IMPORTANT STAMPS AND POSTER AUCTION

1864 (Jan 20) Cover and long, complete contents, to ´Station des Cotes Occidentales d´Afrique´ addressed to Ensign on board the Ship ...

1867 (Jan 16) Cover at double rate from Paris to Curacao franked by 1863 80c. carmine (2) tied by Paris Star/26 in black and by London red transit cds

1867 (Jan 31) Double rate entire letter from Paris to Quito, Ecuador endorsed ´Via Angleterre and Panama´ franked by franked by 1867 40c. ...

1867 (June 20) Cover from Paris to Tallahassee, Florida/USA franked by single 1862 80c. carmine unusually tied by ´Gare de Montpellier´ ci...

1867 (Nov 8) Extraordinary 11 Times Rate cover via Brest to New York, franked by 1862 80c. carmine (eleven, including a block of six) tied by Paris St

1867 (April 13) Cover from Marseille to Constantinople with mixed issue franking of 1862 10c. bistre brown, 40c. orange and 1867 30c. brown tied by An

1868 (March 21) Entire letter from MARSEILLE to NAPLES carried on the "Ville de Marseille" carried at double rate and franked on departure...

1869 (April 27) Cover from Cannes to Piraeus, Greece carried at 20 centime Military Concession rate with 1867 20c. blue tied by light gros chiffres an

32 1870 (Sept 24) Cover from LONGOIRAN to BUENOS AIRES endorsed "per Messageries" carried on the L´Amazone franked by defective 1867 ...

38,53,56,57,59 1872 (Dec 14) Cover from MARSEILLE to BUENOS AIRES with double rate of 2 francs paid by extraordinary franking of 1870-71 5 c., 15 c.,

53+57+59 1873 (April 18) Entire letter from LYON to YOKOHAMA, carried at double rate on British P & O Packet via Brindisi, Galle and Hong Kong w...

1873 (Nov 5) Cover from Bordeaux to St. Lucia franked by 1871 25c. blue (4) all tied by 532 gros chiffres. Fine strike of scarce ´LIGNE C/PAQ.F...

1874 (June 20) Cover at 1 franc rate datelined inside from Madrid to Mexico bearing 1871-75 10c. brown on rose pair, strip of three and strip of five

56,58 1874 (Oct 20) Cover from BORDEAUX to LISBON carried by Le Rio Grande and franked by Ceres 10 c. and 30 c. tied lightly by Anchor lozenge and, on

60 1874 (Sept 5) Entire letter from BORDEAUX to BUENOS AIRES bearing Cérès 1871 25 c. (4) tied by Anchor lozenge with superb circular LIGN...

1875 (Aug 16) Cover at quadruple rate from Paris to Curacao franked by 1870 Siège 40c. orange and strip of four 1871 80c. carmine tied by Paris...

1876 (March 18) Mourning cover from Cannes to St. John´s, New Brunswick with attractive franking of 1871 5c. green on greenish (4) and 25c. blu...

1876 PARIS a MADRID. Carta certificada con franqueo de 80 cts. rosa (40 cts. porte normal + 40 cts. derechos de certificado). La carta fue enviada a l

75,77 1881 (April 3) Delightful cover from MARSEILLE addressed to the French Paquebot Amazone in Singapore franked by Type Sage 1877 5 c. green and 15

1894 Cover endorsed ´per S.S.Niger´ with General Issues 1886 25c. black on rose cancelled "Auvle 14 Juin 94" in ink and also can...

1890 (March 26) Cover to France from Kotonou bearing General Issues 1881-86 5c. green and 10c. black on lavender (2), transit of "Lagos/W.Afric...

1891 (May 23) 10pf. + 10pf. red postal stationery reply cards, used both ways from Augsburg to Majumba/French Congo, reply half carried on the ´...

1864 (June 26) Entire letter from Pointe A Pitre via UK to France franked by General Issues 1859 10c. bistre pair and top marginal 40c. orange strip o

20 1873 (July 12) Double rate cover to LOURDES franked by 30 c. strip of four, margins just touched to very fine, tied by Anchor lozenge with Provenan

1865 (Sept 23) Wonderful cover to Paris franked by 1859 Eagle 40c. orange in a vertical strip of three all tied by Anchor lozenges, with exceptional s

23 1875 (May 5) Cover from SAIGON to LYON franked by Colonies 1872/77 25 c. blue pair, horizontal margins touched, tied by Anchor lozenge. Carried on

1890 (Oct 2) Military franchise cover with large blue BATTERIES D´ARTILLERIE DE MARINE / TONKIN cachet used from HANOI to SWITZERLAND with HANO...

1858 Cover franked with pair 10 c. yellow and pair 40 c. orange (Ceres 13l, 16b), prepaying the 1 franc single weight letter rate to the Franco-Spanis

1787 (Dec 10) SERVICE DES PAQUEBOTS DU ROI. Entire letter from BORDEAUX to MARTINIQUE carried by this short-lived service (introduced in February 1787

3 1865 (March 30) Cover and complete original contents at Military concession rate, written from FORT DE FRANCE to the GIRONDE bearing General Issues

1877 (March 20) Prepaid cover to France at quadruple rate, struck with four strikes of framed ´PD´ at right, Noumea cds and triangular
...

1829 (Oct 29) CHANNEL ISLANDS. Entire letter from Jersey to Captain of the Schooner Brig ´Betsey´ sent care of the English Consul in Vera ...

1837 ´Dickinson´ Letter Sheet (1d. For 1 Ounce), design in yellow-buff on wove paper with silk threads, with ´London District Post
...

1855 (March 30) Cover from Exeter to Cape Town at 8d. rate franked by 1854-55 2d. blue and Embossed 1854 6d. mauve cancelled by ´285´ nume...

1865 (March 4) Registered outer letter sheet to Skien/Norway franked by pair of 4d. orange-red (Plate 4, hairlines) and single 1865 1s. green pl.4 tie

1874(Aug 15) Registered cover endorsed ´per Cunard Steamer´ fromLiverpool to New York with extraordinary franking for rate of 18s 8d with ...

23 1873 (March 3) MILITARY MAIL. Cover from ADEN to ST. HONORE franked by General Issues 1872/77 25 c. pair with good margins all round, tied by Ancho

1855 (Jan 22) Large part entire letter from Sydney to Altona (Denmark), via Hamburg franked by single 1854 5d. greenish grey tied by dumb black oblite

1855 (Dec 8) Cover from Melbourne to France endorsed ´per Emma via Liverpool´ with single imperf. 6d. orange tied by Melbourne ´1/V&#...

1869 (Sept 14) Cover to York/UK franked by 1865 6d. yellow green, readdressed on arrival in York with GB 1d. red tied by York/930 duplex. Reverse with

1874 (Aug 10) Entire letter from Melbourne to France via Brindisi with four colour franking of 1867-87 1d. green, 2d. grey lilac (2), 6d. blue and 9d.

1865 (26 Sept) Illustrated envelope from BRIGHTON, England to SHANGHAI (27.11), "via Marseilles" bearing Great Britain 4d and 1/- cancelle...

1883 (Feb 24) Registered cover to Cape of Good Hope endorsed at top ´Pe Direct Ship Parramatta´ franked by 1871-1902 1d. rose, 2d. blue ca...

1871 (Aug 29) Cover to St. Pierre Miquelon bearing scarce 1870 3c. vermilion cancelled by black segmented handstamp of St. John´s with watery d...

1893 (Sept 2) Cover endorsed "Samples Without Value" from Quittah with sender´s cachet on reverse (Bremer Factorei) sent to Bremen wi...

1889 (April 3) Cover from Quittah endorsed ´per Marie Woermann´ franked by 1880 10pf. red vertical pair tied by framed ´AUS/WESTAFRIK...

1894 (July 12) Cover with ´Carl Woermann´ imprint on reverse, sent to Hamburg with manuscript endorsement ´Auf See 12/7/94´ and ...

1900 (Aug 13) Unpaid cover from Kwitta to Cologne struck with superb strike of oval ´Deutsche Seepost/Linie/Hamburg-Westafrika/VI´ in blac...

1723 (Apr. 1) BARBADOS to SALEM Ma. datelined folded letter endorsed "P Capt. Goodridge", "Q.D.C." delivery talisman, carried by...

60 1873 (Sept 27) CORRESPONDANCES D´ARMEES. Cover written on board ship "Amazone" in the vicinity of Galle Point/Ceylon to Brest fran...

1896 (Aug 29) Cover mailed from Colombo to Belgium franked by Germany 20pf. blue tied by good strike of ´Deutsche/Seepost/Australianische/Haupt...

1896 (March 24) 2d. blue registered postal stationery envelope (152x95mm) up-rated for use to Beirut with 1892-94 30pa. mauve strip of four and pair o

1878 (Nov 11) Cover from DOMINICA a GRAN BRETAÑA franked by 1877 1sh. deep lilac rose perf. 14 tied by Roseau ´A07´ obliterator in bl...

1864 (8.12) Cover taking an interesting route to Manila, franked 1862 1 s. tied ´A26´ (3HOS) with a GIBRALTAR cds and a large ´2´...

1884 (Nov 6) Registered cover to the Italian Consul franked by three 1881 Great Britain 1d. lilac cancelled by ´A26´ obliterators in black...

1896 (Nov 20) Cover to Hamburg franked by pair of March 1891 20c. on 30c. grey green and single 50c. on 48c. dull purple all tied by Hong Kong cds&#...

1888 Registered cover to GERMANY, bearing bisected 2 c./6 c. rose, 3 c./3 d. Chestnut, Typ. 2 & pair of 10 c./4 d. violet Typ. 4, surcharged iss...

1784 (Feb 26) DUTCH OCCUPATION IN KRANGANOOR. Entire letter from Kraganoor (now Kodangollur) to Director of the Malabar in Koetsim (Cochin) with red s

1793 DUTCH OCCUPATION IN CHINSURAH. Entire letter to Gregory Catchik in Sydabad with full wax seal in red on reverse, unusually written in Armenian wi

1857 Cover franked with two pairs of 2 a. green (SG 31), prepaying the single letter rate to the United Kingdom. Stamps tied by B/1 concentric octagon

1865 Cover to INDIA, franked with 1 penny blue, two 2 d rose (one damaged), and pair 6 d violet (SG 1,2,5), all canceled by A42 killers of Golden Spri

Gi 9+12 1872 (July 20) LIGNE D & LIGNE B. Cover from KINGSTON to PARIS franked by 1870 2 d. rose and 6 d. mauve pair tied by AO1 obliterators wi...

1884 (May 22) Front of cover to Antwerp/Belgium from the ´Executive Department, Executive Mansion, Monrovia, WCA´ franked with 1879 2c. ro...

1884 (May) Cover with A. Woermann/Liberia sender´s cachet in blue on reverse mailed to Hamburg and endorsed ´Per S.S. Ella Woermann´ ...

1890 (Oct 23) Cover front from Monrovia to Hamburg franked by Germany 1880-83 20pf. blue pair tied by straight line handstamp "Schiffsbrief&quo...

1896 (July 17) Cover at quintuple rate from Monrovia to Germany franked by Germany 1889 20pf. blue (5) all tied by oval dated ´Deutsche Seepos...

1898 (May 12) Cover from Monrovia to Hamburg endorsed ´per Adolf Woermann´ franked by Germany 1889 20pf. blue pair tied by superb strike o...

1905 (Aug 7) Postcard of Cape Palmas used from Harper to Fernando Po, readdressed to Wales. Franked by Official 1903 3c. green tied Harper cds, then f

1816 COSPICUA a BARCELONA. Circulada por el Correo Español del Levante hasta Palma de Mallorca desde donde circulo por el correo normal hasta B...

1883 (Feb 12) Registered cover to Hamburg franked by Great Britain 1882 4d. grey brown pl. 18 and 1880 ½d. deep green tied by ´A25´ o...

1862 1sh golden yellow on blue postal stationery envelope, mint entire on thin paper with type 2 embossing on flap (H&G list only types 3-5), li...

1873 Registered cover to PARIS bearing 2 p. blue and pair + single 6 p. green (SG 60/65) all tied by B53 in bars, and showing oval REGISTERED MAURITIU

1885 (April 13) Complete Newspaper from Port Louis to Paris franked by single 1883-94 4c. orange tied by bold ´B53´ obliterator. Superb oc...

1810 (May 30) Entire letter from Montserrat with interesting content including ´I have used sea bathing to get well...the Crop this year is not...

1893 (Aug 4) Oil Rivers ½d. brown postal stationery card used to Liverpool franked by 1892 ½d., 1d., 2d., 2½d. and 5d. all tied by &#...

1901 (Feb 25) Registered cover from St. Helena to Gravenhage, Netherlands with straight line ´Dead Wood Camp´ (Boer POW Camp) in black on ...

1895 (Sept 21) Unpaid cover to Hamburg from Sierra Leone or Conakry, struck with superb strike of oval ´Deutsche Seepost/Linie/Hamburg-Westafr...

1898 (Nov 2) 2d. blue registered postal stationery envelope used to Manchester with fine additional franking of 1897 1½d. dull mauve & blac...

1897 (June 25) Registered cover to Paris franked by June 1897 2c. bright rose (2) and 3c. bright blue (2) tied in black; St. John´s registered ...

1783 (March 7) SPANISH COLONIAL MAIL. Entire letter datelined inside ´Trinité Espagnolle´ mailed to France with reverse showing manus...

Gi 76 1881 (April 6) Cover to PARIS franked by 1876 4 d. bluish grey tied by TRINIDAD cds, with octagonal cachet d´escale TRINITE/PAQ. FR. C N&...

1887 (Jan 13) Large part of Trinidad 1 d. rose on buff stationery wrapper cancelled by two superb strikes of octagonal cachet d´escale TRINITE/...

1893 (April) Cover with sender´s cachet of Schulke & Mayr in Dar-Es-Salaam, used to Frankfurt via Zanzibar and Brindisi with Germany 20pf. ...

1896 (Oct 31) Registered cover to Dresden franked by 1895 first issue ½ a., 1a., 1a. 6p., 2a., 4a., 6a., 8a. and 12a. all tied by neat Zanzibar...

Vl.4 1861 20 l. azul usado en PATRAS. Fechador 2-OCT-1861 SEGUNDO DIA DE CIRCULACION. MAGNIFICA Y MUY RARA.

Vl.17,4. 1861 (18-Dic.) KYPARISIA a SYROS. 10 l. naranja y 20 l. azul (Mi. 4,12II). Esta carta es la mas antigua conocida circulada con el 10 l. naran

9IIb 1862 Página de periódico con franqueo de 1 l. castaño claro (Mi. 9IIb). Mat. rombo de puntos ´43´ de Lamia. Magní...

16,18 1865 ATENAS a FRANCIA. Periodico completo ´EVANGELIKOS KIRYX´ circulado con franqueo de 2 l. y 10 l.. Fechador en rojo de entrada en...

1863 (Dec 8) Outer letter sheet from Salonica to Genoa franked by France 1862 10c. bistre (2), 20c. blue and 40c. orange all tied by ´5095´...

17,22 1867 (March 25) Entire letter from MARSEILLE to ATHENS with fine circular LIGNE U / PAQ. FR. No 3 (Salles 881/3) with PIRAEUS and ATHENS cds&#...

1873 (March 15) Cover to Marseille franked by 1868-72 sheet marginal 5l. green on greenish vertical pair and three over-lapped 20l. blue all tied by N

1881(Dec 29) Registered cover to Palermo, Sicily franked by 1880 10 lep orange and scarce use of 1872-75 40 lep olive brown on blue tied by Kerkyra-10

1883 Cover handstamped ´Consulate de France au Pirée´ in blue with circular Consular seal on reverse, mailed to Paris with 1880 Large...

1887 SHIP MAIL IN THE NEAR EAST. ASIA MENOR. Envelope (with enclosure) to CHIOS bearing Ottoman 20 pa. cancelled by large oval h.s. of the Kudonia STE

1861 (Sept) Stampless cover addressed from Jacmel to Haitian Consul to Jamaica in New York; prepaid at the double rate of 8d. in red crayon with fine

1877 (Aug 20) Entire letter from St. Marc (sender´s cachet at upper left) mailed to St. Thomas/DWI franked by single Great Britain 4d. sage gre...

5+9 1883 (Sept 20) Cover from CAP HAITIEN to NANTES franked by first issue 1881 imperforate 7 c. blue and second issue 1882 perforated 3 c. brown canc

1889 (July 15) Envelope, trimmed at top, prepaid to St. Thomas with Cap. Haitien despatch cds and scarce negative circular HAITI/POSTES/CAP HAITIEN in

1853 (Jan 24) Entire letter from Gouda to Rotterdam bearing fine 1852 Plate I 5c. blue tied by Gouda half-round in black. Good strike of italic ...

1867 (May 7) Prepaid entire letter from AMSTERDAM to NAGASAKI (Japan) with red cds of despatch, framed FRANCO and two strikes of P.P. in black. Thence