1937, St. Patrick 10 s. with inverted watermark, unused, very fine, a very rare stamp (Michel 64Z)

"groszy" in type 6 on culture souvenir sheet, cancelled "LODZ 1 17.12.51", fine, certificate Wezranowski (Mi. 2.000,-)

"TACHLIDJA", bilingual cds., good strike on postcard 1902 to Switzerland with arrival mark

1937 (May 5): Hindenburg Disaster Flight. Largely intact cover with scorched edges, bearing Hindenburg definitives 1 pf., two copies 12 pf. orange from a booklet sheet and 50 pf., cancelled on board and tied by bold purple "Deutsche Luftpost Europa-Nordamerika Luftschiff Hindenburg 5.5.1937" double-circle datestamp and addressed to Michael Anzer in Chicago, in original cellophane wrapper with Post Office Department seals. A very fine cover recovered from the wreck of the Zeppelin airship 'HINDENBURG' which exploded on Thursday, 6 May 1937 when it was approaching to make a landing at Lakehurst. There are six covers known to the addressee M. Anzer, all posted on board, while there was no passenger of that name. Cover described and shown in Leder "LZ-129 Hindenburg Zeppelin Crash Mail" on p. 142. Cert. Alexander Berezowski (October 1937).

1917, handstamp "1335" on 1 ch. with additional franking on cover from "GULAHEK (TEHERAN) ??VII.17" to Col. Napier in England; the cover somewhat roughly opened; a very scarce stamp on letter, signed Sadri with certificate (Persifila 591, Scott 592)

1857, 3/4 Ggr. im Streifen und 2/4 Ggr., beide mit kopfstehendem Wasserzeichen, mit sauberer Nummer "39" und nebengesetztem blauen Ra2 "SEESEN 9 3" auf Briefkuvert nach Watzum bei Schöppenstedt; an den Seitenrändern 2 leichte Briefbüge, dabei einer ganz schwach durch eine ¼ Ggr. laufend; eine sehr seltene Frankatur, sign. Kruschel und Kastaun

dito, Brief Anschlußflug Berlin, Kabinett ditto, cover connecting flight from Berlin, very fine

1962, Europa 6d.-1/3s. with handstamp "Specimen", mint never hinged, very rare, fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (2008)

Foreign Wines ("Välismaa veinide"), up to ("Kuni") 3/4 Liter, tax paid issue, carmine, silk paper, overprinted "PROOV", "6 tük[ki]" (=6 pieces) printed at margin, wide margin at bottom, a horizontal line and a rectangle at the bottom margin. No additional strip was printed at each side (E.F. G:2)  

Bordeaux 5 c. emerald green, report II, second state, good to large margins all around, used, fine, signed Calves and certificate Robineau (1974) (Ceres 42 jb)  

"3" in black on lettersheet endorsed "on Service" 1851 from Fredericton to Robert D. Wilmot, Surveyor General of New Brunswick, filing creases

1877, Numerals 10c. brick-red paying the local postage tied by barred "D" to enevelope to Genoa endorsed "per Britannia", taxed "80c" and upon arrival "13" decimes thus postage due 30c. and 1l. applied (the latter removed and re-affixed to show the red "PAYS ETR. P. ANG BORDEAUX 30 OCT 79" cds., minor ageing, a fine and attractive cover

1 sgr. carmine-rose, ample to large margins, neatly cancelled by Losanges of Ettelbruck, very fine, sign. Goebel and opinion Böttger BPP

1918, Unissued 5gr. grey-green on chrome-yellow and 10 gr. black on yellowish, used, fine, signed Petriuk

1940, Definitives 1½ d. with gutter at top, used, the only stamp recorded so far originating from a sheet not a booklet, fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 73Z)

1919, POCZTA POLSKA 30 h. with overprint from plate IIA, pos. 49, unmounted mint, several signatures and certificate Petriuk (2015)

PRIZREN: "POSTAHANE-I PRIZREN 1286", nice clear negative seal on money order receipt from Prizren to Uskub, showing adjacent "EMANET-I SEYYAR MUNTAZIRI 1287" (travelling deposits office). Discovery copy and only known example of the Prizren negative seal

NETHERLANDS: 1973, 'Crash Cover' sent from "NORDEN 19.VII.73" to Tokyo. The cover was carried on Japan Airlines flight 404 from Amsterdam to Tokyo. The aircraft, Boing 747-246B with 123 passengers and 22 crew members was highjacked by a member of the Japanese Red Army and four members of the Popular Front of the Liberation of Palestine shortly after take-off from Schiphol. The plane was re-directed to Dubai and after several days further to Damascus and then Benghazi in Lybia where after the passengers and crew members were released. The hijackers blew-up the aircraft. This sole letter survived and was delivered to the recipient in Tokyo with a formal letter of the Tokyo airport post master. A highly interesting item of air mail postal history.

1 ch., 2 copies together with Ahmed Shah 6 ch. used on telegraph receipt, all tied by cds. "ZENDJAN 28.VI.17"; very scarce, only few documents with this stamp are known (Sadri 91)

1½ d., colour trial in red-brown, imperforated horizontal pair, unused with large part o.g., certificate BPA

2 Sch. braun, der Fehldruck mit Inschrift "2 1/2"; farbfrisch und allseits voll- bis breitrandig, lediglich in der linken unteren Ecke kunstvoll restaurierte Stelle, mit vorschriftsmäßigen, 1mal übergehenden Federzügen auf Faltbrief mit fast vollständigem Inhalt von "LÜBECK 16 11" (1859) nach Hamburg; der Name 'Horsch' in der Anschrift neu eingesetzt, sonst gute Erhaltung; es sind heute 7 oder 8 echte Briefe mit dem Fehldruck bekannt, davon die meisten nicht einwandfrei, dies ist die früheste bekannte Verwendung des Fehldruckes auf Brief und die einzige mit Federzugentwertung. Trotz des erwähnten kleinen Mangels eine der großen Altdeutschland-Seltenheiten, ausführliches Fotoattest Flemming BPP

dito, Karte (leichter Eckbug) mit Aufgabestempel vom 31.5.33 ohne Bestätigungsstempel, dafür Bestätigungsstempel der Italienfahrt (auf der die Karte jedoch nicht befördert wurde), Ankunftsstempel "PERNAMBUCO 9.6.33" (Fahrt Rio-Recife), ungewöhnliche und seltene Karte ditto, card (slight corner crease) with dispatch mark of 31.5.33 without special cachet but with cachet of Italy-Flight (on which this card was not transported); arrival mark "PERNAMBUCO 9.6.33" (flight Rio-Recife), unusual and rare

1964, Europa 8d.-1/5s. with handstamp "Specimen", mint never hinged, very rare, fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (2009) Provenance: ex collection Joseph E. Foley

Foreign Wines ("Välismaa veinide"), up to ("Kuni") 1 Liter, tax paid issue, blue, silk paper, no additional printed strip at each side, overprinted "PROOV", hinged (E.F. G:3)  

1928, Ile de France 10 fr., both values, each with additional franking tied to special flight covers, cover with 10 fr. on 1,50 fr. adress erased, otherwise fine, certificate Scheller

3 d. dull-red, clear to good margins, neatly cancelled by grill "1" of St. John, very fine

1861, unpaid cover from Montevideo with blue octogonal "MONTEVIDEO" to Ivrea with red transit mark "BRESIL BORDEAUX 19 JANV 61", upon arrival charged "10"., fine

1 sgr. carmine-rose with ample to mostly large margins, cancelled by "DES de FRISANGE", very fine and scarce, certificate Böttger BPP (2017)

1916, Views 10f. with clear double printing of the center, without gum, very fine, signed Schmutz

1933, Experimental Coil 1d. as vertical strip of three, unusually good centering, mint never hinged, very fine (Michel 41DX)

1918, City views 5-50h., each as complete sheet including one stamp with inverted value, mint never hinged, fine, certificate Korszen

"TELEGRAF VE POSTAHANE-i PRISTINA 1315", clear negative seal in violet on postal receipt, folds not effecting the cancellation; fine and very rare

1918, overprint "1336" on 2 kr. with Ahmed Shah 2 ch. and 3 ch., tied by Isfahan-Bazar cds. to reverse of commercial cover to Chahr Cord

1955, Castles 2 sh. 6 d.-1 £, all 4 values on 2 envelopes with first day cancellations of Southampton, addressed in pencil, fine and scarce

1 Schilling violett, farbfrisch und einwandfrei durchstochen mit sauberem EKr. "ALTSTRELITZ 26 4", zusätzlich nebengesetzt, auf Briefhülle nach Neustrelitz; zweifellos einer der schönsten Briefe mit dieser Marke. Der Stempel ist laut Herrn Berger BPP nicht sicher prüfbar, da abweichend. Wir verkaufen das Stück wie besehen und ohne Obligo; sign. Drahn, Dietrich und Kruschel sowie Grobe mit Fotoattest und Fotoattest Brettl/Schmitt Provenienz: 2. Stock-Auktion (1918) 114. Grobe-Auktion (1959), 'Romanow' (1975)

Chicagofahrt, R-Brief bis Miami, Kabinett Chicago flight, registered cover to Miami, very fine