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| 1560 |
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 Italian Colonies, Libya 1927/33: Express Mail / Espressi 1.25 l. overprinted in black on 60 c. dark carmine & red, perf. 11, unused with large part original gum. A fine example with fresh colours, the usual perforation and
centering, a desirable and extremely rare stamp of which only few stamps are recorded in this condition. Cert. A. Diena (1958), Philatelic Experts (2025) Sassone = € 240'000 (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 13,000.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM |
Italian Somaliland
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| 1561 |
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 Somalia 1934 'SERVIZIO AEREO SPECIALE 11.NOV 34-XIII': The unissued set of five airpost values 50c. green, 75c. sepia, 80c. brown, 1L. scarlet and 2L. blue, all overprinted by in black, unused with full original gum (some
slight toning). Not authorised nor issued set, handstamped 'Kessler' and 'Brava 1934' on reverse. Certs RPSL (2026) for each value Catalogo Enciclopedico No. 3-7 (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 300.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM |
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 1951: Italian Somalia, rare souvenir sheet 'Consiglio Territoriale' containig four stamps, each stamp beeing surcharged with handstamp "FACSIMILE", detailed certificate Diena, Sassone = € 4500 (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 250.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM |
Jamaica
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 28 |
cover |
 Cunard Contract Mail, Pre US-UK Treaty 1840-1845; Double Atlantic
Crossing 1845 (Feb 7): Entire letter between siblings from St.
Augusta, Jamaica to Montreal, Canada, endorsed "Per Pkt via
England", sailed with
three different RMSP vessels via St. Thomas
and Bermuda to Southampton 11 March, two London & Liverpool transit
datestamps (March 12), further with Cunarder "Caledonia" 4 April to
Boston 20 April, docketing on reverse gives 24
April as date of
arrival in Montreal. Manuscript '2/2d.' Sterling resulting from 2/-
shilling between any of Her Majesty's Colonies through the UK plus
2 pence in BNA from port to P.O., resulting in '2/5' charge in
Canadian
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Currently...CHF 150.00
Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM |
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 Incoming Mail via Southampton; 1871 (March 10): Cover from Chapelton, Jamaica to Sydney, New South Wales bearing 1860 1 s. dull brown, wmk. pineapple, 1870 2 d. rose, wmk. CC and 3 d. green cancelled “A33” obliterator with
Kingston datestamp (March 9) on the reverse, prepaying 1 s. 5 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to New South Wales. Some peripheral cover soiling, and missing top flap on reverse, nevertheless fine and very rare. Route - Royal Mail Steam Packet Co:
Departed Kingston 10 March 1871 per “Seine” via Jacmel (13 March) and St. Thomas (15 March) to Plymouth (2 April); by rail via London (3 April) to Southampton. PO Line: Departed Southampton (15 April) per “Candia” via Malta (25 April) to Alexandria
(28 April) overland to Suez; “Hindostan” (1 May) to Galle (14 May); “Rangoon” (16 May) via King Georges Sound (31 May) and Melbourne (6 June) to Sydney, arriving 8 June 1871 (91 days). Note: The cover is addressed to “H.M. Ship Basilisk”, a British
warship in the Australia Squadron. It undertook survey operations around Eastern New Guinea, under the command of Captain John Moresby, the founder of Port Moresby, the capital of Papua. The only cover recorded bearing a Jamaica first issue adhesive
used to the Australian Colonies (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 1,000.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM |
Japan
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 609 |
*/o/cover |
 1871/1932 (ca.) : Lot with some better stamps used/unused incl. 1874 6 s. violet brown unused, 1902 UPU Jubilee and tourist cards sent to Europe, further used stationery and picture postcards as well as 1929
registered envelope from Moukden to Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1901 card from Nagasaki to Floridsdorf, etc. Slightly mixed condition (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 300.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
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 1900/25ca: Group of seven so-called ‘Tourist Sheets’ presumably from the Wada production filled with forged stamps, partially 'postmarked', one of the sheets with top missing and another with eight stamps removed;
in addition three rare booklets from the post-Wada area with figurative depictions, two of which have identical fronts but different contents containing simple genuine stamps and stationery postcards; also one "COREAN POSTAGE STAMPS / KINGDOM" sheet
with 20 stamps. Lot includes a copy of Ron Casey’s book “The Tourist Sheets and Booklets of Japan”. Provenance: Collection John Pitts (Image
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Currently...CHF 200.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
Japan Post in China
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 605 |
cover |
 1888/92: New Koban 25 s. blue-green, a single example on registered 1896 cover from Ningpo, China to Boston, USA with oval cachets of "US Consulate / Ningpo" of despatch (April 29), the adhesive tied by superb "SHANGHAI /
I.J.P.O." cds (April 30) in black with registered label adjacent. Reverse with San Francisco transit (May 20) and Boston arrival (May 26). A scarce and most attractive cover (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 200.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
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 1914 (28 March): Postcard from Manchuria to Roma, bearing Japan Chrysanthemum 1899 4 s. rose, tied by circular datestamp, showing violet "I.J.P.O 1 MUKDEN-CHANGCHUN SOUTH MANCHURIA 28. 3. 14." railway oval alongside. Minor
toning, mentioned for accuracy; the adhesive with upper right corner fault, still fine. A scarce usage from the Japanese Offices in China (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 175.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
Jemen Kingdom
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 788 |
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 Ottoman Post Offices in Yemen (Yemen Vilayeti) 1884: Turkey Empire 2 pi. olive on yellow-brown, a single example used on reverse of 1885 cover from Hodeida to Bombay, India at double rate, tied by circular "HUDEIDA / TURQUIE"
datestamp (Oct 11) in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 61 / Ziya fig. 2 = "R"). Aden transit cds in black and carried on the P&O steamer "Malwa" with "SEA POST OFFICE / C" cds (Oct) in black with Bombay arrival cds's (Oct 21) alongside. A scarce and
attractive usage (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 350.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
| 789 |
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 Ottoman Post Offices in Yemen (Yemen Vilayeti) 1884: Turkey Empire 1 pi. blue, a single example on 1890 cover from Sanaa to Constantinople tied by circular all arabic "SANA'A" seal handstamp in black (Coles & Walker fig.
77 / Ziya fig. 1 = "R"). Reverse with Constantinople arrival (Dec 22) in black. Exceptional for this handstamp (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 200.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
| 790 |
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 Ottoman Post Offices in Yemen (Yemen Vilayeti) 1892: Turkey 20 pa. claret, four examples used on reverse of 1900 registered cover from Camaran Island to Paris, France all tied by bold strikes of bilingual "CAMARAN (ILE)"
circular datestamps (Oct 2) in black (Coles & Walker fig. 55 / Ziya fig. 2 = "RR"). Suez transit (Nov 11) and Alexandria (Nov 12) and Paris arrival cds (Nov 21) all alongside. It is probable the departure cds is erroneously dated, obverse with
lcoally produced "UPU / TURQUIE / R" registration label in black (one of two known examples) and sender's negative seal. An exceptional and rare cover. Note: Camaran, an island off Yemen, at this date served as a quarantine station for pilgrims
departing for Mecca (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 400.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
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 Ottoman Post Offices in Yemen 1901: Tukey 20 pa. red on rose postal stationery card used from Hodeida (Dec 4, 1903) to Bari, Italy, cancelled by oval "SOCIETA COLONIALE ITALIANA / AGENCIA DI HODEIDA" in violet, with Suez
transit cds (Dec 13) in black and Bari arrival. The card talks of a shipment of 300 units of Olive Oil, a fine and unusual usage and an extraordinary usage from an Italian Company and thence via the Suez Canal to Italy. Provenance: Collection Cengiz
Arsman, DF, May 2005, lot 20370 (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 1,000.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
| 792 |
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 Ottoman Post Offices in Yemen (Yemen Vilayeti) 1901: 5 pa. ochre-yellow, two horizontal pairs, used on 1905 postcard to Scotland, each tied by bilingual "CAMARAN" cds's (May 6) in black (Coles & Walker fig. 56 / Ziya fig.
3 = "R"). Scarce (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 120.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
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 Ottoman Post Offices in Yemen (Yemen Vilayeti) 1909: Turkey 1 pi. blue, a single example used on 1910 cover from Hacile (Hadjilé) to Portland, Maine, USA tied by fine strike of bilingual "HADJILÉ" cds (Jan 27) in black (Coles
& Walker unlisted / Ziya fig. 2 = "RRR*"). "Aden" transit cds (Feb 1) on reverse. Illustrated in Bulent & Ziya volume "H-I" on page 2. A fine and extremely rare cover - the sole recorded (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 850.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
| 794 |
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 Ottoman Post Offices in Yemen (Yemen Vilayeti) 1909: Turkey 20 pa. red, a single example used on 1911 postcard of the Suez Canal from Salif to London, tied by bilingual "SALIF (YEMEN)" cds (Jan 17) in blue (Coles & Walker
fig. 76 / Ziya fig. 1 = "R"), with bilingual "HODEIDA / 5" cds (Jan 23) of transit in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 79 / Ziya fig. 13). London machine cancel of arrival (Feb 9) in black (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 120.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
| 795 |
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 Ottoman Post Offices in Yemen (Yemen Vilayeti) 1909: Turkey 20 pa. red, a vertical pair with perforations blunted on top stamp used on slightly fore-shortened 1912 cover from Ab (Ibb) to France, tied by bilingual "AB" cds (Feb
25) in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 97 / Ziya fig. 1 = "RRR") dated from Turkish date - Roman date error "37-9-1922". Rare (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 200.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
| 796 |
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 Ottoman Post Offices in Yemen (Yemen Vilayeti) 1914: Turkey 1 pio. blue postal stationery envelope locally used from Taiz to Adeen, Yemen tied by bilingual "TAÏZ" circular datestamp (Feb 14, 1915) in black (Coles & Walker
fig. 103 / Ziya fig. 2 = "RRR"). Turkish manuscript "Taiz Censorship" in lower left with the personal negative seal of the Censor (signed Lieut. Mussa Kazim). Small photo corner fault on reverse but a extremely rare cover - illustrated in Ziya /
Bülent, volume T-Z on page 5. Provenance: Collection Herry Schaefer, Corinphila sale 124, 25-26 Oct 2000, lot 6001 (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 300.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
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 1912c.: Envelope addressed in Arabic to Colonel Harold Jacob, British resident in Aden, addressed "In the name of God / to an aged and respected man his Excellency, the first of all the greats", with handstruck triangular seal
of the Imam Yehyia bin Mohamed of Yemen at top right and on reverse in red (Coles & Walker fig. 88). Unidentified bilingual Turkish cds in violet both on obverse and reverse, sadly weakly struck. A rare and most unusual cover. Provenance:
Collection Cihangir, Schlegel, Berlin, 7-9 Sept 2011 (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 300.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
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 1915/18: Envelope addressed in Arabic to "His Excellency, the great and glorious Ottoman General Said Pasha" in the Lahej coast area, with handstruck triangular seal of the Imam Yehyia bin Mohamed of Yemen at top right and on
reverse in red (Coles & Walker fig. 88) and courrier office number and Military register "A/ 227 - A/ 228" at top in pencil. Rare. Note: In July 1915, a Turkish force under General Said Pasha from Yemen attacked and captured Lahej which they
retained until the end of the war. The Sultan of Lahej, Ali Bin Ahmed , whose irregular troops were unable to offer successful resistance, abandoned his country to the enemy and retired with the British troops to Aden. The Sultan died in Aden from
wounds received during the attack on the Lahej (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 350.00
Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM |
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