, LEVANT: Extensive Austrian Levant collection on pages showing a wide range of cancels from Adrianople to Widdin, better sections incl. Burgas, Candia (incl. combination cover), three covers (two are combination covers) from Canea (all with cert. Ferchenbauer), 1881 Jerusalem cover to England, three Rettimo covers to Syros (mostly combination covers, all with certs.), Salonico covers to Vienna and Milan, extensive Smirna section with thimble cancels, extra material includes Hungarian pmks and one Liechtenstein item, mixed to fine (Est. CHF 4’000/6’000) (Image)

1890-1990, Lot of ca1’000 covers and cards, mostly all sleeved, good amount of topics incl. commercial, Commemoratives, pictorial cancels, postal stationery, registered items etc. (Est. € 300/400)

FORGERIES: 19th Century reference collection, particularly of the Mercury head newspapers as well as offices abroad, an attractive and very informative study written up extensively incl. diagrams, with over 50 examples (Est. € 200/300) (Image)

1850 (May 27) Entire letter from Vienna to Pesth with a top marginal example of the 1850 6 kreuzer brown (technically issued June 1st), huge margins all round and in a rich reddish shade, tied clearly by “WIEN / 27. MAI” two line datestamp in black with repeated strike at right, adhesive also cancelled in red crayon manuscript also used to denote pre-payment, reverse of entire with “Briefs No. 93” datestamp (May 27) and Pesth arrival cds (May 29), thus both the sending and the delivery occurred prior to the intended date of issue. A fantastic world and first issue rarity in unbelievably fine quality. Expertise: Signed Alberto Bolaffi, certified Ferchenbauer and Puschmann Price on request (Image)

1854 Folded lettersheet franked 1850 issue 2Kr handmade paper, Ferchenbauer type Ib in horizontal strip of 3 bearing oval ‘PRAG KLEINS: 5.3.(54)’ ds’s to Schlackenwerth (arrival marking at back), strip with white margins all around (on 3 sides large to very large, on left side smaller but still clearly white), bottom of letter with some browning but 2Kr strip very fine, Ferchenb. €2’600 (Image)

1858-1859 Selection of St. Andrews Crosses, noted green, red (3, including 1 pair), blue (2), brown (5), all mint hinge remainder, mostly fine to very fine (Image)

1867 2kr Yellow, three examples tied by WIEN 3/6 72 cds on printed matter to Nancy, “France” crossed out and replaced by “Lothringen”, P.D. hs alongside, fine & scarce (Image)