BASEL DOVE ON FORWARDED COVER FROM MONTREUX 1845 BASEL DOVE, bright blue, good to large margins all around, tied by double-circle cds BASEL 1 JANV 1848 on local folded cover from Montreux (dated 28 DEC 47), privately forwarded to Basel where it was put in the mail. A very rare example of a forwarded cover bearing a Basel Dove, illustrated on page 129 in the book "Baslertaube" by Werner Herold (SBK N°8a CHF 50'000+) Expertise: Cert. Von der Weid (1998) Estimate : € 15'000 - € 20'000 Basler Taube, lebhaftblau, ringsum voll- bis sehr gut gerandet, an zwei Seiten entlang die Randlinie geschnitten, entwertet Doppelkreisstempel BASEL 1 JANV 1848 auf Faltbrief datiert innerseitig MONTREUX 28 DEC 47, zuerst nach Basel privat-befördert und dort frankiert, seltener "forwarded" Brief, abgebildet auf Seite 129 in "Baslertaube" Buch, Attest v.d.Weid (Image)

1849 VAUD - 4c Red and Black, large margined single, neatly cancelled by Geneva Rosette (AW Nr. 3) on small piece. GENEVE 3 MAI 50 circular datestamp alongside, very fine and rare (SBK N°9, CHF 27'000) Expertise: Cert. von der Weid (2004) Estimate: € 7'000 - € 10'000 (Image)