1853-1944, Strong mint and used collection in a specialised hingeless album with few empty spaces, starting with, used unless otherwise stated, Queen Maria #1 5r brown two distinct shades, both with four margins, 50r green also with distinct shades, 1855 Dom Pedro 5r, Luiz imperfs 1862-67 complete, 1867-70 first perf series complete with two examples of the 240r lilac, one signed, followed by later embossed Luiz with better perf and paper varieties, 1881 50r blue mint, front-facing King Luiz enamel paper 500r black used and 500r purple mint, first King Carlos issues also with good paper/perf types mint, comprehensive provisorio ovpzs incl. ?1893? complete mint, etc. Everything else virtually complete, including 1894 Henry the Navigator complete used, 1895/1905 Carlos heads complete mint with both perfs on 500r, 1895 St. Anthony complete mint/unused, extensive Ceres incl. 1912/20 15cts plum mint, 1920 chalk-surfaced 50cts orange on salmon perf.12x11 1/2 mint, 1923-26 complete mint to 20e turquoise etc, as well as mint souvenir sheets from the 1940 Portuguese Legion onwards, etc, etc. Small faults/toning occasionally as to be expected, vast majority very attractive quality (Est. ? 1'500/2'000)

1853-1990, Mint and used collection of many 100s of stamps plus covers in two albums, with plenty of better issues from the classics onwards. We note, used unless otherwise stated, imperfs from Maria onwards incl. 1864 100r lilac pair used on piece, 1866/67 100r lilac, later perf embossed Luiz heads to scarce 240r lilac, 1884 500r black, ?provisorio? ovpts, 1894 Prince Henry the Navigator series complete, etc. (Est. ? 500/800)

1853-1918, Used collection from a Parisian Estate, patiently gathered stamp after stamp by a passionate collector who selected each stamp for its cancel and quality during half a Century. Over 1740 different stamps from Portugal & Portuguese colonies, noted Portugal with superb imperforate issues with large margins incl. 100R, San Antonio, etc., Azores, Madeira, Funchal, useful Guinea, Angola, Mozambique, better India & Macao, etc. A most attractive basis for expansion. A unique opportunity for the connoisseur who will appreciate quality and cancellations (Est. ? 1'500/3'000)

1853-1975, Large duplication in 2 well filled A4 size self-made dealer approval books, noted about 14 pages with classic issues only, also extensive Colonies & officials, tax stamps, etc., mostly all before 1960, from an Eastern dealer's stock (Est. ? 200/400)

1875-1910, Lot of over 100 postal stationery cards, most are used addressed abroad, many addressed to Switzerland and Germany, several also to Sweden (rare destination) some with additional frankings (Est. ? 150/300)

1898-1965, Group of 66 covers & stationery including colonies, all addressed to Switzerland, noted 1917 POW from Moçambique, perfin, taxed, registered, censored, Ceres (Est. ?1 50/250)

1900-30, 125 picture postcards from Portugal showing various landscapes, scenes, etc. (Est. ? 200/300)

1952-2011, Attractive mint archive stock in 20 albums of Portugal and Colonies post independence incl. Angola, Cabo Verde, Comores, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé & Príncipe, Portugal 1990s to 2000s incl. mini sheets and some booklets, often with 3 of each value, great source of thematics for religion, birds, flora, fish, sport incl. football and Olympics, Royalty, space, etc., mostly in post office fresh quality (1'000s) (Est. ? 800/1'200)

1855 25R Blue, type II, two examples on cover from Lisbon to Genova (Image)

1869 (Jul 10) Envelope from Lisbon to Genoa with 1867-70 perf.12 1/2 10r, 50r and two 120r tied by dotted circle "1" numerals, despatch and arrival bs, horiz. crease affecting 10r, a fine and very attractive franking, cert. Diena (2014) (Image)

1870 240r violet, used, light grease spot else fine, scarce, signed Calves (Image)