361 / September 2015

12½ c. rose, vertical pair with clear to wide margins, used with mute cancel of Ettelbruck, very fine, several signature incl. F.S.P.L.

12½ c. rose, horizontal pair with wide to enormous margins, small part of neighbour stamp at right, cancelled by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 20 MAI 62", extremely fine, signed Goebel

12½ c. rose with clear to mostly wide margins, tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 5 MAI" (1861) to lettersheet to Trier, very fine, signed Goebel

12½ c. rose, clear to wide margins, tied by clear strike of 3-ring cancel to lettersheet with adjacent cds. "GREVENMACHER 14 MAI 65" and boxed "Après le départ" to Machern; extremely fine and choice, signed Goebel and F.S.P.L.

25 c. brown, clear to mostly wide margins, unused with fresh original gum, extremely fine, small private signatures

25 c. brown, clear to large margins, tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 3 SEPT. 62" to small lettersheet (upper sideflap missing) to Mayen close to Koblenz, slight patina, otherwise very fine, signed Goebel and certificate Demuth BPP (1995)

37½ c. green, clear to wide margins, tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 10 MAI 60" to lettersheet to Bavaria with transit mark of Trier and arrival mark; light cover folds not affecting the stamp, fine, signed Goebel

40 c. orange in block of 4, the lower pair slightly toched, otherwise good margins and fresh colour, used by Luxembourg cds., some minor creasing and little thins, one of only 3 used blocks of 4 known of this stamp Provenance: Luder und Edelmann (1931)

37½ c. green, slightly cut into at right, otherwise good to large margins, tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 15 JUIN 66" to Prussian postal stationery envelope 2 sgr. blue to Würzburg in Bavaria with transit and arrival marks; 5 seals on reverse partly removed; most likely the sender wanted to ship the letter registered which was not possible at the Prussian fortress mail, finally he mailed the cover without registration since the Luxemburg post of course could not accept the 2 sgr. as registration fee; a rare and very attractive letter, certificates Demuth BPP (1986) and Van der Linden BPP (1996)

40 c. orange with clear to large margins, tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 30 SEPT. 66" to entire letter to France; some hinge remainders on front and letter re-folded, otherwise fine; a scarce franking

40 c. red-orange, clear to mostly wide margins, tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 8 NOV. 65" to lettersheet to Marseille, fine, signed Goebel

1865, colourless rouletted 1 c. reddish-brown, vertical pair from the lower left sheet margin, unused with original gum, the lower stamp unmounted mint, very fine and fresh

4 c. yellow, unused with original gum, very fine, opinion Goebel

1865/75, rouletted in colour 10 c. bluish-lilac, horizontal pair, tied by cds. "GREVENMACHER 20 MARS 72" to entire letter to Luxemburg, very fine

12½ c. carmine, horizontal pair tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 13 FEVR. 71" to small lettersheet, endorsed "Via Belgique" due to Franco-Prussian War, very fine, signed Goebel

20 c. greyish-brown, horizontal pair, tied by cds. "WILTZ 20 7 81" to sealed double rate registered envelope to Rambrouch; reverse flap missing and seals taken off; a fine and scarce franking, signed Goebel

25 c. ultramarine, unused without gum, very fine, signed Goebel and F.S.P.L.

30 c. lilac, fresh colour and good perforation, unused with part original gum, tiny natural sand corn holes, otherwise very fine and fresh, signed Demuth BPP

37½ c., Sperati forgery in blockformat with Sperati signature in the margin

40 c. yellow-orange, horizontal block of 10, unused with original gum, 6 values unmounted mint; 2 marginal values tiny stains, otherwise very fine and fresh

1872, 1 c. reddish-brown, tied by blue cds. "ROODT 28 1 79" to postcard 5 c. (reply cardI) to Metz with arrival mark on front, fine, signed Goebel and Demuth BPP

1 c. reddish-brown, vertical strip of 3 with 1875, 4 c. blue-green, tied by cds. "WILTZ 20 8 78" to postcard 6 c. rose to Belgium with transit and arrival marks, card little stained, otherwise fine and scarce

1875, perforated issued with narrow margins: 2 c., imperforated plate proof in black, block of 25 from the lower right sheet corner, 4 values with trial gum, otherwise ungummed, few slight stains, otherwise fine, all values signed "ESSAI" on reverse

5 c. yellow, tied by cds. "WILTZ 24 11 78" to postcard 5 c. to Bastogne with arrival mark, fine, signed Goebel

12½ c., imperforated proof in lilac-rose on postcard carton paper with print on reverse, slightly thinned by hinge, otherwise fine

25 c. bright-blue, unused with part original gum; a fine and rare stamp in this condition, certificate Goebel AIEP (2009) (Prefix 32a)

25 c. blue in block of 4, fresh colour and well perforated, unused with original gum and hinge remainders; a very scarce and fine multiple; only 3 unused blocks of 4 recorded; certificated Goebel AIEP (2006)

25 c. blue, tied by cds. "LUXEMBURG 24 5 80" to cover to Paris with transit and arrival marks, fine, signed Goebel and F.S.P.L.

 Unissued 37 ½ c. yellow-brown, unused o.g., fine and scarce, certificate Böttger BPP

10 c. grey and 1882/99, 5 c. green tied by Luxemburg cds. to postal order envelope 30 c. red to Bonn with arrival mark on reverse; light vertical filing crease not affecting the stamps,  an attractive and rare entire

 12 ½  c. rose, perf. 12 ½: 12, block of 4, unused o.g., very fine and scarce

20 c. greyish-brown, tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG-VILLE 16 7 87" to postcard 5 c. with private print on front and reverse as cash-on-delivery-card to Weiswampach with transit and arrival marks, fine and scarce

1882, Allégorie 1 c.-5 fr. complete in blocks of 4, unused o.g., some small values few short perfs and one value with a little staining, generally fine/very fine

1891, Adolph 10 c.-5 fr. in blocks of 4, one 50 c. small hinge mark, otherwise all unmounted mint, fine

10 c.-5 fr. in blocks of 25 from sheet corners, unmounted mint, 1 fr. perforation partly separated, otherwise very fine

10 c.-5 fr., 10 values complete with Natal "SPECIMEN" handstamp; 10 c.-37½ c. stuck on piece, the other values single with some thins on 50 c. and 5 fr.; certificate BPA