New South Wales
2 Items
Opening: 200 €
1850, Plate I, intermediate impressions: 2 d. greyish-blue, large margins, tied to entire letter from "SYDNEY FE 12 1850" to Melbourne; a fine early letter, signed Georg Bühler
2 Items
Opening: 150 €
1851, Victoria 2 d. prussian blue, worn plate, horizontal strip of five, good to large margins, used, slight corner crease at right, otherwise fine
Batum
2 Items
Opening: 200 €
1920, 25 r. on 10 k. on 7 k. blue with blue overprint, block of 12, unmounted mint with spots, three stamps at left with faults or creases
New Brunswick
2 Items
Opening: 400 €
1790, Lettersheet endorsed "Saint John Brunswick 1st November 1790, post paid to Halifax" to London, showing on reverse transit mark "HALIFAX N. SCOTIA NOV. 9", slight age marks as to be expected
2 Items
Opening: 300 €
1851/60, 3 d. red, tied by red "ST. JOHN N.B. / SP. 30 1851" with additional strike alongside and stamp additionally tied by black grid to entire letter to Miramichi, Newcastle with arrial mark; stamp with faint crease at right, otherwise fine; an attractive entire with unusual double cancellation, sign. Jakubek
Ceylon
2 Items
Opening: 200 €
1857/59, 9 d. purple-brown with clear to wide margins, lightly cancelled, very fine, sign. Pfenninger
2 Items
Opening: 100 €
1904, King Edward VII 12 c. sage-green and rosine and 4 c. orange and ultramarine, tied by cds. "COLOMBO REGISTERED 9.XII.04" to registered picture card "Japanese soldiers crossing tha Yalu" with German railway mark "LEIPZIG-HOF 23.12.04" and transit register label "Vom Auslande über Bahnpost 21 (Hof-Leipzig)" to Leipzig with arrival mark, very fine
Cyprus
2 Items
Opening: 100 €
1923, Georg V. 10 sh. green and red on yellow, unused, fine
2 Items
Opening: 300 €
£ 1 lilac and black on red, unsed, very fine
Stamps
2 Items
Opening: 80 €
1889, Victoria 25 c. ultramarine, 20 c. olive-green and 10 c. carmine, each tied by dublex "GIBRALTAR B SP.27.97/A26" to picture card "Gruss vom Bord d. Schnelldampfers Werra" to Groningen, Netherland with arrival mark, fine
2 Items
Opening: 70 €
1912, Georg V. £ 1 dull purple and black on red, unused, very fine
5 Items
Opening: 150 €
1859, Entire letter from Hongkong to Gibraltar, taxed with "1/10", also entire letter written in Kanton and mailed to Cadiz, Spanish franking fallen off
4 Items
Opening: 800 €
1862/63, 48 c. rose and 1863/71, 6 c. lilac, tied by blue "B62" to entire letter from "HONGKONG MR 31 64" via London to Ypswich, Massachusetts with frontside "BOSTON AM PKT. 24 PAID"; the 48 c. at top slightly affixed at the edge of the cover, both values with light cover bend; an attractive and scarce 54 c.-franking
3 Items
Opening: 200 €
1863/71, 2 c. brown and 30 c. vermilion, 2 copies each, tied by blue "S1" to entire letter from "SHANGHAE MY 6 69" via Hongkong to London with arrival mark on front; a fine double rate letter
2 Items
Opening: 500 €
1997, History of Hongkong Post Office 5 $ miniature sheet as uncut vertical pair, mint never hinged, fine
2 Items
Opening: 500 €
1999, Millenium 5 $ souvenir sheet, uncut vertical strip of 3, mint never hinged, fine
2 Items
Opening: 150 €
1854/55, ½ a. blue, type I, horizontal strip of 4 with good to large margins, neatly cancelled by numeral "95", very fine
2 Items
Opening: 150 €
1854, 4 a., large part of wm, good margins and cancelled by Bengal type
2 Items
Opening: 100 €
4 a., cut to shape, tied by Bengal type '131' to small envelope from "DURBHUNGA JUL 12" (1858) to Bath
2 Items
Opening: 200 €
2 a. green, single stamp, pair and strip of 3, all with parts of wm., used, fine/very fine
Nepal
2 Items
Opening: 180 €
NEPAL: 1948, Ghandi 12 a. green, two single stamps each with additonal franking Georg V. values on two registered insurred postal stationery envelopes from "INDIAN EMBASSY (NEPAL) 3.OCT.48 (and 15.DEC.48)" to Bombay, slight crease, otherwise fine
Ionian Islands (Ionioi NHΣOI, EΠTANHΣOΣ)
2 Items
Opening: 150 €
1841, Seal cancellation "CORFU" on folded letter with handwritten endorsement "With a small box..." and tax "3 (d.)" to London with manuscripted taxes "2 (sh.)" and arrival mark
3 Items
Opening: 400 €
1848, envelope from "CORFU 10.4.(48)" with handwritten endorsement "Via Triest Paid" and transit mark "AT" via Wien and Aachen to Essex with arrival mark, British charge of 2/10 d on front, stronger crease and few tears at top
Kenya/Uganda and Tanganyika
2 Items
Opening: 7.000 €
KENYA AND UGANDA: 1922, £ 50 black and brown, fresh colour, unsed with fresh original gum, a very fine and extremely rare stamp, signed Bolaffi and Diena