388th Auction

1918, Lublin Issue 10 and 45 h., with additional franking Austrian Fieldpost stamps 3h. single and block of four and postage due stamps 10 h., horizontal pair, all tied by cds. “JANOW 23.XII.19” to registered cover to Lemberg, few blunted perfs due to being applied at the edge, otherwise fine, a very rare cover with the Lublin Issue, signed Korszen and Petriuk with certificate (2025)

1918, Lublin Issue 45 h. with additional franking, tied by cds. “CHELM 6.II.19” to registered cover, backflap missing and some aging, transporation wear. For the Lublin region (southern Poland), which also included Chelm, the postage rate was temporarily set at 25 H for letters and 25 H for registered mail for a short period from January 7/8, 1919, signed with certificate Petriuk (2025)

1918, Lublin Issue 45 h., tied by cds. “OPOCZNO 7.1.19” to Radomsk, few folds, otherwise fine, very rare issue on cover, signed Korzsen and Petriuk with certificate (2025)

1918, 45h. on 80h. blue-slate, vertically bisected in such a way that only the old value “80” is visible, tied, as delivery fee, by cds. “KONSK 8.II.19” to reverse of parcel card from “OSTROWIEC -9.II.19”, very rare and attractive, signed Korszen and certificate Petriuk (2025)

1919, Krakow Issue 90 h. red-carmine, plate I, position 61, tied by cds. “KRAKOW 16 II 19” to small piece, fine, certificate Petriuk (2017)

1919, Coat of arms 15 f. red, horizontal strip of five, of three, two horizontal pairs and single, tied by cds. “DZURYN 4 XII 19” to front and reverse of registered express letter from the Polish 5th Air Force Squadron in Dżuryn near Czortków, with provisional, handwritten registration label “R90” to Lübeck, Germany with arrival mark. Straight-line “Cenzurowano” on front and reverse. Further strike of boxed “CENZURA WOJSKOWA / w Stanisławowie” alongside, at left censor label “Auf Grund der Verordnung…”. A very rare letter sent abroad; normal domestic mail for military correspondence was postage-free, but the normal fee had to be paid for letters abroad, usual transportation wear, otherwise very fine, signed and certificates Drewiecki (2015) and Petriuk (2025)

1919, Coat of Arms 25f., two singles tied by cds. “WORONOWO 19. I.20” to cover to Providence, USA with handstamp “DEFICIENCY IN ADDRESS SUPPLIED”, thus handwritten “Providence R9” added, horizontal fold and minor transportation wear, otherwise fine, scarce, signed Petriuk

1919, Coat of Arms 25 and 50f. tied by cds. “WILNO 25 5 19” to registered cover with red boxed censor mark alongside to Huddersfield, England. In addition, postal stationery card Coat of Arms 15f. with additional franking from “WILNO 20 7 19” as a registered card to Leiden, Netherlands, with red censor mark alongside, some minor transportation wear, a scarce and fine duo from the 1st period of Polish occupation, signed Petriuk and certificate Ceremuga (2014; for the registered cover) 

1919, Grain store and sheaves 1 m., two singles tied by cds. “RUBIEZEWICZE 10.V.20” to registered cover with provisional r-label to Winston, USA, some transportation wear, otherwise fine, commercial from the eastern territories during the Polish-Russian War is very rare, signed Petriuk

1919, Farmer and Grain store and sheaves 1m. single, 2m. irregular block of 5 and two singles and 2,5m. strip of three and single and postage due 10 f., all tied by cds. "JEDLINSK -7.VII.20" to German parcel card for a 4.5 kg parcel from the USA to Jedlinsk near Radom. At the port of Gdansk, this parcel card was issued by the Polish postal service, there as an auxiliary parcel card, and a purple cachet “Z Ameriki / przez Gdańsk No. 4895. / porto 3 M / pośrednictwo 2 M” (=From America / via Gdańsk No. 4895 / postage 3 M / agency fee 2 marks), and additionally a purple “Wolne od cła” (=duty-free) cachet were applied.
At the transit customs office in ALEKSANDROW (Kujawski), a "Kartka należytościowa" (=claim card) was issued. Upon arrival at the destination in Jedlinsk, the total fees of 25 marks and a delivery fee of 10 fen were collected, some large faults, not directly visible, a scarce and very attractive entire, signed Petriuk with certificate (2025)

1919, Sejm 1 m. violett with additional franking, tied by cds. “PINSK 19.IV.20” to reverse of registered cover to Philadelphia, some minor wear and few stamps small imperfections, otherwise fine, commercial mail from the eastern territories during the Polish-Russian War is very rare, signed Petriuk

1919, Field postcard with a railway postmark “LEMBERG – KRAKAU 10 XI 19” to Lodz with a formation cahcet “11. KOMPANIA /Pułku Piechoty Nr.23” (= 11th Company of the 23rd Infantry Regiment), fine, signed Petriuk

Area of uprising in Poznań Province: “Decernat przy Banku Rzeszy od Urzedu Skarbowege” with initials on pre-printed envelope “Reichsbank Posen” franked with Germania 15 pfg. from “POSEN 15.2.19” to Cologne, minor transportation wear, very scarces

1920, “POCIAG PANCERNY “KANIOW” / Pieczec pocztowa”, clear strike of violet field post cachet on postcard from “LWOW 29.VIII.20” to Krakow, because the card was transported by civilian mail, an additional postage fee of “1” krone was mistakenly charged at the destination and postage due 1000 f. applied and used with cds. "KRAKOW, the card completely insignificant tiny corner fault, otherwise fine. Postal items with this armored train formation postmark are known to exist on only one other document and are therefore very rare, signed with certificate Petriuk (2025)

1920, field postcard from the camp for returning Hungarian prisoners of war in Pinsk with violet cachet “tacja przyjęć powracających jeńców węgierskich” (=Reception station for returning Hungarian prisoners of war), franked with horizontal pair Coat of arms 25f. olive and tied by cds. “PINSK,” addressed to Budapest, with censor marks “Wojskowy Dozór Pocztowy / LWÓW 1”, “NIEPODLEGA KONTROLI / WOJSK. DOZÓR POCZT. LWOW 2” (=not subject to control/Military Postal Control Lwow 2), and “Wr.1” of Warsaw alongside. Why the postage has been applied is unclear, usually this sort of mail was carried postage-free, signed Petriuk with certificate (2025) and certificate Drzewiecki (2019)

1919, 5h. red, horizontal strip of five, position 71-75, tied by cds. “KRAKAU 4.II.19” to local registered cover with return receipt, the other stamp small faults due to being applied over the edge, some minor transportation wear, a very rare cover, signed Mikstein and certificate Petriuk (2025)

1860, Postal stationery envelope 10 k. black, neatly used with four-ring numeral “1”, red departure cds “VARSAW 26 2” alongside, sent to a “Poste restante” in Orenburg, no arrival as usual; some minor aging and a very light central archival fold, still fine. A rare usage

1918, Postal stationery card 15h., type I, paper x, used with cds. “LUBLIN 8.I.19” to Warsaw, fine, scarce, signed Korszen and Petriuk with certificate (2025)

“CHODOROW”, violet straight-line Coat of arms 10 f. horizontal pair on postcard to Krosno with Lviv censorship alongside, fine, signed Petriuk

“NIESWIUEZ” on 1st. National stamp exhibition 50+5f. green, tied to Postal stationery card, used as form, to Torun, from there forwarded to the Polish Rifle Regiment in Minsk (Mazowiecki), fine signed. Petriuk

“PODHAJCE”, violet straight-line on postal stationery card 15 f. with additional franking to Vienna with Krakow censorship alongside, fine, signed Petriuk

“RADOSZKOWICZE *a* 25.III.20”, provisional red cds. on Coat of arms 25 f. olive on cover via Warsaw with censor mark “Wr.1” to Munich, minor transportation wear, otherwise fine. Scarce mail from the eastern territories during the Polish-Russian War, signed Petriuk

“STRYJ”, straight-line cancel on Coat of arms 5 and 20 f. as additional franking on registered Krakow postal stationery card 15 on 6h. to Warsaw with arrival mark, censor mark “CENZURA … STRYJ” alongside, fine and scarce, signed Korszen and Petriuk

1920, S.O. overprint on 5 and 50 f. and 5 k., tied by bilingual cds. “TESCHEN 23.III.20” to value declared cover to Krakow, reverse with handwritten confirmation of receipt with date and signature, a fine and scarce entire, signed and certificate Petriuk (2025)

1920, S.O. overprint on 25f. as tied by cds. “BIELITZ ÖSTERR. 17.VI.20” as additional franking on proof of sending receipt Krakow issue 25 h., addressed to Krakow, a fine and very rare and unusual item, signed Petriuk with certificate (2025)

1919, Postal Stationery card 15f. rose with additional franking 10 c. lilac, with cds. “POCZTA POLSKA / KONSTANTYNOPOL 6.XI.1919” to Gais, Switzerland, the card with few imperfections, commercially used a great rarity, certificate Petriuk (2025)

Pultusk: 1918, German Occupation 2½-30 pfg. and 60 Pfg. with hand stamp “POCZTA POLSKA”, nine different stamps used or on piece, fine, a.o. signed Jungjohann BPP

Wloclawek: 1918, German Occupation 3 pfg. vertical block of six and single stamp and 30 pfg. each with hand stamp “POCZTA POLSKA” tied by provisional cancel “Wloclawek Eing.” to registered cover to Warsaw with arrival mark, fine, 

Zdunska Wola: 1918, German Occupation 10 and 15 pfg. with hand stamp type II “POCZTA POLSKA”, used, fine, signed Jungjohann BPP

OLKUSZ: Austrian Fieldpost stamps 1, 6, and 12h. each with overprint “Polska Poczta Olkusz”, tied by cds “OLKUSZ 16.XI.18” to small cover to Checiny with arrival mark, taxed in red crayon with “T/2h”, openend on three side, some wear and aging, otherwise fine

1919, Postal stationery card 10 h. with additional franking, used from “KRAKOW 11.III.19” on locally addressed card, fine, signed Landré and Jungjohann, with the latters opinion

1920, Official letter used from “SKALAT 21.II.1920”, sent from the district command for supplies in Tarnopol / registration officer in Skalat, to Touste with straight line “Oplacono gotowka 5 /No. 821” (=cash payment) alongside, some faults, otherwise fine and scarce, signed Petriuk

1944, Handstamp “POCTZA POLSKA” on Generalgouvernement Hitler 24 Groszy, with inverted overprint, tied by cds. “KONSKIE 16 II 45” to small piece of registered cover, fine and scarce

1944, Handstamp “4” on Generalgouvernement Hitler 24 and 30 Groszy, mint never hinged, some minor color adhesion, very fine, signed Schmutz

1944, 25 Groszy - 1 Zloty on Hitler, 11 values, all used, mostly fine, signed Krawczyk

1944, 25 Groszy - 1 Zloty on Hitler, 15 values, all used, mostly fine, mostly signed Jungjohann BPP