376th Auction

1920, Second Anniversary of Independence 80sk. without "shine" and 3a. with frame only, black on buff paper without gum, 80sk. heavy creases, otherwise fine

1921, Airmail plate proofs, 20sk. -5a., five different proofs, without gum, PC11 small paper break, otherwise fine (Lithuanian Handbook PC8, PC11, PC13, PC14, PC14a) 

1922, De Jure 6 a. with frame of 8 a., block of four, mint never hinged, one stamp minor ageing, otherwise fine

1923, Memel issue 1c. and 1l. singles and 2l. as pair imperforated, mint never hinged, 2l. ageing in the margin, 1l. tiny ageing spot, otherwise fine, scarce

1924, Airmail 60c. without watermark, with left sheet margin, unused, fine, certificate Ceremuga (2002)

War orphans and childrens orphans, 1-50 c., each as complete set tied by cds. "KAUNAS" to registered cover to Riga resp. Vienna, cover to Vienna with partly overwritten adress, some minor edge stains, otherwise fine and scarce

1926, Swallow carrying a letter, 15 perforated essays in yellow-green, gray-green and brown, 9 with Gedimas castle in a sawtoothed semi-circle without value tablet and six with the tower of Gedimas in a semi-circle, one with value tablet, mostly mint never hinged, the essay with value tablet with ageing spots, mostly fine (Lithuanian Handbook EC36b, EC36e,EC36f, EC36g, EC36h)

1933, July 15, attempted Ocean Flight, New York to Lithuania by Capt. Stefan Darius and Stanley Girenas flight cover from New York to Kaunas, Lithuania, July 15, 1933 "Lituanica" canc., franked with 3 c. violet, with six-line cachet. Both flyers died when their plane was wrecked at Soldin, Germany, about 400 miles short of their goal, reverse with Kaunas arrival mark, usual brown spots, fine

1933, July 15, attempted Ocean Flight, New York to Lithuania by Capt. Stefan Darius and Stanley Girenas flight cover from New York to Kaunas, Lithuania, July 15, 1933 "Lituanica" canc., franked with 3 c. violet, with six-line cachet, usual brown spots, fine

1933, July 15, attempted Ocean Flight, New York to Lithuania by Capt. Stefan Darius and Stanley Girenas flight cover from New York to Kaunas, Lithuania, July 15, 1933 "Lituanica" canc., franked with 3 c. violet, with six-line cachet and signed by both flyers at upper left, fine

1934, Darius-Girenas Transatlantic Flight 20ct. single die proof (66x56mm) of non-adopted design in brownish-red with lilac center, some handwritten notation at right, minor wrinkles at top well away from design, a very attractive and rare proof

1934, Darius-Girenas Transatlantic Flight 5lt. single die proof (54x65mm) of accepted design in unissued colour brown with orange center, broken frame circled in pencil at bottom, some handwritten notation at right, vertical crease, hardly percitble on front does not disturb from the beautiful appearance of this rare proof

1935, Vaitkus 40c. tied by cds "KAUNAS centr. 31.X.35" to registered cover with additional Lithuania and USA franking, with violet "Lituanica II" cachet, signed by Lt.Felix Vaitkus, fine

1939, Basketball European Championship, 15-60 c. imperforated horizontal pairs, mint never hinged, 15c. one stamp minor ageing, otherwise fine

American Lithuanian Trans-Atlantic Flight Association, receipt with violet cachet at upper right, minor edge wear, otherwise fine

1919, 3-70 k., 3K. with overprint variety "wide distance between Лi тва" and 70k. with variety "italic i in  Лi тва", unused, 35k. missing perf, otherwise fine, signed Mikulski a.o. and certificate Huylmans BPP  

1919, 3-70 k., 50k. with overprint variety "wide distance between Лi тва", all tied to pieces by violet provisional cancel "GRODNO", 70k. pulled perf. at top, otherwise fine, certificate Huylmans BPP  

3k. red with clear double surcharge, position 19, unused,  two perf missing at left, otherwise fine, scarce, signed and certificate Huylmans BPP

1920, Telsiai Postmaster Issue, without value indication, with upper sheet margin, with large portion of watermark, unused, two diagonal creases, otherwise a fine copy of this scarce variety of which propably not more than one sheet was printed

1920, Marriage of Princess Charlotte 2 c.- 5 fr., 10 values complete, unused with fresh o.g., very fine; for the set certificate v.d. Weid (2001 as unmounted mint), 5 fr. signed Brun and Calves and certificate Scheller (2020)

1920, Princes' Wedding 5+5 fr., fresh colour and quite well centered and perforated, unused, very fine, a rare stamp, certificate Scheller  

1960, Olympic Games / football championship, 5fr. green with and without surcharge, mint never hinged, very fine

1795, "D'HOLLANDE" on front of folded letter from the "Armee du Nord 6ieme Division" from Leyden with black straight-line "Leyden" on reverse,  charged 28 decimes, address partly redrawn, otherwise fine  

1846, „Koper“-Postage Due label with manuscript „2-16“ and „11.July 1846” on entire letter from “AMSTERDAM 22.5.” with manuscript endorsement “p Overlandmail via Marseille” via Singapore to Samarang, incorrosion backed by hinged, otherwise fin, signed in pencil, very rare

1896, 10 øre chocolate and 20 øre red, each as block of four, the latter with left sheet margin, mint never hinged, very fine

1918, Germania "Poctza Polska", horizontal pair from the upper left sheet corner with overprint "Gen.-Gouv. Warschau" in Aniline color, the left stamp mint never hinged, the right unused, hinges in the margins, few flat perfs at bottom of no importance, a very rare multiple with only a few stamps known mint, certificate Mikulski (2009) and certificate Petriuk (2020)

1924, Coat of arms 1-50 gr., horizontal pairs, mostly without gum and red invalidating lines, 2, 30 and 50 gr. mint never hinged, 50 gr. one stamp in the outer margin toned, otherwise fine

1919/20, „DIRECTION de L’INSTRUCTION LE CHEF d’ETAT-MAJOR ARMÉE POLONAISE ORGANISÉE EN FRANCE“, violet sender cachet on field postcard with field mark „TRESOR ET POSTEES 311 3.8.“ to France, second card with field mark “TRESOR ET POSTES 311 11.3.20 and third cart with sender cachet „Misja Wojskowa Francuska w Polsco Secteur Postal 311 Kommendant Platnik Pillot“ and long text to Paris, three interesting cards of the Halller Army from Warsaw

1916, Warsaw Siren 6 Gr. imperforated, block of four with additional printing on thereverse, mint never hinged, signed Petriuk and certificate Berbeka

1898, Carlos I. 115r. tied by cds. "LISBOA CENTRAL -4. JAN.02" to cover sent from Queen Dona Amélia with corresping red wax seal with the initials "MALH" (=Marie Amélie Louise Hélène d'Orléans) on reverse, addressed to (Pierre Paul Laffleur) de Kermaingant in Paris, the stamp loose perf. and the cover somewhat stained, otherwise fine and very interesting cover, certificate Ehrig BPP with accompanying letter

1902, the unique proof of Sperati's "400 REIS" overprint surcharge that may have been used for finished forgeries of several colonies, first reported in Sperati II, only Angola has been seen as a finished reproduction but others could exist from Cape Verde, Mozambique, Portuguese Congo, Portuguese Guinea, St. Thomas and Prince, or Zambesia, ex Sperati archives and Carl Walske  

POSTAGE DUE: 1904, proof of frame only, three horizontal pairs in grey, yellow-brown, brown and three single proofs in grey, blue and red on chalky paper, fine

POSTAGE DUE: 1904/21, 5-500r. set of ten values of Angola, Cap Verde, Mozambique and Portugese Guinea, each affixed to portion of album page, each handstamped "ULTRAMAR", in addition Angola Postage Due set 1921 ½-50c. with same handstamp on portion of album page, fine

1881, 20 r. rose, single signed proof in color, Sperati I describes this 20r proof, ex Robson Lowe, as the only proof that had been examined by the BPA, no finished reproductions are known, ex Carl Walske  

1858, 40 par. blue on bluish paper, good to large margins, tied by blue "GALATZ MOLDOVA 15/6" to small piece, faint corner crease outside of the design, sign. Dr. Gmach BPP

1858, 40 par blue on white paper, good to large margins, cancelled by blue "JASSY (MOLDOVA) 4/11", small cover crease outside of the design, opinion Gmach BPP