FOREIGN SINGLE COUNTRIES continued...

Outstanding mint ,and used holding with the probability of thousands of bezirks from the various different districts and their respective regional numbers, quite encompassing in its scope, housed in one very substantial volume, mostly presented by their respective districts on dozens of cards on pages. An important feature is that the overwhelming majority are in modest quantities up to a dozen or so of each denomination, sometimes on piece sometimes on cover and when it is in mint, the multiples are often in blocks of four, as well as singles. The Bezirks representation here is one of the most significant we have ever had the pleasure to handle, it has extensive Berlin with lots of different districts, Wegeleben, Leipzig with the "dove of peace" high values mint & used, excellent Jena especially the "Hanover Exportmesse" overprints including covers, Amenau, Duisdan, Eiefeld, Finsterwald, Gera, Heldenay, Plauen, Poepness, Saalfeld, Tharandt through to Weimar, to name some. Overprints occur on the different definitives such as the numeral and oval, as well as dove of peace high value types all denominations of course present, other commems such as von Stephan, etc, with the overwhelming majority being contemporaneous cancels. Yet inevitably there will be reference here, however this is an old time original holding, highly recommended for the student looking for an incredible challenge to sort and categorise to better advantage - which will then transform its value. While offered as seen, there is no question that the strong likelihood is that the catalogue in Michel will run well into many tens of ,1,000s  ,of euro. An opportunity not to be missed for any dealer or collector in this area, please make sure this is on your list of lots to view.

Strong collection of over 500 stamps virtually all one of a kind mint never hinged, mostly from the first issues with many items bought individually over the years at auction, starting with a dozen polar bear parcel posts including 5o brown (#Q3) used, 15o violet (#Q5) used, 1930 70o violet (#Q7a) used, 1937 1k yellow (#Q11) mint never hinged, as well as used 1916/28 perf 11 1/2 ,1o olive green and 2o yellow still on auction cards. Then the 1938/46 first regular issue complete mint never hinged (#1/9), 1945 pictorials also complete mint never hinged with extra 2kr kayak and 5kr eider duck in attractive and unusual mint never hinged plate number pairs, the 1945 "Befreit" overprints complete mint (#19/27), followed by the 1950/60 Frederik and ship defins and surcharges on polar bears complete in mint never hinged condition (#28/40), etc. Virtually everything else is in the same tip-top quality, including of course the booklets. An excellent range with a good showing of polar bears in far better condition than usually encountered, please inspect carefully. Also present better material waiting to be incorporated into the collection, much more here than described.

An excellent and irreplaceable study of the 1891/98 coat of arms "palm tree" issues with around 1500 stamps, beautifully presented and well written-up on gold-edged quadrille pages in a large vintage album. The collection includes many proofs, specimen overprints of different kinds, errors and plenty of postal history throughout, with much material seldom seen. Highlights include the unique specimen overprints from the Natal UPU archive album for both the 1891 and 1892 types, the latter accompanied by BPA certificate, plus other UPU sample types including small o/ps on first series 1ct, 3cts, 5cts and 7cts and a large diagonal type on typographed 20cts brown and all values of the 1896 engraved series except the 3cts. The collection begins with an explanation of how the plates were produced, with scarce material from the production stages inc. small matrix plate of ten of the 2cts blue, followed by the regular issues inc. 7cts red mint block of six, covers inc. 2cts and 7cts pairs in 20cts registered franking to New York, imperfs inc. pairs on the 1ct, 2cts and two distinct shades of the 7cts, as well as 3cts gray pair imperf between and 7cts pair imperf vertically, followed by a page of further errors on the 1891s with extra perforation rows and pre-printing paper folds. Then the 1892 2cts on 3cts surcharge inc. inverted and double surcharges, pair with top surcharge double, strip of three with center stamp without surcharge, etc, leading on to the drooping leaves issues with highlights including 3cts green color trials, undenominated plate proof block of 15 in black on card, lots of imperf pairs and part perforate multiples on the 1892/95 and 1896 series, particularly 1896 5cts slate green block of four imperf vertically and block of six imperf horizontally on separate registered covers. Other good postal history includes 1ct (#32) blocks of 4 and 6 on cover making 10cts rate to Germany, 1ct, 2cts and 7cts (#32, 33, 36) three-color franking making single weight rate to New York, 30cts triple weight franking to Paris, 20cts brown (#37) block of ten on large cover front, etc. The collection also has the 1898 surcharges with many errors and a scarce usage of the 2cts on 20cts brown on cover combined with 1898 1ct (#46), 7cts (#50) and 20cts pair (#51) for rate to Le Havre. This wonderful collector's collection is a delight to view and describe, please see the photoplates to get a flavor, so much material here that is hardly ever available. , ,(photo)





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A wonderful collection of the 1919 occupations and other overprints, both listed and not listed in Scott, as well as some elusive WWII matrerial, with well over 800 mostly mint stamps housed in hingeless mounts on album pages, with much never hinged. The collection is loaded with scarce issues including items seldom seen. Highlights in the Hungarian back of the book include French Occupations complete mint, Banat/Bacska virtually complete mint never hinged, similarly Baranya including the key 40f olive green Zita with black o/p signed twice, then the Romanian occupations with an extraordinary showing of the first Debrecen o/ps appearing to be complete mint never hinged except for the relatively unimportant 50f postage due and the 5k "magyar posta" (#2N58) which we have presumed to be a forgery. The otherwise complete run includes all the different color varieties on the o/ps, the scarce 5k and 10k "koztarsasag" issues, etc, virtually all in pristine never hinged quality. Then follows an extraordinary section of official and semi-official issues from the chaotic regions of Western Hungary during 1921, with 'felkelok' ("rebel") overprint series including colorful skull and crossbones, Northern Army uprising overprints including on Madonna and child high values, "folk - no, no, never!" with signatures. Then Sopron plebiscite o/ps to 10k, 1956 Sopron locals, etc, as well as a fascinating range of material from the short-lived state of Lajtabansag (German: Leitha-Banat) in existence from October 4th to November 5th 1921 before being absorbed into Austria, with series of 11 to 10kr, each backstamped "50% extra charge - central command" in black and additional o/p of eagle over cross in purple, plus a series of 11 pictorials and six postage dues printed specifically for the state, not listed in Scott, with the latter including used examples. Other Scott listed highlights include Fiume o/ps to 10kr parliament (handstamped) and postage dues, Czechoslovakia semi-postals "Posta Ceskoslovenska" o/ps inc. 1f and 70f "Turul" types (#B64, B70), 10k parliament (#B90), 20f dark brown "magyar posta" reaper (#B97), requiring expertisation though with a Scott retail over $20,000 if genuine. There will obviously be reference copies present so we advise the specialist dealer or collector to spend time viewing this carefully. The WWII Carpatho-Ukraine surcharges are also extremely interesting with many expertised examples, certainly well worth researching further in the specialised catalogs, as applies to so much in this important collection. A great opportunity to acquire an impressive range of highly unusual material that you may never see again, please study photoplates.

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An excellent old-time collection of many 100s of mint and used stamps housed in two Borek albums, with issues present that are often missing from Hungarian collections, from the first definitives through mid-20th century, including useful back of the book, especially the occupations. Also much of the 20th century is in complete pristine mint never hinged series. Highlights include 1871 lithographed, 10kr blue (#4) and 15kr brown (#5) used, 1871/72 engraved series complete used to 25kr (#7/12) with black brown shade on the 15kr (#11b), followed by the crown of St. Stephen issues with no empty spaces and should be checked for better perfs, similarly on the extensive Turuls and Franz Josefs, followed by first semi-postals complete mint (#B1/B17), second series surcharges complete mint almost imperceptibly hinged (#B18/B34), then virtually no empty spaces through the Republic and Kingdom to the 1925 athletics series complete mint (#B80/B87), 1927/30 airposts, 1931 zeppelins and 1933 propellers complete used (#C12/C34), etc. The regular issues then have the better souvenir sheets including key 1934 Liszt mint (#486), 1938 eucharistic congress mint never hinged (#B94), Roosevelt "four freedoms" and "memorial" sheets mint never hinged, etc. At the back of the second album are the occupations issues with mint and used ranges of Arad, Banat Bacska, Baranya, Debreczen, Szegedin and Temesvar, followed by an interesting range of Western Hungary partisan locals. A pleasing collection with both comprehensive 20th century and specialised 19th century including superb cds postmarks on many of the 1870s and 1880s issues, deserves careful inspection page for page.

Mint and used collection of thousands of stamps in a well-filled Scott specialty album, 1871 through to the 1960s including good back of the book. We note 1871 litho 5k rose and 1871/72 engraved Franz Josefs complete used, 1870s St. Stephen's crowns identified by perfs, then Serbian occupations with better inc. 'szeged 1919' o/ps with 20f dark brown mint (#11N28), Banat/Bacska o/ps with 3kr parliament mint (#10N24) and on 'koztarsasag' 10f to 25f mint (#10N29/32), then a good run of issues through to the back of the book with further occupations inc. French and an excellent showing of the Romanian occs inc. (mint unless otherwise stated) first Debrecen o/ps with the 'Turul' types (#2N1/2N3), 15f with red o/p (#2N10a), 20f gray brown (#2N11), 15f purple Karoly with red and black o/ps (#2N28A, #2N28Ab), on 'koztarsasag' issues again with red and black o/ps on 15f (#2N40a), etc, then the o/ps on 1919 40f to 1.40k (#2N56A/2N57C, Scott retail $500), as well as on 1916/17 semi-postals (#2NB4/2NB6), etc. The back of the book continues with the second Debrecen o/ps, Temesvar and Transylvania in depth inc. missing 'B' in 'Bani' error on one stamp in 2f brown orange block of four (#5N2 var.), missing 'Bani' 50f and 75f, a series of 8 pairs from the upper right hand corner of the sheet showing constant varieties in spacing of the overprint, a dozen further pairs showing straight 'N' varieties inc. on 50f and 75f used pairs, etc, etc. A collection with moments of excellence, having many elusive WWI occupation issues.

Well over 1000 mint and used stamps housed in a Lindner hingeless album,  ,from the first issues onwards. We note 1871 lithographed 15k brown and two of the 25k violet used, all signed, followed by an extensive range of the 1871/72 engraved types used with lots of shades inc. 15k black brown and 25k violet x3 etc. Then the 1874/99 envelope numerals, all categorised by the perforations with many superb examples, similarly in-depth with the watermark and perforation combinations on the Turul issues including the 1900/04 to 5k used, leading on to 1913 semi-postals with mint 5k and complete used followed by 1914 red o/ps complete mint, 1915s complete mint never hinged and used, the 1925 athletics complete mint, 1934 Liszt m/s as well as the 1938 eucharist mint never hinged, etc, through to the back of the book with highlights including a range of provisional postage due handstamps, Danube locals, post-WWI occupations inc. "occupation francaise" 5f and 20f mint, Hungarian occupation Debrecen issues inc. inverts, Serbian occupations, as well as Western Ukraine, Western Hungary revolution overprints not listed in Scott, etc, etc. This is a ,most worthwhile collection, completely uncataloged, with many discoveries highly likely. Please view carefully page for page.

Useful mint and used collection of several hundred stamps, all one of a kind, housed in a KaBe album, 19th century thru 2000, with issues virtually complete mint never hinged from 1960 onwards. Better issues include more than a dozen different "I Gildi" o/ps including officials, deserving further , categorization and research, then the 1903/04 Christian IX to 1k inc. mint 5a green, 1903 officials complete, 1907/08 "double portraits" used to 40a, 1911 Sigurdsson series complete inc. used 25a orange top value, further 1915/18 "double portraits" complete used to 20a blue, etc, followed by excellent redrawn Christian X issues 1931/32 complete mint to key value 10kr green and black, the best 20th century regular series mint in very attractive quality, hardly exposed to light. Completely uncataloged, with much more here than described, please inspect.

A most impressive collection of 100s of pre-1925 mint and used stamps from the imperf lions onwards, housed on gold-leaf vintage album pages with few empty spaces and many scarce items. The collection begins with the 1870 lions unused and 1875 rouletted lions complete used, except the 1s black which is mint, then 1876 lions inc. 4s vermilion unused and an attractive group of the 1878 lions (#34/37, Scott retail $900), all with signatures inc. superb used examples of the 1k red on yellow, 5k violet and 5k gold, the latter with especially large margins all round. Next are the Nasser-eddin Shah Qajar issues complete used, followed by 1881 litho and 1882 engraved suns complete used (#47/52), with the key litho 25cts green particularly superb, then 1882/84s complete, 1885/87 'officiel' o/ps complete used, through to the better o/ps of the turn of the century inc. 1901 12ch on 1k red mint and used (#169), 1902 'provisoire 1319' series complete used (#173/188, Scott retail $1000) and on square &lsquo,postes persanes&rsquo, issues inc. mint 3cts, 5cts and 12cts (#237/239, Scott retail $1000), etc. Lion handstamps follow with the 50 krans red and blue type II (#290, Scott retail $600) and the same o/p in blue on high values complete to 100 tomans for use on money orders. Other highlights include 'P.L.Teheran', 1903 to 1906 issues virtually complete inc. extremely scarce '2 CHAIS' surcharge mint, signed (#420), 1909 coats of arms complete (#448/463) with genuine mint 20k and 30k and the rest postally used, interesting non-Scott listed 'service interieur' o/ps, 'Relais' o/ps complete used and all signed (#516/523, Scott retail $1,400), then a fabulous showing of 1922 'Controle' o/ps mint, with 13 different denominations inc. 10kr, 20kr and 30kr, again all with signatures (#660/662 etc., Scott retail $2000+), 1926 Pahlavi o/p 5kr mint with scarce perf 12 1/2x12 signed, etc, etc. A wonderful old-time collector's collection, this is a delight to view and describe, loaded with stamps that are hardly ever seen present here as genuine examples. Please study photoplates of this delightful classic Persian collection, formed many decades ago.

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