363 / September 2016

10 c. black with large margins, cancelled by 'Colosse' of 46 bars, very fine, certificate Demuth BPP

10 c. black, slightly touched in the upper frame line at left, otherwise ample to wide margins, tied by red cds. of Remich to small piece; the stamp has been lifted for inspection and replaced by hinge. Unique example of the red cds. of Remich on the first issue; a mighty important item of Luxembourg Philately and a very rare piece, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (prifix 1f)

10 c. grey-black with guide lines at bottom, clear to wide margins, cancelled by central strike of circle of 7 bars of Capellen, very fine, certificate Demuth BPP

10 c. grey-black, good to mostly wide margins, tied by clear circle of 6 bars to small piece, very fine, certificate Demuth BPP (1987)

10 c. grey-black with "Grande Retouche" no. 9, good to large margins, neatly cancelled, leaving the face almost completely free, very fine, certificate Demuth BPP (1985)

10 c. black, fine impression of the 1st printing, horizontal pair with good to large margins, cancelled by central strike of circle of 9 bars, very fine, signed Demuth BPP

10 c. black, horizontal strip of 3 with good to very wide margins, part of neighbour stamp at right, used with circle of 9 bars of Luxemburg, very fine, certificate Demuth BPP

10 c. grey-black, vertical strip of 3 with good to large margins, cancelled by circle of 9 bars, very fine, certificate Demuth BPP (1987)

10 c. grey-black, horizontal strip of 4 with good to large margins, cancelled by 'losanges de Ettelbruck', very fine, a scarce strip, certificate Demuth BPP (1993)

10 c. grey-black, block of 4 with good to large margins, neatly cancelled by target cancel of Diekirch; a light pre-fold vertically between the stamps, otherwise very fine; one of the finest blocks of 4 known of this stamp, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP Provenance: Maurice Burrus (1963)

10 c. black with good to large margins, tied by 2 strikes of green target with adjacent small cds. "WILTZ 20 FEVR. 53" on uncomplete folded letter (2 side flaps missing) to Schimpach; filing creases not effecting the stamp; a very rare cancellation, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP

10 c. grey-black with good to large margins, tied by broken target cancel with adjacent cds. "REMICH 24 X 1857" to entire letter to Luxemburg, fine, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP

10 c. grey-black with good to very wide margins, tied by circle of bars to small envelope with adjacent large cds. "ECHTERNACH 16 III 58" to Diekirch; the envelope small faults and vertical crease at right (turned around); certificate Böttger BPP (prifix 1j)

10 c. grey-black with wide margins, showing small sheet margin at bottom, tied by rural square of 9 bars to small entire letter with adjacent cds. "WILTZ 16 AVRIL 56" to Esch, very fine, certificate Demuth BPP (1993)

10 c. black with good to large margins, tied by small cds. "LUXEMBOURG 16 MAI 60", with additional strike alongside, to Weiler zum Turm with transit mark of Bettembourg, very fine, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (prifix 1f)

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

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

1 sgr. brown-red, good to large margins, cancelled with large part of Luxemburg target cancel in red; extremely rare, only few stamps with the red cancellation are recorded, certificate Demuth BPP (1985)

1 sgr. pale-salmon, horizontal pair with ample to large margins, cancelled by square of bars of La Rochette, fine, 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. reddish-orange (1854 printing) with watermark reversed, horizontal pair with nice colour and good to large margins, neatly cancelled by circle of 9 bars, very fine, certificate Demuth BPP (1984)

1 sgr. brown-red, horizontal pair with ample to wide margins, tied by nice strike of Luxemburg square of 46 bars to small piece, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (prifix 2d) Provenance: Maurice Burrus (1963)

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. vermilion, vertical pair with large margins, neatly cancelled by circle of 9 bars, very fine, certificate Demuth AIEP (1999) (prifix 2e)

1 sgr. brown-red, horizontal strip of 3 with good to wide margins, neatly cancelled by circle of 9 bars of Luxemburg, very fine, sign. FSPL and certificate Böttger BPP (prifix 2d)

1 sgr. carmine-rose, horizontal strip of 5, nice fresh colour and good to wide margins, used with circle of 9 bars of Luxemburg; faint horizontal crease; a very rare multiple, only two strips of 5 of the 1 sgr. value are recorded; certificate Böttger BPP (prifix 2i)

1 sgr. salmon (chair foncé), fresh colour and good to wide margins, tied by circle of 9 bars to not quite complete letter (1 side flap missing) to Trier, the stamp lifted for inspection and replaced by hinge, fine and attractive, certificate Demuth BPP (Soluphil 2f)

1859, Essay of engraver Ludwig Kurz from Frankfurt, original die proof 10 c. black on white paper, fixed on small piece of carton, which is sealed to card with statement of Ludwig Kurz given in 1897, that this is the first print taken from the die which he engraved in 1859. Later the die was slightly changed when it was used for the final printings by the company C. Naumann in Frankfurt. A unique item of Luxembourg philately!

1859, Coat of Arms, essay of printer Pierre Brück from Luxembourg, 10 C. ultramarine, coarse printing on white paper without watermark, complete sheet of 30 stamps incl. tête-bêche on pos. 10, ungummed; 2 tiny tears in the lower margin well off the stamps, otherwise very fine. A great rarity of Luxembourg philately, 2 tête-bêches are known, this being the only one known within a complete sheet besides these two mentioned; no other tête-bêches are known of Luxembourg stamps

1859/63, Coat of Arms 4 c. yellow in horizontal pair with clear to mostly wide margins, tied by clear cds. "LUXEMBOURG 30 AVRIL 67" to small preprinted double rate printed matter wrapper to Berlin; the pair has been lifted and replaced, the right stamp with tiny corner crease, otherwise very fine; a rare franking, sign. Demuth BPP and certificate Böttger BPP Provenance: Isac Seligson (1982)

12½ c. rose, copy from the upper left sheet corner with good to mostly enormous margins incl. small part of neighbour stamp at right, neatly cancelled with small cds. "LUXEMBOURG 10 JUIN 64", extremely fine, sign. Goebel and photocopy of an old certificate Demuth BPP

12½ c. rose, clear to large margins, tied by small cds. "LUXEMBOURG 22 MAI 63" to lettersheet to Trier; in the lettersheet tear at top backed and one side flap missing, otherwise fine, sign. Goebel and certificaet Demuth BPP

12½ c. rose, horizontal strip of 3 and horizontal pair, one stamp of the pair slightly cut-in, otherwise all with good to wide margins, tied by 'losanges' to sealed registered envelope with adjacent cds. "ETTELBRUCK 19 NOV. 64" to Mainz with adjacent "PD"; the central stamp of the strip applied with surface scrub, the touched stamp of the pair with corner crease, otherwise in fine condition (slight ageing marks); an exceedingly rare multiple franking, apparently unique, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP Provenance: 'Melusina' (2012)

25 c. brown, somewhat touched at left, otherwise ample to wide margins, tied by central cds. "ECHTERNACH 23 AVRIL 67" to green postal money order for 150 francs to Luxemburg; the form with light vertical crease and small corner crease; fine and attractive; a rare entire, certificate Böttger BPP Provenance: 'Melusina' (2010)

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)