1865-1936 Selection of DDSG items with ship cancels of Marie Valerie (on litho picture postcard of Ybbs a/d Donau with 5x 2Kr to England !!, approx. 1898), Schönbrunn (on Cabin-bed ticket), Atlas (on ppc of Passau, 1915, no stamps), Budapest (on ppc 1901 Wachau 5H franked), also some DDSG station cancels on cover and 2 freight letters, interesting specialist group (Image)

1866-1880 Collection on 25 album pages & div. stockcards, mostly loose adhesives or fragments, also a few covers or cards, collected by offices in alphabetic order mostly, but also a section with forgeries (incl. many part sheets) and / or reprints, mixed condition throughout but noted fine to very fine as well, noted also Gepäck- (luggage-), bill of loading- and parcel ticket adhesives – needs careful viewing (Image)

1868-1878 Selection of 10Kr green (6) & 10Kr red (1), all bearing ship markings: ARPAD, BOREAS, FRIEDRICH, MERKUR, METTERNICH (2) & RADETZKY, mixed, some on fragments, mostly clearly identifyable (Image)

1870-72 10Kr red used with nearly complete marking of ‘EILDAMPFER ORIENT’, as usual adhesive with some faults but rare marking (Image)

1888 Postal stationery card Hungary 2Kr brown bearing ‘Stari-Sisak 1.4.88’ cds alongside blue oval ‘DAMPFSCHIFFAHRT-AGENTIE SISSEK’ + fragment with Hungary 5Kr envelope issue bearing same blue marking as obliterator, scarce (Image)

FORGERIES: Extensive 19th century reference collection, very well written up and researched with over 80 examples of the Danube Steam Company issues, a very specialised collection including multiples (Est. € 100/200) (Image)