363 / September 2016

1942, Airmailstamp, imperforated with left sheet margin, tied by straight line "28.NOV. 1942" to folded letter to Vienna with adjacent L2 "Feldbahnpost Riga-Gatschine", stamp with horizontal crease, otherwise fine and rare with only a few of these covers known, signed Pickenpack and Mogler BPP

Photos of the Ühisabi Balls 1937 and 1938, the annual Ühisabi Ball was the main fund-raising event of Ühisabi. The Ühisabi Ball was a major social event in Estonia and was held in the Estonia national theater, shown on Mi 55 and 56. A special post office was held there on Feb.27, 1937 with the Caritas postage stamps of 1937 for sale    

REVAL NEWSPAPER / REVALER ZEITUNG: 1919, 2nd. vintage, intertesting group of several hundred pages, mostly completes Issue from 2nd of June - 14th August 1919. Many messages and articles in German , e.g. "Luftverkehr und Luftpost" (4th June 1919, p.3 bottom right); "Postverkehr mit Schweden wieder hergestellt"(25th June 1919, p3) and "Wie unser Papier entsteht" (26th June 1919, p1), some pages with tears, mostly good condition

Günther Reindorff, by H. Läti, Eesti NSV Kunst, Tallin 1960, art book with 74 reproductions black and white of works by Günther Reindorff, signed in ink "GReindorff III 1961". Reindorff designed Russian and Estonian postage stamps and banknotes and was appointed a National Artist of the USSR in 1961. 22 of Reindorff's works are shown in the digital gallery of the Eesti Kunstimuuseum https://digikogu.ekm.ee/, such as https://digikogu.ekm.ee/ekm/search/oid-12306/

1 k. orange, used with pencil strokes, only a few perforation tips slightly brown, otherwise fine, one of the great rarities of Estonian Philately with only 7 stamps originally overprinted, signed Bühler with certificate and certificates Löbbering BPP and Nemvalz Provenance: collection Valdo Nemvalz

1866, 8 pen. on ordinary yellow-green paper, roulette I, horizontal strip of 3, used with small blue single circle date stamp; the left stamp 3 perfs repaired, otherwise very fine, opinion Schwenson (Facit 6V3C1)

1849, Ceres 15 c. green, good to large margins and deep colour, with a central strike of PC "420" BLOIS, very fine; a scarce type of cancellation on this stamp

1853, Napoléon imperforated 1 c. olive on bluish, block of 4 from the right sheet margin, unused o.g., very fine and fresh

1862/70, Napoléon 30 c., two copies, tied by British numeral "722" to lettersheet with adjacent "SOUTHAMPTON FRANCE MB DE 22 1870" to London; some short perfs and minor staining

1870, Siège de Paris 20 c. blue, vertical pair and single stamp, tied by 'ancre' to lettersheet with adjacent "CONSTANTINOPLE P.FR.U. NO 3/13 SEPT. 71" to Genova with desinfection slits, one stamp minor imperfections, sign. Calves

Ballon monté: LE VICTOR HUGO: mourning cover franked lauré 10 c. and 20 c. from "PARIS R.PASCAL 17 OCT 70" to Bouillon, Belgium and re-directed to Luxemburg with both arrival marks; fine and scarce, signed Goebel

1870, Boules de Moulins: Napoléon 80 c. and Bordeaux 20 c. blue tied by GC "453" to mourning cover from "BESANCON 31.DEC" to Paris, complete with letter, 20 c. with cut at top, otherwise fine

1870, Bordeaux 80 c. rose, horizontal block of 6, very fresh deep colour and good to wide margins, unused with fresh original gum; natural printing flaw in the central top stamp and one stamp with natural paper inclusion; a tiny nick at upper right just touching the frameline and very faint gum crease between the two stamps at upper right; a fine and very fresh multiple, sign. Richter

1871, Ceres 4 c. gray, horizontal block of 15, unused o.g., most stamps unmounted mint, few short perfs and perforation slightly separated in one place; a fine and fresh block, 4 values signed Hofinger

1871/73, Ceres 25 c. blue, horizontal pair of typ II and III, together with pair 10 c. brown on rose (partly cut by scissors), tied to envelope from "SENS-S-YONNE 29 MAI 74" to Paris; the envelope small faults, otherwise fine and rare, sign. Scheller with certificate (Yvert 60Ca)

1919, ½ c. on 1 c., overprint inverted, unmounted mint, very fine, sign. Calves

1925, Exposition souvenir sheet, unused with small hinge remainders at top only, fine

1929, Jeanne d'Arc 50 c., essay in block format on ungummed carton paper, signed Scheller

1958, CEPT 35 fr., 3 épreuve d'artiste in different colours, one franked on the margin with issued 35 fr. with first day cancellation

1970, Airmail 20 fr. imperforated, block of 9 from the right lower sheet corner, unmounted mint, very fine (Yvert 44 a)

1849, Ceres 10c. brown, Sperati forgery type C, used, signed in pencil, fine

15c. green, Sperati forgery type A, used, unsigned, fine

15c. green, Sperati forgery type D, used, unsigned, fine

15c. black on chalky paper, Sperati forgery in block format with pencil signature, reverse with yellow cachet "JEAN DE SPERATI LES PHILATÉLIE d' ART"

15c. green on normal paper, Sperati forgery in block format with pencil signature, reverse with yellow cachet "JEAN DE SPERATI LES PHILATÉLIE d' ART"

20c. black, tête-bêche, Sperati forgery type B, used, unsigned, fine

1 fr. vervelle, Sperati forgery type A, used, not signed, fine

1 fr. vervelle, Sperati forgery in block format with pencil signature, reverse with yellow cachet "JEAN DE SPERATI LES PHILATÉLIE d' ART", fine

1 fr. carmine, Sperati forgery type A, unused, not signed, fine

1 fr. carmine, Sperati forgery type A in block format, unsigned, horizontal fold at top, otherwise fine

1 fr. carmine, Sperati forgery type C, used, with BPA signature, fine

1853, Napoléon 1fr. carmine, Sperati forgery in block format with pencil signature, reverse with BPA signature, fine

1 fr. carmine, horizontal pair, Sperati forgery type K+F, unused with gum, few slight creases, otherwise fine, not signed

1 fr. carmine, horizontal strip of three with tête-bêche, Sperati forgery type M, used, BPA signature, fine

1 fr. carmine, tête-bêche, Sperati forgery type L, used, unsigned, fine

1870, Bordeaux-Issue 2c. brown as block of four on normal paper, Sperati forgery type C in block format with pencil signature, reverse with yellow cachet "JEAN DE SPERATI LES PHILATÉLIE d' ART", fine