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1920 AUSTRALIA: Kingsford Smith vignette in deep blue in block
Lot 3000 | Starting: 3.000 €
1919 Hawker airmail stamp 3 cent brown used on cover First Transatlantic Air Mail Trial
Lot 3005 | Starting: 4.000 €
registered letter to New York 1928 cancelled with the first Ile de France catapult flight handstamp
Lot 3163 | Starting: 4.000 €
1852 1 Cent black/magenta, unused without gum, all around close to wide margins
Lot 3766 | Starting: 2.000 €
Bavaria 1 Kreuzer black, plate 1, on local stationery
Lot 5013 | Starting: 1.500 €
Very rare Oldenburg cover with freshly coloured tricolour franking
Lot 5110 | Starting: 2.000 €
Saxony 3 Pfennig brownish red plate III from 1850 with two-circle cancel Leipzig
Lot 5151 | Starting: 2.500 €
Australia One Pound Banknote Front and Back with signatures of Cerutty and Collins
Lot 52 | Starting: 850 €
very rare banknote Portugal front and back illustrated with overprint MOEDA INSULANA - AÇORES
Lot 108 | Starting: 400 €
5 Mark Imperial treasury note from 1874 shown is the front and reverse side
Lot 602 | Starting: 6.000 €
Front and back of a Louis d'or gold coin from 1730
Lot 1187 | Starting: 1.100 €
Front and back of a double thaler from 1840
Lot 1437 | Starting: 2.000 €
10 guilder coin from 1935 City Hall, front and back view
Lot 1642 | Starting: 1.500 €
Pre-philatelic covers with the rare circled hand cancel "FRANCO MALLORCA"
ex. Lot 9802 | Starting: 35.000 €
single, very rare, stamps from the Saar area, Sarre
ex. Lot 11354 | Starting: 35.000 €
54th Auction
rare cover from 1875 from the famous Japan collection of Frank J. Peplow
Lot 2336 | Start: 12.000 € | Asia, 1871, dragon 500 mon green, a vertical pair pl. I pos. 4-21 with 100 mon blue, two vertical pairs pl. I pos. 29-37 (37 official pinhole bottom right) and pos. 30-38, cancelled by two clear and complete strikes of "Large Tokyo Kensazumi", on reverse of cover to Kyoto religious affairs bureau. Boxed vermilion "dispatched 20th day" with senders handwritten dateline "year of the goat 9th moon 19th day" (21 November 1871).
Vaduz souvenir sheet Liechtenstein on return cover with 10th Zeppelin South America Flight to Pernambuco
Lot 2826 | Start: 1.2000 € | Liechtenstein, 1934, VADUZ souvenir sheet (reduced in size) on R cover with violet LIBA SST and special R label (without hyphen) with 10th Zeppelin South America Flight, LBK no.102, to Pernambuco.
Liechtenstein insured letter of 1933 with Princess Elsa 2 Francs as single franking with many postmarks, endorsements and sticker labels
Lot 2831 | Start: 500 € | Liechtenstein, 1933/35 Fürstin Elsa 2 Fr. as single franking on insured letter over 500,- Fr. from Schaan (3.XII.1936) to a participant of the Hapag voyage to the West Indies with steamer "Reliance" off FUNCHAL/MADEIRA, carried by airmail Basel-London and with steamer "Blue Mar" to Funchal (arrival on 15.12.36). However, the "Reliance" had already sailed, so the cover was forwarded to New York, where it could not be delivered either and thus returned to Schaan (arrival on 2.1.1937).
single stamp Argentina from 1864 Rivadavia
Lot 3215 | Start: 1.500 € | Argentinien, 1864 "Rivadavia" 15 C. light blue, trimmed, neatly used.
Postal stationery card with the first complete postmark from the Royal Siamese Post Office in Kulim
Lot 2580 | Start: 1.000 € | Thailand, Kulim/Kedah: 1908, "KULIM 3.8.09" on stationery card surcharged "4 (S.)" to Bergedorf near Hamburg/Germany. Transit "PENANG AU 4 1908". Senders dateline on reverse "Kulim 2/8.09". The Royal Siamese p.o. in Kulim (Kedah, Malaya) opened in July of 1909. This is the type D of Kulim postmarks with placename in latin alphabet in upper arch section.
Two sheets of postage stamps numerals, cut with so-called "large centrepieces"
Lot 5980 | Start: 2.000 | € Soviet Zone - West Saxony, 1945, postage stamps ciphers, all 4 possible so called "big centerpieces", MiNr. Hz 2 – 5
a rare variant of the souvenir sheet for the reconstruction of destroyed bridges with thin paper and on top of that with the rare colour of the 12 Pfennig dark vermilion
Lot 5966 | Start: 1.500 € | Soviet zone - Thuringia | Bridge building souvenir sheet on thin paper and in rare color dark inky, mint.
Württemberg 70 Kreuzer brown-purple with black circle cancel Reutlingen
Los 4759 | Start: 1.500 € | Württemberg 1873, 70 Kr., both colors in very good condition, MiNr 42a + b
Württemberg 70 Kreuzer red-purple with black two ring cancel Ulm, type II
Lot 4762 | Start: 1.000 € | Württemberg, 1873, 70 Kr., both colors in very good condition, MiNr 42a + b
two pages of an album with the postmarks of the Kingdom of Württemberg with two-circle, three-circle, horseshoe, railway postmarks etc.
Lot 10921 | Start: 3.000 € | 1851/1900 (ca.) | The postmarks of the kingdom of Württemberg from Aalen to Zwiefalten, complete offered lifetime collection.
very rare Infla letter addressed to the Café Fink in Bad Wildbad
Lot 11107 | Start: 20.000 € | German Empire, 1919/1923, top estate covers inflation, completely left estate of a Canadian collector, who has collected inflation letters very knowledgeable and with a great eye for the special in the last 20 years on German auctions.
53rd Auction
1962 Mei Lan-Fang miniature sheet, mint never hinged
Los 317 | Ausruf: 3.500 € | 1962, Mei Lan-fang s/s (C94), postfrisch, in sehr guter Erhaltung
People's Republic of China airmail cover from 1971 with postage paid in an undivided stripe of seven
Los 368 | Ausruf: 2.000 € | 1971, 50 Jahre KPC, die Triptik (N18-20) in einem waagerechten 7er-Streifen mit dem Aufdruck "Kanton 1971.9.6" auf einem Luftpostbrief nach Cavalaire/Frankreich
Philippines spectacular top sheet margin imprint block of 20 stamps 2 Reales blue from 1881
Los 645 | Ausruf: 6.000 € | 1881, 2 R. blau, Typ PG-1, Typ I (alter Bartels Typ V), ein Oberbogenrandaufdruckblock von 20
3 d blue on bluish paper "strip of two and a half" on aged cover, around 1851
Los 1393 | Ausruf: 1.200 € | 1851/1856: 3 d blau auf bläulichem Papier, "Streifen von zweieinhalb"
1872, Letter from Moule to Nantes, one of the most spectacular envelopes of the colonies used in Guadeloupe
Los 2000 | Ausruf: 3.000 € | 1872, Brief von Moule nach Nantes portogerecht Émissions Générales des Colonies Type Cérès 10 centimes bistre x8 und Empire lauré 30 centimes brun x4
Reko- envelope with Austria four-colour franking postage stamps Franz Joseph of 1867
Los 2321 | Ausruf: 8.000 € | 1867, Freimarken Franz Joseph, 50 Kr. braun, 3 Kr. grün im senkrechten Paar, 5 Kr. karmin und 10 Kr. blau als portogerechte Vierfarbenfrankatur auf R-Brief der 2. Gewichtsstufe von "LEOPOLDSTADT WIEN 22/5 71" nach Saintes mit rs. Bahnpost-Transitstempel "PARIS A BORDEAUX 25 MAI 71"
Block of twelve 1907, Hotel Post "Bistra", a private postal service
Los 2450 | Ausruf: 2.500 € | 1907, Hotel Post "Bistra", privater Postdienst, 6 Heller braun auf weißem gummiertem Papier, Zwölferblock, postfrisch, Originalgummi, überwiegend unfrankiert (zwei Marken etwas getönt; wenige schwache Fingerabdrücke), jede Marke signiert Jakots
stamp "The Basel Dove" from 1845 extraordinarily colour-fresh and cut with white margins all around
Los 2507 | Ausruf: 5.000 € | 1845, 2 1/2 Rp. "Baseler Taube", schwarz/blau/karmin, außerordentlich farbfrisch und ringsum weißrandig geschnitten mit sehr schön ausgeprägtem Relief sowie zentrisch aufsitzendem, zartem, rotem K2 von Basel
Switzerland 1862 seated Helvetia perforated on striped band postage stamp with proof and cancellation
Los 2519 | Ausruf: 50.000 € | 1867, 2 Rappen braun statt grau in der Farbe der 5 Rappen; wahrscheinlich ein Probedruck, verwendet zusammen mit 10 Rappen hellblau als korrekte 12 Rp.-Frankatur auf vollständigem Nachnahme-Streifband von Liestal nach Arboldswil, entwertet mit Einkreisstempel "Liestal 22/März/67"
Cash on delivery cover from 1864 franked with mixed franking from land mail and postage stamps.
Los 2715 | Ausruf: 8.000 € | 1864, Nachnahmebrief aus Ladenburg nach Edingen, frankiert mit einer MISCHFRANKATUR aus Landpost- und Freimarke
black one of 1849 deep black in horizontal strip of three with plate error
Los 2726 | Ausruf: 7.000 € | 1849, SCHWARZER EINSER 1 Kr. tiefschwarz, Platte 1, im waagerechten DREIERSTREIFEN, dabei die rechte Marke mit dem PLATTENFEHLER "zwei weiße Rauten im rechten oberen Wertziffernquadrat verbunden"
Decorative ornamental cover of the Dresden city post franked with Saxony 1/2 Emergency Penny yellowish red
Los 3033 | Ausruf: 2.500 € | 1863, 1/2 Ngr. gelblichrot auf sehr schönem, illustriertem Zierbrief (vs. u. rs. gleichermaßen ausgeschmückt) als Dresdner Stadtpostbrief mit Nummernstempel "1" u. beigesetztem rotem Aufgabe-K2
single stamp Germania with rare type right imperforated from right margin of sheet, used
Los 3288 | Ausruf: 5.000 € | 1905, Germania, 10 Pfg. dunkelkarminrot, mit seltener Abart RECHTS UNGEZÄHNT vom rechten Bogenrand, gebraucht
Airmail card number 196 with surcharge of 5 Pfennig Germania so-called "Red Dog"
Los 3294 | Ausruf: 8.000 € | 1912, 10 Juni, 10 Pf. rotorange mit extrem seltenen doppeltem Aufdruck "- 1 M - Gelber Hund" in gelb und blau, noch ursprünglich haftend auf (roter) Flugpostkarte No 196 mit Beifrankatur 5 Pfg Germania, sogenannter "Roter Hund"
[Translate to English:] Nothilfe Bauwerke 1931 mit sehr seltenem Fehldruck in einwandfrei postfrischer Erhaltung
Los 3385 | Ausruf: 15.000 € | 1932, Nothilfe Bauwerke 1931, 15 + 5 Rpf. mit Aufdruck, hier allerdings "Rdf" statt "Rpf" - dieser sehr seltene Fehldruck in einwandfrei postfrischer Erhaltung
Very rare Germania postage stamp issue of 1920 with black Sarre overprint with overprint plate error
Los 3812 | Ausruf: 16.000 € | 1920, Denkmal Wilhelm I., 3 Mark mit Aufdruck "Sarre", nicht ausgegebene Wertstufe und sehr seltene Saar-Rarität
52nd Auction
Basel Taupe of 1845, 2 1/2 Rappen with relief printing on complete white local folded cover
Lot 5812 | start: 15,500 € | 1845, 2 1/2 Rp. "Baseler Taube"
Stamp of 1917, 5 Cent green Italy Victor Emanuel with overprint error "PECHINO 8 CENTS" instead of "2 CENTS", mint
Lot 5362 | start: 80,000 € | Pechino 8 Cents“ stamp from 1917 - unique specimen
Lot 3441 | start: 4.000 € | 1962, Mei Lan-Fang s/s bound pictorial cancel "Peking 1962 9-15" on illustrated registered cover FDC to Hamburg/Germany
Chinese registered cover from 1894, small dragons, complete set with blue seal "Peking" on the back.
Lot 3062 | start: 20,000 € | 1894, small dragons, complete set with blue seal "Peking" on the back of the registered letter.
remarkable transatlantic mail from Shanghai to the USA with 37 stamps
Lot 3361 | start: 25.000 € | 1864: France 1862 Napoleon franking 9FR70 Cent transatlantic rate from CHINA to USA
semi-postal from 1918 Italian Post in China
Lot 5363 | start: 40,000 € | 1918, 10 + 5 Cent Rose Italian special issue for the Red Cross with local handstamp overprint "PECHINO 6 CENTS" together with 1 c brown "Pechino" of the Turin overprint - unique.
Foreign cover from 1870 with black rim, colour franking and watermark, addressed via Brindisi to SHANGHAI
Lot 8098 | start: 16,000 € | 1870, coat of arms, 18 Kr. On cover addressed via Brindisi to SHANGHAI with transit stamps on the reverse a.o. of VERONA, BRINDISI and HONG KONG.
The only known folded cover of the second Thurn and Taxis issue in Silbergroschen to Hong Kong
Lot 8527 | start: 9.000 € | 1861 folded letter from HAMBURG to HONG KONG, prepaid with Thurn and Taxis Second Issue. The only known Thurn and Taxis Second “Silbergroschen” Issue Cover to Hong Kong.
Four-colour franking on folded cover to Canton in China
Lot 8720 | start: 4.000 € | 1870, four-color franking on folded cover to Canton in China, on front handwritten routing mark "VIA ENGLAND", cancelled Ra2 DRESDEN VII
rare single stamp from 1914 Marshall Islands Imperial Yacht with DOUBLE overprint
Lot 9504 | start: 20,000 € | 1914, 2s. on 2m. imperial yacht with DOUBLE overprint, ONE INVERTED, mint
Theodor Heuss corner margin block of four with first day cancellation Frankfurt
Lot 10890 | Ausruf: 10,000 € | 1954, HEUSS, the complete series from 2 Pf to 3 DM each uniformly as corner margin block of four from the upper left corner of the sheet individually on a total of 19 covers and one card (2 Pf), each cancelled by Frankfurt/Main FIRST DAY datestamp.
Resistance fighter block of 1964 unperforated instead of perforated, mint statt gezähnt, postfrisch
Lot 10921 | start: 3,000 € | 1964, resistance fighter souvenir sheet imperforate instead of perforate, mint.
Extremely rare registered cover to Darjeeling, India, franked and cancelled
Lot 10931 | start: 2,500 € | 1972, mint souvenir sheet "Summer Olympic Games, Munich" with the distinctive and spectacular variety F III (various colours omitted).
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