1768 (16 July) FL from Danzig to Bordeaux, red and black manuscript charge markings, with arrival docketing, fine early letter (Image)

Est.US$150

1773 (31 Oct) FL from Danzig to Bordeaux, straight-line "Maseyck" handstamp, various charge markings, arrival docketing, fine early letter, most likely handled by the Polish Post Office or perhaps by favor of a ship captain (Image)

Est.US$150

1920 60pf magenta, l.h. (if at all), signed Richter, Sellschopp, Hochkeppeler, etc., also 2m gray blue, h.r., v.f., with 2014 Soecknick certificate, cat. $2500 (Cat No. 44,46) (Image)

Cat. $2500, Est.US$1,000

1920 1m carmine, lower left sheet corner margin single, position 16, h.r., signed Kniep, Hochkeppeler, etc., with 2016 Gruber certificate (Mi.48) cat. $1200 (Cat No. 47) (Image)

Cat. $1200, Est.US$400

1920 1m carmine, position 11, l.h., v.f., signed Richter, Friedl, etc., with 2006 Soecknick certificate (Mi.48) cat. $1200 (Cat No. 47) (Image)

Cat. $1200, Est.US$400

1920 1m carmine, lower left sheet corner margin single, position 17, n.h., but dried gum, v.f., with 2009 Gruber certificate (Mi.48) cat. $1200 (Cat No. 47) (Image)

Cat. $1200, Est.US$400

1899-1900 3pf-50pf set of six, l.h., fresh, fine-v.f., various handstamped guarantee marks, 3pf, 5pf and 50pf with 1998-2000 Steuer certificates (Mi.1I-6I) cat. €4000 (Cat No. 1-6) (Image)

Cat. €4000, Est.US$1,000

1916 (17 Nov) picture postcard ("Gruss von den Karolinen-Inseln") addressed to Mr.Werner, German Embassy, Peking, franked with Japanese 3s and pair of 1/2s (tiny perf. toning), tied by YAP 5.11.16 (17 Nov 1916) "Kansenyubinsho" Warship post office pmk, framed censor cachet at left, with ms docketing and arrival markings, fine and rare usage from a German missionary on Yap, with a detailed 2017 Florian Eichhorn certificate (in 1919, the Japanese forcibly expelled the last of the German missionaries stationed in Yap, thus ending the Capuchin period on Western Carolines) (Image)

Est.US$750

1917 (26 July) Prisoner of War cover addressed to a sailor "Wilhelm" of "S.M.S. Jaguar" at POW Camp Narashino, sent from "Ponape", with Naval Post Office departure pmk, various directional and censor markings, usual cover wear, accompanied by a photograph of German POWs at Narashino, fine cover, one of six recorded from the same correspondence, with 2009 Eichhorn certificate (the Narashino POW camp was opened in 1915 to take some of the German navy and army personnel who had been captured by Japanese forces in the early stages of World War I at the fall of some of Germany's possessions in the Pacific Ocean, such as the Marshall and Mariana Islands) (Image)

Est.US$750

1928 (16 Oct) registered cover to Boston, USA, franked with pair of Tazawa 10s blue, tied by "Ponape" departure cds, with Yokohama transit alongside, showing return address of "J.R. Hoppin, Jaluit, Marshall Isls", Registry label with Yokohama handstamp, violet "Passed Free U.S.Customs" and Boston (Nov 24) arrival pmks, minor cover flaws, v.f., with 2008 Eichhorn certificate (after World War I, Japan received a League of Nations mandate to control the Caroline and Marshall Islands) (Image)

Est.US$750

1901 Yacht, 2p-40p, eight different, overprinted Specimen, l.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.11-18SP) cat. €1200 (Cat No. 11-18S) (Image)

Cat. €1200, Est.US$3,000

1888 (14 Dec) large piece franked with block of 12x20pf ultramarine, canceled by four complete strikes of "Kaiserlich Deutsche Postagentur Shanghai", upper right stamp defective, otherwise fine and impressive multiple, signed Dr.Bohne, GPSY cat. €600 (Cat No. Mi.V42s) (Image)

Cat. €600, Est.US$250

1900 5pf on 10pf carmine, bottom sheet margin single, l.h. (if at all), signed Drahn, with 2001 Steuer certificate (Mi.7II, Euro 700) cat. $800 (Cat No. 16) (Image)

Cat. $800, Est.US$500

1900 5pf on 10pf carmine, top sheet margin single with "4,oo" control number, stamp n.h. (hinged in margin only), v.f., with handstamped guarantee, 2006 Steuer certificate (Mi.7IB, Euro 1,800) cat. $800 (Cat No. 16a) (Image)

Cat. $800, Est.US$500

1900 3pf brown, 5pf green, 10pf carmine and 20pf ultramarine, four different, l.h. or h.r., fresh and well centered, signed Bothe, Richter, Their, Brun, etc., last three with Jakubek or Jaschke-Lantelme certificates (Mi.8-11, Euro 3,450) cat. $2750 (Cat No. 17-20) (Image)

Cat. $2750, Est.US$1,000

1900 3pf brown, used in combination with 20pf ultramarine Diagonal overprint, both canceled on piece by "Peking Deutsche Post" (23.01.01) cds, fresh and v.f., signed Gebruder Senf, with 2003 Jakubek certificate (Mi.8, 4II, Euro 1,000+) cat. $800 (Cat No. 17) (Image)

Cat. $800, Est.US$250

1900 5pf green, h.r., fresh and v.f. stamp, signed Thier, Jakubek, etc. (Mi.9, Euro 500) cat. $400 (Cat No. 18) (Image)

Cat. $400, Est.US$150

1900 10pf carmine, 20pf ultramarine, used, each well centered, fresh, various handstamped guarantee marks, with 2005-06 Jaschke-Lantelme certificate (Mi.10,11, Euro 2,300) cat. $1825 (Cat No. 19,20) (Image)

Cat. $1825, Est.US$750

1900 10pf carmine, canceled on piece "Tientsin 1/1/01", fresh, v.f., with 2005-06 Jaschke-Lantelme certificate (Mi.10, Euro 1,100) cat. $875 (Cat No. 19) (Image)

Cat. $875, Est.US$300

1900 10pf carmine, tied by Tientsin (1(?)/2 01) cds on commercial cover (trimmed at top and missing backflap) to a medical officer in Peking, fling folds away from the stamps, fine and scarce stamp on cover, with 2013 Jaschke-Lantelme certificate (Mi.10, Euro 3,000) cat. $2250 (Cat No. 19) (Image)

Cat. $2250, Est.US$500

1900 30pf orange & black on salmon, h.r., well centered, fresh, single slightly shorter perforation at lower left, pencil signed, v.f. stamp, with 2012 Jaschke-Lantelme certificate (Mi.12, Euro 6,000) cat. $4750 (Cat No. 21) (Image)

Cat. $4750, Est.US$1,500

1900 30pf red orange & black, tied on small piece by "K.D. Feldpoststation No. 8 23.5" cds, nicely centered, v.f. and rare, signed Richter, Buhler, Friedl, Bartels, etc., with 2000 Jakubek certificate (Mi.12, Euro 6,000) cat. $4750 (Cat No. 21) (Image)

Cat. $4750, Est.US$2,000

1900 30pf orange & black on salmon, canceled "Tientsin 3/1 01", well centered, good color, slight adhesions on back, signed Drahn, with 1997 Lantelme opinion ("Gutachten") (Mi.12, Euro 6,000) cat. $4750 (Cat No. 21) (Image)

Cat. $4750, Est.US$1,500

1900 80pf black & lake rose, unused part original gum, well centered, brilliant colors, signed Richter, Bothe, etc., with 2013 Jaschke-Lantelme certificate (Mi.14, Euro 6,000) cat. $4750 (Cat No. 23) (Image)

Cat. $4750, Est.US$1,500

1901 3pf-80pf "China" nine different, overprinted Specimen, l.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.15-23SP) cat. €2250 (Cat No. 24-32S) (Image)

Cat. €2250, Est.US$500