POSTAL STATIONERY: 1907, postcard 1 c. green with additional franking 1 c. ocre (3), tied by lunar dater with horizontal frame, dated "Qufu 15.11.07" and sent via Tsinan and Shanghai British P.O. to Germany; lower card corners slightly thinned on reverse and light diagonal corner crease; a scarce card (Han 4)

1867, Postal stationery enevelope Numerals 10c. green endorsed "p. Vapore Europa" paying the local postage, taxed "9" d. and two-line "Da Buenos Aires coi Postali Italiani" alongside, faults at top and two disinfection slits, a rare cover as the "Europa" did not call at Montevideo, the cover was privately sent to the Buenos Aires P.O. and embarked on the "Europa", only two entires with this peculiarity are known (Higgins & Gage#6)

10 c. blue, horizontal pair from the upper left sheet corner with large to enormous margins, showing parts of both neighbour stamps at bottom and 4/8 mm sheet margin at top and left, unused with fresh original gum, absolutely superb, certificate Böttger BPP (2017)

1875, Coat of arms 7k. as vertical pair and single tied by cds. "MOZHAYSKY 23 MAI 1882" to reverse of registered double weight cover to Moscow, fine

1936, definitives, Edition 35-8, all panes with inverted watermarks, trimmed straight at bottom, covers with sharp corner (Michel MH A1)

1858, 20k. blue/yellow-orange, fresh colour, unused without gum, a very scarce stamp, fine, signed Mikulski with certificate

BALTCHIK: "Balcik", arabic double circle on folded cover to Deraliye (Istanbul), franked on arrival with 1868, 20 pa. green and pair 1 pia. yellow, tied by boxed Deraliye handstamp, fine and scarce

2 kr. and 10 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to reverse of registered envelope to Switzerland with arrival marks

1857/64, 1 sh. scarlet-vermilion bisect, lower right half, tied by clear grid to large piece with adjacent "ST.JOHNS NEW FOUNDLAND PAID SP26 1860" and London arrival mark; filing crease in one corner nicely ironed, very attractive and rare, certificate RPS (not mentioning the crease) Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein (H.R.Harmer 1970)

1948, Bezirkshandstempel: "20/Wolfen" auf Heftchenblättern 12+16 Pfennig und 24 Pfennig, postfrisch in sehr guter Erhaltung mit zugehörigen Heftchendeckeln und Zwischenblättern, jedoch ohne Klammer; laut Fotobefund Dr. Böheim BPP ist eine sichere Bestätigung der Echtheit der Aufdrucke nicht möglich; sign. Fläschendräger und Dr. Modry mit Befund (1990)

LZ 129: 1936, über 80 Briefe und Karten, dabei u.a. dreimal Olympiafahrt 1936 mit kpl. Satz Olympiamarken, 7. Nordamerikafahrt, Bordpost der Rückfahrt, dann wieder zur 12 Südamerikafahrt aufgegeben und in Brasilien nachfrankiert in die USA geschickt, Olympia-Zuleitungspost für die 7., aber dann erst mit der 8. Nordamerikafahrt befördert LZ 129: 1936, more than 80 covers and postcards including Olympic flight, 3 items with complete set each, 7. Northamerica flight, mail of the returned flight and reposted for the 12. SA-flight, in Brazil refranked and forwarded to the US, also Olympic dispatch for 7. Northamerica flight, but transported with the 8. America flight

1991, CEPT 750 l. with variety "red and yellow colour missing", block of 4 with sheet margin at left, umountet mint, fine, signed Raybaudi with certificate (2001)

1941,Reconstruction Fund issue 60 k. as imperforated block of four, printed on the back of multicolored Russian advertisement sheets, a very decorative show piece, explaining the purpose of the advertising sheets ("МОСКОВСКОЕ ПИВО", beer from Moscow, with most of the text printed on the proofs, the text is also mentioned in Eichenthal), without network, without gum, rare, fine, signed Nemvalz and Klein (Hurt/Ojaste G:1, Eichenthal No.24, p.107)  

1899, Provisional Handstamp Issue, 2m black, block of 24 (4x6) with control marks and straight-line "RETHYMNON", stamps with full original gum, few folds between stamps, fine

1914, card Junk 4 c. with additional franking horizontal pair Junk 1 c. orange used from Linpingchow via "CANTON 19.JUL.24" to Switzerland, fine

1879, Postal stationery enevelope Numerals 10c. blue endorsed "p Steamer Matteo Bruzzo" from "MONTEVIDEO AUG 8 84" to Lemgo and from there forwarded to Bad Oeynhausen (Higgins und Gage #8) During the ships journey a terrible cholera epodemic afflicted the people provoking several deaths. The vessel was rejected by Uruguay and Brazil and forced to sail back to Italy, where it was kept in quarantine close to the isle of Pianosa

10 c. blue, vertical pair from the upper right sheet corner with full to large margins, 4/7 mm sheet margins at right and top, lightly cancelled, tiny thin spot in the margin only, otherwise very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (2018)

1884, 1 k. orange (16), 2 k. green (15) and 19 other stamps (3 k. till 50 k.), all tied by cds. "MYKOLAJIV 16.7.89" to very large registered cover to Stadthagen, Germany, few stamps and cover with faults, unusal franking with 50 stamps

1936, definitives, Edition 36-10, panes with mixed watermarks, average to superb perforations, covers with sharp corner, a choice example (Michel MH A1)

1858, 10 k. siena/light blue with clear oval cancellation "POST LENZENHOF 18" and handwritten date on small piece, with additional stamp with a partial "WENDEN" cancellation, without faults

FILIBE: "ANCANIB-I POSTA-I FILIBE 256", clear strike on entire letter 1847 to Austria, showing on front Cyrillic straight line "ALEKSINAC", applied in transit, on reverse nice corresponding desinfection seal (with only small part of second one) and adjacent desinfection mark "SIGILIUM SANITATIS" of Semlin; a fine letter with rare Serbian desinfection seal (Petkovic type IIb)

1925, provisional issue 2 kr. lilac tied by Dozdab cds. to reverse of registered envelope to Amritsar in Punjab, India with transit and arrival marks, somewhat roughly opened; a very scarce franking

1851/60, 6 d. deep-green, bisect with clear to wide margins, tied by oval of bars to envelope of March 6, 1860 with adjacent "Paid 5" to Halifax; certificate Philatelic Foundation (1956)

1949, Rotes Kreuz Blockausgabe in Type II mit rotem Sonderstempel vom 13.6.49 auf philatelistischem R-Brief nach Stuttgart mit Ankunftsstempel, gute Erhaltung, Fotoattest Schlegel BPP

1588, vollständiger Brief des Wolfgang Cemmerer von Dalberg, Kurfürst und Erzbischof von Mainz an den Grafen Hermann zu Wied mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift und rückseitig zwei verschiedenen papiergedeckten Siegeln

LZ 130: 1938/39, rund 40 Briefe, Karten, Wahlaufrufe etc. (teils nicht geflogene Belege), dabei teils bessere Frankaturen LZ 130: 1938/39, about 40 covers and postcards, election appeals etc. (some items not flown), incl. some better frankings

1800 (ca.), "MITAU crown & posthorn" cancel, clear strike with adjacent straight-line RIGA on folded lettersheet to Pernau, scarce, fine

1941, Reconstruction Fund issue 60 k. imperforated gutter block of four, without network, without gum, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G:2A)

10 kopeck brown and blue, close at lower right and possibly tiny touched, otherwise good to mostly wide margins, obviously unused with large parts of original gum and no traces of any kind of cancellation. A very attractive copy and extremely rare in this condition. This lot will be sold on the merit of the certificate Ferchenbauer (1988) .

Georgian Consular Post in Constantinople: 1920, 1-50pia., complete set  with surcharges in various colors, mint never hinged, fine

Incoming Mail: 1898, German Empire 2 m. red-carmine, vertical strip of three tied by cds. "HANNOVER 8.8.98" to complete parcel card via Bremen to the German consulate in Chefoo, fine, rare

1840, Victoria 1 penny black, plate 1B, horizontal strip of 4, KB-KE with variety 'recut side-line, necessitated by burr rub following re-entering - left side', nice deep colour and good to large margins, neatly cancelled by black Maltese Cross. A very fine and most attractive strip. Signed Pröschold BPP and certificate K.-A. Louis BPP (2018) (SG 2)
Provenance: Stanley Gibbons Auctions Frankfurt (1974) 

1857, folded letter dated inside "La Guaira Enero 8 1857" addressed to Genoa with circular "CORREO DE VENEZUELA / GUAIRA/ DEBE" in black with '2' rate mark alongside, privately carried to St. Thomas, there transhippe onto "Atrato" up to Southampton, charged "10" decimes upon delivery, a fine entire

10 c. blue, 2 copies with good to mostly large margins, one with ca. 5 mm sheet margin at bottom, tied by circle of bars to lettersheet from "REMICH 22 VI 1861" to Arlon, Belgium with transit and arrival marks, very fine, sign. Goebel

1884, Coat of arms 3,50-7 rbl., used with Moscow resp Riga cds., fine, signed Diena with certificate

1937, definitives, Edition 37-12, panes with mixed watermarks, fine to superb perforations, covers with sharp corner, ½ d. pane with faint gum stains, otherwise very fine (Michel MH A1)