3 Kreuzer blau, Platte 4, senkrechtes Paar, allseits sehr schön breitrandig mit großen Teilen der Zwischenlinien und rechts 3 mm Bogenrand, mit sauberem oMR "B.P." und nebengesetztem Halbkreisstempel "K. BAYER. BAHNPOST 50 4/2" auf gedrucktem Bischofsbrief an Gregor von Scherr; feinste und tadellose Erhaltung; ein besonders attraktiver Bischofsbrief mit hierauf seltener Bahnpost-Entwertung; sign. Brettl BPP und Fotoattest Stegmüller BPP

2 m. with "TRANSPOSED"-error, unused, fine, signed Dr. Hoexter and certificate Kaufmann (Bale 17T)

70 kop. Mikhail Fedorovich, die proof of frame in brown on cardbord

Wappen gezähnt 3 Kreuzer rosa mit klarem Zier-DKr. "AUGSBURG 6 SEP. 1871" auf rosafarbenem Streifband mit vorgedruckter Adresse nach Douai mit nebengesetztem roten "P.D."

12 Pfg., 9 Stück als portogerechte Mehrfachfrankatur auf Einschreibe-Brief von "BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG 2 5.10.48" nach Kochel am See mit Ankunftsstempel

STEMPEL: 1815/50, Sammlung der vorphilatelistischen Stempeltypen auf 12 Briefen, dabei "P.P. MAYENCE", Auslandsbriefe (u.a. nach Brüssel); auf Ausstellungsblättern

Spätauflagen: 3-50 Pfennig kpl. in 4er-Blocks, außer 10 Pfg. alle aus der rechten unteren Bogenecke, postfrisch, Pracht, sign. Zenker BPP

1795, "3e DIV.ON / ARMÉE DE LA MOSELLE" on entire letter from Strassen, endorsed inside 'armée devant Luxembourg' to France; a fine and rare letter of the siege of the fortress

"COMITÉ DE SECOURS POUR LES BLESSÉS MILITAIRES LYON", preprinted envelope with clear red seal to Orléans, usual small faults, still fine

KURSK: 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to mostly large margins, tied by clear boxed "KURSK 24 MAR 1858" and with additional small pen cross, on entire letter to Odessa, with frontside boxed arrival handstamp "3 April 1858". An attractive and very fine entire. Just 2 other entires have been recorded with this cancellation on No.1. Certificate Buchsbayew (2014)

Provenance: Liphschutz (Harmers, Lugano 1993)

1890/1914, Lot with over 80 postal stationery cards and money transfer coupons with wide range of dispatch marks and Mt. Athos arrival marks and endorsements

30 c. blue, single stamp and horizontal strip of three and registered stamp 20 c. grey in Combination with German Empire 100 pfg. violet tied by handroll postmark "PFORZHEIM 30.4.27" to both sides of registered cover to Barranquilla with arrival marks on front, tiny spots on top, otherwise fine

1871, "Auf militairischen Befehl geoeffnet", small blue double-lined censor mark, both types, one on reverse of small envelope from Chambery (DEC 29, 1870) to Straßburg, the other one on reverse of folded letter from Olten, Switzerland (JAN 20, 1871) to Mulhouse. Both entires unfranked and charged with "30" resp. "50" centimes. A rare pair.

1940, Coat of arms 3 s. orange, horizontal pair without watermark, mint never hinged, scarce, very fine, certificate Zarins

12½ c. rose and 25 c. light blue with 1875/79, 10 c. grey in horizontal pair, all with blue cds. "ETTELBRUCK 14 OCT. 75" on registered cover endorsed "via  Bremen" to St. Paul, Minnesota, USA with large part of transit-register label "Vom Ausland über Bahnpost 12 (Luxemburg-Metz)" (part removed to show the franking); on front red "NEW YORK REGISTERED OCT 30"; the cover is franked with the pre-UPU rate of 57½ c., valid from July 1 was the 50 c. rate; 2 stamps with minor faults; an attractive and rare transatlantic cover, certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

June –November 1917 Three Registered postcards, two at the 14 kop Tariff from Petrograd to Paris with receiver cachets on reverse; one from Piatigorsk at the later 28 kop Tariff but underfranked by 1 kop, locally censored  

2 pia. on 15 c. violet, copy with small part of left sheet margin, unused o.g., fine, a scarce stamp, signed R. Diena with certificate (2016)

70(k) on 15 k. and 2 r. on 50 k., as each central gutter block, mint never hinged, folded, scarce 

TELEGRAPH: 1910/17, 5 receipts (2 franked on reverse) from Hebron, Acre, Haifa and Beni Saab

1893, envelope 16 c. rose with backside additional franking1894, 2 ch. in vertical pair, used from Tabriz as registered letter to Germany and unclaimed returned with Bavarian label "Nicht abgeholt./non réclamé" (Sadri no. PE6)

1854, 10 r. blue block of 10 with three unclear cds's on reverse of cover to Para, multiple cut at top, envelope some tears, otherwise fine, an attractive franking, signed Calves and Moorhouse certificate

 3 Kreuzer blau, Platte 2, allseits breitrandig mit gMR "23" und nebengesetztem Halbkreisstempel "BAYREUTH 29=7" auf kleinem Faltbrief nach Wunsiedel, von hier nachgesandt, zurück nach Bayreuth, erneut frankiert mit 3 Kreuzer blau, voll- bis breitrandig mit zentrisch klarem gMR "398" und sauber nebengesetztem Fingerhutstempel "WUNSIEDEL 31/7"; ein schöner Brief in tadelloser Erhaltung, sign. Hartmann und Pfenninger sowie Fotobefund Stegmüller BPP

2 m. with "Z"-error, neatly cancelled by Jerusalem cds., fine, certificate Dorfman (Bale 17Z)

5 rouble Nicholas, die proof of central design in black, signed Prof. Winterstern

7 Kreuzer ultramarin, 3 Kreuzer karmin und 1 Kreuzer gelbgrün im waagerechten Paar mit EKr. "DEIDESHEIM 15 NOV. 71" auf Briefhülle nach Carpentras; eine schöne Dreifarben-Frankatur auf Brief der 2. Tarifperiode mit 12 Kreuzern Porto pro 10 g, sign. Brettl BPP

12 Pfg. mit portogerechter Zufrankatur Band/Netz auf Arbeiter auf Einschreibe-Rückschein-Brief der 2. Gewichtsstufe von "BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG 18.9.48" nach Ravensbrück mit Ankunftsstempel, Umschlag mit Beförderungsspuren und etwas fleckig

1830, Posthornstempel "Mainz" auf datiertem Verpackungsausschnitt eines Paketes mit Prozeßschriften nach Hannover, Aktenfaltungen außerhalb des Stempels

3-50 Pfennig kpl. mit Aufdruck "Specimen", ungebraucht, 5 Pfennig am Rand ganz leicht getönt, sonst einwandfrei, sign. Hoffmann-Giesecke

"2. DON ARM S: LUXEMBOURG" in black, on entire letter from Trier (Treves) 1795 to Landau; small tear at top closed, still fine

"SOCIÉTÉ DE SECOURS AUX BLESSÉS MILITAIRES DES ARMÉES DE TERRE ET DE MER / COMITÉ AUXILIAIRE DE STRASBOURG", red seal on red cross card to Dijon, fine and scarce

LENZENHOF (Latvia): 10 kopeck brown and blue, large margined lower right sheet corner with about 5/6 mm sheet margins at right and base, tied by clear purple pre-philatelic double line "LENZENHOF 4 APRIL 1858" to lettersheet to Lemsal. The stationary paper cleaned and still some remaining staining, but altogether fine and attractive. The only recorded No.1-entire with this coloured cancellation and one of the most spectacular and important cover with a single No.1. Signed Emilio Diena and Alberto Diena, certificate Mikulski (1995, stating the address being improved)

Mixed lot loose stamps mostly Russia and Russian Levant, incl. used set of 1909 MONTATHOS overprints

France, 30 c. blue, three single stamps in combination with horizontal strip of three Columbia 4 c. blue tied by cds. "BARRANQUILLA 16.III.1928" to cover with sender cachet from Paris to Bogota with arrival mark, creases, otherwise fine

1828, 'Ille de France' 10 Fr. on 90 centimes and 10 Fr. on 1,50 francs, each with similar additional franking on 2 registered envelopes to Martel, France; the stamps tied by octogonal "NEW-YORK AU HAVRE 23-8-28" with adjacent special cachets in black and violet. A fine and attractive pair. Each signed Scheller with his certificates

LATVIAN SS-DIVISION: 1945, 44 stamps on chalky paper, different designs, in blue, green, orange, red, fine

20 c. grey-brown with 1875/79, 1 c. brown and 2 c. black in horizontal pair, tied by cds. "LUXEMBURG 15 5 80" to small envelope to Paris with arrival mark; franking some faults, mostly where applied at the edge of the cover, slightly cleaned, still an attractive and very scarce combination franking, sign. Goebel and certificate Böttger BPP (2016)