366. Auktion März 2018

1923, Coat of arms 1 l. with additional franking tied by cds. "KULDIGA 18 5 36" to reverse of value declared cover to Vienna, 4 line cachet of exchange post office, fine

1925, Coat of arms 6-30 s. green on yellow as imperforated sheetlet (76X94mm) on watermarked paper, without gum, some interesting notations by official at edges, very rare

1925, Coat of arms 6-30 s. green on yellow as imperforated sheetlet (51X61mm) on watermarked paper, without gum, very rare, fine

1925, Coat of arms 25-30 s. orange as gutter pair, without gum, some small perf separations, otherwise fine

1925, Tercentenary of Liepaja 6-50 s.,three values each, tied by red circular "POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES MADAGASCAR COLLECTION DE BERNE" to part of archival page, fine and very attractive

1925, Tercentenary of Liepaja 6-50 s., complete set in imperforated pairs, mint never hinged, 25s. small scissors cut between stamps, a very rare set in multiples, fine

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

1931, Airmail 10-25s., each as imperforated block of six, 10-15s. with sheet margin, mint never hinged, 10-15s. with somewhat brownish gum, 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, Aizsargi 6-15s. as blocks of 15 with sheet margin, mint never hinged, fine

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

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

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

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

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

1940, Coat of arms, archival proofs, 1-3, 7-30 s. and 50 s. and 1 l. each as imperforated, horizontal proof, mint never hinged, few stamps slight wrinkels or adherence, otherwise fine

1940, Soviet Latvian Coat of arms 1s-5 l. (without 2 s.), archive proofs, imperforated horizontal pairs, mint never hinged, scarce, some stamps with wrinkles, otherwise fine

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

LATVIAN SS-DIVISION: 1945, proofs, 6 different designs as horizontal strips of four resp. three, in blue, green, orange(2) and red(2), fine

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

1919, Latvian Fiscal stamps with red handstamp „PASTMARKA“ 15-30k. imperforated, unused and tied by cds. "ELEJA 30 10 19" to piece, fine

1919, Latvian Fiscal stamps with red handstamp „PASTMARKA“ 15-30k., imperforated and 15k. perforated tied by cds. "ELEJA 24 10 19" and "ELEJA 22 10 19" to pieces, in addition a used fiscal stamp, fine

1919, 25k. on 3k., perforated and imperforated, used and unused, one illegible cancel, fine

1919, Second Kaunas issue 30sk. as vertical pair tied by cds. "KAUNAS 17.II.19" to cover to Dresden, somewhat stained at cover with faults

Second Anniversary of Independence 5 a. imperforated with "double 5 in red and green", unused, with somewhat disturbed gum, rare, fine

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

1922, De Jure 6 a. with frame of 8 a., block of 16 with the 8 central stamps being the error, mint never hinged, two stamps in second row with diagonal crease, otherwise fine, a scarce and attractive multiple

FISCALS: Consular mail 2,5,10 and 25 lt. tied by cachet to front and reverse of visa, almost apart and some wear, quite scarce

1919, 15k., 60 stamps from 1st. and 2nd. printing on large sheet, every stamp tied by provisional cancellation, fine, in addition Third Kaunas Issue 67 stamps pasted on sheet and tied by cds. KAUNAS

1693, Entire letter from Luxemburg to Holebac with manuscript postage "2", very fine; a rare letter from the first French period (1684-97)

1699, Entire letter from Luxemburg to Bruxelles with manuscript postage "4 s" (sols); a scarce early letter

1708, "de luxembg" in manuscript on entire letter with manuscript postage "4" to Nancy; very fine and scarce letter from the second Spanish period

1734, entire letter dated "Bastogne le 25 juin 1734" to Bruxelles, manuscript tax "4" cancelled and replaced by "3"; a rare letter, illustrated in "Catalgue spécialisé de Luxembourg" (Goebel AB1, 32 points)

1760, "De Malmaison", manuscript on entire letter from Martelange to Bruxelles, Belgium, tax "6" cancelled and replaced by "3"; very scarce, only few entires recorded