375th Auction

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

1923/25, Coat of arms, archive proofs, very interesting group containing 10 imperforated pairs or blocks of four including 10s. as gutter block of four, 7 singles or pairs and 2s. orange as strip of nine with two gutters, different plates and papers included, without gum, scarce, fine

1923/29, Coat of arms, large mint never hinged, unused and used collection in 7 large albums with thousands of stamps, containing different watermarks, mixed perforations, partially imperforated stamps, misperforated stamps, double perforations, different plates and types,  multiples, gutter pairs and more than 380 archive proofs in singles and multiples including gutter pairs like Mi.-Nr. 118 as gutter block of four the upper stamp in green on yellow, the lower green on white, with two adjoining stamps each, in addition some other material, many items ex Rucins Collection, mostly fine

1923/27, Coat of arms, mint never hinged, unused and used collection in large album, containing different watermarks, empty spaces, partially imperforated stamps, misperforated stamps, gummed on both sides, double perforations, offsets, plate-flaws, gutter pairs etc. and 21 covers including, mostly good condition

1923, War Invalid Fund, interesting unused/mint never hinged and used collection, containing gutter pairs, double perforations and fiver covers, mostly good condition

1925, Tercentenary of Liepaja, interesting unused/mint never hinged and used collection containing Mi.-Nr. 110-111B unused/ mint never hinged, some multiples, double perforations, plate flaws and two covers, mostly good conditions

1925, Coat of arms, interesting unused/mint never hinged and used collection with multiples, plate flaws, normal and inverted watermark, etc., in addition a small collection MI.-Nr. 114-16, good condition

1927/31, Coat of arms, interesting unused/mint never hinged and used collection with watermark and perforation varieties, multiples etc., good condition

1929, Cakste and Meierovics 2-30 s., used and unused sets with different watermarks, multiples, sheet numbers, paper folds, double perforations, plate flaws, Meierovics 30s. vertical pair imperforated between, some covers, fine

1928/31, Airmail 10-25 s., interesting unused/mint never hinged and used collection with different watermarks, perforations and 10s. as archive proof pair, multiples, 25s. imperforated at left resp. right, mostly good condition

1928, 10th Anniversay of Independence, interesting unused/ mint never hinged and used collection containing watermark and perforation varieties, 6s. imperforated at left,  15s. imperforated at right, multiples with double perforations, some covers etc., good condition