2 Silbergroschen karminrot im waagerechten Paar, allseits voll- bis breitrandig, rechts mit 12 mm Bogenrand, ungebraucht mit Originalgummi, die rechte Marke rückseitig Schürfung, nicht häufige Einheit

1934, 9. Südamerikafahrt, Brief Anschlußflug Stuttgart, Kabinett 1934, 9th SA-flight, cover, connecting flight from Stuttgart, very fine

1958, Europe 35f. as complete imperforated sheet of color proofs, five stamps bi-colored, the others one color, mint never hinged, fine

1931, Red Cross 10s. proof with plate error E:2 (narrow cross, only 5mm wide, left part is 0,3 mm shorter than right part), plate errors on proofs are very rare, mint never hinged, fine (Hurt/Ojaste  G:1, E:2)

(1854),1d. black, so called ‚Secondary Die‘, die II, with numeral ‚2‘ above the impression on thin yellowish-white paper, the reprint of 1890, paper split at top just into plate margin and a few corner creases clear of design. Most attractive, R.P.S.L. certificate (2016) (S.G.Cat. GBP 10.000)

Reference: Illustrated in Stanley Gibbons Specialised Stamp catalogue, vol. 1, part 1, (2020) on page 69

Provenance: Robson Lowe, 20 June 1956, lot 312
Robson Lowe, 21 November 1972, lot 11
‚Chartwell‘ Collection, Spink, 5 July 2012, lot 52
Ake Rietz Collection, 299th. Corinphila, 7 June 2023, lot 3415

3 cents carmine-rose, privately rouletted 4½, tied by target to lettersheet with adjacent "ST. THOMAS 24/1 1871" to Bassin, St. Croix. The entire with some minor staining, the stamp due to the primitive rouletting applied with tear at top, still fine and very rare. Certificate Nielsen (1988) (Facit 2v2)

1950, Roosevelt souvenir sheet with handstamp "groszy" in type 6, cancelled "LODZ 1 17.12.51", very fine, sign. Falkowski (Mi. 2.200,-)

1871, complete Rosario newspaper "LA CAPITAL" dated 18.1.1871 under wrapper addressed to Padova, rated 7d. for printed matters and postage due 2c., three singles and 1c. applied with "VIA DI MARKE (E)" alongside, small part of the address restored and some tears, otherwise fine. A very rare and interesting entire and to our knowledge to only Rosario newspaper sent from Argentina to Italy in these years, certificate Bottachi (2016)

1852, Grand Duke William 10 c. black, plate proof before deburring the boards, printed in black on carton, horizontal pair with large margins, very fine

10 c. greenish-black with clear to wide margins, tied by target of Clervaux and additional central "PD" to small piece, fine and scarce, certificate Böttger BPP

1922, 3d. red with wide margins, neatly mounted on thick green card (81X90mm), very fine and fresh, rare

1780, "LUXEMB" (26:4,5 mm), clear straight line on entire letter to Malinnes with manuscript postage "5"

20 c. greyish-brown, tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG-VILLE 16 7 87" to postcard 5 c. with private print on front and reverse as cash-on-delivery-card to Weiswampach with transit and arrival marks, fine and scarce

1871, Dragon 100 m. dark blue, most striking error of engraving, position 18 with major variety "Dragon claw missing", two sides full to large margins, just touched at upper right and touched at left, unused without gum, certificate Eichhorn BPP JSCA #2f-v-2-18m

1 ch. black and horizontal pair 2 ch. brown tied by Boushir cds. to reverse of envelope to Shiraz, fine

XXX - Los entfällt - XXX 1858, Bull's Head 54 par. green on greenish with ample margins, used with red cds. "JASSY 5/9"; the stamp shows a tiny tear at top and little rubbed spot at left, backed and affixed to piece to which it not originally belongs, still an attractive stamp, certificates Heimbüchler BPP and Dr. Gmach BPP

1929, Albin Ahrenberg's attempt to cross the Atlantic: registered cover from "RYKJAVIK -9.VI.29" to New York, special three line cachet on reverse "Par aviators Ahrenberg Floden Iceland New York", franked with 2 kr. on 25 a. orange as horizontal pair and additional franking, scarce with only 65 pieces flown, openend out for display, otherwise very fine (Muller.-Nr. 5)

3 Silbergroschen braunrot im 16er-Block mit mehrfach aufgesetzter Nr. "300" HAMBURG; unauffällige Büge durch die 2. (teils leicht gestützt) und 3. Markenreihe, sonst in einwandfreier Erhaltung; es handelt sich hier nicht nur um die größte gestempelte Einheit dieser Marke sondern auch um die größte gestempelte Einheit von Taxis überhaupt; ein spektakuläres Stück und Unikat von musealem Charakter, sign. Schwenn und Fotoattest Sem BPP

10. Südamerikafahrt, Karte, Kabinett 10th SA-flight, postcard, very fine

1958, Europe 20+25fr. black, as imperforated proof souvenir sheet, mint never hinged, very rare, the margins a little wavy, otherwise fine

1931, Red Cross 10s., proof, block of four, bottom margin with marginal bar. Re-use of marginal bars: the identical white errors on the marginal bar on the 5 S. and the 10 S. proofs (previous lot) show that, after printing a value, the marginal bars must have been removed from the printing form and then re-used for the printing of other values of the Red Cross issue, mint never hinged, fine (Hurt/Ojaste  G:1)  

1d. red-brown, Imprimatur, die II, alphabet II, watermark ‚Small Crown‘ plate 14, AL, imperforate upper right corner sheet marginal with inscription and plate number ‚14‘, large margins all round, very fresh.

Provenance: Earl of Crawford Collection (1913)
Col. A.S. Bates Collection, Harmer, 3-5 December 1934, ex lot 541
‚Chartwell‘, Spink, 29 June 2011, lot 1321

1866, 3 c. carmine-rose, just touched at upper left, otherwise clear to large margins, tied by target cancel to entire letter from "ST. THOMAS 23 10 1868" to Basin/St. Croix; the stamp with tiny termite hole and the letter with slight paper breaks, still fine

1919, Cracow issue 40 h. rose-red, platte II A, field 95, on piece, fine, certificate Petriuk PZF (2019) (Mi. 500,-)

1874, 10c. brown-orange and 60c. violett tied by dotted blue cancel of Buenos Aires to folded letter to Catania with two-line "Da Buenos.-Aires coi Postali Italiani" alongside, adhesives few imperfections and cover slightly unfresh, not further disturbing and very attractive as well as one of only two known covers showing this rare cancellation of the Italian Post office in Buenos Aires, signed E. Diena with certificate (1988)

10 c., plate proof in black, horizontal block of 6, small pre-cut between 2 stamps at top and the upper row with light horizontal bend, still fine and scarce

1852, William III 10 c. black, watermark reversed, with good to large margins, fresh colour, used without gum, very fine, manuscript signature Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (prifix 1e)

O'LOUGHLIN, MURPHY & BOLAND: 1922, perf 11½, group of 11 values including the scarce 1d. and 3d. in red, mainly mint never hinged, some marginal stamps, very fine

1787, "LUXEMBOURG", clear straight line on entire letter to Longwy and re-directed to Treves, very fine

1882, Allégorie 1 c.-5 fr. complete in blocks of 4, unused o.g., some small values few short perfs and one value with a little staining, generally fine/very fine

1874, Cherry blossom 20 s. reddish violet, syllable 3, on native paper, fresh colour, unused with full original gum, good perforation and very good centering, tiny rubbed spot under SE of crysanthemum, otherwise fine, signed Schlesinger and certificate Eichhorn BPP. JCSA Nr. 24

2 ch. brown, 2 pairs and single stamp tied by Boushir cds. to reverse of cover to Shiraz, nice multiple franking

40 par. blue on bluish paper and 80 par. red on white paper, 40 par. ample margin at bottom, otherwise both with wide margins, neatly cancelled in red, 80 par. on small piece, signed Heimbüchler BPP a.o.

1931, 2nd Survey Flight by Wolfgang von Gronau with plane 'Grönland-Wale', cover from Berlin to List on Sylt, then via Reykjavik, Scoresbysund and Godhaab, Port Harrison, Hudson's Bay and Longlac, Ontario to its final destination Chicago, all postmarks and cachets on front, signed by the pilot Wolfgang von Gronau, fine and scarce with only about 20 items flown (AAMC-Nr. 1147; Muller-Nr. 455)

5 Silbergroschen braunpurpur, allseits breit- bis überrandig mit Teil der linken Nachbarmarke, zentrisch gestempelt "273" GOTHA, Kabinett, Kurzbefund Sem BPP

1936, 1. Nordamerikafahrt, R-Brief, Kabinett 1936, 1st North America flight, registered cover, very fine