359 / März 2015

Insured letter for 4.000.000 Mark to Bonn, brought from Kybartai to Eydtkuhnen to avoid currency control, dispatched in "EYDTKUHNEN 27.7.23" with three line cash-payment cachet and send to Bonn with arrival mark, fine and interesting

"MISSION MILITAIRE FRANCAISE EN LITUANIE FRANCHISE POSTALE Le Vaguemestre", boxed cancellatiion on cover from Adjudant Lombard  to Monsieur le Captaine AIibert Regiment Infanterie Coloniale du M . Secteur postale St. A! - Armee du Rhin, few wrinkles, otherwise fine, very interesting item  

II. West Voluntary Corps, blue cachet on front and reverse of cover to Stettin with adjacent cds. "Deutsche Feldpost 6.9.19", after the fallback from the nearby Kurland to Schaulen the russian West-Army  (Awaloff-Bermondt) has been dissolved, some spots, otherwise fine

1852, Wiliam 1 sgr. rose, vertical pair, good to wide margins, tied by grid to entire letter from "LUXEMBOURG 29 AVRIL 57" to Sobernheim  near Creuznach, very fine ex Collection Dr. Ernst-Spies

1885, Charles III. 1 c.-5 fr., 10 values cpl., unused o.g., 5 fr. gum slightly dried in (sign. Miro), otherwise fine/very fine

1955, airmail birds 100-1000 fr., unmounted mint (Mi. 420,-)

1962, CEPT 0,25-1 fr., 3 values without airmail imperforated in sheets of 30, unmounted mint

1964, CEPT  0,25 et 0,50 fr., bloc feuillet gommé, neuf sans charnière

1964, Rallye Monte Carlo 1,00 fr. in imperforated sheet of 30 stamps, unmounted mint

1974, CEPT miniature sheet without central inscription, unmounted mint (Mi. 1.000,-)

RUSSIA USED IN POLAND: 1858, 10 K. brown/blue tied by numeral "1" with adjacent red "WARSAWA"  to folded letter, upper right perforation blunt, otherwise fine

Russia 1858, 10 k. with clear ring cancellation "175" on folded entire letter from Granitza to Warsaw, weak receiver cancellations on reverse

10 K. brown/blue tied by numeral "295" to cover with adjacent oval "SOCEWKA 26 10 68" to Danzig, fine

1866, 10 k. brown/blue tied by ring cancellation "D.B" to folded lettersheet to Warsaw, endorsed "Lowic 1/9" at upper left, fine

POSTAL STATIONERY: 1860, envelope 10 K. with numeral "1" and adjacent red "ВАРШАВА 14 3", addressed to Horbakow (in Rivnenska Oblast, Ukraine), with intact wax seal on back, scarce destination (outside of Kingdom of Poland, but with only Polish address)

Envelope 10 K. with numeral "1" and adjacent red "ВАРШАВА 21 3", addressed to Dorpat (Tartu), with intact wax seal on back, scarce destination, fine

"Bialystok", provisional white label on registered cover franked with two 7 k. blue and others, addressed to Rostock, several faults, but scarce

 "Czerniewice", provisional white label on registered postal stationary 7 k. blue with additional franking, addressed to Frankfurt, vertical fold, otherwise fine and scarce

 "Lodz", provisional white label on registered cover franked with two 7 k. blue, addressed to Helsingfors, fine and scarce

1899 WHITE LABELS: "Lodz", provisional white label on registered cover franked with 20 k. blue/red, addressed to Leipzig, archival holes at left and little shortened at right, otherwise fine, scarce

"WARSAW MAIN OFFICE", provisional white label on two registered covers with different franking, addressed to Göteburg and Switzerland, faults

"Warsaw City", provisional white label on registered cover franked with two 7 k. blue, addressed to Finland, very fine

"Warsaw City", provisional white label on registered cover franked with three 3 k. red and three 7 k. blue, addressed to Victoria / Australia, some creases and spots, very rare

1946, BIE 3-11 zl. in cpl. sheets of 12, unhinged mint, fine (Mi. 1.800,- +)

1950, Groszy overprints: Culture souvenir sheet with handstamps in type 3A, unmounted mint, fine, certificate Wezranowski

Culture souvenir sheet with handstamps in type 2, used "GDANSK 1 / 27.12.50", certificate Wezranowski (Mi. 2.000,-)

Culture souvenir sheet (margins reduced in size) with handstamp in type 23A, unmounted mint, certificate Wezranowski

Przedbórz: 1918, 6 gr. blue and olive tied by cds. "K.u.K. ETAPPENPOSTAMT PRZEDBÓRZ 26.2." to registered cover from "PIOTRKOW 14.2." with Austria Field Post stamp 25 h., 5 h. and 3 h., fine, signed Vaumand PP, first day cover for the local stamp

1898, King Carlos I 25 r. blue and black, 4 single stamp tied by blue cds. "LOURENCO MARQUES...JUL.00" to cover to Moritzburg, Natal with censor label "OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW" and arrival mark, sligthly creased

20 r. vermilion in combination with India ½ a. blue, tied by clear duplex "MANGALORE AU 3 (72)" to small folded cover to Margao with transit marks of Honauwar, Belgaum, Houblee, Sawantwaree and Pangim; a scarce and attractive cover (AF no. 9)

20 r. vermilion, horizontal pair in combination with 2 copies India ½ a. blue, tied by duplex "BOMBAY S.E. MAY 24" (1876) to small envelope to Pangim with manuscript "10" for the town delivery charge (AF no. 25)

1893, King Karl I. 1 l. pale brown and rose tied by cds. "GALATI 10.MAR.899" to registered cover with boxed mark "RECOMANDAT" and German transit label "Vom Auslande über Bahnpost 5 (Osw.-Brsl.)" to Berlin with arrival mark, cover vertical folded, otherwise fine

1948, Telegram money order 05,00 LEI on King Michael 100 l. and 5 l., unused, one with minor creasing

1948, Telegram sheets 02,00 LEI on King Michael 100 l. and 100 l., unused; folded and slight creasing, scarce

1807/15, "MITAU" and "Bolder.aa" straight line and boxed cancellation, each on cover, one trimmed at left, otherwise fine, scarce

5 k. with 1875, 2 k. and 20 k.on registered letter sent from "BALTA  5 JA 1879" to the court in Kamenetz Podolsk, unbroken private wax seals, filing fold through one 20 kopeck stamp but otherwise very fine and fresh appearance, certificate Mikulski