380th Auction

1924, Olympics 10 c.- 50 c., complete set, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. "COLOMBES 5 -6 24 VILLAGE-OLYMPIQUE" to an envelope to Paris, a further strike adjacent tying two colorfull labels "JEUX OLYMPIQUES PARIS 1924", extremely fine, an attractive combination

1936, Olympia illustrated games reports in two volumes (ca. 194 pages), hardbound in German language, published by Altona-Bahrenfeld, fine to very fine

1940, Hammarsten-Jansson composite essay sheetlet in brown, with seven unissued designs, no gum as issued, a couple of tiny surface soiling spots, otherwise very fine and very scarce

1940, Hammarsten-Jansson composite essay sheetlet in black, with seven unissued designs, no gum as issued, tiny tear on the margin above, minor crease at upper left corner and vertical bend on the right margin, otherwise fine and very scarce

1940, Hammarsten-Jansson composite essay sheetlet in blue, with seven unissued designs, no gum as issued, tiny tear at upper left corner, light bend far away from the designs, otherwise very fine and very scarce

1940, red machine meter frankings, one envelope with machine meter mark "SUOMI * 200 FINLAND 654", and one fragment bearing a very fine strike of the rare meter mark "SUOMI * 150 FINLAND 686", very fine, most unusual

1940, red machine meter frankings, official envelope with two machine meter marks "SUOMI * 150 FINLAND 654" and "SUOMI * 050 FINLAND 654", together with an offical invoice headed "XII OLYMPIADEN HELSINGFORS 1940", very fine, scarce

1952, illustrated postcard with the autographs of all members of the Swedish Ice Hockey team who achieved Bronze medal, stamp tied by Olympic datestamp, very fine, rare

1956/2021, postfrischer, ungebrauchter und gestempelter Bestand, dabei auch FDC, in 5 großen Kartons.

Motifs from A-Z, mostly used collection with themes animals, flora & fauna, sports and personalities (explorers, explorers, musicians, writers, scientists, visual artists) represented in about equal parts, plus covers and specialities, mainly in thick stockbooks, detailed and neatly sorted in 30 albums

1920/2012 (ca.), überwiegend postfrischer Bestand mit Motivsammlungen, dabei u.a. Eisenbahn, Militär, Monarchien, Tiere etc., in Alben und E-Büchern in 2 großen Kartons.

CACAO & CHOCOLATE: Interesting, multi-volume, neatly mounted collection, including company form letters, litho postcards, postmarks, advertising vignettes, private postal stationery cards, as well as very many advertising vignettes on stockcards

CHRISTMAS SEALS TUBERCULOSES: 1952/79, collection with over 40 sheets and various multiples, mostly very good condition

Flora and Fauna: 1898/2018, extensive, for the most part unused and mint collection from Abu Dhabi to Cyprus with few used, mostly older issues in over 200 albums with many complete issues with better, souvenir sheets, miniature sheets, booklets, imperforated stamps etc., including Angola Mi.-No. 339-62, PR China Bl. 23, Germany with polar bear souvenir sheet, Falkland Islands Mi.-No. 68a, France Mi.-. No. 1384y (margin piece with v. Storl) and sheet 35, Ital. trpolitania Mi.-Nos. 177-89 unused, Japan Mi.-Nos. 494-98, Colombia Mi.-Nos. 351-366, Monako Mi.-No. 502-05 B, Newfoundland Mi.-Nos. 44-57, New Guinea Mi.-Nos. No. 65-77 and 78-91, Saudi Arabia Mi.-No. 454/65, Tanganyika Mi.-No. 63-81 and USA Mi.-No. 124 regummed and used, sorted by country with emphasis on issues after 1945 with an almost unbelievable wealth of material. The life's work of a collector, built up over decades with a lot of time. 

FAUNA u. FLORA: 1930/65 (approx.), mint and somewhat unused collection with good issues like V.R. China Mi.-Nos. 534-45, 546-50, 570-75, 577-82, 583-88, 689-98, 726-35, 736-38A+B, 741-43A+B etc.

Flora and Fauna: 1960/2000 (approx.), collection stamp booklets Europe and overseas with many booklets from Oceania and Asia, including PR China and Hong Kong, good condition, together in eleven albums incl. two covers albums with alleged duplicates

FAUNA AND FLORA, 1950/2000, mostly mint, comprehensive collection, including some other areas, in 2 boxes

Football World Championships: 1958/2008, group of over 60 covers and cards, incl. Sweden 1958 and England 1966, with sets of illustrated postcards with special cancellations, also some booklets and official handbook, very fine

Geodesy: 1960/2010, extensive, mostly mint and used collection sorted by various sub-areas such as cartography, history of discovery, astrology, astronomy / space, etc., as well as by continents with a wealth of material including miniature sheets and miniature sheets, including some older issues and duplicates, so large collections of this anyway not frequent area are hardly ever offered, together in 23 stockbooks and a roll with large sheets

Geodesy: 1960/2010 (ca.), extensive material collection with hundreds of FDC, decorative covers and special cancellations to the various areas and sub-areas. In addition two moving boxes full of mostly mint subscription goods incl. with very many souvenir sheets and small sheets with emphasis on overseas issues, together in three moving boxes.

HOTELS/HOTEL POST: 1890/1960 (ca.), interesting lot with about 90 letters, cards and postal stationary, including various covers Egypt Hotel Post, advertising postmarks, picture postcards with hotel illustrations, etc.

PAINTERS AND PAINTINGS: 1960/90 (ca.), large exhibit collection in 14 albums, with hundreds of covers, unused and used stamps, also souvenir sheets, covering the Flemish, French, Italian, Russian schools of painting, etc.; mostly extremely fine, an extensive presentation of European paintings on stamps

Philatelic exhibitions and clubs: 1897/1950 (approx.), over 1000 vignettes from home and abroad, probably often in complete sets, much interesting early material, including 23 pieces 1d. London 1914

SHIPS: 1940/2017 (approx.), mint and somewhat used very comprehensive collection with some covers in quite a few albums and  stockbooks in 2 large boxes.

SKIING: 1903/2018, extensive collection of hundreds of covers and cards, as well as unused and used stamps in ten albums, some neatly written up on exhibition sheets, World Championships spanning from Berlin 1936 to Yongpyong 2018, many interesting covers, early illustrated postcards, Lambert and Butler cigarette cards, 1939 Zakopane registered cover, also one album of modern Aland cards and one stockbook with thematic fish, mostly very fine