First Republic Issue Showpiece 1862 5c Rose in strip of seven neatly tied by dotted ovals and straight line "CERTIFICADO" on 1863 registered cover from San Nicolas to Rosario, a superb usage and stunning exhibition item Expertise: Signed and cert. Holcombe Estimate: € 8'000 - € 14'000 (Image)

1850 EARLY DATES OF USAGE / MILITARY BORDER (Croatia/Slavonia) : Folded lettersheet franked 3Kr handmade paper type Ia1 bearing boxed muellerblue ZENGG 1.Jul: 1850 to Ottocac, very fine and attractive cover (Mueller 3338a (b) 60p resp. 250p.) (Image)

1850 TEMES BANAT : folded lettersheet franked 3Kr type I bearing oval N.BECSE prephilatelic postmark, (Mueller 1868a, 120p.) (Image)

1850 GERMAN LATIN return receipt (pre-printed 184..) from POZEGA, dated 28.7.50 franked on Latin form side with 6Kr handmade paper type Ia obliterated by strong ink cross (which was relatively common on return receipts for the first month of the 1850 issue introduction), the usage of these German-Latin forms after the introduction of the 1st issue is very rare (only a few are known), cert. Puschmann (Image)

1850 BANAT SERBIAN MILITARY BORDER: Folded lettersheet franked 6Kr HP type Ia bearing prephilatelic oval SEMLIN postmark alongside SEMLIN 5.11.(50) 2-line datestamp, 6Kr adhesive additionally showing plate error : white spot on left eagle head (Ferchenb. plate error no.31 €170) (Mueller 2601a 96p), very fine (Image)

1850 CROATIA SLAVONIA / FIRST MONTH USAGE : folded lettersheet franked 9Kr type I bearing oval WUKOVAR prephilatelic postmark alongside VUKOVAR 8.6.(50) cds, filing crease through adhesive, rare postmark, (Mueller 3139a, 680p.) (Image)

1852 CORNER MARGINAL: Folded lettersheet franked 9Kr handmade paper from top right corner of the sheet with together over 12mm margins bearing central 'MEDVISCH 20.11.(52)' cds to Vienna, beautiful fresh cover (Luxus) (Image)

1850-1851 'PRE FIRST DAY COVER BY MISTAKE': Folded lettersheet franked 3Kr handmade paper type Ia bearing 'BRUNECK 1.JAN 1850' cds (from the wood-cut postmark serie) to Sillian with arrival marking at back, the year inset of this postmark was not changed at the end of Dec. 1850, at bottom of cover slight crease remainders affecting the adhesive otherwise very fine cover of this famous postmark error, mini cert. Ferchenbauer (Mueller 335a) (Image)

1850-1857 FOREIGN GOING MAIL : 5 lettersheets franked all 9Kr with destinations to GB, NAPLES, PAPAL STATE and MODENA (2), incl. one with disinfection mkg of Ferrara, one with 'transito Stato Pontificio, mostly very fine, (Image)

1850c MORAVIA / PAPERFOLD: Envelope to Brno franked 3Kr HP type Ia bearing oval pre-philatelic postmark 'KREMSIER' alongside datestamp, adhesive showing very nice vertical paperfold, indistinct paper wave through adhesive but no crease, fine and attractive, (Mueller 1387a 150p) (Image)

1851 RIBBED PAPER : 2 lettersheets, both bearing 3Kr HP Ty Ia3 showing clearly vertically ribbed paper, Riva cover with cert Ferchenb., both adhesives are four margined and very fine, 1 with cert. Ferchenbauer (Image)

1851 MORAVIA folded lettersheet franked 9Kr handmade paper type Ib bearing oval pre-philatelic pmk Battelau 4.Mar.(51), 4 margined adhesive (little stain spot), very fine & scarce postmark (Mueller 165a, 200p.) (Image)

1852 LAGO DI GARDA : Cover franked 3Kr handmade paper type Ib rose bearing octogonal RIVA VAPORE to Trento, inside dated 14.9.52, very fine (Mueller 2424a 120p.) (Image)

1852-1857 HUNGARY: Small cover group of SZOMBATHELY (3Kr & 3Kr pair, incl. 1x very nice plate error), KAESMARK,BAHNHOF PEST, PRESSBURG , fine to very fine group

1852-1858c REGISTERED POSTMARKS : Selection of 8 cover including 3 showing reg. postmarks on actual franking ( Posoritz, Graz and red Vienna) + 5 more with reg.pmk. alongside : Zwittau, RAAB, Fiume (snake cancel) and Bilin, mixed but very interesting partly rare group (Image)

1853-1854c HUNGARY / SLOVAKIA : Envelope franked 9Kr handmade paper type IIIb + at back 6Kr handmade paper type III, bearing both boxed SZENITZ postmark, (Mueller 2807c, 36p.), 9Kr adhesive with indistinct vertical paper wave, both values are with full to large margins, cert Ferchenbauer (Image)

1854 Folded lettersheet franked 6Kr handmade paper type III bearing red manuscript ink pre-obliteration 'Franco' + RICHENBURG 21.6. cds to Steinschoenau, beautiful cover, ex colln.Bokvaj (Image)

1858 LAGO DI GARDA : Cover franked 3Kr machinmade paper type IIIb rose bearing 'mussel' cancel 'Imp.Reg.Vapore' (ink spot on cancel) to Verona, inside dated 29.8.58, very fine (Mueller 3421a 225p.) (Image)

1858 LAST DAY OF ISSUE: Folded lettersheet (contents: New Years wishes) franked 3Kr machine-made paper type IIIb plate C, postmarked GABEL 31.12.(58) , 3Kr adhesive with very good to large margins all-around, fine & fresh, faultless cover, postmark rarity, cert. Karl Huber (1978) (Ferchenbauer €12'000) (Image)

1890-1896 Issue : Larger accumulation of covers and cards, noted money value letters, parcel cards, some currency mixed issue frankings, some cancel interest, mixed but mostly fine to very fine

1945-1947 Group of 10 covers and 1 card with mail to CSR, noted 4 registered covers from the short 1945 period where mail to CSR was possible (Oct.1945) , one card from January 1946 to Praha,  etc., fine and interesting selection (Image)

1696-1944, AUSTRIA POST-OFFICES IN YUGOSLAVIA, Specialised collection in three Scott albums showing an extensive range of cancels from pre-stamp items to WWII, including ABBAZIA, AGRAM, BOAZIC, BECSKEREK on Austria 1850 9kr, BANJALOKA, BELLOWAR, extensive BISCHOFSLAK section, SKOFJA LOKA, BLATTA on 1864 issue, BUJE, good CAPO D'ISTRIA section including 1696 early pre-stamp cover, CASTELVICCHIO, CASTUA, KOTOR, COSINA, CURZOLA, DUBROVNIK , RAGUSA, EISENERZ, FIUME, STEIN IN KRAIN, KOSTAINIZA, KRANICHSFELD, extensive LAIBACH, LUSSINGPICCOLO Thimble cancel, MITROWITZ, NAGY KIKINDA, NEU GRADISKA, PETERWARDEIN, PETTAU-PTUJ, PLANINA, PULA, RADMANNSDORE, RAGUSA, RAKEK, SEBENICO, SEISENBERG, WARASDIN, also section of Austrian Post-offices in the Levant, Bohemia Moravia, a fine and scarce assembly (Image)

1848-1918 Accumulation of nearly 90 covers, cards, postal stationery, all with postmarks from Polish areas, noted 1867 2kr yellow cards, diverse ppcs, etc., mostly fine to very fine group, ex Ondruska

1863-64, Lot of narrow and large perf., noted complete sets used, cancellations, covers, etc., mostly fine to very fine

1863-1918 POSTAL STATIONERY: Larger accumulation of postal stationery envelopes, cards and lettercards, used and unused, noted diverse medium better, some cancel interest, stationery with additional frankings, etc., mixed but mostly fine to very fine