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"DEB. LUXEMBOURG", almost complete strike on reverse of entire letter 1807 from Angers to Luxemburg and re-directed to Metz, fine and scarce

1816, "LUXEMBOURG", straight line in black on entire letter from Vianden to Luxemburg, fine

1817, "NEUFCHÂTEAU" (with accent), quite good strike on entire letter to Paris and here several times re-directed

1824, "LUXEMBURG" on entire letter to Bliscastel with adjacent "Franco Grenzen" and manuscript "de Trier" in red

1827, "NEUFCHÂTEAU FRANCO" (with accent), good strike on entire letter from Bellefontaine to Marche, sign. Goebel

1828, "DIEKIRCH" and "FRANCO", 2 good strikes on entire letter to Luxemburg; very rare letter (Goebel HD2, 31 points)

1831, "Wellin", manuscript on entire letter with red cds. "MARCHE 1 MAI 1831" to an address poste restante at Marche, scarce

"BETTEMBOURG 12 I" (1837), clear cds. on small entire official letter from Hasselt in Belgium to Dudelange, very scarce

"BETTEMBOURG 17 IV" (1840), clear cds. on small entire official letter from Luxemburg with red dutch type cds. to Dudelange, very scarce

"LUXEMBURG FRANCO", double-line marking on entire letter to Liège

10 c. black (1st printing), horizontal strip of 3 with large even margins, neatly cancelled with 2 clear strikes of Luxemburg target, extremely fine, certificate Demuth BPP (1988, stained)

10 c. greenish black (noir verdatre), block of 4 with clear to mostly large margins, neatly canceled by circle of bars; one of the most attractive blocks of this stamp, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 1b)

10 c. greenish-black, clear to large margins with ca. 4 mm sheet margin at left, tied by dotted circles and cds. "DIEKIRCH 7 AVRIL 54" to small folded letter to Mersch, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (Prefix 1b)

10 c. black, watermark reversed, clear to large margins, unused without gum, fine and scarce, certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 1f)

10 c. black and 1 sgr. brown-red, both in equal blocks of 3, clear to large margins and neatly cancelled by target; 10 c. tiny scissor cut between the lower stamps, 1 sgr. top stamp with very faint crease, otherwise fine, each certificate Böttger BPP

10 c. black with inverted watermark, fresh colour and large even margins, neatly cancelled by target; extremely fine copy of this rare variety, certificate Demuth BPP (1985)

10 c. black, cut in outer frame line at bottom left, otherwise clear to good margins, used with central "D" in circle and tied by clear target to small piece; a rare rural cancellation, certificate Demuth BPP (1985)

10 c. black, 2 horizontal strips of 5, both with clear to mostly large margins, tied by target cancel to in- and outside of folded envelope, first sent as quintuple rate letter from "REDANGE 20 XI 1855" to Diekirch and afterwards from "DIEKIRCH 22 NOV. 55" returned; 2 stamps with light creases and one stamp small tear at top, otherwise fine and fresh; one of the most outstanding covers of the first issue, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP

1852, William III 10 c. greyish-black with 'Grande retouche' no. 6, good margins and fresh colour, unused with original gum, extremely fine; a rare stamp in this condition, sign. F.S.P.L. and opinion Demuth BPP (1995)

10 c. grey black, good to large margins, unused without gum, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 1 j)

10 c. greyish-black with good to large margins, lightly cancelled by blue circle of 9 bars, fine and scarce, certificate Demuth BPP (1984)

10 c. blackish-grey in horizontal pair with "Grande Retouche" no. 7 resp. 8, used with circle of bars; tiny pre-cut between the stamps at top and right stamp with light corner bend, still fine and scarce, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP

10 c. brownish-black, horizontal strip of 7, the right stamp somewhat touched and small marginal fault at upper right, otherwise clear to wide margins, tied by target cancel of Diekirch to piece; the left stamp light crease ending in small marginal clear at top, otherwise fine; a rare and attractive multiple, certificate Böttger BPP (Prefix 1g)

10 c. greyish-black with full to large margins, tied by clear rectangle of bars to small entire letter with adjacent "LAROCHETTE 18 AVRIL 57" to Luxemburg, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP

10 c. greyish-black with variety 'line in left ornament above 10', good to mostly large margins, tied by clear circle of 7 bars to lettersheet with adjacent "KAP 24 11 58" to Luxemburg; a fine letter with rare cancellation, certificate Goebel (2006)

10 c. grey (10th printing), good to large margins and fresh colour, tied by circle of 9 bars to entire small letter with adjacent "REMICH 11 11 1860" to Esch with transit mark of Luxemburg; a fine and rare letter; only 3 entires with no. 1 are known with this cancellation, sign. Goebel with certificate (2006)

10 c. grey, full to wide margins, tied by 'Dés de Frisange' and partly by cds. "FRISANGE 29 1 59" to small folded cover to Esch; very fine, one of the rarest cancellations of Luxemburg, only 2 covers with no. 1 known, sign. Goebel with certificate (2006)

10 c. greyish-black, outer frame line cut at bottom and touched at left, in combination with 1859, coat of arms 30 c. violet with full to large margins, both tied by clear circle of bars to small envelope with adjacent cds. "LUXEMBOURG 2 OCT." (1859) to Paris with transit and arrival marks; an extremely rare and attractive mixed franking and the earliest recorded use of the 30 c., sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

1 sgr. brownish red, nice deep colour and clear to mostly large margins, tied by clear circle of 9 bars to entire letter with adjacent cds. "LUXEMBOURG 17 JUN." (1853), very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 2c)

1 sgr. vermilion with watermark inverted and reversed, nice colour and wide to very wide margins, neatly cancelled; a rare stamp of which only 3 single examples, one pair and one strip of 3 are recorded, sign. Calves and certificate F.S.P.L. (1979)

1 sgr. vermilion, horizontal strip of 3, clear at upper right, otherwise good margins all around, neatly cancelled by square of bars of Wiltz, fine and scarce, certificate Böttger BPP

1 sgr. dark-flesh (chair foncé), wide even margins, unused with original gum; very fine and rare in this condition, certficate Böttger BPP (Prefix 2f)

1 sgr. salmon (chairpale), vertical strip of 3 with good to large margins, cancelled by circle of 9 bars, very fine, signed Bühler and Goebel, certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 2g)

1 sgr. light-brownish-red (chair foncé), vertical strip of 3, ample margin at bottom, otherwise very wide margins with parts of 4 neighbour stamps, tied by circle of bars to lettersheet (in the corners of cover folds lightly strengthened by hinges); very fine and fresh, sign. Miro and Goebel, certificate Böttger BPP (Prefix 2f)

1 sgr. rose, fresh colour and large margins, unused without gum; natural paperflaw at upper left, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 2i)

1 sgr. salmon (chair foncé), vertical strip of 3 with good to large margins, neatly cancelled by 2 clear strikes of 'Cercles brises' of Remich; very fine, certificate Goebel AIEP (Prifix 2f) Provenance: Dupont (Corinphila 1985)