373rd Auction

1945, Storm Division 50 k.-100 k., unmounted mint, sign. Ercegovic (Mi. 700,-)

50 k.-100 k. in corner blocks of 4, one 100 kp. small gum disturbance, otherwise unmounted mint, sign. Petric

50 k., progressive proof with background only, unused o.g., 3 stamps unmounted mint, sign. Ercegovic

100 k., imperforated progressive proof with background and blue layer in horizontal strip of 4 with sheet margin on 3 sides, unused o.g., stamps unmounted mint (one with small gum disturbance), sign. Ercegovic

Storm Division souvenir sheet with light doubling of the left perforation of 70 k., unmounted mint with slight gum disturbances due to manufacturing, certificate Wienike BPP (1997) (Mi. 2.200,-)

Storm Division souvenir sheet, imperforated proof with only 100 k., unused o.g.; a slight vertical gum bend at left, otherwise fine and very scarce, certificate Pervan (2012)

Labour Day 3,50 k. in imperforated horizontal pair, unmounted mint, very fine and rare, certificate Zrinjscak (2005)

3,50 k. in horizontal strip of 3, imperforated vertically, unmounted mint, 2 stamps natural gum disturbance, very fine, sign. Zrinsjcak with certificate (2005)

Labour Day 3,50 k., imperforated proof in dark-blue, horizontal pair, unmounted mint, very fine and rare, sign. Zrinjscak with certificate (2005)

1945, Prominent Croatians, unissued 30 k., 40 k. and 50 k., each in brown, black and green on ungummed paper, imperforated, one value slight hinge stain, otherwise fine, each set certificate Pervan (2014)

1941, 1. issue 1 d., 13 copies, all with more or less missing overprint, tied by cds. "ZAGREB 6 5.II.43" to philatelic local registered cover without arrival mark; some small faults, interesting item, sign. Dr. Rommerskirchen BPP

1941, Postcard from Zagreb, mailed on 11.4., the day after independance, franked with Peter 2 d. to Rio de Janeiro with arrival mark, German censor mark "Ag"

1941, "R LOVREC", provisional register label on cover to Brod in Bohemia, franked on front and reverse with 34 copies 2nd issue 0,25 d., opened by censor and sealed with provisional censor label; some transportation faults, scarce item

1941, Registered letter, obviously to a Croatian Jew in the concentration camp at Ferramonti, Italy with transit and arrival marks and violet censor mark on front

1941, Official cover from court at Zemun, sent to Pancevo in German occupied Serbia, here taxed with postage due stamps 2 d. blue in horizontal pair and definitive 0,50 d., all tied by Pancevo cds., adjacent boxed bilingual censor mark, since the addressee left, the cover returned and the postage due stamps cancelled by blue crayon; interesting and scarce item

1941, Registered letter franked with landscapes 5 k. from "OSCJEK 3 VII 41" to the US with German and British censor labels and double line "THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN HELD BY THE OFFICE OF CENSORSHIP" on front; the cover was held for almost 4 years, delivered in September 1945 with New York transit mark on reverse, very scarce

1941, Gutmann provisional 2 d., marginal copy, tied by cds. "BELISCE 7.VI.41" to commercial cover to Zagreb, also 2 landscape 10 k. with Gutmann perfin (faults)

1941, Postal stationery card 1 k. with railway cancel "BROD-SARAJEWO 15/10.VII 41" to a prioner of war in Germany with red censor mark "STALAG 259 XVII B GEPRÜFT" applied on arrival

1941, Postal stationery card and letter addressed to the former Croatian territory, occupied by Hungary, since both franked as inland postage, taxed and Hungarian postage due stamps applied

1941, 2 official lettercards fromt the court at Zemun (Croatian/Serbian condominium), both sent to Belgrad and returned, one with boxed bilingual "Zensuriert", the other one with "INCONNU"

1942, Registered airmail letter with provisional handstamp "R/CRIKVENICA" to Zetninje, Montenegro, routed via occupied Fjume with double circle "UFFICIO CENSURA POSTA ESTERA II" on front, arrival mark of 7.9.1942

1942, "Cuvajic se pjegavca-cistoca cura zivot!" (Beware of typhoid-cleanliness safes lives!), boxed marking on postcard from Sarajewo to Zagreb

1942, "R VUKOVAR", provisional register handstamp on letter to fieldpost no. 17851 with arrival mark of FPO 544, German censor label and handstamp

1943, Postcard landscapes 1,5 k. with additional franking 2 k. from Sarajewo to Montenegro with several censor marks and arrival mark on front

1943, Postcard 2 k. with cds. "FELDPOST B 26.3.43" with adjacent "SS Feldpost" to Germany, written by wife of a Croatian volunteer in 7th Waffen SS Division to her husband in Berlin

1943, Red Cross postcard for Italian prioners of war, 2 items sent to Italy, one with heavy creasing

1943, Letter with original contents from a pilot of 15th Croatian squadron of Fluggeschwader 52 to Osijek with German censor label, arrival mark on reverse, very scarce

1943, "POSTA-IMOTSKI", provisional violet handstamp, 2 strikes on landscapes 8 k. and postage due 0,50 k. and 2 k. in pair, on registered envelope to Mosta with arrival mark on reverse, very scarce, opinion Wieneke BPP

1943, 'Demande de retrait'-formular, franked with landscapes 2 k. in pair and 10 k., tied by Zagreb cds., with demand of postage for a registered letter to Switzerland; usual light folds, one affecting one 2 k.; a scarce item

1944, Bilingual fieldpostcard from Varazdin to Slavonski Brod, showing on front violet censor mark "CENZURA BROD n/S 80", fine and scarce

1944, Bilingual fieldpostcard from "DONJI MIHOLJAC 17.IV.44" to Ruma, opinion Wieneke BPP

1945, Bilingual fieldpostcard dated "20.III.45" with violet straight line "BOJNA POSTA H-1206" to Zagreb, some minor toning, very scarce, certificate Wieneke BPP (2003)

FISCAL STAMPS USED AS POSTAGE: 1941/43, overprint issue 2 d. used on cover from "ZAGREB 25.VII.41" to Kraljevica with arrival mark, accepted as postage, somewhat toned and roughly opened on reverse, also 0,50 d. and 3 d. used on cover of "ZEPCE 14.12.43" to Sarajewo, but stamps not accepted and taxed with postage due stamps applied on reverse; interesting pair

BANJA LUCA: 1941, local issue 1 d. and 2 d., tied by cds. "BANJA LUCA 26.IV.41" to envelope addressed Bjelovar with arrival mark, stamps with light toning in parts of the perforation and cover folded vertically, very scarce

MEDIMURJE: 1941, local issue 0,25 d-30 d., 15 values cpl., unused o.g., a fine and scarce set

MEDIMURJE: 0,50 d. tied by cds. "BJELOVAR 21 X 41" to envelope to Sarajewo, little stained, very scarce