387th Auction

Melville, Frederick John: Phantom Philately. A Descriptive List of Stamps that are not what they seen (1950), 204 pages, softcover; – PLUS: 5 small brochures written by Melville (Postage Stamps worth Fortunes (1908, 46 pages) + A Penny all the way. The Story of Penny Postage (48 pages) + The Mystery of the Shilling Green (1926, 19 pages + 6 plates + The World's Stamp Errors (by Miss Fitte, edited by Fred J. Melville), part II: Foreign Countries (76 pages) + The Cradle of the Postage Stamp (1923, 30 pages); – PLUS: Melville, Fred J.: The Stamp Year 1912, An Annual Digest of Postal and Philatelic Information (1912), 206 + 2 pages, hardcover; – PLUS: Williams, L. N. & M.: A “Melville” Bibliography. Being a catalogue of the separate philatelic works written, compiled, edited or published by Fred J. Melville (June 1941), 64 pages, softcover. All items without major faults. Estimate: 80 Euro

Moschkau, Alfred: Handbuch für Postmarkensammler (4th edition 1880 with a original photo of the author inside), 315 pages, 99 plates,hardbound in blue cloth, gold title imprint on spine, The binding is a little loose, the first few pages are loose, ex libris Stephen Holder. – PLUS: Moschkau, Dr. phil. Alfred: Zur Geschichte der Philatelie. Gesammelte Beiträge zur Geschichte der Briefmarken und der Briefmarkenkunde (1879), (4) + 80 pages, coloured paper wrapper (this with a library label and a bit toned at the edges, but a good copy of the first German study about philatelic history. On the front cover is a handwritten dedication to the Societé Française de Timbrologie in Paris. – PLUS: Pemberton, Edward Loins: The Stamp Collector's handbook (1874), (4) + 202 pages, bound in blue cloth with decorative title page and title on spine, the binding is partly defective, needs repair, but the book is good. Estimate: 150 Euro

1862 – POTIQUET, ALFRED – The first printed catalogue of postage stamps appeared on December 21, 1861. The publishers were Messr. Lacroix and Laplante of Paris, France, and the compiler was Alfred Potiquet, a French civil servant. The first edition consisted of 44 pages and had a French one centime stamp of 1860 affixed to the front. However the work sold out speedily and a second edition, containing now four more pages, appeared in March 1862 and described 1253 stamps. This 2nd edition, which is offered here, is also a great rarity, without major faults and for the age in good condition. Well preserved in a bibliophile designed half leather box with title imprint on spine. Estimate: 2.000 Euro

1862 – GRAY,  JOHN EDWARD – A Hand Catalogue of the Postage Stamps for the use of Collectors (1st edition London 1862). This copy is annotated: Maria Louisa Walford. November 22nd 1862! One of the earliest women stamp collectors and the proof that this rare catalogue was issued 1862. Dr. Gray (1800–1875) was an eminent naturalist and keeper of the zooloogical collection at the British Museum. His catalogue was the third English philatelic catalogue following Booty's and Brown's earlier publications and the most scientific of the early publications in its treatment and classification of stamps. XVI + 54 pages, hardcover. The book block is detached from the binding and shows defects, inside the catalogue is almost faultless. Stored and presented in a bibliophile half-leather box with title. Estimate: 1200 Euro

1862 – LAPLANTE, E. DE – Timbres-Poste (en vente chez Laplante, Marchand de Timbres-Poste, Paris),; Laplante was the co-editor of Potiquet's first catalogue in the 1st edition of 1861. In 1862 he published his own catalogue with 97 pages, paper cover. Cover as usual with e few small faults, in general fair condition for this very rare catalogue. Well preserved in a bibliophile designed half leather box with title imprint on spine. Estimate: 600 Euro

1862 – MOUNT BROWN, WILLIAM (1837–1919) – Catalogue of British Colonial and Foreign Postage Stamps (2nd edition June 1862), 72 pages, yellow paper cover, an ink-mark affects a couple of words of the front cover and some minor wear, but internal title-page and contents mainly very fine, though with some of the original owner's underlinings and marks; having the name “A. Stearne” written onto the edges of the pages – possibly Alphonse Stearne of Edmonton, London. Both this edition and the May 1862 1st edition had very small printings. Well protected and preserved in a bibliophilically designed half-leather box. Estimation: 400 Euro

1862 – MOUNT BROWN, WILLIAM – Catalogue of British Colonial and Foreign Postage Stamps (3rd edition 1862 comprising nearly seventeen hundred varieties), 66 + 1 pages, good condition, but the paper cover is missing. Protected in a bibliophile box. Rare! Estimate: 250 Euro

1862 – ZSCHIESCHE & KÖDER – Uebersicht aller bekannten, von 1840–1862 emittirten Franco-Marken (Timbres-Poste – Postage Stamps) welche meistens in grösserer Anzahl vorrätig sind und an Sammler von Brief-Marken käuflich abgegeben werden (ca. September/October 1862), – Carl Zschiesche and his partner Edmund Köder founded a coin shop in Leipzig in 1855. Zschiesche added stamps to the business in 1862 and published the first German stamp catalogue in the early autumn of 1862. Although it was only an 8-page price list with prices added by hand (!), Zschiesche & Köder and others always listed this catalogue as their first catalogue. This is the only known copy of the first edition (‘Ausg. VII’), a second, probably published a little later (‘VIII’) is in the Crawford library. No others are known to date. Issues I-VI were coin price lists. Condition: The outer pages are somewhat toned due to the time, minimal defects at the top and bottom. Shown in the rarity section of the MonacoPhil 2019 Unique! Estimate: 1500 Euro

1863 – BEYFUSS, C. – Neuestes Verzeichnis aller bis jetzt ausgegebenen in- und ausländischen Briefmarken (1st edition Hannover 1863), 68 pages in small format, without any illustration, beautiful hardcover. Published in the first quarter of 1863 in German language. A generally unknown catalogue, binding in good condition, a few pages with some foxing, but in general in good condition and preserved in a wonderful bibliophile box. Estimate: 600 Euro

1863 – DÜRR'SCHE BUCHHANDLUNG – Handbuch für Briefmarken-Sammler. Anweisung zur zweckmässigen Einrichtung der Briefmarken-Sammlungen nebst vollständiger Uebersicht und Beschreibung aller bis jetzt ausgegebenen Briefmarken (2nd edition 1863), 64 pages, privately bound, contents water-stained and foxed at the edges, but overall a decent copy, ex Glasewald and Röhm library. Well preserved in a bibliophile box. An extremely rare early German catalogue, only very few are known in private hands (WM-Literatur catalogue from IPHLA 2012 listed this item under No. 219–1863b with 2,500 Euros!) Estimate: 1500 Euro

1863 – GRAY, JOHN EDWARD – Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps (2nd edition January 1863), XVI + 58 pages, content in good condition, hardcover (this with some smaller faults). Preserved in a bibliophile box. Estimate: 200 Euro

1863 – MAHÉ, PIERRE – Guide-Manuel de Collectionneur de Timbres-Poste (without date or title page, but published in June 1863), 18 pages, paper cover, good condition and very rare! The first information about this unknown catalogue was published 1912 in the “Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society", vol. V, January 1912, No. 1, page 5.  With a handwritten notice of Bellamy: ”Guide Manual Timbres-Poste, Edition I, P. Mahé Paris (1863), An extremely rare + fine copy of Edition I …" Preserved in a bibliophile hardcover. Estimate: 800 Euro

1863 – MOUNT BROWN, WILLIAM – Catalogue of British, Colonial & Foreign Postage Stamps (4th edition 21 May 1863), 85 pages, softcover. The paper cover is faulty, inside some underlining etc., which shows that this catalogue was heavily used by Mr. Yardley (his name is on the first page). Protected in a bibliophile box. Estimate: 100 Euro

1864 – BAILLIEU – En Vente Fac-simile Très-exact du Timbre de La  Nouvelle-Calédonie (2nd edition Paris 1864), VIII + 132 pages, normally published in coloured paper wrapper, but this item is bound in a bibliophile half leather hardcover, so in excellent condition! Estimate: 250 Euro

1864 – BERGER-LEVRAULT, OSCAR – Beschreibung der bis jetzt bekannten Briefmarken (mehr als 2200 Sorten) nebst Notizen ueber die nachgedruckten Marken und einer Anleitung zur Einrichtung von Sammlungen (Strassburg 1864), XIV + 103 pages, without illustrations or catalogue prices, hardbound, ex A. E. Glasewald and Norbert Röhm library. in good condition (only a few underlinings and pages with very little patina) and preserved in a bibliophile box. Estimate: 1000 Euro

1864 – BELLARS AND DAVIE – Standard Guide to Postage Stamp Collecting (1st edition 1864), 100 pages (+ 18 pages advertisements), hardcover (this is broken into parts, but the pages of the catalogue are in good condition, the binding needs a repair). The item is preserved in a bibliophile box. Estimate: 120 Euro

1864 – GEORG, WILHELM – Katalog über alle seit 1840 erschienenen Briefmarken (Basel 1864), 99 pages, paper cover, without major defects, a very rare catalogue, preserved in a bibliophile half leather box. Estimate: 300 Euro

1864 – MOUNT BROWN, WILLIAM – Catalogue of British, Colonial & Foreign Postage Stamps (5th edition March 1864), 96 pages, interleaved version, hard cloth covers, some rubbing to covers and some minor wear; internal title-page with red & blue “oriental” collector marks, but contents mainly very fine, though with some of the original owner's underlinings and marks - apparently indicating those stamps that she had in her collection); inscribed “G. M. Colquitt” – probably Miss Georgina Mary Colquitt of Cheltenham, who was 65 years old in 1864. A rare early philatelic book, preserved in a bibliophile box. Estimate: 150 Euro

1865 – BAUSCHKE, GUSTAV – Katalog aller bekannten seit 1840 bis 1865 emittirten Briefmarken (Bauschkes 1st catalogue under his own name. Previous catalogues were published in Leipzig by the Literary Museum of Gustav Wuttig who sold the book business to Bauschke at the end of 1864). 130 pages, paper cover. Overall without major defects and preserved in a bibliophile box. Unique: The cover of the catalogue is franked with two original Saxon stamps of the book-post rate! Ex Renate & Christian Springer. Estimate: 500 Euro

1865 – BELLARS AND DAVIE – The Standard Guide to Postage Stamp Collecting. Giving the Values and Degrees of Rarity (2nd edition 1865), 130 pages, hardbound, in good condition, only the cover a bit bumped and rubbed. Estimate: 300 Euro

1865 – LINCOLN JUN., WILLIAM – Priced Catalogue of Foreign, Colonial and English Postage Stamps, offered for sale by William Lincoln Jun., London (2nd edition 1865), 23 pages, softcover. – Without illustrations, a simple 1-line-listing for each stamp, this is more a price-list than a catalogue. In nearly good condition. Preserved in a bibliophile box. Estimate: 300 Euro

1865 – MAHÉ, PIERRE – Nouveau Guide-Manuel de Collectionneur de Timbres-Poste (3rd edition 1865), 95 pages + 23 pages supplement together in one volume, softcover. Good condition. Preserved in a bibliophile box. Estimate: 200 Euro

1865 – RÉGNARD, E.  – Catalogue de L'Amateur de Timbres-Poste (Paris 1865 1st and only edition, published by E. Nicolas): 72 pages, paper cover. E. Nicolas was an early French book- and stamp dealer, about 1867 she finished her shop and left Paris with her husband. The catalogue is quite rare, the content good, only the paper cover has some smaller faults at the edges. Preserved in a bibliophile folder. Estimate: 300 Euro

1866 – STORCH, ADOLF FR. – Das Postwesen von seinem Ursprunge bis an die Gegenwart. Zum Theile nach officiellen Quellen geschichtlich und statistisch bearbeitet (Self-published in Vienna in 1866), 175 pages, with 286 illustrations (mostly of postage stamps). This book by the imperial postal official and editor provides lexical information on all countries and postal administrations around the world that had issued postage stamps by 1866. A work that is still little known today, it was published in the same year as the catalogue by the same author. Originally with a paper cover, privately bound here. Except for a few pages with foxing, well preserved and very rare. Stored in a bibliophile box. Estimate: 400 Euro

1866 – STORCH, ADOLF FR. – Der Briefmarkenfreund. Illustrirte Beschreibung aller Briefmarken der Erde (Wien 1866). 43 pages. – The first catalogue published in Austria, without catalogue prices but with short description and the pictures of the stamps. The author was an official of the Imperial Austrian Post Office, but the catalogue was self-published. Paper-cover. Without major faults, preserved in a bibliophile box. A rare catalogue. Estimate: 300 Euro