1857, Coat of arms 10 k. darkbrown/blue, close to wide margins tied by two-line cancel to small piece, tiny corner crease away from design, otherwise fine

1874,  8c. on 10c. green tied by cds. "PARANA 29 SETIE 77" and Estero 20 and 30c. as vertical resp. horizontal pair tied by two-line "Da Buenos Aires coi Postali Italiani" to double-weight mourning cover addressed to Rome, backflap missing, 20c. the upper stamp with added corner, 30c. left stamp with small corner crease, despite this negligible imperfections a very attractive and rare letter with only about 5 covers known bound to Italy from the interior of Argentina, signed Diena

10 c. deep black, ample to good margins, cancelled with central strike of green 'pointe perforante' (most likely of Mersch), very fine, sign. Goebel and opinion Böttger BPP (2018)

10 c. grey with "Grande Retouche" no. 4, large margins with small part of neighbour stamp at left, unused without gum; a very scarce stamp in unused condition, certificate Demuth BPP (1985)

1922, perforated, 1d. pale turquise as horizontal pair with left sheet margin, hinged in the margin, stamps with full original gum with small adherence, very fine

"DEB. LUXEMBOURG", almost complete strike on reverse of entire letter 1807 from Angers to Luxemburg and re-directed to Metz, fine and scarce

Unissued 20 c. brown in miniature sheet of 25 stamps; sheet margins cut to shape, hinge marks in the 4 corners, the stamps all unmounted mint, 2 values tiny stains, otherwise very fine; an extremely rare sheet

1970: European Environmental Year, compl. set of four with essays of the printing development with five steps included plus the final composite printing, mounted on carton for each stamp. From the Courvoisier archive, dated 18.8. / 19.8.1969

1 kr. and 5 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to Barnameh with Ispahan cds. on reverse; 5 ch. applied somewhat creased, very fine

40 par. blue on white paper, good to very large margins, tied by black "FRANCO GALATZ" to letter sheet with part of contents with adjacent clear "GALATZ MOLDOVA 5/5" (1861) to Jassy; the stamp affected by a faint vertical cover crease, otherwise fine and attractive, signed Pfenninger and Heimbüchler BPP, certificate Dr. Gmach BPP

Balbo flight, 5,25L+19.75 L. "ARAM" tied by cds. to registered cover to Düsseldorf,  torn at lower left and two punch holes, otherwise fine

15 Kreuzer braunpurpur, allseits voll- bis überrandig mit klarer Nr. "134" auf Reco-Briefhülle von "MAINZ-BAHNHOF 18/5" (1860) nach Berlin; Name in der Anschrift abgeändert, schöner und attraktiver Brief

1933, Chicagofahrt, R-Karte bis Akron, Kabinett 1933, Chicago flight, registered postcard to Akron, very fine

1959, Europe 25+50fr. as special souvenir sheet, mint never hinged, very rare with only 20 printed, fine

1932, Tartu University 20s. imperforated, block of 4 from the lower left sheetcorner, stamp picture is rotated by 90 degrees relative to the margin numbers, marginal bar, mint never hinged with hinge in margin only, very fine (Hurt/Ojaste  G:1)

1d. orange-red, Imprimatur, die II, alphabet III, watermark ‚Large Crown‘, plate 52, AA, imperforate upper left corner sheet marginal with inscription and plate number ‚52‘,very fresh.

Provenance: Leonard H. Clark Collection, Robson Lowe, 29 May 1946, lot  243.
‚Chartwell‘ Collection, Spink, 12 December 2012, ex lot 547

7 c. yellow/lilac, tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS 25/5 1885" to postal stationery envelope 3 c. red to Germany with arrival mark; lower left corner perf slightly shortened, otherwise fine. A scarce combination, certificate Paaskesen (1990)

1858, Coat of arms 20k. dark-green/violet, color trial with and without watermark, unused, one short perf at upper left, otherwise fine

1874, Moreno 4c. brown as horizontal pair tied by cds. "BUENOS AIRES 1877" to cover to Moneglia, upon arrival in Genoa Estero 10c. as horizontal pair and single 20c. applied and tied by two-line "Da Buenos Aires coi Postali Italiani", these insufficiently paying the transatlantic journey thus postage due 1l. applied in Moneglia. The right 10c. stamp showing the rare variety "unmodified upper left corner", stamps and enevelope with minor imperfections, but a very appealing and unusual coverm, signed E. Diena and Alberto Diena with certificate (1970)

10 c. deep black with ample to good margins, used with clear blue target (most likely of Weiswampach), tiny corner crease, otherwise fine and very scarce, opinion Böttger BPP (2018)

10 c. grey-black, good to wide margins, used with bright-blue circle of bars of Luxemburg, fine and very scarce, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (2016) (prifix 1h)

ESSAYS: 1922, interesting group of 51 various issues including Dollard, Heli and O'Loughlin, with varities and multiples and Fiji paper trial, mostly fine

1816, "LUXEMBOURG", straight line in black on entire letter from Vianden to Luxemburg, fine

Unissued 20 c. brown with 12½ c. and 1895, 5 c. (tiny surface scrub) tied by cds. "WECKER 13/5 05" to registered envelope to Berlin with arrival mark; a fine and very scarce franking

1855, Coat of Arms 4 skilling blue, horizontal strip of 4 and horizontal pair (pos. C31-34 and C11-12) used with clear grid cancels on envelope with adjacent blue cds. "BERGEN 7/9 1855" to Leipzig in Saxony, showing on front boxed "Aus Dänemark", on reverse Hamburg transit marks of 12.9. and Leipzig arrival mark; the cover was transported with the steamship "Norge" from Bergen bound for Hamburg; in the area of Kristiansand the "Norge" collided with her fleet mate "Bergen" and sunk with the loss of 40 lives. According to the local newspaper 'Kristianssands Steftsavis' of the following day, the mail bag for Hamburg was salvaged near Oxö and was carried by SS 'Sankt Olaf" further to Hamburg. The cover shows some minor water staining, as to be expected, front and back of the cover are separated, the lower right corner and somewhat strengthened; the franking in fine condition. A most attractive and rare franking of Norway no. 1 and an amazing piece of Norwegian postal history being the only recorded letter from the SS Norge disaster. Certificate Enger BPP Provenance: Robson Lowe (Basel 1970)

1894, Nasseri Pa'lai 1 ch. in block of 4 and single stamp, tied by Meched cds. to reverse of envelope to Gun-Abad

40 par. greenish-blue, large margins, central clear "TEKUTSCH MOLDOVA 5/10", extremely fine, signed Heimbüchler BPP

Balbo flight, 5,25L+19.75 L. "BIAN" tied by cds. to registered express cover to Eisenach, slight toning, otherwise fine

15 Kreuzer im waagerechten Paar in Mischfrankatur mit 1 Kreuzer grün farblos durchstochen als Zufrankatur auf Ganzsachenumschlag 9 Kreuzer braun mit blauer Nr. "205" und nebengesetztem EKr. "ST. GOARSHAUSEN 13 12" als Wertbrief über 3.323 Gulden nach Frankfurt; der Name in der Anschrift zur Tarnung radiert und überschrieben, senkrechter Briefbug außerhalb von Frankatur und Wertstempel; ein nichtsdestotrotz attraktiver und seltener Brief; die Frankierung von Wertbriefen war erst seit dem 1.11.1866 zulässig; Fotoattest Sem BPP

dito, R-Karte bis Chicago, Kabinett ditto, registered postcard to Chicago, very fine

1960, Europe 0,25-0,50fr., each as die proof (poinçon original) on thick carton paper, mounted on card, fine, certificate Gautre

Harbor of Tallinn 2kr., imperforate proof block,  to our knowledge the largest known multiple, without gum (Hurt/Ojaste G:1)

1d. orange-brown, Imprimatur, die II, alphabet III, watermark ‚Large Crown‘, plate 55, AA, variety „re-entry“, imperforate upper left corner sheet marginal with inscription and plate number ‚55‘, large margins, minor thinning in left margin not touching design, very fresh.

Provenance: Leonard H. Clark Collection, Robson Lowe, 29 May 1946, lot 245.
‚Chartwell‘ Collection, Spink, 12 December 2012, ex lot 547

14 c. green/lilac with inverted frame, unused with part original gum, 2 short perfs, tiny inclusion in the lower margin; alltogether a fine copy of this extremely rare stamp (Facit 12v1)

1858, Coat of arms 30 k. rose-carmine and green on thin paper with numeral "443", fine, signed Ferchenbauer with certificate, rare (Mi. 3.500,-)

1874,  8c. on 10c. green tied by cds. "BUENOS AIRES MAR 7 1877" and Estero 20 and 30c. tied by dotted cancel with two-line "Da Buenos Aires coi Postali Italiani" and "P.D." alongside to enevelope to Florence, the Argentinian adhesive applied at the edge, minor toning, tears/wrinkles and backing at top of cover, despite this negligible imperfections a very attractive and rare cover, signed E. Diena with certificate (1994)