387th Auction

GERMANY – Pauli, Emil: Über strafrechtlichen Schutz der Postwertzeichen des Deutschen Reichspostgebietes gegen Fälschung und Missbrauch … (1911), 101 pages, softcover; Pauli, Emil: Über den strafrechtlichen Schutz der Postwertzeichen in Belgien gegen Fälschung und Mißbrauch im Lichte der Philatelie (1913), special print., 16 pages, softcover. Both publications are rare! Good condition. Estimate: 50 Euro

GERMANY – Stenger, Dr. Erich: Die Deutschen Kriegsmarken und Kriegsganzsachen (1919), 83 pages, softcover; PLUS: Svenson, W.: Typen und Abarten der Wendenschen Originalmarken. Offiziellen Neudrucke. Nachdrucke und Fälschungen (1907), softcover; PLUS: Heinze, E.: Mischfrankierung in alter Zeit (1921), 20 pages + 5 photoplates, softcover (this with some faults on spine). But rare items! Estimate: 80 Euro

GERMANY – Wülbern, Arthur: Originale und Neudrucke von Helgoland (1906), 64 pages, softcover; PLUS: Wülbern, Arthur: Die Postwertzeichen Helgolands mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Falsifikate sowie der falschen Abstempelungen sowie einem Abriss der Postgeschichte Helgolands, 32 Seiten, Softcover; PLUS: Lemberger, Hellmuth: Helgoland Philatelie (1970), 143 pages + Nachtrag 18996, 4 pages. Good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

RUSSIA – Ceresa, Dr. R. J.: Russian Postage Stamps 1917–1923. Pocket Forgery Guide (5 brochures 2004/2005), part 1: North Western Army, Kopeck values, 28 pages; part 2: ditto, but Ruble Values, 24 pages; part 3: Armenia, 32 pages; part 12: South Russia – Don Territory Kossack Government, 20 pages; part 13: Siberia, Far Eastern Republic, 36 pages, all softcover and in good condition; PLUS: Speeckaert, A.: Russische Postzensur / Russian Postal Censorship 1914–1918 (1990), 320 pages + 7 maps, softcover; PLUS: The Alnis Guide to The Russian Levant Fantasies, 16 pages, softcover; Estimate:50 Euro

SPAIN – Graus, Francisco / Soro, Enrique: Postal Forgeries of Spain (1977), bilingual (English/Spanish), 604 pages, decorative hardcover in a slipcase, No. 423 of the 1050 “Printomat”-paper edition. Good condition. Estimate: 150 Euro

SPAIN – Montseny Monné, Antonio: Las Falsificaciones del sello Español (1966), 207 pages + CLXXII plates, half leather hardcover with gold title imprint on spine, this is copy No. 323 of the 500 printed; PLUS: Graus, Francisco: Guía-Catálogo de Falsos Postales España ba – Filippinas (1952), 233 pages, hardcover, this is No. 150 of the 300 copies printed, signed by the author. Both books in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

SWITZERLAND – Reuterskiold, A. de: Timbres Cantonaux de la Suisse (1909), 105 pages, 30 Abbildungen, hardcover; PLUS: Reuterskiold, A. de: The Forgeries of the “Cantonal” Stamps of Switzerland (1907), Philatelic Record handbook, 55 pages, 1 plate, softcover (cover some patina, inside good). Estimate: 150 Euro. 

SWITZERLAND – Schäfer, Richard: Kantonalmarken Schweiz. Echt – Falsch – Verfälscht. Reuterskiöld Nr. II (2022), 315 pages, paper with gilt edges, hardcover with dust jacket, 250 copies printed, as new. Estimate: 100 Euro

CANADA / PROVINCES – Mitchell, R. B.:  Fakes & Forgeries of New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island (1979), 43 pages, softcover; PLUS: Smythies, E.: BNA (British North America) fakes & forgeries (1971), 101 pages, softcover. Both items in good condition. Estimate: 30 Euro

MEXICO – Liera Gutiérrez, Roberto: Characterísticas de Algunas Falsificaciones de Timbres de Mexico / Characteristics of some Forgeries of Mexican Stamps (2007), 55 pages, softcover, good condition; PLUS: Ingham, Frederick: A Catalog of the Proofs, Essays, Sample, Specimen & Test Stamps of Mexico (1979), 46 pages, softcover, as new; PLUS: Odjfell, Abraham: The Postal Districts of Mexico (1956), Part I, 85 pages, softcover (the cover some patina), limited edition of 200 copies; PLUS: Roberts, Michael D.: México's Revenue Stamps. An Introduction to the revenue stamps of México (2011), 296 pages, hardcover, as new. Estimate: 80 Euro

ARGENTINE – Gazzolo, Andres E.: Barquitos of Buenos Aires. Forgeries and Reprints (2012), 162 pages + 1 page, hardcover with dust jacket and signature of the author for Brian Moorhouse; PLUS: Akerman, Clive: The Revenue Stamps of Argentina. The Province and Municipalities of Buenos Aires (1994), 178 pages, hardcover. Both books in good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

BRAZIL – Kloke, José: Os Olhos de Boi (1938), 83 pages + 15 plates, softcover (the cover with some faults) + the German translation of the book ("Die Ochsenaugen"), newly illustrated, 98 page, softcover, as new; PLUS: Brookman, L. G.: Bulls Eyes. Stamps of Brazil (reprinted from the July, 1943, ‘American Philatelist’), 22 pages, softcover, with signature of the author; PLUS: Alemany, Luis: Brazil: “Bull's Eyes”. First America's stamps 1843 (2004), 95 pages, softcover, good condition; PLUS: Studart, Marcelo G. C.: Falsificaçôes e Fraudaçôes na Filatelia Brasileira (1995), 256 pages, softcover, good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

COLOMBIA – Bortfeldt, Dieter: The Workbook. Notes on Reprints and Forgeries of Colombian Stamps (2004/2007). Part I: The Classic Period 1859–1868, 211 pages, Part II: The Sovereign States of Columbia, 252 pages, Part III: The Columbian Airmails, 240 pages, hardcover with gold title imprint on front and spine, good condition. Estimate: 500 Euro

URUGUAY – Kobylanski, Juan K. / Casal Gari, Elias: Documentos Historico - Postales del Correo en la Republica Oriental del Uruguay (Tomo I 1984, Tomi II 1986), 155 + 178 pages, hardcover, numbered edition (vol I: 144/1000; vol II: 500/1000), very good condition; PLUS: Hoffmann, Robert: Estudio de las Falsificaciones de los Sellos Postales del Uruguay (1948), 115 + II pages, softcover, signed and dedicated to Stanley Gibbons by the author (the content is good, the cover with patina; PLUS a small brochure (40 pages) with different articles, softcover. Estimate: 180 Euro

TRANSVAAL – Yardley, R. B.: Notes on the stamps of the first Republic of the Transvaal (series of 8 articles in “The London Philatelist”, Nov./Dec. 1904, Jan.–May 1905, in total more than 50 pages in original issues of the journal (covers with patina, content is good); PLUS: Smeth, Paul de: Les Premiers Timbres du Transvaal (1922), 45 pages, softcover, edition of 100 numbered copies (this is No. 64); PLUS: de Raaij, Leon: Les Falsifications du Transvaal (1909), 63 pages, softcover (the cover with faults, but the content is good. Rare! PLUS: A duplicated manuscript written by A. Drysdall ("The Transvaal"), 11 pages, stapled. Estimate: 60 Euro

AUSTRALIA – Pope, Mavis: Stamp Forgeries of: Colonies and States of Australia (1995), XXVVV + 100, VI + 120, V + 105 and V + 108 pages, bound in one hardcover volume, dedicated and signed. The edition was limited to 30 copies and not for sale to the public. Good condition and very rare. Estimate: 100 Euro

CHINA – Dougan, Charles W.: The Shanghai Postal System (1981), 214 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Chow, Dr. Wei-Liang: Shanghai Large Dragons. The First Issue of the Shanghai Local Post (1995), 72 pages, softcover; PLUS: Proud, Edward B.: The Postal History of Hong Kong, Volume 1, 1841–1958 (1989), 422 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Tsang, Ming W.: Hong Kong. Forgeries (1994), 143 pages, softcover. Most in good condition. Estimate: 140 Euro

JAPAN – Metzelaar, W. / Tyler, Varro E.: Forgeries & Imitations of the Dragon Stamps of Japan (1970), 23 pages; softcover; PLUS: Tyler, Varro E. / Montgomery, Milton I.: The Wada Cherry Blossom Forgeries (1974), 92 pages, softcover; PLUS: Wilhelmsen, Kr.: Japans klassiske Forfalskninger (1981), 361 pages, softcover, in Norwegian, English and German; PLUS: Zweiling, Arthur: Japanmarken – echt oder falsch? (1971), 72 pages + 37 plates, softcover; PLUS: Gély, André: Les faux timbres anciens du Japon et leur expertise 1871–1875 (1958), 68 pages, softcover. All titles in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

Newall, Alexander S.: Airmail Stamps: Fakes & Forgeries (1990), 309 pages, hardcover, dust jacket; PLUS: Baldwin, N. C.: Bridging the Atlantic. A Chronological Record of all Projected, Attempted and Successful Atlantic Flights until the Inception of Regular Services, and a Priced Catalogue of Souvenirs (Aero Field handbook No. 7, 2nd edition 1945), 95 pages, nearly 200 illutrations, hardcover, rare; PLUS: Field, John C. W.: Bridging the Pacific. A Priced Chronology of Projected, Attempted and Successful Pacific Flights from 1919 to 1951 (Aerofield handbook No. 11, 2st edition May 1952, softcover), 49 + 3 pages, softcover; PLUS: Eisendrath, Joseph, L.: Crash Covers. An Aerophilatelic Challenge (1979), 210 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Kronstein, Dr. Max (edited by Joseph L. Eisendrath): Pioneer Airpost Flights of the World 1830–1935 (1978), 310 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Pileur, J. le: Les Marques Aéropostales (1936), 52 pages, softcover; PLUS: Field, Francis J.: World Air Posts (Aero Field handbook No. 9, 1948), 42 pages, softcover; PLUS: Baldwin, N. C.: Post-War. Bridging the Atlantic 1945–1950. A Complete Illustrated and Priced Supplement to ‘Bridging the Atlantic’ (Aero Field handbook No. 12), 46 + 2 pages, softcover; PLUS: Baldwin, N. C.: Imperial Airways (and Subsidiary Companies). A History and Price Check List of the Empire Air Mails (Aero Field handbook No. 10, 1950), 79 + 5 pages, softcover; PLUS: 8 small studies of different subjects. All titles in good condition. Estimate: 200 Euro

Billig's Grosses Handbuch der Fälschungen, Heft 1–44 (1933–1938), a legendary publication with usually around 60 enlarged photographs of the forgeries and their exact description, art paper, the 44 issues are bound in four linen hardcovers, in good condition. As single copy is No. 45 “Roman States” added. –  Individual issues are usually listed in the trade at prices of around 40 euros, such complete ‘runs’ are the absolute exception. Estimate: 600 Euro

Bohne, Dr Werner M.: Reference Manual of Forgeries, 15 ring binders with thousands of pages, countless illustrations and very detailed descriptions of forgeries, published by the Germany Philatelic Society from 1975 to about 2000. Format approx. DIN A5, art paper, loose-leaf, in good condition. Comprehensive and famous work about forgeries of every German Aerea. Very rare this complete. Estimate: 300 Euro

Brun, Jean-François: Faux et Truqués (1900), approx. B5 format, 131 + V pages, with numerous illustrations, some in colour, half leather hardcover with embossed title and spine and with additional dedication by the author to Robert Franson, numbered and limited edition of 25 copies which were never on sale (here No. 17), very good condition, rare, estimate: 60 Euro

Earee, Rev. R. B.: Album Weeds or How to Detect Forged Stamps, 2 vol., third edition, London 1905/1906, vol. I:  XXVIII + 587 pages, vol. II: VIII + 709 pages, with guilt edges, ornamentally designed hardcover with golden title and spine embossing - this work was the standard work on forgeries and the information and guide for all generations of collectors. Good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

Fletcher, H. G. Leslie: Postal Forgeries of the World (1977), format approx. DIN A4, 140 pages, with numerous good photo enlargements of originals and forgeries in comparison as well as their description, cloth hardcover, without significant defects. PLUS: Haene, A. de: Étude sur les Faux Timbres d'Europe (1926), Format approx. B5, 367 pages, with illustrations on the characteristics of forgeries, hardcover, inside in good condition, spine partially separated, but rare book in French. - PLUS: Schloss, P. H.: TIMBREX Signes d'authenticite et Description des Reimpressions Officielles et Privees des Timbres Classiques, format approx. B5, 254 + ii pages, 250 reproductions and 1,500 authenticity features, cloth hardcover, in good condition.  Estimate: 150 Euro

FOURNIER, F. / Hirschburger, C. – a thick folder with very unusual and philatelically significant contents of correspondence from the period 1903 to 1928, much material also touches the Fournier album of the Union Philatélique de Genève published in 1928. A treasure that has yet to be analysed by researchers. Detailed inspection recommended. Estimate: 300 Euro