Yugoslavia Study Group Postal Auction No. 35 Closing Date: 30 April 2010 Another excellent selection of material. There are some good camp items in the NDH Croatia section that particularly caught my eye, as did the NDH proofs. There are also some excellent early Yugoslavia sheets and scarce early cancels on offer. As always, scans can be provided and email bids will be acknowledged. Abbreviations: B&W = Black & White Cat. = latest Michel price cds = circular date stamp cmc = continuous machine cancel cto = cancelled to order Lot Year 1 1846 2 1869 3 1866? 4 1871 5 6 187283 1876 7 1877 8 1882 9 1884 10 1897 11 1900 12 1903 13 1908 14 1908? 15 1908? 16 1908 17 1909 18 1909? doc = document FDC = First Day Cover FPC = Field-post Card FPLC = Field Post Letter-card FPO = Field Post Office PPC = Picture Post Card PSC = Postal Stationary Card PSLC = Postal Stationary Letter-card tpo = travelling post-office ? = uncertain/not able to read Description Pre-Stamp Entire dated 1846 jun. 27 to N Berskereken (?) with blue ‘LUGOS’ hand-stamp. Large red stain where original wax seal has been removed. Re-folded away from original fold lines. Austro-Hungarian Empire Entire dated 14 July 1869 with Austrian Mi.37 5Kr cancelled by Csaktornya oval date stamp dated 17/7. On reverse, Warasdin arrival cds dated 17/7. Wax seal. A little damage to reverse presumably when originally opened. Austrian 5Kr postal stationary envelope with Folt ‘Opus cds dated 3/1, Zara transit cds dated 8/1 & Triest oval arrival mark dated 10/1. Red wax seal. 10p size circular stain on front. Vendor believes date to be 1866. Trimmed entire dated 1871 with Austrian Mi.37 5Kr cancelled by Pinguente cds dated 3/6. On reverse, Parenzo cds dated 4/6. Red wax seal. Address written across the message. 10x Mi.37 5Kr each with a different well-centred, clear cds cancellations from Carniola/Krain (now Slovenia) Hungarian 2 (F) PSC cancelled by Fozega cds dated 19 / 6. On reverse, oval Trieste arrival cds dated 22 / 6 / 76. Red wax adhesion mark. Hungarian 2 (F) PSC cancelled by Bellovar cds dated 26 ?. Oval Trieste arrival cds dated 27 / 10 / 77. Red wax adhesion mark. 2Kr Austrian PSC cancelled by Cilli cds dated 13/8 / 82. Triest arrival cds dated 14/8 / 82. Small wax adhesion. 2Kr Austrian PSC cancelled by Stein in Krain / Kamnik cds dated 28/5 / 84. Triest arrival cds dated 7/8 / 83. Small wax adhesion mark. 76x Austrian definitives between Mi.50-58 with 58 different cds cancellations from Kunsteland. Hungarian 2 (F) PSC cancelled by oval Sisak cds dated 19 / 5. Trieste arrival cds dated 20 / 5 / 90. Purple wax adhesion mark slightly covers Sisak cds. B&W photo PPC of Rihenberg with Mi.72 5H cancelled by Reifenberg / Rihenberg cds dated 9 / 6 / 03. Susak arrival cds with indistinct date. Script on picture side. Colour PPC commemorating the 60th Anniv. of Franz Josef with paintings showing him in 1848 and 1908 to Split. Mi.142 5H cancelled by 2-line cachet ‘LETT.ARR. / PER VIRE’ (?) and clear Kotor / Cattaro cds dated 23 / 9 / 08. Lovely, attractive card. Sepia PPC of a church altar (Pozdrav s Svete gore) to Trieste with Mi. 142 cancelled by indistinct Sv. Gora cds. Purple boxed ‘SV. GORA PRI GORICI’ cachet. Flattened vertical crease. Colour PPC of waterfalls at Molini di Breno to Sabotha, Ceska with Mi.142 5H cancelled by indistinct Zaton Mall/ Malfi Piccolo cds dated 23 / 6 ? B&W photo PPC of a cliff scene showing ‘The Needle’, near Sulzbach to Trieste. Mi.142 5H cancelled by Sulzbach / Solcava cds dated 31 / 7 / 08. Corner crease and script on picture side. 5H PSC dated 22/9.09 to Prag cancelled by indistinct purple Ungaro-Croata/Tihany cds with unclear date. Colour PPC of a park in Zara to Volyn with Mi.142 5H cancelled by Cattaro-Fiume / Tengeri Posta cds with unclear date. 1 Res £22 £14 £18 £9 £30 £8 £6 £3 £6 £55 £12 £8 £25 £13 £8 £6 £8 £12 19 1910 20 1911 21 1911 22 1912 23 1912 24 1912 25 1912 26 1912 27 1913 28 1913 29 1913 30 1913 31 1914? 32 33 1914 1914 34 1914 35 191416 36 1913 37 1914 38 1915 39 1915 40 1915 41 1915 42 1915 43 1915 B&W PPC of Blasiuskirche, Dunbrovnik to Angram with Mi.142 5H cancelled by Gruz / Gravosa cds dated 16 / 4 / 10. B&W PPC photo PPC of a ship at Novi-Vinodol to Kamenici with Hungarian 5F definitive cancelled by purple indistinct Ungaro Croata / Velebit dated 911 ? ? Colour PPC of Lussinpiccolo with Mi.142 5H cancelled by Lett. Arr. per mare single line hand-stamp and Pola 1 cds dated 29.VII.11. A little staining. Very rare cancel. Colour PPC of Kastel Gomilica to Sealcanech, Ceska with Mi.142 5H cancelled by Stari cds dated 15.V.12 Colour PPC of Hotel Pension Zelenika to Bohmen with Mi.142 5H cancelled by Erceg Novi / Castelndovo Di Cattan cds dated 19.VI.12. Some marks. Colour PPC of St. Blasiuskirche Ragusa to Trieste with Mi.142 5H cancelled by Gruz / Gravosa cds dated 6 / 7/12. Colour PPC of a view of Malinska dated 22/7/1912 to Strakovice with Mi.142 5h cancelled by indistinct purple Ungaro Croata / Bakar cds Colour PPC of a view of Ragusa to Melnik with Mi.152 5H cancelled by Cattaro – Fiume / Teng?? cds dated 912-SEP.5 Colour PPC of ‘Le Due Isole presso Perasto’ to Prague with Mi.142 5H cancelled by indistinct Zelenica-Vskoplje tpo dated -6.III.13. Corners rounded and some edge creases. Message on picture side. Colour PPC of Pozdrav s Svete with 5H Mi.142 cancelled by Gorz cds dated -9.V.13. Purple boxed ‘SV.GORA PRI GORICI’ cachet. Colour PPC of the harbour at Kotor to Tabora with Mi.142 5H. cancelled by Ercegnovi di Cattaro dated 1.VI.13. Colour PPC of Lesina Dalm, Hvar dated 5/9/1913 to Bohemia with Mi.142 5H cancelled by Hvar 1a / Lesina cds dated ? ? 13. B&W photo PPC to Praha showing the amphitheatre and necropolis at Solin with Mi.142 5H cancelled by Solin / Salona cds with indistinct date. Corner wear. Austrian 5H PSC dated 8/4.14 to Fiume cancelled by indistinct Budua / Budva cds. Colour PPC of a street in Arbe dated 5.6.14 to Moravia with Mi.142 5H cancelled by indistinct purple Ungaro-Croata/Tihany cds dated 914 JUN 05. Colour PPC of coastal scene Bagno Valsecca, Veglia to Praha with Mi.142 5H cancelled by rare Ungaro (?)/ Bakar cds dated 914-JUL. 22. Slight damage to stamp where overhangs edge of card. 16x pieces taken from parcel cards with 36 difinitives between Mi.142-151 cancelled by Krain and Untersteiermark cds cancellations. Bosnia-Herzegovina Colour PPC of a view of Mostar to Hamburk with Mi.67 5(H) on picture side cancelled by K.u.K. Bahnpost II / Gravosa-Sarajevo 116 TPO cds dated -2.XII.13. Second strike of cancel on message side of card. A little edge-wear. Rare cancel. WW1 Feldpost Colour PPC of a view of Pola used as a FPC to Pardubice cancelled by Pola 1 cmc dated 20.XI.14. Purple 2-line ‘K.u.K. Objektskommando / VALMAGIORE’ unit cachet. Colour PPC of the harbour at Split to Linz cancelled by Zelenika b cds dated 29.VI.15. Black ‘K.u.k. Militarverpflegsmagazin in C?? / Mannschaftsahteilung Zalanika’ coat-ofarms unit cachet. A little corner wear. Colour PPC of the bridge at Cattaro used as a FPC to Vienna cancelled by Risan cds dated -3.VIII.15. Purple circular ‘K.K. LANDSTURM-INFT.-RGMT. CASTELNOUVO NO. 37 / I. FELDKOMPAGNIE’ coat-of-arms unit cachet. Couple of crease marks. Colour PPC of Castelnuovo, Herzeg-novi used as a FPC to Festung Ost.Reg. No.3 with Risan b cds dated 30.VIII.15. Purple circular ‘K.u.k FESTUNGSSPITAL Nr.I in RISA’ coat-of-arms unit cachet. Colour PPC of view of Dubrovnik used as a FPC to Stara Boleslav with Radovic Krtole cds dated 21.X.15. Clear purple circular coat-of-arms ‘K.u.k. Fst. Art. Regt. Freth, v. Rouvroy Nr.6 / III. Landsturmkompagnie’ unit hand-stamp. FPC to Bohmen cancelled by Hot?shitz / Hotedersica cds dated 10/12 / 15. Red oval ‘K.u.k. Mobiles Reserve-Spital Nr. 4./8’coat-of-arms unit cachet. Good, clean card. Colour PPC of the primary school at Krouchevac used as a FPC to Olbersdorf, then redirected to Puckouzy cancelled by K.u.K. Feldpostamt / 211 cds dated 18.XII.15. Purple circular coat-of-arms ‘K. u. K. Etappentraininggruppenkommando 3’ unit cachet. 2 £5 £16 £20 £7 £5 £5 £12 £12 £8 £10 £7 £7 £10 £5 £10 £22 £32 £15 £13 £4 £5 £7 £7 £6 £8 44 1916 45 1916 46 1916 47 1916 48 1916 49 1916 50 1916 51 1916 52 1917 53 1917 54 1917 55 1917 56 1917 57 1917 58 1917 59 1917 60 1918 61 1918 62 1918 63 1917 64 1917 65 66 1919 1919 67 1919 FPC to Litomysl cancelled by blue K.u.K. Feldpostamt / 332 cds dated 28.II.16. Purple circular ‘K.u.k. Matarialsammel und Fassungsstelle / Sabac’ coat-of-arms unit cachet. Colour PPC of Caffee “Doimj”, Marine Cattaro used as a FPC to Praha cancelled by K.u.K. Haupt? 300/III cds dated -1.III.16. Blue circular coat-of-arms ‘K.u.K. Etappentrie?rupenkomdo / Marrischaftserzatzabteilung’ unit cachet. Colour PPC of a view over Fiume used as a FPC to Hulin cancelled by Fiume / B 6 B cds dated 916MAR. -8. Purple ‘FEL0LVSGALVA / UBERPRUFT / FIUME 6’ censor handstamp and purple ‘A Magyar vores kereszt egyiet ? / es betegnyugve allomasa Fiumebatt.’ Cachet. FPC to M. Boleslava cancelled by Hotederschitz / Hotedersica cds dated 27 / 3 / 16. Red oval ‘K.u.K.Mobilas Reserve Spital Nr. 4./8.’ coat-of-arms unit cachet. Colour PPC of a woman in Serbian traditional costume used as a FPC to Cechy. Blue-grey K.u.K Etappenpostamt / 349 cds dated -8.V.16. Black circular ‘K.u.K MILITARARBEITERABTEILUNG No.4’ coat-of-arms unit cachet. Rounded corners. FPC to Litomysl cancelled by faint K.u.K. Etapenpostamt / Sabac cds dated 30.V.16. Faint purple circular ‘K.u.K. Materialsammel ? ? Sabac’ unit cachet. Colour PPC of Cigale dated 4/VIII.16 used as a FPC to Kutni Hory cancelled by K.u.K. Et?? Pola dated -7 VIII ?. Purple ‘K.u.K. Kommando auf Lussin’ cachet. Sepia photo PPC of a view of the harbour at Lovrana dated 2/9.16 used as a FPC to Louny. Indistinct black boxed cachet. Purple ‘K.u.K. Feldspital No.4/9’ unit cachet. Colour PPC of a track through birch woodland used as a FPC to Hradec Karlove dated 18/II.17 cancelled by indistinct k.u.k. Marinefeldp?? dated ? ? 17. Single line ‘PUNTA AGGUZZO’ cachet. Some edge-wear and corner crease. FPC to Praha with K.u.K. Etappenpostamt b Obrenovac cds dated 28.II.17. Purple ‘K.u.K. HEERESBAHN SUD / Batriebabteilung V. Belgrad / Betriebswerkstatte’ cachet. K.u.K Feldpost 8 (H) PSC to Polna Ceska cancelled by K.u.K. Etappenpostamt b Obrenovac cds dated -1.III.17. Faint purple circular ‘K.u.K. Zensuramt Obrenovacs’ censor mark. Stain on top right corner but a scarce item. FPC to Obrenovac with K.u.K. Etappenpostamt f Belgrad cds dated -7.II.17. Purple ‘K.u.K. Heeresbahn-Sud / Batriebabteilung VI. / Betriebswerkstatte’ cachet. FPC to Praha Ziskov cancelled by K.u.K. Etappenpostamt / Obrenovac cds dated -9.III.17. Purple ‘K.u.K. Heeresbahn-Sud / Betriobsabteilung VI. / Betiebswerkstatte.’ cachet. Colour PPC of painting by C. Makowsky showing cherubs entitled ‘Full of Expectation’ used as a FPC to Praha with K.u.K. Feldpostamt / 439 cds dated 24.III.17. Purple ‘Landwehrinfanterleregiment Prag No.?’ unit cachet. Isonzo front card. Colour PPC of Belgrade Theatre used as a FPC to Bohmen with K.u.K. Etappenpostamt f Belgrad cds dated 27.III.17. Purple ‘K.U.K MILITAR? / BELGRAD’ unit cachet. Adhesion mark on picture side. B&W PPC of the barracks of Kalimegdan in Belgrade used as a FPC to Solnici cancelled by K.u.K. Etappenpostamt / Belgrad cds dated 30.VIII.17. Purple boxed ‘K.u.K. RES. SPITAL ?? / IN BELGRAD’ unit cachet. Colour PPC of a view of Ercegovni used as a FPC to Opahovica, Slavonia cancelled by faint K.u.K Etappenfeldpostamt 257 (?) cds dated 2.III.18. Purple ‘K.u.k. Verkostigungsstation / Zelenika’ unit cachet. FPC to Prahy cancelled by K.u.K. Feldpostamt / 549 cds dated -7.III.18. Faint blue unit cachet. Red ‘Zensuriers’ hand-stamp and censor’s red crayon initial. FPC to Prachatilz cancelled by K.u.K. Etappenpostamt / Podgorica cds dated 28.IV.18. Faint purple unit cachet. WW1 Censored Mail B&W photo PPC studio picture of a young couple to Graz with Mi.188 10H cancelled by St Veit b. Wipach cds dated 18/1 / 17. Purple boxed ‘ZENSUEIERT / K.u.k. Zensurstelle / ADELSBERG’ cachet. B&W photo PPC of detail in Split cathedral to Cattaro, with Mi.188 10H cancelled by Split 2 / Spalato 2 cds dated 8.V.17. Indistinct 2-line purple Split censor cachet. Yugoslavia 1918-41 Mi.102A 15 Vin. complete ** sheet of 100 with selvage to the left. Colour PPC of lilac blossoms to Ljubljana with Mi.100 5Vin & Mi.101 10Vin cancelled by St. Vid bei Zavidini cds dated 25.VII.19. Colour PPC a woodland scene to Dolenjiko with Mi.100 5Vin & Mi.101 10Vin cancelled by Zirovnica-Kranjsko cds dated 31.VIII.19. A little grazing on the picture side. 3 £7 £7 £12 £6 £7 £10 £16 £4 £6 £5 £11 £11 £8 £8 £6 £8 £7 £6 £15 £3 £6 £15 £8 £8 68 1920 69 1920 70 1920 71 1920 72 1920 73 1920 74 1920 75 1920 76 77 1920 1942 78 1920 79 1920 80 1920 81 82 1920 1920 83 1922 84 1924 85 86 1920 1920 87 1920 88 1921 89 1922 90 1926 91 1928 92 1928 93 1929 Colour PPC of a vase of flowers with 3x Mi.100 5Vin cancelled by 2x Celje cds’s dated 21.II.20. Large heavily inked purple ‘Vojaska cenzura / Pregledano / ??’ censorship mark. Colour PPC of a painting ‘Fishermen in Moonshine’ with Mi.100 5Vin & Mi.101 10Vin cancelled by 2x Skopja Loka cds’s dated 26.II.20. Large purple ‘Vojaska cenzura / Pregledano / Ljubljana’ censorship mark. Black boxed ‘Venesia / TRIESTE’ cachet. B&W PPC dated 31.5.20 of view over Trbovlje to Treben with 2x Mi.103 20 Vin. cancelled by Austrian Tabovie cds with unclear date. On picture side, additional Mi.103 and 2x Tabovie cds’s. One stamp on message side with top half missing where folded across top of card. Colour PPC of painting of a woman by a river to Ptuju with 2x Mi.105 30Vin cancelled by Loka Pri Z??mu cds dated 18.VI.20. Some light marks and minor crease on picture side. Mi.125 40 Pa. complete ** sheet of 100 with full selvage. Dark purple. Some minor perf splitting. Mi.125 40 Pa. complete ** sheet of 100 with full selvage. Light purple. Some minor perf splitting. Mi.126 45 Pa. complete ** sheet of 100 dark yellow with central gutter and full selvage. Some minor perf splitting. Mi.126 45 Pa. complete ** sheet of 100 light yellow with central gutter and full selvage. Some minor perf splitting. Mi.127 50 Pa. complete ** sheet of 100 with full selvage. Mi.128 60 Pa. top half of sheet above guttering (part of which remains) **. Selvage to top, left and right. Mi.130 2 Din. complete ** sheet of 100 with full selvage. Some minor creasing, split perfs on the edge and a tear noted into one of the bottom edged stamps but a rare item. Mi.132 6 Din. complete ** sheet of 100 with full selvage. Printed on white paper. Rare item; excellent condition. Mi.132 6 Din. complete ** sheet of 100 with full selvage. Printed on cream paper. Rare item; excellent condition. Mi.133 10 Din. complete ** sheet of 50 with full selvage. Rare item; excellent condition. Mi.133 10 Din. complete ** sheet of 100 with full selvage. Some minor perf-splitting at the bottom. Rare item. Official local registered cover with Mi.P55 50 para postage due cancelled by Blato cds dated ?.IX.22. Purple circular ‘KR. KOTARSKI SUD / BLATO’ bi-lingual hand-stamp. Black boxed registration mark with Blato cds dated 18.IX.22 above. Cover is fragile with some tears, and damage to the reverse side and has been strengthened through gluing a thin piece of card inside. Pre-printed cover to Prager Orbis Presse, Prag with 6x Mi.148 15Pa & 2x Mi.146 5Pa uncancelled. On reverse, a further 12x Mi.148 15Pa & 4x Mi.146 5Pa cancelled by Beograd cds’s dated 18.II.924. Unusual multi-franked item in good condition. Italian Occupation Italian 10 Cmi. PSC to Trieste cancelled by Volosca cds dated 23/4 20. B&W photo PPC of Piazza Gabriele D’Annunzio Fiume with Fiume occupation of Carnaro military post stamps Mi.2 2 on 25Cmi & Mi.12 55 on 5 Cmi. on the picture side cto by Fiume D’Italia / Posta Militare cds’s dated 29.NOV.20 Additional strike clear of stamps. B&W photo PPC of Riva Emanuele Filiberto e Palazzo Adria Fiume with Fiume occupation of Carnaro military post stamps Mi.3 5Cmi & Mi.5 15 on 10 Cmi. on the picture side cto by Fiume D’Italia / Posta Militare cds’s dated 29.NOV.20 Additional strike clear of stamps. Colour PPC of Volosca to Istria with Mi.88 5 Cmi & 2x Mi.89 10cmi cancelled by Austrian-type Volosca cds’s dated 6/12 / 21. Colour PPC of roses to Tolmin with Italian Mi.90 25 Cmi. cancelled by Idria / Idrija cds dated 16 ? ?. Tolmin / Tomin arrival cds dated 17.II.22. B&W PPC of Caffe Clacier, Abbazia to Caserta with 2x Mi.89 10cmi cancelled by 2x Mattuglie a cds’s dated 23.IV.26. B&W real photo PPC of Sanatorium Sacerdotum to Trieste with 2x Mi.89 cancelled by Ville D’Icici / Fiume cds dated 20.2.28. Most of the address has been removed. B&W PPC of Slatina, Abbazia to Praha with Mi.241 75cmi cancelled by Ville D’Icici / Fiume cds dated 11.8.28. B&W PPC of Lussingrande to Prerov with Mi.308 75 Cent. cancelled by Lussinpiccolo A cds dated 17.8.29. Corner crease and minor foxing to card. 4 £8 £8 £12 £8 £15 £15 £15 £15 £15 £5 £15 £15 £15 £20 £20 £5 £22 £8 £12 £12 £10 £6 £7 £10 £3 £6 94 1934 95 1937 96 1939 97 1940 98 1941 99 1941 100 1941 101 1941 102 1941 103 1942 104 1943 105 1942 106 1942 107 1943 108 1942 109 1943 110 1943 111 1943 112 1943 113 1943 114 1943 115 1943 Cover with Mi.307 50cmi cancelled by Zolla / Gorizia cds dated 12.6.34. Second strike clear of stamp. On reverse, Gorizia / Arrivi-Partenze arrival cds dated 12.6.34. Small cover with contents to Capodistria with Mi.305 30 Cmi cancelled by Grisignana / Pola cds dated 11.3.37. Cover with Italian Mi.307 50 Cent. cancelled by Cherso / Pola cds dated 12.1.39. Second strike clear of stamp. On reverse, large Trieste / Distris Ordinarie arrival cds dated 13.1.39 ‘Avviso di Ricevimento’ official card to Capodistria. Portol / Pola cds dated 22.3.40 and Portole registration label. Card has been folded, couple of pin marks and light foxing. B&W real photo of a view of Bakar to Rovigo with Italian script ‘Zona sprovvista di Franncobolli’ cancelled by Fiume / Corr. Pa?chi-Ordinarie cds dated 31.I.41 B&W photo PPC of the Royal Palace, Cetinje to Rome with Mi.304 25 Cent. cancelled by Posta Militaire N.91 cds dated 24.4.41. ‘Folded’ advertising post-card for a cement company to Zagreb with Mi.305 30C cancelled by bi-lingual Karlovac cds dated 12.V.41. Italian troops occupied the Gorski Kotar district shortly after the occupation of Yugoslavia before handing the territory over to NDH Croatia. About 10mm has been trimmed from the left side of the card but this remains a very rare item. Printed-matter cover with Mi.304 25C to Zagreb cancelled by Susak 1 cds dated 11.IX.41. Has been folded vertically. Scarce item. B&W photo PPC of Spalato with Mi.303 20 Cent. cancelled by Spalato / Ferrovia cmc dated 14.XII.41. Large Sacile / Udine arrival cds dated 18.12.41. Italian 30C PSC cancelled by Lipari Messima cds dated 13.5.42. Large oval purple ‘Verificato / per / Censura / LIPARI’ hand-stamp and censor’s signature. On reverse, about 1/3 of the message obscured with black ink by censor. Rare and interesting. Italian 30C PSC to a P.o.W. in Ponza camp cancelled by bi-lingual Podgorica cds dated 20.V.43. Indistinct purple circular camp censorship mark. On reverse, Ponza arrival cds dated 13.5.43 (presumably should have been 23.5.43). Italian 30C PSC uprated with Mi.303 20C to Zemun cancelled by Tolmino (Raccomandate) Gorizia cds’s dated 13.11.42. Third clear strike bottom left. Black ‘VERIFICATO PER CENSURA’ and purple circular ‘263 / II’ censor markings. Pre-printed Serbian language official marriage details card with Mi.305P (Mi.305 with propaganda label) to Cattaro cancelled by Sebenica (Dalmazia) cds dated 23.11.42. Purple circular I.R. censor mark and purple circular ‘Ufficio Parracchiale – Decanale / SEBENICO / Burge di Terra’ cachet. Interesting card in good condition. Occupation of Montenegro local cover and content with Mi.29 50C cancelled by indistinct bi-lingual Cetinje cds dated -7.VIII.43. On reverse, clear Cetinje cds dated -8.VIII.43. Letter content with large black boxed ‘VERIFICATO / CENSURA’ hand-stamp with censor’s signature. With Velickovic expertisation certificate. Good item. German Occupation (6.35) type parcel card 17kg with Rann (Save) paper label. Mi.528 100pf & Mi.525 50pf cancelled by Rann (Save) cds dated 27.2.42. faint black ‘Gepruft’ censor mark. (6.35) type parcel card 14kg with Marburg (Drau, Steierm) paper label. 2x Mi.796 50pf & Mi.787 10pf cancelled by Marburg (Drau) cds’s dated 25.1.43. On reverse, Kaiserberg arrival cds dated 23.1.43 and collection cds dated 28.1.43. (6.35) type parcel card 5kg with Marburg (Drau, Steierm) paper label. Mi.799A 1RM & Mi.796 50pf cancelled by Marburg (Drau) cds dated 10.4.43. Black ‘Gepruft’ hand-stamp. 2x large purple ‘Zuruck’ hand-stamps. Further ‘Zuruck’ and date 15 April 1943 across paper label. On reverse, Mi.793 25pf cancelled by Marburg (Drau, Steierm) cds dated 10.4.43 and black ‘Zuruck an Absender / Neue Anschrift abwarten!’ cachet. Nice item. (6.35) type parcel card 4kg with Rann (Steierm) paper label. Mi.795 40pf & Mi.826 10pf cancelled by Rad (Steierm) cds dated 12.4.43. On reverse, Mi.784 5pf cancelled by Rad (Steierm) cds dated 12.4.43 and Kirchberg (Buheln, Steierm) cds dated 14.4.43 German 6pf PSC Mi.P312/02 to Italy cancelled by Laak (Zaier) cds dated 08.5.43. Black boxed ‘RECA?TARE / DOSTAVITI’ cachet. Black ‘Gepruft / Oberkommando der Wehrmacht’ eagle & swastika censor hand-stamp. (6.35) type parcel card 7kg with Pettau (Steierm) paper label. 3x Mi.796 50pf & Mi.784 cancelled by Pettau cds’s dated 25.8.43. On reverse, Bad Baden arrival cds dated 27.8.43. (8.32) type parcel card 3.8kg with Pragerhof (Steierm) paper label. Mi.795 40pf & Mi.784 5pf cancelled by Pragerhof cds dated 08.9.43. (8.42) type parcel card 6 kg with Pettau (Steierm) paper label. Mi.796 50pf cancelled by Pettau cds dated 10.9.43. 5 £5 £6 £6 £7 £12 £8 £25 £7.50 £6 £15 £10 £7.50 £7.50 £10 £10 £5 £7.50 £4 £15 £5 £5 £4 116 1944 117 1944 118 1944 119 1944 120 1944 121 1944 122 123 124 1941 1941 1941 125 126 127 128 129 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 130 1941 131 1941 132 1941 133 134 135 1941 1941 1941 136 1941 137 1942 138 139 1942 1942 140 1942 141 142 143 1942 1942 1942 144 145 1942 1942 (8.42) type parcel card 2kg with Weitersfeld (Steierm) paper label. Mi.798 80pf & Mi.795 40pf cancelled by Weitersfeld in Steierm cds dated 5.II.44. On reverse, Mi.793 25pf cancelled by additional Weitersfeld in Steierm cds dated 5.II.44. (8.42) type parcel card 5kg with Edingen (Steierm) paper label. Mi.794 30pf & Mi.793 25pf cancelled by Edingen (Steierm) cds dated 07.2.44. ‘Kreis Trifail’ eagle & swastika brief-stempel. On reverse, Cilli (Steierm) arrival cds dated 08.2.44. (8.42) type parcel card 3.5kg with Trifail (Steierm) paper label. Mi.799B 1RM, Mi.794 30pf & Mi.789 15pf cancelled by Trifail (Streierm) cds’s dated 15.3.44. Small piece missing from bottom right corner. (8.42) type parcel card 2.6kg with Oberdorf uber Laak (Karnten) paper label. Mi.794 30pf cancelled by Obersdorf / ? ad Zaier (Karnten) cds dated ? 5.44. (8.42) type parcel card 5.5kg with Edingen (Steierm) paper label. Mi.797 60pf & Mi.791 20pf cancelled by Edingen (Steierm) cds dated 25.10.44. On reverse, Veldes arrival cds dated 01.11.44. Small nick from bottom right corner. (8.42) type parcel card 10kg sent by NSDAP Kriesleitung Radmannsdorf with Radmannsdorf paper label. Mi.796 50pf & Mi.789 15pf cancelled by Radmannsdorf (Karnten) cds dated 01.11.44. On reverse, Neumarktl (Oberkrain) cds dated 02.11.44. NDH Croatia Provisional definitives Mi.1-8** complete set of 8. Cat. €44. Provisional definitives Mi.9-23** complete set of 15. Cat. 35 Euro. Provisional definitives Mi.9-23 fine used complete set of 15, some on piece. Note a tiny thin mark on the front of Mi.23. Cat. €45. Provisional definitives Mi.41-42 ** and fine used. Cat. €2 Provisional definitives Mi.41-42 & Mi.43-46** 2x complete sets. Cat. €5.80. Provisional postage dues Mi.P1-5** complete set of 5. Cat. 40 Euro. Provisional postage dues Mi.P1-5 fine used complete set of 5. Cat. 42 Euro. 2nd Philatelic Exhibition Zagreb overprint Mi.39I ** with ‘S’ engraver’s mark and label attached to left. Cat. €60. Mi.41 1D ** block of 4 with each overprint having a tow of dots down the left side where the ink has not adhered (possibly removed by a perfing machine?) with expertisation cert. from Zrinjscak. Very attractive and possibly unique. Provisional 1Din PSC type P1-Ib (6-bars) with Mi.4 2 Din. provisional cto with Lic cds’s dated 17.V.41. 1K PSC PC2 uprated with Mi.41 1D cancelled by Nasice cds dated 20.IX.41 to Ujverbasz. Filing holes to left. Landscape tete-beche pairs complete set** bar Mi.64 50K. Cat. 65 Euro. Red Cross set Mi. 66-68 **. Cat. €4.50. Local registered cover with 2x Mi.52 2K cancelled with Zemun 1 cds dated ?.XII.41 & Mi.P11 0.50K postage due cancelled with Zemun 1 cds dated ?.I.43 (clearly a date error somewhere). Blue dual-language Zemun registration label. An additional adhesive has been removed and the cover has been folded. 1K PSC PC2a to Bosanska Gradiska from Danica concentration camp cancelled by Koprivnica cds dated 15.IX.41. 2x indistinct purple strikes of very rare Danica camp ‘shield & PREGLEDANO’ censor marks. Card has flattened fold and late usage of censor stamp means the marking is unclear due to wear but this is a very rare item. 1K PSC type PC2a to Troppau, Germany up-rated with Mi.48 0.50K & Mi.50 1K cancelled by Tuhelj cds dated 15.I.42. Six-line red continuous machine ‘Oberkommando der Wehrmacht / Gepruft’ and assorted numbered censor markings. Rare cancel. Model Aircraft Exhibition Mi. 70-73 **. Cat. €7.50. Model Aircraft Exhibition Mi. 70-73 in blocks of 3 plus central label from sheets **. Includes 71I. Cat. €37 as singles. Model Aircraft Exhibition Mi. Block 1II ** ‘bomb on wing’ and ‘V’ engraver’s mark. Cat. €150. Model Aircraft Exhibition Mi. Block 2 **. Rounded top left corner. Cat. €60. Mi.P 11U-16U imperf. **. Cat. €80. 1K PSC type PC2a (white) up-rated with Mi.50 1K to Vienna cancelled with indistinct Zagreb Spring Fair slogan cmc. Card dated 10.4.42 (first anniv. of NDH). Six-line red continuous machine ‘Oberkommando der Wehrmacht / Gepruft’ and assorted numbered censor markings. Minor damage to bottom edge. Red Cross Week set Mi. 86-90 & Z1 **. Cat. €17.80. Red Cross Week set Mi. 86-90 fine used. Cat. €16.50. 6 £5 £4 £8 £5 £4 £5 £10 £7.50 £7.50 £1 £1 £10 £10 £10 £20 £10 £2 £10 £1 £1 £75 £9 £1 £5 £30 £10 £15 £1 £2 £2 146 1942 147 1942 148 1942 149 150 1943 1943 151 152 153 154 155 156 1943/4 157 1943 158 1943 159 160 161 162 163 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 164 165 166 1943 1943 1943 167 1943 168 169 170 171 172 173 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 174 1943 175 1943 176 177 178 1944 1944 1944 179 1944 180 1944 181 182 1944 1944 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 Official Stara Gradiska sender camp card Hughes type 2a to Zagreb wth Stara Gradiska cds dated -5.IX.42. On reverse, good strike of the purple oval camp censor marking. Card has vertical fold and thin patch on the front; otherwise sound. Scarce item with a low start. Colour PPC of a painting by Alfred Broge showing a woman and child at a piano to Zemun. 2x Mi.49 0.75K cancelled by Zagreb 2 cmc dated -6.XI.42. Attractive card. 1.50K PSC PC3Aa uprated with 2x Mi.82 0.25K cancelled by Zemun cds dated 24.XI.42 to a PoW in an Italian concentration camp. Black circular ‘VERIFICATO CENSURA ??’ Italian censor mark. Rare item. D.R.S. Mi. 94-6 ** complete set in mini-sheets. Cat. €130. Stara Gradiska official camp reply card Hughes type 2b with 2x Mi.50 cancelled by Zagreb 15 cds dated -5.II.43. Stained and water-marks. Rare card with a low start. Mi.P 17-25 **. Cat. €3.80. Ustasha Youth Mi. Block 3A**. Cat. €28. Ustasha Youth Mi. Block 3B imperf. **. Cat. €28. 2nd Anniv. Mi. Block 4A **. Cat. €35. 2nd Anniv. Mi. Block 4B imperf. **. Cat. €35. Stara Gradiska official camp sender card Hughes type 3Ca-var-I to Zagreb. Small remains of postage due stamps (PD stamps were often attached in error; such cards were post-free, and stamps were regularly removed to see if there were messages underneath). On reverse, purple oval camp censorship mark. Message dated 16.VII.43. Minor creasing. Croat Legions Mi. 107-10** in corner blocks of 4. Some adhesion marks on backs. Cat. €6.40. Croat Legions Mi. 107-10 in imperf blocks of 4. Hinge mark on one stamp in each block. Cat. €160 for 4x ** Croat Legions Mi.108 2+1K ** imperf. Cat. €10. Croat Legions Mi. 109 3.50+1.50K imperf. Cat. €10 Croat Legions Mi. Blocks 5A & 5B **. Cat. €15. Croat Legions Mi. Blocks 5A & 5B *. Corner wear, hence low start. Cat. 15 Euro for ** Croat Legions Mi. Block 5B imperf ex-ministry album progressive proof without 9+4.5K value in brown. Has been lightly hinged. Rare block at a very good start price. Croat Legions Mi.111-2 & 113-4 fine used in tete-beche pairs. Cat. €6.80 as singles. 3rd Zagreb Philatelic Exhibition Mi. Block 6 **. Cat. €18 3rd Zagreb Philatelic Exhibition unaddressed official FDC with Mi. 115 cto with black machine special cancel. Cover has vertical fold, hence low start. Parcel card for 5kg with Sarajevo 5 paper label with 4x Mi.60 10K, MiD. 2 50B & Mi.D4 1K cancelled by Sarajevo cds’s dated 24.IX.43. On reverse, Platicevo arrival cds dated 26.IX.43, and 3x Mi.P17 0.50K & Mi.P19 2K cancelled by Platicevo cds’s dated 27.IX.43. Scarce use of official stamps to pay postage. Red Cross Mi. 118-127 set & Z2. Cat. €13.20 Red Cross Mi. Z2U ** imperf. Cat. €10. Red Cross Mi. Z2 ** imperf. colour proof dark blue-green. Cat. €7. Red Cross Mi. 119 ** imperf. Cat. €6 Red Cross Mi. 124 colour proof in red. Cat. €5.25 Red Cross short set (8 of 10) imperf ** colour proofs lacking the red cross. Mi.118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 127. Stara Gratiska official camp reply card type unlisted in Hughes with 2x Mi.50 1K uncancelled. Message dated 11.IX.43. Heavily creased, as usual for cards into the camp. Reply cards are much rarer than sender cards. Low start for an unlisted reply card. Boskovic Mi. 148-9 2x block of 16 (4x4) from bottom right corner of sheet with selvage. Cat. €22.4 as single stamps x16 Post and Railway workers Mi.150-3 ** set in mini-sheets. Cat. €34. War Invalids Mi.154-7 ** set in mini-sheets. Cat. €40. Registered cover with Mi.57 6K, Mi.154 7K & Mi.Z4 2K cancelled by Nova Gradiska cds’s dated 13.III.44. Nova Gradiska red and blue registration label. On reverse, Zagreb arrival cds’s dated 14.III.44 and 15.III.44. Cover has been folded and Mi.154 has damage. Official Stara Gradiska sender camp card Hughes type 4 to Zagreb with 2x Mi.Z3 1K war tax stamps cancelled by Stara Gradiska cds dated 18.APR 44. On reverse, indistinct purple oval camp censorship mark and censor’s signature. Heavily creased hence low start. 2K PSC PC4-I with Mi.Z 5 5K war tax stamp cancelled by indistinct Zemun 1 cds dated 27.VIII.44 to Dubrovnik. Purple circular ‘CENSURA / 141 / DUBROVNIK’ hand-stamp. D.R.S. Mi.162-5A ** set in mini-sheets. Cat. €15 D.R.S. Mi. Block 7 **. Cat. €4.50 7 £30 £1 £15 £25 £30 £1 £5 £5 £5 £5 £30 £1 £25 £1 £1 £3 £1 £50 £2 £2.50 £2 £7.50 £2 £2 £1 £1 £2 £20 £40 £3 £5 £5 £2.50 £20 £5 £2 £1 183 1944 184 1944 185 1944 186 187 1944 1945 188 1945 189 1941 190 1941 191 1941 192 1941 193 1941 194 1942 195 1942 196 197 1942 1942 198 1942 199 1946 200 1947 201 1948 D.R.S. Mi.162 3.50+1K ex-ministry album imperf colour proof sheet on orange-buff ungummed paper **. Pristine – lovely and rare, and a low start. D.R.S. Mi.163 12.50+6K ex-ministry album imperf colour proof sheet on orange-buff ungummed paper **. Pristine – lovely and rare, and a low start. D.R.S. Mi.164 18+9K ex-ministry album imperf colour proof sheet on orange-buff ungummed paper **. Pristine – lovely and rare, and a low start. Red Cross set Mi. 167-169 **. Cat. €1.50 Official registered cover from the Treasury Administration in Banja Luka with Mi.D13 12.5K cancelled by Banja Luka 1 cds dated -8.I.45. Red and blue registration label. On reverse, 2x Zagreb 2 cds’s dated 21.I.45 and Zagreb 4 cds dated 21.I.45 arrival handstamps. Remains of a large red official wax seal. A little corner-wear and pin holed. Postal-workers Mi. 173-6 ** set in mini-sheets. Some minor split perfs and occasional corner creasing. Cat. €12. WWII Serbia P&W photo PPC of Stari I Novi Dvor, Belgrade, to Vittorio-Veneto Italy with Mi.5 2Din provisional cancelled by 2x indistinct bi-lingual Beograd cds’s dated 5.X.41 Italian WWII Feldpost B&W photo PPC of view of Klek used as a FPC to Belluno with Posta Militare N.ro 78 cds dated 24.5.41 Black circular ‘?.L.R. / POSTE / T.S.’ cachet. Two adhesion marks on address side. Cover to Viceuza with Mi.307 50Cent. cancelled by Posta Militare / N.ro 18 cds dated 30.6.41. Second strike clear of stamp. 30 Cent. PSC to Corinons cancelled by Posta Militaire / No. 47 cds dated 13.12.41. Red ‘VERIFICATO PER / CENSURA / “GO”’ cachet and Red circled ‘31’ censor mark. Military entire with Posta Militare / N.ro 81 cds dated 29.11.41. Purple circular ‘1.SEZIONE DI SANITA’ coat-of-arms unit cachet. Ferrossa / Verona arrival cds dated -2.12.41. Good, clean item. Military entire cancelled by Posta Militare / N.49 cds dated -9.4.42. Black ‘88 SEZIONE MISTA CARABINIERI REAL / IV Corpo d’Armara’ cachet. Black ‘II MARESCIALLO MAGGIORE / Comandarte la seglone’ cachet. On reverse, Ouinto di Treviso / Treviso cds dared 17.4.42. Good, clean document. B&W photo PPC of Ribnica to Rome with Mi.303 20Cent. cancelled by Posta Miulitare / N. 81 cds dated 26.4.42. FPC to Novaia cancelled by Posta Militare / N.ro 200 cds dated -5.5.42 FPLC with Mi.330 1L to Padova cancelled by Spalato Posta / (Dalmazia) cds dated 11.5.42. Large purple circular ‘COMMISSIONE PROVINCIALE DI CENSURA / SPALATO’ coat-of-arms and circled ‘2’ censor marks. Black double-circle ‘RESTIVANTA PER LA CENSURA / COMM. PROV. CENS. SPALATO / 11 / MAG / 42’ hand-stamp. Italian airmail label. ‘Verificato per Censura’ resealing strip tied on back with additional ‘11 / MAG / 42’ etc hand-stamp. Lovely, ‘busy’ piece. Airmail cover with 2x Mi.328 50 Cent. cancelled by 2x Posta Militaire / N.12 cds’s dated 11.6.42. ‘Verificato per Censura’ resealing strip along left edge. On reverse, Censura di Verona / Partenza cds dated 16 GIU 942 cds, Censura di Verona / arrivo cds dated 16 GIU.942, further indistinct cds and resealing strip tied by black circular ‘80 / VR’ censor hand-stamp. Open on two sides and a little edge-wear. Yugoslavia from 1945 Istrian occupation bi-lingual official sluzbeno cover from dept. of Agriculture with Mi.41 1(L) & Mi.46 5(L) cancelled by blue Pazin cds’s dated 29.10.46. 3 rd strike clear of stamps. Purple circular official cachet. On reverse, Rovinj / Rovigno arrival cds dated 30.10.46. Small piece missing from bottom right corner. Scarce item. Istrian occupation bi-lingual official cover with Mi.55 1L on 9L cancelled by Labin / Albona cds dated 28.4.47. Additional strike away from stamp. On reverse, Rovinj / Rovigno arrival cds dated 29.4.47. Scarce item. 1.50 Din PSC to Milan Italy, up-rated with Mi.472 1.50 Din cancelled by Velilosinj / Lussingrand cds dated 8.V.48. Card has been folded. 8 £100 £100 £100 £1 £10 £1 £11 £4 £4 £4 £4 £5 £5 £7 £14 £6 £35 £30 £5 202 1946 203 1920 204 1927 205 1941 206 ? 207 ? 208 ? 209 ? 210 ? Allied Occupation Cover with 2x Mi.10 2L cancelled by 2x Pola Centro / (Arrivi-Partenze) cds’s dated 9.3.46. On reverse, Como / Centro machine arrival cancel dated 12.III.1946. Misc. Italian occupation Ruckschein document bi-lingual German-Italian dated 9/1/1920 with Isola cds dated 11.1.20. On reverse, Capodistria cds dated -8.1.20 and Isola cds dated 9.I.2. Vertical fold. Some creasing and adhesion mark. Italian occupation Italian language Pola Ruckshein document dated 20.VI 1927. On reverse, Pola 3 (San Martino) cds dated 17.6.27, Pola Centro. Raccom. Assic. cds dated 17.6.27 & AMB Pola-Trieste 152 tpo cds date 18.6.27. Horizontally folded and pin holes. Ljubljana money-order for 420 Din. green crest top left dated 11/4/41. Bi-lingual Sv. Peter pod Gor. Cds dated 14.IV.41. Second strike dated 15.IV.41. On reverse, Mi.P65 1D & Mi.P64 50P postage due stamps with further Sv. Peter pod Gor. Cds dated 15.IV.41 and hand-stamped date of 18.IV.1941. NDH Croatia Ustasha Supervisory Service Zagreb Official Telegram form dated 3/XI ?. Purple circular Ustasha hand-stamp. Message from Jasenovacs camp. Filing holes to left. NDH Croatia Ustasha Supervisory Service Zagreb Official Telegram form undated. Purple circular Ustasha hand-stamp. Message from police district Banja Luka. Filing holes and edge damage to left. NDH Croatia Ustasha Supervisory Service Zagreb Official Telegram form dated 1/V ?. Purple circular Ustasha hand-stamp. Message from police district Varazdin. Filing holes to left. NDH Croatia Ustasha Supervisory Service Zagreb Official Telegram form undated. Purple circular Ustasha hand-stamp. Message from police district Dubrovnik. Filing hole and tear to left. NDH Croatia Ustasha Supervisory Service Zagreb Official Telegram form dated 11/V ?. Purple circular Ustasha hand-stamp. Message from police district Dubrovnik. Filing holes to left. 9 £20 £6 £8 £5 £10 £5 £5 £5 £5