Austria Assortment with Bonus, comprised of Austria Scott 1a on handmade pelure paper with clear margins all around and traces of o.g., 30 mint (signed Bloch), 32 mint (signed Bloch), 33a mint, P5 mint, Lombardy-Venetia 3e used, 6d type III on machine paper unused (small surface scrape), bonus Austria 83 with "Schaan / IM FURSTENTH LIECHTENSTEN" forerunner cancel, overall F-VF, nice classic assortment (see online scans) (Image)

CV. 800-1,200

3e, 1850/54 3kr Light red, Machine-made paper, Type IIIb, block of six with strikes of "Triest Abends 22/5" cancels, ample to large margins all around, Very Fine, a rare multiple; signed A Diena and Ferchenbauer with the latter's certificate (Image)

CV. 750-1,000

Michel VI-VII, 1946 "Niemals Vergessen" (Never Forget) Unissued Varieties, fresh well centered set, NH, choice Very Fine, prepared but not officially issued as the Allied Control Commission disapproved of the design (Mi EUR2,600) (Image)

CV. 750-1,000

279-87 var, 1923/24 700k-400k Labor and Industry Allegory, Imperforate, high values of the set inhoriz pairs, NH, 1200k vert crease in one stamp, o/w Very Fine (Michel 389 U - 397 U) (Image)

CV. 900-1,200

288-93, 295-98 var., 1922/24 50k/10,000k Art and Science Allegory, Imperforate, complete less 1000k in horiz pairs - 20k-500k with side margin, without gum as issued, Very Fine (Michel 398 U - 408 U) (Image)

CV. 400-500

303-05, 307-24 var., 1925 1g/2sh Definitives, Imperforate, complete less the 1927 4g, NH, fresh and Very Fine (Michel 447 U / 467 U, EUR1,840 - price for 1sh, 2sh for w/o gum) (Image)

CV. 1,000-1,500

C4-11 var., 1922-24 300k-4,800k Airmails, Imperforate, horiz pairs, C4-7 o.g., NH, C8-11 without gum as issued, fresh and Very Fine (Michel 425 U - 428 U, 429 U - 432 U, EUR1,000) (Image)

CV. 250-300

C12-31 var., 1925-30 2g-5sh Airmails, Imperforate, pairs, C12-22 o.g., NH, C23-30 without gum as issued, fresh and Very Fine (Michel 468 U - 478 U, 479 U - 486 U, EUR1,800) (Image)

CV. 400-600

C17 var., 1926 15g Red violet, Vertical pair, Imperforate between, well centered, o.g., Very Fine; signed Kessler and Sanabria (unlisted in Scott and Michel; Sanabria 28b, 1972 $150) (Image)

CV. 150-200

M69-82 var., 1918 1h-1k Karl I, Imperforate trial color proofs, NH except 20h l.h., fresh and Very Fine (Image)

CV. 900-1,200

N1-16, N19, 1918 3h/4k "Regno d'Italia Venezia Giulia 3.XI.18" Overprints, o.g. to varying degrees with some h.r., fresh and F-VF, many with a G*P" handstamp on gum (Scott $2,559; Sassone (Trentino-Alto Adige) S.1a, EUR12,000) (Image)

CV. 1,000-1,500

N52-60, 1918 1c-1L "Venezia Tridentina" Overprints, pairs, NH, fresh and Fine (Scott $1,710; Sassone (Trentino-Alto Adige) 19-27, EUR5,000) (Image)

CV. 1,200-1,600

AUSTRIA COLLECTION, 1850/1945. extensive collection of mostly mint in two Lighthouse albums (regular issue hingeless album) and incl nice assortment of varieties, some 19th century covers, "back of the book" incl; postage dues, newspaper and newspaper tax, telegraph, military post, foreign offices and occupations, etc., loaded with better as (mint unless otherwise noted) 1-5 used with some additional type and shade varieties, 1860s/90s issues used with perf varieties and assorted cancels, 86a-105a, 128-44 (10kr NH), 164-67, 326-53, 380, 428-31 NH (signed), B50-105, B106-09 NH, B110 NH, B110a NH, B112-17 NH, B118-94 (some NH), C12-31 plus 80g/5sh values on two Zeppelin flight covers, C32-46, etc. plus some 3d Reich issues with Austria cancels, add'l Lombardy-Venetia used, Foreign Offices in Crete, Levant, some Danube Steam Navigation Co., Occupations of Italy and Romania, Serbia 1N1-21 mint and used (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina Coat of Arms issues mostly used incl perf varieties, 1906 Pictorials incl perf varieties, imperfs, etc., 86-104 used, 128-40, etc., generally F-VF, a lovely collection well worth a careful and close inspection (see online scans)

CV. 3,000-4,000

AUSTRIA POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION, 1781/1871. 100+ covers beginning with late 17th century stampless with a variety of postmarks and pen markings, turn of the 19th century including -½Aufgabs Recepisse-+, used 5kr telegraphic, many early 1800s stampless with wide range of colored postmarks, rectangulars, straight-line script and block, "2" and "3" liners, circular date stamps, etc., then some attractive first issue frankings, similar range of Emperor Franz Josef types, colored cancels, etc., also assortment of stamps chosen for cancel interest, usual mixed condition but an overall Fine lot (see online scans)

CV. 2,000-3,000

AUSTRIA MINT NH COLLECTION, 1945-2009. highly complete in Lighthouse hingeless pages, and incl some varieties, S/S, mini-sheets, etc., generally fresh and VF

CV. 1,000-1,500

AUSTRIA ACCUMULATION to 1990s IN TWO STUFFED STOCK BOOKS. well filled stockbooks, from the first imperf issues onwards incl bit of Lombardy Venetia and UN Offices in Vienna, good coverage through the end of the 19th century, bit sparse for the 1900s/40s and then picking up from the mid-1950s, also includes some related areas, usual mixed condition, mostly F-VF, nice stock of the more modern period.

CV. 1,000-1,500

AUSTRIA COLLECTION to 1980s. large double-sided 25 page stockbook loaded with classic to modern issues arranged in Scott / Netto order, primarily used from the 1850 issues to early 1900s, including Lombardy-Venetia and Offices in Turkey, and other back-of-the-book issues (postage dues, newspaper stamps, military, etc.); also mint NH on the modern issues with some in blocks of four; desirable collection loaded with premium cancels and other varieties, collected by a serious collector over many years, Scott catalog is well over $5,000 for just the basic stamps, plus many items which are not listed in Scott, added bonus of a remainer collection of over 400 specialized issues of 1890-1907, arranged by perforation type cancels, generally F-VF; view to appreciate

CV. 750-1,000

AUSTRIA AND RELATED AREAS COLLECTION. nicely filled Schaubek album to 1970s, mostly used 19th century and mint in the 20th, useful classic period with 1st issues and a nice assortment of postmarks in the various Franz-Josef issues, some better 20th century and ending with Lombardy-Venetia plus Bosnia & Herzegovina, usual mixed condition with most F-VF

CV. 500-750

AUSTRIA MINT NH COLLECTION, 1945/2001 neatly arranged in three stock books, highly complete for period with many of the the desirable post war issues, incl definitives, commems, some airmails, S/S, etc., generally fresh and VF

CV. 400-600

AUSTRIA MINT COLLECTION, 1945/79. highly complete (no Renner sheets) and nearly all NH (a few early issues l.h.) in mounts on Schaubek blank pages, beginning with the diagonal and vertical "Oesterreich" on Hitler defintives overprints (some signed) through the better issues of the late 1940s/1950s incl charity issues, Bird airmails, and continuing on, fresh and F-VF (see online scans)

CV. 400-500

AUSTRIA STARTER COLLECTION to 1990s. mostly mint 20th century (some earlier "back of the book") in two Davo albums and incl useful collection of Bosnia-Herzegovina; the main collection with some better sets and singles of the 1920s/50s incl charity issues, usual mixed condition, mostly F-VF

CV. 300-400

AUSTRIA 19th CENTURY ISSUES COLLECTION, 70 nearly all used singles and mostly complete for period on two Scott album pages, assorted mostly cds cancels, usual mixed condition with most F-VF (see online scans)

CV. 300-400