26. 1872 18kr Bistre, well centered single with boxed Frankfurt cancel, fresh and Very Fine; signed Bloch and Grobe (Scott $2,100; Michel 28, €2,800)

CV. 400-600

Michel MH 3, 1918 2kr Complete Booklet, unexploded booklet with 5h Arms panes of 6 and 4+2 labels, 10h pane of 6 and 15h Karl I pane of 6, NH, some typical perf trimming on bottom edges of 10h and 15h panes, Very Fine (Mi €2,200)

CV. 400-500

B49-57, 1933 3pf-40pf Wagner, Perf 13½x13, PO fresh set with pristine o.g., NH, F-VF (Scott $2,360; Michel 499 A - 507 A, €2,900)

CV. 600-900

B90-92, B102-03, 1936/37 Souvenir Sheets, NH, fresh and F-VF (see online scans; Scott $475)

CV. 100-150

C38-39, 1930 2m, 4m South America Flight, nicely centered and fresh colors, NH, 2m bits of fingerprint on gum, Very Fine (Scott $2,750; Michel 438-39, €3,500)

CV. 600-900

C38-45, 1930-33 Graf Zeppelin "Privater Nachdruck", private reprint set of sheets of 50, NH, F-VF

CV. 200-300

C40-42, 1931 1m-4m Polar Flight, fresh colors, NH though each with bits of fingerprint on gum, F-VF, each signed Schlegel (Scott $3,200; Michel 456-58, €4,000)

CV. 600-900

GERMANY COLLECTION, 1872/1934. nicely filled Lighthouse hingeless album replete with better issues as (Scott nos.; mint unless otherwise noted) 5, 11 used (signed Bloch), 13, useful inflation period with 265a NH, 350 NH, 363-65 NH, 391-400 NH, 432-35 NH, 444-47 NH, B8-11 NH, B19a NH, B38a-b NH, B57 NH, C19 var  - right arc of first "0" in "200" missing NH (Mi 267 II), C38-39 used (small faults), C55 horizontally ribbed gum, etc., few regums but generally fresh and F-VF, view to appreciate (see online scans)

CV. 5,000-7,500

GERMANY ECLECTIC COLLECTION. eight binders with assorted stamps, covers, postcards, "zusammendrucke", etc. with each album an interesting "page turner" with appealing sections of some German States and early Germany, Inflation period, Weimar Republic, strong 3d Reich, 1920s/30s airpost incl Zeppelin and rocket mail covers, Allied and French Zone, etc., mostly F-VF, a pleasurable and worthwhile view (see online scans) 

CV. 4,000-5,000

GERMANY COLLECTION, 1872/1945.nicely filled Lighthouse hingeless album and incl some covers and specialty items, mostly used in the 19th century and mint in the 20th, extensive Empire issues later 19th century strong through to the 20th with virtual completion on Germanias and Weimar republic including airmails, 3rd Reich nearly complete including 1927 IAA Ovpts NH (signed Peschl), 1933 Anniversary S/S (stamps NH and signed Schlegel; sheet reduced at sides), 1933 4m Chicago Flight NH (signed Schlegel), 1935 OSTROPA S/S unused (margin faults), 1937 Brown Ribbon S/S NH, etc., usual mixed condition in the early period and assorted 20th century regums, mostly F-VF

CV. 3,000-4,000

WEST GERMANY VOLUMINOUS MINT STOCK. comprehensive stock of tens of thousands of overwhelmingly NH sets and singles from the late 1950s/2000 with duplication to a few dozen each in 15 stock books, F-VF or better, owner's Michel value into six figures (€) 

CV. 2,000-3,500

GERMANY 1900/23 PERIOD POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION. about 125 covers copiously described (in English) on homemade pages for the 29 different periods that this collector has identified for the inflation crisis, dozens of scarce covers here which illustrate the volatility of the currency market to the eventual "New Currency" exchange in Dec 1923, includes domestic and foreign uses, postal stationery, express, airmail, registered, etc., mostly F-VF, ideal for the specialist (see online scans)

CV. 2,000-3,000

GERMANY WW II FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE. an outstanding original family correspondence, virtually all the envelopes with contents and including some scarce propaganda cards and collateral, many hundreds of letters to and from the front all to the Buhr and Jung families beginning in 1940 to the end of the war, covers with a large variety of censor strikes, feldpost markings revealing service in different parts by the Nazi occupying forces including Russia, F-VF, a wonderful primary source for the historian and postal historian.

CV. 2,000-2,500

GERMANY COLLECTION, 1872/1932. well filled Lighthouse hingeless album with numerous highlights as 1-8 used, 65A mint, 76 used, useful group of mostly used 1902/19 issues incl assorted printings and perfs, array of mostly used Inflation Period (some signed), B33 mint, B38-41 NH, C27-34 used, C38-39 used, C40-42 mint, etc., some scattered small faults as typical with most F-VF (see online scans)

CV. 2,000-3,500

RUHLEBEN POW CAMP COLLECTION. outstanding collection of mint and used stamps from the German WW I POW camp, including multiples, shows different settings as well as a good range of overprints, postage dues and officials, some useful collateral included with an original "Ruhleben Camp Magazine" priced at 50 pfennigs!, mostly F-VF, ideal for the specialist, much would be very difficult to replace today (see online scans)

CV. 2,000-2,500

GERMANY AND GERMAN STATES USED COLLECTION. many 100s in three nice Kabe albums (1930s vintage) B various States issues from Baden through to Wurttemburg, German Empire from the shields onwards, an excellent range of Germanias, useful Inflation period, Weimar Republic and then 3d Reich incl some occupation issues in two volumes, including the Wagner complete with both sets of perforations, OSTROPA S/S with roller cancel, 1930s S/S, etc., better condition than usually seen, mostly F-VF (see online scans) 

CV. 2,000-2,500

GERMANY INFLATION PERIOD to 1960s COILS. archival holding of many 1000s of stamps in original coil rolls as accumulated decades ago, all in all over 30 unopened coil rolls (500 stamps each), usual mixed condition, also a few hundred smaller plate coil number strips for Berlin (generally PO fresh), VG-VF, substantial retail value

CV. 1,500-2,000

GERMANY 19th CENTURY LOCALS COLLECTION. a nifty collection in two Behrens albums with many hundreds of stamps, overwhelmingly mint and incl issues for Altona, Augsburg, Barmen, Bergedorf, Berlin, Bielefeld, Bochum, Brandenburg, Bremen, Breslau, Chemnitz, Danzig, Dortmund, Dresden, Duisburg….through to the second album ending with Wiesbaden, Wittenberg and Zeitz, generally fresh and F-VF (see online scans) 

CV. 1,500-2,500

GERMANY COLLECTION, 1872/1945. mostly used chronologically arranged on stock pages, light in 19th century issues but with some attractive Eagles, useful 1900s/1920s incl errors and varieties as imperfs and surcharge varieties of 1920 Bavaria issue, 175a NH, 187a NH, 207a NH, useful assortment of inflation period surcharges imperfs and inverted surcharge mint (e.g. 246a NH, 265a NH), also 458 "1585" variety used, B8-32 used, B34-57 used, B59-67 used, B68 used (some toning spots), B105 used, C27-39 used, C43-56 used, etc. plus 3d Reich period highly complete used, some minor faults here and there but overall F-VF, ideal for expansion (see online scans)

CV. 1,500-2,000

GERMANY USED BOOKLETS GROUP. 100s of mostly more recent booklets arranged and identiofied by Michel number in stock sheets and including many better incl (Michel numbers; not verified) H-BL.40I, H-22Iaf, H-22.Iyk2, H-13d, H-14y, #H-BL.8yII, H-BL.16, etc., generally fresh and F-VF, elusive and ready for retail (see oonline scans)

CV. 1,500-2,500

WEST GERMANY SPRAWLING USED STOCK. mid 1950s/2014 (missing the early years of the 1970s only), comprehensive used holding in 12 bulging stock books with up to few dozen of each with substantial Eurozone, F-VF or better; owner's guesstimate of lowest end range of Michel value around €50,000

CV. 1,500-2,500

GERMAN STATES AND GERMANY COLLECTION to 1945. mostly mint in a Scott album and incl section of "zusammendrucke" and booklet panes, many premium especially in the late 1920s/30s period, notables include 24-25 used, 27-28 used, 78 mint, 187a block (one pair NH), 387 NH, 398-400 NH, B33 NH (light margin crease), B58 mint (minor margin faults), B68 w/o gum (toned, bits of paper deterioration as usual), B79-89 NH, B91-92 used, B103-06 NH, B107-15 NH, B292-93 imperf corner margin blocks NH, C27-34 mint, C38-39 mint, C44-45 NH, C46-64 mint, OL16-21 mint, generally fresh and F-VF, view to appreciate (see online scans)

CV. 1,200-1,600

WEST GERMANY MINT NH COLLECTION, 1949/74.complete in a "Collecta" hingeless album, NH though a few regums noted, Posthorns signed Buhler, F-VF,  (see online scans)

CV. 1,200-1,500

GERMANY USED COLLECTION: 1872/1949. well-filled from 1875-on being strong in post-WWII occupation zones, 1000/2000 stamps with many highlights as 161, 165, 168, 171, 212-17, 238A-240, 256-65, 271-75, 311, 366-84, 432-35, 527, 557-76, B3-4, B56, B66, B91-92, B103, B105, B123-31, B160-68, C35, C46-56, 4N5, 4N12-13, 10N14a, 12NB4,6,8, 14N15-20, Danzig 253-54, etc., usual mixed condirtion, mostly F-VF, owner's Scott $4,600+ 

CV. 1,200-1,600

GERMANY COLLECTION, 1925/45. neatly arranged in a Lindner album and often parallel mint and used, note 1924 Eagles NH, 1926-27 Eagle Airmails used, 1926 Arms used, 1927 IAA Overprints used, 1928 2m, 4m Zeppelin NH, 1934 Airmails NH and used, 1935 OSTROPA S/S without gum (couple small margin thins), 1936 Olympics incl S/S NH and used, 1938 Winter Welfare NH and used, 1939 Nurburgring NH, 1931 Culture and Postal Funds NH, 1939 Overprints on Danzig used, 1945 12th Anniversary singles and blocks NH perf and imperf, generally fresh and F-VF, a lovely collection formed over many decades (see online scans)

CV. 1,000-1,500