12 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to reverse of small envelope to Bombay with transit and (part) arrival marks

  2001, State Emblems of the Russian Federation, booklet with blue binding, very fine, certificate of Cartor Printing

ISSUES OF CCNA: 1920, multicolores 'Clouds and small Biplane' 10 c., good margins all round and of excellent colour, unused as issued, very fine, Rendon and Diena certificates

2 Kreuzer rötlichorange, 18 Kreuzer ockerbraun und Ziffernzeichnung 30 Groschen grauultramarin (3) mit EKr. "GIESSEN 28 11 72" bzw. mit vorschriftsgemäßer handschriftlicher Entwertung auf Wert-Paketbegleitbrief im Quartformat via Bremen nach Baltimore, Maryland. Die 18 Kreuzer-Marke hat einen Eckzahnfehler, alle anderen marken sind in einwandfreier Erhaltung. Bei der Verwendung der 30 Groschen-Marke im Gebiet mit Gulden/Kreuzer-Währung wurde diese mit 105 Kreuzer angerechnet. Das Gesamtporto von 335 Kreuzer für das Paket von 2 Pfund 260 Gramm mit einer Wertangabe von 21Gulden errechnet sich aus dem deutschen Portoanteil von 14 Kreuzer mit einer Versicherungsgebühr von 6 Kreuzer und dem Porto ab Bremen mit 210 Kreuzer und einer Versicherungsgebühr von 105 Kreuzer. Sehr schöne und farbfrische Dreifarben-Frankatur.

3 Kreuzer orangegelb im waagerechten 5er-Streifen, farbfrisch und für diese Ausgabe hervorragend gerandet, unten mit kleinem Teil des Bogenrandes, sauber gestempelt "STUTTGART 4 DEC. 1859"; zwischen den Marken stärkere Vorfaltspuren und im Wappen Papierunebenheiten, die rechte Marke kleiner Einriß; größte bekannte Einheit dieser Marke und darüberhinaus außerordentlich attraktiv, Fotoattest Heinrich BPP

11. Südamerikafahrt, Brief, Pracht 11th SA flight, cover, fine

1958, Europe Flag 35 fr. épreuve d'artiste in lilac and orange with engraver signature, fine

Päts 1 S., corner blocks of four, of the first printing (no printing order number), mint never hinged, and of the second printing with printing order number T.434 of May 27, 1937, unused (Hurt/Ojaste F:1 )  

SPANISH MAIL: "So. TOMAS", straight line in red, clear strike on entire letter, dated "Sn. Tomas 14 junio 1844" to Manati, Puerto Rico. Vertical filing crease touching the first S in the handstamp, otherwise fine. One of the rarest items of DWI postal history and the only recorded strike of this handstamp in red

1925, Numerals 2k. lithographed and 10k. typhographed tied with cds. "YAROSLAVL 13 1 26" to reverse of overweight ordinary letter from Danilov, 2k. faults, otherwise fine, scarce item ex Robert Taylor with his detailed notes

1862, Napoleon Lauré 80c. as horizontal pair (damaged corners) tied by dotted "Ancre" to double weight cover endorsed "Bateau Francais" to Florence, by ship "Ville de St. Nazaire" (Ligne 'F') transported up to Panama, then transshipped onto "Louisiane" up to St. Nazaire, with with octogonal "VALPARAISO PAQ. FR.  F No. 2 15 MARS 73" and red boxed "PD" alongside, Paris transit and Florence arrival on reverse, some tiny age spots, a very attractive and rare entire with only about a handful covers known to Italy

10 c. grey-black, horizontal pair, used with bluish-black "Chargé" and circles of 9 bars of Luxemburg, fine and scarce, certificate Böttger BPP (2018)

4 c. yellow in combination with rouletted in colour 1 c. brownish-orange and horizontal pair 10 c. lilac, tied by clear cds. "LUXEMBOURG 23 NOV. 69" to lettersheet to Nancy (one side flap missing and paper partly split in the folds); the franking had been lifted and a crease in 1 c. pressed, the pair with small faults, the scarce 4 c. in fine condition; an attractive and rare colour franking, certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

1922 Saorstát 1d., interesting range of 5 blocks, including "reversed Q", "inserted accent", "accent and t inserted", "accent and at inserted" and "substituted clichée", unused and mint never hinged, very fine (Michel 26I var)

30 c. lilac and 10 c. blue, the latter one tiny touched at lower right, otherwise both clear to wide margins, tied cds. "LUXEMBOURG 8 NOV. 65" to small cover front to France, fine and attractive, certificate Böttger BPP

10 kop. brown/blue, tied by dotted numeral "104" of Bialystok to lettersheet to Warsaw, additionally tied by red offset of arrival mark; the stamp with horizontal crease before applied to the cover, still attractive

1847, Franklin 5c. red brown, fresh colour and clear to full margins all round, tied by pen strokes to buff cover with "E. & T. Fairbanks & Co" blue embossed cameo on top backflap to Peacham, Vt., light cds. "ST. JOHNSBURY VT. JUL 18" alongside, scarce demonitized usage, flap with some faults, otherwise fine, certificate PF.

1903, Provisoire 1 ch., 2 copies with pair 2 ch., pair and single 10 ch. and block of three 12 ch., all tied by cds. "TEHERAN.DEPART" to registered linnen envelope via Baku to Germany; 12 ch. two stamps with light paper folds and one with additional small marginal tear, otherwise very fine; an outstanding cover of the provisional issues

FISCAL STAMPS: 1931, 10 k. on 25 k. on 300 r. green, unused, very fine, signed Ebnet BPP with certificate

'Tilted Plane' 10 c., good margins all round and of excellent colour, unused, thinned and small corner crease, otherwise fine, Bloch certificate

18 Kreuzer ockerbraun , 4er-Block, 3er-Block und senkrechtes Paar sowie 7 Kreuzer grauultramarin im waagerechten Paar in Währungsmischfrankatur mit 1 Groschen karmin, rückseitig auf Paketbegleitbrief im Quartformat mit auf Brustschildmarken seltenem Baden Ra2 "FREIBURG. / 22 Mrz." für ein Paket von 1 Pfund 115 Gramm via Bremen nach Rome im Staate New York. Vier der neun 18 Kreuzer-Marken haben Einschränkungen, die übrigen im Block angeordneten Marken sind in fehlerfreier Erhaltung. Fünf der 18 Kreuzer-Marken haben die Zähnungsbesonderheit 'Ausgefallenes Zähnungsloch', FZL 6 bzw. r7. Das mit Rötel austaxierte Gesamtporto von 179 Kreuzer setzt sich aus dem deutschen Portoanteil (Zone VI) von 21 Kreuzer und dem Porto ab Bremen von 158 Kreuzer zusammen. Die 1 Groschen-Marke wurde dabei mit 3 Kreuzer angerechnet. Eine ganz außergewöhnliche Währungsmischfrankatur mit einem 4er-Block der 18 Kreuzer-Marke. In dieser Form einmalig!

3 Kreuzer orange im 4er-Block, unten etwas angeschnitten, sonst für diese Ausgabe sehr gut gerandet und farbfrisch mit zentrischem Steigbügelstempel "ELLWANGEN 18 SEP 1858"; rückseitig etwas geschürt und durch das obere Paar leichter waagerechter Bug; optisch sehr schönes Stück, es sind nur drei 4er-Blocks dieser Marke bekannt, sign. Unverferth und Attest Ebel

1932, 4. Südamerikafahrt, R-Brief Anschlußflug Berlin bis Pernambuco mit Scadta-Zusatzfrankatur für Anschlußfkug nach Kolumbien, Pracht 1932, 4th SA flight, registered cover, connecting flight from Berlin to Pernambuco with additional Scadta-franking for connecting flight to Columbia, fine

1958, Europe Flag 35 fr., two épreuve d'artiste in black (different nuanced) with engraver signature, fine

1936, Päts 2 S., proof block of four, top left corner, pane D, mint never hinged, hinged in margin only, fine. Together with a matching postage stamp block of four, also from the top left corner, pane A, mint never hinged

"SANTHOMAS.", oval marking, clear strike on wrapper with return address "Del cefe civil y Militar de la Prova. de Marac." to the Venezualian consul at Santiago de Cuba, taxed "12" reales inland postage; some tropical staining, otherwise fine. Only few entires with the oval marking are recorded, this one of the nicer ones.

1925, Numerals5k. strip of three tied by cyrillic cds. "SARATOV 12 12 25" to reverse of ordinary letter from Moscow, underfrakned and charged upon arrival, fine, ex Robert Taylor with his detailed notes

1867, Colon 1c. orange tied by barred "CANCELLED" with adjacent cds. "TALCA 13 OCT 72" to folded lettersheet, by ship "Concha" transported up to Valparaiso, then transshipped onto "Ville du Brest" (Ligne 'F') up to Panama, again transshipped onto the "Martinique" up to St. Nazaire, with with octogonal "VALPARAISO PAQ. FR. No. 2 15 72" and scarce boxed "F.* 58" which was only applied to covers from South Pacific via Panama alongside, upon arrival charged "14" thus postage due 40c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., despite some ageing spots a very attractive and rare cover and one of only a few known  carried to Italy by the line "F"

10 c. grey-black, horizontal pair with large to enormous margins, showing parts of 4 neighbour stamps, neatly cancelled by circle of 9 bars of Luxemburg, very fine, opinion Böttger BPP (2018)

4 c. yellow in combination with 1865, 1 c. orange and 20 c. brown, tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 2 SEPT." (1879) to lettersheet to Lille with arrival mark; the 1 c. small separation fault, otherwise fine and fresh; a rare colour franking with scarce 4 c. yellow, certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

1922 Saorstát 1½ d.,vertical pair with right sheet margin, lower stamp with basic stamp error "PENCF retouched" and overprint error "Cireann", mint never hinged with printing ink adherence, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 27I)

37½  c. green with large margins, small sheet margin at right, tied by clear "LUXEMBOURG 23 JUIL. 60" to letter sheet to Frankfurt; a most attractive entire, certificate Böttger BPP

1866, 3k. with burelage of 5k. with additional franking tied by oval "S.P.B." to folded lettersheet to Berlin, fine    

5c. red brown, fresh colour and ample to large margins all round, tied by red cds. "NARRAGUAGUS Me. OCT 1" with additional pen stroke to folded letter to Cherryfield and redirected to Machia with red arrival cds., fine. Scott No. 1

1903/04, Mozaffar-eddin portrait issue 1 ch. and 2 ch., tied by unusual type cds. "TABRIZ 24 OCT. 1903" to printed matter envelope to France with arrival mark; vertical fold not affecting the stamps, slightly stained, scarce

LOCAL ISSUES: PETROVSK: 1922, handstamp "50 T.P." on 5 r., tied by Petrovsk cds. of 6.7.1922 to reverse of envelope to Rostow on Don; a great rarity of the provisional surchages Provenance: Liphschutz (1994)