Sale 36: The Winter Sale

Lot 438

France Early Philatelic Catalogs and Handbooks. Over 20 publications including specialized catalogs, prices current and a few related journals; includes 1867 Zaccone La Poste Anecdotique et Pittoresque, works of Pierre Mahé including 1865-67 Noveau Guide Manuel de Collectionneur de Timbres-Poste (2nd ed. hardbound and 3rd ed.) and 1908 Les Marchands de Timbres-Poste, 1867 Dr. Magnus (Legrand) Essai sur les Filigranes et les Papiers Employes a la Fabrication des Timbres-Postes (2nd ed., 500 printed), 1867 & 1869 Berger-Levrault Les Timbres-Poste Catalogue, 1872 Rothschild Taxe Des Lettres (500 printed), 1865 Baillieu Guide L'Amateur de Timbres-Poste Catalogue (3rd ed., 2 copies with one hardbound), 1893 Ris-Paquot Manuel du Collectonneur de Timbres, 1897 Le Gros Les Timbres For Ever!, 1914 Cazin & Rochas Catalogue des Timbres Commemoratifs…, various Serrane catalogs, 1905 Forbin-L'Hoste Catalogue de Timbres Fiscaux (1st ed.) plus a broken run of early Le Bulletin Fiscaliste, 1894 Legrand Manuel de L'Amatuer de Timbres (hardbound, author signed), etc.; in French.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $1,150

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Lot 439

German Area Early Catalogs. Over 20 publications; including 1901 Glaswald Preis-Buch Europa, 1867//76 Katalog Briefmarken catalogs, 1864 W. Georg Katalog Uber Alle Seit 1840 bis 1864 Erschieneen Briefmarken…, 1881 Meyer Handbuch fur Postmarkensammler… (cover faults), 1892 Heitman Verzeichniss Aller Bekannten Neudrucke Saatlicher Postwertzeichen, etc.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $850

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Lot 440

Great Britain Early Philatelic Catalogs. Dozens of catalogs; including Bellars and Davie Standard Guide to Postage Stamp Collecting 1st-3rd editions (1864-65), Whymper Oppen's Postage Stamp Catalogue and Collector's Guide, Fourth Edition (1864) and 3d edition Album and Catalogue, William Lincoln, Jun. 2nd edition catalogue (1865), Gray's 1863 2nd edition catalogue and a host of later catalogues including Stanley Gibbons, Pemberton, Stafford Smith & Co., 1882 Capt. E.B. Evans (hardbound), Westoby's 2 volume Adhesive Postage Stamps of Europe, etc.; condition varies.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $1,700

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Lot 441

United States Early Philatelic Catalogs. Dozen catalogs including Kline's Emporium Price Catalogue for 1865 and 1868, 1865 G.W. Winterburn & Co., F. Tifet & Co. including 1868 (hardbound), 1869 (5th edition) and 1877, 1876 N.F. Seebeck's Descriptive Price Catalogue including 1882 illustration supplement, 1885 Henry Collin & Co. (5th edition), 1887 Wm. P. Brown Price Catalogue (7th edition), J.W. Scott & Co. including 1871, 1876 and his 1879 A History of All Postage Stamps (hardbound), few other early guides including Jewett's Philatelic Library No. 1-3, etc.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $1,800

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Lot 442

Booty, Fredrick, The Stamp Collectors Guide; Being a List of English and Foreign Postage Stamps with 2000 Facsimile Drawings. 1862, 96pgs with both text and illustrations lithographed on one side of the paper only, Brighton, H. and C. Treacher, London, Hamilton, Adams & Co.; without outer wrapper, pages rebacked and rebound in full leather.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

The world's first illustrated stamp catalogue with only a handful of examples in existence.

Realized: $4,500

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Lot 443

Brown, Mount, Catalogue of British, Colonial and Foreign Postage Stamps. 1862-64, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th editions; 3rd edition softbound colored wrapper, others bound in morocco leather, 2nd edition with price crossed-out and "Presentation Copy" added by author and signed, 3rd edition complimentary copy to Dr. John E. Gray (English author of Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps) with original signed letter from Mount Brown tipped in; some cover wear, 4th edition with some page wear at one corner.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $1,300

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Lot 444

Brown, Mount, Catalogue of British, Colonial and Foreign Postage Stamps. 1864, 5th edition, hardbound, 98pgs, the large 8'' so-called "Boudoir Edition", signed by the author, with custom box; bit of aging.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

One of the earliest philatelic catalogues. Only 50 copies of the large paper edition where ever produced.

Realized: $1,050

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Lot 445

Dexter, G., Catalogue of Postage Stamps, American and Foreign, and U.S. Revenue Stamps. 1863, hardbound, 78pgs, owners name at top of front cover, normal wear.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

This is the first catalog of U.S. Revenues and the second U.S. catalog printed in the United States after Kline's (Crawford page 63).

Realized: $950

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Lot 446

Gray, Dr. John E., Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps. 1862-70, 1st through 5th editions, hardbound, 2nd edition with second type cover (see Crawford pg 147); usual wear and all above average condition for these, 1st edition with rebound spine, ex Bellamy.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

A rare set of early English catalogues. Gray was a major early philatelic figure known for his interest in Penny Postage and his list of essays and proposals of the pre-Mulready period.

Realized: $900

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Lot 447

Kline, A.C., The Stamp Collector's Manual. 1862, 1st edition, softbound, 48pgs, few manuscript additions in listings; sealed tear in back cover and light wear.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

This is America's earliest stamp catalog which is practically a copy of the first edition of Mount Brown's catalogue, except of the list of United States issues.

Realized: $4,000

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