375th Auction

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Republic 3, 10 and 20s. each as block of four and 3s. additionally as block of eight with misperforation due to paper fold, 3s. with three pairs imperforated in between, mint never hinged, unused, fine, scarce

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Republic 3s. marginal block of four imperforated at bottom, block of 8 from the upper right sheet corner with two pairs imperforated horizontally, 10s. as marginal block, 20s. as marginal single, each imperforated at right, mint never hinged, unused, fine, some signed

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 and folds, otherwise very 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 with manuscript additions to the booklet cover of "+2 gab - 30 sant" and "+2 gab 30sant and updated sale price "Ls. 3.42", these stamps also pasted to the second cover page, a very unusual and interesting item, fine Reference: Philatelia Baltica Nr. 71/73, page 12-13

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Republic, booklet with 10 stamps at 3 s., mint never hinged, fine

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Republic, booklet with 10 stamps at 10s., mint never hinged, resp. the panes used with clear "RIGA" cds, fine

1939, Fifth anniversary of the re-birth of authoritarian government 5-20 s., imperforated horizontal pairs, without gum, rare, fine

1939, Fifth anniversary of the re-birth of authoritarian government 20 s. carmine-rose, block of four from the lower right sheet corner, imperforated at bottom, mint never hinged, upper left stamp small adhesion, small thin in margin only, otherwise fine and attractive, signed R in the margin

1939, Fifth anniversary of the re-birth of authoritarian government 20 s. carmine-rose, vertical pair imperforated in between, used, scarce, fine

1939 Harvest Festival 20 s., archive proof, vertical pair, without gum, lower stamp small wrinkel, otherwise fine

1940, Coat of arms, 10 s. dark blue-green with varnish lines, strip of four from the upper left sheet corner with full marginal inscription, folded between first and second stamp, mint never hinged, a rare and very attractive multiple, fine, in addition three fiscal stamps showing the same paper

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, 1, 3 and 10s. slight color adhesions, 2s. with part original gum, few stamps slight wrinkles, otherwise fine

1940, Coat of arms 20 s., 16 perforated color proofs in different colours, mostly mint never hinged, rare, mostly fine

1940, Coat of arms, 20s. lilac-carmine without watermark, used, very scarce, 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

1937, Essay for President Kviesis issue line-engraved in blue with empty value tablet on carton paper (30x47mm), small note "1032 XII" at bottom, a very attractive and unique item Reference: "Die Briefmarken in Lat-Währung 1923-1940", Harry v. Hofmann Verlag, page 219                    Philatelia Baltica Nr. 97, page 5

Kneeling Warrior 2s. ink drawing (40x50mm) on card board (90X123mm), same design as photo essay applied at bottom left and annotation "MOTTO:PATEICIBA", very fine and rare

Warrior 35s. ink drawing (46x59mm) on card board (104X125mm), same design as photo essay applied at bottom center and annotation "MOTTO:KAREIVIS" at top right, very fine and rare

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, from the lower right corner resp. with upper sheet margin, without gum, fine

ESSAY: 1940, Coat of arms in a different design with oak leaves 20 S. in lilac-carmine and brown-red, perforated L10¼, on watermarked paper, mint never hinged, one a few short perfs at top, otherwise fine

LATVIAN SS-DIVISION: 1945, proofs, 13 singles proofs in different designs, 4 colored, the others black. Also two sheet with gutter pairs and a total of 17 proofs and designs each, without gum, fine

Polish Internment Camp: ULBROKA, pre-printed Red Cross card from "ULBROKA 9.11.39" to Kielce, heavy filing folds and other imperfections, very scarce mail form the internment camp

Polish Internment Camp: LITENE, incoming pre-printed Red Cross cover from "RIGA 21 DEC 1939" addressed to the Latvian commander of the camp, scarce, fine

Polish Internment Camp: 1940, postcard, written from a polish farm worker who was already in Latvia before the 2nd World War, with railway cancel "JELGAVA-TUKUMS 22.4.40" with several censor marks, scarce, fine  

1918, interesting collection with multiples, varieties, some provisional cancellations, single with double overprint, one inverted, printed on both sides and partially imperforated stamps including mutliples, all written up on pages

1918/40, interesting group of (part)sheets including several sheets (partially separated) of Mi.-Nr. 2 with different maps on reverse, Mi.-Nr. 16 complete printing sheet of 400 etc.

1919, Sun design,  1st Anniversary of Independence and Liberation of Courland, interesting mint never hinged/unused and used collection, containing some proofs e.g. 1st Anniversary of Independence 10k. as horizontal pair on multicolored label paper, Liberation of Courland 10 k.-1 rbl., only the frame in black on ordinary paper, also multiples, partially perforated stamps, also few cards and covers, a little mixed condition

1919, interesting unused, never hinged and used collection containing proofs 10 and 15k. black on ordinary paper,  75k. green only frame, 3k. block of four on red label paper and also 25k. imperforated and perforated on one side only (9), 3k. lilac half and complete sheet with a total of 30 stamps perforated on one side, postmaster perforations etc., mostly good condition 

1919, Sun pattern on writing paper 5-15 k., interesting collection with multiples, perforation varities, complete sheets etc, good condition

1919, 5 - 75 k. perforated, each as complete sheet of 100, 20 and 75 k. separated into three resp. two parts, the 20 k. with interesting double perforation variety, mint never hinged, scarce, fine

1919, 5-75 k., interesting unused/used collection including one cover, with perforation varieties, paper folds, multiples perforated on one side only, 25 k. imperforated and only perforated on one side used and unused etc., good condition  

1919, Liberation of Riga, interesting unused/mint never hinged and used collection containing several stamps and 5-35k. as half sheet with one row perforated at bottom/top only, both unused and used, thin paper, plate flaws, private perforation, in addition small collection Issue for North-Latvia, mostly good condition

1920, Liberation of Letgale, First Constitution Assembly, Sun Design, Red Cross and  Surcharge on Courland Liberation, Airmail, interesting mint never hinged/unused and used collection, with many varities like different papers, perforations, multiples, partially perforated stamps like Mi.-Nr. 43 as vertical and horizontal pair imperforated in between, Mi.-Nr. 63a used and unused horizontal pairs, interesting paper folds like Mi.-Nr. 40 as vertical strip of three with paper fold, interesting hand painted plate flaw classification for Mi.-Nr. 42-44, printed on both sides, Mi.-Nr. 63b unused, also some cards and covers, mostly good condition  

1921/22, Coat of arms, archive proofs, very interesting group of 16 horizontal pairs or blocks, pairs and one block of 15 plus several singles including a gutter block of four, without gum, scarce, fine

1921/22, Coat of arms, interesting unused/never hinged and used collection, containing perforation and watermark varieties, multiples, partially perforated stamps like Mi.-Nr. 88 Uu unused, mostly good condition

1923/25, Coat of arms, interesting unused/never hinged and used collection, containing perforation and watermark varieties, multiples, gutter pairs including Mi.-Nr. 98 as gutter block of four, also Mi.-Nr. 99 as block of eight with 4 blank fields, good condition