363 / September 2016

Unissued 2 k. black, to the left separated by gutter 15 k. black as horizontal pair and to the right as tête-bêche 5 k. black as horizontal pair, without gum, very fine, an extraordinary piece (Hurt/Ojaste G3)

Unissued 2 k. black and to the left separated by gutter 15 k. black, printed on reverse of a complete sheet of five 50k. cinema cards, without gum, extremely rare as complete sheet, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G3)

Unissued 2 k. black and to the left separated by gutter 15 k. black, printed on front of a complete sheet of five 50 k. cinema cards, normal position of the proofs, the text above the proofs ("Talon") is normally positioned above the proofs, without gum, extremely rare as complete sheet, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G4)

Unissued 2 k. black and to the left separated by gutter 15 k. black, printed on front of a complete sheet of five 50 k. cinema cards, inverted position of proofs: the text above the proofs ("Talon") is inverted, without gum, extremely rare as complete sheet, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G4)

PROOF: Unissued 2 k. as strip of five on rose paper, printed on reverse of a complete sheet of five cinema cards, without gum, extremely rare as complete sheet, fine

Unissued 2 k. black and to the left separated by gutter 15 k. black as horizontal pair, printed on reverse of greenish blue cinema tickets, the thick vertical line at left (edge of printing stone) indicates that the proofs are from a 15+15+2 k. sheet, without gum, rare, fine, signed Eo Vaher (Hurt/Ojaste G3)  

Unissued 2 k. black and to the left separated by gutter 15 k. black as horizontal pair, printed on reverse of greenish blue cinema tickets, no thick vertical line at left (edge of printing stone), indicating that the proofs are from a very rare 15+15+2+5+5 k. sheet, without gum, rare, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G3)

Unissued 2 k. printed on front of green cinema tickets (Hurt/Ojaste p.21)  

Unissued 2 k. printed on back of pink cinema tickets, fine

Unissued 2 k. as strip of five on rose paper, printed on reverse of a complete sheet of five cinema tickets, without gum, extremely rare as complete sheet, fine

5 k. as horizontal pair on greyish white, ungummed paper, signed by Nemvalz as proof (Hurt/Ojaste G1)

5 k. as block of four on greyish white, ungummed paper. These proofs are listed by Weiner (1936, p.4, No.1d) as "rosa (nur ohne Gummi)" in his catalog section for postage stamps, not in his proof section. Some proofs may have been sold for postage, signed by Eichenthal not as proof, but as variety (Hurt/Ojaste G1)

5 k. as block of four from the upper left sheet corner on greyish white, ungummed paper. At top with pencil notation "1918a. proow", slightly toned, otherwise fine and very rare  (Hurt/Ojaste G1)

5 k. rose printed on reverse of lilac rose cinema tickets, complete bottom sheetlet of small bottom pane F (50 proofs) with 5 gutter pairs to small pane E (Hurt/Ojaste p.18), on 15 k. cinema tickets, fits onto an A4 page. To our knowledge the only known gutter pairs of G2 in a private hands (Hurt/Ojaste G2)

5 k. rose printed on reverse of darker rose colour 15k. cinema tickets, block of six with upper sheet margin, very fine (Hurt/Ojaste G2)

5 k. dark rose printed on reverse of lilac rose 35k. cinema tickets, horizontal pair with left sheet margin, fine and very rare (Hurt/Ojaste G2)

5 k. black as horizontal pair with upper sheet margins on cinema tickets, without gum, scarce (Hurt/Ojaste G3)  

5k. tied by cyrillic straigh-line "ELVA" to card to Tartu, scarce, fine

5k. as block of four tied by cds. "REVAL 26 11 18" to registered local card, fine

5k. as block of six and single with additional franking tied by cds. "TARTU 21 4 19" to cover to Rakwere, cover slightly shortend at left, otherwise fine

1918, Flower Design 15 k. black on cigarette paper, completed design assembled of small pieces, printed by typography, without gum, very rare, certificate Löbbering BPP Reference: fully described and pictured in Hurt/Ojaste page 17

15k. greenish blue as incomplete printer's sheet (3x100, 2x50), without the top left pane A, 1 central gutter, 28 vertical gutter-pairs, 14 horizontal gutter-pairs, includes the two sheetlets of 50 at the bottom (panes E and F), postage stamps as positional matches to the proof sheetlets of pane F, some edge wear and crease in pane B (Hurt/Ojaste p.26)

15 k. black, two horizontal pairs from the lower left sheet corner, printed on front resp. on reverse of green cinema tickets, without gum, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G3 and G4)  

15 k. blue printed on reverse of lilac rose 15k. cinema ticket, complete bottom right sheetlet (small bottom pane F, 50 proofs), fourth printing, fits onto an A4 page, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G5)

15 k. blue printed on reverse of lilac rose cnema tickets, a block of 10 on reverse of 15k. cinema ticket and a block of 6 printed on 35k. cinema ticket, printing in a different shade, possibly different printings, both multiples with faults but a valuable reference to distinguish proofs on different cinema tickets (Hurt/Ojaste G5)

15 k. blue printed on reverse of lilac rose 15k. cinema ticket, as block of 6 from the lower left sheet corner, without gum, fine, signed Nemvalz (Hurt/Ojaste G5)

1918, Flower Design 15k. green-blue, perforated on three sides, mint never hinged, very fine, signed Nemvalz and certificate Löbbering BPP

1918, 25 pf., Revenue stamps of the Raw Material and Trade Department. The origin of the flower design of the flower design issue. The dies of the flower ornament of these revenue stamps were later used for the design of the flower design issue. The unused revenue stamp has several brown gum spots. The used revenue stamp bears the hand-written cancellation mark "24.7.18", before the issue of the flower design issue, few minor faults (Hurt/Ojaste p.17 and Kulo p.18)

35p. black printed on reverse of greenish blue cinema tickets, horizontal pair from the upper left sheet corner, without gum, fine, signed Eo Vaher (Hurt/Ojaste G:1)

35 and 70p. as horizontal gutter pair from the upper sheet margin printed on cinema ticket, without gum, very fine and rare  (Hurt/Ojaste G1)  

70 k. black as proof, complete block of 20, printed on reverse of a complete sheet of five 50 k. cinema cards, without gum, extremely rare as complete sheet, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G1)

70k. black printed on reverse of cinema cards as block of four from the lower left sheet corner, without gum, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G1)

70p. tied by cyrillic cds. "ALLENKUELL -1 7 19" to cover to Dorpat, fine

1919, Seagull 5p. lilac on smooth white paper, fine, signed Eichenthal and Nemvalz (Hurt/Ojaste G2)  

1919, Seagull 5p. black on carton paper from the lower left margin, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G5)  

1919, Numerals 5 p., iris printing, vertical marginal block of 20 showing vertical line from edge of printing stone, gradually changing colour, brown at top to orange at bottom, created by inking the printing stone with more purple ink at the top than at the bottom. Spots of the purple ink at the right and at the back. Few whitish hinge spots, otherwise a fine and very attractive item prepared for selecting the desired colour