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.
Stalag and Oflag approx. 70 covers/postcards concerning POW mail including Oflag IID, IIIB, IVC (Colditz), VIIB and XIIIB, 1941 R-cover from Lager Marie über Bitterfeld to France, Correspondance to Holland (Grieken family) from different camps etc. in stockbook and folder
Stalag 28 covers and postcards mainly different camps including Entlassungsschein Belgium POW 10-01-1941 from Stalag XB (Neuengamme), Kriegsgefangenpost Stalag IIE (Schwerin) to Seine (FR) 29-3-1943 charged with 50c postage due, Stalag 371 (Stanislau) 7-9-1943 to The Hague, Verpflichtungsschein for Polish POW from Stalag XIB etc. prepared on album pages in folder
1873 onwards large number of covers, wrappers and postal stationery with better material including frankings, airmail, uprated etc. In addition some covers from the Netherlands, France, Slovenia and UK in shoe box
1942-1945 including France P.O.W. postal stationery (60x) in album
1800/1972 about 50 covers including censored in album
1900c. Boer War approx. 20 covers from South-Africa to POWs on St-Helena, 3 covers from the Netherlands to Diyatalawa POW Camp on Ceylon, censor etc. in envelope
1961/2019 collection fdc's including Athos (2008-2019) in 7 albums/stockbook and box
1914/1934, Mi. nrs. 145-161 on philatelic cover and Lehe miniaturesheet on fdc in envelope
1891c. onwards collection covers including older fdc's, postcards and registered covers, WW II, etc in box
1936/1939 collection covers from the Civil War period (about 65 items) including outcoming mail, airmail and registered covers in album
1900/1980 ca. covers/postal stationery with a.o. Army stamps , Airmail, se-tenants and combinations in 2 ring binders
1887/1958 extensive collection postal history of Alaska alphabetically sorted on city and postmarks including many Discontinued Post offices (DPO’s), pre-1900 covers (10x), postcards, fdc’s and better items (Nome type 1, Klawack type 1, Dempsey type 1 etc.) in 10 albums, small box with unsorted covers and additional Postmark of Territorial Alaska catalogue (4th edition) in 2 large boxes