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Hellman Auction #75

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Philatelic Service of Finland Ltd

Saturday Sep 22, 2012 09:00 Europe/Helsinki
Last date for bids: 
Friday Sep 21, 2012 15:00 Europe/London

Philatelic Service of Finland Ltd Hellman Auction #75

The auction includes as always also a lot of worldwide postal history, mainly in intact lots and collections and also as ingle items. Foreign section has like always a very strong and interesting part of Russia (lots 1356-1696). Many rare items from Imperial Russia, Zemstvo and Soviet Union are offered with very modest starting prices, including a rare 1857 10 kopek unused (*) with Calves certificate!
Scandinavia is well represented with several top items in very fine condition. There is also a fine selection of Germany with Colonies and other areas (1138-1327) and excellent China with popular miniature sheets (997-1041). The sale also includes nice untouched collections from Sweden, Iceland, Andorra, France, German occupation in Estonia WW II, Israel, Italy, Poland, Russia, Romania, Argentina, Chile, China, Ships and from many other European and worldwide countries.
There are also several top items of Finnish philately available in this auction;57 items of the 1856 Oval issue (1881-1938) with extremely nice and rare covers and singles both 5 and 10 kop. Fantastic 1859 cover with 2 x 5 kopek to Estonia is a top level rarity (lot 1890). 1860-66 section has also many nice covers to abroad. From the 1875-85 issues we can introduce several tête-bêches and many other interesting items and interesting collections. The Aunus section (2488-2539) has also items which are not likely to be seen in auctions in coming decades and now is the great opportunity to compete from these high level rarities. The whole variety of the philately of Finland is included with sought after varieties and many remarkable lots and collections. Last but not least we can mention three rare items with Zeppelin 1830 error: single and two pairs.
We also have a wide offering of non-philatelic items like numismatics, orders and military including interesting items from Finland, Russia and other countries (lots 1-468). 
The lot 59 is a worth of separate mentioning: The Rolling Stones visited Finland for the first time in June 1965. At the Turku airport, they were met by a number of fans, including a 12-year-old girl with her friend. Her father had bought the girls ice cream when they were waiting for the plane to arrive. Autographs from the band members (Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts) were requested on the reverse side of the ice cream receipt. The receipt bears the date 26 May and the cancellation of Turku Airport Restaurant. Superb, rare piece of history!
The viewing is arranged as following:
at Turku, September 10th - 15th
at Helsinki, September 21st -22nd during the auction
The auction includes as always also a lot of worldwide postal history, mainly in intact lots and collections and also as ingle items. Foreign section has like always a very strong and interesting part of Russia (lots 1356-1696). Many rare items from Imperial Russia, Zemstvo and Soviet Union are offered with very modest starting prices, including a rare 1857 10 kopek unused (*) with Calves certificate!
Scandinavia is well represented with several top items in very fine condition. There is also a fine selection of Germany with Colonies and other areas (1138-1327) and excellent China with popular miniature sheets (997-1041). The sale also includes nice untouched collections from Sweden, Iceland, Andorra, France, German occupation in Estonia WW II, Israel, Italy, Poland, Russia, Romania, Argentina, Chile, China, Ships and from many other European and worldwide countries.
There are also several top items of Finnish philately available in this auction;57 items of the 1856 Oval issue (1881-1938) with extremely nice and rare covers and singles both 5 and 10 kop. Fantastic 1859 cover with 2 x 5 kopek to Estonia is a top level rarity (lot 1890). 1860-66 section has also many nice covers to abroad. From the 1875-85 issues we can introduce several tête-bêches and many other interesting items and interesting collections. The Aunus section (2488-2539) has also items which are not likely to be seen in auctions in coming decades and now is the great opportunity to compete from these high level rarities. The whole variety of the philately of Finland is included with sought after varieties and many remarkable lots and collections. Last but not least we can mention three rare items with Zeppelin 1830 error: single and two pairs.
We also have a wide offering of non-philatelic items like numismatics, orders and military including interesting items from Finland, Russia and other countries (lots 1-468). 
The lot 59 is a worth of separate mentioning: The Rolling Stones visited Finland for the first time in June 1965. At the Turku airport, they were met by a number of fans, including a 12-year-old girl with her friend. Her father had bought the girls ice cream when they were waiting for the plane to arrive. Autographs from the band members (Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts) were requested on the reverse side of the ice cream receipt. The receipt bears the date 26 May and the cancellation of Turku Airport Restaurant. Superb, rare piece of history!
The viewing is arranged as following:
at Turku, September 10th - 15th
at Helsinki, September 21st -22nd during the auction

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