Sale No: 240
Lot No:1011
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Cat No:Collection
Untidy collection on Hagners mostly mint with 1914 Prince Wilhelm set (a few creases), 1917 Korce set, many overprints including 1919 Comet sets with Curved & Straight Tails, 1921 'BESA' *&U, Airs 1927 1928 & 1929 (possibly forgeries) sets, Italian Occupation including 1931 Tirana-Rome & 1940 Postage Dues U, later used sets on small pieces including 1944 Independence Opts, 1945 Army & Red Cross, 1946 Red Cross Congress, a few problems but mostly very fine, Cat £2500+; plus the 1929 Airs Cat £1600 but not included in our valuation.
(250+)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1012
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Cat No:Collection
1913-45 Issues on European pages with handstamped types of dubious status (not included in the catalogue value), 1914 Arrival of Prince Wilhelm *&U, Overprints including a few 'Shooting Stars', 1919 Postal Fiscals U, 1920 Eagle Overprints *, Korce set * & CTO, Postage Dues, etc, also unmounted blocks of 4 including 1945 Independence & People's Army, 1946 Assembly & Proclamation etc, generally very fine, Cat €6000+.
(320+ & 3 M/Ss)
AUSTRALIAN: 1948-50 selection of telegrams to & from expeditioners on Macquarie & Heard Islands. Interesting content including "...Partial eclipse of sun Monday...Thaw flooded stores...Two chess games are being contested with Marion Island...". Ex Kevin Dwyer.
(7)
AUSTRALIAN: 1958 bundle of Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Aust) telegrams from Macquarie Island, various cachets including boxed 'RECEIVED/ANARE' d/s in violet, also three printed Thala Dan menus, condition variable.
(39 items)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1015
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Cat No:Collection
1915-64 Collection on European pages mostly mint with better Charity sets, 1922 Musicians' Fund Perf 11½ 7½k, 1925-27 New Currency set, 1925-34 Postage Dues, 1929-31 Pictorials & 1932 Smaller Pictorials, 1948-64 Costumes **, 1949 POW Fund ** blocks of 4, 1950-53 Birds all but the 3s **, 1951 Reconstruction Fund ** blocks of 4, some CTO sets, Cat €6500+. A very fine collection.
(few 100)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1016
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Cat No:Collection
Untidy collection on Hagners with an attractive array of earlies with some superb postmarks, 1910 80th Birthday 2kr 5kr & 10kr used, then mostly mint including 1922 Musicians Fund Perf 11½ 7½kr,1929-31 & 1932 Pictorials, 1950-53 Birds 3s & 5s used, etc, also Post Offices Abroad including Venezia Giulia 1918 Overprints to 4kr used (but assessed as unused), etc, generally very fine.
(350 approx)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1018
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Cat No:Collection
Two-volume collection with an attractive range of earlies with better values & postmark interest, Franz Joseph Anniversary & Birthday sets mint or used, some better Charity sets, Airs, Skiing, Rotary, etc, 1961-74 issues are largely complete mint (many unmounted) or VFU; also half an album of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Levant & Crete; Cat £5500+.
(many 100s)
1945 Hitler Overprints Vertical 'Osterrich' Printed at Graz 1pf to 5rm Mi #674-696 plus Perf 12½ 1rm Mi 693iA and 16¼mm Overprint marginal set Mi 693ii-696iiB, and Unissued Hitler Behind Bars 1rm to 5rm Mi Va-Vd, & a few others, unmounted, Cat €10,000.
(40)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1021
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Cat No:Collection
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Attractive annotated collection in stockbook with many better items including 1900 Ribbed Paper Perf 12½ 30h & 40h SG 159a & 160a both U and Perf 10½ 6h on Ribbed Paper SG 169a U, some multiples & postmark interest, a few minor problems but generally very fine, Cat £3000 approximately.
(few 100)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1023
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Cat No:Collection
Mostly mint collection on European pages with a selection of Dimanche labels, 1924 M/S CTO, many of the better Charity sets *&U including 1929 Laying of First Stone ('crown/L') and Bruges Restoration Fund *&U, 1929 Paris Printings to 100fr, 1952 UPU Congress ** & U, many M/Ss, etc, also some Railway Parcel Stamps including 'JOURNAUX/DAGBLADEN/1928' sets, generally very fine, Cat €9500+.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1060
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Cat No:Collection
Extensive collection in Hagner album with 1879 5c 10c & 50c mint, 1881 New Currency 25st unused & used x2, 1901-05 Ferdinand set **, 1911 Pictorials **, lots of Overprints & Surcharges, 1927-28 Airs 10L * x3, 1931 Games *, 1932 Airs *, later to 1950s & some Back-of-the-Book issues, generally very fine.
(many 100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1068
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Cat No:Collection
Collection on leaves 1872-1960s with Crown CC 2c *, 1899-1900 set used, KEVII Multi Crown CA 2r25c used x2, KGV Multi Crown CA 5r 10r & 20r used and Multi Script CA 5r used, KGV Pictorials set used plus 1r *, KGVI 5r used, etc, also a few 'On/Service' overprints, then quantity of extras in bag, possible postmark interest, plus Maldives including 1933 Minaret & 1950 Dhow sets used, condition variable but many fine.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1069
Symbol:Ω
Cat No:Collection
1910-11 KEVII MCA 2c to 10r SG 292-300 three sets of 'SPECIMEN' singles affixed to two ledger pages & tied by the '.../ COLLECTION/DE/BERNE/MADAGASCAR' cachet in rosine, Cat £900++. Illustration on the front cover. (27)
Hingeless pages with Fiji Times imitation strip of 5 in black/purple-rose, 1871 'CR' set + extra 1d & 6d shades, 1872 2c on 1d & 6c on 3d, selection of 'VR' Underprints, good range of 'VR' for 'CR' issues, QV 1/- x5 & 5/- + CTO x2, page of 1891-93 Surcharges, Pirogues etc including 5d SG 80, etc, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine, Cat £4000 approximately.
(110 approx)
Useful basis for development with 'CR' set x2, 1872 Surcharges plus extra 2c on 1d, good range of 'VR' for 'CR' issues, QV 1/- x3 & 5/-, KEVII 1906-12 set + £1 'SPECIMEN', KGV 1912-23 set + extra £1 & 1922-27 Script set, KGVI two sets apparently complete with Dies & Perfs, Victory set punctured 'SPECIMEN', etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.
(few 100)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1105
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Cat No:Collection
Collection on leaves with KEVII 1903 set to 5/- * & 1904-09 MCA *, KGVI Pictorials *&U both sets with most Dies & Perfs, Victory 3d Man Overboard in corner block of 4 **, later sets to £1 or $2 * &/or U, 1940 Postage Dues *, etc, also a few early unused Postal Cards, condition variable.
(100s)
1875 '2d.' Surcharge on 'V.R.' Overprints in Roman Letters on 'Twelve/Cents' on 6d rose SG 27, rounded corner at L/R, large-part o.g., Cat £3000. Alex Rendon Certificate (1996).
1876-77 Script 'VR' Underprints 1d deep blue imperforate plate proof on Laid Paper upper-left corner block of 4 with Pronounced Double Print, the second impression misplaced 1mm to the right & ½mm down, the third unit with the Major Void Corner as SG 31b, large-part o.g. the lower pair being unmounted. Visually stunning! Ex Gerald Patterson: sold for $419.
1881-89 Queen Victoria 1/- brown (deepening shades towards the base) complete imperforate sheet of 16 (4x4) of the Fournier Forgery, a couple of minor faults.
1881-89 Queen Victoria 5/- dull red & black SG 69 upper-left corner block of 8 (4x2), the fourth unit with the recently listed Red Arc above 'FIJI' SG 69a, well centred, full unmounted o.g., Cat £1000++ (as mounted singles). Superb! An exceptional positional block, and the equal largest recorded unused multiple of the 5/-. Ex Gerald Patterson: sold for $1340. [David Alford at page 82 records only two mint blocks of 8: it is unclear if this block is one of them]