1849 1kr deep black ("tiefschwarz"), rare shade denoting the first printing, plate 1, well margined and used with part neat 4 June Munich datestamp, thin spot, otherwise fine and fresh; sigend Calves; Mi. €4'000. (Image)

Telegraph Stamps. 1870 4fl40kr/10fr orange, used with blue cds and punch cancel, very fine and rare; Mi. €2'500. (Image)

1860 7gr black on yellow, a very fresh and large margined example, cleanly tied to piece by clean strike of Bremen boxed datestamp, very fine; signed Grobe, cert. Roumet (1999); Mi. €900+. (Image)

1852 1sgr rose, clear to ample margins, used with rare "HALLE WESER" circle postmark without date, and additionally pen cancel; signed Calves. (Image)

1861 3sgr black on rose, mint with full o.g., margins varying from ample to large, , extremely fine and rare; signed J.-F. Brun; Mi. €750. (Image)

Cameroon. 1911 LONGJI Provisional 20Pf bisect, two items, including right half tied to fragment (signed Eibenstein BPP, Krüger, Dr. Pierl) and left half tied to cover addressed to L. Pagenstecher (cert. Phil. Foundation, 2018), both showing "LONGJI 19.5.11" cds with alongside the corresponding post office seal; the cover has been also struck by the also with light strike of "KAISERL. SCHUTZTRUPPE KAMERUN" (three examples known) at lower left: Mi. €12'000. Note: The Pagenstecher family was a German Colonial family deeply involved in the trade business between Haiti, Cameroon and the German Empire. (Image)

Cameroon » German Colonies, Cameroon British Occupation. 1915 Local cover travelled at Duala, bearing 1/2d on 5pf green pair, tied by German Duala cds, a rare and desirable stamp on cover. (Image)

Caroline Islands. 1910 PONAPE Provisional 20Pf bisect, right half tied to fragment by "PONAPE 12.7.10" cds, accompanied at left by very fine strike of the corresponding post office seal, superb; signed Bartels, Richter, Rohr and Thier, and cert. Jäschke-Lantelme (2010), Mi. €3'000. (Image)

German South-West Africa. 1897 Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika overprint on unissued 25pf orange, lightly hinged with o.g., two examples of which one with corner-sheet margins, as well as 50pf, also mint o.g. fro, the lower left corner of the sheet (signed Stolow), and very fine mint n.h. example of the 1901 no watermark 5m; a very fresh and fine selection; Mi. €1'340. (Image)

1872 Small Shield 1/3gr green, mint o.g. and very lightly hinged, extremely fine and fresh; Mi. €650. (Image)

1872 Small Shield 3kr carmine, mint o.g. and very lightly hinged, very fine and fresh; signed Claves in pencil; Mi. €2'400. (Image)

1920-22 INFLATION: better duplication on varieties only, on 39 small stockcards, mostly MNH or mint with hinge remainder, noted shifted ovpts or numerals, double & inverted ovpts. or numerals, offsets, plate errors, marginals, etc. many with old private sign. and mostly very fine + 1stockbook with mostly used duplication of same period. (Image)

1923 (Oct 10) Cover from Chemnitz to Timisoara (Romania), franked by 372 values during the 10.10-19.10.23 Inflation period, a stunning item (Image)

Alsace. 1940 6pf green and 8pf orange, inverted overprint, the lower denomination mint n.h. and with "3,60" sheet margin, the 8pf with most of the o.g. (the 8pf, contrary to what it is stated in the Michel catalogue, does not exist as never hinged, as the complete sheet discovered of the 8pf was stuck to a piece of paper by the post administration in Alsace to be sent back to Berlin for a claim), a rare and very fine complete set; signed Schott (hs in the 6pf and in ms in the 8pf), who discovered the two sheets with the inverted overprints; Mi. €3'600. (Image)

German Occupation WW II Laibach. 1944 (00.01.) Postal stationery card 0.50l on 50c violet unused, fine & scarce (Image)

1923 (March 12) Large cover from the judicial court in Kaukehmen (Germany, nowadays Yasnoye on the border with Lithuania in Oblast Kaliningrad) to the. judicial court in Heydekrug (Memel), franked on dispatch with 40pf pair and 100pf, redirected internally as registered mail at triple rate from Heydekrug to Russ with part of the German franking removed and crossed out with red crayon, application of two registration labels from Heydekrug (one mysteriously crossed out with blue crayon) and franked with 10m on 5c pair & single and 100m on 25c (2), tied by Heydekrug cds's, backstamped at Russ; a very rare combination franking, enhanced by the non-philatelic usage of the Memel high franking. (Image)

1868-69 Two fully prepaid covers from Bremen to New York, one franked by 1868 2kr strip of three (one stamp partly torn at left) tied by dispatch cds in blue, carried by the N.G.L. "Bremen"; the other bearing 1869 2kr in two singles and one pair, conveyed by the N.G.L. "Rhein", and both struck in red with arrival cds on front. (Image)

Schleswig. 1920 Officials "C I S" overprinted 10m dark orange-red, n.h. nevertheless with small disturbance in the gum, very fine; cert. Scheller (2021); Mi. €600. (Image)

Telegraph Stamps. 1864 2 1/2sgr grey-brown, mint o.g., with heavy hinge and small fault in left margin, a rare stamp with original gum; Mi. €700. (Image)

1804 (June 16) Entire letter from from Wildeck to Luxembourg ("Departement des Fôrets"), bearing "VACH.R.3." straight-line hs (Sachesen-Weimar-Eisenach), a rare destination. (Image)

1851 1kr buff, very fresh with ample even margins, showing superb strike of "Kupperzell/29 Mar. 1851" cds centrally applied, an outstandingly fine example. (Image)

1867 (Jan 26) 9kr brown stationery envelope from Freudenstadt to Strasbourg, uprated with 1865 6kr dark blue in vertical pair, tied by dispatch cds's, alongside showing four strikes of "CHARGÉ" straight-line hs in carmine, red crayon "Wf12", red French "P.D." and entry cds, backstamped on arrival, few minor faults but a probably unique usage of this scarce stamp on registered mail to France; signed Calves. (Image)

1873ca 70kr essay of an unissued design in rose without gum, part of the frame lines missing but clearly exhibiting the design, small thin spot in upper left corner, extremely rare. (Image)

1873 70Kr red lilac, position 6, with large margins all around and uncommonly showing the dividing lines, with a complete strike used with blue "STUTTGART II 26.OCT." fan cancel, with the following mention in the certificate "eine kleine Unebenheit rechts unten ist belanglos (...) Ein schönes Exemplar dieser seltenen Marke" ("a small irregularity -of the paper- of no significance at bottom right"), and tiny corner crease well clear of the design, a very attractive example of this rare stamp; signed Ressel, cert. Irtenkauf (2007). (Image)