1921 5m dark violet blue, rare sideways watermark, imperforate single with large margins all around, n.h. but somewhat disturbed gum as often, signed Drahn, with 1999 Dr.Oechsner certificate (Mi.70YU) cat. €5000 (Cat No. C8a) (Image)

Cat. €5000, Est.$1,000

1923 50m green, 100m violet, imperf. vertical pairs, trial color proofs on gummed paper, one stamp n.h., others h.r., v.f. (Cat No. C18P,19P) (Image)

Est.$500

1935-37 two flown covers from Danzig to Haifa and Tel Aviv, one with some toning, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.$150

1933 4th SAF to Brazil, cover registered and flown from Yaounde, with seven different stamps tied by departure pmks, Paris and Friedrichshafen transits and Pernambuco arrival pmks, little toning as always, fine and attractive Zeppelin cover from Cameroun (Image)

Est.$1,500

1900 5m Yacht, bottom sheet margin single used in 1911 on registered cover from Buea to Germany, v.f., with Wilmersdorf (30 Nov) arrival pmk, signed Bothe (Mi.19) cat. €900 (Cat No. 19) (Image)

Cat. €900, Est.$400

1910 Third Ponape Provisional 20h ultramarine, right half canceled by "Ponape 12/7/10" (First Day) pmk on cover addressed to Germany, with official handstamp alongside, filing fold at bottom away from the stamp, fine, with 2017 Steuer certificate. Due to shortage of 10pf stamps, the postmaster resorted to bisecting the existing stock of 20pf stamps to be used by sailors during the visit of the Imperial Fleet in Ponape (Mi.10H, Euro 9,000) cat. $8500 (Cat No. 10a) (Image)

Cat. $8500, Est.$2,500

1910 Ponape Provisional Issue, right half of 20pf ultramarine, tied on cover by "Ponape 12.7.10" (First Day) pmk, with official negative postal seal alongside, addressed to Strasbourg, fine and rare, signed Dr. Lantelme, BPP (Mi.10H) cat. $8500 (Cat No. 10a) (Image)

Cat. $8500, Est.$2,500

1910 Ponape Provisional Issue, left half of 20pf ultramarine, tied on cover headed "D. Etscheit, Ponape (Karolinen)" by "Ponape 12.7.10" (First Day of issue) pmk, with official negative postal seal alongside, used locally, cover folded at bottom, away from stamp and markings, fine-v.f., rare classic German Colony cover (Mi. 10H) cat. $8500 (Cat No. 10a) (Image)

Cat. $8500, Est.$2,500

1910 Ponape Provisional "5 Pf" on 3pf brown, surcharge shifted to left, with part printed at right, canceled "Ponape", well centered, v.f., signed Kosack and Bothe, BPP, with 1998 Steuer certificate. A rare stamp (Mi.7Pv, Euro 3,500 for canceled on piece) (Cat No. 20var) (Image)

Est.$1,500

1906-13 $1/2 on 1m carmine, corner margin "H 3158-19" block of four, n.h., some perf. separations, fine-v.f. (Mi.44II) cat. €525 (Cat No. 53) (Image)

Cat. €525, Est.$200

1920 10 Cents on 20pf blue, variety showing displaced surcharge resulting in "0" at left at "1" and right, also another with defective Rosette at left, used, the latter with irregular perfs, additional 11 used, regular singles, scarce lot, cat. €7500 (Cat No. Mi.31I,II) (Image)

Cat. €7500, Est.$1,000

1900 6p25c on 5M, type I, opaque white retouched, neat Casablanca cancels, fine (Mi.19IV) cat. €700 (Cat No. 19b) (Image)

Cat. €700, Est.$200

1889 2 1/2pi on 50pf light brown red, scarce shade, part Constantinople cancel, well centered, v.f., signed Bothe (Mi.10a) cat. €550 (Cat No. 12var) (Image)

Cat. €550, Est.$200

1900 Reichspost, complete set, 14 different, including three examples of the 25pi on 5M, two type I (retouched opaque white & red and opaque white) and type II, h.r., fine-v.f., signed Mansfeld, Bothe (Mi.12-23IV) cat. €1090 (Cat No. 13-24B) (Image)

Cat. €1090, Est.$300

1914 (19 May) 5pf stationery card addressed to Windhuk, cancelled by "Karibib/(Deutsch-/Sudwestafrika)" cds, with well struck three-line blue "Erste Flugpost/Swakopmund-Karibib-Windhuk/Deutschsudwestafrika" handstamp alongside, endorsed "Luftpost." A very rare pioneer flight card in excellent condition, v.f. It was carried on the third stage of the first Swakopmund-Windhoek flight by the German pilot Buchner, who inaugurated air service from Swakopmund to Windhoek, 18-23 May, 1914, with stops at Usakos, Karibib and Okalandja. Due to bad weather, Buchner was delayed in Karibib until 22 May. The awaiting mail in Karibib had already been cancelled on the 19th and had a three-line airmail cachet applied in blue in anticipation of an uninterrupted continuation of the flight (Image)

Est.$5,000

1911 (6 Feb) large registered cover from Saipan to Bremen, franked with 72x3pf Yacht, all large multiples, paying 2.16M, fine-v.f. and scarce commercial mail, with arrival (10.6) cds on back (Image)

Est.$500

1920 3pf-1m collective imperforate sheetlet with ten different designs in dull blue on cream paper, endorsed in pen at bottom "Bavarian Soviet Essays", fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.$500

1920 unissued "Freistaat Bayern" 5pf-30pf five imperforate sheetlets of six in different colors, some wrinkles, otherwise fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.$500

1867 (4 Oct) insured cover franked on back with a combination of issues incl. 1sgr, 2sgr (2), 3pf, 6pf (little oxidized) and 10sgr rose red (irregular margin at top), tied by boxed Bromberg-Bahnhof datestamps and sent to Berlin, fine five-color franking, with arrival postmarks (Cat No. Mi.19,20) (Image)

Est.$1,000

1869 (7 Aug) outer FL franked with 3pf, 2sgr and 10sgr, all tied by boxed "Hultschin" datestamp, addressed to Breslau, some filing creases, with forwarding ms markings and arrival hs, fine appearance of this mixed three color franking (Cat No. 14,18,21) (Image)

Est.$1,000

1855 1/2ngr black on gray, plate proof on card, entire sheet of 100, red "Annuliert" manuscript endorsements, horizontal crease affecting the middle strip of ten, otherwise v.f. and rare, with 1949 Lehmann certificate (Cat No. 9P) (Image)

Est.$2,500

1909 reprints, selection of 10 different perf. or rouletted blocks of 20, n.h., some gum toning, otherwise fresh, fine-v.f., Mi. cat. €1000 (Image)

Cat. €1000, Est.$250

1852 1kr black on chamois, margins all around except just in at bottom right, tied by Heilbronn cds on outer FL, v.f., cat. €1300 (Cat No. Mi.1c) (Image)

Cat. €1300, Est.$350

1943 surcharges, complete set of four canceled on locally addressed "Kavaje 17.12.43" cover, filing fold away from the stamps, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk, cat. €600 (Cat No. Mi.1-14) (Image)

Cat. €600, Est.$250

1943 1q-5q, four nearly complete panes (1q pane of 99, 2q and 3q panes of 98 and 5q pane of 97), missing "1948", "1643" and "1944" varieties, also additional varieties such as short "1" in 1943, open "9", broken "h", etc., n.h., few minor separations, fine-v.f. and ideal study lot, cat. €1746 (Cat No. Mi.1-4) (Image)

Cat. €1746, Est.$350