383rd Auction

1911/20, proofs and Essays, interesting small collection with some scarce pieces and many sheetlets, especially the Luitpold issue

1911/20, small collection of proofs and souvenir sheets, including Luitpold with some sheetlets and souvenir sheets, farewell with se-tenant sheets, etc.

1914, Ludwig Friedensdruck, imperforated, mint never hinged group, mostly in sheets, including 5,10 and 20 Pfg. each over 60 pieces and 3M. in a sheet of 50, almost all signed Pfenninger

1600/1870 (approx.) interesting collection of wide over 400 pre-philately and unstamped covers, including attractive scroll letters, bishop letters, handwritten dispatch notes, coloured cancellations, foreign letters, better cancellations such as "D.FEUCHTWANG" and "SPEYER", postage due cancellations, etc. Very attractive condition throughout.

1632/1848 (ca.), interesting pre-philately collection with round 150 covers and postcards, including much interesting material, a.o. cholera postmarks of Nuremberg and Mellrichstadt, transit postmarks "DE. BAV.", scarce town cancels such as "V. PLATTLING", "V. CHAM" in red, "V. NEUMARK IN DER OBERPFALZ", "V. AMBERG", etc. etc. Very attractive condition.

1820/50 (ca.), FINGERHUTSTEMPEL, collection of ca. 400 pre-philately and (few) later unstamped letters, mostly in selected fine quality, with clean cancellations and attractive addresses, including various bishop covers, scarce cancellations like KAISERSLAUTERN in green, KIRCHHEIMBOLANDEN in red, LANDSBERG in red, PAPPENHEIM in red (2), SCHOENRAM, etc. Very attractive object !

1850/1920 (approx.), wide over 200 letters, cards and postal stationary, including international postal orders, private postal stationary, se-tenants, shipmails, postage paid covers, registered covers to South Africa, etc. etc., partly still on old auction cards

1870/1920 (ca.), about 150 letters, cards and postal stationary, including private postal stationary, interesting postage paid items, various FI on covers, advertising postal stationary, destinations, etc.

1896/1920 (approx.), round 600 cards, including many postal stationary, private stationary, special cancellations, shipmail, oversea mail, etc. Very interesting stock

1912, small group with 4 covers and 7 stamps (postage stamps)

1898/1910 (approx.), approx. 800 private postal stationery cards, unused and used, including many better ones

1891/94, 15 unused and used tickets, including TB 5a, 7 and 8 (2)

1891/94, small unused and used group, with multiples, returns, partly cancellations with L2, Ekr. and Dkr., etc.; the condition partly defective, but mostly in good condition overall

1894 (ca.), unused and used stock of about 150 pieces, mostly in good condition

1861/67, small, mostly unused group, including Mi. 4 and 5 used (each certificate Jakubek BPP)

1846/69, very interesting collection with over 60 covers, including many different cancellations such as "B.A.P", "B.L.P.A.", "Geesthacht", L1/L3 "Bergedorf" in red and black, various types, better station expedition cancellations from Hamburg, parcel covers, some franked mail, incoming mail etc., all neatly mounted on pages and described, mostly good condition

1853, attractive group of 5 wide to over-margined imperforated superb conditions, including Mi.-Nr. 6b, 7b(2) and 8a(2), each with Wilderbeek BPP short expertising.

1698/1938, interesting local collection "Region Wolfsburg" incl. Incoming Mail from pre-philately with emphasis on the cancellations of Braunschweig, Calvörde, Velpke and Vorsfelde with approx. 190 covers, postal stationary and picture postcards, including Mi.-Nr. 8a with No. "45" on folded cover from "VORSFELDE" (signed HK), Mi.-No. 9a (3/4 Ggr.) with number "44" on folded letter with blue Ra2 "VELPKE" (FB Lange BPP), Mi.-Nr. 10 in horizontal pair with number "8" on folded letter from "BRAUNSCHWEIG 25.FEB.1867", Mi.-Nr. 14A on complete folding cover (FB Lange BPP), and two single stamps German Reich Mi.-Nr. 17a each with DKr. "BRAUNSCHWEIG 12.SEPT.1873" on wrapper of 2nd weight class. An attractive collection with many covers in perfect condition

1855/67, interesting group of about 100 stamps and on pieces as well as few covers, the latter mostly old certificates, otherwise each piece with (short) certificate resp. attestation Neumann BPP. Usual condition varies, but mostly optically appealing. Including a.o. Mi. 6xIV, 6y, 8PFI, 13, etc.

1722/1871(ca.), very attractive and comprehensive collection with over 300 entire items, including early scroll covers, pre-philately cancellations very comprehensive with many better ones, NDP value and parcel covers, several letters of the city postmark, horseshoe cancellations, post-used cancellations, fieldpost, interesting destinations as well as incoming mail, ship mail covers, postal notes, many better transit postmarks like "4½ Sgr. 6 Xr", also oval "LANDPOST" on letter part and coloured map "Charte des Königreichs Hannover", all neatly mounted on pages and described in detail

1675/1950 (ca.), comprehensive home collection SYKE. The well developed pre-philately part starting with numerous scroll covers, a letter from 1754 with handwritten note "Ist durch einen Briefträger so fort wegzuschicken", a French army letter with red L2 "No. 9 PORT-PAYÉ/GRANDE-ARMÉE" to Paris (1808) or an official letter from 1812 with script L2 "Le Commissaire general de police à Bremen", warning against a book on sale in Berlin, which in reality was "a hidden satire against France". From 1800 onwards, letters with handwritten place marks appear, followed from 1819 by documentation of all the cancellations used. The Pre-Philately is rounded off with many relatively scarce printed forms such as a receipt for the delivery of a subscription newspaper. After 1854, a good 45 Hanover postage paid items from and to Sycke and a number of stamps (postage stamp) with cancellations there follow, as well as one part each of the NDP and the German Empire with a small documentation of the landing of the Zeppelin "Hansa" in Syke in October 1913. A varied and detailed home collection compiled over many years.

1850/64, interesting group of used covers and several letters, including high values, colours, types, some multiples and miniature sheets, margin pieces, borders, year numbers, various cancellations, furthermore foreign letters, partly to the USA, postal stationary with additional franking, partly signed, condition varies

1850/64, mainly used comprehensive old collection, without points but with much interesting material, margin pieces, corner margin, 2 on pieces with Mi. 11 +14, small multiples, some well used postal stationary, etc. Very clean condition.