The Kingdom of Bavaria – The Kreuzer Era – The Hartmut C. Schwenn Collection (part II)

Bavaria 1849, 1 kreuzer deep black, plate 1, horizontal strip of four and horizontal pair, tied by closed cogwheel postmark "88" VORCHHEIM to cover of the second weight class to Höchstadt an der Aisch. A great rarity of Bavaria and the German States; only one further cover bearing six examples of the 1 kreuzer deep black is recorded.

Provenance
Reference: Illustrated in the Grobe handbook, p. 88; Provenance: 4th Bela Sekula auction (1928); Alfred Caspary (1956); John Simon (2014)

Bavaria 1862, 18 kreuzer brick-red in mixed franking with Coat of Arms 6 kreuzer ochre, on registered cover to Naples. A very rare and attractive mixed franking.

Bavaria 1867/68, Coat of Arms 6 kreuzer ochre, narrow lozenges watermark, horizontal block of six tied by blue-violet double-circle cancel "BAMBERG 14. MAR 1872". A great rarity; the only recorded used block of this stamp in the ProFi database.

Bavaria 1862, 9 kreuzer ochre-brown, horizontal strip of five tied by open cogwheel postmark "144" FÜRSTENFELDBRUCK. A great rarity.