ALSACE LORRAINE 20c SOLO FRANKING; 26 Mat. 1871 E to Rouen franked 20c Ultramarine tied by Mulhausen cds with additional strike below and rated '2' decimes on front. Very fine. (Image)

COLOGNE/NUREMBERG/LEIPZIG - EARLY "FRANCA PER MANTUA/TRENTO" MAIL TO FLORENCE; Very fine 28 Sept. 1624 EL from "Colonia" (Cologne) to Florence boldly endorsed "franca p. Mantova" (Paid via Mantua) on the front, fine 25 Nov. 1728 EL from "Norimbergo" (Nuremberg) to Florence neatly endorsed "Franca p. Trento" (Paid via Trento) to Florence with m/s "3" (crazie) rate, and fine 23 Oct. 1731 EL from "Lepsic" to Florence endorsed "fca. p. Mantua" on the front with m/s "3" (crazie) rate but also with neat early Forwarding Agent's endorsement "P. Mattia Merz in Augusta" on the side flap. Good trio. (3 covers) Cross Reference: EARLY LETTERS, ITALIAN STATES, FORWARDING AGENTS (Image)

MECKLENBURG-STRELITZ & HOLSTEIN: 1864 unused range with 1/4 sg (2), 1/3 sg (2), 2 sg (2) & 3 sg. plus Nov. 1864 env. ex Kiel to Schleswig franked with 1864 (May) 1 1/4s German Federal Commission Admin. issue and 21 Jul. 1866 env. ex Altona to Copenhagen franked with 1865 2s Austrian Admin. issue and also having a good part of Hamburg-Lubeck Train no. 11 T.P.O h/s. (7 stamps + 2 covers) (Image)

PRUSSIA STAMP & POSTAL HISTORY RANGE with 1850-56 4pf (3 - shades - one unused), 6pf (3 - shades), 1sgr (3 - shades), 2sgr (6 inc. a mint block of four and one unused) & 3sgr (7 - shades with one used in Hamburg), unused 1860 ½sgr, then mostly used range with 1861-67 3pf (both shades), 4pf Green (3), 6pf (both shades), 1sgr (4 - shades), 2sgr (4 - shades) & 3sgr (4 - shades), 1866 10sgr (2 - both oxidised) and 30sgr (2 - both oxidised) and 1867 1k (3 - both shades used and one unused), 2k (used and unused), 3k (both shades), 6k and 9k (used and unused), 1854 E's to Antwerp or Eybau franked 3sgr ex Crefeld or Hamburg, 1863 E to London ex Danzig franked 3sgr + 2sgr, 1863/64 E's to Amsterdam ex Cologne or Koenigsberg franked 3sgr + pair 1sgr or 2sgr + 1sgr, 1865 local parcel-letter E's franked 2sgr with "757 aus Ilsenburg" or "aus Altkloster 421" labels on front, 1866 EL to Pest franked 1sgr strip of three and other similar items. (56 stamps + 19 covers) (Image)

SAXONY POSTAL HISTORY & STAMP GROUP; Range inc. 1836 EL to Marseilles ex Leipzig with framed "S.T.B." and "BADE PAR/STRASBOURG" h.s. on front, 1849 EL to Eibenstock ex Geithayn, 1853 E to Gaenitz franked Friedrich August ½ngr, 1854 EL to Prague franked Friedrich August 1ngr pair, 1862 EL to Austria franked Johann I 1ngr, 1863 E to Berlin ex Dresden franked Johann I 3ngr, 1865 E to Paris ex Leipzig franked 2ngr + ½ngr and 1867 E to Berlin ex Chemnitz franked 2ngr + 1ngr, 1863 3pf (7 - three mint), ½ngr (8 - three mint), 1ngr (6 - three mint), 2ngr (4 - two mint), 3ngr (6 - three mint) & 5ngr (6 - one mint). Majority fine. (9 covers + 38 stamps) (Image)

THURN & TAXIS - NORTHERN DISTRICT 1852-67 COLLECTION ON PAGES - mostly used, 1852 set of values to 3sgr (?sgr with one margin), 1859-61 set inc. 5sgr & 10sgr (both cut into), 1862-64 set inc. ?sgr (both shades, both shaved on one side), 1865 roulettes set (¼sgr & ?sgr both cut into), and 1866 roulettes set all mint plus used ?sgr green (trimmed on two sides; SG39 £950). Generally good to fine, v high cat value though mostly three or less margins. (50) (Image)