Britain. Used. A very beautiful and well written up and presented collection of the 1841 penny reds and 2d blue, maltese cross cancels only, beginning with the first page with..Read more
Britain. Used. A very beautiful and well written up and presented collection of the 1841 penny reds and 2d blue, maltese cross cancels only, beginning with the first page with 20 examples including numbers 2, 6, 7, 8 and 10 in cross, as well as no doubt the most beautiful penny red on bluish paper maltese cross that we have ever seen with margins from 5 other stamps! Then various postal history 1841 penny reds, the substantial part of the collection inc Balmore, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dumbarton, Falkirk, Thurso on cover as well as a exceptional O.H.M.S. cover from Rothesay to Inverary on government business, ending with a delightful 1841 four margined 2d blue single usage maltese cross, rich colour from Greenock to the same addressee as the O.H.M.S., a collection that will thrill the GB specialist, especially those seeking Scottish postal history, a most impressive range. The entire lot is presented at www.philea.se. Show less
Britain. Used. An outstanding range of perf-ins with for example, 'Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank', 'crown' perf-ins among many many others, neatly organised alphabetically with..Read more
Britain. Used. An outstanding range of perf-ins with for example, 'Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank', 'crown' perf-ins among many many others, neatly organised alphabetically with at least 80x 3d on 3d lilac SG #159, cat £160 each £12,800 and at least 88 examples on the 6d on 6d lilac SG #162 cat £150 i.e. £13,200 making a total £26,000+ Perf-ins are far scarcer and are becoming extremely popular collecting areas today. All in all at least 50 different departments/governmental agencies, securities markings, companies at the height of the British Empire, all well worth researching. It will be a long time before such a collection of QV comes on the market again, viewing highly recommended. Show less
British commonwealth. Mostly used. 1000s of stamps housed in two Imperial stamp albums. The first album begins with GB through to Malta, the second album from Mauritius throug..Read more
British commonwealth. Mostly used. 1000s of stamps housed in two Imperial stamp albums. The first album begins with GB through to Malta, the second album from Mauritius through to Zululand. Everything is between the 1840s through 1936 and is all one of a kind, mint and used. The collection is completely uncatalogued and in our opinion it will easily catalogue between £25,000/£35,000. Condition overall is very good and there is much cataloging between £10 to £200 each. The QV is as good as the KGV and EDVII. Some of the better countries include GB from line engraved, Australia, Canada,Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Mauritius, Natal, New Hebrides, New Zealand incl. high value postal fiscals, Orange Free State incl. mint multiples showing different settings on the o/ps, Rhodesia inc seldom seen perfins and a good range of admiral heads, St Helena, Southern Rhodesia, the Malayas from Straits Settlements onwards, Transvaal, useful Australian States from New South Wales through to Western Australia incl. unlisted, finally ending in Zululand. Value is spread across the board in this very well balanced collection and serves as a solid foundation, especially for filling in those empty spaces. Much merit throughout, plenty of good BC stamps in the middle range. A joy to view, a good old fashioned well rounded collection. Show less
British commonwealth. ★★/★/⊙. A well filled New Ideal album, A to Z, consisting of 1000s of stamps, mint and used. Some of the highlights include Ascension 1935 silver jubilee..Read more
British commonwealth. ★★/★/⊙. A well filled New Ideal album, A to Z, consisting of 1000s of stamps, mint and used. Some of the highlights include Ascension 1935 silver jubilee complete mint, Australia with lots of kangaroos and wmks with values to 5/- and 10/- well worth investigating, as well as various 'O.S' including unlisted. Then Bahamas from QV chalons, Barbados to WW1 victory set, British Bechuanaland inc sitting hopes to shilling, as well as higher values on the long QV defins, furthermore the 1891 o/ps inc top value 1/- QV as well. Also present Bechuanaland herself with various attractive mint multiples, followed by Canada from 1858 types inc shades, various large heads to 15cts, small heads to 10cts again with shades, the widow heads, etc. Then Cyprus, Egypt with interesting postmarks, as well as better early 20th commems complete mint, GB in chronological order inc high values such as EDVII 5/- superb used cds, etc on to Hong Kong through to to Malayan States, lots of good New Zealand chalon heads, North Borneo and Labuan, Nyasaland with QV coat of arms, as well as EDVII and KGV to shilling demonations mint, followed by Palestine completely unchecked for o/ps/varieties, Rhodesia, St Vincent, Sarawak, Southern Rhodesia inc MNH as well as good used, Sudan with some fascinating se-tenant fiscals, Swaziland, British Virgin Islands inc KGV to 5/- ending with Zululand inc 1888 to 6d and 1894 to 1/- QV. Collection is completely uncatalogued and a delight to view, highly recommended. Show less
China, occ. of China – Kwangtung. ★★/★. Comprehensive and exciting collection of these seldom seen stamps, about 400, all one of a kind, mint with much never hinged, including..Read more
China, occ. of China – Kwangtung. ★★/★. Comprehensive and exciting collection of these seldom seen stamps, about 400, all one of a kind, mint with much never hinged, including varieties, consisting of Supeh, Kwantung, Schantung and general occupation issues, etc. These stamps are certainly scarce and especially housed in collection format, organised chronologically and regionally. This would be very difficult to assemble again, highly likely than many discoveries will be made by the specialist, well worth spending time on, a delightful collection. The entire lot is presented at www.philea.se. Show less
France. ★★/★/⊙. Nothing but key items from 20th century, a most attractive grouping all mint inc some scarce never hinged. For example highlights include the 2fr Merson defini..Read more
France. ★★/★/⊙. Nothing but key items from 20th century, a most attractive grouping all mint inc some scarce never hinged. For example highlights include the 2fr Merson definitely very scarce MNH accompanied by the 50fr plane over Paris banknote again MNH superb, etc. Other good items include lh Bordeaux o/p 1fr and Le Havre 2fr, etc to name but a few. Also present for example, the airmails first set complete o/ps, various other key value Mersons and Mouchons defins etc. An unhurried viewing with calculator, thoroughly recommended, as this quality accumulation will add up very quickly. The entire lot is presented at www.philea.se. Show less
Germany, states. Collection mostly used 1838-1870 on 86 exhibition pages. Very good exhibition mounted collection on 86 A4-pages. Very nice written up in English incl a lot of..Read more
Germany, states. Collection mostly used 1838-1870 on 86 exhibition pages. Very good exhibition mounted collection on 86 A4-pages. Very nice written up in English incl a lot of facts and knowledge (e.g shades, varieties, cancellations etc.) about the stamps and covers on the pages. The material is nicely presented for each State with a small frame around each item. Well filled pages and own made. The covers are also on fine quality regarding to overall looks and also to other destinations outside the German States. Also old forgeries is present. Well balanced among the States but also between stamps and covers. Some items have of course certificates. We can mention much more good items but instead we have the entire exhibition collection presented at www.philea.se. With this written up and mounted collection you can direcltly start to exhibit. Catalogue value in the higher 5-figure range and large extra value of the covers. A collection that can indeed be recommended! Fine quality. Approx. 5 kg. Show less
Germany, Reich. Collection ★★/★/⊙ 1872-1936 in album. Starts with complete large and small breast shields, also with varieties. Also including domestic officials (1872) with h..Read more
Germany, Reich. Collection ★★/★/⊙ 1872-1936 in album. Starts with complete large and small breast shields, also with varieties. Also including domestic officials (1872) with hand written cancellations, Reichspost (1900) and Deutsches Reich (1902) complete, extracts from booklets with Germania and Hindenburg, infla stamps with varieties both MNH and cancelled, charity issues (1926–1932), Block 3 mint, Olympics complete (both MNH and cancelled), Winterhilfswerk (both as single stamps and as extracts from booklets), Zeppelin issues (both MNH and cancelled and covers) and a lot more. See scans at the website. Good quality. Show less
India, states. Revenues, collection 1860s-1979. Outstanding collection of revenues and back of the book, housed in 19(!) albums housing 1000s of stamps. This represents one ma..Read more
India, states. Revenues, collection 1860s-1979. Outstanding collection of revenues and back of the book, housed in 19(!) albums housing 1000s of stamps. This represents one man’s lifetime collection and includes states that were part of other states for postage purposes, yet this was not the case for revenues where they were separately printed state for state. So not only is there some very unusual material from the Native states as listed in Gibbons, there is much from other Native states, often unlisted in much of the literature on revenues, it is that comprehensive. This represents a collection that is very probably irreplaceable today.It is one of the best collections of its kind that we have had the pleasure to offer, an opportunity seldom available in the market today. A great and important collection for the specialist. Approx. 11 kg. (2000) Show less
Japan, military occupation. ★★/★/⊙. A fascinating and important collection, mint and used, of these issues including excellent postal history and useful collateral currency in..Read more
Japan, military occupation. ★★/★/⊙. A fascinating and important collection, mint and used, of these issues including excellent postal history and useful collateral currency inc both Gilden and Pesos denominations for the areas covering Japanese Occupation of Burma inc red and green 'X' postmarks obliterating the head of KGVI, as well as much Japanese Army issues and pictorials of different perfs, through to Japanese Occupation of Malaya particularly Kelantan with the 'Chef's Hat', both oval red and black box o/p handstamp, i.e. Tan #J30 mint + straightline 1ct red oval and much more inc covers for the first anniversary of the fall of Singapore with commercial on to further Jap Occ of Malaysia, such as some very interesting Brunei 1, 2, 10 and 25 o/ps, Selangor dollar values, excellent North Borneo inc varieties, well worth researching. There is also further postal history inc o/ps on Hong Kong, etc. Overal a wonderful range that will delight the specialist, please view carefully as much is not presented to best advantage and many finds are likely. The entire lot is presented at www.philea.se. Show less
Montenegro. ★★/★/⊙. Very probably an irreplaceable range of many 1000s of stamps, chronologically ordered mint and used in parallel, a most challenging lot to view as virtuall..Read more
Montenegro. ★★/★/⊙. Very probably an irreplaceable range of many 1000s of stamps, chronologically ordered mint and used in parallel, a most challenging lot to view as virtually everything is housed stamp on stamp, from the first issues through to early 20th century. The holding is completely uncatalogued, well filled to bulging in one substantial volume ending with back of the book and material we have never seen before. It should also be mentioned that throughout this fabulous range there are 'a' numbers and similar material that is not listed at all inc perforations/varieties etc. An opportunity seldom available to buy a very comprehensive holding of this wealthy European country. These stamps have a long way to go as they are grossly undervalued for their printing numbers please inspect. Show less
Papua New Guinea. ★★/★/⊙. Attractive collection housed on quadrille album leaves, highlights include the 1932/40 Delta House SG #130 to #145 combination mint and used complete..Read more
Papua New Guinea. ★★/★/⊙. Attractive collection housed on quadrille album leaves, highlights include the 1932/40 Delta House SG #130 to #145 combination mint and used complete, various subsequent definitive issues inc the fisherman of 1952 through to 1963 Rabaul, birds of paradise and butterflies complete, ending with NWPI Admiralty Islands used in Kaweing through US forces in Emirau Islands franked with A.P.O 1944 censor cachet and tribal postcards/native village including wonderful long poison pipe photo postcard from the 1920s and other collateral etc. The entire lot is presented at www.philea.se. Show less
Tannu Tuva. Accumulation ★★ 1994-1995. The modern Tuwa issues not accepted by the Russian authorities, the holding of the late Anders Backman who was a Tuva specialist and mad..Read more
Tannu Tuva. Accumulation ★★ 1994-1995. The modern Tuwa issues not accepted by the Russian authorities, the holding of the late Anders Backman who was a Tuva specialist and made his own catalogue for the area. Three copies of his catalogue is included as well as some other literature.
The stock comprises of not all but several of the issues, e.g. 95 imperf and perf sets Horses incl s/s, 40 s/s + some sets Dalai Lama, about 100 sets perf+imperf Khoomey Symposium, about 50a sets oper+imperf WW2-victory, some interesting proofs (and few imperf stamps for the Wild animal set., 19 complete sets of the NOT(in Mr. Backmans catalogue) LISTED OVERPRINT on the Union with Russia issue with another 80 extra oveprinted 200 on 40 and 250 on 50R stamps, further about 140 s/s, about 700 (!=7% of the issue) imperf and 200 perf sets (with extra 75Rs) of the Union with Russia sets. Fnally more than 550 perf and 750 imperf sets (!) of Triangular definitives, 330 perf sets of the silver overprints, about 300 perf sets of the gold ovpts and 31 sets of the IMPERF set of gold ovpts (all on the Triangular definitives). Also some varieties on these sets.
The catalogue value according to Mr. Backman for this material is in the order of EUR 32000 and despite not being listed in the ordinary catalogues it is indeed scarce material! Show less
Turkey. ★★/★/⊙. Outstanding collection of 1000s of stamps, all one of a kind, housed in two well filled albums, from the Tughras onwards of 1863, both mint and used, both thin..Read more
Turkey. ★★/★/⊙. Outstanding collection of 1000s of stamps, all one of a kind, housed in two well filled albums, from the Tughras onwards of 1863, both mint and used, both thin and thick papers, also accompanied by the postage dues of 1863. Every page is well written up and the 'crescent and star' Duloz issues of 1865 definitives are beautifully presented both mint and used including multiples and an expansive array of shades, the same applies to the postage dues from 1865 with the best written up range of perf varieties we have ever seen. A similar pattern emerges with the Duloz 1867 issues, accompanied by an interesting range of stamps that were prepared but not issued. Then the 1868 Constantinople types with much attention paid to all the different shades, etc, not forgetting the Lianos issues both perf and imperf and small horizontal format 1865/66. Then follows the 1870/82 types with the various different coloured hand stamps and a rather unusual type III latin inscription, as well as postal history from 1865 through to 1870s used and then a good range of mint p.stationery and reply cards, again all one of a kind. Then follows the 1876 types mint to 25pi inc imperf, followed by 1884/6 to 25pi, various mint imperfs of the same again through to 25pi, as well as colour changes and different papers to 25pi high value. As is keeping with the collection, the postage dues of these years both perf and imperf and in multiples are present. Next the 1890 issues complete mint, as well imperf high values, with the 1891/92 newspaper stamps seemingly complete including expertisation, as well as much material unlisted and a good reference collection written up accordingly. Then again this is followed by the postage dues seemingly complete and the military posts, through to turn of the century, page after page of completion inc much back of the book and basic good sets such as the 1908 foreign correspondence and granting of constitution complete mint, as well as the 1909 o/ps accession issues on to Mehmed V 50pi mint, the Macedonia issues, yet further postage dues, followed by the 1914 issues to 200pi and the same surcharge 1915. This is all in the first volume! The second volume is just as interesting as the first, again with hardly any empty spaces through to the end of the Ottoman Empire with a special extensive range of the provisional issues from 1865 onwards with many seldom seen stamps here as well, ending with yet further back of the book inc Tripoli and Balkan wars 1911/12, etc. A remarkable collection, a lifetimes work, completely uncatalogued but we estimate will be in the order of €40,000 to €50,000. Show less
U.S.A. Used. Very attractive used collection of hundreds with primary strength in the classics and early 20th century, beginning with the imperf issues of 1851 with various di..Read more
U.S.A. Used. Very attractive used collection of hundreds with primary strength in the classics and early 20th century, beginning with the imperf issues of 1851 with various different shades, followed by an attractive 10cts and 12cts Washingtons through to 1857/61 with a lovely fancy cancel on the 24cts, as well as other key value used 12cts and other good key values to 5cts Jefferson, then follows the 1861/62s with a good showing of shades and denominations through to the 90cts which is a beauty, as well as a superb 5cts buff Jefferson, including various shade values on the 10cts and 24cts (x4) etc. Next is the grill section, all of which have huge potential, identified by the collector with 1ct, 2ct, 10ct and 12cts grill 11x13mm, followed by 3, 10, 12 and 15cts grill 9x13, then 1869 grills to 15cts, etc. the 1870/71 with various issues to 90cts Perry, a range of officials, Agriculture different values to 30cts, Executive with specimen o/ps 1ct on 2cts, Interior department different values 24cts, a few State department and Justice ending with the Navy department with values through to 24cts, as well as Treasury 90cts Perry and War department to 24cts, huge potential here for the specialist. Further studies of the 1873 90ct Perry, 1879 again to 90cts Perry (x2), 1887/88 to 90cts Perry mauve, 1890/93 90cts Perry orange, Columbus with a respectable set used to $2, followed by 1894/95 defins with both types of $1 Perry and a damaged $5 Marshall, then type I $1 1895 on to the 1898/1900 complete and Omahas with a good range to $1 'cattle in a storm'. The early 20th century comprehensive inc pan-Ams complete, 1902/08 to $2 Madison on to the Louisiana Purchase complete, Jamestown ending with several dozen Washington Franklin heads from what we can see all correctly categorised, again with much potential through to $5 green and black, as well as airmails to 24cts etc. Completely uncatalogued, full of better stamps, a joy to view. The entire lot is presented at www.philea.se. Show less