365 / September 2017

1925, Tercentenary 15s., frame only and center only in blue, touched at right, otherwise fine, very rare

1928, Death of Janis Cakste 2-30 s. and Airmail 10-25s. each as horizontal strip of three tied by red circular "POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES MADAGASCAR COLLECTION DE BERNE" to part of archival page, fine and very attractive

1930, Anti-Tuberculosis 1+2 s. orange/brick-red, in a block of four with left sheet margin, the error mint never hinged, otherwise unused, very fine

Airmail 5-25 s. perforated and imperforated, tied by cds. "RIGA-LIDPASTS 14.7.33" resp "SLAMPE 19.VIII.33" to cover with additional franking to Denmark, one cover small tear, otherwise fine

1932, Vigilante Aizsargi, photo essays in issued designs, fine and very scarce

1932, Vigilante Aizsargi, photo essays in issued designs, fine and very scarce

1932, Airmail, photo essays in issued designs, fine and very scarce

1933, Airmail photo essay 7+57 S. in issued designs, fine and very scarce

1933, Riga-Bathurst Flight, 10-100s., mint never hinged, fine, signed

1933, Riga-Bathurst Flight, 10-100s., mint never hinged, 25s. tiny adherence, very fine

1933, Riga-Bathurst Flight, 10-100s., all marginal copies, mint never hinged, 25 and 100s. toned gum, fine

1933, Riga-Bathurst Flight, 10-100s., unused, very fine

1933, Bathurst-flight 10-100 s., used, very fine, signed Rucins a.o.

1933, Riga-Bathurst Flight, 10-25s., blocks of six, mint never hinged, very fine, signed

1936, Writers and Poets 3-35s., archive proofs, imperforated vertical pairs, without gum, scarce, fine, signed R

1937 President Ulmanis 3-50s., archive proofs, imperforated vertical pairs, without gum, rare, fine

Essays for landscape pictorial issue, 5 s. dark olive brown imperforated depicting a bridge across the river Gauja near of Sigulda and 20 s. blue perforated depicting the castle of Jelgava, 5s. from the right sheet margin without gum, rare, fine

1994, CEPT 50 s. without golden inscription, from lower sheet margin with inscription "1994", mint never hinged, only few copies known, fine

ESSAY: 1940, Coat of arms in a different design with oak leaves 20 S. in lilac-carmine perforated L10¼, on watermarked paper with upper sheet margin, mint never hinged, scarce, fine

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Republic, booklet with 4 stamps at 3 s., 4 stamps at 5 s., 3 stamps at 10 s., 4 stamps at 20 s. and 2 stamps at 35 sant, used, few wrinkles, fine

"JAUN-GULBENE" mit handwritten date on 25 and 75 k. on registered value declared cover to Riga with arrival mark, fine and rare 

1901, "700 Years of Riga" multi-coloured vignette on special picture postcard to Detmold, fine

IRON DIVISION: Registered cover with 5 k. red as horizontal strip of seven tied by cds. "DUNDAGA 5.4.19" to registered cover to Eisleben and forwarded to Emsdorf, very early cover, fine

1920, "MILITARY MISSION BALTIC STATES" violett oval cachet on picture postcard of Riga through the war office in London to Kisumu, corner crease at lower left, otherwise fine

LATVIAN SS-DIVISION: 1945, proofs, 4 different designs as horizontal strips of four resp. three, in blue, light- and dark green, orange and red

1919, 15 k. orange imperforated, three singles and additional franking tied by cds. "ELEJA" with handwritten date "4 11 19" to registered cover to Riga, fine, very rare

15-30 k., two singles each, tied by cds. "ELEJA" with and without handwritten date to pieces, fine, one signed Rucins

1919, 25 on 2 and 3k., 5 copies unused, used and on piece, mostly fine

1919, 25k. on 2 and 3k., 2k. used on piece, 3. k. perforated mint never hinged and used, imperfoated tied by cds. to small piece, fine, signed Rucins or Prof. Winterstein

1919, Second Kaunas issue 40 sk. imperforated as block of four with bottom sheet margin,  without gum, fine

1919, 2nd. Kaunas Issue 60 sk. as complete sheet, between 3rd and 4th. stamp imperforated horizontally, used with clear cds. "KAUNAS 17.III.19", very fine and as complete sheet very rare (PSL.-Nr. 19d)

50 sk. imperforated as complete sheet of 20, position 10 "etuvos" for "Lietuvos" variety, unused without gum as issued, slight kiss printing visible, without gum, a very rare sheet, few stains mostly on the margin,  otherwise fine

1922, Kestutis 1a. with double blue center, block of four with small top margin, unused with adherence, few slight stains, otherwise fine

1921, Airmail 1a. as imperforated block of 12, the lower right stamp unused, otherwise mint never hinged, very fine

1921, Airmail plate proofs, 20 sk.-5 a., seven different proofs, without gum, fine (Lithuanian Handbook PC8-14, 14a)

1921, Airmail 80 sk. as vertical pair, imperforated between stamps, unused with some adherence, fine