Auction 256 March 2023
Our 256th auction entails extensive collections and stocks of Netherlands and colonies, the first part of the impressive C. Avezaat collection (single frankings and first day covers) and the second part of the P. van Alteren collection (Dutch numeral cancellations). In addition we offer better lots foreign countries (especially French colonies), coins and picture postcards.
1888/2020 postal documents (back of the book) with a major focus on newspaper wrappers (about 130x) with some nice illustrated documents and better items (newspaper stamp Yv.nr 7 on complete newspaper), furthermore Preobliteres, taxe and airmail stamps on cover, nicely arranged in 5 binders
1935/1940 specialised collection 'chômeurs Intellectuels' (Yv. nos 307-364). Nicely arranged with about 64 covers and postcards including better items, Yv.nr. 308 used single on cover (2x), stamps and épreuves de luxe in 2 binders
1849 onwards mainly used collection with better items, airmail, blocks of 4, duplicates etc. in 6 Yvert albums in box
1854/2013 collected both used and */** including better in 4 luxury Davo albums and stockbook in box
1849/2011 collection mainly used with better material, miniature sheets and sheetlets in 7 stockbooks in box
1919-1951 collection used and */** including blocks of four in album
1937, Samothrace 30 and 55 centimes in corner marginal blocks of 4 (16 sets), very fine unmounted mint, cat.v. 6700+
1902/1993 collection maritime (Paquebot)postmarks, transit marks, airport and railway cancels on about 70 covers and some nice illustrated postcards in binder
1872/2020 collection of about 115 covers including better mixed and combination frankings in general in good quality in 2 ring binders
1853/1870 postmarks hundreds of petits chiffres and grand chiffres in small stockbook
1706 onwards France, Italy and Austria collection postal history (about 300 covers) with a large number of stampless covers including better items in 3 Lindner albums
1923, Yv. 182 *, 257A * (Bordeaux and Exp. Le Havre), cat. 1500 and Yv 9 average used