378th Auction
21-26 March 2022 in Wiesbaden
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1852/59, William 10 c. grey-black, vertical strip of 4 with different spacing between the stamps, slightly touched at lower left, otherwise full to large margins, cancelled by circle of bars, fine and scarce
Condition
6Catalogue no.1
1852, 10 c. grey-black, 2 vertical strips of five and pair, one strip slightly touched at lower left, otherwise all with good margins, tied by nine-bar cancel with adjacent blue "LUXEMBOURG 22....." to registered and sealed double rate cover to Schaarbeek, Belgium. Light file folds affecting four stamps and three stamps in the lower strip with small tears; the pair originally applied around the edge of the cover and opened out for display. One of the largest and most spectacular first-issue frankings. Certificates Demuth BPP (1985) and Goebel AIEP (2014)
Provenance: Juan del Puente (73. Corinphila-Auktion, 1985), Gary H. Houser (Robert Siegel 2014)
Condition
6Catalogue no.1
1852, 10 c. grey-black, horizontal strip of six with good two large margins, tied by target to cover with adjacent small cds. "DIEKIRCH 1 AVRIL 59" to Liège with transit and arrival marks. Two stamps with light creasing, the envelope slightly toned, still fine. Strips of six are very rare, especially in horizontal form; we have recorded just one further entire with such a strip.
1874, small cover endorsed "via Bremen" franked with 1865 Coat of Arms 10c. blue-lilac horizontal pair and 12½c. carmine, with cds. "ESCH SUR ALZETTE 5 MARS 74", foreign share noted in blue crayon "Wfr 1 2/3", to St. Paul, Minnesota, adhesives applied at edge thus some faults, a scarce Transatlantic cover, certificate Böttger BPP (2014)
1874/1965 (ca.), fast 150 meist ungebrauchte Ganzsachen inkl. Bildkarten und zwei gebrauchten Postauftrags-Umschlägen, meist in guter Erhaltung
1852/1984, ungebrauchte/postfrische und gestempelte Sammlung in zwei Vordruckalben beginnend mit etwas spezialisierter meist gestempelter Klassik, folgend recht vollständig mit mehreren 5-Franc-Werten, auch die Dienstmarken recht umfangreich mit einigen besseren Werten, meist gute Erhaltung
1945/88, in den Hauptnummern bis auf Mi.-Nr. 370-81 und Mi.-Nr. 495-500 (ungebraucht) kpl. postfrische Sammlung im Vordruckalbum
1874/1945, Sammlung mit ca. 850 ungebrauchten und gebrauchten Ganzsachen ab den Postauftragumschlägen und Vorläufern, mit besseren Ausgaben (MiNr.: P1-P2 25 Stk, P4-P9 140 Stk. usw) vielen Bild-GSK, Besonderheiten (Typen), sauber sortiert in einem Album und Karton, meist in guter Erhaltung