1905, PERIM ISLAND Postcard "The Oriental Hotel" bearing India 1 A carmine tied by "ADEN 31/JA/05" c.d.s. to Vienna with arrival mark, message "we arrived today and are leaving soon to Djibouti", tiny corner crease, fine and very scarce

2004, SAPOA Joint Stamp Issue s/s, mint never hinged souvenir sheet, withdrawn before issue

"BATUM 1" on 1918 postcard "Gymnase des filles" with attractive 20 Para rose and 10 Para green franking to Constantinople with arrival mark Istanbul on reverse and on front, tiny toned, light boxed Istanbul censor mark, cancellation rarity of Batum, an attractive showpiece (Coles-Walker no.1, Type B2)

1919, 10 R on 1 K orange and 10 R on 3 K red-brown overprinted, six imperf and four different mint perf stamps, fine study group, few signed Bühler a.o.

1935, 50 years Kongo imperforated proofs, complete mint never hinged, very fine

3 d deep blue, good to wide margins and rich colour, tied to folded letter in very attractive appearance, addressed to Halifax, backside YARMOUTH SE 13 1858 in red, v.f., signed Pfenninger and certificate Hunziker

$ 2 Jubilee violet and $ 4 bright violet each handstamped "SPECIMEN", mint, fine pair (SG 137s,139s, £ 925)

Set of ten stamps up to $1, mint never hinged, 2 C missing, very fine

1857-1859, QV 4 d dull rose used, with complete to wide margins around and fresh colour, watermark star, white paper, central thin and repaired with top left and part of the lower corners added, RPS certificate (SG 4)

Red Revenue 1, 2 und 4 C, each neatly cancelled with dollar chop postmark, fine

Two CIP 1 C ochre clear cancelled on postcard, additional Hong Kong QV 2 C green, printed matter rate, tied by "SHANGHAI C - DE/2/01" c.d.s. and black oneliner "From Steamers Letters" to Belgium with additional 5 C green postage due because of too much text treated as a postcard and thus insufficiently franked, a very scarce mixed franking card, showpiece

1912, Provisional Neutrality Hankow, Nanking and Changsha, 16 c olive-green, large part original gum, small hinge remainder, very fresh and fine, only 200 stamps recorded as being issued (Chan 147, SG 187, £4500)

1912, $ 5.00 deep green & salmon, Nanking Issue, slightly re-distributed original gum, position 35, wonderful fresh colours, fine. A remarkably rare example of the 5-Dollar nanking issue overprint, this is the rarest example of the neutrality overprints with only 52 examples sold, Holcombe certificate (Sc.145; Chan 151).

1 C red postal stationery card used uprated with CIP ½ C brown in PUOLY, tied by red private mark, additional Germany 5 Pf green tied by PEKING DEUTSCHE POST 27/4/02 c.d.s., addressed to Neumarkt Germany and sent back with red crayon "Zurück", arrival mark PEKING DEUTSCHE POST 17/7/02, fine and unusual

1898, 10 Pf german postal stationery card tied by "TSINTANFORT 29/3/98" written in Tsingtau 28/3/98 with full message on reverse, addressed to Shanghai, this cancellation was in use only two month, very fine, signed Beckhaus and Hauenstein

National Science Conference, miniature sheet m.n.h., v.f. (Yang J25M)

Study Science from Childhood, souvenir sheet m.n.h., v.f. (Yang T41M)

8 f Golden Monkey m.n.h., v.f. (Yang T234)

1980, Mail transport, complete xf mint never hinged sheet set with all margins (60 sets per sheet), due to size slight folded vertical and horizontal in perforation, hard to find as complete sheets (T49 sheets)

1949, commercial cover with vertical strip of four China North East Province overprinted 10c on $44 red clear cancelled (4.sep.1950) and with arrival mark on reverse, some crease, a very scarce franking of three star issue

1949, commercial cover used registered with vertical strip of four China North East Province overprinted 20c on $44 red clear cancelled (15.apr.1950) and with arrival mark, some crease, fine and very scarce

1949, commercial cover used registered with China North East Province overprinted 30c on $44 red and 50c on $44 red, both clear cancelled and with arrival mark on reverse, tiny border crease, an extremely scarce mix franking of three star issue, showpiece!

1950, 50 C on $5.000.000 two strips of four on air mail cover to Germany with arrival mark on reverse, flap missing and tiny crease, an extraordinary high franking of this scarce value

2 C + 2 C red-violet postal stationery answering card complete, variety "on very thin paper", fine and very scarce (#13aA)

1912, postcard from Habana to Turkey bearing 1 C green and "HABANA CUBA "T" CENTIMES 10" on front, at arrival Turkey 20 Para rose affixed and tied by bilingual "T" for postage due on reverse, fine and very scarce mix

WELTEVREDEN 25/4/1874, folded envelope bearing pair 50 C carmine tied by "1" in diamonds, octog. french steamer and "P.D." in red alongside, to Paris with arrival mark on reverse, tiny border toned, fine

1923, Queen Wilhelmina complete margin set unfolded, mint never hinged and very fine (Scott 151-57)

1879, Turkey 1 Pia. yellow pair (1875), one bisect, on piece tied by "POSTE EGIZIANE SUEZ 1/MAI/79" blue cds. at arrival. J.v. Uexkull writes in his book "The postal history of Saudi Arabia" : "Sometimes mail from Jeddah was posted on board the steamer to Suez without going throuh the Jeddah Post Office. Such items were either cancelled in ink on board the steamer and then postmarked in Suez or left uncancelled" (page 37), fine and fresh, a unique bisect usage of an ottoman Duloz issue in Saudi Arabia!

5 Pia green Pyramid issue mint never hinged, very fine and extremely scarce in this excellent quality

200 M violet and £ 1 blue/deep violet King Fuad issue mint never hinged, top margin, very fine and extremely scarce in this excellent quality

"PORT FOUAD" overprinted complete set of four used stamps up to 50 Pt violet, plus invitation card tied by "PORT FOUAD 24/DE/26" c.d.s., very fine group, 50 Pt certificate Diena

"PORT FOUAD" overprinted three values, all fine cancelled, fine, signed Balasse

"PORT FOUAD" overprinted 50 Pt violet, mint tiny hinged, fine, certificate RPS (SG 144)

5-20 M Faruk II, clear cancelled set of four values, fine

100 M on £ 1 blue/deep violet King Fuad issue mint never hinged, top margin, very fine and extremely scarce in this excellent quality

10th UPU Congress complete mint hinged set up to £ 1 blue/deep violet, fine

£ 1 green/dark brown, mint never hinged block of four, upper left corner with margins, very fine

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£ 1 grün/dunkelbraun im postfrischen Viererblock aus der linken oberen Bogenecke, Pracht

80 Years anniversary souvenir sheet perf and imperf, fine cancelled pair

1956, Arab Scout Jamboree souvenir sheet, perforated and imperforate, mint never hinged, fresh and very fine (Sc. B13-15 var, SG MS513-14, £3,400)

Six official stamps up to 5 P, all mint never hinged, 2 M green showing variety inverted overprint, very fine

1938, eight values in block of four with margins on watermarked paper, mint never hinged, all showing misplaced perforation

Five stamps up to 5 P, all clear cancelled, fine group

PROVINCES EQUITORIALES D ABYSSINIE 1901-1902, Elephant 50 G & Lion 5 G, two Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, scarce unaccepted designs, mounted on card, very fine

1950, 5 years independence imperforated proofs without gum, unused pairs in perfect condition (NVPH 64-66 B, 9.000,- €)

1951, 1-25 S nine proofs without gum, imperforated, unused pairs in perfect condition (NVPH 72-80 H, 2.700,- €)

1955, Suparto imperforated complete without gum in blocks of four, unused in perfect condition

1955, Memorial Day imperforated complete without gum in block of four, unused in perfect condition

1876, 4 Kran deep yellow on vertically laid paper, full to wide margins, light part cancelled, very fine

1915, Salatin "SERVICE" red overprinted issue mint hinged set of 17 values (9 Ch and 5 Kr missing, 2 Kr, 3 Kr, 30 Kr and 50 Kr without gum), extremely rare and attractive (Persiphila ex UC70 / UC88)

1956-1957, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi mint set of 16 values (50 D missing), fine to very fine