367. Auktion

1925, Tercentenary of Liepaja 50 s. with plate flaw "PAPDOŠANAS instead of PARDOŠANAS", mint never hinged, a very fine copy of this popular error

1925, Coat of arms 5l. green with additional franking tied by cds. "RIGA DZ. ST 8.12.33" to reverse of registered airmail cover to Sydney, Australia, few marginal imperfection and roughly openend, scarce

1933, Riga-Bathurst Flight, 10-100s., mint never hinged, very fine, signed A. Brun and R.

1934, New Constitution 20 and 35s. with additional franking tied by cds. "RIGA 6 12 36" to cover to Germany, front with straight-line censor mark "Devisenrechtlich geprüft", reverse with corresponding seal, folded horizontally, otherwise fine and New Constitution 3s. with additional franking tied by cds. "RIGA 13.IX.41" to cover to Riga (occupied by Germany), fine

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

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, otherwise fine Provenance: The Dr. Hubert Schrödinger Collections (361. Heinrich Köhler Auction)

1940, Coat of arms 2-3, 5 and 10s. tied by cds. "RIGA -8.8.40" to censored card to Bohemia and Moravia, small rust spots at left, otherwise fine and Coat of arms 20s. as pair and 40s. single with additional franking tied by normal and cyrillic cds. "RIGA 21.10.40" to First Day airmail printed matter to USA and Russia Coat of arms 60k. tied by cds. "STAMERIENE -2.9.41" to registered cover to Riga (occupied by Germany), fine

1940, Coat of arms 20 s., colour proofs, 20 imperforated horizontal pairs in mostly different colours, mostly mint never hinged, rare, fine

Essays for landscape pictorial issue, 5 s. dark olive brown imperforated with lower sheet margin, without gum, rare, fine, signed Rucins

Essays for landscape pictorial issue, 5 s. dark olive brown imperforated depicting a bridge across the river Gauja near of Sigulda, without gum, rare and fine

LATVIAN SS-DIVISION: 1945, proofs, 36 single, many different designs in red, orange, blue and green, fine

LATVIAN SS-DIVISION: 1945, 15 different designs in blue, orange and dark green as horizontal strips of four resp. three ordered on sheet on chalky paper (194x164mm) and 15 different designs in blue and orange, arranged in 5 rows to 3 different designs, including the designer‘s name below the designs, all framed. At lower margin with inscription „LATVIESU KARAVIRU PALIDZIBAS“ PROJEKTETO MARKU ZIMEJUMU KOPIJAS, printed on thicker paper (177x229mm), mostly fine

CANCELLATIONS: "LIEPAJA LIDPASTS 23.8.39" on Assumption of office by Ulmanis 3s. with additional franking on picture postcard, fine

PROVISIONAL CANCELLATIONS: "AIZPUTE" negative straight-line as register label on franked value declared cover to Liepāja, small imperfections, scarce

1919, 25k. on 3k., perforated and imperforated, imperforated unused and on piece, perfoated mint never hinged,scarce, fine

1918, Second Vilnius issue 30 sk., two singles tied by "Vytis" seal of Kybartei to Spiekien cover addressed to Eydtkuhnen, minor creases, scarce

1919, 1st Kaunas Issue 15 sk., block of four from the lower left sheet corner, the lower left stamp with error "5 instead of 15", used with clear cds. "KAUNAS 12.II.19", lower right stamps with small stain, otherwise a fine copy of this rare and popular error, signed Friedel

1919, Fourth Berlin Issue, 15 and 50 sk. as block of 60 with margins, imperforated horizontally, and 20sk. as block of 60 with margins, imperforated vertically, mint never hinged, folded in the middle, few perf seperations, otherwise a fine and attractive multiple (PSL 51b, 52c, 55b)

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

1926, War Orphans 5c. with double, one inverted oveprint, unused, very fine and attractive (PSL B18a)

1930, Airmail 60 c. as horizontal pair imperforated between and 1 l. as horizontal pair with left sheet margin, left stamp with "transposed heads", unused, fine

1934, Darius and Girenas 3lt. tied by cds. "KAUNAS cent. -7.XII.34" to registered airmail express cover to Paris, sender cut out of backflap, otherwise fine

LITUANICA II NEW YORK - KAUNAS 50 c., unused, fine

Vaitkus 40 c. tied by cds "KAUNAS centr. 31.X.35" to registered cover with additional Lithuania and USA franking, with violet "Lituanica II" cachet, signed by Lt.Felix Vaitkus, two slightly shortend perfs, otherwise fine, certificate Huylmans BPP (2018) and Diena (1987)

Red Army 1 rbl. and Worker 30k. tied by cds. "VILNIUS 5 31.5.41" to registered cover to New York, fine

1919, 50 sk. on 1 k. imperforated tied by provisional cancel "GRODNO" to piece, fine, rare with only 50 stamps printed, signed Kosack and certificate Huylmans BPP (2018)

1919, 3-70 k. tied to pieces by violet provisional cancel "GRODNO", 50k. with overprint variery "different t in Lietuva", 35K. few shortened perfs, otherwise fine, scarce, signed Kosack and certificate Huylmans BPP (2018)

1920, Telsiai Postmaster Issue 30sk. with upper sheet margin, used, rare, fine

1708, "de Luxemg" in manuscript on entire letter to Nancy; a scarce early letter

1814, entire military letter from General von Pirch at Arlon, addressed to the military governor von Schmitz-Grollenburg, written 3. July 1814; contents: Detachment of the Luxemburg Garrison as occupied the post office of Arlon; large part of red wax seal on reverse; interesting and scarce military document of the early period

1827, "NEUFCHATEAU FRANCO", double line in black on entire letter to Liège

1852, Grand Duke William 10 c. black, plate proof before deburring the boards, printed in black on carton, horizontal pair with large margins, very fine

10 c., plate proof in black, horizontal block of 6, small pre-cut between 2 stamps at top and the upper row with light horizontal bend, still fine and scarce

Proof in bluish-black on ungummed paper with 'ivory head' on reverse, copy with large sheet margin at top, very fine and scarce, old signature and opinion Böttger BPP (2018)

10 c. proof in bluish-black on wide watermarked paper, nice fresh colour and good margins all around, tied by clear circle of bars to almost complete entire letter with adjacent red cds. "LUXEMBOURG 6 JUIL." (1853) to Ell near Redingen. Very few used proofs are recorded, all with the circle of bars of Luxemburg, this is the only recorded entire; a remarkable and attractive rarity, certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

10 c. deep black, clear to wide margins, neatly cancelled by target of Frisange, fine and scarce, sign. Ungeheuer und opinion Böttger BPP (2018)