Wloclawek: 1918, 15 pfg. with red overprint "Na Skarb Narodowy", two single stamps, tied by emergency cancel "Wloclawek" to registered cover to Zawiercie with straight line emergency mark as arrival mark, fine and scarce

1900/12 (ca.), "IPEK" on postcard and letter, postal stationery card with bilingual "PRIZREN 2" to Vienna and postal receipt with negative seals of Prizren and Monastir

Overprint "1337": 3 kr. (2) and 4 kr. (11) together with several other values tied by cds. "MECHED 24.VI.19" to two large parts of wrappers of insured parcels adressed to Teheran, also 4 similar items all from the same shipment, but with several stamps fallen off, 2 with additional franking "NOVEMBRE 1918" 2 kr.; a remarkable and interesting group

1 sh. bluish-violet, marginal strip of 4, with the design of the bottom stamp almost completely missing, unmounted mint, fine and very attractive

3 Pfge. kirschrot, Platte II, Feld 6, schöne tiefe Farbe und deutliche Prägung, allseits voll- bis überrandig, oben mit vollständiger Schnittlinie, daran sächsisches Liniensystem erkennbar, mit EKr. "PLAUEN 7 AUG 50" auf vollständiger Drucksache nach Pegau; ein sehr schönes und tadelloses Ganzstück der seltenen Farbe, dazu mit sehr seltener Entwertung, sign. Carl H. Lange und Georg Bühler sowie Fotoattest Rismondo BPP Provenienz: Gaston Nehrlich (1929)

1934, 6. Südamerikafahrt, R-Brief, Kabinett 1934, 6th SA flight, registered cover, very fine

1969, Europa 9d.-1/9s. with handstamp "Specimen", mint never hinged, very rare, fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (2008)

Spirituous Liquor ("Peenviina"), up to ("Kuni") 3/5 Liter, tax paid issue, violet, silk paper, marked "PROOV", very fine (E.F. K:2 )  

6 d. yellow-green in pair, clear to wide margins and very lightly cancelled, the left stamp with faint broken crease, otherwise very fine, certificate Greene (1999)

1872, unpaid printed matter dated "Montevideo 20 Stbr 1872" with blue senders cachet alongside to Genoa, upon arrival charged "17" thus postage due 2,5 and 10c. applied on reverse and tied by cds., minor ageing at left, a fine and scarce usage

1 sgr. carmine-rose on thin paper (last printing), horizontal pair with good even margins, neatly cancelled by circle of 9 bars, fine and scarce, sign. Demuth BPP with certificate (1988) (Prifix 1j)

2½ r.-1000 r. used, except 2 values all with first day cancellation, fine/very fine

1940, Definitives 1 s. with inverted watermark, unused, very fine, a extremely rare stamp, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 82Z)

1887, King Luis I. 25 c. violett, two single stamps tied by boxed "MAGDALENA" to rervse to cover with both postmark on front via "DA HORTA 20.FEV.89" (on reverse), Lisboa and New York to San Jose with arrival mark, cover two sides opened and small part of flap missing, otherwise fine

BITOLA: "POSTAHANE-i MANASTIR 1278", good strike of negative all arabic seal cancel on reverse of entire letter to Pest in Hungary, showing on reverse forwarding agent cachet "A. CHRISTODULO / BELGRAD" with manuscript date; the letter was posted at the Austrian post office, cancelled  "BELGRAD 15 1" with adjacent manuscript tax "15", also Serbian desinfection mark "KONTUMACZ ..."; a fine and scarce cover to abroad

1919, "Provisoire 1919" 1 ch. yellow in marginal block of 30, one stamp with variety "s inverted" and one with "1 under r of Provisoire", unmounted mint

1 sh. 6 d. with greenish-blue omitted, 2 copies, one without and one with phosphor band, unmounted mint (SG specialized U28a, e)

1863/67, Wappenausgabe 3 Ngr. braunorange als portogerechte Frankatur auf kpl. Brief von Dresden nach Brünn, jedoch nicht zur Post gegeben, sondern wahrscheinlich von einem Reisenden mitgenommen und in Bodenbach, Österreich zur Post gegeben. Die österreichische Post erkannte die sächsische Frankatur nicht an und das erforderliche Inlandsporto von 5 Kr. wurde frankiert, beide Marken entwertet durch den EKr. "BODENBACH 19/2" (1867), rückseitig Ankunftsstempel von Brünn; ein interessanter literaturbekannter Brief mit seltener Fremdentwertung der sächsischen Marke. Qualitäts-Prüfungsbefund Maria Brettl sowie Fotattest Rismondo BPP, Referenz: Grobe-Handbuch S. 436 Provenienz: 49. Köhler-Auktion (1927), Gaston Nehrlich (65. Köhler-Auktion 1930), John R. Boker (1987)

1933, 3. Südameerikafahrt, R-Brief mit DR-Zusatzfrankatur, u.a. 1 M. Zeppelin, Kabinett 1933, 3rd SA flight, registered cover with German additional franking, a.o. Zeppelin 1 m., very fine

1970, Europa 6d.-1/9s. with handstamp "Specimen", mint never hinged, very rare, fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (2009) Provenance: ex collection Joseph E. Foley

Yeast ("Presspärmi"), up to ("Kuni") 400 g, tax paid issue, brown, silk paper, marked "PROOV", very fine (E.F. L:5)  

1959, Flag 25 fr. and 50 fr., each on official cover FDC (Mi. 1.500,-)

6 d. dark green, diagonal bisect, just touched in the corner tip, otherwise large margins, tied by oval grill to lettersheet from "HALIFAX MY 6 1860" to Dorchester, New Brunswick; slight paperbreaks in the cover folds and stamp with light corner crease, otherwise fine and attractive; certificate Friedl Expert Committee (1978)   Provenance: Wilkinson (2011), Joseph Hackmey

1877, Numerals 5c. green as horizontal strip of four with barred "A" on cover to Genoa with blueish-green senders cacher alongside, charged "160" in France and upon arrival charged "28" thus postage due 10c. and 1l. each as pair and single 60c. applied and tied by cds. "GENOVA 21 6 78", postage due some minor imperfections, a scarce and very attractive entire

1 sgr. carmine-rose, vertical pair with ample to large margins, cancelled by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 5 NOV. ..", very fine, opinion Böttger BPP

2½ r.-1000 r., used, fine

1942, St. Patrick 5s. lilac instead of brownish, unused, these stamps originate from a objected printing batch of 1945, some of these stamp where put into VIP albums for the 25th anniverary of the state, all known examples are unused with some irregular perfs, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 87aX var)

1899, postal stationery card 20 r. with additional franking overprint issue tax stamp 50 r. on 30 r. green and brown (lower half) as philatelic registered cover from "LOURENCO MARQUES 18.4.99" to Evora with arrival mark, sender cachet "Agentur Deutsche Ost-Afrikar-Linie" on rerverse, fine

ISTIB: "ISTIB ", arabic boxed marking in black, clear strike on postcard 20 pa. 1888 to Paris with adjacent transit and arrival marks of Uskub and France; card with tiny tear at right, otherwise fine and very rare; only one other strike is known on entire

1921, ports issue 10 ch. on 6 ch., 2 copies, tied by cds. "MOHAMMERAH 17.III.22" to reverse of commercial cover to Bombay; a rare printing

1972, British Architecture 4 p., three singles with violet-blue, embossing and phosphor omitted, mint never hinged, fine

1971, 3½ p. deep oliv-brown, unmounted mint, fine and scarce (SG specialized U116 (2))

14 Kr. zitronengelb im waagerechten Paar, farbfrisch und einwandfrei durchstochen, die linke Marke kleines Nadelloch und ganz minimal eckhell; Paare sind die größten bekannten Einheiten dieser Marke und außerordentlich selten; sign. Thoma BPP und Fotoattest Heinrich BPP

Zeppelin Misc Abwurfbeutel (vermutlich aus den späten 20er - Jahren) aus bräunlichem Ölpapier mit 4 - sprachigem Aufdruck "Bitte den Inhalt dieses Beutels sofort dem nächsten Postamt abliefern" mit über 80 cm langer dreiteiliger Beutelfahne, dabei Teilstück in schwarz/rot/gold mit Posthorn, dazu weitere ca. 110 cm lange Fahne; interessantes Los Flagged Zeppelin mail drop pouch with 80 cm cloth tail with part in black/red/gold with Posthorn, unused, circa late 1920s, 22cm x 14.5cm with finder instruction in 4 languages. Also another 110cm x 14.5cm red-white-red-white cloth strip. VF

1971, Europa 4-6d. with handstamp "Specimen", mint never hinged, very rare, fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (2009) Provenance: ex collection Joseph E. Foley

Cigars and Cigarillos ("Sigari ya Sigarillo"), 5 "tükki" (=5 pieces/cigars), III sort, tax paid issue, darker brown than in the subsequent lot, marked "PROOV", very fine (E.F. ---  )