BRUNSWICK-LUNEBURG-CALENBERG 1659HS 'Wildman' Thaler KM57.1 (dav 6258), obverse arms, rev. wildman facing forward, Die Cracks both sides, gVF. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Complete sheet of six sheetlets of 80pf (or equivalent) values for 12 different colonies, a few minor imperfections otherwise superb with full unmounted gum. Attractive fakes.

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CHINA: 1901 Boxer Rebellion cover with faint regimental cachet at lower-left, to Germany with 'China' Overprints 10pf x2 tied by 'KD FELDPOSTEXPED/DES/OSTASIATISCHE/ EXPEDITIONSCORPS/28 5 b ' cds, superb 'WESTERLAND' arrival backstamp, the flap opened a bit roughly.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CHINA: 1901 Boxer Rebellion usage from Germany of 'Feldpostkarte' with pre-printed part-address including 'Ostasiat' at lower-left slightly obscured by 'PEKING/16 3/01/DEUTSCHE POST' arrival cds, minor corner bend.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CHINA: 1910 commercial cover underpaid to Switzerland "via Siberia" with 4c on 10pf only tied by Schanghai cds, taxed with Swiss "30" in blue pencil, Postage Due 10c & 20c & tied by 'BERN/BRF DISTR' cds.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

KIAUTSCHOU: 1900 '5 Pf.' on 'China' Overprint on 10pf Mi 2 (SG 8a), large-part original gum with several expertising marks  including 'KILLIAN' & very minor hinge remnants, Cat €4000 (£4500). Ronald Steuer Certificate (2015) identifies the overprint as Type II, of which Michel states only 640 were printed.    

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

KIAUTSCHOU: 1900 '5 Pf.' on 'China' Overprint on 10pf Mi 2 (SG 8a), full unmounted (postfrisch) original gum with Kohler expertising mark, Cat €6000+ (£4500+, for mounted). Superb. Michael Jaschke-Lantelme Certificate (2007) identifies the overprint as Sub-Type 4 (see footnote in Michel where it is stated that only 80 examples were printed) which occurred only twice on each pane at Pos [23 & 26], and [73 & 76].

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

KIAUTSCHOU: 1898 usage of German 10pf Postal Card with 'Nur fur Marine-Schiffsposten' Overprint * faint roneo'd 'Gruss aus China' illustration on the reverse, to Germany with very fine 'TSINANFORT/5 3/98/MARINE-FELDPOST' cancel & 'LAER' arrival cds. An important forerunner. Lease negotiations with China commenced 6.3.1898, the day after this was posted. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

KIAUTSCHOU: 1900 (Apr 30) Gruss aus Berlin PPC ('Kaiser-Friedrich...Kirche') to "Tsintau/Deutsch China" with 2pf 3pf & 10pf x2 tied by Berlin cds & with 'Berlin 22' R label, full social message. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

KIAUTSCHOU: 1900 'DEUTSHE REICHSPOST/Feld-Postkarte' endorsed at the top "...3/III Seebataillon", the brief message headed "Kaumi 15 11 1900", to Germany with 'WILHELMSHAVEN' arrival cds, a trifle aged, the cds Cat €750 on cover. Scarce Boxer Rebellion usage. [The cds recorded 26.9/00 to 1.1.01 only]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

KIAUTSCHOU: 1901-14 group with local PPCx x3 (two with Undivided Backs: Railway Station and Kaumi Mandarin with his Sedan Chair), two Japanese PPCs (one to Turkey) & 2c Postal Card x2 (one written entirely in Chinese), fine to very fine datestamps of 'TSINGTAU' ("bridge" type), 'SCHATSYKOU', 'TAITUNGTSCHEN', 'TSINGTAU-TAPAUTAU' and oval TPO types 'TSINGTAU-KIAUTSCHOU/.../ZUG 2' & 'TSINGTAU-TSINANFU/ ...ZUG 2', very fine group.  (6)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

KIAUTSCHOU: 1911 cover to Germany with scarce albeit philatelic franking of Yachts $½ red superb lower-right corner block of 4 (Cat €400+, for used singles) tied by 'TSINGTAU-Gr HAFEN' cds, 'Tsingtau-Gr. Hafen' R label, 'WILMERSDORF' arrival backstamp.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

MARIANAS: 1919 Lost Colonies label complete sheet of 20 (5x4) with an Extra Line of Perfs across the second-last column, well centred, the first unit creased, some spotting mostly at upper-left but most units are very fine unmounted.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

THURN und TAXIS: Attractive postal history display from pre-stamp entires & outers, Classic frankings & numeral cancels, 1852 Danish-Schleswig War military entire with boxed 'WOLDENBERG' datestamp, Franco-Prussian War, Postal Stationery usages, etc; also the continuation issues of the North German Confederation with stamps including Hamburg Local Post Mi 12 unused x2 mint x2 & used x2, covers including multi-colour frankings, registered & insured fronts, and Hamburg Local Post cover with (½sch) Mi 12; condition variable but all are presentable & many are fine to very fine.  (123) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Potential treasure chest with a stamp collection including lots of pickings especially in the States, a batch of pre-stamp mail,  several hundred Postal Cards from States to 1930s including commemorative issues with a high proportion commercially used (about half of which have filing holes), excellent postmark content including early machine types, then a large stockbook of Revenues and Cinderellas with a beautiful array of poster stamps & other types plus pages of official & commercial letter seals including extreme shapes; also some Swiss & Austrian postal stationery; condition variable but much is fine to very fine.  (Qty) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1948-1990 issues ex-retail stock in two cartons with mint and used duplicates in stockbooks with Berlin including Black Overprints to 84pf, Red Overprints to 80pf, 1951-53 Bells Clapper to Left, Centre, & Right ** & used; US & British Zones with Net & Band Overprints; some East Germany, and West Germany in five stockbooks, condition overall very fine. Weighs 15kg. Ex Australian Philatelic Wholesalers.  (1000s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

WEST GERMANY: 1949-1989 issues on Hagners including 1949 Relief Fund, 1951 Exhibition, 30pf Nobel Prize, 1952 Otto & Youth Hostels, 1951 1952 &1953 Relief Fund sets, 1953 Transport, 1954-60 Heuss to 2mk including 50pf slate-black, some later M/Ss, all unmounted, Cat (to 1959 only) stated to exceed £2600.    (100s)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

WEST GERMANY: Very fine ex-retail stock on Hagners including 1949 Parliament *, 30pf UPU ** & Relief Fund *, 1950 Bach * & 30pf Nobel Prize *, 1952 Relief Fund **, then mostly unmounted from 1960 with duplicates and M/Ss, all priced with a stated retail total of $13,000+. Ex Australian Philatelic Wholesalers.  (1000s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

DANZIG: 1920-39 collection with the mint issues largely complete including 1930 Overprints (*), 1937 M/S (**) and 'PORT/GDANSK' Overprints (*), used including 1921-22 Airs, 1921 Anti-Tuberculosis set, 1923 (Jan) Airs (no 40pf), 1923 Charity duo, 1923 (Aug-Oct) Surcharges 40,000mk on 200mk & 1,000,000mk on 10,000mk, 1923 (Oct) Airs 5,000,000mk on 50,000mk, Gold Currency to 1g on 1,000,000mk, DAPOSTA M/Ss CTO, Officials 1921-22 most denominations, 1923 50mk & 300mk, etc, generally fine to very fine but some of the cancellations are dubious, Cat €8500+.  (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

DANZIG: Neat collection with lots of overprints including Hyper-Inflation Issues & Officials, better stamps mostly used including 1920 Diagonal Script Overprints 50pf Mi 39, 1921 Proclamation set, 1921 Anti-TB set plus extra 1mk20+1mk20, 1922 50mk Mi 100Xb, 1923 500,000mk as Mi 157 but Inscribed '550,000' (unlisted in Michel), 1924 Pictorials 1g & 2g, 1930 Anniversary set (mint), 1937 Winter Charity set, etc, generally very fine. Nothing has been expertised so personal assessment is required.  (350+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

POSTAL HISTORY: 1930 (June 22) Graf Zeppelin postcard to Australia with Airmail 1Mk Eagle tied 'LUFTSCHIFF/GRAF ZEPPELIN' cds, 'BERLIN C' transit d/s of same day alongside, a couple of tiny corner bends. Posted on board Graf Zeppelin on the Munich-Berlin sector of its Germany Round Trip with the hilarious (tongue-in-cheek?) message "I am writing on board the Airship Graf Zeppelin. We had booked for Berlin but have been several trips over Hamburg. Think we are going to land again as we left Captain & II Officer behind. Your loving Daddy". Wonderful personal use by passenger sent to an extremely rare destination for Zeppelin mail.  

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

POSTAL HISTORY: 1933-45 Third Reich collection of commemorative datestamps on covers postcards & postal cards, noted Anschluss, several registered & some are commercially used.  (120 approx)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

POSTAL STATIONERY: Third Reich Postal Cards high quality collection in heavy Mylar pages that weigh 6kg, strength in the postally used material most of which is of a commercial or social nature with many very scarce items including Hindenburg 5pf perforated at top & base P216ii x2 (Cat €250 each), 6pf with Short Tail on 'e' in 'Postkarte' Michel P233 x3 scenes, 5pf P238, 6pf Ship 'Robert Ley' P240, 6pf Stuka & Flag P243 (Cat €300), 55pf Pneumatic Post RP25 used within Berlin and 6pf artist cards 'Und Ihr habt doch gesiegt!' and '...Fliegerkorps' (both these are CTO with pictorial cds); several Reply Cards with the reply-half still attached including Hindenburg 15pf+15pf #P233, 1938 Kraft durch Freude (= Strength through Joy) 5pf+5pf P247 (Cat €400) and Hitler 5pf+5pf P301 Anschluss usage within Vienna, and Hitler 6pf reply-half used from Switzerland; Lager (= Camp) Mail Hitler 6pf+6pf Reply Card P310 intact & outer-half x3; etc, many uprated with a wide variety of adhesives including internal airmail, two registered and others to Switzerland, France, Sweden, Yugoslavia and Italy, a few with filing holes but generally very fine to superb. [Except as noted, all the cards listed here and/or illustrated on our website are commercially used]  (200 approx)

Grade B/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000