1928, New Currency Overprint 15 s. on horizontally ribbed paper, mint never hinged, very rare only 23 unused copies known so far, very fine, signed Julius Weiner  (Hurt/Ojaste C:1)

1d. red-brown, Imprimatur, plate 125, AL, upper right corner sheet marginal with inscription and plate number ‚125‘, large margins all round, very fresh.

Provenance: Earl of Crawford Collection (1913)
Col. A.S. Bates Collection, Harmer, 3-5 December 1934, ex lot 521
Robson Lowe, 30 May 1940, lot 54
‚Verus‘ Collection, Stanley Gibbons, August 2015, lot 62

2 rbs. blue, small to good margins all around, tied by numeral “1” to local entire letter with adjacent blue oval mark “F.P. 28.1.854”, stamp with small stain, otherwise fine, signed Pfenninger

10 c. grey-black with good to large margins, tied by cds. "CLERVAUX .. 1856" to small lettersheet to Weiler. The lettersheet with small rubbed area at front, otherwise fine. Date stamps used as cancellation before 1859 are rare. This is the only recorded cover with large date stamp of Clervaux. Certificate Böttger BPP (2019)

1876, unpaid envelope from "BUENOS AIRES 10 AGO 1876" to Carunchio, several transit marks on reverse, charged "14" upon arrival, thus 10c. as vertical pair and 30c. as strip of four applied, some ageing/creasing and adhesives with imperfections, the strip of 30c. is uncommon

LATVIAN SS-DIVISION: 1945, 15 different designs in blue, orange and dark green as horizontal strips of four resp. three ordered on sheet on chalky paper (194x164mm) and 15 different designs in blue and orange, arranged in 5 rows to 3 different designs, including the designer‘s name below the designs, all framed. At lower margin with inscription „LATVIESU KARAVIRU PALIDZIBAS“ PROJEKTETO MARKU ZIMEJUMU KOPIJAS, printed on thicker paper (177x229mm), mostly fine

Second Anniversary of Independence 5 a. imperforated horizontal pair with left sheet margin, right stamp with "double 5 in red and green", unused, fine, rare, certificate Huylmans BPP

"PONT-DE-L'ISSER", clear straight line on Napoleon Lauré 10 c. on entire local letter with adjacent negative postal seal; some light creasing effecting the stamp; the rarest of all Algerian cancellations, only 3 covers recorded, several signatures, certificate Scheller

Vaitkus 40 c. tied by cds "KAUNAS centr. -7.VII.36" to small piece, fine, quite scarce with this cancellation, certificate Huylmans BPP

1865, colourless rouletted 1 c. reddish-brown, vertical pair from the lower left sheet margin, unused with original gum, the lower stamp unmounted mint, very fine and fresh

1900: 2nd Tsingtau issue, 10 pf. carmine, with diagonal "China" overprint at a 45 degree angle, and with "5 Pf." surcharge as well as blue crayon "Blaustrich" line, a fresh example of this very scarce stamp, vivid colour on crisp white paper, ideal centering and perforation, tied by crisp "TSINTAU KIAUTSCHOU 31 / 12.00" cds to piece. A rare stamp with a small printrun of only 1'700 stamps. Signed Stuckert, cert. Pfenniger (1971) Mi = € 5'000+.

1882, Recessed Mitra issue 5 c. blue-violet/violet in combination with 1882, 5 ch. green, tied by clear Teheran date stamp to decorative printed matter wrapper to Kermanshahan; a fine and scarce franking, only few such combinations known

1858, 20 k. tied by numeral "1" to entire letter (some faults to reverse) from Warsaw to Wlocawek, stamp slight damage at right, however an extremely rare usage of this stamp in Poland, certificate Mikulski Provenance: ex collection Dubinski

1942, Airmailstamp, imperforated with left sheet margin, tied by straight line "28.NOV. 1942" to folded letter to Vienna with adjacent L2 "Feldbahnpost Riga-Gatschine", stamp with horizontal crease, otherwise fine and rare, signed Mogler BPP

Großer Schild 1 Gr. karmin, farbfrisch und sehr gut gezähnt mit klarem Mecklenburg-DKr. "ROEBEL 12 11" auf kleinem rosafarbigen Briefkuvert mit zugehöriger in weiß und gold geprägter Glückwunschkarte; ein fantastisch schönes Stück

1949/51, kleine Partie Bund, Berlin und Französische Zone dabei Berlin Block 1 mit Zusatzfrankatur auf R-Brief, Fotoattest Schlegel BPP

Rhodos-Zulassungsmarke gezähnt, farbfrisch und gut gezähnt mit nur ganz geringen Beförderungsspuren mit Feldpoststempel vom 17.11.44 auf Brief eines Absenders der Feldpost-Nr. 86066A (Artillerie-Führer Rhodos-Stab) nach Neuland in Schlesien; ein schöner und seltener Brief, mehrfach sign. und Fotoattest Mogler BPP

"48" klar auf 1 1/4 Schilling rosa mit nebengesetztem blauen EKr. "WESSELBUREN 11 10" auf kleiner nicht ganz kpl. Briefhülle nach Heide; die Marke im Durchstich gering fleckig; Stempelseltenheit

7. Südamerikafahrt, Karte Anschlußflug Berlin mit blauem L1 "Zur 6. Fahrt zu spät eingetroffen", Kabinett 7th SA flight, card with connecting flight from Berlin, blue straight-line "Zur 6. Fahrt zu spät eingetroffen", very fine

1857, 6 Kreuzer gelblichgrün, farbfrisch und überdurchschnittlich geschnitten, lediglich rechts unten in der Randlinie kurz berührt, sonst breit- bis überrandig, mit Teilen von 4 Nachbarmarken, sauber entwertet durch Kreisstempel "BOEBLINGEN 3/8 58" auf kleinem Briefstück. Ein Ausnahmestück. Kurzbefund Heinrich BPP

1952, Meeting of the Council of Europe 30 fr., épreuve de d'artiste in black with engraver signature, fine

15 s. on thin paper, unused, very rare only few copies known so far, fine (Hurt/Ojaste C:2)

1d. red-brown, Imprimatur, plate 143, AL, upper right corner sheet marginal with inscription and plate number ‚143‘, large margins all round, very fresh.

Provenance: Earl of Crawford Collection (1913)
Col. A.S. Bates Collection, Harmer, 3-5 December 1934, ex lot 523
Harmer, 8 December 1983, lot 1553
‚Chartwell‘, Spink, 16 February 2012, lot 348

1858/62, Coat of arms 8 sk. green nice fresh colour and good to large margins, unused with fresh original gum, very fine, certificate Moeller AIEP (2019)

1925/29, Airmail 10Ø-1kr., each as block of four, mint never hinged, very fine, signed Sorani with certificate (1980)

10 c. greenish-black, vertical strip of 3 with large even margins, tied by circle of 9 bars of Luxemburg to entire letter (side flaps not quite complete) to London; part paid to Ostende, erroneously applied "PD" crossed out, on arrival charged with "6" pence. The strip has been lifted for inspection and is replaced by hinges. A fine and very scarce entire, certificate Böttger BPP (2019)

Moreno 4c. brown as horizontal pair tied by cds. "BUENOS AYRES ENO 20 1877" to small envelope to Uggiate, charged "14" upon arrival thus postage due 30 and 50-60c. applied and tied by cds. "UGGIATE 10 FEB 77", cover opened out for display and some ageing/imperfections, a rare and attractive combination, certificate Diena (1984)

CANCELLATIONS: "LIEPAJA LIDPASTS 23.8.39" on Assumption of office by Ulmanis 3s. with additional franking on picture postcard, fine

1921, Airmail 1a. as imperforated block of 12, the lower right stamp unused, otherwise mint never hinged, very fine

General Colonies issue Ceres 25 c. with blue "BRAS-PANON RÉUNION" on cover to Bordeaux with adjacent "LIGNE T PAQ. FR. No. 1 6 SEPT. 82", fine, a very rare cancellation, signed Goebel

1939, 20 Years Republic souvenir sheet, imperforated and perforated, with special cancellation and additional franking on two registered covers to Bruxelles, usually small wrinkles on sheets, fine

4 c. yellow, unused with original gum, very fine, opinion Goebel

1881, recess 25 c. perf. 13, unused, very fine (Sadry no. 51B)

Russia 1858, 10 k. with clear ring cancellation "175" on folded entire letter from Granitza to Warsaw, weak receiver cancellations on reverse

1944, Rhodos perforated, unused with complete, here and there slightly disturbed gum, very good perforation and apart from one gentle trace of a crease in fine condition. The perforated, unused Rhodos stamp is one of the great Feldpost rarities, certificate Müller BPP

Sammlung auf 6 Ausstellungsblättern sowie etwas nicht aufbereitetes Material, insgesamt 35 Einzelwerte und 4 Paare, oft auf Briefstücken sowie 8 Briefe und eine Vertreterkarte, ausnahmslos schöne zentrische Stempelabschläge, viele nachverwendete Stempel, Nr. 2 im 3er-Streifen auf Brief, Nr. 19 mit Distributionsstempel etc.; ein außergewöhnliches Los