1872 (25 May) FL to France franked with Germany 1gr+2gr Small Shield cancelled Saarbrucken, v.f., with La Rochere arrival pmk (Image)

Est.$300

1920 80pf black and carmine red, plate 3, position 50, cancelled "Neunkirche 15 3 20", well centered, v.f., with 1996 Burger certificate. A rare variety (bar defective at right), only a few known cancelled (Mi.16 III PFV) cat. €1200 (Cat No. 16var) (Image)

Cat. €1200, Est.$250

1920 3m black violet, unused and well centered example with disturbed gum, good color, various red handstamped guarantee marks and pencil signature, fine and very rare stamp, with 2005 Jean-Francois Brun certificate (Mi.A17, Euro 20,000) (see note in Scott following No.17) (a comparable copy was recently sold in a German auction for equivalent of $21,500+) cat. $16000 (Image)

Cat. $16000, Est.$7,500

1921 25pf "Saar River Traffic", center inverted variety, block of four, one stamp l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f. (Cat No. 71var) (Image)

Est.$750

1947 1fr on 10pf rose violet, surcharge inverted, sheet of 100, n.h., folded between the stamps, v.f., with 2005 Ney cert. (Mi.228K) cat. €3000 (Cat No. 177var) (Image)

Cat. €3000, Est.$500

1950 Council of Europe, 25fr and 200fr in vertical gutter pairs, n.h., v.f. (Mi.297-298) cat. €750 (Cat No. 226,C12) (Image)

Cat. €750, Est.$150

1950 Council of Europe, 25fr and 200fr in vertical gutter pairs, n.h., v.f. (Mi.297-298) cat. €750 (Cat No. 226,C12) (Image)

Cat. €750, Est.$150

1957 Heuss, complete sets, 40 different stamps on 13 different cacheted FDCs, few registered, also additional covers, mostly fine-v.f. (Mi.380-99,409-28) cat. €2000 (Cat No. 263-82,289-308) (Image)

Cat. €2000, Est.$500

1931 Issues, complete sets used, the former with sheet corner margins, v.f., with 2013 Geigle certificates (Mi.144-157) cat. €1450 (Cat No. B23-36) (Image)

Cat. €1450, Est.$500

1931 Charity Issue, complete set of seven, used on registered cover (4.1.32) to Borken, minor cover scuffs away from the stamps, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk (Mi.151-157, catalogue value for used off cover) cat. €800 (Cat No. B30-36) (Image)

Cat. €800, Est.$500

1948 Flood Disaster souvenir sheet of four, 12pf+8pf (green) shifted downwards and inverted, n.h., v.f., with Christine Ney certificate ("out of the two known souvenir sheets, this is the only one in perfect, never hinged condition") (Mi.Block 1K I) (Cat No. B64a,var) (Image)

Est.$10,000