10 c. greyish-black with full to large margins, tied by clear rectangle of bars to small entire letter with adjacent "LAROCHETTE 18 AVRIL 57" to Luxemburg, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP

STAMP BOOKLETS: 1906, stamp booklet with 4 sheets of 6 stamps 5 c. green; the back wrapper tiny defective at the staple, otherwise fine; very scarce

1868, Steamer and Eagle 2 p. blue/rose, fresh colour and good margins all round tied by cds. to folded lettersheet to Beyrouth, lettersheet strengthened otherwise fine

12 ch. and 2 copies 2 ch. tied by cds. "YEZD 30/4" to postal stationery envelope 10 ch. without handstamp as registered cover to Shiraz, fine and unusual

1k. and 1875, 20 k. on registered cover from "KIEV 14 May 1879" to "KAMENETZ PODOLSK 17 MAY 1879", slightly reduced at top,with unbroken Kiev Court seal on the reverse, with despatch and arrival cancellations

Trial Airmail Flights Bergen -  Haugesund - Stavanger, cover from "BERGEN 20.VIII29" to Stavanger with adjacent "Luftpost", vertical and horizontal fold, otherwise fine, scarce (Muller.-Nr. 7a)

2 Silbergroschen blau, farbfrisch und allseits tadellos durchstochen mit blauem EKr. "BREMEN BAHN F. 26/4 67" auf Briefumschlag nach Stadthagen mit rückseitigem Ankunftsstempel; eine seltene Einzelfrankatur, mit Ortsstempel nur in wenigen Exemplaren bekannt, sign. Opitz und Fotoattest Sem BPP

1933, Italienfahrt, R-Karte mit teils Dienstfrankatur mit anschließender Beförderung mit 2. Südamerikafahrt (ohne grünen Bestätigungsstempel) bis Barcelona mit Ankunftsstempel "BARCELONA 4.6.33", seltene Karte 1933, Italy flight, registered card with partly official stamps, afterwards transported on 2nd SA flight to Barcelona (without green cachet) with arrival mark of 8.6.33, a rare card

1997, Europe 3fr. as imperforated block of four with upper sheet margin, mint never hinged, very rare with only 50 imperforated stamps known, fine

1936, Pirita 5s. imperforated, block of four from the upper left sheet margin, mint never hinged, with hinge in margin only, fine ​(Hurt/Ojaste G:1)  A complete set of the Pirita proofs consists of the 5 S., the 15 S. and the 25 S. values, no proofs are known to exist for the 10 S. Pirita value  

1858, 2d. blue, Imprimatur, plate 12, TF, imperforate with large margins all round, very fine and fresh. (S.G.Cat. GBP 4.750)

Provenance: Robson Lowe, 27 April 1949 („Great Britain Queen Victoria Imprimaturs Complete Collection“), ex lot 153

Envelope 2 c. blue with additional franking bi-coloured type 1 c. with inverted frame, single copy and horizontal pair and 5 c., used from "ST. THOMAS 25/11 1895" to the US with transit and arrival marks, some light staining (Facit FK7+5, 8)

CIVIAL-WAR: 1920 (May) registered cover from Alexandrovsk-Grushevski to Simlyannasskayar, a rare example of private correspondence during the early Soviet period, correctly franked to the RSFSR rate of 10rbl. using Denikon adhesives, notably a strip of three of the 3r. perforated, roughtly opened

1866, Pedro II. 10r. red, 50r. blue and 200r. black tied by cork cancel with adjacent cds. "RIO DE JANEIRO 20 JUL 77" to folded letter endorsed "p. La France" to Palerma, some ageing and 200r. faulty, otherwise a fine and appealing entire

10 c. black, slightly touched at upper right and lower left, otherwise wide margins, used with clear and almost complete boxed "PD"; a very scarce cancellation, certificate Demuth BPP (1985)

1 sgr. carmine-rose, vertical pair with large to enormous margins with parts of 2 neighbour stamps at left, tied by circle of bars to small piece (partly not stucking and showing full orignal gum), extremely fine, sign. F.S.P.L. with certificate (1981)

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 10 s. with basic stamp variety "strokes over 10", mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 11I var)

10 c. greyish-black with variety 'line in left ornament above 10', good to mostly large margins, tied by clear circle of 7 bars to lettersheet with adjacent "KAP 24 11 58" to Luxemburg; a fine letter with rare cancellation, certificate Goebel (2006)

1930, CARITAS stamp booklet with 20 stamps 10 c., light opening crease on front, otherwise fine

Imperial Post: 1872, 1 k. brown horizontal pair and 10 k. carmine/green tied by dotted numeral "783" BEYRUT with additional penstroke to folded lettersheet to Aleppo, reverse with Turkey Duloz 1868 1 ghr. yellow horizontal strip of three tied by turkish cancel, reverse also showing despatch mark of Beirut harbour and large ornamental framed "ALEKSANDRETA AGENTSTVO 4 VI" (Tchilinghirian Fig. 201), letter strengthend and 10 k. slight abrasion, otherwise fine, a very rare and attractive cover, certificate Mikulski.

16 ch. and 3 ch. as additional franking on envelope 5 ch. as registered letter from Teheran to Switzerland with arrival mark; the 16 ch. on cover is very scarce

1 k., 2 copies tied to outer letter sheet from Reval to Kurküll, transit cancel of Wesenberg on reverse, franked at a reduced tariff, very scarce stamps on cover; also included is a very similar item from the same correspondence but with the 1 kopeck stamps on horizontally laid paper

1927, Fredreksen - Wichmann Polar Flight, two picture postcards, both franked with two 1Ø stamps with red handstamp and 10Ø green, tied by cds. "STALHEIM 23 VIII 27" resp. "SPITZBERGEN 16 VIII 27", fine

1 Kreuzer gelblichgrün, 2 Einzelstücke, farbfrisch und tadellos durchstochen als Zufrankatur auf Ganzsachenumschlag 1 Kreuzer grün im Damenformat mit Nr. "265" und nebengesetztem EKr. "SONNEBERG 3 5" nach Meiningen; nicht häufige Kombination, Fotobefund Sem BPP

1930, Ostseefahrt, Brief bis Stockholm mit DR-Zusatzfrankatur Südamerikafahrt 2 M. (leichte Zahnmängel) 1930, Flight to Baltic Sea, cover to Stockholm with additional DR-franking SA flight 2 m. (slight perforation faults)

1998, Europe 3fr. as imperforated block of four with bottom sheet margin, mint never hinged, very rare with only 50 imperforated stamps known, fine

1936, Pirita 15s. imperforated, block of four from the upper left sheet margin, mint never hinged, with hinge in margin only, fine ​(Hurt/Ojaste G:1)

1858, 2d. blue, Imprimatur, plate 13 AB, imperforate with upper sheet margin and inscription, large margins all round, very fine and fresh. (S.G.Cat. GBP 4.750)

Provenance: Lady Mairy Bury Collection, Sotheby’s, 24 – 26 November 2010, lot 1284
Ake Rietz Collection, 299 Corinphila, 7 June 2023, lot 3623

1891/95, Envelope 3 c. red with additional franking 3 c. and 4 c. (both normal frame) from "ST. THOMAS 18/2 1891" via France to Hamburg, 4 c. rounded corner, otherwise very fine

CIVIAL-WAR: 1920 (June), Money Transfer from used to send 2000 rbl. from KISLOVODSK to Vologda, exactly franked front and back at 2% with 40 copies of the Kuban 1rbl. surcharge on 3k. perforated, despite fold and slight imperfections a very attractive item, ex Robert Tayler

1870, unpaid folded letter and cover front from "RIO-DE-JANEIRO 6 JAN 70" resp. "PERNAMBUCO 13 JAN 70", both endorsed "p. Estremadure" with blue senders cachet at left to Genoa, upon arrival charged "24" resp "48" thus postage due 40c. and 2l. as singles resp. as pairs tied by cds., the front some minor tears and adhesives with imperfections, otherwise a fine and scarce ensemble, the folded letter signed Enzo Diena with certificate (1990) Both letters carried by the same ship during the same journey. This journey is recorded as the last of a paddle steamer accross the Atlantic. The ship Estremadure performed 33 trops from South America to Europe before its withdrawal.

10 c. black with watermark inverted, large to enormous margins with parts of 5 neighbour stamps, lightly cancelled by target; little rub on front at top, otherwise very fine and attractive, opinion Böttger BPP (2018)

1859, Coat of Arms 2 c. black, 2 single copies tied by target cancel of Wiltz resp. large cds. "CLERVAUX 26 II 1861" to newsletter title "DER AKTIONÄR" from Frankfurt/M. to Wiltz and re-directed to Clervaux and again to Diekirch, adjacent oval "BON POUR UN TIMBRE DE 5 CENT"; one stamp slightly touched at bottom, otherwise very fine and scarce, certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 10 s. with overprint variety "short 3rd. line" and strongly shifted overprint to the top and left showing "Rialtas" partially at bottom, mint never hinged, very fine and rare with only 2 stamps like this possible, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 11I var)

10 c. grey (10th printing), good to large margins and fresh colour, tied by circle of 9 bars to entire small letter with adjacent "REMICH 11 11 1860" to Esch with transit mark of Luxemburg; a fine and rare letter; only 3 entires with no. 1 are known with this cancellation, sign. Goebel with certificate (2006)

1875, broad overprint 25 c. light-blue, tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 25 3 76" to envelope "CONGRES INTERNATIONAL DES AMERCANISTES" with corresponding red official seal on reverse, to Montreal in Canada and re-directed to Chambly Basin with both arrival marks; the envelope some marginal faults, the stamp in fine condition; a most remarkable and extremely rare official letter, signed Goebel