TOPICS, Fauna o/*/**, Beautiful extensive collection in 16 thick stockbooks, classic to modern with a lot of better numbers and sets i.e.: Andorra Yv. A1, Basutoland 1/10, Benin Mi.1297, 1495, Canada S.G.5, China P.R. Mi.534/45, 546/50, 608/15, 1594, Falkland S.G.161, 163, 172/85, Gambia 150/61, Greenland 8/16, Saint Pierre et Miquelon Dues 21/31, South Korea 172, 228, Soviet Union 402/05 A + B, St. Helena 172 and many more. Very nice lot with an enormous catalog value!

TOPICS, Fauna, mainly mint never hinged collection blocks, miniature sheets, souvenir sheets and booklets, in 9 ordners with several better numbers i.e: China P.R. Mi. block 12 and 19, Cyprus block 1, Macau block 3, Poland 5B, some varieties and proofs, imperforated, overprints, etc., etc. The images of the complete lot are available on our website

TOPICS, Oceans and everything related, mainly mint/mint never hinged collection in 10 albums with several good numbers, blocks, m/s, booklets. Beautiful, well described collection with high catalog value!

TOPICS, Damaged by Seawater, Disaster Mail. Wonderful collection of over 35 covers/cards damaged by seawater, salvaged from maritime disasters, as casualties of war, shipwrecks or plane crashes between 1892 and 1995, including many well-known disasters but also from unknown accidents, ´forgotten post´, sunk by torpedo attacks during The Great War , everything very well documented written-up on album pages, illustrated by stamps, documents and/or photo´s. Also a selection of the Feb 1953 Flood disaster in The Netherlands, and some other topics like floating-safe stamps (complete series* Neth and Neth Indies), housed in album. Reference ship disaster mail: Maritime Disaster Mail by Hoggarth & Gwynn (SRTF, 2003). Most interesting and historical collection!

TOPICS, Sea Research, several historical Expeditions such as the Novara Expedition (Australia 1857-59), Wilkes Expedition (USA 1838-42), letter of 16 Sep 1840 to Lieut. Stokes R.N./H.M.S. Beagle (historic!), Valdivia Expedition (Deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-99, several covers and cards), Kais. Deutsche Marine Schiffspost as from 1899, several other German explorers like a cover from the S.M. Peilboot Kamerun from Kamerun 23 Mch 1897 to Berlin (Attest Steuer, 2007), all covers and stamps, in album. Very interesting lot!

TOPICS, Submarines, wonderful collection of */** stamps, series and blocs, like the Spanish submarine issue 1938 MNH and on a few covers, Italian Base Atlantica, however mainly covers from, amongst others, The Netherlands, Spain, the USA and especially from Germany (Tauchbootbriefe) with explanation of special postal rates (Tauchbootgebühr erstattet), censors, ´Züruck cachets´ (return to sender), etc. all well and documented written-up on pages in album

TOPICS, Tin Can Mail (36 wonderful covers both domestic and abroad showing many different postmarks and cachets) and other special ways of transporting mail over the sea such as Barrel Mail, Mail in bottles, St. Kilda Mail boat and Noddy Mail, covers and stamps, very well documented written-up (in Dutch), including documentation in English, in album

USA 1851-1975, o/*/** in Schaubek album with several good numbers in somewhat mixed quality with f.i.: Mi.69/71, 118, 120, 145/55, 191, C1/C3, C4/C6, etc., etc. Visit our website for a good impression!