Portugal – Briefmarkenauktionen

1945, Portuguese castles, lot of 37 souvenir sheets, some unused without gum, some mint never hinged, mixed condition. (Bl. 10)

1938/47, lot of 140 souvenir sheets, mint never hinged, mostly minor defects.

1853/1866, MARIA/PEDRO/LUIS imperforate issues, used collection of 78 stamps of all denominations, slight imperfections to fine, neatly arranged on album pages, incl. two copies each 1853 5r. brown, 50r. green and 100r. lilac, two copies 1855 5r. brown and following issues, good range of shades and postmarks, some units (two strips of four) etc.

1853, Maria II.  25r. light-blue, fresh color and good to wide margins all around, tied by oval cancel “MADEIRA” to small piece, the usual embossing-imperfections, an attractive and scarce item, certificate Ehrig BPP (2026)

1853, Maria II. 100 r. lilac, vivid and fresh color, wide margins all around, neatly used with barred numeral “61” of Guimaraes, hardly visible embossing crack at left, very fine, far nicer than usually encountered, signed Köhler and certificate Ehrig BPP (2026)

1853, Maria II. 50 r. green, vivid and fresh color, good to wide margins all around, neatly used with blueish-green barred numeral “52” of Porto, hardly visible embossing crack at lower left, very fine, far nicer than usually encountered, signed Thier and certificate Ehrig BPP (2026)

1853/1990, used collection incl. postage due, beginning with classics, in the main catalogue numbers almost complete, incl. e.g. Mi.-Nr. 12-16, 25-32, three stamps signed A. Diena or Gebr. Senf, 32 (repaired) signed Köhler, 34-45, provisional sets complete, 96-108, later used blocks, etc., in the beginning as usual somewhat different, oherwise good condition, in four hingeless albums

1940/45 (ca.), mostly mint never hinged group of souvenir sheets, incl. e.g. Mi.-Nr. Bl. 3 (2), 4 (3), 7 (2), 8 (2), 10 (2), 13 (3), 14 (2), etc., some small soiling, the rest fine

1895, Antonius 2½-1000 r., good colour and very good perforations, used with central clear cds., except 25 r. and 1000 r., those a few nibbed perfs., an attractive set, otherwise very fine

1871/1934 (ca.), Portuguese India, Timor, Madeira and Macau, unused and used collection, including Fiscals, showing a substantial degree of duplicates as well as a few multiples, the collection opens with a generous selection of the the Portuguese India with both the Single Handstamp and Crown issues (some reprints noted), good part of Timor and Macau including King Luis issues, also some a few bisected, together with a good selecion of Azores, and more. Few forgeries noted. Condition slightly mixed, an interesting assembly neatly mounted on album pages

1853/1990 (ca.), mint never hinged and predominantly unused and used collection, including Postage Dues and Parcel stamps,  showing a substantial degree of duplication together with some multiples; the collection opens with an attractive selection of the early issues commencing with Queen Maria II 1853 5 r. reddish-brown (Mi.-Nr. 1) used, 25 r. blue (Mi.-Nr. 2) used (x6), together with some reprints, pre-UPU issues include many better values up to the 300 reis, later a range of better sets throughout with 1894 Prince Heinrich (Mi.-Nr. 96-108) cpl. unused (some value with partial or no gum), etc., noted a small group of early numeral cancellations and a few covers. An attractive assembly, except for the occasional fault overall in good and fresh condition, neatly housed in one album