AHPS AUCTION NUMBER 148

As always, we are pleased to present an outstanding sampling of Swiss philately to tempt you. You are encouraged to bid early, high and often – and have fun!

The first catalog number in the description is generally Zumstein, followed by Scott (Sc ) as appropriate. Values are from the 2009 Zumstein unless otherwise noted. Soldier stamps are cataloged per Wittwer. Airmail covers are cataloged per Schweizer Luftpost Handbuch. Catalog values are converted to dollars at the rate CHF 1 = US$ 0.90. Most lots are illustrated and may be viewed by scrolling down the list below and clicking on the lot number.

Closing date for bids in this auction is July 26, 2010. Please send bids to auction manager Gordon Trotter by one of the following means; E-mail: auction@swiss-stamps.org . Mail: 10626 Fable Row, Columbia, MD 21044. E-mail bids are preferred and will be acknowledged. The deadline for submitting lots for the next auction is September 15, 2010.

Lot #	Description	Cat. Val. $	Min. Bid $
	POSTAGE STAMPS
1	11 (Sc 2L7) U F, narrow margins, Berra-Gautschy certificate	4350	800
2	12 (Sc 1L5) U XF, huge margins, black rosette cancel, Eichele certificate	3900	2250
3	18 (Sc 11) U VF 4 margins, tiny face scrape at bottom not mentioned in Eichele certificate	720	200
4	21G (Sc 35) U F 2 margins	648	75
5	22F (Sc 32) U 3 large margins, but cut in at left	1260	145
6	22G (Sc 36) U F, 2+ margins	27	10
7	24G (Sc 38) U AVG, 2- margins	68	18
8	25D U F-VF almost 4 margins. Listed in SBK but not Zumstein. SBK value:	144	75
9	27C (Sc 30) U F-VF 3 margins	1170	230
10	35 (Sc 48) U F-VF, couple of blunt perfs.	203	95
11	36C (Sc 50 var.) U F-VF, intense gold variety. Signed Urs Hermann.	315	80
12	63A (Sc 75) * F appearance, small thin	212	20
13	72A (Sc 88) U F-VF	36	12
14	93B (Sc 112a) U F	11	3
15	114 (Sc 141) * LH VF	113	38
16	115z (Sc 144a) U block of 4 with clear, bold central SPIEZ 20.VII.37 CDS	117	40
17	133 (Sc 187) U VF	14	6
18	135.2A.01 (Sc 189 var.) * VF, broken 8 variety	135	57.50
19	160 (Sc 180) * NH VF	36	15
20	163-6 (Sc 200-3) * NH VF post office fresh	396	225
21	163-6 (Sc 200-3) * LH VF	198	69.50
22	164.2.01b (Sc 201 var.) * LH F-VF, broken F, L, second E variety	72	30
23	177 (Sc 209) * NH VF	144	69
24	178 (Sc 206) * LH VF	189	85
25	179 (Sc 185) * NH VF	563	315
26	219-27 (Sc 247-55) * NH VF	41	22
27	243-51 (Sc 270-8) * NH VF	68	29.50
28	270 (Sc 301) U VF, BERN 14.XI.45 CDS	135	68
29	271 (Sc 302) U VF	225	75
30	273 (Sc 304) U VF, GENEVE 24.IX.45 CDS	360	220
31	294-6 (Sc 322-4) U F-VF, low value creased	18	7
32	314.2.02 (Sc 345 var.) * NH VF, hidden passenger variety	113	49.50
33	483.RI.01-485.RI.01 (Sc 521-3) * NH F-VF coil strips of 5 with control number	11	5
34	628 (Sc 724) U VF	4	2
35	Z25a-27f (Sc 256-67) * NH F-VF complete se-tenant pairs and triptychs	225	125
36	Z66-77 (Sc 659-61) * NH VF complete se-tenant pairs and triptychs	23	15
37	S17 * NH VF	10	4.50
38	S35 U VF, Berra-Gautschy certificate	360	240
39	S57-9 U VF	16	7
40	F29.2.02 (Sc C29 var.) * NH light horizontal crease, white roof variety	99	28
41	F29.2.02 (Sc C29 var.) U VF, white roof variety	77	42.50
42	WI/I-III * LH VF, Pro Juventute forerunners, signed Walter Abt	600	275
43	WI/4-6 (Sc B4-6) * NH VF, Liniger certificate	203	95
44	WI/4-6 (Sc B4-6) * NH VF	203	125
45	WI/20 (Sc B20) U VF	81	35
46	WI/21-4 (Sc B21-4) U F-VF	108	50
47	WI/25-8 (Sc B25-8) U VF blocks of 4 with central CDS, Renggli certificate	684	360
48	WI/29-32 (Sc B29-32) U VF blocks of 4 with central CDS, Liniger certificate	324	160
49	WI/33-6 (Sc B33-6) U F-VF	18	7
50	WI/37-40 (Sc B37-40) U F-VF	22	8
51	WI/45-8 (Sc B45-8) U VF	14	5.50
52	WI/83.3.01 (Sc B87 var.) * NH VF, retouched A in Helvetia, in block of 4	68	32.50
53	WI/86-8,90-2,94-6,98-9,102-3 U F-VF, 1938-42 costumes	50	20
54	WI/89-92 (Sc B 89-92) U F-VF	22	8
55	WI/93-6 (Sc B106-9) U VF	14	6
56	WI/188 (Sc B308) U VF block of 4 on piece	2	1
57	WI/281-5 (Sc B492-6) U VF with tabs and sock-on-the-nose first day cancels	5+	7
58	WI/328-31 U VF	5	2
59	WII/48 (Sc B193) U block of 4 on piece	27	10
60	WII/307 (Sc B725) U block of 6 on piece	16	6
61	WIII/16 (Sc B130) U OG VF, first day cancel – Postmuseum	90	40
62	WIII/19-20 (Sc B141-2) U VF	12	5
63	WIII/32 (Sc B206) U VF first day cancel	243	130
64	WIII/35 (Sc 352a) * LH VF	59	25
65	MH/WI/2a (Sc B227-30) complete Pro Juventute 1953 booklet with gray green cover	216	99.50
66	DIV/10z (Sc 3O21a) U OG F-VF, Berra-Gautschy certificate	252	150
67	DV/I-IV * NH VF Pestalozzi BIE forerunners	38	25
68	DV/II * NH VF, natural paper inclusion	7	3
69	DV/V-VIII * NH VF Father Girard BIE forerunners	63	29.50
70	P54z-5z,57z,60-1z (Sc J60a-1a,63a,66-6a) U F-VF	10	3
71	PF/1 * NG F “Gratis”	248	30
72	FR/2 * NH VF Franco	360	200
73	FR/4 U on piece Franco	18	9
74	T4 U VF 3 Fr. Telegraph, one short corner perf.	990	100
75	Campione d’Italia 1A-5A * LH VF, signed	293	140
	SOLDIER STAMPS
76	K’stab 84 U on piece with unit cancel	2	1
77	K’stab 87 U on picture card with unit cancel	7	3
78	Geb Fus 318 * NH VF	1	1
79	Geb Fus 349 * NH VF	2	1
80	Grenz trp. 204/1 U VF	135	80
81	HD arbeit 27/1 * F-VF	36	22
82	HD arbeit 29/1 * NG VF, corner margin copy	90	20
83	Verpflegungs 76a, 4 different in block	27	10
	AIRMAIL COVERS & FORERUNNERS
84	ZF/18 S46a Zeppelin Switzerland flight, St. Gallen 2.XI.29, overfranked with F5, F14-5 (Sc C5, C13-4) on sleeping boy post card. Click here to see reverse. Cat. For stamps:	225	90
85	1976 first flight covers to and from Kuwait, with Swiss, Liechtenstein, and Kuwait postage: RF76.5a, 76.5aL, 76.5d	23	6
86	1977 first flight covers from Geneva with UN postage: RF77.11aU, 77.11cU, 77.16bU	21	5
87	1977 first flight covers, two with Liechtenstein postage, and from Seychelles and Turkey: RF77.8aL, 77.8b, 77.10a, 77.10aL, 77.19a	22	5
88	Special 1977 flight Budapest-Lugano and Centennial helicopter flight Milan-Lugano, both for Regiofil Lugano: SF77.3, SF77.4a; two 1978 covers Milan to Lugano and Mendrisio: SF 78.1., SF 78.1b	24	6
89	1978 first flight covers between Geneva and Oporto, carrying Swiss, UN and Portugal postage: RF78.3a, 78.3aU, 78.3b, 78.4a	16	4
90	1978 first flight covers from Zürich and Geneva, two franked with blocks of four from lake ships sheet: RF78.1b, 78.6a, 78.18a, 78.18b	22	5
91	1978 first flight covers posted from UN Geneva (2), Algeria, Cyprus: RF78.1a, 78.6aU, 78.13a, 78.18bU	17	4
92	1979 first flight covers carrying Liechtenstein postage: RF79.1bL, 79.2bL, 79.4aL, 79.6aL, 79.9bL	18	4
93	1979 first flight covers from Geneva and Zürich: RF79.1b, 79.2b, 79.4a, 79.6a, 79.9b, 79.9bU	22	5
94	1979 first flight covers to Zürich and Geneva, from Sweden, Tokyo, Paris, Togo Republic: RF79.1a, 79.2a, 79.3a, 79.9a	17	4
95	1979 first flight covers Miami-Zürich: RF79.7a, 79.7b	25	8
96	1983 first flight covers Zürich to Boston and Chicago, franked with Swiss, UN, and Liechtenstein postage: RF83.3a, aU, aL, b, bU, bL	22	5
97	1983 first flight covers : Oporto and Frankfurt: RF83.6a., aL, 83.9a, aL, b	20	4
98	1983 first flight covers: Mauritius, carrying Swiss, UN, Liechtenstein, and Mauritius postage: RF83.a, b, bU, bL	14	3
99	1983 first flight covers: Bulgaria, Kuwait, Osaka: RF83.11a, 83.16a, 83.16aL, 83.22a	19	4
100	1987 first flight covers from Atlanta and Chicago: RF87.2a, b, 87.7a, b, c, d	22	5
101	1987 first flight covers Zürich to Atlanta, with Swiss, UN, and Liechtenstein postage: RF87.2c, cU, cL	13	3
102	1987 first flight covers from Hannover, Nürnberg, Turin, and Milan: RF87.3a, 87.4a, 87.6a, 87.8a, 87.10a	18	4
103	1987 first flight covers to Innsbruck, Riyadh, and Mauritius, variously franked with Swiss and UN postage: RF87.5a, 87.9a, aU, b, 87.11b, bU	22	5
	COVERS
104	Registered airmail 10c postal card with additional franking, Yverdon 26.XI.43 via Basel to Yugoslav consul in Cairo, Egyptian censor stamp. Corner crease.		25
105	10c postal card with additional franking, from Yverdon internment camp via Cairo to Yugoslav consul in Capetown, German and South African censor stamps		25
106	K2 + S2 + 117 in strip of 5 on cover, St. Imier 11.VIII.10 to Lucerne, unusual franking to attain the proper rate	225	125
107	National Fete registered airmail postal card # 60, Zurich 7.IX.37 to Oberhofen. Click here to see the reverse.	68	40
108	264 (Sc 295) pair on registered and backstamped cover from Winterthur to Zollikon	2	1
109	WI/37-40 (Sc B37-40) plus two extra #40 on registered cover front to US	150	25
110	WI/178 (Sc B287) 4 copies on cover	3	2
111	WII/1y (Sc B90) 2 copies on cover	4	1.50
112	WII/13 (Sc B110) on cover	2	1
113	WII/26 (Sc B146) block of 4 on cover	11	3
114	WII/50 (Sc B195) plate number single on cover	39	13
115	P57, WI/97 (20) (Sc J51, B112) on cover	5	2
	MISCELLANEOUS
116	Revenue stamps: 82 different town, canton and federal revenues, most F-VF, many on piece, attractive grouping. Click here to see more. Cat. per ancient catalog	270+	100
117	Collection of regular issues, most used, mounted on Scott specialty pages, nice representation, several better. Scott value:	650	60
118	Collection of semi-postals, most used, on Scott pages, B1//B385 complete except souvenir sheets and B188. Scott value:	1250	250
119	Collection of airmails C3//C46, 34 different unused and used, on Scott pages. Scott value:	275	40
120	Zumstein Specialized catalog 1939, slight tear on back, generally fine condition		25