4 Dec 2023 – 9 Dec 2023
778 lots
Lot 40299 | 1840 (20/6) Entire to Lisboa with very fine s/l LOANDA
Portuguese Colonies » Angola
1840 (Jun 20) Entire to Lisboa with very fine s/l LOANDA in blackish brown, rated ’80’ reis, arrival bs, fine.
Estimate: 750 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 40300 | 1820 Cover to S.Miguel with Corr d’Angra hs in black,
Portuguese Colonies » Azores
1820 Cover to S. Miguel with Corr d’Angra hs in black, rated ’40’, crossed out with notation ‘Deve 60’ alongside
Estimate: 500 – 600 EUR
Lot 40301 | 1823 (18.12) Entire sent from S.Miguel to Faial, rated ’20’ reis
Portuguese Colonies » Azores
1823 (18.12) Entire sent from S.Miguel to Faial, rated ’20’ reis, no postal markings. Manuscript notation on flap ‘Recebida em 22 de Do pela Escuna Inglesa…
Estimate: 600 – 800 EUR
Lot 40302 | 1824 (18.3) Entire to Fayal with fine SAO MIGUEL boxed
Portuguese Colonies » Azores
1824 (18.3) Entire to Fayal with fine SAO MIGUEL boxed cachet in red, rated 20 reis, exhibition quality.
Estimate: 800 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 40303 | 1832 (Aug 24) Entire from S.Miguel to Faial with fine
Portuguese Colonies » Azores
1832 (Aug 24) Entire from S. Miguel to Faial with fine oval FAIAL hs in black on obverse, rated ’20’ reis for inter island mail
Estimate: 800 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 40304 | Ponta Delgada: 1897 (Mar 21) envelope sent registered to Norway with 80r and 20r tied by Ponta Delgada cds
Portuguese Colonies » Azores
Ponta Delgada: 1897 (Mar 21) envelope sent registered to Norway with 80r and 20r tied by Ponta Delgada cds with registration label adjacent, reverse with…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40305 | 1986 set of 3 souvenir sheets with “SPECIMEN” overprints
Portuguese Colonies » Cape Verde
1986 set of 3 souvenir sheets with “SPECIMEN” overprints, very fine, these being the very last items distributed by the UPU with any protective overprint,…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40306 | 1804 (6/8) Entire to Lisboa hs very fine trike of MADEIRA
Portuguese Colonies » Madeira
1804 (6/8) Entire to Lisboa hs very fine strike of MADEIRA in brown, rated 40 reis, exhibition quality.
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 40307 | 1818 (22.9) Entire to St Miguel (Azores) with fine s/l MADEIRA hs
Portuguese Colonies » Madeira
1818 (22.9) Entire to St Miguel (Azores) with fine s/l MADEIRA hs, rated ’40’ reis, interior punch holes not affecting address panel, otherwise fine.
Estimate: 400 – 500 EUR
Lot 40308 | 1858 (Jun 30) entire from Inhambane sent within Mozambique
Portuguese Colonies » Mozambique
1858 (Jun 30) entire from Inhambane sent within Mozambique, no postal markings, scarce precursor mail.
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40309 | 1933-44, group of 16 airmail covers, mostly with destinations to Europe, USA or South Africa, incl. 13 sent unfranked with postage due airmail labels
Portuguese Colonies » Mozambique
1933-44, group of 16 airmail covers, mostly with destinations to Europe, USA or South Africa, incl. 13 sent unfranked with postage due airmail labels showing…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 40310 | 1935 Airmail issue group of imperf. proofs by Waterlow
Portuguese Colonies » Mozambique
1935 Airmail issue group of imperf. proofs by Waterlow with puncture holes, all in marginal blocks with some from the corners of the sheets with printer’s…
Estimate: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 40311 | 1940 (Nov 6) envelope sent registered to Kuching, Sarawak
Portuguese Colonies » Mozambique
1940 (Nov 6) envelope sent registered to Kuching, Sarawak with 1938-47 2c pair, 15c (on reverse) and 60c tied by Laurenço Marques hexagonal ds, registration…
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40312 | 1854 Postal order (Inam): Decorative, pre-printed form
Romania » Postal History » Principality of Moldavia
1854 Postal order (Inam): Decorative, pre-printed form sent from Jassy to Galatz, bearing a large, ornate octagonal red seal showing Moldavian coat of…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40313 | BUZEU: 1858 Folded entire bearing fine strike of the
Romania » Postal History » Principality of Wallachia » Cyrillic Post Handstamps
BUZEU: 1858 Folded entire bearing fine strike of the blue Cyrillic bilinear “BUZAU MAR 5” ds, very fine and scarce. Signed Heimbüchler.
Estimate: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 40314 | FOKSANI: 1854 (27.10) Folded entire to Hristea Georgiu
Romania » Postal History » Principality of Wallachia » Cyrillic Post Handstamps
FOKSANI: 1854 (27.10) Folded entire to Hristea Georgiu in Bucharest, bearing clear blue strike of the Cyrillic bilinear “FOKSANI OCT 27” ds (Dragomir type…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40315 | KRAIOVA: Cover to the Tribunal of Romanatz,
Romania » Postal History » Principality of Wallachia » Cyrillic Post Handstamps
KRAIOVA: Cover to the Tribunal of Romanatz, bearing fine strike of the blue Cyrillic bilinear “KRAIOVA APR 26” ds, plus attractive District Court wax seal,…
Estimate: 80 – 120 EUR
Lot 40316 | PLOESCI: 1862 Registered cover, bearing fine strike
Romania » Postal History » Principality of Wallachia » Cyrillic Post Handstamps
PLOESCI: 1862 Folded letter sheet bearing excellent strike of the red bilinear “PLOESCI MAI 19” ds, plus attractive District Court wax seal, very fine…
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40317 | SEVERINU: Cover bearing fine strike of the
Romania » Postal History » Principality of Wallachia » Cyrillic Post Handstamps
SEVERINU: Cover bearing fine strike of the blue Cyrillic bilinear “SEVERINU APR 25” ds, very fine and scarce strike.
Estimate: 80 – 120 EUR
Lot 40318 | TIRGUJIUL: Folded registered cover bearing clear black
Romania » Postal History » Principality of Wallachia » Cyrillic Post Handstamps
TIRGUJIUL: Folded cover bearing clear black Cyrillic bilinear “TIRGUJIUL DEC 24” ds, wax seal removed, a wonderful example of this extremely rare postmark,…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’500 EUR
Lot 40319 | ZIMNICEA: 1860 Folded entire to Bucharest, bearing
Romania » Postal History » Principality of Wallachia » Cyrillic Post Handstamps
ZIMNICEA: 1860 Folded entire to Bucharest, bearing stunning blue strike of the Cyrillic bilinear “ZIMNICEA 9 FEB” type II ds, with similar BUCURESTI FEB.12…
Estimate: 150 – 250 EUR
Lot 40320 | GALATZ: 1843 Disinfected stampless entire from Galatz
Romania » Postal History » Disinfected Mail
GALATZ: 1843 Disinfected stampless entire from Galatz to Genoa, disinfected with rastel punches, plus fine strike of the rare oval-end boxed Cyrillic “SAUKUCHITSI”…
Estimate: 400 – 500 EUR
Lot 40321 | IZLAZ: 1860 Stampess large part cover/letter, having
Romania » Postal History » Disinfected Mail
IZLAZ: 1860 Stampless large part cover/letter, having been disinfected at the Quarantine Station of Izlaz, showing somewhat smudged blue negative disinfection…
Estimate: 150 – 250 EUR
Lot 40322 | TURNU SEVERIN: 1838 Disinfected outer wrapper sent
Romania » Postal History » Disinfected Mail
TURNU SEVERIN: 1838 Disinfected outer wrapper sent to Bucharest, having been disinfected at the Quarantine Station of Turnu Severin, with numerous rastel…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 40323 | TURNU SEVERIN: 1841 (17.9) Folded cover from Serbia,
Romania » Postal History » Disinfected Mail
TURNU SEVERIN: 1841 (17.9) Folded cover from Serbia, addressed to the Serbian embassy in Bucharest, bearing on reverse decorative circular Cyrillic, negative…
Estimate: 1’000 – 2’000 EUR
Lot 40324 | ZIMNICEA: 1850 Folded stampless entire to Bucarest,
Romania » Postal History » Disinfected Mail
ZIMNICEA: 1850 Folded stampless entire to Bucarest, having been disinfected at the Quarantine Station of Zimnicea, showing on reverse clear black negative…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 40325 | BERLAD: 1859 (29.11) Registered lady’s envelope from
Romania » Postal History » Moldavian “FRANKO” Handstamps
BERLAD: 1859 (29.11) Registered small-sized lady’s envelope from Berlad to Jassy, showing FRANCO/BERLAD ribbon hs, BERLAD/MOLDOVA/25.11 double circle ds,…
Estimate: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 40326 | BOTUSCHANI: 1862 (10.9) Registered entire from Botuschani
Romania » Postal History » Moldavian “FRANKO” Handstamps
BOTUSCHANI: 1862 (10.9) Registered entire from Botuschani to Jassy, showing FRANCO/BOTOSCHENI boxed hs and BOTUSCHANI/MOLDOVA/10.3 double circle ds both…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40327 | GALATZ: 1860 (29.3) Registered entire from Galatz to
Romania » Postal History » Moldavian “FRANKO” Handstamps
GALATZ: 1860 (29.3) Registered entire from Galatz to Jassy, showing FRANCO/GALATZ ribbon hs, GALATZ/MOLDOVA/29.3 double circle ds, and straight-line RECEPISSE…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40328 | GORJIU: Registered folded letter sheet from Gorjiu
Romania » Postal History » Moldavian “FRANKO” Handstamps
GORJIU: Registered folded letter sheet from Gorjiu to Bucarest, bearing superb strike of framed FRANCO with framed RECOMANDAT and double circle DIST.GORJIU/PLASA…
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40329 | TEKUTSCH: 1865 (23.3) Registered folded letter sheet
Romania » Postal History » Moldavian “FRANKO” Handstamps
TEKUTSCH: 1865 (23.3) Registered insured folded letter sheet from Tekutsch to Galatz, letter to GALATZ, bearing superb strike of framed FRANCO (see page…
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40330 | TIROVISTEA: Registered valuable envelope from Tirgovistea
Romania » Postal History » Moldavian “FRANKO” Handstamps
TIROVISTEA: Registered valuable envelope from Tirgovistea to Folticeni, bearing superb strike of framed FRANCO with manuscript registration numbers and…
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40331 | BUCARESTI WALACHEI: 1859 (17.5) Registered stampless
Romania » Postal History » Double-circle Datestamps
BUCARESTI WALACHEI: 1859 (17.5) Registered stampless envelope from Bucharest to Roman, bearing large double-circle ds BUCURESTI WALACHEI/17.5 and unusual…
Estimate: 80 – 120 EUR
Lot 40332 | BUCARESTI WALACHEI: 1859 (15.10) Registered stampless
Romania » Postal History » Double-circle Datestamps
BUCARESTI WALACHEI: 1859 (15.10) Registered stampless envelope from Bucharest to Focsani, bearing large double-circle ds BUCURESTI WALACHEI/17.5 and unusual…
Estimate: 80 – 120 EUR
Lot 40333 | BUDEU: 1863 (29.6) Folded entire letter from Budeu
Romania » Postal History » Double-circle Datestamps
BUDEU: 1863 (29.6) Folded entire letter from Budeu to Galatz, bearing ornate double-circle BUDEU/29.6 in black, with GALATZ/MOLDOVA/1.7 (error (7/1)),…
Estimate: 70 – 100 EUR
Lot 40334 | FOKSCHANI: 1862 (5.11) Registered folded letter sheet
Romania » Postal History » Double-circle Datestamps
FOKSCHANI: 1862 (5.11) Registered folded entire as advise of payment to Court in Galatz, sent from Fokschani to Galatz, bearing double-circle FOKSCHANI…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40335 | GALATZ: 1860 (14.8) Outer letter-sheet advice of payment
Romania » Postal History » Double-circle Datestamps
GALATZ: 1860 (14.8) Registered folded cover advice of payment to the Ministry of Interior sent from Galatz to Jassy, bearing clear crisp red double-circle…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40336 | GALATZ: 1860 (12.2) Registered folded cover advice
Romania » Postal History » Double-circle Datestamps
GALATZ: 1860 (12.2) Registered folded cover advice of payment to the Ministry of Interior sent from Galatz to Jassy, bearing clear crisp blue double-circle…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40337 | JASSY: 1862 (12.5) Registered folded entire from Jassy
Romania » Postal History » Double-circle Datestamps
JASSY: 1862 (12.5) Registered folded entire from Jassy to Galatz, bearing large double-circle JASSY(MOLDOVA/12.5 cds, with ornate oval FRANCO JASSY 154…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40338 | PIATRA: 1865 (16.3) Registered folded letter sheet
Romania » Postal History » Double-circle Datestamps
PIATRA: 1865 (16.3) Registered folded letter sheet from Piatra via Roman and Jassy to Bucharest, bearing double-circle PIATRA/MOLDOVA/16.3 cds and small…
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40339 | TIRGUL-OCNA: 1866 Registered folded letter sheet from
Romania » Postal History » Double-circle Datestamps
TIRGUL-OCNA: 1866 Registered folded letter sheet from Tirgulocna, bearing superb strike of the ornate double-circle TIRGUL-OCNA/5.11 ds, very fine and…
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40340 | VASLUI: Registered folded letter sheet from Vaslui
Romania » Postal History » Double-circle Datestamps
VASLUI: Registered folded letter sheet from Vaslui via Tecuciu, Budeu to Bucarest, bearing superb strike of the ornate double-circle VASLUI/20.10 ds in…
Estimate: 80 – 120 EUR
Lot 40341 | WASLUI: 1864 (7.6) Registered folded entire from Waslui
Romania » Postal History » Double-circle Datestamps
WASLUI: 1864 (7.6) Registered folded entire from Waslui to Jassy, bearing double-circle WASLUI/7.6 ds with italic straight line RECEPISSE alongside, with…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40342 | 1860 Post Coach Ticket: Booked seat on the Post Coach
Romania » Postal History » Postal Forms
1860 Post Coach Ticket: Booked seat on the Post Coach (Deligenta) de la Nr. 2 and the payment was received and signed by the cashier, showing the interesting…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40343 | 1860 (3.1) Waybill in Cyrillic ‘Posta Scrisorilor’
Romania » Postal History » Postal Forms
1860 (3.1) Waybill in Cyrillic ‘Posta Scrisorilor’ (postal format No.5) from Ismail to Husuk, showing large red double-circle ISMAIL/MOLDOVA/3.11 ds with…
Estimate: 70 – 100 EUR
Lot 40344 | 1861 (5.5) Postal receipt form from Galatz to Jassy,
Romania » Postal History » Postal Forms
1861 (5.5) Postal receipt form from Galatz to Jassy, showing black double-circle ds GALATZ/MOLDOVA/5.5 on reverse, and large double-circle JASSY/MOLDOVA/8.5…
Estimate: 80 – 120 EUR
Lot 40345 | 1862 (11.1) Waybill in Cyrillic for packages and money
Romania » Postal History » Postal Forms
1862 (11.1) Waybill in Cyrillic for packages and money bags (postal format No.19) for Galatz to Jassy, showing black double-circle GALATZ/MOLDOVA/11.1…
Estimate: 70 – 100 EUR
Lot 40346 | 1862 (26.1) Postal form “Marsrutul Si Fatura Generala”
Romania » Postal History » Postal Forms
1862 (26.1) Postal form “Marsrutul Si Fatura Generala” from Tekutsch to Michaleni to Galatz, showing blue double-circle ds TEKUTSCH/MOLDOVA/26.1, and similar…
Estimate: 70 – 100 EUR
Lot 40347 | The earliest recorded date for the 27 Parale value27
Romania » 1858 Moldavian Bull’s (21 July) Handstruck at Jassy on wove paper (81pa.) or laid paper (other values).
The earliest recorded date for the 27 Parale value27 Parale black on rose, a very fine example, sharp clear impression with good to large margins all around,…
Estimate: 12’000 – 20’000 EUR
Lot 40348 | 27 Parale black on horizontally laid rose paper, deep
Romania » 1858 Moldavian Bull’s (21 July) Handstruck at Jassy on wove paper (81pa.) or laid paper (other values).
27 Parale black on horizontally laid rose paper, deep dark impression with barely touched at top to large margins on the other three sides, cancelled by…
Estimate: 4’000 – 8’000 EUR