1858 (July 21): 81 parale blue on blued wove paper, a fresh unused example of this rarity with large margins all round and of excellent rich colour, slightest ironed crease and scuff on face of no great significance, there being but 35 unused examples recorded of which 1 is cut round, 15 with major faults and at least 5 housed in museum collections. A rare and most attractive stamp of impeccable provenance. Illustrated and described in Heimbüchler Vol 1, pages 364, 365. Cert. Heimbüchler (2015) Gi 3 = £ 40'000/Mi = € 42'000 Provenance: Harold Wilson Harmer Rooke Auction (Jan 1942) Lars Amundsen (Feb 1969), lot 469

16 ch., horizontal pair from the lower left sheet corner, the left stamp imperforated at left, creasing in the margin only, unused o.g., the varietey itself unmounted mint

1862, 3 par. yellow with wide to enormous margins, tied by clear "GALATZ MOLDOVA 8/12" to small piece, extremely fine

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

1/3 Silbergroschen grün im waagerechten 4er-Streifen, phantastisch gerandet, unten und links mit Teilen aller Nachbarmarken mit sauberer Nr. "23" auf Briefhülle von "FULDA 11 3 1864" nach Ulrichstein mit vorausfrankiertem Bestellgeld; der Brief wurde 1 Pfennig überfrankiert, doch nur so wurde diese phantastische Frankatur möglich; größte bekannte Einheit dieser Marke und auf Brief ein Unikat; ein phantastisch schönes und rares Stück aus den Sammlungen Tomasini, Fürstenberg und Boker

Karte mit Italien / Österreich-Frankatur bis Pernambuco, Kabinett, selten Postcard with mixed franking Italy / Austria to Pernambuco, very fine, rare

1963, Europe 0,25fr., three Epreuve d'Artiste red (2) and blue on sunken cards, all signed and with dry seal, fine

1933, Song festival 2-10 s., imperforated horizontal pairs, unused, fine (Hurt(Ojaste G:1)

1855, 1d. red-brown, trial printing on Neales Steam Press, plate 22, EJ / GL, an imperforate large margined unused block of nine (top row creased) with full  sheet margin on the right and inscription. The block originates from the unique ungummed sheet offered by Harmers in April 1957 was inscribed in ink on the bottom margin below the T-row: “This sheet is one of 2.000 printed by Mr. Neales machine for us this day, August 15, 1855“. (S.G.Cat. 27‘000)

Note: In 1855, Perkins Bacon conducted trials using Robert Neales patented steam printing press in an attempt to increase production speed. Plates 16-18, 22 and 25 were used. 

Provenance: Harmers 29 – 30 April 1957, lot 54 (the complete sheet)
Robson Lowe, 10 May 1966, lot 261  

12 c. lilac/yellow-green, horizontal pair, used on commercial double rate envelope from "ST. THOMAS 20/2 1879" to Brooklyn with arrival marks on reverse; some short perfs and the right stamp rounded corners, still a fine and very rare multiple franking of this stamp (Facit no. 11)

4 k. perforated, horizontal strip of 3 tied to postcard from Wladiwostok with adjacent censor mark 1919 to Japan with arrival mark on front

1876, unfranked enevelope sent from "BUENOS AIRES 5 AGO 1876" to Genoa, taxed "10" d. thus postage due 1l. applied and two-line "Da Buenos Aires coi Postali Italiani" alongside, vertical fold, otherwise a fine and attractive cover directly consigned to the Italian Consulate

10 c. deep black in horizontal strip of 3, large margins, neatly cancelled by circle of bars of Luxemburg, very fine, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (2017)

10 c. grey-black, thin paper, block of 4 with clear to good margins used by Losanges de Ettelbruck; the block shows remarkable printing creases and some additional faint creasing; a rare multiple, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (2016) (prifix 1j)

1922, Overprint proof by Dollard Pringing house for low values, ½d. with gutter at bottom, with double overprint, one albino, the visible overprint shifted with date on top and again on gutter, purple backstamp without manuscript initials, mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 1P)

"BETTEMBOURG 12 I" (1837), clear cds. on small entire official letter from Hasselt in Belgium to Dudelange, very scarce

10 c. pre-cancelled "LUXEMBOURG -VILLE 1905", block of 4, unmounted mint

1858 (Nov 1): 5 parale black on white wove paper, Type I, a superb mint example of excellent definition, large margins all round, with typical somewhat yellowish large part original gum. An extremely rare stamp in perfect pristine quality, Heimbüchler records just 6 mint examples. Illustrated in Heimüchler Supplement on page 71, fig. 117. Signed A. Diena. Certs BPA (1961), Heimbüchler (2015) Gi 11 = £ 24'000/Mi = € 32'000

1 kr. and 1 ch. in strip of 3 tied by Tauris cds. to reverse of registered envelope via Teheran to Bagdad with arrival mark

1872, Prince Charles 5 b. vermilion with very good perforation for this stamp, as usual de-centered, unused o.g.; a very rare stamp, only few stamps of the remaining 1869 issue were later perforated; in this fine condition a rarity, certificate Hunziker (1959) and Dr. Gmach BPP

Balbo flight, 5,25L+44,75 L. "TEUC" with clear cds., fine, Sorani certificate

2 Silbergroschen hellblau und 3 Silbergroschen ockerbraun je im 4er-Block, farbfrisch und allseits voll- bis breitrandig, 3 Silbergroschen mit schmalem rechten Bogenrand, ungebraucht mit Originalgummi, Kabinett, 2 Silbergroschen sign. W. Engel

1932, 5. Südamerikafahrt, Brief mit DR-Zusatzfrankatur, u.a. Zeppelin 1 M., entwertet mit Bordpoststempel vom 31.8. nach Kolumbien 1932, 5th SA flight, cover with additional franking Germany (including Zeppelin 1 m.), tied by board post cancel of 31.8., to Columbia

1693, Europe 0,25-0,50fr. sepia as epreuve de presentation (mise en train sépia), very rare with only 3 issued, fine

1933, Song festival 2-10 s. and 1938, Society of Estonian scolars 5, 15-25s., imperforated, mint never hinged, fine (Hurt(Ojaste G:1)

1865, 1d. black, the so called „ROYAL REPRINT“, die II, plate 66, block of four, MC / ND, with Watermark „Large Crown“ inverted, good to large margins, large part original gum, minor gum creasing, very fresh and attractive appearance. (S.G.Cat.: GBP 10.000)

Note: The story of the „Royal Reprints“ is, that an application was made upon request of the Royal Family for specimens of the One Penny Black and One Penny Red imperforate as being issued in 1840 and 1841. On September 1, 1865, Ormond Hill requested these stamp issues from Perkins Bacon and he was supplied with printings in black and rose-red from plate 66. The sheets must have been broken up quite early, because Philbrick & Westoby  describe in 1881 an example in black lettered RH. All „Royal Reprints“ on the philatelic market originate from one sheet printed in black and a large part sheet in rose-red comprising stamps from the horizontal F- to T-rows.

Provenance:

As part of a block of nine MC / OE: 
115th. Edgar Mohrmann Auction, November 193, lot 1966
63rd. Corinphila, Zürich, 11 March 1980, lot 1910

As a block of four MC / ND:
Albert Matl Collection (2011)

1887, 1 CENT on 7 c., 18 copies incl. 5 with inverted frame used on front and reverse of registered envelope from "ST. THOMAS 19 11 1890" to New York, 3 copies uncancelled (since overpaid), 2 further stamps missing on reverse, despite of that a very scarce and still attractive cover, certificate Møller BPP (2018) (Facit 23bv1, b)

50 k. perforated, tied by oval railway mark "URGA-242-IRKUTSK .. 7.19" to reverse of cover with additional strike on front with contents of a czechoslovakian soldier to Irkutsk

1879, unfranked enevelope addressed to Mondovì Breo, taxed "10" d. thus postage due 50c. as vertical pair applied and two-line "Da Buenos Aires coi Postali Italiani" alongside, adhesive small tear and and reverse with small rust paper clip mark, otherwise a fine and attractive cover directly consigned to the Italian Consulate

10 c. deep black, horizontal strip of 3 with good to large margins with small part of neighbour stamp at left, cancelled by "pointe perforante" of Frisange, small part of red cancel at top, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

10 c. grey-black, good to large margins, tied by neat strike of rural grid to lettersheet with adjacent cds. "LAROCHETTE 4 AVRIL 58" to Echternach with transit and arrival marks, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (prifix 1i)

1922, Overprint proof by Dollard Pringing house for high values, block of four on thin, pale cream, wove, ungummed paper, small tear at top and horizontal fold through lower stamps, otherwise fine, a very rare multiple, certificate Hamilton-Bowen (Michel 9-11I P)

"BETTEMBOURG 17 IV" (1840), clear cds. on small entire official letter from Luxemburg with red dutch type cds. to Dudelange, very scarce

1906, William IV 10 c.-5 fr. complete in blocks of 4, unmounted mint, few blocks (incl. 2½ fr.) lightly folded in the perforation, otherwise fine and fresh

1858 (Nov 1): 40 parale blue on bluish wove paper, a superb used vertical tête-bêche pair from the centre positions of the sheet of 32 subjects, with huge margins all round and of fine delicate colour, cancelled solely by italic RECEPISSE (registered) handstamp in blue-green (Kiriac fig. 1471). A much under-catalogued variety in this describer's opinion, a delightful classic rarity. Just two, perhaps three examples recorded, a beautiful and rare pair in pristine quality and of impeccable provenance. Certs A. Diena (1970), Heimbüchler (2015) Mi = € 9'000 Provenance: Rothschild Edwardo Cohen Peter Brodtbeck Marcel Kottelat Fritz Heimbüchler.

1 kr. in horizontal pair with 4 copies 2 ch. tied to triple-rate registered envelope to London, a fine and scarce franking