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Auction No 400, Category: Foreign

32 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Box file of covers & cards 19th Century to 1980s with much 1920s/50s Germany including used postal stationery; the 1950s/80s chiefly Iceland,

Lot: 150

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £82
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Box file of covers & cards 19th Century to 1980s with much 1920s/50s Germany including used postal stationery; the 1950s/80s chiefly Iceland, some Greenland and British C/W. Wide variety of cancels and generally good to fine. (c.260)

Foreign early to mid-period M&U ranges in large s/book with interest in Afghanistan, Austria, Latin America, Egypt, French Colonies,

Lot: 159

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £76
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Foreign early to mid-period M&U ranges in large s/book with interest in Afghanistan, Austria, Latin America, Egypt, French Colonies, Upper Silesia used, Turkey & others. Varied condition. (Many 100s)

First Flight & Special Flight covers & cards 1960s/1980s, many carried by Lufthansa, world-wide; includes some FDCs and unused aerogrammes.

Lot: 160

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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First Flight & Special Flight covers & cards 1960s/1980s, many carried by Lufthansa, world-wide; includes some FDCs and unused aerogrammes. Fine condition. (230). Also bundle of PPCs of Lufthansa aircraft and their timetable for Finland 2002.      

Assortment including all-period collection of India, Pakistan, Ceylon & Burma in two albums, and various First Flight covers.

Lot: 161

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £68
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Assortment including all-period collection of India, Pakistan, Ceylon & Burma in two albums, and various First Flight covers. Fair to fine. (Some 100s)               

Mainly 20th Century M&U Foreign on stockleaves etc, with some good items noted including France 1949-50 1000Fr Air UM, good Monaco mini-sheets UM

Lot: 165

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £90
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Mainly 20th Century M&U Foreign on stockleaves etc, with some good items noted including France 1949-50 1000Fr Air UM, good Monaco mini-sheets UM and SG 509a FU, fine UM range of 1950s Saar UM (STC £685), plus useful French Colonies and others. (Several 100s)

Foreign Covers & Cards 1890s to modern, mostly pre-1960; interest in Maritime mail, Switzerland, 1960s Faroe Is (2), 1950s Iceland (9),

Lot: 170

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £86
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Foreign Covers & Cards 1890s to modern, mostly pre-1960; interest in Maritime mail, Switzerland, 1960s Faroe Is (2), 1950s Iceland (9), 1907 French Post Office in Port Said, 1921 Yugoslavia parcel card, 1914 Belgian Govt. at Le Havre, WW2 Bohemia & Moravia (4) and Slovakia (2), 1938 Austria with mixed Austrian/German adhesives (3), etc. Mixed quality. (100)  

First Flight Covers, 1960s to 1990s, mostly Swissair, worldwide and fine condition, mostly with printed address. (232)

Lot: 171

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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First Flight Covers, 1960s to 1990s, mostly Swissair, worldwide and fine condition, mostly with printed address. (232)

"Canal Zone Postage Stamps", Canal Zone Postal Service, 1961; octavo s/bk, card covers, VG, fine internally, without inscriptions.

Lot: 180

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Canal Zone Postage Stamps, Canal Zone Postal Service, 1961; octavo s/bk, card covers, VG,  fine internally, without inscriptions. A comprehensive history from early postal history to 1960. Illustrated. 437pp

Anthony Goodbody "The Railway Post Offices of Denmark", Mobile Post Office Society, USA, 1979; A4 s/bk, comb-binding & punched filing holes,

Lot: 182

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Anthony Goodbody The Railway Post Offices of Denmark, Mobile Post Office Society, USA, 1979; A4 s/bk, comb-binding & punched filing holes, card wraps; illustrated. 27pp including map. VG

Kaj Hellman & Bjorn-Eric Saarinen "The Railway Parcel Stamps of Finland", Kaj Hellman, 1993, tall octavo s/bk, original wraps, VG,

Lot: 183

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Kaj Hellman & Bjorn-Eric Saarinen The Railway Parcel Stamps of Finland, Kaj Hellman, 1993, tall octavo s/bk, original wraps, VG, illustrated & priced catalogue with introduction. English and Finnish text. Fine internally, without inscriptions.    

Maurice Knepper & Claude Pochet "La Poste et le Rail", Le Vie Du Rail, 1999, large format h/bk, pictorial boards, numerous photos

Lot: 184

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Maurice Knepper & Claude Pochet La Poste et le Rail, Le Vie Du Rail, 1999, large format h/bk, pictorial boards, numerous photos historical & contemporary, and many diagrams of sorting carriages. A superb history of the French Travelling Post Offices. French text. VG, no internal inscriptions. 207pp     

Germany 1863-1922 Covers including Wurtemburg 1863 with 2 x 5kr adhesives; 1922 registered at Munich with 20mk Bavaria;

Lot: 185

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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Germany 1863-1922 Covers including Wurtemburg 1863 with 2 x 5kr adhesives; 1922 registered at Munich with 20mk Bavaria; 1906 2pfg Bavaria PS envelope FU with added 3pfg; and 1892 Berlin Pneumatic Post PC used to Karlsbad. Includes six unused postal stationery items. Fair to fine. (20)

Germany 1882-1943 Official mail, four unfranked, others with good range of frankings; includes Wurtemburg (2),

Lot: 186

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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Germany 1882-1943 Official mail, four unfranked, others with good range of frankings; includes Wurtemburg (2), 1923 Inflation cover franked both sides, etc. Good to VF (19)

Johannes Wende "Die Bahnpost im Konigreich Sachsen", 1982, A5 pamphlet, card wraps, staple bound; German text, many illustrations.

Lot: 187

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Johannes Wende Die Bahnpost im Konigreich Sachsen, 1982, A5 pamphlet, card wraps, staple bound; German text, many illustrations. VG, unmarked. 30pp

Martin Erler & Fritz Junke "Catalogue of the Adhesive Revenue Stamps of Germany, Vol.VIII - Freight Stamps, Newspaper Parcel Stamps,

Lot: 188

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Martin Erler & Fritz Junke Catalogue of the Adhesive Revenue Stamps of Germany, Vol.VIII – Freight Stamps, Newspaper Parcel Stamps, Seat Reservation Stamps, Tax Substitute Stamps. Ora Verlag, 1999; octavo, s/bk, card wraps, quarter cloth. English / German text. Features a comprehensive priced catalogue of the Railway Freight Stamps. 100s of illustrations. Fine, appears unused. 626pp    

Germany 1898 to 1954 Covers & Cards, mainly pre-WW2, with VG range of frankings including many better items,

Lot: 189

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £210
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Germany 1898 to 1954 Covers & Cards, mainly pre-WW2, with VG range of frankings including many better items, and good range of cancels including many special handstamps. Mostly VG/VF (119)

Germany 1900s to 1945 Postal Stationery, a used & unused collection, many of the PCs pictorial including some double cards. 57 are postally used,

Lot: 190

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £170
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Germany 1900s to 1945 Postal Stationery, a used & unused collection, many of the PCs pictorial including some double cards. 57 are postally used, and few others cancelled by favour. Good spread throughout the period. Largely VG/VF. (199)

Germany 1901-17 Military & Occupation mail, including 1901 from German forces in East Africa, WWI with Feld Post label,

Lot: 191

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £46
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Germany 1901-17 Military & Occupation mail, including 1901 from German forces in East Africa, WWI with Feld Post label, and WWI civilian covers from Brussels and Wenden. Good to fine. (15)

Germany c.1911-46 Covers & Cards with boxed or unframed village cancels and provisional h/s, including one from Sudetenland.

Lot: 192

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Germany c.1911-46 Covers & Cards with boxed or unframed village cancels and provisional h/s, including one from Sudetenland. Good to fine. (16)

Germany 1900-1942 Covers and Cards all with Exhibition or Trade Fair special handstamps, some with better frankings. Good to fine. (17)

Lot: 193

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £36
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Germany 1900-1942 Covers and Cards all with Exhibition or Trade Fair special handstamps, some with better frankings. Good to fine. (17)