Auction 255 September 2022
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Some highlights:
• Netherlands with varieties and rarities
• Collections Van Hoek (1852 issue) and Warburg (1864 issue)
• Collection Van Alteren
• Numeral cancellations Netherlands
• Original Country Collections including Egypt and Sudan
• Picture Postcards
• Numismatics, incl. large lots
1849/1900, collection of about 140 classic covers including better mixed and combination frankings in general in good quality in 4 ring binders
1876 onwards postal history in small tin
Cérès 20 centimes intense black in pair on cover from Laigle 17-1-1850 to Elbeuf, very fine with 2020 Roumet certificate
Cérès 25 centimes blue (3x) on registered cover from Guise 11-8-1852 to Saint Quentin, fine/very fine (cover pinhole)
Napoléon III 5 centimes green in 2 pairs on cover from Marseille 20-6-1859 to Lyon, very fine
Napoléon III 1 centime green olive and Empire Lauré 2 centimes red brown on newspaper wrapper from Les Echelles 4-9-1871 to Haute Seine au Montagne, very fine
Empire Lauré 1 centime green bronze in strip of 5 and Siège 20 centimes blue on cover from Nantes 10-9-1871 to Bayonne, fine/very fine (cover vertical crease affecting the righthand stamp of the strip)
Empire Lauré 1 centimes green bronze in pair on advertisement form Cannes 1-9-1872, very fine
Empire Laurè 40 centimes orange (5x), Siège 40 centimes orange, Cérès 15 centimes light brown and 80 centimes rose (3x) on undeliverable registered cover with a declared value of 2043,70 francs from Laon 29-7-1876 to Compiègne, severe faults but very rare!
Empire Lauré 40 centimes orange in pair, Cérès 15 centimes brun and 25 centimes blue, both in pair, on cover from Nantes 17-10-1871 over Irun to Madrid, fine (cover vertical crease, nr. 31 colour a little oxidized)
Napoléon III 5 centimes light green on blue in strip of 5 on cover from Marseille 24-5-1872 to Paris, very fine
Siège 10 centimes yellow brown (2x) on cover from Paris 4-8-1871 to ? le Chateau, fine/very fine (small part on reversed side missing)