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Far East

China
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
1541 c   .China and area cover and card accumulation of over 150 items including Republic commercial covers, Taiwan commercial covers and first day covers, P.R.C. including first day covers, some Hong Kong and a few Indochina post cards, mixed condition, many fine-very fine. Est. $300-400

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

Middle East

Egypt
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
1542 og/nh   Egypt complete mint collection to 1991 in mounts in a Minkus album, including classics, regular issues, commemoratives, souvenir sheets, air mails, semi-postals, officials, postage dues, express and Palestine overprints, noteworthy are the 1866 issue, all the 1867 to 1902 Sphinx and Pyramid issues, the rare 1926 Port Fouad set and the always elusive 1956 Scouts souvenir sheet (facial scuff), somewhat mixed condition, the earliest issues with some small faults or no gum, otherwise mostly o.g., l.h. or n.h., fine-very fine. Est. $4,000-5,000

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
1543 Oc   Egypt classic issues collection, heavily duplicated mint and mostly used collection of many hundreds of 1865 to 1888 issues, including postage dues, mounted on quadrilled pages in an album along with nine covers or fronts, mixed condition, many fine-very fine and perhaps a few cancel finds; high catalog value.. Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction
1544 c   Egypt Rural Service study comprised of 39 covers and a front in an album, with usages spanning the 1892-2002 period, many different small towns and types of cancels noted, generally fine-very fine; scarce group for the specialist. Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1545 c   Egypt Stations and Travelling Post Offices cover collection comprised of 197 items from 1882 to 1978 identified in an album, covers the Delta, Suez Canal region and Upper Egypt, some usual commercial mail faults, most fine-very fine; also includes The Travelling Post Offices of Egypt by Peter A.S. Smith. Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
1546 c   Egypt postal card and reply card collection of 210 mint or used pieces from 1879 to 1950 with duplication as well as varieties and shades housed in an album, mostly fine-very fine. Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction
1547 c   Egypt postal stationery collection of 85 mont or used items in an album, including registered envelopes, wrappers, air letters, envelope letters and cassette posts, many uprated, mostly fine-very fine. Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction
1548 c   Egypt postal stationery entires collection, lightly duplicated collection of 195 mint or used entire envelopes housed in an album, including sizes, shades, varieties, inverted watermarks, etc., largely fine-very fine. Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1549 ogO   Egypt Interpostal seals collection of 198 mint and used items from the 1890s arranged on stockpages; also includes Les Vignettes de Franchise D'Egypte by Georges Chapier; a difficult group to assemble. Est. $400-500

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
1550 ogO   Egypt 1953 Three-bar and six-bar overprint study comprised of a few hundred mint and used stamps and a some multiples and covers mounted on album pages or stockpages with both regular issues and air mails as well as Palestine overprints, mostly fine-very fine. Est. $500-750

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

West. Europe

Europe
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
1551 c   Europe early pre-stamp postal history collection of 40 entire folded letters, mostly of the 15th to 17th centuries with only three in the early 1700s of the 18th century, all are meticulously written up on pages explaining the various markings and ratings on the covers which are often difficult for the uninitiated to decipher, there are eight covers of the various Venetian posts, the earliest being a 1401 letter from Venice to Beirut, the latest being 1574 from Padua to Venice with "Subito/Subito" marking meaning quick or hurry up, this is similar but less common than "Cito/Cito" which is found on another, a third has three "Cito"s, others show the way prepayment is marked with crossed lines and an abbreviation for "pagato per tutto" meaning paid for everything, a couple include a symbol that looks like a whip implying to be carried by horse, there are a couple 1563 to 1616 letters carried by the Thurn and Taxis post that are Imperial in nature of Ferdinand I and his court, another 27 covers are of the French post of the 1600s or early 1700s, most show different routes and rates and are before town postmarks were placed on at the point of origin, but there are six covers with handstamped markings which are very scarce in this early period including a 1695 "DE VALENCE", 1695 Bishop receiving mark, 1699 "DE.S.MALO" and 1700 cover from Marseilles with "DE PROVINCE" h.s., the latest cover is a 1717 cover of Paris with circular Crown and Fluer-di-lis indicating Port Paye, condition is very presentable and fine-very fine for letters that are as much as 600 years old; a very interesting and well written up collection of early mail transit in Europe. Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
France
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
1552 c   France massive mostly eighteenth century pre-stamp postal history collection of over 900 covers, these are collected as entire folded letters with very few exceptions, all are written up on pages telling about the towns and markings as well as often the contents of the letters and who they are written and signed by if they are personages of relevance, the collection is collected by departments (analogous to counties within states in the United States) with 29 different departments being represented with numerous individual post offices within the departments and thus hundreds of different towns in total, often a town has a number of different postmarks, the vast majority being in what is called the ancient period of postal history from the very late 17th century to 1791 when manuscript and locally produced handstamps identified the town of departure (reference is made to the works Louis Lenain on this area), while this period includes the start of the French Revolution, the period of the Revolution postally starts in 1792 with department numbers included with the town postmark which were more uniform and issued from Paris rather than locally made, there are often a few covers from this period to 1799 when Napoleon came to power and there are even a few covers in the early Napoleonic period mostly before 1805, the most important section are the variety of markings that were used prior to 1791 including manuscript markings as well as early handstamps, one of the largest departments is Department 12 of Bouches du Rhone with over 160 covers which includes the major cities of Marseilles and Aix, we note a rare strike of a "BARBA NTANE" straight line used only in 1721 when the Aix Parliament (Supreme Court) moved there because of the threat of the plague that was ravaging Aix and its environs, Department 78 of Var has over 85 covers including a nice section of Toulon with 39 covers, Department 10 of Aude has 79 covers and Department 33 has 70 covers, other scarce and unusual markings include a lovely strike of a "LARGENTIERE" straight line of Department 6 of Ardeche, the only handstamp of this short lived small town, also 1789 red "AURILLAC" and "P. PAYE" straight lines with both red markings and prepaid covers not being common in this period, plus a fancy Crown and "L" of Limousin of Department 81Haute-Vienne on two covers in black and red respectively, we also note over 50 covers of occupied territories of Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Monaco, condition will vary on a collection of this size and scope but the collector was quite selective and overall fine-very fine with few exceptions; a lovely collection containing a great amount of information about the covers collected and well worth examining to discover the treasures contained here. Est. $10,000-15,000

CLOSED
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1553 c   France pre-stamp interesting postal history accumulation of over 475 covers that are largely unsorted and unwritten up, but this does not mean that there are not some rare and interesting covers contained herein, the large majority are 18th century covers though we note a couple of 17th century covers as early as 1637, plus there are some 19th century covers of the Napoleonic era and later, most covers have manuscript or strait line post marks of the towns of origin with a wide variety of different towns in the 1700s, we note some scarce and rare markings such as a red Crown and "P" handstamp on folded letter dated July 1, 1771 which according to Louis Lenain is the first day of this marking's usage, also a ca 1790 cover with st. line "VILLENEUVE" h.s. of of Villeneuve-sur-Verberie and a Fluer-de-lis and "P.P". receiving h.s. of Paris, plus a ca 1794 entire letter with red st. line "LE BOURGET" h.s., both of these straight lines are considered rare, other kinds of covers that we note are covers coming into France from the colonies with various "Colonies" markings, we note three with "MARTINIQUE" st. line h.s., plus covers from occupied territories around Europe with cities of Germany, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland and Italy all represented and including a few military markings of various armies and detachments, condition varies but the vast majority are entire letters as opposed to simply cover sheets and generally fine-very fine for the period; this is a very interesting accumulation and requires careful examination as we have only scratched the surface on the desirable items included. Est. $4,000-5,000

CLOSED
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1554 c   France pre-stamp postal history collection of free franked mail in the period of the 18th century into the early part of the 19th century including the Napoleonic period, free frank privilege was granted to various government officials and agencies, military institutions and even some religious organizations for specific purposes, collected here are 119 covers and four postal receipts written up on pages, we note an early 1744 cover with ms. "Dijon" pmk. with very rare straight line "Affaires du Roy" handstamp, much attention is given to the history of the government offices of the French Revolution in the 1790s with various markings of the National Assembly followed by the National Convention, being the main ruling bodies during this period including related agencies and government offices, we note a very rare red marking "P/B.G" in circle handstamp of the "Postes Bureau du Gouvernement" this is believed to be the only departure marking used by the Special Office of the Government before the days of the Empire, often the collector identifies the signatories on these letters and notices when thy are officials of significance, one section is devoted to the Postal Department from the mid-1700s to 1835, with various signatures of high postal officials as well as the handstamp cachets of various bureaus within the department, condition varies but the vast majority are fine-very fine; an interesting collection with emphasis on the French Revolution and its aftermath; examine. Est. $1,500-2,000

CLOSED
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1555 c   France eighteenth century Bordeaux pre-stamp collection of 36 entire folded letters, a wonderfully documented collection on pages with extensive write ups, starts with the single 17th century letter of 1697 to Nieuwpoort, Belgium with ms. "de bordx" marking which is rare on covers prior to 1700, a lovely feature of this collection are nineteen covers with the various "B" and Fluer-di-lis handstamp markings that were used by Bordeaux as a postmark of origin between 1704-1787, there are seventeen of the nineteen different types that were used in this period, the first type, which was used between 1704 and 1722, is on a March 25, 1704 cover being very early in its usage, several of these markings are scarce to rare, also includes later departure markings including two scarce circular Port Paye (prepaid) markings, three different circular Colonies entry markings including one with "B/Colonnies" and Fluer-di-lis from Fort Royal in Martinique, five covers are after 1791 to 1807 showing department numbers, in this case "32", and entry markings on foreign mail coming into Bordeaux, condition is clean and attractive, fine-very fine; an excellent collection featuring the "B" cancels which are considered to be France's first fancy cancel. Est. $1,000-1,500

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1556 ogO   France mint and used stock to about 1920 housed in an old stockbook, somewhat messy, but we noted used #1 (4), 7 (3), 9 (2), mint 12 (2), used 13 (10), 19 (17), strong perforated Napoleon issues to 5Fr. (4), good Bordeaux issues, 1870-73 perforated Ceres including 25c (10), good Peace and Commerce types with mint #81, 82 (23) all but two n.h., 84 (3), 95 (3), 96 used (2), 101, Sowers with 133-37, 135 (4) and more, also includes an accumulation on stock cards and glassines with some better items noted, early classics in typical mixed condition, but not awful with many nice sound stamps as well as shades and cancel, later issues largely o.g., l.h., n.h. or used, fine-very fine; deserves a careful look as there are surprises. Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,350.00
Will close during Public Auction
1557 c   France cover assortment of maybe a couple hundred nineteenth and twentieth century covers and cards, there is a wide variety of material here ranging from classic covers to maximum cards with some better items noted such as 1922 Semi-postal surcharge set cancelled on one cover, April 1914 Monaco air mail rally flight card, postal stationery, picture post cards and much more; worth a look. Est. $300-400

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
Germ. Off. China
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
1558 Oc   German Offices in China balance comprised of ten stamps and six covers or cards, stamps include Germany Germania types 3pf, 5pf and 10pf values used in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion, Kiauchau 3pf, 5pf and 25pf also used in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion, Offices in China 5M used, covers include Offices in China 5pf on card from Tientsin, 1898 5pf on wrapper from Tsingtau, 20pf on cover and two Kiauchau 5pf on native cover, some stamps with small faults, otherwise fine-very fine. Est. $500-750

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction

British Comm.

Great Britain
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
1559 ogOc   Great Britain comprehensive collection filling three cartons comprised of mint and used singles, sets, souvenir sheets, blocks, cylinder blocks, multiples, covers, first day covers, booklet panes and booklets, sideways and inverted watermarks, varieties, cancel studies, presentation packs including 1864 Forth Road Bridge, PHQ cards, regionals, perfins, revenues, offices abroad and much more, the 19th century is mostly used, while the 20th is mixed mint and used with considerable duplication throughout, the collection starts with unused 1840 2d Mulready, used 1d Black (2) and two covers and 2d Blue, then 1841 2d Blue (8), plus pairs (2) and a strip of three, 1864 1d Red plate numbers, 1970 ½d Rose plate numbers complete, many surface printed issues including officials, mint 1939-51 George VI high values, extensive QEII with specialized Wildings and Machins, Castles including first De La Rue printing, etc., mixed condition, especially the 19th century; the collection is organized on various pages and stock pages in binders and is a bit challenging to view, but rewarding. Est. $3,000-4,000

CLOSED
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1560 og/nhO   Great Britain mint and used collection to 2016 housed in three Lindner albums, the collection starts with used 1840 1d Black (3), 2d Blue (3), unused 1d Mulready (2) and unused 2d Mulready envelopes and continues with a few other used line engraved including a stock of 1-5 each of 1864 1d Reds including Plate 225, 6d to1/- embossed issues, various surface printed issues including 5/- to £1 values and a £5 Orange, then mint 1883 2/6 (2), 1884 5/- (2) and 10/-, used £1 watermarked crowns and 1888 £1 watermarked orbs, two sets of mint 1887-92 Jubilee issue, used Edward VII complete to £1, a used £1 Seahorse and a used £1 P.U.C. and is then mostly complete and mainly mint to the very recent issues, considerable catalog value, however the condition is quite mixed, especially the 19th century, most issues from the 1930s on are mostly o.g., l.h. or n.h., fine-very fine. Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

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