Argentina postal history accumulation of a few hundred items, particularly strong in stationery, predominantly late nineteenth and early twentieth century, with myriad cards, covers, and wrappers awaiting closer examination, further strength in 1930s/40s airmail covers and WWII censored mail, note an interesting group of a couple dozen circa 1930s revenues on document, typical varied condition, but many fine and useful items.

Est. $200-300

Asian postal history accumulation, with roughly one hundred pieces of commercial mail, through to the 1990s, though most is mid-twentieth century, a range of countries represented including Japan with early stationery, Philippines, South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaya, the Straits Settlements, Singapore, Indonesia, and more, noting a plethora of airmail rates, registered mail, postal stationery, and more, the more recent material with some topical interest, typical mixed condition for commercial correspondence, a useful lot for a rate study.

Est. $200-300

Australia & New Zealand cover lot, of over two hundred items, from Victoria to QEII, with Australian States including Tasmania and New South Wales, strongest in WWII-era censored mail, but noting Kangaroo and KGV frankings, registered mail, postage dues, advertising, maiden voyage covers, most commercial mail but includes a selection of early Queen Elizabeth II first day covers, the earlier covers with some condition issues, the balance largely fine.

Est. $200-300

Austria postal history hoard of approximately 700 items, including postcards, covers, and postal forms, largely pre-1950s commercial mail, nineteenth century including stampless, Franz Josef frankings, and stationery, strong in WWI mail, noting feldpost with military cinderellas, dozens of WWI Austrian Prisoners of War in Russia cards, inflation era frankings, WWII censors, many Costumes frankings commemorative and event cancels, etc, typical varied condition as expected, an excellent group for a military/censorship collector or one looking to study rates.

Est. $500-750

Baltic region postal history accumulation, strongest in Latvia, though also noting Estonia and Lithuania, many hundreds with particular strength in postcards, noting real photo cards and Russian Imperial Eagle frankings, a couple hundred definitive frankings on postal forms, also registered mail, political propaganda, a few frankings on newspaper, etc,mixed condition, but an excellent group for the postmark enthusiast.

Est. $300-400

Belgium & Luxembourg postal history accumulation, with many hundreds of covers, predominantly Belgium though note a few Belgian colonial items as well, emphasis on early-mid twentieth century with myriad frankings and postmarks, strength in WWI German Occupation with several dozens of items, as well as WWII censors, also foreign destination mail, advertising, perfins, postage dues, condition varies, a veritable treasure trove for the diligent collector.

Est. $400-500

Brazil postal history accumulation, of roughly two hundred items, the majority being mid-twentieth century with emphasis on airmail rates and censored covers, a lovely array of frankings, note also a selection of real photo postcards, registered mail, etc, usual wrinkles and small faults for such lots, ideal for further inspection

Est. $200-300

British Africa postal history accumulation, of approximately a few hundred items, predominantly KGVI to early QEII-era, strongest in South Africa, with mid-twentieth century airmails and WWII censored covers, noting also representation from Botswana, Transvaal, Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria including an interesting run of town cancels, Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Orange River Colony, and the Cape of Good Hope, various frankings including common design issues, rates, commemorative covers, railway cancels, postage dues, registered mail, and much more, mixed condition with many fine items, deserving of a close inspection.

Est. $300-400

British Europe postal history accumulation, of roughly a few hundred items, strong in Malta but also noting Gibraltar, Ireland, and Cyprus, Victorian to QEII though most is early-mid twentieth century, dozens of attractive Maltese postcards depicting various scenes of the island, stationery including one with SPECIMEN overprint, registered and censored mail, and other interesting material including a few stock cards of revenue stamps and an eighteenth century map of Dublin, varied condition, worthwhile lot for the collector or dealer alike.

Est. $200-300

British South Pacific postal history lot, with approximately 150 covers and postcards, consisting of a large stockbook filled with KGV to QEII, mostly Fiji, noting Silver Jubilee, UPU Anniversary, King George VI Coronation, and 1946 Peace Issue first day covers, paquebot mail, first flights including several BOAC and first Trans-Pacific flights, as well as a balance of unsorted including Tonga with multiple Tin Can mail covers, Western Samoa, Seychelles, Niue, Papua, Nauru, Cook Islands, Gilbert & Ellice Islands, Penrhyn, Solomon Islands, etc, mixed condition.

Est. $200-300

Bulgaria postal history group, with approximately eighty covers and postal stationery cards, 1880s through to 1960s, with the majority being turn-of-the-century stationery, some illustrated, noting in addition registered mail and WWII censored covers, much is fine, an interesting assortment that merits a closer look.

Est. $100-200

Canada first flight postal history collection of a few hundred covers carefully mounted and written-up on pages, most 1930s domestic first flights with a wide range of attractive cachets, noting also pilot signed and flights to foreign destinations including Japan, Fiji, etc, other interesting material including commemorative flights, promotional leaflets, airline labels, select quality throughout, an attractive collection that presents wonderfully.

Est. $300-400

Canada postage due postal history collection in four albums, approximately 240 items, from 1898 to QEII, the majority being 1920s-60s, many with adhesive postage dues, the balance with a wide range of handstamped markings, much domestic mail, including short-paid, disallowed attempted usages of revenue stamps as postage, etc, noting also incoming mail from France, Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Australia, and Sweden, a large number written-up in detail on album pages, some with typical small faults but overall a well-developed and attractive collection with many desirable examples.

Est. $400-500

Canada postal history carton, of many hundreds, stampless through to modern, with most being from the first half of the twentieth century, noting mourning covers, fancy cancels, Northern Ontario real photo postcards, squared circles, special delivery, WWII patriotics, foreign destinations, military mail, Newfoundland, first flights, illustrated advertising, censors, some FDCs but the vast majority being commercial usages, condition varies, many interesting items throughout, a generally unsorted accumulation meriting careful inspection.

Est. $300-400

Ceylon postal history group, of about 150 items, from Victoria to King George VI, noting registered, airmail, and a wide array of town postmarks, the vast majority being WWII-era censored mail, a few small faults throughout, an overall desirable group of this popular collecting area.

Est. $200-300

China postal history accumulation, with roughly 100 covers and cards, 1890s through to the 1980s, most being mid-twentieth century, with strength in censored mail, note also an interesting group of stationery, and useful lot to examine for postmarks and rates, variable condition, a few fronts, but much is attractive and sound.

Est. $200-300

Colombia postal history lot, with well over 200 covers, significant emphasis on mid-twentieth century material, the majority being airmail covers, much being censored, many colorful frankings, note some illustrated advertising, SCADTA labels and frankings, some with faults but much in better than average condition, an excellent lot for the specialist.

Est. $300-400

Eastern Europe postal history accumulation, with roughly 250 items, the majority being 1940s/40s including a significant number of German occupation covers and cards, Bohemia & Moravia frankings, with feldpost, censors, dozens of uprated postal stationery cards, advertising, some earlier postcards noting one hand painted, some Slovakia adhesives included, varied condition but many fine and useful items for the student of this era.

Est. $400-500

France & Colonies postal history hoard, with thousands of covers, postcards, and stationery, filling two cartons, from nineteenth century stampless through to modern, a significant portion from the first half of the twentieth century, noting Ceres, Napoleon, Peace & Commerce, Sower, Merson, and Pasteur frankings, advertising and promotional cinderellas, maximum cards, commemorative covers and postmarks, and much more, strongest in France but also note material from Mali, Morocco, French Polynesia, Tahiti, Cameroon, Tunisia, and more, wildly variable condition, a collection that would benefit from careful organization, a veritable treasure trove for the France collector or postmark enthusiast.

Est. $750-1,000

France postal history group of well over 100 items, beginning with over 20 stampless covers, domestic usages, showing a wide range of rate markings and postmarks, followed by roughly 50 imperforate and perforated Napoleon and Ceres issues, many lozenge and Paris Star cancels, the balance including a Sage, Peace & Commerce, and later frankings on covers and postcards to a variety of French and European destinations, as well as military mail, censored, stationery, and more, condition varies, worth inspecting this interesting and diverse lot

Est. $200-300

France World War I postal history collection, of over 150 postcards, including both military scenes and French military correspondence cards, a fascinating group with a wide range of military post office cancels, noting patriotic illustrations, hospitals, bomb damage real photo cards, a hand-drawn card depicting a soldier on the march, regiments and military leaders, etc, a mix of mint and used cards included, typical varied condition for wartime material, a useful group for further research.

Est. $300-400

Germany & States postal history group of twenty five, the majority being pre-1871, with examples from Hannover (with 3gr rate registered from Bremen to Bremervörde), Prussia, Hamburg, Bavaria, Saxony, Mecklenberg-Schwerin (including two 1/4s uprated 1-1/2s stationery entire), Brunswick, and Wurttemberg, Germany includes 1873 Strassburg horseshoe cancel tying 1gr & 2gr Large Shield to New York, condition varies, some with faults, but many interesting frankings. (Image)

Est. $150-200

Germany & German States postal history collection, with roughly 300 items, beginning with roughly fifty stampless covers and folded letters, with a variety of straight-line and c.d.s. postmarks, noting a few interesting early documents, one with a lovely color illustration, further strength in German States, particularly Bavaria, as well as Wurttemberg and Saxony, with royalty real photo postcards, WWI usages, early twentieth century litho postcards, etc, followed by several dozen post-1871 early German usages, ideal for the postmark enthusiast, typical mixed condition, but an interesting sorting project.

Est. $300-400

Germany 1900s Germania Issue postal history accumulation, of roughly five hundred items, strong in postal stationery, including a large number of uprated examples to European destinations, noting also WWI Occupation of Eastern Europe, censored mail, military postcards and feldpost usages, illustrated advertising, postage dues, perfin frankings, postal forms, and much more, mixed condition, an ideal project for the enthusiast of this era, or to study rates and shades of these issues.

Est. $300-400

Germany postal stationery collection in five albums, mostly mint, the earlier material including German States & Offices Abroad, as well as an interesting group of local stationery from Hansa, Leipzig, Zittau, Bochum, and Berlin, one album of Bavaria, just shy of 100 items, noting also WWII Occupation of Luxembourg, Lorraine, and Bohemia & Moravia, the final two albums with over two hundred West Germany illustrated stationery cards depicting a variety of German scenes and towns, many very fine items, a delightful lot for the specialist.

Est. $300-400