Auction catalogue: Austria & Levant, Lombardy-Venetia, Hungary & Balkans

Austria & Levant,Lombardy-Venetia,Hungary & Balkans

Including the “E. S.” Collections

Feldman Galleries, GenevaOctober 2-3, 2008

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Auction ProgrammeThursday, October 2 Lot Nos.

10h00 AUSTRIA - the “E. S.” Collection 20000-20152 AUSTRIAN LEVANT - the “E. S.” Collection 20154-20571A Proofs, stamps, etc. 20154-20162 The “Cospoli” Story 20163-20193 The Smyrna Story 20194-20213 The Balkans & Greece 20214-20320 The Romanian Principalities 20321-20368 D.D.S.G. 20369-20394 The Black Sea 20395-20430 The South (Crete to Palestine, Lebanon to Egypt) 20431-20520 Austrian Lloyd (by ship cancels) 20521-20571A LOMBARDY-VENETIA 20572-20699

Friday, October 3

09h00 HUNGARY plus Albania & Bulgaria 20700-20738 ROMANIA 20739-20769 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA plus Montenegro 20770-20891 SERBIA 20892-20976

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Catalogues

• SwedenFinal part of the “Kristall” collection plus the sensational award-winning “Gute” collection presenting the most important collection of town cancellations on the Skilling Banco issues.

• Austria and Austrian LevantThe “E. S.” Collection of Austria First Issue singles and frankings & Austrian Post Offices in the Levant from Adrianopel to Widdin, with a multitude of rare frankings and cancellations incl. important Jerusalem and Offices in Romania, also sections of D.D.S.G., Lloyd and other maritime areas, Lombardy-Venetia, Hungary and Balkans with Romania, Serbia & Bosnia.

• SwitzerlandAttractive selection of mostly classics plus general collections.

• All World and CollectionsOlympics & Airmails. Important Spain, France & colonies, Great Britain and British Commonwealth including Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Turkey with maritime, Egypt and other Middle East and USA, etc. Plus 100s of Collections, Lots & Estates.

• Rarities of the WorldImportant stamps and covers highlighted by “The String of Pearls” China classics, “The Jewels of Russian Philately” (an unique offering), Thailand, India & Great Britain, plus valuable specialised collections offered intact.

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INTRODUCTIONThe enormous scope of "Greater Austrian” philately encompasses several centuries and every philatelic specialty. The Empire of Austria-Hungary had enormous territorial scope, from the Balkans (wrested in some cases from the Sublime Porte) to its Northern Slavic side (not offered directly herein) such as Bohemia, Galicia and parts of Ukraine. In addition to Austria-Hungary Proper, the Empire included the Austrian portion of the Italian States, i.e. Lombardy-Venetia, and the extra-territorial Post Offices Abroad throughout the Mediterannean region, from Greece to Egypt, from the Holy Land to Turkey itself, all of which encompassed the Austrian Levant.

This auction presents a sumptuous feast of Austrian philately for the connoisseur of classic issues, including their uses on cover. It also comprises Ottoman forerunners of what later became independent countries (or client states of Austria) throughout the Balkans, e.g. Bosnia, Romania and Serbia. The Austrian Levant is presented in sections (see Programme page) which reflect the focus and political “raison d'être” for their incorporation into the Austrian scheme of things, often cutting across national boundaries or ethnic identities. An index by town is given on page 40.

Throughout this catalogue, you will find many items of distinguished provenance and indubitable rarity. Most of the lots are estimated to reflect current market conditions, and as such the estimates reflect an attractive discount from the record price levels achieved over prior decades. The collector who has hesitated for reasons of price in forming a collection of any of these areas may find the temptation irresistible at this time!

This auction is part of our traditional Autumn Auction series, which also comprises the final portion of the “Kristall” Sweden, and our semi-annual auction of Rarities of the World & Important Collections, plus our “telephone book” catalogue of "All-World" with strong British Empire, superb Spain, extensive France and Colonies, and many other areas from Mid-East to Olympics. Included, of course, is our diverse and popular showing of Collections, Lots & Estates from the world over.

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AUSTRIAThe “E. S.” CollectionCharacterised by choice Classic stamps and covers, this presentation includes such rarities as the 9 Kreuzer “missing 9” variety, the famous Burrus cover franking with two different “Tokay roulettes," and numerous beautiful covers with multi-colour and mixed issue frankings.

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Austria/Oesterreich - The “e. S.” COlleCTiOn Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 10h00

POSTAl HiSTOry iMPEriAl COvErS

20000 F 18 1628 LEOPOLD: Sealed folded entire letter from Archduke Leopold von Bowesgnassen, 150 seal reads “LEOPOLD D.G. ARCHIDUX,” fine

20001 F 18 1731 KARL VI: Entire folded letter from Vienna with seal and signed by Karl VI (1685-1740), 120 very fine

20002 F 18 1801 FRANZ II: Sealed folded entire letter signed Franz II, dated internally “Praes, 25 Febr. 120 1801,” very fine

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20003 C 1Kr Yellow, HP, type III, mint, good to large margins, fine, cert. Puschmann 1X 500 (Ferch. e2’150)

20004 DCE 1Kr Orange, HP, type Ib, unused without gum, good margins, fine, signed Zenker 1X 200 (Ferch. e800)

20005 C 1Kr Lemon-yellow, MP, type III, mint with light gum creasing, fresh shade, good 1Y 360 margins all round, fine, cert. Diena & Oliva (Ferch. e1’850)

20006 C 2Kr Black, HP, type Ia, mint, good margins, fine, cert. Puschmann (Ferch. e2’150) 2X 500

20007 C 2Kr Black, HP, type IIIa, mint, good to large margins, very fine, cert. Matl (Ferch. e1’750) 2X 400

20008 C 2Kr Black, HP, type IIIa, mint, large margins all round, very fine, cert. Ferchenbauer 2X 400 (Ferch. e1’750)

20009 C 2Kr Black, MP, type III, mint, good to large margins, fresh & fine, cert. Diena (Ferch. e2’150) 2Y 400

20010 CC 3Kr Carmine-red, HP, type IIIa, never hinged mint, large margins all round, 3X 400 very fine & scarce in this condition, cert. Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e1’500+)

20011 C 3Kr Rose-red, HP, type Ib, mint, good margins all round, fresh shade, a few 3X 300 natural gum creases, cert. Diena (Ferch. e1’275)

20012 C 3Kr Red, HP, type IIIa, mint, large margins, deep shade, very fine, cert. Diena 3X 200 (Ferch. e1’000)

20013 C 3Kr Red, MP, type IIIa, mint, large part original gum, good margins, fresh & 3Y 120 fine, cert. Puschmann (Ferch. e700)

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20014 C 6Kr Brown, HP, type Ib, mint, good even margins, fresh deep shade, very fine, 4X 280 signed Diena (Ferch. e1’500)

20015 C 6Kr Brown, HP, type Ia, mint, good margins, fresh deep shade, very fine, signed 4X 240 Diena (Ferch. e1’400)

20016 C 6Kr Brown, HP, type III, mint, a few natural gum creases and almost invisible 4X 200 spots at top, fine, cert. Babor and Diena (Ferch. e1’275)

20017 C 6Kr Brown, MP, type IIIa, mint, good margins all round, fresh deep shade, very 4Y 200 fine, cert. Matl (Ferch. e1’100)

20018 C 6Kr Brown, MP, type IIIa, mint, clear to good margins, fresh deep shade, very 4Y 180 fine, cert. Matl (Ferch. e1’100)

20019 C 6Kr Brown, MP, type III, mint, close to good margins, fresh & fine, signed 4Y 150 (Ferch. e1’100)

20020 C 9Kr Light blue (“Himmelblau”), HP, type I, mint, good margins all round, fresh 5X 700 deep shade, very fine, cert. Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e2’850)

20021 C 9Kr Blue, HP, type I, good margins, fresh & fine, cert. Diena (Ferch. e2’700) 5X 500

20022 C 9Kr Dark blue, HP, type I, close to good margins, a few natural gum creases and 5X 400 light stains, fine (Ferch. e3’250)

20023 C 9Kr Light blue, HP, type I, good margins all round, fresh shade, very fine, 5X 360 cert. Puschmann and Diena (Ferch. e1’775)

20024 C 9Kr Light blue, MP, type IIIb, mint, good margins all round, fine, cert. 5Y 300 Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e1’600)

20025 C 9Kr Blue, MP, type IIIb, mint, huge margins, natural gum creasing, fresh & very 5Y 300 fine, cert. Diena (Ferch. e1’250)

20026 C Lot of 1Kr, 2Kr and 6Kr HP mint singles, some gum creasing, gen. fine, certs (3) 1X, 2X, 4X 300




























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20027 H 2Kr MP Type IIIb in pair cancelled by dark blue 2-line “G. MESERITSCH,” large 2Y 400 margins, very fine

20028 H 6Kr Brown, HP, type Ib on RIBBED PAPER, used with HOHENMAU(TH) 6. APRIL cds, 4X var. 700 large margins, very fine & scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e3’000)

20029 H 9Kr Blue, HP, type I, with spectacular variety “missing 9” which got replaced by 5X 2’000 postmaster’s manuscript “9”, used with LINZ 24.JUN. cds, shows also large part of watermark, UNIQUE example of this variety, illustrated in Müller’s 1927 “Die Postmarken von Österreich” on page 11, very fine, signed Friedl and Müller, cert. Ferchenbauer

20030 H 9Kr Blue, HP, type I, with variety “maximum distance (1.2mm) between 9 and K”, 5X 500 used with GR.HOEFLIN 2-line cancel, fine and scarce, cert. Diena (Ferch. e1’900)

20031 G 9kr Blue on horiz. LAID PAPER, tied to piece by Nyir-Bathor cds (unusual as most 5X var. 1’500 were cancelled Prag or Arad), vert. crease and stamp loosened for control, signed Hübner and cert. A. Ernst, four large margins, very fine appearing (Ferch. e17’500)

20032 H 9Kr Blue, HP, type IIIa, on vertically LAID PAPER, neatly used with PRAG 29/3 5X var. 2’000 ds, close to good margins, fresh deep shade, fine and extremely rare example of this stamp used predominantly in Prag and Arad, cert. Matl (Ferch. e17’500)

20033 GH Lot of 55 used singles and 3 strips of 3, neatly mounted on two album pages and showing a range of shades and cancels for each value, several with Ferchenbauer certificates, gen. fine (Est. e700/1’000)

















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20034 F 1kr Orange type Ib (3) + 3kr red type IIIa, both HP, tied by PRAG / 6.12 cds on 1850 1+3 1’000 wrapper, central 1kr cut at top, o/w fine and rare, cert. Ferchenbauer, cat e8'000

20035 F 1Kr Yellow (2) and 2Kr black (2), both HP, used on cover to Venice, the two 1Kr 1X+2X 1’000 composed of respectively three and two parts of different stamps with the intention of defrauding the postal system, all neatly cancelled by double-circle TRIEST 14 NOV. 51 cds, VENEZIA 15. NOV. bs, very fine & scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer

20036 CF 20 1Kr HP Type III yellow + two 2Kr MP Type IIIb black on complete sheet of a 1X+2Y 1’000 Czech Newspaper, tied by boxed PRAG ds, on the right a stamp was taken off before despatch due to error in franking (overpayment), very rare franking, cert. Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e15’000)

20037 FGH 1Kr Yellow: Specialised selection on two album pages showing a range of shades 1X, 1Y 300 from ochre-yellow to cadmium-yellow, comprising five single frankings, 1Kr strip of three and a fragment with some 2Kr and 1Kr singles

20038 F 1Kr Yellow pair, type Ib, + 2Kr black pair, type IIIb, + 3Kr red, type IIIb, all on MP 1Y+2Y+3Y 3’000 and all with clear to large margins, tied by SZEREDNYE 29/2 cds on registered cover as three colour franking to Munkacs (29/2 bs), cover refolded to show the franking on the reverse, very fine and very rare combination to pay the 6Kr registration fee, cert. Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e15’000)











20039 F 2Kr Black, HP, type Ia, THREE STRIPS OF THREE tied by TRIESTE 19/9 barred ds on 2X 5’000 entire folded letter to Holland, with AMSTERDAM 25/9 1850 bs, one strip just touched o/w clear to large margins, a fresh and very rare multiple franking (Ferch. e20’000)

20040 F 20 2Kr Black, HP, type Ia, horizontal pair tied by TELTSCH / 20. NOV 2-line cancel 2X 240 on folded cover to Vienna, red and black WIEN 22 NOV bs, underfranked by 2Kr, taxed 8Kr (missing 2Kr + 6Kr penalty), fine & unusual

20041 F 2Kr Black in strip of three plus 3Kr red in strip of three, all HP, tied neat 2X+3X 1’500 by GÖRZ / 16.MAI s/l ds on entire folded letter to Kaschau, bandeau “Recomandirt” hs at top right, KASCHAU 2/5 bs, scarce franking paying 6Kr postage + 6Kr registration, very fine, sig. Grioni (Ferch. e6’000)

20042 F 20 2Kr Black, selection of four single frankings showing a range of shades including 2X, 2Y 300 the elusive silver-grey shade, one 2Kr with remarkable margins, gen. fine (4)










20043 F TOKAY ROULETTE of 1853 - The Famous Burrus Cover 3X+4X 12’000 6Kr Brown, HP, type III +3Kr red, HP, type III, both with Tokay roulette 14, tied by TOKAY 24/6 cds on folded entire letter to Pest, PESTH 26/6 arrival bs, corner fault on the 6Kr. Illustrated in Ferchenbauer on p. 209 (Ferch. e35’000) Frankings showing more than one value with the Tokay roulette are exceedingly rare Background: in the Autumn of 1852, postmaster Alber Szep from Homonna was sent to Tokay and unofficially rouletted the stamps from that town as he had already done at Homonna. Expertise: Certificate Matl Provenance: Maurice Burrus 1964 (lot 107)

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Lot 60002 from our Auction of "Rarities of the World with China & Russia"



Offered in our Auction of "Rarities of the World with China & Russia" Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 16h00

60002 F The “May 27” Cover: Austria’s First Use of a Postage Stamp 1850 6 Kreuzer Brown, type Ia, hand-made paper showing 6.5mm sheet margin at top, tied to cover from Vienna to Pest. According to the certificates from both Ferchenbauer and Puschmann, the letter was written on 27 May 1850 and deposited at the suburban Leopoldstadt (Praterstrasse) letter collecting office (“BRIEFS: `N°93” cds of 27 May on reverse) where the 6 Kreuzer stamp was applied to pay the postage and cancelled with a grid of red/magenta manuscript lines. Then it went on to central Vienna, where it was further cancelled by italic 2-line “WIEN / 27.MAI” datestamp (another strike at top right). Manuscript “franco” at lower left and red crayon “X” are further indication of pre-payment. It was backstamped “PESTH” on 29 May. The rate from Vienna to Budapest was 6 Kreuzer for 1/2 Loth over a distance of 10 to 30 Meilen until 1 June 1850 (when the stamp was to be officially issued) and then it would cost 9 Kreuzer, so the sender was getting in “under the wire” by posting early. The suburban postal clerk may have been ignorant of the official date of use of the “new issue” of postage stamps, or may have ignored it, as was speculated by Dr. Edwin Müller in a 1937 article about this cover (illustrated therein) in “Die Postmarke” (27.12.1937 issue, p. 311) The Ferchenbauer certificate states: “UNIKAT und absolut frühest bekannter Brief mit einer Briefmarke...” as no other cover this early is known. A “crown jewel” of Austrian philately, demonstrating an important rate boundary between the pre-adhesive and adhesive periods. A perfect foundation for a specialised collection of this important classic subject, and in perfect condition as well (Ferchenbauer: “ein naturbelassenes erlesenes PRACHTSTUCK!...”) Provenance: Dr. Paul Wolf Expertise: certificates Ferchenbauer & Puschmann (2002); signed & annotated (as to date) by Alberto Bolaffi Estimate e200’000 - e300’000

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20044 F 18 3Kr Red, MP, type IIIa, cover with two examples, of which one has been made up of 3Y 300 two different stamps with the intention to defraud the post, “both” 3Kr tied by TYRNAU 13.NOV. 2-line cancel on folded cover to Endröd, fine & scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer

20045 F 20 6Kr Brown, HP, type I, strong shade and good margins tied by ROKITZAR / 8 Juni (1850) 4X 240 2-line cancel on cover to Beneschau (neat arrival bs), EARLY USAGE, very fine (Ferch. e1’200)

20046 F 9Kr Blue, HP, type Ia, large margins with traces of St. Andrews Cross at right, tied by 5X 1’500 KRONSTADT/ 2.JUNI ds on folded cover to Temesvar, arrival bs dated June 5th (1850), very fine SECOND DAY OF ISSUE usage which was also a Sunday!

20047 F 18 9Kr Blue, HP, type I, horizontal strip of seven plus two pairs and a single tied by BROOD 5X 1’500 BROOD / 30.JUN 2-line cancel on registered envelope to Vienna, with 6Kr brown, HP, type Ia applied on reverse for registration, some slightly touched margins and envelope refolded at top and slightly reduced, frankings with a strip of SEVEN are extremely rare, cert. Ferchenbauer

20048 F 18 9Kr Blue, HP, type I, showing the popular variety “maximum distance between 9 5X var. 600 and K (1.2mm),” close to good margins, neatly tied by BAHNHOF / ZWITTAU / 27 MAI 3-line cancel on cover to Vienna, very fine, cert. Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e3’600)

20049 F 9Kr Light blue (5), HP, type I, plus 1Kr yellow, HP, type I, tied by TRIENT 6/9 cds on 5X+1X 7’000 folded cover to St.Louis, Missouri, USA, sent via Switzerland and France with “L:A” (Lettre Autriche) and “über Basel” plus French red entry cds alongside, also NEW YORK SEP 28 transit cds and two Austrian transit bs (Botzen and Feldkirch). Rare 46Kr franking (3Kr inland + 4Kr for Switzerland + 39Kr from France to the USA), all adhesives with good margins and fresh colours, tiny cover tear at base, very fine, cert. Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e23’000)









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20050 F 18 9Kr Blue, MP, STRIP OF FIVE with types IIIb +IIIa +IIIb + IIIb +IIIa tied by 5Y 1’000 REICHENBERG 25/12 cds on folded cover to Vienna, 26/12bs, extremely rare example of a mixed type strip of five on cover, Ferchenbauer states possibly UNIQUE, very fine, cert. Ferchenbauer

20051 F 18 9Kr Blue, MP, type IIIb, four examples (two on reverse) tied by TRIEST 28/11 5Y 800 cds on entire folded letter to Gibraltar, LONDON/ DE2 57 transit cds and GIBRALTAR 10DE 1855 arrival, very unusual destination, very fine, lot also incl. also small mourning cover to London

20052 F 9Kr Blue, MP, type IIIb in strip of four plus pair, together with 2Kr black and 5Y+2Y+3Y 10’000 3Kr rose, all tied by TRIENT 29/3 cds to folded cover to St. Louis, Missouri, USA, with red P.D., red French entry AUTRICHE/CULOZ 2 AVRIL 58, boxed BR.SERVICE and BOSTON 25 APR./PAID 15 transit alongside, all adhesives well-margined, 3Kr pale shade, decorative three-colour franking paying the triple letter rate through France, an exceptional item, cert. Ferchenbauer

20053 F 9Kr Blue, MP, type IIIb + 6Kr brown, MP, type III + 2Kr black, HP, type Ib tied 5Y+4Y+2X 4’000 by TRIEST 29/5 barred ds on folded letter to Athens, paying the scarce 17Kr rate, blue arrival bs, very fine and rare 3-colour franking, cert. Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e15’000)

20054 F 20 6Kr Brown, MP, lot of five Retour-Recepisse, each franked by single 6Kr and 4Y 240 tied by LEMBERG cds, s/l alongside, fine lot (5)











20055 F 9Kr Blue (4)+ 3Kr red + 2Kr black + 6Kr brown (on reverse), all MP, fresh and 5Y+4Y+3Y+2Y 3’000 well margined, on entire registered folded letter to Paris, France, all tied by PRAG 6/9 boxed ds, s/l RECOM: , PD and red CHARGE alongside, PARIS 10 SEPT. 55 arrival, 6Kr divided when cover was opened, a very fine multi-colour franking

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20056 F 1850-54, Lot of 18 covers with HP or MP frankings from 3Kr to 9Kr (few 3Kr+9Kr), includes four covers with 9Kr varieties, 3Kr strip of three in deep red shade, etc., fine (Est. e400/600)

1851 nEwSPAPEr STAMPS (Mi. 6-8)20057 CDCE 20 Blue Mercury (0,6Kr) selection on album page comprising 9 mint or unused and 13 6 400 FH used singles plus two newspapers, also four reprints, gen. fine (28 items)

20058 F Yellow Mercury (6Kr) in the dark yellow shade tied by PRZEMYSL 26.MAI 2-line cancel 7 8’000 to address label and newspaper “VUSTNIK” from 12.(24) May 1856, barely touched at top right to large margins, wonderful deep bright shade, a most attractive Mercury item, cert. Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e28’000 for normal yellow)









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20059 H Yellow Mercury (6Kr) with clear to large margins, lightly used by unidentified s/l cancel, 7 1’000 somewhat faded, still fine & rare, cert. Diena (Ferch. e10’500)

Offered in our Auction of "Rarities of the World with China & Russia"

Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 16h00

60003 C AUSTRIA - The 1856 “Red Mercury” Red Mercury (6Kr) Newspaper stamp, type IIIb, unused with only slight traces of original gum, large margins, fresh deep shade, small thin in two places on reverse but not affecting in any way the apparent quality and appearance of this classic world rarity (Ferch. e40’000) Expertise: certificates Ferchenbauer and Friedl Committee (signed Ing. Müller) Estimate e8’000 - e12’000

20060 F Rose Mercury (30Kr) tied by PRAG O.P.A. ZTGS EXP 2 cds on complete wrapper to 8 12’000 Prag, the Mercury stamp is well margined all round and has a fresh deep shade, cleary cancelled. Similar wrapper to that illustrated (p. 288) by Ferchenbauer (apart from the fact that this one has the stamp placed the right side up); cert. Matl stating that this item is definitely among the finest known, superb (Ferch. e32’500)

20061 F 20 Rose Mercury (30Kr) tied by PRAG O.P.A. ZTGS EXP 9U / 29.8 oval ds on part 8 500 wrapper to Prag, the Mercury stamp is faded but appears tobe well margined all round, cleary cancelled, crease, rare, cert. Darteyré (1953)







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1858 iSSuE (Mi. 10-15)20062 H Lot of used singles from type I and type II, noted 3Kr type I with “bulldog 200 head” variety, cancellations etc., fine (17)

20063 F Lot of 13 covers bearing frankings from 2Kr to 45Kr made up of mostly type II adhesives, cancels incl. s/l, cds, boxed, red registration cancel, etc., fine (12) (Est. e300/400)

TyPE i

20064 20066 2006720064 C 2Kr Yellow, mint, usual light corner crease, fresh & scarce, cert. Diena 10I 300 (Ferch. e3’200)

20065 F 18 2Kr Yellow in strip of three together with three 3Kr black singles tied by 10I+11Ib 1’000 METKOVICH 12/5 cds on folded cover to Triest, all 3Kr singles with “bulldog heads”, very fine & scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e4’900)

20066 C 3Kr Black, mint, usual light corner crease, fresh & scarce, cert. RPS (Ferch. 11Ib 200 e2’250)

20067 C 15Kr Dark blue, mint, fresh & fine, cert. Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e3’000) 15Ib 400

TyPE ii

20068 F 24 2Kr Yellow Type II (x3) on local cover with boxed PRAG ds, very fine 10II 500

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20069 C 2Kr Light orange, mint, usual light corner crease, fresh & scarce, cert. Diena 10IIc 300 (Ferch. e3’500)

20070 C 3Kr Black, mint, large part original gum, fine & scarce (Ferch. e3’750) 11IIa 300

20071 C 3Kr Yellow-green, mint, usual light corner crease, well centered, fine & 12a 240 scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e2’250)

20072 F 24 5Kr Red, type II, tied by PANCSOVA manuscript on folded cover to Semlin, sent 13II 1’000 through private post (so-called “Botenpost”) which still obliged the sender to apply a regular postage stamp, very fine & rare, cert. Ferchenbauer

20073 C 10Kr Light brown, mint, fine & scarce, signed Diena (Ferch. e1’300) 14II 150

1858 nEwSPAPEr STAMPS (Mi. 16-17)20074 CDCE 20 Valuable mint and used selection neatly mounted on exhibition page comprising 16,17 FH two mint or unused and three used 1.05Kr blue, plus three mint or unused and six used 1.05Kr lilac, also a lilac single on wrapper and another single on first page of newspaper, also 6 reprints, many items signed or with certs, mixed to fine (22) (Est. e500/800)

1860 iSSuE (Mi. 18-22)20075 F 24 2Kr Yellow + 3Kr green + 10Kr brown tied by FREIHEITSAU 28/7 (1864) cds on 18+19+21 300 folded cover to Vienna, WIEN 29/7 bs, very fine three-colour franking, cert. Raybaudi and Diena

20076 F 24 Five 3Kr Green in combination with 1863 10Kr blue on reverse of reg’d entire to 19+27 800 Vienna with cancel B.H.PRAG 1.12. (1863), very fine and rare franking

























1860 iSSuE (COnT.)20077 F 20 10Kr Brown + 15kr blue tied by WIEN 17/9 cds on envelope to England, redirected 21+22 120 to Folkestone with GB 1854 1d tied by CANTERBURY SP22 62 duplex, light perf. toning else fine

20078 F 20 Small lot of seven covers including three-colour franking from Vienna to Turin, 300 another with red Vienna registration cancel, registered cover to Jassy, etc., mixed condition (7)

20079 CDCE Mint & used selection on stockcard including mint or unused 2Kr, 3Kr, 10Kr and 18-22 240 H 15Kr, plus a range of cancels on 23 singles, mixed to fine (27) (Ferch. e2’400+)

1861 nEwSPAPEr STAMPS (Mi. 23)20080 CH Selection of mint and used singles showing a range of shades and cancels, noted 200 one bottom marginal example (3 mint and 5 used)

1863 iSSuE (Mi. 24-28)20081 CDCE Small lot comprising 2Kr, 3Kr, 10Kr and 15Kr mint or unused singles plus a 24-28 300 H complete used set and an extra 3Kr, gen. fine (10)

1863 nEwSPAPEr STAMPS (Mi. 29)20082 CDCE Mint & used selection comprising four unused singles, 15 used singles of which FH three have wmks and one single used on wrapper, mostly fine (Est. e120/200)

1863-64 iSSuE (Mi. 30-34)

20083 F 15Kr(3) + 10Kr(5) + 5Kr as 100Kr registered franking addressed to the Russian 32+33+34 2’000 Tsar Nicolas II in St.Petersburg, all tied by red RECOMMANDIRT 17/2 1865 cds, four adhesives were carefully split when cover was opened, arrival bs dated 9 FEB 1865 (Gregorian Calendar) alongside, a few small faults but a truly spectacular franking to Russia

20084 F 20 10Kr Blue + 2Kr yellow + 3Kr green tied by BROOD / IN / SLAVONIEN / 27. NOV. 33+31+30 200 4-line cancel on entire folded letter to Triest, contents (document) with two 25Kr fiscals, filing fold, fine

20085 F 24 15Kr (block of 3) + 10Kr (on reverse) + 5Kr + 3Kr comprising four-colour 34+33+32+30 1’000 franking on 1866 opened-out registered envelope from Krakau to Milano, all tied by KRAKAU 5/3 cds, RECOM s/l alongside, MILANO/ 8 MAR 66 arrival bs, fine & scarce, cert. Diena

20086 F 24 Three 15Kr brown together with 10Kr blue, and two 5Kr rose and two 3Kr green, 34-31 440 partly on reverse of FOUR-COLOUR franking reg’d cover to Paris, tied by red RECOMMANDIERT / WIEN 7/9 / 1865 cds, red CHARGE and AUTR. / STRASBOURG hs, bs, stamps on reverse faulty, very fine and rare

20087 F 20 Lot of 18 covers showing a range of frankings including 1863-1864 mixed issue franking to Italy, others with red registration markings, five 2Kr printed matter items, blue cds, two items to Constantinople, three 1863 issue covers, gen. fine (Est. e300/500)

20088 CDCE Small lot comprising the complete set mint plus a selection of used singles, 34-30 150 H gen. fine (13)

















1867 iSSuE (Mi. 35-41)

20089 BF 1879 PIGEON POST, flimsy sent from one pigeon fancier to another, then 2’000 forwarded within Brünn in small envelope with 2k yellow tied on reverse, bold boxed blue “TAUBENPOST / KARTHAUS” hs also on back, flown by pigeon “Leonidas,” thought to be the EARLIEST CIVILIAN MESSAGE BY PIGEON in Austria, fantastic showpiece

MinT

20090 CCC Selection of mint singles and multiples neatly mounted on two album pages, DCE noted 2Kr and 3Kr in blocks of four, 5Kr in block of six, singles in fine print with a range of perforations (68 stamps) (Est. e300/500)

uSED

20091 H 3Kr Green, coarse print, printed on both sides, used, perfs cut off on one 36I 100 side, spectacular and scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer

20092 H 15Kr Brown, coarse print, printed on both sides, used, different shades, one 39I 100 short perf., scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer

20093 H 50Kr Brown, coarse print, lot comprising 19 singles bearing a range of mostly 41 Postal Mandat cancels, all different, mixed to fine (Est. e200/300)

FrAnkingS

20094 F 20 5Kr Red, coarse print, with quadrillé background and misperforation showing 37I 150 coloured margin at bottom, neatly tied by AGRAM 30/9 cds on folded cover to Graz, signed Ferchenbauer

20095 F 20 5Kr Red, coarse print, misperfed showing two fine horizontal strips at bottom, 37I 120 tied by WIEN 18.3.69 cds on folded letter to Pest, scarce on cover

20096 F 20 25Kr Lilac, coarse print, two singles tied by oval TRIEST 28/3/73 cds on folded 40I 300 letter to Paris, arrival bs of March 31, 1873, one 25Kr with crease, fresh & fine 50Kr franking, signed Calves

20097 F 24 25Kr Lilac (2) + 3Kr pair + 15Kr single tied by blue WIEN 6/8 70 cds on 40I+36I+39I 500 registered envelope to Paris, with French entry cds AUTRICHE / CULOZ 10 AOUT 70 alongside together with PD and Chargé hs, Aug. 10 bs, decorative and unusual 71Kr franking, very fine

20098 F 28 50Kr Brown, coarse print, tied by WIEN / 8 MAER 69 cds on entire folded letter 41I 800 to Paris, French entry cds alongside, March 10 bs, fine

20099 F 28 50Kr Reddish brown, coarse print, tied by TRIEST 13.8.1869 oval ds on folded 41I 700 cover to Bordeaux, French entry cds and P.D. hs alongside, Aug. 16 bs, one side flap missing, fine and scarce, signed Seitz
















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20100 F 50Kr Brown + 2Kr yellow, coarse prints, plus 5Kr + 10Kr(3, two different 41I+35I+36II-38II 3’000 shades) + 3Kr fine prints, all tied by WIEN 1/12 76 cds on registered envelope to Lisbon, PORTUGAL, boxed RECOM hs and German registration label alongside, CORREO / LISBOA 15 DEZ 76 bs, fresh shades, minor creases and stains but not detracting from this exceptional FIVE-COLOUR franking to an uncommon destination, cert. Ferchenbauer

20101 F 28 Collection balance of mostly covers neatly mounted on nine album pages, including postal stationery cards and envelopes with complementary frankings (e.g. 15Kr on 5Kr stationery to New York), 1868 mixed issue franking with 1864 10Kr, section of thimble cancels on 19 singles and two covers, etc., fine (36 covers and 19 stamps) (Est. e300/500)

POSTAl STATiOnEry

20102 F 28 3Kr Green registered envelope to England bearing mixed issue franking of 1867 27 300 5Kr and 1883 2Kr and 5Kr pair, all tied by LEOPOLDSTADT 17/10 83 cds, registration hs, London transit and SPARKBROOK OC20 83 arrival, fine & unusual

20103 F 28 5Kr Red envelope to CAPE TOWN uprated with 1874 fine print issue 2Kr (3), 3Kr 28E+ 1’500 (3) and 5Kr (2), upper row tied by LANDSKRON 10/2 cds and bottom left examples tied by same cds but cancelled 14/2 to account for the correct 30Kr rate as cover was underfranked at first, LONDON 17FE 77 transit and CAPE TOWN MR19 77 arrival cds alongside, envelope slightly refolded at left to show one 2Kr completely, an extraordinary franking to a difficult destination, cert. Ferchenbauer

1867 AnD 1880 nEwSPAPEr STAMPS (Mi. 42-43)20104 CCCF 1867 Issue, small specialized group on five album pages showing mint and used 200 GH singles and blocks of 4, also used block of 6 of type II, used on piece, etc., gen. fine

gEnErAl iSSuES20105 CCC 1883-1904 Definitives, mint collection on six album pages with 1883, 1890, 44/118 DCE 1891, 1899, 1901-02 and 1904 definitives plus 1899 newspaper stamps, showing shades, multiples, various perforations, with or without varnish bars, etc., very fine (308 stamps) (Est. e300/500)

20106 CCCF 1908-17 Late Empire, chiefly mint collection on eight album pages, noted 1908 139/216 H Jubilee set mint, two frankings with the 10Kr, 1910 Birthday set mint plus a few covers, etc., fine (Est. e300/400)

20107 A 28 1910 80th Birthday of Franz Joseph I: Complete set of 17 proofs in issued 161-177 1’500 colours, extremely rare, only six sets recorded, each proof signed Ferchenbauer (ANK e7’000)












gEnErAl iSSuES (COnT.)

20108 ADCE 1919-21 Parliament issue, the so-called “Rainbow” prints, 2Kr, 2 1/2Kr, 3Kr, 200 4Kr, 5Kr, 7 1/2Kr, 10Kr and 20Kr in imperf. pairs in issued colours, also pair of 50Kr but on another type of paper, fine

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20109 C 1919-21 Parliament 2Kr black and vermilion, INVERTED CENTRE, mint, very fine & 284D 700 scarce, cert. PF (ANK e3’600)

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20110 CC 1919-21 Parliament 3Kr black and blue, never hinged vert. pair imperf. between, 286F 120 very fine (ANK e500)

20111 C 1919-21 Parliament 4Kr black and carmine, INVERTED CENTRE, mint, irreg. perf. 287D 300 at top, very fine & scarce, cert. Puschmann (ANK e1’850)

20112 C 1919-21 Parliament 4Kr black and carmine, mint vert. pair imperf. between, very 287F 100 fine (ANK e320)

20113 CC 1919-21 Parliament 10Kr sepia and green, never hinged vert. pair imperf. 290F 120 between, very fine (ANK e500)

20114 H 1919-21 Parliament 10Kr sepia and green, light cancel, IMPERF at bottom showing 290F 200 also part of neighbouring stamp, comes evidently from an imperf between pair, very rare used, cert. Wallner


















20115 H 1919-21 Parliament 20Kr red-brown and violet, INVERTED CENTRE, lightly used 291D 2’000 with cds, one irregular perf at left noted for the record, a fresh and fine example of this spectacular and very rare error, cert. BPA (ANK e20’000)

20116 C 28 1919-21 Parliament 20Kr red-brown and violet, mint vert. strip of 5, imperf 291F 120 between 3rd & 4th stamps, very fine (ANK e500+)

20117 CC 1931 Rotary set of six values, nh, very fine 180

20118 F 28 1931 Rotary set on reg’d cover with special Rotary Congress cds, vertical 300 crease not affecting adhesives, fine

20119 F 28 1933 FIS set of four on 09.01.33 FIRST DAY reg’d cover, fold at bottom, fine 100

20120 BF 28 1933 WIPA 50g white paper single and 50g granite paper single tied by two 555+556 240 special cancels on registered airmail cover to Germany, WIPA 29.VI.33 FLUGPOST despatch cds alongside, special orange vignette on reverse together with arrival cancels, fine (ANK e1’400)

20121 CCC 1933 WIPA trio comprising single on white paper mint, nh marginal single on 555,556 400 granite paper and IMPERF single, very fine

20122 CC 1933 WIPA 50g (+50) Violet-blue, never hinged block of four from the min. 556 600 sheet, very fine (ANK e3’600)













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20123 CC 1933 WIPA min. sheet, never hinged as per ANK (standard three traces of glue at 556A 800 top), very fine (ANK e4’400)

20124 F 1933 WIPA min. sheet, used with three cancels, secured in official presentation 556A 1’000 folder with two hinges, 1cm split in spine, min.sheet is very fine (ANK e4’750)

20125 F 28 1934 Reg’d cover from Salzburg to CAMEROON franked with 2S green tied by 150 24.12.34 cds, arrival bs Yaounde 31.01.35, very fine, scarce destination

20126 DCE 1935 Austrian Heroes, cplt. set of 6 values in imperf corner margin singles on 617-622 200 ungummed paper (Michel e1’000)

20127 CC 1936 Dollfuss 10s slate-blue, never hinged, very fine (ANK e1’500) 588 400

20128 F 32 1936 10s Dollfuss tied by special mourning day WIEN 25.VII.36 cds on FDC to 588 500

Germany, very fine

20129 C 1936 Dollfuss 10s slate-blue, IMPERFORATE horizontal pair mint, very fine and 588U 2’000 rare (Michel e8’000)















20130 CC 32 1946 Renner sheets (4), never hinged, very fine (ANK e2’650) 780-783 500

20131 CC 32 1946 Renner sheets (4), never hinged, very fine (ANK e2’650) 780-783 500

20132 CC 1946 Unissued “Blitz-Totenmaske” 5+3g and 12+12g singles, never hinged, very VI,VII 400 fine (ANK e2’400)

AirMAilS20133 BCCC 1917-18 Airmails, lot on album pages with 1917 and 1918 issues, noted 1917 5H FH with 11 1/2 x 12 1/2 perforation mint and used, also May 8, 1918 card to Kracow franked by 1918 4Kr, etc., fine (Est. e120/200)

20134 BF 32 1931 Graf Zeppelin Polarfahrt, cover and postcard (with elaborate printed cachet) 300 with Austrian franking, sent from Vienna 23.VII.31, cover via F’hafen (24.7.31 transit), card via Berlin (27.7.31) and each with Icebreaker receiver (27.VII.31), very fine

POSTAgE DuES

20135 CC 1911 5Kr violet and 10Kr violet, never hinged, very fine & scarce (ANK e1’250) 45,46 300

20136 CCC 1899-1961 Postage Dues, mint collection on 17 Lighthouse album pages, basically cplt. incl. 1909 thin papers, 1911 5K & 10K, 1925-34 set, fine (ANK e1’400+) (Est. e120/200)

iMPEriAl JOurnAl (ZEiTungSSTEMPElMArkEn)

20137 C 1853 2Kr Deep green, mint with large part original gum, good margins, fresh & 1dII 300 very fine, cert. Diena (ANK e2’500)

20138 CCCH 1853-90, Mint & used collection balance on three album pages, noted two 1858 1Kr provisional type I singles used and further two on two newspapers, also very rare 1877 1Kr type II in used block of four (cert. Matl), 2Kr type II single used, etc., fine (Est. e200/300)

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iMPEriAl JOurnAl (ZEiTungSSTEMPElMArkEn) (COnT.)

20139 CC 1858 3Kr Red-brown, type II (distance between stamps 1.3mm), in never hinged 3 400 block of 6, small tear in middle right stamp, o/w very fine and scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer (ANK e4’690)

20140 F 32 1858-59 4kr Brown used on cplt. cover page of the “Journal of Gas Lighting, 4 400 Water Supply & Sanitary Improvement - London, Oct., 11th 1859,” cancelled by oval K.K.ZEITUNGS EXPEDITIO(N) PEST(H) ds, full to large margins all around, cert. Ferchenbauer, also another newspaper franked by 2kr, attractive duo

20141 F 32 1859 4Kr Brown, type I, tied by KK STEMPELAMT TRIEST cds on first page of “The 4 200 London Journal,” just touched at upper left, fine and decorative item, cert. Ferchenbauer

TElEgrAPHS

20142 CCCH 1873-75, Small lot of telegraph stamps comprising a scarce 1873 1fl orange, 150 mint 1874 set of eight, plus same set with SPECIMEN ovpts, gen. fine

lOCAl iSSuES20143 F 28 LOSENSTEIN: 1945 Germany 24pf Hitler Head, bisected and tied to window env. by 120 Losenstein/c 9.V.45 cds, controversial usage, very fine, signed and cert. by Dr. Wallner (1969) who states, “...ein nur wenige Tage infolge Mangels an Briefmarken verwendetes Provisorium von ganz geringer Auflage”

POSTAl ClEAring STAMPS20144 F 1898-1908, Three documents with respectively the three different values issued, 60 fine trio

20145 H 1948, The three postal clearing stamps used, a few pressed creases as usual, 1-3 60 fine & unusual

FiElDPOST AnD MAriTiME20146 F 32 1829-66 Austrian Forces in the German Federal Fortresses of Rastatt and Mainz: Specialised collection displaying 22 covers in connection with these two fortresses, neatly and knowledgeably written up on exhibition pages, very fine (Est. e500/800)











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FiElDPOST AnD MAriTiME (COnT.)20147 F 32 1864 WAR AGAINST DENMARK: Registered entire folded letter to Pressburg bearing 800 1864 15Kr on obverse and 10Kr single on reverse, both tied by clear K.K. FELDPOST N°1/ 27/8 cds (Müller 3451a), the 10Kr on reverse has been damaged when letter was opened, very fine & rare, cert. Matl

20148 ACCC 1915-18, Collection on pages of the general issues for the Austro-Hungarian Military F Post, noted 1915 double “FELDPOST” ovpt, also imperfs, colour proofs, 1917-18 proof sheetlets of frame and centre, a few frankings, fine (ANK e4’092) (Est. e300/500)

20149 CCC 1917-19 Issues for Romania: Collection on album pages with most issued sets and singles including perf and imperf, inverted overprints, most of the rare unissued 1919 set, also some issues for Serbia and Montenegro, etc. (ANK e6’615) (Est. e300/500)

20150 ACCC 1918 Issues for Italy: Collection on album pages, noted overprint trial on Bosnia express stamps, postage dues with inverted overprints etc. (ANK e1’104) (Est. e100/150)

20151 F 36 MARINE: MELPOMENE - Lilac oval LLOYD AUSTRIACO PIROSCAFO MELPOMENE on 1917 150 Parcel card sent from Spalato to Primosten, fine, rare, ex Del Bianco

20152 F MARINE: DAMPFER XX (Framm) - Violet hs on 1917 Fieldpost card from Teodo to 100 Zara, fine, rare, ex Del Bianco

POSTAl STATiOnEry20153 F 36 1863 15K blue stationery cut-out (tear at bottom) tied by “SZAMOS UJVAR 28/12” 240 cds (repaint at two places) to cover to Pest, taxed “20”, “PESTH 30 12 Abends” cds, fine, cert. Puschman












AUSTRIAN LEVANTThe “E. S.” CollectionBecause of the complicated nature of this collecting area, with stamps of the Levant being used from Austrian Post Offices Abroad, or from Austrian territory that later was incorporated into an independent State, we have presented it by “stories” or regions, cutting across geographical borders, and have produced an index of lots by town. In some cases, the Austrian town name is given in the heading along with the respective country's version or the Ottoman equivalent.

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Town LoTn°Kustendje 20400-20405

Lagos 20272

Larnaca 20488-20491

PhiLiPoPoLi 20273-20282

PLoeschti 20353-20357

Portsaid 20514-20515

Prevesa 20283-20284

rettimo 20492-20495

rhodes 20496-20499

rodosto 20285

rustchuK 20406-20413

sajada 20286

saLonica 20287-20291

samsun 20186-20188

sangiovannidimedua 20292

santiQuaranta 20293

scio-cesme 20294-20296

serres 20297-20300

sinoPe 20189

smyrna 20194-20218

sofia 20301-20304

suLina 20358-20363

symi 20500

syra 20305

tenedos 20306-20308

trebisonda 20190-20193

tuLtscha 20364-20367

vaLona 20309-20311

varna 20414-20430

voLo 20312-20315

Widdin 20316-20320

Town LoTn°aLexandretta 20431

aLexandria 20501-20513

antivari 20219-20230

baKeu 20321

beLgrad 20231-20241

berLad 20322-20323

beyrut 20432-20438

bottuschan 20324-20325

buKarest 20326-20331

burgas 20395-20399

caifa 20439-20441

candia 20447-20452

canea 20442-20446

cavaLLa 20242-20245

constantinoPeL 20163-20184

corfu 20246-20252

craiova 20332-20334

czernaWoda 20335

dardaneLLen 20253-20257

d.d.s.g. 20369-20394

dedeagatsch 20258-20259

durazzo 20260-20261

gaLatz 20336-20340

gaLLiPoLi 20262-20267

giurgevo 20341-20343

ibraiLa 20344-20348

ineboLi 20268

jaffa 20453-20465

janina 20269-20271

jassy 20349-20352

jerusaLem 20466-20487

Kerrasunde 20185

index Of Austrian levant Town Cancellations

Additional items from some of the above towns, including uses from Ottoman or from other “post offices abroad” can be found within the offers of some of the Balkan countries

(e.g. Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, etc.) elsewhere in this catalogue



Austrian levant The “e. S.” COlleCTiOn

20154 A 1867 PROOFS: Group of five values (2s, 3s, 5s, 10s and 15s) printed in black on 400 yellow cardboard paper, scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer

20155 A 1867 PROOFS: Five values (3s, 5s, 10s, 15s and 25s) in original colours on slightly 400 thicker paper than the issued stamps, very fine & scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer

20156 C 1867 SPECIMENS: Complete set of 7 mint values (namely 2s, 3s, 5s and 25s fine 500 whiskers plus 10s, 15s and 50s coarse whiskers), each handstamped SPECIMEN, very fine & rarely offered, cert. Ferchenbauer (7)

20157 C 1867-1914, Mint collection of the stamps issued for the Levant, all neatly mounted on five album pages including 1867 fine & coarse whiskers plus some extra shades and perforations, postage dues section showing most sets in the two different green shades, etc., mostly very fine (Cat ca. e3’000) (Est. e500/1’000)

20158 F 1839-74 FORWARDING AGENTS: Specialized collection showing the diff. companies 400 active at the time of the Austrian Lloyd, noted well known Runcaldier, Ivancich, Dima Candoni, Calvocoressi, etc., mostly very fine, rare group of 14 items, ex Del Bianco

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THE “COSPOLI” STORYThe Establishment of an Extra-Territorial Office at the Heart of the “Sublime Porte”

The French ambassador in Constantinople was the very first European dignitary to entertain a regular courier service with his home country. But after a series of Turkish defeats at the end of the XVIIth century, the Divan consented in 1699 to also authorise the Austrian embassy on the Bosphorus to hire special envoys for the official mail transport to the West. The bags were transported by six Janissaries on the Sofia-Belgrade route to the new frontier, which, from Alt-Orsova upstream, followed the Danube and Sava rivers. From there, Croatian or Hungarian cavalry officers took the post in only three days riding to Vienna.

At that time, although in 1374 already Venice had enacted a law against the Introduction and spread of pestilence, there existed no quarantine stations along the territorial frontier of the Habsburg Empire in the Balkans, which extend over 6000 square miles from Dalmatia to the Bukovina. The plague outbreak in Vienna in 1713 compelled the authorities to temporarily stop the courier service until an elaborate sanitary cordon was established. By 1731 a “Purification Ordinance” could triumphantly proclaim that 7 principal and 12 auxiliary “Contumaz” stations were in operation from Croatia to Transsylvania.

This was the breakthrough needed. Except for the Italians and the Russians, who relied on their own facilities, all nationalities present in Constantinople now started to take advantage of the Habsburg routings. In 1748, some 10'000 letters, an average of 800 on every monthly run, were forwarded by the Austrian Office in the Constantinople district of Pera, and in 1752 the service had to be doubled to twice monthly. In 1775, St. Petersburg and Vienna obtained each a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, which gave their nationals the explicit right to maintain and even protect their own postal services on Ottoman territory.

By no accident were the Austrian posts considered the best available in Constantinople: speedy, correct, reliable. This goes back to the

Emperor Joseph II, son of Maria Theresa, who within 10 years after her death in 1780 managed to completely reform the administration of his vast possessions. He was a man of the XVIIIth century enlightenment, moving out of the court and towards the people, believing in the might of reason and science, abolishing Latin and Spanish and making German, the “language of the peasants,”, compulsory. In Eastern Europe, he was ahead of his time, and with respect to Turkish customs had an advance of over 100 years.

The most interesting period for marcophilists begins in 1844 with the elevation of Constantinople or “Cospoli,” as people now started to say, to a full-fledged Austrian postal district. This brought the introduction not only of the elaborate "K.u.K." working methods, but also the arrival of several forms of handstamps, including the beautiful "great ornament" circular type, which had its origin in Hungary.

However, the local Austrian postal director, in contrast to his French and Russian colleagues, had to wait until November 1863 before the adhesives of the first Soldi-denominated “Arms type” issue (from Northern Italy) became available for the Austrian “Cospoli” clerks, a full 13 years after the appearance of the first Kreuzer stamps in Vienna.

As an indirect consequence, the man in charge dispensed himself from the introduction of a special "killer" handstamp to deface the adhesives, but continued to use the 1844 series of cancels without year plug until as late as 1873. All these details have by now become well known and endearing features for most Levant philatelists.

Emperor Joseph II with his peasants. The great reformer created a central postal administration and made the

German language compulsory.

The capital of the Ottoman Empire at the time of the first courier services to Vienna.



The “Cospoli” Story COnSTAnTinOPEl (TurkEy)

20163 F 36 Two covers, first 1843 folded letter to Syra (superb ornamented bs) with black oval 400 AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / Costantinopoli hs and slit-disinfected, second second 1867 printed form (Lloyd headquarters) with (on back) double oval UFFICIO DI CONSEGNA / DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / COSTANTINOPOLI hs plus small LLOYD AGENTIA / COSTANTINOPOLI cds, fine and scarce duo

20164 F 1854-58 Correspondence showing 60 entires between the Austrian Office in 1’600 Constantinople & Düren in Germany, showing manuscript & handstamped rate markings, some disinfections, plus various routes & transit markings, generally very fine, an interesting lot for the student

20165 F 36 1859 Cover written in AMFISSA & transported to SYRA bearing at back blue oval 200 forwarder’s cachet G.C.GIANNUCACHI SYRA, on obverse SYRA 19.Maio.59 cds, ms “Via Constantinople & Vienna” crossed out but at bottom “Col vapore Greco,” also red crayon “15/10” cancelled and re-rated blue “28,” with red bs, very fine & rare

20166 GH 1863 Arms 2s + 3s + 5s pair + 10s pair all neatly tied to piece by ornamented 1’500 cds, cert. Diena, a stunning showpiece and possibly unique, plus addl. 15s vertical pair with similar datestamp, very fine

20167 F 1866 Folded cover from Constantinople to Venice bearing five Levant 1864 5s tied 700 by LETTERE ARRIVATE/ COL VAPORE/ DAL LEVANTE 3-line pmk, TRIEST transit and VENEZIA bs, fine & scarce

20168 F 1867 Folded cover to Genoa bearing pairs of 1864 15s and 3s, all tied by clear 1’000 CONSTANTINOPEL 9/8 (Tchil. fig. 385) cds, cover endorsed at top “Via Varna & Vienna” paying thus the 36 soldi rate, Milano transit among others and GENOVA 11 AGO 68 arrival bs, a scarce and attractive item, signed Diena and Raybaudi

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THE “COSPOli” STOry (COnT.)

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20169 F 1868 Folded cover to Livorno franked by 1864 15s + 10s + 3s tied by LLOYD 500 AGENZIE CONSTANTINOPOLI cds (Tchil.fig. 446), red PD and boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI alongside, sent “Via Brindisi” and thus paying the 28 soldi rate, attractive three-colour franking, signed Diena

20170 F 1869 Folded cover to Syros franked by 1867 10s tied by LLOYD AGENZIE 2’600 CONSTANTINOPOLI / 30.1 ds, with 20L applied on arrival, part cover flaps missing, a fine & extremely rare usage from Constantinople, signed Tseriotis

20171 F 1869 Folded letter to Marseille carried at double rate of 40 soldi, bearing 1’200 mixed issues franking of 1864 10s and 15 together with 1867 25s and pair & single 10s, all tied by CONSTANTINOPLE 13/2 cds (Tchil. fig. 387), red P.D. alongside, Trieste transit and MARSEILLE 21 FEVR 69 bs, an amazing gorgeous franking, signed Colla among others

20172 F 36 1869 Folded cover to Livorno bearing mixed issues franking of 1864 3s + 15s and 800 1867 10s, all tied by LLOYD AGENZIE/ CONSTANTINOPOLI 13/3 cds (Tchil.fig. 446), red PD and boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI alongside, LIVORNO 10MAR 69 arrival bs, neat 28 soldi rate franking sent via Brindisi

20173 F 36 1869 Folded letter to Braila franked by 1864 3s strip of five, neatly tied by 400 LLOYD AGENZIE / CONSTANTINOPOLI 23/8 cds (Tchil. fig. 446), black PD alongside, blue BRAILA 26/8 bs, light vertical filing crease, unusual multiple franking

20174 F 36 1870 Folded cover to Genova bearing 1867 15s and four 3s singles, all neatly 400 tied by CONSTANTINOPEL cds (Tchil. fig. 386), Verona transit and GENOVA 10 OTT 70 bs, very fine and full of character










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20175 F 1872 Double weight envelope to France franked by 1867 50s perf 12 plus two 10s 1’500 values tied by CONSTANTINOPEL 7/12 cds (Tchil. fig. 387), P.D. hs alongside, Trieste and Lyon transits plus LYON 14 DEC 72 bs, a few stains, still fresh and rare 70 soldi franking, signed Pfenninger and Diena

20176 F 46 1872 Folded cover to Genova bearing 1867 15s, 5s and pair of 2s tied by 500 CONSTANTINOPEL 28/9 cds (Tchil. fig. 386), P.D. hs alongside, Brindisi transit and GENOVA 3 OTT 72 bs, very fine three colour franking paying 24s rate

20177 F 1873 Envelope from Constantinople to Triest bearing MIXED FRANKING of Austria 1857 1’500 5Kr (2) and Levant 1867 10s, all tied by 3-line LETTERE ARRIVATE / COL VAPORE / DAL LEVANTE hs, TRIEST 1/5 73 oval ds alongside, very fine & scarce franking, cert. Diena

20178 F 1873 Greek newspaper printed in Constantinople without wrapper franked two 2s 500 tied by LLLOYD AGENZIE CONSTANTINOPLE / 18.2 cds, fine and scarce

20179 F 36 1873 Folded cover from Constantinople to Genova bearing two Levant 1867 10s singles 300 tied by LLOYD AGENZIE CONSTANTINOPOLI 28/6 cds, LETTERE ARRIVATE / COL VAPORE / DAL LEVANTE 3-line hs (Tchil. fig. 99) alongside, treated as unfranked on arrival and taxed the full 70c with Italian Dues applied, fine & scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer

20180 F 36 1874 Folded cover to Livorno paying double the 23 soldi rate, franked by 1867 500 25s, 15s and two 3s singles, all tied by CONSTANTINOPEL 26/6 74 cds (Tchil. fig. 389), P.D. hs alongside, Brindisi transit and LIVORNO 2 LUG 74 bs, filing crease through one 3s, a fresh and very unusual franking

20181 F 36 1874 Registered envelope to Vienna franked with 1867 15s tied by CONSTANTINOPEL 200 25/8 cds (Tchil. fig. 387), reverse bears 10s for registration fee. Lot also includes another cover with 15s single to Trieste, fine duo

20182 F 36 1876 Envelope to Alexandria, bearing 10s tied by 2-line COL VAP DA / COSPOLI 400 hs (Tchil. fig. 107) in black applied on arrival, Austrian P.O. ALEXANDRIEN 6/4 76 bs, very fine & scarce

20183 FGH 1863-67: LLOYD AGENZIE/ CONSTANTINOPOLI, Lot of various singles from 1863, 1864 600 & 1867 issues plus covers all showing a range of cancels from the above office, noted mostly Tchil. fig. 446 cds but also 447 & 448, better frankings include mixed issue 1864 & 1867 cover, gen. fine

20184 GH 1863-67, Lot of used singles, mostly from the 1867 issue showing a range of cancels, noted 300 Tchil. figs. 385, 386, 387, 388 & 392, also FRANCO and boxed registration cancel, values up to 50s, some items on fragments, a few small faults but mostly fine (35)


















kErrASunDE (TurkEy)

20185 F 46 1878 Envelope to Ibraila franked with 1867 10s tied by neat KERASSUNDE 9/8 240 thimble cds (Tchil. fig. 988), Constantinople transit and BRAILA 18 AUG 78 arrival bs, very fine, the Austrian post office in Kerassunde was opened quite late (1872) and the thimble cds used only from 1875

SAMSun (TurkEy)

20186 F 46 1866 Folded cover to Constantinople franked by 1864 10s tied by bluish SAMSUN 240 18/11 cds (Tchil. fig. 994), Constantinople arrival bs dated 21.11, very fine, signed Ferchenbauer

20187 F 46 1875 Folded cover to Trieste bearing two 1867 15s tied by black SAMSUN 6/3 cds 300 (Tchil. fig. 994), Constantinople transit and TRIESTE 17/3 75 bs, very fine

20188 F 46 1875 Folded cover to Constantinople bearing two 1867 10s singles (slightly 240 different shades) tied by SAMSUN 11/1 cds (Tchil. fig. 994), bs, one 10s with tiny natural air hole, fine, cert. Puschmann

SinOPE (TurkEy)

20189 H 1864 5s Red, horizontal pair neatly cancelled with clear SINOPE 4/4 cds in 200 black (Tchil. fig. 1005), very fine & rare, cert. Ferchenbauer

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TrEbiSOnDA (TurkEy)

20190 F 1867 Registered folded cover to Venice franked by 1863 2s + 1864 3s (3) + 10s 4’000 (5) and 15s single, no less than 10 singles making up this exceptional four-colour mixed issues franking, all tied by blue TREBISONDA 5/9 cds (Tchil. fig. 981), Constantinople transit and TRIEST 16/9 bs, cover opened for display and a few ironed creases, a spectacular 76 soldi franking and a great Austrian Levant cover, cert. Diena

20191 F 46 1874 Cover to Triest bearing 1867 10s and 5s, neatly tied by TREBISONDA 17/12 340 with block below date cds (Tchil. fig. 983), Constantinople & Vienna transits and TRIEST 24/12 bs, ex Wise, Linz and Jerger, signed Colla and Ferchenbauer

20192 F 46 1876 Folded cover to Trieste franked with 1867 10s tied by neat TREBISONDA 1/7 with 150 block below date cds (Tchil. fig. 983), TRIEST 2/7 bs, very fine, signed Ferchenbauer

20193 H Lot of six singles comprising 1864 15s, 1864 5s, 10s, 15s & 50s, noted “block 120 below date” type in blue, small faults









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THE SMYRNA STORY.

Today's Izmir was once of nexus of trade in the Aegean - and remains so today

When Byzantium was just a small Greek village on the Bosphorus, in the VIIth century B.C., flourishing Smyrna has already become a serious rival to Troy and was long established as one of the 13 Ionian townships. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, existing even before the ancient Greeks arrived in Anatolia. In Roman times, Smyrna vied with Ephesus and Pergamon for the title "First in Asia." Its name derives from a famous Amazon queen said to have ruled over the valley of Nymphi.

Around 1838, with the arrival of the paddle steamer, Smyrna entered a sustained period of prosperity. The courier route from Vienna to Smyrna by way of the Balkans used to take over a month, and all of ten days for the last stretch from Constantinople to Smyrna. Now, with fast maritime connections, suddenly things became less burdensome. Exports and imports henceforth could take advantage of the new regular shipping connections, establishing viable commercial exchanges both ways between Europe and Anatolia. And by 1845 already the Lloyd Austriaco (Austrian Lloyd) system of shipping lines had become the leading transport possibility in both directions.

However, the old Austrian Consular Post Office insisted on its postal privileges. A certain rivalry with the Lloyd ensued, which makes the early period, between 1840 and 1870, particularly interesting for the postal historian. So far nobody seems to have fully explained why Smyrna was the first Austrian Post Office in the Ottoman Empire to issue “thimble” sized cancellers and year plugs, why they had to use makeshift local handstamps, why they changed several times from black ink pads to blue pads and vice versa, or when and why exactly the Lloyd circular date stamps could take over the bulk of the work from the Consular Office.

After 1870, the town again made a great leap forward. With the expertise and the material left over from the piercing of the Suez Canal, Smyrna's wharfs, piers and quays were upgraded and soon looked like a model of modernity. The population rose to over one million inhabitants by 1914, of which the dominant and richer half were Greek. In 1920, the Treaty of Sèvres went as far as to place the town under Greek administration. However in 1922, the Greek army was driven back by the Kemalists, the city set on fire, and the Greek population chased from Anatolia.

While Smyrna developed as an opening into the Ottoman Empire for the merchants of Europe, today's Izmir has become the third largest city in Turkey and the second largest port, after Istanbul. The population, some 150'000 in the 1920s, has now grown to over 2 million - some of whom are descendants of the Greek, Italian, Jewish and Armenian merchants who prospered when Smyrna was Smyrna.

The Smyrna inlet in D.D.S.G. times, from a watercolour by Toni Trevisan.

Towards the end of the XIXth century, Smyrna had become the most important trading center in the Aegean Sea.

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20194 F 46 1856 Folded cover to Constantinopel bearing black oval AGENZIE DEL LLOYD 240 AUSTRIACO SMYRNA hs, at back beautifully fresh & intact seal of the Ottoman Bank at Smyrna, fine & scarce, ex Del Bianco

20195 GH 1863-67 Lot of mostly thimble-type cds cancels (Tchil.-Tranmer fig.10) on 300 mostly 1867 singles from 3s to 50s, noted two blue ones on 50s values, a few with fig. 11 cancels, also mixed 1864/1867 frankings, mixed to fine (38 stamps)

20196 F 46 1867 Entire folded letter to Genova bearing 1864 15s +10s +3s tied by LLOYD 500 AGENZIE/ SMIRNE 13/3 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 8), boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI pmk, Brindisi transit and GENOVA 20 SET 67 arrival bs, very fine 28 soldi three-colour franking, cert. Diena

20197 F 46 1868 Folded cover to Turin bearing 1864 3s together with 1867 25s tied by neat 360 SMIRNE 8/5 69 thimble cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 10), boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI alongside, Brindisi transit and TORINO 12 DIC 68 arrival bs, very fine, signed Diena

20198 F 46 1868 Folded cover to Genova bearing 1864 3s together with 1867 25s tied by neat 440 LLOYD AGENZIE / SMIRNE 17/5 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 8), boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI alongside, Brindisi transit and GENOVA 20 MAG bs, very fine, signed Diena

20199 F 52 1869 Entire folded letter to Genoa bearing 1864 3s together with 1867 25s tied 400 by neat SMIRNE 8/5 69 thimble cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 10) and boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI, Brindisi transit and GENOVA 14 MAG 69 bs, very fine

20200 F 52 1869 Folded cover to Lyon, France franked with two 1864 15s plus 1867 10s tied 220 by one central SMIRNE thimble cds, LYON 11 AVRIL 69 arrival, filing crease through 10s, fine mixed issues franking

20201 F 52 1870 Folded cover to Genoa franked by 1867 25s and 3s tied by LLOYD AGENZIE / 300 SMIRNE 28/5 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 8), Brindisi transit and GENOVA 2 GIU 70 bs, very fine, cert. Raybaudi

20202 F 52 1871 Folded cover to Genoa franked by 1867 15s + 3s (2) + 2s tied by SMIRNE 500 11/7 71 thimble cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 10), Brindisi transit and GENOVA 21 LUG 71 bs, some reinforcements on the inside but not affecting the adhesives, a charming three-colour franking, cert. Diena

20203 F 52 1871 Folded letter to Milan bearing pair of 1867 10s plus single 3s, all tied 180 by SMIRNE 1/4 71 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 10) in black, Brindisi transit and MILANO 7 APR 71 bs, crease on 3s when applied, fine

20204 F 52 1871 15s Brown (2), each tied to very fine or superb cover to Trieste by 140 thimble SMYRNE 21.5. & 3.6.71 cds, ex Ralli Correspondence

20205 F 52 1872 Folded cover to Lyon franked at 35 soldi by 1867 25s and 10s tied by 340 thimble SMIRNE 13/4 72 cds in black (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 10), Brindisi and Torino transits and LYON 19 AVR 72 arrival on reverse, very fine, signed Lamy

20206 F 52 1872 Folded letter to Genova franked by 1867 10s (2) and 3s tied by LLOYD 150 AGENZIE / SMIRNE 6/7 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 8), Brindisi transit and GENOVA 11 LUG 72 cds, fine















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THE SMyrnA STOry (COnT.)

20207 F 52 1877 Folded entire to Gallipoli, ITALY with rare blue oval JOLY & C° / SHIPPING 120 AGENTS / SMYRNA hs and franked by 10s fine print tied with SMIRNE / 17.3.77 cds, handled by maritime agent with cachet alongside, couple vague bs, fine

20208 F 46 1873 Cover from Smyrna to Catania (ITALY) bearing blue circular COMPAGNIA DI 1’400 NAVIGAZIONE A VAPORE / LA TRINACRIA cachet. Due to its lack of ships, the company deposited this letter at the Austrian P.O. in Smyrna, with total 23 soldi in stamps tied by SMIRNE thimble cds in black, fine and attractive, the only known cover with this combination

20209 F 1873 Folded cover to London franked by 1867 10s strip of four + 3s pair tied by 400 thimble SMIRNE 1/11 73 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 10), neat LONDON 10 NO 73 cds alongside, one 10s showing tiny faults, a spectacular franking at double the 23 soldi letter rate, signed Lamy

20210 F 1874 Folded cover to Genoa franked by 1867 10s +3s (3) and 2s (2) paying 23 soldi 400 rate, all stamps tied by LLOYD AGENZIE / SMIRNE 19/9 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 8), Brindisi transit and GENOVA 25 SET 71 bs, fine

20211 F 1875 Folded cover to Genova with a FIVE-COLOUR franking of 1867 10s pair + 15s 2’000 + 5s + 3s + 2s, tied by LLOYD AGENZIE / SMIRNE 16/5 cds in black (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 8), BRINDISI 19 MAG 75 transit and GENOVA 21 MAG 75 bs, a fresh and spectacular item, cert. Matl

20212 F 52 1878 Entire from Metelino to Trieste franked by 10s blue tied by SPED. POST 300 PRESSO LLOYD SMIRNE on arrival in Smirna port, scarce & very fresh item, ex Del Bianco

20213 F 52 1882 Envelope to Constantinople franked by 1867 10s tied by large SPED. POST: 400 PRESSO LLOYD / SMIRNE 20/9 82 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 12), scarce, cert. Puschmann, lot also includes another cover to Jaffa bearing 1864 10s and tied by another type of cds (2)











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THE BALKANS AND GREECE.

Before the Hellenic wars of independence between 1821 and 1829, the European part of the Ottoman Empire covered the totality of the Balkan peninsula, including what nowadays is Greece. When the first Austrian mail runs were opened in the XVIIIth century, Greece was just a historic notion, an almost forgotten country. Even after 1829, Thrace, Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, Albania, Rumelia, etc. remained under control of the Divan. Only with the Balkan wars at the end of the XIXth and the beginning of the XXth century did more modern geographical and political definitions become relevant.

With this in mind, it seems natural that Salonica in 1777 was the first place after Constantinople to accommodate an Austrian postal service, be it on private initiative. Via Serres, it connected with Sofia (Bulgaria) on the main route from and to Vienna. Occasionally it still employed the time-old individual mail runners in their colourful local costumes, who, keeping in their hand a metal box containing the message, were capable of running 150 miles in 3 days for the reward of one single Theresienthaler.

After 1818, this rather hazardous connection over bad roads and mountainous territory also became a regular mail route, and from about 1840, a weekly mail coach operated all the way from the Aegean Sea via Sofia and Belgrade to Austria.

Before World War I, Salonica indeed was the largest town in the region, economically more important than Athens, Belgrade or Sofia. Since the end of the Middle Ages, after the expulsion of the sepharadic Jews from Portugal and Spain, a large part of them found refuge in the Ottoman Empire, with many settling down in the strategically placed, northernmost port of the Aegean Sea. In its streets and on the harbour front, one could hear people speaking interchangeably Ladino, Yiddish, Greek, Italian, Turkish, Bulgarian, Serbian and German, their main business being the trade exchanges between Greece, the Balkans and central Europe.

It may be useful to note the ultimate political fate of the Austrian post offices in this part of the Balkans.

Salonica, Serres, Kavala and Janina came to Greece in 1913, whereas Thessaly with Volos already had its independence since 1881.

Sofia became in 1908 the capital of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, to which Dedeagatsch and Adrianople belonged for a short while in 1913.

Durazzo went to Albania in 1912, whereas since 1878 Antivari was governed by the king of Montenegro (as Scutari, it later became part of Albania). Only Gallipoli and the Dardanelles remained strictly Ottoman until the birth of the Turkish Republic in 1923.

Janissary mail runners, from the XVIIth century onwards, crossed the Balkans on foot, with or without military escort.

Before the arrival of the steamships, the bulk of all European mail took the overland road.



balkans & greece ADriAnOPEl / EDirnE (TurkEy)

20214 G 1863 5s (5) and 10s cancelled by ADRIANOPEL 21/7 cds on fragment, fine 150

20215 GH 1864-67 Selection of Adrianopel cancels, mostly Tchil. fig. 948, also a few with 200 Tchil. fig. 947, gen. fine

20216 F 52 1865 Folded letter to Constantinople with pair of 1864 5s neatly tied by two ADRIANOPEL 600 30/3 cds (Tchil. fig. 947), CONSTANTINOPEL 4/6 arrival bs, very fine & scarce

20217 F 1867 Folded cover to Genoa bearing two 1863 3s plus 10s & 15s, all tied by 1’500 ADRIANOPEL 14/11 cds (Tchil. fig. 947) paying the scarce 31s rate (10s Levant rate + 16s for Austria to Italy), Vienna transit and GENOVA 24 NOV 67 bs, slightest of peripheral tone spots on a few perforations at top do not detract from this rare three-colour franking, very fine, cert. Ferchenbauer, ex Jerger

20218 F 52 1869 Entire folded letter to Genoa bearing 1863 3s and 1867 10s strip of 3, all 800 tied by ADRIANOPEL 15/4 cds (Tchil.fig. 947), reverse bears Vienna transit, Udine-Verona TPO and GENOVA 25/4 bs, corner perf on 3s missing, scarce franking

AnTivAri / SCuTAri (MOnTEnEgrO / AlbAniA)

20219 F 52 1753 Entire folded letter from Constantinople to Venice, ms rating “51” and 400 endorsed “Conbud° Di Sp° D’Catt°,” sent before the establishment of the Austrian post office in Antivari, carried part of the route between Constantinople and Antivari by the Montenegrin “bandits,” very fine & scarce, ex Bustamante

20220 F 52 1855 Entire folded letter to Lyon, France sent 31 January 1855 (very early as 200 the Austrian post office was opened that month, ANTIVARI cds and VIA DEGLI STATI SARDI 2-line on obverse, plus decorative missionary negative seal alongside, LYON 10 FEVR 55 bs, very fine, ex Bustamante

20221 F 52 1858 Stampless folded letter to Cafalbuttano (Lombardy), handstamped with 120 ANTIVARI 10/6 cds and s/l FRANCO alongside, fine

20222 F 60 1866 Folded letter from Antivari to Patras bearing Austrian Levant 1864 15s 2’000 tied by ANTIVARI 28/11 cds (Tchil. fig.467), Greek 20L blue applied on arrival and tied with PATRAS 25 NOEM 66 cds, Kerkyra transit bs, some creasing, fine & very rare combination cover

20223 F 52 1869 Entire folded letter from Scutari (Albania) to Venice bearing Turkey 1869 600 1pi tied SCUTARI D’ALBANIE 24/7 cds in blue, Austrian P.O. ANTIVARI 27/7 cds (Tchil. fig. 467) alongside, taxed “15,” TRIEST 31/7 bs, fine & scarce















bAlkAnS & grEECE (COnT.)

20224 F 60 1869 Part-cover from Scutari (Albania) to Venice bearing Turkey 1869 20pa tied 500 by Turkish circular Scutari hs, Austrian Levant 1864 5s pair and strip of three tied by Austrian P.O. ANTIVARI 17/8 cds (Tchil. fig. 467) applied for onward transmission, VENEZIA 22 AGO 69 arrival bs, name restored and parts of cover added, still decorative and very presentable, cert. Diena

20225 F 1870 Folded cover from Scutari (Albania) to Venice bearing Turkey 1869 1pi 1’000 postage due tied by Turkish circular Scutari hs, 13/8 cds alongside, Austrian Levant 1867 5s and 10s horizontal pair tied by Austrian P.O. ANTIVARI 15/8 cds (Tchil. fig. 467) applied for onward transmission, VENEZIA 21 AGO 70 bs, cover showing reinforcement in middle and last name restored, a rare franking

20226 F 60 1871 Folded cover from Scutari (Albania) to Venice bearing Turkey 1869 2pi 1’000 single and BISECT tied by Turkish circular Scutari hs, Austrian Levant 1867 5s and two 10s tied by light Austrian P.O. ANTIVARI 23/12 cds (Tchil. fig. 467) in blue applied for onward transmission, VENEZIA 31 DIC 70 arrival also re-cancels 10s pair, addressee’s name hastily erased, rare franking

20227 F 1871 Folded cover from Scutari (Albania) to Venice bearing Turkey 1869 20pa & 600 1pi tied by Turkish circular seal hs, ANTIVARI 30/10 cds (Tchil. fig. 467) alongside, crossed out “PD” with Italian 60c and 10c postage dues tied by VENEZIA 5 NOV 71 boxed arrival, TRIESTE transit, fine & scarce (illustrated in Coles & Walker, part I, p. 4)







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20228 F 1873 Folded cover from Scutari (Albania) to Trieste bearing Turkey 1869 20pa 1’200 and 2pi BISECT tied by Turkish Scutari circular hs, two Austrian Levant 1867 5s tied blue by ANTIVARI 11/11 cds (Tchil. fig. 467) applied for onward transmission, TRIESTE bs, some small damage to adhesives, a rare franking, signed Raybaudi

20229 FGH 52 1863-67, Selection of covers, fragments and singles with Austrian Levant 1863, 300 1864 and 1867 issues cancelled with ANTIVARI cds in black or blue (Tchil. fig. 467), gen. fine (2 covers, 2 fragments with 2 stamps each, 14 singles)

20230 G 60 DULCIGNO (after closure of the Antivari office): 1879-80, Three fragments 240 respectively with one, three and five 1867 10s singles, all cancelled by DULCIGNO / SAN GIOVANNI DI MEDUA cds (Tchil. fig. 469), one piece also bearing boxed LETTERE ARRIVATE PER MARE, fine & scarce trio

bElgrAD (SErbiA)

20231 F 60 1847 Small size outer letter sheet from Constantinople to Paris, bearing linear 2’000 “CONSTANTINOPLE 12 MAI” of the Austrian Levant office, tax mark “90” soldi, carried by Tatars across the continent first to the border of the Principality of Serbia, disinfected at Alexinatz on the Serbian border, on reverse oval negative KONTUMAC ALEKSINACKI, carried across Serbia to the Austrian P.O. in Belgrade where linear “BELGRAD 21.MAI” applied, opened and cleaned a second time at the Austrian Quarantine Station of Semlin, negative “SIGILIUM SANITATIS” hs, letter closed with red wax seal and inscription, Sigil. Sanitatis Semlinensis, carried across Austria to the French border, red double ring “AUTR. FORBACH 29.MAI 47” cds, an attractive & rare combination

20232 F 60 1850 Registered folded cover to Rottenmann franked by two 1850 9Kr, HP, 1’200 cancelled by BELGRAD / 9 AUG. 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig. 663), RECOM registration marking below, disinfection punches and special NETTO DI FUORA ET DI DENTRO hs on reverse, 18Kr rate corresponding to 12Kr for postage and 6Kr for registration, light crease on one 9Kr when applied, a fine and scarce franking, cert. Ferchenbauer

20233 F 60 1852 OHMS registered folded entire from London, tracing the fate of a missing 1’500 letter, posted at Manchester on 11 October 1852, 8d postage, sent to R. Woodward in Belgrade, Serbia. The document has confirmation of forwarding from London, of transit through Coeln and as well as a further Austrian transit. Finally there is a statement of the addressee written in Belgrade 14/26 January 1853, stating that he was on a trip via Temesvar, Bukowina and Transylvania, and that the letter was returned to England via Vienna, Ostende and Avreport after 8 weeks. The search letter has on its outside a PAID cancel of London, an AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN, a transit SEMLIN 25/1 and an arrival mark BELGRAD 25.JAN of the Austrian Consular Post in the Principality of Serbia One of the earliest letters known from England to the Principality of Serbia

20234 F 60 1852 Folded cover to Semlin bearing 1850 3Kr, HP, large margins, tied by 800 BELGRAD/ 3.AUG 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig. 663), NACH ABGANG DER POST 2-line alongside, SEMLIN 4/8 bs, very fine









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20235 F 60 1854 Folded cover to Temesvar bearing 1850 6Kr, HP, tied by BELGRAD/ 8.JUN 2-line 600 cancel (Tchil. fig. 663), SEMLIN 9/6 transit and TEMESVAR 10/9 bs, very fine

20236 F 60 1855 Disinfected folded cover to Salzburg bearing 1850 9Kr HP, marginal 400 example, tied by BELGRAD / 16.AUG 2-line cancel (Tchil .fig. 663), disinfection punches, WIEN transit and SALZBURG 22/8 arrival, very fine

20237 F 62 1854 Entire folded letter to Trieste bearing 1850 9Kr HP tied by BELGRAD / 340 16.JUL 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig. 663), SEMLIN 16/7 transit and TRIESTE 24/7 arrival bs, 9Kr with small margins, fine

20238 F 62 1857 Letter from Kragujevac to Neusatz (Novi Sad), transported by the Serbian 1’200 post within the country, bearing oval “POSTA KRAGUJEVACKA” and oval “NAPLACENO,” both in the very rare black colour (only two known in black), used only for letters across the border of Serbia. Sent first to Belgrade with arrival postmark “BEOGRAD / 11.11” of the Serbian post, transfered there to the Austrian consular PO which applied linear “BELGRAD / 23.NOV.” hs, carried across the border and disinfected at the Semlin quarantine station, black oval “NETTO DI FUORA ET DI DENTRO” hs, postal transit “SEMLIN / 23.11” and arrival mark at destination “NEUSATZ / 24.11.” Manuscript St. Andrew’s cross to confirm payment of the Serbian rate at Kragujevac, and linear “FRANCO” applied at Belgrad. Only covers from the interior of Serbia were transported by both postal systems. Letters from Serbian Belgrade (Beograd) were posted directly at the Austrian P.O. there. Difference of dates because of the application of the Julian (Serbia) and Gregorian (Austria) calendars

20239 G 60 1869 Fragment of “VIDOVDAN” newspaper franked by Austria 1867 2Kr tied by 200 BELGRAD 29/9 cds and Hungarian 2Kr newspaper stamp (unevenly cut) tied by Semlin cds as extra franking, LAST DAY of the Austrian post office in Belgrade, fine

20240 62 1870 Complete “Vidov Van” newspaper from Belgrade to Karlovitz bearing FRANCO 400 s/l and BELGRAD 9/2 cds (Tchil. fig. 663), a pair of 1Kr Austrian newspaper stamps were put on in Semlin and tied with respective cds as extra franking, some tape added later to facilitate exhibiting, small faults to pair, still fine and scarce

20241 FGH 1858-68, Selection of used items mounted on two exhibition pages comprising 200 covers franked by respectively 5Kr single, 15Kr single and two covers each franked by three 5Kr, the singles being mostly from 1867 issue, gen. fine (13)

For BURGAS (BULGARIA) see lots 20395-20399

CAvAllA (grEECE)

20242 F 62 1857 Cover to Trieste bearing clear oval AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO CAVALLA 800 (Tchil. fig. 632), , fine and scarce

20243 G 1864 10s Blue pair tied to small piece by CAVALLA 10/2 cds in BLUE (Müller 150 6814a, 120 pts), very fine & scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer

20244 F 62 1868 Folded cover to Trieste bearing 1864 10s tied by CAVALLA cds (Tchil. fig. 150 633) in black, very fine, lot also includes fragment with various values of 1900 issue cancelled by later cds (Tchil.fig. 636)

20245 F 62 1869 Folded cover to Odessa franked with combination of 1864 5s and 1867 10s 500 tied by blue-black CAVALLA 8/9 cds (Tchil. fig. 633), ODESSA / 5SEP 1869 arrival cds at right, fine & scarce

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COrFu (grEECE)

20246 F 1864 Envelope to Constantinople franked by 1863 15s tied by extremely rare oval 3’000 cachet I.R. CONSOLATO GENERALE AUSTRIACO IN CORFU (Tchil. fig. 460), blue CORFU 30 NOV cds (Tchil. fig. 461) alongside, LLOYD AGENZIE CONSTANTINOPOLI arrival, fine and extremely rare, cert. Diena, signed Raybaudi

20247 H 10s blue cancelled by CORFU double-ring cds in blue (Tchil. fig. 461), small 800 imperfections but a very rare usage, rated RRR as in use only 3 months

20248 F 62 1875 Envelope to Holland franked with Egypt 1874-75 1pi but unaccepted and not 1’000 cancelled, cover with manuscript “T” and Austrian SCHIFFSAMT No.1 / 11.11.75 / Corfu cds alongside, cover flap faults, scarce usage

20249 F 1869 Folded cover to Switzerland bearing Austrian Levant 5s strip of three and 2’000 single, all tied by clear SCHIFFSAMT N°1 1/12 Corfù / 69 cds (Tchil. fig 51), endorsed “via Trieste”, HERISAU 6.XI.69 bs, extremely rare cancel and unknown on cover per Tchilingirian

20250 F 62 1870 Entire folded letter to Alessandria, Egypt bearing Austria 1867 15Kr tied 400 by SCHIFFAMT N°1 28/5 Corfù 70 cds, ALEXANDRIEN 3/6 bs, very fine & scarce

20251 F 1871 Folded entire from Cospoli to Genova (adhesives missing) bearing 100 SCHIFFSAMT No.1 / 1.6.71 / Corfu (with larger Corfu insert), scarce













20252 F 1873 Folded cover from Corfu to Trieste bearing SCHIFFSAMT N°. 2 / 6.2.73 / 2’000 Corfù ds, endorsed “Vapore d’Alessandria,” very fine strike, ex Del Bianco stating this to be unique, great rarity of Levant maritime

DArDAnEllEn (TurkEy)

20253 F 62 1840 Entire from Salonika to Trieste, sent via Austrian Lloyd with their gothic script 1'200 oval AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / Dardanelli hs in black, cover was slit -disinfected en route, very fine & scarce

20254 F 1859 Folded letter to Thessalonika showing ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE of black 1’500 double-oval AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / DARDANELLI hs, very fine & extremely rare showpiece, ex Arsman

20255 F 62 1865 Disinfected cover to Trieste franked by 1864 5s and 15s tied by IN DER 700 DARDANELLEN 8/31 cds in blue (Tchil. fig. 4), TRIEST oval bs, disinfection punches and slight discolouration of the 5s, fine & rare item

20256 F 62 1869 Folded cover to Trieste franked by 1864 15s and 1867 10s tied IN DEN 400 DARDANELLEN 29/1 cds (Tchil.fig. 4), oval TRIESTE 4/II arrival bs, very fine mixed issue franking, cert Diena

20257 F 62 1869 Folded cover from Maita to Genova bearing three-colour franking with 1867 300 2s +3s +10s tied IN DEN DARDANELLEN 10/12 cds (Tchil. fig. 4), large PD alongside, Trieste transit and GENOVA 18 DIC 69 arrival bs, fine, cert. Diena

DEDEAgATSCH (grEECE)

20258 F 62 1874 Folded cover to Venice bearing 1867 5s + 10s tied by bright blue 800 DEDE-AGATSCH 23/3 cds (Tchil. fig. 958), taxed on arrival by Italian 30c postage due (crease) tied by VENEZIA 25 MAR 74 boxed arrival, very fine & scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer










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20259 F 1875 Folded letter to Trieste franked by 1867 5s + 3s + 2s tied by DEDE-AGATSCH 2’000 6/7 75 cds (Tchil. fig. 958), Constantinopel transit and oval TRIEST 14/7 bs, an exquisite tricolour franking paying the 10s rate, superb and very rare, signed Sorani

DurAZZO / DurrëS (AlbAniA)

20260 F 66 1873 Entire folded letter to Bari bearing 1867 3s (tiny stain) and two 10s, 600 tied by clear DURAZZO 2/10 73 thimble cds in blue (Tchil. fig. 474), Brindisi transit and BARI 8 OTT 73 bs, disinfection slits away from adhesives, signed Colla and Ferchenbauer, very fine & scarce

20261 GH 1867 Small lot of singles bearing mostly the DURAZZO thimble in blue or black 200 (Tchil. fig. 474), others with Tchil. fig. 473, fine & scarce group (8 stamps)

gAlliPOli (TurkEy)

20262 F Circa 1856-59 Folded entire to Constantinople bearing greenish oval NEGATIVE hs 4’000 of AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / GALLIPOLI, fine & the only negative cancel of Gallipoli we have ever seen, ex Del Bianco










bAlkAnS & grEECE (COnT.)20263 F 66 1860 Folded entire from to Constantinople, bearing BLUE oval cachet of AGENZIA 1’500 DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / GALLIPOLI, a fine and extremely rare strike in blue

20264 F 66 1868 Entire folded letter to Constantinople bearing mixed issue franking of two 600 1863 2s plus two 1864 3s and single 5s, all tied by GALLIPOLI NEL LEVANTE 6/10 cds (Tchil. fig. 967), LLOYD AGENZIE CONSTANTINOPOLI 7/10 bs, filing crease through 5s, attractive three-colour franking

20265 F 66 1869 Folded letter to Genoa bearing mixed issues franking of 1864 15s and 1867 500 10s tied by neat GALLIPOLI NEL LEVANTE 18/6 cds (Tchil.ig. 967), boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI alongside, Brindisi transit and GENOVA 23GIU 69 bs, light toning around adhesives else fine & scarce, signed Colla & Ferchenbauer

20266 F 1874 Exceptional 1867 issue Soldi-Kreuzer mixed franking combining 5Kr postal 5’000 stationery cut-out (small to touched margins) and Levant 3s and 15s, paying 23 soldi rate to Italy, all tied to cover by GALLIPOLI NEL LEVANTE 18/7 cds (Tchil. fig. 967), on reverse Corfù and Brindisi transits together with GENOVA 23 LUG 71 bs, very fine & outstanding item, cert. Puschmann

20267 FH 66 1880 Small enveiope to Athens franked by 1867 10s tied by GALLIPOLI NEL LEVANTE 120 26/11 cds (Tchil. fig. 967), P.P. hs alongside, bs, lot also includes 1864 3s pair with same cancel

inEbOli (TurkEy)

20268 FH 66 1878 Registered envelope to Constantinople bearing pair of 1876 fine print 10s 700 tied by black INEBOLI 29/6 cds (Tchil. fig. 1006) cds, RECOM s/l alongside, LLOYD / CONSTANTINOPLE 3/9 arrival bs, a few cover faults. Ineboli covers are very rare, and registered use even more so. Signed Colla and Ferchenbauer. Lot also includes 1864 5s (thin) with same cancellation in blue, signed Calves

JAninA (grEECE)

20269 F 1864 Folded cover to Bucarest bearing mixed issue franking 1863 2s + 3s and 2’000 three 1864 15s, all tied by JANINA 15/12 cds (Tchil. fig. 509), Pesth transit and BUCAREST 29/12 bs, a very fine and rare three-colour franking













20270 F 66 1873 Registered envelope to Vienna franked by 1867 3s strip of five (folded 600 over at left) and 10s pair, tied by JANINA 28/3 cds (Tchil. fig. 509), RECOM s/l alongside, WIEN 14/3 bs, scarce mutliple of the 3s on cover, signed Colla and Ferchenbauer

20271 F 66 1903 Cover to Constantinople franked by pair of 1pi values tied by Austrian 200 Post cds, on arrival marked bilingual “T” as local delivery had to be charged to receiver, two Turkish bs, scarce origin and usage, fine

lAgOS (grEECE)

20272 F 66 1880 Entire folded letter to Constantinople franked with1867 10s (small corner 300 fault) tied by LLOYD AGENZIE / LAGOS cds (Tchil.fig. 953), CONSTANTINOPOLI / LLOYD 26.11.80 bs, fine & scarce

PHiliPOPOli (bulgAriA)

20273 F 70 1860 Stampless folded cover to Marseille bearing FILIPOPOLI 22/6 cds (Tchil. 200 fig. 868), FRANCO hs (Tchil. fig. 872) and red P.D., French entry cds alongside, disinfected (special cachet on reverse), Vienna and Paris transit bs together with Marseille arrival, very fine

20274 F 70 1860 Stampless entire letter to Reveredo bearing FILIPOPOLI 1/6 cds (Tchil. 150 fig. 868) and FRANCO hs (Tchil. fig. 872), disinfected (special cachet on reverse), Vienna transit and REVEREDO 9/6 bs, fine

20275 F 66 1866 Folded letter to Vienna franked by 1864 10s pair tied by FILIPOPOLI cds in 700 black (Tchil.fig. 868), WIEN bs, very fine and a scarce usage of the Arms issue at this office, signed Colla and Ferchenbauer

20276 F 66 1870 Entire folded letter to Vienna franked with 1867 15s tied by FILIPOPOLI 150 10/8 cds (Tchil.fig. 868), WIEN 10/8 bs, fresh & fine

20277 F 70 1875 Printed Matter 4 soldi rate cover to Messina bearing pair of 1867 2s tied 1’200 FILIPOPOLI 7/5 cds in black (Tchil. fig. 868), neat PD alongside, MESSINA 18 MAG 75 arrival, corner crease and one or two slightly shaved perfs mentioned for accuracy only, a fresh and very scarce franking, ex Rivolta

20278 F 66 1875 Pre-printed envelope to Vienna franked by 1867 10s tied by FILIPOPOLI 1/10 260 cds (Tchil. fig. 868), WIEN 9/10 bs, tiny cover faults, still very decorative

20279 F 70 1880 Envelope to France franked by 1867 10s tied by FILIPOPOLI 23/3 cds (Tchil. 240 fig. 868) and French entry marking, POITIERS 31/3 bs, superb

20280 F 70 1883 5s Red postal card addressed to Denmark, cancelled by FILIPOPOLI 1/10 cds, 200 arrival cds below, crease and light stain at bottom, a very unusual destination, fine

20281 F 70 1884 Registered 3 Soldi Green ps entire addressed to Perugia, cancelled 400 FILIPOPOLI 12/4 cds (Tchil. fig. 869), three adhesives carefully removed from the reverse, nevertheless an extremely rare usage of the 3s entire

20282 GH 1864-67 Small lot of cancels comprising three singles and a pair from 1864 240 issue with Tchil. fig. 868 cds, ten 1867 singles of which all but one (Tchil. fig. 869) have same cancel, gen.fine (14)

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PrEvESA (grEECE)

20283 F 1866 Folded cover to Kerkyra bearing two 1864 2s and one 5s tied by PREVESA 2’000 25/3 cds (Tchil. fig. 516), charged for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 40L (touched at top) added on arrival, tied by Kerkyra cds (also on reverse), very rare 9 soldi franking valid for postage between two close towns and without local distribution, very fine, cert. Ferchenbauer

20284 F 70 1867 Entire folded letter to Kerkyra franked with 1867 10s tied by PREVESA 6/12 400 cds (Tchil. fig. 516), PP hs above, charged for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 20L added on arrival, fine & scarce

rODOSTO (TurkEy)

20285 F 70 1897 20pa Postal card to Paris, cancelled with superb violet oval cachet AGENZIA 800 DEL LLOYD / AUSTRIACO / RODOSTO, very fine & rare (Tchil. fig. 972, states no stationery recorded)

For RUSTCHUK (BULGARIA) see lots 20406-20413

SAJADA (iOniAn iS.)

20286 F 1904 Picture postcard to Corfu, franked by Turkish 10pa tied by oval AGENZIA 2’600 DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / SAJADA in violet, some toning, a fine & extremely rare exhibition showpiece, ex Kohane










SAlOniCA / THESSAlOniki (grEECE)

20287 F 1864 Folded cover to Trieste bearing exquisite mixed issue franking of 1863 2s 1’200 + 3s and 1864 15s tied by SALONICH / 22.DECEMBRE 2-line in blue (Tchil. fig. 594), Trieste arrival bs, cover slightly reduced inside, a wonderful two-issue three-colour franking

20288 F 1864 Folded cover to Vienna bearing 105 soldi franking made up by overlapping 1’000 of six 1864 15s +10s and 5s singles, tied by SALONICH / 22.DECEMBRE 2-line cancel in blue (Tchil. fig. 594), WIEN 27/XI bs, possibly a few tiny faults but truly a spectacular franking for the connoisseur

20289 F 70 Undated envelope to Beirut franked by 1864 10s tied LLOYD AGENZIE / SALONICHIO 200 28/3 cds (Tchil. fig. 628), BERUTTI 29/3 arrival cds alongside, very fine

20290 F 70 1873 Printed matter to Osegg bearing 1867 2s yellow tied by SALONICH / 8. 240 JUILLET 2-line in black (Tchil. fig. 594), reverse bears WIEN 18/7 transit and KOMMOTAN 19/7 arrival, underfranked, fine, cert. Ferchenbauer

20291 F 70 1875 Folded cover to Livorno franked with 1867 10s with ms cancel in form of a 200 cross, Trieste and Corfu transits and LIVORNO 7 NOV 75 bs, very fine & unusual

SAn giOvAnni Di MEDuA / SHëngJin (AlbAniA)

20292 F 70 1882 Folded cover to Trieste bearing 1867 10s tied by SAN GIOVANNI DI MEDUA 2/7 360 82 cds (Tchil. fig. 470), TRIEST 16/7 bs, a few cover stains, fine & scarce

SAnTi QuArAnTA / SArAnDë (AlbAniA)

20293 F 70 1880 Entire folded letter to Trieste bearing 1867-76 10s tied by clear and 800 upright SANTI QUARANTA 12/7 cds (Tchil. fig. 490), TRIESTE 15/7 bs, slight stain at base of adhesive but a very fine example of this very elusive cancel, signed Ferchenbauer













SCiO - CESME (AEgEAn iS.)

20294 F 1864 Folded cover to Syra with Levant-Greece mixed franking, bearing Levant 1863 3s 1’500 pair and two 2s tied by SCIO CESME 8/10 cds (Tchil. fig. 560), charged for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 20L tied on arrival by SYROS 27 SEPT 64 cds, very fine & scarce franking, especially with the 1863 issue, cert. Ferchenbauer

20295 F 74 1868 Entire folded letter to Syros, Greece bearing vertical pair of 1864 5s tied by blue 1’200 SCIO-CESME 19/12 cds (Tchil. fig. 560), charged for internal postage on arrival with two Greece Large Hermes 10L tied by SYROS 8 DEC 68 cds, filing crease on one 10L, an attractive and colourful mixed franking, cert. Ferchenbauer

20296 F 70 1877 Entire folded letter to Genoa franked by 1867 10s tied by SCIO-CESME 24.10 120 cds (Tchil. fig. 560), boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI alongside, Corfù and Brindisi transit bs plus GENOVA 4/11 77 arrival, fine

SErrES (grEECE)

20297 F 1864 Folded cover to Vienna with a fantastic mixed issue, three-colour franking with six 8’000 1863 3s and one 15s plus two 1864 5s (of which one is covering one of the 3s), neat SERRES / SET 6. 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig. 616) tying all but the 5s on the reverse, WIEN bs, one 5s with a short corner perf else magnificent showpiece full of character (highlighted in Tchil. on p. 386), ex See







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20298 F 74 1864 Folded cover to Vienna franked by 1863 10s in mixed issue franking with 1’200 1864 15s (2 pairs), all tied by blue SERRES / OTT. 4 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig. 616), WIEN 14/10 bs, two adhesives each with a corner fault and a few stains, a rare and attractive franking, signed Pfenninger

20299 F 74 1869 Folded cover to Vienna franked by 1864 15s tied by clear blue SERRES / 550 11.8 cds, fine

20300 H 1883 10s bearing clear part cancel of AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / ORFANO, the 400 only known obliteration of that elusive agency located next to the port of Serres

SOFiA (bulgAriA)

20301 GH 1864-67 Lot of four singles bearing SOFIA cds (Tchil. fig. 864), mixed, please view (4) 150

20302 F 1867 Folded cover to France bearing pairs of 1864 15s & 5s, centrally struck 800 with one bold SOFIA 21/5 cds (Tchil. fig. 864), French entry cds alongside, WIEN 9/4 transit bs, a few pressed creases incl. a filing crease through the 5s pair, the 5s is extremely rare with this cancel and is rated RRR in Tchil., fine

20303 F 76 1867 Envelope to Constantinople franked by 1864 10s tied by SOFIA 30/5 cds 240 (Tchil. fig. 864), CONSTANTINOPLE 3/6 bs, fine

20304 F 76 1879 Envelope to Constantinople franked by 1867 10s tied by SOFIA 3/9 cds 260 (Tchil. fig. 864), arrival bs dated 8/9, file crease not affecting adhesive, fine

SyrA (grEECE)

20305 F 76 1877 Folded cover to Genoa bearing Hermes Head 30L tied by SYRA 11 APR 77 cds, 120 boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI AUSTRIACI applied on arrival, fine

TEnEDOS / bOZCA ADA (TurkEy)

20306 DFE 74 1864 Cover front to Salonika franked by 1864 10s tied by blue TENEDOS cds 800 (Tchil. fig. 582), very rare as no cover is recorded by Tchilighirian, rated RRR, signed Colla and Ferchenbauer

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20307 DFE 1867 Cover front to Milan bearing thirteen examples of 1867 15s plus one 5s all 3’000 tied by TENEDOS 16/5 cds (Tchil. fig. 582), large PD hs alongside, an exceptional franking from this very rare origin as well as an incredibly rare cancel on the 1867 15s (rated RRR by Tchilinghirian), signed Raybaudi, Bolaffi and Diena, cert. Diena

20308 F 76 1870 Folded cover to Trieste bearing 1867 5s and 10s tied by light TENEDOS 1/7 300 cds (Tchil. fig. 582), TRIEST 14/7 arrival bs, 5s with faults, signed Sorani, scarce

vAlOnA / vlOnE (AlbAniA)

20309 F 74 1865 Folded cover to Vienna bearing mixed issue franking with 1863 15s and 1864 1’000 10s tied by very fine strike of VALONA 29/1 cds (Tchil. fig. 483), somewhat “watery” company cachet below, TRIEST 4/2 and WIEN 6/2 arrival bs, a very fine & rare franking (Tchilinghirian rates the 15s on cover as RRR), signed Colla and Ferchenbauer

20310 F 76 1875 Entire folded letter to Trieste bearing 1867 5s + 3s + 2s tied by clear 600 VALONA 24/6 cds (Tchil. fig. 483), TRIESTE 4/7 bs, cover endorsed “Via Corfù”, attractive three-colour franking

20311 F 76 1875 Entire folded letter to Trieste franked by two 1867 5s singles tied by 400 very neat VALONA 28/7 cds (Tchil. fig. 483), TRIEST 8/6 bs, very fine & scarce

For VARNA (BULGARIA) see lots 20424-20430

vOlO / vOlOS (grEECE)

20312 F 74 1855 folded letter showing rare blue-green oval AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / 1'200 VOLO hs with sunburst, fine & extremely elusive early usage

20313 F 76 1867 Small envelope to Melun, France bearing two 1864 15s plus single 10s tied 500 by VOLOS 24/8 cds (Tchil. fig. 631) in blue, boxed PD and red LANS LE BOURG French entry cds alongside, MELUN 9 SEPT 64 bs, 10s crease and 15s rounded corner of little importance for this scarce and decorative franking

20314 F 76 1871 Folded entire to Syra, Greece bearing pair of 1867 5s tied by blue VOLOS 600 7/4 cds (Tchil. fig. 631), Greece Large Hermes 20L for internal postage added on arrival, tied by SYROS 28 MART 71 cds, one 5s with irregular perfs and 20L touched, scarce

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20315 F 1880 Folded cover to Trieste bearing TEN examples of 1864 3s and three 10s 2’400 making up 60 soldi franking, all tied by VOLO 26/8 cds (Tchil. fig. 631), top flap missing and a few adhesives affected by two filing creases, an exceptional franking as Tchilinghirian rates the Volos cds on a 3s as RRR, item illustrated in the 1981 edition of Ferchenbauer, cert. Fiecchi

wiDDin (bulgAriA)

20316 H 1867 Issue, small selection singles cancelled with either black or blue WIDDIN 120 thimble cds (Tchil. fig. 869), noted 5s in used block of four, also blue cds on 25s (rated RRR by Tchilinghirian), mixed to fine (9 stamps)













20317 HJ 1867 2s Orange, coarse print, block of 4, each stamp with central WIDDIN / 2.1.77 700 thimble cds, fine and rare in multiples (Cat. e1'100 as block of 4 with cheapest cancel), cert. Matl

20318 F 76 1869 Folded letter to Vienna franked by 1867 15s tied by WIDDIN 8/9 69 thimble 700 cds (Tchil. fig. 986), WIEN 11/8 bs, 15s with a few irregular perfs at foot else very fine and scarce

20319 F 1870 Entire folded letter to Belgrade bearing a vertical strip of five of 1867 3s, each 2’000 stamp neatly and centrally cancelled by WIDDIN 25/9 70 cds in blue (Tchil. fig. 896), blue PD alongside, Belgrade bs, a most spectacular franking from this office, very fine, cert. Diena, signed Bolaffi (2), Diena (2) and Raybaudi

20320 F 76 1872 Registered envelope to Constantinople bearing 1867 10s tied by neat WIDDIN 300 3/6 72 thimble cds (Tchil. fig. 896), another 10s on reverse with faults and uncancelled, CONSTANTINOPLE 7/6 bs, envelope slightly reduced at right, fresh & fine

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THE PRINCIPALITIES OF ROMANIA

Since the de facto union of Rumania was only accomplished in 1859, and since the first constitutional prince (Carol I) did not arrive before 1866, the prephilatelic period in this region belonged to the so-called Danube principalities. Existing since the XIVth century, Valachia and Moldavia had come under Ottoman rule shortly after, but their princes (voivodes) had always achieved some autonomy, based on the popularity of the Orthodox faith. Only in the XVIIIth century did the Divan lose confidence in the capabilities of the voivodes to resist Russian imperialism and started to impose Greek phanariot administrators on the two provinces.

The whole western frontier of the Principalities faced the Habsburg monarchy, bearing in mind that Transylvania belonged to Hungary at that time. Austrian mail routes and Consular Offices existed in 1791, with the regular run from Sofia via Bucharest to Hermannstadt, and prior to 1836 with postal services (extraterritorial post offices) in Kraiova, Jassy, Bottuschan and Galatz. From 1815 up to 1850, the region enjoyed remarkable stability, as Constantinople, Vienna and St.Petersburg had come to the conclusion that in the framework of the Holy Alliance their conflicting interests were served best by maintaining the status quo.

But after the Russian military steamroller in 1849 had made short shrift of the Kossuth rebellion in Hungary, everything changed. The Tsar, at the head of his victorious armies, was convinced he could topple the old order and "liberate" his orthodox Slav "brethren" south of the Pruth.

In Vienna, the old chancellor Clemens Metternich, who always had refused to open the "box of Pandora" (as he called the ethnic mix of the Balkans), was forcibly retired after the revolution of 1848. And the young Austrian emperor Francis-Joseph mistrusted tsar Nicolas I with regard to Russian ambitions in Rumania, Bulgaria, Serbia and even Greece.

As a consequence, at the beginning of the Crimean War, he refused to side with the Russians, and on the contrary, proceeded to invade the Principalities as "a token of our neutrality.".

This military occupation not only brought the new adhesives from Vienna to an Ottoman province, it stimulated for a number of years all Austrian postal activities in the region, evidently with the able assistance of the "Donau Dampf Schifffahrts Gesellschaft" (the “D.D.S.G.”)

In the long run however, the "K.u.K" imperial incursion into the “East” proved to be the wrong decision. The newly-uniting Romania did not side with Vienna but rather with St. Petersburg. Russia continued to attack the Ottoman Empire, and, at the end, at Sarajevo and after Sarajevo, Francis-Joseph paid with his son's life and a crushing defeat in World War I for his unlikely endeavors to assert Austrian dominance in the Balkans.

The banknotes of the Austro-Hungarian Empire showed the use of 10 languages - a symbol for its diversity.

The princes of Valachia and Moldavia always managed to keep some independence under Ottoman rule.



The romanian Principalities bAkEu (rOMAniA)

20321 F 74 1867 Registered envelope (opened for display) to Lausanne, Switzerland bearing 1’500 15s pair on face and 10s single on reverse tied neat by blue-black BAKEU 1/12 cds, JASSY and WIEN transits and LAUSANNE 8 XII 67 arrival, the 15s pair was used to seal the envelope at top and thus cut when envelope was opened, an amazing item from this very rare office, cert.Diena

bErlAD (rOMAniA)

20322 F 1864 Folded cover to Vienna bearing 1863 15s in combination with 1864 10s, tied 2’000 by neat BERLAD 25/10 cds (Tchil. fig. 723), JASSY 27/10 transit and WIEN 31/10 arrival cancel, items from this post office are very rare and this is the most beautiful example we have seen so far, very fine

20323 H 1864 10s Blue cancelled with neat central BERLAD 10/1 cds (Müller 6807a), also 150 light trace of a red cancel, very fine & rare, cert. Ferchenbauer

bOTTuSCHAn (rOMAniA)

20324 F Undated stampless entire to Jassy with BOTTUSCHAN / 21 AUG stralight line hs & 500 FRANCO alongside, entire frail and soiled, rare, ex. See

20325 F 76 1865 Registered part folded cover (two flaps missing) from Botuschan to Leipzig 500 in Germany bearing 1867 10s blue tied by blue BOTUSCHAN 9/1 cds (Tchil. fig. 727), blue and red boxed RECOMANDIRT hs at left, adhesive for registration was probably on reverse originally, nevertheless very scarce

bukArEST (rOMAniA)

20326 F 1860-66 Three stampless cover, one from the Austrian Office to Paris with 200 BUKAREST / 6.3 cds in black, the others through the Romanian to or through Burcharest offices, fine (3)

20327 F 76 1864 Folded cover to Vienna bearing two 1863 2s tied by BUCAREST 1/1 cds 200 (Tchil. fig. 714), WIEN 4/1 arrival bs, very fine

20328 F 76 1866 Registered cover to Vienna franked with 1864 15s on face and 10s for 600 registration on reverse, both tied by BUKAREST / RECOMMANDIRT 24/9 oval ds (Tchil. fig. 716), boxed WIEN 26/9 bs, a very fine and scarce franking

20329 F 84 1866 Folded cover to Vienna bearing 1864 15s tied by BUCAREST 26/9 cds (Tchil. 150 fig. 714), WIEN 30/9 arrival bs, very fine

20330 FG 84 1867 Folded cover to Vienna bearing 1867 10s tied by BUCAREST 20/5 cds (Tchil. 120 fig. 714), WIEN 25/V 68 bs, very fine















THE PrinCiPAliTiES (COnT.)20331 GH 1864-67 Selection of cancels on mostly 1867 issue, noted Tchil. fig. 714, 715 & 150 716, values up to 50s, mixed to fine (14)

CrAiOvA (rOMAniA)

20332 F 1855 Folded cover from Craiova to Vienna bearing 1854 3Kr red pair and 9Kr blue 800 single, all MP, tied by K.K. ÖST.F.P. KRAJOVA 20/11 cds (Müller 3444a), TEMESVAR 24/11 transit and WIEN 26 NOV arrival bs, superb showpiece

20333 F 84 1856 Folded letter from Craiova with Austrian Fieldpost KRAJOVA cds (reversed 600 “J”) on face, sent to Cologna with (on reverse) Alt-Orsova cds and wax seal of the disinfection station there, also other transits and bs, fine and scarce

20334 F 84 1855 Folded cover from Craiova to Vienna bearing 1854 3Kr red pair and 9Kr blue 500 single, all MP, tied by K.K. ÖST.F.P. KRAJOVA 20/11 cds (Müller 3444a, 375pts), ALT-ORSOVA 10/8 1855 disinfection cds and WIEN 15 AUG bs, very fine

CZErnAwODA (rOMAniA)

20335 F 84 1871 Entire folded letter to Vienna bearing 1867 15s tied by blue CZERNAWODA 500 25/10 cds (Tchil. fig. 851), WIEN 2/XI bs, lot includes 1864 5s pair with same cancel, very fine and scarce, cover is ex See

gAlATZ (rOMAniA)

20336 F 1860-64 Five stampless covers, one to Vienna with s/l FRANCO & GALATZ / 29.6 400 cds in blue, other via Pesth to Prussia, showing an interesting route passing the Ratibor border, rated 30 silver groschen of which 6 gr was paid to Austria, also with blue GALATZ / 12.3 cds, third cover to Paris via the port on the Danube & disinfected at Alt Orsova, with clear blue-green GALATZ / 7.9 cds, last item 1870 from Romanian office in Galatz to Marseille, a fine group (5)

20337 F 76 1864 Folded cover to Corfù bearing 1864 15s tied by GALATZ 23/4 cds (Tchil. 600 fig. 744), charged for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 20L on arrival, some creasing and corner perf. missing on pair, signed Vlastos










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20338 F 1865 Folded cover to Montpellier, France bearing 1864 15s strip of four plus single 2’000 and 5s all tied by neat GALATZ 19/12 cds (Tchil. fig. 744), red P.D. alongside with clear French entry cds, Vienna and Paris transit bs together with MONTPELLIER 29 DEC 65 cds, technically one 15Kr with tear but in no way detracting from this characterful franking paying double the 40 soldi letter rate

20339 F 84 1867 Wrapper with sideflaps removed franked by 10s sent from Constantinople to 460 Romania, cancelled on arrival with Galatz cds, alas typed annotations on obverse, rare

20340 G 1867 10s Blue in strip of five on piece tied by neat GALLATZ 2/8 cds (Tchil. fig. 743) 100 and part of boxed PD in red, one light corner crease, fine

giurgEvO (rOMAniA)

20341 F 84 1855 Envelope from Giurgevo to Vienna bearing Austria 1850 9Kr blue, MP, tied 2’000 by clear GIURGEVO 9/11 cds (Müller 3441a, 1’275pts), WIEN 19.NOV arrival backstamp, very fine & rare, cert. Ferchenbauer

20342 F 84 1866 Folded cover to Vienna bearing 1864 15s and 5s tied by GIURGEVO 25/1 cds 400 (Tchil. fig. 748), WIEN 4/2 bs, 5s with light vertical crease, signed Colla & Ferchenbauer, ex Rothschild, lot also includes 1867 10s on piece with same cancel

20343 F 84 1866 Folded letter to Ibraila franked by 1864 15s tied by neat GIURGEVO 22/10 300 cds (Tchil. fig. 748), IBRAILA 25/8 arrival bs, very fine

ibrAilA (rOMAniA)

20344 F 84 1854 Fieldpost envelope with contents sent from Bistritz to Stanislau, bearing Austria 1’500 1850 9Kr, MP, tied by FELDPOST N°4 10/8 cds of Ibraila (Müller 3442a, 900pts), CZERNAWODA 12 AUG transit and STANISLAU 15 AUG bs, very fine and very rare

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20345 F 1864 Registered entire folded letter to Bersaska bearing 1863 15s + 5s + 10s 2’000 (2, one on the reverse for registration), all tied by 2-line IBRAILA / 15 APR. hs (Tchil.fig. 728), RACCOM. s/l alongside (not recorded fromt this office), 10s on reverse with small tear but complete (which is rare), Neumoldova transit and BERSASKA 20/4 arrival cds, extremely fine three-colour franking

20346 F 1865 Folded cover to Vienna franked by vertical pair of 1864 15s neatly tied by 600 JBRAILA 15/9 cds (Tchil. fig. 730), WIEN 19/XI bs, fine & scarce, cert. Sorani

20347 F 84 1868 Folded letter from Ibraila to Marseille bearing 1867 15s pair and two 2’000 singles plus two 10s singles tied by Vienna “1” target cancels applied in transit, also red ms cancel partly erased, French entry cds alongside, Vienna and Paris transits plus MARSEILLE 25 OCT 68 arrival bs, attractive double-weight 80 soldi franking, very fine & rare, cert. Ferchenbauer

20348 H 1864 15s Brown pair and 1867 15s brown pair each cancelled by clear JBRAILA cds 150 (Tchil. fig. 730), also further 1864 10s and 15s singles with same cancel, fine













JASSy (rOMAniA)

20349 F 88 1857 Disinfected envelope from Jassy to Vienna bearing pair of Austria 1850 9Kr 800 blue, MP, tied by neat FELDPOST N°2/ 2/7 cds (Müller 3443a, 600 points), pair with close to clear margins, WIEN 8/7 bs, fine & scarce

20350 F 88 Undated folded cover to Kustendje franked by 1864 10s (3) + 5s tied by JASSY 400 27/3 cds (Tchil. fig. 757), GALATZ 29/3 transit bs, fine, signed Sorani

20351 F 88 1867 Folded letter to Paris franked by 1864 15s and 1867 25s tied by blue JASSY 500 31/10 cds (Tchil. fig. 757), P.D. and French entry cds alongside, Vienna transit bs, despite light faults on 25s very decorative mixed issues franking, cert. Ferchenbauer,

20352 GH 1867 Lot comprising 50s pair, 50s single and 10s on piece, all cancelled by 120 JASSY cds (Tchil. fig. 757) in blue, the pair (some perf. separations) with cert Ferchenbauer, mostly fine

For KUSTENDJE (ROMANIA), see lots 20400-20405

PlOESCHTi (rOMAniA)

20353 GH Three Austria 1850 9Kr blue singles respectively cancelled by fieldpost cancels 300 of Fokschan (on piece), Ploeschti and Roman, small faults, scarce trio

20354 F 88 1856 Cover from Braunschweig, dated from contents, with 3sgr tied, sent first 6’000 to Buzeo and then forwarded to Ploesti, with (on reverse) Minden-Berlin TPO and Austro-Hungarian Temesvar transit and then several Austrian fieldpost cds incl. n° 1 (Bucharest), 12 (Bakeu) and PLOESCHTI, an important showpiece from the “forerunner” period of the Austrian P.O.s in Romania, fine

20355 F 88 1865 Registered envelope (opened out for display) to Belgium bearing two 1864 1’500 15s on face and one 1864 10s on reverse for registration, tied by PLOJESTIE 23/8 cds in black (Tchil. fig. 768), boxed Recomandirt in red, OSTENDE 30 AOUT 65 arrival bs together with several transit pmks, one 15s with defective corner, a rare and striking registered cover to an unusual destination, lot also includes three 1867 values each with a red strike of the same cds

20356 F 88 1866 Entire folded letter to Vienna franked by pair of 1864 5Kr tied by 2’000 PLOIESTIE 10/5 cds (Tchil. fig.768) in black, HARMANNSTADT 12/6 transit and WIEN 15/6 arrival bs, very fine & scarce













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20357 G 1867 5s, 10s and 15s singles each on piece each neatly cancelled by PLOJESTIE 600 cds (Tchil. fig. 768) in RED, very rare and fine trio

SulinA (DObruDJA)

20358 F 1856 Folded letter to Galatz bearing ONE OF TWO KNOWN negative oval blue-green 1’500 AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / SULINA hs, remarkable fine showpiece, ex Brandt, Garmiryan and Arsman

20359 H 1867 Issue: Small lot of 7 singles cancelled cancelled with either one or the 120 other of the two cds, gen. fine (7)

20360 F 1867 Cover to S. Elpidio a Mare franked by 1867 3s + 5s + 15s all canc. “SULINA 856 5’000 / 3.VIII” of the Danube Company offices, cover enhanced & restored, very rare and attractive tri-colour franking













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20361 F 88 1868 Entire folded letter to Trieste franked by 1863 15s tied with SULINA 23/3 1’000 cds (Tchil. fig. 839), Czernawoda transit and TRIEST 2/4 arrival bs, covers from Sulina with a 15s are not recorded in Tchilinghirian and covers with 1864 issue are rated RRR, signed Raybaudi

20362 F 88 1871 Folded cover to Venice bearing 1867 15s + 3s + 5s tied by SULINA 21/5 cds 700 (Tchil. fig. 839) and PD hs, Vienna transit and VENEZIA 29 MAG bs, one somewhat shorter perf on the 3s and one pecked cover corner, a most attractive three-colour franking, cert. Ferchenbauer

20363 F 90 1877 Entire folded letter to Constantinople franked by 1867 10s tied by SULINA 300 14/1 77 3-line cds (Tchil. fig. 840), Varna transit and CONSTANTINOPLE 3/2 77 arrival bs, very fine

TulTSCHA (DObruDJA)

20364 F 90 1856 Folded entire to Galatz with blue oval AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / 1’200 Tulcia hs, fine & extremely scarce showpiece

20365 CF The Famous Tultscha Combination Cover 10’000 1866 Folded entire from Tultscha in Romania to Yenikioy via Galata, franked by 1864 Austrian Levant 10s blue tied by TULTSCHA cds in blue, in combination with Liannos Post “Post Locale” 40pa black on rose, tied on arrival by black rectangular grid cancel, with GALATA / 3.JY.66 oval ds alongside and blue YENIKIOY / 3.JY.66 oval bs and LLOYD AGENZIE CONSTANTINOPLE cds alongside, addressee’s name pen-obliterated. A STUNNINGLY RARE COMBINATION, accepted as UNIQUE, via the Black Sea, signed Robson Lowe who noted on the cover in pencil, “a genuine cover with Liannos”. Provenance: Bombieri.

20366 F 90 1867 Folded cover to Syra, Greece franked by 1864 15s tied by TULTSCHA 12/12 1’500 cds (Tchil. fig. 837), charged for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 20L tied on arrival by SYROS 11 DEC 67 cds, a very fine and rare franking (Tchilinghirian rates all covers from Tultcha with this issue as RRR), cert. Ferchenbauer

20367 F 90 1874 Folded letter to Messina franked with 1867 15s tied by TULTSCHA 5/10 cds 240 (Tchil. fig. 837), AMBTE CORMONS VENEZIA bs among other transits, and MESSINA 13 OTT arrival cds, very fine

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THE D.D.S.G STORY

These four initials used to be quite a popular acronym under the imperial Habsburgs. From Metternich and the Rothschilds onwards it came to be understood as a symbol of Austrian efficiency and of commercial penetration into the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire. When the “pyroscaph” started paddling on the most majestic waterway in Europe, the rival “steamhorse” had not yet made its appearance. Within a few years, an entirely new approach became possible when tackling the difficult transport problems in a region where roads, security and regularity so far had been cruelly inadequate. Astonishingly fast progress was made with regard to speed, reliability and capacity of the DDSG ships on the Danube, which henceforth remained their undisputed playing field for over one hundred years.

The "First Imperial Royal Privileged Steam Navigation Company" was founded on March 18, 1829, on the initiative of two English shipbuilders. On the Clyde and the Hudson, they had witnessed the economical advantages of installing steam engines on barges and wooden hulls which were plying along coastal stretches and on rivers, especially when going upstream. They acquired a 15 year privilege for trading rights on the Danube, and in 1830 already made trial runs from Vienna, upstream to Linz and downstream to Budapest. No less than the emperor himself baptized their first steamer with his name: Franz I.

By 1834, the D.S.G. fleet counted already five units. The "Argo" had reached Galatz, while the "Maria Dorothea" ventured out into the Black Sea and all the way to Constantinople. By 1837, when the Lloyd Austriaco launched the "Arciduca Ludovia" on its maiden trip from Triest, the D.S.G. were already operating their postal services in most of the Levant ports. These paddle steamers with sails were no longer afraid of maritime storms and considerable distances. Besides Odessa, Saloniki, the Dardanelles and Smyrna, they went to Beyrouth and even Jaffa, as documented by recently discovered postmarks.

In 1845 the wind had changed. With the high operating costs of extensive fleets, two major shipping companies under the same flag were unsustainable. Bankruptcy loomed. After lengthy discussions involving the government, it was decided to nominate the Lloyd Austriaco sole official postal agent in the Mediterranean ports and to restrain the D.S.G. to the Danube. An additional "D" (for Danube) was added to the original company name, meaning that the D.D.S.G. schedule had to stop at Sulina on the Danube delta.

Up to 1875, when the Austro-Hungarian Empire joined the U.P.U., the activities of the D.D.S.G. with its 40 steamers and over 50 agencies between Ulm and the Black Sea remained to be an exceptionally rich treasure trove for postal historians. True, there is unsatisfactory documentation for the period of the Crimean War, when the ships served as troop transports for the Austrian army sent to occupy the Danubian Principalities. But the collector is easily fascinated by the prephilatelic conflicts up to 1866, and after that by the wealth of private issues and postmarks.

Without authorization to handle foreign mail, the D.D.S.G. agents rapidly developed imaginative means to accept and transport such letters all the way from the delta (and even Odessa) to Baziasch in Hungary, where the railway could take over. In 1878, after the Congress of Berlin, the D.D.S.G. was forced to abandon all its mailing functions to the official government posts of each of the countries involved.

From Alt-Orsova downstream the D.S.G. agencies were on Ottoman territory on both sides of the Danube.

The earliest postal material recorded bearing the handstamp of a ship (1839) was from the MARIA DOROTHEA of the D.S.G., plying between

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D.D.S.g.20369 F 90 BRAILA (Romania): 1844 Folded letter to Constantinople with near-superb strike 1’800 of framed PORT.PAYE. cachet used by DDSG ships, an important showpiece with only two examples recorded and dating from the year of the first big expansion of the D.D.S.G.

20370 F 90 CALAFAT (Romania): 1866 Entire folded letter to Braila bearing 1866 17Kr red, 300 perf. 12, tied by very neat CALAFAT 27/IV cds in blue, adhesive with diagonal crease, superb cancellation

20371 F 90 CALAFAT (Romania): 1868 folded letter to Braila bearing 1867 10Kr green, type 800 I, in vertical pair tied by CALAFAT cds in blue, one 10Kr got creased when applied, very fine and scarce multiple franking, cert. Zenker

20372 F 90 CALAFAT (Romania): 1868 Entire folded letter to Braila bearing 1866 17Kr red, 300 perf. 12, tied by CALAFAT 20/IV cds in blue, very fine

20373 F 90 CZERNAWODA (Romania): 1867 Entire folded letter to Orsova bearing 1866 17Kr red, 300 perf. 12, tied by CZERNAWODA 21/7 cds in blue, very fine, signed Raybaudi & Diena

20374 F 90 GALATZ (Romania): 1861 Folded letter from Sistov to Galatz with small black oval 600 DDSG “GALAZ” bs, then 1863 folded letter from Sistov with larger oval DDSG “GALATZ” bs and fancy comm’l cachet, also 1869 cover to Orsova with 10pa green (file fold) tied by both Sistov DDSG agency oval and small ds, both in blue (3 covers)

20375 F 90 GALATZ: 1866 Folded cover to Galatz bearing 1866 17Kr red, perf. 12, tied by 100 7/7 cds, GALATZ 5/VIII arrival bs, fine

20376 F 90 GALATZ: 1868 Entire folded letter to Braila bearing 1867 10Kr green, type I, 200 tied by GALATZ 24/XI in blue, very fine

20377 F 90 LOM-PALANKA (Bulgaria): 1868 Folded cover to Rustzuk bearing 1867 10Kr green, 150 type I, tied by oval AGENZIE D.D.S.G. LOM-PALANKA in blue, filing crease

20378 F 94 ODESSA (Russia): 1869 Entire folded letter to Braila bearing 1867 10Kr green 800 (fault), type I, tied by oval D.D.S.G ODESSA (24/4) in blue, used in April 1869 shortly before the Odessa office closed (1870), covers with with DDSG stamps from Odessa are rare with fewer than ten examples are known

20379 F 94 OLTENITZA (Romania): 1866 Entire folded letter to Galatz bearing 1866 17Kr red, 400 perf. 12, tied by oval AGENZIE D.D.S.G. OLTENITZA in blue, GALATZ 19/VI arrival ds on reverse, cover tear at bottom, very fine

20380 F 94 OREAVA (Bulgaria): 1872 folded letter to Orsova bearing 1867 10Kr green, type I, 200 tied by OREAVA 27/V cds in blue (Tchil. fig 909), very fine

20381 F PANCSOVA (Serbia): 1906 Delivery slip for merchandise transported from Vienna 100 to Pancsova, special 10H fiscal stamp, D.D.S.G. 21.VII.06 PANCSOVA cds alongside, fine

20382 F 94 PIQUET (Romania): 1867 Folded letter to Vienna bearing 1866 17Kr red, perf.12, 500 tied by oval PIQUET D.D.S.G hs (Tchil. fig. 784) pmk and 31/3 ds in black, ALT-ORSOVA 3/4 1867 cds alongside, WIEN 6/VI bs, full of character, cert. Ferchenbauer

20383 F 94 RUSTZUK (Bulgaria): 1866 Folded cover to Galatz franked 1866 17Kr, perf 12, 300 tied by clear RUSTZUK / 14.X cds in blue (Tchil. fig. 916), with company cachets alongside, fine

20384 F 94 RUSTZUK (Bulgaria): 1868 folded cover to Lom-Palanka bearing 1867 10Kr green, 300 type I, tied by RUSTZUK 7/IX cds in blue, very fine, signed E. Müller

20385 F 94 SISTOV (Bulgaria): 1867 folded letter to Orsova bearing 1866 17Kr red, perf. 200 12, tied by AGENTIE D.D.S.G. SISTOV pmk (Tchil. fig. 928) and 3/3 cds in blue, very fine

20386 F 94 SISTOV (Bulgaria): 1867 folded letter to Nicopoli bearing 1866 17Kr red, perf. 150 12, tied by 5/10 cds in blue, fine

20387 F 94 SISTOV (Bulgaria): 1869 folded letter to Orsova bearing 1867 10Kr green, type 200 I, tied by AGENTIE D.D.S.G SISTOV pmk and 7/7 cds in blue, very fine

20388 F 94 SISTOV (Bulgaria): 1870 folded letter to Orsova bearing 1870 10Kr red tied by 300 SISTOV 31/VIII cds in blue, slight faults, fresh & still fine






















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60005 F Mixed Franking: D.D.S.G. + Austria + Lombardy-Venetia 50’000 1867 Entire from Sistov to Vienna franked by DDSG 17kr red, cancelled with oval AGENTIE / D.D.S.G / SISTOV in blue with thimble ds, used in combination with Austria 1864 5Kr red and Lombardy Venitia 1864 5s red, tied by oval blue FRANZJOSEF / 10 blue maritime cachet and ALT ORSOVA cds, an extraordinary triple mixed franking. "Crown Jewel" of Austrian area philately and a top exhibition item of the highest calibre Provenance: ex Wurst and Jaeger collections; full article in Ferchenbauer (2003) and illustrated by Tchilinghirian (vol. III, p.174)

20389 F 94 TURNU-MAGURELLE (Romania): 1868 folded cover to Braila bearing 1867 10Kr green 200 tied by light AGENTIE D.D.S.G. T.MAGURELLE hs (Tchil. fig. 790) in blue, fine

20390 F 94 TURNU SEVERIN (Romania): 1866 Folded cover to Galatz bearing 1866 17Kr red, 200 perf. 12, tied by blue TURN SEVERIN 24/VII cds (Tchil. fig. 778) in blue, fine

20391 F 94 WIDDIN (Bulgaria): 1868 folded letter to Rustchuk bearing 1866 10Kr lilac tied 300 by oval AGENTIE D.D.S.G. WIDDIN pmk in blue, fine, cert. Matl

20392 DCEH 1866-70, Lot comprising 1866 10Kr lilac, 1867 & 1868 10Kr green plus 1870 10Kr 120 red, mostly unused, some faults

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20393 CDCE Attractive mint & used accumulation of fiscal stamps plus few postage, incl. 300 HM large impressive parcel issues in Romanian currency, bi-lingual (with Hungarian) “anchor” in corner designs, embossed, seals, etc., mixed to very fine, a scarce group (63 stamps)

20394 FGH 94 Attractive group comprising 3 covers & 18 stamps showing various cancels incl. 1’000 Tortukai, Oreava, Rustschuk, Lom Palanka, Sistov and Widdin. Note two covers franked by 17kr red tied by blue oval AGENTIE DDSG SISTOV and cover franked by 10kr lilac, fine






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THE BLACK SEA STORY.

After the Crimean War and its wealth of maritime experiences, the Black Sea no longer was a daunting obstacle to passenger and mail connections between Constantinople and the continent. Leaving their moorings in front of the new Galata bridge, the steamers henceforth could either turn to the South and West, towards the Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea, or to the East and North towards the Bosphorus and the Black Sea coasts of Bulgaria and the Dobrudja.

In fact, up to 1883, when the Orient Express under construction was finally permitted to penetrate the ancient Theodosian walls, the merchant community had the choice between not two, but three already well functioning routings to Europe. Number one, the traditional overland coach was rather slow, uncomfortable and hampered by various quarantine regulations; number two, the Mediterranean shipping lines, all had to circumnavigate the Peloponnesus before reaching Trieste or Marseilles; number three, the more direct Danube connection via the Black Sea, was under exclusively Austrian management.

From 1867 onward, the popularity of the Danube run increased tremendously. A private British company under Ottoman licence, the D.B.S.R.. (Danube and Black Sea Railway), had made use of the remaining earthworks of Roman times, the Trajan Wall, to build a rail

link between Kustendje and Czernawoda. This direct crossing of the Dobrudja, though implying the transfer of the mail bags from ship to railway and again to ship, brought two decisive improvements. It shortened the total transit time by 24 to 36 hours in dropping the 1000-mile-loop via the delta in the North, and it avoided the shipping dangers in the winter months, when the Danube delta carried ice or was completely frozen, or when heavy storms plagued the Black Sea.

Only 2 years later, a still better rail connection was inaugurated between Varna and Rustschuk. Varna, like Burgas, had been a sleepy Lloyd agency since before the Crimean War, but now the Austrian administration, having seen the success of the Kustendje run, organized matters on a grand scale. Along the new wharf the steamers could moor directly next to the railway coaches, which then left without delay after the passengers and the mail bags had come out. Sorting and stamping of the letters had already taken place on board. Another 12 to 24 hours were gained.

For the philatelic heart, Varna has for a long time been a postmark paradise. It was the first Austrian Post Office south of the Danube to introduce a year plug into its cancellors (a "feat" which other foreign posts in the Ottoman Empire had accomplished long before). The leap from the undated “VIA VARNA” to the chamfered rectangle with year, month and day was apparently a belated admission of unwarranted Austrian stubbornness in this matter. But at least it was done - and in great style.

Cyril and Methodius, the Christianizers of the Balkans, originally came from Bulgaria.

One look at the map makes us understand the time-saving importance of the Kustandje and Varna runs

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The black Sea Story burgAS (bulgAriA)

20395 F 100 1860 Stampless entire to Constantinople bearing double framed oval AGENZIA DEL 3’000 LLOYD AUSTRIACO / BURGAS in grey-black, very fine & scarce (Tchil. fig. 935)

20396 GH 1863-67 Small selection of pairs and singles cancelled with BURGAS cds (Tchil. 200 fig. 936), mostly on 1864 & 1867 issues, small faults (3 pairs, 4 singles)

20397 F 100 1872 Folded cover to Constantinople franked by pairs of 1867 2s and 3s tied by 800 fine strikes of BURGAS 5/7 cds (Tchil. fig. 936), next day Lloyd Agency arrival bs, slight cover tears not detracting from this attractive franking, signed Pfenninger

20398 F 100 1873 Folded cover (part) from Burgas to Genoa bearing BURGAS 3/5 cds and taxed 300 “7” décimes, Italian 30c and 40c postage applied upon arrival, thimble VARNA transit, LLOYD transit and GENOVA 12 MAG 72 arrival bs, most flaps missing, fine, signed Sorani

20399 F 100 1875 Folded cover to Trieste franked by 1864 15s tied by neat BURGAS 19/6 cds 240 (Tchil. fig. 936), CONSTANTINOPEL 22/6 75 transit and TRIEST 26/6 arrival bs, cover stain in one corner, still very fine

kuSTEnDJE (rOMAniA)

20400 F 100 1864 Folded cover to Manchester franked with 1863 5s + 10s + pair of 15s tied 1’500 by LLOYD AGENZIE / KUSTENDJE 25/5 cds (Tchil. fig. 844), red PD and LONDON MY31 64/ PAID entry cds alongside, WIEN 28/5 transit and MANCHESTER MY31 64 arrival, cover is slightly refolded and shows a few reinforcements inside, a fresh and rare three-colour franking, cert Diena

20401 GH 1864-67 Small selection of LLOYD AGENZIE / KUSTENDJE cds (Tchil. fig. 844) on 1864 or 100 1867 adhesives (two singles of 1864 and two 1867 plus 1864 5s strip of four), mixed

20402 F 1870 Folded cover to Italy franked by 1867 25s + 10s + 5s tied by LLOYD AGENZIE 1’200 / KUSTENDJE 11/4 cds (Tchil. fig. 844), PD hs alongside, Vienna, Milano and Verona transits and LOANO 18 APR 70 bs, most attractive and superb three-colour franking to Italy, cert. Matl














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6000X F THE DANUBE AND BLACK SEA RAILWAY - KUSTENDJE-CZERNAWODA RAILWAY LINE - 1868 Folded entire from Kustenje to Genova, Italy, bearing the Danube & Black Sea Railway Local Post 20pa in mixed franking with Austrian Levant 1864 10s and 15s pair, all tied by LLOYD AGENZIE / KUSTENDJE 13 / 3 cds (Tchil. fig. 844), adjacent P.D. in red, Vienna, Milan & Verona transit and Genova arrival bs, cert. Olivia (1965) & Sorani (1985) - 1868 Large part folded entire from Constantinople to Bukarest, bearing manuscript "20/s" being the 20 soldi postage due, with Danube & Black Sea Railway Local Post 20pa applied at Kustendje and pen cancelled, with CONSTANTINOPLE / 22.11 cds alongside & BUCAREST / 28.11 on reverse, cover partly repaired & flap missing - 1868 Part of folded entire from Kustendje to Medjidie, bearing Danube & Black Sea Railway Local Post 20pa cancelled by pen cross, the only known item addressed to Medjidie, cert. Ferchenbauer (1983) - 1867 Folded stampless entire from Galatz via Czernawoda, Vienna and Milan, bearing "20/s" paying the 20 soldi fee recieved upon arrival, plus "10" para hs fee applied on arrival at the station, only recorded usage of this company rate marking - Specialised collection 89 of the Essays & Reprints of the Danube & Black Sea Railway Local Post 20pa, printed on carton, on normal gummed paper imperfoate & on normal gummed paper perforated, a scarce assembly An unique opportunity

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THE blACk SEA STOry (COnT.)

20403 F 100 1870 Small size envelope to Genoa franked by 1867 25s and 15s tieb by LLOYD 500 AGENZIE / KUSTENDJE 11/7 cds (Tchil. fig. 844), Genova transit and CHIAVERI 18 LUG 70 bs, fine cover with contents

20404 F 100 1874 Folded cover to Genoa franked by 1867 10s plus 15s pair, all tied by 300 KUSTENDJE 20/1 74 TURQUIE cds (Tchil. fig.844), GENOVA 2 FEB 74 arrival, 10s is damaged and small cover tear at top, neat clear cancels, fine

20405 F Kustendje-Czernawoda Railway Mixed Franking 7’500 1868 Cover (with only one backflap) to Durham, England bearing Danube & Black Sea Railway Local Post 20pa in mixed franking with Austrian Levant 1864 10s in strip of four plus 5s, all tied by LLOYD AGENZIE / KUSTENDJE 30/9 cds (Tchil. fig. 844), adjacent boxed P.D. in red, Vienna transit and part of SUNDERLAND OC9 68 cds, small faults on the Levant adhesives, local stamp is very fine, a spectacular mixed franking to a foreign destination, cert. Diena & Puschmann

ruSTSCHuk (bulgAriA)

20406 100 1864 Folded cover to Galatz franked 1863 15s tied blue RUSTCHUK 29/6 cds 300 (Tchil. fig. 876), GALATZ 26/9 arrival bs, very fine

20407 F 100 1865 Folded cover to Constantinople franked by 1864 15s and 5s tied by 120 RUSTSCHUK 3/3 cds (Tchil. fig. 877), adjacent RECOM s/l, 10s missing on reverse, CONSTANTINOPEL 18/3 arrival bs, fine

20408 F 100 1866 Folded letter to Vienna franked by pair of 1864 10s tied by RUSTSCHUK 23/6 240 cds (Tchil. fig. 877), WIEN 26/VI bs, very fine

20409 F 100 1867 Folded cover to France bearing 1864 15s pair and 10s single tied by 700 RUSTSCHUK 26/6 cds (Tchil. fig. 877), PD hs and red French entry cds alongside, Vienna transit and Paris 2 JUIL 67 bs, very fine & scarce

20410 F 100 1867 Registered envelope to Neu-Pest bearing 1867 15s and 10s (on reverse for 400 registration fee) tied by RUSTSCHUK 20/1 cds (Tchil. fig. 877), RECOM s/l alongside, oval PEST 25/1 bs, decorative Belgian Consulate vignette on reverse, very fine, cert. Ferchenbauer

20411 F 100 1871 Folded cover to Vienna bearing 1867 5s and 2s tied by RUSTSCHUK 27/3 cds 150 (Tchil. fig. 877), Vienna bs, tear in 5s, fine 7s single rate showing rare use of 2s from this town

20412 F 106 1873 Envelope to Jersey franked with 1867 10s pair and 3s single, tied by 240 RUSTSCHUK 26/6 cds (Tchil. fig. 877), JERSEY NO4 1873 arrival bs, unusual destination















20413 GH 1863-67, Selection of Rustschuk cancellations neatly mounted on exhibition page 500 showing 1863, 1864 & 1867 issue singles and multiples with a range of cds cancels incl. Tchil. fig. 876, 877, 878 & 879, noted 1863 10s (2) and 1863 15s (4) with blue RUSTSCHUK cds (Tchil. fig. 876), gen. fine (42 stamps)

vArnA (bulgAriA)

20414 F 106 1864 Folded cover to Constantinople franked by 1863 10s tied by LLOYD AGENZIE / 180 VARNE 12/8 cds in BLUE (Tchil.fig. 939), 13/8 arrival bs, very fine

20415 F 1867 Folded cover to Genova franked by two each of the 1864 5s, 3s and 10s, all 2’000 tied by VARNA / 9 OTT. 2-line cancel in blue (Tchil. fig. 884), PD alongside, Verona and Milano transits and GENOVA 15 OTT. 67 arrival, very fine & fresh three colour franking, signed Diena

20416 F 1867 Folded cover to Genova endorsed Via Corfu and Ancona bearing 1864 3s + 10s 800 + 15s all tied by LLOYD AGENZIE / VARNA 26/4 cds (Tchil. fig. 939), 3s also tied by boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI hs, Brindisi transit and GENOVA 5 MAG 67 arrival bs, a fine three-colour franking paying the 28 soldi rate, cert Ferchenbauer

20417 F 106 1867 Folded letter to Constantinople franked by 1864 10s tied by LLOYD AGENZIE 120 / VARNE 19/4 cds (Tchil. fig. 934), 21/9 arrival bs, very fine

20418 F 106 1868 Folded cover to Constantinople, franked by 1864 10s tied by LLOYD AGENZIE 939 240 VARNA / 21.3 cds in black, scarce











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20419 F Thomas. B. Morton & Co. - The Finer of Two Known 2nd Issue Covers 15’000 1870 Folded letter from Varna to Istanbul, posted at the Lloyd Agency (blue LLOYD AGENZIA / VARNA / 20.1 cds), then because Lloyd ships called only weekly, given to T.B. MORTON CO. and franked with their 1866 primitive red circular “seal” FRANCO issue (40pa), with ms “20” (soldi) postage due assessed by Lloyd Agency in Istanbul. Only two covers known with this issue (the other a part cover from the Julius Steindler collection), this being the UNIQUE example of the red frank. Outstanding Austrian Levant rarity

20420 F 106 1871 Postal stationery envelope to Constantinople cancelled by LLOYD AGENZIE / 200 VARNA 1/6 cds (Tchil. fig. 934), a few creases and tear with small part replaced at top left, scarce

20421 F 106 1871 Large-part folded cover to Vienna bearing Levant 1867 10s and 5s tied by 200 boxed LETTERE ARIVATE / PER MARE / VARNA / 7.6.71 ds (Tchil. fig. 115), part of Vienna arrival cds on reverse, fine, signed Kessler and Ferchenbauer

20422 F 106 1872 Folded cover to Paris bearing Levant 1867 25s and 10s tied by clear boxed 400 LETTERE ARIVATE / PER MARE / VARNA / 3.7.72 (Tchil. fig. 115), French entry AVRICOURT cds in blue alongside, reverse bears Vienna transit, very fine

20423 DFE 106 1872 Cover front to Genoa franked 1867 3s + 5s + 15s tied by VARNA 15/8 72 300 thimble cds (Tchil. fig. 885), endorsed “Via Vienna”, fine 23 soldi franking

20424 DFE 106 1872 Cover front to Genoa franked by 1867 3s, 5s & 15s, tied by VARNA 22/6 300 thimble cancel (Tchil. fig.885), attractive 3-colour franking, very fine & rare

20425 F 106 1874 Folded cover to Lyon bearing two Levant 1867 15s plus 5s tied by clear boxed 500 LETTERE ARIVATE / PER MARE / VARNA / 3.8.74 (Tchil. fig. 115), French entry of AVRICOURT cds in blue alongside, reverse bears various French cds, very fine

20426 F 106 1875 Folded cover to Lyon bearing Levant 1867 5s and three 10s tied by clear 500 boxed LETTERE ARIVATE / PER MARE / VARNA / 25.8.75 (Tchil. fig. 115), French entry AVRICOURT cds in blue alongside, Paris transit and Lyon arrival bs, one 10s with short corner perf., fine and extremely decorative

20427 F 106 1875 Envelope to Paris bearing Levant 1867 25s and 10s tied by clear boxed 300 LETTERE ARIVATE / PER MARE / VARNA / 25.8.75 (Tchil. fig. 115), French entry AVRICOURT cds in blue alongside, bs, a few cover wrinkles at top, very fine














20428 F Small selection of ten used singles from the 1867 Levant issue including three 200 50s, all used with boxed LETTERE ARIVATE / PER MARE / VARNA (Tchil. fig. 115), a few faults, generally fine

20429 GH 1864-67 Small selection of singles and multiples showing a range of cancels 150 including VARNA 2-line in black and in block on 1864 values, thimble cds on 1864 3s, 1867 with thimble cds, other with the large cds (Tchil. fig. 887), gen. fine (14 stamps)

20430 GH Small lot of singles from 1863, 1864 and 1867 issues cancelled by the two types 100 of Lloyd cds cancels (Tchil.fig. 939 & 940), the first one in both black or blue, mixed to fine (9 stamps)




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THE SOUTH: FROM CRETE TO EGYPT, FROM RHODES TO PALESTINE

The southernmost outposts of the Austrian administration were actively present on the great islands of Crete, Rhodes and Cyprus, and on shore as far as Beyrut, Jerusalem and Alexandria. Although these places all belonged to the Ottoman Empire, their history is totally different from what happened in the Balkans, in Anatolia or in mainland Greece.

To start with, it must be remembered that Crete under the Minoan kings was the first thalassocracy (sea power) ever, before Rome, before Athens and even before the Phoenicians. Later on, in the early Middle Ages, it belonged to the Eastern Empire (Byzantium) and to the Crusaders. From the XIIIth to the XVIIth century, Crete was a Venetian colony called Candia, until in 1669 it became Ottoman territory. Neither Catholicism nor Islam really penetrated the island, whose hellenic population continued to speak Greek and to keep their Orthodox faith. In 1829, when motherland Greece gained independence, they resented very strongly being left out by the Great Powers, on the pretence that Crete belonged to Egypt! Only in 1898, many revolutions and civil wars later, was a real autonomy granted to the great island.

The story of the smaller Rhodes (Rhodos), though also going back to the Minoan age, evokes essentially the destiny of the Crusaders. Most of the impressive castles and fortifications of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem can still be admired today. Their heroic resistance to the Turks for over 200 years has been seen as a symbol for the rights of Christianity on this island. It is reported that Suleiman the Magnificent lost 90'000 out of 200'000 men before the Knights evacuated Rhodos in 1522 under an honorable capitulation. After that, the island remained under Ottoman rule for nearly four

centuries until in 1912, when Italy, hungry for colonies, laid hands on it together with the other Dodecanese islands. The Austrian post office was then shut, to the dismay of the mostly hellenic islanders. Only in 1947 did Rhodos finally come to Greece.

Cyprus, for postal historians, seems to be the most popular of all Mediterranean islands. This may be due to the impressive performance of the British administration, which between 1878 and 1960 issued a rich variety of philatelic material. But in our perspective the merit has to be shared with its predecessors, the Austrian Consular Office and the Lloyd Office in Larnaca, which succeeded, prior to 1878, in catering to the mailing needs of a large Greek merchant community, for which the Ottoman authorities had not really much understanding.

How is it that neither the French, nor the Russian, nor the British posts, all very present in other Levant ports, did not come to Cyprus at that time? In any case, today the Austrian Larnaca marks continue to be among the most sought after pieces from foreign posts offices in the Ottoman Empire.

A XVIIIth century painting showing an Ottoman fleet occupying the harbour of Candia in Crete.

The island of Rhodes was said to be a child of Aphrodite and the spouse of Helios.

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The South: Crete to Egypt, rhodes to Palestine AlEXAnDrETTE (TurkEy)

20431 F 112 1878 Folded cover to Venice bearing 1876 10s (defective when applied), tied by 2’000 a wonderful strike of the oval AGENZIE DEL LLOYD / AUSTRO-UNGARICO / ALESSAN=DRETTA in blue-black (Tchil.-Tranmer fig.2), Lloyd-Smirne transit and part VENEZIA arrival bs, an extremely rare cancellation of which this is possibly the only example on cover, signed Colla, Edwin Müller and Ferchenbauer, ex Jerger

bEyruT (lEbAnOn)

20432 F 112 Undated entire letter to Constantinople bearing Austria 1864 5Kr and 15Kr tied 3’000 by BERUTTI 11/11 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 3), LLOYD’S AGENZIE COSTANTINOPOLI 22/11 arrival bs, 5Kr with tear, fine and an extremely rare usage of Austria used in the Levant, cert. Ferchenbauer

20433 F 106 1866 Entire folded letter to Cyprus bearing 1863 2s (2) in mixed issue franking with 500 1864 3s (2) tied by brown BERUTTI 19/2 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig.3) , very fine

20434 F 112 1867 Small envelope to Modena bearing 1867 3s + 5s + 15s tied by BERUTTI 19/6 500 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 3), reverse bears LLOYD AGENZIE SMIRNE 23/6, PIACENZA and BRINDISI transits and MODENA 4AUG arrival, a very fine three colour franking, cert. Sorani

20435 F 112 1868 Folded cover to Livorno bearing 1864 15s, 5s (2) and 3s tied by oval COL 1’000 VAPORE DA BERUTTI cancel (Tchil. fig. 103), part of address crossed out, reverse bears Alexandria and Triest transit cds as well as LIVORNO 13 GIU 68 arrival, cover with sideflaps missing and one adhesive damaged when applied, a colourful and rare franking with clear pmks

20436 F 112 1878 Envelope to Philadelphia, USA bearing 1867 3s + 5s + 15s tied by BERUTTI 400 14/3 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig.3), NEW YORK / PAID ALL transit cds in red and boxed FRANCO, cover opened out for display and a few tears, very fine adhesives, a fine three colour trans-Atlantic franking

20437 F 106 1881 Envelope to Lecco bearing Levant 10s tied by oval COL VAPORE DA BERUTTI 400 (Tchil. fig. 103), sent via Alexandria (17.7.81), cover tear and a few stains, fine & scarce

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20439 F 1864 Folded cover to Patras, Greece bearing two pairs of 1864 5s tied by CAIFA 15’000 23/10 cds (Tchil.Tranmer fig. 1E), charged for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 20L tied on arrival by PATRAS 28 OKT 64 cds, same cds on reverse together with Syros transit, a few stains and 20L touched, a very rare mixed franking from this office, ex Jerger

20440 FGH 114 1868 Entire folded letter to Constantinople bearing 1864 10s tied by CAIFA 7/5 400 cds (Tchil.Tranmer fig. 1E), CONSTANTINOPLE 11/5 arrival bs, also included in lot is 1864 5s +10s tied by same cds on fragment plus two 1867 10s cancelled by type 2F cds, a fine group

20441 F 1890-1912, Lot of 44 items showing a range of cancels, noted used stationery 300 envelopes from the Deutsche-Palästina Bank, ppcs and postal stationery cards to a range of destinations, fine (44)

CAnEA (CrETE)

20442 F 112 1866-73, Two covers bearing CANEA linear marking with Greece Large Hermes Head 300 20L applied on arrival, bs, fine

20443 F 114 1868 Folded cover to Genova bearing 1864 15s, 3s + 10s tied black CANEA LUG.9 300 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig. 533), boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI AUSTRIACI alongside, BRINDISI transit and GENOVA 7 LUG. 68 arrival cds, very fine three-colour franking

20444 F 1871 Folded entire letter to Syra, franked with 1867 10s tied by clear brown 750 2-line CANEA / 4.LUG. ds (Tchil. fig. 533), with Greece 5L green on greenish pair and 10L orange on greenish added upon arrival, fine and scarce











THE SOuTH (COnT.)

20445 F 114 1872 Folded cover to Athens franked by 1867 10s tied by 2-line CANEA / 9 MAR. 300 in brown-red (Tchil.fig. 533), charged for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 20L on arrival tied by ATHENS 9 MART 72 cds, very fine, cert. Raybaudi

20446 FGH 112 1864-67, Small lot showing linear and cds cancellations on covers, singles and 400 fragments, includes following covers: three 1867 10s on registered cover to Marseille, single 1867 on cover to Marseille, 1864 15s tied 2-line CANEA in mixed franking with Greece 10L; gen. fine (6)

CAnDiA (CrETE)

20447 F 112 1859 Folded cover to Athens bearing rare blue oval AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO 1'200 / CANDIA (Tchil. fig. 541, RRR in blue), 10kr accountancy marking on face, Athens and Piraeus bs, slightly unfresh (perhaps due to disinfection) but clearly readable example of this very rare marking

20448 F 114 1867 Folded cover to Syros bearing pair of 1864 10s tied by brown CANDIA 22/8 700 cds (Tchil. fig. 542), charged on arrival for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 40L tied by Syros cds, faults on 40L, still neat double-rate franking

20449 F 114 1869 Cover franked by 10s tied by CANDIA cds with Greece 10L orange pair 300 applied on arrival at Syra, fine

20450 F 114 1862, Two folded covers each bearing CANDIA cds, one with s/l FRANCO with 10L 300 pair applied on arrival, the other with FRANCO and 20L applied, very fine

20451 FGH 114 1873 Folded cover to Syros franked by 1867 10s tied by fine CANDIA 3/2 cds in 300 black (Tchil. fig. 542), charged on arrival for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 20L tied by dotted numeral “67,” light filing crease, cert. Ferchenbauer, lot also includes three 1867 10s on piece and two 1864 10s singles with CANDIA cds

20452 F 114 1879 Folded letter to Constantinople franked by two pairs and a single of 1867 400 2s tied by CANDIA 5/3 cds (Tchil. fig. 542), CONSTANTINOPOL / LLOYD 9/3 79 arrival bs, very fine & unusual franking

JAFFA (PAlESTinE)

20453 F 114 1862 Stampless folded entire to Vienna bearing blue JAFFA 7/7 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer 400 fig. E) and FRANCO s/l also in blue, Vienna arrival bs, fine & scarce

20454 F 114 1868 “Ex off°” folded cover to Vienna bearing black JAFFA 5/9 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer 300 fig. E) WIEN 21/XI arrival bs, ms at top “from K.K. Consulat in Palestine,” fine

20455 F 114 1871 Entire folded letter to Larnaca, Cyprus bearing two 1867 5s singles tied 240 by JAFFA 4/6 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. E), very fine, ex M/L

20456 F 114 1873 Folded cover to Germany bearing 1867 15s tied by JAFFA 13/2 cds 200 (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. E), Trieste transit and FREIBURG -BADEN 5/3 73 bs, fine

20457 F 118 1895 Envelope to Triest franked by 1890 1pi blue tied by two neat strikes of 150 the PLEINE MER straightline, applied on an Egyptian vessel of the Khedivial Mail Line, Alexandria 12.IX 95 transit and TRIEST 21.9.95 arrival bs, envelope slightly reduced at left, fine

20458 F 114 1898 Agenzie del Lloyd Austriaco receipt to Trieste, bearing clear violet oval 800 AGENZIA DEL LLOYD / AUSTRIACO / JAFFA, with additional ms date “Jaffa 19-8-1898”, fine and extremely scarce, unrecorded by Tranmer

20459 F 118 1910 Postcard to Lemberg franked by two 1906-07 5c on 5h blue-green singles 200 tied by JAFFA 19/5 10 cds, boxed AUS JERUSALEM / ÖSTERR.POST in violet (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 4) alongside, card with a few creases, scarce marking

20460 F 118 1911 Envelope to Munich franked by 1908 1pi Deep blue tied with JAFFA 18.6.11 200 cds, boxed AUS JERUSALEM / ÖSTERR.POST (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 3) alongside, scarce marking, cert. Holcombe

20461 F 118 1911 Picture postcard to Vienna franked with 1908 10c pink tied by JAFFA 1.8.11 150 cds, boxed AUS JERUSALEM / ÖSTERR. POST hs (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 3) alongside, fine and scarce, cert. BPA

20462 F 118 1912 10c Red postal card to the USA cancelled by JAFFA 5.11.12 cds, boxed AUS 180 JERUSALEM / ÖSTERR. POST (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 3) alongside, fine, signed Ferchenbauer





















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20463 F 118 1914 1pi Blue letter card to Berlin cancelled by JAFFA 12.VI.14 cds, AUS 150 JERUSALEM / ÖSTERR. POST hs (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 3) at left, fine

20464 FGH 118 1863-67, Lot of JAFFA cancels on four album pages, mostly Tchil.-Tranmer fig. E 500 type (noted also in blue) but also type G, comprising two covers, one postal stationery, four pairs and 54 singles, mostly 1867 issue but also 1863 and 1864, gen. fine

20465 F 1890-1913, Lot of 70 items from Jaffa (incl. a few incoming items), showing a 300 range of frankings, group of postal stationeries, parcel cards, receipts, etc., noted also card from Rishon-le-Zion, gen. fine (70)

JEruSAlEM (PAlESTinE)

20466 GH 1863-67, Small selection of Jerusalem cancels on various issues incl. 1867 10s 300 in block of six, 1864 3s used together with 1863 2s, 1867 15s (two pairs), 1867 5s on piece, etc. (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. D, G & H) (17 stamps)

20467 F 118 Undated envelope to Constantinople franked with pair of 1864 10s tied by 400 GERUSALEMME 9/1 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. D), reverse bears LLOYD AGENZIE SMIRNE transit, very fine

20468 F Undated envelope addressed to “Son Altesse le Grand Vizir” in Constantinople bearing 1’500 1867 15s strip of three tied by GERUSALEMME 17/7 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. D), reverse bears LLOYD AGENZIE / CONSTANTINOPOLI 27/7 bs, very fine & scarce

20469 F 1868 Front page of “Der Israelit” newspaper sent from Vienna to Jerusalem and 2’000 franked with Austrian 2Kr newspaper stamp tied by WIEN 26/VI 68 cds, Austrian Levant 2s applied on arrival and tied by GERUSALEMME 8/7 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. D) to pay for the printed matter rate, small bit of Austrian newspaper stamp missing and 2s with tear, a very rare printed matter mixed franking












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20470 F 1873 Small size envelope to Italy bearing 1867 10s + two 5s + 3s tied by 340 GERUSALEMME 5/4 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. D), redirected to Florence, LLOYD AGENZIE / GERUSALEMME transit bs together with Brindisi and Rome transits, also Florence bs, attractive three-colour franking paying the 23 soldi rate to Italy

20471 F 118 1874 Envelope to the Papal States franked by 1867 10s pair and 3s single, tied 240 by GERUSALEMME 9/10 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. D), boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI AUSTRIACO and PD alongside, Alexandria, Corfu and Brindisi transit , CANTIANO 15 OTT 74 bs, small faults

20472 F 118 1874 15s Brown ps entire cover to Hungary cancelled by GERUSALEMME 24/1 cds 200 (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. D), TRIEST 5/2 transit and Högyész 8/2 74 bs, fine & scarce

20473 F 118 1876 Entire to Patras, Greece franked by 10s blue tied by GERUSALEMME cds 300 (Steichele 542), showing Greek Patriarch’s seal in form of a cross, no Greek postage due charge for ecclesiastical mail, some faults and staining, rare, ex Guggenheim

20474 F 118 1880 Envelope to Italy franked with 1867 10s tied by JERUSALEM / GERUSALEMME 150 22/12 80 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. H), ALEXANDRIEN 2/1 81 transit and CASALE 10-1/81 bs, a few stains and cover tear at top, fine

20475 F 118 1880-1910, Lot of 42 postal stationery cards from Jerusalem showing a range of 240 destinations (mostly Europe and the US), cancels incl. those illustrated in Tranmer’s handbook types G, H, K, M(a), M(b) in blue and black, and the scarcer M(d), generally fine

20476 F 1886-1910, Lot with eight wrappers mostly addressed to Germany, noted two 200 franked respectively by 1886 10pa on 3Kr and 1890 10pa on 3Kr, others are stationery (incl. one to Rhodesia), plus newspaper bearing bilingual cds, fine

20477 CF 118 1888 Registered envelope to Austria franked with pair of 1883 10s tied by 200 JERUSALEM / GERUSALEMME 15/7 88 cds, reverse bears five examples of seals from the “Pilgerhaus” featuring the Jerusalem Cross in the middle, opened out for display, further three slightly different seals included, fine

20478 F 118 1893 Registered cover to Linz bearing 1891/96 10pi on 1F violet-grey, tied 500 by neat bilingual JERUSALEM 29/4 93 cds, Linz arrival bs, scarce franking (Ferch. e2’250)

20479 F 120 1894 Envelope to Athens, Greece bearing on reverse 1891 20pa on 5Kr (4) and 2pi 200 on 20kr single, all tied by JERUSALEM 20/10 94 cds, arrival cds alongside, fine

20480 1901 (1 May) Austrian Post Office in Jerusalem: Postal notice in French, small 100 faults but an quite unusual item

20481 F 120 1902 20pa on 10 heller postage due tied by JERUSALEM cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 150 K) on “Shaaroh Zion” pamphlet cover, scarce

20482 F 120 1912 Postman’s receipt for registered letter dated 29.3.12, introduced by the 150 Austrian post following the forbidding by local authorities of opening of foreign post offices, fine and scarce















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20483 FH 1863-67, Balance of collection of the Jerusalem post office neatly mounted on 1’000 seven album pages showing cancels on 1863, 1864 and 1867 issues, namely Tchil.-Tranmer types D, G and H, on eight covers (incl. registered) and 54 singles plus one identified forged cancel, small faults but gen. fine

20484 G 1876-1906, Lot of 12 postal receipts for registered letters, at least four 100 different types showing a range of cancels, fine

20485 GH 1883-1914: Cancellation collection neatly mounted on 18 album pages showing 300 Austrian Levant and Crete issues from this period with cancellations from Jerusalem, Caifa and Jaffa, different perfs, postage dues, Crete used in Palestine, multiples, fragments, etc., incl. a few identified forgeries, gen. fine (500+ stamps)

20486 F 1890-1912, Lot of 54 covers and cards mounted on 8 album pages, all items from 300 Jerusalem or a few incoming items, postal stationery with complementary frankings, Crete used in Jerusalem, parcel cards, etc. (54)

20487 F 1892-1901, Small “turn-of-the-century” lot of cards to a range of destinations, 120 postmarks incl. half a dozen BETLEEM straight-lines, fine (22)

lArnACA (CyPruS)

20488 F 1860 Entire to Trieste bearing single ring Larnacca de Cipro in red brown 360 dispatch cds, small red Trieste oval bs, rated 10/10 in blue crayon, fine

20489 F 1872 Printed registered letter receipt which accompanied cover from Larnaca to 2’400 Milano with 1867 10s blue tied by very fine Larnacca di Cipro cds in red brown showing recipient’s signature dated 6/1/73 at lower right, some creasing, still very fine and fresh condition, an important item & a rarity

20490 FH 120 1876 Folded letter to Meteline bearing 1867 10s tied by LARNACA DI CIPRO 10/8 1’000 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 3), LLOYD AGENZIE / SMIRNE 14/8 transit bs, very fine & scarce, lot also includes 5s single with same cancel

20491 120 LIMASSOL 1891: Bill of lading of Lloyd Austro-Ungarico for the ship “Saturno” on a 4’000 voyage to Trieste, bearing exceptional oval violet AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRO- UNGARICO LIMASSOL, very fine, the only one we have ever seen, ex Del Bianco

METElinE (grEECE)

20491A F 120 1857 Folded cover to Athens bearing black oval AGENZIE DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / 1’200 METELINO, rare, ex Del Bianco













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20491b F 1869 Folded cover to Genoa bearing 1867 15s + two 5s + 3s, tied by METELINE 1’200 5/11 cds (Tchil. fig. 566), boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI pmk alongside, reverse bears Lloyd Agenzie Smirne, Brindisi and Torino transits together with GENOVA 19 NOV 69 arrival, a few toned perfs, attractive three-colour franking, signed Colla & Ferchenbauer

20491C FG 1865-68 Lot comprising 1864 10s and Greece 20L mixed franking (signed 400 Ferchenbauer), 1864 15s on cover to Trieste, small fragment with mixed issues 1864 5s and 1867 10s, all cancelled with METELINE cds (Tchil. fig. 566), gen. fine

rETTiMO (CrETE)

20492 F 120 1869 Entire folded letter to Trieste bearing mixed issue franking with 1864 5s 400 and 1867 10s tied by RETTIMO 15/2 cds in black (Tchil. fig. 549), Trieste bs, very fine

20493 F 120 1873 Folded cover to Pireus bearing two 1867 5s tied by RETTIMO 28/4 cds in 500 blue (Tchil. fig. 549), charged on arrival for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 20L (faults) tied, bs, still fresh & fine

20494 F 130 1873 Folded cover to Syra franked with 1867 10s tied by RETTIMO 14.4 cds in 200 blue (Tchil. fig. 549), charged on arrival for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 20L added, SYRA 4 AUG 73 bs, short perf on 10s, fresh deep shades

20495 F 1874 Folded cover to Syra franked with three 1867 10s tied by blue RETTIMO 13/7 1’000 cds (Tchil. fig. 549), charged on arrival for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 20L & 40L added, SYRA 3 JUL 1874 bs, light perf toning, very fine & scarce franking, cert. Ferchenbauer


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rHODOS (AEgEAn iS.)

20496 F 1855 Stampless cover to Syra bearing black double framed oval AGENZIA DEL LLOYD 2’400 AUSTRIACO / RODI hs (Tchil. fig.571, rated Rare), light filing creases and with arrival pmk on reverse, very fine and rare with only a few known

20497 F 120 1866 Folded cover to Syra, Greece franked with 1864 10s tied by blue RHODUS / 700 22 MAR 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig. 573), charged on arrival for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 20L added, LLOYD AGENZIE / SMIRNE transit and SYRA 13 MAR 66 bs, the 20L touched on one side, a fine & scarce cover, signed Diena, Oliva and Roig

20498 F 130 1868 Folded cover to Trieste franked by 1863 15s tied by RHODUS / 10 LUC. 400 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig. 573), TRIEST 16/7 bs, very fine

20499 F 130 1881 Folded cover to Constantinople bearing 1867 10s tied by RODI 21/8 81 cds 300 (Tchil. fig. 575), adjacent PD hs, Smirne transit and CONSTANTINOPOLI / LLOYD 5/8 81 bs, some flaps detached, very fine & scarce Rhodes cancel

SyMi (AEgEAn iS.)

20500 F 1878 Folded cover to Treiste bearing 1867 10s tied by oval framed AGENZIE DEL 5’000 LLOYD / AUSTRO UNGARICO / SYMI pmk (Tchil. fig. 590), uniquely struck in BLUE, neat SPED POST PRESSO LLOYD / SMIRNE and TRIEST arrival bs, top exhibition item, the ONLY recorded usage of this cancellation in blue, ex Dr. Jerger, signed Colla, cert. Ferchenbauer










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20501 F 1850-62, Three stampless covers bearing 2-line ds & cds in blue & black, one 200 with s/l FRANCO, a fine group (3)

20502 G 1863-64 15s Brown tied to piece by ALEXANDRIA 7.11 cds in combination with 300 Egypt Penasson 1pi red with POSTA EGIZIANE CAIRO 6.NOV. cds, fine & rare

20503 F 1866 Folded cover to Liverpool bearing eight singles of the 1864 15s, all tied 3’000 by COL. VAPORE D’ALESSANDRIA 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig. 82), red boxed PD and LONDON PAID 31 JY 66 cds alongside, oval TRIEST 25/V transit bs, attractive and scarce franking paying the 120s rate

20504 F 130 1866 Folded cover to Trieste bearing 1864 15s tied by COL. VAPORE D’ALESSANDRIA 800 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig. 82), fine & scarce

20505 F 1pi Red, single neatly tied on folded cover to Trieste by clear black “POSTE 7’000 VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / CAIRO / 18.NOV.67” cds, with similar alongside, in combination with Austrian Levant 15s brown applied in transit at Alexandria & tied by “ALEXANDRIEN / 18.11” cds. The 1 piastre paid the domestic rate to Alexandria & the 15s paid for the onward journey to Trieste A wonderful combination usage and very rare, apparently only 5 such covers are recorded











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20506 F 1867 Entire folded letter from Cairo to Vienna first franked by Egypt 1866 1pi 4’000 lilac tied by blue CAIRO 22 FEB 67 cds, then franked by 1864 15s added in Alexendria and tied by ALEXANDRIEN 25/2 cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 5), Trieste transit and WIEN 7/III bs, a few faults, a rare franking

20507 F 1870 Entire folded letter to Liverpool endorsed “Per Austrian Steamer Via 12’000 Trieste and Ostende” bearing 1867 50s, 15s and 2s pair, tied by ALEXANDRIEN cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 5), framed PD alongside and manuscript “24” (for UK); LIVERPOOL NO8 70 arrival bs. The single rate comprises 5s for Austria, 10s Seapost and 8s for UK. This route was taken to avoid contact with France during the Franco-Prussian War. An extremely rare usage of a 50 soldi in Alexandria; filing crease and light soiling do not detract from this amazing franking, cert. Ferchenbauer and Diena

20508 F 130 1870 Folded cover to Langnau, Switzerland bearing pair of 1867 10s tied by 300 ALEXANDRIEN 9/12 cds, LANGNAU 12 DEC 70 bs, very fine

20509 F 1872 Folded cover to Trieste franked by 1867 15s tied with ALEXANDRIA / 16.4 100 cds, fine

20510 F 130 1880 Envelope to Constantinople bearing Levant 1864 10s pair cancelled 2-line & 600 ms COL VAP DA ALESS (Tchil. fig. 84), Smyrna transit and Constantinople bs, some rough opening at top, fine & scarce

20511 F 130 1880 10s Entire to Germany cancelled by neat ALEXANDRIEN 26/5 80 cds 240 (Tchil.-Tranmer fig.10), very fine, cert. Ferchenbauer











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20512 F 1883 Used 1867 3s entire to Brünn uprated with 2s coarse whiskers and 5s fine 1’500 whiskers neatly tied by ALEXANDRIEN 13/2 83 cds, small closed tear at bottom, most attractive item, very fine & rare, cert. BPB

20513 H 1863-67, Selection of cancelled items showing large and small ALEXANDRIEN cds 240 on values from 2s to 50s from 1863, 1864 & 1867 issues, mixed to fine (14)

POrT SAiD

20514 DFE 130 1869 Cover front to Orelich, Austria bearing 1864 15s tied by PORTO SAID 2/5 69 2’000 thimble cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 1), a very fine strike of this elusive cancel and especially rare on this issue, cert. Holcombe

20515 F 1870 Folded cover to Syra, Greece franked by 1867 2s vertical pair and two 3s, 10’000 all tied by PORTO SAID 12/4 70 thimble cds (Tchil.-Tranmer fig. 1), charged on arrival for internal postage with Greece Large Hermes 20L tied by SYROS 12 APR 70 cds, central filing crease (reinforced) and some tiny faults on the adhesives, an extraordinary item from this very short-lived Austrian Post Office and a rarity of both Austrian and Egyptian philately, cert. Diena












MiSCEllAnEOuS

20515A F 130 ANCONA (Roman States): 1858 Stampless cover to Patras bearing oval AGENZIE DEL 150 LLOYD AUSTRIACO ANCONA in blue (Tchil. fig. 457), also endorsed “Per Githion”, fine

20516 F 130 NAUPLIA: 1852 Cover written in Nauplion (Nauplia) bearing Greek PIREO 5.Oct.52 150 cds in green, to Trieste, at back tax markings in Lepta & Kreuzer & red Trieste bs, rare

20517 F 132 PATRASSO: 1897 Postcard to Germany, franked by Greece Small Heads 10L tied by 300 GARIDDI Italian maritime cds, with rare boxed AGENZIE DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO / 3.AGO.97 / PATRASSO on reverse, very fine

20518 FDFE 1859-78, Three covers & one cover front showing administrative cachets or seals 100 of Austrian Lloyd incl. the oval script “Lloyd Austriaco”, fine

20519 GH 1863-67, Specialized group of 20 singles showing a range of cancels incl. COL 400 VAPORE DA TRIESTE, C.V. DA TRIESTE, COL VAPORE DA COSPOLI, COL VAPOIRE DA D’ALESSANDRIA, LETTERE ARRIVATE / COL VAPORE / DAL LEVANTE, VIA VARNA, COL VAPORE DA BERUTTI, etc. (20)

20520 GH 1864-67, Small selection on stockcards with singles and pairs from both 1864 and 300 1867 issues with cancels from a number of places incl. SCIO-CESME, SERRES, VOLO, SAN GIOVANNI / DULCIGNO, LLOYD / SMIRNE, SALONICCO, SAMSUN, KERASSUNDE, JANINA and PREVESA, mixed to fine (35 stamps)

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THE AUSTRIAN LLOYD STORY

As indicated by its name, the Austrian Lloyd was meant to be an insurance company, specialising in maritime trade. However, the Vienna government was not slow in recognising the strategic importance of regular shipping connections throughout the Mediterranean Sea. In 1836, only 3 years after its inception, the company, having received the necessary financial guarantees, decided to build their own steamers for the transport of goods, passengers and mails.

Ten years later, the ships from Trieste had become a common feature not only along the inland waters of Northern Italy, the Po and the Lago Maggiore, but all along the far away coasts of the Ottoman Empire. The Austrian chancellor Clemens Metternich, at that time the most influential statesman in the Sainte-Alliance, actually nursed ambitious thoughts when looking at the extensive web of ports of call in the Levant where the Habsburg flag could be hoisted.

However, if the Lloyd Story is closely linked to the successes and failures of the Habsburg monarchy confronting the Divan, it also stands by itself as a fascinating field of research for postal historians. Traditionally, collectors concentrated on the numerous postmarks explicitly mentioning the name of an Austrian Lloyd agency or ship. But such a restriction turned out to be closer to marcophily than to postal history.

When the arrival of the paddle-steamer, and the development of a large scale enterprise actively supported by the state, it gradually overtook (for central Europe and beyond) the more cumbersome overland mail. It became obvious that the Lloyd soon had to obtain a quasi-monopoly for all maritime postal connections in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, whether they included the Austrian consular offices or not. In other words, a letter carrying no explicit Lloyd postmark nevertheless in most cases reached its destination only thanks to a ship of the powerful company from Trieste. Our Lloyd section therefore is bound to include items which could also be offered under other headings.

Among other aspects of the Lloyd presence in the Ottoman Empire let us mention the language problem. Given the many antagonisms in such a multi-ethnic region, there was no simple solution. When the Lloyd insurance company had turned to active shipping, at first in Northern Italy and the Adriatic Sea, it had naturally embraced the local language. The very name of the company was “Lloyd

Austriaco,” not “Oesterreichischer Lloyd.” For this, it had obtained a special dispensation from Vienna, since German had been previously proclaimed the official language of the whole administration, including the transport and postal services.

After that, when the runs were extended to the eastern Mediterranean and even the Black Sea, other criteria surfaced. In order to be well understood, the D.S.G., for example, where nobody spoke Italian, had resorted to French, the language of the diplomats. When the Lloyd's agents had to work hand in hand with the Austrian consular officer in a port of call, it occasionally used German along with French.

Some traces of this proficiency can be found in the Lloyd postmarks of Salonica, the Dardanelles, Constantinople, Smyrna and Beyrouth. Besides Greek, however, no language seemed better suited than Italian. Since the medieval forays of the Amalfitani, the Genovese, the Pisans and the Venetians into these parts of the world, every mariner and trader in the Ottoman Empire was more or less familiar with this lingua franca, the language of Dante Alighieri.

In fact, for almost 30 years the Lloyd Austriaco was pioneering, with quasi-revolutionary implications. Trieste concluded postal treaties with the Papal State, the Two Sicilys, the Ionian Islands, Greece, Serbia, Russia, Romania, Egypt and, of course, the Ottoman Empire. For all these countries, the politically involved shipping line became a schoolmaster not only in shipping matters, but also in postal expediency, diplomacy, export, import, communications, customs, working conditions, bookkeeping and (why not?) modern tourism.

After the achievement of the Suez canal, the Austrians went even one step farther by initiating a direct run to India. With the creation of the dual monarchy in 1867, the company was renamed “Lloyd Austro-Hungarico.” But from the 1860s onward, the glorious Lloyd monopoly in the Eastern Mediterranean area came to an end. France, England, Russia and others had successfully taken up the gauntlet and wanted part of the cake. Finally, after 1875 and the U.P.U., an entirely new era was dawning.

View of Trieste harbour and the Lloyd headquarters, from a watercolour by Toni Trevisan.

All Austrian Post Offices in the Ottoman Empire. At its ports of call, the Lloyd company also collected mail from the consular offices.

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20522 F ADRIATIC LINES - 1880 large part reg'd envelope to Zara franked by 1876 2kr yellow block of 4, on reverse 3kr green block of 4, cancelled by DERNIS/DRNIS cds, part of back of cover removed, rare cancel on franking

20523 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - CATTARO: 1853 Folded cover from Cattaro to Trieste bearing 400 1850 9Kr HP and neatly tied boxed CATTARO 9/1. V.L.A pmk, very fine & scarce

20524 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - CATTARO: 1873 2Kr Yellow postal stationery card to Trieste 150 bearing SCHIFFSPOSTAMT 3 CATTARO 23/6 73 cds (Tchil. fig. 47), arrival pmk alongside, very fine

20525 FGH 132 ADRIATIC LINES - LETA ARRTA PER MARE 1855-67: Cover to Trieste bearing 1850 3Kr 400 MP pair and single tied “Leta arrta per mare” (Tchil. fig. 28) straight-line, arrival bs, scarce, also 1864 5Kr on piece and 1867 5Kr and 10Kr singles with Tchil.fig. 30 and 34 cancels

20526 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - MACARSCA: 1868 Folded cover to Trieste bearing 1867 5Kr tied 150 neat “sock-on-the-nose” MACARSCA 2/3 COL. VAPORE cds (Tchil. fig. 25), also 1864 5Kr single on piece with same cancel, very fine

20527 G METCOVICH: 5Kr 1883 tied to fgmt by s/l (COL) VAPORE + ms origin “Stagno 100 5.6.85,” UNIQUE, see photo in Del Bianco vol I after p.64

20528 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - POLA 1866: Entire folded letter to Trieste bearing 1864 5Kr 800 tied by neat hexagonal COL PIROSCAFO DA LUSSIN PICCOLO 31/10 (Tchil. fig. 36), very fine & rare (Müller 1’050pts)

20529 F ADRIATIC LINES - RAGUSA: 1870 2Kr Postal card (1867 issue) bearing 2-line 100 CATTARO / COL VAPORE, card with some ink staining, signed Diena, fine

20530 G ADRIATIC LINES - RAGUSA: Austria 1867 5Kr Red in strip of three bearing 300 SCHIFFSPOSTAMT 5 RAGUSA 27/11 73 cds, same as fig.55 in Tchil. but unrecorded from Ragusa

20531 F 130 ADRIATIC LINES - LUSSINPO: 1855 Folded entire franked 1850 9Kr HP Ty IIa tied 1’200 by boxed LUSSINPo 13.4. plus small circled ornamental PP, very fine & rare item, ex Del Bianco

20532 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - SCHIFFSPOSTAMT: Austria 1867 5Kr Red tied by K.K. 300 SCHIFFSPOSTAMT N°5 s/l (Tchil. fig. 57) on folded cover to Trieste, ms at top “Ragusa 17/9”, very fine

20533 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - SEBENICO: Folded cover from Sebenico to Trieste bearing three 500 1850 3Kr HP singles and tied by SEBENICO 12/7 V.L.A. pmks, red 14/7 TRIESTE bs, also included 9Kr blue single on piece with same cancel, fine
















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20534 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - SEBENICO: 1872 Entire folded letter to Cento bearing three 300 1867 5Kr singles tied SEBENICO COL VAPORE 2-line cancels (Tchil. fig. 21), ZARA transit and CENTO/FERRARA arrival bs, very fine, cert. Puschmann

20535 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - SEBENICO: 1872 Envelope to Lesina bearing 1867 5Kr single tied 200 SEBENICO 3/6 COL VAPORE cds (Tchil. fig. 24), SPALATO transit and arrival bs, slight cover faults but scarce

20536 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - SEBENICO: 1876 2Kr Yellow postal card to Trieste bearing 200 SCHIFFSPOSTAMT 5 SEBENICO 9/6 76 cds (Tchil.fig. 55), arrival pmk alongside, very fine, cert. Sorani

20537 GH ADRIATIC LINES - SEBENICO: Three singles each bearing SEBENICO / COL VAPORE 100 2-line cancels (Tchil. fig. 21), namely 1850 9Kr, 1864 15Kr on piece and 1867 5Kr, small faults

20538 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - SPALATO: 1852 Entire folded letter from Spalato to Trieste 400 bearing 1850 9Kr HP and tied with boxed SPALATO 27/6 V.L.A. pmk, very fine

20539 FGH 132 ADRIATIC LINES - SPALATO: 1868 Entire folded letter to Trieste with 1867 5Kr 300 pair tied by neat SPALATO / COL VAPORE 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig. 22), SEBENICO transit and TRIEST 4/8 arrival bs, very fine, also three further 5Kr singles with same included

20540 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - SPALATO: Austria 1867 5Kr Red single tied SCHIFFSPOSTAMT 5 240 SPALATO 21/2 72 cds (Tchil.fig. 55) to entire folded letter to Trieste, very fine

20541 F ADRIATIC LINES - 1838 Cover sent from head office of Austrian Lloyd in Triest, 1’000 strong uneven strike of blue oval NAVIGAZIONE A VAPORE / L. A. hs, sent to the Commander of the steamer n° 2, “Giovanni Arciduca d’ Austria” at Sira (Syros) with docketing of receipt and wax seal, fine showpiece

20542 F ADRIATIC LINES - TRIESTE: 1837 Cover sent from head office of Austrian Lloyd 400 locally in Triest, superb blue oval NAVIGAZIONE A VAPORE / L. A. hs, fine & important “first page” item for a collection of Austrian Lloyd

20543 F ADRIATIC LINES - TRIESTE: 1854 Disinfected folded cover to Ferrara bearing 1850 300 9Kr HP tied by C.V DA TRIESTE straight-line (Tchil. fig. 6), disinfection slits and large FERRARA NETTO FUORI E DENTRO hs alongside, very fine & scarce

20544 F ADRIATIC LINES - TRIESTE: 1856 Folded cover to Venice bearing 1850 6Kr tied by 400 neat COL LLOYD / DA TRIESTE 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig.12) applied on arrival, very fine, cert. Puschmann

20545 F ADRIATIC LINES - TRIESTE: 1859 Cover written in AMFISSA transported via 100 Austrian postal authorities, bearing at front “Letta=arrta=per mare” & ms “15” to Trieste, dated inside 4/16.Oct.59, with red Triest bs, scarce & very fine

















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20546 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - TRIESTE: ca. 1860 Folded cover to Cattaro bearing 1860 15Kr 150 blue tied by boxed TRIESTE 10/10 V.L.A. pmk, ZARA transit and CATTARO arrival bs, very fine

20547 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - TRIESTE: 1862 Entire folded letter to Trau bearing 1860 10Kr 300 and 5Kr tied TRIESTE/ COL VAPORE 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig. 20), ZARA 7.MAG transit and TRAU 8.MAG arrival bs, a few stains around adhesives, still very fine

20548 F 134 ADRIATIC LINES - TRIESTE: 1868 Folded cover to Cattaro bearing 1867 5Kr tied 200 TRIESTE / COL VAPORE 2-line cancel (Tchil. fig. 20), ZARA 5.1 transit and CATTARO 8.GEN arrival bs, very fine, cert. Velickovic

20549 F ADRIATIC LINES - TRIESTE: 1871 Folded letter from Trieste to Alessandria 800 franked by three Austria 1867 5Kr tied by SCHIFFSAMT N°.1 / 11.3.71 / Triest cds, with Triest insert (much scarcer than with Corfu), rare cover, ex Del Bianco

20550 GH ADRIATIC LINES - TRIESTE: Lot of five singles (mostly 1867 issue) cancelled by 150 TRIEST E/ COL VAPORE 2-line cancel, generally fine (5)

20551 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - VENICE: Austrian Levant 1850 30c on cover from Venice to 400 Trieste, boxed DA VENEZIA COL VAPORE 6/12 (Tchil. fig. 7) applied on arrival, AFFRANCATURA INSUFFICIENTE s/l and ms 12 alongside, fine

20552 F 132 ADRIATIC LINES - ZARA: 1852 Folded cover to Trieste bearing 1850 9Kr HP, tied 300 by neat small-type ZARA 20/4 V.L.A. pmk (Tchil. fig. 16), very fine

20553 F ADRIATIC LINES - ZARA: 1857 Folded cover to Pordenone bearing Austria 1854 3Kr 600 + 6Kr MP and tied by neat large-type ZARA 15/7 V.L.A. pmks (Tchil. fig. 15), TRIEST transit bs, very fine

20554 F 134 ADRIATIC LINES - ZARA: 1876 2Kr Yellow postal stationery card to Trieste 200 bearing SCHIFFSPOSTAMT 4 ZARA 11/2 76 cds (Tchil. fig. 49), arrival pmk alongside, very fine, cert. Sorani














20555 F ADRIATIC LINES - ZARA: 1876 2Kr Yellow postal stationery card to Trieste 150 bearing SCHIFFSPOSTAMT 3 / ZARA / 10/6 / 76 cds (as Tchil. fig. 47), arrival pmk alongside, very fine

20556 F 134 ADRIATIC LINES - ZENGG (SEGNA): 1870 Folded cover to Trieste bearing Austria 240 1867 5Kr tied by boxed ZENGG 4/3 V.L.A. pmk (Tchil. fig. 18), also other 5Kr with same cancel on piece included

MAriTiME llOyD - All SHiPS ArrAngED AlPHAbECTiCAlly

20557 F 134 SS “AFRICA”: 1907 Postcard from Port Said to Bombay with Egypt 2m tied by blue (4) 200 AFRICA / OE.LLOYD cds for 11.6.

20558 F 134 SS “ALBANIEN”: 1911 Postcard Lussinpiccolo to Vienna with 5H tied black (6) 200 ALBANIEN / ÖSTERR. LLOYD 22.4., rare

20559 F 134 SS “BOHEMIA”: 1912 5H 1908 issue tied to ppc by black BOHEMIA OE. LLOYD to (22) 150 Trieste, sender’s endorsement “Port Said,” fine

20560 F SS “BRIONI”: 1910 5H green 1908 issue tied to ppc by BRIONI ÖSTERR. LLOYD (25) 100 14.3.10, short perf, scarce, very fine

20561 F 134 SS “GORITIA”: 1911 2m Egypt tied to picture postcard by blue oval LLOYD 500 AUSTRIACO PIROSCAFO GORITIA (Tchil.ty LC), a rarity especially on Egypt

20562 F 134 SS “GRAF WURMBRAND”: 1899 Postcard from Zara to Baden Baden with 2Kr tied by (56) 300 dark blue LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LXII cds of 22.9, plus another on fragment dated 4.5., plus 1901 pc from Lussinpiccolo to Trieste with 5H tied by blue GRAF WURMBRAND / OE.LLOYD cds of 27.9., also photographic pc of the vessel at Cattaro pier, with Fiume PAQUEBOT

20563 F 134 SS “GRAF WURMBRAND”: 1907 ppc to Lussinpiccolo, franked by Austria 1906-07 5H (56) 300 tied by faint GRAF WURMBRAND / OE.LLOYD cds in black, scarce (Tchil. Type LD-33, fig.169)

20564 F 134 SS “HELIOS”: 1900 1Pi Lettercard to Vienna with blue LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XXVIII cds, (59) 500 plus 1902 Greek 10L pc to Lussinpiccolo with blue HELIOS / OE.LLOYD cds, rare

20565 F 134 SS “LEDA”: 1899 Postcard with 2Kr tied by LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XXXV cds of the (73) 200 Packet “Leda”, also 1902 pc with 5H tied by violet LEDA / OE.LLOYD cds, very fine

20566 134 SMS “MARIA THERESIA”: 1901 Registered envelope to Vienna bearing Austria 1901 300 5H(2) +25H and tied by KUK KRIEGSMARINE SMS MARIA THERESIA, also censured ppc from Pola included (2)

20567 F SS “SEMIRAMIS”: 1895 1pi letter card bearing black LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LXXIV cds (112) 150 to Stuttgart, slight vert. crease, used in first year of issue, inside ms “auf dem steamer Semiramis”

20568 F SS “SEMIRAMIS”: 1905 Postcard from Trieste to Como with 10H tied by blue (112) 160 SEMIRAMIS / OE.LLOYD cds, also 1909 pc to Milan with Alexandria cds and 5H tied by black SEMIRAMIS cds

20569 F SS “THALIA”: 1900 20pa (1890 issue) tied to ppc of Bethlehem by blue LLOYD (119) 100 AUSTRIACO LX, to Triest with Port Said transit, fine

20570 F 134 SS “TIROL”: 1919 Greek ppc to Italy, franked by Greece 10L tied by cds, with (124) 300 oval blue-green LLOYD TRIESTINO / PIROSCAFO / TIROL hs

20571 F 1888-1908, Lot of four items carried by various ships incl. AMPHITRITE, HELIOS, 400 METCOVICH, and GORITIA, fine

liTErATurE

20571A “Il Lloyd Austriaco e Gli Annuli Maritimi dell’Austria e Ungheria,” by Umberto del Bianco, vol. 1-3 complete (last PB, others HB and very limited thus), 1976-82, a well-researched study of maritime usage & cancellations of the Adriatic, Levant, Danube, etc., very fine (Est. e100/150)























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LOMBARDY-VENETIAThe “E. S.” CollectionChoice Classic stamps and covers, plus some of the extremely elusive varieties which make this such a difficult area, e.g. mint 15 Centes with full St. Andrew's Cross, ribbed and laid papers and several of the forgeries made to defraud the post used on covers (one in mixed franking with a genuine stamp). Also TWO First Issue first day covers, and a comprehensive showing of postal stationery with numerous rare uprated frankings to interesting destinations.

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20572 1850 (May 31) Official Proclamation (poster size, ca. 50 x 62.5 cm) announcing 1’500 the introduction of Postage Stamps, printed for the Luogotenenza di Venezia and with Habsburg arms at top, with text in 2 cols. detailing the rates and the postage stamps, issued in the name of Baron Puchner (Governor), ms docketing notation on reverse shows through in one portion, an impressive document well suited for framing; very few examples have survived

1850-57 unuSED

20573 CC 5c Ochre-yellow, never hinged, close to good margins, fresh & fine, signed 1 500 Müller & Brunner, cert. Ferchenbauer (Sass. e7’000+)

20574 C 5c Ochre-yellow mint, close to good margins, “broken frame” variety at top, 1 400 fresh & fine, signed Friedl, cert. Ferchenbauer (Sass. e7’000)

20575 C 5c Yellow-orange mint, good margins all round, fresh shade, fine & scarce, 1d 800 cert. Diena (Sass. e7’000)

20576 C 5c Dark Orange mint, good margins all round, fresh & fine, cert. Ferchenbauer 1g 600 (Sass. e7’750)

20577 C 10c Black, HP, mint, large margins, “broken frame” variety at bottom, very 2 400 fine, signed Müller & Bolaffi, cert. Ferchenbauer (Sass. e7’000)

20578 C 10c Grey-black, HP, mint, good to large margins, fresh & fine, cert. Diena 2c 400 (Sass. e7’000)

20579 C 10c Deep black, HP, mint, good to large margins, fresh & very fine, cert. Diena 2d 500 (Sass. e7’500)

20580 C 15c Carmine-red, HP, type I, mint, small to good margins, brilliant shade, 3b 300 fine, cert. Matl (Sass. e6’250)

20581 C 15c Vermilion-red, HP, type I, mint, small to good margins, small natural paper 3e 360 fold at top, brilliant shade, fine, cert. Matl (Sass. e7’000)

20582 C 15c Vermilion-red, HP, type I, mint, small to good margins, brilliant shade, 3e 340 fine, cert. Matl (Sass. e7’000)

20583 C 15c Rose, HP, type II, mint, large margins, very fine, cert. Diena (Sass. e2’750) 5 200



























lOMbArDy-vEnETiA (COnT.)

20584 C 15c Rose, HP, type II, mint with bottom margin showing complete ST. ANDREWS 5c 10’000 CROSS, large margins all round, fresh colour, diagonal crease at bottom not affecting the general appeal of this rarity, cert. Diena (Sass. e105’000)

20585 C 30c Brown, HP, type II, mint, good even margins all round, fresh mint shade, 8 600 very fine, cert. Ferchenbauer (Sass. e9’000)

20586 C 30c Brown, HP, type II, mint, good margins all round, tiny stain at right, 9a 600 fresh & very fine, cert Ferchenbauer and Diena (Sass. e9’000)

20587 C 30c Chocolate brown, HP, type II, mint, good margins, very fine & scarce, cert. 9b 700 Diena (Sass. e9’500)

20588 C 45c Blue, HP, type III, mint, small margins but scarce, fresh & fine, cert. 12 700 Matl (Sass. e22’500)

20589 C 45c Bright Blue, HP, type III, mint, good margins all round, fresh shade, 12a 1’200 horiz. natural gum crease, a fresh and very fine stamp, rare, cert. Diena (Sass. e22’500)

20590 CDCE 15c Vermilion, HP, type I, on vertically RIBBED PAPER, mint, large part 14 2’000 original gum, natural diagonal pre-printing fold, slight traces of black ink on surface but not from a canceller, very fresh & fine, an extremely scarce stamp in this condition, cert. Ferchenbauer (Sass. e32’500)


















20591 C 30c Brown, HP, type I, on vertically RIBBED PAPER, mint, good to large margins, 16 1’000 fresh shade, very fine and very rare in mint condition, cert. Ferchenbauer, Diena (Sass. e15’000)

20592 CDCE 45c Blue, HP, type I, unused with part original gum, paper is very slightly 17 1’000 vertically ribbed, a few small plate flaws, good to large margins, fine and rare, sold as is, cert. Ferchenbauer

20593 C 10c Black, MP, mint, large part original gum, small margins but scarce, fine 19 600 (Sass. e15’000)

20594 C 10c Grey-black, MP, type III, mint, good margins, fine & rare, cert. Matl (Sass. e17’500) 19a 1’000

20595 C 15c Red, MP, type III, mint, large part original gum, good to large margins, fine. 20 200 cert. Matl (Sass. e2’400)

20596 C 15c Red, MP, type III, mint, large part original gum, good margins, fine (Sass. e2’400) 20 200

20597 C 30c Brown, MP, type II, mint, good even margins all round, very fine, cert. Diena 21 500 (Sass. e8’500)

20598 C 30c Grey-Brown, MP, type II, mint with a few natural gum creases, good margins 21b 500 all round, very fine, cert. Matl (Sass. e8’500)

20599 C 45c blue, MP, type III, mint, large part original gum, good margins, almost 22 1’000 invisibly light stains, fine & rare, cert. Matl (Sass. e20’000)

20600 CL 15c Dark Red, the Verona postal forgery, unused with large part original gum, F 1 1’200 fresh deep shade, very fine & rare, cert. Diena (Sass. e17’500)

20601 CL 30c Brown, the Verona postal forgery, unused with large part original gum, F 2 2’000 fresh deep shade, large margins, very fine & rare, cert. Diena (Sass. e26’000)


























20602 CL 30c Brown, the Verona forgery to defraud the post, large part original gum, F 2 4’000 magnificent example with large to huge margins, extremely fine and exceedingly rare in mint condition, several signatures incl. Colla, cert. A. Diena (1967) (Sass. e26’000)


1850-57 uSED

20603 G 5c Yellow and 10c on fragments, lot of 26 fragments each bearing both values, 1+2 300 displaying a range of shades and cancellations, very fine, some signed Colla or cert. Bolaffi

20604 H 10c HP with stunning 100% offset on reverse, front lightly cancelled, a 2f 150 spectacular variety, superb (Sass. e400+)

20605 G 45c Blue, type I, horzontal STRIP OF EIGHT (full width of pane) tied to piece 10 3’000 by VENEZIA 24.NOV. 2-line cancel, barely touched at right otherwise clear to large margins all round, an exceptional multiple in very good condition, cert. Friedl (Sass. e40’000)














20606 G Printed On Both Sides Showpiece 13+2 10’000 5c Ochre Yellow, HP, printed on both sides with reverse inverted, strip of three and two singles (one also showing type spacer at foot on front side), plus pair of 10c HP, all tied to large fragment of reg’d cover by 2-line Borgoforte ds or s/l Raccomandata hs, 5c stamps lifted for expertise and hinged in place, signed A. Diena & E. Diena plus cert. Sorani (2000) (Sass. e10’825 for used strip + 2 singles + 10c pair) UNIQUE multiple franking with this elusive variety

20607 F 15c Red, HP, type III, on vertically LAID PAPER, large margins, clearly 18 2’000 cancelled by VERONA 19/2 cds, part of watermark at top, very fine and very rare, cert. Diena (Sass. e25’000)








20608 G 15c Red, HP, type III on VERTICALLY LAID paper, enormous even margins, tied to 18 12’000 large fragment by ornamented Verona cds (17/12 date), lifted for control and hinged in place, a spectacular stamp and undoubtedly the finest known used example, superb, signed and certified by E. Diena (1936), A. Diena (1976) and G. Bottachi (2001: “è perfetto ed eccezionalmente ben marginato”) (Sass. e30’000)

20609 GL 15c Vermilion, the Verona postal forgery on small piece, VICENZA 8/9 cds, F 1 500 possibly a few thins, fresh & scarce, cert. Diena (Sass. e5’000)

20610 HL 30c Brown, the Verona postal forgery, large margins, neat VERONA 13/9 cds, very F 2 800 fine & rare, cert. Ferchenbauer (Sass. e6’750)

20611 FL 15c Red-vermilion, type I, the Milano postal forgery, two large margined examples F 3a 8’000 tied by MILANO 30/3 cds on folded cover to Artogne, CORNA 31/3 bs, multiple frankings of Milano postal forgeries and above all in this superlative quality are very rare, signed Bolaffi, Raybaudi, A.Diena, cert. E.Diena (Ferch. e24’000)









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20612 HL 15c Red, type II, Milano postal forgery, fresh deep shade with large margins F 4 800 all round cancelled by MILANO 1/6 cds, very fine, cert. Matl (Sass. e5’500)

20613 HL 15c Red, type II, Milano postal forgery, clear margins all round, cancelled by F 4 400 MILANO 2/5 cds, fresh and fine, cert. Ferchenbauer (Sass. e5’500)

20614 HL 30c Brown, type II, Milano postal forgery, large margins all round, MILANO 13/2 F 6 600 cds, very fine, cert. Diena (Sass. e3’875)

20615 HL 45c Blue, type II, Milano postal forgery, large margins, light cancel, very F 9 500 fine, cert. Diena (Sass. e4’750)

20616 HL 45c Blue, the RARE TYPE III, Milano postal forgery, good to large margins, F10 4’000 cancelled by MILANO 5/2 cds, fine & rare, cert. Frechenbauer (Sass. e22’500)

20617 GL 45c Blue, type VI, Milano postal forgery, large margins, tied to piece by neat F13 600 MILANO 6/12 cds, very fine, cert. Diena (Sass. e4’750)

20618 H 1850-57 Issue, lot of 33 singles neatly mounted on an album page showing a range Offer of shades, varieties and cancels, fine (Est. e120/200)

1850-57 COvErS

20619 F 146 5c Yellow plus 10c black tied by neat BADIA 8. NOV two-line cancel on 1+2 240 disinfected folded part-cover to Ferrara, disinfection cachet alongside, very fine, signed Colla

20620 F 146 5c Yellow + 10c black tied by VARESE 20. FEB two-line cancel on folded cover to 1+2 200 Milano, 21 FEB bs, very fine, signed Colla

20621 F 146 5c Yellow + 10c black tied by VENEZIA 23. MAG two-line cancel on folded cover 1+2 200 to Portogruaro, bs, very fine, signed Colla

20622 F 146 5c Orange-yellow + 10c black tied by STRA 9.NOV two-line cancel on folded cover 1g+2 240 to Venice, bs dated Nov. 10th, very fine, cert. Diena

20623 F 146 5c Bistre-yellow + 10c black tied by BELLANO 1 FEB. two-line cancel on folded 1k+2 240 cover to Milano, bs dated Feb. 3, very fine, cert. Colla






















20624 F Unrecorded Massive 70Kr Registered Franking 2+7 10’000 10c Grey-black, vert. and horiz. strips of 3 plus 30c type I, all HP, tied to front or backflap of 1852 registered folded wrapper from Mantova (boxed ds) to Padova (2-line bs), RACCOMANDATA hs and ms “Urgente” plus list numbers, trimmed at left, signed A. Diena and others, cert. Fiecchi (1976) Background: unrecorded by Sassone or Ferchenbauer, who prices six 10c on cover as “LP” and a simple 10c + 30c franking at e10’000) Unique franking and a dramatic and spectacular showpiece






20625 F Finest Known First Day Cover of the First Issue 15c Value 3a 30’000 15c Rose, first printing, HP type I, sheet margin at foot and part St. Andrew’s Cross at right, tied to folded letter by superb italic 2-line “Chiari / 1 GIU.” ds, sent to Bergamo (similar form bs of June 2), integral complete letter dateline “30 Maggio 1850” thus confirming year date. From a perspective of quality and interest, one could not ask for a finer cover. Certified and signed by E. Diena (1985) (Sass e50’000 for “normal” quality) A “foundation” item for an advanced collection of Lombardy-Venetia






20626 F First Issue 15c First Day Cover 3a 20’000 15c Rose, HP type I, first printing, large margins, tied by very neat ESTE 1. GIU two-line cancel on folded cover to Venice, VENEZIA 2.GIU arrival bs, cert. Sorani (Sass. e50’000) Superb and rare FIRST DAY COVER






20627 F 146 45c Blue, HP, type I, with small margins tied by FELDPOST N°3 21/6 cds (Ancona) 10 300 on 1850 cover sent to high ranking officer at Theresienstadt, fine

20628 F 15c Vermilion on ribbed paper, types I+II in pair, together with four 30c brown 14+15+7a 1’500 singles neatly tied to cover to Belluno by VENEZIA 4. APR. two-line cancel, all adhesives with large margins and fresh colours, three pressed vertical creases and a side flap missing, very attractive franking, cert. Sorani & Ferchenbauer

20629 F 146 15c Red-vermillion, type I plus 15c type II in pair, all on RIBBED PAPER, large 15+14 600 margins, tied by PAVIA 2-3.52 boxed ds on entire folded letter to Ponte, very fine & scarce, cert. Diena

20630 F 146 45c Blue on RIBBED PAPER tied by neat MILANO: 14-12.52 boxed ds on folded cover 17 200 to Milano, very fine

20631 F 15c Light-red, type III, on vertically LAID PAPER, tied by CREMONA 10/2 cds on 18 8’000 entire 1853 folded letter to Brescia, clear to large margins, small scissor cut in upper left margin but well outside design, BRESCIA 11/2 arrival, very fine; cert. Diena (Sass. e100’000) ONE OF ONLY 22 COVERS recorded











20632 F 5c & 10c First Printings on HP, the former with large sheet margin at left, tied 1d+2b 1’200 to folded letter by italic Piadena ds (“21 Gen.”) of 1851, sent to Codogno with same-day 2-line bs, a most attractive cover, extremely fine, cert. E. Diena (1990)

20633 F Unique “Last Day” Use of 45c on Cover 22 15’000 45c Blue, MP, four uneven margins, tied to folded letter by superb BERGAMO 31/12 (1858) cds, year confirmed by dateline of full contents, bs PADOVA 1/1, the ONLY KNOWN example of this value used on this date as confirmed by both Sorani and Colla certificates. The 45c was allowed to be used as a 15 soldi value after the introduction of the Second Issue on Nov. 1, 1858, until the end of the year (Sass. e42’500) Very fine and highly important showpiece

20634 FL 146 15c Vermilion, the Verona postal forgery, clear to good margins, tied by VERONA 26/7 F 1 2’000 cds on slightly refolded cover to Brescia, fine & rare, cert. Diena (Sass. e17’000)









20635 FL Mixed Franking of Postal Forgery plus Genuine Stamp F 2 + 5a 20’000 30c Brown, Verona postal forgery, together with genuine 15c HP, type IIa tied by VERONA 13/8 cds on entire folded letter to Vienna, WIEN 16 AUG bs, the 15c is slightly touched, the 30c postal forgery has large margins, fine and extremely rare mixed franking between a Verona postal forgery and a genuine stamp, with ONLY FIVE SUCH FRANKINGS RECORDED, cert. Ferchenbauer and Diena (Sass. e125’000)

20636 FGH 146 BALANCE of 1850-57 collection on six album pages with values from 10c to 45c on and off cover, namely 12 strips of three of the 10c showing a range of cancels, then two pairs, four strips of three and five covers of the 15c, three covers with 30c singles, four covers with 45c singles and one with 45c pair, gen. very fine (31 items) (Est. e500/800)







1858 iSSuE TyPE i

20637 C 2s Yellow, mint, good embossing, fresh & fine, cert. Diena (Sass. e12’500) 23 800

20638 C 3s Black, mint, large part original gum, usual light perf. crease, fresh and 24 400 good embossing, very fine, signed Brun, cert. Diena (Sass. e8’000)

20639 C 3s Black, mixed perf. 15 x 16, mint, large part original gum, fine & scarce, 24A 700 cert. Diena (Sass. e14’000)

20640 C 3s Black, mixed perf. 16 x 15, mint, large part original gum, fine & scarce, 24B 700 cert. Diena (Sass. e14’000)

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20641 C 5c Red, mint, fresh shade, good embossing, fine, cert. Ferchenbauer (Sass. e2’750) 25 200

20642 F 146 5s Red, type I, tied by pen stroke and with manuscript “Mira / 21/12” cancel on 25 800 folded letter to Venice, endorsed “Urgentissima” and “Preme” (latter partly under stamp) and thus charged 30c as express mail (“Condanata Centesimi / trenta arivando li 22 xbre / prima delle ora nove di sera” ms notation at bottom left), highly important and probably unique usage from this town, and demonstrating a difficult aspect of postal history, fine, cert. Sorani (2001)

20643 CC 10s Brown, never hinged block of four, natural gum crease in bottom right 26 500 stamp, fresh and very fine, cert. Ferchenbauer (Sass. e7’500+)

20644 C 15s Blue, mint, good centring and embossing, fresh shade, a few tiny almost 27 700 invisible perf. stains, fine & rare, cert. Matl (Sass. e12’500)

1859 TyPE ii

20645 C Small lot of type I and type II mint singles comprising 5s red, three 10s brown 200 and one 1862 3s, mixed to fine (5)

20646 F 146 3s Black pair in mixed issue franking with 1861-62 5s red pair tied by MANTOVA 7II+12 800 15/9 cds on entire folded letter to Milano, bs dated 16/9, very fine and scarce, cert. Ferchenbauer





















20647 F 3s Black (2) in mixed-issue franking with two 1861-62 5s red, all tied by 7II+12 800 MANTOVA 26/11 cds on entire folded letter to Rome, bs of Firenze and Milano, ROMA 1 DEC 62 arrival, very fine and scarce combination

20648 C 2s Yellow, mint with light natural gum crease, good embossing, very fine, 28 200 signed Sorani (Sass. e2’200)

20649 C 3s Black, mint, large part original gum, good embossing, fresh, fine & rare, 29 1’000 signed Diena, cert. Matl (Sass. e18’000)

20650 C 5s Red, with “plate screw” embossing clearly visible, tiny corner perf. crease, 30 100 fresh and fine, cert. Matl

20651 C 5s Red, mint, very fresh and fine, cert. Matl (Sass. e800) 30 80

20652 C 5s Red, with part of St.Andrew’s Cross showing at bottom, mint, very fresh & 30var. 150 fine, cert. Matl (Sass. e1’100)

20653 CCC 15s Blue, mint, deep fresh shade, insignificant corner perf. crease, cert. Matl 32 400 (Sass. e6’750)

20654 F 146 Lot of ten covers franked mostly with type II issue, noted 3s as single franking, others in combination with 10s or 2s, gen. fine (Est. e300/400)

1861-62 iSSuE

20655 F 156 5s Greyish Rose tied to cover to Vicenza (bs) by MANUSCRIPT cancel of RECOARO, 33a 1’200 the only such usage known from there, bent corner perf else very fine showpiece demonstrating the rare use of manuscript cancels on these issue, certs. E. Diena (1989) and Sorani (2002), ex Rivolta

20656 DCEF 146 Lot of 10 covers including three in mixed franking with 1858 issue, namely 1861 5s (2) with pair of 1858 3s, or two 1858 3s with 1861 10s, other covers with single frankings, also 5s and 10s mint singles, fine (Est. e400/500)

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20657 C 3s Green, mint block of four, fresh colour and good embossing, centered 35 400 somewhat to the bottom, fine, cert. Ferchenbauer (Sass. e6’500)

1863 PErF. 14

20658 F 2s Yellow, perf 14, tied to newspaper “Il Commune” of June 15, 1865 by partial 36 2’000 PADOVA “17” cds (showing only the month) where the rest was struck on address label (removed), fresh and bright showpiece of which ONLY ONE OTHER IS KNOWN, signed and certs R.M. Diena (1998) and Sorani (2002)

20659 F 156 2s Yellow together with 1864 perf. 9 1/2 3s green tied by TOLMEZZO 1/3 target 36+42 200 cancel on entire folded letter to Udine, same-day bs, a fine mixed issue franking, cert. Ferchenbauer

20660 F 156 15s Brown tied by Austrian TRIEST 2/5 oval cancel on entire folded letter to 40 1’000 Vienna, WIEN 3V arrival bs, very fine and rare, cert. Ferchenbauer (Ferch. e5’750, Sass. e10’000)










20661 CDCE Lot with mint or unused sets of the five values plus the 1864 issue and a few F covers, fine (17 stamps and 5 covers) (Est. e300/400)

POSTAl STATiOnEry (by SASSOnE CAT.)

20662 F 156 1861 5s Red LARGE-format entire, ONE OF TWO KNOWN uprated with 1863 5s Arms 3+ 3’000 (perf 14), sent from Venice (23/5 cds ties frank and franking) to Mantua (24/5 bs), very fine, signed E. Diena and A. Fiecchi (not listed or priced by Ferch. thus “LP”)

20663 F 156 1861 3s Green small-format entire used for local delivery, cancelled by VENEZIA 9 1’400 16/3 cds (bs by similar dated 17/3, also “Distribuzione” oval), addressed to the “Città” (“City”), extremely scarce usage, very fine, cert. E. Diena (1987) (Sass. e6’750)

20664 F 1861 3s Green small-format entire uprated with 1858 2s Yellow (type II), the 9+ 5’000 ONLY KNOWN example of this complementary franking (though others known with type I stamp), sent from Venice (27/6 cds tied franking) to Bassano (29/6 bs), slight soiling else very fine, signed and cert. E. Diena (1987) (Ferch. e20’000+)

20665 F 1861 3s Green small-format entire uprated with 1863 2s Yellow (perf 14), ONE OF 9+ 3’000 3 KNOWN examples of this complementary franking, sent from Venice (5/4 cds ties franking) to Bassano (7/4 bs), part of one side flap torn away, several cryptic notations on face incl. “Condannata 45 soldi” (noted by cert.), and commercial cachets of sender and recipient, a dramatic cover, slight soiling else fine, signed and cert. E. Diena (1987) (Ferch. e17’500+)

20666 F 1861 5s Red small-format entire uprated with two matching 1861 5s stamps, all 10+ 1’000 tied by Bassano cds (20/12) and sent to Trieste (22/12 bs), one stamp small stray spot (cancel ink?) else very fine, signed and cert. Raybaudi(1988) (Ferch. e2’800+)

20667 F 156 1861 5s Red small-format entire uprated with 1863 5s Arms (perf 14), sent from 10+ 1’000 Adria (8/2 cds ties stamp at right side) with the entire’s frank cancelled on arrival in Venice (9/2 cds on frank and as bs), very fine, signed by both E. Dienas (the grandfather & grandson) with the latter’s cert. (1988) (Ferch. e3’500+)















20668 F 1861 10c Brown small-format entire plus well-centred vert. pair of the 1858-62 11+ 1’400 3s Green (Sass. 35) all tied by Treviso cds (22/6) and sent to first to Brescia, then readdressed to Milano, numerous transits and bs incl. Brescia cds (24 GIU 63) and italic P.D. on face, final arrival 24 June (wonderful service!), pair with fresh colours and good perfs, entire with couple trivial stains else very fine, signed A. Diena and another

20669 F 1861 10c Brown small-format entire plus two 1858-62 3s Green (slight overlap) 11+ 1’200 all tied by Verona cds (19/4) and sent to Genoa with transits and Milano (19 APR 63) and Genova (20 APR 63) bs, original contents enclosed, fresh colours and good perfs, very fine, signed & certs. E. Diena (1979) & L. Gazzi (1982)

20670 F 1861 10s Brown small-format entire uprated with similar 1861 5s Rose (perf 14), 11+ 700 sent registered from Verona (19/2 cds ties both) with inverted bold RACCOMANDATA between, sent to Vicenza (same-day bs), stamp soiled else nice original condition with three wax seals on reverse, fine (Ferch. e3’000+)

20671 G 1861 10s Brown entire, large fragment showing complementary franking with two 11+ 1’400 1858-62 3s Green (perf 15) plus 1861 5s value (perf 14), all tied by 2-line UDINE ds (16.Mag), Bologna 1863 bs, a glorious showpiece in perfect condition, cert. E. Diena (1987) mentions only one similar franking known (on cplt. entire)

20672 F 156 15s Blue small-format entire used with superb REVERE 1/4 cds to Hernals near Vienna 12 300 (both bs), slight wear at top fold else very fine, signed Ferchenbauer (Sass. e1’650)

20673 F 156 15s Blue small-format entire uprated with two 1858-62 3s values, all tied by 12+ 2’000 2-line CONEGLIANO / 3. NOVe. ds, sent to Milano (same day transit and bs), very fine and rare usage (not listed by Ferchenbauer), cert. E. Diena (1988)











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20674 CF 1861 Issue, mint small format entires of the better 20s, 25s, 30s and 35s 13-16 1’200 values, quite scarce especially as a matching unit, few faint age spots, very fine, each signed several times incl. A. Diena (Sass. e5’150)

20675 F Unique Three-Colour Mixed Issues Franking 17+ 12’000 1863 3s Arms small-format entire plus 1863 2s Arms (perf 14) adjacent to imprinted frank and 1864 10s (perf 9 1/2) on reverse, all tied by light 3-ring Villafranca cds to registered cover to Verona, boxed RACOMMENDATA hs, one flap opened and folded for display (not reduced), very fine, cert. E. Diena (1988) A magnificent showpiece of the utmost rarity

20676 F 1863 3s Arms entire uprated with 1864 5s Arms (perf 9 1/2), each with VENEZIA 17+ 3’000 23/5 cds, red RACCOMANDATA cds between, addressed locally and with oval DISTRIBUZIONE / IV hs and same-day bs, very fine example of an extremely rare local registered usage, cert. E. Diena (1988)

20677 F 160 1863 3s Arms entire used within Venice, with intact 5s Arms adhesive (perf. 9 17+ 2’000 1/2) applied on reverse to pay registration fee, both tied with VENEZIA cds, an impeccable and rare usage, signed G. and A. Bolaffi










20678 F 1863 5s Arms entire uprated with 1863 pair of 3s and single 5s (all perf 14) 18+ 3’000 tied by ornamented Massa cds and italic P.D. hs and sent to Recco via Ostiglia, Milano and Genova (transits plus bs on reverse), slight soiling else very fine, the ONLY such combination franking known to Enzo Diena and a marvelous showpiece, cert. E. Diena (1988)

20679 F 160 1863 5s Arms entire uprated with similar 1864 5s adhesive (perf 9 1/2), both 18+ 600 tied by 2-line S. VITO ds and sent to Rovigo per Fratta, one transit on reverse (most of top flap + wax seal cut away), endorsed “Urgente” and noted by E. Diena as one of two such frankings known to him, small tear at top else very fine, cert. E. Diena (1987) (Ferch. e2’700+)

20680 F 160 1863 10s Arms entire with matching 1864 10s Arms adhesive (perf 9 1 /2) applied 19+ 2’000 on reverse for registration fee, both tied by Mantova cds and sent to Venice (bs), small boxed RACCOMMANDATA hs on face, opened for display, fine, uncommon and unlisted “twin” franking (wax seals removed from reverse), cert E. Diena (1987)

20681 F 160 1863 10s Arms entire uprated with 1864 5s Arms (perf 9 1/2), all tied by 19+ 1’400 Venezia cds (28/11)and sent to Vienna (bs 30 XI), central vert. fold, highly attractive and very fine showpiece, cert. E. Diena (1988) (Ferch. e4’100)

20682 F 156 1864 3s Green entire with wmk, sold in Austria as ordinary envelope (so-called 22+ 400 “Aufbrauchsausgabe”) with frank covered by 1867 Austria 5Kr tied by 1876 Wien cds, sent to Linz (bs), uncommon and very scarce used example of the obsolete entire, slight soiling and central fold, fine, signed A. Diena and cert. E. Diena (1994) (Ferch. “mind. 750.-”)

20683 F 160 1864 5s Rose entire with wmk, uprated with matching 1864 5s adhesive (perf 9 1/2), 23+ 800 both tied by Conegliano cds, blind-embossed commercial cachet at top centre, sent to Mantua and bs the next day, very fine and scarce combination (Ferch. e2’700)

20684 F 1864 10s Arms entire with wmk, uprated by two overlapped 1864 3s Arms (perf 9 24+ 2’000 1/2), all with VENEZIA cds, red italic P.D., sent in 1865 to Arona via Milano (transits and bs), tear in backflap else a pristine showpiece, extremely fine and quite rare, cert. E. Diena (1987) (Ferch. e5’300)













20685 F 160 1861 3s Green registered postal stationery envelope to South Africa bearing 400 1883 50Kr as complementary franking, tied by NIKOLSBURG 2/6 86 cds, LONDON transit alongside and PORT ELIZABETH JY 4 1886 arrival bs, fine & scarce

20686 F 160 Balance of the extraordinary stationery collection, 8 items consisting of 1861 1’200 issue used 5s, 10s (2) and scarce 15s small-format entires, used 1863 5s and 10s plus unused 25s w/o wmks, finally 1864 used 5s with wmk, several with attractive cancels and other hs incl. postage due and commercial cachets, good basis for a collection, gen. very fine, many signed (8) (Sass. e3’240)

STATiOnEry CuT-OuTS uSED AS ADHESivES (SASSOnE 1-13)

20687 F 1861 10s Brown cut-out tied to 1861 Return Receipt form by sharp Perarolo cds, 3 2’000 oval official cachet at BR, Aurono receiver at top, old folds, fine and highly rare usage, signed E. Diena (Sass. e5’500+)

20688 F 160 1861 10s Brown cut-out tied to 1864 folded letter by italic 2-line BELLUNO / 3 1’400 14. APR. ds, sent to Trieste with oval bs, file folds (not affecting franking), extremely fine showpiece signed G. Oliva and A. Diena (Sass. e5’500)

20689 F 1861 15s Blue cut-out used as adhesive on 1864 folded letter datelined “Canale” 4 8’000 and tied by light cds (“...ORDO”), bs at destination, Longarone, and showing boxed RACCOMMANDATA hs, cut-out with large margins, a lovely very fine example of an extremely rare usage, cert. E. Diena (1992) (Sass. e32’500)











20690 F 1861 15s Blue cut-out, two examples tied as adhesives by Rovigo cds to folded 4+4 14’000 cover to Trieste (oval bs), addressee obscured by pen, the cut-outs with large even margins and the whole an extraordinary and extremely rare showpiece, certs. Oliva (1968) and Colla (2000) (single 15s is priced by Sass. at e32’500)

20691 F 1863-64 10s Arms cut-out tied to neat small 1864-docketed cover by sharp 10 1’400 VENEZIA cds, sent to Longo, very fine and very elusive showpiece, signed Raybaudi (Sass. e6’250)

20692 F 156 1863-64 10s Arms cut-out tied to neat small cover by sharp ILLASI ornamented 10 1’200 cds, sent to Este (bs), generous margins, very fine showpiece, signed Sorani and others with cert. Sorani (1995) (Sass. e6’250)

FiSCAlS

20693 F Two covers with respectively the two different types of 15c fiscals used as 3,7 150 postal frankings, small cover faults (Ferch. e710)

nEwSPAPEr

20694 HJ Austria 1851 (3c) Greyish Blue Mercury, type I on ribbed paper, fantastic used block 6 8’000 of six with Milan newspaper despatch office cds (dated 13/2), light diagonal bend at right else very fine and one of the “grand rarities” of the area, cert. Sorani (2003) (Sass. e18’000 for block of four)

nEwSPAPEr TAX

20695 F 168 1858 1Kr Black, type I, four clear to large margins, tied to “Illustrirte Zeitung” 2 4’500 of Leipzig (dated 1 July 1865) by negative seal of the Imperial Customs Office at Verona, very few such uses known, fresh and fine example of a spectacular showpiece, certs. A. Diena (1973) and Sorani (2002) (Sass. e18’000)














20696 H 1858 4 Kr Rose, spectacular used example with huge margins encompassing part of 4 1’400 neighbor at right, Venice newspaper office cancel (dated 2/31, thus used as 2 Kr), a benchmark stamp, superb, signed Giulio & Alberto Bolaffi I plus A. Diena (Sass. e7’000)

20697 CDCE 1858-59 Newspaper tax stamps, mint & used selection neatly mounted on one album 1’200 H page comprising 1Kr black mint & used singles, mint 2Kr, used 2Kr singles plus mint block of four, two neatly used 4Kr singles and 1Kr blue ROVERETO forgery, gen. fine (10 stamps, Ferch. e16’615)

SArDiniA uSED FrOM lOMbArDy-vEnETiA

20698 F Sardinia 1855 5c Brilliant Yellow-green (Sass. n° 13B) pair plus single 10c C1-2 8’000 Rosy Grey Brown (n° 14Ad) all tied to small folded letter by MONTECHIARI 1/12 (1859) cds of Lombardy-Venetia, letter clearly datelined 1859, thus confirming use during the occupations during the second Italian war of independence, sent to Brescia (light bs), very fine showpiece, cert. E. Diena (1990)

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Hungary - The “e. S.” COlleCTiOn Friday, October 3, 2008 at 09h00 1871 liTHOgrAPHED iSSuE20700 F 168 2Kr Orange tied by PEST 7/10 cds on complete printed matter to Kaschan, KASSA 1 240 8/10 71 bs, very fine

20701 C 2Kr to 25Kr Complete set of six values mint, fresh colours, 2Kr, 5Kr, 10Kr and 1-6 1’500 15Kr signed Bühler, the 3Kr with clean Pfenninger certificate and all in very fine condition, the 25Kr with tiny fault on one perf. at top, an exceedingly rare set, especially in this superlative condition (Mi. e7’250)

20702 H 2Kr to 25Kr Complete set of six values used plus extra 5Kr showing a slightly 1-6 340 paler rose shade, small faults on 2Kr o/w all other singles are in fine condition, scarce set (7) (Mi. e 2’490)

20703 G 3Kr Green pair plus 5Kr and 2 Kr singles tied to piece by clear BRASSO 25/7 71 2+3+1 500 cds, one 3Kr also bears trace of possibly a boxed PD pmk in red, an exquisite tricolour franking





















HungAry (COnT.)

20704 F 3Kr Green lithograph together with engraved 2Kr tied by neat MAGYAR-GENCS 26/8 cds 2+8 1’500 on entire folded letter to Szombathely, arrival bs, very fine and scarce mixed issue franking

1871 EngrAvED

20705 A 2Kr to 25Kr Proofs in issued colours, in pairs of each value on carton paper, 8-13 400 fine & scarce

20706 CDCE 2Kr to 25Kr Selection of mint or unused examples on stockcard showing a 8-13 300 selection of shades, (three 2Kr, two 3Kr and a pair, two 5Kr, two 10Kr, one 15Kr and one 25Kr), mostly with gum, a few faults (Mi.e 2’935)

20707 H 2Kr to 25Kr, three used sets showing variations in shades for most values, 8-13 300 includes the very rare 15Kr copper-red shade, gen. mixed to fine (18)

















HungAry (COnT.)



60043 F The “Szigetvar” Bisect Cover 1871 Engraved 2Krajczar Orange, horizontal strip of three, one stamp BISECTED diagonally to make up the 5Kr rate, all neatly tied by two clear strikes of SZIGETVAR / 30.1.73 cds to folded entire to Pecs with arrival bs, an outstanding usage of great rarity, An exhibition showpiece. Expertise: certificate Ferenc Orban (1991) states, "I have never before seen bisectings from Szigetvar office however, I am convinced that the office was in an emergency situation, which is stated with the old fashion Hungarian word 'szükségböl.' Bisecting was forbidden, but there was not taken due at the arrival.” Also certificate Ferchenbauer (1993) Estimate e20’000 - e30’000



HungAry (COnT.)

20708 F 168 3Kr Green engraved in mixed issue franking with 2Kr envelope design tied by 9+15 240 ZAVALJE cds on 1875 registered entire letter to Trieste, defective 10Kr env. design on reverse to pay for registration, irregular perf. on 3Kr, still fine, cert. Puschmann

20709 F 168 1871-74 Engraved, lot of 34 covers franked with this issue, noted number of items 2’000 going abroad incl. two 10Kr + 15Kr frankings to Paris, France, registered covers, 6Kr printed matter rate to France, origins incl. GYÖR, KAROLY-FEHERVAR, NAGY VARAD, KIRÁLY HELMECZ, PECS, NEU-GRADISKA, NYIREGYHÁZA, RACZ-PETRE, SOPRON, SARVAR and SISAK, gen. very fine and a scarce offering

20710 F 168 1871-75 Engraved, lot of 16 covers franked with this issue, noted better frankings 800 incl. 25Kr single on registered cover to Vienna (cert. Matl), blue VELEITE cds, pair of 10Kr, uprated 5Kr postal stationery, printed matter rate, etc., fine

20711 F 1871-75, Lot of 39 covers and cards mounted on seven album pages, noted 15Kr 500 on registered cover, 2Kr on printed matter, postal stationery incl. uprated with a range of cancels, gen. fine

20712 FGH 2Kr-25Kr Used selection on five album pages, both lithographed and engraved stamps 700 ordered by cancellation from Aposotag to Zsolna, also a few covers, fragments, some multiples, better cancellations include BIA, BIHAR, DISCÖ, GYAPJU, HEVESM (LUDAS), JAM, KIS-MARJA, MOHOL, NAGY-MIHALY, ZANRAND etc., mixed to fine (136 items)

20713 H 2Kr-25Kr Used selection on ten album pages, mostly engraved stamps ordered by 1’000 cancellation from Acsad to Zsadany, also a few varieties incl. double print, misperforation, pre-printing paper fold, and the 1883 reprint set, better cancellations include PD, ALT-ORSOVA, BANLOK, KIRALY DAGÓCZ, KOMJÁTH, PIVNICZA, SÁSD, STUBICA, VESE, VINGA, ZLATAR, etc., mixed to fine (463 stamps)

1874-99 EnvElOPE DESign20714 ACCC 1874-81, Specialised mint section of the Envelope issues neatly mounted on five 300 DCEG album pages, noted proofs on carton paper of each value in pairs, various multiples and perf. varieties, gen. fine (115 stamps)

gEnErAl iSSuES20715 CC 1913 ERROR 35f Red on blue cliché error (instead of 50f) at centre of nh corner 120F+121 240 marginal block of 12 (small hinge trace in upper margin only not affecting the stamps), very fine & scarce

20716 CCC 1913 ERROR 35f Red on blue never hinged in pair with 50f red on blue, mint, 120F+121 150 very fine (Mie 950)






















HungAry (COnT.)

20717 ACC 1913 Definitives plus 1916 additonal values in imperforate marginal blocks of 109-126U 240 four, hinge traces in top margins only else nh, very fine (19 blocks)



60044 F The Famous “Inverted Madonna” 1923 5000K Green & Yellow Green, lightly hinged mint showing INVERTED CENTRE, fresh and very fine for this popular rarity and fanous stamp of Hungary. Of 100 printed (the same as the famous “Inverted Jenny” of the USA), 38 are recorded in museums or institutional holdings and thus unavailable to collectors. Expertise: certificate Philatelic Foundation (1991), signed A. Diena Estimate e10’000 - e15’000





HungAry (COnT.)

20718 CC 1932 Madonna set in IMPERF PAIRS, never hinged, very fine & rare 484-487U 1’200

20719 CC 1963 Red Cross 3Ft showing variety SILVER COLOUR MISSING, nh, very fine & rare 100 (Mi. 1950F, unpriced)

nEwSPAPEr TAX, POSTAgE DuE, TElEgrAPH STAMPS, ETC.20720 ACCC 1867-1913 NEWSPAPER STAMPS AND NEWSPAPER TAX STAMPS: Specialised collection 400 FGH on 11 album pages incl. Austria newspaper stamps used in Hungary, 1868 Newspaper Tax stamps with singles, multiples and used on newspaper, 24 examples of 1871 1Kr incl. one used on newspaper, 44 examples of 1872 issue ordered by cancellation, 1874 1Kr section incl. proof and various multiples, gen. fine (100s)

20721 H TELEGRAPHS 1873-74: Selection of Telegraph stamps on three album pages ordered 240 by perforation size and cancellation, mosty fine (62)

COllECTiOnS, lOTS, ETC.20722 FGH 1874-1894, Specialised cancellation collection mounted on pages in Lighthouse 1’200 album, showing a wide range of cancellations on singles, multiples and covers of both coloured and black numeral issues, ordered alphabetically from ABALIGET to ZUPANJE, also railway cancels, interesting mixed issue frankings, postal stationery, etc., fine (many 100s)

20723 ACCC 1888-98, Mint collection on 11 album pages showing most of the basic issues 500 DCE ordered by perforation, 9 proof pairs on carton paper, shades, perf. varieties, blocks of four, etc., fine (230 stamps)














Albania OTTOMAn POST OFFiCES20724 F 168 VALONA: 1894 official cover (two diff. hs incl. blue square seal) with bilingual 200 blue VALLONA cds (C&W fig. 42, Rarity 15 = very rare), fine showpiece

20725 F 168 1905-14, Great group of covers or pcs showing cancels of Berat (5 items, 2 diff. cds, two with scarce Avlona bs) plus card with two fragments (showing C&W fig. 18 arabic seals), then two covers with Labovai-zir negative seals and Erguiri (Gjirocaster) cds, finally cover with bilingual Scutari d’Albanie cds and scarcer Haydar-Pasha (Turkey) bs, fine overall with several superb strikes (Est. e600/800)

gEnErAl iSSuES

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20726 G 1913 2pa Grey, provisional ovpt., tied to piece by sharp Berat cds, exceptional 3 120 centering, superb (Mi. e500)

20727 G 1913 Handstamps, 5pa-1pi values each tied to a piece, Vlone or Berat cds, fine 4-6,7 280 and fresh (Mi. e1’400)

20728 G 1913 2 1/2pi Provisional, only 1137 issued, tied to piece by Berat cds, rare and 9 200 fine (Mi. e700)

20729 G 1913 5pi Provisional, only 650 issued, tied to piece by Berat cds, rare and fine 10 300 (Mi. e1’100)

20730 G 1913 20pa Provisional with “behie” overprint, tied to piece by Vlone cds (27.11.13), 13 300 very fine, signed Köhler and cert. Sismondo (Mi. e950)

20731 H 1913 1pi Light Blue with red “behie” ovpt., very fine, signed and cert. Sismondo 14 400 (Mi. e1’700)

20732 G 1913 1pi Blue with red “behie” ovpt, tied to small piece, well centred, very fine 14 var. 400 (Mi. e1’700)

















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20733 G 1913 2pi value with “behie” ovpt, tied to piece by Vlone cds, very fine (Mi. e3’000) 14A 600

20734 G 1913 1pi Black on rose, tied to piece by Vlone cds, only 345 issued, scarce and 15 600 fine (Mi. e2’600)

20735 F 168 1914 Registered envelope to Holland, franked 1914 2gr on 50q tied by DURRES / 200 22.7.1914 cds in blue, with DURRES / DURAZZO registered label alongside, Arnhem arrival bs, very fine

bulgaria OTTOMAn POST OFFiCES20736 F 176 Seal Cancels, important collection of covers or folded letters showing negative 1’000 seals of SOFIA (1859, C&W fig. 73, R25 = extremely rare or unique), VARNA (1849, C&W fig. 82, R25) and VIDIN (ca 1850, C&W fig. 86, R25), then five folded covers from various Bulgarian towns (two from Kalofer, one each from Karnabat, Lom and Rehova) all showing Der Aliye (Constantinople) negative seals applied on arrival (C&W fig. 5-8 & 15, each highly rated 20 or 25). A phenomenal opportunity to acquire an important foundation, mostly very fine, examine (8)



60006 F Bulgaria - Ottoman Post Office Cancellations 1842-1895, Specialised collection / accumulation showing a wonderful array of postal history including the scarce and popular Tatar Post with negative seal handstamps, many colourful and attractive Duloz frankings, plus a vast array of different cancellations on stamps from the Toughra issues through 1908, plus some Bulgarian cancels on Turkish stamps. Noted rare Zagra-Iatik, Nova Zagora, etc. An excellent basis for study and expansion into an exhibition collection Estimate e4’000 - e6’000









bulgAriA (COnT.)

gEnErAl iSSuES

1879 1ST lArgE liOn iSSuE (Mi. 1-5)

20737 CC 10c black & green, mint nh, very fine, rare (Mi. e 900 with hinge) 2 180

1882 3rD lArgE liOn iSSuE (Mi. 12-20)

20738 F 176 Lot of one 10st & four 5st postal cards from 1896 depicting young prince, uprated 100 by various 3rd Lions later issues, all sent to France, attractive and scarce, ex Poulie

romania POSTAl HiSTOry20739 F 176 1855 Stampless cover front bearing “Bull’s Head” 45 parale circular hs, with partial 400 framed FRANKO alongside, a unusual early postal stationery “forerunner” item for the student & connoisseur

MOlDAviA - THE “bull’S HEAD” iSSuES

1858 (21 July) FirST iSSuE

27 PArAlE

20740 H 27 parale Black on rose, large margins, neatly cancelled by blue-green double-circle 14’000 “BERLAD 11/8 MOLDOVA” cds, two light corner creases well outside design, very fine and rare. Only 5 examples are known used from Berlad, cert. Heimbüchler

54 PArAlE

20741 H 54 parale Green on blue green, a delectable example with outsized even margins 6’000 and partial face-free “FOKSCANI / MOLDOVA” double-circle ds, excellent fresh colour and essentially sound (trivial imperfections at extreme edges, faint trace of horizontal bend), extremely fine and with distinguished provenance Expertise: signed Friedl, A.Diena, E.Diena, Sorani and others Certificate Heimbüchler Background: Heimbüchler census 316/1 (was wrongly attributed to Caspary) Provenance: Alphonse de. Rothschild, 1948 Lars Amundsen, 1969 (there described as “truly a ‘Connoisseur’s’ stamp”)











rOMAniA (COnT.)

20742 F 54 parale Green on blue green, an impressive example with sharp impression and 2 30’000 good to huge margins margins all round, cancelled by RED “JASSY / MOLDOVA / 3.10” small double-circle cds on cover to Galatz, addressee’s name restored, an extremely fine & flawless example of the 54 Parales on an attractive cover Provenance: Burrus (1962, lot 191) and Tomasini Expertise: cert. Heimbüchler; his census no. 344/1 (“stamp perfect”)

108 PArAlE

20743 H 108 parale Blue on pink, large margins all around, fresh colour and sharp impression, 10’000 with neat strike of double-circle “JASSY / MOLDOVA 5/8” cds, superb and very rare in such condition Expertise: cert. Heimbüchler

1858-61 (1 nOv.) SECOnD iSSuE

20744 C 40pa Blue on white paper, relatively early state of the die, mint horizontal 6ay 500 pair with full brownish original gum, huge margins all round, extremely fresh & scarce unused pair









rOMAniA (COnT.)

20745 CH Small 2nd Issue balance incl. superb 5pa type broken frame and 40pa both fresh 5I/7by 350 mint with large margins and og, then 40pa used on bluish, and two 80pa used (one red cancel), useful, examine (Mi. ca. e1’500)

MOlDAviA & wAllACHiA - uniTED PrinCiPAliTiES iSSuES

1862 HAnDSTuCk FrOM SinglE DiES

20746 F 30pa Blue, huge corner margin single (wrinkle in mgn) tied by fancy “FRANCO / 10Ix 320 FOLTICHENII” hs (matching double-circle cds nearby) to cover sent to Foksani (bs plus Roman transit), outstanding showpiece

1864 PrinTED FrOM PlATES

20747 CDCE Small balance incl. hand-print 6pa & 30pa plus plate print set and 6pa tete-beche 100 and tete-couche pairs, fresh and gen. very fine (Mi. e375; also incl. forged 3pa)

1865 PrinCE AlEXAnDru CuZA POrTrAiT20748 F 176 20pa Red tied to folded wrapper by mute grill, also ms cancelled, sent from 13 140 Bucharest to CAMPU-LUNG with both cds (double-ring with “star”), trivial stain at address else very fine

1866-67 PrinCE CArOl i - COlOurED PAPErS20749 CDCE 1866 Coloured Papers, thin paper 2pa (4), 5pa (2) and 20pa (6) plus 1864 & 1865 180 Cuza issues incl. two shades of 2pa and two papers of 5pa, most og, fine group (Mi. ca. e900)













rOMAniA (COnT.)

1868-70 PrinCE CArOl i - nEw CurrEnCy

20750 F 2 Bani orange plus 3 Bani violet, tied together and to “Recipisa de priimire” 17+18 1’500 form by ornamented Bucharest cds (another strike at right, form dated 1871 and sent to Galatz , an extrordinarily elusive showpiece, very fine

20751 F 176 18b Lilac Rose shade tied by “BUCURESCI / DUP’ AMIADI” cds to cover to Braila 20 240 (ornamented bs), very scarce shade on cover, very fine

20752 F 176 18b Carmine rose, even margins, tied by blue-green Braila cds with ornaments to 20 140 cover to Bucharest (bs), another strike at top right, cover roughly opened at top right (loss to part of cancel), else fine and attractive

1871-72 PrinCE CArOl i - wiTH bEArD

iMPErFOrATE

20753 F 176 5b Vermilion tied by superb Galati / Sera cds to “Quitanta” receipt form (creased), 26b 220 for a “grop” (money bag) containing 40 lei and weighing 100 grams sent to Ismaila, very fine

20754 DCE 10b Yellow-orange on vert. laid paper, very large margins, no gum, superb (Mi. e500) 27x 160

SuPPlEMEnTAry vAluES

20755 CCC 10b Ultramarine, type II, vert. pair with margin at foot, upper stamp transfer 29 II 120 subtype of type 5 showing “pearl below neck” variety, lower stamp type 6, very fresh and only upper stamp lh, very fine

PErFOrATED

20756 F 176 25b Brown tied by Galatz / Dim cds to cover to Wien (bs), boxed P.D. hs, stamp 34 200 & cancel area cut out and reattached, also perf. 5b “Beard” pair, perfs cut at top, with superb 1872 Giurgiu cds, and Austrian Retour=Recipisse form franked on reverse by two 18550 3Kr (faults), examine













rOMAniA (COnT.)

20757 CDCE BALANCE of 1868-72 Carol I issues, both mint and used with slight duplication, 120 H includes better values throughout, examine, fine or better with couple exceptions (42) (Mi. ca. e850)

1872 PAriS iSSuE

20758 CCC 1872 Carol I set, Paris print, imperf marginal singles, all but 10b nh, rare 36U-42U 200 and very fine (Mi. e800)

1881-1947 kingDOM

20759 CDCE 1902 Jubilee Expo set mint and used, plus used set (for Official use) with “S E” 197-207, I-XI 200 ovpts (1200 produced), fine and fresh (Mi. e990)

20760 CC 1926 Birthday set imperf, plus perforated 6L & 10L Errors of colour 293U-302U, 300F, 302F 240 (100or 200 each printed), also 10L error imperf, all nh, rarely seen, large margins, very fine (Mi. e770)

















rOMAniA (COnT.)

20761ex 20762ex

20761 BCC 1930 (June 8) Enthronement ovpts, sets with vert. & horiz. wmks, nh (5L horiz. 372-74X,Y 120 with natural dull spots), very fresh and fine (Mi. e445)

20762 CC 1930-31 Carol II sets IMPERF, only 1’000 sets printed, 1930 values with some 375U-88U 140 natural dull spots else nh, very fine (Mi. e700)

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20765ex

20763 BCC 1931 Airmails, B marginal IMPERF set of 5, 200 exist thus, nh (dull spots), fine 419U-23U 120

20764 CC 1934 Fruit set in IMPERF pairs, only 200 sets issued, apparently nh, very fine 478U-79U 260 (Impex e1’350)

20765 CC 1935 Famous Men in marginal IMPERF pairs, 200 sets issued, nh (slightly 480U-83U 220 disturbed), very fine (Impex e1’350)

20766ex

20767ex 20769

20766 CC 1937 Petite Entente set, corner marginal IMPERFS, low value strong gum crease, 536U-37U 120 only 200 issued, very fine (Impex e450)

20767 CC 1938-40, Two cplt. issues in marginal IMPERFS, 200 each issued, nh, very fine 552U, 625U-30U 200

20768 CC 1948 Press set with add’l black pictorial ovpts, perf & imperf, nh, scarce, very fine 120

20769 CC 1956 1.75L Green & Brown, CENTRE INVERTED, fewer than 100 known, nh, fine 1564 I 400



















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A selection from lot 20770









bOSniA (COnT.)

20770 FH The Passer Collection of Ottoman Bosnia 1860-1875, An amazing offering showing Sarajevo negative seal on stampless cover, Toughra Issues with four covers (some an array of different frankings), Duloz with sixteen covers showing colourful and mutiple frankings from a variety of towns incl. Bihac in combination with Austria, Travnik, Tuzla, but mostly from Brood, plus range of Duloz (40+) stamps with Brood cancels, mixed to very fine, a truly rare opportunity Estimate: e30’000 - e40’000

20771 F BIHAC: 1873 envelope from Trieste bearing on reverse 20pa Green in strip of three 2’000 tied by two small oval negative cancels of BIHAC, face bears Austria 1867 5Kr, one 20pa defective, extremely rare mixed franking, cert. Velickovic

20772 F 176 SARAJEVO (BOSNA): Circa 1850 stampless to Constantinople with earliest negative 300 seal BOSNA (Sarajevo) cancel (C&W fig. 1, R10 = rare), also fragment with superb rare neg. seal of the telegraph office, very fine

20773 F 176 SARAJEVO (BOSNA): 1858 Folded letter from Sarajevo (comm’l cachet) bearing 180 clear CANIB-I POSTA-I BOSNA 265 negative seal in black (C&W fig. 1, R10 = Rare), lovely, very fine

20774 F 176 SARAJEVO (BOSNA): 1860 Envelope from Sarajevo bearing black oval negative 280 handstamp (C&W fig. 1), showing manuscript Star of David, fine & scarce








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20791

















bOSniA (COnT.)

20775 F 188 SARAJEVO (BOSNA): 1867 Cover from Brood receiving on arrival Turkey Duloz 280 postage due 1865 1pi pair tied by arabic double circle BOSNA, fine, also 2 loose Duloz adhesives bearing similar hs in bluish & greyish black

20776 F 188 SARAJEVO (BOSNA): 1869 Cover from Brood to Sarajevo with 1Ghr yellow + postage 600 due 20pa bistre brown applied on arrival with bluish double circle arabic cancel of Bosna (Sarajevo), inside dated “Brood 16.Jan.1869,” very fine & scarce

20777 F 188 SARAJEVO (BOSNA): 1869 & 1873, Two folded letters with Duloz frankings tied by 300 arabic double-circle BOSNA / 81 (C&W fig. 4) in black or in blue, a bit aged, fine showpieces

20778 F 188 SARAJEVO (BOSNA): 1875 Folded cover to Brood franked by Duloz 1869 1pi & 2pi 300 tied by arabic double-circle SARAJEVO, filing crease through 2pi, very fine & scarce cover from the Levi correspondence

AuSTriAn FOrErunnErS20779 F 188 BANJA LUKA: 1864-67, Three folded entires, all franked by Austria 1863-64 5Kr 500 red, incl. single franking, registered franking with damaged 5Kr on reverse & cover with three 5Kr, all tied by ALT-GRADISCA cds, sent via Sissek to Trieste, fine to very fine group

20780 F 188 BANJA LUKA: 1867-70, Three folded entires franked with 1863-64 5Kr (2) & 1867 300 5Kr with two covers, incl. reg’d cover (missing reg’d fee franking at back) tied by ALT-GRADISCA or METCOVIC cds, fine to very fine

20781 F 188 BRCKO: 1854 Folded letter bearing 9Kr blue with WINKOWCZE 10.APR. 2-line ds to 300 Trieste, at back company embossed seal & ms disinfection note “Gereinigt bei dem Filial Rastel zu Rajevoselo am 8.4.854,” AGRAM transit & Triest bs, very fine & scarce

20782 F BROOD: 1854 Disinfected entire folded letter from Sarajevo to Trieste, franked 4’000 by 9Kr blue (barely touched) tied by BROOD 8.DEC 2-line cancel, extremely clear example of the Ottoman SARAJEVO (Coles & Walker fig. 1) negative seal alongside, KARLSTADT transit and TRIEST 13/12 arrival bs, very fine, cert. Ferchenbauer

20783 F 188 MOSTAR: 1865 -78, Four folded entires, one franked with three1863-64 5Kr, then 1’000 three covers with 1867 5Kr incl. single franking with fine print on 1878 late use cover, and reg’d usage with 5Kr red and 10Kr on reverse, all tied by METKOVIC cds, a fine & scarce group (4)

20784 F 188 SARAJEVO INCOMING MAIL: 1868 Unfranked cover from Leipzig 5.12.68 to Brood 1’000 bearing blue crayon tax mkg “10x,” inside ms docketing “Sarajevo 5.Dezember 1868,” some ink spots at BR, incoming “forerunners” are vastly scarcer than outgoing mail

20785 F 190 SARAJEVO INCOMING MAIL: 1854 Cover franked by 9Kr blue with WIEN 3.10. cds to 500 Brood, with merchants italic hs “GAN.” and ms “fuer Jovo Nicolitz Seraglio” plus 2-line BROOD bs, very fine & scarce as incoming forerunners are much rarer then outgoing













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bOSniA (COnT.)

20786 F SARAJEVO INCOMING MAIL: 1863 Unfranked cover bearing WIEN 11.11. 2-line ds to 1’000 Brood with ms “20(kr)” taxation, at back forwarding annotation “für Herrn Jovo Risto Wassiliovitz in Serailo” & merchants forwarder sign “GRW” plus Sissek transit & Brood arrival, very fine & rare

20787 F 190 TESANJ: 1863 Folded entire franked with 1860-61 15Kr blue tied by faint 4-line 400 BROOD / IN / SLAVONIEN / 20.JUN. ds, sent via Sissek to Trieste, inside dated “Tesanj 16.Jun 1863,” fine, rare origin

20788 Attractive & valuable group of Austrian forerunners, comprising the following: 1856 cover to Trieste, franked with 1850 9kr tied by 2-line WINKOYZE / 27.APR; 1859 disinfected cover to Trieste, franked with 1858 15kr tied by 2-line BROOD / 20.FEB in combination with Bosna arabic negative seal, cert. Puschmann; 1850 9kr tied on cover to Wien by 2-line BROOD / 24.APR in combination with Bosna arabic negative seal, cert. Ferchenbauer; three 1862-65 covers all with different 15kr frankings & each tied by ALT-GRADISKA cds; two 1862-65 covers with diff. 15kr frankings both tied by 4-line BROOD ds; two 1870-71 covers with 1867 5kr franking tied by BROOD or KOSTAINICA cds (10) Very fine & rare assembly, excellent basis for expansion and a rare opportunity Estimate: e10’000 - e15’000

HungAriAn FOrErunnErS20789 F 188 BANJA LUKA: 1872 Cover bearing 5Kr engraved (corner perf missing), tied by 600 ALT-GRADISCA 13.6. cds and sent via Sissak to Trieste, inside dated “Banja Luka 12.6.72,” also at back “G.Delits Banyaluka” company vignette, rare

THE OCCuPATiOn 1878-7920790 F 190 ETTAPPENPOSTAMT No. III (NEVESINJE): 10Kr Blue, tied to German-Italian 800 telegraphic money order by ETAPEN POSTAMT No.3 / 15.8.79 cds to Triest, very fine & a rare usage











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bOSniA (COnT.)

20791 F 188 ETAPPENPOSTAMT No. XXIX (LIVNO): HUNGARY 5Kr red (2) + 10Kr blue tied to vert. 2’000 folded Hungarian postal money order form to Spalato by ETAPPEN-POSTAMT 27.5.79 cds, with four very fine strikes, rare

20792 F 190 ETAPPENPOSTAMT No. XXXIV (VASAR VAKUF): Bosnia 5Kr red tied to cover to Triest 500 by K.u.K. ETAPPENPOSTAMT No. XXXIV 9.12.79, very fine & rare

20793 FG Four items being respectively Hungary 5Kr with Feldpostexpositur cds on fragment, 1’000 two incoming envelopes from Constantinople with Feldpostamt cds and stampless cover with Feldpostleitung cds, fine group (4)

THE 1879-1900 iSSuES

20794 ACCC An outstanding specialised collection neatly mounted & written up on 67 album FHJ pages, showing Litho & Typo with all values well represented mint & used, with L extensive ranges of perforation variations, shades, cancels, mint & used multiples, covers with some registered usage, postal stationery & one rare destination to Sierra Leone, 1900-05 issues with die proofs, imperfs, proofs & some forgeries, etc. A wonderful opportunity for study & expansion Estimate: e4’000 - e7’000)

1879-1894 liTHOgrAPHED iSSuE

20795 CCCJ 190 1Kr Grey in nh mint block of 24 showing scarce wmk letters “ARKEN” plus mint block 1I 400 of 4, very fine

20796 F 1Kr, 2Kr, 5Kr to 25Kr neatly franking registered cover to New York, tied by K. 1I,2I,4I-7I 6’000 und K. MILIT POST XXXII / SARAJEVO / 31.7.90 cds, violet New York 15.8.90 cds on reverse, illustrated in previous Ferchenbauer handbook p.580, 25Kr with unimportant pre-franking crease, superb exhibition showpiece of great rarity

20797 C 1Kr Grey, perf. 10 1/2, part reconstructed sheet of 82, incl. many blocks & 1Ia 600 multiples, mint or nh, fine to very fine













bOSniA (COnT.)

20798 CHJ 1Kr Grey to lilac-grey: specialised selection on large stockpages incl. mint block 1Ia,b 500 of 10, partly stuck down, w/o blue crayon, many used with different shades, most perf. 12, mostly very fine group (52)

20799 CCCJ 2Kr Yellow, perf 12 in reconstructed part sheet of 84 comprised of about 8 smaller 2I 1’600 blocks, mint or nh, mostly fine to very fine, a rare unit

20800 CCCJ 190 2Kr Orange, perf 11 1/2 in nh block of 30 showing scarce wmk letters “ZEIT,” 2I 800 three stamps hinged, extremely fine as large mint mulriples are very rare

20801 CJ 2Kr Yellow, perf 11 mint blk of 6 showing wmk letter “E,” usual perf 2I 180 separation, plus mint single mint, fine & scarce block

20802 F 2Kr Yellow, twelve singles plus two 3Kr green, all tied by SARAJEVO XXXII 2I+3I 1’400 7.8.90 cds on registered cover to Salzburg, important franking of the 2Kr, exhibition piece, fine & rare

20803 F 2Kr Orange-yellow, perf. 11 plus 3Kr green, perf. 12 1/4, both in blocks of 4 2I+3I 700 tied to back of registered cover to France by K.und K. MILIT.POST XVIII / DOL.TUZLA / 14.9.92 cds, very fine & rare usage of 1st issue blocks on cover

20804 F 2Kr Yellow, two strips of 5 & strip of 3 plus 3Kr green, two strips of four and 2I+3I+5I 7’000 10Kr blue, pair & single, all applied on front & back of opened-out registered cover to Savannah (USA), all tied with K.K.MILIT: POST XI / BANJA LUKA / 25.9.88 cds, only a few minor cover faults not detracting from this exceptional 3-colour franking of greatest rarity & importance for the Bosnia connoisseur, spectacular exhibition piece














bOSniA (COnT.)

20805 CJ 2Kr Yellow to 10Kr blue, mint selection of perf 10 1/2, incl. 2Kr block of 6 & 2I/5I 200 3Kr block of 4, fine to very fine (15)

20806 CCCJ 3Kr Green, perf. 10 1/2, part reconstructed sheet of 76, mint or nh, mostly very fine 3I 800

20807 C 3Kr Bottle-green, perf 11 1/2 mint, very fine 3I 180

20808 C 3Kr Bottle-green, perf 11 1/2, scarce mint single (creased) & used single, fine 3I 180

20809 H 3Kr Bottle-green, perf 10 1/2 used, some perf irregularities, plus similar 3IAcL/M 120 example perf 11 1/2, scarce

20810 CCJ 190 5Kr Dark-red, perf. 12, mint nh block of 12, extremely fresh & vivid shade, a 4I 600 rare mint multiple, ex Waste

20811 CCJ 5Kr Rose-red, perf.12 mint nh block of 6, superb multiple of a very early printing 4I 260

20812 CJ 5Kr Red, perf 13 in rejoined mint block of four, very fine 4I 180

20813 H 5Kr Red, perf. 9 1/4, selection of 15 with shades, including one pair & one 4I 1’500 strip of three, all used, an exceptional group for this rarest perf. type (15)

20814 DFE 198 5Kr Red, perf. 10 1/2, in combination with Austria 1890 5Kr on cover front to 4I+Austria 120 Vienna (Nö. Escompte Gesellschaft), both tied by K.und K.MILIT. POST / BRCKA XVII 16.1.96 cds, most probably a prefranked business reply letter which made this accidental but nevertheless very rare combination possible



















bOSniA (COnT.)

20815 F 198 5Kr Orange-red tied to cover by K.K.MILIT.POST 13 / MOSTAR / 2.4.84 cds, sent 4Id 800 to Trieste, one of the scarcest shades of the 1st issue & one of only 3 to 4 known on cover to date, showpiece (Ferch. No.5Ie)

20816 CCCJ The Unique Block of Four 4IK 8’000 5Kr Red, perf. 9 1/4, mint block of four, mostly nh, very fresh, one of the great Bosnia rarities & key exhibition showpiece (Ferch. No.5Ia LZ 9 1/4) Background: Illustrated in previous Ferchenbauer handbook (p.573)

20817 C 10Kr Blue, mint selection of shades from light blue to dark blue incl. two 5I 300 pairs, all mint, fine to very fine

20818 C 10Kr Blue, perf 11 1/2, in two singles & one pair, mint, fine to very fine 5I 180

20819ex1 20819ex2 20820

20819 CJ 10Kr Light-blue & dark-blue, perf 12, each in mint block of 4, one with perf 5I 1’500 separations, fine & rare

20820 CJ 10Kr Blue, perf 11 1/2 in mint block of 4, very fine 5I 700
















bOSniA (COnT.)

20821 H 10Kr Blue, perf. 9 1/2 in horiz. strip of four, cancelled K.U.K.MILIT POST VIII 5I 700 / TRAVNIK / 8.12.90 cds, some irregular perfs, the largest recorded multiple with this very rare perforation, ex-Waste

20822 H 10Kr Blue, three singles & a pair, all used, in slightly different shades, 5I 600 usual minor imperfections, pair appears superb (5)

20823 H 10Kr Dark-blue perf. 12 in horizontal pair showing left stamp with plate flaw 5I,5I/FI 300 “1Q” instead of “10,” plus two other pairs, all with FELDPOST-EXPOSITUR Nr. 1 or 1A cds (Sandjak), scarce lot for the specialist (6)

20824 CCCJ 10Kr Blue, perf. 10 1/2, mint horizontal block of 10, extremely fresh & 5IaL 1’200 wonderful deep shade, a very rare multiple, cert Ferchenbauer

20825 G 10Kr Blue, vertically BISECTED & perforated & with “5” handstamp ovpt in blue, 5IH 4’000 neatly tied to large fragment by boxed SERAJEVO / 12.3.89 ds, with s/l FRANCO alongside, an important rarity, exhibition showpiece













bOSniA (COnT.)

20826 C 15Kr Brown (4), subtype A showing short & flat stroke at “1,” in slightly 6I/A 460 different shades, very fine

20827 CH 15Kr Brown, subtype A, showing short & flat stroke on “1,” perf 12 mint & six 6I/A 300 used in different shades, mostly very fine (7)

20828 CCCJ 190 15Kr Brown, subtype B in nh mint block of 24, mostly intact (unseparated) 6I/B 3’000 perforations, three showing watermark, an exceptionally fine mint multiple

20829 20832

20829 C 15Kr Brown, perf 11 1/2, subtype B in mint block of 8, apparently the largest 6I/B 1’200 recorded mint multiple, plus two singles in different shades, a rare group (10)

20830ex1

20833

20830ex2

20830 C 15Kr Dark-olive-brown, subtype B, two slightly different shades from perf 11, 6I/B 400 both mint, fine to very fine

20831 C 15Kr Olive-brown, subtype B, perf. 11, mint, very fine & scarce 6I/B 180

20832 CJ 15Kr Brown, subtype B, mint block of eight, irregular perfs, very fine & scarce 6I/B 800

20833 CJ 15Kr Brown, subtype B, mint block of 4, irregular perfs, very fine 6I/B 400



















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20836

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bOSniA (COnT.)

20834 F 198 15Kr Brown (2), subtype II, perf. 12 3/4, tied to registered cover to Sarajevo 6I/II 800 by K.K.MILIT. POST XXXVIII / TESANJ / 18.6.81 cds, some cover faults, attractive wax seals on reverse, rare

20835 F 198 15Kr Brown, subtype II, tied to small registered cover by two-ring K.K.MILIT.POST 6I/II 240 / SERAJEVO XXXII / 15.6.86 cds to Vienna, plus “RNr.163,” very fine

20836 F 198 15Kr Brown, subtype I/II (Ferch. ty B), small “15” tied to registered cover 6I/II 120 to Livno by K.K.MILIT: POST VIII / TRAVNIK / 17.3.82 cds, bs K.K.MILIT: POST XXIX / TRAVNIK / 20.3.82, very fine

20837 CCJ 25Kr Purple, perf 10 1/2 in nh mint block of 4, showing cplt. wmk letter “N” 7I 700 and part letter “E,” fresh & extremely fine, signed Matl

20838 CCJ 25Kr Lilac, perf 12 3/4, nh block of 4, fresh & a superb mint multiple 7I 600

20839 C 25Kr Violet, mint selection of shades, incl. aniline (“hochviolett,” cert. Ferchenbauer), 7I 500 all perf 12, fine & rare group (4)

20840 C 25Kr Aniline, the so-called “hochviolett,” perf. 12, mint, very fine 7I 360

20841 C 25Kr Violet , selection of shades from perf 10, three singles & a pair showing 7I 220 wmk, mint, fine to very fine (5)




















bOSniA (COnT.)

20842 CJ 25Kr Violet, perf. 11 1/2, mint block of 12 with two blocks of four nh, 7I 1’800 extremely fresh, vivid colour for this extremely rare mint multiple

20843 20848 20844

20843 CJ 25Kr Violet mint block of 4, some irregular perfs, fine & scarce 7I 400

20844 CJ 25Kr Violet in a dark shade, perf. 11 1/2, mint block of four, fine 7I 280

20845 H 25Kr Violet: Specialised selection on two stockpages showing 52 examples, 7I 280 apparently all perf. 12, in an array of different shades from violet to aniline, scarce & interesting study group (52)

20846 F 198 25Kr Violet plus 10Kr tied to registered cover to Mostar by large double-circle 7I+5I 1’200 K.K.MILIT.POST XXXII / SERAJEVO / 7.9.81 cds, some peripheral cover faults, one of the earliest known 25Kr covers & of particular interest being an inland cover (i.e. not going abroad) thus extremely rare internal usage













bOSniA (COnT.)

20847 F 25Kr Grey-violet, perf. 12 1/2, 20Kr perf. 10 1/2, 15Kr subtype II perf. 11 & 7I+8I+6I+5I 3’000 10Kr perf. 10 1/2, all tied to registered blank money envelope to Birmingham, England by K.und K. MILIT. POST XIV / BIHAC / 13.3.93 cds, very fine & attractive, splendid multicolour usage & most probably unique

20848 CJ 25Kr Deep purple, perf. 11 1/2, mint block of 6, normal gum creasing, rare & a 7IfM 360 rare mint multiple

20849 C 20Kr Green, four mint singles in slightly different shades, fine to very fine 8I 1’200

20850 C 20Kr Green, mint selection of four slightly different shades, some short perfs, 8I 1’200 mostly very fine (4)

20851 ADCE 1/2Kr Black, ungummed imperf proof blk of 4 on thick yellowish paper, very fine 9I 120 J & scarce

20852 CCCJ 1/2Kr Black in reconstructed sheet of 100, consisting of two part sheets of 50, 9I 1’200 mint or nh, mostly very fine, rare unit

20853 CCCH 1/2Kr Black to 25Kr violet, specialised collection on 77 stockpages, mainly 1I/9I 2’000 J used, some mint incl. many better shades, perfs, multiples and also some cancel interest, a wonderful lot for the student (100s)




















bOSniA (COnT.)

1894-98 TyPOgrAPHED iSSuE

20855ex

20854 ADCE 1/2Kr Grey to 25Kr Lilac in IMPERF proof blocks of four on ungummed thin paper, 1II-8II Pr U 1’200 incl. 1Kr which exists only on brownish thicker paper, very fine & very rare in blocks

20855 ACCC 1/2Kr Black to 25Kr violet, selection of 15 imperfs & proofs, on yellowish or 1II/9II 180 DCE ungummed thin paper, fine (15)

20856 CCCH 1/2Kr Black to 25Kr violet : Specialised accumulation on stockpages, incl. typo 1II/9II 800 & litho, also some reprints in large blocks, includes some better blocks & perfs, mostly very fine (100s)

20857 C 5Kr red, type II, perf 10 1/2 & rare perf 11 1/2 mint, fine to very fine (Mi.4IIL/M) 4II 300

20858 C 5Kr Red, type II (2), 10Kr blue horizontal pair with plate error “cross in shield” 4II,5II,9II 160 on L stamp, 1/2Kr black block of 4 incl pair with subtypes A & B, also block of 6 with 2 pairs with subtypes A & B plus one with plate error “white spot in shield,” all very fine mint (14)

20859 F 198 5Kr Red, perf 10 1/2 x 12 1/2, tied to cover to Sachsenfeld (Austria) by 4III 280 DOL.TUZLA 10.8.98 cds, rare COMPOUND PERF on cover

20860 CCC 10Kr Blue, perf 12 1/2, in two mint blocks of 4 showing the subtypes I & II & IIF 5II 180 (so-called “Kreuzchentype”), excellent colour, fresh & very fine (Mi. 5II/I,5II/II,5II/IIF)

20861 F 198 20Kr Green, perf. 10 1/2 tied to back of registered cover to Czernowitz (Bukowina) 8IIL 460 by K.und K. MILIT: POST XIV / BIHAC / 10.6.96 cds, somewhat tatty, scarce

















bOSniA (COnT.)

20862 C 20Kr Olive perf. 11 1/2, mint, very fine & rare 8IIM 460

20863 F 198 CURRENCY CHANGE: Typo 2Kr & 20Kr in combination with 1H black-grey tied to 10+2II+8II 800 registered envelope by K.und K. MILIT. POST 13 / MOSTAR / 14.2.00 cds to Vienna, a few cover faults, probably unique combination paying (to the new 2nd weight step) registered rate of 45H

STATiOnEry wiTH ADDiTiOnAl ADHESivES

20864 F 5Kr Red envelope bearing additional franking of Litho 25Kr, Typo 3kr (3) & 1900 U2II+7I+3II+10 5’000 1H (2), all neatly tied by K.und K.MILIT.POST XLIV / KLADANJ / 10.1.00 cds to MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay. Very colourful & spectacular mixed issue & multicolour franking to an extremely rare destination, important Bosnian showpiece Expertise: certificate Ferchenbauer which reports a few water stains not detracting and mentioned for accuracy only

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gEnErAl iSSuES

20865 F 1900-01 1H to 10H on attractive small format cover to New York, tied by 10-15 700 SARAJEVO 25.8.03 cds, very fine 6-colour franking, rare

20866 F 198 1900 1H Grey + 3H orange (3) tied on cover to Vienna tied by BOS.BROD cds plus 10/28 360 11 other covers with mostly interesting frankings or cancels, mixed but mostly commercial, an interesting specialist group (12)

20867 H COMPOUND PERFS: 1900 3H Orange perf 12 1/2 x 10 1/2, 30H brown-ochre perf 12 12,18 300 1/2 x 10 1/2, 30H brown-ochre perf 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 (2), all used, mostly very fine, scarce group (4)

20868 F 204 1900-01 5H Green + 6H brown (2) + 10H red + 20H rose tied to registered cover 13-16 200 of K.u.K. Infanterie Reg. Ezhzg. Stephan Nr.8 by K.UND K. MILIT.POST 13 MOSTAR 21.6.00 cds to Vienna, scarce & fine 4-colour franking

20869 CCJ 204 1900-01 10H red, perf 10 1/2 in nh block of 40 showing watermark “S - MARKE,” 15 1’800 extremely fresh & fine, most probably the largest recorded mint multiple

20870 C 1900 20H Rose, 30H brown & 40H orange, perf.12 1/2, mint, fine (3) 16,18-19 180

20871 C 1900-01 40H orange-yellow in lh mint blk of 4, lightly ribbed paper, a rare 19 800 mint multiple, signed Ferchenbauer

20872 C 1900-01 40H orange on vertically ribbed paper, mint, scarce 19y 120

20873 F 198 1900-01 50H Dark rose-lilac tied to cover to Rome by K.und K. MILIT. POST LIII 20 400 / BOS.SAMAC / 8.11.02 cds, somewhat tatty, a purely commercial usage & therefore extremely rare, signed A.Diena & Raybaudi

20874 HJ 198 1900-01 2K ultramarine, on ribbed paper, used block of ten, scarce used multiple 22y 180

20875 ACCC 1906 1H to 5K: Specialised collection on 53 pages, nh, mint, used, also 29-44 1’800 DCEF fragments, covers, cancels, noted perf. & imperf. sets, colour proofs, many GH different perfs & compound perfs, also in complete sets incl. uniform compound perf. sets, a wonderful lot for the specialist (100s)

















bOSniA (COnT.)

20876 ACCC The 1906 Pictorial Issue Specialised Collection 29-44 F Extensive and neatly mounted & written up in three albums as follows: - One album showing a comprehensive collection of die proofs & colour trials on 48 album pages, with black prints, black die proofs, perforated die proofs, die proofs of vignette, die proofs of frame, die prrofs on thick paper, die proofs on gummed paper & colour trials, etc.; an amazing assembly (400+) - Two albums dedicated to the vast array of perforation combinations presented on 134 pages showing all values well represented some interesting varieties & a few of the very rare perf variations present, with mint multiples showing mixed perforations, plus imperfs, imperf. between, sheets with invalidating punch marks, also some commercial usages (1000s) A wonderful & rare opportunity Estimate: e6’000 - e10’000

20877 DCEF 1906 Special presentation box with gold lettering “K. und K. Militär-Post In 29-44 etc. 240 Bosnien-Herzegowina Ausgabe 1906” containing 22 cards, one with title “Herausgegeben von K.U.K. Reichskriegsministerium,” 16 with a diff. value of the 1906 set and 5 with postal stationery, scarce

20878 CCCH 1906 6H Brown in nh blk of 4 perf 13 1/2 + single used example, also 20H 33,35,37,41 180 black-brown perf 13 1/2 mint + 1H, 30H, 40H & 1K double perf on one side, mostly very fine (11)

20879 AJ 204 1906 5K Trial colour proof in light reddish brown in cplt. IMPERF sheet of 50, 44 280 folded in middle, rare showpiece












bOSniA (COnT.)

20880 CC 1910-18 General Issues & 1904-16 Postage Dues Specialised Collection 45-60 Neatly mounted & written up on 64 album pages, comprising a comprehensive collection of all the issues incl. die proofs, trial colour proofs, imperfs, overprint varieties, mint blocks of four, imperf-between pairs & other perf. varieties, plus some useful covers, postcards & fiscal issues on parcels cards etc. A wonderful & rare oppoutunity Estimate: e2’000 - e4’000

20881 CH 1910 Jublilee Issue: specialised selection on album pages, with 1H to 5K in 45-60 600 various mint or used sets, plus four colour proofs & four single die proofs in black, a fine & scarce assembly (160+)










bOSniA (COnT.)

20882 A 204 1912 Single die proof in dark blue for centre only (used for small Heller values and 64 280 1K & 2K) on ungummed original paper, with ms ink annotation “Abzug vom Stahlplättchen...,” archive no.114, probably unique, very fine, photographed in Ferchenbauer 1990 p. 750)

20883 F 1912 10K Blue tied to registered cover to Germany, plus three other 1912 covers 67/84 300 incl. two registered, a fine group (4)

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20884 ADCE 1912 Issue colour proofs perf. for 10K in greyish brown, brown-lilac, 84 300 olive-green, light-carmine & dark red, unused, scarce

20885 ACCC 1916 3H to 10K: specialised collection incl. mint & used basic set with some 99-116 800 FH duplication, proofs & essays incl. colour proof sets & issued imperfs (92), mostly fine to very fine (290+ & one cover)

20886 ACCC 1916-17 Charity Issues: Specialised collection on album pages, incl. ovpt. 117-123 700 FHJ varieties, essays, proofs & colour proofs, also many single die proofs (17), a wonderful basis for study & expansion (250+)














bOSniA (COnT.)

20887 ACCC 1917 Charles 3H to 10K: specialized collection on 14 album pages, incl. imperfs 124-141 500 FHJ (56), perforation varieties and single die proofs (18), mostly very fine, an excellent basis for expansion (192)

20888 F 1917 3H Black, 5H green, 10+20H Charles issue on covers or card in combination 124/130 300 with 1912 or 1916 definitves, mostly very fine & scarce (3)

20889 A 204 1918 Charles Fund 40H in photo essay of the adopted & issued stamp in its final 146 360 stage, tied to archive carton board from War Ministry bearing ms ink “Imprimatur!” with date & signed, a very rare showpiece

COllECTiOnS, lOTS, ETC.20890 CCC 1895-1918 Attractive accumulation in Lighthouse album with mint, used, shades, DCEH cancellation, perf. variations, imperfs, some duplications etc., mixed to very fine (100s) (Est. e500/1’000)

Montenegro gEnErAl iSSuES

1879-98 FirST TyPE, lATEr PrinTingS

20891 F 204 1895 Registered cover to Italy franked with 20n tied by Cetinje cds, very fine, scarce 200














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Serbia POSTAl HiSTOry

20892 F 1837 Disinfected private letter with complete contents, written in Mitrovitza (Syrmium, 1’500 Austria), oval hs of the P.O. of Mitrovicz, first sent to a middleman in Semlin, “To be delivered to an artisan in Paracin, to Serbia, via Semlin.” The addressee arranged further transport, with tax “4” paid for the letter to be ferried across the Sava river to Belgrade and then carried by private messenger to Paracin inside Serbia. As Paracin and surroundings were infected with the plague from 20.August to 31.October 1837, a sanitary cordon was established around the region. This letter was disinfected on entrance into the zone, as evidenced by punch holes; on reverse, “This letter arrived 1.September (1)837 in Parachin.” An extraordinary showpiece

20893 F 1837 Official entire with detailed text, written in Jagodina (i.e Dragocvet, a part of 1’000 Jagodina), seat of the local government, during the plague period, addressed to the Prince of Serbia, Milos Obrenovic, at the time in Kragujevac, and inscribed “cisto” (“clean”) denoting that from the first disinfected paper was used for the letter, then fumigated a second time on leaving the plague zone, with punch holes and ms on reverse, “KADJENO PRI KORDONU BUKOVICKOM 18 Septembra 1837”, meaning “Fumigated by the Cordon (military post) at Bukurovica 18.Sept.1837” (Bukovica is located halfway on the road leading from Jagodina to Kragujevac) Only a few letters coming from this plague infected zone in the interior of Serbia are known Note: 1837 An epidemic of plague developed in JAGODINA and surroundings, located in Central Serbia, on the main east-west road, Cospoli-Nish-Alexinatz -JAGODINA-Belgrade-Semlin-Vienna. The town was immediately sealed off and sanitary stations erected on the roads leading from Jagodina.







SErbiA (COnT.)

20894 F 1839 Customs document dated October 13, bearing superb strike of the boxed 2’000 “BEOGRAD” hs with negative arabic cachet alongside, document printed in Serbian, but with written text in arabic, an extremely rare usage, cert. Velickovic

20895 F 214 1839 Folded letter sheet from Bosnia to Serbia, written from Suttiska, a Roman 1’000 Catholic Franciscan Monastery near Fojnica (bei Kisseljak), W/NW of Sarajevo, addressed to the Prince of Serbia, Gratiano Obrenovic, then in Kragujevac. Carried by messenger across the border between Bosnia and Serbia at Raca and disinfected at the Serbian Quarantine station. On reverse very clear negative cachet PECAT KONTUMACA RACANSKOG, also on reverse inscriprion in manuscript, “Received in Kragujevac 1 April 1839,” addressed in Latin, very rare disinfected letter from the interior of Bosnia to the interior of Serbia, showpiece

20896 F 214 1839 Folded letter sheet from Walachia (Romanian Principality) to the Prince of 1’000 Serbia, Milos Obrenovic, while he was resident in Kragujevac, carried by messenger, crossing into Serbia over the Danube at Radujevac (NE Serbia, town on the Danube), disinfected at the Serbian quarantine station, rastel punch holes on the whole of the surface, on reverse very rare oval negative seal PECAT KONTUMACA RADUJEVACKOG, endorsed “Kragujevac 1.April 1839,” one of the very few letters known from across the Danube via Radujevac to Serbia, showpiece

20897 F 1840 Folded disinfected entire from Bosnia to Serbia, bearing 2-line “DUBICZA ILLYRIE” 1’500 in black with oval “MITROVICZ” arrival alongside, extremely rare, cert. Velickovic

20898 F 204 1841-66, Specialised accumulation of 178 stampless covers in 3 albums, a great resource with wide variety of cancels (incl. s/l and cds) plus supplemental hs (e.g. various “Naplaceno”), some are registered or money letters, many excellent strikes throughout, a great foundation for a serious exhibit, some duplication, examine (Est. e600/800)








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20899 F 1842 Official folded letter sheet posted at Belgrade P.O. and addressed to the 1’200 Serbian Agency in Bucharest, Wallachia, showing “No.4” in manuscript & clear s/l BEOGRAD, dated in manuscript “1 July 1842,” transported by the Serbian post most probably as far as Negotin (closest P.O. to the crossing into Wallachia from Serbia across the Danube), then carried by messenger, disinfected at the Wallachian quarantine station at TURNU SEVERIN (bears black negative cachet on of same on reverse), and thence to Bucharest, the earliest known such usage & an important showpiece Note: the Serbian post, established 1840, was restricted in operation to the territory of Serbia only. This letter is a rare exception, being addressed to a foreign destination, without mediation of the Austrian PO established in Belgrade in 1841.

20900 F 1843-66 Balance collection of the Kardosch stampless covers collection mounted on album pages showing 44 covers neatly presented & written up, plus stockbook of an additional 116 covers, showing ranges of different stampless markings incl. small & large straight line cancels, ovals & cds, in mostly black, blue & green, mixed to very fine, excellent basis for study & expansion (160) (Est. e1’000/2’000)

20901 F 214 1852 Printed passport form in arabic with personal data of the holder, issued 800 in Cospoli to a certain Mihail Jovanovic, who crossed the Wallachian border at Braila en route to Belgrade. Stamped with the rectangular cachet of the Braila Quarantine, reading “It has been cleaned / Braila quarantine” (see Meyer p. 127). From other manuscript text on the document, it originated in 1852. An important item showing the Ibraila Quarantine marking

20902 F 214 1861 Large part cover front (restored to complete cover) from Rzana to Beograd, 800 bearing extremely rare RZANA / 13. cds & manuscript postal control “No.26” alongside, showpiece

20903 F 1864 Stampless cover from Studenica bearing STUDENICA / 17.10 cds with boxed 2000 NAPLACENO alongside & BEOGRAD / 20.10 bs, missing portion of cover restored, very rare, cert. Velickovic

20904 F 1871-73, Two covers from Austrian Consulate General after closing of the 120 Austrian P.O., sent as official mail to Pancsova bearing “BEOGRADA” cds, fine, both with cert Velickovic












SErbiA (COnT.)

AuSTriAn POST OFFiCE20905 CCF 218 1842 Folded entire with complete contents, written in Serbian at Mitrovitza in 800 the Principality of Serbia, on the right bank of the Sava river, opposite Austrian Mitrovitza, and sent to Semlin, Austria. The letter was ferried across the border to the left bank, i.e. Austrian Mitrovitza, disinfected by rastel in the Austrian quarantine station, with ms note on reverse “Geraeuchert beim Mitroviza Rastellamt am 29,Sept, 1843” and signature of the officer, sealed with red wax cachet “SIGILIUM SANITATIS MITROVIEN...” then delivered to the Austrian PO, with linear “MITROWITZ 30 SEP.” and tax mark “9,” and transported to its final destination, Semlin. At that time Serbian Mitrovitza had only a few hundred inhabitants and the disinfection station was one of the smallest on the southern borders of Austria The existence of rastel MITROVITZ is registered in Meyer on page 41; no cachet is known and no letter with this rastel was known to Meyer.

OTTOMAn POST OFFiCES

20906 F 1840 (ca) Envelope sent from Ottoman Macedonia (possibly Nis, Uskub or 2’000 Monastir) by the Ottoman post to Belgrade, showing blue-green negative seal on the front, when reaching the Serbian border at Alexinatz, it was disinfected at Alexinatz & bears small oval negative cachet with inscription KONTUMAC ALEKSINACKI on reverse, then delivered to the Serbia post, linear ALEKSINAC on the front, on reverse manuscript note of arrival in Belgrade One of the very few letters known transported by two postal administrations, entering Serbia from the South

20907 F 1853 Envelope sent from Sarajevo via the Ottoman post to Belgrade, Serbia, 3’000 bearing very clear negative seal of Bosnaserai on the front, including the postmaster’s square cachet. Crossed into Serbia at Quarantine Raca, transported further by the Serbian post, with ms date 12/3 (March) and weight (2 dr) entered by the Serbian clerk, and linear KAR.RACA on the front. On the back, arrival mark BEOGRAD 13.March, large size red wax seal of the sender with inscription “Musir Eialeti Bosna” One of the very few known letters transported by two Postal authorities, an important showpiece

20908 F 204 NISH: 1857 folded letter to Sofia (Bulgaria) with blue negative arabic NIS cancel 200 (C&W fig. 25, R15), commercial cachet at top, heavy fold else fine

20909 F PRISTINA: 1909 large cover to Constantinople with total 6pi franking tied by BLUE 160 “bridge” cds (C&W fig. 108, R12 but not listed in blue), fine and scarce showpiece











SErbiA (COnT.)

1866 viEnnA PrinTing (1-3)

20910 G 10pa Orange-yellow, horiz. pair on small piece cancelled by boxed “NAPLACENO” 1 1’500 in greenish black, centred slightly to top, fine, scarce multiple, shown by Kardosch p. 134, cert. Velickovic

20911 G 10pa Orange, tied to piece by boxed NAPLACEN: in blue of KARANOVAC, ms note on 1 260 reverse, attractive and superb, cert. Velickovic

20912 H 10pa Orange, part strike of boxed NAPLACEN in blue, leaving most of profile and 1 260 design clear, a very desirable example

20913 H 10pa Deep Orange, a fine shade, cancelled by partial boxed NAPLACENO, a 1 260 beautiful example, very fine

20914 H 10pa orange cancelled by large boxed NAPLACENO in blue, fine 1 200

20915 G 20pa Rose, horiz. strip of four and single on piece, cancelled by two strikes 2 2’000 of boxed PREPORUCENO, a very rare multiple franking (a similar multiple franking sold for CHF 16’100 as Alexander lot 90065), cert. Velickovic













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1866-68 bElgrADE PrinTing (4-6)

20916 H 10pa Orange, pelure paper, a fresh horiz. pair with central BEOGRAD 27/1 cds, fine 4x 200

20917 C 20pa Rose, pelure paper, very rare mint BLOCK OF EIGHT, scissor separated at left, 5x 700 odd minor toned speck, blocks of this stamp are very scarce, exhibition showpiece

20918 F 204 20pa Rose, pelure paper, first Belgrade printing, paying the single letter rate on 5x 100 January 1868 letter to Cacak, tied by light blue NAPLACENO oval of Sabac, with matching despatch cds SABAC 9/1 at right, sl. stains else fine showpiece

20919 CCC 218 20pa Rose, ordinary paper, complete sheet of 100 stamps, believed to be the 5y 1’800 only complete sheet of any Prince Michael stamp still in existence, some split perfs, outstanding item for advanced exhibition collection

20920 F 204 20pa Carmine-rose, ordinary paper, used on August 1868 letter to Smederevo tied 5y 180 by green PARACINSKE 7/8 cds

20921 H 20pa Rose and Deep rose on ordinary paper, two pairs in different shades, used 5y 100 at Belgrade and Cuprija, fine

20922 CCC 214 20pa Rose, second Belgrade printing on yellow, mint block of 30 (6x5), positions 5y var 500 51-56 to 91-96, many unmounted, a scarce multiple

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SErbiA (COnT.)

20923 G 40pa Pale Ultramarine, first Belgrade print on pelure paper, fragment with 6x+6xH 700 vertical bisect (left half) together with two whole 40pa for 100pa franking, tied by two strikes of framed PREPORUCENO in blue, right hand 40pa with perf. fault, very rare, cert. Velickovic (“no other combination usage of bisect + whole is known to me”)

20924 G 40pa Blue, ordinary paper, together with two 20pa overlapping, on piece with 6y+5y 500 somewhat smudged framed NAPLACENO, sllight gum soak

20925 F 40pa blue, vertical bisect, right half, tied by boxed NAPLACEN in greenish-black 6yH 5’000 to outer letter-sheet to Cacak, with linear departure handstamp KARANOVAC and manuscript date “30/5” (1869) above, two red wax seals on reverse, horiz. fold well clear of stamp, slight ageing of no importance for this rare emergency franking, signed on reverse Kardosch SBPV and cert. Velickovic (2002) Background: illustrated in Kardosch, p. 167, where he states “Bisects of this printing are known only from two post offices of Karanivac and Pozarevac. All known specimens are vertical bisects, They are even scarcer than amongst the previous printings. Barely half a dozen of the kind are known”









SErbiA (COnT.)

1866 nEwSPAPEr STAMPS (7-8)


60073 F The Famous 2 Para Used on Bosnian Newspaper 2 Para Red Lilac Brown on lilac grey, second printing (Mi. 8xb), very fresh and tied by very clear framed NAPLACENO of Karantin Raca border post office to "BOSANSKI VJESTNIK" newspaper of 13 August 1866. This framed "paid" cancellation NAPLACENO is distinctive to the KARANTIN RACA post office (see illustration for the ‘Ch’ peculiar to this handstamp). Karantin Raca (also Ratscha) is on the border between Bosnia and Serbia, at the extreme north-west of the country, on the confluence of the Drina and Sava rivers. The newspaper was printed in Sarajevo, and thus had to bear a 2 Para stamp for transmission in Serbia. This handstamp is also known used on other single stamps of this issue, including a 1 Para (Brodtbeck 8071, expertised Velickovic) and a 2 Para (Rasic p.33, fig. NS. 10). The handstamp was delivered to Karantin Raca on 18 June 1866, eight weeks before this newspaper was printed. The stamp is clearly tied to the newspaper, and examination at 50x enlargement reveals the ink to be consistent both on the stamp and the newspaper. The newspaper probably bore an address label originally, which has since been removed (traces of a bluish-green label can be seen at top left). Included with this lot is a 2pa red lilac brown on lilac grey, plate pos 9, very wide margins all round, cancelled by the boxed "NAPLACENO" of the Karantin Raca post-office (only a few used examples recorded) with cert. Velickovic which states "one of the finest" single examples. This stamp is definitive proof of the general use of the Karantin Raca cancel on this issue. This franked newspaper is considered THE MOST IMPORTANT RARITY IN SERBIAN PHILATELY Background: illustrated by Rasic, pp. 33-34, and Kardosch, p. 126 Expertise: signed Bloch, Calves, Kardosch; certificate RPS, London Provenance: Alphonse de Rothschild, John Boker Jr., Colin Barrand & Velizar Kardosch

Estimate e30'000 - e50'000



SErbiA (COnT.)

20926 DCE 1pa Light Green on lilac-rose, first printing, plate pos. 1, unused, close to wide 7xa 800 margins all round, slight ageing and thin spot in right margin according to cert. Velickovic, still a fine example of this rarity

20927 H 1pa Olive-green on lilac-rose, plate pos 1, even margins, cancelled by boxed 7xb 1’000 “NAPLACENO” of the Karantin Raca post office, a great rarity

20928 DCE 1pa Deep Green on deep lilac-rose, third printing, plate pos. 9 on thicker 7y var 300 paper (0.11 mm), wide margins all round, no gum, superb, cert. Velickovic

20929 DCE 2pa Dark Olive-green on lilac-rose, first printing, plate pos. 4, wide even 8xa 600 margins, unused, cert. Velickovic

20930 CJ 2pa Violet-brown on thick violet-grey, second printing, mint, complete horizontal strip 8xb 400 of four from the 2nd row, good to large margins, fresh & a very fine showpiece

1869-80 PrinCE MilAn (11-18)20931 F 214 10pa First printing perf. 9 1/2 x 12, tied by BEOGRAD 7/I (1870) cds to printed 12I 100 matter (outer wrapper only) to Vienna, on reverse thimble cds WIEN 23.1.70. Red crayon rate “2 kr.” and boxed P.D., fine, scarce printed matter rate

20932 F 214 10pa Brown plus 15pa Orange, both first printing perf. 9 1/2, used together for 12IA+13IA 300 25pa single letter rate on 1871 cover to Pest, tied by BEOGRAD 18/VI cds in black, excellent colour, an attractive franking

20933 F 218 10pa Brown, perf 9 1/2 x 12, tied by “BEOGRAD 21/II” cds to printed matter 12IC 150 (wedding invitation printed in gold ink) sent to Vienna, PD on front, bs, red due marking crossed out as printed matter was correctly prepaid

20934 H 10pa brown, first printing, perf. 9 1/2 x 12, horiz. pair IMPERF BETWEEN, 12ICUM 1’200 lightly cancelled by framed NAPLACEN hs, very rare, cert. Velickovic (only one other used pair of the variety known to him)

20935 F 218 10pa Red-brown fourth printing, perf. 12 with 50pa green first printing, perf 9 12IVA+18IC 600 1/2 x 12 paying registered letter rate on January 1879 cover to Budapest cancelled KARANOVAC 5/1 (1879), to BEOGRAD, rare combination

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SErbiA (COnT.)

20936 H 10pa Reddish Brown, rare perf 12 x 9 1/2, fresh and well centred with neat 12IVD 1’000 corner cds, superb, the finest of the few examples of this stamp with compound perforation known, ex Zhivotich, cert. Velickovic

20937 F 218 10pa Orange + 20pa dull blue, 1879 printing, together used to seal the flap of 12V+14V 200 a cover from Belgrade via Vienna to Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, in January 1880, arrival bs alongside

20938 F 218 15pa Orange-yellow, perf 9 1/2 x 12, with 10pa brown perf 12 sharing central 13I+12I 260 BEOGRAD 15/IV cds, italic P.D. adjacent, on folded cover to PEST, bs, very attractive and uncommon combination

20939 F 224 15pa Orange first printing, perf 9 1/2, plus 1872 20pa blue, perf 9 1/2 x 12 13I+14I 200 paying the single letter rate on 1873 cover to Vienna, tied by BEOGRAD 24/V cancel, with black PD on face

20940 F 224 20pa Ultramarine, very deep shade, fourth printing perf 12, two pairs paying 14 300 reg’d second weight step rate on June 1877 cover to Cuprija, cancelled by SVILAJINAC 28/6 cds, slight toning on perfs, otherwise attractive

20941 CJ 20pa Blue, 3rd printing (perf 12) mint block of seven, fresh colour & very 14IIIA 1’600 little perf. separation, one stamp shows the variety “large colourless flaw “ (so-called “bird”) at the lower right of the head, the second largest known block of this adhesive, cert. Velickovic and also signed by others, wonderful exhibition item & great rarity of Serbian philately

20942 F 224 20pa Blue, 1875 printing perf 12, strip of three and two singles on reg’d 14IIIA 400 return receipt letter to Belgrade, tied by SABAC 22/8 cds, superb and fresh

20943 H 20pa Cobalt Blue, 1874 printing perf 12, horizontal pair IMPERF BETWEEN, UZICE 14IIIA 400 29/1 cds, fine and rare, signed Kardosch

20944 F 224 20pa Cobalt, 1875 printing perf.12, 3 examples together with 40pa first printing 14IIIAb+17IC 600 on 1875 reg’d return receipt cover to Budapest, central BEOGRAD 12/IX cds, framed PREPORUCENO on face, cover refolded at top, scarce and attractive franking













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SErbiA (COnT.)

20945 H 20pa ultramarine, 1876 printing perf 12 horizontal pair IMPERF BETWEEN AND AT 14IVA 500 LEFT, partial Beograd cds, a very rare variety, cert. Velickovic

20946 F 218 25pa Dull Rose, 1872 printing perf 9 1/2, together with 35pa Blue Green, first 15IIB+16IC 600 printing perf. 9 1/2 x 12, on 1874 single rate registered cover to Kragujevac, ARANDJELOVAC / 4/10 cds with matching PREPORUCENO above, fresh and rare combination

20947 20949

20947 C 35pa Pale Blue Green, first printing perf 12, vertical pair IMPERF BETWEEN, 16IAUM 600 small spot on lower stamp

20948 F 224 35pa Yellow-green + 40pa Lilac, both first printing perf. 9 1/2 x 12, paying 16IC+17IC 600 75pa registered letter rate to Austria, tied by BEOGRAD 16/VI cds to 1875 folded cover to Vienna, arrival datestamp of 19/6 during the last month of this pre-UPU rate, a rare combination

20949 C 35pa Pale Blue Green, first printing, perf. 9 1/2 x 12, fresh mint vertical 16ICUM 300 pair IMPERF BETWEEN, small mark on lower stamp

20950 F 40pa violet, perf. 9 1/2 x 12, upper half of horiz. BISECT tied by boxed 17I C/H 1’200 NAPLACENO to folded cover with full contents, departure cds BRZANSKE 4/8 (1870), on reverse “KRAGUJEVACKE 4/VIII” arrival, central vertical fold clear of stamp and postal markings, slightly aged, still very fine for this emergency franking, signed Kardosch, JV and certificate Velickovic













SErbiA (COnT.)

20951 G 40pa violet, first printing perf.12, vertical pair IMPERF BETWEEN used on piece 17IAUM 1’000 with 20pa 1877 perf.12, cancelled KARANOVAC 4/9 and framed PREPORUCENO, the ONLY KNOWN example of this variety, cert. Velickovic, ex Brodtbeck, see Kardosch p. 209

20952 F 40pa violet, first printing perf. 9 1/2, DIAGONAL BISECT (upper left half), used as 20pa 17IB 2’000 20pa on August 1869 cover to Belgrade, tied by neat blue KRUSEVAC 5/8 cds, very rare, diagonal bisects are only known from the Krusevac P.O., cert. Velickovic, illustrated by Kardosch (p.266)

20953 F 40pa Mauve, first printing (perf 9 1/2), horizontal bisect (upper half) tied by clear 17IB 800 POZHAREVAC 19.VIII cds on 1870 cover, Kragujevac bs, tiny franking faults and slight cover ageing, an attractive showpiece. Perf. 9 1/2 bisects are scarcer than other ones; fine & rare









SErbiA (COnT.)

20954 F 40pa Lilac, first printing perf. 9 1/2 x 12, vertical bisect (left half) used as 20pa on 17IC 2’000 November 1870 cover to Belgrade, tied by UZICE 16/11 cds, a rare usage, the ONLY KNOWN bisect from Uzice, cert. Velickovic, illustrated by Kardosch (p. 263)

20955 F 40pa Lilac, first printing perf. 9 1/2 x 12, vertical bisect (left half) for use as a 20pa, 17IC 1’600 tied to December 1870 cover to Belgrade by blue IVANJICA 27/12 cds, fresh, fine & rare, cert. Velickovic

20956 F 40pa lilac, first printing, perf. 9 1/2:12, vertical bisect (left half) tied by framed 17IC 1’000 NAPLACEN to April 1870 letter to Kragujevac, showing unframed KARANOVAC followed by ms date “12/4” on face, extremely rare, blue crayon cross, slight age spot, certs. Holcombe and Velickovic

20957 F 40pa dull lilac, first printing perf 12 x 9 1/2, horiz. bisect (upper half) used as 20pa on 17ID 1’000 Nov. 1869 folded cover to Belgrade, tied by POZAREVAC 5/XI cds with matching NAPLACENO at foot, light file fold across stamp, a rare bisect with the reverse compound perforation, cert. Velickovic, illustrated by Kardosch (p. 264)











SErbiA (COnT.)

20958 F 224 40pa Violet, 1876 printing perf 12, vertical pair paying 80pa reg’d double weight 17IVA 300 letter rate on cover to Kragujevac, tied by unframed PREPORUCENO and RACA cds for 6.VIII, ms “6dr” on face, excellent colour & a scarce franking

1872-79 PrinCE MilAn nEwSPAPEr STAMPS (19-20)20959 CJ 2pa Black thick paper, complete sheet of 100 stamps mint, some hinge remnants, 20I 280 folded twice horizontally between the rows and scissor cut between 3 stamps. According to Kardosch (p. 235) “original sheets almost unknown”

20960 F 224 2pa Black, first printing, single paying newspaper rate on half of “Glas Javnosti” for 20I 600 21Aug 1874, sent to Arangelovatz where cancelled on arrival ARANDJELOVAC 24/8, rare, these stamps not normally found cancelled, hence very rare, signed Holcombe

1880-1918 kingDOM20961 CCCF 224 1880 King Milan IV issue, extensive specialised collection in stockbook incl. shades HI (e.g. rare Mi. n° 26b) and varieties, with much value in covers, fiscally used on documents, and postal stationery, great lot to build upon, scarce in this profusion (Est. e600/1’200)

20962 CCCJ 1880 King Milan IV, 50pa & 1D values in sheets of 100 (no outer selvage) composed 400 of 4 panes of 25 with central crossed gutter, very fine & scarce exhibit items (Mi. 26a, 27, e1’700 as single stamps)

20963 ACCC 1901 King Alexander, specialised group on 3 pages incl. set in imperf pairs in 400 J issued colours, normal set in blocks of 4 (Para values with gutters), and page with 42 trial colour proofs of Para values, many in blocks, others on thick chalky card, very fine (Michel 53-61, 53U-61U, etc.)

20964 A 1903 Unissued King Alexander (without ovpts.), five ESSAY DIE PROOFS without 750 denomination or currency prepared and printed by E. Mouchon, Paris, and differing slightly from the stamps later printed in Belgrade, margins vary, all diff. colour combinations, great exhibit material, superb and rare

20966ex

20965 A 1903 Unissued Alexander Profiles, proofs or trial colours from the Belgrade 400 printing incl. 5pa red DIE PROOF, 3D & 5D plate proofs, and three values as proofs of the frame only, scarce to rare, gen. very fine (6)

20966 CCCF 1903 Assassination overprints and 1904 Anniversary issues, large accumulation H on stock pages incl. many complete sets, litho varieties, etc. plus covers and matching used ps, includes die proof of 1904 25pa and 5pa-50pa 1904 pairs with horiz. gutter, a few minor varieties noted, good foundation for study and exhibit (450+ stamps, 32 covers/ps) (Est. e600/800)

















SErbiA (COnT.)

20967 CCCJ 224 1903 3D Assassination issue, the extremely rare perf. 13 1/3 (300 printed), 1’000 block of 20 being the second largest mint multiple known per cert. Velickovic, fresh and fine (Mi. 70B, e2’000 as singles)

20968 AJ 1905 King Peter, 5D deep violet high value in IMPERF (plate proof) sheet of 50 on 300 ungummed wove paper, large margins all around, very fine & scarce (Mi. 94x variety)

20969 CCCF 1911 & 1914 King Peter issues, large specialised accumulation of both stamps H (incl. 2 genuine mint 3D Yellow) and covers, postal forms or ps, also a great variety of trial colour proofs and ps, with a depth of shades and cancels, varieties incl. few imperfs and gutter blocks, a great resource for exhibition, examine (100s) (Est. e1’200/1’600)

20970 AJ 1914 King Peter 50d red brown IMPRIMATUR sheet of 50, imperf (cut between 6th 300 and 7th columns and rejoined) with ministerial approval hs and signature (dated 17.XII.13) very fine & UNIQUE (Mi. 126)

POSTES SErbES20971 BFH 1914-18, Extensive lot starting with 16 France pairs or high values showing cplt. “Postes Serbes” hs (Mi. VI-XIX incl. one gutter pair), all with partial Serbian F.P.O. cds, plus two extra on piece, then 9 covers with French Tresor et Posts cds incl. two clearly from Corfu and one with Armée Serbe - Aéronautique cachet, two covers with Postes Serbes hs away from franking (one reg’d to Switzerland), finally five 1912-13 Balkan War items incl. fieldpost from Skopjie (cert. Novakovic) and unused special ppc, plus some Austrian Occupation stamps, a great and valuable grouping, fine (Est. e800/1’200)

COllECTiOnS, lOTS, ETC.20972 CH 1895-1920 Small accumulation in stockbook with postage dues, 1918-20 Kingdom issue, POSTES SERBES ovpt. on Greece etc. (Est. e100/200)

yugoslavia OTTOMAn POST OFFiCES20973 F MONASTIR: Great lot of 6 items incl. 1858 folded letter to Salonika with superb 600 blue neg. seal (C&W fig. 81, R20 = very rare), 1881 cover from Ochrida (with C&W fig. 94 tying franking) to Romania with superb blue-black Monastir transit (C&W fig. 84, R20) on reverse, 1909 reg’d to Paris with rare red “R” label for Monastir, 1911 printed matter with 5pa tied by Monastir 7 cds with Dedeaghadj receiver, and two diff. 1890-91 telegraph receipts (one for the Patriarch, one for the Serb consul) with bold blue negative seals (one tying tax stamp), fine overall (couple minor cover faults) and eminently suitable for exhibition

20974 FG 224 PRIZREN: 1904 20pa postal card to Austria with circular arabic cancel (C&W fig. 200 114), late usage, also a fragment with three Duloz issues tied by same, fine and scarce

20975 F USKUB: 1892 Registered cover franked at back Arms 1pi pair tied by bilingual 120 ‘USKUB JUL.18.92’ (C&W no. 129) addressed to ‘Kanzelist Obergericht Effendi Kadic a Sarajewo, Bosna’, boxed arrival bs alongside, fine

20976 F 224 VELES (MACEDONIA): 1884 20pa postcard to Constantinople, bearing superb arabic 200 double oval Köprülü cachet in blue (C&W fig. 75, R 10 in blue), Stamboul receiver, very fine














David Feldman SA - Conditions of SaleThe currency of the auction is the Euro (e)

Participation in any David Feldman S.A. auction means acceptance in full of the following conditions as well as any rights and obligations arising therefrom. These same conditions also apply to all transactions in auction lots taking place outside the realm of the auctions. DAVID FELDMAN S.A., organiser of the auctions, acts as an agent only and is not liable in any way whatsoever for any default(s) of purchaser(s) and/or vendor(s)

1. THE AUCTION LOTS ARE OFFERED

1.1 As presented in the relative auction catalogue and/or through the David Feldman S.A. web-site: Lots are meticulously described and with the greatest care, however without responsibility. Photographs count as part of the description with regard to the margins, perforation, centering, postmarks and all other visible attributes. The descriptions of the lots mentions if the items are signed by recognised experts and/or accompanied by expert certificates.

1.2 As viewed in person: Before and during auction sales, all lots may be examined at our offices or at the auction location as scheduled in the auction catalogue and on the website. Persons or their agents attending a Live Room auction and/or who have viewed lots before any auction are understood to have examined all lots which they purchase and accept them as they are at the moment of the knocking-down and not necessarily as described.

2. AUCTION BIDS

2.1 The auction bid steps for all auctions are as follows: (some auctions may be in other cur-rencies than Euros)

¤ 50 - 100 ¤ 5 ¤ 2000 - 5000 ¤ 200 ¤100 - 200 ¤ 10 ¤ 5000 - 10000 ¤ 500 ¤200 - 500 ¤ 20 ¤10000 - 20000 ¤1000 ¤500 - 1000 ¤ 50 ¤20000 - 50000 ¤2000 ¤1000 - 2000 ¤100 ¤ 50000 - 100000 ¤5000Bids in between these steps will be adjusted accordingly to the next highest bid step. The bidder is bound by his offer until a higher bid has been validly accepted.

2.2 The Huissier Judiciaire together with DAVID FELDMAN S.A. have full discretion to refuse any bidding, to divide any lot or lots, to combine any two or more lots and to withdraw any lot or lots from the sale without any case giving any reason. DAVID FELDMAN S.A. may also bid on behalf of vendors in cases where reserve prices have been fixed. In these cases, the vendor is treated as a buyer and the auctioneer shall bid on his behalf up to reserve prices. If the reserve price fixed by the vendor is not reached the auctioneer passes to the next lot by a simple knock of the hammer.

2.3 Bid orders received by DAVID FELDMAN S.A. or on its website before the relative auctions have priority over room bids in the case of Live Room auctions. Clients giving bidding instructions to DAVID FELDMAN S.A. may make alternative offers and/or limit the total of their expenditure in advance. Bids marked "BUY" are considered as up to ten times the quoted estimate price where such exists. Bids made in other currencies than the advertised currency of the auction, will be converted into that currency at the market rate of the day of receipt by DAVID FELDMAN S.A. Bids are standing and hold good for at least 60 days from the auction period. DAVID FELDMAN S.A. reserves the right to invoice bidders up to the end of the 60 day period, payment being due immediately.

3. THE AUCTION

3.1 Live Room auctions are held under the control of the relative supervising authority at its location. The relative supervising authority has no liability. The auction will be held under the ministry of a “huissier judiciaire” of the Canton and Republic of Geneva. The currency of the auction is Euros.

3.2 Prerogatives of David Feldman S.A.: DAVID FELDMAN S.A. may withdraw, group differently, divide or refuse to knock down any lot. DAVID FELDMAN S.A. reserves the right to refuse any bid orders and/or for Live Room auctions, refuse admittance to the auction room, at its discretion, to anybody whosoever. DAVID FELDMAN S.A. cannot be held responsible for any physical accident that may occur on the premises where auctions take place.

3.3 Bidders' representatives and auction agents: Any person bidding for the account of a third party is fully liable for any obligation arising from such bidding. This responsibility is notably applicable for the verification of the condition and for the payment of bought lots

3.4 Adjudication: Each lot is sold on behalf of the respective owner to the highest bidder who becomes the buyer at the next highest bid step, which is the adjudication price. In addition to the adjudication price, the buyer pays an all-in fee of 19.5% to cover commission, charges and expenses including lotting fees, adjudication taxes, insurance, packing, mailing, export formalities etc. whether all incurred in particular cases or not. On the adjudication, liability for the lots passes to the bidder whose bids have been accepted. The lots are delivered to the buyer when the sale price (adjudication price plus all fees) have been paid in full

Exceptionally lots marked "#" at the end of the description are heavy in weight and mailing expenses, charged at cost, are extra. Buyers who give special mailing instructions are responsible for their own mailing costs.

VAT (Sales Tax) - Notes for guidance concerning auctions for which the lots are located in Swit-zerland: Buyers domiciled abroad are not liable for this tax once the goods are duly exported from Switzerland.DAVID FELDMAN S.A. are pleased to arrange this export; alternatively, clients may make their own arrangements and furnish DAVID FELDMAN S.A. with proof of export, stamped by Swiss customs.Any purchases by buyers who wish to keep their purchases in Switzerland will be liable to VAT at 7.6% of the purchase price in Swiss Francs at the converted Euro value during the auction.

3.5 Payment: Sale price plus commission are due for immediate payment as invoiced against delivery of the lots. Payment in other currencies is accepted at the rates of exchange of the day as quoted by a Swiss major bank. The bidders who are successful with whom it has been expressly agreed that they pay after the sale under special conditions, are due to pay the sale price and the commission according to those terms. In these cases, DAVID FELDMAN S.A. keeps the adjudicated

lots which are delivered to the buyers on full settlement of their account. Delivery of the purchased lots by post or any other means if instructed by the buyer including cost of normal transit insurance cover is at the expense of the buyer. Title or ownership of the purchased lots, delivered or not, remains with the auctioneer on behalf of the seller until payment has been made in full.

3.6 Special extended payment facility: DAVID FELDMAN S.A. may offer a special extended payment facility for buyers. In these cases, the buyer may choose to pay a minimum of 25% of the total invoice immediately, and the balance over a maximum period of 6 months, paying an equal instalment at the end of each month. Interest plus charges of 1% is debited to the buyer's account at the end of each month from the auction date. When the special extended payment facility has been granted, the buyer understands that any claims regarding his purchases must be made within 30 days of the auction sale date, even though the lots may be held by DAVID FELDMAN S.A. awaiting full settlement of the account. Until delivery, all lots may be examined by their respective buyers at the offices of DAVID FELDMAN S.A.

3.7 Pledge: Until full settlement of the account, the buyer grants to DAVID FELDMAN S.A. a pledge on any and all properties held by DAVID FELDMAN S.A., acquired prior to, during and/or after any auction. This pledge secures the repayment of any amount due in principals, interests, commissions, costs and other possible fees.DAVID FELDMAN S.A. is entitled, but not obliged, to realise freely the pledge assets without further formalities and without previous notice if the buyer is in default with the payment of his debts or with the fulfilment of any other obligation hereunder. For this purpose, DAVID FELDMAN S.A. is not bound to comply with the formalities of the Federal Lawdealing with actions for debt and bankruptcy proceedings; in addition, DAVID FELDMAN S.A. may choose to institute or go on with the usual proceedings without having beforehand sold the pledged goods and without having moreover given them up.

4. GUARANTEE

4.1 Extent of the guarantee: Subject to paragraph 4.3 below, the authenticity of all philatelic itemssold in the auction is guaranteed for a period of 30 days from the auction date, with the express exclusion of any other fault(s). Any reclamation regarding authenticity must come to the notice of DAVID FELDMAN S.A. on the delivery of the lots but at the latest within 30 days from that date. Before delivery, which may take place after the 30 days period, the lots purchased may be examined at the Geneva offices of DAVID FELDMAN S.A. The buyer whose reclamation is made after 30 days from the auction date loses all rights to the guarantee. Such reclamation will not be valid by DAVID FELDMAN S.A.. If an extension of the period is required in order to substantiate the claim with an expertise, a request for such extension must be made to DAVID FELDMAN S.A. within 30 days of the auction date. No request for extension will be considered beyond this 30 days period. The results of the expertise for which an extension was agreed must come to the notice of DAVID FELDMAN S.A. within 3 months of the auction date. No further extension of the period will be considered without the express agreement in writing of DAVID FELDMAN S.A. Only claims, expertise results or other details which are made within the agreed periods will be valid.

4.2 Expertise and counter-expertise: Should the authenticity of a lot be questioned, the buyer is obliged to provide an expertise or counter-expertise from a prominent expert in the field, justifying the claim. If a stamp is found by a recognised expert taking financial responsibility for errors to have been forged, he may mark it accordingly. Consequently, the marking "FALSCH" (forged) is not considered an alteration. In the case of such reclamation, DAVID FELDMAN S.A. reserves the right to request, at its own discretion, one or more further expertises. All expertise and relative charges accrue to the vendor's account in the case of a justified claim, or to the buyer's account if the claim is not justified. In the case of a justified claim, the lot is taken back and the adjudication price plus the commission are refunded to the buyer. In the case of delayed payment due to expertise agreed by David Feldman S.A., interest is charged at 50% the standard rate for all cleared lots. If David Feldman S.A. has not agreed then full interest is due.

4.3 Exclusions: Lots described as collections, accumulations, selections, groups and those containing duplicates, cannot be the subject of any claim. Claims concerning lots described as a set or groups of sets containing more than one stamp, can only be considered under the terms of paragraph 4.1 above if they relate to more than one third of the total value of the lot. Lots which have been examined by the buyer or his agent, lots described as having defects or faults cannot be subjected to a claim regarding defects or faults.lllustrated lots cannot be subjected to a claim because of perforations, centering, margins or other factors shown in the illustrations.

4.4 Late Payment: If the payment of the adjudicated price plus commission due by the buyer is not made within 30 days of the date of the auction, DAVID FELDMAN S.A. reserves the right to cancel the sale and dispose of the lot(s) elsewhere and/or to make a recourse to any legal proceedings in order to obtain payment of the amounts due as well as for any incurred damages and losses and any legal expenses. A charge on overdue payment of at least 5% for the first month and 2% per month afterwards plus expenses incurred is chargeable on any outstanding amount after 30 days of the date of the auction. The buyer who is in default in any way whatsoever has no right of claim under any circumstances.

4.5 Exceptionally, the adjudication price will be reduced to the lowest winning bid where it is shown that a buyer has inadvertently increased the price by using more than one medium of bidding.

5. APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION

Unless otherwise stated, all auctions as well as any rights and obligations arising from them shall be governed exclusively by Swiss law. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to the auctions shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Geneva, subject to appeal to the Swiss Federal Court in Lausanne.In every case, DAVID FELDMAN S.A. shall also be entitled, at its discretion, to sue any buyer in default at his place of residence; in such case, Swiss law shall remain applicable and in the case of issues regarding price value, the Euro is converted at its Swiss franc value at the time of the auction.

6. All Transactions: These conditions apply to all transactions of every kind including those outside the

auctions, with David Feldman SA ¤/07/2008

David Feldman SA - VersteigerungsbedingungenDie Währung für diese Versteigerung ist Euro (e)

Die Versteigerung erfolgt öffentlich. Beteiligung setzt die vollständige Annahme nachstehender Bedin-gungen sowie der sich daraus ergebenen Rechte und Pflichten voraus. Diese Bedingungen gelten auch bei Geschäften, die ausserhalb der Versteigerung mit Auktionslosen abgeschlossen werden. Der Versteigerer, DAVID FELDMAN S.A., handelt nur als Beauftragter und haftet für keinerlei Verzug seitens der Käufer und/oder Einlieferer.

1. ANGEBOT DER LOSE

1.1 Wie im Katalog dargestellt und/oder im Internet: Losbeschreibungen werden mit grösster Sorgfalt und nach bestem Gewissen vorgenommen, jedoch ohne Verbindlichkeit. Fotographien sind Bestandteil der Beschreibungen, wobei die Abbildungen für Rand, Zähnung, Zentrierung, Stempel und anderer sichtbarer Eigenschaften massgebend sind. Prüfzeichen und/oder Atteste anerkannter Prüfer sind in der Losbeschreibung erwähnt.

1.2 Wie besichtigt: Alle im Katalog erwähnten Lose können vor und während der Versteigerung sowie auf dem Internet besichtigt werden. Bei Auktionsteilnehmern und/oder Personen, die Lose vor der Versteigerung besichtigten, und/oder vom Bieter bevollmächtigte Personen und Agenten, wird die Besichtigung aller gekauften Lose vorausgesetzt; die Lose werden in dem Zustand, in dem sie sich beim Zuschlag befinden, angenommen und nicht unbedingt wie beschrieben.

2. KAUFGEBOTE

2.1 Folgende Steigerungsstufen haben Gültigkeit (einige Versteigerungen können in Fremdwährungen abgehalten werden):

e 50 - 100 e 5 e 2000 - 5000 e 200 e 100 - 200 e 10 e 5000 - 10000 e 500 e 200 - 500 e 20 e 10000 - 20000 e 1000 e 500 - 1000 e 50 e 20000 - 50000 e 2000 e 1000 - 2000 e 100 e 50000 - 100000 e 5000Gebote, die zwischen diesen Stufen liegen, werden der nächst höheren Steigerungsstufe angepasst. Bieter sind bis zur Annahme eines höheren Gebotes an ihr Gebot gebunden.

2.2 Die «huissier judiciaire” oder DAVID FELDMAN S.A. ist ermächtigt, gemäss erfolgten Anweisungen, für Kunden zu bieten. DAVID FELDMAN S.A. ist ebenfalls ermächtigt, gegebenenfalls für Einlieferer zu bieten, sofern diese Reservepreise festgesetzt haben. Einlieferer werden somit als Käufer betrachtet, und der Versteigerer steigert für sie bis zum Betrag der Reservepreise mit. Wird der vom Einlieferer festgesetzte Reservepreis nicht erreicht, geht der Auktionator durch einen einfachen Hammerschlag zum nächsten Los über.

2.3 Vor der Versteigerung bei DFSA oder auf deren Internet Site eingegangene schriftlichen Gebote haben absoluten Vorrang vor Saalgeboten bei einer „Live“ Auktion. Kunden, die der DAVID FELDMAN S.A. Kaufaufträge gegeben haben, können -Alternativgebote abgeben und/oder die Auftragssumme im voraus begrenzen. « Buy» («Zum Kauf») Gebote werden bis zum Zehnfachen des gedruckten Schätzwer-tes mitgesteigert. Gebote sind in Euro abzugeben . Sollten diese jedoch in anderen Währungen erfolgen, so werden die Beträge bei Empfang zum Tageskurs in Euro umgerechnet. Gebote haben bis zu mindes-tens 60 Tagen nach Versteigerungsdatum Gültigkeit. DAVID FELDMAN S.A. behält es sich vor, Bietern Lose bis zum Ablauf dieser Frist in Rechnung zu stellen, wobei sofortige Zahlung fällig ist.

3. DIE VERSTEIGERUNG

3.1 Die „Live“ Auktion erfolgt unter der Mitwirkung einer lokalen Aufsichtsbehörde. Die Aufsichtsperson kann nicht haftbar gemacht werden. Diese Versteigerung erfolgt unter der Mitwirkung des „huissier judiciaire“ (Gerichtsvollstrecker) als -gesetzlicher Überwacher von Republik und Kanton Genf. Die Währung dieser Auktion ist Euro.

3.2 Vorrechte der David Feldman S.A.: DAVID FELDMAN S.A. hat das Recht, Lose zurückzuziehen, umzugruppieren, zu trennen oder den Zuschlag zu verweigern. DAVID FELDMAN S.A. behält es sich ebenfalls vor, Kaufaufträge abzulehnen und/oder Personen den Zugang zum Auktionsraum zu verweigern. DAVID FELDMAN S.A. kann für Unfälle, die in den Versteigerungsräumen erfolgen, nicht haftbar gemacht werden.

3.3 Bevollmächtigte und Agenten: Wer für Dritte bietet, haftet für alle sich aus dieser Versteigerung ergebenen Verpflichtungen als Solidarschuldner. Diese Verbindlichkeit betrifft hauptsächlich die Qua-litätsprüfung und Bezahlung gekaufter Lose.

3.4 Zuschläge: Jedes Los wird dem Meistbietenden zu Gunsten des Einlieferers, zur nächst höheren Steigerungsstufe zugeschlagen. Zur Zuschlagsumme, welche abhängig von der Auktion ist, wird in jedem Fall ein Aufgeld von 19.5% inklusive Kommission, Unkosten, Taxen, Versicherung, Ver-packung, Versand, Ausfuhrformalitäten usw. erhoben. Ausgenommen sind Lose, die am Ende der Beschreibung mit ”#” bezeichnet sind. Für diese werden ausnahmslos wegen des hohen Gewichts die Versandkosten separat nach Aufwand verrechnet. Käufer mit Spezialinstruktionen kommen selbst für die entsprechenden Versandkosten auf. Beim Zuschlag geht das Risiko der ersteigerten Lose auf den Bieter über, dessen Gebote angenommen wurden. Die Lose werden ihm jedoch erst bei voller Begleichung des -Kaufpreises und Aufgelds ausgehändigt.

MWST (Mehrwertsteuer) - Anmerkung zur Orientierung betreffend Versteigerungen, deren Lose sich in der Schweiz befinden:

Käufer, mit Wohnsitz im Ausland sind nicht steuerpflichtig, wenn die Ware ins Ausland exportiert wird.

Selbstverständlich ist DAVID FELDMAN S.A. immer bereit Ihnen mit den Zollformalitäten zu helfen. Sollten unsere Kunden diese Formalitäten selbst erledigen, werden wir vom Schweizer Zoll eine Kopie Ihrer Ausfuhrpapiere erhalten.

Falls unsere Kunden wünschen ihre Käufe in der Schweiz zu behalten, wird ihnen MWST von 7,6%, zum zur Zeit der Auktion gültigen Wechselkurs von Euro in CHF umgerechnet, auf den Kaufpreis aufgeschlagen.

3.5 Zahlung: Kaufpreis und Aufgeld sind in Euro bei Versteigerungsteilnehmern sofort am Kauf-tag gegen Aushändigung der Lose fällig. Zahlungen in anderen Währungen werden zum Tages-kurs gemäss Abrechnung einer Schweizer Grossbank angenommen. Erfolgreiche schriftliche Bieter und Versteigerungsteilnehmer, deren Zahlung nach dem Verkauf ausdrücklich zugestanden wurde, haben Kaufpreis und Aufgeld unverzüglich bei Erhalt der Auktionsrechnung zu zahlen.

DAVID FELDMAN S.A. hält die ersteigerten Lose bis zur vollständigen Bezahlung des Rechnungsbetra-ges zurück. Falls der Käufer wünscht, dass die Lose nicht per Post, sondern auf einem anderen Weg zugestellt werden, wird ihm der Versand berechnet. Die Lose ob ausgeliefert oder nicht, bleiben bis zur vollständigen Bezahlung Eigentum der DAVID FELDMAN S.A., stellvertredend für den Einlieferer.

3.6 Erweiterte Zahlungsmöglichkeiten: DAVID FELDMAN S.A. ist gegebenenfalls bereit, Käufern erweiterte Zahlungsmöglichkeiten zu gewähren. Der betreffende Käufer zahlt mindestens 25% des Gesamtrechnungsbestrages bei Erhalt der Rechnung und den Saldo in gleichen Monatsraten über maximal 6 Monate. Der dem Käufer am Ende jedes Monats, vom Auktionsdatum, berechnete Zins beträgt 1%. Bei Gewährung erweiterten Zahlungsmöglichkeiten hält DAVID FELDMAN S.A. die erstei-gerten Lose gegebenenfalls bis zur vollen Begleichung des Rechnungsbetrages zurück. Es versteht sich, dass der Käufer die Lose bis zur Auslieferung jederzeit bei DAVID FELDMAN S.A. besichtigen kann. Reklamationen bezüglich der ersteigerten Lose müssen jedoch innerhalb von 30 Tagen nach dem Versteigerungsdatum eingehen.

3.7 Pfandrecht: Bis zur vollständigen Bezahlung der ausstehenden Schuld bürgt der Kunde gegenüber DAVID FELDMAN S.A. mit seinem durch die DAVID FELDMAN S.A. aufbewahrten Material, welches ihm vor, während und/oder nach dem jeweiligen Verkauf zugesprochen wurde. Dieses Pfand garantiert die Rückzahlung des Forderungsbetrages, der Zinsen, Kommissionen und anderer möglicher Unkosten.

DAVID FELDMAN S.A. ist berechtigt, aber nicht verpflichtet, die verpfändete Ware formlos und ohne Vorankündigung zu veräussern, sollte der Kunde in Zahlungsverzug kommen oder seinen sonstigen Verpflichtungen nicht nachkommen. In diesem Falle ist DAVID -FELDMAN S.A. nicht verpflichtet, den Vorschriften des Bundesgesetzes über Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs zu folgen. Im übrigen hat DAVID FELDMAN S.A. die Wahl, ein Verfahren einzuleiten oder gegebenenfalls weiterzuführen, ohne die Ware vorher zu verkaufen und ohne sein Anrecht auf das betreffende Material zu verlieren.

4. GARANTIE

4.1 Umfang: Unter Vorbehalt des nachstehenden Paragraphs 4.3. ist die Echtheit aller bei Vers-teigerungen verkauften philatelistischen Artikel während 30 Tagen nach dem Versteigerungs-datum garantiert. Jegliche andere Garantie oder Garantie für Fehler ist ausdrücklich ausges-chlossen. Jegliche Reklamation bezüglich Echtheit muss unverzüglich nach Erhalt der Lose an DAVID FELDMAN S.A. gerichtet werden, spätestens jedoch innerhalb 30 Tagen nach Versteige-rungsdatum. Vor der Zustellung, die nach der 30-Tage-Frist erfolgen kann, können die erstan-denden philatelistischen Artikel bei DAVID FELDMAN S.A. besichtigt werden. Ein Käufer, dessen Reklamation nach der Frist von 30 Tagen ab Versteigerungsdatum bei DAVID FELDMAN S.A. eintrifft, verliert jegliches Anrecht auf die Garantie. In diesem Fall wird die Reklamation von DAVID FELDMAN S.A. nicht anerkannt.

Wird im Falle einer Reklamation bezüglich der Echtheit eines philatelistischen Artikels eine Fristverlän-gerung benötigt, muss diese innerhalb 30 Tagen nach Versteigerungsdatum bei DAVID FELDMAN S.A. beantragt werden. Kein solcher Antrag, welcher nach dieser 30-Tage-Frist bei DAVID FELDMAN S.A. eintrifft, wird in Betracht gezogen. Die Prüfresultate, für deren Einholung eine Fristverlängerung gewährt wurde, müssen bei DAVID FELDMAN S.A. innerhalb von 3 Monaten nach dem Versteigerungsdatum vor-liegen. Eine weitere Fristverlängerung kann nur mit schriftlicher Einwilligung von DAVID FELDMAN S.A. gewährt werden. Nur diejenigen Reklamationen, Prüfresultate sowie andere Mitteilungen, die innerhalb der vorgeschriebenen Fristen eintreffen, werden von DAVID FELDMAN S.A. in Betracht gezogen.

4.2. Atteste und Gegenatteste: Bei Echtheitszweifeln obliegt es dem Käufer, als Rechtfertigung seiner Reklamation ein Attest oder Gegenattest von einem für das betreffende Sammelgebiet anerkannten Prüfer beizulegen. Wird eine Marke von einem anerkannten und für Irrtümer haftenden Prüfer als falsch erkannt, kann er sie entsprechend kennzeichnen. Das Zeichen FALSCH gilt dabei nicht als Veränderung. Bei derartigen Reklamationen behält DAVID FELDMAN S.A. es sich vor, nach eigenem Ermessen ein oder mehrere Atteste anzufordern. Alle Prüfkosten und diesbezügliche Ausgaben fallen bei gerechtfertigter Beanstandung zu Lasten des Einlieferers, anderenfalls jedoch zu Lasten des Käufers. Bei gerechtfertigter Beanstandung wird das Los zurückgenommen und die Zuschlagsumme sowie Aufgeld an den Käufer zurückerstattet. Falls infolge einer Expertise, mit Uebereinstimmung der DAVID FELDMAN S.A. Zahlungsverzögerungen entstehen, werden 50% der üblicherweise belasteten Zinsen auf jedes Los, dessen Echtheit einwandfrei bewiesen ist erhoben. Ansonsten werden die Standartzinsen berechnet.

4.3 Begrenzung: Lose, die als Sammlungen, Sammellose, Dublettenposten oder Anhäufungen beschrie-ben sind, haben keinerlei Anrecht auf Reklamation. Beanstandungen von Losen, die als Serien oder Gruppen von Serien aus mehr als einer Briefmarke bestehend beschrieben sind, werden in Grenzen des obigen Punktes 4.1. nur in Betracht gezogen, wenn sie mehr als ein Drittel des Gesamtkaufwerts des entsprechenden Loses darstellen. Für Lose die vom Käufer oder dessen Agenten besichtigt wur-den oder mit Fehlern beschrieben sind können deshalb nicht beanstandet werden. Abgebildete Lose können nicht beanstandet werden wenn es sich um Zähnungsfehler, Zentrierung, Rand oder andere im Bild ersichtliche Fehler handelt.

4.4 Zahlungsverzug: Geht die Zahlung der Zuschlagsumme und das Aufgeld nicht innerhalb von 30 Tagen nach Versteigerungsdatum ein, behält DAVID FELDMAN S.A. es sich vor, entweder das Kaufges-chäft aufzuheben und über die Lose anderweitig zu verfügen und/oder auf Zahlung des Kaufpreises und Schadenersatz, sowie auch gesetzliche Abgaben zu klagen. Bei Nichtzahlung ausstehender Beträge innerhalb von 30 Tagen nach Versteigerungsdatum, werden Verzugszinsen von -wenigstens 5% im ersten Monat und 2% in den darauffolgenden Monaten erhoben; entstandene Unkosten sind ebenfalls zurückzuerstatten. Der in Verzug geratene Käufer verliert in jedem Fall sein Reklamationsrecht.

4.5 Der Zuschlagspreis kann ausnahmsweise auf das tiefste Gebot vermindert werden, wenn der Bieter versehentlich den Preis, durch eine andere Bietmöglichkeit, erhöht hat.

5. GESETZ UND GERICHTSSTAND

Diese Auktion sowie die daraus enstandenen Rechte und Pflichten unterliegen ausschliesslich dem Schweizer Gesetz. Jede sich auf diese Auktion beziehende Klage oder Rechtsstreit unterliegen dem Gericht in Genf. Die zuständige Berufungsbehörde ist das Schweizer Bundesgericht in Lausanne.DAVID FELDMAN S.A. behält es sich ferner vor, den Schuldner nach eigenem Ermessen an seinem Wohnsitz zu verklagen, wobei das Schweizer Gesetz Gültigkeit hat. Bei allfälligen Problemen betreffend Preis oder Wert, wird der Euro zum zur Zeit der Auktion gültigen Wechselkurs in CHF umgerechnet.

6. Alle Transaktionen: Diese Konditionen gelten auch für alle Transaktionen die ausserhalb der Verstei-gerung mit David Felman SA abgeschlossen werden. e/07/2008

ManagementDavid Feldman - Chairman, Auctioneer

Marcus Orsi - Managing Director

Philatelists & Outside AssistantsMarcus Orsi (Director), David Feldman, Anders Thorell, Gaël Caron, Karol Weyna,

Daniel Mirecki, David MacDonnell, Tony Banwell, Michael Tseriotis

AdministrationLydia Stocker (Director), Andreia Pereira

AccountingFabrice Bac, Susanne Mongin

TechnologyRomain Kohn (IT), Mathias Roulet (Graphics), Edith Wilson-Lindemann (Graphics)

Fred Jaquet & Robin Szemeti (Consultants)

We have representatives in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Greece,

Ireland, Israel, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Thailand, UK, USA

Please contact our Geneva office for full details.



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