1915 Official cover with Royal insignia on the backflap and a matching seal, addressed in two languages to Lahore, India, refranked with Indian stamps in Peshawar, with "Registered" label (defective) and "from Afghan Postmaster Peshawar" added by hand, fine and unusual cover (although Afghanistan had issued its first postage stamps in 1871, it did not join the UPU. Afghan letters abroad were typically carried by mail runners paid in cash to the Indian border, then franked with Indian stamps for further transmission. To speed up this process, Afghanistan set up Contract Post Offices in Peshawar, and later in Quetta) (Image)

Est.US$250

1919 Elbasan, Ministry of Post handstamp with eagle, entire stationery envelope, 1 Grosh red, with black handstamp, unused, v.f., rare. Out of the ca 500 printed, only a few intact entires survive (many were used or cut square), cat. €5000 (Cat No. Mi.U1) (Image)

Cat. €5000, Est.US$1,000

1913 Double Eagle handstamps on Ottoman issues, six different, unused, with or without gum, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1915 5 Para on 2q red brown, yellow (red overprint), block of six, surcharge shifted to bottom, n.h., fine-v.f. (Cat No. Mi.1a) (Image)

Est.US$250

1940 unissued surcharges, set of four, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. Most of the printing was destroyed, with less than 200 of each remaining. Only a few blocks of four known, cat. €20000 (Cat No. Sass.12-15) (Image)

Cat. €20000, Est.US$6,000

1940 Express, 25q and 50q, gutter panes of 100, n.h., folded between stamps, fine-v.f. (Sass.E1-2) cat. €10000 (Cat No. E1-2) (Image)

Cat. €10000, Est.US$1,000

1864-72 Rivadavia Issue, 5c, 10c and 15c reimpressions in black (made in 1964 from the original plates by A. Liechtenstein), blocks of four, v.f. (Cat No. 14-16P) (Image)

Est.US$250

1930 First flight Buenos Aires to Friedrichshafen, specially prepared cover franked with green overprint, pairs of 50c and 1p, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1920 25r on 3k maroon & gray green, perf. 11, also 50r on 10k dark blue & brown, perf. 11 and 12 1/2, horizontal strips of five, n.h., some faint toning, mostly v.f. (catalogued as hinged) cat. $875 (Cat No. 256,263,var) (Image)

Cat. $875, Est.US$250

1920 50r on 10k dark blue & brown (Russian semi-postal), three blocks of six, perf. 11 1/2, 12 1/2 and 13 1/2, n.h., four stamps with Erivan 21.11.20 cds, fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged) cat. $900 (Cat No. 263) (Image)

Cat. $900, Est.US$250

1850 6kr brown, unused without gum, v.f., signed Bloch, also 9kr blue, Ty.IIIb, full original gum, small fault, with Ferchenbauer opinion, cat. $1290 (Cat No. 4b,5e) (Image)

Cat. $1290, Est.US$250

1883 10kr blue, numeral and black inscriptions shifted dramatically to left, h.r., fine (Cat No. 44var) (Image)

Est.US$150

1922 10,000k red brown, imperforate horizontal pair, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (Mi. 408U) cat. €1400 (Cat No. 298var) (Image)

Cat. €1400, Est.US$250

1918 2.50k on 3kr ocher, surcharge inverted, l.h., pencil signed, with Sismondo certificate, also variety perf. 12 1/2 x 11 1/2, n.h., v.f., rare (ANK 226yK, 226xC, Euro 3,200 for unhinged) cat. $1360 (Cat No. C2a,2c) (Image)

Cat. $1360, Est.US$1,000

1919 2h brown, basic stamp double impression, used on wrapper, fine (Cat No. P24var) (Image)

Est.US$150

1861 Franz Josef 3kr-35kr unused stationery envelopes (154x85 and 147x85mm) 3kr-20kr, 30kr and 35kr, seven different; larger format (148x118mm) 20kr-35kr, four different, also 1863 Eagle selection of 10 unused envelopes, showing different types of flaps, plus three additional items, apparently all reprints, mostly fine-v.f., ex-G.S.Ryan. A scarce group (Mi.U1-21A/B) (Image)

Est.US$500

1933 WIPA souvenir sheet of four, l.h. at top margin only, stamps n.h., v.f., with the original folder, cat. $2500 (Cat No. B111) (Image)

Cat. $2500, Est.US$1,000

1933 WIPA souvenir sheet of four, canceled by three different Exhibition (WIPA Kongresshaus, Kunstlerhaus and Austellung 27 June 1933) postmarks, with full gum, lightly adhering inside the presentation folder, v.f. (ANK cat. Euro 4,750) cat. $2400 (Cat No. B111) (Image)

Cat. $2400, Est.US$1,500

1946 Dr. Karl Renner, imperforate souvenir sheets of eight, n.h., v.f., cat. $2000 (Cat No. B185-88) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.US$500

1946 Dr. Karl Renner, imperforate souvenir sheets of eight, n.h., v.f., cat. $2000 (Cat No. B185-88) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.US$500

1929 (16 Oct) cover with German vertical pair of 50pf Eagle, canceled on board, with oval Bucharest 16 October 1929 drop cancel, forwarded to Vienna, where 5sh franking was added on arrival, fine and scarce combination (Image)

Est.US$150

1933 Chicago flight cover to Argentina, Krems departure cds, Friedrichshafen transit, some toning, with arrival pmk, scarce (Image)

Est.US$150

1883 50sld red lilac, fine single tied by Constantinople 5/12/84 cds on registered cover to Trieste, with arrival pmk on back, trivial cover toning and creases at bottom, three intact small wax seals, rare usage on cover, signed Dr.Wallner (Ferchenbauer Euro 5,000) cat. $2250 (Cat No. 13) (Image)

Cat. $2250, Est.US$800

1918 Ampezzo-Udine, complete unissued set of 72 (four different from each of the 18 Municipalities), unused without gum as printed, fine-v.f., signed Raybaudi, etc., ANK Euro 1,200 (Image)

Est.US$500

1918 3h-4k, also 3k on granite paper, complete set, all but 4k used on pieces, Trieste cds, fine-v.f., handstamped guarantee marks, 40h, 2k and 3k with 1997 Raybaudi certificate (Sass.1-17, Euro 4,850) cat. $2853 (Cat No. N1-16,19) (Image)

Cat. $2853, Est.US$1,500