Europe continued... Sweden continued... Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 2095 cover 1896/1960: Five commercial envelopes, all damaged in railway accidents, comprising two from the accident near Rörvik, Sweden, on 6 September 1954, both with violet cachet on reverse; and three from the USA: 1896 cover with green-line "DAMAGED BY FIRE IN TRAIN" cachet, 1905 cover with explanatory label on reverse concerning the accident at Mentor, Ohio, and 1960 cover from Brooklyn to Anaheim with violet "DAMAGED IN FIRE IN RAILWAY MAIL CAR CALIFORNIA" cachet on front. An interesting group of railway accident mail (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-26, 11:59 PM Sweden Circle Type Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1994 cover 1881 (May 12): Insured cover to Krämbohl, bearing 1877 Numerals 4 ö. grey, 20 ö. vermilion and 50 ö. carmine-rose, perforated 13:13½, each tied by town datestamp "HALSBERG 12 5 1881", the envelope endorsed "Insured for the sum of 150 kronas", with adjacent framed decorative truncated "WÄRDE". On reverse five intact wax seals. Some very light peripheral toning at places, of no significance. A fine, attractive and very scarce three-colour franking, correctly paying the 74 skillings insured double rate Facit-Nr. 29+33+36 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Sweden 18B+22B+25B] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Turkey Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1856 cover Ottoman Official mail sent with the DSSG, 1867/73: Part of the well-written up Prof. Vodrazka collection with three Covers, incl. two covers from Lom and Rahova to the Ottoman Governor in Vidin showing all Arabic negative 'Kaza-ı Kaymakam Lom' and 'Kaza-ı Kaymakam Rahova' black despatch handstamps, respecticvely, signed Nakri, unrecorded by any catalogue; and cover from Lom Palanka with matching "LOM-PALANKA 7/IX" cds in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 899) directed to a military administration in Constantinople with Lloyd arrival cds on reverse, ex Cihangir. Extremely scarce (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Turkey Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1924 cover Turkish Post, Ingoing to Galatz 1855 (March 2): Entire letter from Constantinople to Galatz, struck upon despatch with all Arabic negative 'An Janib postai Der Aliye 268' greenish handstamp (Coles & Walker fig 10). Disinfected upon arrival and struck with oval green "PORTULU SAU CURATIT AA CAPITANIA / GALATI" carantine cachet (Meyer page 123; Kiriac fig 158). Filing folds just mentioned for accuracy, a fine and fresh entire with a scarce combination of this desirable Quarantine handstamp on Ottoman mail, from the collection of Prof. Vodrazka (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Turkey Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 750.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 2002 (*) "Postage Stamps of the Ottoman Empire, Designed, Engraved and Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Ltd, London". 1913/14c.. Booklet with brown cover and embossed gold lettering on front, containing two pages of 28 different Imperforate Proofs on card for Postage or Postage Due and some but not all perforated SPECIMEN, mostly in a colour different to that utilised upon issue: with 1913 Adrianople Mosque of Selim 10 pa. in brown, 20 pa. in black and 40 pa. in orange; 1914 complete set of 17 values all printed in different colours with high values 25 pi. in red-brown, 50 pi. in deep myrtle-green, 100 pi. in red-brown and dramatic 200 pi. Sultan in black & deep steel blue; 1914 Postage Due set of four; 1914 overprinted with red Star 10 pa. in blue, 20 pa. in brown and 1 pi. in brown and 2pi. in black & red-brown; some slight dust not affecting the Proofs or the superb appearance of this delightful and very rare presentation or Salesman's sample volume (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 2,000.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 2751 cover Incoming Mail Overland via Brindisi & Suez; 1887 (May 25): Cover from Zahle, Ottoman P.O. in Lebanon to Malta, redirected to Sydney, New South Wales bearing Turkey 1884 1 pi. blue cancelled by a light "Zahle" datestamp (Coles & Walker fig. 206) and prepaying 1 piastre for a ½ ounce ship letter to Malta. The cover is addressed to a Mr. Bellamy, a passenger on the S.S. “Massillia”, c/o P&O at Malta. The “Massilia” had already left Malta where the boxed “T” handstamp was applied and endorsed “Via Suez per first P&O steamer” at top for the redirection to Sydney, where the manuscript “11d” in black applied. Multiple transit datestamps on the reverse. Rare usage from Zahle in Eastern Lebanon and one of the rarest origin/destination covers to the Australian Colonies. Route: Departed Lebanon 25 May 1887 via Syracuse, Italy (5 June) to Malta (13 June); by steamer to Alexandria. P&O Line: Departed Alexandria (17 June) per “Ganges” via Suez Canal and Aden (21 June) to Colombo (28 June); “Massillia” (28 June) via King Georges Sound (11 July) to Adelaide (13 July); by rail via Melbourne (19 July) to Sydney, arriving 21 July 1887 (57 days). Rarity: The only Pre-UPU cover recorded from the Turkish Post Offices in Lebanon to the Australian Colonies. Provenance: Collection Otto Hornung, Corinphila sale 137, May 2003, lot 1768 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Turkey Turkey Mi 47] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM Turkey French Post Offices Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 66 cover Cunard Contract Mail, US-UK Postal Treaty 1849-1867; American Civil War, Depreciated Currency, 1865 (Sept 8): Entire letter from Smyrna / Izmir, Turkey to New York, carried with Cunard's "Cuba" from Queenstown 17 September to Boston 18 September, "SMYRNE TURQUIE" despatch datestamp of the French foreign office, "MARSEILLE A LYON" T.P.O. transit backstamp (Sept 14), and "N. Y. 30 Br. PKt / or U.S. 42 NOTES" arrival datestamp on obverse. The postage due of 30 cents was depreciated to 42 cents (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM Turkey Greek Post Offices Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1369 cover Greek Post Offices in the Levant 1866 (Feb. 23): Cover sent unpaid from the Greek Post Office at Smyrna to Syros, struck with "SMYRNA / TURKIA 23 SEP 62" despatch cds (julian), rated '50' lepta in red crayon comprising 30 lepta Austrian ship fee and 20 lepta internal postage at the 1 October 1861 rate, charged on arrival with 1861/7 Athens consecutive printing 10 l. orange on bluish and 40 l. mauve on greyish, clear to large margins all round, tied by clear strikes of "SYROS 24 SEP 66" cds's (julian). Fine and attractive (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Turkey 19+21] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Turkey Ottoman Post Offices in European Turkey Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 2001 cover Villayet of Adrianople / Edirne 1869/72: 19 pa. red-lilac (2) and single 1 pi. yellow used on entire letter from Dedeagatch to Haskovo, Bulgaria tied by all arabic double framed "Battal" handstamp, probably struck upon arrival in blue ink, file fold affetcs the 1 pi. but a scarce usage (signed Sismondo); together with 1892 20 pa. claret card to France cancelled by circular all-arabic "GUMULDJINA" handstamp in black (C&W fig. 16). A fine and scarce pair (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Turkey 13+15] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Turkey Toughra Issue 1863-65 1st Printing: narrow Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 2000 cover 1862: Turkey 2 pi. black on thin blue paper, used on 30 May 1863 entire letter to Rustchuk cancelled by battal in blue, with sender's intaglio seal above in blue but a watery strike, a fine and scarce usage of this issue within Bulgaria. Cert. Sorani (1992) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Turkey 3/Ixa] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Tuscany Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 110 cover Cunard Contract Mail, Mail to/from destinations outside the trading area, Mail from Tuscany, 1855 (May 18): Entire letter from Florence to New York, endorsed "Str Africa vai Liverpool", bearing Leone Mediceo 1851 strip of three 9 cr. violet-brown and 1 cr. dark carmine, all adhesives cut into, tied by FIRENZE datestamp and "NEW YORK Br. PKt 5 / JUN 7" datestamp, framed PD and French BEAUVOISIN entry cds alongside. Prepaid with 28 crazie in the Franco-Tuscan Convention of 1 October 1851. Provenance: Robert Siegel sale 980 (December 2009), lot 3378 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Europe Sassone 8+4] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 1420 cover Toscana 1855 (Jan 20): Part paid Envelope from Firenze to Milazzo, Sicily, endorsed "col Vapore francese" and transported with the French vessel 'Hellespont', bearing a strip of three 1 cr. 'carminio su grigio' with good to large margins, cancelled / tied by 'cinque barre' obliterator, in addition by FIRENZE despatch datestamp and straight line "MESa 1855/ 25 GENN" arrival datestamp. Cover franked in the first weight rate for the part of the journey to the harbor, taxed with '7' grana upon arrival. Signed Alberto & Enzo Diena; cert. Sorani (1980) Sassone = € 3'750. Provenance: Collection Ing. Pietro Provera, part I, Corinphila sale 260 (Jan 2021), lot 5682 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Europe 4d] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1421 cover 1853 (Aug 6): Cover from Firenze to Modena, bearing horizontal pair 4 cr. 'verde azzuro su grigio' with fair to large margins, tied by "P.D." handstamp in red, FIRENZE despatch datestamp and another strike of "P.D." alongside, MODENA arrival backstamp of the following day. Some toning and spots, nevertheless an appealing letter of the second weight and the second distance in the LEGA. Certs. Chiavarello (1998), Bottacchi (2000) Sassone = € 4'750 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Europe 6c] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 100.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1422 cover 1851/52: Lot with 2 cr. light blue on bluish grey, a fresh unused example without gum with clear margins almost all round, just barely touching frame line at lower right corner (cert. Bottacchi 2020) together with used 1 cr. carmine on bluish in a horizontal strip of three, further 6 cr. ardesia on grey used as well as three cover usages including 4 cr. on cover to Pontremoli, 1 cr. and 2 cr. on cover to Napoli as well as 6 cr. single franking to Perugia. A fine first issue group (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Europe 4+5+6a+7] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Ukraine Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 2006 cover Ukraine 1992/2004: Large lot of in total appr. 5'000 stationery envelopes in 24 cover albums after Ukrainian declaration of Independence (Dec 1991), nearly all used, the stationery primarily of Soviet origin, but also early Ukrainian ones, starting with 2'200 items from the years 1992/94 uprated with local handstamp imprints, local overprinted Soviet stamp issues, and locally produced adhesives to match the increasing rates during inflation, sorted along the oblasts of the Ukraine from Carpatho-Ukraine to Donetsk; in addition, appr. 1'600 used Ukrainian stationary and special formular envelopes from 1992/2004; also 800 commercial and private covers with Ukrainian adhesives from the 1990s. Exceptional opportunity Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM UNO Geneva Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 2007 **/o 1969/2020: UNITED NATIONS GENEVA, two parallel collections, one unused and never hinged, the other used, both complete including se-tenant combinations, together with booklets 6–23. Each collection housed in two albums, with the corresponding booklets in a separate bundle. In total four albums and two bundles, a comprehensive assembly (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) Get Market Data for [Europe Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Vaticane Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1589 **/bof 1934 (June 16): 'Provisional' definitives, first printing, the compl. set of six from 40 c. on 80 c. red-carmine up to 3,70 l. on 10 l. black-olive in marginal vertical half-sheets of 50 values each, with complete sheets margins on three sides, L. 1.30 of left- and all other values of left of sheet. All with fresh and fine unmounted o.g.with "Qualità Bolaffi" certificates stating for each value: "L'UNICUM DI PAPA RATTI / BLOCCHI DI CINQUANTA ESEMLARI" (Achile Ratti was the birth name of Pope PIO XI. Certs. Bolaffi (01/10/1997) Sassone = EUR 200'000++ (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Europe 35-40] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 10,000.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1590 o 1934: Provisional Overprints, 40c. on 80c.-3,70l on 10l., complete set used, very fine, the 3,70l. signed Diena, Sorani certificate (2002) for the whole set Sassone = € 2000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Europe 35-40] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 100.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1591 bof 1948: Tobias, set of two blocks of four used, the 500 l. block shows partially separated along the perforations, Sassone = € 2'500 for blocks of four or € 2'200 for four single sets (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Europe PA 16-17] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 120.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1592 o 1929/2012: Apparently complete collection in two printed Lighthouse albums, all stamps neatly used, including a fine set of the 1934 provisionals (Diena certificate, 1966) (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) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Europe Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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