366. Auktion März 2018

15k. with left sheet margin and and Sovjet Union Furnace 15k. tied by cds. "RIGA 25.7.41" to cover to Daugavapils, fine, signed Krischke BPP a.o.

20k. in combination with Sovjet Union Miner 10k. tied by cds. "RIGA 28.7.41" to censored card to Germany, fine

1941, 50k. as horizontal pair imperforated at right with sheet margin, mint never hinged, scarce, fine

1934, New Constitution 40s. in combination with Sovjet Union Workers 10k. tied by cds. "RIGA 30.8.41" to cover, few gum stains, otherwise fine

1941, 5-50k., interesting unused/never hinged and used collection, containing 5k. as block of four, 20-30k. two singles each on carton paper, some postal stationery etc., all written up on pages  

POSTAL HISTORY: 1941, German Occupation (before Ostland), very interesting collection with 26 cards and covers, including registered mail, postal stationery etc., all written up on pages

1941, Nepriklausoma Issue 5k. as horizontal pair with additional fraking tied by cds. "SIAULIAI -7.VIII.41" to cover to Panevezys, one 5k. with corner fault, flap roughly openend, otherwise fine

1941, 15-50k. with inverted overprint, unused, 30k. few short perfs, otherwise fine, signed Krische

50 k. as block of fourteen with right sheet margin, with significant diagonal shift of the overprint, completely omitted from four stamps at right, and only partial on two others, five stamps unused, the others never hinged, tiny perf seperation and one stamp with tiny stain, otherwise fine, a very rare and spectacular multiple

80 K. with double overprint, with left sheet margin, mint never hinged with hinge in the margin only, fine, signed Grobe and certificate Krischke BPP (1999)

5k single and 20k. as horizontal pair tied by cds. "VILNIUS -2.8.41" to registered local cover, folded vertically, stamps slightly toned, otherwise fine, scarce

5k. eight single stamps with additional franking tied by cds. "VILNIUS 31.8.41" to registered express cover, some imperfections, scarce

1941, "Vilnius" Issue 5k.-1rbl. tied by cds. "VILNIUS 16.8.41" to registered cover, 10k. short perforations at bottom, otherwise fine, certificate Krischke BPP (1984)

1941, "Vilnius" Issue 5k.-1rbl. tied by cds. "VILNIUS 21.7.41" to registered cover, fine, certificate Krischke BPP (1995)

5k. in horizontal strip of four with right margin, with inverted and shifted overprint, mint never hinged, some small wrinkles and toned spots, otherwise fine, signed Becker

5 k. as horizontal pair imperforated at right with sheet margin, tied by cds. "VILNIUS 6 21.7.41" to small piece, fine, signed Mikulski

10k. as block of four with additional diagonal double overprint, mint never hinged, a fine and rare multiple, certificate Krischke BPP (1984) Provenance: Rainer Bender German Occupation World War II (347 Heinrich Köhler Auction)

15k. as vertical strip of three, the upper two with diagonal double overprint, mint never hinged, a fine and rare multiple, certificate Krischke BPP (1990) Provenance: Rainer Bender German Occupation World War II (347 Heinrich Köhler Auction)

15 and 30k. tied by cds. "VILNIUS 31.7.41" to registered local cover, folded vertically, otherwise fine, scarce

20k. with inverted overprint, mint never hinged, fine, signed Liubinskas and certificate Klein (2011)

1941, "Vilnius" Issue, small unused/never hinged assembly with four covers, mostly fine

1941, Independent Lithuania Issue, interesting unused/never hinged and used collection containing multiples with heavily shifted overprint and one cover, mostly fine

1941, 5-60k. mint never hinged, signed Krischke (the overprint is from the original die, but applied later, thus these stamps will not be expertized as genuine today), in addition two forgeries

1 rbl. black/red tied by cds. "ALSEDZIAI 29.6.41" to small piece, a very rare stamp with the earliest cancellation, fine, signed Keiler and certificate Krischke (2008)

1941, Handstamp overprint 5-30k. tied by cds. "PANEVEZYS 21.VIII.41" to small piece, fine, signed Keiler BPP and certificate Krischke BPP (2008)

5,15 and 30k. with red overprint tied by cds. "PANEVEZYS 14.VIII.41" to cover, fine

15k. tied by cds. "PANEVEZYS" to local cover, vertical fold, otherwise fine

5k. as block of 15 from the lower right sheet corner, with strongly downward shifted and slanted overprint, the upper row with almost completely omitted overprint, the following row with overprints type II, the others with overprint type I, the lower right stamp completely without overprint, mint never hinged, top left stamp and margin with hinge, a rare and fine multiple, certificate Bender BPP (2008)

Northpole 80k., mint never hinged, fine, signed Krischke BPP

Northpole 80k. tied by cds. "RASEINIAI 20.VIII.41" to small piece, fine

80k. blue and violet, with inverted overprint, mint never hinged, fine, signed Krischke BPP

1941, interesting unused/never hinged and used collection containing Mi.-Nr. 1-7 as se-tentant type I and III used and unused/never hinged, Mi.-Nr. 8 unused etc., some signed Krischke BPP

10k. with overprint variety "missing VI and hyphen", unused, a very rare variety which only occurs in a small part of the printing run, fine, certificate Krischke (2012)

1941, very interesting unused/never hinged and used collection with many better items, many signed Krischke, Bender BPP

FIRST PRINTING: 1941 5-60k., type II, with overprint variety "'Talsiai' instead of 'Telsiai'", 5-15k. and 60k. as horizontal se-tenant pairs with regular stamps, 5k. used, the others unused, mostly fine Provenance: The Matuzas Collection of Lithuania (2011)

1941 5-60k., type IIIa, with overprint variety "1946 instead of 1941", 5k., 15k., 50k. and 60k in se-tenant vertical pairs with type II, 10k. and 20k. as block of four from the upper left sheet corner, 15k and 60k varieties as well as a few "regular stamps" unused, the other never hinged, some with short perforations, mostly fine Provenance: The Matuzas Collection of Lithuania (2011)