9 Kreuzer ockerbraun im senkrechten 10er-Block aus der rechten unteren Bogenecke, dabei die linke Reihe in Type I, die rechte in Type II, farbfrisch und allseits voll- bis breitrandig, postfrisch, im Unterrand leichter diagonaler Bug die rechte untere Marke kurz berührend, sonst tadellos

1934, Weihnachtsfahrt, Brief mit rotem Erstflugsstempel "Roma Mogadiscio Novembre 1934 XIII.", Kabinett 1934, Christmas flight, cover with red first flight cachet "ROMA-Mogadiscio Novembre 1934 XIII.", very fine

1978, Europe 1-1,40fr., each as imperforated sheet, mint never hinged, fine

10s. imperfoated, block of four with upper sheet margin, mid-size margin numbers (height of "0": 3,0mm), mint never hinged, one stamp small gum irregularity, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G:1)

1872, 1d. black, plate 27, KA / LC, block of six, large margins all round on unwatermarked thick white card struck after a million sheets had previously been printed and issued, produced by Perkins Bacon, the printers, with offical permission for the SOUTH KENSINGTON EXHIBITION,. (S.G.Cat. GBP 12.000)

Note: Perkins Bacon, the printers, were charged 1 pound in order to balance the accounts of the Storekeeper General when they obtained permission to keep a sheet from plate 27 of the 1d. printed in black on proof paper that had been prepared for the Annual International Exhibition at South Kensington in 1872. Upon the liquidation of the Perkins Bacon company in 1935, the sheet was sold and broken up for sale. The block from the right half of the K- and L- rows, KF-JL, is in the Phillips collection, National Postal Museum, London.

Provenance:

The original uncut sheet:
London Philatelic Exhibition 1897, exhibited by Perkins Bacon in exhibition class:“Exhibits by Stamp Engravers“
Stamp Exhibtion of the Junior Philatelic Society 1908, mentioned in THE LONDON PHILATELIST, 1908, page 63
The entire sheet Illustrated in THE BRITISH PHILATELIST, December 1935, pages 76 +77

The block of six, KA / LC, after being cut from the sheet:
Robson Lowe, 11 – 12 September 1973, lot 179
Hassan Shaida Collection, Harmers of Switzerland, 13 February 1992, lot 77
David Feldman, 3 – 8 November 1996, lot 21987
Tim Burgess Collection (illustrated in GBPS Newsletter July/August 2006)

1905, Christian IX, 2 bicoloured essays 5 c. green/black resp. red/black on ungummed paper, certificate Nielsen (2008)

1922, Famine Relief 250 r. on 35 k. blue with black overprint in block of 4 and 250 r. on 35 k. blue with yellow-orange overprint in block of 4, all tied by cds. "PETROGRAD 8.2.22" to registered cover with another uncalled stamp on reverse to Khlebnikovo with arrival mark, cover slight shortened at left, otherwise fine

1859, Cabecitas 1p. blue, good colour, touched at left otherwise good margins, paying the inland rate, tied by dotted oval to small folded lettersheet with adjacent cds. "BUENOS AIRES 14 MAY 62" to Biella, the letter was transferred to the French Consular P.O. and put aboard of the "Saintonge", upcon arrival charged "10" decimes, a fine and rare entire as most letters were directly handed in Buenos Aires to the Consular P.O. avoiding to pay the inland rate

10 c. greenish-black, large margins, central green "pointe perforante" of Luxemburg, very fine, opinion Böttger BPP

10 c. grey-black with retouch no. 9, good to wide margins, tied by circle of bars to small folded cover with adjacent cds. "MERSCH 8 VIII 1859" to Luxembourg, a fine cover, certificate Böttger BPP (prifix 1j)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 4½. as vertical pair with upper sheet margin with overprint shifted downwards showing only "Rialtas" at bottom of upper stamp, upper stamp and margin hinged, the lower mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 1 var) Provenance: ex J.E. Foley

10 c. greenish black (noir verdatre), block of 4 with clear to mostly large margins, neatly canceled by circle of bars; one of the most attractive blocks of this stamp, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (Prifix 1b)

 1920, Essay Grand-Duchess Charlotte 15 c., cancelled "MERSCH 1.2.20" on piece with additional strike alongside, fine and rare, only few items known

1857, 10 k. brown/blue with ample to good margins, small nick at top, tied by dotted numeral "240" to folded lettersheet to Libau, signed Diena, fine

2 kr., horizontal pair with greenish-blue cds. "SENNEH 7/4" to Barnameh

1807/11, "MITAU" straight line and boxed cancellation, each on cover, fine and scarce

Balbo flight, mail from Cirenaica, 19,75 l. airmail stamp with additional franking on registered cover from "BANGASI 10.6.33" via Reykjavik to Cincinnati, tiny part of lower right corner missing, otherwise fine 

9 Kreuzer braunocker im waagerechten Paar in gutem, meist breitrandigen Taxisschnitt, leicht gestempelt auf hübschen farblos geprägtem Zierbrief nach Edinburgh, Schottland mit handschriftlichem Weiterfranko "10" und nebengesetztem roten Ra. "P.D."; sehr schönes und dekoratives Stück, Fotobefund Sem BPP

1933, 4. Südamerikafahrt, R-Brief Anschlußflug Berlin mit GB-Zusatzfrankatur, Kabinett 1933, 4th SA flight, registered cover connecting flight Berlin with GB additional franking, very fine

1980, CEPT 1,80 fr. with variety "horizontal double paper" and sheet margin at bottom, umounted mint, fine, signed Calves

1933, Song Festival 2-10s. tied by cds. "TALLINN 29 V 33" to airmail postcard to Paris, taxed with postage due stamps 60 centimes, "T" stamp and handwritten "taxe 1.20", fine

1855, 2d. blue, plate 5, AE, imperforate Imprimatur with upper sheet margin and inscription, good to very large margins all round, trace of oxydation. R.P.S.L. certfificate (1981) (SG Cat. GBP 12.000)

Provenance: Robson Lowe, 27 April 1949 („Great Britain Queen Victoria Imprimaturs Complete Collection“)
Harmer, 27-28 Febr. 1967, lot 146
Stothert Coillection, Robson Lowe, 29 Jan. 1975, lot 1178
Dr. & Mme. S. (Serval) Collection, Harmer, 15-16 March 1976, lot 42
Harmer, Private Treaty „Dr. S.“, 29 Jan. 1980, lot 42
Phillips, 2 September 1982, lot 109
Ake Rietz Collection, 299th.  Corinphila, 7 June 2023, lot 3604

1905, 10 bit, 2 composite photographic essay with head larger than issued with values in white on black square as issued stamps, 2 copies fixed on card in letter format

1883/84, envelope 7 kr. with shifted up value stamp, unused, slight spots and light vertical fold at left, otherwise fine

1846, folded letter dated "Pernambuco  25 8 1846" and inside endorsed "p. Swordfish"sent to London, there readdressed to Palermo and Milan with oval "P" and two-line "VIA DI UNINGA" alongside, charged "8" in London, "30" grana in Palermo and "27" creditet to Naples, reverse with red faded "DSAG", address crossed out, otherwise a fine letter with an unusual route as most of the mail from the U.K. passed Paris The brigantine Swordfish wrecked in 1867 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

10 c. greenish-black, large margins, target cancel of Weiswampach, very fine, sign. Goebel and opinion Böttger BPP

10 c. grey-black in block of 4, used with grid on lettersheet with adjacent large "MERSCH 29 X 1860" to lettersheet to Lipstadt in Germany with transit mark of Luxemburg and Trier; the block has been repaired at upper right, a vertical filing crease through the left pair has been pressed; only few blocks of 4 on entire are recorded; a rare and interesting entire, overpaying the DÖPV rate with 2½ c., sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (2016) (Prifix 1k)

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 1d. with gutter at top and inverted overprint, mint never hinged, very fine, signed Pröschold BPP (Michel 2K)

10 c. greenish-black, clear to large margins with ca. 4 mm sheet margin at left, tied by dotted circles and cds. "DIEKIRCH 7 AVRIL 54" to small folded letter to Mersch, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (Prefix 1b)

1921, Charlotte 2-20 c. pre-cancelled "LUXEMBOURG ...3" (2 missing), unmounted mint, scarce

1857, 10 kopeks light brown/blue, plate 2, good to large margins, in mixed franking with 1858, perforated issue 10 kopeks brown/blue, tied by clear strikes of dotted numeral "37" of Reval on cover to Riga; adjacent endorsment "Reval 22 December 1859" and same date despatch mark on reverse, also boxed datestamp "Polucheno 25 December" applied in transit; a very fine and unique mixed franking and one of the great rarities of Russia and Estonia. This cover is #8 of the Mikulski listing of mixed frankings of no. 1 and one of only two combination covers with no.1 from Estonia. Provenance: Zbigniew Mikulski (2006)

5 kr. and 10 kr. in half sheets of 25 stamps (the sheets were separated by Joh. Enschede for the shipping to Persia), unused o.g., almost all stamps unmounted mint

1811/15, "Bolderaa" straight line and boxed cancellation, each on cover (one trimmed at left), fine and scarce

Balbo flight, mail from Netherland, 2.50 gld.  orange with additional franking on cover from "AMSTERDAM 16.6.33" to Rykjavik with special red two line cachet "Transatlantische Vlucht van Italiaansche Vliegtuigen 1933" alongside, fine and scarce, certificate E. Diena

9 Kreuzer braunocker, Type II, allseits riesenrandig mit Teilen von 5 Nachbarmarken und rechts 10 mm Bogenrand, entwertet durch 2mal aufgesetzte Nr. "135" MICHELSTADT; Ausnahmestück, Kurzbefund Sem BPP

1934, 10. Südamerikafahrt, R-Karte, Pracht 1934, 10th SA flight, registered postcard, fine