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CatNo.

Lot Description

5341

1880 (28 Sep) cover from Cetinje to Belgium, paying the International 10n postage with 2n and 3n (First printing), used in combination with similar 2n and 3n (Second printing), all tied by Cetinje departure cds, with Brussels (5 Oct 1880) arrival pmk on back, fine and extraordinary mixed issues franking, one of the premier rarities of the country (Fleck handbook states that "mixed franking of the first printing with later issues is exceedingly scarce") (Mi.1 I/II, 2I/II) (ex-David Feldman auction 26 May 2000, SFr 2,200 hammer) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$900.00
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5342

1888 (12 June) registered cover from Cetinje to Germany, franked with single 25 novcica lilac gray, tied by departure cds, with "Recommender" handstamp and "Charge" at left, blue crayon directional mark, Hannover 18.6.88 arrival pmk on back, v.f. example of the highest denomination First Printing stamp on cover, one of only two or three recorded (Image)

Current Opening Price...$2,300.00
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5343

1888 (17 Nov) registered cover from Cetinje to Sierra Leone, franked with 5n+10n+15n (Second printing Prince Nicholas), paying the proper 20n letter rate for overseas mail (including 10n registration fee), tied down by departure cds, endorsed "Via Liverpool", with "Charge" handstamp, alongside, red oval London (24 Nov) transit, Liverpool datestamp and Freetown (Dec 13) arrival pmks on back, small stain at top of the 5n adhesive, fine and highly attractive Montenegro cover to uncommon destination (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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PHILIPPINES

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Lot Description

5344

1928-31 NO LOT

Current Opening Price...$900.00
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POLAND

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Lot Description

5345

55var

1919 Krakow Issue, 10kr deep violet, error "POEZTA POLSKA" (instead of "Poczta Polska"), Form IVB, position 8, tied by "Krakow 1" 24.II.1919 departure pmk on money letter (opened for display), sending 2,860kr to a local address, various crayon and pencil directional markings, two largely intact wax seals on back, without arrival pmk, with 2024 Korszen certificate, stating the stamp was immersed in water and is discolored, nevertheless fine and undoubtedly only known "POEZTA" single 10kr franking on cover (well detailed in an article by Josef Tyslowitz in "Filatelista 6/1973", titled "O Niektorych Zagadnieniach Dotyczajacych Znaczkow Wydania Krakowskiego" (some questions regarding Krakow Issue). An icon of Polish philately (Cat No. 55var) (Image)

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Current Opening Price...$14,000.00
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5346

1919-20 eight covers or cards on exhibit pages, including 5pf and 10pf on registered cover from Strzalkowo to Posen (Dr.Kronenberg certificate), others from Poznan, Inowroclaw, Bydgoszcz, etc. (Image) (image 5346a) (image 5346b) (image 5346c)

Current Opening Price...$180.00
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5347

Air Post. 1914-15 The Siege of Przemysl, selection of six light-weight cards, with "Fliegerpost Przemysl" and "Ballonpost 1915" markings, outgoing, censored flights dated 25 November, 1914, 20 December 1914 and 10 January, 15 January, 22 February, 3 March, 1915, fine-v.f. (Image) (image 5347a)

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Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5348

Air Post. 1918 (21 Mar) picture postcard from Kiev (via Lemberg, Proskurov and Krakow) to Vienna, franked with Austrian 4kr Gray Air Post stamp, tied by Kiev, Cyrillic departure (21.3.18 Julian calendar, equivalent to 3 April, 1918), with "K.u.K. Fliegerkurierlinie Wien-Kiew Flugstation Kiew", corresponding "K.u.K.Flieger Kourierlinie Flugstation Kiew" cachet, re-addressed to Przemysl, fine, stated to be the only known card from Kiev to Vienna with Austrian Air Post franking (Ferchenbauer "LP") (Image)

Current Opening Price...$2,300.00
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5349

Military Mail. 1914 three covers with Austrian franking, two canceled "Miechow" (date filled-in by hand), addressed to Krakow, last one from "Wolbrom", each with "K.u.K. Militarzensur" handstamps, fine. This provisional pmk was used at Miechow and Wolbrow, from 5-14 September, 1914 when the Austrian troops were withdrawn to meet the threat from the Russian invasion of Galicia (Image)

Current Opening Price...$140.00
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5350

Military Mail. 1919-20 selection of seven covers or cards, showing various Fieldpost markings, including registered cover from "Twierdza Grodno", "Poczta Polowa" to and from the troops in Warszawa area, registered cover from Ostrowo, various censor markings, etc. (Image) (image 5350a) (image 5350b)

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Current Opening Price...$230.00
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POLAND Bug and Styr River Flotillas

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Lot Description

5351

Military Mail. 1916-17 three cards, one each from Vistula, Bug and Styr Flotillas, showing violet "Weichselflotille Kommando der K.u.K." (Headquarters), "K.u.K.Bugflotille Betrebszug" and "K.u.K.Styrflottille Betriebszug" markings, fine and scarce group (Image)

Current Opening Price...$290.00
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POLAND German Occupation - World War I

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5352

1916-18 collection of 25 covers or cards written-up on 11 exhibit pages, official mail from Warsaw, Lodz, Czestochowa, Grojec, Kalisz, overprinted stamps reading "Russich Polen" and "Gen.Gouv.Warschau" on covers and postal stationery, Warsaw and Lodz ("L.F.F." Lodzer Freiwillige Geuerwehr) local delivery service mail, administrative official military cachets used in "Nowo-Georgiewsk", "Nowo Radomsk", Sidlice, "Jasna Gora" Monastery ("Kloster Jasna Gora" and "Enklave Jasna Gora" cachets used by the Austrian Military within the General Government of Warsaw), fine and uncommon group (Image) (image 5352a) (image 5352b) (image 5352c) (image 5352d) (image 5352e) (image 5352f) (image 5352g) (image 5352h) (image 5352i) (image 5352j)

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Current Opening Price...$900.00
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POLAND WWI - Allied Forces in Poland

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Lot Description

5353

Military Mail. 1919-24 collection of 21 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing mail generated by the Allied military forces in Poland following the Armistice. There are covers from the British Contingent, two sent to London, endorsed "On Active Service" with "Allied Railway Mission to Poland" cachets in red and blue, others with "Mission for Supply & Relief of Poland" and "British Committee for Relief/Poland" cachets; French Military Mission, showing various cachets for Transportation and Resupply units, FPO 311 markings for mail from Lodz, Warsaw and Lublin, bilingual cachet on card from "Misya Francuska" Headquarters in Krakow, Artillery Schools in Torun and Kielce, Aviation and Naval cachets, plus "Poste aux Armee" FPO 190 usages from Danzig. (Image) (image 5353a) (image 5353b) (image 5353c) (image 5353d) (image 5353e) (image 5353f) (image 5353g) (image 5353h)

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Current Opening Price...$900.00
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POLAND Generalgouvernement - WWII German Occupatio

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5354

Military Mail. 1942-43 four cards sent by Italian soldiers stationed in Poland, one with 30c franking, canceled Posta Militare 90, with two-line handstamp "Comando Militare Stazione Italiana KRAKAU", additional round marking, sent May 5, 1943 to Rome, others with "Comando di Tappa Principale/Leopoli" (HQ Principal Office Lemberg), fine (Italian troops were deployed to Poland to maintain line of communication with troops fighting on the Eastern Front. Mail was routed through FPO 90 in Lemberg (Lwow), also through Warsaw and Krakow) (Image) (image 5354a)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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PORTUGAL

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Lot Description

5355

Military Mail. 1917-18 Portuguese Expeditionary Corps in France, collection of 55+ covers or cards showing various "C.E.P." (Corpo Expedicionario Portugues) and "S.P.C." (Seccao Postal de Camanha), censored mail, registered covers, destinations, incoming mail, some photographs (not counted), mixed condition, interesting historical footnote (The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps, over 50,000 men, set sail for France early in 1917. Not ready for trench warfare, further training was required, leading to early disagreements with British military authorities. The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps operated as an independent army corps within the British First Army zone, in the frontlines in French Flanders, north of the La Bassee canal and south of Armentieres) (Image) (image 5355a) (image 5355b) (image 5355c) (image 5355d) (image 5355e) (image 5355f) (image 5355g) (image 5355h) (image 5355i) (image 5355j) (image 5355k) (image 5355l) (image 5355m) (image 5355n) (image 5355o) (image 5355p) (image 5355q) (image 5355r) (image 5355s) (image 5355t) (image 5355u) (image 5355v) (image 5355w) (image 5355x) (image 5355y) (image 5355z)

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Current Opening Price...$900.00
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ROMANIA

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Lot Description

5356

1916 cover franked with six Ottoman adhesives, tied by negative seals reading "Bucharest 1" and additional marking of "Kaiserlich Osmanische Feldpost 65 Bukarest", addressed locally, fine (Image)

Current Opening Price...$140.00
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5357

1917 cover to Germany, with negative Ottoman FPO 73N (Braila), with bilingual German departure pmks alongside, fine and rare, signed Nakri (Image)

Current Opening Price...$190.00
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5358

Military Mail. 1917-18 Austro-Hungarian Occupation of Romania, 30 covers or cards on exhibit pages displaying various FPO markings used by the Austrian army in Romania, "K.u.K.Feldpostampt" unit handstamps from Bucharest, Braila, Dragasani, Focsani, Petresti, Giurgiu, including a registered cover from "Agentie der L.R.K. Priv. D.D.S.G. Giurgiu" (agent of the Danube Steam Navigation company at Giurgiu) to Vienna, other military mail from Caracal, Corabia, Craiova, Ploesti, Reni, Rimnicul-Sarat, "K.u.K. Kontrolkommission Verclorowa", "K.u.K.Schiffsstationkommando Turn Severin", Targoviste, etc. (Image) (image 5358a) (image 5358b) (image 5358c) (image 5358d) (image 5358e) (image 5358f) (image 5358g) (image 5358h) (image 5358i)

Current Opening Price...$1,400.00
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5359

German Occupation. 1917-18 collection on 14 exhibit pages, 34 covers or cards, also a set of three unissued surcharges without "M.V.i.R." (with Mikulski certificate), Postal Stationery, censor markings, military mail from Calafat, Cararasi, Colentina, Craiova, Focsani, Giurgiu, Petresti, Sinaia, Turnu Severin, Vida, Dobrudja, overprints on Postage Dues, various destinations, interesting lot (Image) (image 5359a) (image 5359b) (image 5359c) (image 5359d) (image 5359e) (image 5359f) (image 5359g) (image 5359h) (image 5359i) (image 5359j) (image 5359k) (image 5359l) (image 5359m)

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Current Opening Price...$450.00
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RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War

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Lot Description

5360

1904 (16 June) registered cover to Berlin, paying 40k with 4x10k dark blue, all tied by "Headquarters Field Post Office" departure pmks, corresponding "574" Registry label (Field Post Office attached to the Headquarters), round "R", framed "Permitted by the Colonel" censor handstamp and negative army cachet unit applied on reverse, arrival (22.7.04) pmk alongside, cover wrinkles and hinge marks, extremely rare example of registered mail from the Russian HQ at Mukden to a foreign destination (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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