385th Auction

MAIL SENT VIA DELAGOA BAY AND LOURENCO MARQUES: brilliant specialized collection with over 85 covers, plenty of interesting usages including several “MAIL SERVICE INTERRUPTED” covers, some early combinations of both Boer and British censor labels, several Boer oval censor “POSTMEESTER GENERAAL ORANJE VRY STAAT”, some rare incoming and outgoing mail from/to Russia, also a fine group of covers franked at Lourenco Marques, etc., together with a fine selection of illustrated postcards and maps. Mixed condition as to be expected, many neatly mounted and expertly described, in one album 

NATAL FIELD FORCE: small group of 10 covers and card with the large octogonal datestamp “ARMY POST OFFICE NATAL FIELD FORCE”, noted Standerton, 81 Machadorp, Volksrust including one stampless with manuscript “stamp not obtainable”, Wakkerstroom, etc., some usual wear and soiling, interesting lot

1863/1920 (ca.), interesting collection with over 20 covers, cards and a few fronts, incl. British, German and French Post Offices, many interesting usages and better items, noted three covers to USA from 1872-74 each bearing a single Hong Kong SG-Nr. 11 tied by oval barred “B62” and paying the single rate for mail carried by the Pacific steamship service, with red cds. “HONG KONG PAID” alongside, some scarcer postmarks like “LIU KUNG TAU” (Webb-Nr. 199 Type B) tying a Hong Kong 4 c. to 1904 postcard to London, French “AMOY CHINE POSTE FRANCAISE” and “FOU-TCHEOU-CHINE”, etc., some faults especially in the early mail, mixed condition. An impressive assembly 

1918/23, Armenia bis Transcaucasia, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, plenty of material with duplicates, many multiples including blocks and large part sheets, some Yessayan series including reprints, “Occupation Azirbayedjan” overprints, a fine selection of the Batum issues and Armenian Monograms, some better items like Batum Mi.-Nr. 44b unused, Azerbaidjan Mi.-Nr. 42 block of six and horizontal pairs (2, one adhesive with variety double overprint), all tied by cds. “BAKU 19 6 22” and paying a 500,000 rubles tariff to registered envelope to Berlin, etc., many forgeries, reprints and dubious items, overall in good condition, an interesting assembly in one album

1880/2000 (ca.), extensive mint never hinged/unused and used collection neatly housed in 5 albums, some classics yet mostly modern, with India and States, Mauritius, Afghanistan, Madagascar, together with some early Ceylon postal stationery cards, many cpl. sets together with some booklets, miniature sheets, FDCs, many covers, etc.; mostly fine to very fine

1934/44, Sammlung “Raketenpost in Indien” mit fast 60 Belegen und vielen Vignetten, dabei u.a. Hopferwieser Nr. SS-01, SS-02a, SS-03, SS-04, SS-05, Vignette ss-09 mit übergehendem handschriftlichem Vermerk “ADVERTISEMENT” auf Blatte mit Aufstellung und e. Unterschrift Stephen H. Smith, SS-32, SS-33, SS-34a, SS-50, SS-51, SS-59, SS-60, SS-66, SS-78 and SS-79, meist in guter Erhaltung

1934/44, Sammlung  “Rakentenpost in Indien” mit ca. 50 Belegen, dabei u.a. Hopferwieser SS-01, SS-02a, SS-03, SS-04, SS-05, SS15, SS-17, SS-18, SS-27b, SS-30 und SS 31, meist in guter Erhaltung

1900/1913, Eingehende Post, Sammlung von 36 Briefen und Karten in die deutsche Kolonie, ankommend aus Deutschland, USA, Neuseeland, Marshall-Inseln, Österreich, Großbritannien, Frankreich, Ägypten, Ceylon, NSW; zusätzlich 42 weitere eingehende Belege aus 1927/2002 (=78 Belege insgesamt), meist gute Bedarfserhaltung.