Postal Auction February 2023 - 332

Bids to be received by Thursday 23rd of February 2023 1:00 PM

Lots (1614)

Lot 445
Finland

2010 Posti Year pack complete with all stamps for the year unmounted mint, very attractive with many thematics. STC £294.

Estimate £ 100.00
Lot 446
Finland

2011 Posti Year pack complete with all stamps for the year unmounted mint, very attractive with many thematics. STC £299.

Estimate £ 100.00
Lot 447
Finland

2014 Posti Year pack complete with all stamps for the year unmounted mint, very attractive with many thematics noted Teddy Bears M/S (Cat £43), Old Castles self-adhesive booklet (Cat £42), Janson M/S, Greetings booklet (Cat £35), Fruit, Ferries M/S, Sweet Summer booklet (Cat £42), Dudesons M/S (Cat £29), Tom of Finland M/S (Cat £22), Autumn Booklet (Cat £28), Signs of the Sky booklet (Cat £56), Bridges & Waterways (Cat £70), Independence set (cat £42). STC £518.

Estimate £ 150.00
Lot 448
Finland

Military Mail : WWII 1941-44 Small group of covers (3) and cards (3) sent by soldiers including two cards showing military caricatures of soldiers; one returning home with a bunch of flowers and the other has two soldiers with their machine guns behind a barricade, one has boxed censor cachet in violet. Fine condition though the covers have been slightly reduced at the right. Unusual group (6)

Estimate £ 24.00
Lot 449
FIUME

Express: 1920 50c on 5c green overprint with backprint in black, unmounted mint; centred to the left but a difficult stamp to find. Scott E5 Cat $700 for u/m.

Estimate £ 120.00
Lot 450
France

1849-1982 An extensive and valuable mint and used collection in two well filled Yvert albums with dozens of better noted 1849 20c black (4 large margins), 25c blue (4 large margins), 40c orange (3 margins Cat £600), 1853 1c olive-green, 5c green (both shades), 20c blue (9 shades and types), 80c carmine (2 shades), 1870 4c grey, 10c bistre, 20c blue stated as type I, II & III, 1871-76 to 80c, 1876-85 1c green to 10c green, 75c (2 shades Cat £90), 5f lilac (both shades, cat £230), 1900-06 Olivier & Merson incl 2f f.u. (Cat £110), 20f used (Cat £48), 1922 War Orphans surch set used (Cat £275), 1926 War Orphans mainly used (Cat £200), 1928 Sinking Fund f.u. (Cat £225), 1920 Sinking used (Cat £120), 1950-1 Relief Fund set f.u. (Cat £170), back of the book precancels, railway stamps, airs, parcel post etc, very useful for expansion, approx. 2600, huge cat value.

Estimate £ 850.00
Lot 451
France

1852-1880 Classics assembly on ten album pages of covers and stamps including 1852 Repub 25c on 1853 Entire Letter (Scott $50), 1853 Empire 1c to 20c, 40c & 80c (2 shades f.u.), pair of 20c blue on 1861 cover, 1862 perf set to 80c, 1863-70 to 80c, 1869 5fr gray well centred fine used dotted star numeral '2' (Scott $750), 1868 10c & 20c on EL. to Geneva, 1870-75 to 80c, 1876-78 incl. 20c & 30c on EL.., single vals to 5f lilac, 25c black on red on cvr etc. Attractive collection with many nice copies. (Approx 40).

Estimate £ 280.00
Lot 452
France

1853-1870 Heavily duplicated Napoleon and Ceres imperf and some perf values mainly 1853-71 Napoleon 20c blue (Approx 600+), perf Ceres 25c blue (Approx 130+), then few other values to 40c orange. Good catalogue and plenty of nice numeral postmarks, mainly appears all different.

Estimate £ 300.00
Lot 453
France

1867 Napoleon 30c brown mint large part original gum with four good margins, minor gum bends otherwise scarce so nice, SG 116 Cat £1300.

Estimate £ 85.00
Lot 454
France

1869 5F grey top value lightly used with central lozenge '169' pmk, nice looking with good colour and perfs. SG 131 Cat £1300.

Estimate £ 300.00
Lot 455
France

1869 5F grey top value nicely used with lozenge '218' pmk either side of the central vignette, well centred with good colour and perfs. SG 131 Cat £1300.

Estimate £ 250.00
Lot 456
France

1870 Ceres 30c brown on paper with four enormous margins and cancelled dotted diamond postmark, SG 175.

Estimate £ 40.00

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