353 / März 2013

9 cr. brown-lilac on grey, horizontal pair, clear at lower right, otherwise good to extremely wide margins with parts of 3 neighbour stamps, fine fresh colour and neatly cancelled "LIVORNO 19 SET 1856" on small envelope to France with adjacent red transit mark; extremely fine cover with a magnificant pair, signed Enzo Diena and certificate (1987) (Sassone 8)

1860, 10 c. brown, good to large margins with perfect central cds. "CONTONA 6 LUG. 62", a beautiful stamp

1863, 15 c. blue, horizontal pair with good margins all around, neatly cancelled with perfect strike of Neapolitan cds. "SIRACUSA 12 1 63", outstanding, signed A. Diena

1852, Guillaume III 10 c. (2) and 1 sgr., all in fresh colour and good to mostly wide margins, cancelled with perfect strikes of 3-ring-cancel with central dot, extremely fine, 2 values signed FSTL resp. Demuth BPP

1859, Coat of Arms 37½ c. green (tiny thin spot) and 40 c. orange, both with good to mostly wide margins, fresh colours, each with central strike of Luxembourg cds. (Mi. 550,-)

1865/75, Coate of Arms rouletted in colour: 12½ c. rose in horizontal pair and 3 copies 40 c. orange, all with perfect strikes of cds. of Luxembourg, Diekirch and Trois-Vierges, extremely choice and fine

1852, 5 c.-15 c., the collection on 3 album pages with 5 c. three pairs and single franking 10 c., 4 single stamps including sheet corner and 3 single frankings including copy of the top sheet margin and special rate letter to Germany and 15 c. in horizontal pair and colour franking with 10 c. on piece, all very nicely cancelled

1855, Coat of arms 4 sk. blue with large margins all around, cancelled by perfect strike of numeral "172" LAURVIG, outstanding

4 sk. blue, large to enormous margins and beautiful deep colour, cancelled by central clear numeral "327" VAAGEN; a magnificent stamp

4 sk. blue, 2 copies with good to large margins, perfectly cancelled by clear strikes of numeral "2" AALESUND resp. circle of 11 bars, extremely fine

4 sk. blue, pos. A23, nice deep colour and good to large margins, neatly cancelled by circle of 12 bars to small letter sheet with adjacent blue "RORAAS 15/2 1855" to Trondheim, fine and very attractive, certificate Nussbaum (1978)

1856/57, Oscar 2 sk. yellow, 2 single copies, each neatly cancelled by numeral "76" to small blue cover with adjacent clear blue "FREDERIKSSTAD 11 11 1857", fine and attractive

2 sk. orange, 4 sk. blue (2) and 8 sk. red, all with clear central numeral cancellations

3 sk. grey-violet, 4 sk. blue and 8 sk. carmine, all in fresh colour and good perforation, tied by 3 superb strikes of numeral "25" BERGEN to small piece (for optical reasons backed at lower right); extremely fine and scarce

1890, 2 ö. brown with 1893, 3 ö. orange as additional franking on envelope 5 ö. blue with 4 clear strikes "FREDRIKSTAD 26. II.95" to Rekefjord; 2 filing creases in the lower envelope not effecting the stamps

1860, 10 k. blue/rose used with clear central numeral "1" WARSZAWA on piece and "155" KONSKIE, the latter one perforation corrected at left

10 k. blue/rose with central clear "167" ZARKI on piece, extremely fine

10 k. blue/rose, tied by clear "DP" to small piece, one perf pulled at bottom, otherwise very fine

10 k. dark-blue/rose with clear central numeral "1" and adjacent red cds. "WARSZAWA 16/9" to envelope to Pinsk, one short perf at upper right, otherwise fine

1856, Pedro 5 r. red-brown, large margins all around, beautifully cancelled by central dotted "1" of Lisboa, extremely fine

1856, 5 r. brown, 1858, 25 r. rose (3) and 1866, 80 r. orange and 100 r. violet, all with wide to very wide margins and neatly cancelled, exceptional copies

1866, 25 r. rose, vertical block of six with good margins, every stamp clearly cancelled "174" VEIROS, small scissor-cut between stamps at right, otherwise very fine

100 r. lilac, vertical strip of four with large margins and 15 mm sheet margin at right, each stamp neatly cancelled "223" FELGUEIRAS; a beautiful strip in extremely fine quality, signed Giulio Bolaffi and A. D.

1868, 18 b. rose, good to large even margins, tied by clear central "ALEXANDRIA 18/11" (1869) to entire letter to Brailla, very fine, signed Lamy

1871, 5 b. rose, 10 b. orange and 10 b. blue, type I, all with good to wide margins and equally cancelled with central clear cds. "GALATI", tiny imperfections, a beautiful ensemble

1858, 10 kop. brown/blue, good to wide margins, neatly cancelled with central dotted "9" TAUROGGEN, very fine, signed Richter

10 kop. brown/blue, good to mostly large margins, perfectly cancelled by central dotted "9" TAUROGGEN; extremely fine, signed Drahn

10 kop. brown/blue, large margins all around, nice deep colour, tied by perfect strike of round dotted "19" KOWNO to piece, a marvelous stamp, extremely fine

10 kop. brown/blue, upper right sheet corner stamp with large margins at left and bottom and 3/5 mm sheet margins at top and right, tied by light strike of Riga cds. to piece, a marvelous stamp of great beauty, signed Georg Bühler with certificate (1990)

10 kop. brown/blue, clear at top, otherwise large margins, tied by full strike of red boxed marking of Riga

10 kop. brown/blue, tiny touched slight corner fault at upper right, otherwise clear to wide margins, tied by full straight line "Berdichev" to piece, still fine and very scarce

1858/64, 10 kop. brown/blue, 2 single frankings on covers, 5 stamps on pieces and single stamp, all with clear cancellations including Polish numeral "1", also one later cover

1852/62, small collection on 2 album pages including red and blue cancellations, 1860, 12 cs. on cover to France and 1862, 4 cs. in horizontal marginal strip of six

1855, 4 sk. blue, nicely centered, good colour, cancelled by almost complete upwards strike of cds. "STOCKHOLM 31/10 1856", a very fine copy, opinion Nielsen (Facit 2e)

4 sk. blue, well centered and full clean perforation, nice fresh colour, cancelled by perfect strike of cds. "STOCKHOLM 3/4 1856"; a perfect copy of this difficult stamp

4 sk. blue, nicely centered, fresh colour and good perforation, cancelled by central clear "ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK 10/7 1856", very fine and attractive