361 / September 2015

10 c. greenish-black, horizontal strip of 4, good to large margins and neatly cancelled by circle of 9 bars, very fine, signed Demuth BPP with later certificate Provenance: Isaac Seligson (Corinphila 1982)

10 c. black in bloc of 4, nice colour and good to large margins all around, used with lightly applied circle of 9 bars of Luxembourg; small scissors cut between the stamps and faint vertical crease in the left pair; only few blocs of 4 are known, signed Bühler and Goebel, certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 1f) Provenance: Issac Seligson (Corinphila 1982)

10 c. black, ample to good margins, tied by clear circle to lettersheet with adjacent cds. of Mersch to Schos, fine, signed Goebel and certificate FSPL (1982)

10 c. black, good to wide margins, tied by circle of 9 bars to lettersheet with adjacent cds. "LUXEMBOURG 5 JUIL. 55" to Ell, fine, signed Goebel

10 c. black, clear at lower left, otherwise good to very large margins, tied by square of bars to entire letter (not quite complete on reverse) with adjacent cds. "LA ROCHETTE 30 NOV. 58" to Ell, fine

10 c. grey-black, good to large margins all around, tied by clear circle of bars with adjacent cds. "MERSCH 27 I 1857" to entire letter to Luxemburg, very fine and fresh

10 c. grey-black, horitzontal pair with clear to mostly large margins, tied by circle of 9 bars to lettersheet from "LUXEMBOURG 13 FEVR. 59" to Arlon; the lettersheet repaired in the area of the name of addressee, otherwise fine, signed Goebel

10 c. black, horizontal pair, the left stamp slightly touched at bottom, otherwise clear to large margins, tied by circle of 9 bars to letter sheet with adjacent somewhat heavy cds. "BASCHARAGE 13 Mai 1855" to Guirches, Belgium and redirected to Bruxelles, the pair shows 2 scissor cuts and small tear, all not affecting the design. The cancellation of Bascharage is very rare on entire, this is the only known cover bearing a pair of 10 c., no covers with the 1 sgr. exist, signed F.S.P.L. and Goebel, certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 1f)

10 c. grey-black, horizontal pair and single stamp, all with good to large margins, tied by clear circles of 9 bars to envelope from Luxemburg to Liège with transit and arrival marks, fine, signed Goebel

10 c. grey, 2 vertical pairs, both with good to mostly large margins, 2 stamps showing "Petite retouche" no. 10 and 8, one stamp with "Grande retouche" no. 4, tied by clear strikes of Grevenmacher circle cancel to small lettersheet with adjacent clear cds. "GREVENMACHER 22 AVRIL 59" to Metz with transit and arrival marks; a very rare and most remarkabel letter with 3 retouched stamps in very fine quality, signed Miro and Goebel with certificate (2006)

10 c. grey, vertical strip of 4 (bottom stamp with large retouch no. 8), vertical strip of 3 and single stamp, tied by several strikes of clear ring cancel to entire double rate letter with adjacent clear cds. "GREVENMACHER 31 MARS 59" to Metz; the single stamp slightly touched, otherwise clear to very wide margins, the top stamp of the strip of 3 with small scissors' cut at left and same strip with faint horizontal fold between the 2 bottom stamps, the single stamp and the bottom stamp of strip of 3 with faint marks of blue crayon; overall quite nice and fresh condition, the cover in original state of preservation; one of the most spectacular entires of the 1st issue; signed Goebel and certificate Demuth BPP (1995)

10 c. black, 2 horizontal strips of 4, one clear in one place, otherwise both with good to wide margins, tied by circle of 9 bars to letter (partly folded up, top and bottom flaps missing) from "LUXEMBOURG 17 DEC. 55" to London with transit and arrival marks on front and reverse; 2 stamps of the franking with vertical crease, where affixed around the edge of the cover; a remarkable and rare double rate franking to England; certificates Goebel (2006) and Scheller (2009)

Réimpression 10 c. black on paper without watermark, clear to large margins, unused without gum

Réimpression 10 c. on paper with watermark, block of 4, large margins, unused without gum, signed F.S.P.L.

1 sgr. vermilion with wm. inverted, ample to wide margins, unused without gum, very fine, signed F.S.P.L. and certificate Scheller (2009) (Goebel 2e)

1 sgr. salmon (chair fonce), large margins and fresh colour, unused with original gum, a scarce stamp in superb condition, signed Goebel and certificated Böttger BPP (Prifix 2f)

1 sgr. rose, nice fresh colour and ample to large margins, unused with fresh original gum, very fine, certificate Scheller (2009) (Goebel 2h)

1 sgr. salmon, good to very wide margins and sheet margin at left, neatly cancelled, extremely fine and choice, signed Goebel

1 sgr. brownish-red, good to mostly wide margins, used with "Colosse" of 26 bars, very fine, signed Goebel

1 sgr. carmine-rose, good to wide margins, neatly cancelled by central strike of "LOSANGES D'ETTELBRUCK", very fine, signed Demuth BPP

1 sgr. carmine-rose, slightly touched at lower left, otherwise clear to mostly wide margins, tied by sole strike of boxed Luxemburg "PD" to small piece, fine and very scarce, signed Goebel

1 sgr. red-orange with wm. inverted and reversed, nice colour and large even margins, neatly cancelled, very fine; a scarce stamp, signed Pfenninger and Goebel, certificate F.S.P.L. (1982)

1 sgr. brown-red with clear double impression shifted to upper left, large margins, cancelled by 2 strike of circle of 9 bars, very fine and scarce, signed Goebel and F.S.P.L. with certificate (1977) Provenance: Isaac Seligson (Corinphila 1985)

1 sgr. salmon, vertical pair with good to very large margins and sheet margin at left, lightly cancelled by circle of 9 bars, very fine, signed Demuth BPP and Goebel (Goebel 2g) Provenance: Isaac Seligson (Corinphila 1982)

1 sgr. brownish-red, vertical pair with even large margins, neatly cancelled by central strike of circle of 9 bars, extremely fine, signed Goebel

1 sgr. red-brown (sanguine), horizontal pair with ample to wide margins, very nicely cancelled by central circle of 9 bars, beautiful fresh colour, extremely fine, signed Demuth BPP and Goebel (Goebel 2b)

1 sgr. pale-salmon, horizontal pair with ample to large margins, cancelled by square of bars of La Rochette, fine, signed Goebel

1 sgr. salmon, horizontal pair with large margins all around, small sheet margin at left, cancelled by circle of 9 bars, very fine, signed Emilio Diena and Goebel

1 sgr. salmon, horizontal strip of 3 with clear to wide margins, cancelled by 2 clear strikes of circle of 9 bars, very fine, signed Goebel

 1 sgr. karmin rose, horizontal strip of 3 with good to enormous margins,  used with cds. of Luxembourg, very fine, signed Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 2 i) 

1 sgr. salmon, clear to wide margins, tied by clear circle of 9 bars to lettersheet from "LUXEMBOURG 2 FEVR. 55" to Trier with arrival mark; the stamp lifted for inspection and replaced by hinge, signed Goebel

1859, coat of arms imperforated 1 c. yellow-brown, block of 4 with clear to large margins, unused with original gum; bottom left stamp tiny pin hole, otherwise very fine and fresh

4 c. yellow, block of 4, tiny touched at bottom right, otherwise good margins, unused without gum; vertical fold between the stamps with paper separation at top; the right upper stamp with paper break in the margin area, some thins; a still attractive and very rare multiple, only 3 unused blocks of 4 recorded

4 c. yellow, horizontal pair with good to wide margins, cancelled by 'losange d'Ettelbruck', fine and scarce, signed Goebel

10 c. dark-blue, 3 single copies, all with clear to wide margins, tied by circle of bars to not quite complete lettersheet from "REMICH 18 VIII 1860" to Luxemburg, fine and scarce triple rate cover, signed Goebel

12½ c. rose, clear to wide margins, neatly cancelled by central strike of mute cancel of Bettembourg, very fine, signed F.S.P.L. and Goebel