1875 (2 May) FL from Hamburg to Paris, franked with 10pf carmine, tied by horse-shoe pmk, with French entry and red "Boite Affranchissement Insuffisant" post box handstamped, charged "12" in blue crayon and additionally "5" (decimes) insufficient postage due (Image)

Est.US$150

1889-1900 Numerals and Eagle, complete set of seven, n.h., fresh, fine-v.f., cat. $341 (Cat No. 45-51) (Image)

Cat. $341, Est.US$150

1900 Reichspost, 2pf-80f set of ten, n.h., post office fresh, v.f., with 1995 Jaschke-Lantelme certificate (Mi.53-62) cat. $650 (Cat No. 52-61) (Image)

Cat. $650, Est.US$150

1900 Reichspost, 2pf-80pf complete, blocks of four, each with three stamps hinged, one n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles) cat. €1085 (Cat No. 52-61) (Image)

Cat. €1085, Est.US$500

1900 1M carmine, lower left sheet corner margin single, overprint "Specimen", n.h., v.f., signed Engel, GPSY, cat. €1200 (Cat No. Mi.63SP) (Image)

Cat. €1200, Est.US$250

1900 5m Type I (white only retouched), type II, both used, fine-v.f., cat. $935 (Cat No. 65e,65A) (Image)

Cat. $935, Est.US$250

1901 3pf surcharge on left half of 5pf green, two copies, tied by a single "Kais. Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No.1 17/4/01" pmk on picture postcard (native huts) from Pernambuco, Brazil to Stuttgart, with arrival pmk at lower left, v.f. A rare example of a double "Vineta", actually used from Pernambuco, signed Kohler and Richter, with 1999 Jakubek and 2000 APS certificates. In 1901 the S.M. Cruiser "Vineta" made a goodwill tour to the West Indies and South America. The ship happened to be in port at New Orleans at the time of the Kaiser's Birthday. The celebrations of the crew were given special coverage in the newspapers, but the ship sailed before a supply was delivered to the crew. These newspapers caught up with the ship in Port of Spain, Trinidad and the crew wanted to send copies of the newspapers back home. Naval personnel had been given the privilege of sending mail home at domestic German rates no matter what part of the world the ship was in. The rate for newspapers was 3pf, but the ship was not supplied with 3pf stamps, since newspapers were rarely sent home. En route from Port of Spain to Pernambuco, Brazil, the ship's Purser, with the Captain's approval, devised a 3pf handstamp which was applied to vertical halves of the 5pf green. Three sheets of 100, or 600 provisionals, were thus produced. The ship reached Pernambuco on April 17, 1901, the first opportunity for mail to be posted. On that day and later, the crew used these provisionals to send newspapers, post cards and even letters to Germany. The card offered here is special and exceptionally desirable in a number of ways. While this is not the intended newspaper usage, it has the advantage of requiring two of these rare stamps to pay the 5pf rate, overpaying by 1pf. In addition, it was postal regulation at that time that receiving cancellations be applied to cards and letters, while that was not the normal practice for printed matter. Thus the arrival cds on this card documents its actual postal usage and confirms its authenticity in a way that is often lacking on newspaper bands. Furthermore, this card is one of the first sendings on April 17, 1901 with its location confirmed by the Pernambuco picture postcard (Mi.AI) cat. €32000 (Cat No. 65B) (Image)

Cat. €32000, Est.US$15,000

1902 1m carmine rose, 25:16, h.r., v.f., signed Bloch, Bohne and Zenker (Mi.78) cat. €800 (Cat No. 75var) (Image)

Cat. €800, Est.US$200

1902 2M gray blue, Type I, lower left sheet corner margin single, n.h., v.f., with 1989 Jaschke certificate, cat. €350 (Cat No. Mi.79) (Image)

Cat. €350, Est.US$150

1906 5m slate and carmine, the so called "Ministerdruck" (Minister Print) variety, double Hamburg cds, slightly irregular perf. at bottom, otherwise fine and rare, with 1998 Jaschke-Lantelme certificate, cat. €2000 (Cat No. Mi.97AIM) (Image)

Cat. €2000, Est.US$500

1915 20pf dark violet blue (watermarked), imperforate top sheet margin single with "4,00" imprint, hinged in margin, stamp n.h., slight gum adhesions, marginal bend well away from the stamp, v.f., signed Zenker BPP, also Engel, etc. A rare stamp, catalogued as hinged, cat. €7500 (Cat No. Mi.87IIdU) (Image)

Cat. €7500, Est.US$1,500

1920 40pf carmine rose, imperforate upper right sheet corner margin, imprint horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Mi.145U, Euro 1,000) cat. $750 (Cat No. 124b) (Image)

Cat. $750, Est.US$250

1922 Munich Fair Design Competition Essays (by Siegmund von Weech, Fritz Ehmcke, Franz Paul Glass), collection of 11 singles and block of four, showing various colors, mostly n.h., also 40 different imperforate Essays, different designs for 1 1/4m-20m values, some signed by Dr.Bohne, GPSY, neatly displayed on pages (Cat No. Mi.199/204) (Image)

Est.US$4,000

1926 Famous Men, complete set, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f. (Mi.385-97, Euro 1200) cat. $1025 (Cat No. 351-62) (Image)

Cat. $1025, Est.US$300

1928-32 Ebert & Hindenburg, complete set of 19, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.410-22,435-37,465-66, Euro 1,310) cat. $1025 (Cat No. 366-84) (Image)

Cat. $1025, Est.US$300

1933 Hindenburg, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $950 (Cat No. 401-14) (Image)

Cat. $950, Est.US$300

1933 Hindenburg, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $950 (Cat No. 401-14) (Image)

Cat. $950, Est.US$300

1948 Band and Netz overprints, the complete set of 52, including the unissued values, n.h., occasional inclusions, mostly fine-v.f., signed SB (Mi.52-68, I-XI (I-II) cat. €3000 (Image)

Cat. €3000, Est.US$750

1948 1m olive green, Netz overprint, sheet margin example, n.h., v.f., signed SB (Mi.A IX/II) cat. €500 (Image)

Cat. €500, Est.US$150

1951-52 Posthorn, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $1700 (Cat No. 670-685) (Image)

Cat. $1700, Est.US$500

1924-27 Carrier Pigeon and German Eagle, complete sets, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f. (Mi.344-50,378-84, Euro 2,700) cat. $2050 (Cat No. C20-34) (Image)

Cat. $2050, Est.US$750

1924 Carrier Pigeon, 5pf-300pf, set of seven, bottom sheet margin and imprint horizontal pairs, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (Mi.344-350) cat. €3000 (Cat No. C20-26) (Image)

Cat. €3000, Est.US$750

1928-33 Zeppelin Issues, with South America, Polar and Chicago Flights, complete, mostly l.h., fine-v.f., cat. $2202 (Cat No. C35-45) (Image)

Cat. $2202, Est.US$500

1930-33 Zeppelin Issues, South America and Chicago Flights, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., cat. $1500 (Cat No. C38-39,43-45) (Image)

Cat. $1500, Est.US$300

1934 Issue, 5pf-3m complete, five sets, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.Euro 4,000) cat. $3000 (Cat No. C46-56) (Image)

Cat. $3000, Est.US$1,000