1 Kreuzer dunkelgrün im 4er-Block, farbfrisch und sehr gut geprägt, unten einige verkürzte Zähne, sonst einwandfrei, ungebraucht, nicht häufige Einheit, Fotoattest Krug BPP

GROSSBRITANNIEN UND IRLAND: 1930/35, 49 Briefe und Karten, dabei u.a.Irland 1. Südamerikafahrt 1932 und Argentinienfahrt 1934, Grossbritannien Chicagofahrt in MiF mit Brasilien sowie Großbritannien und Irland, jeweils Weihnachtsfahrt 1934 GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: 1930/35, 49 covers and postcards including Great Britain Chicago flight (mixed franking with Brazil) and Christmas flight and Ireland 1. SA-flight 1932, Christmas flight and flight to Argentina

1932, Vigilante Aizsargi, photo essays in issued designs, fine and very scarce

1 fr. carmine, clear to large margins with part of neighbour stamp at left, tied by clear grid to entire letter from "MARSEILLE 23 AOUT 51" to Lyon, sign. Calves

10 kopeck brown and blue, good to large margins, used by double line pre-philatelic postmark. Very fine. 

1899, Registed envelope from Moscow to Mt. Athos with provisional register label of the 23rd Moscow telegraph office

10 c. "Ocean Liner" with additional franking 3 c. red tied by oval cachet "CCNA/CARTAGENA" and bold datestamp "CORREO AEREO" to First Flight cover to Barranquilla with arrival mark, fine, very rare cover, signed Holcombe with certificate (1994)

1855, Lettersheet with decorative engraving, cut out of a letter head of the famous Eau de Cologne factory of Johann Maria Farina, tied by Copenhagen 'Compass' postmark and transit mark "Aus Dänemark", adressed to the same mentioned company in Cologne, charged on arrival with "5" silbergroschen. Some very slight toning, otherwise fine and highly unusual.

BOLSHEVIK PERIOD: 1917-19 (16.5) money transfer card for 15 rubles, sent from Lemburg, Lifland to a soldier with the 13th Finland regiment, via the Head Field Post Office at Velikie-Luki, from where it was directed to F.P.O. No.19, then to F.P.O. No.20, then F.P.O. No.18. Over 3 months later received in Kovrov, then to Riga (2.4.18), back to Kovrov (22.3.19) and finally returned to Lemburg two years later! A historical document, reflecting the fluid military situation and the disruption of postal communications during this period which saw the Bolshevik Revolution, German occupation of the Baltic States, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the Allied Armistice and civil war in Russia. Despite the nearly two years of effort, the poor soldier never received his (now vastly devalued and nearly worthless) 15 rubles

30 c. lilac with clear to large margins, showing ca. 2 mm sheet margin at bottom and left, unused with part original gum, fresh and fine, certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

March & June. Two examples of the 5 kopek reduced Tariff available for letters addressed to soldiers at the front. Both covers headed “To the Active Army” followed by a full military address, one from Estland guberniya in March, the other from Samara in June. The normal Tariff would have been 10 kop. This reduced rate is rarely seen  

1923, Official registration envelope for the conveyance of stamped Telegram Forms to sub-offices, blue on brown paper, unused, very fine, rare, ex T.E. Field collection with original allbum page

1866, 10 k. brown/blue tied by ring cancellation "D.B" to folded lettersheet to Warsaw, endorsed "Lowic 1/9" at upper left, fine

1896/1911 (ca.), 8 covers and one postcard with print cds. incl. "DERNAH", double circle "BENGHAZI", "TRIPOLI D'AFRIQUE 3" etc.

6 ch., copy with wide right sheet margin, imperforated at right, unused o.g. (Sadri 729c)

1950, St. George's 2½ d. bright-blue, perforated 12½ x 13½, fresh colour and unused with large part original gum, very fine, a scarce stamp, BPA certificate, ex "The Charles World Stamp Collection"

 6 Kreuzer lebhaftrötlichbraun, 2 Einzelwerte, beide sehr breit- bis überrandig, die linke Marke mit 3 mm Bogenrand rechts, mit Ersttags-L2 "MÜNCHEN 1 NOV. 1849 IX" und zusätzlichen Federstrichen auf Briefstück, in dieser Form wahrscheinlich Unikat, sign. Stock und Fotoattest Brettl BPP Provenienz: Sammlung Sessler

5 m. on 1 pia. transfer F, pos. 8, copy with top sheet margin, unused, fine, very scarce, certificates Dorfman and Kaufmann (Bale 2)

10 kop., tied by triangular dotted numeral "405" of Roop, Lifland, to outer letter sheet, sent to Volmar with prephilatelic mark "POST : ROOP 2 XII 1858" and three Polutsheno marks from Volmar (Dec 23) on the reverse

MODENA: 1851/58, 3 Kreuzer auf gelb und 8 Kreuzer auf gelbgrün mit einem zentrischen Nummernstempel "162" auf Briefhülle von "ZELL a. H. 1 MRZ" (1853) über die Schweiz nach Reggio. Da Markenfrankturen in die italienischen Fürstentümer erst ab 1855 vertraglich zulässig waren und auch Teilfrankaturen unzulässig waren, wurde die Frankatur nicht anerkannt, gestrichen und handschriftlich "gilt nicht" nebengesetzt und der badische Portoanspruch von "12" Kreuzern vorderseitig vermerkt; vom Empfänger wurden insgesamt "70" Centesimi eingezogen, nämlich 30 Centesimi (9 Kreuzer) Vereinsporto, 10 Centesimi (3 Kreuzer) Schweizer Transit sowie 30 Centesimi für Modena für die 2. Gewichtsstufe (hier galt das einfache Porto pro 7,5 g). Ein interessanter und seltener früher Auslandsbrief in sehr schöner Erhaltung

50 Pfg. und 6 Pfg. als portogerechte Frankatur als Versuch einer Nachnahmesendung von "BERLIN 6.8.48" innerhalb der Westsektoren auf das neue Postscheckamt Berlin-West und zurück mit rückseitigem handschriftlichen Vermerk "Unzustellbar, noch nicht zugelassen", beiliegende Zahlkarte und Umschlag links mit sauber verschlossener Aktenlochung

1780/97, zwei Postscheine im Ortsdruck, davon einer "zu besonderer Empfehlung..."

3 Kreuzer karmin im 4er-Block vom rechten Bogenrand, postfrisch, Kabinett, ein Wert sign. H.Krause

ISLAND: 1932/36, 27 Briefe und Karten, dabei u.a. 4., 5., 8. und 9. Südamerikafahrt 1932, Lupostafahrt 1932, 8. Südamerikafahrt 1933, 1. Südamerikafahrt 1934 und Weihnachtsfahrt 1934 ICELAND: 1932/36, 27 covers and postcards including 1932 4., 5., 8. and 9. SA-flight, Luposta flight, 1933 8. SA-flight, 1934 1. SA-flight and Christmas flight

1932, Aizsargi 6-15s. as blocks of 15 with sheet margin, mint never hinged, fine

1 fr. carmine in horizontal pair, clear to large margins and nice fresh colour, tied by PC "2388" with adjacent "PAU 4 NOV. 52" to entire letter to a captain of the 22nd regiment at Rawul Pindee in Bengal, India, showing on front 4line "BOMBAY DE.. 1852 / STR. POSTAGE (8) / INLD. DO (15)"; a fine and fresh entire

10 kopeck brown and blue, good to large margins, used by double line pre-philatelic postmark. Very fine. Signed Pohl.

PORT ARTHUR, 1900: Pre-printed money letter to Mt. Athos via Odessa, weak strike "PORT ARTHUR" crossed date cds.

Pilot waves to bypassing plane 10 c. green tied by oval "AERO Agence Barranqilla..." and four line "PRIMER CORREO AEREO..." to flight cover with 3 c. red to Medellin with arrival mark on front, cover slight toned, otherwise fine

1854/57, Dotted spandrels 2 skilling blue and 2 copies 16 skilling grey-violet with 1858, wavy-lined spandrels 4 skilling brown, all copies in fresh colour and with good to large margins, tied by 3 strikes of numeral "181" and further strike of duplex "182 / SJAELL. JB. POSTSPED. BUR. T2 18 1" of the Zealand railway, to small mourning cover to Paris. A rare colour franking in very fine condition with 4 flawless stamps. Certificate C.A. Møller AIEP (2018)

1918, 20k. on 14k. as vertical strip of three tied by cyrillic cds. "VELIKIE LUKI 27.7.18" to registered cover addressed to the Royal Dutch Consulate in Riga, with censor label and arrival mark "RIGA 17.8.18", a fine and scarce cover

30 c. lilac, horizontal pair with ample to large margins with 16 mm sheet margin at left, unused with original gum, the right stamp unmounted mint, extremely fine and choice, sign. Williame and certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

3 September. Official formular card used to send a Resolution from the Executive Committee of Piteevsk Volost, Solikamsk, Perm. Addressed to Alexander Kerensky, Chairman of the Provisional Government. The Volost denounces the activities of General Kornilov and calls on Kerensky to add only Socialists to the Provisional Government. Received in Petrograd    12 9 17 by the Office for Government Correspondence. Historically interesting document

CRASH MAIL: 1940, torpedoing of the 'Eros', 4 covers with straight line "SALVED FROM THE SEA" resp. "Recovered from the sea"

1904, Coat of arms 10k. with inverted burelage, tied by cds. "MOCBA 25.1.08" to cover to Luzern, stamp with shortend perfs at top, cover folded once vertically, otherwise fine, scarce, certificate Leupold

BAGDAD: "BAGDAD TURQUIE FEV 12 1870" on Duloz surcharge ½ pia. on 20 pa. green in horizontal pair in combination with Ampir 1876, 10 pa. black/lilac on small envelope to Tabriz, Persia; a fine cover with quite unusual combination