15th Mar, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST

Stamps, Postal History & Postcards

 
  Lot 92
 

92

Lithuania

Excellent collection in one replete volume, highlights including the 1918 typeset issues virtually complete from first Vilnius duo onwards, 1921 1auk airmail imperf block of four MNH (SG.106a; Sc#C5a), 1922 surcharges on White Knight issues incl. 3cts on granite paper set (SG.157, 159, 161, cat. £730; Sc#120/122, $350), 1923 rhomboid set MNH, 1924-'26 charity surcharges incl. gold ovpt set, scarce imperf sets of the 1939 Basketball and 1940 Recovery of Vilnius issues, South Lithuania (Grodno) surcharge set all signed and most MNH (SG.2/9, cat. £880; Sc#L2/L8, $480 as hinged), through to an unusually good representation of the WWII German occupations with 1941 'Vilnius' ovpts set cto on cover (SG.10/18, cat. £1,000; Michel €1,500 for set on cover) and a wonderful range of locals over eight pages, many of the best MNH and signed Krischke BPP. The rare Alsedziai issues however are requiring expertization including on sixteen Agriculture Exhibition issues, though several do have an expert's mark (would be cat. €80,000 if all genuine). Then at the back of the book the Memel with seventeen pages of surcharges on French issues incl. gutter and 'millésime' pairs, followed by a great showing of the Klaipeda issues (eleven pages) incl. May 1923 thick figures 10c on 400m and 15c on 25m, June surcharges on lighthouse set used, December 'Centai' surcharges complete, etc.

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £750 - £1,000


 

Auction: Stamps, Postal History & Postcards, 15th Mar, 2023

This is once more an exciting sale with several family estate sections which include Irish and Great Britain new issues of the 1920s carefully stored for a century, a series of specialized Eastern Europe collections with excellent Batum and German local occupations of Poland, as well as extensive Great Britain singles with much line-engraved, and through to a very solid finale of postcard collections including a wonderful subject collection with forty Louis Wain, a strong aviation collection with 300 from the 1920s onwards, a large collection of Southern counties topography and much more.

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