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  

1928, Railway Newspaper Stamps 15(2) and 50 s., archive proofs, singles without gum, the 15s. together with large part of marginal inscription, scarce, fine

1940, Railway Newspaper Stamps 5-10 s., archive proofs, vertical pairs from the upper right resp. lower left sheet corner, 5 s. small wrinkles, otherwise fine, very rare and attractive multiples

1941, Railway Newspaper Stamps 5s. red, archive proof, block of four from the upper left sheet corner showing large part of inscription on top "100 MARKAS á 5 SANT. = Ls 5-...", despite few wrinkles which are of no importance in fine condition, a spectacular and unique multiple

1941, Railway Newspaper Stamps 5k. rot imperforated, used with violet cancel, scarce Provenance: Rucins and Franck Collection

LATVIA: 1932, 3rd. South-America flight with connecting flight as registered card with good franking, fine

LATVIA: 1932, 6th. South-America flight with connecting, fine

LATVIA: 1932, 8th. South-America flight with connecting flight as card with good franking, slight corner crease, otherwise fine

LATVIA: 1932, 9th. South-America flight with connecting flight as cover to Porto Allegre, small tear at bottom left, otherwise fine, scarce

1945, Proof overprint 6 on 5 Pfg. in red, unused with large part original gum, a rarity with only a few proofs known, lower left corner slightly blunted perf, signed van Loo BPP and Brandes Reference: "Postverkehr Kurland", page 145, Wilhelm van Loo (2016)

12 on (-)brownish-red with double overprint one running diagonally, with light offset of overprint on reverse, block of four, mint never hinged, a attractive and rare multiple Reference: "Postverkehr Kurland", page 148, Wilhelm van Loo (2016)

12 on (-)brownish-red, damaged (probably by adhesion of an overlying sheet) before the overprint, used with clear cds. "VENTSPILS", a interesting variety, fine Reference: "Postverkehr Kurland", page 150, Wilhelm van Loo (2016)

12 on (-)brownish-red, vertical pair completly misrouletted, mint never hinged, a very attractive variety, fine Reference: "Postverkehr Kurland", page 150, Wilhelm van Loo (2016)