Brunswick - Forgeries. 1852-65 Forgeries, the very well written up collection on ten pages. (179).

1872-1985 Used collection in an album including 1872 small shield 5g on piece, 1926-31 air set, 1929, 1932 and 1934 Welfare Fund sets, 1936 Olympic miniature sheets, 1937 Brown Ribbon miniature sheet, Berlin 1948 1m, 1949 Goethe set, etc. (100s).

c.1880-1950 Stamps including 1935 OSTROPA miniature sheet mint (S.G. MS576a, £1,500), 1949 Berlin 1m, 2m unmounted (S.G. B33/4, £1,100), covers with WW1. P.O.W mail, etc. (100s).

The extensive collections including 1873-1949 mint postal stationery in nine albums, 1949-77 F.D.Cs in seven albums, perfins, 1970-72 special registration labels of Berlin, Freemasonry, Oberammergau, etc. (1000s).

1933 (Nov 1) Wagner Opera Welfare Fund set of nine (the 20pf perf 14) on a registered First Day Cover from Leipzig to Scotland each cancelled by "Messestadt" c.d.s, small cover repair at lower edge, otherwise fine, a scarce set on F.D.C. Mi €3,000. Photo on Page 84. (Image1)

1933 Wagner Opera Welfare Fund, set of nine (20pf perf 14) used on a 1934 registered express cover posted within Leipzig with Richard Wagner slogan cancels. Also 6pf, 8pf and 12pf on a second cover posted within Leipzig. S.G. £450+. (2 covers).

1933 Welfare Fund miniature sheet unused, light hinge marks at corners, fine. S.G. MS525a, £2,250.

Ostropa 1935. Registered covers posted from the Ostropa exhibition to London, both franked with the miniature sheet (also a 12pf stamp) cancelled by the exhibition c.d.s or the Ostropa Granz-Rossitten Schiffspost c.d.s, both with the exhibition label, the miniature sheets crossed by blue registration crayon lines, otherwise fine and scarce on cover. Also the exhibition meter mark, Grosses Moosbruch Schiffspost c.d.s and slogan, postal stationery card and envelope, set of ten exhibition labels in singles and sheets of ten. S.G. £2,800 for miniature sheets used. (7 covers + 110 labels). Photo on Page 84. (Image1)

Booklets. 1947-80 Booklets including 1948 Air Mail label booklet, West Germany with 1951 2.50m numeral & posthorn issue booklets (4, S.G. SB50, £950 each), 1955 2.50m booklet (4, S.G. SB51), also some mint and used panes, a few booklets exploded, some C.T.O booklets, a good lot. S.G. £6,000+. (c.240).

Air Mails. 1924 (Aug 11) Special picture postcard carried on the first Gorlitz to Dresden flight, with flight vignette tied by cachet, a 3pf stamp tied by Gorlitz Flugtage c.d.s; and 1930 (Oct 19) cover with 15pf cancelled at Grebenhain and two Hessische Segelflugpost 25pf semi-official air stamps tied by flight cachet (Mi 20, €425), both fine. (2).

1940 Feldpost cards with a caricature of Churchill in the upper right corner, commercially used from Feldpost 33057, or from Frankfurt to Feldpost 23857, differing styles of printers imprints, minor edge faults, the second with central vertical fold. (2).

WW2 - Propaganda Forgeries. Mint stamps including 12pf carmine Hitler Head with skull, 6pf violet Himmler Head type 1, General von Witzleben 24 + 26pf, Himmler shackling a civilian 12 + 8pf (tone spot), General Government 20pf, etc., all unmounted mint. Mi 15/7, 23/6, 28/9, 32/3. (11). Photo on Page 64. (Image1)

1944 Theresienstadt Concentration Camp stamp, proof block of four in black, numbered "450", produced for presentation to Red Cross delegates when they visited the camp. Also French Volunteer Legion 1942 set of five in sheets of 25, unmounted mint. (126).

German Occupation of Poland. 1944 2z Deep green (Cracow Barbican), 4z slate-violet (Tyniec Monastery) and 6z agate (Lwow) each in imperforate proof block of ten, all lower marginal with printers imprint, on yellowish ungummed paper, a few very minor marginal creases, otherwise fine and very scarce. (30).

Allenstein. 1920 (July 31) Stampless cover from Ernest Rennie, President and British Commissioner of the Inter-Allied Plebiscite Commission for Allenstein, to his wife in England with "ARMY POST OFFICE/S.120" c.d.s (used at Allenstein, Jan. - Aug 1920) and violet circular "COMMISSION D'ADMINISTRATION ET DE PLEBISCITE / TRAITE / DE VERSAILLES / ART. 94 ET 95 / ALLENSTEIN-OLSZTYN", minor creasing, otherwise fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 84. (Image1)

Allenstein. 1920 (Aug 11) Stampless cover from Ernest Rennie, President and British Commissioner of the Inter-Allied Plebiscite Commission for Allenstein, to his wife in England with "ARMY POST OFFICE/S.120" c.d.s and violet circular "COMMISSION D'ADMINISTRATION ET DE PLEBISCITE / TRAITE / DE VERSAILLES / ART. 94 ET 95 / ALLENSTEIN-OLSZTYN", fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 84. (Image1)

Saar. 1947-59 Mint and used collections in five albums, well written up with varieties, multiples and covers, including 1948 Flood Disaster Relief miniature sheet unmounted and postage set used with additional 12f + 8f, Air 25f + 2f used (2) and miniature sheet unmounted, 1949 Youth Hostels 8f + 5f (3) and 10f + 7f (4) used, 1949 National Relief Fund set mint and used, 1950 Adolf Kolping 15f + 5f used, 1950 Stamp Day 15f + 5f mint (2) and used (3, two on maximum cards), 1950 Council of Europe 200f mint (2) and used, 1950 and 1951 Relief Fund sets mint and used, also Officials with 1949 set mint, Return to Germany issues, etc. A fine collection. S.G. £9,000++. (100s).

Upper Silesia. 1921 Covers and cards comprising Aug. 19th cover franked G.B ½d + 1½d cancelled "ARMY POST OFFICE / S.120" (used at Oppeln, Upper Silesia, Jan. 1921 - April 1922); stampless postcard from a French soldier at Oppeln to USA with "TRESOR ET POSTES" c.d.s and violet "Commission Interalliee / de Gouvernement et de Plebiscite / de Haute-Silesia / DEPARTMENT MILITAIRE (S.P 184)" (corner creases); postcard from G.B to "Pte R. Warner, Middlesex Regt., A.P.O S64, British Forces, Upper Silesia"; and a postcard from Kochtschutz with Upper Silesia stamps, probably from a British soldier. (4).

Upper Silesia, etc. 1921 Real Photo postcards showing allied forces or the aftermath of rioting in Upper Silesia (5), cards with Allenstein stamps (2), also covers from British or French forces in Germany (10, one from A.P.O S.40 sent Air Mail and Express to USA franked 10½d), etc. (19).