361 / September 2015

1919, 35p. brown, block of four, printed on both sides, gum side with heavily shifted print, pre-printing paper fold, mint never hinged, right lower stamp unused, fine, certificate Löbbering BPP

70k. black with upper sheet margin, printed on revers of cinema cards, without gum, fine, certificate Löbbering BPP

1919, Seagull 5p. ocre tied by cds. "TALLIN 26 8 19" to printed matter, fine, certificate Löbbering BPP

 1919, Numerals 5p. brown as proof on ungummed paper, fine, certificate Löbbering BPP (Hurst Ojaste G:12)

5m. with inverted Viking Ship, unused, very fine, rare, signed Eichenthal and certificate Löbbering BPP

1919, View of Tallinn 25p. tied by cds. to wrapper to Berlin, folded once, otherwise fine, scarce single franking

1920, Views of Tallinn 2m. ultramarine as horiztontal gutter pair, unused, fine

1923, Airmail 5-15m. and 10-45 m. tied by cds. "ETEKA 10 X 23" to cover with additional franking to Paris, very fine

1922, Craftsmen 3m. as imperforated block of four, mint never hinged, right upper stamp small crease othewis fine, signed Kokk

10 m. with Päevaleht perforation, basic stamp with plate flaws "shifted yellow print" (pos. L32) and "shifted green print" (pos. L33), unused, ver fine and extremely rare, only 2 stamps known, signed Teetsov and certificate Löbbering BPP

1923, Airmail 15 m. red, block of four with two vertical gutter pairs, mint never hinged, folded in the gutter, very fine, rare, certificate Löbbering BPP

10-45m., 20 and 45m both printings, 10m. and 20m. brick-red mint never hinged, the other unused, 45m. second printing small paper crease, otherwise fine, signed Nemvalz a.o. and certificate Löbbering BPP

10-45 m. (20m. both colours), each with plate flaw "missing green colour below Post" (Hurt/Ojaste E:5), unused, 20m brick-red vertical crease, otherwise fine, very rare with less than 5-20 copies known, 4 certificates Löbbering BPP

1923, Airmail 10 m. red, block of four with two vertical gutter pairs, mint never hinged, folded in the gutter, very fine, rare, certificate Löbbering BPP

1924, Airmail 5-45 m. perforated and imperforated, on two registered covers with additional franking to Paris, fine

5 and 20 m. perforated with additional franking tied by cds. "TALLIN -7.VIII.25" to front and reverse of airmail cover to Zürich, scarce flight connection, fine

1924, National Theater 30 m. red/black with brownish burelage, imperforated proof, without gum, fine, certificate Löbbering BPP

1927, Welfare 5-40 m. with red overprint "PROOV", 12m. unused the others never hinged, very fine, certificate Löbbering BPP

1928, New Currency Overprint 10 m. imperforated with right sheet margin, unused, fine, rare, certificate Löbbering BPP

1928, Coat of arms 5s., with plate flaw "5 paws", unused and used, fine, each with certificate Löbbering BPP

1931, Red Cross 2s. green on greyish-paper, imperforated, without gum, fine, certificate Löbbering BPP

1933, Narva-Falls 1k., imperforated block of four on greyish paper, without gum, fine, certificate Löbbering BPP

1939, Health Resort Pärnu 5k., four colour proofs on green, blue, red and violet, unused, fine, certificate Löbbering BPP

1940, Päts 3-15 s., four block of four, two blocks of 15 s., unmounted mint, very fine

1940, Päts 15s. blue, block of four with lower sheet margin with full inscription, mint never hinged, very fine

 POSTAL STATIONERY: 10k. on 5k., unused, fine, certificate Löbbering BPP

RAKWERE: 1918, 15 k. on 2 k., unuses wrapper, three horizontal folds, otherwise fine, very scarce, signed Eichenthal und Löbbering BPP certificate

1911, Coat of arms 5 k. green, perforated 14 1/2 : 14 3/4, used, fine

Charles IX (1550-1574), signature in his own hand "Charles" on entire letter of 2 pages, dated "Compiegne 31 juillet 1567" addressed to his ambassador in Spain Raimond de Fourquevaux; interesting text about Spanish troupes in Flandres etc., a rare historic document

NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE, signature in his own hand "mise en liberté / Bonaparte" on letter written to him in 1796 when he was General and chief of the French army in Italy; fine and rare

10 c. bistre, tied by clear grid to small entire local letter of "BOURGOIN 12 JUIL 1851", very fine, signed Goebel

1849, 10 c. bistre, clear at top, otherwise large margins, tied by small cds. "SOISSONS 10 OCT: 52" to small entire local letter with adjacent "N" in circle; a fine and attractive letter, signed Calves and Goebel

15 c. green with good to wide margins, central black grid, very fine, signed Calves and Brun (Mi. 1.200,-)

15 c. green with full to wide margins, tied by clear central grid to small piece, very fine, signed Goebel BPP and certificate Fiecchi (1980)

15 c. green in horizontal pair with good to large margins, together with 1 fr. red, just touched at upper left, otherwise clear to mostly wide margins, tied by light 'grille sans fin' to small mourning cover from "PARIS 11 MARS 52" to New York, showing on front "5" in circle; the pair slightly fixed over the edge of the cover but without defect; a fine and scarce franking, signed Calves, Brun and Goebel

1849/50: 15 c. 'vert foncé', two examples with large margins all round used on cover to Montagne neatly cancelled by two strikes of the 'Paris Star' obliterator in black, with Paris (March 6) datestamp at right. The left  stamp light corner crease before applied, otherwise very fine and fresh;  a very rare multiple franking, signed Roumet, certificate Calves (2007)