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1936, Writers and Poets 20 s. rose-pink, block of four from the upper sheet margin with normal watermark, mint never hinged, a very scarce multiple only one sheet printed, fine

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

1937, Independence Monuments 35 s. dark blue, with left sheet margin, inverted watermark, very rare, used, fine

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

1939, Fifth anniversary of the re-birth of authoritarian government, 3-20s., 14 stamps and multiples with perforation varieties, mint never hinged and unused and one used stamp, mostly fine

1939, 5th anniversary 20s., perforated 10, with reversed vertical watermark, unused, scarce, fine (HvH 274vsB)

1939, 5th anniversary 20s. as block of four from the lower left sheet corner, perforated 10:10¼, with reversed vertical watermark, mint never hinged, scarce, fine (HvH 274vsU)

1940, Coat of arms, 10 s. dark blue-green, horizontal pair with horizontal varnish lines, mint never hinged, scarce, fine

1940, Coat of arms, archival proofs, 1-3, 7-10, 30 s. and 50 s. and 1 l. each as imperforated, horizontal proof, mint never hinged, few stamps slight wrinkels, otherwise fine

1940, Coat of arms 20 s., colour proofs, 15 perforated in different colours, and 20s. Essay with oak leaves, mostly mint never hinged, rare, mostly fine

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, without gum, rare, fine

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Republic, booklet with 4 stamps at 3 s., 4 stamps at 5 s., 2 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., 2 stamps at 10 s., 4 stamps at 20 s. and 2 stamps at 35 sant, used, few wrinkles and folds, otherwise very fine

YANKEE-CLIPPER: 5 airmail covers to the USA, some faults, mostly fine

"FRAN FINLAND." two covers cancelled on arrival in Stockholm, from the company "Edgar Lyra & Co., Riga", good condition

RIGA EXPOSITION, 1922, two used exposition postcards, addressed to Germany, good condition

POSTAL SAVINGS BOOK: RUJEN andWOLMAR, each book with their own entries, rare, good condition

MISC. ITEMS: Austria Airmail  50 g. and 1 s. tied by cds. "FLUGPOST 6 IX 27" to registered airmail cover to Riga, not deliverable, taxed and returned, very attractive and scarce, fine

ORIGINAL CANCELLING DEVICES: 7 original devices, "RENGE * * * A LATVIJA", "NERETA a LATVIJA", "РИГА 32 ЛАТВ.ССР RIGA 32", "РИГА 36 ЛАТВ.ССР RIGA 36", "РИГА 48 ЛАТВ.ССР RIGA 48", "МАРУПЕ ЛАТВ.ССР MARUPE" und "БРОЦЕНЫ ЛАТВ.ССР BROCENI", complete with date slugs

1918, First Vilnius Issue 15sk., complete sheet, unused, fine and rare

1919, 1st Kaunas Issue 15 sk., block of four from the lower right sheet corner, the lower right stamp with error "5 instead of 15", used with clear cds. "KAUNAS 12.II.19", right upper and lower left stamp with tiny stain, otherwise a fine copy of this rare and popular error, signed Friedel, Köhler and certificate Huylmans BPP

1923, Memel issue 1c-5l., complete set tied by cds. "KAUNAS 20.IX.1923" to registered cover to Braunschweig, fine

1923, Memel issue 1l. with additional franking tied by cds. "KAUNAS 10.III.24" to value declared cover to Paris, scarce usage, folded once vertically, flap partly missing and torn, otherwise fine

1926, Airmail 20-60 c., each as vertical and horizontal pair imperforated between, unused, 60 c. horizontal and 20 c. vertical without gum, otherwise fine, some signed

1926, Airmail 20-60c. tied by cds. to two airmail cards to Danzig, fine

1926, double cross 10c., perf 14¼ as horizontal pair with additional franking tied by cds. "KAUNAS 28.V.28" to cover to Elberfeld, scarce, tiny spots, otherwise fine

1930, Vytautas 10l. with additional franking, tied by cds. "TELSIAI -7.X:32" to registered airmail cover with connection flight from the 8th Southamerica flight to Pernambuco, sender was the famous Philatelist Dr. Mikulskis from Telsiai, scarce, one stamp with slight stain spots, otherwise fine

1930, Vytautas 5, 20 and 40c. as single and 10c. as vertical pair with additional franking tied by cds. "SEDASAI 12.X.30" to reverse of pre-printed regsitered Esperanto cover to Addis Abeba, Africa, very unusual, fine

1930, Airmail 60 c., two horizontal pairs imperforated between, unused, fine

1l. with "transposed head" with additional franking, tied by cds. "KAUNAS 25.VI.30" to registered airmail card to Berlin, very scarce usage of this popular error, little unfresh, otherwise fine

1932, Lietuvos Vaikias 5c-2l. perforated, tied by cds. to two registered airmail covers to Lorch, fine

1932, Lietuvos Vaikias 5c-2l. imperforated, tied by cds. to two registered airmail covers to Lorch, fine

1932, Lietuvos Vaikias 5c-3l. perforated and imperforated, tied by cds. to two registered airmail covers to Bern, fine

1932, Lietuvos vaikas 5 c.-2 l., with blue handstamp "SPECIMEN", without gum, fine

1932, Lietuvos Vaikias 5c-2l. perforated and imperforated, tied by cds. to two registered airmail covers to Trossingen, little stained at top of covers, otherwise fine

1933, Darius Girenas 20 c.-2 l, all five values, unused, fine, scarce only 500 printed, signed Sanabria and certificate Huylmans BPP