THE SOCIETY HOLDS QUARTERLY AUCTIONS
AUCTION 2023D
CLOSING DATE FOR BIDS:
December 10, 2023
ALL BIDS SHOULD BE SENT BY December 10, 2023 TO THE AUCTION CHAIRPERSON:
Anna Trischan
shpauctioneer@gmail.com
N49W16441 Lilac Lane
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051-6619
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Lot 1 – The Stamps of Baranya, translated by Anthony Muller. Reprinted as translation into English in 2001. Shipping should be in the range of $15-30 depending on destination. Min Bid $30.00
Lot 2 – A Magyar Belyegek Kezikonyve, by Gabor Visnyovszki. The black book of classic Hungarian philately. Shipping should be in the range of $15-40 depending on destination. Min Bid $30.00
Lot 3 – Sc# 96a, 35/50 filler typesetting error in a broken sheet with missing margins. 140 complete sheets were withdrawn from the post offices after the error was discovered. MBK CV for full sheet is 150,000 Ft, approximately $440. Min Bid $150.00
Lot 4 – Sc# 864-6, Stalin’s birthday, imperf complete small sheets of 9 stamps. The printer’s sheet incorporated all three stamps in 3×3 format in a horizontal strip, but most of these sheets were cut apart for resale. The printing quantity was 9400 imperf sets. MBK CV 60,000 Ft, approximately $175. Min Bid $85.00
Lot 5 – Sc# C95, perf and imperf lilac Stamp Day presentation sheets, in mint, pristine condition. 1060 sets exist. SCV $3200. Min Bid $1100.00
Lot 6 – Sc# B223var, Panorama presentation sheet, perf only. 2500 copies exist. SCV for both perf and imperf sheets together is $2000. Min Bid $200.00
Lot 7 – Sc# 899a, Children’s Day `Utanpotlasunk’ unissued stamp. 1661 copies sold. SCV $950. Min Bid $475.00
Lot 8 – Four duck booklets, Sc# 3138var, Hungarian and German as issued, plus Sc# 3200var, the same pair revalued. Also, two separate sheets of 10, given away to new subscribers by the Hungarian Philatelic Agency that functioned out of Cheyenne, WY for a couple of years around 1989. SCV $118. Min Bid $60.00
Lot 9 – Nine different non-postal souvenir sheets from 1971 through 2007. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 10 – The Ferdinand Schwartz collection from 1871 to the 1950’s, 272 pages, with each unique page meticulously drawn in pencil. Approximately 3300 stamps, starting with the lithographed issues, with some light duplication. This is philately, philatelic history, and a masterpiece of philatelic art all rolled into one. True value is far beyond the SCV. Min Bid $400.00
Lot 11 – Four postally used 2 kr postcards with a variety of postmarks, some marked for type, with a variety of indicium shades, spacing of printing and width of inner brackets. Hodobay CV approximately $34. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 12 – Four Hungarian postally used 2 kr postcards, some marked for type, with a variety of indicium shades, spacing of printing and width of inner brackets, plus one Austrian card thrown in as a bonus. Hodobay CV $42.50. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 13 – Lot Withdrawn
Lot 14 – 1910 picture postcard with a bilingual Cameral Moravice railway station cancellation. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 15 – Philatelically franked 1920 irredentist propaganda card and a 1917 anti-Italian propaganda card which is a good example of the use of a special delivery card and a Hungarian Peace Church vignette. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 16 – Two WWI free-franked censored picture postcards sent to Feldpost office 297, one showing a campfire scene and the other a battle scene. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 17 – A futuristic aviation picture postcard, inscribed `To a Happy Reunion’ sent to Gyor with a 5h Austrian stamp. Min Bid $10.00
Lot 18 – A Chain Bridge real picture postcard sent by a rare UK visitor to Budapest in December 1920. Franked with a pair of 1kr Koztarsasag Parliament stamps and forwarded from England to Scotland. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 19 – A 1917 marine Feldpost picture postcard from the ship Kaiser Franz Joseph showing the submarine fleet in the harbor. Min Bid $25.00
Lot 20 – Free-franked `ex offo’ stampless homemade envelope with Petervardein postmark. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 21 – Stampless folded letter, sent from England to Austria. Scan contrast increased to improve legibility, but destination still somewhat illegible. Inside correspondence overwritten both vertically and horizontally. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 22 – 1844 folded free-franked official letter sent from Totis to Pesth, with a report to the Ministry of Commerce on the number of businesses and apprentices in the village of Mocsa. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 23 – Printed matter folded letter with Budapest postmark on 2kr Franz Joseph stamp, sent to Count Gyula Csaky, a member of Parliament. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 24 – 1871 cover addressed to Baron von Schneeburg in Olmutz, with Postyen postmark on a lithographed 5kr Franz Joseph stamp. Arrived one day after posting. Min Bid $10.00
Lot 25 – Cover sent to Andritz bei Graz, postmarked Gyula on an engraved 5kr Franz Joseph stamp. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 26 – Printed matter cover sent from Sisak to Trieste, pencilled date indicates 1872, franked with a 2kr Franz Joseph engraved stamp. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 27 – Printed matter folded letter sent from Pesth to Funfkirchen, franked with an oxidized 2kr Franz Joseph stamp. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 28 – 1874 folded letter sent to Biedermannsdorf bei Wien, franked with a 5kr Franz Joseph stamp. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 29 – Small 1872 cover sent from Kesthely to Nagy Bajom, franked with a 5kr Franz Joseph stamp. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 30 – 1896 Millenium publicity label, light blue and brown, and an unused 2kr wrapper. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 31 – 1954 cover, with correspondence included, from Budapest to Hearts Content, Newfoundland – the eastern terminus of the transatlantic cable. Franked with Sc# 1076. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 32 – Sc# 1381-2 imperf, MNH, Gargarin first man in space, SCV $60. Min Bid $10.00
Lot 33 – Sc# 1416 imperf MNH, Liszt sheet, SCV $30. Min Bid $7.00
Lot 34 – 6 souvenir sheets: Sc# 1035 MH, 2239a MNH, 2580 MNH, B130 MNH, B339 MNH, C250 with paper residue on back, SCV $55.75. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 35 – Sc# B1-17 MH, aid to flood victims, SCV $150.10. Min Bid $21.00
Lot 36 – Sc# B72-6, blocks of 4 MNH, Petofi issue, SCV $40. Min Bid $12.50
Lot 37 – Sc# C24-5 used on pieces, ‘Zeppelin’ overprint, one with zeppelin use marking, SCV $130. Min Bid $17.00
Lot 38 – Sc# C26-32, C34, SCV $160. Min Bid $17.00
Lot 39 – Sc# C81, UPU single MNH, SCV $40. Min Bid $8.50
Lot 40 – 3 covers: Dec. 1875 letter with colored-numeral 5kr stamp, multiple postmarks; 1877 folded letter Rev-Komaron to Wien; Dec. 1992 value letter, Kiskoros to Budapest. Min Bid $9.00
Lot 41 – Airmail FDC with fancy cancel, Budapest to Szombathely, Sc# C5. Min Bid $6.00
Lot 42 – Red Cross mail sent from Szombathely to a prisoner in Russia. Min Bid $10.00
Lot 43 – 10 covers: Registered first day cover of Sc# B205-6 (MBK 1088A and 1087) sent to Liechtenstein. C46 on back, also with special cancel. Four unaddressed FDC’s with complete set of Sc# 1326-1336 including 1960 Olympics sheet plus Sc# 2385 (Liszt) cover; and five Hungarica covers from Cuba, South America, Africa, Vatican and UN. Scouting cachet is embossed. Min Bid $13.00
Lot 44 – Sc# 8a, blue green 3kr, SCV $30. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 45 – Sc# B18-34 MH, second semi-postal set, SCV $138. Min Bid $20.00
Lot 46 – Sc# 1264-7 imperf MH, and Sc# 1261 block of 2 stamps and 2 labels MNH, wide margins, SCV $50. Min Bid $10.00
Lot 47 – Sc# 1326-35 and B218 imperf MH, Rome Olympics, SCV $20. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 48 – Sc# 1403-5 and B219 imperf MH, soccer, wide margins, SCV $20. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 49 – Sc# 1437-46 imperf MNH, tropical fish, SCV $25. Min Bid $6.00
Lot 50 – Sc#1484-90 imperf MH, skaters, most with wide margins, SCV $20. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 51 – Sc# 1434 MH and #1532-8 MNH, imperf, Karolyi and Red Cross, SCV $21.50. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 52 – Sc# 1570-7, imperf MNH, lace, SCV $35. Min Bid $8.50
Lot 53 – Sc# 1607-14 imperf MNH, peaches, SCV $30. Min Bid $7.50
Lot 54 – Sc# 1626-35, imperf MH, hunting, SCV $30. Min Bid $7.50
Lot 55 – Sc#1647-58 imperf MNH, Tokyo Olympics, SCV $20. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 56 – Sc# 1659-67 and #1678 imperf MNH, International Quiet Sun Year and Renaissance Conference, SCV $24. Min Bid $6.00
Lot 57 – Sc# 1706-15 imperf MNH, botanical garden flowers, SCV $22. Min Bid $5.50
Lot 58 – Sc# 1735-7 and #1763-70 imperf MNH, SCV $62. Min Bid $15.00
Lot 59 – Sc#1772-9 and B258 imperf MNH, World Cup soccer, SCV $22.75. Min Bid $5.50
Lot 60 – Sc# 2135-41 imperf MNH, hounds, SCV $25. Min Bid $6.00
Lot 61 – Sc# 2105-11 and 2087 strip of 3, imperf MNH, SCV $27.50 Min Bid $7.00
Lot 62 – Sc# 2206-8 and #2218 with label, imperf MNH, Petofi and Copernicus, SCV $27.50. Min Bid $7.00
Lot 63 – Sc# 2298-2304 imperf MNH, paintings of nudes, SCV $20. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 64 – Sc# 2403-9 and #2477, young animals and newspaper centenary, imperf MNH, SCV $20. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 65 – Sc# B211-6 imperf MNH, Red Cross surcharge, SCV $135. Min Bid $34.00
Lot 66 – Sc# B289-92 and B318, stamp centenary and Communist youth anniversary, imperf MNH, SCV $26. Min Bid $6.50
Lot 67 – Sc# 920-24, C82-6 imperf MNH, sports, 1 wide margin, SCV $100. Min Bid $28.00
Lot 68 – Sc# 1385-88 imperf MNH, wide margins, Venus probe, SCV $30. Min Bid $8.50
Lot 69 – Sc# 3979 full sheet MNH, children’s toys, SCV $55. Min Bid $12.00
Lot 70 – Unused 1876 10kr postal money order – crown. Min Bid $9.00
Lot 71 – 1880 5kr delivery note and 1900 closed postcard, both unused. Min Bid $14.50
Lot 72 – Unused 31f and 62f telegraph cards from 1892. Min Bid $10.50
Lot 73 – 1914 10f postcard and 1918 8f postcard, both unused. Min Bid $7.00
Lot 74 – Hodobay catalog of postal stationery, hardcover, 327 pages, written in Hungarian but has many color illustrations. Prices in forints easily converted to US dollars. Excellent reference. Shipping approximately $5 US, $40 international. Min Bid $85.00
Lot 75 – Scott catalog 3B, H-I, lightly used and unmarked, library copy, good condition. Min Bid $10.00
Lot 76 – Magyar Belyegek Katalogusa (MBK) 2020, excellent condition. Many color illustrations, and an introduction in Hungarian, English, and German. Min Bid $15.00
Lot 77 – 4 stockpages of mixed mint and used stamps, including envelope design, turuls, harvesters, and some non-classic material. Take a look – that elusive inexpensive stamp you’ve been searching for could be here. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 78 – 4 stockpages of mixed mint and used mostly classic stamps – including a few occupation stamps and some envelope-design stamps, plus plenty of back of the book issues. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 79 – 4 stockpages of mixed mint and used stamps. Lots of Madonna stamps here, with some 2- and 3-stamp multiples. Some 3-hole perfins spotted. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 80 – 5 stockpages of mixed mint and used stamps, mostly non-classic, buildings set stamps unchecked for size varieties. Last page has some nice MNH stamps se-tenant with labels and a couple of `P’ and `T’ postage due overprints. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 81 – Twenty different occupations stamps, 5N and 6N’s, with little duplication, plus 29 SHS-overprinted Yugoslavian issues. SCV of occupation stamps is approximately $9 if genuine. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 82 – MNH blocks of occupation stamps, 5N8 and 5N20, with 14 to 20 stamps per block. Received folded to fit in an envelope. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 83 – Sc# B80-87 MNH and B88-91 MH, sports and St. Emerich sets, SCV $80.50. Min Bid $14.00
Lot 84 – Sc# B108-9 used with fancy cancels, National Protestant Day, SCV $60. Min Bid $10.00
Lot 85 – Sc# B148a-150a MNH, B149a has corner crease, SCV $82.50. Min Bid $21.00
Lot 86 – Sc# B188-191 NH, B192-4 NH, B198A-D MH. SCV 40.00 Min Bid $8.50
Lot 87 – Sc# B195-8, B198A-D, B199-201, B202, all NH. SCV $50.25. Min Bid $14.00
Lot 88 – Sc# C1-2 MH, C1 has top selvage showing value. SCV 50.00. Min Bid $13.50
Lot 89 – Sc# C24-5 MH, SCV $80.00 Min Bid $17.00
Lot 90 – Sc# C26-34 MH, SCV $199.50. Min Bid $42.00
Lot 91 – Two used 2 kr millenium cards, #3 and #5. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 92 – Two mint 2kr millenium cards, #12 and #31. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 93 – Folded letter sent to Vienna in 1873 franked with an engraved golden orange Franz Joseph, Sc# 7. Min Bid $10.00
Lot 94 – Registered 1883 mourning cover sent from Balatonfured Furdo to Brunn in Moravia. Min Bid $10.00
Lot 95 – Registered cover sent from Alibunar to Temesvar, dated Feb. 7, 1888. Min Bid $10.00
Lot 96 – Lot Withdrawn
Lot 97 – Postcard with a railroad cancel, sent from Satoraljaujhely Budapest 38 to an attorney in New York in 1939, desperately asking for assistance to prevent going to prison as an embezzler. Do some research and tell us the rest of the story. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 98 – Sc# B1//B50 as mint and used singles with duplication, approximately 275 stamps. Great lot for cancels and Type I/II’s. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 99 – Mixed lot of over 200 mostly post-classic and back of the book stamps. Includes Sc #1570-7, #1908-11 as singles, panes and complete booklet, #2508 sheet of 4, and #C169a, all MNH. Noted color changeling #J30. Min Bid $5.00
Lot 100 – Large shoebox with an estimated 18,000 to 20,000 stamps, from classic to 1990’s issues. Stamps vary from MNH to used with a few damaged. Proceeds benefit the APS. Min Bid $100.00
