383. Auktion

1821, folded letter dated "Stewanger Norway 20th of Feb. 1821" to Madeira, some aging, rare destination

1839, Mountain mail letter dated "Tromsö 23. Sept / 5. Octob 1839" with routing manuscript "over Haparanda" via Sweden to Christiansand, Norway, reversed with manuscript rating "82", fine and scarce

"THOR SOLBERGS FLYVNING 1935 USA-NORGE" on illustrated envelope to Brooklyn, USA with 7 ö. and on reverse USA 1 c., some gum showing through the back flaps, fine and scarce First Flight New York-Bergen

1860, 10 kop. blue & rose, nice fresh colour and well perforated, tied by numeral "1" WARSAW to small piece, very fine and attractive, signed a.o. Mikulski with opinion (1979)

1868, Russia 1866/75, 10 k. , tied by railroad "BW" to small entire letter from Dabrowa to Warzaw, very fine

1946, BIE souvenir sheet with cds. "KATTOWICE 4.3.47" on registered cover to Warzawa with arrival mark, fine

1946, BIT Souvenir sheet, unmounted mint, fine

1948, Polish culture souvenir sheet with cds. "POZNAN 1 10.1.49" on large registered cover to Kielce with arrival mark, fine

1948, Roosevelt 80-120 zl., blocks of four, 100-120gr. from the upper left resp. lower left sheet corner with two ornamental gutterfields at right, all with violet, black resp. red "Groszy" handstamp, 120zl, with missing handstamp at lower left, mint never hinged, small adherence on in sheet margin of 120zl., otherwise fine and attractive, signed a.o. Mikulski

1948, 160 years USA 80 zt.-120 zt. in sheets of 16 with 4 gutter pairs, mint never hinged, very fine

1948, Roosevelt 80-120 zl. with ornamental gutter at right, all with "GROSZY" handstamp, tied by cds. "KATOWICE -5.1.52" to registered and censored cover to New York, sender address cut out, otherwise fine

1951, 160 years of the US Constitution souvenir sheet with black handstamp "GROSZY", used, fine, signed E. Krawczyk

Polish volunteers Army of General Haller: 1919, One card and one cover with sender's details "1st Battalion de Chasseurs polonais..." and "13th Reg, 2nd Bat. Sector Postale 304 Pologne", send to Brazil resp. Sweden, censored with transit marks, some light wear, otherwise fine, signed Petriuk PZF

Polish camps in Italy: 1946, Souvenir sheet 1-5 l. complete, unmounted mint, fine

Polish camps in Italy: 1946, Souvenir sheet 1-5 l. complete, used, fine

1922, two franked covers from "BAKU" via Moscow to Poland, some faults, scarce

1921, Coat of Arms 5k. brown and 15k. brown/blue tied by cds. "KIEV 12 5 21" to registered cover to Warsaw, an very early cover from Kiev to Poland after the conclusion of the Treaty of Riga, some minor imperfections, yet attractive and scarce

FIELD POST OFFICE "POCZTA POLOWA N°23": Illustrated postcard with large official lilac handstamp from Riflemen Corp., adjacent cds. "FRONTOWA POCZTA POLOWA N°23 26 V 1919"; some slight aging, still fine, scarce

FIELD POST OFFICE "POCZTA POLOWA N°37": Postal stationery reply card 15 h. green, used with cds. "LWOW" to Osowiec, adjacent cds. "FRONTOWA POCZTA POLOWA N°37 26 IX 1919", repeated on reverse; fine, scarce mail from the Polish-Byelorussian front

1918, 3 h. blue, tied by circular seal "ZARKI KROL POLSKIE", with additional Austrian K.K Feldpost 2 h. and 8 h. tied by cds. "ETAPPENPOSTAMT DABROWA -9.X.18" to card to Zarki, alongside cds. "KuK ETAPPENPOSTAMT 11.X.18 * ZARKI *", very light toning, very fine and rare, sign. Petriuk

2 Kr. blue, fresh color, unused, good perforation with only one slightly shortened at upper left, of not importance, very fine, and being one of the rarest stamps of Poland, of the originally only 6 overprinted stamps only this example and one other are known today, signed a.o. Mikstein and certificates Mikulski (2009) and Petriuk (2023)

3 Kr. red, fresh color and good perforation, unused, a very rare stamp with only 45 printed, signed Mikstein a.o. and certificate Mikulski (2009;copy) and certificate Petriuk (2023)

3 K. carmine and 4 K. green, fresh colors and good perforation, used, very rare with only 45 resp 20 printed, fine, signed Mikstein a.o. and certificates Mikulski (2009) and Petriuk (2024)

3 h. violet, horizontal pair, fresh color and mostly good perforation, ties by cds. "SKALAT 14.XI.19" to wrapper to Potutory with arrival mark tying the stamps, very fine and attractive usage, probably unique, signed Petriuk with certificate (2024) and certificate Mikulski (2009)

Postage Due 40h., used with clear cds., very fine, a true rarity with only 5 printed, signed Mikstein a.o. and certificates Mikulski (2009) and Petriuk (2023)

90 h. violet, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, a scarce stamp with only 40 printed, signed Mikstein a.o. and certificate Petriuk (2023)

Postage Due 25h., used with clear cds., very fine and rare with only 40 printed, signed Mikstein a.o. and certificates Mikulski (2009; copy) and Petriuk (2023)

Postage due 50 on 42 h. brown, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, a scarce stamp with only 40 printed, signed Mikstein a.o. and certificate Petriuk (2023)

Postage due 50 on 42 h. brown, fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. "SKALAT -5.XII.19" to large part of cover originating in Chicago, some transportation wear, very rare and attractive, signed Petriuk with certificate (2024)

1918, Germania 20 pfg. single and 40 pfg. two singles, fresh color and good perforations, tied by cds. "ALEXANDROWO 27.12.18" to reverse of value declared cover to Warsaw with arrival mark, a very rare and attractive entire with only a few known, signed Rachmanow, Bojanowicz BPP a.o. and certificate Petriuk (2024)

Germania 30 pfg., former horizontal strip of ten showing the complete setting, seperated between the 5th and 6th stamp, mint never hinged, few light perf seperations, otherwise very fine and rare, signed Mikulksi with certificate (2009) and certificate Petriuk (2023)

1918, Germania 2½, 7½, 10 and 30 pfg., fresh colors and mostly good perforation, tied by cds. "OSTROW 20.11.18" to registered cover to Warsaw, small corner fault at upper left, otherwise fine and very rare, signed Petriuk with certificate (2024)

1918, Germania 10 pfg., two singles and 30 pfg., all tied by cds. "PULTUSK 30.12.18" to registered cover to Zawiercie with straight-line arrival mark, slightly stained, otherwise fine, scarce, signed Petriuk with certificate (2024)

1944, "AK" links an Hauswand, davor 2 Aufständische mit Handgranaten, ungezähnter Probedruck in rot auf ungummiertem Papier, tadellos, sign. Petriuk BPP

1853, Queen Maria II 25 r. light blue, good to large margins all round, tied by barred circle "1" with adjacent cds. "LISBOA 25 12" to folded entire to Wien, dated 1855 inside, endorsed "Via d´España et de France", reverse transit and arrival cds. "WIEN 7 JAN.". Small part of back excised, still a very fine and scarce usage to the Austrian Empire 

1871, King Luis I 10 r. yellow, 20 r. brown as horizontal pair and 100 r. lilac-grey, tied by barred "45" to 1878 cover with adjacent cds. "FUNCHAL 18 9" and oval "REGISTADA FUNCHAL" to Wien, reverse arrival cds. "LEOPOLDSTADT 29 9 78", cover with two vertical folds, two values with corner faults and some oxydation, otherwise fine, scarce UPU three-colour franking,

Provenance: `Atlantic Pearl´ (345. Heinrich Köhler Auktion)