375th Auction

INTERNAL SERVICE: 1927/41, small but interesting group of 9 items including New Year Greeting cards 1936 und 1938 and postal gift booklet, fine

PRISON CENSOR MARKS: 1925/40, very interesting group of 20 cards including multiple censor marks, mostly fine

CENSOR MARKS: 1919/38, very interesting group of 23 cards including "Censure a Libau", "Kara Zensor...", newspaper censor mark "I.M.L", "Caurskatits", foreign censor labels etc., mostly fine 

POSTAGE DUE: 1922/38, Incoming and outgoing mail, very interesting collection with 90 cards and covers containing a wide array of different marks like boxed and oval "PEEMAKSTAT...", Russian "DOPLATIT", including also railway mail and Austrian, French, Czech, Hungarian, Italian and US postage due stamps, incoming mail from Poland, Brazil, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, USA etc., in addition two entires with handwritten address correction to the latvian spelling, mostly written up in 3 albums  

R-LABELS/MARKINGS: Interesting collection with more than 1270 different labels/marking, ideal for studying and reference purposes

R-LABELS/MARKINGS: Interesting collection with more than 300 cards and covers and large pieces, starting with provisional r-labels, handwritten labels with rubber markings, stamped "labels", all sorted by types, mostly good condition 

AIRMAIL: 1921/39, very intersting collection with more than 50 cards and covers, with better frankings, interesting destinations, Ballonpost, Swissair flight to Latvia etc., mostly good condition  

MONEY LETTERS: 1923/39, interesting group of 21 covers, mostly with high frankings, sent to Latvia, Lithuania, France, Great Britain and Germany, mostly fine

EXPRESS-MAIL: 1930/40, interesting group of 16 covers, many with high frankings, one express money order, different destinations, censor marks in addition 3 Cash on Delivery covers, etc., mostly fine

PRINTED MATTER: 1923/40, interesting collection with 28 entires including sample without value, registered cover, mail to Brazil with tourism vignette on reverse etc., mostly fine

POSTMASTER PERFORATIONS: 1918, interesting collection including two covers, with perforations of Bauska, Jaunlaicene, Ope, Wez-Gulbene, Palanga, Saldus, Skrunda, Ehwele, Staicele, Strenci, Valmiera, containing more than 80 stamps including some multiples, often times used with provisional cancellations including some better, in addition about 150 stamps with private perforation

COUNCIL PERIOD: 1919, interesting collection with 41 stamps and pieces, 4 covers from Riga and 5 parcel cards from Daugavpils, Zehsis, Stukum and Stakeln, scarce, fine

1919/41, interesting lot with letters and advertisements of the dealer Georg H. Jaeger from Libau, also an Engros price list July-August 1919, postcards from post offices, pattern sheets from Dr. Schröder for the inclusion of variants in the Michel catalogue etc.

FIELDPOST: 1920, interesting collection with more than 50 cards with mainly different troop seals, cards to soldier address etc., all described

MILITARY MAIL: 1920/40(ca.), interesting collection of about 100 Parvedums etc., all with military addresses, with detailed inventory list

INCOMING MAIL: 1921/39, interesting group of 24 covers to Latvia, including registered mail from Russia, registered cover paid cash, mail from Danzig, German Empire, Denmark, Lithuania, Hungary, Iceland, Spain, Sweden, Poland and Japan and New Zealand, mostly written up, in addition some covers with punch holes resp scissor cuts, mostly good condition

SHIPMAIL: 1921/39, interesting group of 14 cards and covers travelled by ship or addressed to Crew members, including 4 covers from Riga to New York with U.S.S. PITTSBURG, WHIPPLE and BILLINGSLEY, "Paquebot" boxed mark on card to Aarhus resp. cover to Kopenhagen, "Fran LETTLAND" on card to Stockholm etc, all written up on pages, mostly fine

MAIL FROM DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS: 1925/38, interesting group of 6 covers, mostly pre-printed envelopes, fine

FOREIGN CANCELLATIONS ON LATVIAN STAMPS: Interesting group with stamps and covers, starting with Lithuanian Railway cancel RYGA-KYBARTAI on several cards/covers and loose stamps, "PASTO VAGONAS 1-2" on card to Nürnberg, "KLAIPEDA-KYBARTEI PAST VAG 14" on cover to Liepaja, "STOCKHOLM" as arrival mark on shipmail card with adjacent "Fran Lettland", Card to St. Gallen with swiss rhomb on reverse franking and "KAUNAS G.K" on card to Heilbronn", all written up, mostly fine

1919/39, very interesting collection with more than 500 cards and covers, mostly collected by postage periods with many interesting and better items, censored mail, registered mail, provisional cancellations, different forms, wrappers etc., 

1920/42, interesting group of 165 cards and covers, all individually priced, including railway incl. registered mail and Ostland, censored mail, airmail, postage due markings, pre-printed ESPERANTO envelope, parcel cards, shipmail, machine and postal slogan cancellations, Ostland with 2nd class post office cancellations etc., mostly fine

POSTAL HISTORY FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 2ND WORLD WAR: 1939/41, impressive collection in 20 albums with close to 600 cards and covers, collected until the German occupation in June 1941. All neatly arranged in chronological order with a wide array of covers and cards, including numerous specialities such as foreign censorship, air mail, meter marks, special cancellations Daugavpils on 10s. on postcard, registered mail, railway mail, illustrated envelopes, slogan cancellations, telegram, Resettlement mail, complete book for registered mail, bilingual cancellations, chemical censorship, SU field mail in Latvia etc., often written up with additional informations,   

MISCELLANEOUS: Interesting group of 36 cards/covers including 16 Artist post cards and 7 illustrated envelopes and several picture postcards etc, fine

NON PHILATELIC MATERIAL: Interesting group containing identity card, exile papers, banknotes etc., 

VIGNETTES: 1921/39, interesting group starting with single vignette for the Riga Fair 1921, than many city views "Visit Latvia" including several cards and covers, mostly good condition

PROVISIONAL CANCELLATIONS: AIZPUTE-ZLAKAS, very interesting collection with 20 cards and covers, including better and interesting items, in addition more than 300 stamps and pieces, mostly fine

CANCELLATIONS: Ordinary postmarks, few provisionals, JAUNLATGALE-ZUBITES, very extensive collection with more than 1700 items organized by Harry von Hofmann numbers, on covers, cards, postal stationery, different forms, picture postcards and larger pieces etc.

CANCELLATIONS: ABAVA-ZVADE, extensive collections with more than 4600 stamps and pieces, all written up in 6 albums

SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS: 1920/40, interesting group of 25 cards and covers and 38 stamps and pieces, cards and covers including "300 LIEPAJA 300", registered cover with multicolored labels (and rare special registered labels) and cancel  "IX DZIESMI SVETKI", "SKAUTU NOMETNE", mostly fine

RAILWAY: Interesting collection with more than 280 cards and covers and many loose stamps or pieces, mostly very nice strikes

PROVISIONAL CANCELLATIONS: 1921/39, interesting group of 15 cards and covers and several stamps and pieces, mostly fine

MACHINE CANCELLATIONS: 1921/39, interesting group of more than 300 cards and covers and few stamps and pieces, mostly fine

METER-MARKS: 1920/40, interesting collection with more than 140 covers including registered covers, special usages, specimen printings etc., 

INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS: 1920/40, interesting collection with more than 125 forms, 28 covers and more than 220 cards/covers not yet sorted, including many interesting items, mostly fine

INTERNAL CANCELLATIONS: 1928/40, interesting group of 11 cards/covers and forms including three forms franked with fiscal stamps, mostly fine

MISCELLANEOUS: 1918/36, interesting group of 7 covers and some pieces with corrected or missing date bridge, in addition 4 volumes with cancellation collection trying to show every day of the 1st Republic, mostly fine