Postal History Lots & Collections - Worldwide continued... Italy continued... LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 701   Italy, 1890s/1930s, collection of over 300 postcards, mostly postally used and housed in plastic pages in two albums, predominantly early 1900s material with topographical views, real photo cards, people and events, considerable postmark interest including numerous early squared circle cancellations, varied frankings and destinations, messages and correspondents offering scope for further research, typical corner and edge wear, generally sound. (Video) (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Italy Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 200 Currently...C$100.00 Will close during Public Auction Japan LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 702   Japan, First Sino-Japanese War, 1894/1895, postal history collection of 35 covers and cards, individually annotated with origins, destinations, army affiliations and field post office identifications, with substantial representation of mail to and from Manchuria, noting mail from both the First and Second Armies, FPOs including 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11 and 14, and origins including Lushunkou (Port Arthur), Jiushutung, Taku Shan and Fenghuang Cheng, also mail to the Third Division in China and a cover from Tokyo to a soldier in Manchuria, many retaining contents, usual mixed condition for military mail of this period, a scarce and extensively annotated grouping, rarely offered in this quantity, ideal for expansion and further study of this complex but fascinating subject. (Video) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Japan Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 3,500 Currently...C$2,800.00 Will close during Public Auction 703   Russo-Japanese War, 1904/1906, exceptional exhibition collection, with earlier military postal history, comprising over 65 items, mostly covers and letters with a few picture postcards, exceptionally detailed and neatly presented, with cancellations identified and many letters accompanied by full or substantial transcriptions and translations, beginning with earlier Naval Ministry correspondence and First Sino-Japanese War material relating to the 1895 occupations of Taiwan and Weihaiwei, followed by extensive Russo-Japanese War mail from the First, Second, Third and Fourth Armies, the Yalu River Army, the eastern region of the army occupying Korea, and Sakhalin Island, with numerous divisional cancellations, notably a 1905 cover bearing the rare Eighth Division First Field Post Office cancellation, the office recorded as operating only from 1 Jan to 1 Feb 1905, with only a handful of examples known, together with an attractive crossed-flags illustrated cover dated 22 Oct, bearing the rare mail relay office cancellation and containing an account of recent battles and Russian prisoners being sent to Japan, further highlights including a 20 Dec 1904 card from Baron Corvisart, French military attaché, to the chief interpreter at the French legation in Seoul, an embossed map postcard depicting the theatre of war with a message describing a Nagoya parade celebrating the fall of Ryojun and referring to a death in action, and a 1905 stationery card reporting “Ryojun … fell on 1st January, so you can imagine how excited we all are,” the naval section particularly engaging, with a Hong Kong-franked 1904 cover from a midshipman aboard HMS Albion to his father in England describing an encounter with Japanese warships “cleared and ready for action,” including Admiral Togo’s flagship Mikasa, postcards relating to the Dogger Bank incident, an August 1905 card from an officer cadet aboard the Asama reporting that repairs had been completed and the ship had left port the previous day in search of enemy vessels, and a privately printed 1905 gunji yubin letter card from a carpenter aboard Shikishima, declaring “If the Baltic fleet appears and if they are really brave enough, we will fight tooth and nail until we have a victory,” generally superior quality for military mail, with some imperfections as expected, a substantial and carefully researched collection whose transcriptions and translations provide considerable scope for further study, well worth close inspection. (Video) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Japan Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 3,500 Currently...C$2,400.00 Will close during Public Auction 704   Japan, Intervention in Siberia, 1918/1922, postal history collection of approximately 45 covers and cards, mostly with brief annotations identifying field post offices, origins and destinations, many envelopes retaining their original contents, noting FPOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12 and 15, several represented by multiple examples, an attractive illustrated military postcard, a 1919 cover from the 7th Division at Harbin, a 1918 cover from relay station No. 1 at Spasskaya, sent by a member of the 9th Infantry to Shiga, and a 1919 cover from relay station No. 6, various imperfections as expected for such military mail, an uncommon group offering considerable scope for further study, including examination of the contents for historical interest. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Japan Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 1,200 Currently...C$800.00 Will close during Public Auction Netherlands LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 705   Netherlands and Colonies, 1702/1976, postal history collection of over 110 covers and cards, comprising 27 stampless folded letters (1702/1868), 75 later covers and cards, and twelve colonial covers, principally Netherlands Indies with Curaçao, Surinam and Netherlands New Guinea, the stampless material mostly with contents, noting Rotterdam and Amsterdam origins, a small correspondence to Frederick Huth & Co., London, and mail to France and Belgium, later material including King William III, Princess Wilhelmina and numeral postal stationery, Queen Wilhelmina multiple frankings, parcel post reply cards to Belgium, express, registered and airmail usages, commercial covers, picture postcards and Second World War censored mail, varied destinations and postal markings, occasional minor faults, overall fine or better. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Netherlands Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 250 Currently...C$140.00 Will close during Public Auction New Zealand LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 706   New Zealand, 1890s/QEII period, group of 110 covers and cards, predominantly commercial mail, including aerogrammes, censored covers, postcards and first day covers, varied destinations and cancellations, also a few unused postal stationery items, some faults, mostly fine or better. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction Pakistan LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 707   Pakistan, 1965 War with India, specialized postal history collection of 84 covers, aerogrammes and documents, neatly arranged on approximately 28 exhibition pages in a binder, featuring incoming and outgoing military and civilian mail, postcards and telegrams, extensive censor markings including K Series (33 types), L Series (five types), P Series (two types) and D-15, with triangular, circular and boxed “PASSED BY CENSOR” handstamps, mail to and from Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Afghanistan, Singapore, Tanzania, Australia and South Arabia, among others, also Telegraph and Phonogram forms, returned mail and the Stamp Society of Pakistan’s “Salute to Our Armed Forces” souvenir booklet (25 December 1965), an unusually extensive study of this seldom-offered area. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Pakistan Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 400 Currently...C$400.00 Will close during Public Auction Poland LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 708   Poland, 1955/1980, collection of nearly 800 covers, including 538 first day covers, neatly arranged chronologically in protective sleeves in four binders, no apparent duplication, every year represented except 1972, with eight to 44 first day covers per year, the balance comprising regular and airmail covers from 1960/1972, some edge toning, otherwise clean and overall fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Poland Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 150 Currently...C$80.00 Will close during Public Auction Portugal LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 709   Portugal & Colonies, 1802/1987, postal history collection of 94 covers and cards, beginning with nine stampless covers (1802/1858), with 27 colonial covers from Angola, Cape Verde, Macao and Mozambique, also approximately 25 turn-of-the-century postal stationery cards from the King Luiz and King Carlos periods, many illustrated, noting Second World War censored mail, commemorative frankings, airmails and multiple frankings, a varied selection of commercial and personal mail, some small faults and light toning, otherwise fine-very fine. (Video) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Portugal Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 150 Currently...C$90.00 Will close during Public Auction South Africa LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 710   South Africa, 1919/1965, postal history collection of over 100 covers and stationery, including personal and commercial mail, registered usages, postage dues, wartime censored correspondence, first day and commemorative covers, many with colourful cachets and illustrated designs, some oversized, noting 1936 JIPEX, 1938 Voortrekker centenary commemorations, Second World War military mail, the 1947 Royal Visit, 1952 Van Riebeeck Tercentenary, 1957 Natal Stamp Centenary and 1958 Marion Island International Geophysical Year expedition mail, generally sound with occasional faults, a useful group. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [South Africa Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 200 Currently...C$150.00 Will close during Public Auction 711   South Africa, 1980s/2000s, group of over 180 postcards produced by the South African Post Office, including over 120 used and unused postal stationery and stamped cards, plus approximately sixty unused modern postcards, some with commemorative cancellations, a varied holding for the stationery or modern postal history collector. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$40.00 Will close during Public Auction Spain LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 712   Spain, 1800s/1940s, postal history collection of 115 covers and cards, comprising 46 stampless covers, mostly with contents, 21 Queen Isabella II frankings including seven fronts, six postal stationery cards and later material, noting varied straight-line, circular, numeral and letter markings, several letters to Frederick Huth & Co., London, with “ESPAGNE PAR BAYONNE” transits, Isabella II usages with “cartwheel” and c.d.s. cancellations, including Cáceres, Málaga and Mora de Ebro, the fronts chiefly with blue Badajoz c.d.s., later material including King Alfonso XIII commercial mail, advertising corner cards, registered usages, multiple frankings and First World War, Spanish Civil War and Second World War censored mail, varied destinations, occasional minor faults, overall fine or better. (Video) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Spain Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 250 Currently...C$150.00 Will close during Public Auction Switzerland LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 713 PIECE   1850/1852, group of four Rayon I 5r frankings on cover fronts to Solothurn, all stamps with four margins, comprising 1850 5r blue tied by red lozenge cancellation to front from Ballstall (22 Aug 1851); and three fronts bearing the later 1851 5r light blue & red, one with two singles from Schönenwerd (9 Nov), one horizontal pair on front from Basel (12 Sep 1851); the other used in combination with a 10r yellow, black & red from Basel (14 Nov 1852), some toning and other imperfections to the fronts, but an uncommon group, inspect. (Image 1) Estimate C$ 250 Currently...C$100.00 Will close during Public Auction 714 PIECE   Switzerland, 1850, Rayon II, 10r yellow, black & red, group of nineteen cover fronts, without frame around cross, each bearing a single franking except two with horizontal pairs, chiefly from Basel, with examples also from Zurich, Le Locle and Bern, cancellations in red, black and blue, a range of shades from bright yellow to deep buff, mixed margins with several four-margin examples, imperfections as expected for such a group of fronts, a useful lot for the specialist, inspect. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (All Images) Estimate C$ 750 Currently...C$450.00 Will close during Public Auction 715 PIECE   Switzerland, 1852, Rayon III, 15r vermilion, with frame around cross, five cover fronts to Solothurn, each stamp showing the bolder vertical lines in the shield, four single frankings and one with two overlapping singles, mixed margins, all from Basel, with cancellations in red, black and blue, some faults including tone spots on one front, otherwise a useful group. (Sc. 12). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 200 Currently...C$120.00 Will close during Public Auction 716   Switzerland, 1855/1862, Seated Helvetia, group of fourteen cover fronts, almost all mixed frankings, chiefly combinations of the 5r and 10r, also including 10r with 20r, 5r with 20r, 5r with 15r, a 20r single franking and a three-colour franking of the 5r, 10r and 15r, origins including Basel, Zurich and Neuchâtel, mostly postmarked 1856 through 1859, mixed condition as expected, a useful group for the specialist, all depicted online, inspect. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Estimate C$ 300 Currently...C$150.00 Will close during Public Auction 717   Switzerland, 1855/1862, 15r rose Seated Helvetia, group of over fifty-five cover fronts to Solothurn, all single frankings except five, including one mixed franking with a 10r, a range of shades from pale to deep rose, cancellations dated 1856 through 1862, chiefly from Basel and Zurich, with other origins including Brugg, Neuchâtel, Lenzburg, Morges and Vevey, mixed condition with faults and small stains as expected for such a holding, but a useful lot for the specialist, all depicted online, inspect. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (All Images) Estimate C$ 500 Currently...C$300.00 Will close during Public Auction 718   Switzerland, 1858/1862, 2r grey Seated Helvetia, group of eleven single-franking cover fronts, mostly to Solothurn, stamps with mixed margins, despatch cancellations including Zurich, Basel, Morges, Schaffhausen and Vevey, some faults, but an uncommon group of this denomination on cover fronts, all illustrated online, inspect. (Scott $6,325 as used stamps). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 750 Currently...C$400.00 Will close during Public Auction 719   Switzerland, 1858/1862, 5r brown Seated Helvetia imperforate frankings, group of thirty-four cover fronts to Solothurn, displaying a wide range of shades from pale to deep brown, mixed margins, mostly single frankings with a handful bearing a pair, two singles or three singles, chiefly from Zurich or Basel, with other origins including Liestal and Neuchâtel, mixed condition as expected, an ideal study lot for the specialist, all illustrated online. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (All Images) Estimate C$ 250 Currently...C$150.00 Will close during Public Auction 720   Switzerland, 1858/1862, 10r blue Seated Helvetia, group of twelve cover fronts to Solothurn, each bearing a single franking, mixed margins, noting a range of shades from light bright blue to deeper blue, mostly dated 1861 or 1862, with origins including Bienne, Basel, Oberrieden, Zurich and Burgdorf, one with an attractive commercial handstamp depicting a three-masted sailing ship, some imperfections including occasional toning, otherwise a useful study group, inspect. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 120 Currently...C$80.00 Will close during Public Auction Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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