1852 William III, trio comprising 10c cancelled by French small numeral lozenge 2895 cancel from the small border town of Sierck (extremely rare, cert. Soluphil), 1Sgr with German cogwheel cancel 406 and other with target cancel 1520, mostly fine (Image)

1878 RED CROSS vignette “COMITE DE SECOURS AUX BLESSES MILITAIRES – LUXEMBOURG” on reverse of Luxembourg 12 1/2 c postal card from Luxembourgt 1878 to Russia addressed to the President of the Red Cross Comittee in St Petersbourg, arrival cds St Petersbourg tying the vignette, superb and great exhibition showpiece (Image)

1926-31 Grand Duchess Charlotte, lot of 33 blocks of four with values from 5c to 3F50, diagonal SPECIMEN overprint and punch-hole on every stamp, some also have the red hs “Please return to Specimen Dept”, from the ABNC archives, gen. fine (Image)

1945 Collective proof of Mi. 343-46, plus same set in complete imperforate sheets of 25, plus small Lions Mi. 388-394U IMPERFORATE in 7 complete sheets of 50, plus various sets, extremely rare as complete imperf sheets were not distributed, possibly the unique surviving sheets, ex Lapierre, Mi. €13’500 for the imperf sheets (Image)

1945 Madonna from Luxemburg, complete set of 5 IMPERFORATE values in sheets of 25, very fine, very rare as complete sheets were not distributed, possibly the unique surviving sheets, ex Lapierre, Mi. €9’000+ (Image)

Five colour proofs incl. three on gummed paper, fine, very rare (Image)

1852, Mint & used specialised collection mounted on 9 pages comprising 22 number ones and 24 1Sgr stamps from singles to strips of four, plus two covers being a single 10c and 10c in strip of four on cover to London, see scans on the web (Est. € 1’200/2’000) (Image)

1852 First issue selection on exhibition pages comprising unused examples of both values, used examples, and three covers bearing respectively strip of four of the 10c, strip of three of the 1Sgr. and pair of the 10c, gen. fine (Est. € 700/1’000) (Image)

IMPORTANT EXHIBIT COLLECTION OF THE EARLIEST ISSUES 1852-1880, Exhibit collection superbly presented & written up in English on 128 album pages (8 frames), arranged in five well defined sections from the first issue of William the III through the Coat of Arms imperforates, roulettes and perf. 13×13 & perf. 12 1/2×12, showing proofs, mint, used, multiples, cancellations as well as single, multiple & mixed frankings. The highlights include William III 10c strip of four & two pairs on cover, 10c block of four on cover, 1Sg strip of five used (apparently one of only three known), 1859 + 1865 rare mixed issue franking, rare full parcel receipt card with mixed franking, plus military cover from Prussian garnison in Luxembourg, some with certificates, generally fine to very fine, a truly wonderful lot being an excellent basis for study & expansion Estimate: € 20’000 – € 30’000 (Image)

1852-1934 Collection on old-time Yvert album pages, noted 1st issue several examples including a beautiful pair, also many better values of later issues + a mint hinged 1923 Princess Elisabeth Birth miniature sheet (small faults) with cert. Pigeron, high cat. value (Est. € 600/1200) (Image)

1852-1987, Mint & used collection in three albums, includes the famous 1935 Intellectuals set mint, also three 1952 Europa sets of which two are never hinged, later years in blocks, of four, some covers, gen. fine to very fine (Est. € 700/1’000)