1813 Pre-Philatelic Letter from Heligoland to England during the Napoleonic War’s Continental Blockade. Pre-stamp folded lettersheet written December 12th 1813 on Heligoland (as stated in the letter) then sent by Packet Ship to be routed via London where it received the arrival marking “FOREIGN DE 23 1813” then departed for Hull, Yorkshire the same day receiving the transit date marking “B DE 23 1813”. A Major Heligoland Rarity. ÷ The correspondence between Heligoland Merchant William Graham and his supplier George Malcolm of Hull, England represents the very beginning of Heligoland Postal History. Along with the early British Arrival & Transit postal markings, there is the hand scripted “5” on the front of the letter representing the Postage Fee charged for mailing the letter using the services of a Packet Ship. [The Packet Rate for Heligoland to London was 1s8d, then the 231 miles from London to Hull would be rated at 10d for a total (Image)

1860: The most important item in Heligoland Philately to be offered in over Half-a-Century. ÷Stampless pre-philatelic cover from Heligoland to Melbourne (Australia). Cancelled with a "HELIGOLAND DE 4 1860" ERS Type I and shipped to Hamburg where it received a "St.P.A. 7 Dec. 60" arrival marking as seen on the back; then on the same day it received a “HAMBURG 7 DEC 1860” Butterfly postmark and was sent to London where it received the transit postmark "LONDON HR DE 10 60 PAID" in red. From London it traveled to Australia, completing it’s journey on February 15, 1861 as shown by the “Melbourne C FE’15 61” arrival marking in red ink on the reverse. Provenance: ex Kapitän Sachse Collection. BPP Certificate: Estelmann ÷Rarely is a “New Item” offered that rewrites Postal History, this exceptional Cover does exactly that. It is generally believed by Serious Collectors and Experts alike, that the HELIGOLAND ERS came into existence on July 1st 1 (Image)

1890, early picture post card "Grün ist das Land, Roth ist die Kant, Weiss ist der Sand, das sind die Farben von Helgoland" franked with 18751 1/2 P / 10 Pf tied by very rare "Hamburg BAHNPOST No 3". This cancel is recorded only two times on Helgoland stamps. Arrival "Wernigerode 6 8 90".Card folded/bend, some imperfections. (Image)