6th Jul, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Extensive collection filling a carton, in seven mostly hingeless albums and two binders of booklets, from classics to 2008, generally used pre-1940 and mint never hinged post-war, with good sections of Imperial issues, an album for inflation (many signed), an album for zusammendrucke se-tenants, etc. Highlights include embossed eagles in select quality with small shield ¼gr violet cds, 1/3gr emerald shade on piece, both ½gr shades signed, 5gr signed, 18kr superb cds, range of large shields, pfennig/pfennige with many shades, 'Reichspost' 3mk types I and II, through to inflation period with 1921 10pf olive-green signed and with certificate (SG.159, cat. £300), 1921 eagle airmail set, nothilfe sets, 1931 zeppelin set, 1933 Wagner set, professions, costumes, Nurburgring ovpts, souvenir sheets, etc. There is also the majority of the good material of Berlin and West Germany, predominantly mint never hinged including posthorns to 60pf MNH, the 70pf and 90pf mint. Please inspect.
Sold for £850
Estimated at £600 - £750
Auction: Stamps, Postcards & Postal History, 6th Jul, 2022
261 lots including several exciting original collections fresh to the market. Highlights include a specialised collection of St. Helena stamps and postal history, and a very extensive and impressive holding of Russian postal history with a particular focus on the Post Offices Abroad. The latter collector’s interests also extended through the Baltics to excellent Scandinavian Locals, as well as around the Eastern Mediterranean from the Balkans to Palestine and Egypt.
Amongst the postcards offered in the sale are fantastic albums from a dedicated collector, of high-quality and comprehensively assembled, which include transport related cards of Leeds, Skipton, Lancaster, Teesside and Middlesbrough as well as excellent general Yorkshire cards.
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Tuesday 5 July 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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