1853 Mixed Issue Franking Cover Bruchsal to Strassburg, small envelope with 6kr Black on yellow (Mi 7, just cutting to wide margins, "smoothed" vertical crease) tied by Bruchsal 19 OKT cds and 5-ring "19" cancels and 3kr Prussian blue (Mi 10a, some perfs at left strengthened) cancelled with the same "19" strike, overall a Fine and rare mixed franking consistent with terms of 1857 tariff; signed Brettl and Seeger, 1997 Briefmarkenprufstelle-Basel certificate, 2015 Stegmümuller "Befund" (Image)

CV. 500-750

BADEN USED COLLECTION. on hingeless pages incl some shade varieties, useful array of imperfs (many full margined) and similar for the succeeding issues with variety of postmarks, "back of the book" issues, etc., some spurious as typical but generally fresh and Fine or better (see online scans) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

CV. 1,000-1,500