Europe continued... Early States Naples Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1565 */o 1861/63: Collection / lot of the first Italian stamp issues produced by François Matraire, incl. Province Napoletane issue unused with Die proof of the 1 grano value and Capovolta of this stamp used, 1862 (March) perforated issue, 1863 (Jan) 15 c. azzuro incl. four first month usages, lithographed 1863 (Feb) issue in both types including plate errors, the type II in a block of 25. The lot includes a strong balance of these issues including part platings of the 1863 (Jan) 15 c. azzuro and the 1863 (April) 15 c. in type II, both originally compiled by Roy Dehn. The lot includes also instructive forgeries marked and explained as such. Sassone = € 19'000. Provenance: Collection John Pitts (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Europe Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 600.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Epirus Local Issue Chimarra Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1384 o Epirus, Chimarra - 1912: Nice used set of four, all with circular date stamp "ΑΓΙΟΙ ΣΑΡΑΝΤΑ 21 ΦΕΒΡ" and signed; particularly scarce with this town cancellation. Mi = € 700 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Europe 1-4] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 180.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Estonia Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1078 */o/cover 1918/40: Dublettenposten in Einsteckbuch, ca. 70 % Estland und 30 % Litauen, zumeist sehr sauber und mit zahlreichen frühen Ausgaben, besonders interessant für Stempel. Später auch etliche Blockausgaben ungebraucht und gestempelt. Dazu eine Schachtel mit Belegen sowie der 'Spezial-Katalog ESTLAND' von V. Eichenthal von 1961 und das Estland-Handbuch 'EESTI ESTONIA ESTLAND' von Vambola Huer und Elmar Ojaste von 1986 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (All Images) Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1079 */o/cover 1918/40: Prächtige, weit überkomplette Sammlung, je gebraucht und ungebraucht parallel geführt, vielfach mit Abarten und Spezialitäten sowie aufgelockert durch zahlreiche Briefe und Ganzsachen. Attraktiv aufgezogen in zwei Alben. Hoher Katalogwert! (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image 38) (Image 39) (Image 40) (Image 41) (Image 42) (Image 43) (Image 44) (Image 45) (Image 46) (Image 47) (Image 48) (Image 49) (Image 50) (All Images) Currently...CHF 1,500.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Faroe Islands Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 928 cover Faroe Islands 1901 (November): Denmark definitives 4 ö. light blue and grey, frame inverted, perf. 12¾, two singles used as additional franking on 1888 stationery card 3 ö. grey, cancelled at Thorshvan and addressed to Wien, with arrival datestamp (22.11) alongside; minor toning, nevertheless very fine. Together with 1882 5 ö. green, tied by Thorshvan datesamp (15 November) to a card from the same correspondence. A fine duo (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Faroe Islands DK 23II, 32, HG 24] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Finland Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 104 cover Cunard Contract Mail, Mail to/from destinations outside the trading area, Mail from Finland, 1857 (March 20): Envelope from Abo / Turku to San Francisco, California, boxed ABO despatch datestamp and oval FRANCO handstamp, carried by sled from Abo via the Åland Islands to Sweden, framed STOCKHOLM (March 26) backstamp, double-circle "K. S. & N. P. A. / HAMBURG" backstamp of the Royal Swedich & Norwegian PO, "HAMBURG PAID" and AACHEN PAID 25 Cts", overstruck by indistinct US '30 cents' datestamp. Carried by Cunard "Arabia" from Liverpool 4 April to New York 16 April, further with USMC's vessels to Aspinwall, and from Panama to San Francisco, arrival 15 May. Prepaid in Abo with 'fr. 66c' (kopecks) equal to 13 silbergroschen or 13 cents (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Finland Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM Finland 1856 1st Issue Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1080 o 1857: 5 kop. light blue small pearls, fine and fresh used example cancelled solely by light strike of large HELSINGFORS cds, dated 9 / 3 1857. Attractive, signed E. Diena Mi = € 4'200 / FACIT 1/I = SEK 25'000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Finland 1/I] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 400.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1081 o/pencancel 1857: 5 kop. light blue, small pearls on ordinary paper, large margins all around, cancelled in manuscript and with partial Helsingfors c.d.s. (27 Jul, 1858), small portion of framed receiver strike at right, a superb example. Cert. Schwenson (2011) and Suomi Filatelistiliiton (1999). Mi. 1I = €2'700 / Facit 1/Ic = SEK 18'000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Finland 1I] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 400.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1082 o/pencancel 1857: 5 kop. blue, large pearls, good to very large margins, cancelled in manuscript and with part neatly-struck Helsingfors c.d.s. (1858), fresh and very fine. Cert. Engel (1969). Mi. 1II = €2'200 / Facit 1/IIb = SEK 17'000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Finland 1II] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 350.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1083 o 1856: 10 kop. rose on wove paper, used example struck with framed Wiborg datestamp, fresh delicate shade, very fine. Cert. Schwenson (2016). Mi. 2x = €1'000 / Facit 2e = SEK 7'000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Finland 2x] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1084 o 1856/58: Group two used stamps, 10 kop. carmine-red and deep carmine on wove paper, respectively, incl. a fine large margined example cancelled solely by high boxed WIBORG datestamp (3.3.1858) in black, signed A. & E. Diena. Also a second example with narrow margins, cancelled by low boxed WIBORG datestamp (29. April 1856) in black, ink trace at upper right. Mi = twice € 1'000 / Facit twice 7'000 skr (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Finland 2x] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1085 cover 1856/58: 10 kop. rose on wove paper, a good to large margined single example on 1859 cover to Sordavala / Serdopol in Karelia, tied by WIBORG large boxed datestamp (Jan 13) in black, an arrival datestamp alongside. Lightest vertical file fold well away from the franking, a fine and fresh cover, signed A. Diena & Sorani Facit 2e = 25"000 skr.+ 140 skr. for the cancellation (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Finland 2x] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 400.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Finland 1860 Coat of arms rouletted Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1087 o/cover 1860/66: Group two used stamps and two covers; incl. 1860 5 kop. blue rouletted in type A cancelled with handstamp FRANCO, 8 p. black on green rouletted C; 20 p. blue rouletted in type B, cancelled with framed "FR.KO." with sloping corners on folded cover from "BJÖRNEBORG 5 4 1874" to Kristianstad, boxed arrival datestamp alongside (April 9); 40 p. carmine on rose rouletted in type C, tied by thimble "TAMMERFORS 3/7 1871" cds in violet to envelope directed to Ekesjö, Sweden, HELSINGFORS and STOCKHOLM backstamps, the adhesive with long pre-use tear, cert. Sorani (1987) (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Finland Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Finland 1866 Coat of Arms rouletted Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1086 o 1867 (May 9): 1 mark yellow-brown, rouletted III(C), a used example with good roulettes, minor imperfections at base, fresh colour, cancelled by superb strike of "HELSINGFORS 14 3 " double-circle datestamp in blue. Scarce so fine. Certs. E. Diena (1988), Sorani (2010) Facit 10C3 / Mi = € 1'500 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Finland 10C] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Fiume Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1510 piece 1918: 10 Filler Hungarian stamp 'Reaper' type with red figures, typographic overprint 'FIUME', stamp on small piece cancelled "FIUME A 2 A 919 JAN - 9 N10". Certificate Ivan Martinas (2013) Sassone = € 4'500 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Fiume 8aa] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 120.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1511 piece 1918: 10 Filler Hungarian stamp, 'Reaper' type, white figures, with typographic 'FIUME' overprint, used on piece and cancelled “FIUME A 2 A 918 DWC.31.-N11”. Certificates Avi (2010) and Raybaudi (2010), signed by both experts; also signed on front by Lenart. Sassone = € 20'000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Fiume 22] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,200.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM France Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 82 cover Cunard Contract Mail, US-UK Postal Treaty 1849-1867; On board sorting & marking, 1862/66: Selection four covers; incl. 1852 from Le Havre to Cupar Fife, Scotland, the abbreviation "N.B." (North Britain) misunderstood FOR "New Brunswick", therefore mis-routed over the Atlantic and back, charged for this journey; also three eastbound covers to London, finally in the Dead Letter Office, to Scotland, and Ireland, all with handstruck '1/-' or '2/-' due marks (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [France Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 1088 cover Shipmail France to United States between 1793 and 1815; 1811 (March 22): Entire letter from Bordeaux to New York, sent in the United States at a rate of "36" cents, struck on arrival with "SALEM MA / MAY 27" datestamp and single-line SHIP handstamp, both in red (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 120.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1089 cover Shipmail between 1793 and 1815; Foreign routes; 1811 (Aug 20): Entire letter from Bordeaux to New York sent via two forwarders in Bayonne, reverse with their manuscript notes "To the care of Mr. Leon Barbedat of Bayonne" and in a different script "and Mr. Ln. Barbedat to the care of Mr. T. Bertrand of the house Mr. Bertrand & Lecat of Bayonne" (both unknown to Rowe), struck upon arrival with "NEW-YORK 16 DEC" arrival cds in red and taxed with "6" cents due (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 120.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1090 cover Shipmail from France to the United States on private ships; 1790 (Aug 10): Entire letter sent by the big 'Lively' from Lanehorn & Co in Lorient to the Brown & Benson firm in Providence Rhode Island, struck on arrival with straight-line "BOSTON OCT 18" datestamp in black, a datestamp in use in various sizes from mid-1789 to mid-1791. Reference: Displayed and discussed in The Chronicle of the U.S. Classic Postal Issues, vol. 264 (2019) on page 316 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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