Worldwide Stamps & Postal History continued... France continued... LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 121 159C3 1921, 10c green Sower, complete booklet, Série 28, containing two panes of ten, never hinged with original gum, fresh colour and minimal edge wear to booklet cover, very fine. (Yvert 159C3, €360). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [France 159C3] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Yvert € 360 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction 122 165a var 1921, 10c green Sower, complete booklet, Série 28, containing two panes of ten, never hinged, fresh colour and minimal edge wear to booklet cover, very fine. (Image 1) Get Market Data for [France 165a var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 123 B34b 1930, “The Smile of Reims,” complete booklet with double-pane of eight, never hinged with original gum, fresh colour, slight edge wear to booklet cover, else very fine. (Yvert 256 C1, €1,350). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [France B34b] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 1,350 Currently...C$200.00 Will close during Public Auction 124 / B274a 1952, Red Cross booklet, complete, with pane of ten 15fr+5fr semi-postals, never hinged, fresh colour, no edge wear, very fine. (Image 1) Get Market Data for [France B274a] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 375 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction 125 B301a 1955, Red Cross booklet, complete, with pane of ten 15fr+5fr semi-postals, never hinged, bright colour, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [France B301a] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 300 Currently...C$40.00 Will close during Public Auction French Offices in China LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 126 O/PIECE J27 Offices in China, 1903, 5c green, postage due with inverted “A/PERCEVOIR” handstamp in red, used on piece tied by crisp c.d.s., fresh colour, fine-very fine; with 1993 APEX certificate. (Yvert 17a). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [French Offices J27] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 1,750 Currently...C$250.00 Will close during Public Auction Gambia LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 127 12/18s 1886/93, Queen Victoria SPECIMEN overprint set, comprising ½d green, 1d crimson, 2d deep orange and 6d olive green, watermark Crown CA, hinged set of four overprinted SPECIMEN, bright fresh colours, fine-very fine and scarce. (S.G. 21s/32s, £400+) (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Gambia 12/18s] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 300 Currently...C$160.00 Will close during Public Auction 128 12/19a 1886/1893, Queen Victoria ½d to 1sh definitive set with additional colour shades, original gum, mostly lightly hinged, bright colours and well centred, fine-very fine. (Sc. 12-19, 18a,18b, 19a). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Gambia 12/19a] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 268 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction 129 27var 1898/1902, 1s violet & green, malformed “S” variety, hinged, watermark Crown CA, part original gum, well centred, and of fresh colour, a scarce variety, very fine. (S.G. 44a, £800). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Gambia 27var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 450 Currently...C$300.00 Will close during Public Auction Germany (Holy Roman Empire) LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 130   1654 (November 3), Holy Roman Empire, Lembdingen, Swabia, folded chancery letter with red wax seal, written in chancery-style German with elegant calligraphic flourishes and addressed to Lembdingen, the reverse retaining a red wax armorial seal, the text concluding with a bold signature of “Johann Georg …,” likely a regional administrator or chancery official acting under local princely jurisdiction during the post-Thirty Years’ War period, a few minor spots, else very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Estimate C$ 75 Currently...C$40.00 Will close during Public Auction 131   1656 (January 25), Holy Roman Empire, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, multi-page Latin chancery letter, written on several folio leaves in a fine formal hand and addressed to officials of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, the reverse bearing remnants of a large red wax armorial seal, the contents dealing with governance and jurisdictional matters concerning the Abbey of Thorn and neighbouring territories, some staining and edge tears to letter, yet overall fine given its age; Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern (1621-1688) was a prominent member of the Wittelsbach dynasty and one of the most influential ecclesiastical princes of the Empire. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (All Images) Estimate C$ 75 Currently...C$40.00 Will close during Public Auction 132   1714 (June 6), Holy Roman Empire, Würzburg in the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg, folded stampless legal-administrative letter, written in German and addressed to the Hochlöbliche Consistory und Rath zu Würzburg, dealing with civil and matrimonial matters including property and procedural dispute, the document showing bold script flourishes on the address panel with traces of the original paper and wax seal on the reverse, issued during the rule of Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp von Greiffenclau zu Vollraths (1699-1719), a very fine and appealing example. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 133   1790 (October 6), Holy Roman Empire, Güstrow, Mecklenburg, official ducal document of Friedrich Franz I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, folded manuscript written in chancery-style German with bold calligraphic headings and countersignatures of ducal officials, issued at Güstrow and addressed to Stavenhagen, the reverse bearing a large blind-embossed paper seal reading Friederich Franz Herzog zu Mecklenburg representing Friedrich Franz I (1756–1837), who had ascended as Duke in 1785 and was later elevated to Grand Duke in 1815, the text conveying administrative orders, fresh and highly attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Estimate C$ 75 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction German States LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 134 O 18 Hamburg, 1864, 9s yellow Numeral, used, perforated 13½, neatly-cancelled by partial Hamburg c.d.s. in blue, small thin spot near "U" of postmark, light upper right corner crease, but a challenging stamp of fine appearance, with 1984 Klaus Lohden BPP certificate. (Mi. 18, €2,600). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Germany (States) 18] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 2,000 Currently...C$100.00 Will close during Public Auction 135   Saxony, 1867 (January 26), registered cover from Chemnitz to Manchester, prepaid registered mail franked with 2ngr blue and 5ngr dull violet, stamps tied by boxed Chemnitz datestamps, struck with red boxed “Recommandirt” handstamp at upper right, bearing a large red boxed “P.D.” and Crown “REGISTERED” handstamp on front, alongside the scarce PRUSSIA/Crown/REGISTERED handstamp of the London foreign branch, routed via Aachen with transit handstamp, with London arrival datestamp (28 Jan) and next-day Manchester registered arrival datestamp on reverse, a superb registered franking of exceptional visual appeal, very fine; signed Buhler, with 1996 van der Linden certificate. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Estimate C$ 2,000 Currently...C$1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction 136 O 5I Württemberg, 1852, 18kr black on dull violet, used with four large margins, good colour and clear Gmünd c.d.s., trace of additional red cancellation, handstamped Pfenninger and others, fine-very fine. (Mi. 5I, €900). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Germany (States) 5I] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Mi. € 900 Currently...C$120.00 Will close during Public Auction Germany LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 137 O 37A 1880s, 2m purple-lilac, used with clear Colm c.d.s., bright colour and unusually well-centred for this issue, handstamped Zenker BPP and violet “A” on reverse, very fine. (Mi. 37A, €800). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Germany 37A] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Mi. € 800 Currently...C$120.00 Will close during Public Auction 138 O 65III 1900, 5m Reichspost, Type I, retouched, used with two clear Oker c.d.s. strikes, bright colour and well-centred, handstamped Zenker BPP and others, very fine. (Mi. 65III, €500). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Germany 65III] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Mi. € 500 Currently...C$90.00 Will close during Public Auction 139   1909 (August 13), Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin signed postcard from Friedrichshafen to Wiesbaden, addressed to Adolf Schairer, with handwritten German message thanking the recipient for photographs of the flight over Wiesbaden and expressing the hope of returning, prominently signed “Graf Zeppelin” at foot, franked with 5pf Germania tied by Friedrichshafen c.d.s., blue W.O. handstamp on front, accompanied by a separate memorial portrait postcard bearing a facsimile signature and the date of Zeppelin’s death, a desirable and scarce early aviation autograph, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 500 Currently...C$350.00 Will close during Public Auction 140   1929 (October 17), Graf Zeppelin Balkan & Silesian Flight on-board cancelled postcard to Berlin, franked with 50pf Air Post tied by “LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN” on-board c.d.s., with same-day Breslau c.d.s. alongside and boxed flight cachet in rose at left, a scarce example of mail cancelled on board during this less frequently encountered flight. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 250 Currently...C$180.00 Will close during Public Auction Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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