387th Auction

Gilbert & Köhler / G. Gilbert; selection of five catalogues from 1910-11, comprising 15, 17, 18, 22, and 26, twelve s ale catalogues from 1914, with numbers 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 44 - 50, and five later 1920/32 sales with numbers 66, 79, 93, 90, and 151, minor imperfections to covers in places, else fresh and fine. Estimate: 100 Euro

Harmers of London and of Bond Street (1921-2007), extensive and almost complete run of auction catalogues from the first Doffrey sale (23. May 1921) through 2007. Also annual résumés and private treaty catalogues. From ca. 1938 onward, with nearly all photo plates and realisation lists (earlier sales partly with these). Some early issues show binding faults or lack of bindings, some with occasional ownership marks "Ernst Müller A.G. Briefmarken Basel" and some with minor rusting to staples. Otherwise in very good condition. A remarkable reference source spanning over 85 years of philatelic auction history, housed in eleven cartons. Estimate: 800 Euro

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Harmer Rooke (1928-1966), almost complete run, beginning with special sale “Meyer Collection of Uruguay, etc.” 16. February 1928 (Vol. 1995) incl. realisation list, up to Vol. 4814 (24. June 1966), incl. special catalogues “J. Lewis Mennich”, “C.M.C. Symes ”Thailand", etc., all original bound. With many realisation lists (Volumes 4407-4609 mostly without realisation lists and each folded vertically as usual). A valuable reference archive from one of Britain’s most active mid-century auction houses. Good condition, in one large carton. Estimate: 400 Euro

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Harmer, Rooke & Co.; New York, 1940s/1970s, over fifty catalogues, noting Norman Sephos Collection of Pioneer Airmail Covers (1941, with prices realised), Charles Lathrop Pack (1944-49, Part I - VI, privately hardbound), Admiral Frederic R. Harris (1951-3, Part I-V, privately hardbound),  1952 China of Dr. Warren G. Atwood, 1955 “Magnificent Foreign Classics of the World” (Philip Ward Jr.), etc, a few covers with interleaving adhesions to back, others with usual wear, a useful holding. Estimate: 300 Euro

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Harmer Inc. (1940-2021), apparently complete run of auction catalogues including many notable sales (the early catalogues housed in archival boxes), all with realisation lists and photo plates, also selected catalogues from ‘Harmers San Francisco’ and some ‘Schuyler J. Rumsay’, overall good condition. A comprehensive resource for American and international philately, housed in ten large cartons. Estimate: 800 Euro

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Hassel, C. H.; Basel, Sales I-X, June 1950 to October 1959, including photo plates, binding and contents fresh, a complete run of the company's first sales, stored in a custom archival box, scarce. Estimate: 200 Euro

Kanai Stamp Company, Osaka, two sales, comprising the Frederick H. Gloeckner Collection of Japan in three catalogues, and the Lt. Commander Olgierd Koreywo Collection of Japan, also in three volumes, all with prices realised, fresh and fine, both stored in custom archival boxes. Estimate: 100 Euro

Köhler, Heinrich (1913–2025), mostly complete run from No. 1–384. (Volumes 1–230 in archive boxes), early catalogues No. 1–9 with owner’s mark “Ernst Müller A.G. Briefmarken Basel". Many later catalogues include realisation lists and photo plates. Special catalogues include John Boker (1982–2000), Fritz Kirchner (2009), ERIVAN (Haub) (2019–2024), plus Karlsbad and Marienbad sales (1924, Czech Republic). Also includes the complete set of Berlin auctions Vol. 1–30 with both special catalogues, early fixed price lists and ‘Köhlers philatelistisches Magazin’. Mostly good condition. A comprehensive archive covering over 100 years of German philatelic auctions housed in 16 cartons. Estimate: 2,000 Euro

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Lowe, Robson (1936-1996), mostly complete set of auction catalogues with many special sales as “Burrus”, “Uncommon Market” and catalogues of private treaty sales and postal history (the latter one complete and nicely hardbound), many including realisation lists and colour photo plates, good condition, in 15 large cartons. Estimate: 1,500 Euro

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Maier, Kurt; Berlin, auction october 1913, with photo  plates (most in colour). Some lots marked, otherwise as new. Comes with the original shipping envelope (sent to France). Estimate: 300 Euro

Marken- und Ganzsachenhaus, Berlin 1917-23, 2nd war auction , 3rd and 5th war Auction (both with photo plates), 7th Auction with photo plates, 10th Auction, 11th auction (part I only), 14th Auction with photo plates, (binding faults), 17th and 22nd auction, also 2nd Auction Rudolf Siegel, Berlin, with photo plates. Some small faults, but generally fine. A scarce group. Estimate: 800 Euro

Marty, R., Gilbert, G.; Paris, 1919 to 1921, four sales, inclusive of photo plates, the March 1920 sale with prices realised written in pencil alongside lots, covers and contents remarkably fresh, housed in a custom archival box, fine. Estimate: 200 Euro

Mautalen, J. E. & Pedret, Juan Carlos; Argentina/Uruguay, 1985/1994, a comprehensive run of over fifty sales, hard bound together in six volumes, comprising various firms over that period including “Juan Mautalen Y Cia”, “Juan Carlos Pedret Philatelic Auctions,” “Juan Mautalen y A & A”, “Mautalen-Kolodziej Substas Filatelicas” “J.C. Mautalen & J.C. Pedret Venta Internacional de Sellos”, a small number bound with prices realised, typical rubbing to covers, a scarce holding of these firms, infrequently offered. Estimate: 200 Euro

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Mercury Stamp Company, New York, 1943/1978, with approximately 150 catalogues from the period, many with prices realized, noting many special / name sales, including the Pickard Collection (Parts I-IV, hardbound), and over twenty “Special Auction Sale” catalogues of France, Austria, the British Empire, German States, etc, generally good or better, an impressive holding of this popular auction firm of Edwin Mueller, Otto Friedl and Herbert Bloch, rarely available in this quantity. Estimate: 1,200 Euro

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Muller, Ernst; Basel, their inaugural sale of October,1928, bound together with Ernst Saner, Bern, inaugural sale of May, 26, with photo plates of both, the Saner sale with prices realized, small pencil notations in places, fine.  Estimate: 100 Euro

Nicholas Follansbee Philatelic Sales, 1989-2011, Sales 1 through 22, with prices realised, all file punched at left and exceptionally fresh, includes many important sales of Mexico, not frequently available as a comprehensive run, ideal for the specialist in this area. Estimate: 150 Euro

Pelander, Carl E.; New York, 1940/63, approximately 85 catalogues, a small number with prices realised, including the Ferrars HJ. Tows Collection, Part I-VI hardbound, plus Danish West Indies, and 1946 “Scandinavian Check List”, some minor flaws to covers in places, else quite fresh, a useful run, not often found. Estimate: 200 Euro

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Plumridge & Co, London, comprising 1935 (Sales #1007-1042), 1936/7 (#1043-1077), The Colonel L. Praportchetovitch Collection (1933, 3 vols.) a group of “Resumé of Prices” from 1919-30 (11 vols.) and 1932-3 (1 vol.), some light wear in paces, a challenging run to assemble. Estimate: 500 Euro

Puttick & Simpson, London, 1899-1904, twenty volumes, a small number with prices realised, typical signs of wear, contents chiefly fresh, housed in a slipcase, a scarce assemblage. Estimate: 150 Euro

Scott & Co., J. W.; March 18, 1872, London, held by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, at No. 13 Wellington Street, Strand, twelve pages, comprising 275 lots, a few pages separated, including the cover, stored in a custom archival box, a historically important sale of great rarity, being the first philatelic auction conducted in the United Kingdom, and the first held outside of the United States, organized following Scott's four pioneering sales in the U.S. Estimate: 300 Euro

Scott Stamp Co., Walter S.; New York, 1896, Auctions 1, 2, 4, and 5, the last two handstamped “PRICED” on front cover, with prices realised printed alongside lots, stored in a custom archival folder, superior quality for these important early sales. Estimate: 200 Euro

Sekula, Béla; Lucerne, 1927/1932, comprising sales 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 (both Finland and world catalogues), 8, 9 (hardbound), 11, 13, 14, 15, 21, 23, 25 (with the special Konsul Schwabe catalogue), 27, 30, 32, 33, 35, 38, 39, 41, and 43, all but sale 27 with the accompanying volume of photo plates, accompanied by a small group of covers with Béla Sekula corner cards, minor flaws in places, but a remarkable holding, particularly rare with the photo plates, a tremendous challenge to assemble. Estimate: 1,000 Euro

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Shanahan's (1957–1959) Vol. 49-102, not quite complete, incl. Vol. 100 ‘Millionaires Sale’ in original shipping envelope and the last carried out sale Vol. 102 ‘The first two portions of the Burrus Collection Great Britain and the Netherlands’ from the Maurice Burrus collection, of which the collection Lombardo Veneto was stolen, and including the associated 'catalogue of postage stamps stolen from Shanahan’s', all in very good condition. A highly interesting and useful reference group of the most successful auction house in Ireland, housed in one carton. Estimate: 600 Euro

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Siegel, Robert A. (1962–2022), apparently complete run of auction catalogue Vol. 297–1252. Including numerous special sales, many of gold medal winning collections, with e.g. complete set of the ‘William H. Gross’ sales, including realisation lists, in good condition. An essential reference for U.S. philately collectors and specialists, housed in four cartons. Estimate: 200 Euro

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Sotheby, Parke, Bernet; 1976-1982, run sixty one catalogues, with both general and specialised sales including the Homan Estate, Juhring Collection of United States 1869 Pictorial Issues, the Col. DeVoss Collection of “Via Panama”, the Russo “Black Jack” Collection, United States Waterways Packet Marks and Western Express postal history, etc, with prices realised enclosed, housed in five Sotheby, Parke, Bernet slipcases, offered with two 1941 catalogues including the C.E. Aldinger Collection, fine.  Estimate: 150 Euro 

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