385th Auction

1913, 1 pia. black, imperforated, used with red cds. “SHIJAK 2-8-1913”, fine, signed Prendushi, Bühler and Pfenninger

1913, 1 pia. black, imperforated, complete envelope, used from “ELBASAN 19-5-1913” to Dukes with arrival mark, fine, signed Diena

1913, 1 pia. black, perforated, tied by cds. “VLONE 14-10-1913” to small piece, fine, signed Freyse

1913, 2 p. oliv with inverted overprint, tied by cds. “ELBASAN” to small piece, few shortened perfs, otherwise fine, signed Prendushi and Rommerskirchen BPP

1913, 2 p. on 5 p. ocre-yellow, fresh color and good perforation, used, a fine copy of this rare stamp, signed a.o. A. Diena

1913, 20p. rose, fresh color, unused, fine, a.o. signed Prendushi

1913, 20 p. rose on normal paper, two singles, fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. “ELBASAN -7-8-1913” to locally addressed cover, fine, signed Droese

1913, 20 p. rose on normal paper, two singles, fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. “ELBASAN 26-7-1913” to addressed cover, minor ageing, otherwise fine, signed Droese BPP

1913, 20 p. rose on oily paper, together with 1 pia. blue and 2 pia. black-blue, fresh colors and good perforation, tied by cds. “VLONE 14-9-1913” to cover to Vienna, horizontal fold touching 20p. at bottom, otherwise fine, signed with opinion Holcombe (1995)

1 pia. ultramarin, horizontal pair, fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. “VLONE 25-8-1913” to small piece, fine, signed

1 pia. blue, horizontal pair with red overprint, the right being inverted, tied by cds. to small piece, a scarce tête-bêche, fine, a.o. signed Prendushi and Rommerskirchen BPP

1913, 2 p. black-blue, used with blue cds., fine, signed Bühler

1913, 5 pia. dark-lilac, tied by cds. “VLONSE” to small piece, few short perfs, otherwise fine, scarce, a.o. signed Prendushi

1913, 10 p. emerald with additional overprint "BEYIYE", with inverted overprint, unused, few short perfs, otherwise fine, scarce, a.o. Rommerskirchen BPP

"MANTOVA", Ra ohne Datum, jeweils sauber abgeschlagen als zusätzliche Entwertung auf Österreich Maschinenpapier 6 Kreuzer braun und 9 Kreuzer blau, mit EKr. "OLMÜTZ 13/5" Vorder- bzw. rückseitig auf eingeschriebener Briefhülle (unterer Teil der Vorderseite und 2 Seitenklappen fehlend), nach Modena und offensichtlich mehrfach nach-bzw. zurückgesandt mit 4 Ankunftsstempeln von Molina zwischen dem 17. Mai und 14. Juli. Ein – trotz der Beschädigung – interessanter und außerordentlich seltener Brief mit auf Marken äußerst seltenem Stempel. Mehrfach signiert, Fotoattest the Alberto Diena (1974) Raybaudi (1976) und Ferchenbauer (2011)

Grande frammento affrancato per 9 Kr. (Austria) ed un 6 Kr. al verso diretto a Modena, annullato in transito con il bollo in cartella di “Mantova” normalmente usato per le ricevute. Inusuale.

"MILANO 25 DIC 59", EKr. auf- und nebengesetzt auf Napoleon 20 C., berührt bis breitrandig, auf komplettem Faltbrief nach Lyon mit vorderseitigen Transitstempel, und Ankunftsstempel. Ein sehr seltener Brief. Signiert Enzo Diena mit Attest (1991) (Sassone R3)

Lettera affrancata con un 20 c. di Francia da Milano per Lione, affidata alla Posta Civile. Rara.

1861, Grands médaillons Leopold I 20 c. blue, fresh color and close to good margins, unused, fine 

1927, Airmail 1 l. on 6 l. with overprint inverted, used, fine, rare, certificate Karaivanoff (2003) and RPS (2006)

1921, 5m. single and 10m. as vertical pair tied by cds. "WILNO 17 III 22" to cover to Russia with transit mark of Moscow on reverse, very scarce, fine, signed Korzsen and Petriuk PZF with certificate (2021) 

1921, 5m. and 10m. and strip of three 20m. tied by cds. "WILNO 1 20.II.22" to reverse of registered express cover to Krakow, very fine and rare, signed Schmutz and Petriuk PZF with the latters certificate (2021)

1950, skiing 1,50 kc., die proof and die proof of the central design only, both in ultramarine on white paper

1852, 2 R.B.S., Thiele printing, plate I, type 3, fresh color and good to wide margins all around, neatly tied by numeral “1” to printed matter, dated “Bergen 19/3 1855”, privately forwarded to Copenhagen, and delivered by foot post with adjacent oval “F. 7½ ¼ 55 P.”, a very fresh and scarce entire, signed Möller with certificate (2013)

1852, 2 R.B.S., Thiele printing, plate I, type 6, fresh color and close to wide margins all around, neatly tied by numeral “1” and foot post handstamp “F. 8 23 9 53 P” to folded letter, the letter with small wrinkles, otherwise a fine and scarce entire, certificate Nielsen (2000)

1852, 2 R.B.S., fresh color, good to wide margins all around, used with numeral “1”, fine, a.o. signed Grobe

1851, Thiele Printing 2 rbs. blue, Plate II, Position 64, good to large margins all around, used with circular numeral “1” COPENHAGEN, very fine, certificate Möller (Facit 1II)

1854, 2 s. blue in combination with 1858 8s. green and 1864 4s. red and 16s. olive, all fresh colors, good margins and perforation, neatly tied by numeral “1” to folded lettersheet via Lübeck to London with arrival mark on front, very fine, a beautiful and attractive entire with 4-color-franking over three different issues, certificate Möller (1998)

Provenance: Dr. Gene Scott (Postiljonen, 2000)

1854, 2 s. blue and 8s. green in combination with 1863 16 s. violet, rouletted and 1864 4s. red, fresh colors, all tied by numeral “3” to folded letter via Lübeck to London with arrival mark on front, vertical file fold touching 1864 4s. red, otherwise an attractive entire with scarce 4 color-franking over three different issues, sign. M. Kurt Maier Berlin

1854, 8 s. green in combination with 1864 3s. violet as horizontal pair, fresh colors, good margins and mostly good perforations, all tied by numeral “19” to folded lettersheet with adjacent cds. “FREDERIKSHAVN 15 5 1867” to London, from the famous Westenhoff-Correspondence, with the usual changed name in the address, a very attractive and scarce entire

1854, 8 sh. green, of fresh colours and with four balanced margins, tied together with 4 sh. red by circular numeral cancellation to folded lettersheet from Copenhagen to Königsberg, alongside departure cds. “KOPENHAGEN KB 5.9” and framed “FRANCO”, transmitted via railway with reverse three-line TPO “BERLIN HAMBURG” and arrival cds., 4 sh. a couple of pulled perfs, still fine and very scarce franking, certificate Möller

1871, Coat of arms 4s. rose, perf. 12½, horizontal pair tied by numeral “45” with adjacent cds. “NIBE 8/10” to parcel cover to Hobro, left stamp light filing fold, otherwise fine and scarce

1940/41, surcharge issue 20 o. – 60 o., mint never hinged, vf, certificate Dr. Debo (1984)

1856, Coat of arms 10k. red, fresh color and good margins all around, used with pen stroke, fine, sign Matl VÖB

1856, Coat of arms 10k. red, fresh color and close to good margins all around, tied by boxed “BRAHESTAD. 10 DEC 1858” and pen stroke to folded letter to Stromedal, fine

1856, Coat of arms 10k. red, fresh color and good margins all around, tied by boxed “GAMLECARLEBY 26 APRIL 1857” to folded lettersheet to Uleaborg, sensibly cleaned, the stamp light ageing, otherwise fine, certificate Schwenson (2016)

1856, Coat of arms 10k. red, fresh color, very close at the sides, good margins at top and bottom, tied by boxed “WIBORG  JUL 1856” to cover front, fine, certificate Linder (1973)

1866, Coat of arms 8 p. green on ordinary paper, horizontal pair, together with 40 p. lilac on blueis-lilac ribbed paper, fresh colors, all tied by cds. “FREDERIKSHAMN 20/9” to envelope, endorsed “via St. Petersburg”, to Lichtensteig, Switzerland, with arrival mark. The pair in good condition, 40 p. a few short perfs, some light ageing and transport wear, an attractive and scarce entire, certificate Schwenson (2016)