Caroline Islands. 1899 (ovpt 48 degrees) 25pf yellowish orange, used with Yap 1 2 01 cds, very fine; cert. Steuer (1996) (Mi. €3'400). (Image)

1899 (Ovpt at 48 degrees) 50pf brown used, very fine; cert. Steuer (1997) and Ritter (1950) (Mi. €1'800). (Image)

German East Africa » German East Africa, Forerunner Zanzibar. 1891 (Jul 31) envelope sent to Germany with 1889-1900 20pf tied by a very good strike of the German Zanzibar cds with further strike adjacent, sent on the last day of the German P.O. in Zanzibar, endorsed "pr S. S. Kaiser", reverse with Frankfurt arrival, vignette removed from lower left corner, very fine and attractive, a scarce cover. (Image)

German South-West Africa. 1897 25pf and 50pf mint h.r., fine to very fine (Mi. €560). (Image)

1891 10pf response portion of reply-paid postcard sent from Nicaragua cancelled by light blue Managua cds, with Corinto transit and Hamburg arrival, very fine, most unusual and rare. (Image)

1900 60pf lilac with "ULTRAMAR" hs struck by the Portuguese UPU postal authority, very fine. (Image)

German Post in Turkey. 1906 5c on 5pf to 100c on 80pf set of 5 with "Specimen" overprints, mint o.g., some minor toning otherwise fine.

1900 Bavaria 10pf postal stationery card, 1900 Wurttemberg 2pf municipal service card and 2pf official card, all with "ULTRAMAR" hs from the Portuguese UPU authority, very fine.

German Occupation WW II Laibach. 1945, Eminent Slovenians, the unissued set in a vertical se-tenant strip of 6, folded in the perforation, mint never hinged, very fine; cert. Brunel VP (2022), (Michel €600). (Image)

Zara. 1943 (Nov 21) Registered cover to Bergamo (Italy), franked by airmail express 2L grey and 1L25 blue, each tied by “Zara/Raccom.Assicurate” registration cds, backstamped on arrival. An extremely rare usage of this high denomination on genuinely travelled mail. In very fine condition. Cert. Brunel (2022). (Image)

1943 (Nov 10) Cover to Bergamo (Italy), franked by express 1L25 green and 50c tied by “Zara/(Arrivi e Partenze)” cds, with “1” censor’s mark in blue (occasionally and rarely applied on Zara‘s envelopes -not postcards- during the German occupation), exceptionally also tying part of the franking (extremely rare thus), "Vistato 3" censorship on Italian metropolitan land, censorship and cds's of Bergamo on reverse. An extremely rare usage of this high denomination on genuinely travelled mail. Very fine. Cert. Brunel (2022). (Image)

1869 1/2 schilling (2) and 1 schilling (2) tied by Heligoland straight line to envelope addressed to Prince Georg von Preussen, Rigi-Kaltbad, Switzerland, with Hamburg transit, three stamps smaller perforation flaws otherwise very fine, a very spectacular franking to a famous address; cert. Schulz BPP. (Image)

1864 1 Sgr tied by NEUBRANDENBURG postmark on 1 Sgr postal stationery envelope to Berlin with rare PRENZLAU arrival, horiz. crease at top affecting stamp, fine. (Image)

Saar. 1948 "Hochwasserhilfe" imperf. miniature sheet, a very fine used example on an over-franked postcard sent registered locally, with genuine postmark and in perfect condition, rare; cert. Christian Geigle (2023) (Mi. Block 1 €3'400 for off cover). (Image)

1896 municipal service 25pf mint n.h. pair with "SPECIMEN" overprint, very fine (Note this issue was the only stamp of Wurrtemberg sent to the UPU overprinted specimen). (Image)

1906 municipal service set of 5 and official set of 10 (with extra 2pf) on two pieces of archive sheet all with "ULTRAMAR" hs from the Portuguese UPU authority before being sent to Goa, very fine.