1827, "NEUFCHÂTEAU FRANCO" (with accent), good strike on entire letter from Bellefontaine to Marche, sign. Goebel

50 c. tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG-GARE 4 9 02" to registered cover to Kinshasa, Belgium Kongo, re-directed to Tumba with transit and arrival marks; a scarce cover to Africa, signed Goebel

1860, Coat of Arms 10 k. blue & carmine-rose, fresh colour and well perforated, tied by clear central strike "217" to small lettersheet (not quite complete on reverse) with clear adjacent bilingual boxed marking "PIATEK" to Sereje; a very fine and rare cover, certificate Ceremuga.

10 ch. in vertical pair tied by Kermanchah cds. to large size quadruple-rate envelope to Teheran, bottom stamp small corner crease, still fine and attractive

80 par. red on white paper, horizontal pair with clear to large margins with central clear "FRANCO BERLAD" used on small piece; the left stamp with small pin hole and with not disturbing light crease, otherwise very fine, certificate Dr. Gmach BPP

Balbo flight, 5,25L+44.75 L. "LEON" tied by cds. to registered card to Zürich, slightly unclean, otherwise fine

1862/64, 1/4 Silbergroschen schwarz im 100er-Bogenteil sowie 3 Silbergroschen ockerbraun im kpl. 150er-Bogen, postfrisch, 1/4 Silbergroschen 4 Werte Bug und 2 Werte geschürft, 3 Silbergroschen waagerechte Bugspur durch eine waagerechte Markenreihe, dazu Originalbogen der Nr. 18 und 19 und 24-25 sowie der Nr. 47, 51, 52 und 54 (teils Bogenränder abgetrennt bzw. defekt)

1930, Südamerikafahrt, Brief mit DR-Zusatzfrankatur Südamerikafahrt 2 (2) und 4 M., entwertet mit Bordpoststempel vom 19.5. nach Lakehurst, der Brief trägt die Signatur von Dr. Eckener, Kabinett 1930, SA-flight, cover with additional German franking SA-flight 2 m. (2) and 4 m., cancelled by boardpost cancel of 19.5. to Lakehurst, signed by Dr. Eckener, very fine

1961, Europe 0,50fr. sepia as epreuve de presentation (mise en train sépia), very rare with only 3 issued, fine

1933, Narva Falls 1 kr., Rastertiefdruck/photo engraving, enlarged essay 36,5 x 24,5mm, green, partially surrounded by red pen to indicate green as selected color, on black presentation carton. Catalogued by Hurt/Ojaste as G:4 under Mi 159 (Stichtiefdruck/line engraving), unique, very fine  

1d. rose-red on white paper, Imprimatur, die II, alphabet III, watermark ‚Large Crown‘, plate 63, AL, imperforate upper right corner sheet marginal with inscription and plate number ‚63‘, large margins, very fresh.

Provenance: Earl of Crawford Collection (1913)
Col. A.S. Bates Collection, Harmer, 3-5 December 1934, ex lot 551
‚Verus‘ Collection, Stanley Gibbons, August 2015, lot 97

10 c., 2nd printing, tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS 16/2 1880" to lettersheet to Veracruz, Mexico, some minor staining, otherwise fine (Facit 10b)

1884, Coat of arms 3,50-7rbl., Fournier forgery as imperforated strip of three with margin and handstamp "Faux", in addition two fake cancellations, mounted in part of original page

1874, 5c. brick red tied by cds. "BUENOS AIRES 19 AGO 74" to folded letter to Genoa with adjacent "Da Buenos Aires coi Postali Italiani", taxed "9" thus postage due 30c. horizontal pair and single applied and tied by cds. "GENOVA", two disinfection slits, postage due adhesives with faults, otherwise fine. A very interesting entire which was privately carried to Buenos Aires as the call at Montevideo was irregular. The text from the letter states "...From the waters of Montevideo I'll take advantage of the pilot I am leaving near it..." Therefore the letter was consigned offshore Montevideo to the Europa bound to Buenos Aires, where the letter was handed over to the local P.O. and then loaded on the Europa  

10 c. deep black in horizontal pair, good to large margins, cancelled by central strike of target of Ettelbrück, very fine, sign. Goebel BPP and opinion Böttger BPP

10 c. grey, horizontal strip of 3 with good to large margins, cancelled by circle of 9 bars, fine, several signatures incl. Schlesinger and Bolaffi

1922, Overprint proof by Dollard Pringing house for low values, ½d. as block of six from the upper left sheet corner with red overprint and and purple backstamp without manuscript initials, lower middle stamp and margins with hinge remainders, otherwise mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 1P)

1828, "DIEKIRCH" and "FRANCO", 2 good strikes on entire letter to Luxemburg; very rare letter (Goebel HD2, 31 points)

1895, Adolph 1-10 c. with Natal "SPECIMEN" handstamp, unused without gum as usual, certificate BPA (1981)

1858 (July 21): 54 parale blue on greenish horizontally laid paper, a superb unused example with close but clear margin at right and huge margins on the other three sides, of excellent colour and appearance with tiny nick in right margin and slightest of vertical bends. A great rarity, surprisingly there are less unused examples of the 54 pa. than the 81 pa. known, with just 25 recorded thus. Illustrated and discussed in Heimbüchler, Vol. 1 on pages 300 and 301. A rare stamp for the classic specialist. Cert. Heimbüchler (2015) Gi = £ 21'000/Mi = € 22'000 Provenance: René Berlingin (March 1984), lot 12784.

10 ch.-50 kr., the 7 values in imperforated vertical pairs, 5 kr. bottom stamp small tears at right fixed with hinge, otherwise very fine, unused o.g., except 5 kr. all bottom stamps unmounted mint, fine and scarce

80 par. on white paper, good to wide margins, tied by clear red "FRANCO GALATZ" to cover front with adjacent red "GALATZ MOLDOVA 14/7"; the stamp with small and almost invisible tear due to the cancellation; a notation beneath the stamp shining through; a fine and scarce cover front, certificates Heimbüchler BPP and Dr. Gmach BPP

Balbo flight, 5,25L+44.75 L. "MIGL" tied by cds. to registered cover to Chicago, slightly unclean, otherwise fine

1/4 Silbergroschen schwarz im senkrechten 10er-Block, allseits voll- bis breitrandig aus der rechten unteren Bogenecke, ungebraucht mit Originalgummit und leichten Anhaftungen, Pracht

Brief mit DR-Zusatzfrankatur Südamerikafahrt 4 M. mit Bordpoststempel vom 19.5. nach Rio mit Signatur von Dr. Eckener, Kabinett Cover with DR additional franking 4 m. with board post cancel of 19.5. to Rio, signed Dr. Eckener, very fine

1962, Europe 0,25-0,50fr., four Epreuve d'Artiste on sunken cards, in black and one colored in by hand, all signed and three with dry seal, fine

1940, Narva Falls 1 kr., Stichtiefdruck/line engraving, left margin proof block, to our knowledge the largest known multiple, without gum, very fine (Hurt/Ojaste G:2)  

1d. rose-red on white paper, Imprimatur, die II, alphabet III, watermark ‚Large Crown‘, plate 68, AA, imperforate upper left corner sheet marginal with inscription and plate number ‚68‘, large margins, very fresh.

Provenance: Leonard H. Clark Collection, Robson Lowe, 29 May 1946, lot  258.
‚Verus‘ Collection, Stanley Gibbons, August 2015, lot 102

10 c. brown/ultramarine, tied by clear "ST. THOMAS 4/10 1892" to envelope to Philadelphia but undeliverable with violet "CANNOT BE FOUND" and postage due stamp 1 c. applied; 10 c. one corner perf missing, otherwise fine

1908/18, 2 k. imperforated and 10 k. perforated in strip of 3, tied by Japanese cds. "TSURUGA 8.3.18" to envelope with Wladiwostok sender's seal to Osaka with frontside boxed "PAQUEBOT", envelope with transportation marks

1875, two printed matters (one not complete) addressed to Genoa, once the local rate paid in cash by the Italian consulate to the Argentinian P.O., the other one with local rate paid by affixing 1x. adhesive, both with adjacent two-line "Da Buenos.-Aires coi Postali Italiani" and with postage due 2 and 10c. applied and tied by cds. "GENOVA", few folds not affecting the franking, slightly stained, otherwise fine and scarce

10 c. deep black, horizontal pair with ample to large margins, used with "Colosse à 26 barres" of Luxemburg, fine and scarce, opinion Böttger BPP (2018)

10 c. grey-black, horizontal strip of 3 with good margins, used with clear strikes of rural square of bars of Redange, tiny thinning at bottom, just touching the frame of the right stamp, otherwise very fine, sign. Williame and Goebel, certificate Böttger BPP (2016) (Prifix 1j)

1922, Overprint proof by Dollard Pringing house for low values, ½d. right marginal single, with double overprint, one albino, the visible overprint shifted with date, purple backstamp without manuscript initials, mint never hinged, very fine, certificates BPA and Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 1P)

1831, "Wellin", manuscript on entire letter with red cds. "MARCHE 1 MAI 1831" to an address poste restante at Marche, scarce

1 c. pre-cancelled "LUXEMBOURG 08" in block of 4, unused o.g.