SPECIMENS: Attractive Bradbury, Wilkinson booklet showing a beautiful selection of imperforate essays and proofs all appear to have a Specimen perfins, showing an array of different countries including Crete, Egypt, Falkland Islands, Mexico, Romania, Rhodesia, Transvaal etc., a superb showpiece (57) (Image)

ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECORDED PHILATELIC GAMES 1868ca. Memory game of 70 wooden pieces featuring reproductions of stamps printed on paper on one side and portions of a map on the reverse, the stamps with issues from around 1867-68 incl. GB, Russia, Sweden, Greece Norway, Australian States, Uruguay, Brazil, USA German States, Switzerland, etc., very similar to the game we sold in December 2020 but with "3D" blocks to join the stamp designs together on the sides, in a later box but still with the original lid, an extraordinary artefact, a gorgeous item of early stamp collecting memorabilia. (Image)

1810-1980s, Mixed lot of stamps & covers of Europe in a stockbook, incl. scarce "108 / GEVA" on 1810 entire, Lombardy Venetia stamps with better varieties and an interesting selection of WWI / WWII POW mail.

1840-1950s, All World accumulation with stronger GB in 4 stockbooks and album pages, incl. KEVII £1 green, British Levant KEVII Specimens, used Seahorses incl. re-engraved 10s block, KGVI Arms 10s and £1 in used blocks of four, overprints incl. duplication of Army Officials, 1d red pl.97 partial plate reconstruction, and a stock book with a variety of mint & used stamps, blocks, min.sheets, etc., some covers, noted Germany 1923 800T on 500m used (SG.300, £2'500), an interesting mix (Image)

1841-1910, Arthur Maury album, 1907 15th edition, with worldwide stamps starting from the early or first issues, mixed condition.

1841-1935 An overall spectacular accumulation house in two large cartons showing strength in Belgium and Luxembourg and described as follows: Belgium: A spectacular collection consisting of a wealth valuable and interesting items mint and used, including bisect covers, gutter pairs and blocks, partial and full sheets, booklets and booklet panes, proofs and colour trials, essays, overprint varieties, many stamps with very fine centring, marginal singles and blocks, scarce and desirable military mail, Belgian Congo, postal stationery, covers, private issues, perforation varieties and miniature sheets etc. (STC €41'000+) Luxembourg: Very high-quality collection, with most stamps hand-selected for centering and cancels, most of the classic stamps are very fine with a number with certificates and signed items, and all stamps are four-margin examples (STC $20'000+) Worldwide: A hand-picked and eclectic assortment of interesting and often valuable items, including a fine array of used classics, bisect covers, gutter pairs, blocks and covers, scarce coil strips, local stamps, perforations varieties, scarce panes and sheets, special precancels, marginal markings and plate blocks inverted colours, paper varieties, postal stationery, reprints, propaganda, error and much more, showing strength in Denmark, France, Germany and Tibet (STC $45'000+)

1841-1935, Accumulation of mint and used in six large old-time Yvert albums, sparsely filled with countries form many countries worldwide, some British Empire included, generally mixed to very fine (100s).

1849-1959, Desirable old-time mint & used All World collection in 16 large Yvert & Tellier albums plus 2 others in a standard format, strength in Europe with many better items noted for France including Bordeaux issues with duplicates, also french colonies, also China with some Dragons, must be viewed.

1850s-1980s, Mint & used sorted All World accumulation on stockpages in a medium box incl. nice mint collection of British Commonwealth KGVI & QEII (mostly BWI, incl. more modern GB), used European stamps from Germany, Sweden, Hungary, GB, Russia, also attractive Japan with earlies, Argentina with proofs and varieties, etc., a most interesting mix.

1853-96, All World selection of 32 classic stamps, incl. Greece with three unused & a block of four Large Hermes Heads, 1896 Olympics 10D, Finland 1856 10k rose with pen cross, German States incl. Baden 1853-58 6k, Oldenburg 1860 2g used, Brunswick 1/3s used, Austria 1858-59 (1.05k) violet newspaper stamp used, Spain 1851 10r used, Italian States with Sardinia 1851 40c (cert. Colla), Tuscany 1851 1q black, Naples 1858 50g unused, Uruguay 1856 1r Diligencia, mostly with minor imperfections, still a great selection with retail potential. (Image)

1855-1982, Exhibition collection of SHIPS mounted on 100+ pages with stamps, covers, stationery, cancellations, etc., incl. 1850s French Ambulant cds on covers, commemorative cancels throughout, covers often mounted only to show the cancel, impressive range of 1890s-1980s Belgian illustrated and picture postal stationery cards of Paquebots, "Ostende-Dover" cancels and stamps, Austrian "Schiffsbrief", Sweden, Germany, etc., plus 10 pages of Italian lake mail, a very well developed collection. (Image)

1859-1945, Interesting All World mixture on stockpages, incl. Bosnia Herzegovina 1906 proofs to 5kr, Ottoman Empire with Silisiea, some classic forgeries and reprints, Trinidad 1859 6d used with four margins (faults), Bermuda SG7w used, British Somaliland, ship stamps incl. DDSG and Norwegian, Portgual airmail l$10 die proof, etc., an unusual mixture and worth a closer look.

1860s-1940s, Old-time accumulation in envelope and bundles, incl. Egypt De La Rue low values, Fouad low values in bundles, France incl. envelope full of Empire 20c imperfs, small attractive selection of Austria, and 1944 Pitcairn Island cover with 8 values, a great lot to sort through, potential for scarcer cancels

1870s-2000s, Fabulous collection of modern stamps in 130+ stockbooks & albums, with some nice classic period material, incl. GB QV Telegraphs used (5s, 10s, £1, £5 and postage stamp QV £1 green used), Albania, stockbook of classic Brazil incl. Bulls Eyes and Telegraphs, Australia four-margined Sydney Views 1d (2) and 2d (3), the volume made up of mostly modern material, collected in date issue order, with many plate/cylinder blocks throughout, souvenir sheets, booklets, self-adhesive postage labels, incl. British Commonwealth (Pacific, Atlantic and Caribbean islands), Europe with better France incl. imperfs, Colonies incl. Monaco, a fantastic source of thematics such as flora, particularly mushrooms, fauna, birds, Royalty, aviation, etc., a juicy lot for a dealer. (Image)

1870s-1910s, Stanley Gibbons Imperial Album, 1892 edition, with about 4'500 worldwide stamps, incl. some China and Japan.

1870s-1930s, Lot of about 800 worldwide postal stationery items, mainly from 1870s-1930, incl. many used examples, a wide variety of countries present incl. several better items, worth inspecting. (Image)

1875-1990, Accumulation of mint and used in 4 large cartons, showing strength in both mint and used, with Netherlands, Switzerland, USA, plus a fine array on British Empire, strength in face value, plus variety of other countries, mixed to very fine (1000s).

1875-1990 Accumulation of mostly Russia and Switzerland in over 40 large and medium stockbooks, showing strength in both mint and used, Switzerland with strength in face value, plus variety of other countries, mixed to very fine

1880s-1940s, EUROPE: Extensive accumulation of diverse countries in 17 albums, generally very fine

1880s-1950s, Accumulation of odds and ends with small selections of mint and used Somali Coast, other Labuan, Malaysia, Belgium and fine array Estonia etc., mixed to very fine (100s).

The Luc van Bogaert Collection of Wreck Postal History by Railroad Transportation 1880-1990 RAILWAY ACCIDENT MAIL: An outstanding specialised and most certainly a unique assembly of these piece of Railroad history. For many years the wreck covers by airmail transportation have been systematically classified in the philatelic literature. About wreck covers by railroad transportation, very few sources are listing and or cataloguing these on a worldwide basis. Hence, the aim of this collection is to bring for the first time ever new approach to the classification. The description contained on the over 400 48, 42, pages come from the few books and periodicals that exist, plus many years of personal study and research by the present collector. The collection is presented in three chapter and are as follows: - Chapter 1 :- Damage by fire in postal rail road cars: 1884-1990 Presented on 126 albums pages showing a variety of different types of accident notifications with manuscript, handwritten labels, printed labels, typed labels and an extensive array of handstamps Geographical division : - a) Europe, b) America, c) Asia, d) Oceania, e) Africa - Chapter 2 :- Damage by other causes forwarding the mail on rails: 1879-1990 Presented on 188 albums pages showing a variety of different types of accident notifications with manuscript, handwritten labels, printed labels, typed labels and an extensive array of handstamps in mostly black and violet, some in red, showing a covers from a variety of different countries including Austria, Canada, China, Congo, Germany, Great Britain, France, Holland, Poland, Seychelles, South Africa during the Boer War, Switzerland, USA plus much more etc. - Chapter 3 :- Damage at the whereabouts of rail road stations: 1908-1970 Presented on 29 albums pages showing a variety of different types of accident notifications with manuscript, printed labels and an extensive array of handstamps A truly magnificent collection from this little known area of collecting, an excellent basis for study, expansion and a wonderful opportunity to continue to build a great exhibition collection. (Image)

1885-1972, Yugoslavia, Serbia, Czechoslovakia, lot of approx. 120 items, mostly covers, a few stationery, noted some medium interesting items e.g. registered covers, postal stationery around 1919, etc., mostly 1920-40s, mixed to very fine.

1886-1940 PERFINS: Fascinating assembly of perfins neatly housed in two stockbooks, mostly 1000's of used singles, plus some useful covers, mixed to fine.

1890s-1930s, Lot of about 1'000 worldwide covers/cards, with a strong section of Europe, some China, an interesting mix, ideal lot to sort through for the postal history dealer. (Image)

1895-1928, Group of 6 SPORTS covers/cards, including the rare machine cancellation of U.V.F. (Union Velocipedistique Francoise) Federal Festival, a Canada ps card from the Athletic Club House Company, 1906 letter of the Austrian Ski Vereinigung mailed to Vienna, etc.