1, 1850 1kr Yellow orange, Ferchenbauer type Ia on hand made paper, horiz strip of five with multiple strikes of Feldkirch 16/8 cancels, margins in places though clear at bottom, small scissor cut between 3d and 4th stamps, trivial vert crease between 4th and 5th stamps, still a Fine and rare multiple; signed Sismondo and with his 2006 certificate

CV. 300-400

1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1850 1kr Arms, the five different shades/ varieties, clear to large margins, assorted cancels, F-VF (Scott $1,140)

CV. 300-400

1d, 1854 1kr Yellow, Machine-made paper, five different shade varieties, well margined, various cancels, fresh and F-VF

CV. 200-300

2, 2b, 2c, 1850/54 2kr Arms, eight used singles with variety of shades and cancels, comprised of 2 (2), 2b (2), 2d (4), most well margined, F-VF (Scott $725)

CV. 200-300

2b, 1850 2kr Grey black on handmade paper, eye-catching strip of four with two legible strikes of Segedin (Szeged in present-day Hungary) cancel plus two horiz pen strokes, clear to full margins, bit of paper erosion due to pen cancel, still a Fine and rare multiple (Ferchenbauer €3,000)

CV. 750-1,000

2c, 1854 2kr Grey black, Machine-made paper, Ferchenbauer type IIIb, left margin pair with large margins the other sides, two-line CASCHAU cancel (Košice in present-day Slovakia), Very Fine and choice (Ferchenbauer €800)

CV. 300-400

Michel MH 1 a v II, 1908 1.50kr Complete Booklet, unexploded booklet with three panes of six 5h Franz Josef, one pane 10h Franz Josef, panes with full perfs all around, fresh and Very Fine (Mi €2,900)

CV. 500-750

Michel MH 3, 1918 2kr Complete Booklet, unexploded booklet with 5h Arms panes of 6 and 4+2 labels, 10h pane of 6 and 15h Karl I pane of 6, NH, some typical perf trimming on bottom edges of panes, Very Fine (Mi €2,200)

CV. 400-500

380, 1936 10s Dolfuss, PO fresh, NH, Very Fine and choice (Scott $1,100; Michel 588, €1,400)

CV. 350-450

380, 1936 10s Dolfuss, top right corner margin single with light Wien 7.VI.37 cancel, Very Fine and attractive, scarce with postal cancel (Scott $725; Michel 588, €1,300)

CV. 350-450

B110, B110a, 1933 50g WIPA, Ordiinary and Granite paper varieties, each tied on a small piece by a WIPA show cancel, Very Fine (Scott $475; Michel 555 A, 556 A, €900)

CV. 200-250

AUSTRIA COLLECTION, 1859/1924. extensive collection of many 100s mostly used featuring an array of shades, cancels, perf and paper varieties, newspaper issues, premium sets and singles, etc. all neatly arranged on Lindner "T-Blank" pages in two albums, highlights include 1851 Blue Newspaper with types, 1858/59 issue with types, 1859 Lilac Newspaper XF with Ferchenbauer cert, extensive 1867/72 Coarse and Fine print, 1883 Numerals perf varieties, meaty 1890/1907 Franz Josef issues with and without varnish bars, perf varieties, etc., 1908-16 1h-10kr mint and abundance of used, 1910 Jubilee used (10kr Ferchenbauer cert), strong inflation period section, 1918 Airmail imperf without overprint (w/o gum), etc., far better condition than typically seen, generally fresh and F-VF, an excellent collection that should prove useful to Austrian specialists (see online scans)

CV. 2,500-3,000

AUSTRIA MINT STOCK.about 6,000 stamps in 2 packed semi-organized stockbooks and sorted and id'd by Scott number in glassines in a long file box, the stock is 95% mint with a few early used, bulk from 1948/99, mostly 5-20 of each stamp between #632//1785 and B235//B369 and incl a number of $10-$100 catr. items, mostly F-VF; owner' Scott about $7,500

CV. 2,000-2,500

AUSTRIA AND RELATED AREAS COLLECTION.appealing collection in two Scott volumes with Occupations, Foreign Offices, Lombardy-Venetia plus Bosnia and Herzegovina, classics to modern with some covers and postal stationery, specialty material incl some pre- WW II perf varieties, etc. scattered throughout, note premium as Austria 2 used, 111 and 113 imperf pairs NH, 294a mint, 371 NH, 405-31 mint, 500-15 NH, 520-56 mint (most NH incl 1s Rose red), mostly complete NH 1948/97 incl charity issues, B81-86 NH, B87-98 mint, B100-05 used, B106-09 set on registered cover, B110 mint, B122-27 NH, B128-64 mint, C54-60 used, J1-9 used, etc. plus some of the typical "waiting to be mounted" material still loose, in sales cards or glassines between pages, generally fresh and F-VF, ideal for continuation

CV. 2,000-3,000

AUSTRIA 19th CENTURY COVERS COLLECTION. 199 covers neatly arranged on pages in three binders, wide range of frankings, postmarks, auxiliary markings, foreign destinations incl Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands, Poland, also note numerous 3kr/9kr first issue single frankings (also includes a few Lombardy-Venetia), 1860 to Vienna with 1858 3kr black type II single franking, 1873 "Pneumatischer Brief" franked with 20kr Telegraph issue, 1874 Fiume to Trieste with Hungary 5kr Franz Josef franking, few covers with add'l revenues frankings, etc., usual mixed condition with most Fine or better, an excellent foundation collection (see online scans)

CV. 1,500-2,000

AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE TO EARLY 20th CENTURY about 1000 mostly used but often parallel mint, early collection 1863/1921 in two small but well-filled albums, incl 1863 perf 9½ embossed arms series complete used and the same issues for Lombary-Venetia 3, 5 and 10sld, then imperf newspapers incl green and violet Hermes heads, 1867 Josefs to 50kr, 1883 eagles to 50kr, 1890 Josefs incl unusual 2kr light brown on pelure paper (unlisted in Scott), then through to WW1 occupations of Italy and Serbia, Post Offices in the Turkey, as well as the Bosniz & Herzegovina with over two dozen eagles, pictorials to 5K used including extensive perf varieties, birthday pictorials to 5k mint and used, etc., mostly F-VF, viewing will reveal more pleasant surprises

CV. 1,300-1,800

AUSTRIA PNEUMATIC POST POSTAL STATIONERY COLLECTION. postal cards (40 mint, 100 used), letter cards (40 mint, 35 used) and envelopes (30 mint, 25 used) in three cover albums, variety of Wien cancels and other markings, usual mixed condition, VG-VF, an excellent foundation collection (see online scans)

CV. 1,200-1,600

AUSTRIA COLLECTION, 1945/85. a highly complete parallel mint and used collection in three Lindner albums, among the many premium note 1945 1rm-5rm Perf 14 Vienna Surcharges NH (3 sets; two sets are signed Bloch or Zenker), 1946 Renner Sheets NH (1m, 2m natural paper wrinkles) plus NH and used singles from the sheets, 1946 "Lightning Strike" unissued value (Mi VI) mint,  1947-48 Scenes NH, 1948-52 Costumes mint (most NH) incl some paper, gum and fluorescent varieties and an assortment of print varieties, 1949 Child Welfare NH and used, 1950-53 Bird Airmails NH and used, 1950 Carinthian Plebiscite NH and used, 1951 Reconstruction NH and used, 1960 Refugee Year imperf NH, etc., includes some post-1960s paper and fluorescent varieties, generally fresh and F-VF (see online scans)

CV. 1,000-1,500

AUSTRIA 1876/98 2kr, 5kr ISSUE POSTAL CARDS COLLECTION. approx 90 mint and 405 used mostly 2kr cards in five cover albums, impressive assortment of different town cancels incl numerous from cities now in other countries (notably Russia), uprated cards to foreign destinations with numerous European countries (incl Finland and San Marino) plus USA, Canada, Chile and Belize, usual mixed condition, mostly Fine or better, a must view (see online scans) 

CV. 1,000-1,500

AUSTRIA AND FOREIGN OFFICES + LOMBARDY-VENETIA COLLECTION. many 100s of stamps to about 1915 on old Schaubek pages, starts with a attractive range of imperf arms types from #1 onwards with "paralleling" Lombardy Venetia, highly complete from 1865 on with high values, 1906/07 to 10kr plus 1910 Birthday set both used, good range of 1915 military issues and post offices abroad from 1867 onwards, etc., usual mixed condition but better than most, generally F-VF (see online scans)

CV. 1,000-1,500

AUSTRIA COLLECTION, 1925/45. highly complete for period and mostly parallel mint and used, replete with better sets and singles including 1925-30 Airmails mint and used, 1929-30 Definitives NH and used, 1931 Rotary Overprints NH and used, 1932 Artists mint and used, 1932 Definitives NH, 1933 Ski Federation mint and used, 1933 WIPA (ordinary paper) NH, 1935 5g, 20g, 80g strip of three, 1sh Airmails imperf NH, 1936 Ski Federation NH and used, etc., generally fresh and F-VF (see online scans)

CV. 900-1,200

AUSTRIA STAMPLESS COVER COLLECTION, 1803/1850.190 covers meticulously arranged and annotated on pages in three binders, useful array of town postmarks (mostly straight-line(s) with some ovals and cds), ms ratings, "Bezirkstempels", "Franco" and "O.B.C." (Oesterr.-Bayerische Convention) handstamps, etc. domestic uses plus some foreign destinations incl Switzerland, England, Germany, Italy, etc., usual mixed condition but Fine or better overall (see online scans)

CV. 800-1,200

AUSTRIA BALANCE. nine stock books of mostly mint 20th century and incl (in no particular order) extensive 19th century used incl shades and cancels variety, 1950s/70s NH sets, singles and S/S incl blocks and some duplication, assortment of 1850/54 1kr Yellow used singles, 1858 3kr Black used, useful assortment of 1930s mint sets incl definitives and charity issues, 1945 5pf-5rm "Osterreich" Overprints NH, 1949 Child Welfare blocks NH, group of mint and used postage dues, handful of occupations, offices, Lombardy-Venetia, etc., classics usual mixed condition but better than usually seen, mostly F-VF. 

CV. 750-1,000

AUSTRIA POSTAL STATIONERY ASSORTMENT. to 1950s in three binders, approx 600 (about 40/60 mint/used) postal cards, letter cards, envelopes, wrappers, PTPO and handful of post office savings forms, postal collection (C.O.D.), parcel cards, telegraph, certificate of mailing, foreign offices, etc., uses include view cards, military, 19th century postal cards to foreign destinations incl various European countries plus Cape Town, USA, usual mixed condition, VG-VF (see online scans)

CV. 750-1,000

AUSTRIA AND RELATED AREAS POSTAL STATIONERY ASSORTMENT. four cover albums with approx 90 mint and 200 used cards with Austria, Offices in Turkey plus Bosnia and Herzegovina,  etc., classic period through the 1940s noting postal cards, letter cards, envelopes, "private ganzsachen", pneumatic mail cards, wrappers, etc., also includes non-stationery covers from same areas, wide range of uses, cancels, markings, etc., usual mixed condition, VG-VF, view to appreciate (see online scans)

CV. 750-1,000