1871-1923 Collection on leaves mostly used including 1872 Small Shield groschen set & kreuzer set (the 18kr with small faults), Large Shield groschen set, 1874 '9' on 9kr, 1899-1900 'REICHSPOST' 5mk (plus mint 1mk to 5mk, with hinge remainders), 1902 'DEUTSCHES REICH' No Wmk mint with hinge remainders to 1mk plus 5mk, 1920 Overprints on Bavaria set, some early Hyper-Inflation issues, lots of Officials including more Hyper-Inflations, some problems in the early issues then generally fine to very fine, high catalogue value. Nothing has been expertised so personal assessment is required.  (600+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

Two archive boxes of mostly post-WWII stamps including hundreds of Bi-Zone & Berlin Overprints (that might include some better ones) from a family correspondence to Australia, some covers & a bit of postmark interest, also various schoolboy collections, a Swiss Cantonal (probably a forgery), etc, condition rather mixed, also Australia 1991 Proof Coins set with original packaging.  (Qty) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Early post-WWII range with Berlin Black Overprints used 2mk & 5mk with Schlegel handstamps in an unusual position & 3mk (unexpertised), Red Overprints unmounted set (unexpertised), ERP (**), Orchestra (used + 30pf **), Lortzing (**), Bell with Clapper to Left (** + 40pf used) & Clapper Centred (used), Stamp Day (used), etc; and West Germany 1949 Refugees (* & used) & Bach (used); generally very fine to superb.  (55) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1872-1933 Issues on Leuchtturm hingeless pages with 1872 Small Shields both sets, 30gr blue (mint), Large Shields Groschen set & Kreuzer 9kr x2  (one unused), 1900 'REICHSPOST' 5mk both types, 1902 No Wmk set, 1920 Overprints on Bavaria Type II mint 5mk 10mk & unmounted 20mk (mini-certificate) and used 3mk 4m (mini-certs for both) & 5mk, 1924 Small Airs (*), 1926-27 Eagle Airs 3mk (**), all Charity Arms sets, Zeppelin 2mk (**), Sudamerikafahrt duo (*), IPOSTA M/S (** but aging), Polar Fahrt set (*, 4mk heavily hinged), etc, also some used multiples including from booklets, a few unusual Cinderellas & a smattering of commercial perfins, condition of the early issues is quite variable but post-1899 issues are generally fine to superb, Cat €11,000+   (few 100) (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1872-1932 Collection on Hagners with a range of Eagles in very mixed condition (Cat €5000); 1900 'REICHSPOST' to 5mk, 1902 No Wmk to 5mk, 1905 Lozenges to 5mk x2 plus superb unmounted sheets of 20 of the 3mk & 5mk, Hyper-Inflation array, 1924 Airs & Scenes, 1926 Famous Germans, 1928 Ebert & Hindenburg, Winter Charity sets, IPOSTA singles from sheets & M/Ss and Block 1 with gum, all the Zeppelins, etc, plus plenty of Hyper-Inflation issues including Officials, generally fine to very fine, Cat €8000+ (plus the earlies).  (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1872-1932 Collection on Hagners with Small Shields sets, 10gr Mi 12 with pen-cancel, Large Shields sets (Mi 28 is thinned), 1875-1900 2mk shades x13, 'REICHSPOST' to 3mk x3 (one with 'HSB' perfin), 1902 No Wmk to 3mk x5 and 5mk x3, numerous Germanias including Postal Forgeries x5, 1920 Surcharges Mi 116-8, Hyper-Inflation issues to 50,000,000,000mk x2 including some multiples & 1923 Large Airs, 1924 Small Airs & Welfare Fund set, all the Winter Relief sets, 1926 Eagles, 1927 ILO, IPOSTA singles from sheets & M/Ss, all Zeppelins except for Polar-fahrt 4mk, etc, Officials including Hyper-Inflation 20,000,000mk, 2,000,000,000mk, 5,000,000,000mk & 50,000,000,000mk, also five pages of commercial perfins, unchecked by us for shades perfs watermarks varieties or postmarks, condition variable especially in the earlier issues but much is fine to very fine, Cat €10,000+.  (2000+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,750

1930 IPOSTA M/S Mi Blk1, well centred, the stamps only with full unmounted o.g., Cat €1600.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1930 IPOSTA M/S Mi Blk1, well centred, gum removed, CTO with the Exhibition cds, Cat €2000. Pristine!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1933-45 Third Reich issues apparently complete including 1933 Tenth Anniversary strip of 4 (o.g. with three units unmounted) and the M/S (no gum & a little aged as usual), Wagner & Chicagofahrt (hinge remainders) sets, OSTROPA block of 4 & M/S (both without gum & aged as usual), Blocks 10 & 11 both unmounted, 1945 SA & SS imperf singles (superb **), etc, also numerous setenant or tete-beche multiples from booklets plus complete booklets Mi B44 & B47 (both superb), generally fine to very fine, Cat €7000+.  (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1933-45 Third Reich on Leuchtturm hingeless pages with Chicagofahrt mint 2mk & 4mk (**) and used 1mk (blue-pencil lines) & 2mk, Wagner unmounted 25pf & 40pf plus Perf 14 20pf, '1923 - 1933' M/S unused (folded clear of the stamps, which appear to have been regummed), all the Hitler & Brown Ribbon M/Ss mint (Block 9 is **) and/or CTO, etc, generally very fine to superb, Cat €6600+.  (400+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1933-45 Third Reich issues apparently complete (except for the 1933 Tenth Anniversary strip of 4 & M/S) including Wagner & Chicagofahrt sets, OSTROPA M/S with two different cds & another hinged to an illustrated FDC (folds around the M/S!), a few extra Olympics Hitler & Brown Riband M/Ss, etc, also a range of setenant or tete-beche multiples from booklets, Feldpost & Inselpost issues, and an attractive range of commemorative cds, generally fine to very fine, Cat €6000+.  (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1933-45 Third Reich two volume display collection of the Rise of Adolph Hitler comprising mostly PPCs + some photographs & three ballot papers (the paper aged, but unfolded), from Hitler as a corporal in WWI, development of his cult of personality including 'playing' with children, 'respectable' in civilian clothes, 'respectful' towards Hindenburg, burning of the Reichstag, appointment & swearing-in as Chancellor, death of Hindenburg, increasing militarism & propaganda including as 'natural successor' to Frederick the Great, Bismarck and Hindenburg, Hitler Youth, Flags Swastikas & Parades etc, many portraits including artist cards, & a group of 'Hitlerhaus' cards including its destruction by the Allies, etc, the cards are mostly very fine unused but a few are postally used. A 'history' lesson from the perspective of the Far Right.  (180+ items)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

COMMERCIAL PERFINS: Collection of pre-Hyper-Inflation types 'A' to 'Z/&Co' with some unusual patterns & a large number on non-base-rate stamps, various multuples, three covers (one Occupation of Belgium) & three parcel cards, condition very mixed. Also the massive checklist 'A' to 'Z' in four huge volumes.  (few 100) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

SEMI-OFFICIAL AIRMAIL STAMPS: 1912 (June 10) '1M/Gelber Hund' in Blue on 10pf Duck Mi IV, marginal example from the right of the sheet, exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat €2700. Superb: far superior to a poorly centred example soon to be offered in Germany with an estimate of €1500. [Most of the Rhein to Main flight mail was carried on the airship 'Schwaben'. Only a small portion was carried by August Euler in his aeroplane 'Gelber Hund' (= Yellow Dog)]

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

OFFICIALS: 1920 'Deutsches/Reich' on Wurttemberg 20pf ultramarine with Rings Watermark Michel D60YU marginal example from the base of the sheet, margins large to humungous, unmounted, Cat €500. Pristine! Helmut Oechsner mini-certificate (2004).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

POSTAL HISTORY: Better items include Heligoland 1mk/1/- pair with 'Helgoland' R label (probably a fake), 1923 (Nov 2) registered cover with '2/Millionen' on 5000mk rose x45 including a block of 35 on the reverse, 1932 (Mar 21) apparently commercial cover to Chile with 40pf + Zeppelin 1mk & 2mk, also philatelic group including FDCs & special cancels, 1933 (Nov 7) larger registered cover with Wagner set (address partly obliterated), DDR 1950 Debria M/S registered to NSW with Exhibition cancels & R label and 1951 to Austria with Mao set, Marshalls 1901 to Germany with 'Marshall-Inseln' 50pf, etc, generally fine to very fine.  (29)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

POSTAL HISTORY: Batch of WWI & WWII Feldpost covers etc with some interesting regimental cachets, early-20th century commercial mail, condition variable but generally fine to very fine; also a very fine group of unused Third Reich mostly illustrated Postal Cards & an impressive greetings telegram form.  (75 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

POSTAL HISTORY: Small box with some 19th century States & Empire items, World War I military mail one with 'Feldpost' label & others with regimental cachets, Occupation of Poland registered from 'Lodz' & 'Warschau' and uprated Postal Card with Express label, 1919 social cover with invalid Revenues franking but not taxed, 1927 PPC with two Esperanto labels, Allied Occupation covers including American censorship, others from Berlin DDR & Bundespost with a few better frankings & postmark interest, condition variable but most are fine to very fine.  (80) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

POSTAL HISTORY: Neat collection of mostly Postal Cards including 1874 ½gr uprated with ½gr orange, 1900 2pf to Adelaide uprated with 2pf x4, 1901 return usage of 10pf reply-half with Russian 5k unnecessarily added with Moscow cds & full message, etc, a few Wrappers & Letter Cards, also covers including 1873 with Unauthorised 1gr Bisect tied by 'FRITZLAR' cds, etc, many very fine to superb postmarks, condition variable but all are presentable & many are fine to very fine.  (117) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

POSTAL HISTORY: 1912 two 'Flugpost am Rhein u Main' postcards with Darmstadt cds 1) with 10pf Mi i, to "Hessen" with full message; and 2) with 30pf green Mi iii x3, locally addressed with brief message; trivial imperfections. [See also Lot 666]  (2)

Grade A-/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

POSTAL HISTORY: 1912 (June 12) 'Flugpost am Rhein u Main' postcard to Australia with Airmail 10pf Duck and Germania 10pf both tied by 'Flugpost am Rhein u am Main/Darmstadt/*' cds. Addressed to the Government Geologist at Launceston, Tasmania, the personal message refers to German bank concessions in Nyasaland. The rate was 10pf foreign postcard rate + 10pf airmail surcharge for carriage by either the pioneer Zeppelin airship 'Schwaben' or the aeroplane 'Gelber Hund', raising the possibility that - in addition to being the only recorded example to Australia - this may also be the earliest Zeppelin-flown item known to Australia.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

POSTAL HISTORY: 1914-18 collection of World War I Feldpost datestamps No 1 to No 237 largely complete on postcards or military postal cards and a few covers, some also with regimental cachets, condition variable but many are fine to very fine (200+); Bavarian Feldposts x17, a few other PPCs including Australian POWs at the Somme, & German Occupation of Belgium unused Postal Cards x24 different. [With a listing of the FPO locations in Poland, Baltics, Balkans, Russia & right through the Western Front]  (240+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

POSTAL HISTORY: 1923 mail with a marvellous array of Hyper-Inflation frankings into the billions of marks, also some meters with high rates, includes postcards, printed matter, advertising envelopes & postcards, a few registered and probably the odd fake, generally fine to very fine. An important & fascinating subject.  (42) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

POSTAL HISTORY: 1930 (June 22) Graf Zeppelin postcard to Australia with Airmail 1Mk Eagle tied 'LUFTSCHIFF/GRAF ZEPPELIN' cds, 'BERLIN C' transit d/s of same day alongside, a couple of tiny corner bends. Posted on board Graf Zeppelin on the Munich-Berlin sector of its Germany Round Trip with the hilarious (tongue-in-cheek?) message "I am writing on board the Airship Graf Zeppelin. We had booked for Berlin but have been several trips over Hamburg. Think we are going to land again as we left Captain & II Officer behind. Your loving Daddy". Wonderful personal use by passenger sent to an extremely rare destination for Zeppelin mail.  

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

POSTAL HISTORY: 1931 (Nov 4) commercial airmail cover endorsed "16" & "bis India", to Dutch Indies with 1926 Eagle Airs10pf 15pf & 1mk tied by Dresden cds, apparently significantly delayed with Batavia arrival b/s of 2.12.31 redirected to Soerabaja (b/s 4.12.1931) then back to Batavia, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100