1850 (May 27) Entire letter from Vienna to Pesth with a top marginal example of the 1850 6 kreuzer brown (technically issued June 1st), huge margins all round and in a rich reddish shade, tied clearly by “WIEN / 27. MAI” two line datestamp in black with repeated strike at right, adhesive also cancelled in red crayon manuscript also used to denote pre-payment, reverse of entire with “Briefs No. 93” datestamp (May 27) and Pesth arrival cds (May 29), thus both the sending and the delivery occurred prior to the intended date of issue. A fantastic world and first issue rarity in unbelievably fine quality. Expertise: Signed Alberto Bolaffi, certified Ferchenbauer and Puschmann Price on request (Image)

1933 Registered airmail postal stationery WIPA envelope 50gr landscapes franked additionally WIPA miniature sheet + airs 3S postmarked boxed WIPA 24.6.33 datestamp alongside WIPA airmail cachet 29.6.33 and despatched for 3. Zeppelin South America Flight 1933 to Santa Catharina / Brasil showing at back of stationery 3 different South-America-Flight cachets and transit markings including Florianopolis airmail cds, miniature sheet slightly reduced to fit on envelope otherwise very fine and extremely rare usage, possibly unique Expertise: cert.Mgr.Kopriva/SCF Estimate: € 2’000 – € 3’000 (Image)

USAGE OF THE 3 KREUZER ONE DAY BEFORE THE OFFICIAL FIRST DAY 1850 Folded entire from Kirchdorf to Spital, franked 1850 3 kreuzer carmine red, large even margins, uncancelled, but bearing 2-line KIRCHDORF/31. MAI date stamp one day before the official usage of June the 1st, 1850, a remarkable cover, an important postal history rarity of Austria, showpiece Note: The Matal certificate clearly states that the stamp was applied to the cover, uncancelled, yet still paid the postage, especially in the absent of any tax marking, proving this it is a genuine usage of the first Austrian stamps one day prior to the offical first day of June 1, 1850 Expertise: Ferchenbauer (1988), Matl (1997), Puschmann (2006), Sorani (2006) Estimate: € 10’000 – € 15’000 (Image)

FIRST DAY USAGE OF THE 3 KREUZER 1850 Folded registered cover from Vienna to Gutenbrün, franked 1850 3 kreuzer carmine red, handpaper, Type Ia, large even margins tied by WIEN RECOMMAND/1.JUN (1850) first day cancel, the 6ke registered franking on reverse does not belong to the cover, nevertheless according to Dr. Jerger this is the only recorded registered first day usage, a very fine & important rarity, showpiece Exopertise: Ferchenbauer (2004) Provenance: Jerger Estimate: € 10’000 – € 15’000 (Image)

FIRST DAY USAGE OF THE 6 KREUZER 1850 Folded from Scheibbs to Vienna, franked 1850 6 kreuzer brown, large even margins tied by SCHEIBBS/1.JUN (1850) first day cancel, a very fine & important rarity, showpiece Expertise: signed A.Diena Estimate: € 8’000 – € 12’000 (Image)

FIRST DAY USAGE OF THE 9 KREUZER 1850 Folded from Vienna to Udine, franked 1850 9 kreuzer light blue, large to very large margins tied by WIEN/1.6 (1850) first day cancel, with UDINE/3.GIUN arrival bs, a very fine & important rarity, showpiece Expertise: cert. Pushmann (1980) Estimate: € 7’000 – € 10’000 (Image)

ROMANIA DDSG 10k red tied by ship cancel JOSEF KARL in blue to cover from Galatz to Rutschuk, very fine, extremely rare cancel and thought to be the only cover known Expertise: Cert. Ferchenbauer Estimate: € 4’400 – € 5’000 (Image)

SERBIA DDSG 10k green tied by Belgrad cds to cover to Slavonia, very fine, extremely rare Cert. Ferchenbauer Provenance: Jerger Estimate: € 3’400 – €4’000 (Image)