PRESTAMP TO EARLY 20th CENTURY INC. IMPERF., ADVERTISING POSTAL STATIONERY, ETC.: A group ranging from 1784-1914 inc. 1858 EL to Treviso ex Conegliano franked 15c adhesive, cancelled by "CONEGLIANO/14APRE" ds, with poor Treviso receiving ds on reverse; 1860 env. to Nantes ex Portugal with s/l "PORTO" & "8" hs's and "LEVA/21/8" skeleton cds on front, and Nantes & Paris receiving double-ring cds's & "PRESSBURG/22/8" oval ds on reverse; 1908 env. to St. Gallen ex Hohenems franked 10h (6h+3h+1h), all cancelled by "HOHENEMS" barred hexagonal hs, with "RL" hs on front and St Gallen double-ring receiver's cds on reverse; 3h Advertising PC from Schlehan & Röhrer, Wien, sent locally with "WIEN 18/1" cds on front of card and advertisement on front, inside and back of card; plus other examples inc. PPCs, PCs, E/ELs, etc. (34) Cross Reference: ITALY, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES, FRANCE (Image)

18th CENTURY ROYAL MAIL; 16 July 1788 EL (red wax Emperor Josef II seal on reverse) to Cubin (Kovin) datelined at Semlin. Content concerns military orders to Major-General Graf von Aspremont and signed by Josef II. Presumably carried by private courier as without markings. Fine. Cross Reference: ROYALTY, MILITARY, HUNGARY (Image)

19th C. NEWSPAPER MAIL; 1811/49 selection (19) of Newspapers (or parts thereof) from Vienna, Graz, Salzburg, Laibach or Lvov (Lemberg) all with various "Zeitung" datestamps on front plus a range (39) of cut-outs of different Viennese types; later newspapers with adhesives inc. 1852 Milan newspaper posted to Bergamo with (6k) blue (tied to piece that is glued to the paper), and Feb. 1895 newspaper with 2kr green bisect. (c61 items)Cross Reference: POLAND, NEWSPAPERS/NEWSPAPER STAMPS (Image)

SREM REGION PRE-STAMP/STAMPLESS OFFICIAL MAIL; Range on annotated leaves inc. 1824 EL to Peterwardein with faint script-type "Semlin" mark on front rated '8'kr and scarce thus for an official letter, rare partly paid 1832 EL to Peterwardein with oval "MITROVICZ" h.s. on front, 1836 unpaid EL to Pesth with oval "Peter/vardein" h.s. on front and charged '4'kr on arrival, 1840 EL to Buda with "RUMA" h.s. on front, 1868 EL to Schonau with "SEMLIN" cds on front and redirected six times and then marked 'Retour' and other related examples. (28 items) Cross Reference: HUNGARY, OFFICIAL MAIL, REDIRECTED MAIL (Image)

EARLY AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE POSTAL STATIONERY: Used & unused collection presented on album pages each identified by H & G number from no.1 into the 100s. Date range c.1869-1910 with a wide variety of language printings. Includes examples of Pneumatic Post e.g. used Vienna 1893 and later unused; POs in Levant, 1908 Franz Josef Jubilee illustrated, etc. Minimal duplication. (c.102) (Image)

1928 NEWSPAPER OVERPRINTS SET, SPECIMEN - almost full set, missing only 90c slate, mounted, all except the 8f chocolate ovpt SPECIMEN. SG N443-60. (17)Cross Reference: SPECIMENS, NEWSPAPER STAMPS (Image)

FINE 1865-1968 MINT/USED SETS & RANGES WITH HIGH VALUES: Stockbook with many shades, some mint blocks and KGV minor flaws. Great majority QV/KGV issues plus sizeable KGVI selection. Inc. 1910-25 + 1922-34 mint ranges to 2/6, 1921 mint set of 9 (SG68/76 £100), 1924 used 10/- (SG 92 £250), 1938 2/- to £1 mint marginal set, mainly the more common perf. 13 types (but inc. perf. 14 £1 (2 - SG121 £270 each)). Attractive collection. (c.500 stamps) (Image)

QV/KEVII USED COLLECTION ON PRINTED ALBUM PAGE: Fine used ranges from 1865-1910 inc. 1875 overprint trio, 1d on 2d, 1d on 3d & 1d on 1/-, SG 15/17 (£975). Collection appears complete for all basic issues as per printed page except for the v. rare 1874 diagonal opts. (c.47) (Image)

PRIZE COURT RELEASED MAIL; Pair with 1941 philatelic envs. to Copenhagen or NY Ex Dahomey or Mexico with reg labels on front of each and "Released by/Prize Court" h.s. - applied in Bermuda - on rear of each, one with a Nov. 1950 eventual arrival d.s. on the rear. Unusual pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: FRENCH COLONIES, MILITARY - WWII, MEXICO (Image)

WWII DETAINED MAIL TO NETHERLANDS; Quartet with 1940 PPC to Eindhoven franked 100r + 100r & 400r with a Dutch-language typed-script label Amsterdam March 1948/Due to war conditions/Received with a delay' and tied by a Dutch-language "Director of the Post Office Amsterdam/[signature]" - the only example believed to exist, 1940 envs. to Amsterdam, Arnhem or Rotterdam Rio franked 1200r or 1000r + 200r with a Dutch-language typed-script label Amsterdam March 1948/Due to war conditions/Received with a delay' on front. (4 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, NETHERLANDS (Image)

KEVII-KGV FINE USED COLLECTION ON SG "NEW IMPERIAL" PRINTED PAGES: Includes KEVII vals. to 5r and KGV to 20r. Mostly fine throughout and includes some QV-KEVII Officials. (c.100 + 15 Officials) (Image)

1866-1900 MINT & USED COLLECTION: Later QV issues on 3 Lindner hingeless album leaves, mostly used. Some duplication but typically no more than 2 of each stamp. Includes defin. values to 96c and high values to 2r.25, etc. Useful range of surcharges. (c.115) (Image)

TWO INCOMPLETE KGV BOOKLETS : 1r.20c black on grey with advertisement for Ismail, Queen Street, Jeweller, Colombo on back cover; of the 24 stamps in the booklet 9 remain.1r.44c orange with Telegram rates on back cover; of the 24 6c. KGV stamps in the booklet 11 remain. Ink marks to cover of both items. Both items mounted on display sheet. Interesting letter from Stanley Gibbons, April 1996, with background information enclosed. (Image)

1860s PERIOD STEAMSHIP COVERS TO NEW YORK: Group of 6 ELs from Havana to same commercial addressee (Lanman & Kemp) in New York. Each cover with "STEAMSHIP/10" in circle mark. All with mid-1860s dates. Fine.Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SHIPS/SHIPPING (Image)

QV-KGV FINE USED COLLECTION ON SG "NEW IMPERIAL" PRINTED PAGES: Includes early opts. on GB ISSUES, noting 1/- green SG 6 (£475), 1881 CC wmk. set of 5 to 6p olive-grey SG 11/15 (£900+), various "½" surcharges on ½pi values (4), the 1894, 1902, 1904, 1912 & 1921 definitive sets each complete to the 45pi top values plus 1921 £1 purple & black/red probably fiscally used SG 101 (Cat. £3,500 for postal use): 1924-28 set to 90pi green & red/yellow, 1928 Anniversary set to £1 blue & bistre-brown SH 123/132 (£400), 1934 pictorial set to 45pi, 1935 SJ set (inc. unlisted but striking variety broken "2" in 2½pi value), etc. A high degree of completion and mostly fine to v. fine. Huge catalogue value. (c.137) (Image)

COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION 1918-92: Three albums and some leaves with mint and used issues inc. useful range of Hradcany Castle with perf. varieties inc. 100h red-brown apparently unlisted; Austrian & Hungarian stamps overprinted with many issues including some scarcer types; generally complete from 1920 onwards inc. miniature sheets inc. range of East Silesia and WWII German occupation of Bohemia & Moravia inc. some registered envelopes. Also a small collection of modern Czech Republic. Much duplication throughout. (very many hundreds) (Image)

EARLY-MODERN ACCUMULATION: Mostly used duplicated accumulation in 3 stockbooks with interest in Christmas labels/mini. sheets. (Many 100s) (Image)

BORNHOLM - EARLY TO MODERN POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION: Binder (plus large packet) with a collection of cards & covers c.mid-19th to mid-20th C. Includes c.20+ "FRA RONNE" & "FRA BORNHOLM" maritime covers, c.18 TPO covers, a few first flight covers and 21 Apr. 1932 Zeppelin cover from Brazil to Bornholm. (c.130 cards/covers) (Image)

FAILED FRAUDULENT RE-USAGE OF 1856 4Sk ON COPENHAGEN COVER TO HOLBAEK; Remarkable 11 Dec. 1856 E from Copenhagen to Holbaek with obviously previously used 1856 4sk Dull Orange (fair margins and holed at foot - presumably when removed from another letter!) minutely tied by the top of the manuscript "Ugyldigt" ["Invalid"] with additional endorsement alongside; "Et tidligere benyttet Frimaerke. Kessebrev. Kjobenhavns Post ctr." ["A Previously used stamp - Box letter - Copenhagen Post Office"]. There is also a Copenhagen 'Clock' d.s. on the front with a red crayon "6[sk]" postage due charge; it was treated as an unpaid letter and so the 6sk rate applied rather than the prepaid 4sk rate. Very few examples of the attempted re-usage of a Danish Imperf. Issue on cover have been recorded. Very Rare. [Ex Gavin Fryer.] Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

EARLIEST ISSUES TO 1930s MINT & USED COLLECTION: Presented on Lindner hingeless album leaves, inc. early values SG 1,2 & 4 plus extensive duplicated range of 'Sphinx & Pyramid' types with strength in the 1872-74 issues with perf. vars. and duplication of many piastre values. Continuing into 1930s with mostly part sets. (Few 100s) (Image)

1932 POSTAL SEAL BLOCK OF FOUR: 1 piastre deep blue and red inscribed "POSTAL SEAL" in unmounted mint imperforate upper right corner block of four. Printer's? fingerprint in blue ink present in the margin. Unlisted as imperf. in SG (see SG A1). Possibly ex printers archive or imprimatur.Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE, UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD (Image)

EGYPT RETURNED & HELD MAIL; Collection on leaves inc. Apr. 1940 censored envs. to Amsterdam or Apeldorn ex Port Said or Alexandria franked 20m and a c1940 censored PPC (stamp removed) to Holland all with a type-script label Amsterdam March 1948/Due to war conditions/received with a delay affixed to front; 1940 censored env. to Amsterdam franked 20m with type-script label Amsterdam March 1948/Due toi war conditions/received with a delay affixed to front; and 1944 censored airmail env. to a POW in Germany franked 50m + 20m with Egyptian censor marks with framed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER" h.s. on front and framed "This letter/postcard has been returned by the Swiss....." three-line cachet on rear - believed the only recorded example. (5 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, NETHERLANDS, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED (Image)

STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY IN BINDER: Collection of PPCs & covers c.1890-40. Also a range of early definitives and various 1914 & 1941 Occupation issues inc. 1916-18 opts. on 'Germania' issues, 1941 "Pernau" opts on Soviet issues, various printings of 1941/42 'Reconstruction Fund' types, 1944 "Ostland" on Hitler head types, etc. (c.200 plus c.43 cards/covers) (Image)

SPECIALISED MINT COLLECTION ON ALBUM/DISPLAY LEAVES: 1918-1941 collection with a high degree of completion. Includes a section comparing Jaan Lubi forgeries with genuine issues. Different printings identified throughout with both perf. & imperf. types present, varieties and errors noted. Attractive mini. sheets present. (Many 100s) (Image)

1876/88 FIJI TIMES EXPRESS REPRINTS - first reprint set of five singles, and second reprint vert. block of ten comprising two of each value. All fine mounted. (6 items)Cross Reference: FORGERIES - STAMPS (Image)