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French Colonies, ca. 1877-1900, Selection of nine mint postal stationery items, a pretty offering comprising China 15c Rights of Man letter card (H&G #A2); Guadeloupe & Dependencies postal card #P8, message-reply card #P9, and entires #B4 and B5; and Martinique letter cards #A3 and A4, postal card #P8 and message-reply card #P9; all intact and unused, housed individually in identified and priced sleeves or plastic holders; Guadeloupe and Martinique items all noted "1,000 issued"; any discoloration in the images is due to the holder; items are all fresh, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
French Offices in China, Postage Due, 1903, 15c blue, purple handstamp (Scott J9a), on full corner of envelope, a beautifully centered and remarkably fresh example of this variety, "A/PERCEVOIR" in the most regal purple you're likely to encounter; tied by clean strike of "Tien-Tsin-Chine/4/OCT/03/Poste Francaise" dater, with Due "T"-in-triangle strike below, Extremely Fine, a one-of-a-kind, unpriced in Scott; regular carmine overprint priced at $2,750, signed Calves, with 2011 P.F. certificate. Maury 8a. Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)
French Colonies: New Caledonia, 1973, Concorde, 23F blue (Scott C99a), complete unexploded booklet, fully intact with two panes of five, o.g., never hinged, Post Office fresh, Very Fine, a scarce booklet. Scott $500+ Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
French Colonies: French Morocco, 1952, 20F Almohad Capital, set of trial color proofs (Scott 281), 14 sunken die proofs in all, each on deluxe sheet punched paper; trial colors in various reds, greens, blues, browns and blacks, all but two with ink color noted in pencil at lower right; the issued set (#280-283, lightly hinged) is included as well; light overall toning, still Very Fine, a scarce group from French North Africa; imaged in full online. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
German States: Bavaria, 1849, 1kr black, plate II (Scott 1c), mill wheel 217, complete color and impression with four large margins; small margin fault, Very Fine, signed Brettl & Pfenninger. Michel 1 IIa; €3,500 ($3,920). Scott $2,600 Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
German States: Hanover, 1850, 1ggr black on gray blue (Scott 1), large part o.g., exceptionally fresh with ample to large margins on all sides, Very Fine, with a 2020 Sismondo certificate. Michel 1; €4,000 ($4,480). Scott $3,250 Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800 (Image)
German States: Oldenburg, 1855, 1/3sgr black on green (Scott 4), o.g., paper hinge remnant, deeply etched impressionm within large oversized and balanced margins, Extremely Fine, signed Bühler and Schlessinger. Michel 1; €1,600 ($1,790). Scott $1,275 Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
German States: Oldenburg, 1859, 1/3gr black on green (Scott 5), unused without gum, exceptionally fresh with large balanced margins, Very Fine, signed Richter, with a 2020 Sismondo certificate. Michel 5; €1,700 ($1,910). Scott $2,900 with o.g. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
German States: Saxony, 1850, 3pf red (Scott 1), boxed cancel, completeness of color and impression with three large margins, portion of framelines of adjoining stamps at top and left, touching at bottom, Fine to Very Fine, signed Lange, Pfenninger, Schlesinger. Michel 1a. Scott $6,500 Suggested Bid $2,000-2,500 (Image)
German States: Württemberg, 1873, 70kr violet (Scott 53a), a marvelous mint example, o.g., bright and fresh with large margins all around including full dotted dividing line at the bottom and partial at the left, Very Fine, signed Sismondo, with his 2020 certificate. Michel 42a; €3,800 ($4,260). Scott $2,900 Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800 (Image)
Germany, 1900, 5m slate & carmine, type I (Scott 65), o.g., very lightly hinged, sharp detailed colors and impressions within cnicely balanced margins and complete perforations, Very Fine, a complimentary top value. Michel 66 I; €1,700 ($1,910). Scott $1,200 Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Germany, 1901, 3pf on half of 5pf green Vineta Provisional (Scott 65B), tied by a partial c.d.s. on a small piece of a picture postcard, Very Fine. A nice example of this rare provisional, only 600 of which were produced., signed Friedl (twice), Ressel, Thier and Sismondo, with a 2020 Sismondo certificate noting "surcharge in violet is faint". Michel 67; €10,000 ($11,210).
The Vineta was in port at New Orleans on January 27, 1901, which happened to be the Kaiser's birthday. To honor the occasion, the city of New Orleans, along with the crew, held a celebration. The crew wanted to send newspaper accounts of the celebration home, but there was a shortage of the 3pf stamps required for the printed matter rate. Accordingly, the ship's Captain authorized the bisecting and overprinting of 300 5pf stamps to fill the need. Scott $7,000 Suggested Bid $3,500-5,000 (Image)
Germany, 1920, Circles Watermark, 3m black violet (Scott 102), double circle postmarks, rich color and impression with complete perforations and lovely balanced margins, a pleasing Very Fine example, a truly scarce stamp, signed Bloch. Scott $3,750 Suggested Bid $2,000-2,500 (Image)
Germany, 1920, 1¼m vermilion & magenta, watermarked Quatrefoils (Scott 210), top left corner margin single, o.g., stamp never hinged, richly impressed colors with a magnificent freshness; slightest traces of offset on both face and reverse, pencil note in margin, Very Fine, it would be difficult to find another example that so clearly displays the watermark. Michel 151Y P OR; €3,500 ($3,920). Scott $1,350+ Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Germany, 1923, 2 mil m on 200 m carmine-rose of Kõnigsberg (Scott 269b), o.g., hinge remnant, Very Fine and rare, signed Oechsner and Rohr. Michel 309 A P F. Scott $3,400 Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Germany, 1934, 12pf Reichs Party Day Nürnberg, imperforate (Scott 443a), a lovely left margin single; o.g. disturbed from previous mounting, still Very Fine appearance, signed Dr. Oertel, Wittmann. Michel 547U; €1,000 ($1,120). Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Germany, 1941-44, 25pf bright ultra Hitler Head, imperforate at left (Scott 518 var), with full selvage, top and bottom of stamp appearing only partially perforated, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, listed but unpriced in Michel, signed Bohne GPSY and Peschl BPP. Michel 793Ul. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Germany, 1930 IPOSTA souvenir sheet (Scott B33), o.g., never hinged, light buckling and tiny water stain visible only from reverse, full fresh original gum, stamps well centered within a fully margined souvenir sheet, Very Fine. Michel Block 1. Scott $1,200 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Germany, 1933 Nothilfe souvenir sheet (Scott B58), o.g., stamps never hinged, hinged in selvage only, complete souvenir sheet with four crisp corners; minor imperfections as one might expect, attractive Very Fine appearance. Michel Block 2. Scott $1,150 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Germany, 1935 OSTROPA souvenir sheet (Scott B68), unused without gum, normal toning and corner faults, not as bad as one usually encounters, attractive Very Fine appearance. Michel Block 3. Scott $975 Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
