390. Heinrich Köhler Auction · 2–10 April 2027

Prussia – The first three issues 1850–1859 – The Alfred Schmidt Collection (part I)

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Prussia 1850, 2 silver groschen on blue, diagonally bisected, tied by numeral "953" to folded cover from Minden to Holzminden in the Duchy of Brunswick. The only recorded bisect of the first issue on complete cover and one of the great rarities of Prussian philately.

Holzminden 1850

Prussia 1850, 2 silver groschen on blue, diagonally bisected, tied by numeral "953" to folded cover from Minden to Holzminden in the Duchy of Brunswick. The only recorded bisect of the first issue on complete cover and one of the great rarities of Prussian philately.

Provenance
Provenance: 16th Heinrich Köhler auction (1918); Gaston Nehrlich (29th Heinrich Köhler auction, 1923); Friedl auction, New York (1942); John R. Boker, Jr. (1992); ERIVAN (2020)

Prussia 1850, 3 silver groschen on yellow, horizontal block of 15, each stamp centrally cancelled by numeral "184" BRESLAU BAHNHOF. The largest recorded used block of all King Frederick William IV issues.

Breslau, Main Station 1855

Prussia 1850, 3 silver groschen on yellow, horizontal block of 15, each stamp centrally cancelled by numeral "184" BRESLAU BAHNHOF. The largest recorded used block of all King Frederick William IV issues.

Provenance
Provenance: Baldus Collection (106th Grobe auction, 1956); Ado Blecher (119th Grobe auction, 1960)

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