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1885 (30 September), registered cover to Gabrovo, franked with 1pi Type I, overprinted in black, paying the 20pa inland letter rate and 20pa registration fee, tied by Plovdiv c.d.s. (Sep 27), further free strike of September 30 above, handstamped “RECOMMANDEE” in black, reverse with next-day Gabrovo c.d.s. receiver, the odd small stain, trivial given the tremendous rarity of this cover, being the unique example postmarked on the final day of validity of the provisional frankings.
Condition
6Catalogue no.1-2A, Fiscal, Poland P32
1920, Coat of arms 25f. vertical pair and single 1m. together with two fiscal stamps 1m. tied by cds “WILNO 16 12 20” to registered Poland postal stationery card 25f. to Brest with arrival mark, some minor transportation wear, otherwise fine
Condition
6Catalogue no.1-2A, Fiscal, Poland P32
1920, Coat of arms 25f. vertical pair and single 1m. together with fiscal stamp 5m. tied by cds “WILNO 16 12 20” to registered Poland postal stationery card 25f. to Brest with arrival mark, some minor transportation wear, otherwise fine
Condition
6Catalogue no.1-3A, Poland P32
1920, Coat of arms 25f. vertical pair and singles 1-2m., tied by cds “WILNO 16 12 20” to registered Poland postal stationery card 25f. to Brest with arrival mark, some minor transportation wear, otherwise fine
Condition
6Catalogue no.2-3A, Fiscal, Poland P33b
1920, Coat of arms 25f. vertical pair and singles 1-2m., tied by cds “WILNO 16 12 20” to registered Poland postal stationery card 40f. to Brest with arrival mark, some minor transportation wear, otherwise fine
1921, 10m. tied by cds. "WILNO 16 7 21" to registered cover to Warsaw with arrival mark, small part of backflap missing, a rare stamp on commercial mail, certificate Petriuk PZF (2021)
1921, 5m., three singles and 20m. tied by cds. "WILNO 22.1.22" to reverse of cover to Moscow with arrival mark, some minor ageing but the only known cover adressed to Russia and actually delivered, certificate Petriuk PZF (2021)
1920, President Masaryk unissued 50h., three imperforated colour proofs in red (pair), green and blue (horizontal strips of three), together with a large colour die proof of the issued 500h. in blue, fresh colours, mostly very fine group
1000h., three imperforated colour proofs in red, green and blue with coloured frames, together with a large die proof in black on thick glazed paper, the latter minor bend away from the frame, still a very fine and scarce group
1934, hymn minature sheet 1 kc. and 2 kc., unused without gum, complete with folder, slightly creased and small thin in the margins, otherwise fine
1854/57, 8 sk. green, with 1864/70, 16 sk. olive, horizontal strip of 3 and three single stamps, and two copies 3 sk. lilac, tied by numeral "1" and partly by faint Kopenhagen cds., to lettersheet (side flaps missing) to St. Croix, Danish West Indies. A horizontal filing crease broken and thus one 3 sk. damaged, 2 further stamps small (filing) hole and some usual transportation marks. An outstanding franking.
Condition
6Catalogue no.118 ZS (R21,22), 120 ZS (R17, 18), 77, 166-67
1921, 5 ö. brown and 10 ö. green in blocs of three with se-tenant "CHEVROLET", GMC", "OAKLAND" and "BUICK" advertising labels, tied by cds. "NAKSKOV -2.3 29" with 1 ö. , 7 ö. and 12 ö. to registered cover to Frankfurt am Main, reverse arrival cds. and "FEMERN RUTEN" colourfull vignette, some toned perfs, fine
1885, 1c. brown-red and light green, sheet of one hundred, showing varieties including a “broken C” (pos. 6), “filled C” (pos. 65),mostly never hinged, save for a small number of stamps at lower right which have been reinforced, two stamps having been re-affixed to pane with hinges, tear in right margin and other small margin flaws as expected, extremely scarce. (Facit 5e).
1885, 1c. brownish-carmine and light green, sheet of one hundred, all with inverted frame and showing varieties including a “filled C” (pos. 35), large white dot to the left of big “1” (pos. 69),hinged only in margin, the stamps being never hinged, two small pinholes in margin and small pencil marks at top, a remarkably fresh and scarce sheet. (Facit 5g).
1878, 3c. carmine-rose and grey-blue, sheet of one hundred, showing the striking “white wedge to the left of crown” (pos 6) and “line through R of OER” varieties (pos. 67), hinge reinforced at bottom, some separation in places, diagonal crease and adhesion impacting 11 stamps in rows 3-5, G.A. Hagemann handstamp in upper selvedge and some pencil notations in margin, but a scarce sheet of impressive appearance. (Facit 6c)
1887, 5c. dark grey and light green, sheet of one hundred, showing varieties “T and I connected,”colour and gum remarkably fresh, separation between rows 4-5, 7-8, and 9-10, and elsewhere, repaired tear in right margin, two small pinholes in selvedge, despite it’s fragility, of bright appearance.
1878, 12c. yellow-green & lilac red, sheet of one hundred, showing the “foot on big ‘2’ filled” variety (pos. 50), some perforations hinge reinforced in bottom selvedge, small piece torn from lower right margin, with some perf separation to surrounding stamps, other trivial edge flaws, else a remarkably fresh and bright pane, scarce and fine. (Facit 11b)
1893, 10c red brown & grey blue, sheet of one hundred, showing the “white dot between T and S” in various positions, “white spot at foot of R of OER” (pos 71), bright colour but significant perf separation in several places, stamp in position 80 separated and re-attached with hinge, margin torn beside, fragile, yet quite scarce. (Facit 10g)
1897, 1c light green & lilac rose pair, 5c green & grey, and 10c light blue & brown, all with inverted frame, tied to registered cover to Boston, Massachusetts, by St. Thomas c.d.s. (17 Apr), with New York (27 Apr) transit backstamp, slightly reduced at right well clear of adhesive, else very fine, a lovely three-colour franking, particularly desirable with the scarce 10c inverted frame.
“PAID AT ST THOMAS”, Crowned type in red (Parmenter CC1) on mourning envelope to Ploen, endorsed “via Ostende”, alongside italic “franco”, reverse “ST-THOMAS 1855” and arrival, fine and scarce
1860, folded letter from the firm of G. Nunes & Gommez, datelined St. Thomas, 14 September, reverse with St. Thomas double-arc despatch (15 Sep), struck on front with fine “PAID AT ST. THOMAS” Crown Circle, to Port Au Prince, Haiti, rated “1/-“ in red manuscript, horizontal filing fold, a fine entire to an uncommon destination.
1861, folded letter, datelined St. Thomas, 28 September, to Carupano [Venezuela], with oval “Gruner & Co” (forwarding agents) sender’s handstamp, ship endorsement at lower left, reverse with fine strike of large oval “ST. THOMAS / EXPRESS / OFFICE”, horizontal fold and small stain on back clear of postmark, a rare marking, with only seven examples recorded on mail originating in St. Thomas.
1862, folded letter datelined October 26, struck on reverse with St. Thomas double split-ring despatch in black (28 Oct), to Lubeck, front with blue oval handstamp of forwarding agents Schon, Willink & Co, carried via London (14 Nov), Ostende, and Aachen (15 Nov), British “10” in black at upper left, Prussian “12” (silbergroschen) converted to “16” (schilling) in Lubeck, some light edge wrinkling and crease to back, but a scarce entire.
1866, 8 p. black on thick grey-green paper, roulette C, used with blue cds. “WIBORG”, very fine, certificate Schwenson BPP (2016)
Condition
6Catalogue no.Russ.45
1904, Russia 1 kop. orange, 70 copies, tied by trilingual c.d.s. "WIBORG 19.IV.04" to front and reverse of opened out registered envelope to Montevideo with arrival mark and incoming registered label. Outstanding.
Condition
2Catalogue no.essay
1940, Hammarsten-Jansson composite essay, sheetlet with seven stamps in black colour, on ungummed chalky paper,, very fine and very scarce
Condition
2Catalogue no.essay
1940, Hammarsten-Jansson composite essay, sheetlet with seven stamps in brown colour, on ungummed chalky paper,, very fine and very scarce
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2Catalogue no.
1940, Olympic Games, Hammarsten-Jansson composite essay, sheetlet with 4 stamps in orange colour, on ungummed chalky paper. Slide marginal creasing, otherwise fine, very scarce
Condition
6Catalogue no.
1809, “N°43 ARM.DALLEMAGNE” superb and full strike in red on a folded entire to Paris, extremely fine, certificate Behr AIEP (2023)
1918, Reaper 10f. with handstamped overprint, fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. "FIUME 19 HAN -9 -N10" to small piece, fine exmaple of this rare stamp, certificate Martinas (2018)
1849, Cérès 15 c. green, fresh colours, wide margins all around, used with diamond grid cancel, extremely fine, signed Köhler and certificate Scheller (2024)
15 c. deep green, fresh colours, good to wide margins, part of adjoining stamps at top and bottom, used with dotted star cancel, extremely fine, signed Senf and certificate Scheller (2024)
1 fr. vermilion, fresh colours, large to wide margins all around, neatly struck with the roller grid cancel (´grille sans fin`), a scarce cancellation on that issue, very fine. A splendid and attractive stamp, signed Köhler and certificate Scheller (2024) (Yvert-Nr. 7)
1 fr. vermilion in a beautiful vivid shade, the so-called Sedan nuance, fresh and intense colours, close at left and right, good to wide margins at bottom and top, neatly used with diamond grid cancel, very fine. A rare stamp, signed Köhler et al., certificate Scheller (2024) (Yvert-Nr. 7a)
1 fr. carmine on yellowish paper, vivid colours, large to wide margins all around, used with diamond dotted cancel “3186” SAINTE MARIE AUX MINES, extremely fine, certificate Scheller (2024) (Yvert-Nr. 6)
1 fr. deep carmine on yellowish paper, fresh colours, large to wide margins all around, part of adjoining stamp at top, used with large roller of dots cancel, negligible peeling of no importance, still very fine, certificate Scheller (2024) (Yvert-Nr. 6b)