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1921, pictorial issue, 1 r. grey-green horizontal pair, 25 r. grey-green vertical strip of three and 2000 r. carmine tied by cds. "ALEXANDROPOL 28 9 22" to registered cover to Denmark with arrival mark, filing fold through one stamp and this stamp with tear, apart from faults a very scarce and fine cover

1996, Cinema Centennial 60 d., 5 progressive proofs, each in imperforated block of eight from the lower right sheet corner, unhinged mint

1919, National symbols 10 k. tied by cds. "BAKU 6 6 21" to registered cover to Poltava with censor cancel of Baku and arrival mark, opened out for display and small, fine and scarce

1922, 500000 on 2000 r. blue/slate as block of four tied by cds. "BAKU" to reverse of cover (opened out for display) to Liubavitchi

1923, 10 k.(2), 25 k., 35 k. and 50 k.(2) tied by cds. "BAKU" to cover to Latvia, cover somewhat soiled and vertical filing fold, signed Mikulski

500000 r. carmine-red, vertical strip of three tied by cds. "BAKU 29 10 23" to registered cover via New York to Boston, folded out for display and usual small creases, attractive cover

2 k. green two singles with sheetmargin and 9 k. blue a horizontal pair and a vertical pair from the lower left sheetmargin tied by cds. "BAKU 26 1.24" to registered cover (opened out for display) to Berlin, cover with usual faults

DUBAI: "DUBAI 10.3.42" flag cancel on King George VI 1/2 a. red-brown and pair 1 a. carmine on reverse of airmail cover with censor cancel and label to Bombay, arrival mark on reverse

1962, Birds 12 p. with striking shifted print, block of four from the lower right sheet margin, unhinged mint, in addition a normal set of blocks of four

1843, Bull eyes, 30 r. with good margins all round, used, fine, opinion Juchert BPP

90 r. with good margins all round, natural paper fold, used, fine, opinion Juchert BPP

1844, Inclinados 90 r. in types I, II and IIa, each with good margins, used, few imperfections, opinion Juchert BPP

180 r. good to wide margins all round, used with red cancel, light vertical crease otherwise fine, opinion Juchert BPP

300 r. three sides good margins, used, slightly touched at lower left otherwise fine, opinion Juchert BPP

600 r. with good margins all round, used, very fine, a scarce stamp, opinion Juchert BPP

1847, entire letter in French, written on board the "Levaillant" on the way to Rio de Janeiro, addressed to Paris, endorsed "pr. Cicilei & Mario Capt. C. Thomsen" via Hamburg ("SCHIFFSBRIEF-POST HAMBURG 12 NOV. 1847"), the Netherlands and Belgium to Paris with red straight line "HAMBURG" and red "LPB 4 R"; unusual routing

1849, Verticais 180-600 r. all with good to wide margins, used, fine, opinion Juchert BPP

1854, Coloridos 10 r. deep blue, unused block of 15, unused without gum, bottom right stamp slightly touched, otherwise good to wide margins, tiny toned on reverse, fine and scarce

10 r. blue and 30 r. blue with 1840, 60 r. black, tied by cork cancel "BAHIA" to reverse of entire letter 1866 to Rio Grande, fine, ex Santos

30 r. deep blue, block of 9, unused without gum, very fine, ex Santanna and Santos

1866, perforated issue 60 r. black, tied by cork cancel and Rio date stamp to cover to the US, 2 tax marks "due 5" cancelled and "due 7" applied, fine and scarce, ex Santos

430 r. yellow, marginal block of 4, unused with large part original gum, the perforation strengthened by hinges; very fine; a great rarity of Brazil, ex Sanchez, Santanna and Santos (Scott no. 51)

1875, entire letter from Bahia with red oval "NAO FRANQUEADA" to Winterthur in Switzerland, ex Santos

1876, 50 r. blue and 2 copies 100 r. green with 1877, 10 r. red, tied by cork cancel to envelope from "RIO DE JANEIRO 15 AGT 78" to France, endorsed 'Vapeur equateur' and front side "RIO JANEIRO PAQ. FR. J. No. 6", fine and scarce colour franking

1877, Pedro 260 r. brown tied by cork cancel to letter sheet from "PERNAMBUCO 14 NOV 78" to France with transit and arrival marks, fine

700 r. fresh colour and with small part of inscription, neatly cancelled, very fine, opinion Juchert BPP

1889, Newspaperstamps, 10-1000 r. golden yellow and 10-1000 r., cpl. used, mostly fine, 7000 r. ultramarine opinion Juchert BPP

1960, Gold fishes 4 and 8 f. cpl., unmounted mint

1961, Table tennis souvenir sheet, unused without gum, small margin faults (Mi. 750,-)

1962, Mei Lan Fang souvenir sheet used, scarce, fine

1964, Glorious crimson souvenir sheet, without gum as issued, fine

1964, Glorious crimson souvenir sheet, used, fine, in addition Mi.-Nr. 702-13 used

1838 (Feb 14): Entire letter, aged and with some splitting, used from Calcutta to London with faint oval "India" in red and struck in transit with fine oval "Care of / Mr. Waghorn / Suez" with manuscript "1 Rupee" at top and fine impressions of "Alexandrie / Egypte" of French Post Office (March 27) and framed "INDES ORIEN. / PAR / ALEXANDRIE" in black. Framed "BRITISH / FOREIGN" mark at top with rate details, charged on arrival (April 18) with 3 sh. 8 1/2d. to pay in manuscript. Despite faults a rare entire.

1857 (July 22): Entire letter to Bombay, somewhat aged, struck with good strike of scarce British P.O. "SUEZ" double arc datestamp in black, manuscript charge "Rs. 2" (Rupees) due on delivery, reverse with Bombay arrival cds (Aug 5) in black.

1859: Entire letter written from Cairo to Munich, no postal markings and probably sent as an enclosure, written on paper with superbly lithographed print of "Kairo" at top made by F.E.Feller of Berlin. With full German transcription, a rare and most unusual item.

1863, Envelope from Cairo to Zurich, Switzerland with circular "Posta Europea / Caire" in black (Type IV), thence via French P.O. in Alexandria and Marseille (Jan 13). Zurich arrival datestamps on reverse. A scarce destination for Posta Europea mail.