DANUBE STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY: Four stock sheets with the used and unused accumulation of 1866-78 issues. Variety of perfs., papers and colours inc. reprints. Also a range of embossed types and the large packet stamps inscribed "D.D.S.G." A valuable lot. (c.160)Cross Reference: CINDERELLAS, SHIPS/SHIPPING (Image)

SEMLIN LAZARET MAIL; Quartet with 1833/34 unpaid EL to Trieste or Marseilles latter with "Turquie" h.s. and framed "AUTRICHE/PAR/HUNINGUE" h.s. on front and both with two -line "Gerauchert von Contumaz-Amt/zu SEMLIN [date]" h.s. and red wax 'Sigillum Sanitatis Semlinensis" seal on rear, 1833/39 official E's to Sicily or Karlovitz both with circular "NETTO DI FUORA ET DI DENTRO" cachet on rear applied at Semlin and latter also with an oval "SEMLIN" h.s. on front and 1844 E to Sebenico (Croatia) ex Aleksinac (Serbia) with Semlin d.s. and lazaret mark. (5 covers) Cross Reference: HUNGARY, DISINFECTED MAIL, TURKEY, FRANCE (Image)

SREM REGION NON-LETTER RATE MAIL; Quartet with 1856 printed matter E to Vienna franked imperf 1kr and tied by two-line "MITROWICZ" d.s., 1860 printed matter E to Karlovitz franked 1kr tied by "TEMESVAR" cds, very scarce 1859 Retour Recepisse (Return Receipt) to Semlin from the Austrian PO in Belgrade franked 10kr tied to front and with superb oval "SEMLIN" h.s. adjacent and 1867 printed matter El to Novi Sad franked 2kr tied by "RUMA" cds. (4 items)Cross Reference: HUNGARY, YUGOSLAVIA, PRINTED MATTER BY POST (Image)

EARLY ISSUES ON HAGNER SHEET: Range of early issues, mainly 1867 types but also 1858-59 with values to 15kr (14) and noting 3kr green SG 24. Fine condition throughout. (56) (Image)

AUSTRIAN/HUNGARIAN STATIONERY USED IN SREM; Range on annotated leaves inc. 1870 Austria 2kr PC to Vienna with "SEMLIN" cds, 1874 5kr Money Order card with "RUMA" cds on front, 1874 Hungary 5kr env. to Wersetz uprated 5kr (2 - both on rear) and tied by "MITROVIC" cds [1990 Novakovic Cert.], 1897 Hungary 5kr PC to Turkey uprated 5kr pair and with Zimony reg. label affixed and other related examples. (10 items) Cross Reference: HUNGARY, REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, YUGOSLAVIA (Image)

HUNGARIAN STATIONERY USED IN THE SREM REGION; Range on annotated leaves inc. 1876 5kr money order to Pag uprated 10kr and tied by Fiume cds, 1887 5kr PC to Constantinople with "GRABOVCI" cds, 1888 2kr PC to London uprated 3kr tied by "ZIMONY" cds, 1888 5kr lettercard to Zagreb (redirected to Ruma) with "MITROVICA" cds, 1889 35kr telegram card to Mitrovica with "MARTINCI" cds, 1890 5kr parcel card to Neusatz uprated 5kr (2) + 50kr tied by "MITROVITZ" cds and other related examples. (18 items). Cross Reference: HUNGARY, POSTAL STATIONERY, PARCEL POST LABELS (Image)

EXTREMELY RARE 1945 ALLIED MILITARY GOVERNMENT (AMG) "SPECIMEN" BOOKLET: Booklet containing 16 panes of different values, 3g to 5s of the 1945 AMG issue. (SG 907/922). The 1g value is not included, this value having been issued after the production of the booklet. Each pane of 10 stamps is attached at left hand side by staples through the selvedge, with interleaving between each pane. Each pane being overprinted with large, continuous "SPECIMEN" block letters in purple horizontally through the centre of the pane. The beige outer cover is inscribed "SPECIMENS/OF/SUPPLEMENTAL/AUSTRIAN POSTAGE STAMPS" with burgundy coloured tape covering the staples. A superb and rare item. (See also under Germany & France sections for similar booklets) (Image)

POST WWII SELECTION ON STOCK SHEET: Collection of unmounted mint 1940s/50s sets & singles. Cat £525. (31 stamps) (Image)

1849 FIRST ISSUES ON COVER: 21 Aug 1849 EL from Bruges to Ostend bearing 10c brown shade SG 1 (used only 7½ weeks after issue) and 29 Dec. 1849 EL from Brussels to Thourout bearing 20c blue shade SG 2. Attractive pair, both stamps with 4 margins. (2 covers) (Image)

1938-52 KGVI 2/6d KEYPLATE TYPES: Collection of mint values (lightly mounted or unm) with 9 different perf/shade varieties identified with date of issue (after Potter-Shelton, 1952). SG 117a-d (9) (Image)

ALBUM OF EARLY COVERS: c.1890-1918 range of attractively stamped cards & covers, many with Balkan War/WWI censor marks. Also Feldpost marks, FDCs, Taxe marks, Occupation issues, etc. A fine lot. (c.100+ cards/covers) (Image)

BALKAN WARS, WWI POWs, THRACE, SALONIKA, ETC: Album with a c.1884-1918 collection of cards & covers. Includes 9 x Eastern Roumelia/South Bulgaria Postal Stationery cards (6 used, 3 unused), group of 14 mostly Salonika related pre-WWI cards/covers, group of cards/covers from British POWs in Phillipopolis Camp & French POWs in Cirnova & Sofia Camps inc. one sent by Duke Eugene (a member of the French aristocracy) and various other interesting covers of the period. (c.52 cards/covers)Cross Reference: GREECE, MILITARY - WWI, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)

1931/33 OLYMPICS & 1935 GYMNASTICS: Stock card with 1931 Balkan Olympic Games set of 7 to 50l brown, unmounted mint SG 309/315 (£200); 3 mounted mint values (2l, 6l, 12l) from 1933 Balkan Olympic set (SG £220) and 1935 Gymnastics complete set of 6 to 50l orange mounted mint SG 357/362 (£325). Fine, fresh group. (16) (Image)

EARLY POSTAL STATIONERY COLLECTION: Three albums with the late 19th/early 20th C. collection of used & unused Postal Stationery inc. postcards, lettercards, envs., pictorial cards, etc. Many to foreign destinations, a few uprated. Some "SPECIMEN" opts. (c.270) (Image)

EARLY AIR RELATED MISCELLANY INC. FIGUEROA & TESTART TYPES: Group presented on display pages inc. Apr. 1910 letter-card with invitation to possibly some form of Air enthusiasts meeting, Sep. 1913 cover ex Swiss Consulate, Valparaiso to Switzerland (not an Air Mail cover) lobbying in support of aviation development, 1919 photographic 'label' produced & signed by Clodomer Figueroa (800 produced) for use on Santiago-Valparaiso flight, special vignette (a half sheet comprising 2 mint examples) for application at Tacna (now in Peru) for a 1924 military flight from Tacna to Santiago. Also a large piece (with Cert. of Posting on reverse) bearing fine used examples of SG 184 & 184a Testart types. An interesting lot. (Image)

COMPANIA AERONAVIGACION SUD-AMERICANA (CASA) 20g RATE COVERS: Pair of covers from Santiago to Valparaiso, each bearing 40c on 10c opt. issues (SG 184) and 20c black & orange 'Presidente' type with departure & arrival cds's of 12 Jul. 1927. (2 covers) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

OFFICIAL TESTART COVERS: 25 Oct. 1927 cover from Valparaiso to Santiago franked 1p.60c on 10c Testart Air stamp (SG 184c) plus 2 x 40c defins on L.Testart's personal stationery. Also 11 Nov. 1927 official CASA printed cover addressed to Snr. Testart, sent from Santiago to Valparaiso franked 40c on 10c plus 2 x 10c defins. (2 covers) (Image)

1927 FIRST COMMERCIAL MAIL FLIGHT OF CASA: Cover bearing 40c on 10c opt. issue (SG 184) plus 20c 'Presidente' type cancelled by Valparaiso 19 Apr. 1927 cds with 4 May arrival cds of Santiago on reverse. Accompanied letter handed in at Valparaiso Post Office requesting cover to be held until first flight. Rare first day of use of the Testart issues. Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

FIRST AIR MAIL DESPATCHES CHILE TO EUROPE & AEROPOSTALE PRIVATE CACHETS: 1928 group inc. 5 Mar. 1928 cover from Santiago to France with Bordeaux 30 Mar. arrival mark, franked 6p.40, 6 Mar. 1928 cover from Santiago to Finland, backstamped Abo, Finland 8 Apr. 1928 and 15 Dec. 1928 cover from Valparaiso to Prague; also 17 Jun. 1928 cover from Santiago to Paris with circular Aeropostale cachet in red and 22 Jul. 1928 cover from Santiago to Berlin with red cachet "A EXPEDIER DE BUENOS AIRES LE 26 JUL".(5 covers)Cross Reference: FINLAND, FRANCE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Image)

FIRST 'EXPERIMENTAL' ANDEAN AIR MAIL FLIGHT SANTIAGO TO BUENOS AIRES: 20 Nov. 1928 cover (opened on 3 sides) ex Santiago, carried on first experimental French postal flight over the Andes by Mermoz & Collenot. 21 Nov. Buenos Aires arrival mark and CGA cachet (in error) dated 22 Nov. 1928 . (Image)

EARLY INTERNAL FLIGHTS TO ARICA & IQUIQUE, ETC: Selection of mostly northbound covers from Santiago carried by Linea Postal Santiago-Arica. Includes First Postal Flight southbound Arica to Valparaiso on 4 Mar. 1929, 4 Mar 1929 PPC from Valparaiso via Santiago to Arica (arr.6 Mar.) - one of only 145 flown; pair of 26 Feb. 1929 covers from Santiago to Arica addressed to C.P. Carlson at Chuquicamata copper mine; 17 May 1929 cover from Santiago to Iquique (arr. 24 May) endorsed "Primer vuelo" and 3 Dec. cover from Arica to Villa Allemana via Santiago. Also First Flight cover Puerto Montt to Santiago dated 16 Jan. 1930, etc. (10 covers) (Image)

1929 CGA FLIGHTS FROM CHILE TO ENGLAND: Group of 7 covers inc. 25 Feb 1929 cover from Santiago to Stanley Gibbons, London with special CGA Buenos Aires transit cachet, 9 May 1929 cover from Valparaiso to Birmingham, 26 Jun. 1929 cover from Valparaiso to London, 4 Sep. 1929 cover from Valparaiso to London and 19 Sep. 1929 Regd. cover from Santiago to Stanley Gibbons, London (both of these last two covers were delayed either by crash or bad weather); also, 3 Dec. 1929 cover from Valparaiso to Birmingham (arr. 23 Dec.) and 10 Dec. 1929 cover from Vina del Mar to Liverpool. Attractive group. (7) (Image)

1929 AIR MAIL GROUP INC. CGA, AEROPOSTALE, & LIGNES LATECOERE, ETC: 19 Oct. 1929 CGA carried cover from Valparaiso to American Consulate, Asuncion, Paraguay (arr. 27 Oct.), 21 Oct. 1929 consular cover from Santiago to Santa Fe, Argentina via Mendoza with "POR AVION" mark in red, 5 Dec. 1929 Regd. cover from Santiago to Hamburg with red "POR AVION" etiquette, 13 Nov. 1929 cover from Valparaiso to Rio de Janeiro endorsed "VIA AEREA LATECOERE" and backstamped with special violet aeroplane arrival cachet in Rio. Also an unused printed Air Mail envelope of Lignes Latecoere. (5 covers)Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

COMPAGNIE GENERALE AEROPOSTALE (C.G.A.) FLIGHTS, TIMETABLE, CRASH MAIL, ETC., 1930: Attractive group of covers inc. 13 Apr. 1930 Santiago to Berlin franked 10p.30 (scarce usage), 18 Aug. 1930 cover from Valparaiso to Hannover, 7 May 1930 cover from Valparaiso to Paris (probably rescued from the wreck of Latecoere 28 F-AJPD, which crashed off Montevideo on 10 May) and 18 Dec. 1930 cover from Santiago to Paris, carried by ship across the South Atlantic; pair of special envs. from Germany to Santiago sent on 31 Oct. 1930 and 20 Feb. 1931 respectively, 4 Jun. 1930 pair of covers from Valparaiso to London, each with special cachet for the first All Air Service from South America to Europe and a later 3 Jul. 1930 cover from Santiago to France with special cachet in violet indicating the first commercial crossing of the South Atlantic. Addressed to a member of the Henot family and possibly applied by favour with the cachet only known from 3 covers. Lot also inc. 2 x Flight Rate & Timetable posters. A good lot. (14 covers, 2 cards & 2 posters) (Image)

C.G.A. FLIGHTS INC. CRASH COVERS, 1931-32: Interesting and attractive group of C.G.A. flight covers to Europe & USA inc. crash covers, etc. Includes 1931 covers to Italy & Switzerland, both with 'jusqu'a' marks, pair of 1931 covers to Germany, Jun. 1931 Regd. cover from Concepcion to France & Jun. 1932 cover to Bavaria,, Jun. 1932 diplomatic cover from Santiago to London with two special cachets inc. one for 'free post' plus other covers to UK & Germany. Lot also inc. 25 Feb. 1932 cover from Santiago to Hamburg salvaged from Latecoere 28 F-AJOX which crashed at Setiba, Brazil on 27 Feb., cover showing signs of water immersion. Three further crash covers, one from Santiago to Sweden, the others destined for London & Lyon, all mailed 10 Mar. 1932 and salvaged from a crash near Motril, Spain on 16 Mar. (15 covers) (Image)