10 kopeck brown and blue, wide margins, used by pen cross. Very fine. Signed Buchsbayew.

Georgian Consular Post in Constantinople: 1920, 1-50pia., interesting group with 35 stamps  with surcharges in various colors including some proofs and imperforated stamps, mint never hinged, fine

1857, entire letter from Remdios (dated 9.2.) with Forwarded Agent "Lillie, Rasines & Co, New York" via "NEW YORK BR.PKT. MAR.4." and Liverpool with accountancy handstamp "GB 1 Fr.60 C." via Calais with transit mark "ANGL. AMB.CALAIS K 17.MARS.57" and tax mark "8" (Decimes) to Hasparren with arrival mark, fine

1840, Victoria 1 penny black, plate 6, EG, touched in the frame line at bottom, otherwise ample to very large margins, showing parts of adjoining stamps at top and left, tied by red Maltese Cross to small envelope, originally mailed from Burgsteinfurth, Prussia via Winterswijk (transit mark on reverse) to forwarding agent Coutts & Co. at London, here franked and re-directed to Plymouth. The cover shows on reverse nice red wax seal of the Princes of Bentheim and Steinfurth; it was prepaid to the border with 7 silbergroschen of which "20" Dutch cents were paid to Holland for transit, in England "8" pence shipletter fee charged. A very interesting and most attractive letter from abroad, franked with a Penny Black and the earliest recorded entire from Prussia bearing a postage stamp. Detailed certificate K.-A. Louis BPP (2003) (SG 2)

1857, folded letter addressed to Marciana with forwarding agent "POLLY Y CO" cachet, privately carried to Curacao with red cds. "CURACAO 7/3 1862" on front, charged "10" decimes upon delivery, fine and attractive entire

10 c. bright blue, block of 4 with clear to mostly large margins, nice fresh colour, unused with original gum; at right a faint vertical crease/bend and a slight buckling in the lower center, still fine and fresh; most likely the finest unused block in existance, sign. FSPL and Goebel, certificate Böttger BPP (2017) Provenance: Maurice Burrus (1963)

10 k. and 1 r. on parcelcard from "WARSCHAWA 23.3.08" to Jaffa, Palestine wth arrival mark of Russian PO, folded  

1940, definitives, Edition 21-40, all panes with inverted watermarks, average to fine perforations, covers with sharp corner, very fine (Michel MH A1)

1858, Coat of arms 10k. brown/blue tied by numeral "1" with adjacent red boxed "С.П. БУГЪ 13 АБТ. 1858" to folded letter to Riga, fine, signed Mikulski with certificate

ROUSSE: "Ruscuk", dotted, good strike on postage due Tughra 1 pia. on entire letter 1864 from Kazgan to Ruscuk; 2 vertical filing creases, one affecting the stamp; still attractive and scarce

1926, Regne de Pahlavi 1-6 ch. with overprint "SPECIMEN", unused o.g., fine and scarce

1852/57, 6 d. greenish-grey on medium wove paper, large margins all around, neatly cancelled, very fine, certificate Holcombe

 1 Kreuzer schwarz, Platte 1, allseits breit- bis überrandig, 3-seitig mit Zwischenlinien, unten mit kleinem Teil der doppelten Trennungslinie ('Kleine Brücke') mit klar aufgesetztem OPA-DKr. "NÜRNBERG 20 JUL. 1850" auf Streifband nach Naabburg; ein äußerst attraktives Stück in tadelloser Erhaltung, Fotoattest Brettl BPP

"ARMY POST OFFICE SZ44 / 8 FE 18" (Jerusalem) on printed matter envelope, showing on reverse sender's seal "HOME FOR AGED HEBREWS JERUSALEM", originally adressed to the US, but re-adressed to the Netherlands with adjacent transit mark "CAIRO 23 AP 18" and two different censor marks, Dutch arrival mark on reverse

10 kop. brown & blue with four broad margins cancelled with handwritten date; damaged on the right side but  very scarce

1862/63, 9 Kreuzer rötlichbraun mit Zackenkranzstempel "24" auf Brief von "CARLSRUHE 5 Jun." nach Carpentras. Der Brief hätte korrekterweise mit 15 Kreuzern frankiert werden müssen, die Teilfrankatur daher nicht anerkannt, der badische Portoanspruch von 6 Kreuzern für einen unfrankierten Brief wurde durch den Taxstempel "B.6K." dokumentiert, vom Empfänger wurden insgesamt "6" Decimes = 18 Kreuzer eingezogen; Marke kleiner Zahnfehler, sonst gute Erhaltung; ein interessanter Brief, Fotoattest Flemming BPP

1947, Arbeiter 2 Pfg., 35 Stück in Einheiten vorder- und rückseitig auf Ganzsachenkarte Arbeiter 12 Pfg. mit weitere Zufrankatur von "BERLIN-DAHLEM 1.8.48" nach Berlin W 66 an Dr. Schröder, den Präsidenten der Hauptverwaltung Post- und Fernmeldewesen mit Text über den Wunsch nach einheitlichen Briefmarken in allen Zonen, Karte und Marke teils mit Mängeln und falsch frankiert

1641, handschriftliche Recepisse für ein verschlossenes Schreiben der kurfürstlichen Kanzlei in Mainz mit Unterschrift des kurfürstlichen Postmeisters

Großer Schild: 1/4 Groschen violett im 4er-Block, farbfrisch und gut gezähnt, die oberen Werte ungebraucht, die unteren postfrisch, eine ungebrauchte Marke unauffällig fehlerhaft, sonst gute Erhaltung, sign. Drahn und ein Wert handschriftlich Hennies

BELGIEN: 1931/39, 47 Briefe und Karten, dabei auch Karte Ruanda Urundi zur Weihnachtsfahrt sowie 2 Briefe BELGISCH KONGO zur Argentinienfahrt und Deutschlandfahrt 1934, des weiteren Karte zur Pommernfahrt 1931, 1. SAF 1932, Brief 7. SAF 1933 mit Freistempel etc.; teils nicht gelistet BELGIUM: 1931/39, 47 covers and postcards incl. card of Ruanda Urundi (christmas flight) and 2 covers BELGIUM CONGO (flight to Argentina and Germany flight 1934), also flight to Pommern 1931, 1. SA flight 1932, cover 7. SA flight 1933 with meter franking etc., some items not listet at Michel/Sieger

1923, Coat of arms 1 l. with additional franking tied by cds. "KULDIGA 18 5 36" to reverse of value declared cover to Vienna, 4 line cachet of exchange post office, fine

1919, 5 C. green complete printed sheet with 4 x 100 stamps, unused, kept together by glassine, despite faults a very interesting and rare item

10 kopeck brown and blue, wide margins, tied by pen cross to small piece. Very fine. Signed Buchsbayew.

Georgian Consular Post in Constantinople: 1920, 1p. as tête-bêche block of four, mint never hinged, fine

1917, Definitives 2 c. red, single die proof in block format on sunken paper

1871, Beautifully hand illustrated cover from the correspondance of Lucy Flora Campbell (later L.F. Don) showing a raven carrying a letter to a tower, franked with 1864, 1 penny rose-red, tied by duplex "ENSTONE SP 2 71" to Torquay. Stamp with small scratch, envelope with reverse flap missing, some minor aging spots and about 10 mm tear at right. A most attractive item

1862, folded letter addressed to Marciana, privately carried to St. Thomas, there transshipped onto the "Seine" upto Southampton, charged "10" decimes upon delivery, few faults and age wear, otherwise a fine and scarce entire

10 c. light blue, somewhat touched at top, otherwise clear to wide margins, tied by boxed "Franco tout" to folded letter (not quite complete on reverse) with adjacent "LUXEMBOURG 16 JANV. 63" to Ell; light folds in the cover not affecting the stamp; fine and rare, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (2018)

4 k., 20 k. and 70 k. used on parcel card with declared value from "ST. PETERSBURG 11.3.10" to Jaffa, Palestine with arrival mark of Russian PO, folded  

1940, booklet, Edition 23-40, all panes with inverted watermark, very fine to superb perforations, especially the rare slogan pane, covers fresh with sharp corners, a superb example of this very rare booklet (Michel MH A3)

1858, 10 k. siena/light blue with "РИГA 12 МАЯ 1858" cds. on folded letter to Libau, very rare cancellation, stamp has minor faults, otherwise flawless

"Ruszuk", dotted handstamp, 2 good strikes each on on postage due Tughra 1 pia. on entire letter 1864 from Islimiye to Ruszuk; very fine and scarce

1 ch. in block of 4 and horizontal pair tied to reverse of envelope to Zendjan with arrival mark on front; a rare multiple franking

6 d. dark grey, plate proof on India with vertical "SPECIMEN" in deep red, block of four, ungummed, certificate Friedl Expert Committee (Unitrade 2TCvii)

 1 Kreuzer schwarz im 3er-Block (sogenannter "Stuhl"), farbfrisch und allseits breit- bis überrandig mit insgesamt 4 vollen und 2 teilweisen Zwischenlinien, oben links mit kleinem Teil der Doppellinie ('Kleine Brücke'), die obere Marke mit Plattenfehler "E von EIN oben ausgefüllt", die linke untere Marke mit Plattenfehler "Randlinie rechts unten gebrochen" auf Briefhülle mit nebengesetztem Halbkreisstempel "AU b LDSHT: 9/9" nach Mallersdorf; eine sehr seltene Frankatur in tadelloser und ursprünglicher Erhaltung, Fotoattest Brettl BPP

"ARMY POST OFFICE SZ44 / 10 FE 18", on envelope to Alexandria with adjacent flag censor cachet; though it was the last day of free civilian mail, the cover was not accepted in Alexandria and postage due 1 pia. blue applied on reverse, cancelled by Alexandria cds.; 6 such covers recorded by Firebrace