1925, Tercentenary of Liepaja 6-50 s.,three values each, tied by red circular "POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES MADAGASCAR COLLECTION DE BERNE" to part of archival page, fine and very attractive

15 c. green with ample to large margins, tied by clear star cancel to small entire local letter of Paris with arrival mark of April 19, 1852, fine, sign. Göbel

10 kopeck brown and blue, bottom right sheet corner with 3/3.5 mm sheet margins and wide margins on other sites, used by undefined dotted circular postmark. Very fine and outstanding. There are only very few corner sheets of the number 1 recorded. Certificate Buchsbayew (2021)

Provenance: Z.S. Mikulski (Cherrystone 2006)

1890, Lettre de Voiture and 2 declarations issued by Kamenka post office (Penza Guberniya), very fresh and unusual (3 items)

10 c. "Clouds and small Biplane" tied by oval cachet "CCNA/CARTAGENA" to First Flight cover with 1 c. green and 2 c. red cancelled by double circle "CORREOS AEREO CARTAGENA-COLOMBIA 27.FEB.1920" to Barranqilla with arrival mark on front, cover slightly shortened at right, otherwise fine, signed Champion and Holcombe with certificate (1999) 

1852/57, Beaver 3 pence red, diagonal bisect in pair with entire stamp, nice fresh colour and large to very wide margins, showing part of neighbour stamp at the bisect bottom, used on entire letter of the Port Hope branch of the 'Bank of upper Canada', dated July 16, 1855, to New York. The stamps tied by black target and additionally by red double line "CANADA PAID 10 Cts", adjacent red (partly faint) dispatch mark "PORT HOPE U.C. JY 16 1855". The paper of the entire somewhat weak in the folds and partly split, but alltogether in fresh and otherwise flawfless condition. Allthough no 4½ pence rate has been recorded and the letter is underpaid for the usual 6 pence rate to the US it was treated as fully paid and remained untaxed in both Canada and the United States. A mysterical and most attractive letter which appeared for the first time 120 years ago. Only few bisects of the beaver stamp have been reported, especially in pair with normal stamp. Certificate Vincent Graves Greene (2018) (SG 8a, 8) Provenance: Illustrated and described in Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal June 30, 1898

1893, Bolívar 25c. violett tied by blue "CORREOS MARACAIBO" to enevelope via New York to Livorno, fine

12½ c. rose with large even margins, showing small part of neighbour stamp at bottom, tied by target to lettersheet from "WILTZ 8 JUIN 64" to Mettendorf, fine and scarce, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (2017)

1914, War aid 1-10k. imperforated, tied by cds. "PETROGRAD -6.9.16" to two pieces, very fine, a very rare set of which only 1000 where printed, signed Eichenthal and Eisold BPP and certificate Hovest BPP

1947, definitives, Edition 30-47, all panes with inverted watermarks, good to very fine perforations, covers with sharp corner, very fine

1858, Coat of arms 30k. red/green as vertical strip of five, tied by numeral "1" and pen stroke to large part of cover to Warsaw, third stamp with fold and some folds not affecting the stamps, despite small faults a very attractive and scarce franking, signed Calves and certificate Mikulski

1849/61 (about), 6 prephilatelic letters with negative seals of Filibe (2), Ruszuk (2 incl. registered), Sofia and Shomnu

6 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to reverse of commercial cover to Kazvin with adjacent arrival mark; the cover with some small tears in the margin, a scarce franking

1855/63, 1 sh. deep dark green, pair with large margins all around and sheet margin at one side, unused o.g., very fine, signed in the margin only

 3 Kreuzer blau, Platte 1, allseits breitrandig mit sauber auf- und nebengesetztem L2 "LANDSHUT 21. MAR. 1850" auf kleiner Briefhülle nach München, leichte Patina, sign. Brettl BPP

"LAK  TPO / 17 NO 17", clear strike on postcard with British censor mark "No. 3288" to England

10 kop. brown & blue with fine to broad margins all around and part of the neighbouring left stamp, tied by rectangular dotted numeral mark "115" of Mariupol to outer letter sheet  to Odessa; part of reverse missing

1862/66, 6 Kreuzer ultramarin und 9 Kreuzer rötlichbraun mit EKr. "HEIDELBERG STADT-POST 12 OCT." (1869) auf Briefkuvert über Frankreich nach London mit vorderseitigen Transit- und Ankunftsstempeln, rückseitiges Siegel etwas durchschlagend, sonst gute Erhaltung

25 Pfg. im Viererblock und 10 Pfg. als portogerechte Frankatur als RM-Einfachfrankatur auf Einschreibebrief von "BERLIN W 30 24.6.48" nach England, Zehnfachfrankaturen aus den Westsektoren waren erst ab dem 25.6. vorgeschrieben

1717, "v. Mayntz", L1 in schwarz, gut abgeschlagen auf komplettem Faltbrief nach Neckarzimmern mit handschriftlichem "Franco Heidelberg"; einer der frühesten und seltensten vorphilatelistischen Stempel Deutschlands, sign. Gambert BPP

5 Groschen ockerbraun im 4er-Block aus der linken unteren Bogenecke, linker oberer Wert ungebraucht, sonst postfrisch, Pracht

FINNLAND, 1932/36, 26 Briefe und Karten, dabei u.a. viermal Chicagofahrt 1933 sowie Weihnachtsfahrt 1934 FINLAND: 1932/36, 26 covers and postcards including 4 items Chicago flight and Christmas flight 1934

1925, Tercentenary of Liepaja 6-50 s., complete set in imperforated pairs, mint never hinged, 25s. small scissors cut between stamps, a very rare set in multiples, fine

1849/50: 15 c. 'vert foncé', two examples with large margins all round used on cover to Montagne neatly cancelled by two strikes of the 'Paris Star' obliterator in black, with Paris (March 6) datestamp at right. The left  stamp light corner crease before applied, otherwise very fine and fresh;  a very rare multiple franking, signed Roumet, certificate Calves (2007)

10 kopeck brown and blue, plate 2, good to mostly large margins, used by double line pre-philatelic postmark. Very fine. Certificate Mikulski (1997)

1891, Cover from Omsk, franked with 1884/88, 7 k. blue, via Odessa and Constantinople to Mt. Athos, here taxed and Russian Levante 1884/90, 10 k. red/green applied, tied by blue "ROPiT ATHOS"; Levante stamp with slightly rounded corner, otherwise fine

10 c. "Lighthouse", unused without gum as issued, fine, signed Sanabria, rare (Mi. 3.600,-)

1859, 'Sherwin' 2 pence deep blue in vertical pair, pos. 3/6, with good to large margins and in nice deep fresh colour, used with target cancel on entire letter to Nantes, France, backstamped "GPO MAURITIUS NO 10 1859", on front red "PAYS ETA. V. SUEZ 6 DEC. 59" and on reverse French transit and arrival marks. A very fine and rare letter, just 4 entires with a pair of the Sherwin issue are recorded. A beautiful and rare letter. Signed Calves, Roumet with opinion (1971) and Alberto Diena with certificate (1971) (SG 40)

1870, folded letter dated "Maracaybo 28th Feb 1873" to Genoa, endorsed "P. Steamer" with blue straight-line "TEUTONIA" added by the purser, reverse of "SHIP-LETTER C LONDON AP 19 73", upon arrival charged "17" thus postage due "50c. and pair of 60c. applied and tied by cds., some minor ageing, otherwise fine and scarce as letters carried by German ships before 1895 from Venezuela are very infrequent, especially combared to those carried by French and British packets, signed Sorani with certificate

25 c. brown, horizontal pair, clear at upper right, otherwise good to wide margins with ca. 3 mm sheet margin at bottom, unused with original gum, very fine, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (2016) Provenance: Maurice Burrus (1963)

1914, War aid 1-10k. each as imperforated horizontal pair with sheet margin, tied by cds. "PETROGRAD -6.9.16" to pieces, very fine, a very rare set, especially in multiples, of which only 1000 where printed, cerficate Hovest BPP

1975, definitives, 40 d., 5 d. pane with mis-cut, imperforated between, very fine and rare (Michel MH 3)

1866, 3 k. black/green and 20 k. blue/orange tied by cds. to registered cover to Lyskowo, there undeliverable and returned, fine and attractive

1865/1912, lot of 2 covers, 4 postcards and 2 money order receipts

Regne de Pahlavi on lion 1 ch.-30 kr. with handstamp "SPECIMEN", unused o.g., fine and scarce

1966, Lafayette chicken 60 c. with strong shift of blue color, mint never hinged, fine