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"GREVENMACHER", clear straight line on entire letter 1833 to Luxemburg with adjacent cds. of Eich; small tear at top, otherwise fine and very scarce (Goebel HG1)

1704, "de luxembg" in manuscript on small entire letter with manuscript port "4" sols to Nancy; a fine and rare letter during the 'Régie Pajo'

1707/08, 2 entire letters from the same correspondence from Luxemburg city to Rochefort; one with indicated postage "3" sols, the other one without; a rare and fine pair

1709, "de Luxembg" in manuscript on entire double rate letter to Nancy taxed "6" sols fine and very scarce

"par Luxembourg", manuscript transit mark on entire letter from Aix-la-Chapelle 1714 to Nancy with adjacent transit mark "DE BRUXELLE"

"LUXEMBOURG" with ornament, good strike on entire letter 1793 with bishop mark on reverse; a fine and scarce letter to abroad

"LUXEMBOURG" and "PORT PAYE" on entire letter dated "Steinsel le 12 de l'an 1794" to Liège; very scarce combination

"MARCHE", clear straight line in black on entire letter 1765 to Paris with manuscript "franc jusqu'a paris"; fine and scarce

"MARCHE / FRANCO" and "MARCHE", both in black on entire letter 1828 from Tellin to Marche, sign. Goebel

"St. hubert" in manuscript on entire letter 1741 to Bruxelles; small tear at bottom due to opening, still fine and scarce

"ST.HUBERT", clear on entire letter 1828 to Dieupart

"Wellin" in manuscript on entire letter, dated "Chanly le 8 août 1831", to Marche with red cds. on front, taxed "10" centimes; very scarce

"WILTZ 2 JUIL 48" with adjacent "Franco" on entire letter to Diekirch, very fine, sign. Goebel

THE FORTRESS OF THE GERMAN CONFEDERATION: 1814, Entire military letter dated "Arlon den 20ten Juni 1814" with nice Prussian military command seal on reverse, addressed to the governor Schmidt von Grollenburg at Luxemburg, very fine

1816, Entire official letter with preprinted padding "Festung=Luxemburg..", written by the commander of the fortress Du Moullin to the governor of Luxemburg Willmar, showing on reverse superb red wax seal "KÖNIGL: PR: KOMANDANTUR DER FESTUNG LUXEMBOURG"; a very fine and scarce early letter

1818, "Offizier Brief aus Luxemburg", manuscript endorsement on front of entire letter, dated "Perl den 24ten Septbr. 1818" to Mainz; reverse seal removed when opened. This is the earliest recorded 'officer's letter' from the fortress which was carried by the military mail against regulation because the sender had quit the army to marry in Luxemburg Provenance: Illustrated at C. Brühl (fig. 2)

1839, Entire military letter from commander Du Moullin to the governor of Luxemburg to inform him about the death of the governor of the fortress, Landgrave Ludwig Wilhelm of Hessen-Homburg; large part of red wax seal on reverse; an interesting and scarce historic document

1849, "frei als Offz. Brief der Bundesfst. Luxemburg ..." in manuscript on entire letter with inside beautiful lithographic view of Luxemburg, to the castle Myllendonck near Mönchengladbach; on reverse transit mark of Trier and red wax seal

1854, Entire military letter to Abentheuerhütte, transported by the Luxemburg post with clear cds. "LUXEMBOURG 27 AVRIL 54" and taxed "3" sgr.; on reverse transit mark of Trier and arrival mark, also nice intact red seal

1856 (ca.), "Offizier Familien Brief zur Bundesfestung Luxemburg gehörige Truppen ..." in manuscript on folded envelope with extensive original contents to Berlin with transit mark of Trier on reverse

1863, "AUS LUXEMBURG / PORTO VON CONZ / 26 9 63", clear strike on entire letter of the "Artillerie-Direction der Bundesfestung Luxemburg" to Abentheuerhütte, scarce and very fine

"OFFICIER BRIEF LUXEMBURG", clear strike on envelope with Luxemburg 1859, 25 c. brown with full to very large margins, tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 10 JANV. 65" to Cologne with transit and arrival marks; the stamp with minor bends, due to contents of the envelope; a fine and very scarce entire; only few covers known from the fortress with 25 c. postage

"OFFICIER BRIEF LUXEMBURG", clear on envelope with Luxemburg 1859, 37½ c. green, tiny touched at upper right, otherwise ample to large margins, tied by clear cds. "LUXEMBOURG 26 MAI 64" to Münster with arrival mark and transit mark of Trier; a fine and rare cover

"MIL:BRIEF.ST.LUXEM=BURG" in blue, very nice strike on lettersheet with adjacent "LUXEMBURG 8 FEVR. 65" to Simmern; scarce in blue and latest recorded use in this colour, sign. Meier BPP Proveneance: C. Brühl (fig. 39)

"MIL:BRIEF.ST.LUXEM=BURG" in black on entire small letter with adjacent cds. "LUXEMBOURG 26 FEVR. 67" to Prüm, taxed "1" sgr., sign. Goebel

"MIL:BRIEF.ST.LUXEM=BURG" in blue on small envelope, franked with Luxemburg 1859, 12½ c. rose with good to very wide margins, tied by clear "LUXEMBOURG 31 AOUT 64", to Speicher near Trier with transit and arrival marks; the envelopes somewhat unfresh, but extremely scarce combination, especially with the 12½ c. value, sign. Goebel

"MIL:BRIEF.ST.LUXEM=BURG" in black on lettersheet, franked with Luxemburg 1865/75, 25 c. blue, tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 24 AOUT 67" to Sobernheim with railway transit mark and arrival mark of the next day; some light folds, not affecting the stamp; a most remarkable and unique cover of the last day of the Prussian post office at the fortress with extremely scarce usage of the rouletted 25 c.
Provenance: Illustrated at C. Brühl (fig. 32)

"MIL:BRIEF.ST.LUXEM=BURG" in black on small lettersheet, franked with Luxemburg 1859, 37½ c. green, partly slightly touched, tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 30 MAI 65", to Berlin with transit mark of Trier and arrival mark; a fine and very scarce combination cover

"MIL:BRIEF.ST.LUXEM=BURG" in black, very nice strike on Prussia postal stationery envelope 3 sgr. orange endorsed at bottom left "Militairbrief der Bundesfestung Luxemburg" and adjacent transit mark "TRIER 30/4" to Eisleben with arrival mark; on reverse return address of a sergeant of 37th Infanterie Regiment. A very fine and rare entire. We have recorded only one other Prussian stationery envelope with this marking (2 sgr. with marking in the second type) Provenance: 256. Heinrich Köhler Auktion (1987)

"PRIVAT POST UNTERNEHMEN von TRIER nach LUXEMBURG / J. Recking" as well as "PRIVAT-POST-EXPEDITION WIRTGEN / LUXEMBURG 3 DECEM. 1855" on parcel accompanying letter to Abentheuerhütte with nice red wax seal on reverse, very fine

"PRIVAT POST UNTERNEHMEN von TRIER nach LUXEMBURG / J. Recking", blue oval marking on parcel accompanying letter with transit mark "TRIER 24 4" to Berlin with red arrival mark "P:C:D.H:P:A:BERLIN"

"PRIVAT POST UNTERNEHMEN von TRIER nach LUXEMBURG J. Recking" on Prussia postal stationery envelope 3 sgr. yellow, endorsed at bottom left "Militärbrief der Bundesfestung Luxemburg" as money letter via "TRIER 11 6" to Markneukirchen in Saxony; at left small part of reverse side cut out by opening with tiny missing part of front; a still very fine and rare entire

POSTAGE STAMPS: 1852, William III 10 c. greenish-black, good to large margins and fresh colour, unused with original gum (here some brownish spots); a faint vertical crease in the right margin, otherwise fine; a scarce stamp in this condition, certificate Demuth AIEP (1999)

10 c. black (printing of 1855), horizontal pair with clear to good margins, unused without gum, fine and fresh; a very scarce multiple, sign. F.S.P.L. with certificate (1970)

10 c. black, horizontal pair and 2 single copies, all with full to wide margins, tied by clear targets to small lettersheet with adjacent "ECHTERNACH 11 VIII" (1855) to Lexy in France; some light staining, one single stamp small marginal tear and the pair horizontal crease at top, where affixed over the edge of the cover; still an attractive and scarce franking to abroad, certificate Demuth BPP (1981) Provenance: Isaac Seligson (Corinphila 1982)

1 sgr. vermilion with watermark inverted, horizontal pair with good to large margins and nice fresh colour, unused without gum, very fine and fresh; a rare multiple of the first issue; sign. Goebel with certificate (2013) (Prifix 2e)