Auction Stamps and Covers of the World I Sesión

✉ LEVANTE: CORREO ITALIANO. 1910-22. Lot of 5 covers.

✉ LIBIA. 1934. Express airmail card to Switzerland franked by 2 l. 50 c. on 2 lire Express stamp and 1934 8th Fiera Campionaria six values to 75 c. rose all tied by ´Posta Aerea/Tripoli D´Africa´ cds´s (April 10). Scott E10, 64A-64F.

✉ LIBIA. 1930-12. 4 covers, one addressed to a wounded italian soldier in a field hospital during the Spanish Civil War.

✉ PALESTINA. (1917 CA.). DESTACAMENTO ITALIANO EN PALESTINA. Sobre con membrete CUSTODIA DI TERRA SANTA GERUSALEMME circulado a JAFFA con marca en anverso y reverso GUARDIA ITALIANA/ GERUSALEMME (Sorani tipo G). RARA.

✉ PALESTINA. 1918 (30-Julio). DESTACAMENTO ITALIANO DE PALESTINA. Sobre circulado desde PORT SAID a ITALIA con sello de Egipto de 5 cent. rojo mat. militar británico de Port Said y marca DISTACAMENTO ITALIANO DI PALESTINA/ COMANDO TAPPA (Sorani tipo D), etiqueta de Censura Militar.

✉ PALESTINA. 1918. Military mail correspondence card cancelled by DISTACCAMENTO ITALIANO DI PALESTINE COMMANDO cachet in red with boxed censor VERIFICATO PER CENSURA in red addressed to France. Very fine and scarce item from the Italian troops in Palestine.

✉ PALESTINA. 1918 (26-Oct.). DESTACAMENTO ITALIANO EN PALESTINA. PORT SAID a JAFFA. Sobre dirigido a un miembro del Destacamento italiano, marca COMANDO BASE ITALIANO/ PORTO SAID y fechador del correo militar británico.

✉ PALESTINA. 1919 (19-Junio). DESTACAMENTO ITALIANO EN PALESTINA. JAFFA a ITALIA. Tarjeta Postal con marca ovalada CORPO DI SPEDIZIONE MILITARE ITALIANO IN PALESTINA/ VERIFICATO PER CENSURA. MUY RARO. Cert. S. SORANI.

✉ PALESTINA. 1919 (16-Junio). DESTACAMENTO ITALIANO EN PALESTINA. JERUSALEM a ASMARA (Eritrea). Tarjeta postal con marca ovalada GUARDIA ITALIANA/GERUSALEMME. MAGNÍFICA Y RARA. Cert. J. SORANI.

✉ PALESTINA. 1919 (27-5). DESTACAMENTO ITALIANO DE PALESTINA. PORT SAID a TRIPOLI. Tarjeta postal con marca DISTACAMENTO ITALIANO DI PALESTINA/ COMANDO TAPPA (Sorani tipo D) y fechador del correo militar británico.

✉ GRECIA. Sa. 1 (2), 3 (2). 1913 (22-10). SALONICA. SALONICO a ALEMANIA. 30 s. 15 cts. gris (2) y 10 s. 5 cts. verde (2) en carta certificada. MAGNÍFICA.

✉ GRECIA. 1918-19. ITALIAN OCCUPATION in GREECE. 6 cards.

✉ SAN MARINO. 1866 (Feb 3). Entire letter franked by Italy 1865 20c. on 15c. blue tied by bold strike of REPUBLICA DI S. MARINO datestamp in blue. Equally superb repeated strike at left. Reverse with Ancona and Rimini cds´s (Feb 5). A fine and scarce fore-runner. Scott 34.

✉ SAN MARINO. Sa. 73. 1918. KARDAUN a BOLZANO. Tasada a la llegada con sello Provisional de Bolzano3 de 50 heller sobrecargado. RARÍSIMA. Cert. H. AVI.Sassone 6.

✉ TRIESTE. 1948-54. 6 covers, diverse frankings.

✉ TRIPOLITANIA. 1912. Picture post card from Homs of the Turkish Artillery Division bearing Italy 5 cent green (Yvert 76) tied HOMS TRIPOLITANIA datestamp (Tchil 134) with military cachet NAVE OSPEDALE MILITARE/REGINA D´ITALIA in violet addressed to Paris. A spectacular item of military mail.

✉ TRIPOLITANIA. Sa. GP 88. 1934 (6-XI). TRIPOLI a MOGADISCIO. Circulada con sello de Tripolitania de 25 + 2 Liras verde. Marca del vuelo ROMA-MOGADISCIO, al dorso tránsito de Trobuk y llegada.

✉ TRIPOLITANIA. 1945 (Nov 24). Cover, badly burnt around edges and resealed with French Post & Telegraphs Office tape, two adhesives cancelled BEIRUT DESPATCH cds´s; typed label on front ´ACCIDENT D´AVION en Tripolitaine´ tied by MARSEILLE cds of eleven days later, reverse with Lebanese Charity Tax tied Beirut and manuscript pencil note: Plane fell in Tripolitania and burned. This piece saved. Unusual and rare example of Crash mail.

✉ TUNEZ. 1865. TÚNEZ a LIVORNO. 10 cts. ocre emisión De la Rue de Italia. Mat. TUNISI/POSTE ITALIANE y marca linea INSUFFICIENTE. RARÍSIMA, sólo dos cartas conocidas con el 10 cts. como único franqueo. (Reproducida en Zanaria-Serra pág. 86). Cert. E. DIENA.

✉ TUNEZ. Mi. 39, 41, 42. 1872. Cover from TUNIS to ATHENS sent unpaid, struck with fine TUNISI / POSTE ITALIANE datestamp on despatch (Sept 13) in black. Italic ´coi Postali Italiani´ in black at top and franked on arrival with Large Hermes 5l. green on greenish, 20l. blue and 40l. rosy mauve on blued paper all tied by ATHENS cds´s. Reverse with transits of Cagliari, Brindisi (Sept 22) and Athens cds. A fine and RARE usage.

✉ TUNEZ. 1876 (23 Oct.). TÚNEZ a GÉNOVA. 5 cts. gris verde (2) y 10 cts. ocre en pareja, un sello ÁNGULO IZQUIERDO SIN RETOCAR. Mat. de puntos 235 y fechador TUNISI/POSTA ITALIANA. Marca lineal COI POSTALI ITALIANI. De un total de seis cartas que se conocen con esta variedad, tres son de Túnez. RARÍSIMA.

✉ TUNEZ. 1881. FRONTAL. TUNISI a GENOVA. Sellos de Humberto con habilitación ESTERO de 5 cts. verde (3, uno no matasellado), 10 cts. carmín y 25 cts. azul, más la RARA etiqueta R/ITALIA/TUNISI. RARA combinación de franqueo. Cert. COLLA y RAYBAUDI.

✉ TUNEZ. 1890 (13-I). SUSA a RIMINI. Sobre circulado con sello de 2 cts. castaño rojo (Sa. T-15), mat. SUSA/TUNISIA. Tarifa de sobres con tarjetas de visita enviadas sin cerrar. Rarísimo usado desde Susa. Cert. RAYBAUDI.

✉ JAPON. 1868. Cover from YOKOHAMA to FRANCE endorsed ´pr. Dupleix´ bearing 1867 laureated 80c. carmine tied by ANCHOR dotted lozenge in black. Fine octagonal YOKOHAMA / PAQ. FR. S No 1 datestamp (Oct 17) in black (Salles 1972) with red ´PD´ adjacent. A fine and scorce cover.YOKOHAMA a FRANCIA. Circulada con sello francés de 80 cts. rosa, mat. ANCLA y fechador YOKOHAMA/PAQ. FR. S. Nº 1 (Salles 1972). Manuscrito "Par Dupleix". MAGNÍFICA.

✉ JAPON. 1874. NAGASAKI a LYON (Francia). Carta con el texto completo escrito en Nagasaki y depositada al correo de Shanghai. Franqueada con sellos franceses de 5 cts. verde y tira de cinco del 25 cts. azul. Mat. ROMBO DE PUNTOS 5104 y fechador SHANG-HAI/CHINE. Circulada a Francia por la vía de Bríndisi. MUY RARA.

✉ JAPON. Sc. 79(2). 1890. YOKOHAMA a USA. 10 sen naranja (21). Espectacular franqueo. Algunos defectos normales en un sobre de este tamaño.

✉ JAPON. 1884 (Nov. 22). Cover to FRANCE franked by top marginal Koban 1876/77 10 sen blue, cancelled by cork cancel in black with YOKOHAMA cds alongside, reverse with scarce YOKOHAMA / PAQ. FR. S. No. 3 octagonal paquebot datestamp (22/11) and faint arrival cds adjacent. Vey inusual combination of a Japanese stamp with French maritime cancel. A rare and attractive cover. Scott 62.

✉ JAPON. 1889. Destination mail envelope to CARACAS (Venezuela) bearing Koban, 5 sen blue (perf. 8 1/2) (SG 115); 5 sen blue (perf. 13) (SG 115) tied by cork cancels with adjacent YOKOHAMA POST thimble cds (pre-paying the U.P.U. rate) routed via San Francisco with transit on reverse. Very rare mixed franking and very rare destination.

✉ JAPON. 1899. YOKOHAMA a WIEN. Entero postal de 1 sen con franqueo complementario de 3 sen reexpedido a NIERCER (Austria) con sello de 2 kr. Precioso y raro franqueo mixto JAPON-AUSTRIA. Cert. HOLCOMBE.

✉ JAPON. 1901 (July 26). UPU postcard franked by 1888 4s. bronze bistre, written from KOBE from Italian Naval Steamer used to VENICE from Italian Naval Steamer and cancelled by R. NAVE ELBA datestamp in black.

✉ JAPON. 1900-1939. 7 covers with diverse frankings.

✉ JAPON. 1916 (June 21). JAPANESE OCCUPATION MARIANA ISLANDS. Printed cover ´Truk Station der Jaluit-Gesellschaft, Truk´ used from Japanese Naval Base to San Francisco bearing Japan 10s. blue pair tied by Truk cds, with Truk and Yokohama registered labels at left. Readdressed on arrival in San Francisco to New York (July 29). A rare and very fine cover.

✉ JAPON. 1918 (May 7). Registered cover from the Japanese Naval Base at Jaluit, Marshall Islands bearing Japan 20s. red-violet tied by ´Jaluit´ in red manuscript and by native cds. Yokohama red & white Exchange Office label on front and reverse with New York arrivals (June 4). A rare and appealing cover.

✉ JAPON. 1942-43. MALAYA OCCUPATION, 4 covers with diverse frankings.

✉ JAPON. 1946. TAIWAN. TAIPEH to SACRAMENTO (Usa). JAPANESE OCCUPATION. Air Mail registered cover with 5 yen green and 10 yen red lilac (block of eight) with registered receipt attached. Rare light franking.

✉ COREA. 1914 (Dec 19). Remarkable large cover at 56 sen registered rate to New York, bearing 1913-25 2s. green, pair and single; irregular block of five 10s. blue all tied by scarce KEIJO-SEOUL-CHOSEN in violet. REGISTERED in red at left and Yokohama transit registered label and cds´s on front. Reverse with wax seals and New York oval arrivals (Jan 13, 195). A splendid and extremely scarce franking.

✉ LIBERIA. 1879 (26 Apr.). Envelope, with full contents headed ´U.S. Flag Ship Ticonderoga Monrovia´ to PHILADELPHIA with MONROVIA/LIBERIA handstamp with PAID inserted, rated ´7d´ in manuscript and with red PAID LIVERPOOL BR. PACKET c.d.s. of 29 May, arrival datestamp on reverse; the envelope slightly foreshortened at right, otherwise fine and extremely rare.

✉ LIBERIA. 1894 (22 Sept). Printed envelope from CAPE PALMAS ´pr Jeanette Woermann´ to HAMBURG, bearing Germany 1889-1900, 20 pf. (4) with boxed AUS/WESTAFRIKA cancellations, arrival datestamp (12 Oct.) on reverse; some folds and stains, scarce. R.F. STEUER certificate (2001).

✉ LIBERIA. 1902. MONROVIA to GERMANY and Return. This registered picture post card originated at Monrovia sometime in 1901 and was then returned as per postmark on Jan. 21, 1902. It is prepaid with the stamps of both countries.

✉ LIBERIA. 1913. MONROVIA to GERMANY. Letter written onboard a steamship of the Woermann Line. It was taken to the post office on shore where it was postmarked MONROVIA LIBERIA JUN 7 1913. Apparently it was returned to the same ship and forwarded on June 10th as per German Seepost marking shown to the left. A nice combination of Liberian and German stamps.

✉ LIBERIA. 1889-1939. Lot of 18 covers.

✉ MEXICO. (1785 CA.). PUEBLA a TEGUACAN. Frente de plica Judicial con la marca PUEBLA (nº 2) en negro y tasa manuscrita de ´40´ reales. Manuscrito en el frente ´Pagué cinco pesos de Derechos de Correo´. EXTRAORDINARIAMENTE RARA.

✉ MEXICO. (1800 ca.). Frontal circulado a GUATEMALA. Marca COMI/TAN (Chiapas) en negro. PRECIOSA y RARA.

✉ MEXICO. 1801 (9-Oct.). SALTILLO a MONCLOVA. Marca FRANQUEADA/EN SALTILLO en rojo, manuscrito ´Real Servicio´. MAGNÍFICA y MUY RARA.

✉ MEXICO. 1804 (25-Enero). MEXICO a PUEBLA. Marca lineal MEXICO en negro. No reseñada. Extraordinariamente rara.

✉ MEXICO. 1809 (11-Enero). HABANA a MÉRIDA (México). Marca SISAL en negro estampada en tránsito.

✉ MEXICO. (1810 ca.). Frontal circulado a GUATEMALA. Marca FRANQUEADO/CIUDAD REAL(Chiapas) en rojo. PRECIOSO y RARO.

✉ MEXICO. (1810 CA). Carta completa SIN FECHAR. QUERETARO a MEXICO. Marca lineal QUERETARO (nº 4) en negro. MAGNIFICA Y RARA.