1872 Large and Small Shield virtually complete (missing No.22 and 26), also 2 1/2 and 9gr surcharges used, occasional minor perf. flaws as often, generally fine or better, cat. $2150 (Cat No. 1-11,14-21,23-25,27,) (Image)

Cat. $2150, Est.US$250

1900 Reichspost 5M slate & carmine, types Id and II, used, fine-v.f., cat. $720 (Cat No. 65d,65A) (Image)

Cat. $720, Est.US$150

1900 Reichspost, 5M type III, overprinted "Specimen", n.h., v.f., with Dr.Oechsner certificate (Mi. 66IIISP) cat. €2500 (Cat No. 65dS) (Image)

Cat. €2500, Est.US$750

1902 5m slate and carmine, perf. 15:16, used, well centered, v.f., with 1998 Jaschke certificate (Mi.81Bb) cat. €6000 (Cat No. 78b) (Image)

Cat. €6000, Est.US$1,500

1920 5pf-1m Deutsches Reich, unadapted designs, selection of 20 different on chalky paper, v.f., rare (Image)

Est.US$500

1920 (3 November) value letter from Ratinger to Luxembourg, franked with 6x5m, also single 10pf and 3m, wax seals removed from back, fine-v.f. (Cat No. 95) (Image)

Est.US$500

1920 60pf dark olive, the Cologne (Koln) postal forgery, n.h., few gum bends, otherwise fine, cat. €500 (Cat No. Mi.147PFa) (Image)

Cat. €500, Est.US$150

1935 12pf dark carmine, imperforate bottom margin horizontal pair with positional numbers, n.h., few tiny gum disturbances, v.f. and rare (Mi.587U) cat. €5000 (Cat No. 466var) (Image)

Cat. €5000, Est.US$1,500

1948 "Band" overprint inverted, 2pf-84pf, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f., signed "SB", Diena, etc. (Mi.52I-68IK) cat. €900 (Cat No. 585A-593var) (Image)

Cat. €900, Est.US$250

1948 Allied Zone overprints "Band" and "Net", complete set of 52 including nine unissued values of each type (footnoted in Scott), l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.52-68,I-IX/I+II) cat. €1400 (Cat No. 585A-599) (Image)

Cat. €1400, Est.US$500

1948 6pf violet, "Band" overprint in dark blue variety (Bonn Printing), l.h., signed Schlegel, etc., cat. €1200 (Cat No. Mi.37IFI) (Image)

Cat. €1200, Est.US$250

1951 15pf violet, inverted watermark ("4Z"), n.h., v.f., signed Schlegel (Mi.129Z) cat. €500 (Cat No. 676var) (Image)

Cat. €500, Est.US$150

1951 70pf and 90pf, essays on carton paper, slightly larger format, v.f., with 1976 Ludin certificate (Mi.136,138E) (Cat No. 683,685E) (Image)

Est.US$500

1970 Heinemann, Federal Republic and Berlin (44 values), 100 sets in blocks and half-sheets, n.h., v.f. (Mi.635-45,727-32, Euro 5,900) cat. $5190 (Cat No. 1028-44,9N284-301) (Image)

Cat. $5190, Est.US$500

1930 South America Flight, set of two used, fine-v.f., cat. $600 (Cat No. C38-39) (Image)

Cat. $600, Est.US$150

1930 South America, 4m (2) used on cover from Friedrichshafen to USA, fine-v.f., with Lakehurst arrival pmk, cat. $800 (Cat No. C39) (Image)

Cat. $800, Est.US$150

1912 10pf-30pf set of three, also surcharged "Gelber Hund", two copies, some card offset and toning, otherwise fine, cat. $477 (Cat No. CL1-4) (Image)

Cat. $477, Est.US$100

1913 Liegnitz vignette, yellow brown on yellow, tied by "Flugpost A.D. Katzbach" 9.11.1913 hs, with corresponding German adhesive 5pf green canceled 9.11.13 on official picture postcard (slight abrasions on picture side), "Sachsen Hamburg-Amerika Linie" hs, v.f., rare, with 2000 Dr. Simon certificate, cat. €4000 (Cat No. Mi.11b) (Image)

Cat. €4000, Est.US$1,500

1931-32 cover and card, the former addressed to Curtiss-Wright Airplane Co. in USA, canceled on board, with 16 June 31 datestamp, with Rio de Janeiro arrival pmk on back, the latter picture postcard (DOX with 12 motors), with appropriate cachet and Berlin arrival pmk, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$150

1932 two different private 6pf stationery cards (each showing "the world's largest Flying Boat"), with violet "Erinnerungskarte" DO.X 1932 cachets, used in Hamburg and Frankfurt, also two additional picture postcards, one with 6pf franking and used in Bremen, the other unaddressed, each with red or green Do X Deutschlandflug 1932 cachet, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1933 Passau-Schweiz Flufschiff Do.X 1933 cachet, five covers or cards, different frankings and destinations, some toning, mostly fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1934 (1 Mar) registered cover with 2M franking, canceled Saarbrucken and addressed to the Swiss Consulate in Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, supported by "Nur Mit Belgische Luftpost Brussel-Leopoldville via Brussel" endorsement, fine and unusual destination (without arrival pmk) (Image)

Est.US$150

1930 IPOSTA, souvenir sheet on registered airpost cover, cancelled Sep. 16, marginal faults and usual perf. separations, otherwise fine, with 1993 H.G. Schlegel certificate, cat. $1500 (Cat No. B33) (Image)

Cat. $1500, Est.US$250

1933 Wagner Operas, complete set of nine, used locally on registered Darmstadt cover (3.11.33 two days after the stamps were issued), v.f. (Cat No. B49-57) (Image)

Est.US$250

1933 Wagner Operas, complete set of nine, used on registered cover (21.11.33) from Schuchtern to San Francisco, v.f., with New York transit and arrival (Dec 1) pmks on back (Cat No. B49-57) (Image)

Est.US$250