1888-1890 Two postal stationery envelopes 5c blue bearing each additional 4-colour multiple franking of numeral issue, one postmarked dotted numeral ‘113’ of VENLO to Cologne / Rhein, other postmarked dotted numeral ’68’ of Leiden to Nordwyk aan Zee near Leiden, a beautiful duo, both cert. Louis (Image)

1891-93 Queen Wilhelmina 5c ORANGE instead of blue, with gum, small faults incl. a scissor cut at left, only 14 examples are recorded of which all have faults to some degree or another, an extremely rare ERROR OF COLOUR, cert. Moeijes (Image)

1896 5c Blue postal envelope +additional franking cancelled Utrecht 18.07.96 to TAHITI, San Francisco 03.08.96 cds and arrival Papeete 07.09.96 cds, very fine, very rare (Image)

1907 Printed matter postcard to France franked 2 1/2C green (2) bearing special cancel of ‘S’GRAVENHAGE VREDESCONFERENTIE GROOTE GRAFELIJKE ZAAL 19.9.07’ (Peace Conference, 2nd, The Hague), scarce cancel (Image)

1933 (18 June) Registered airmail cover franked by air 1929 1 1/2G and 4 1/2G plus definitive 27 1/2c sent on Balbo flight from Assen (18 VI 1933) to New York, red “Transatlantische Vlucht van Italiaansche Vliegtuigen 1933” pmk alongside, small part on reverse replaced, appropriate cancels on reverse, very scarce (Image)

1933 (24 June) Registered airmail cover franked by air 1929 set of three plus various definitives sent on Balbo flight from Wassenaar (24 VI 1933) to New York, red “Transatlantische Vlucht van Italiaansche Vliegtuigen 1933” pmk alongside, very scarce and possibly the nicest of the 62 covers flown (Image)

1852-1995, Remarkable specialised mint & used collection mounted on 423 exhibition pages, strength in the early years showing various shades and perforations, replete with covers and cards throughout showing a fascinating range of frankings, better singles incl. 1899 10G, 1913 10G, 1920 provisionals on 10G, airs, etc., some dupes in stockbook included plus a townpost collection on 63 pages (Est. CHF 3’000/4’000) (Image)

1852-1999, Mint & used stock with better values and sets, ideal for retail (Est. CHF 1’600/2’400) (Image)

1864-1983 NETHERLANDS COLONIES Large collection in 4 albums, mostly Schaubek, noted Netherlands Indies, Indonesia (with early primitive issues & overprint issues, etc), Riau & Irian Japanese Occupations including overprint issues, Netherlands New Guinea, UNTEA, Maluku Selatan (so-called Vienna issues, etc.), Curacao & Netherlands Antilles and Suriname, never hinged, hinged and / or used, with a lot of seldom seen adhesives and generally fine to very fine condition (Est. € 1’000/2’000) (Image)

1936-67, Exceptional FDC collection E1-E60, very near complete incl. E1, mostly addressed and properly travelled (often registered) to chiefly the USA, excellent and valuable items from the 1930s and 1940s, generally very fine (Est. CHF 1’000/1’500) (Image)

1938-2008, Virtually complete collections of FDCs from this period, fresh and clean with some early items in addition to NVPH E1 on, post-1957 and a few earlier are unaddressed, huge catalogue value for this attractive lot (Est. € 500/800)

1876-1993, Attractive mint & used collection written up on 140 exhibition pages, mint & used sets and singles plus a very good range of covers and cards throughout, also censored mail, airs, booklets, postage dues, etc. plus postal stationery section on 35 pages, a great lot (Est. CHF 800/1’200) (Image)

1860 Stampless envelope to the Netherlands with fine large oval “ONGEFRANKEERD / FORT WILLEM / AMBARAWA” handstamp with central posthorn in blue, arrival backstamp of Venlo, fine (Image)

1864 Stampless entire from Surinam to the Netherlands, with Paramaribo cds and ms rate markings, arrival bs, minor soiling (Image)

1930 Cover to Amsterdam franked 5c +7 1/2c tied by violet rubber cachet, “Paquebot Singapore” cds on back, very fine (Image)

1942-45, JAPANESE OCCUPATION: Attractive selection in stockbook with also Malaya, proofs and early Indonesia, see scans on the web (Est. CHF 400/600) (Image)

1940 (Sep 5) Censored airmail envelope to Switzerland “via Baghdad” with Netherlands Indies 2 1/2c and 35c each tied by very scarce “FAK FAK” cds, flown from Bandoey to Baghdad, then carried by rail, clipped corner and some censor tape removed otherwise fine (Image)

1873-1976, Attractive mint & used exhibition collection mounted on 85 album pages, good selection of covers throughout, to be completed and a good basis for expansion, plus postal stationery section on 37 pages, mostly unused but some interesting usages to Switzerland (Est. CHF 700/1’000) (Image)