Lot 1 | ”MIEYSCE 10.12” (Galicia, Poland) clear strike of the

Austria

”MIEYSCE 10.12” (Galicia, Poland) clear strike of the double circle postmark (Müller 1693a) on Austria 1850, 1Kr and 2 Kr (hand-made paper) extremely fine...

Start price: 2'500 CHF

Lot 2 | 1851, Newspaper stamps, rare 1866 reprint of the ”zinnoberroter

Austria

1851, Newspaper stamps, rare 1866 reprint of the ”zinnoberroter Merkur”, fresh and lightly hinged bloc of four in extremely fine condition. The 1866 reprint...

Start price: 3'000 CHF

Lot 3 | Lombardy Venetia, 1850 15c red, superb example tied by Cles.

Austria » Lombardy Venetia

Lombardy Venetia, 1850 15c red, superb example tied by ideal strike of Cles two line postmark (Tirol) on very fresh 1851 entire letter sent registered...

Start price: 34'000 CHF

Lot 4 | Lombardy Venetia, 1850, 30 centesimi dark brown, type

Austria » Lombardy Venetia

Lombardy Venetia, 1850, 30 centesimi dark brown, type I, the unique block of 14 with cancellation concentric circles Villafranca 10.7. A stunning multiple...

Start price: 36'000 CHF

Lot 5 | 1858 (Nov 1), 5 soldi red, 1st type, used in Comacchio and cancelled with Chioggia 1/11 postmark of the first day of issue

Austria » Lombardy Venetia

1858 (Nov 1) 5 soldi red, 1st type, on entire cancelled with Chioggia 1/11 postmark of the first day of issue, arrival bs, filing fold affecting franking,...

Start price: 1'800 CHF

Lot 6 | 1868 spectacular envelope to Gravesend, England franked at 45 soldi, Kustendje mixed franking.

Austria » Austrian Levant

1868 spectacular envelope to Gravesend, England franked at 45 soldi, bearing 1867 Danube & Black Sea Railway 20 pa. black on green in combination with...

Start price: 19'500 CHF

Lot 7 | 1866 5p red-brown on lilac, roulette III, tête-bêche pair, on an 1869 (Jul 26) entire from Helsinki to Kristenestad

Finland

1866 5p red-brown on lilac, roulette III, tête-bêche pair, pos.22-21, one irregular tooth, along with normal pair, pos.23-24, and 20p bright blue on an...

Start price: 160'000 CHF

Lot 8 | FRANCE, 1849/50, 1fr Dark Carmine and 40c orange with

France » Type Cérès de 1849-1850

FRANCE, 1849/50, 1fr Dark Carmine and 40c orange with margins to just in, used with 1850, 10c Bister in extremely fine condition, tied by partly clear...

Start price: 5'000 CHF

Lot 9 | Extraordinaire paire tête-bêche Cérès 1 franc CARMIN-BRUN,

France » Type Cérès de 1849-1850

Extraordinaire paire tête-bêche Cérès 1 franc CARMIN-BRUN, neuve sans gomme avec d'élégantes marges tout autour, le cliché renversé correspond à la case...

Start price: 240'000 CHF

Lot 10 | France Napoleon III, 1862, 20c. blue, horizontal pair,

France » Empire 1853-1862

France Napoleon III, 1862, 20c. blue, horizontal pair, cancelled by large numerals "5081" of the french post office in Basel, Switzerland on entire letter...

Start price: 24'000 CHF

Lot 11 | CANCEL Port-Saïd, 1900: Série de 13 REIMPRESSIONS au

Colonies françaises » Port-Saïd

RARETÉ DES COLONIES FRANÇAISESPort-Saïd (Egypte) 1899, tirage special de l' Exposition Universelle de 1900, rarissime série de 13 valeurs au type Sage...

Start price: 11'000 CHF

Lot 12 | 1941-1942, série de 4 timbres non-émis Maury (2010)

Colonies françaises » St. Pierre et Miquelon

1941-1942, série de 4 timbres non-émis n° 281A/281D (Maury 2010) surchargés France Libre F.N.F.L. neufs ** sans charnière, les 4 timbres provenant de la...

Start price: 138'000 CHF

Lot 13 | 1885, Alphée Dubois Y&T n° 1b, Tillard n° 1A, 2c lilas-brun

Colonies françaises » St. Pierre et Miquelon

1885, Alphée Dubois Y&T n° 1b, Tillard n° 1A, 2c lilas-brun sur gris
surchargé 5 SPM, timbre neuf sans gomme, surcharge à l’endroit (second
tirage),...

Start price: 44'000 CHF

Lot 14 | Togo, 1915, occupation militaire Franco-Anglaise Y&T

Colonies françaises » Togo

Togo, 1915 : occupation militaire Franco-Anglaise Y&T n°50 TB, (Michel n°15), 50pf carmin et noir avec oblitération ANECHO, tirage 19 exemplaires, une...

Start price: 5'500 CHF

Lot 15 | 1851, 6 Kr blue-green first day letter.

German States » Baden

1851, 6 Kr blue-green with touched margins on three sides and a very wide margin at left showing the complete neighbour, tied by numeral ”43” with red...

Start price: 35'000 CHF

Lot 16 | 1862, 1 Kr rose from the rare plate 2 (showing sharp corners), two singles together with 12 Kr and 18 Kr yellow on entire letter to Netherlands

German States » Bavaria

1862, 1 Kr rose from the rare plate 2 (showing sharp corners), two singles together with 12 Kr red and 18 Kr yellow, tied by ”28” numeral and AUGSBURG...

Start price: 6'000 CHF

Lot 17 | 1870 Coat of Arms issue perforated 3 kreuzer rose on complete telegram with text from Lübeck

German States » Bavaria

1870 Coat of Arms issue perforated 3 kreuzer rose, fresh colours and well perforated with neatly placed violet-blue single-circle postmark "MÜNCHEN 23...

Start price: 6'000 CHF

Lot 18 | Saxony - Sachsen, 1864, 2-issues mixed fkg on cover to Dutch Indies via Trieste and Alexandria

German States » Saxony

SAXONY to DUTCH INDIES from famous SCHIERBRAND correspondence:1864, Folded letter to DUTCH INDIES of first weight from the well-known Schierbrand correspondence...

Start price: 12'000 CHF

Lot 19 | 1900: Reichspost issue 1-5 Mark from the very rare first experimental printing with wide 11 1/2 perforation and in different colors

Germany » German Empire

1900: Reichspost issue 1-5 Mark from the very rare first experimental printing with wide 11 1/2 perforation and in slightly different colors, the 5 Mark...

Start price: 240'000 CHF

Lot 20 | ”BUKA 11.9.14” superb strike of this iconic cds which

Germany » German Colonies » New Guinea

”BUKA 11.9.14” superb strike of this iconic cds which represents the rarest postmark of German New Guinea, the cancellation was applied on a very fine...

Start price: 12'000 CHF

Lot 21 | HAPAG 1875, 10c. used in Haiti, very fine horizontal pair on entire letter

Germany » German Ship Post Abroad » German Sea Post Hapag

HAPAG 1875, 10c. used in Haiti, very fine horizontal pair on entire letter 1879 from Cape Hayti to Port au Prince cancelled with ideal strike of blue «BUHROW...

Start price: 9'000 CHF

Lot 22 | 20 Lep deep blue, without control figures, quadrillé

Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1861-62 First Athens print 20 Lepta

20 Lep deep blue, without control figures, quadrillé background, close to large margins, cancelled by dotted numeral "1" of Athens, very fine and very...

Start price: 6'800 CHF

Lot 23 | 1861-62 First Athens print 20L deep blue without control

Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1861-62 First Athens print 20 Lepta

1861-62 First Athens print 20L deep blue without control figures on quadrille background, close to good margins, neatly tied by diamond lozenge "1" of...

Start price: 18'000 CHF

Lot 24 | The spectacular and unique 390 Lepta franking 20 Lep

Greece » Large Hermes Heads » Covers, frankings and destinations

The spectacular and unique 390 Lepta franking1871-72 20 Lep blue, two strips of five + two strips of four + single + 10 Lep single, all tied by scarce...

Start price: 23'000 CHF

Lot 25 | 1852 1/2 baj vertical tête-bêche pair (pos. 13 & 18) on piece tied by Ferrara 9 MAR 52 cds

Italian States » Papal States

1852 1/2 baj vertical tête-bêche pair (pos. 13 & 18) on piece tied by Ferrara 9 MAR 52 cds, frame line just shaved at lower right, very fine and extremely...

Start price: 6'000 CHF

Lot 26 | 1854 (Apr 1) entire letter from Perosa on Switzerland Geneva and franked 1853 40 cents pink

Italian States » Sardinia

1854 (Apr 1) entire letter from Perosa to Geneva, Switzerland and franked 1853 40 cents pink, right sheet marginal and well-margined, tied by the rare...

Start price: 2'500 CHF

Lot 27 | ITALIAN STATES - SICILY1859 1/2 Grano plate I,

Italian States » Sicily

SICILY

1859 1/2 Grano plate I, the very rare yellow-olive (giallo oliva) shade, neatly tied on 1860 journal "Tremacoldo" Messina 11 January 1860, in fine...

Start price: 50'000 CHF

Lot 28 | Italy, 1863, 15c blue, variety without relief of the

Italy

Italy, 1863, 15c blue, variety without relief of the head (Sass. 11m), superb stamp in deep, intense blue with good to wide margins, attractively cancelled...

Start price: 84'000 CHF

Lot 29 | 1924 Segnatasse Per Vaglia (MoneyOrder Stamp) 3L inverted numeral used

Italy » Regno d'Italia » Segnatasse

1924 Segnatasse Per Vaglia 3L with error inverted numeral, fine and fresh used, a very rare and desirable example, F. Ferrario Cert (2021) and Helmut Avi...

Start price: 6'500 CHF

Lot 30 | 1917 Express 25 cent red with local hand-overprint "PECHINO" (without the new indication of the value), used

Italy » Post Offices Abroad » Italian Post China

1917 Express 25 cent red with local hand-overprint "PECHINO" (without the new indication of the value), used with "R.R. POSTE ITALIANE/PECHINO-CINA" cancellation,...

Start price: 5'000 CHF

Lot 31 | Italy, Offices in China, Peking, 1917. Overprint “PECHINO 8 CENTS” on 5 centesimi green.

Italy » Post Offices Abroad » Italian Post China » Italian Post China Peking

Italy, Offices in China, Peking, 1917. Overprint “PECHINO 8 CENTS” on 5 centesimi green, instead of “2 CENTS”, Sassone 1AA. With full original gum without...

Start price: 60'000 CHF

Lot 32 | 1918-19, 50 filler lilac, Hungarian stamp hand-overprinted "Fiume" type IV, unissued, mint

Italy » Italy Fiume

1918-19, 50 filler lilac, Hungarian stamp hand-overprinted "Fiume" type IV, unissued, mint n.h., very fine and scarce, one of the major rarities of Fiume;...

Start price: 7'500 CHF

Lot 33 | 1918, Austrian 10kr stamp, dark violet, silk threadless paper, with hand-printed overprint "Regno d'Italia Venezia Giulia 3. XI. 18.", used

Italy » Italian Occupations WWI » Venezia-Giulia

1918, Austrian 10kr stamp, dark violet, silk threadless paper, with hand-printed overprint "Regno d'Italia Venezia Giulia 3. XI. 18.", lightly cancelled,...

Start price: 25'000 CHF

Lot 34 | 1852, William III, 10-centimes greyish black, single

Luxembourg

1852, William III, 10-centimes greyish black, single and a horizontal pair in mixed franking with 1-sgr. carmine-rose single and a horizontal strip of...

Start price: 120'000 CHF

Lot 35 | 1945 Polish Corps souvenir sheet with 55gr (blue) omitted, unused

Poland

1945 Polish Corps souvenir sheet with 55gr (blue) omitted, unused without gum as issued, thin spot otherwise fine, the only known example; cert. Raybaudi...

Start price: 3'800 CHF

Lot 36 | 1945 Polish Corps souvenir sheet with two values omitted

Poland

1945 Polish Corps souvenir sheet with 50gr and 2Zl values omitted, "Poczta Polowa 119 / 22.II.46" cancel, very fine. A major rarity of the "Corpo Polacco"...

Start price: 3'800 CHF

Lot 37 | 40 parale blue on thin white paper, a magnificent full sheet of thirty-two subjects (4x8)

Romania » 1858 (1st Nov.) - 1861 Moldavia - Handstruck at Jassy - Imperforate

1858 Bull's Head 40 parale blue on thin white paper, a magnificent full sheet of thirty-two subjects (4×8), of excellent fresh colour, showing the two...

Start price: 14'500 CHF

Lot 38 | Romania Moldova 1858 Second Issue (“Bull’s Head”)

Romania » 1858 (1st Nov.) - 1861 Moldavia - Handstruck at Jassy - Imperforate

1858: 40 parale on thin bluish-grey wove paper, a used example with good to large margins all round, on 1858 entire letter to Galatz tied by bold strike...

Start price: 15'000 CHF

Lot 39 | Romania Austria Levant 1867 cover

Romania » Austrian Levant Post Offices

Austrian Post Offices: 1864 Arms 2 soldi yellow, perf. 9½, a single example and two horizontal pairs, well embossed and in a brilliant bright shade, tied...

Start price: 10'000 CHF

Lot 40 | THE RAREST STAMP OF RUSSIAN PHILATELY 1879, 7k grey with inverted centre

Russia » Russia Imperial 1858 Second Issues Arms perf. 12 1/4 : 12 1/2 (St. 5-7)

THE UNIQUE 1879 7 KOPEK INVERTED CENTRETHE RAREST STAMP OF RUSSIAN PHILATELY1879, 7k grey on carmine, horizontal laid paper, Centre Inverted, slightly...

Start price: 69'000 CHF

Lot 41 | Russian Consular Airmail 1922 24m on 3R, type II, surcharge inverted mint

Russia » RSFSR 1918-23

Russian Consular Airmail 1922 24m on 3R, type II, surcharge inverted, a very fine mint and well centered example, a major Russian airmail variety with...

Start price: 8'000 CHF

Lot 42 | 1875 (Dec. 1) entire to a seminarian in France, redirected to Santesteban, Basque Region

Spain » Spain Carlist Issue

1875 (Dec. 1) entire to a seminarian in France, redirected to Santesteban in the Basque Region, Spain during the Third Carlist War, the original British...

Start price: 4'800 CHF

Schweiz Verwendung französischer Marken im Kanton Jura: 1849, Cérès 20Cts schwarz im waagerechten Paar auf Brief von Porrentruy (Kanton Jura) nach Chaumont

Lot 43 | Schweiz Verwendung französischer Marken im Kanton Jura: 1849, Cérès 20Cts schwarz im waagerechten Paar auf Brief von Porrentruy (Kanton Jura) nach Chaumont

Switzerland / Schweiz » Vorphilatelie

Verwendung französischer Briefmarken im Kanton Jura: 1849, Cérès 20 Cts. schwarz im waagerechten Paar, in wunderbar frischen Farben, allseits breitrandig...

Start price: 11'000 CHF

Lot 44 | 1845, Zürich 6, auf komplettem Taufschein von Kilchberg

Switzerland / Schweiz » Kantonalmarken » Zürich

1845, Zürich 6, Type III, 88. Marke des Bogens, mit Unterbruch der Randlinie über R von Zürich, mit besonders stark hervortretenden senkrechten Unterdrucklinien,...

Start price: 1 CHF

Lot 45 | 1844, Zürich 6, auf kleinem Brief von Winterthur nach Oberhof in Hinwil

Switzerland / Schweiz » Kantonalmarken » Zürich

1844, Zürich 6, Type II, 62. Marke des Bogens, mit hervortretenden senkrechten Unterdrucklinien, farbfrisch und allseits breite Ränder, auf kleinem Brief...

Start price: 2'000 - 3'000 CHF