ALBANIA, 1913, 2½pi violet brown, black overprint, used, usual rough perforations, Fine. Michel 9
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Lot #1797 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1913, 5pi dark violet, black overprint, o.g., lightly hinged, well centered, usual rough perfs, small thin at top, otherwise Very Fine, with handstamp guarantee. Michel 10
Lot #1798 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1913, 5pi dull violet, cancelled on piece, little perf. toning, otherwise Fine, signed Prindushi. Michel 10
Lot #1799 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1913, 10pi dull red, black overprint, used, nicely centered, usual rough perfs, still Fine, a rare stamp, only 241 printed, with black handstamp on reverse. Michel 11
Lot #1800 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1914, Prince Wilhelm of Wied, unissued 2fr orange, imperf. proof, o.g., never hinged, Extremely Fine, rarely offered, signed Velickovic.
Lot #1801 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1925, President Ahmed Zogu, Unissued 1fr ultramarine and brown and 2fr green and brown, blocks of 20, bottom margin with Kerkyra printing house imprint, o.g., never hinged, F.-V.F., scarce in multiples
Lot #1802 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, Postage Due, 1926, nice selection of varieties, blocks of 4 of the 10 imperf, with and without QINDAR overprint, and corner block of 6 of the 20 perf. printed double, all o.g., never hinged, unusual and attractive
Lot #1803 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, Korytsa, 1914, 10para (3) and 25para (2), all but one violet, one 10pa inverted, also a selection of seven forgeries (used and unused), plus seven used or unused singles from Vlora, Fine. Michel 1-11; €305 (380 CHF)
Lot #1804 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, Postal Card, 1915, 10q+10q international reply double card, with overprint on reply portion inverted, unused, unsevered, Very Fine, with 2008 Graf certificate.
Lot #1805 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1913-80, nice collection, on pages housed in two albums, showing good array of mint and used issues (1929 air mail with certificate). Later issues unmounted mint. Good range of varieties, various perforations, multiples. High catalogue value
Lot #1806 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1913, 1pi black, sewing machine perforations, on cover, addressed to Lef Nosi (Albanian Post Minister) in Elbasan, tied by violet Dukes cancel (24.10.13), with backdated black Elbasan arrival on reverse (black ink was first introduced in Vlone on December 12, 1913 and the first documented usage in Elbasan is on January 27, 1914, prior to which the violet ink was used, hence this cover did not travel through the mail), with a...
Lot #1807 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1913, 1pi ultramarine, overprinted in black, tied by neat Peqin cancel (30.7.1913) on small cover to Qukes, with backdated Elbasan c.d.s. in black (the black cancel's first documented usage is as of January 27, 1914 - prior to which the violet cancel was used, hence this cover most likely did not go through the mail) and Qukes violet arrival on reverse (1.8.1913), Fine, with 2008 Graf certificate. Michel 7
Lot #1808 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1913, 1gr black, margins just in at left, on cover sent from Elbasan to Qukes, tied by 11.12.1913 Elbasan c.d.s., with Qukes arrival on reverse, Fine, with 2008 Otto Graf certificate. Michel 20
Lot #1809 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1914, Skanderbeg Surcharges, complete set on cover, sent in 1915 from Mollas to Debar where it was censored, with Elbasan transits (Serbian Post Qukes postmark), stamps tied by star seal of Mollas, with Debar censor markings, Very Fine, rare use, with 2008 Otto Graf certificate. Michel 41-46
Lot #1810 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1914, Skanderbeg Surcharges, complete set on cover, sent from Korce to Qukes, all tied by 27.4.1914 Korce cancels, with Qukes (29.4.1914) arrival on reverse, fine-v.f. and rare cover, as these stamps were only in use in Korce between April 17 and July 4, 1914, with 2008 Otto Graf certificate. Michel 41-46
Lot #1811 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1914, Arrival of Prince William of Wied, set of six on cover, sent from Elbasan to Qukes, all with March 7, 1914 First Day cancels, with arrival on reverse, F.-V.F., with 2008 Otto Graf certificate. Michel 35-40
Lot #1812 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1915, Surcharges, complete set of six, plus additional 5pa block of four, tied by First Day 19.3.1915 Shkoder cancels on cover front, with overprints in different directions including 1gr overprint inverted, F.-V.F., rare, as only 250 of the 5gr were printed, with 2008 Graf certificate.
Lot #1813 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1915, 5pa-2gr, five different surcharges, tied by "Shkoder 21-3-1915" cancels on cover to Lesh, with arrival postmark, F.-V.F., scarce as these stamps were only in use for three days (March 19-21), with 2008 Graf certificate.
Lot #1814 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1915, commercial cover sent from Mollas, via Elbasan to Tirana, correctly franked with a single 40pa blue, tied by Mollas departure (applied by hand), with Elbasan transit (both Gregorian calendar 18.11.15), also with another transit (5.11) and arrival (7.11, both Julian calendar) on reverse. During this period, the Serbian Post cooperated with Essad's post and both the Gregorian and Julian calendars were used alongside (they...
Lot #1815 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1915, cover sent from Shengjin (23.IV.15) to Shkoder, franked with only 5pa postage, with 25q postage due applied on arrival, tied by bilingual Albanian-French c.d.s. (25.Apr.1915), Very Fine, with 2008 Graf certificate.
Lot #1816 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1919, stationery entire envelope sent from Durres to Elbasan, during the early days of the Durres government when postal service was reduced to a bare minimum, with serial number "105" and 20pa postage paid applied by hand, with seal of the finance office in Durres and "13.5.19" Durres c.d.s., addressed to a member of the Nosi family, Very Fine, rare, with 2008 Otto Graf certificate.
Lot #1817 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1921, 25q light blue, on cover, sent from Vlone to Elbasan via Berat and Kavaje, tied by Vlone (18.7.21) c.d.s., due to the unstable political situation, the cover made a detour via Berat, filing fold away from the stamp, otherwise Fine commercial usage, with 2008 Otto Graf certificate. Michel 79 II
Lot #1818 - eastern europe Albania
ALBANIA, 1929 (Nov. 30), First Flight Tirana to Vlone, cover franked with the complete set of seven overprinted in red brown, tied by c.d.s., with arrival postmark on back, filing fold away from the stamps, slight tone spots as always, F.-V.F., signed Diena, Oliva etc.
Lot #1819 - eastern europe Bulgaria
BULGARIA, 1885, 50s on 1fr black and red, used on piece, Fine. Yvert 25
Lot #1820 - eastern europe Bulgaria
BULGARIA, 1987, 25s Balkan Airfleet, blue gray omitted and entire engraved portion of design omitted, top right sheet margin single, cancelled to order, Very Fine, only one sheet of 25 discovered. Scott C161 var.
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