YENIDJE: "TELEGRAF VE POSTAHANE-I YENICE-I VARDAR 307", clear negative seal on postal receipt, franked with tax stamp tied by bilingual "YENIDJEI-VARDAR", both cancellations in dark violet; an attractive and very rare document with the discovery and only known copy of the negative seal, illustrated in the ISFILA handbook of Ottoman cancellations

2 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to reverse of local cover

1853, Lithographed 1 c. vermilion, fresh colour and wide margins, neatly cancelled "DEMERARA NO 30 1855", extremely fine, certificate Alcuri (1990)

1943, Tunis-Päckchenmarke mit obligatorischer Zufrankatur Hitler 20 Pfg. mit einzeiligem Päckchenstempel "bei der Feldpost eingeliefert" auf Päckchenadresse mit Absender-Briefstempel der Feldpostnummer 19681 nach Hildesheim; gute Bedarfserhaltung, ein seltener Feldpost-Beleg der Truppen in Nordafrika; Fotoatteste Mainzer Verein und Gabisch BPP

1933, Chicagofahrt, über 80 Briefe und Karten dabei u.a. Bordpost Sevilla bis Friedrichshafen mit fehlerhaften Datum "1.10.33" und 9 Frankaturen mit 1 M. Zeppelin sowie vier Briefe und eine Karte Paraguay-Post 1933, Chicago flight, over 80 covers and postcards including board post Sevilla-Friedrichshafen with date error "1.10.33", four covers and one card Paraguay, also 9 frankings with Zeppelin 1 m.

1956, CEPT 25 and 60 l. in sheets of 100 incl. ten gutter pairs, unmounted mint, folded horizontally, otherwise fine (Mi. 6.200,-)

1941, Tartu 30 k. imperforated proof on white chalk paper with grey reverse, block of four with lower sheet margin, without gum, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G:1)  

1906, 1-5 dr. tied by special cachet "ATHEN - STADIUM", 2 and 3 dr. on piece, fine

1902, 4 c. brown tied by Tientsin bilingual cds. to postcard via Shanghai and the French post to Germany with arrival mark

1877, Numerals 20c. yellowish-brown paying the local postage tied by cds "CORREOS MONTEVIDEO 8 MAYO 77" to double-weight enevelope to Genoa, taxed "10" d. and postage due 1l. applied with adjacent two-line "Da Montevideo coi Postali Italiani", some ago spots, a fine and scarce entire

4 c. lemon-yellow, horizontal pair from the upper left sheet corner, good margins at bottom and right and approx. 8 mm sheet margin at top and left, unused with original gum; a marvellous piece, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

1866, 20 k. blue and orange and 5 k. black and greyblue on verticaly laid paper and 3 k. black and green on horizontal laid paper, tied by cds. "ST.PETERSBURG 17.MAR.1872" to folded cover with red boxed "P.D." and German transit mark to Lyon with arrival mark, fine

1954, Airmail 1s. 3d. as vertical marginal pair with inverted watermark, mint never hinged, very fine and scarce (Michel 125Z)

1857, Coat of arms 10K. brown/blue, fresh colour and good margin all round tied by pen cross to folded lettesheet from Charkow to Moscow, fine, signed Mikulski with certificate

1862/1900, 7 classic covers, 1 postcard and 1 telegram with different cancellations of Ceres, Kandiya, Selanik, Iskece etc.

1 ch. and 3 ch., both with obliterated face, tied by Recht cds. with adjacent Sandooq and tax mark and sender "Tresorerie de l'armée du nord Recht" to Triest, Italy, here franked with postage due stamp 50 c., interesting card

1851/60, 6 d. yellow, good margins all around and neatly cancelled, very fine, signed Brun with certificate

1944 SALONIKI: Flugpost 50 C. mit obligatorischer Zufrankatur Hitler 20 Pfg., mit übergehendem Päckchenstempel "Bei der Feldpost eingeliefert" auf vollständiger Päckchenadresse eines Angehörigen der Feldpostnummer 03467 nach Zerbst; schöne, einwandfreie Bedarfserhaltung. Eine der großen Seltenheiten der Deutschen Feldpost. Attest Pickenpack und Fotoattest Krischke

LZ 127 und 129: 1934/36, über 100 Briefe und Karten, dabei viele bessere Frankaturen, u.a. Wagner, Stände und Trachten sowie 1 M. Zeppelin und LZ 127, Probefahrt 8.4.37 mit Unterschrift "E. Udet", leicht unterschiedliche Erhaltung LZ 127 and 129: 1934/36, more than 100 covers and postcards with many better frankings like Wagner, also LZ 127 trial flight 8.4.37 signed "E. Udet"; slightly mixed condition

1956, CEPT 25 and 60 l., block with ten verical gutter pairs, unmounted mint, fine (5.000,-)

1941, Tartu 15-30 k., set of 3 imperforate blocks of four, 15 kop. and 30 kop. top left corner blocks, 20 kop right margin block, mint never hinged, minor gum irregularities, fine  

1876, 20 and 40 l. green and black, tied by numeral "2" to unpaid entire letter with handmark "T" and tax mark "60" to Piräus with arrival mark, slight staining also affecting the stamps, otherwise fine

1902/08, 4 c. brown, tied by cds. "SHANGHAI .. JAN. 08" to postcard with adjacent transit mark of the German post, addressed to Austria

1877, unpaid enevelope sent from  Montevideo to Genoa, taxed "10" d. thus postage due two singles 50cl. applied and tied by cds. "AGQUI 3 SET 77" and two-line "Da Montevideo coi Postali Italiani" alongside, reverse flap roughly opened and small tear at top, otherwise a fine and attractive cover directly consigned to the Italian Consulate

4 c. orange-yellow, good margins, cancelled by part of oval "Franco" of Diekirch, very fine, opinion Böttger BPP

1866, 20k. blue/orange on vertically laid paper tied by clear cds. "ODESSA 5 MAR. 1872" to folded cover to London, very fine, certificate Mikulski

1925, Numerals 2d. green with inverted watermark, mint never hinged, very fine and rare, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel P8Z)

1858, proof 20k. green/violet with watermark "2", very fresh colour and good impression, mint never hinged, very fine, signed Mikulksi with certificate

1885/1912 (about), 45 covers, postcards and postal receipts with many different cancellations incl. several and scarce ones like "AGHOSTOS", "AURAT-HISSAR", "UEREBINA", "PUGON", "PRAVECHTA" etc.; a very interesting and valuable group

9 ch. and horizontal pair 10 ch. tied by Mesdjed Soleiman cds. and afterwards obliterated by strip of paper with signature to envelope to England with adjacent Sandooq and endorsed "OVERLAND MAIL"; on reverse Bagdad transit mark

6 d. yellow, clear to wide margins with small sheet margin, neatly cancelled, very fine, certificate BPA (1976)

1942/45, postfrische, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Sammlung mit einigen Briefen dabei Mi.-Nr. 4 im senkrechten Paar auf vollständiger Päckchenadresse, Fotoattest Rungas,  Mi.-Nr. 7B postfrisch, Fotoattest Petry BPP "einwandfrei", Mi.-Nr. 9 auf Briefvorderseite, sign. Pickenpack, Mi.-Nr. 10 Bd im postfrischen/ungebrauchten Paar, Fotoattest Petry BPP, Mi.-Nr. 12 in diversen Typen, Mi.-Nr. 14II mit Deutsches Reich Mi.-Nr. 791 auf Briefstück mit  mit spätem Feldpostnormstempel "4.6.43", Fotoattest Zirath BPP und Mi.-Nr. 15II ungebraucht, sign. Pickenpack

1936, über 40 Briefe und Karten dabei viel Mitläufer und Zuleitungspost, u.a. 1., 2., 7. und 9. Nordamerikafahrt 1936 Mitläufer Kanada 1936, more than 40 covers and postcards including many international dispatches, Canada 1., 2. , 7. and 9. Northamerica flight

25-60l., each as vertical gutter pair tied by cds. "ROMA 15-9.56" to blank FDC (with address added), very scarce, fine 

1941, Reconstruction Fund 60k. imperforated vertical pair with bottom sheetmargin, printed on front of multicolored Russian advertisement sheets. The proof printed at the back of the advertising sheet is catalogued in Hurt/Ojaste (G:1, subsequent lot), but not this proof printed in front of the advertising sheet, without network, without gum, fine  

THESSALONIKI: 1912, postal stationery card to Istanbul tied by very rare SALONIQUE - STAMBOUL 2 (A&P type 10, RRR) datestamp. Illustrated in A&P.