337 / September 2009

LOCAL ISSUES: SHKODRA: Skanderbeg 5(2), 10 and 20 pa. and 1 gr. tied by cds. "SHKODER 20.3.19" to registered cover to Kaltern near Bozen with arrival mark, folded vertical, scarce, signed Stolow

1919, 1 gr. on 25q. tied by cds. ""SHKODRA 18.11.19" to registered cover to Vaduz/Liechtenstein with arrival mark "VADUZ 2.XII.19", a very scarce cover with tiny imperfections, sign. Stolow

1915, 10 q. tied by bilingual "SHKODER 28. APR. 1915" to unfranked cover from "LESH 23.4.1915", cover slightly shortened at right, only 200 issued, sign. Stolow

1849/50, Leopold 40 c. rose with shifted watermark, brilliant colour and large margins, neatly cancelled by numeral "24", extremely fine

1858, 1 c. green with wide to enormous margins and 9 mm left sheet margin, cancelled by central "MONS 4/1", very fine

1869, 5 fr. yellowbrown with clear strike of "BRUXELLES 29 JUN", fine, certificate Van der Linden AIEP

5 fr. redbrown, used with roller cancel and additional date stamp, some perfs shortened, otherwise fine, certificate Van der Linden AIEP

1918, Red Cross 1 c.-10 fr. imperforated, all from the lower left sheet corner, unused, 25 c.- 10 fr. unhinged mint, scarce, fine/very fine

1952, UPU 80 c.-40 Fr. cpl., imperforated proofs, all from the top left sheet corner, ungummed, scarce

80 c.-40 fr., die proofs on carton

1884, 3-50 st. cpl., unused, sign. Karaivanoff (Mi. 1.000,-)

1941/42, landscapes 0,75 k. and 12,50 k., colour proofs in black-olive, 2 values each together in vertical interpanneau strip of four with print on gum side, unhinged mint

1 k., interpanneau block of twelve with 6 vertical tête-bèche pairs, unused, most stamps unhinged mint, slightly creased

1 k., 2 interpanneau blocks of four with vertical resp. horizontal tête-bèche pairs, unhinged mint

3 k., imperforated colour proofs in brown and blue, 2 copies each in interpanneau tête-bèche-strip of four, ungummed

1943, Legion 1-9 k., imperforated proofs on carton in blocks of four, ungummed, certificate Zrinjscak HFS

Legion souvenir sheet, imperforated on thin greyish paper, unhinged mint, certificate Zrinjscak HFS

1943/44, Pavelic, 7 values ex 0,25-12 k. in imperforated horizontal pairs from the left sheet margin, all with plate number, unhinged mint

0,75, 3 and 10 k., imperforated in gutter blocks of four with plate numbers, 0,75 k. small gum disturbance in the gutter only, scarce

1944, labour front 3,50-32 k. in miniature sheets, unused, partly hinge thins, sign. "K. Seizinger"

1941, 50 pa. and 1 din. with overprint inverted, unhinged mint, each certificate Zrinjscak HFS

OBLIGATORY STAMPS: Holy Mother of Freedom 0,65 k. with missing black colour, cpl. sheet of 20 stamps, unhinged mint

1851, FIRE R.B.S. brown, tied by 2 strikes of numeral "1" to small entire letter from "KJOBENHAVN 29/7 1855" via Lübeck to Schwerin in the duchy of Mecklenburg, franked only for the inland transportation to Lübeck, the German part of 8 skilling (= 2 Sgr.) noted in blue crayon; a very rare part-paid letter of the 1. issue, only one similar cover known, certificate Nielsen and Möller BPP

1864, 16 s. olive, fresh color and good perforations and 4 s. red (scissor cut at right) as mixed franking with 1854, 2 s. blue and 8 s. green, partly touched, each tied by numeral "1" to envelope from "KOBENHAVN 22/9" (1864) to England with Luebeck transit and arrival mark, not often seen and decorative four-color mixed franking

1905, numeral 15 ö. lilac and Christian 10 ö. red, tied to registered mourning cover from "FREDENSBORG 13.11.07" to St. Thomas with arrival mark and black royal seal on reverse, somewhat stained

1915, 1 kr. and 20 öre tied by oval crown cancel "GRÖNLANDS STYRELSE" to parcel card to Jakobshavn

1 kr. and 70 öre tied by "GRÖNLANDS STYRELSE 16.VI.37" to parcel card to Fiskennässet, small stains

3 kr. and 10 öre (2) tied by "GRÖNLANDS STYRELSE 5.X.37" to parcel card for three parcels to Godthaab

1873/90, 1 c. with inverted frame together with normal frame 3 c. and 4 c. (both with rounded corner) tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS 14/5 1896" to commercial cover to Hamburg, little stained, certificate Lasse Nielsen, ex Franklin D. Roosevelt collection

1924, airmail 5-45 m. imperforated with additional franking on registered airmail cover from "TALLIN 30.5.24" to Helsinki with arrival mark

1937, PARO-lettercard 10 s., serial no. 22, unused

ditto, serial no. 24, unused, perforation partly strengthened in the corners

1920, 5 p.-10 m. with overprint "Malli" on official leaflet which was distributed to the finish post offices, 25 p. natural paper fold, 500 copies issued, certificate Schwenson BPP

1797, lettre avec en-tête préimprimée décorative du ministère de la Marine et colonies de Paris pour Nantes avec cachet de franchise

1849, Ceres 40 C. rouge orange, deux valeurs bien à très bien margées chacune affranchie avec oblit. grille, sur fragment. Superbe (Mi 1100.-) 40 C. rotorange, zwei voll- bis breitrandige farbfrische Werte mit jeweils Vollgitterstempel auf Briefstück, Pracht (Mi. 1100,-)

1853, Empire Franc non dentelé: 1 Fr. carmin réimpression de 1863 bien margé, neuf, très beau. Certificat Robineau 1853, Empire Franc geschnitten: 1 Fr. stumpfkarmin, Neudruck von 1863, allseits vollrandig, ungebraucht, Pracht, Fotoattest Robineau (Yvert-Nr. 18d; 1.700,-)