361 / September 2015

1936, Writers and Poets, three Essays drawn in pencil, all signed by Gustavs Balodis, one Essay with two thins on top, otherwise fine, each one is unique, described and pictured in Harry von Hofmann "The Stamps, Lat Period 1923-1940"

1936, Writers and Poets 3-35s., archive proofs, imperforated horizontal pairs, without gum, scarce, fine, signed R

1936, Writers and Poets 20 s. rose-pink, block of four from the upper left sheet corner with normal watermark, unused with some gum toning, a very scarce multiple only one sheet printed, fine

1936, Writers and Poets 20 s. rose-pink, re-assembled block of four from the upper right sheet corner with normal watermark, consisting of two singles, one with upper sheet margin, the other from the upper right sheet corner and a horizontal pair with right sheet margin, very rare, slightly toned, otherwise fine

1936, White Cross 3-20s., archive proofs, imperforated horizontal pairs, without gum, scarce, fine

1937, Independence Monuments 3-30 s., archive proofs, horizontal pairs, without gum, very rare, fine

1937, Independence Monuments 35 s. dark blue with upper sheet margin, inverted watermark, unused, scarce, lower half some gum toning, otherwise fine

1937, Independence Monuments 35 s. dark blue with upper sheet margin, inverted watermark, unused, scarce, fine, signed Mikulski

1937, Independence Monuments 35 s. dark blue, horizontal pair from the lower left sheet corner, inverted watermark, very rare, used, right stamp with small thin spot, otherwise fine

1937 President Ulmanis 3-50s., archive proofs, imperforated vertical pairs, without gum, rare, fine

1937, President Ulmanis 3., 25. 30. and 40 s., 7 stamps resp. multiples with perforation varieties including 3 s. imperforated at bottom, 25 s. two pairs each imperforated between and imperforated at left, 30 s. imperforated at left and vertical pair imperforated between and 40 s. imperforated at left and vertical imperforated between, unused, fine

1937, President Ulmanis 3., 25. and 40 s., 6 stamps resp. multiples with perforation varities including 3 s. imperforated at bottom and horizontal pair imperforated between, 25 s. two pairs imperforated between and 40 s. horizontal pair imperforated at left and vertical imperforated between, all used, fine

1937, President Ulmanis 3 s. orange/brown, vertical pair horizontally imperforated, unused, scarce, fine

1937, President Ulmanis 3 s. orange/brown, block of six from the lower left sheet corner, the four upper stamps horizontally imperforated, unused, a scarce and attractive multiple, fine

1938, souvenir sheet to benefit the National Construction Fund, archive proof  (158x105 mm) without perforation, one of the great rarities, negligible horizontal at top well away from design, otherwise fine

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Republic 2 s. brown-red, 4 pairs, one from the upper right sheet corner, imperforated horizontally, from the lower left sheet margin imperforated at bottom, horizontal pair imperforated between and horizontal pair imperforated at right, mint never hinged, fine

1938, Balodis 10 c., two singles tied by machine cancel "WARSZAWA 3 VI 40" to reply card to Riga, with censor marks, 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, 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, unused, very fine

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Republic, booklet with 10 stamps at 3 s., taken apart without metal clip, unused, rare, slightly oxidised where the metal clip was, otherwise very fine

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Republic, booklet with 10 stamps at 5 s., first two pages mint never hinged, the other three used, rare and fine

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Republic, booklet with 10 stamps at 10 s., taken apart without metal clip, unused, rare, slightly oxidised where the metal clip was, otherwise very 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 3 s. orange-brown, three perforation varieties, from the lower left sheet corner imperforated at right, from the lower sheet margin imperforated at bottom and a vertical pair with double perforation at bottom, the sheet corner unused, otherwise mint never hinged, fine

1939, Fifth anniversary of the re-birth of authoritarian government 3 s. orange-brown, block of six from the lower left sheet corner with two pairs vertically imperforated and a vertical pair horizontally imperforated, mint never hinged with few hinges in the margins only, the pair with few shot perforations at top, otherwise fine

1939, Fifth anniversary of the re-birth of authoritarian government 3 s. orange-brown, two blocks of four from the lower resp. right sheet margin imperforated at bottom resp. right, mint never hinged (one stamp hinged) with hinges only at the very bottom of the margin, very fine and attractive

1939, Fifth anniversary of the re-birth of authoritarian government 5 s. green, two blocks of four from the upper resp. right sheet margin, imperforated at top resp. right, unused, very fine and attractive

1939, Fifth anniversary of the re-birth of authoritarian government 10 s. slate-green, block of four with right sheet margin and horizontal pair with left sheet margin, imperforated at right resp. left, mint never hinged, one pair of the block unused, very fine and attractive

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, very fine and attractive

1939, Fifth anniversary of the re-birth of authoritarian government 40 s. brown-violet, two copies from the lower sheet margin imperforated at bottom, unused and used, used stamp with short perforation at upper left, otherwise fine and attractive

1939, Fifth anniversary of the re-birth of authoritarian government 50 s. greenish black, block of four from the lower sheet margin, imperforated at bottom, two lower stamps mint never hinged, few wrinkles, otherwise fine

1939 Harvest Festival 20 s., archive proof, horizontal pair, without gum, slightly toned on reverse, otherwise fine

1939, Harvest Festival 10-20 s., blocks of four from the lower left sheet corner, imperforated at left, the upper stamps unused, the lower mint never hinged, very fine and attractive

1939, Harvest Festival 10 s. dark green, block of four from the upper right sheet corner, imperforated at top, upper stamps mint never hinged with hinges just at the very top of the margin, very fine and attractive

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 upper right resp. lower left sheet corner, without gum, rare, fine

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, few stamps slight wrinkels, otherwise fine