1935-39, Group of four CRASH covers on exhibition pages : 1937 (Nov 16) Sabena crash by Ju-52 from Munich to London, one of five known items salvaged, 1938 (Dec 2) Deutsche Lufthansa crash of the Berlin-Baghdad flight near Vienna, reportedly the only known cover together with letter from Chemnitz P.O. datelined 31 May 1939 replying to the sender’s query about the circumstances, 1935 (Dec 31) Imperial Airways crash of the “City of Khartoum” into the sea at Alexandria, Egypt; a cover to New Zealand was routed via Sydney and placed into a special ambulance cover (rumpled) along with a printed explanatory note from GPO (original cover no longer present), 1939 (Aug 31) Deutsche Lufthansa crash by “Karl Huchmuth” from Berlin to London with unlisted special label “Diese Sendung ist aus einem / verbranten Flugzeug”, great lot (Est. € 300/600) (Image)

1900-1911, German Maritime mail group of 6 well written-up on pages, showing the different Deutsche Seepost cancels tying Egyptian/German stamps, fine (Est. € 400/500) (Image)

1900-30, 220 old picture postcards incl. Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt (Est. € 360/500) (Image)

WITHDRAWN 1920-50, Mint & used collection of Middle East incl. Transjordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, British Occupation of Italian Colonies, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, etc., mostly good condition (Est. € 600/1’000) (Image)

1920-60, +140 commercial covers on pages, noted 1950’s KUWAIT, BAHRAIN, DUBAI, QATAR, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Syria with WWII censorships, Lebanon with Aid for Palestine stamps, etc., see scans (Est. € 200/400) (Image)

1923-88, KUWAIT: Virtually complete mint collection, from the overprinted India and GB stamps, incl. officials and airmails, very fine (Est. € 2’000/3’000) (Image)

1933-2005, BAHRAIN: Virtually complete mint collection in an album, from the overprinted Indian and GB stamps, through to the later issues incl. min.sheets, very fine (Est. € 1’500/2’000) (Image)

1957-1999, QATAR: Complete mint collection in an album, nearly all mnh too, very fine, STC £6’900 in SG plus €3170 in Michel (Est. € 1’500/2’000) (Image)

1599-1934, Small mixed lot including early Corsini letter from London, early franked cover from Angola, card from Japanese occupied Carolines, 1852 Parma 5c strip of three, etc. (Est. € 200/300) (Image)

1631-1845, All-world stampless cover group with mainly Europe, noted Italy, Finland, Russia, German States, Holland, forwarding agents, etc., very fine (Est. € 200/400) (Image)

1704-1990, Apple & bananas incl. 1934 Belgium “SERVICE DU ROI”, 1880 German Levant, etc., examine (Est. € 150/300) (Image)

1753-1870, 30 documents from Alsace-Lorraine (few Germany) incl. 1770 Diploma for Doctor of Law, Decree, 1825 & 1869 Diplom Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, etc., very fine, suitable for framing (Est. € 200/400)

1759-1871, Lot of 40+ stampless covers, mostly Italy, France, GB, fine (Est. € 120/200) (Image)

1770s-1830s, LATIN AMERICA: Stampless covers, some 57 items incl. about 1/3 being fronts, mostly annotated as to period, dates, rate, etc. with strength in the Colonial period, countries of origin include Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina (e.g. 1789 Buenos Aires, pre-1792 Plata, and Uruguay (e.g. 1792 Montevideo), destinations incl. neighbouring countries as well as Spain, a good source of exhibit material given the rich proportion of Colonial items, many very fine strikes, examine (Est. € 400/600) (Image)

1776-1990, All-world massive assembly, noted better Judaica, Spanish colonies, Siam, Belgium, Austria, Germany & States, France incl. sheets, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Persia, Iraq, French Morocco, French cover group with Peace & Commerce usages and prephilately, etc. (Est. € 500/1’000) (Image)

1780-1980, Mixed cover lot with an early section of Italian prephilately, Latvian commercial covers from the 20s, 30s and 40s, group of Chinese picture postcards, section of post-war Soviet covers, plus a group of commemorative covers (Est. € 300/500)

1792-1919, All-world cover group with a wealth of origins and frankings, few stampless, noted Russia, German colonies, French Levant, disinfected, GB, Bosnia, Burma, etc. (Est. € 300/600) (Image)

1792-1960 Group of all world postal history incl. letters, alot of prestamp material with a wealth of scarcer markings incl. French colonies, mixed (85 items) (Est. €250/400) (Image)

1795-1880, Lot of mostly maritime documents & historical letters, also maps, engraving, Austrian Levant & Newspaper stamp franking Constantinople newspaper, a great source for the postal historian (Est. € 200/300) (Image)

1811-1980, Lot of over 200 covers and cards with useful sections of Austria and Switzerland, also some Ukraine, censored mail, airs, etc. (Est. € 200/300)

1821-1947, All-world cover group with main interest Belgium, Luxembourg, CH, Haiti 1853 passport signed by Emperor Faustin, etc. (Est. € 150/300) (Image)

1830-80, +200 stampless covers to France from GB, USA, Colombia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, etc., showing various rates, pmks, etc., noted very high rates due to heavy covers, better Transatlantic ships, etc., plus few franked covers (Est. € 500/1’000) (Image)

1830-1965, All-World cover lot of 166 items from prephilately to modern, noted sections of Portugal, Italy & States, Belgium, one Bushire cover (signed Calves), Spain, Zara, Hungary, etc. (Est. € 300/500) (Image)

1840-85, Attractive old-time collection in superb deluxe 1888 Schaubek album, German States showing a good deal of completion although some stamps in mixed condition, better countries include also Bulgaria with the mint 1884 provisionals set (the 50s is signed Stolow), incl. Denmark incl. 1851 2RBS, Finland serpentines, France incl 1849 Cérès 1F, Napoleon 1F, GB with QV£1 green, San Marino incl. unused 1877 30c brown & 40c violet, Sweden with some earlies, Switzerland with Geneva 1845 Small Eagle, 1847 Large Eagle, 1845 Basel Dove, 1850 Vaud 5c, Winterthur, 2 1/2Rp etc., Asutralian States with substantial Victoria, USA with N°1, 1861 90c, 1869 pictorials up to 30c, some easily identifiable forgeries, condition is mixed, (Est. € 3’000/5’000) (Image)

1840-90, Old-time 1874 Maury all-world album showing quite a good degree of completion, stamps are generally used together with postal stationery cut-out, most stamps are directly stuck down to the pages as was the custom back in those days, better items noted incl. GB QV £1 brown-lilac & £1 green, Sweden 1855 3sk, Poland N°1, Switzerland Geneva Large Eagle with cds cancel (rare), Rayon stamps, good Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Cape Triangulars, Hong-Kong, Australian States, Canada, US, Latin America, mixed (Est. € 1’200/2’000) (Image)