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German States: 1851-1920, collection on 45 printed pages, particularly strong in Thurn & Taxis and Württemberg; the quality is a little mixed in places , but very many vf issues (Scott cat. value according to seller $4000).
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Germany (Bremen): 1855-66, a group of fifteen stamps on one printed page, Sc 1-15, 10 MH and 5 used, with several high values; a few with minor defects are not counted in the total cat. value listed by seller at $3570.
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German States and Empire: 1857-73, collection of 19 covers, incl. Braunschweig, Hannover, Prussia, Sachsen, Thurn und Taxis, Deutsches Reich Eagle issue, etc., with a fine section of postal stationary cut-outs used as stamps, one cover signed by Kruschel, a very interesting assembly in generally ver
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Germany : 1870-2000ca., Large accumulation in removal box, noted 1 stock book with better Bundesrep. and Berlin, also many hundreds (probably a few thousand) of covers and cards, etc., mixed to v.fine
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Germany: 1872-1990, collection in three large albums, commencing with good selection 1872 eagle, nearly complete in main numbers throughout, with airmail and some of the good minisheets; Iposta 1930, Ostropa 1935. Berlin issues nearly complete till 1987; enormous material concluding with the zones.
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Germany : 1874-1953, Lot of about 200 postal stationery (mostly) cards of German Empire, Bavaria and Wurttemberg with mostly very fine postmark strikes, noted 5 T.P.O. and diverse horse-shoe cancellations + approx 60 other postal items incl. medium better fkgs and destinations, mostly v.fine and cle
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Germany: 1900-1970, in three large stockbooks very interesting item including many mint **/* before 1945, nice Occupation period collection 1945/1949, local issues, BRD, some colonies and dependencies and more. Fine condition, must see!
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Germany : 1921-1966, 4 Inflation covers 1921-22 (incl. 1 from Austria) with mass frankings incl. 3 x official covers - 2 from Barmen & 1 from Leipzig + a 1966 Mega mass franking with 1Pf grey on cover from Hamburg to Vienna, unusual items.
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************** ALEX HALF TO 3/4 OF A PAGE NEEDED ********
1945-46, specialised and comprehensive collection of Soviet Occupation issues in 3 albums, very well written up on typed-up pages, with mint & used stamps, plate varieties, covers and stationery cards, incl. Berlin & Brandenburg
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************ ALEX, FOUR LINES NEEDED. HAVE TO FIND THE BLEEDING THING *********
réserve 3500 euros
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Germany : 1947-1990ca., Collection of used Bundesrepublik with many better early sets & values and a cover collection of German Democratic Republic (FDC's, etc.) in 4 thick albums, mostly v.fine
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Germany : 1948-90, GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: large and comprehensive collection in 7 albums, mostly mint n.h. and many years parallel also used (dual), more or less apparently complete, noted all the better early issues and min. sheets at the beginning and also seen the 1964 GDR anniversary Mi Bl.
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German Colonies: 1894-1919, Attractive specialised assembly of mostly used singles, fragments, multiples and covers/cards, with useful China, New Guinea, Kamerun, Kiautschou, Marianen, Samoa, Togo etc., mixed to very fine, some with certs or signed (50+ & 3 covers)
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1871 (Jan 30) envelope addressed to Pharmacie polonaise, Constantinople franked 1868 3Kr and 7Kr tied Heidelberg cds, red manuscript "7" charge, reverse with Wien transit of same date and Constantinopel arrival of Austrian Post Office, small tear to envelope under 3Kr, some slight ageing, a scarce d
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1851-1868, mint and used collection with good values : Michel n° 16 *, n° 21 used: CV 4'730€, some mixed conditions, mostly fine and very fine
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1849 1kr group of twelve production items, including four glass support clichés, one dated April 1945 and one tête-bêche pair, two clichés on celluloid coloured grey around the design, also three very fine impressions on paper; additionally, postmark trials on slips of paper, incl. numbers 20, 152,
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1849 1kr group of nine production items, including four glass support clichés, including one in bright red with production notations at base, and two matching clichés in black and grey, one cliché on celluloid, displaying varying notes relating to the filter used and one chosen as satisfactory resul
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1849 1kr, a beautiful glass support cliché with a very sharp impression in light-grey of the tête-bêche, in type C of the three types that Sperati produced, an extremely attractive and tidy cliché that displays beautifully; Sperati produced tête-bêche pairs and strips, that were complete fabrication
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1849 1Kr black in double print block of 35 stamps from top of sheet showing the inverted cliche in position 10, the second printing from 8.5 to 11.5mm below the top stamp, this second double image also shows the inverted cliche. The block is in fresh condition with original mostly never hinged gum,
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1850 (Oct 26) printed entire to Schrobenhausen bearing single franking 1849 1Kr black, plate 2, cancelled Muhlradstempel `241`with half circle Noerdlingen date stamp above, fine margins all around with dividing lines visible on two sides, the address overwritten for clarity and small part of entire
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1854 9kr green-blue horizontal strip of five (combination of type I and II), wide margins on all sides, on entire from Nürnberg to New Orleans, USA, tied to cover by numeral 243 and on the cover is clearly struck circular datestamp Nürnberg 27 Aug 1854, also red transit Aachen 29.8 and New York Paid
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1862 (31 May) outer letter sheet to Constantinopoli franked with 1862 3Kr and three 6Kr cancelled 356 Muhlradstempel with Nurnberg date stamp in association, endorsed Via Wien at top, reverse with Wien transit 1/6 and arrival cds 6/6. An underfranked cover as mail via Vienna was charged at 23Kr (9 +
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1873-1911, Postal stationery cards - interesting old-time lot for specialists, noted rare 3Pf double card with printing error 'Nückantwort' instead 'Rückantwort' and many other double cards used both ways, high.-cat value + some modern German Bund material and divers post.-stat. cut outs, mostly v.f
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1849-1920 collection of around 470 stamps on pages with used earlier issues (decent condition) to around 1914, thereafter with many issues both mint and used, also Telegraphs, Officials etc.
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1852 3sgr tied by blue circular Braunschweig 20.1 (1852) on entire letter with full contents to Marburg, circular receiver on back 22.1, a rare first month of usage of the 3sgr stamp; signed by Brettl BPP.
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1857 4/4 yellow brown, attractive group of unused with three complete sheets of 100, plus five part sheets of 50, with a total of 550 stamps, a very fine and scarce assembly
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1857 4/4 Ggr black on yellow-brown, rare franking of three pairs of 1/4 and a single 1/4, three have slightly touched margins and the rest very well margined, tied by barred numeral 32, with LUTTER A/BBG alongside, on lettersheet to Gandersheim; a very rare 7/4 Ggr franking on double weight domestic
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1860 (July 29) Cover to Silesia franked with a Braunschweig 3sgr black on rose tied neatly to the left front by blue rectangular "Vechelde" dated, and transit and arrival on the back, horizontal filing crease centrally, otherwise fine and scarce cover.
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1851 1Ggr black on light green corner marginal showing row number “12” in left margin, clear margins except just touched bottom right, partial blue cds that leaves most of the design free, very fine.
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1853 3kr black on green pair with very wide margins except for just touching bottom left, showing parts of adjoining stamps at top and right, obliterated by circular numeral cancellation, very fresh and attractive; signed Pfenninger.
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1859 2gr, wide-margined stamp tied by superb and ideal strike of the scarce Greetscyhl 31.1 cds (Aurich, Ostfriesland); a very fresh and well-preserved cover to Emden, ex Metzer.
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1860 10gr, two glass support clichés of extraordinary beauty, one in a radiant green (mirror image) dated Aug 1935 with Sperati`s production annotations relating to exposure time and temperature, and an impression on thick glass in vermilion, also a small group of cancellation trials on paper, with
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1861 10gr two glass clichés, one in black and one in the radiant vermilion colour that Sperati preferred for optimum contrast, showing hand-painted surround and comprehensive production notes at base, specifying temperature, chemical composition and exposure duration; a very attractive pair of clich
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1861 10gr dark olive-green, block of four in exceptionally fresh quality, wide margins on all sides, and with full original gum, upper stamps with hinge remnant and the lower pair with a tiny trace of hinge; minor gum bends, an outstanding and scarce multiple; cert. Berger (2014).
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1859 1/2S dark violet-grey unused, small faults, full to large margins allaround, a scarce adhesive, sign. Hoffmann-Giesecke, Diena and cert. Heitmann
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1853-60 Prussia postal stationery cut-out 3sgr, cut square and just slightly touched at top, otherwise with wide margins, tied to cover sent to Berlin by boxed Wolgast datestamp, very fine cover with minor folding to top not affecting the cut-out, Mi GAA10 €1400.
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1856 4pf green pair with full to wide margins, struck with two framed Erfurt 10.12 boxed ds, very fine and attractive.
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Pair 1865 and 1867 covers to Austrian Post Offices at Constantinople, both at 7Sgr rate, the 1865 (9/11) wrapper franked 1861 1Sgr and two 3Sgr tied Barmen cds, the 1867 (21/10) entire 1Sgr and three 2Sgr tied blue Berlin P.E. No.1 cds, both with Wien transits and arrival cancels, some slight toning
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2ngr blue and 2ngr bright blue, just touched at bottom cancelled by "1" numeral of Dresden Hofpostamt on piece; a very rare combination with Kurzbefund Rismondo BPP.
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1850 3pf, group of thirteen objects, comprising 4 glass support clichés, two in red, one dated Aug 1941 with production notes at top and base, and another noting exposure time and temperature, five clichés on celluloid, one with integrated cds numeral 2, with comprehensive notes written by Sperati a
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1867 (Aug 9) entire to Constantinople bearing single franking 1863-67 5Ngr greyish blue tied double-ring Dresden cds, reverse with Wien transit and arrival cds 16/8 of Austrian Post Office, slight signs of ageing as expected, a rare destination at this time. Signed Kruschel. Ex Cihangir.
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1868 (Aug 9) two Saxony to Constantinople entire both with North German Confederation frankings, a 31/III double rate entire bearing horizontal strip of six rouletted 1Gr with Ebersbach cds, bold red manuscript W.F.4 above, plus 8/XII entire with rouletted 1Gr and 2Gr cancelled framed Hohenstein Ern
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German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf, group of two beautiful support clichés, one on celluloid in red-vermilion with dating March 1945 and Sperati`s characteristic production notes written around the area of design, also a very fine glass cliché with an impression of the stamp in a luminous white-gray.
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German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf, small group of four items, including two glass support clichés in black and red, and two clichés on celluloid in red, one mounted on thick cardboard and marked “Pathé“, denoting the type of film used, and one smeared with vermilion colour around the design and with
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German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf, one glass support cliché in black on translucent glass dated Aug 1941, with a very detailed impression and integrated cds, and one beautiful cliché with image reversal on celluloid in red vermilion and note “fort Pathé” denoting the Pathé brand of celluloid used by
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German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf one splendid celluloid cliché with a reversed image impression in a refulgent red-vermilion with some decorative production notes at base, a very fine and rare cliché of the sort that Sperati worked on in preparation for the finished stamp reproduction; displaying we
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1866 1 1/4s light purple tied by Lensahn 1866 cds on cover with an ideal strike of CISMAR blue line pm, sent to Petersdorf on the island of Fehmern, on back is Burg 19.5 transit, a very scarce letter from the Briefsammelstelle Cismar, with some light brown spots to front, signed Kohler.
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1862 2kr postal stationery cut-out used as stamp, cut to shape and touching border in a few places, tied by numeral Sonneberg and circular datestamp 12.8 alongside, attractive small entire letter sent to Graefenthal with circular receiver on back, a very attractive usage of the 2kr, the rarest value
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1867 (May 16) small envelope to Constantinople with three colour franking of 1865 colour rouletted 1Kr, 6Kr and 9Kr, cancelled 220 three-ring numerals with Frankfurt A/M Bahnhof cds, reverse with Wien transit and arrival cds (20/5). Fine appearance, the stamps are overlapping, well centred, an attra
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1859, Michel n° 20y used signed Thoma, very fine!
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1867, Michel n° 34 used signed Richter, very fine!
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1851-1923 collection on printed pages with a useful range of earlier issues used, the later period mostly mint, also some back of book, Stationery 'cut outs' etc. Over 300 stamps (STC Scott approx $3'400).
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1895, Cover from Schwerin to United States bearing violet wreck cachet 'Geborgen aus der Postladung des untergegangenen Dampfers Elbe Postamt Bremen 1' + lilac boxed cachet 'Frei ! Marke abgefallen / Paid ! Stamp lost.', at back blue Imperial post seal of Bremen1, scarce (about 20/40 known)
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1919 (Nov 24) airmail sent from Berlin to Zurich with 85pf franking each tied by Berlin W Luftpost cds, with "Per Luftschiff Bodensee", fine.
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1918, 5 mark greenish black and red, from the war printing, perf 25:17 with inverted centre, mint lightly hinged original gum and very fresh showing full sheet margin at left. The stamp has in supplement a scarce pre-printing paper fold. Only about ten examples of this iconic stamp are known, in thi
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1934 5pf green, used, with strongly shifted perforations, used, scarce variety.
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1914 (Aug 1) Swiss 10c "Exposition Nationale" stationery envelope cancelled by the expo cds, then used on the Graf Zeppelin 4th South America flight 31.7.34 with Germany airmail 100pf and 50pf tied by "LUFTSCHIFF / GRAF ZEPPELIN" ds, oval "AN BORD DES LUFTSCHIFFS" hs along with Friedrichshafen Zeppe
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1935-45, Collection in album, noted diverse medium sets, MNH, * and used, also some B & M, Gen.- Gouv., etc.
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1936 Olympic Games 1936 booklet, two booklets with the diagonal cover lines; one booklet missing the printing on page 3, while the other has postal rates in Spanish and French. One booklet missing part of the staple and with a light fold through three stamps (Michel for normal booklets 2000 €).
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1937 Birthday of A.H. miniature sheet mint n.h. 300 times, partly still in original opened or unopened packs of 20 of Reichsdruckerei Berlin in 3 envelopes of famous dealer & auctioneer Ing. Kessler of Prague, from a recent remainder find, Mi Bl. 7 € 21000
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1933, Michel n° 499/507 Wagner complete set mint ** MNH. Very fine!
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German Post in Morocco. 1899- 1911, nice mint and used collection, complete issues and very fine condition. CV 1600€.
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German Post in Turkey. 1874, Folded lettersheet from Brousse franked Large shield 2Gr + 2 1/2Gr bearing Dt.P.A.Constantinopel cds with manuscript "Via Varna & Vienna" to Lyon, some irregular perfs otherwise v.fine and scarce
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1875, Envelope franked Pfennige Issue 20Pf + 25Pf bearing "Dt.P.A.CONSTANTINOPEL 30.7.75" with manuscript "Voie de Varna" to Marseille, v.fine, sign. Ebel and Drahn
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1886, 10pa on 5pf + 20pa on 10pf + 1 1/4pi on 25pf tied to envelope of COMPAGNIE D'EXPLOITATION DES CHEMINS DE FER ORIENTAUX (at back- refolded before mailing) bearing twice CONSTANTINOPEL DEUTSCHE POST 9.10.86 alongside red vignette of "EXPRESS D'ORIENT", the Orient Express label in combination wit
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German Colonies "Kaiser's Yacht" forgeries in complete sheets and part sheets, printed in a composite format with the Colonies of German South West Africa, Kiatschou, New Guinea, Cameroon, Mariana, Samoa, East Africa, Carline, Marshall Islands and Togo in blocks of 12, with complete gummed sheets of
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An interesting miscellany on stockcards with some strength in Chinese area including 1913 "Ostasiatische Lloyd" wrapper front to Officers Mess, S.M.S. Emden, forerunner pieces, 1900 50pf block of 12 used K.D. Feldpostation No 2 cds, Kiautschou with two panorama cards, 1914 Tsingtau cancelled set to
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Cameroon. 1897-1919, nice collection with Michel n° 1-6 *, n° 7-18 used, booklet n° 3. Very fine!
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German Cameroon : 1913, booklet MH n°3B mint ** MNH, very fine.
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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
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Kiautschou. 1900 Hankau mint nh imperforate bottom sheet marginal block of twenty-nine registered labels, each separately numbered, an unusual and rare item for the specialist
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Togo. 1897-1919, Michel n° 1-6 used, n° 7-19 * and n° 20-23 *. Fine condition.
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German Sea Post Ozeanreederei. 1916, 15M grey, showing the very rare variety watermark lines falling "fallende Stufen", extremely fine and fresh example, mint never hinged original gum. Probably unique in this condition; signed Kosack (Michel unpriced, and we would estimate a catalogue value
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1916, 100M brown violet on gold, showing the very rare variety watermark lines falling "fallende Stufen", extremely fine and fresh example, mint never hinged original gum, probably unique in this condition; signed Kosack (Michel €25'000).
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Saar. 1920 2 1/2pfg mint single with the inverted overprint variety and right stamp showing rare broken "e" or "Sarrc" variety, doubly signed by Dr.Dub, a top rarity of Saar, only 3 known (2 mint and one used, this the only pair), cert. Burger (2004); ex Katz.
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1920 2 1/2pfg mint single with the inverted overprint variety and broken "e" or "Sarrc" variety, doubly signed by Dr.Dub, a top rarity of Saar, only 3 known (2 mint and one used), cert. Burger (2004) stating in fairly good condition; ex Katz.
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1920 75pfg block of four with one example showing inverted overprint and the rare broken "e" (or "Sarrc") variety, doubly signed by Dr.Dub as Saar top rarity, only three possible, cert. Burger (2004); ex Katz, lot 135 sold for CHF2'500I; (Mi. €2'800 without the variety)
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1942 HEYDRICH PRESENTATION FOLDER
Folder (showing at outside SS sign and Reinhard Heydrich 7.3.1904 and 4.6.1942 inscription) with mint n.h./ mint block of 4 and used block of 4 of the Heydrich stamp affixed to folded page with black cordel, 25 folders have been issued and its only occasionally of
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Denmark. 1940 (21 Nov) Postcard from Copenhagen to Thorshavn, Faroe Islands correctly franked 1 kr (air mail rate 85 ore and postcard 15 ore), endorsed “by air mail via New York”, British censorship octagonal crowned mark “PASSED P. 128”, and purple “Ae” censorship mark from the German ce
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1941 (19 Nov) Nykobing Falster to Thorshavn Faroe Islands franked with 1 kr 90 ore (double rate airmail), stamps tied by bridge type date stamp. Endorsed “Air mail via New York” and with blue Luftpost/par avion. British censorship label “Opened by Examiner 332” with an additional brown censorshi
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France Dünkirchen. 1940 50c blue vertical pair with 'Besetztes Gebiet Nordfrankreich' overprint in type I (round corners) on cover postmarked GHYVELDE NORD 22.7.40 and arrival marking at back, sign. Roumet, Mi 3I € 600
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Guernsey. 1940-1944 A collection of mint multiples and covers/postcards, starting with four British 2d bisect covers (Guernsey Dec 30 1940), 1941 war occupation issues ½ d and 1d on bluish paper with watermark sideways, also one FDC. Larger multiples include ½ d in marginal block of 20, 1d bl
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1946 EASTERN SAXONY 4Pf numeral issue in cpl. sheet strip of 10 showing position 8 to 10 with full printed centre instead of gutter design, mint n.h., in complete strip rare and unusual, cert B. Ströh BPP, Mi 61 u I, € 360 (for loose adhesives)
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1990, Anniversary of German Unification min sheet showing strong horizontal misscut of about 7mm, used with FD cancel, cert. Schlegel (copy)
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1933-1945, MARINESCHIFFSPOST WWII, selection of about 48 covers, cards or ppc's with Marine-'Feldpost' WWII incl. official covers (noted Admiral Scheer, Helgoland), covers & cards from marine soldiers, etc., also div. ppc's
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1850-1930s, Collection on pages in binder with a decent range of used issues including from Saxony (also 2 covers) and Prussia (with 3 covers), NDP incl. 1869 three-colour franking, some earlier Germany, a few Colonies etc.
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1872-1945, extensive mint and used collection, many good values, complete sets, nice Infla years, back of the book, some local stamps after 1945 and more. High value, mixed conditions for the oldest stamps, mostly fine and very fine after 1900
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1873-1936, substantial collection with 1873 'Large Shields', 1875 5pf and 10pf, 1889 set and 1899 Reichpost to 5m (ex 2m), 1902 and 1905 to 5m. Thereafter complete (all spaces filled) to 1936, including therefore the 1930 South America Flight, 1931 Polar Flight, 1933 Chicago Flight, the Welfare Fund
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1939-59 Germany: Duplication & remainder collns. in 2 stock books, div. album pages and 1 file of General Gouvernement, Bohemia & Moravia, Saarland (this with some covers & cards), also some German Empire, etc., mixed to f.fine
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Allied occupation: 1946-48, group of 97 covers with “Numbers” and “Workers” issues, many interesting items, high catalogue value.
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1946-1949 Small lot of 3 Allied Occupation items: 2x Exportmesse Hannover mini sheets & Soviet Zone 1946 "destroyed" bridges (Mi Bl. 4ayI (type II) with cert. Ströh (€730).
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1959-1961, rocket post covers and vignettes in large Lindner binder where we already counted 88 covers + many extras, autographs, obviously interesting
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1918-23 Inflation Mails: The Eduard Peschl collection housed in 32 volumes on gilt edged pages, collected before WWII, nearly all items expertised with most covers triple expertised, with extensive ranges of single, mixed and multiple frankings on printed matter, parcel cards, insured, register
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1960-1980 DDR, thousands of stamps and complete sets all mint ** MNH nicely ordered for composition, massive accumulation and very high value! Nice condition.
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