1948 Soviet Zone Issue Overprinted "3 Berlin 7", a mint never hinged upper left corner block of 64, with each stamp handstamped "H.W." (Harry Wennburg, Stockholm). Folded along perforations in places, separation along much of the vertical centre, and selvedge faults, else very fine. Rsv. $900. (Image)

Michel E 16,000

1864-65 Lot of Mint Issues, with #9 (total of 24 stamps in singles, pairs and blocks, with at least 5 different shades), 12 (two pairs and a single in three different shades), 22 (total of 45 stamps in singles, pairs and blocks) and 23 (total of 19 stamps in various multiples). There are a great variety of shades here, including some not listed in Scott, so we counted the catalogue value as all cheapest major shade only. The great majority of these are mint never hinged, with a few of the early imperforates being hinged. We have carefully examined these using the Scott and Schloss descriptions on how to identify reprints, and are fairly confident they are regular issues, but we still recommend careful examination or viewing the scans we have online. A few of the imperforates have tiny toning spots, else an overall fine to very fine lot. Rsv. $550. (Image)

Scott $ 9,510

1900 5m Wilhelm II Speaking, with White Colour Retouched, Perforated 14½ x 14, mint hinged, well centred and fresh, very fine. Rsv. $120. (Image)

Scott $ 575

1934 Overprinted Souvenir Sheet, mint never hinged, folded along the outer rows of perforations, else very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 4,500

1910 5pf green Germania Part Booklet Pane, being a mint never hinged block of four, with two advertising tabs at left plus two stamps at right. This pane would have originally contained four stamps and two tabs. Very fine and quite scarce, listed by Michel as #W2.8 + R8 (top pair, €1,200) and #W2.17 + R17 (bottom pair, €1,300). Rsv. $190. (Image)

Michel E 2,500

1951 12pf to 50pf Communist China Set, mint never hinged, quite fresh and very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 205