LIBAU (Latvia): 10 kopeck brown and blue, large margins, used with 3-line cancellation. Very fine. Signed Buchsbayew

1856, Ticket for travelling on a mail coach (Pochtovich Karet) to Mosow. Rare

Switzerland, 30 c. blue in combination with Switzerland 30 c. blue tied by cds. "ZÜRICH 29.VI.29" to cover via Calon to Bogota with arrival mark, cover vertical fold and rought opened at reverse with small tear at right, otherwise fine

1859, 8 bajocchi black on rose, nice fresh and intense colour and good to very large margins, showing dividing lines on 3 sides and part of neighbour stamp at left, tied by light and clear grid to entire letter from Faenza (Oct 11, 1859) to Edolo. A most attractive single franking of this rare stamp in flawless condition. Signed Alberto and Guilio Bolaffi, Alberto Diena and Enzo Diena with his certificate (1991) Provenance: 'Collezione Pedemonte' (Bolaffi 1991)

"Stomersee", red straight line, five clear strikes to reverse of registered cover with Russia 2 k. green (4) and 10 k. blue (5) to Russia with red double line "13.MAP.1919 Стомерзее" and registered label on front, undeliverable and retour with red arrival postmark, rare (H.v.H. 254.1, 254.2, 254.4)

20 c. grey-brown and 1875/79, 25 c. blue (corner perf missing) tied to registered envelope from "LUXEMBURG 17 12 80" to Nancy with transit-register label "Vom Ausland über Bahnpost 12 (Luxemburg-Metz)", fine, sign. Goebel

Mail to Great Britain November 1917 ordinary postcard from Essentuki and December 1917 Registered postcard from Kisolovodsk, both to London. Sent by Mrs Amy Cox, a known member of the British community in Russia, to her daughter Ursula, a medical student. Petrograd censors on both cards since at this early post – Revolution date these North Caucasus resorts were not yet “White” areas

1920, Liberation of Courland Issue, 35 k., proof of the frame in black on screened paper, no gum, without faults

1899, 3k. and 7k. each as pair tied by cds. "ТЯНЪ-ТЗИНЪ 20  V" to reverse of registered cover to Naples, scarce, fine and attractive

"DJEDDA 5" on postal stationery card 20 pa. without text, addressed to Holland. This is the discovery copy for this cancellation

Postcard 4 ch., 4 unused copies with different printed pictures on front, few small faults (Sadri no. PC12)

1878, Large Dragon 1-5 ca., very fresh colour and good perforation, used with seal resp. illegible custom dater, fine (Chan 1-3)

 3 Kreuzer blau, Platte 3 und 1 Kreuzer dunkelrosa, beide farbfrisch und allseits breitrandig geschnitten, teils mit Zwischenlinien, mit gMR "243" und nebengesetztem DKr. "NÜRNBERG 5 APR. 1856" auf blauem Streifband der 4. Gewichtsstufe nach Ummerstadt in Sachsen-Meiningen; 2 Kreuzer Landzustellung handschriftlich vermerkt und vom Empfänger zu zahlen; eine attraktive und in dieser Form sehr seltene Frankatur, sign. Pfenninger sowie Fotoatteste Brettl BPP und Stegmüller BPP

4 m., withdrawn type 23, lightly cancelled by cds., fine and rare, certificate Dorfman (Bale 19D)

Chain Breaker 35 kop. blue, imperforated, unused

Quadratausgabe 1 Kreuzer rosa, 6 Kreuzer braun und 9 Kreuzer gelbgrün mit oMR "86" auf Briefkuvert von "EBERN 13 10" (1860) über Aachen und Ostende nach Manchester. Der Brief war um 2 Kreuzer unterfrankiert; nach dem ab 1.7.1859 gültigen Postvertrag Preußen-England waren nunmehr nur teilweise frankierte Briefe nicht wie bisher als ganz unfrankiert zu behandeln, sondern es wurde lediglich der an der tarifmäßigen Taxe fehlende Betrag vom Empfänger nacherhoben. Entsprechend dieser Verordnung erhielt der Brief den Vermerk "franko Ostende", da 8 Kreuzer für Bayern und 4 Kreuzer für den Belgientransit ja frankiert waren; für die britische Strecke wurde der Brief in England als unfrankiert behandelt und mit "3" Pence Nachporto belegt; die über den belgischen Transit hinaus frankierten 4 Kreuzer waren an Preußen zu erstatten. Ein attraktiver und postgeschichtlich hochinteressanter Auslandsbrief mit schöner Dreifarben-Frankatur

24 Pfg. und 6 Pfg. als portogerechte Frankatur auf Formblatt 30 Pfg. Maschinenaufdruck-Doppelkarte von "BERLIN-HERMSDORF 18.10.48" in die USA und zurück, rückseitig mit Text

"MAINZ 4=3/1847/9 10", der später als Versuchsstempel eingesetzte DKr. mit Zierstück auf Briefhülle nach Gonsenheim; sehr selten, aus der Vorphilazeit von Herrn Jaster nur ein weiterer Brief registriert, Fotoattest Sem BPP

ESSAIS, PROBEN, ETC.: 3 Pfennig, Netzaufdruckprobe, 6 Werte kpl., je 3 Stück ungebraucht bzw. postfrisch, dabei ein Seiten- und ein Oberrandstück, 2 ungebrauchte Werte sign. Ludin BPP

1852, William 10 c. grey-black, good to large margins with part of neighbour stamp at top, tied by clear circle of 6 bars to small lettersheet with adjacent cds. "MERSCH 22 X 1856" to Luxemburg, very fine, certificate Soluphil (2014)

Swiss label, just tied by clear cds. "ZÜRICH 4 III 71" on small envelope to France with several transit marks, fine, certificate Kimmel (1997)

LIBAU (Latvia): 10 kopeck brown and blue, large margins, tied with 3-line "LIBAU 27 MAI 1858" to piece. Very fine. 

1867/1910, Customs Receipts issued at Constantinople (1), Taganrog (3), Kerch (4) and Rostov (7)

1937, free post machine cancellation 13 mills "PORT SAID 14.VII. - "D. K. D. / Deutsches Kohlendepot S.A. Egyptienne-Port Said" on cover Limburg, Germany, example of mail from the German Marine Coaling Depot on the Suez Canal, two tears at top, otherwise fine

1851, 6 grazie blue on bluish in intense deep shade and with good even margins on all sides, tied by beautiful clear strike of Austrian military cancel "FELDPOST Nr.2 26/11" to lettersheet with adjacent date stamp "FIRENZE 26 NOV. 1855", endorsed "mit Feldpost" and sent to Szemere in Hungary with transit marks of Waizen, Gran-Nana and Ipolysag on reverse. An extremely fine and attractive letter and one of the great rarities of Italian and Austrian postal history. Signed in pencil Ferchenbauer and Colla Asinelli with both their certificates Provenance: Dr. Anton Jerger (Corinphila 2005)

1919, 15-30k., each as imperforated pair tied by cds. "ELEJA" with handwritten date to small piece, fine, signed Hofmann BPP

20 c. grey-brown and 1880/84, 25 c. blue, perf. 12½:12, tied to registered envelope from "LUXEMBOURG 1 6 81" via France to Cairo, Egypt with transit and arrival marks; 25 c. some perforation faults at top, otherwise fine; an attractive cover with extremely scarce destination, certificate Böttger BPP (2016)

Mail to Netherlands May – November 1917 two Registered letters with British paper seal censorship, one from Saratov cancelled 25 10 17 [first day of Soviet power in Petrograd] and two postcards, one routed out of Odessa the other from Moscow again dated 25 10 17, a nice group to a relatively scarce destination (4 items)  

1920, Red Cross 20 k.-1 rbl., blue on chalky paper, frame only, without gum, scarce, fine

1899, 5k. horizontal strip of four tied by cds. "ТЯНЪ-ТЗИНЪ 27  V" to reverse of registered cover to Naples, one wax and two chinese seals on reverse, scarce, fine and attractive

EL ULA: "ELULA MEVKIFI POSTA SUBESI HATTI ALI", fine strike of blue negative seal of Hejaz railway, applied by favour on postcard 20 pa.; some pencil notation on front mostly erased; fine and extremely scarce

Double card 2 ch.+2 ch. with additional franking 1894, 1 ch. (3), 2 ch. (2) and 5 ch. as registered postcard from Sultanabad to Germany with arrival mark; little stained, a scarce usage (Sadri no. PC13)

1883, large dragon 1 ca. green, type III, used, very fine, certificate Havemann BPP

 3 Kreuzer blau, Platte 4 und 4 Stück 6 Kreuzer braun, die 3 Kreuzer links leicht berührt, sonst alle voll- bis meist breitrandig mit oMR "32" mit nebengesetztem DKr. "BAMBERG 31 DEC. 1859" auf Chargé-Briefvorderseite der 3. Gewichtsstufe nach Kassel (aus optischen Gründen auf Unterlage montiert)

4 m. with 'TRANSPOSED'-error in horizontal pair with normal stamp, unused, fine, certificate Bale and Kaufmann (Bale 19T) Provenance: M. Sacher (1977)

35 kop. blue in horizontal pair from the top sheet margin showing variety shifted perforation at top, unmounted mint