1833-c1900 FRENCH STAMPS USED IN ALGERIA INC. COVERS - fine collection in an album inc. 1833 disinfected EL to Nice with fumigation slit and mostly fine scarce red 'Purifie a Toulon' and black 'ARMEE EXPEDte/D'AFRIQUE', 1850 env. to Paris franked with fine four margin 25c blue Ceres, 1856 env. (small faults) to London with three margin 80c carmine Napoleon III, group of 1890-1900 PPCs some unused others used with French adhesives, plus an extensive range of off-cover French issues with Algerian cancels. Good lot. (20 covers, 21 PPC, c220 stamps) Cross Reference: FRENCH COLONIES, FRANCE, DISINFECTED MAIL, PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)

19TH CENTURY INTERNAL MAIL; Range on leaves inc. 1818 local EL rated '2' reales and with "MENDOSA" h.s. on front, 1819 EL to Cordoba rated '3' reales with fine "BUENOS/AYRES" h.s. on front, 1849/52 EL to Cordoba or Corrientes with oval "RENTA GRAL/DE/CORREOS/DE BUENOS-AYRES" h.s. on front, former also with "FRANCA" h.s. on front, 1864 E to Goya franked 2c Corrientes uncancelled, 1870 unpaid EL to NY with "NEW YORK/31/U.S.NOTES" d.s. on front, 1877/78 official EL's to Cordoba or Concordia with "SIN CARGO" h.s. on front. (8 covers) Cross Reference: OFFICIAL MAIL (Image)

1858-64 COLLECTION - neatly presented, mint or used, with Buenos Aires used 1858 4r brown & 1859 1p blue (1973 BPA cert), Sep. 1859 issue first impressions inc. 4r green & 2p red (3), later impressions inc. 4r green (2) & 2p red, 1862 issue 1p rose (4) & 2p blue (2); Corrientes 1856-78 range inc. forgeries; Argentine Confed. 1858 range inc. used 10c green & 15c blue and 1863-64 range; plus a quantity of forgeries or bogus values. Also two pages of Bolivia 1866-68 issue mint or used inc. forgeries & bogus values. (c160 items) Cross Reference: FORGERIES - STAMPS, BOLIVIA (Image)

1920 RUSSIA WAR CHARITY ISSUE (1914/15) & SAVINGS BANK STAMPS (1918): 25r on 1k used, 25r on 3k (2) and 50r on 10k Charity issues SG 121. 122 & 124. Also, examples of opts. on 1918 Savings Bank types (3 stamps). Unlisted SG. (7) (Image)

1920 'ARMS' TYPES - FIRST "HH" TYPE SURCHARGES: Group of album leaves from the P.T.Ashford collection with a study of various perforated values with the first "HH" monogram surcharges (April/May 1920). Includes 1r on 1k (24), 3r on 3k (38), 5r on 4k (23), 5r on 5k (32), 5r on 7k (8), 5r on 10k (34), 5r on 10 on 7k (60), 5r on 15k (23), 5r on 20k (9), 10r on 35k (6), 10r on 50k (26), 25r on 20k (6), 25r on 25k (16), 25r on 50k (13) and 25r on 70k (block of 25). Includes inverted opt. examples. SG nos. between 65B-85B. High cat. value lot. c.£2,500. [ex P.T.Ashford] (Image)

1920 'ARMS' TYPES - FIRST "HH" TYPE SURCHARGES: Group of album leaves from the P.T.Ashford collection with a study of various imperf. values with the first "HH" monogram surcharges (April/May 1920). Includes 1r on 60k on 1k (14), 3r on 3k (27), 5r on 5k (21), 5r on 2k (57, incl. block of 25) and 50r on 1r (17). Includes examples of inverted opts. SG nos. between 94B-106B. Cat. £1,250+ [ex P.T.Ashford] (Image)

1920 'ARMS' TYPES - FRAMED MONOGRAMS: Study on album leaves of various values of the Framed Monogram types incl. 60k (with stops) on 1k imperf. SG 30B (29), 2k imperf. SG 26B (14) & 3r.50k imperf. SG 33B (12), 15k perf. SG 28B (16), 20k perf. SG 16B (27), 25k perf. SG 17B (7), 35k perf. SG 18B (19) & 50k perf. SG 19B (10), Total cat. c.£865+ [ex P.T.Ashford collection] (Image)

INVERTED OVERPRINTS, ERRORS, IMPERFS., ETC: Group of mint (mostly) and used 1920-21 inverted opts. on Russia 'Arms' types i.e. 5r on 4k red, 5r on 10k deep blue, 5r on 10k on 7k (used), 10r on 25k and 10r on 35k. Also a group of the unissued Paris printed Natl. Govt. types with varieties inverted centre in multiples, missing centre imperf., etc. Also 1923 500r violet & lilac in block of four with var. imperf between lower pair and sheet edge. (23) (Image)

1920 ROMANOV TYPES SURCHARGED: Mint group on album leaves & stock card incl. 5r on 4k (8), 5r on 10 on 7k (19), 5r on 14k, 25r on 4k, 100r on 1r, 100r on 2r & 100r on 3r. Also a dubious example of 1k on 1k. SG between 112-120. (34 stamps) (Image)

1923 SURCHARGED ISSUE MINT & USED ACCUMULATION ON STOCK PAGES: Values from 10,000 on 50r to 500,000 on 10,000r. Majority of surcharges in black, a few violet. Doubtless a few forgeries amongst the large qty. SG 227/236 (c.150) (Image)

1928 SURCHARGED PICTORIAL ISSUE: Mint & used group in various designs surcharged in Transcaucasian roubles in violet (9 stamps), and also in black (10 stamps) to 500,000 on 10,000r. The first (violet opt.) set is missing the 300,000 on 5,000r value. SG 227/236 & 237/245 Mi 171/180 (19) (Image)

1945-2008 MINT & USED COLLECTION in a qty. of stock books. Many of the better 1940s/50s sets & long defin. sets represented in both mint & used. (Many 1,000s) (Image)

MINT & USED COLLECTION in a box containing 6 stockbooks (with much duplication) and two hingeless, printed Leuchtturm albums and one SAFE album, c.1850 to c.1980. (Many 100s) (Image)

c.1850-1937 MINT & USED COLLECTION in three large stockbooks. Incl. Austrian POs in Levant/Turkish Empire, Bosnia, Austro-Hungary Feldpost issues, etc. Some better singles and sets from 1920s/30s (Few 100s) (Image)

1918-45 MAINLY MINT COLLECTION housed in a 'Lighthouse' printed hingeless album. Many better 1930s sets & singles present, noting 1930 TB fund set used SG 660/665, 1931 Rotary set mint SG 666/671, 1931 Writers set mint SG 672/677, 1932 Painters set used SG 693/698 (£475), 1933 Ski-ing set mint SG 699/702 (£375), 1933 WIPA ordinary used SG 703 (£425), 1933 Relief of Vienna set used SG 706/711 (£450), 1935 Heroes set mint SG 782/787, 1936 Ski Championship (with special cancels) SG 788/791 (£190), etc. Also Soviet & Graz overprints. A very fine lot. (Many 100s). (Image)

1850-1918 MAINLY USED COLLECTION in a 'Lindner' printed album with useful part sets and singles to be found. Also the 1879-1918 mint & used collection of Bosnia with fine ranges of Military Post issues incl. several 10k values. Inspection worthwhile. (Few 100s) Cross Reference: BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA (Image)

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE, AUSTRIAN POs LEVANT, K.U.K. FELDPOST, ETC: Album with the mint & used collection incl. many early issues specially selected for town postmarks incl. Bohemia, Carinthia, Burgenland, Hungary, Styria, Tirol, etc. Also various ranges of Military Post issues with several values to 10k mint & used incl. imperf pairs, etc. plus a few double prints & invert. Useful mint & used ranges of issues for use in Turkish Empire. We note v. fine 3 sld green used and values to 25 sld & 1f carmine used SG F5 £225, etc. A very good lot. (Few 100s) (Image)

DEFINITIVE SERIES, HITLER HEAD OVERPRINTS, BIRDS, ETC: Album with the collection of mainly post WWII long definitive sets mint & used incl. 1945-47 pictorials to 5m (8) incl. 2 printed from cylinders, 1948-52 Provincial Costumes sets mint unmounted mint & used SG 1108-44 (£425), various later 'Castles' sets incl. 1957-70, etc. We also note the 1950-53 Birds sets both mint & used with additional shades SG 1215/21 (£900+). Lot includes a range of overprinted Hitler Head types to 5m and unissued 3pf brown. (Few 100s) (Image)

1936 DOLLFUSS 10s SLATE-BLUE, very fine used example. SG 793 £1,800 (Image)

REGISTERED LETTERS EX BAKU: 6 Nov 1922 Regd. env. from Baku to Marseilles. Franked with a block of 24 x 50,000r on 3,000r partly wrapped around the cover. Also, 27 Mar. 1923 Regd. env from Baku to Wiesbaden, forwarded to Berlin, franked with 26 x 5,000r on 2000r types wrapped around the cover. (2 covers)Cross Reference: RUSSIA, FRANCE (Image)

MODERN AIRMAIL COVERS GROUP; c1972-84 range to England with contemporary frankings plus those of United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Iran, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia & Oman for the same period. (few 100) Cross Reference: EXPRESS MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, IRAN/PERSIA, IRAQ (Image)

c.1849-1950s in a box containing a quantity of mixed pages, album sheets, a stockbook, an album and packets. Much unsorted with a stronger representation of early to mid period examples. (Many 100s) (Image)

1865-38 MINT SELECTION inc. 1865 2d blue (centred low); 1883-1904 complete set to 1/- (3) plus shades selection; 1938-52 KGVI defins set of 16 values to £1. Generally good to fine mounted or unmounted; SG c.£1500. (42) (Image)

1902-49 MINT SELECTION inc. 1902-03 ½d to 3d, 1906-10 ¼d to 4d., 1910-25 ¼d to 1/-, 1920-21 ¼d to 1/-, 1921 2d to 1/-, 1922-34 ¼d to 1/-, 1935 Jubilee set, 1936-47 ½d to 1/6d, 1938-52 1d to 1/- and 1949 UPU set. Mostly fine SG c£600 (90) (Image)

1924-32 Multiple Script CA wmk. 2/6d black & carmine position 36 with nick in top right scroll, flaw 36A State II. Natural crease. Mint. SG 89jc £500 (Image)