The Autumn Auction Series #194

1965-85, 210 IMPERFS and Deluxe proofs on FAUNA & Animals, from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Dahomey, Guinea, Mali, Madagascar, Niger, Senegal, Mauritania, Togo, Chad, very fine (Est. € 500/600)

1983-92, Collection of 300 covers from the ARCTIC Soviet bases showing various cachets, very fine (Est. € 120/200)

LITERATURE 1920-93, 36 books on Philately in English incl. Ferrary sales, Postal History by Prince Dimitry Kandaouroff, History of the Revolutionary Armies by Stanley Luft, etc (Est. € 240/380)

LITERATURE 1960-2010: Fascinating literature lot in one box with French "Encyclopedie des timbres", Strubel 2-volume book, Swiss cancellations folders (Andres-Emmenegger), Papel States book, etc. (Est. € 200/300)

LITERATURE 1928: ALBUM DE FAC-SIMILÉS published by the Union Philatélique de Genève, N°298, ex v.d.Weid (handstamp on first page), scarce (Est. € 2'000/3'000)

POSTCARDS: Accumulation of several hundred postcards, mostly Europe including France and Switzerland, also noted extensive mint USA, generally early to middle period (Est. € 150/200)

VIGNETTES, 1000's of vignettes incl. better selection of 1900 Paris exhibit, Agriculture, Music, perf & imperf, complete sheets, various Thematics, etc., examine (Est. € 800/1'600)

1839 (May 10) Entire from Boston USA to Calcutta, India, endorsed ‘Overland’ at the lower left with fine impression of the rare hand stamp ‘CARE OF MESSRS WAGHORN & CO / LONDON ALEXANDRIA’, with French and Indian transits, light vertical crease and minor ink erosion, rare with only 9 examples of this hs recorded by us with this being the earliest known usage

1848-63, Group of 11 stampless covers, most from London to Alexandria, one from Singapore via Alexandria (bs) to Gibraltar, one outgoing to Scotland, incl. disinfected, various rates, useful group for the student

1853-60, Group of five covers with Posta Europea Alexandria (type II) ds, of which four are sent from the Sardinian Consul in Alexandria to the Delegate in Cairo, mixed condition with varying clarity of strikes

1864 (Mar 29) Envelope from Cairo to Florence, sent to Alexandria with blue Cairo Posta Europea cds (Smith type VI), then sent via the Italian PO with a 1863 70c lilac tied by boxed "PIROSCAFI / POSTALI / FRANCESI," Italian PO cds alongside, Italian transits on reverse, an attractive and rare mixed franking of the Posta Europea and the Italian PO, a rarity of the foreign post offices in Egypt

1865 (Jul 25) Envelope from Cairo to Florence with 60c lilac, tied by "PIROSCAFI / POSTALI / ITALIANI" boxed hs, with Alexandria Italian PO cds and blue "POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE" VICEROYAL POST cds adjacent, Firenze bs, disinfection slits, a couple of toned perfs, a fine and rare franking which was only in existence between 15th April and 31st December 1865 before Egypt's first stamps were introduced, cert. E. Diena (1979)