387th Auction

Maassen, Wolfgang (publisher): The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, Vol. I–Vol. XI (1908–1918), 991 pages, hardcover. This is a REPRINT, limited edition of 40 copies, but 33 copies were numbered for the subscribers and 7 are unnumbered. Very good condition and rare. Dealers prices often about 500 Euro. PLUS: A similar rare reprint done by Wolfgang Maassen: The Borromeo library (2016), 306 pages, hardcover. Good condition. Estimate: 300 Euro

The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society (1908–1918), ed. Bacon, Edward D., 5 bibliophile excellent bound half leather volumes in perfect quality, handmade paper, more than 1,000 pages. – This is one of the rarest philatelic journals ever, because the society had only 88 members at the best times. There is a reprint (2019) which is offered today for prices about 500 Euro. But this is the absolutely rare opportunity to have an original copy of the complete run. Ex Robert Blake Yardley, incl. an original letter of F. J. Peplow inside etc. – PLUS: original Statutes / List Of Members / Publications of the Society, edition 1912 (2x) and 1916, 13 + 14 pages, one with ex libris Stephen Holder/ex libris Bellamy; PLUS: colour photocopies of the presentation by Abhishek Bhuwalka about this Journal at Stockholmia 2019. Estimate: 1,500 Euro

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Moens, J.-B.: Le Timbre-Poste (1863–1900) – complete philatelic Journal in eight bibliophile bound volumes, the first five of them with gold edging and ex libris Frederick Adolphus Philbrick, in excellent condition. A unique possibilitiy to have one of the most important philatelic journals of the 19th century. Estimate: 1,000 Euro

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Edition d'Or – a book series published by the Global Philatelic Network. The first four volumes were presented at a MonacoPhil exhibition 2006. Meanwhile many more books in this series were published. The lot contains the complete series Nos. 1–72, a few of them signed or dedicated to Tomas B. All hardcover with dust jacket and in good condition. Estimate: 1.400 Euro

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Edition Spéciale – a book series published by the Global Philatelic Network since 2011. The lot contains 26 books of the series until 2024 which document fantastic collections which were never shown to the public. A few of them are signed by the author, all items hardcover with dust jacket and in perfect condition. Estimate: 500 Euro

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BELGIUM – Balasse Magazine, Nos 1–289 (1936–1986), housebound in 26 green volumes with goldtitle imprint on spine, ex Balasse, very good condition. Estimate: 500 Euro

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CHILE – 1922 – CHILE, 1st year, No 1, Valparaiso, Chile, 15 Nov 1922, 22 pages, softcover, good condition. – PLUS: 1915–1917 – Revista Filatélica de Chile, No. 1–27, apparently complete and in acceptable condition. – PLUS: CHILE FILATELICO (1929–1967), very few issues are copies, but nearly all of them originals, bound in 12 blue linen hardcover volumes with gold title imprint on spine, very good condition. Ex Alex Rendon. Estimate: 300 Euro

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COLOMBIA – 1880 – El Filotelista, Nos. 1–7, early, perhaps the first magazine in Colombia, hardbound with gold title imprint on spine, very good condition; PLUS: ARGENTINA: Revista Filatelica Americana, 1st year 1924, Nos. 1–2, 4–6, first number with small defects, the others are better. Rare. 80 Euro

DENMARK – 1876 – Skandinavisk Frimaerketidende, No. 1+3, first year, 1876, first page with a bit of age patina, but a very rare journal. Estimate: 100 Euro

DENMARK – 1890 – Skandinavisk Frimaerke-Tidende, 1st year, No. 1/31 October1890–No. 11/31 August 1891, 132 pages, privately hardbound, gold title imprint on spine, good condition. Rare! Estimate: 150 Euro

FRANCE – 1862–1866 – Le Magasin Pittoresque. – This journal was a popular magazine for the educated middle classes of the time and before there were any philatelic journals, Natalis Rondot published 53 individual instalments of articles with detailed descriptions of published and newly issued stamps from all over the world. The articles that appeared in these five volumes from June 1862 to December 1866 were also published in the German periodical ‘Der Bazar’. A selection that appeared in Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper and in the Nederlandsch Magazijn was also based on the original French series. Five annual volumes, bound in half leather, inside mostly in good condition, one binding with a small loss on the spine, but a really rare offer to receive these ‘birth certificates’ of philatelic literature as complete as this. Also included is an old privately produced book with a small number of original cuttings from Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper series.  Estimate: 500 Euro

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FRANCE – 1864/65:  Le Collectionneur de Timbres-Poste, publ. by A. Maury, Paris. The first number appeared on July 10, 1864. Nos 1–3 were reprinted in quarto size, as one number, with the date '15 September 1864. Beginning with this first numbers 1–3 there are the numbers till No. 47/48/49 bound in one volume. At times the magazines appeared at irregular intervals. Good condition (but a cut out on one page). A rare item. Estimate: 250 Euro 

FRANCE – 1866–1871 – Le Timbrophile, publisher Pierre Mahé, starting with No. 1 (15 November 1864) till 7th year, No. 81/82 – Sept./Oct. 1871, beautiful half leather bound with title imprint on spine, including all issues of the magazine in top condition. Very rare like this! Estimate: 700 Euro

FRANCE – Société Française de Timbrologie 1879–1887, four volumes with Bulletin No. 11/1878 to No. 44, Dec 1886. This lot contains most numbers twice, nicely bound in half leather volumes with gold title on spine. A bit of age patina, but rare. Estimate: 200 Euro

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FRANCE – (1959–2022) – Académie de Philatélie: Documents Philatéliques, No 1–182 preserved in 17 housebound volumes with gold title imprint on spine + No. 183–254 (2005–2022) as single copies. Very good quality for an academic magazine. Estimate: 400 Euro

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GERMANY – Magazin für Briefmarken-Sammler. Ein Organ zur Vermittlung des Briefmarkenverkehrs, No. 1/1. Mai 1863–No. 48/1. April 1867, Publisher: Zschiesche & Köder, Leipzig. The first stamp magazine to appear in Germany. An excellent magazine with countless specialised articles on philately, but also with many interesting advertisements. Tastefully bound in a half leather binding with gold embossing on the spine. Interior largely flawless except for a few pages with foxing. A very beautiful complete edition, which is quite rare. Estimate: 800 Euro

GERMANY – 1871/1872 – A. Moschkau's Magazin für den Sammler von Essais, Privatpost-, Wechsel-, Stempel-, Telegraphen- und Eisenbahnmarken. Following No. 4: “A. Moschkau's Magazin für Deutschlands Markensammler.” Owner and Publisher A. Moschkau, Oybin/Zittau and S. F. Friedman, Rudolfsheim/Wien, This magazine, published and edited by Moschkau, only appeared with 12 issues from 15 July 1871 to June 1872. Moschkau was forced to discontinue it in 1872 because he lost a lawsuit against the dealer and forger Georg Sartori from Frankfurt am Main. An extremely rare magazine that is hardly ever offered in its entirety. Here bound in a hardcover. Ex Wolfgang Maassen library, paper with minimal toning. Estimate: 500 Euro

GERMANY – Illustrirtes Briefmarken-Journal. Organ für die Gesammt-Interessen der Briefmarkenkunde, Publisher: Louis Senf, Leipzig, 1874 to 1878. The first four volumes of this legendary magazine, which only appeared in an edition of 500 or fewer copies. Bound in a decorative embossed hardcover, hardly any significant defects. Extremely rare. Probably only offered twice worldwide in the last ten years. Estimate: 1.000 Euro

GERMANY – Berliner Philatelisten-Club: Vereinsmitteilungen (1888–2023). Vol. I + II: single issues No. 1–33 (3rd year) + Festschrift zur Feier des zehnjährigen Bestehens des Berliner Philatelisten-Klub, 270 pages + 6 plates, signed by Carl Lindenberg, rare! + “Neue Folge” (Nr. 1/1948) + No. 52–61 unbound and No. 1–51 hardbound; PLUS: many “Festschriften” ex later periods and years; PLUS: Mitteilungen 1996–2023 (Vol. 108–135), each of them with about 200 pages or more, softcover. Most of the fantastic material in good condition. Estimate: 600 Euro

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GERMANY – 1890–1905 – Deutsche Briefmarken-Zeitung, vol. I–XVI, edited till 1896 by Dr. Hans Brendicke and later (1897 onwards) by Hugo Krötzsch, bound in six volumes with title plate on spine, very good condition. One of the best ever magazines Germany had to offer. Estimate: 180 Euro

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GERMANY – 2010–2024 – The Philatelic Journalist, the journal of the AIJP (Association Internationale des Journalistes Philatéliques), each year three copies issued (in Engl./German), good condition. 45 issued. Estimate: 60 Euro

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GERMANY – 2013–2020 – PHILA HISTORICA. A Magazine for the students of philatelic Literature and philatelic history. The magazine is published four times a year with approx. 250 pages each. However, it is only available digitally and you can download past issues free of charge from the website philahistorica.de. For friends of printed literature, Phil*Creativ publishes an annual hardcover-volume each year, which is around 1,000 pages long each time and is only published in an edition of around 30 copies. This edition of the first eight volumes also contains the two volumes that are no longer available from the publisher (but the 2021–2024 volumes are still available there). The magazine was awarded gold at the FIP exhibition in London in 2022 for its outstanding quality. Excellent condition. Estimate: 500 Euro

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GREAT BRITAIN – 1863–1874 – Stamp Collector's Magazine, Bath, publ. by Stafford Smith and Smith, Vol. I/1 Febr 1863 complete till Vol X/12 Dec 1874, No. 1–144. Hardbound, some in multicoloured publisher's original binding (not only with red and green covers, also a few with blue binding, which is much scarcer than the other ones) with actual contemporary stamps pasted in front cover (few stamps missing). Volume 1 and 2 with gilt edges of the pages. -  Overall in good condition. Rare! Estimate: 600 Euro

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GREAT BRITAIN – Selection of rare early magazines –  1863: The United Kingdom Postage Stamp Advertiser, publ. by G. Spencer in Tavistock/Devon, No. 1–2 (each four pages), complete, no more printed! A rarity and for the age in good condition! – PLUS: 1863: The Stamp Collector's Journal, No. 1/July 1, 1863, 8 pages, complete, no more printed. Very rare, in nearly perfect condition. Ex Bellamy, with pencil note “rare”, ex Garratt-Adams. – PLUS: Stafford Smith & Co.:  Papers for Philatelists: Comprising twenty numbers of ‘The Philatelist’ (1866–1876), 168 pages, hardbound. This book contains some episodes of the article series “The Spud Papers” with original facsimiles, which are often missing. – PLUS: The Philatelical Journal, publ. by E. L. Pemberton in Birmingham. Vol. 1 with the numbers 1–12 complete, Vol. 2 with Nos. 13–16. Single issues, not bound. In average condition without major faults. – PLUS: The Philatelical Circular (1872–1874), publ. by James R. Grant & Co. The lot contains the Nos. 1–3. 5–6 and 8–10. Average condition. – PLUS: Stafford Smith & Co.: The Stamp Collector's Annual 1881, IV + 132 pages, including the last “Spud Paper” articles with 4 original specimen of the facsimiles!). Second part of the book contains Stafford Smith's ‘Price Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of all Countries’. Half leather bound with gold title imprint on spine. – PLUS 1886: The Philatelic Quarterly Review (No. 1, January 20th, 1886), no more printed. Contains 4 of the original 5 hand pasted real photographs of stamps. – PLUS: “Stamps”. Monthly Journal and Advertiser (Vol. I: January to December, 1897), 140 pages, hardbound, gold title imprint on front and spine. Ex libris L N & M Williams, good condition. This is a rare lot of journals that most collectors never have seen! Estimate: 600 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – 1867–1876 – THE PHILATELIST, Brighton & London: Publisher Stafford Smith & Co., Vol. 1/1 Dec 1867 complete till Vol X Dec 1876, 121 numbers. Mostly bound in magnificent ¾ green leather binders with raised spines and gold decorative title imprint. – SPECIAL: The volumes contain all “Spud Papers” with the 134 original facsimiles affixed to the paper. More than 50 years ago Lowell Ragatz wrote, that there can be only twelve complete sets. This may be true, but only if one takes into account the last instalments of the ‘Spud Paper’ series, which appeared in the journal ‘The Philatelic Quarterly’ from January 1877 to September 1879. The individual issues of this journal are also included in this lot (unbound, some minor cover defects). Ragatz can be quoted again here, as he said earlier: ‘... that this Periodical is practically non-existent.’ Either way, many complete copies like this one probably no longer exist because many facsimiles have been cut up and removed. All in all, a real rarity lot. Also included is the Ragatz reprint of the ‘Spud Papers’. Estimate: 1.000 Euro

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