Auction 255 September 2022
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• 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
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Grand Liban 1943 Medical Congres 20p., 50p. and 100p. - error imperf and surcharge omitted - (surcharge absente, non dentelé), all right hand marginal, a fine to very fine set (50p. small greasy spot in margin) with APS certificates 1970, cat.v. Yvert 1500, Maury 2325
6 Pf in block of 4, vertical between stamps imperforate, upper right stamp flaw 33II (pos.74), all signed Kramp BPP, very fine cat.v. 300++
20 million mark dark violetblue (dunkelvioletultramarin) with roulette perforation with top sheet margin, fine to very fine used (short perf. at left) with 2000 Rolf Tworek certificate, cat.v. 400
1870 ½d. rose red plate 8, a very fine unmounted original gum block of four lettered DI-EJ. Usual crazed gum associated with this plate, a very scarce multiple, cat.v. £ 2400+ (for mounted mint) Provenance : collection Verus
Victoria embossed 1/- green a fine pair (just touched at right) together with 1d. redbrown imperf on complete letter from Queen street (boxed on reverse) Edinburgh 11 march 1854 via Calais France 14 mars to Bilbao Spain 17 mar. On front in manuscript Spain via France, PF in oval (payé frontiere) and 30R (reales), fine to very fine - a rare franking ! -
Victoria embossed 6d. purple and 2d. deep blue plate 4 lettered E-B on folded registered letter from Samuel Smith Nottingham (The Bankers) to the Brocklehurst Bankers in Macclesfield, a very fine fresh cover Provenance : The Romano Padoan collection
Victoria 5s. rose watermark anchor plate 4 white paper, a fine to very fine fresh ex. with an upright crisp Taunton 1884 cds, cat.v. £ 3800
Victoria 4d. sage-green plate 16 on entire from Manchester 1879 to Guadalaiara Mexico (arrival postmark Vera Cruz 29-8-1879) a fine cover to an interesting destination, cat.v. £ 600+
Victoria 1884 10s. cobalt on white paper, lettered F-G with Lothbury 1-10-84 registered cds, a fine ex. (tiny crease and small thin spot/grease mark), still a very decent copy of this rare shade, with BPA certificate 2009, cat.v. £ 8250
Zeppelin Weihnachtsfahrt (Christmas flight) Treaty dispatch 8-12-1934 with feeder flight to Berlin, envelope franked with George V 10d. from London via Berlin to Recife Brasil, fine to very fine
Prince Albert 6d slate-violet on laid paper, fine/very fine, cat.v. £ 1300
Royal Crown 6d yellow, fine/very fine with 1953 RPS certificate, cat.v. £ 950