Sales 1005-1007 - Caspary Sale 4 - Old German States Part 1

THE

~OLLECTION SALE

4 OLD GERMAN STATES -

Part One -

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

April 23, 24, 25, 1956

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THE

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COLLECTION

OLD GERMANSTATES and Heligoland Sold by Order

Part One -

of the Executor

Unreserved

of His Estate

Sale by Auction

on

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

APRIL 23, 24, 25

1956 AT 2 P.M. m the TRIANON

ROOM of the AMBASSADOR

(Park

HOTEL

Avenue and 51st S treet)

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.J[u ctioneers

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newYork36, n. Y B ernard D. H armer, Fred T. Buck, L icensed Auctioneers Cables: Harni ersal e, New York ..

Ph cne : PLasa 7-4460 -

SALES

No. 1005, 1006, 1007 -

CONDITIONS

OF SALE

Bidding

1.- A ll bids a re per lot as num ber ed in th e ca talog ue. Th e ri g ht is r eser ved t o wit hdr a w any lot pri or to sa le, to divide a lot, or t o g roup tw o or more lot s.

11.-T he hi g h est bid der sh all p r ev ail. Sh ould a ny dispute a ri se be twee n bid de r s th e decision of th e a uct io neer as to th e success fu l bi dder a nd t he r eoffe rin g or r esa le of th e lot und er di spute sha ll r e, t entir ely on th e ju dgeme n t of th e au cti oneer. T it le sha ll rema in in t he Exec utor of th e Will of A lfred H . Caspa r y until p ay m ent is rece ived a nd de livery made to th e bu ye r. Th e auc ti oneer shall r eg ul a te th e biddin g a nd r ese r ves the rig ht to r efu se a ny bid be lieved by h im n ot t o be ma de in go od fa it h.

Payment

For Pur chases

II 1.-Floor Bidders. Th e na m e a nd addr ess of th e buyer o f eac h lo t sha ll b e g iven t o the a uct ionee r imm ed iate ly fo llow ing th e sa le of such lot. P ay ment of t h e w hole purchase pr ice, or suc h part th er eof shall be ma de by t he floo r bu ye r in such m ann er a s the auct ionee r m ay de term in e.

IV.-Mail Bidders. Su ccess ful ma il-bidd er s will be not ified of lot s alloca te d to th em and mu st r emit befo r e th e lots ar e sen t. D elive ry t o su ccessfu l mail b idd er s w ill be at th e a ddr esses indicate d o n the ir bid sheets. P er so n s kn ow n t o u s, o r wh o furni sh sa ti sfactory r eferences, may, a t our op ti on , have th eir stamps for w ard ed to th e m for imm ed ia te pay m en t. A minimum cha rge of 25c w ill be made fo r ma iling a nd in sur an ce.

Authenti city

V.-Eac h iot is so ld as genu ine but whe n in t he op 1111 on of a ny compe t en t au thori t v accep tab le to H . R . H a r me r . In c., th e lo t is decla 1¡ed o therw ise. t he purc ha se pri ce will be r efu nded in fu ll, pro vided that such claim is received by H. R. Harmer, Inc., within a period of twenty-one days from the dat e of the auction.

VI.-A ny lo t, descrip ti on of whi ch is incorr ec t, is r et urn able only withi n three days of rece ipt . All disput ed lot s mus t be r et urned intac t. as r ece ived. Lots co nt aining f ive or m or e stamps ar e no t re turn a ble a t any tim e. No lots ma y be r e turn ed by pur chase r s w ho h ave ha d a n oppq_rt un ity to exam ine th em befo r e th e sa le. S ta mp s descr ibe d as hav ing defects a re not re turn ab le on accou nt of th eir co nditi on. St am ps cannot b e ret u rne d on acco u n t of cente ri ng when such sta mps ar e illu str at ed.

Ne w York City Sale s Ta x VI 1.-The Ne w Yo r k Cit y ales T ax (3%) is paya ble by b uyers liab le to tax " h o accep t deliver y in the City. Non-res ide nt s o f :--Jew Yo r k City a r e n ot liab le to th e tax if their pur hases a r e ma iled to any a dd ress ou t side Ne w Yo rk Cit y .

VIII. - Th e plac ing of a bid shall cons titut e accep ta nce of th e for ego ing co nditi on s of sa le.

GENERAL

I. Conditions of Sale.

No surcharge buyer s.

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INFOR M ATION

See oppo . ite.

Parti cular attention is drawn to Europe an buy ers that N O additional charge is made on the yric e at which the lot is sold by the auctioneer - o th er th a n ma iling and insuran ce charges.

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Bidding by Mail.

Clients fill in ecut ed us are bid s.

4.

Floor buyers.

Attention is particularly drawn to Condition of Sale III. F ull payment or a substanti al depos it will be required , imm ediate ly following the pur cha se of any lot, from a pe r son unknown to u s.

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De livery of lots.

Lo t s may be cleare d during or imm edia t ely following the auction fr om H. R. H ar mer per so nnel in th e lobby lead ing to the Trianon R oo m. In th e case of ma il-b idd er , lo ts will be sent by R eg iste r ed mail , in ured, failing contrary in st ru cti ons.

unable to attend the auct ion per onally are invit ed to their offe r s on the enclos ed Bid Form. Bids w ill be exby the auc ti onee r without cha rge. Clients unknown to requested to forward a de pos it or re fer ences w ith th eir

6. Exhibition of lots.

Oppo ite fir s t page of description s.

7. Out-of-town viewing.

Lots wi ll be sent for po stal view ing to client s known t o u s in th e U nit ed St a tes . Ea rly app lication essen tial due to ex hibition over sea fr om M arc h 22.

8. Valuations.

Avail able during ex hibiti on. Valuation s of lo ts of particular inte re s t sent on rece ipt of stamp ed addres sed ca rd or envelope.

9. Lists of Pri ces Realized.

Ava ilable 10 day after aucti on 75c po st paid or $10 the serie s uf sixt ee n auction s. New York City Sales Tax ext r a.

10. Catalogue numbers and symbols.

Symbols:

Ca ta log ue numb er s and price s from Sco tt Catalogue 1956; Miche l Specialized Ca talog ue, 1956.

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Un u eel;

0

Used ; 83 Block of fo ur ; four; 6. On piec e; I~

~ B loc k large r than

Important:

Part

TI,

On cover.

Unu sed sta mp s which are de sc ribed "o. g." hav e orig inal gu m.

Stamps which are described a s "unus ed" have no g um or g um wh ich is not original. "Tied " or " ty ing" m ea n s tha t, on st amp s o n co ver or piece, the cance llat ion goe over.

"Last Minute Bids"

Bids ca n be teleph oned to a privat e line at th e Tri a no n Roo m fr o m 1 p . m. o n eac h sa le day .

PL 3-9985 -

V ersteigerungsbedingungen

Gebote L- A lle Gebo te sind pe r Los w 1e 1m Katalo g mit Nummer au fge fuehrt . Wir behalten un s vor, einze lne Lo e vo r dem V erk a uf zuru eckzu zieh en, ein Lo s aufzut eilen oder m ehr er e Lose zu sa mmen zu lege n .

11.- Z usch lag er ha elt der M eistbietend e. Sollt e zwisch en Bie tern Streit ent stehe n, so ist das Urtei l des Aukti onat or s allein entsche idend , wer de r er fo lgr eiche Biet er ist ode r ob da s str eiti ge L os nochma ls a usge bot en werd en soil. D as Ei ge ntum verbleibt bei de m T es tament svo llstr ec ker von A lfred H . Ca spary bi s nac h Empfang de Kaufprei ses und erfolgte r Liefe rung an den K ae ufe r. D er Auktionator r ege lt da s Biet en un d behaelt sich vo r , jedes Gebot zuru eck zuwe isen , von dem er annimmt, <lass es nich t in g ut em Gla uben gemacht ist .

Bezahlung der Kaeufe 111.-G ebote von Anwesenden. Sofort nach dem Verkauf jedes Lose s mu ss d er Kaeufer dem A uktion a tor se ine n Namen und se ine Ad r esse a u fgeben. Zahlung des g anzen Kaufpr eises ode r eines Teil s desse lben mu ss de r Kae u fer in der vo m Aukt ionato r bes timmt en Weise le isten.

IV.-S chriftlich e Gebote . Erfolgreiche Biete r wer den benachricht ig t, welche Lose ihn en zugesc hla gen wurd en, und muesse n beza hlen, ehe die L ose zugesa ndt we rden . Die Zu se ndun g der L ose erfo lgt an die im Auktio n s-Auftrag ve rm erkt e Adresse .

Biete r , die un s bekannt sind oder die zur eich ende R efe r enz en a ufgeben , k oenn en nach un ser em Gut duenke n ihr e Mark en zu sofo rtig er Zahlung zugesan dt bekommen. Es wir d ein e Mindestgebueh r von 25c fuer P o rt o und Ve r sich erung erhobe n .

Echtheit V.- J edes Los wird als ech t ver ste iger t. Sollt e ein Los abe r nac h der Me inun g ein es komp e tent en Fach ma nn s, der von H . R . H a rm er In c. a nerk a nnt w ird, fa lsch sein , so w ird der Ka uf pr eis voll zuru eckgezah lt , falls H. R. Harmer Inc. eine derartige Reklamation innerhalb von einundzwa nzig Tagen vom Datum der Auktion empfaengt .

VI.- J edes Los, <lessen Beschreibung unri chti g ist, ka nn nur innerhalb von drei Tagen nach Empfang zuru ec kgegeben we rden. A ile str eit ige n Lose mu essen im Origina lzustand. wi e sie emp fangen wurd en, zuruec kgegebe n werde n. Ka eufer, die var der Auktion Gelegen heit hatt en , die Lose zu unt ers uchen, Ko enne n dies elben nich t zuru eckge ben. Marken , die a is sch adhaft beschr ieben sind, koe nn en nicht wegen ihr er E rhaltun g zurueckgegeben werden. Marken k oe nn en nich t wege n sch lec ht er Zentri erun g zuru ec kgegebe n werden, wenn diese Marken abgebi lde t sind.

Ve rkaufsst e uer der Stadt New York Vll.-

Vlll.-Di

Die Verkau fs teu er der Stadt New Yo rk (3%) mu ss von steuerpfli chtigen Ka eu fern entricht e t werden, we lch e die Marken in der Stadt in Empfang nehm e n. P ersonen, die au sse rh alb New Yorks w ohn en, zah len k eine St euer, wenn die Mark en vo n uns an ein e Adresse a usse rh alb der Stadt ve r sa ndt we rd en . e Einlie fe run g ein e un gsbed ingungen .

Gebotes

bedeutet

die Annahme

vorst eh ende r Verste iger -

ALLGEMEINES

I. Versteigerungsbedingungen.

Siehc gege nueb er .

Kein Aufgeld .

Wir machen auch besond ers darauf aufm erksam , dass auf de n Zuschlagspreis KEI N Aufg eld erhoben wird.

3. Schriftlicbe Oebote.

Kund en, die ni cht in der Lag e sincl, cler Auktion per oe nli ch beizuwohn en. k oe nnen ihr e Gebote auf dem beiliege nden Auf eintragen. Gebote wercl en von elem Aukti onat or trags-Formular ko stenfr ei ausgefuehrt. Kunden, die un s unb ekannt sincl, werden gebeten, eine Anzahlun g oder R efere nz en mit ihren Geboten einzu sen den .

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III h ing e4. Anwesende Kaeufer. Es ,,·ird beson cler a uf Versteigerungsbedingung wie se n. W enn un s ein Kaeufer unbekannt ist , so wird Zah lu ng <les vollen Pr eises ode r eine betraechtlich e Anzahlung so fort nach Kauf ied en Lo ses ver!angt.

5. Lieferung der Lose.

6. Ausstellung Lose.

der

Lose koe nn en waehrend oder sofo rt na ch cler Auktion von Perso na l von H. R. H ar mer im Vorraum, der zum Trianon R oo m fuehrt, uebe rn omm en we rd en. Bei schriftlichen Gebot en we rclen die Lo. e falls keine gegen t eiligen In strukti one n vorliegen, per Einschreiben ver sichert gesc hickt .

Siebe gegen uebe r der er sten Seite der Beschreibungen.

7. Besicbtigung ausserhalb New Yorks.

Lo e koen nen an un s bekannt,' Kunden inn erhalb der V ereinigt en S taa t en ZLff Ansicht per P os t gesandt werden. R ec htz eiti ge r Antr ag ist unb ed ing t notwenclig, cla die L ose von 22 Ma er z an in Europa a usges tellt werden.

8. Prelsscbaetzungen.

\Naehre nd der Au ss t ellung erhaelt lich . Schaetzungen von Lose n , <lie von be onderem Int er esse sind . werden nach Erhalt einer frankiert en und aclressierten Karte o<ler ein es Briefumschlags uebersanclt.

9. Liste der erzlelten Preise .

Erhaeltlich JOTage na ch der Aukti on portofrei gege n Einsendung von 75c ode r $10 fu er die Serie von sec hze hn Auktionen. Ver kauf ss te uer cler Stadt Ne w York extrn.

10. Katalognummern.

Zeichen:

Ka t a logn umm ern uncl Pr eise nach und Mich el K a tal og (1956).

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i~ Wichtig:

co tt, Katalog

Unge brau cht: 0 Gebra uch t; H3 Viererb lock; Block ,·on meh r a ls vier M a1·ke11: t:, Briefstueck:

Tei! lT, 1956

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Brief.

Cngebranch t e ::v[arken, die a ls ·'o. g." beschrieben sin d, haben O riginalg ummi . Dagegen haben :Marken , be i clenen die Beschr eibun g ''unused" la ut et. k ein en Gummi oder k einen Origi nalg ummi . ·'Tied" oder " tying '' bedeutet, class bei M arken auf Rr ief oder Bri e fstu ec k der Stempe l ueb er ge ht .

By John R. Boker, Jr. Treas ur er a nd Tru st ee o f t he Phi la t c-lic f ound a ti on

D urin g th e last few yea r o f l\fr. Cas pa r y' s li fe, I vi sit ed him abo ut once a month . vVe loo k ed a t stamp a nd chatt ed ab out hi s ha lf ce ntur y co llec tin g, an unp ara lled phi late lic car ee r w hi ch sta rt ed " ·hen, in th e o ffi ce of a fri end, he sa\\' a stamp a ucti on ca ta log ue a nd was a ma zed t o lea rn th a t th ese lit t le bit of pape r w er e th e subj ect of activ e trad ing. Th e p ur chase of hi s first st a mp , an tmu se d Sc New Yo r k Pos tm aster, a wakened a ge nuin e loYe of st amps a nd led to th e fo rm a ti on of th e g r eat es t co llec ti on - a nd accumulat ion - of U nit ed States and Co nf eder ate Stat es stam ps \\·hi ch \\'ill ever be fo rm ed.

For years Mr. Caspa ry igno r ed cance lled stamp s, but th e no n-e xi st ence of m a ny P os tm as t er s unu eel led him - fort un a t ely so m e years be for e th e fab ul ou s Fe rr ari ,a le s - t o spr ea d ou t . H e h ad a pass ion for nit ed St ates s tamp s, but a likin g fo r a ll class ics. H e once said he "lik ed Ol d Ge rman s next t o U . S.". Hi s co llec tion of Old Ger m an s - th e rn aj or porti on of w hi ch is co nt a ined in t hi s sa le - is cle ar evid e nce o f thi s likin g a nd hi deve lop m ent a s a co llec t or. H is rulin g m otiv e was hi s prid e in t he po ssess ion of a rar it y a nd he ear ly r ea lize d that supe rb co nd it ion in th e field of class ic st amp s denot ed "ra ri ty" in o th er\\'i se to him co mm onp lace var ie ti es.

I n Ge r man S ta t es, Mr. Caspa r y d id no t see k complc t ness, but hi s ta st e for th e r ar e a nd th e beaut iful led him t o find it. H e w as a conno isse ur h er e, not a specia list , but in every Ge rm an State h e ha s it em a spec ialis t wou ld love. Kn owin g Mr. Caspa r y, it is n ot sur p1·ising that h e ow ned the "Baden error " and the "Saxo ny error" , eighteen 3pf Saxony, in cludin g mi nt bloc k s of fo ur and six, an d a lo vely co rn er cop y on cove r. But it is a tr ibut e to h is kn owledge of th e int rin sica lly r a r e t hat h e includ ed cove r s of th e Br em en 7gr perfo r a t ed: t he Hamb ur g 4sc h imperforatecl and a g reat r ep r ese nt ati o n of th e 9sc h : H anover l 0g r in a pair; Schwe ri n 4/ 4s clot t ed in a pair; Stre lit z ½sg r a nd l sch ; severa l love ly Sch lesw ig 1 a n d 2. H e also appr ec iat ed th e r a rit y of Lubeck co ver s and in add iti on to th e err or an d th e bea ut iful b loc k of th e ½s un wate rm a rk ed, acc umu late d ma ny o f th e ra r e but appa r en tly "le er lig ht s".

Min t ing les we r e h is ea rli es t lo\·e. I doubt if ther e ex ist s a f iner lo t , pa r tic ula rl y O ldenbur g which was one of th e very few co untri es w here h e "c ulled" hi dupli ca t es, and

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which are, I believe, as nice as can be obtained. To thi s a rr ay he added, ome twenty yea r s ago, th e f ines t co llection of mint multipl es put toge th er sinc e Koch a nd F err a ri .

H e disr ega rd ed, excep t for the rar e r it em s, co untri e where r emai nde r ex isted in quantity: Bavaria, H a mburg , H a nove r an d Schleswig. Hi s other mint blocks a re r emar k ab le with th e und era tecl Baden 3kr on ye llow and 6kr on ye llow green. th e Brun sw ick imp erf orate, the love ly third i sue Oldenburg se t whi ch travelled to him from Koch th ro ugh two co llect ion s, and e ven Pru ss ia where he kn ew ho,Y und er es tim a t ed are the mint ite m s. He ha a mint pair of th e Pru sia 1861 2sg blu e ro ulett ed - th a t ,ms a ll Ferra ri ha d. In "com mon Schleswig'' wh at has he but a fabulou block of the r ares t mint tamp , th e 1 64 ¼s Typ e II ?

The 1939 L ond on sa le of th e Rot hsc hild cove r gave him th piece as the Bergeclorf I sc h marginal pai r (he had acq uir ed rare cover s fr om Wals er ), the H a mbur g four 9sch on co ver, th e addit iona l Oldenburg and chl esw ig. H e d id no t co llec t bisec t s t he two bea utiful Han ove r cove r h e bid in at a Ferra ri sa le.

opportun it y to acid such et of th ese a beautiful Schwe ri n 2sch g r ay, and but till coul d no t r es ist

One ga p rema ins in comp letin g th e picture of hi s collect ion. \,Vhat of the ''littl e sta mp s", rariti es because of th eir beauty? He fe lt th e lack and added int act th e wonderful '·Wa lser " collec ti on, a co llec tion of E uropean clas ics form ed on th e basis of "common stamps in un comm on co nditi on". As a res ult , we see uch thi ngs as th e supe rm arg ined Bade n 3kr black on g ree n with " 165" cance l (hi s impr ess ive ma rg inal cove r was a "Van Gelde r " acq ui iti on), a fantastic u eel co rn er copy of th e Bava ri a lkr black, th e r ed mut e "Gammer tin ge n" Thurn and T ax is cove r , th e Pru ss ia pla te num be r s. and, above a ll, a really wo nd erful show ing o f H a nove r "ma rg ina l ", which, ar e, in th is lo ,·ely cond iti on, th e mo t beautifu l o f European class ics.

Oldenburg " ·as Mr. Caspary'!< favo rit e German State. Years ago he bought a large collec tio n which, with hi lat e r ac qui siti o n , " ·as co n olida ted in ne a lbum kept at home. a nd e\'en were sca t te red around. Hi s Baden. \ Vurttemberg Hi s oth er German State 3pf Saxo ny b lock w er e s tu ck in appro va l ca rd s, hi s R o th schild cove r s in a stoc kb ook . tam ps mount ed his 9sch H a mbur g cove r s on the ori g inal aucti on she e t s. hi s "\Valser" in evera l mall albums of Europeans h e espec ially lik ed . and his o th er later acq uisiti on s tossed in between th e pages of th e a lbum in whi ch in 1930 he had mount ed hi s mint singles .

No w , for the first tim e, all hi s Germ a n States a re arrayed in ord er. H e h ad a wonderful grasp of what he had and ho,Y it ca me to him. but he had ne ,·er r ea lly see n everyt hin g toge th er. Looking a t thi ca ta log ue, I think eve n h e wo uld have bee n mu ch impr e sed.

Rare Item s Illu strated

1n

Color

Baden: Th e famous err or of co lor on cover

Lot

9

2

Bavaria: 6kr bro k en circle , very rar e unu sed pair

Lot

51

3

Oldenburg:

Lot 59"1

I 55 ½ sgr b lack on g re e n, beautiful

mint bloc k of -l .....

Hambur g : Pair of 9s perfora t ed w ith t wo ½son an immaculat e cov er to Curacao . ......................................................... ......................................... L ot 362

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Lube ck: ½ s unwate r ma rk ed b loc k o f 4 on cove r, th e mos t bea uti ful Lubeck item in ex i tence .. . ....................... .

L ot 521

6

Sax on y: 3pf. mint

Lot 733

7

Mecklenbur g-Strelitz:

8

Saxony:

9

Sc hlesw ig- Hol stein : One of the two known mint block~ of th e ra r e l ¼ s type II ..................................................................................... .............. . ............... .. ..

margina l bl ock of 4

½

g green,

three

cop ies on cover

Lot 563

)/2ng black on pa le blue, th e er ror of co lor in pair

Lot 752

Lo t 803

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EXHIBITION

OF LOTS -

- GERMANY HAMBURG Tuesda y, Wednesday

10 a . m. to 5 p. m.

, M a rch 27, 28

DUESSELDORF Tu es day,

O ff ices of E d gar Mohrm a nn &. Co H a m burg 1, Speer sort 6

Parkho tel, Corneliu splat z 1, Koenigsalle

We d ne sda y, Apr il 3, 4 ...

10 a. m . to 5 p . m .

- FRANC E -PARIS -

Offices

of Theod o r e Champion

13, Ru e D rout , Par is 9e Thur sda y, Fr id ay, April

5, 6

10 a . m . to 5 p . m.

-- ENGLAND LONDON -

O ffices of H . R. Harm e r , Ltd .

4 1 New Bond S tr ee t, London , W . 1.

Wedne sda y, Thur sda y, April

11, 12

10 a. m . to 5 p . m .

- U N ITED STATES AT 6 WEST 48th STREET, NEW YORK Monda y through Saturda y, April

F r ida y, Apr il 16-20 21

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Commen ts in boxes a t th e begin n ing of ea ch S tat e, in regard to cata logue p ri ces with a nd with o ut g u m , are reproduced from the S co tt Cata logue .

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FIRST DAY OF SALE

MONDAY, APRIL 23rd, 1956 AT TWO O'CLOCK

IN THE TRIANON

ROOM

of th e

AMBASSADOR -

Park

Avenue

HOTEL

a nd 51st Str ee t,

Tew York

City -

SALE No. 1005

BADE N

Pri ces for 1-9 unused are for copies wiU1out gum. Cop ies with e ll for about twice as g um No. 10 and following much. g u m sell for n u mb er s without a bou t h a lf th e prices.

1851 First Printin g - Deep black on thin paper.

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lkr black on buff, horiz. strip of 3, small to large marg ins all round, part shee t marg in at bottom , ve ry fin e .............................................. (la) See illustration 3kr black on orange, o. g., very fine, full mar g ined cop y with part sheet mar g,in at right ............................................................. ...... ....................... (2a) 30.00+ S ee ill1istration

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3kr black on orange, blo ck of 4. 0. g., brilli ant fres h, marg ins all side s exce pt top left stamp cut to fram e line at left . Ve ry fin e and rare blo ck .. .. ............. ....... ......................... ... (Za) S ee illitstrat ion

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3kr black on orang e, tied o n sm a ll piece br red numeral "121" ( Sa ec kin ge n ), r ery f in e with very sm al l t o la.rge mar g in s all ro un d (2a)

5 O EE 3kr black on oran ge, blo ck of 4. Fram e line touched in tw o places but

portion still visible, oth erwi se marg ins all round . Attractive and sc ar ce blo ck .. ... ......................... ......... ........ ..... ..... ........... ......... .... .. . .... (2a )

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6 * EE

8

6kr bla ck on blu e g r ee n , blo ck of 4. F ull o. g. and brilliant fr es h , mar g in s all sid es . S lig ht ve rt . c r ea se in ce nt er bar e ly tou chin g th e stamp s, on e st amp small thin spot , still a w ond e rful blo ck .... (3a )

ee illustration

7

O

6kr bla ck on blu e g r ee n , blue num e ral "162" (Zell a.JI. ), ,¡c ry fin e with full ma rg in s ......................... ........... .... ............. ...................... ... (3a )

8

0

6kr bla ck on blu e g r ee n. A wond erful cop y w ith e normou s ev en marg ins aJJ s id es, showin g g ood portion s of seve n adjoinin g stamps ( 3a )

S ee illustration

APRIL

BADE N , 1851

13

-

23r d , 1956

,

E R

C

R

0

0

L

R

0

of

R

9kr bla ck on BL UE GR EEN, T H E ERROR OF COLOR .

Fr es h, vivid color , mar g ins a ll round exce pt a trifl e ir r eg ular at bottom rig ht, tou chin g in on e or two tin y pla ces , lig ht unnoti ceabl e ve rt . cr ease, ve ry fin e for such a rarit y . Tied by num eral can e. "41" t o ve ry small , neat fold ed lett er, bearin g town po stmark of ori g in " E TTE HEIM , ZS AUG '51", addr esse d to Karl sruh e.

Gr eat classic rari ty o,f w hich but thr ee copi es ex ist. On e is on piece and a n oth er on c ove r , th e latt er in th e German Re ichspo st M use um.

On e of th e mo st out stan ding philat elic it em s in ex isten ce ( 4b) 10,000.00+ From th e "Ferrari" Collection S ee illu strat ion and color plat e

FIRST

BADEN,

SESSION

1852

14

1852 Second printing - Black on thi cker paper.

10

*

lkr black on dark buff , o . g ., fr e h, m a rg in s nea rl y a ll ro und , yer y fin e ( 1) See ill11slrali on opz108il P-

II

0

lkr black on dark buff, red numeral "US" (Ra statt ), ver y fin e w ith m a rg ins a ll ro un d ............ .................. ............................................. .......... ( 1) , e ill11strrrtion oppo sit e

12 0

lkr black on dark buff, ver y la rge m ar g in s, sho w ing por ti o ns o f adj oining st a mp s 0 11 t hr ee side s. T iny t hin nin g ba ck ed up, ot he rw ise ex cept iona lly fine ......................................... .......... ............................... ( I) S ee ill1istrat ion oz,posit e lkr black on dark buff, vert . pair, marg ins all sides, very fine ........ (1) , 'ee ill11s/ration oz1posit e lkr black on dark buff , three singles, two full marg ined. Tied on piece by clear blue numeral "162", bearin g blue town postmark o-f origin "Zell a. H.", very fine .... ......................... ............. .. .. ......... .. ......... ( 1) See ill1tstrat ion oppo sit e

13

0

14 6.

l 5 l!:8:l

lkr

bla ck on dark buff, ma g nifi cent co rn er copy with wide sheet mar g ins left and top and mar g ins other sides (close but clear small plac e bottom ri g ht) , showing portions of two adjoining stamps. Used with bottom sheet mar g in copy of same stamp and rig ht sheet mar g in copy of 3kr bla ck on ye llow , both ve ry fin e thou g h a trifle close in small place .

All on same small, neat cove r (front and one ba ck flap) Freiburg to Eschbach nea r Staufen, cane . by num era l "43", one tied.

Famous unique cover, unusually impressive and one of the most outstanding Baden items known .......................... (I, 2) S ee illu stra tion

16 * EB Jkr black on ye llow , blo ck of 4. Full o. g., brilliant fres h, large marg ins, minor g um wrinkles. A beautiful block of g reat rarity .............. (2) S ee illustrat ion opposi te

17

0

Jkr black on yellow, corner copy, showi ng por ti on s o f a dj oin ing sta mp . t op a nd ri g ht; sup erb ................................................................................ (2) See illustrat ion oppo si te

30.00

FIRST

S ESSION

BADEN

, 1852

16

Jkr black on ye llow , ultra s up erb g utt er corner copy . Sheet mar g in at bottom , g utt er at left, showin g p ortion of adjoinin g stamp of adjacent pane, large m a rg in s other sides, show ing go od po rtion of neig hborin g sta mp at top . Tie d by num era l "2" to neat 11.a rt cove r.

A mar ve lou s sta mp ............................................. .... .......... ......... (2) See ill1tstration opposite

18

6kr black on ye llow g ree n, blo ck of 4. Full o. g ., fres h, marg ins all round (close s mall pla ce at top but fram e line int act), minor g um wrinkles. A beautiful blo ck of g reat rarity ....................................... (J) S ee illiistration

20 0

6kr black on ye llow g ree n, horiz. pair with full mar g in s, cancelled in center by brill iant st r ike o[ numeral "128". Pair adhere s t o o rig inal paper; superb ................................................................................... ............ (3) See illiLstratfon opposit e

21

0

9kr bla ck on lilac rose, corn er co py, part shee t mar g in lef t and bot to m . large mar gin o th er ides , show ing portions of t \\"O adj oinin g stamp •s; sup erb ..................................................... (➔ ) S ee illiLstration opposit e

22

0

9kr black on lilac rose, enor m ous ma rg in s, show ing portio ns of fo ur ad joinin g stamps, very fine ..................... .......... (-1) 1853-58 Issue

23

0

lkr black on w hit e, horiz. pair, single sma ll cogw hee l ca nce llati on " 11" in cente r , full mar g in , supe rb ..... . .. .. . . ( (1) S ee illustration opposit e

24 * EB Jkr black on g reen , blo ck of 4. O. g., marg ins all round exce pt low er rig ht sta mp cut to frame line at bottom . Top pair small thinnin g.

St ill a choic e blo ck and very rare ............... ........................... (7) S ee illiistration opposit e

0

Jkr bla ck on g reen, com er co py . bee t mar g in s lef t and bottom . large mar g in s other side , showing portions of a dj o inin g s tamps: sup erb .................................................................................................................. (7 ) S ee illustrat ion opposite

26 0

Jkr bla ck on g ree n, a magnifi cent copy with large marg ins all sides and part sheet margin at top, beautifull y cancelled by full clear st rike of the rare sing le circle numeral cance llation "165" of Rittersba ch. A real ge m ···················-············•·······················...........................

(7) S ee illustrat ion opposit e 6kr black on ye llow , part o. g., deep co lor, tw o tiny thin nings, fine (9) SeP ilh1stra,tion opposit e

25

3:i.00

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FIRST

SESSION

28 * 83

18

BADEN

1860-61 Peri. lJ.1/z Jkr ultramarine, block of 4. 0. g ., fresh, fine to very fine ....................'..........•·················································•············-······················· ( I2) 30.00+ S ee illu stration opposite -

Jkr Prussian blue, horiz. pair, o. g., fresh, fine to ve ry fine; scarce (12a) 100.00+ S ee illiistrat ion opposit e

-

9kr rose, block of 4. 0. g., fresh , g ood co lor, a few irreg ular perfs at bottom, otherwis e very fine ............................................................ (14) 70.00+ S ee illustration opposite

1862 Perf. 10, lkr black , block of 4. Full o. g ., fres h, wel l ce nt er,e d, o ne sta mp neg ligibl e tin y thinnin g , o th erwi se very fine .................... ( 15; 20.00+

32 * 83

-

6kr blue , block of 4. Fu ll o. g., fr es h, ce nt ered to top, perfs cut in, ot llerwi ·se a faultl,es,s blo ck .................................................... .......... ( 16) 20.00+ S ee ilhtst ·ration opposite

33 * 83

-

9kr brown, blo ck of 4. Full o. g., fr esh, very fine ............................ (17) 30.00+ S ee illu stra tion opposite

34

*

35

*

1862 Perf. 13·½, Jkr rose. Unused, small t hinnin g at top, fin e and rare (18) S ee illiistrat ion opposit e 1862-65 Perf. 10, 6kr Prussian blue. 0. g., we ll ce nt ered, neg lig ib le tiny imp erfec ti o ns, fin e .................................................................................... (22a)

150.00

35.00

36 * 83

-

6kr Prussian blue, block of 4. 0. g., a trifl e weak and slightly reinforced, upper left stamp neg lig ible tin y thinning. A fin e block of th e greatest rarity. There is no record of a seco nd one ......... (22a) S ee illustrat ion opposite

*

-

18kr green, o. g ., fine .................................................

38 * 83

-

l8kr g reen, block o,f 4. O. g ., fre sh, centered slig htl y to bottom left, perf s tou ch, fin e to very fine; rare block .................................... (24) 160.00+ S ee illustration opposite

39 l!Zl

-

18kr green used with lkr and Jkr, tied by fr a med CA RLSRUHE, :Ma r ch 11 ( 1867) to small , neat folded lett er " Via Bremen p . St ea mer Han sa" to Lo uisvill e, Ky . Cover bears r ed " PAID 10". P orti o n of m s. filing data on th e 18kr sta m p. Fine and sca r ce cove r (24, 19, 20) S ee illu stration opposit e

-10 6.

Rural Postage Due Stamps, 1862 lkr black on ye llow, hori z. strip of 3, one stamp neg lig ible tiny int ,eri or t ea r , fin . Tied by numera l " 17" to small piece ............................................................................................ (Jl ) 25.50+

37

(24)

40.00

FIRST

S E SS IO N

BAVARIA

20

BA VA RI A Pl'i c e:-: f o l' un u :--c d :-:tan 1p s ar fo r c o pi eH w i Lh g u m.

C opi es "itho u t g u m se ll f o r ah ou t ha lf th e fig ur e· qu o t ed .

1849 Iss ue

41 41

4.2

* *

42

lkr g ray bla ck , o . g ., ,·cry fine \\'it h t op , heel mar g in ......

S c il!u.• trat ion

. l l > 65.00 +

lkr bla ck , o. g., fr es h, lar ge mar g in s with sh ee t ma rg in at left ; sup erb ( 1) 65.00+ S ee illitstrat ion Ikr

43 0

dee p blac k , attra ct ive ly can ce lled by circul a r A L T O E TT ING, neg lig ible tin y natural pap er imp erf ection , ex tr em ely fin e ( Ia ) See illustrati on

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44 l:,.

45

43

100.00

-15

lk r bla ck, lar ge m argi n s, tie d to p iece by se mi-ci r cula r WE IS SENBU Rll can ce llation , ve ry fin e . .. ....... ..... .. . ( I) 80.00+ S ee illitstrat ion

l:,.

lk r bla ck , COR ER COPY. E normou s shee t m a rg in s a t ri g ht and bottom , lar ge mar g in s oth er s ides . Ti ed by se mi-c ir cula r E RL ANGEN to piece . A fanta sti c r ec ord cop y .

(1) S ee il/uRtrat ion

BAV ARIA,

21

APRIL

1849

23rd, 1956

..

/ lkr deep bla ck . Large marg in s and ext r em ely fine. Tie d by semi-circular BAY R.EUT H , Ma r ch 4 ( 1850) to circular (fo lded) to Graefenb erg (la) 100.00+

46 I

See illustration

+7 I

lkr bla ck, a ma gnifi ce nt vert. st rip of 3 with sheet mar g in at right and lar ge eve n mar g ins oth er sides, sup erb . Tied by closed cogw he el to small , neat folded lette r, postmarked " HOF 8 . E., 19 FEB" and ba cksta mpe d "Mue nchber g". One of t he finest Ba varia "N umb er one" cove r s known; sig ned "Koe hl er " .......................................................................................... (1)

See illus¡tration

¡

Fl RST

SESSION

48 IZJ

BAVARIA

, 1849

lkr dee p bla ck, hori z. pair and horiz . strip of 4. Fo rmer large marg ins (tra ce of crease), latt er close at rig ht and frame line touched at bottom of left hand sta mp. Lig htl y cancelled and tied by closed cogw hee l "88" to medium size , neat folded letter. A wonderful cove r of g reat rarit y ............................ (la) S ee illustrat ion

49 0

3kr blue, top left co rner copy, strikin g centered closed cog w hee l can ce llat ion "226"; uper b ................................................................................ (2)

soOEE

3kr blue, block of 4. Marg ins all sides; cloudy paper but no t thinned, very fin e and rar e in block ...................................................................... (2)

51

*

6kr brown , broken circle, unuse d horiz. pair. Large marg ins, ve ry fine but for negli g ible tiny thinnin gs. Unuse d pairs of this stamp are of the greatest rarity. Only two others are believed to exist ························•··- ·-·················-·-···· ·········- ···-··· (3) See illustration and color plate

22

APRI L 23rd, 1956

BAV AR IA , 1849

23

52 0

jJ

0

6kr b r ow n , brok en circl e, brilliant

color, large margin , supe rb ____(3) JO_OO+

6kr brown , brok en circl e, hori z. pa ir , lar ge mar g ins, and superb . Beautifull y can ce lled by perf ect strik e of "Char ge" . A real g em ····--·· (3) S ee illust ration 6kr brown , brok en cir cle, very fine_ Tied by clea r :tvI ENCHEN, 23_ _ (3) __10_00+ ____________ FEB_ 1850 to small, nea t fo lded lette r to Straubing ____ 1850- 58 Issue

55 0

···-- (4, 5) l kr pink , 6kr bro ,w n, corn er copi es, ve ry fine ------------------··----··-

56 0

9kr ye llow g reen, top left corn er copy, bri llia nt closed cogw hee l can-(6) ---------------------------------------------------------------cellati on "526" , up erb --------------

• j7 1:zl

9kr ye llow g reen, hori z. strip of 5. Large mar g ins and very fine_ cancelled and ti ed by closed cogw h ee l "41" to mall, neat via L iverpoo •l to New York. lett er BURGKUNDSTADT bea r s reel "N _ YO RK AM_ PKT . '30' PAID" an d oth er markin gs, all in r eel, two a l o t yi ng th e st ri p_ Choice cover

See illustration

N icely fo lded Cover tran it ____(6)

FIRST

SESSION

'

BAVARIA

12kr red, o.g., fresh,

very

, 1850 -58

24

fin e ................................................................. . (7)

15.00

59 0

12kr red, larg e marg in s, ver y fin e ....................................... ···················-·· · (7)

15.00

60 I

12kr red, larg e marg in s, v ery fin e. Tied by open cogw h ee l '·.267" as well as se mi -c ir cular '·L. NDAU i. d. Pr., 30. 1" ( 186 1) to sma ll, nea t fold ed lett er t o Abr es,ch w iller in Franc e, bea rin g m a ny mark ings on front and back ........ ..... ............... ........... .. .. ...... . . (i)

r,1 * 'Im

18kr ye llow, to!} rig ht corner block of 9. 0. g ., fr es h, large margins and ,e ry fin e ... . . .. ... . .... ... ....... .. ............................. ..... (8) 180.00+

S e ill11stratio11 opposil e r,2 0

18kr ye llow, large m a rg in s. very fin e

'.:l I

18kr ye llow, la rge m a rg in s, very fin e. Ti ed by se mi- circul ar BA H\"P. :VIUE;s,TCH E - H OF, Apr il 19 ( 1858) to sma ll, n ea t ell\·e lop~ to Lyo n in France . .. ....................... ........ .. ....... ......

(8)

6-t I

18kr ye llow , horiz. strip of 5, marg ins all sides and superb. Nicely cance lled by closed cogw heel "41" and ti ed to small, neat folded letter BURGK NDSTADT per Prussian clos ed Mail via Liverpool to ew York. T he strip is also tied by cir cular "Aachen" and "PAID 50 cts" in rectan g le, both in red and cover bea rs red "N. YORK, Am. PKT. PAID 60". A marve lou s cove r of g reat rarity ....... (9) Sf'f'

(8)

20.0()

ill11stratio11 opposilc 1862 Issu e

65 !.

lkr ye llow , ve rt. pair, mar g in s all sides. \·e r y mall at t op. Bea utifull y ca nce lled a nd ti ed to sm a ll. neat folded le tt er by brilliant strike of the rare diamond shaped trial ca ncellation "325" of Munich. Co ve r h ea r s reel "l\ fu enche n Char ge 21/ 6" ( 1866) a nd is bac k stamp ecl ~[u en che n Vst. Au. ... ........ .............. ... .... . ........

(9 )

SeP illustralion

opposi/e

Jkr rose, hori z. top left co rner pair, very

r,7 0 fi8

0

(,9 I

6kr blue , bottom ,ma ll at right

left co rner pair, \·er y fin e though .......................... .

12kr ye llow g reen, upp er rig ht corner cop•y, supe rb , f' e illustralion opposit e

( I Ol mar g ins rat her ( II ) ( I 3)

12kr ye llow g ree n, extre m ely fin e, ti ed by open cog \\'h ee l "356" a . well as by ''F ran co" t o m a ll, neat fold ed lett er ;"\;uern be rg, Ap ri l 27, 1865 t o Am terdam ·································-·························· ............ ( 13)

71

* *

72

*EB18kr oran ge

70

fin e

18kr red, o. g., very fin e ............................................................. ................ ( 14a )

15.00

18kr orange red, o. g., very fi ne ........................................... .

15.00

....... ( I-la)

red, bottom rig ht co rner block of 4. 0. g ., fr es h. na tur al pape r br eaks betwee n th e t\\' 0 ri g ht hand st a m ps ("Bay e rn )iru ec hig") . Ve r y fine a n d impr ess ,iv e block ( I-la) 60.00+ S ee illuslralion opposit e

I

27

BAVARIA , 1862

APRIL

23rd, 1956

73 6

18kr ve nnilion red , bottom left corner copy, tied o n piece (aff ixed by ............. ( 14) hing e) by a clea r clo ed cogw heel "S10''; sup erb

74 0

18kr red, lar ge mar g ins with pa r t corn er ma rgi ns top a nd le ft, how ing lat e usage, cir cular Mu en chen Bahnhof, 1869; extre m ely fine (14a) 20.00+ See illustration opposite

75

0 83

76 I~

18kr 'orange red, block of 4. Canc elled by blue 1~ST ADTGERICHT MUENCH EN L D. ISAR." in 2 lines in rec tangle. Top pair separated between the stamps ("Bayern bruechi g"), clear of desi g n. Very attractive and rare block ····•··•·····-········- ················································· (14a) 80.00+ See illustration opposite 18kr pale red, two singles, used with lkr, vert. pair (bo ,ttom stamp slight crease) and 3kr. Tied by open cogwheel cancellation "68" to small, neat folded letter BURGKUNDSTADT, Jan. 11 (1867) per Prussian closed Mail via Queenstown to New York. Very fine and scarce cover ·································-··-·· ········-··········-·· ····················· (14a, 9, 10) See illustration opposite

1867~

77

Coat of Arms Iss ue Imperforate.

rose, block of 14 (5x3 less top right corner stamp). O. g., fresh, *ml3krlarge margins , top and bottom left horiz. pairs creased, otherwise very fine. This stamp is of great rarity in unused blocks and this is one of the largest units known ........................................................ (16) See illustration opposite

i8

* ll!i

6kr ultramarine, horiz. bottom left corner block of 6. F ull o. g., fres h and ext-r-e me'ly fine ·······················-·········•··················································· (17) 30.00+ See illustration 7kr ultramarine, o. g ., £,resh, sma ll thinning in top rig ht corne r , otherwise ve ry fine ................................................................................................ (19)

80 ~ ll!I

81

*

40.00

9kr bistre, horiz. top right corner bloc k of 6. F uH o. g . and bri lliant [r es h, left ha nd pai r two tin y nat ur a l spots; ve ry fine ................ (20) 42.00+ See illustration 12kr lilac, o. g., sma ll thin spot top right corner, very fine appearance (21)

40.00

F IR ST SESS IO N

BAVARIA

, 1867 - 68

28

82 * EB

lZkr lila c, blo ck of ◄ , up pe r left stamp sho wi ng co nst ant var iety mutilat ed " 2" at bottom left. F ull o. g., mar gi n s all sid es, tin y natural oil spot s in pap er. Lig ht ve rt . crease in ce nt er bet wee n th e stamp s a nd small sciss or s cut in rig ht ce nt e r, al so clea r of des ig n ; rare blo ck (Zl ) 160.00+ ee illu s trat ion oppos ite

83 0

1Zkr lilac, la rge m a rg in s, s up erb ...................................................... ......... (2 1)

84 1'.Zl

lZkr lilac, m arg in s a ll s id es , la rge 0 11 thr e . ti ed t o s m all, 11eat fo lded lette r Bahnh of Mu en c h e11. Jun e 27 ( 1868) t o Gc 11oa, lt a ly ........ (2'1) 15.00+

*

85

18kr red, o . g., brill ia n t fres h , up e rb .......................................................

86 * EB

. (22)

15.00

15.00

I8kr red, upp e r rig ht corn e r block of ◄. Fu ll o . g . a 11d fr c, h. 0 11e s tam p neg lig ibl e tin y 11a tur a l o il s p ot a 11d s lig ht c r ease i11 r io-h t shee t 111 a rgi 11 o ut •s id e of des ig n. A b ea utiful bl oc k ..... " · ......... (22 ) 60.00+

ee illustra ti on opposite

0

87

18kr red, b eautifu lly ca 11ce lled by s t riki11g cir cu la r PUPPEKHAU E1' , s up er b .. ............ ............................... ....... . ................ .. ................ .... ... ..... (22) I 5.00+ S ea ill11stl'(1tiv11 opposit e

'8 I

89

18kr red used w ith Jkr and 7kr, ve ry fi11e. Ti ed hy ,c 111 i- ci rcul a r BER CHT ESGADEN, a lso by r ed t r a 11sit 111 a rki11g t o s m a ll. n eat e ll\·c lopc ", ·ia Ha111bur g '' t o G ree n Castle, Pa. U A .. . (22, 16. 19)

0

1870- 72 l Zkr lila c, wat ermar k I, blu e cancellat io n , \'Cry fin e ....

(29)

50.00

l Zkr lilac , wat e rmark II , ce nt e r ed t o top ri gh t, ,·c ry fin e .... (29a) S ee illu;;trnlio11 opposite

70.00

S ee il/11;;/ra lion opposit e

90 0

91

*

92

*

93

*

-

1873 S pe cial P rintin g for Vie nna W orld 's Fair Jkr to 18kr, c ompl. se t of 8; o. g ., fin e to ve ry fin e ; rare; M iche l Mk 720 ( ZJ-3 0 S pec. Pr. ) 1 8 7◄

Imp e rf. lm v iol et, o . g ., fn ,s h, lar ge m a r •·in s . ,·c ry fin e but fo r n eg li°gibk tin y thin11in g .......... ........ ......... . .. ..... ........... ...... .. . (3 I ) S ee il/11;;trntiu11opp u;;itc

1876-7 8 I m viol e t, o. g., fr es h and fin e ; rar e .

S ee il/11;;lrati o1t opp o;;ilc

...............

( 46)

60.0U

125.00

94 I

P ostage Due, 1862 Imp erf. Jkr blac k, rna rg i11s all s ides. ,·c ry fin e. Ti e d by sc 111i -c ir cular BE R::-JE K , J a n. 17 ( 1865) t o s mall , n ea t fo ld ccl let t er t o N e uclo rf .................................................. .................................... (J I) 27.50+ S ee illustration oppos it e

95 0

-

1870 I kr bla ck, wat ermark I, cir c ular \ VOLF R ATS H AU 'E'.\/ ca nce llat io n, ce11tcr ed t o rig ht , o th e rwi se ve r y fin e ........... (J2 ) S ee i llu s lrali on opp o1,i11'

45.00

FIRST

BERGEDORF

SESSION

30

BEROEDORF P ri ces for u n u sed sta m ps ar e for cop ies w ith g um. Copl es witho u t g u m s ell for abo u t half the figures qu oted.

1861 ½ s bla ck on violet, o. g., fre h, very fine; not placed in u se; see foot note in Scott catalogue ..................................................................... ...... ... .....

See illustrati on opposite

60.00

bla ck on rose, o. g., fre ·sh, very fine; not pla.:ed in u se ; see foo tn ot e in Scott catalogue ...................................................... ............ ......... .......... .

See illustration opposite

125.00

3s

98 1:8:1 ½ s black on pale blue, ma rg ins all s ides , very fine. Tied by n.eat double

st rike of bar cancellation to small, clea n folded letter (fro nt and the two side flaps ) to Hambur g. Postmarked BERGEDORF, March ZO ( 1867) and bearin g on. back blue arrival post mark of same day .

Choic e and sca rce cov er ; signed Dr. Werner, Thier and others (1) S ee illustration opposite

99 [8'.]

l s bla ck on white . Gutt er marg in at left , showi ng small portion of adjoinin g st amps of next g roup, very small to g ood margins other sides. T ied by clear str ike of bars cancellation to sma.11 , neat white enve lope to Hambur g. Cover bears B E RGEDORF , Sept. 11 (1866) and blue Hamburg arrival postmark of ne xt day . A pretty and rare cover; signed Kosa ck and Thier ·•········•····································-·· ········· (?)

S ee illustration opposite

c.

Lot

100 I

100 -

E nlar ge m ent of stam p

ls black on whit e. A magn ificent and superb horiz. pair with bottom sheet marg in and large marg ins other sides. Nice ly tied by the bars cance llation to small , neat folded lette r to Lubeck. Cover bea rs clear BERGEDORF , June 8 (1865) and on back arrival postmark o,f same day . One of the mo-st beautiful Ber gedo rf cov ers known; sig ned R. Friedl .. (Z) From th e "Rot hschild" Collection ee illustration and photo plate oppoi;ite

u

i

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FIRST

IOI I

l 02 I

SESSION

BERGEDORF

, 1861

l ½ s black on ye llow. Margins all sides , superb. Nicely tied by two strikes o,f the bar s cancellation to a small, very neat white envelo ,pe to Lueneburg. Cover bears on front clear BERGEDORF and o,n ba ck blue Hambur g and Lueneburg arrival postmark . A marvelou s cover from the famou s Wiegels c orrespondence (3) ee illustration

3s blue on pink . Margins all sides and ext remely fine. Nicely tied by two st rikes of the bar s cancellation to small, neat blue envelope to R.ostock . Cover bears on front BER.GEDORF postmark and arrival markin g on back. The 3s is probably the rare st Bergedorf stamp on cover and this is one of the finest known (4)

ee illu tration

32

BERGEDOR

103 t:i

F-", 1861

APRIL

2~r d , 1956

clear 4s bla ck on bro w n. Mar g in s all sides, ve ry fin e, ti ed on pi ece by town strik e of th e bar s ca nce llation as w e ll a s t he BERGEDORF 5) 150.oo+ po stmark . Sig ned Dr. W ern er a nd oth er s .......................................... (

See illus /.ration

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s ca n4s bla ck on brown . Lar ge mar g in s a nd s up erb. Ti ed by the bar and ce llation to a small and ve r y nea t buff en ve lop e ( defec ti ve r r efolded on b-ack ) to Ea st Pru ss ia. Cove r bear s on front clea e BE R GEDOR F po stmark and variou s markin gs on ba ck. A choic ( 5) cove r of great rarit y ·························-···••······················································

See illustration

FIRST

SESSION

BREMEN

34

BREMEN

Pr i ces for u nu sed stamps a r e for co pi es w i lh g um . Cop i es without g um se ll for abo ut h a lf t h e f igu res quot ed.

1855 lmp erforat e

105

*

!06

*

Horizontall y laid: 3gr black on blue, hori z. strip o,f 3, com pr. types I+ 11+ 11I. 0. g., fr e h, la rge ma rg in s, le ft stamp ver t . cr ease, otherwi e very fin e ........................................................... ................................ ..... (1) 90.00+ ee illustra t'ion opposite -

3g r black on blue, ty pe 11, variety curved line abo ve th e crown.

0. g., fr es h, ve r y fin e ............................... ........................ ......... ... ( 1 var. ) 30.00+

See ill1istration opposit e I 07

*83 -¡ 3gEarly r bla ck o n blu e, blo ck of 4, left hand pair t y pe II , other type 111. printin g sho wing clear pap ermak er's wat ermark consistin g of lilies . O. g ., fres h, large mar g ins and ve ry fin e. Ve ry rare in block; ( 1 var.)

Mi chel Mk. 4000 as sfo g les .............................. ..........................

See ill1istration opposite

108

0

-

Jg r blac k on blue, type 11, la rge m a rg ins, very f in e .... ................... ( 1) S ee ill1tStration oppo site

40.00

109

0

-

Jg r black on blue, ty pe II , w ith paperma ker's wat ermark consistin g of lilies. Large margin s, sing le FR A CO can cellation , superb. ................. ( 1 var.)

Michel Mk. 1800 .....................................................

See ilhtStration opposite

llO

0

-

Jg r black on blue, ty pe 11, va riety curve d line abo ve th e crown.

Thinning s, fin e appea rance ................................................................ ( I var.) 40.00+

11l

*

112

Ve rticall y laid : Jgr bla ck on blue, ty pe II , unu sed , la rge mar gi n , very fine ... ........................................................................ ..................... (IA) See illus/ration opposite

40.00

0

-

3gr blac k on blue, type I, la r ge mar g in s, ex tr em ely fine ....... (]A ) S ee ilhtstration opposite

60.00

J 13 6.

-

3g r black on blue, ty pe II , ti ed on piece, ve r y fine .......... ......... (l A) 60.00+ See illus trat 'ion opposite

J 1-1- 6.

-

3g r black on blue, ty pe 111, ti ed on pie,ce, very fine .................... ( IA ) 60.00+ S ee ilhistration opposite

115 IZ!

116 IZ!

3gr black on blue, ty pe I. Fres h, large marg ins, superb. T ied by two neat strik es o,f FR AN CO t o attra ctive cove r ( nearl y compl. front and top flap ) to Br emen. Cove r bears clea r large "key" postmark of BR E M B RH AV E and blue Br emen backstamp . Rar e on cove r ..................... .......................................................................................... (IA ) S ee ilhtStration opposi-te -

3g r black on blue, ty pe I. M a rg in s a ll side , slightly age s t a in ed.

Ti ed by B R EMEN in r ec-tangle , dat ed Feib. 29 ( 1864) to m a ll, neat folded lett er ( nam e of ad dr es,see lightly changed), bearing Bre m erhav en ar ri val post m a rk o n back ; rar e o n cove r ............................ ( I A ) 60.00+ S ee illustrat ion opposite

FIRST

SESSION

BREMEN

36

1856-60 Imperforat e.

117

118

*

Sgr black on rose , horiz. pair, com pr. types I a nd II, o . g. , o ne tiny t h innin g, fin e to very fine ........................................ ................................. (2) 30.00+

*EESg rI,black on rose, bottom oth er ty pe I I.

left corn er blo ck of 4. Left hand pair ty pe F ull o. g ., s.lig ht g um wrinkl es , ve ry fin e .... . (Z) 60.00+

ee illustration 119

0

120 0 121 IZ]

5g r black on rose, ty pe I , a lm os t ve ry fine

(.2)

.ZS.00

Sgr black on r?se , type .I 1, ni ce co lo r , lar ge 111arg in s, ,·cry fin e but for n eg lig ibl e tmy th11111111 g .................................... . ............

(2 )

2: .00

Sg r black on ros e, type 11. Fr e h co lo r, ,·cry fin e. Ti e d by HR.EM E:-S:, Au g . 27 (1859 ) in r ec tan g le t o ver y ·m a ll, n eat ba ck st a mp ed c•nYe lopc to Hambur g ................................................ ........................... . .... . ( 2)

S ee illustra Uon 122

*

7g r black on ye llow , hori z. pair with ri g ht sh ee t mar g in. 0. g., fr c , h. lef t ha nd s ta111p n eg lig ib le tiny thin nin g, \'Cry fin e .. ................... (3) 35.00+

See ilhtstration 123

ck on ye llow , rig ht marg inal blo ck of 4. 0. g ., fres h, larg e mar*EE7g rg bla ins and ve ry fin e . ..................................... ............................................ .... (3)

ec illustration

70,00+

37

BREMEN , 1856-60

124

*~

APRIL

7gr black on yellow. COMPLETE SHEET OF THIRTY FIVE (5x7) with sheet margin all sides. Full o. g. and fresh. Horiz. fold between 3rd and ◄ th row between the stamps. Slightly creased at top, affecting five stamps, few tears in bottom sheet margin, clear of stamps. As a whole a very fine sheet and excessiv e ly rare . Only one other full sheet is believed to exist .................................................................................................. ·. (3) See illustration

23rd , 1956

FIRST

SESSION

125 125

126

127

0

0

0

'BREMEN,

126

127

1856 • 60

38

128

7gr black on yellow . Attractive · circular blue BR.EM EN BAH 9, 67 cancellation , large margins, superb .................. ............

See illi1.Stration

F ., Feb. ... (3)

7gr black on yellow, dee p ,color , lar ge ma rg in , lig ht ly cr ea sed a-t top . oth erwi se ve ry fin e ....................................................... ... ............ ... (3) S ee illustrat ion

85.00

85.00

7gr bla ck on ye llow, comer copy. Part sheet marg ins right and bottom , very larg e margin s other sides, sup e rb .. .......................... ..... ........... . (3) See illustrat ion

128 t:,.

7g•r bla ck on ye llow and 3gr black on blue perforated , tied together on piece by sing le rectangu lar BREME ca ncellati on. Bo th s•lightl y cr ea ed at t op a nd 3gr minut ely rubb ed in upp er lef t co rn er. A ve ry a tt ra,ctiv e and r ar e piece ···- ·········•·····•··•········· ···········.............. (3, 10) 125.00+ See illitstra tion

!?9 [Z]

7gr bla ck on ye llow . A very fine and fresh copy , nicely tied by the large BR.EM ER.HA VEN "key" cancellation to a small, neat backsta mped blue envelope to Copenhagen, Denmark. A beautiful and rare cover; s igned R.. Friedl ···-· ·················- ················ .......................... (3) From th e "Roth schild" Collectum See illustration

AP R IL 23rd, 1956

BREMEN , 1856-6 0

39

132

130

13011Z]

7g r bla ck on ye llow , t w o si ng les. B oth lar ge ma rgin s, on e mino r wrinkJ es, ve ry fin e. Can ce lled by s ing le BR EME , Jan. l (18 67) in rectan g le, on part cove r t o Berge n, N orw ay . Ca n ce lla t ion r e peat ed on th e cove r , w hi ch al so b ea r s Cop enha ge n and Chri stiania postmark s on ba ck. Co ve r s fr a nk ed' by two 7g r ar e exce ssi ve ly r a r e, onl y on e or two oth er s, from th e sa m e corr espond en ce, ar e believe d to ex ist ; s igne d E . Sto ck ................................................................................ (3)

S ee ill11stration

!31

*

JJ2

* 83

Ssg r g r ee n , hori z. pair . 0. g., fr esh, tiny thinnin g at top of left sta m p, othe r w ise a very fin e pair ...................................................................... (-1) 35.00+ 5sg r blu e g r ee n on chalk y pap er , top ri g ht com er blo ck of 4. T he t wo stamp s at ri g ht vari et y button mi ss in g at ri g ht side of k ey . 0. g ., fr es h and up erb .......................................................................................... (4a ) 32.00+ Se e illustrat ion

133 -.i~

5sg r blu e g reen on chalk y pap e r , CO M P L ETE S H E E T O F T HIR TY SI X (9x 4) . F ull o. g ., fr es h w ith sh eet mar gi n s a ll sides . On e stamp neg lig ibl e tin y natural pap er fla w and one pa ir slig ht age stain on ba ck. Very fin e and rar e in full sh ee t , onl y a few still ex is t (4a) 288.00+

13-1 * '[6]

Ssg r ye llow g r ee n, ve rt . blo ck of 8, fr om St on e A, with part sheet marg in top, right and bottom. Full early brownish gum , ve r y fin e but for light ag e ta ins in bottom blo ck . Block s fr om thi s ston e a r e much rar er than tho e fr om ton e B ........................................ (4b ) 100.00+

135

0

136 0

........................................ (4)

35.00

Ssg r blu e g r ee n on chalk y pa per , a trifl e soiled, fine ............................ (4a )

40.00

Ssg r g ree n , v ery fin e with

mar gin

al,[

ide

FIR ST SE S SIO N

1.17

0

1:rn o

BREM

EN , 1856 - 60

40

Ssg r ye llow g ree n, mos g r ee n shad e, m a rg in s al l sides, nea t ly ca nce lled, very fine .......................................... ........ .............. .. .. ...

(-lb) S ee illuKlrat ion opp osit e

25.00

Ssgr ye llow g ree n, 1110 . s g r ee n s had e, sma ll t o la rge m a rg ins a ll ro und . ver y fin e ............. .................. .. ....................................................... .. ..... ( 4h) S ee illits -/ration opposit e

25.00

1:l9 t:,.

Ssgr ye llow g reen, t ied on piec e, mi no r \\'r inkl es , o t her wise ver y fine (4b ) 25.00+

140 1:-g]

Ssg r g ree n, top shee t marg in copy , v ery fin e. T ied by clea r B REME N, Oct. 8 (1859) in rectan g le to small , nea t fo lded lett er t o London.

Cove r bears red "London P aid, QC 10, 59" t ransi t and oth er markings . Oct. 8, 1859 is th e earli est rec orded date of th e 5sg r ...... ( 4) S ee illus tration oppos it e

141 !Z]

Ssg r ye llow g reen, mo . s g r een . ha de. v er y fine w ith m a rg ins a ll sides .

T ied by clea r B R E M EN . Jun e 12 ( 1862) t o -mall. neat folded le t t er t o L ondo n. bea ring va ri ous ma rk ing s. Choice co ver ................. ( 4b) S ee il1?1.~ I ration oppoRit e

1861--63 Roul ette d.

142

*1~

143

*

144

orange on cha lky paper, blo ck of 4. O. g ., brilli ant fres h, w ell *83 2grcered nt ered. M in.o r creases and one sta mp neg lig ible tin y thinnin gs, still

2gr oran ge, blo ck of 9. 0. g ., roul ett es partl y clipp ed, minor age stains and to p left st amp crease. An attr act iv e and rare blo ck ; signed W. H. C( olson) ........................ ........................................ _..... ................. (5) 3115.00+ S ee illit- /rat ion oppo si t e 2gr orange on chalky paper, o. g ., fa int g um cr ea se, f ine .................... (Sb)

35.00

a choi ce block ............................................................................................ (Sb) 140.00+ S ee illit,S/rati on opposit e

145

0

2gr oran ge. Red P A(I D) can ce llation in frame, a U .S. t ransit markin g .

T iny thinnin g, fi ne appearan ce, accidenta l postm ark but int erestin g and probabl y uniqu e .................................................................................. ( 5) 175.00+ S ee illit,Strat ion oppos it e

146

0

2gr red oran ge , clear VEGE ACK canc ellati on, fr e. h co lor . T hin sp ot at t op, but ve r y attr a cti ve copy ........................................................... (Sa) S ee illit,Stration oppos it e

200.00

147 IZI

2gr red oran ge . We ll ce ntere d, almo st ve ry fin e. ice ly ti ed by clear VEQESACK t o sma ll, neat practi cally compl . blu e backsta mped enve lope to Bre men. A choic e cove r and very rare .................... (Sa} 200.00+ S ee illit,Strat ion opp osite

14, I~

2gr r ed or a nge on cha lky pa per. Fin e but for minut e fa ult in upp er lef t corn er . T ied by clea r VE GESA CK , April 24 (1864) t o small , n eat fold ed bac k stamp ed lett er t o Br em en . Very ra r e cove r ( Sb) 175.00+ See illustr ati on opposit e

FIR ST

S E SS IO N

149 0

BREMEN

, 1861-63

42

Sg r ros e, ty pe I, blu e circ ular BRE ~,LEI\ - BAHI\F . cane., dat ed F eb. 20, 67; fine -······-·····---·-·•·----·· ..····•... ........ ........... . ........... .......

(G)

25.00 Sgr ros e, type I, ti ed o n p iece, close d t ea r top ri g ht , bright colo r a nd fine appea rance ................. . .. ..... ..................... ............................. (6) 25.00+ Sg r rose , typ e II. Good co lo r , fres h , ce nter ed, \·c ry fine. T ied by r \!cta ng u lar BRE ~[ E:\' , D ec . 9 ( 18i'i2 ) to sm a ll. n ea t back,tamped folcled le tt e r to Hambu rg .... .......... .. ...... .... .. ((,)

150 6.

151 ~

Pe il/11s / 1·11tion opposit e

152 IZJ

Sgr rose, sin g le (T. I) and horiz. pair (T. I and 11) . Pair faintly age stained and it s left hand stamp natural paper fold; fin e to ve ry fine .

Cancelled by re ctan g ular BREMEN, ty ing eac h other, on attractive reg istered envelope (fo lded) to Hambur g. Very rare rate and cov er (6) V ro111 t h e "N o // 1scli ilr1" C()//1'Ctin11 ee i llii st rntion oppositr

153

0

15 ➔

oi

l0 g r black , thin n ings , fine appeara n ce ........... .

6.

1ou.11 :1

I0g r black, irreg ular blo ck of 4. Fres h, well ce nt ered. Tied on piece by recta ng ular BREM E ca nce llation . Exceptionally fine and rare ite m and probabl y uniqu e . ............... .. ...... ( 7)

See ill11stration

155 !:zl

I0g r bla ck. Well ce nt er ed and superb. Ti ed by r ecta ng ular BREMEN, Sep .t. 25 (1866) to s mall , n ea t backstamped folded le tt e r t o Deventer in Holland. Choice and rare cover ............. .. ....

(7)

156 IZJ

l0 g r bla ck, ve ry fine. Tied by re cta ng ular BREM E cover-front to New York ........... ......... .......... ·-·····--····

See illus/ration

S ee -illu stration

!57 1~

opposit e

opp osit e

to small , n e!lt ...... ... (7) 100.00+

l0gr bla ck, roul ett es a trifl e irreg ular at bottom, ve ry fine. Tied by r ec tangular BREME to s mall , neat cove r-front to Ne w York (7) 100.00+

S ee illustration opp o it e

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S E SS IO N

44

BREMEN , 1861-63

Jj8

0

Ssg r ye llow gree n, a lm os t v ery fine .....................

S ee illustration opposit e

1j9

0

5sg r ye llow g ree n, blue BRE :MEN Balmh of ca m:cllali o n in r cc lang-lc. f in e ....................... ....................................................... .. .. ............................ (Sb ) S ee ilhtst ration opposit e

............................. (Sb)

2i.50

2i.50

160

0

5sg r ye llow g ree n, hori z. pair, showin g large stit ch wat ermark. Well ce nt ered, sing le full rec tan g ular BREME N can ce llat ion, ve ry fine .

Use d pairs are excee ding ly rare ........................................................... (Sb) ee ilhistrntion opposit e

161

1

5sgr gree n, t ied by clear r ecta ng ular BRE.1-IEN , Jul y 12 ( 1865) lo small folded lette r t o L o nd on ; fin e .................................. .. ..... (8) ·t0.00+ S ee illustration opposite

162 I

5sg r g ree n, fe w roulcll cs n ibb ed in upp er left co rn er. ti ed by clear r ect angu lar BR EMEN , Au g. 2j (1865) t o sm all fold ed let t er t o Lond o n, fin e ....................................................................... ............................ (8) 40.00+

163 /

5sg r g reen , tied t o sma ll, n eat folded lett er t o L o nd o n by clea r r ectan g u lar BR E ME N, Jul y Z6 (!1865) in blu e, r a r e thus. S lig ht filin g cr ease throuo-h cove r and stamp; fine ................................................. (8) -10.00+ S ee illits'lration opposit e

\65

* *

166

16+

Ve rti ca lly laid: 3gr black on blu e, t ype I. 0. g ., f r e ·h , fine despi t e tw o ti ny thin s ...................................................................................... ................... (9)

30.00

-

3gr black on blue, horiz. strip of 3, compr. ty pes I , II and 111. O. g ., fres h, ve ry fi ne ···········-·· ·····················•····-···········································.......... ( 9) 90.00+ S ee illu.s'lration opposite

0

-

3gr bla ck on blue, type 111, small fa ul ts, fin e appea r a nce ........ (9)

-15.00

167

*

Horizontall y laid: 3gr black on blue, ty pe II. 0. g., fresh, \'Cry fin e (9a) See illustration opposite

80.00

168

0

-

3g r black on blue, ty pe 111. S ma ll thinnin gs, o th er wi se fin e a nd rar e (9a) S ee illustratio n opposite

l u0.00

1866-67 Perf orat ed 13.

]6Y

*

liU 0

0

3g r bla ck on blue, horiz. strip of 3, compr. ty pes I, II and 111. O. g., left sta mp s m all thinning a t t op, fin e to \·c ry fin e .................... ( 10) +5.00+ S ee illustration opposite 3gr black on blue, ty pe I, blue circular BREi\IEN BAH~F. ca nc el lation, \·c ry fine but for tiny abras io n in top right ma rg in ........ ( 10)

-10.00

3gr bla ck on blue, ty pe III , b lu e rectangular BREl\ I EK Balmhof ca ncel lation, f in e ................................................................................................ (10) See illus-iration opposi'te

40.00

1i2 0

3gr black on blue, ty pe II I, we ll cente r ed, ti ny thinnin gs, fine .... ( 10)

-10.00

1731~

3g r black on blu e, t ype II. Ti ed by blu e BREMEN Bahnhof in r ectangl e t o sm a ll, neat fo ld ed lett er t o Br em erh av en . Filing ,crea se through cover a nd st a mp; ca r ce cove r ............................................ ( 10) 40.00+ S ee il lustra t ion opposite

lil

FIRST

S E SSION

*

174

BREMEN

, 1866 - 67

46

2gr orange, 2gr red orange; o . g., fre sh , latt er a fe w perf s ho r t at t op left; o th erwi e fin e t o very fin e ............................................. (l 'l , 1l a)

45.00

Zgr oran ge, blo ck of 9', from Stone B. O. g., fres h, reinfor ce ments and a few tin y fa ults; fin e and attractive blo ck ........ ....................... .. ( 11))135.00 + See W u.st rati on op71osit e 176

* ilm

Zgr r ed oran ge, blo ck of 9, from Stone A. 0. g., reinforced , slightly fox ed and ve rt. cre ase in left row . Blo cks from Stone A are very ra r e ....... ....................................... .................... ..... (lla ) 270.00+ Se e i ll11s lrat ion opp osi te

177

0

Zgr oran ge, VEG E A CK canc ellati on, w ell ce nter ed, very fin e .... ( 11) S ee illust rat ion

: 78 !

-W.00

Zgr orange and 5g r black on rose, type 11. Both well ce nt ered, latt er a few irreg ular perts at rig ht . Tied by s ing le rectangular BREMEN, Se pt. 28 ( 1867) to small , neat blue folded ba ckstamp ed lett er to Copenha g en . Rare 7g r rat e and a very fin e cover from the famou s "W ulff' ' correspond ence ...................................................... .... ( 11, 12) F ro m /li e "R oth sc li ilcl" Co ll ec li 011

S ec i lhi.stration op71osit e

179

1

Zgr red orange, fin e. Ti ed by do ubl e strik e of blu e cir cular BR l·•: :\I E:--: B AH NF. , :.fay 16, 67 t o sma ll, neat ba ck stam pe d fo lded ktt cr to B r em erha vc n . .. .......................................... ................... ......... .. ... .. ( Il a ) .i0.00+ SPe illus / ratio n opposit e

180

* 'Im

5g r black on rose , top mar gi nal blo ck of 9, compr. in ve rt. rows type I I, l and I I. 0. g., fresh , re infor ce d sepa ration s and a few irreg ular perfs. Very attractive blo ck ..................... ............................................. ( 12) 135.00+ S ee illustra tion oppo sit e

1, 1 0

182

Sgr black on ros e, type I I, a lm os t v ery fine .

S e ill i1stration

.... ··········•· ...........

( 12)

-10 .00

, blo ck of 4. 0. g ., fr es h, rein fo r ced an d on e stamp *EB7g- rnegblalickiblonc yetin lloy wthinnin g , s till a very fin e bl oc k .................

( 12) 60.00+

S ee ilhtslratfon

183 6

opposit e

7gr black on ye llow , roug h perfs. Tied to small piece by rectangular BREM EN , A Jril 11. Faint diag onal crease at bottom right; fine and ve ry rar e ................ .......................•············· ......................................... (12) 27S.OO + S ee illustratiO'II.

FIRST

18-1 · l:zl

SESS IO N

BREMEN

, 1866-67

7g r biack on yellow. Centered to, top right , deep color and fi ne. Tied by clear BREME , Dec. 23 (1867) to sma ll, neat blue folded letter to Copen hage n. Cover bea rs on ba ck blu e Hambu rg St. P. Dec. 24, 67 and Copen hagen arriva l post mark of following day. The 7gr perforated is one of th e g reat German States cove r rarities. From th e fa mous "Wu lff'' co rres po11dence ............................................................ (13) S ee illitstration

185

*63 10gand r black, co rner block of 4, fresh, s tamps very

186

0

never hinge d. Well centered fine. Choi ce blo ck .................................................................... (14) 100.00+ S ee illustrcrtion opposit e

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189 190

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I0g r black , fine ....................................................................................... ......... ( 1'-1) S ee illustrat-ion opposit e

90.00

I0g r black , two singles. Bot h very fine . T ied by single rectan g ular BREMEN, Aug. 8 ( 1867) to sma ll, neat folded lett er to New York, bearin g red "PA ID" and red crayon "Z0". A bea utiful and very rare cove r ........................................................... ..................................................... . ( 14) S ee illi,slration opposite lOgr black, hori z. pair, we ll ce nt ered, fresh and ve ry fine. With single rec tan g ular BREME , Jun e 1 ( 1867) on small, neat folded letter to New York , bear ing red "PA ID " markin g . Use d pairs are ve ry rare. Another exce llent cover from the same co rresp ondence as prev ious ................................................................................................ ......... ( 14) 'ee illustrat ion opposite Ssgr ye llow g reen, rough perf,

o. g., fresh, almo st very fine ........ ( 15a)

25.00

Ssgr ye llow green, chalk y paper, o. g., fre sh, fin e but fo r mall thinnings ( !Sb) 50.00 Ssgr ye llow g reen , chalky paper use d with rouletted Sgr black on rose (T. 1) on piece (aff ixed by hing es ) ; fine to very fine ............ ( 15b, 6) 70.00+ S ee illiistration opposite Ssgr ye llow g re en, chalky pap er, very fine. Tied by recta ng ular BRE.VlEN, Feb. L (1&57) to small , a tt ract ive blm: fokkd lt ttt ·r t o L o nd o n ...... ················- ················································•·····•···························· (15b) S ee illustrci-tion opposite

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BRUNSWICK P r ices for Nos. 1- 3 unu sed are fo r copie s with out g um . Copies with gum s II for about three tim es the pric es qu oted. Nos. 426 without gum se ll for about ha lf th e figures q uoted .

1852 Issu e 193

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194

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lsgr rose, ve ry lig ht blue t ow n postmark and oval blue "ll ½ --12" (St un denst emp el). La rge ma rg in s show ing por ti o n of a djo ining stamp at bottom, deep color, ex tr em ely fin e .................... ............ ( 1) S ee illustration opposite

195 6

lsgr rose, ti ed on piece by blu e double circular BRAU ·sc HWElG .

Large mar g in s, goo d color, sup er b ............................... ............. .......... ( I ) See illustration opposit e

196 l:zl

lsgr rose, pretty color , large margins and superb. Tied to s mall, neat folded letter to Werni g erode by clear (touched up) strike of the scarce GANDERSHEIM "hamm er" canc e llation , April 24 (1853) in greenish blue, repeated in opposit e corn er. A ve ry attract ive cov er (1) See illu.stration opposit e

lsgr rose, horiz. pair, large part o. g ., fresh and g ood color. Frame line cut at right and left hand stamp repaired but exc essi vely rare (1) 600.00 See illustration opposite

197

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2sgr ,blue. Very lar ge marg in , showin o- portion of adjoining sta mp at t op, blue BRAU SCHWEIG cancellation, good colo r and sup erb (2 ) See illustration opposite

198

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2sgr blue. Large margin , blue B RAUNSCHWEIG cance llati o n, very fin e ········································································- ······································· .... (2) See illu.stration opposite

199 6

Zsgr blue, large margin s, sup erb. Beautifull y tied on pie ce by nicely struck BRAUNSCHWEIG in blue. Very prett y ......................... (2) S ee illustration opposit e

200~

2sgr blue, large margi n , min or tonin g , o th erwi se ,·er y fine. Ti ed to sm all, neat fo lded lett er to Ve r! by blue BRA N SCHWE IG , M ay 12 (1854), repeat ,ed on the cov er which al so bea r s blue "7 ½ -8 '' in O\·al "ho ur " marking. Choice cover ......................................................... (2) S ee illustration opposit e

201

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Jsgr vermilion, blue BRAUNSCHWEIG canc ellati on. Nic e colo r , la r•sc mar g in , showing portion of adjoinin g st amp at top, ext rem ely fine (3) See illustration opposite

20.00

25.00

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Jsgr vermilion. Ti ed on mall piece by blue BRAUNSC HW E IG ca ncel lati on. ice color, lar ge mar gins, supe rb ...................................... (3) S ee ill1t.strati on opposite

203 6

Jsgr vermHion. Ti ed on piece by blue double circu lar BRA NSCHWEIG . Good co lor, ve ry fine .................................................................... (3) 25.00+ See illustration opposite

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, 1852

3sgr ve rmilion , horiz . pair. B lue BRA U SC H\V ElG cance llatio n. Very large mar g ins, bowin g port ion o [ ad jo inin g stamp at rig ht and sma ll p rtion s at top and bottom. U nn ot iceab le ho ri z. cr ease a nd one sta mp neg lig ib le tiny thinnin g; r are in pa ir ................................ (3J 50.00+ See ill1is¡trat ion opposite

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3sgr ve rmilion . Large mar g in s. good co lor , ycry fine. Ti ed by b lue doubl e cir cular BRA NSC HWEI G, Jul y -t ( I 53) to sma ll, neat fol ded le t te r to Ber lin .................................................................... ........... (3)

206 IZJ

Jsgr ve rmili on. Good co lo r a nd ve ry fine with huge ma rg in s. T ied by blu e BRAUNS CHWEI G, Mar ch 25 ( 18.56) to s ma ll, neat folded lette r to V er!. Int eresti ng lat e usa ge ...................................................... (JJ Set of "HOLZMI

DEN" Cove rs.

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lsg~ ~ose, :,,ery fine; 2sgr blue, superb; 3sgr ver milion , ve ry fine ( neghg 1ble tmy co rner cre~se) . Each tied to a separate small, neat folded letter by a d)ear strike of the well known scarce oval "buckle " c? ncellation of HOLZMINDEN in bla ck, repeated on the opposite s ide. A w ond erfu l set of cove rs .................................................. (1, 2, 3) See illustration

APRIL

BRUNSWICK

53

23rd , 1956

1853-63 Water ma rke d P ost Horn .

208 208

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............ ( .J) 1/4gg r black on br ow n, o. g. , v er y fine fo r thi s ra r e . ta mp S ee illust rat ion

50.00

canc elled . ¼ gg r bla ck on br ow n, ho riz. pa ir. L a rge mar a in s, lig htly ................................... ( ➔ J .J0.00+ · ............... very fin e ············-············--··········-······-·-······-· S ee illustrat ion

g ., fr es h, cut to fram e lin e at top EB ¼ gg r bla ck on brown , blo ck of 4. 0. hole , left, oth erwi se la rge mar g in s all sides. Lowe r rig ht stamp small

...... ( 4) 200.00+ a natural pap er flaw . A ve ry desir ~ble blo ck of gr eat r a rit y ,stra-tion S ee ill11

211 0

ins. Lig htl y 1/4gg r bla ck on brown , hori z. strip of 7. Lar ge eve n mar g ly rar e and can ce lled and ve ry fin e. A ma g nifi cant strip , excess ive (4) possibl y uniqu e. A g rand s howpi ece ....•--·-························· ...............

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23rd , 1956

nu m eral "7" % ggr black on brown, horiz. strip of J, very fine . Tied by NLAGE, to small, neat fo lded letter, post mark ed in blue BRA ...... (-1) addressed to Has elfelde. 01oice cover ..........................................

See illustration opposite

and 2 13 IJZIEB¾ ggr black on brown, blo ck of 4. Brilliant fresh, large margins On superb. Cancelled by single clear strike of numeral "24" in center. JO March INDEN, HOLZM ed postmark letter, folded neat small, cover (4) (1857), addressed to Scho enin g en. A marvelous block and e it See illustration oppo

214 ~EB

215 ,\-fil]

very fine, •¼ ggr black on brown, two right mar g inal blocks of 4 (one (touched other touched at bottom , slightly creased,) and horiz. pair of nuat left). The two blocks cancelled in center by single strike letter, meral "47", the pair tied by same cancellation on a neat folded addressed to GandersBUETTEL, in blue WOLFE postmarked ( 4) heim . A very impressive cove r of great rarity ..... ............................

See illustration opposite vert. crease IJaggr black, block of 9. 0. g., margins all sides. Slight small faults. between first and second row clear of design and a few ............. (5) A very attractive and rare block ................................... ..........

See illustration opposite

t ion, dated /3sgr black, b lue double ci1·c ula r BRAUNS HWEIG ca ncella ......... (5) ...... .............. .............. ....... . .............. .............. fine very 6+; 12, Ap ril See illustration

216

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/2sgr deep black, horiz. pair. Box ed S HEPPENSTEDT mar g in s all ide , very fine ............................

S ee illustration

25.00

cance llation, ...... ...... ....... (5) ~0.00+

at bottom ¼ sgr black, horiz. strip of J. Lar g e margins , tiny scissors cut paper between the two right hand stamps and left stamp natural........ (5) 75.00+ flaws. A very fine strip ............................................. ....... . ........ ...

See illustration Tied to ¼ sgr deep black. Clear impression, large margins, very fine. circular wrapper enclosing printed circular by rare blue double ms. date, without date, repeated on wrapper with BOERSSUM choice addressed to Hildesheim. Very rare single ¼ sgT rate and ... (5) cover ···- ..········- ·······-·············-········-··-····················--·..•······•········· ...............

See illustration on page 57

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, 1853 -63

1/4sg r dee p black, block of 3_ Large marg ins, tin y tear in left marg in and small sciss ors cut at bottom betwee n th e sta m ps, bo th not tou ching des ig n, ve ry fin e. Tied by s ing le clea r st rike of num eral "4" to 1855 I sg r ye llow small size entir e envelope , postm arked blue BL AN KE BU RG, address ed to St einfo erde nea r Celle. A verin y prett y and rare cove r ······································-······-························........... (5) S ee illiistration opposite

*83 ½ sg r blac k on g ree n, bfock of 4. 0. g ., fr es h, tiny

221

betwe en the s•ta mps, ve ry fine ·-·· .. .................. ....

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228

sc isso r s cut at r ig ht ............. (6) 10.00+

½ sg r black on g reen, thre e simz)es , a ll four mar g in s. Ti ed by do uble circular black BRA UN SCHWEIG , dat ed Dec . 31, 1867 to sma ll, nea t folded letter to vVolfenb uettel, bearing o n back arrival po,tma r k of sa me clay a nd o n fro nt "AUSGEL IEFERT 1/ 1" (indi st inct ) in rectang le. Int eres ting and ve ry rare Last Day Cover .. . (6) ~0.00+ S ee illustration opposite lsg r black on oran ge buff , o . g ., fr.esh, very fine but for fai nt bend (ia) S ee ilhistration opposit e lsg r, th e t hree diff. cofors or shades, se lected copies, very fine to superb ··········-····--·······-·····-··-······-··-······································-······-············ (i, ia, )

:10.00

11.00

I sg r, th e thr ee diff. color s or shad es , all hori z. pairs, very fine to uperb -·-·--·············-···· ··-·-·--··········-········-···· · ·•··-·-··•··-·-·····-·······---·············· (i, 7a, 8) 22.00+ l sg r black on ye llow, o. g., fresh, very fine but for tiny thinnin g at top (8)

20.00

l sg r black on ye llow, t wo copies, up erb . Ti ed on tw o small, nea t covers by b lue numeral s "8" (Braun schwe ig, July 14, 1861) and blu e "2 1" (H elmsteclt, Nov. 15, 1863) --···········-··-····· ·· ············-················ ..

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*83 2sg r bla~k

on blu e, blo ck of 4. O. g., fr es h, large marg ins, ve ry fin e ; ve ry rare in bl ock ····-··-···-·····-·· -·········-·-···········---·····-···· ····-·····---·-···-·········· -· (9) S ee illustration opposite

229 1::8:l

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2sg r black on blue , tw o copies, supe rb. Ti ed o n tw o mall, nea t covers by b lue B RAUNSCH \1/EIG cancellations, one double circl e, ot her se mi-c irc le ·····················-·-····························--·········-············ ............... .....

(9 ) 3sg r black on rose , part o.g., fr es h, very fine but for negl ig ible tin y thinnin g in wat ermark; carce ............................ ( 10) See ill1istration opposite

50.00

231 l::,.

3sgr black on rose, 3sg r rose, very fine, tied on two sepa rate pieces by full doubl e circular towns, former \VOLFE'.'JB ETTEL. latt er HARZBURG ; very pretty ·-·······························-·-······························ (fO, 11) 21.:'0+

232 l::,.

3sg r black on ros e, tw o sing les , ve r y fine. Slightly ove rlappin g on mall piece, tied by blue B RAUNSC H WEIG in r ec tan g le ...... (10) 18.00+

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3sg r black on rose , horiz. pair, la rge margin s, v ery fine ····-··············· (10) 18.00+ S ee illustration opposite

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3sg r dee p bla ck on rose, o utstand ing color, very fine. Ti ed hy st rikin g bl ue GA 1 DER HEIM, J un e 15 ( 1861) in r ecta ng le to small, nea t folded letter to Bremen ---·--··-·-··--······---····------· ···-············-·· ······-·-······--···· (10)

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Jsgr rose , the ca nnin

s had e, o. g., fresh, s ee illustration

very

fine ·········•·•·····..... (11) 30.00+

Jsgr ros e, beautiful deep carmine shade , o. g., fre sh, mar g in s all sides. l,arge on 3, very fine ......................... .......................................... . .. ( 11) 30.00 ee ill11,Stration

237 0 63 Jsg r ros e, blo ck of 4. Cancelled with num eral "9". Large margi ns three

sides, ve ry small or no margin at rig ht , one sta mp slig ht thinning .

Attractive and rare blo ck ....···•·····-···················································.... (111) ee illustration

238 0

1857 4/4ggr black on brown , invert. watennark , slight fault , very fine appearance; carce; Michel Mk. 150 ......................................... (12 va •r.)

239 I

4/ 4ggr black on brown, used with ls gr black on ye llow ; small to lar o-c margin s, very fine. Each tied by perfect str ik e of the thin barr ed num eral "36" to small, neat folded letter, postmarked in blue SALDER, a,ddre sed to Brunswick.

Very rar -e combination and ve ry p r etty cover ............................................................................ ................. ( 12. 8) 4/ 4gg r black on brown , vert . half and quarter, epa rat ely well t ied by clear s,trike of th'e thin barred numeral '·36·• to . mall, nea t folded lett ,e r, postmarked in blu e SALDER, addr es, eel t o Brun swick ( 12) 1864 Serpentine

241

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Roul ette 16.

x1.3sgr black, o.g., fresh, roulettes on all See illustration

ide,

very

fine ................ ( 13)

242 * ffil 1/4sg r black, hori zontal block of 6. Full o. g. and fresh small reinforce-

60.00

ment and minor toning at bottom, roul ett es all sid'es and ve ry fine.

Rare block ·················-··································-···· ············-··············-··········· (13) 360 oo+ See illustration ·

APRI L 23 r d , 1956

BRUN S WI C K , 1864

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l sg r bla ck on ye llow . F ull roul ett es on all sides , ce nte red slig htl y to rig ht, ve ry fin e ·················-·····- ··················-····- ········································· ( 15) S ee illitStra ti on Zsgr black on blu e, o. g., heavi ly hin ge d, oth erwi e ver y fine with rou lett es a ll side ···-···················································•······························· ( 17) Zsgr bla ck on blu e, hori zontal BLOC K O F S IX . F ull o. g . and brilliant fr es h, bottom ri g ht stamp 6mm s ciss or s cut in top mar g in , full roul ett es and ve ry fin e. Excess ive ly rar e and probabl y uniqu e block (17) S ee illustrat ion

175.00

30.00

BURG ; ce nt er ed and Zsgr blu e. Ti,ed on pi ece by cir cula r BLA)JKE very fin e w ith rou lett e a ll side ................................... .................... ( 17) 20.00+ ee illiistration

Jsg r ro se, o. g. and brill'ian t fr es h, full roul ett es on all sid es, ex tr em e ly fin e; ve r y rar e in thi s condition ...................................................... . (18) S ee illustrat ion J sg r ro se, lar ge part o. g ., fu lJ' roul et tes on all sides, almo st ver y fin e (17) S ee illustrat ion

100.00

100.00

J sgr ro se, b lui sh num era l canc ellation "26", partl y evera d by cis or s, rou lette show on thr ee sid es; v ery fin e ........................................... ( 18) S ee illitStra ti on

35.00

1864 rouJ. lZ, l sgr ye llo w, hori z. pair wi t h shee t ma rg in at top , o. g ., fresh , full ro ul ett e s, v ery fine a nd very rar e ·······························--·· (2 1) S ee illustration

70.00

F IR S T S E SS IO N

GERMANY

GERMA

60

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T H U R N AN D T A X I S P r i ces for un u sed stamps a r fo r cop i es with gum.

Copies wiL h ou t g u m sell for abo u t half lh e fig u r es q u ol ed.

P ri ces fo r th e imp er forat e st a mp.- ar e for good . av erag e s pec im en s. Slarnp s w i th f our c lea r n1a r g i ns a r e s ar ce and comrnancl rnu c h high er pric es .

o rt hern D istri ct 1852- 58 Iss ue

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251

1/4sg r bla <:k on red bro '\vn, hori z . pair , o. g., fr e h, mar g in s all side , very frn e ........................................................................................... ..... .... .. ( I) 24.00+

25.2 * EE ¾ sg r bla ck o n red bro w n, blo ck o-f 4, u. g., fr es h, mar g in, all side, ,

hori z. fo ld and tw o tiny thinnin gs, very fin e app ea r an ce ............ ( I) -lS .00+ See illitstrali on opposit e

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253

1/4sg r bla ck on red bro w n. Corn er blo ck of 12 ( 4x 3). Full o. g . and fr es h, shee t mar g in left and bottom , few g um wrinkl es . Ve ry fin e and ve ry attra cti ve blo ck. On e of t he larg e st unu se d unit s known ( I )

S ee ilhtstrat ion opposit e /4sg r bla ck on re d brow n, ti ed o n mall p iece , eno rm ous mar o-in · sh o win g p orti o n o f even adj oinin g tamp s, sup erb .. ................ ........ (1 )

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1/4sg r blac k on red brow n, t w o copi es , o ne full t o wn ca 11c ellati o n (d o ubl e c ircular El E CH ), rar e o n thi · stamp; o th er ri g ht · hee t mar g in; v ery fin e full mar g in ed copi es ................................... ( I)

1/4sg r , ½ sg r a nd 1859 l sgr ; fin e t o ve r y fin e, tied by clear '"226., (Bu erge l) to am e p iece ; very attra ctiv e .............................. (1 , 3, 10) ¼ sgr blac k on fl es h, hori z. pa ir , o . g., fr es h, very fine but for slig h t v ert . cr ea se ........................................................................................................ (2) 16.00+

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1;'.i sg r bla ck on fles h, block of 9. 0. g., fr es h, minor g um w rinkl es and one stamp lig ht o il stain, in visible from th e front . A ve ry att racti ve blo ck and on e of th e larges t unu se d blo cks kno w n ..... ......... (2)

See illustraUon opposit e 259 I':,.

¼ sg r bla ck on fl es h. Ti ed on pi ece by clear BaYarian clo ed cogw heel '"526", very r a r e, sig ned Thi er ................................................................

(2)

ee illustration oppos it e 260 I

½ sg r bla ck on fl es h, hori z. strip of 6, hori z. pair and sing le. Partl y c ut into , s lig ht ve rt . crease throu g h 3rd stam 9 of strip. T ied by num e ra l "301" t o small , neat fo lded le tt er BREME N, Oct. 10, 1861 to Cas sel.

A choi ce co ve r of g rea t rarit y ................................................................ (2')

'ee illus tration opp osite

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1/2 sg r black on g reen , o. g ., fresh,

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full mar gi ns, very

fin e .. ...

...... (2) 17.50+

See illustration oppos-ite 1/:,sgr

black on green, horiz. pair , o. g., fresh, margins a ll ro und, min o r g um wrinkl es at bottom; very fine ............ ...................................... (2) 35.00+

See illiistra1ion oppos·ite 263 f:i

½sg r black on g reen, tied on piece by full clear KALTENN0RDI -IEIM, Aug. 4, 1852. Margins all sid es, very fine .........................................

(3)

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½ sgr black on green , horiz. strip of 3, h-oriz. pair and single. Pair touch ed at lef t, otherwise all full mar g in s. Tied by num eral ··.221•· t o small , n eat fo lded let t er APOLDA, Jan. 2 ( 1858) to Berlin; ve ry fin e (3) ee illustration opposit e

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265

Isgr black on dark blue, o. g., kesh,

mar gins all sides, very

fine;

rar e (4) 35.00+

See illiistration opposit e 2fi6 0

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lsgr black on dark blue (centered double circl e GERA). ls gr blac k on light blue, 2sgr bla ck on rose (HAN AU trial cancell,a ti on) , Jsg r black on yellow (f ull circu lar WITZENHAUSEN ): all fo ur mar g in s. last (4--7) thr ee on small piec es; very fine to superb .....

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lsgr black on lig ht blu e, pa:rt o . g., m a rg in

all rou nd , almos •t ve ry fin e (5) 30.00+

See illustration opposit e 268

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ls g r black on lir ht blue, horiz . pair with wide top sheet mar g in, mar gi n s o th er sid e except cut t o frame lin e at right. Cance lled by circular AR.."\TSTADT. Town cancellati'ons are rare on this stamp (S ) ee illitstration oppos·ite 2sgr black on ros e, o. g.,, fresh, ma rg in s a ll ro und , negligible thinning at t op, othe rwi e very fine ..........

See illustra ·tion opposite

trace

of (6) 35.00+

2sgr black on rose, ti e d o n piece by full clear "HA 1 AU" trial ca nce lla(6) ti o n, s·up erb ..........................................................................

See illustration opposite

*EEJsgrcr eablack on yellow, block of 4, o. g., fresh, margin ses and one st amp slig htly thinned. Attractive rar e ·······················-··············· ·············································

s all ro und, g·um block a nd ve ry (7)

0.00+

See illustration opposite 272

*

273

0

¼ sgr red, two horiz . pairs and blo ck of 4. 0. g. , few faults, othe rw ise fin e to ve ry fine ·······-···· ··················· ......................... ................ ...

(8) 2.2.00+ 1

/4sg r red, horiz. comer pair. h eet mar g ins right and bo tt o m. lar ge mar g in s other sides s how in o· portion of adjoining stamps ; slig ht (8) cr eases. othe rwi e very fine .............................

See illustration opposite

27--10

1/,sgr g reen , horiz. pair with part co rn e r m a rgins left and bot ·torn .

N ice ly cancelled in cent ,e r by sin g le t1·ik e of Railroad HALLE E TSENA CH in rectangle, ve r y fin e .................... ............................. (9) See illustration opposite

275 * EB

2sgr . rose , blo ck of 4, o . g ., margins n ea rly all r o und, faill't age sta in s, fine ···················-·············· ··············································································•···· ( 11) 26.00+

FIRST

SESSION

276

*

277

* EE

&. TAXIS

, No r thern

D istr ict

64

Jsgr red brown, hori z. pair, o. g., mar gin s a ll sides, v ery fin e ...... . ( 12) 15.00+ Jsgr red brown , co rner blo ck of 4. 0. g ., faint t o nin g a nd o ne sta mp slig ht thinnin g; scarce bl oc k ......................... .................. ...... .... ( 12) 30.00+ See illiistraUon opposite

278 0 279

THURN

Jsgr red brown , left sheet marg in, ve ry fin e w ith fu ll ma r g in ........ ( 12)

OEE

Jsgr red brown, blo ck of 4. Slight-ly cut int o , iron ed out cr eases. at tractive and sc arce bloc k ...... ................................................................ ( 12) See illitstrat ion opposite

280 !:::.

Ssgr_lilac, two co pies, cliff. had es, ti ed on small pieces , bot h full marg in s ................................................................................................... .............. ( 13)

281 !:::.

10sg r orange, hori z. pair, fr es h , sma•ll t o good mar g in s a ll ro und . use d wit h 2sg r b lack on rose (cut in to) , ti ed o n piec e ( 14. oJ 71.25+ See ilhtstration opposit e

282

OEE

IOsgr orange, block of 4. Cancelled by num era l "JOO" and large black "21" transit markin g . Cut into at bottom, minor wrinkles and neg ligible tiny tear; rare blo ck ...................................................................... (14) 140.00+ See illustration opposit e 1862--63 Issue

283 * 284

EE

¼ sgr black, ½ sgr gree n (2 shades), blo cks of 4, tw o with . h ee t mar g in . 0. g., few tiny thinnin gs , o th erwi se fin e t o very fine ( 15, 16) 19.00+

0

¼ sg r bla ck, circular GOT HA ca nce lla ti on. En o rm o us mar g in show ing portion of six ad jo inin g s tamp s, u pe r b ........................................... ( I 5) S ee illustration opposi"te

285 !:::.

¼ sgr black, horiz . strip of J and pair, tied on pi ece in fo r m of a bloc k.

Cut int o b ut a ttr activ e ............................................................................ ( 15) 15.00+

286 0

½sg r gree n, mall t o lar ge mar g ins a ll round, v ery fine; sca r ce .... ( 16) 10.00+

287

0

%sgr oran ge yellow, with Saxony numeral cance llation , full mar g in s, ve r y fine .......................................................................................................... ( 17) See illlistrat ion opposit e

288 !:::.

lsg _r, 2sgr, Jsgr, fine to very fine ; tied t o piec e by 2 clea r strik es o f th e sm a ll THAL , Au g. 4, 1865 cance lla t io n ; v e1·y a t-trac tiv e (18, 19, 20)

289 !:::.

1865 roul. ¼ sgr black, horiz . pair. Ti ed on very small piece by . ing le clea r strik e of num er a l "230" (De rmba ch) , u sual ce nt ering, o th erw ise v ery fin e ................................................................................................ (2 1) 35.00+ See illustration opposite

290 !:::.

-

291 !:::.

1866 roul. in color ½s gr green, four singles, arranged in form of a horiz. strip on small piece, tied by clear strike of blue circular BREMENBAH F., May 20, 67. Very fine and rare item .......................... (28) 80.00+ S ee illustration opposite

292 !:::.

-

¼ sgr black , vert. pair. Tied on small piece by ingl e strike of num eral "374" (Stot-ternheim) in blue, ve ry fine .................................... (2 1) 35.00+ See illustration opposite

2sgr blue, horiz. pair, f in e to v ery fin e; ti ed o n piec e by num eral "301", also by r ed oval "PD" .................................................. ............... (:l I) ~0.00+ See illustration opposite

Fl RST

SESSION

THURN

Southern

&. TAXIS

District

18SZ-53 Issue 293

*63 lkr

black on lig ht g ree n, block of 4. 0. g ., fr es h, mar g ins all ro un d. o ne stamp tiny thin ni ng , ot her wi se yery fin e ..................... ........ (42)

294 6 E!3 lkr black on lig ht green , blo ck of 4. Full mar gi ns. ycry fin e. O n lar ge p iece, cance lled in center by sing le full str ik e of double circl e WI ESBADEN, April 7, 1852, rep ea t ed on th e pi ece, cho ice block (42)

S ee illustration opposit e 295

*

Jkr black on dark blue, horiz. pair, showing clear horiz. stitch watermark. Large part o. g ., fresh , ma rgins all round , very fine and ve ry rare pair ............ ·······-······························································................

(43) 70.00+ See illustrat ion opposit e

296 6

Jkr black on dark blue, horiz. pair, tied on p ie<:e by tw o clear stri kes of numeral "96" (B iedenkopf) in brilliant red. Slig htl y cut int o at left , o therwi se large mar g in s. Very rar e pair ... ............ .......... ( -13) See illustration opposite

297 ,~

3kr black on dark blue. Large margins, ve ry fine. Tied to small, neat folded letter by clear strike o.f the famous 8 ring trial cancellation in red. Postmarked in red GAMMERTI GEN , ov. 18, 1852, addressed to Tuebingen. A wonderful cover of great rarity ....... (43) S ee illustration opposite

2981:zl

3kr black on dark blue. F ull m ar g in , very fine. Tied to folded lett er by d ear st rik e of numeral "3 03" in r ed. r ed GAMMERTINGE , Feb . 19, 1853 a nd is add r essed ge n. Anoth er choice cover, from sa m e co rr e pondenc e a nd follow ing .... ...... ........................ ............................

S ee illustrat ion opposit e

299 leg]

3kr black on dark blue, a lm ost ve ry fine. Ti ed o n . m all, neat folded lett er to Tu ebingen by clea r r ed se mi-circular GAM \1 ERT I NCE:--:.

Sept. 24, 1852, also by lig ht pen s trok es . Fr om th e sa m e co rr rs po 11 de nce as th e pr e,·ious t,vo covers . . .... .

(-4.l l See illitstrat i.on oppQsite

sm a ll. nca t CoH r bea r s t o Tu ebi11as pr e,·iou s (-13 l

300

*

301

*1~

3kr black on blue , block of 12 (6x2), o. g. and fresh. Defects, especially in left hand blo ck but very attracti ve and one of the larges t block s known ·······- ·················································•········································· . . ( 44) 360.00+ ee illustration opposite

302

0

3kr bla ck on blue, cane. by blu e EMPF INGEN HAIG E RLO CH i11 r ecta ng le, very fine; P os•tabla ge cance llat ion s are ve r y ra r e on thi s stamp ·····································-···········································••···························· ( 44 )

3kr black on blue, hori z. pair with left sheet marg in. Part o. g., very fine and very rare pair .. .. ..... ...................... ........... . ...• ......................... (44) 60.00+ S e" il111..1ration opposite

F IRST

S E SSION

THURN

&. TAXIS

, Southe r n D is t ri ct

68

6kr bla ck on ros e, block of 4. O. g., fre sh, rig ht hand pair slightly cut into. Top left s tamp neg ligible tiny closed tear at top and trace s of thinnin gs . Attra cti ve and scarce block ........................ .............. (45) 100.00+ ee iUus trn tio ,.

30.J 0

305

*

306

0

6kr bla ck on rose, two copies, o n e ti cl o n pi ece by , trikin g DAR :'11 STA DT . F eb . 12. 1852, ( seco nd \\'eek o f is s ue), o th e r v er y la r g e mar g in s, bo th s u pe 1'b . .................... _........... ... ............... .. . .. ( 4~) 9kr black on ye llow , hori z. pair. 0. g .. brilli ant fr es h. mar g in s all sid es , ve r y fin e d esp it e s lig ht ,·e rt. cr ease in lef t s tamp ( 4/J) 30.(Kl+ ee ill us tr a tion opp o.sile 9kr bla ck on ye llow , bottom left come r copy . '.\ ca t 11Al:--: Z ca n ce llati o n , s lig htly c u t int o a t ri g ht , s till a b eaut if ul s t a mp ... . ( -1(1) S ee illus trat ion opp os it e

307 OEB 9kr black on ye llow, blo ck o,f 4. K ice ly can ce lle d, slig htly

308

*

t o u ched in t\\' O pla ces, s m a ll sci sso r s c ut in ri g ht ce nt e r to u c hin g corn e r t ip o f b o tt o m ri o-ht s tam p; attrn c ti ,·c a nd rar e bl oc k ( 46) 'ec illu .strat ion opp osit e

1859 Jkr blue, 9kr rose , o. g., s m a ll th in n in g s, fin e \\'ith mar g in s all ro un d ...................................................................................... ................. ( .JS, -19)

309 0

-

9kr ye llow , a m ag-nifi cc nt cop y. n ea t ly ca nce lled. \'c ry lar g e mar g in s. s ho \\·in g po rti o n s of s ix a dj o inin g· s tam ps . \ 'c ry rar e in thi s co nditi o n ............... ....... ................................... ............... .. ... ... . .. (50) S ee ill us t ra ti on opp osit e

310 0

-

30kr orange, n ea t 11ATN Z can ce lla ti o n in cir cle , dat ed S e pt. 14.

186 1, y cry fin e with ·m a ll mar g in s all ro un d .............. .... (52) S ee ill u.s/rati on opp o.silr

311 I::,

-

22.50

30kr oran ge, irregu lar blo ck of 6 and single. Cut into in places and som e faults. Tied on piece by num era l cancellation "270", bearing clear COBURG , July 13, 1864. An impr ess ive piece and ve ry rare ( 52) Cl' illu ·tralion op p o.sill

orth German 312 I

JS. ()()

Postal

Distri ct

1868 Imperf . 3kr rose, horiz. pair and sing le, use d with roul. 3kr rose .

Ti ed by cle ar F R1\ NK FU,RT A . M .. Jan. 29 ( 1 '<,S) to , mall. n eat io ld ed le tt e r tu Ann e cy, Sav o)·. Fran ce: ve ry fi11e ... .... (9a , 9) 45.20+ S cv illu.slrnl ion opp o.sil o E

D

OF

FIR.ST

SESSION

SECOND DAY OF SALE

TUESDAY, APRIL AT T WO IN THE

24th, 1956

O'C L OCK

TR I A ON R OOM of the

AMBASSADOR

-

Park

Avenue

HOTEL

a nd 51st St r ee t, New York

City -

SALE No . 1006

HAMBURG Pric es of u n u sed stam ps are for co pi es w itho u t g u m. Cop les wilh gum se ll fo r abo u t twice th e fig ur es q u ot ed.

1859 lmp erforat e

313 * 83

½ s bla ck, marg inal blo ck of 4, numb er s "8" a nd ''9" at left ; unused, ver y fine ...... ··················································-······ ................ .........

(Il See illustrat ion opposite

3!4 /~

11:z s bla ck, la, ge margin . Tied by oval HAMBURG , Nov . 8, 62 to small , nea t wrap2 e1· t o Brake. tam_p ext end s o ver the wrapp er a nd pi ece of pape r ha s be en in s-ert ed to prev ent dama ge . V cry rar e o n cove r, espec ially u sed sing ly .............................................................................. ( I ) S ee illustration opposit e

315

11:z s black, vert . str ip of 4. Larg e margin s, fres h, ve ry fin e but for closed tear in sec ond stamp and scissor s c ut in left ce nt er in margin be-tw ee n stamps. Tied by neat bar canc ellation to smal~ clea n but folded lett er to Lubec k. Cover bears "butterfl y" town postmark HAMB U RG, July 16, 1859 and arrival ba ckstamp of th e following day. Probabl y uniqu e strip and a beautiful cover ···-····················· (1) From th e "Rot hschild " Collection ee ilhtStration opposit e

316 * 83

ls brown , bottom left corner block of 4 with num e rals "11" and "12", th e left hand pair showing portion of the coat of arms watermark.

0 . g ., fresh, a bea utiful a nd rare bloc k ................................................ (2) See illustration opposit e

SECOND

:ml'>

SESSION

HAMBURG

72

, 1859

l s brown , la rg e m arg in ., ex tr e m e ly fine , nic e ly ti ed t o p iece by neat do ubl e s trik e of bar cance llat io n in b lu e . .. ...................... .... .

(2)

318

l'>

ls brown, la rge marg in s, tied on pi e ce by ova l dated "F. P. 2" (Fuss P ost) ca nc e llation; fin e ....... ............................ ... . ...... ...

(2)

.1

0

l s brown , horiz. pair, ve ry fin e hut for s light er a scs ..................

19

. (2) 20.00+

Js brown , la rge mar g in s, ext r em ely fin e, o n , m a ll, n ea t back>tampcd fo ld ed le tt e r to Berge do rf. Cance lled by neat bar s a nd ti ed by th <! larg e ci r cu la r ST. P . A. BAHNHOFS -EX PED. H A ;1I RURG , 2. dated Sept. 20, 1&'11, b o th in g ree ni sh blu e. 'h o ic e co,·e r (2) S ee ill1tstrat-ion opposile 32 1

*~

Zs red, block of Z4 (8x3), compr. th e three upper rows of sheet with shee t marg in and insc ription "HAMBUR GISCHE POSTMARKEN ." at top and S'h ee t m•arg in and num era ls " I", "2" and "3" on both sides. Full o. g ., fr es h, excellent co lor. A mag nifi ce nt block of g reat rarit y ....................................................................... ................. ......... (3) S ee illus-trat-ion opposit e

Zs red, large mar g in s, supe r b. Cancelled by cl ear bars. 011 small. nea t back s tamp ed folded le tt e 1· to Bergedorf. b ea r ing 0 ,·al "F. P . -1·• m a rk in g wit h dat e ....................

(3)

323

*

3s blue, hori z. pair, o . g ., fresh, very

324

0

Js blue , bar cance llat io n, ve ry fi n e

fine ............................ ...........

(4) 16 .00+ (4)

3s blue, rig ht sheet mari?;in with num eral "9", large sides, bluish ba r cance llation, yer y fine .

S ee illus/ration

..

mar g in s o th e r .. . (-1)

opposit e

3s blue, a lm ost ve r y fine. Tied hy bar cancella ti on to c r eased h ea r ing O\·a l HAMBURG 18/2, 63 po s tmark ..

pi ece. ( -1) 1.2.~0+

3s blue, ,·c ry fin e. Ti ed by bar cancellation t o small. n eat bacbta m ped fo lded lett er t o Br em e n, bear ing I-IA1[BURG "butt e rfly" post m ar k . dated Oc t. 27, 1859 .... ............................ ............. ................

(-1) 328

*

329 * EB

4s ye llow g reen , top left corn er pair, ,,·ith in script io n "HA:1vf' ' at t op and num er al " I" at the side. Full o. g., fre sh and ,·e ry fin e .

(5) See illustrat ion oppo it e ◄s

ye llow gree n, bottom left corner block of ◄, with num erals "11" and "IZ", the left hand pair showing portion of the coat of arms water mark. Part o. g., tiny thinning in h eet m arg in , sta mp are very fi n e ....................................................................................................................... (5) S ee illustration

12..iO

opposit e

4s ye llow green, top ma rginal horiz. blo ck of 6, wit h inscription "POSTMARKE ". 0. g., fr e·s h, very fin e ..........................

(5 ) Se e illns l ml ion opposi te

HAl\'IBURGISCHEPOS'f"MARKEN.

S E COND

331

*ml

SESSI O N

HAMBURG

*

333 0

74

4s y ellow green , pan e of 48, compr. compl. upp er half of sheet with sheet margin and inscription " H AMB U RGISCHE POSTMARKEN." at top and s heet margin s with num eral s "I " to "6" at both s ides. Full o. g ., fr esh and ve ry fin e. Very rar e in su ch an enormou s block ·····························-······-······-··-······························................................. (5 ) See illustratwn

332 332

, 1859

333

4s ye llow g r een, doubl e print, ung umme<l as always, very fin ; Michel Mk. 90 ·······-··········-•·•···-·•·••·································-············· ················ .. (5 va r .)

See illustration 4s gree n, lar ge margin s, sup erb; sig ned F ri edl See illustration

(Sa )

90.00

75

HAMBURG,

1859

APRIL

24th,

1956

4s ye llow gree n, large marg ins, tied by bar cancellation to small, neat blue backstamped folded letter to Loehne in Oldenburg , bearin g HAMBURG "butterfly" postmark, dated Aug. 3, 1859. Great cover rarity ·····················································•·····································-···· ················· (5) See illustration

335 t::,.

7s orange, two cop ies, tied o n 2 pieces, o ne by clea r "b utt erfly" cancellation (Sept . 20, 1859), other by oval HAMBURG, F eb. 13, 64 ; se lect ed copies, very fine to superb ........................................................ (6)

336 1:8:1 7s orange , very fine; showin g tiny fraction of mar g inal number a-t lef t , just tied on small neat cover Jan. 26, 1860 to London

337 lrzl

7s oran ge, hori z. pair, almo t very fine , ti ed by gr<eeni,s h blue bar can 'PAID', Jan. 5, 1861 transit cellation, a lso by red HAMBURG lightly cha nged) marking, to sma'11, neat blue folded let ter (ad<lres to Lon don .......................................................................................................... (6)

338 338

*

339

*

340

t::,.

................ (6)

339

340

9s ye llow , bottom left corner copy, num er al "12" at left . Fu ll o. g ., enormou margin , ex tremely fin e .......................................................... (7) See illustrat ion 9s ye llow, horiz. pair, o. g ., fresh, very fine See illustrat ion

(7) 25.00+

9s ye llow . Brilliant fresh , large margins and superb. Tied to piece by perfect strike of the bar ca ncel lation , as well as by red London 'PAID' March Zl, 59 markin g. A magnifi cent sta mp .................... (7) 125.00+

See illmtratwn

SECOND

341 IZJ

S ES S ION

HAMBURG

, 1859

9s ye llow, fresh, very fine. Tied by neat bar ca nce llation to a small, neat white en ve lop e to London. Cover bears red circular ti AMBURG 'PAID', Jan. 29, 11859 and red circular LONDON ' PAID'. ~ho1 ce anct rar e co,ve r ............................................ ................................. . (7)

From th e " Vic e11 z " Collection See illiistration

~~.,.,,. ,1 •

~/1 •

.

.

~

342 IZI

9s ye llow, fresh, lar ge mar g ins, extremely fine. Tied by double strike, of bar ca n ce llation to small, neat white enve lop e to London, bearing sa m e red markin gs a s pr ev iou s (Ma r ch 24, 1859). A noth e r beautiful and rare cove r , from the sa m e co rr esp ond enc e as previous (7) From the " Vic enz " Collection

See illustration

76

APRIL

HAMBURG , 1859

77

24th, 1956

«/e--4~~<~✓

/ "'. ~ fi-a ,?? 4 y✓ t:d' c-e

~

da2

77 0 m c ;-/h r7,,-c-

3-13 IZJ

3-l-l lZJ

y fine.

9s yellow, two singles, both fresh , lar ge mar g ins and extremel HAMTied by black bar cancellation as well as by red circular to LonBURG 'PAID', Jan. 23, 1859 to small , neat white envelope ent don, bearing latter's red circular 'PAID' markin g . A magnific the precover of g reat rarit y . From th e same corr espond enc e as . (7) vious two .........................................................................................................

F r om th e " Vicenz" Collect ion S ee illustration

fourth 9s ye llow, four singles. All large mar g ins, fresh, three superb, to small , filing crack. Tied by clear strike of the bar cancellation 'PAID', neat blue folded Jetter to New York, bearin g HAMBUR.G'60' PAID April 6, 1859, Aachen tran sit and N. YOR.K Br . PKT one of th e markings , all in red. A beautiful cove r of great rarity and ..............

(7) ............... ............... known items Hamburg g n most outstandi n Collectio hild" Hroni t he "R o'll1sc S ee ill1istration

SECOND

34S IZJ

SESSION

HAMBURG,

78

1859

9s yellow, horiz. pair, large margins, right stamp filing crack (ironed out), other extremely fine. Tied by bar can cellation to small, blue folded letter Aug. 3 (1859) to New York, bearin g similar red markings as previous. Rare cover .................................................... ........ .. (7) 250.00+ S ee illustration opposit e 1864 Lithographed

346* EB l i¼ s lilac, bottom left corner block of 4, enormous sheet margins with numerals "11" and "12" at left, "1" and "Z" at bottom. F ull fresh, deep color, crease in left he et mar g in and right hand slight thinning ot herwise very fine. A very impr ess i,·e block ve r y r are ..........'......·-·····································...·............... ..... .

See i!Zustration opposite

347 6

o. g .. pair and (9a)

348

*

l ¼ s lilac, two sin g les, both larg e margin s and sup erb. Slig htly ov crlapping on pieoe, cancelled by num eral "2" (9a ) 17.00+ I%s blue, o. g ., a lmo st very fine ................

(9c) 20.00+ See illustration opposit e

349

0

l ¼ s blue, thinned

at bottom,

very fine appearance

........................ (9c)

30.00

350 351

*

Z:½ s green, o. g., fresh,

0

2½ s green, numeral

"2", large mar gi ns, ex tr em ely fin e ( 12)

17.50

352

0

2½ s green , similar copy .................................................................................. ( 12)

1'7.50

353 IIZI

2½ s green, large margins and superb. Tied by circular ST. P . A. H AMBU R G, March 22 (1865) to small, neat folded letter to Aalborg: rare on cover .................- ....................................................... .. .. . (12) From the "Rothsch ild " Collection See illustration opposit e

354

*

355

OEB

very

fine .................................... ..

cancellation

l~S

Perforated

( 12) 12.50+

13-½

-½s black, imperf. vert. horiz . pair, with part sheet margin and num era l "1" at right; o. g., fine ................................................... .... ..... ( l Ja) 1.2.00+ ls brown , block of 4, blu e bar cancellation, o n mall piece. ju st tied.

Few minor faults, fine. Very rare block ............ ...... ..... ( 1-l) S ee illustration ovposite

:156 OEB Zs red, block of 4. Black ba•r cancellation, well centered, min o r r einforcement, two negligible tiny pin holes, very fine. Very rar e bloc k See illustrat ion opposite 357 1Z! 358

* EB

359

0

360 IZ!

361 IZ!

Zs red, single and horiz. pair. Tied by blue bar to small , nea t nic elv marked folded le tt e r Hamburg, Sept. 19, 67 to Pari ........... ........ ( 15) 3s ultramarine, imperf., bottom left corner block of 4 with numerals "11" and "12", left hand pair showin g portions of coat of arms watermark. 0 . g., very fine ...................... .... ........... ............. ( 17a) See illustration opposit e 7s orange, tiny thinning fine ......................................................... . ( 19) 2.2.50 7s orange, horiz. pair, fine to very fine but for min or \\'rinkl c. in LO il right corner, ti ed by bars to small . neat folded let t cr ( 11am~ of addre see lightly chano-ed) Oct. 10, 1864 t o Lond o n ........... ... .. ( 19) -15.00+ S ee illustration opposite 7s violet, horiz. strip of 3, one s•lightly age sta ined. fin e t o vc-ry fin•<:.

T ied by b lue do uble circu lar HAMBURG, Aug. 18, 66 to smal l. nea-t folded Jetter (name of addres ee lightly changed ) to London (20)

L,

SECOND

SESSION

362 IZJ

so

HAMBURG, 1864-6 5

9s yellow, horiz. pair , excellent color, fresh, well centered and superb. Used with two very fine 1/zs black on a small immaculate blue folded letter to Curacao. All tied by clear blue bars, the pair and one single also by neat red oval "P. D.".

The cover bears blue double circular " HAMBURG ST. P. 30/ 4/ 67" postmark, many dispatch and transit markin gs, also red circular Curacao arrival postmark. A magnificent and very rare cover of matchless beauty .............................. (21, 13) From the "Rothschild " Collection See illustration and color plate

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, 1864-65

APRIL

24th,

1956

363 GZ)

9s yellow, horiz. strip of 3. Well ce ntered , very fine . Tied by greenish blue thick bars to small, neat blue folded letter "via Bremerha ve n ew York . Cover bears oval greenish per steamer 'America'" to blue HAMBURG , March 10, 65, red "PAID" in frame and mage nta ms. "30". An excellent cove r of gre at rarit y ........................................ (Zl) See illustra,tion opposite

364 1.:83

1866 roul., l ½ s rose, horiz. pair, fine to very fine. Ti e<l by thick blul' bars to a very small , neat blu e envelope, postmarked HAMBURG, ST . P., May 2, 67, add res ed to and backstamp ed BREME 1 . Pr etty cover ...... ............................................................................... ........................... (25) 30.00+ Frorn the "Seybold " Collection See illustration Postal Stationery

3650IZI

1866 Zs red orang e, entire envelope, po stmarked in blue RITZEBUET TEL, Feb. 2, 67, addre s• ed to Hambur g , bearing arrival po stmark s on front and back; very fine and r ar e u sage; Ascher No. 4 Mk. ···················· 75.00+ ······················································ ·-···································•········•

366 OZI

-

7s red violet, entire envelope. Po tmarked in blue HAMBURG ST . P ., Ma rc h 11, 66, addressed to Manchester , England. Cover bears red oval "P. D." and red LO I DON 'PAID' transit marking.

Very fine and very rar e us ed; Ascher No. 7 Mk. 350 ................

See illustration

SECOND

SESSION

HANOVER

Hamburg

367 IZJ

American

Packet

Compan y (Hapag ) .

1875 10c blue, yellow & black, on small, neat folded lett er P ort au P,rince (Haiti) to New York . The stamp is tied by blue semicircular agent's cancellation "White Hartmann & Co., Port-auPrince (Haiti )" and cover bears St. Thomas , July 14, 1875 and New York July ZJ I Due Sets". Attractive and scarce co ver ··········••·-··········· ee illiistration on page 81 HANOVER Pr ices for unu sed stamps are for co pi e with gum.

Copies without g u m se ll for about half th e p ri ces quoted.

1850 Watermarked

369

368

368

*

lgg

Rectan g le.

370

black on gra y blue. 0. g., large margins with part sheet margin at rig ht.

Tiny corner crease, very fine for this rarity ......................................................... ( I ) 175.00+ S ee illiistration

369 0

Igg black on gray blue, upper left corner copy. Full circular Go ett inge n canc ellat ion, adh erin g to paper , fr es h and supe rb ( IJ S ee illustrat ion

370 6

Jgg black on gray blue, bottom sheet margin copy with full red ESENS cancellation in rectangle on piece; very fine .... (1) S e illu tration

371 0

lgg black on gray blue , horiz. pair with top sheet margin. Neat circular STADE can ce llati o ns; fr es h and sup erb .................. ( I ) S ee illustration

0

lg g black on gray blue , vert. strip of 3 \\"ith part bottom shee t mar g in . Doubl e circl e CELLE canc ellati on ; very fin e ...... ( 1) S ee illustrat-ion

372

371

373 1::8:1 lgg black on gra y blue, left sheet margin copy, very fin e. Ti ed by doubl e ci1·cle GOETTINGEN t o small , n ea t (folded ) cover to Celle ............................................ (1)

372

83

HANOVER

374 I

lgg

, 1850

APRIL

24th,

bla ck on g ra y blu e, BiLOCK OF FOUR. Fresh, margins all s id es and •part sh eet margin at top. On small , neat folded lette r to Lu ec how. Cancelled by two st rik es of "DANNENBERG, J AUG." in two Lines in re cta ng le, r epeated on the c over . Blocks of four are ve ry rar e, es pecia lly on cove r and io this beautiful condition .......................................................... (1)

See ilhistration

1851-55 Issue , Watermarked

W reat h of Oak Leaves.

EB

l gg bla ck on ye llow g r ee n, blo ck of 4 w ith left shee t mar g in and numr-eral s "J" and "4". 0. g ., minor gum w r inkl e , ·very fin e ............ (2a )

376

6,.

377

OEB

lgg, 14 co pies, incl. 2 vert . pa ir s, all on pi eces, w ith n ice range of ca ncellations, very fine to supe 1·b .......................................................... (2, 2a) Jgg bla ck on g ra y g r ee n·, bottom left co rn er blo ck of 4 with numerals "11" and "12" at left . Fresh, vivid color , attracti ve blu e circular H AMBU R G cance llation s, adhering to pap er; sup erb . Very rar e block .................................................................................................................... (2)

375 *

, ee illustrat ion

ee illustration

1956

SECOND

378

*

- SESSION

HANOVER , 1851 -55

I/ 30th black on saJmon, o . g ., fresh,

84

sup erb ·····•-····-············· ······-··-···-·· (3)

13.50

379 !::.

I/ 30th black on saJmon, bottom left corner co py with num e ral " I'" a t bottom . Ti ed o n piece by full b lu e doubl e circl e BODE WERDER, bright co lor, superb. A b ea utiful sta mp ·-·-·······-····-··-····-··---········-···-··· (3) S ee illustrat ion oppos·ite

380 !::.

I/ 30th black on salmon, two copies , o n e lef t , othe r right sh ee t mar g in .

Tied o n sm a ll pieces, sup erb ·············--·····--··--······-····---······················---··· (3)

381 !::.

1/30th, the two colors, ]/15th, o n pieces , se lec t ed cop ie s, ve r y fin e to sup erb ··-···--···-·····················-··········-·-····-······-···-··-········-·-··-··-·· (3, 3a, 5) 18.;:;o+ 1/30th black on salmon, sup e rb, ti ed by full clea r st r ike of strai g ht li,ne Thurn & Taxi s cancellation ST ADTHAGEN t o sm a ll, nea t fo ld e d letter Han ove r, July 18 (185-t) t o Schierb ec k -··-······-·· ·······-- (3) S ee illustration opposite

383 IIZI

I/ 30th black on saJmon, I/1 5th, I/ 10th, very fi ne to sup e rb. Tied o n 3 small , n eat folclecl letters to Amsterdam, Old e nbur g· and Lubeck (3. 5, 6) ~1.00+ r es p ec tiv e ly ·-·······-··············--···············-----······ ···-·-········---

384 -k

I/ 30th black on crimson, o. g., fre sh, ve r y fin e

385

*

386

*

387

O

..... ····-·· -- - ··- (.1a )

13.50

I/ 30th black on crimson, top sheet marg in copy with num eral "9". 0 . g-., fr es h, ve ry fin e ····-----·•·--· ·······-··-·····-····-······-······· ············-· ·-····· ····--· ····--· (.'la) S ee illus trat ion opposit e I/ 30th black on crimson, horiz. pair. 0. g ., fr es h, o ne stamp t in y natural paper flaw , ve ry fine ·-·········· ·············---·· See illust rat ion opposit e

11co-Ji0 ·ib le ,., (3a) 27.00+

I/ 30th black on crimson, two copies, o n e with pa rt sh c>et m a rg in at t o p w ith lar ge port1on of num er a l "5"; very fin e -·-······ (:la)

388 O

I/30th black on crimson, two horiz. pairs, one with invert. watermark, latter slight vert . crease a nd n eg ligib le tiny thinning. ot h e r wise (3a) .20.00+ both ve ry fin e ···-··-·····-······-·········-························· .. ... .. .....

389 I~

I/ 30th black on crimson, part sheet margin at rig ht, sup e rb. Ti ed by blue double circle LEER, Aug. 25 ( 1855) to small, n ea t folded lett e r to Am st erdam ·-····-··---·--·-··--·-···-····-····· ···----··············-·- ············-····-·-··-···- .... (3a)

390 * 83

I / 15th black on g ra y blu e, block of 4. O. g., fre sh, slight hori z. crease, still very fine. Scarce block ----··-·········-······-·-········-·------·--· -··-·············-·---· (5) See illustration opposit e

391 0

I/ 15th black on gray blue , bottom left corner copy with num eral "l" at bottom, adhering to paper, ex tr emely fine --·-·····--·--·········· (5) S ee ill1/.Stration opposite

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I/ 15th black on gray blue. Diagonal bisec t, lower rig ht half, used as lsgr, on small, neat folded letter, well ti ed by rectan gular LUECHOW, 9 APR . in blue, addressed to Doemit z. Superb in every respect and of great rarity on full cover; signed Friedl -····---···· (5 bis.)

S ee illus tration opposite

SECONb

*

3~3

394

*

395 0

SESSION

HANOVER,

1851-55

1/ lOth black on yellow, o. g ., fr e h, very fine .......................................... (6)

86

17.50

I/10th black on yellow, blo ck of 4. 0. g ., fresh, margins all sides, gum wrinkles. A very fine block of great rarity ................................. (6) See illustrat ion 1/ IOth black on yellow, I/10th black on orange, two lovel •y matching bottom left corner cooies with numeral "I" at bottom. Both adhering to paper, a beautiful lot ·····•·······-··· ············ ........................... (6, 6a) See illus trat ion opposite I/ 10th black on yellow, a very fine and excessively rare ve rt. strip of 4. Tied by blue double line BREMERHAFEN to attractive folded letter to Wolfenbuettel ................................................................................ (6) From the "R othsc hild," Collection S ee illustration opposUe 1853 Watermarked

Wreaths

of Oak Leaves .

397

*

398

0

3pf rose , upper left corner copy with num era l "I" at left. Beau ti ful co lo r. blu e HARBURG cancellation , faintly thinn ed, ot he rwi se un usuall y p r et ty ............................................ .......... _.. ( 7) 30.00+ See illitstra.tion opposite

:l99 0

3pf rose, horiz. pair, ing le blue HARBURG ca nce llati o u. M a rg in s a ll sid e. , one sta m p thin pot, o th erw ise very fin e . ... ..... (7) 60.00+ See ilh1stration opposit e

-100 6.

3pf rose, h,oriz. pair, ti ed on piece by full a ttr ac ti ve sin gle blue H A ;E ca nce lla tion , very fine .... ......... ............. .. .. (i) 60.00+ See illilstration opposite

.JOI 6.

3pf rose , horiz . top left co rner pair with numeral "l" at left. Tied on piece by full single attractive blue HAGE cancellation. An extrem ely fin e piece and very rare ............... ...... . ......

(7) S ee illitstr ntion opposite

-102 6.

3pf rose, vert. strip of J. Tied on pie ce by blue double circle CE.LLE cancellation, margins all sides, very fine ........... ......... ............. (7) 90.00+ s~eill'!Ultration opposite

Jp,f rose, horiz. pair with left sheet margin and numeral "9". 0. g ., g um w rin kl es, ot her w ise very fine ...... ............. .......

(7) 70.00+ See ill1tstra,tion opposite

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SECOND

SESSION

HANOVER

88

, 1853

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«r-C . Theater-Chronlk

untl die 'J'beate

b . 'l~heater-Cbronik

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403

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404

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Jpf rose, horiz. pair. Brilliant deep color, small to large margins all sides, tied by clear single blue HARBURG , Feb. 1 (1855) to attractive newspaper "Hamb ur ger Theat er-Chronik". Very pretty .... (7)

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Jpf rose, a magnificent vert. top right corn er pair with numerals "l" and "2" at right, superb . Tied by sing le clear blue HARBURG, Jun e 6 (1855) to attractive newspaper "Hambur g er Theater-Chron ik ".

A brilliant item ....•·························································-------------··········-------(7)

See illustrat ion

See illustration

405

406

HANOVER

89

1855 Fine

405

*

APRIL

24th-, 1956

Network.

& oran ge , sheet mar g in with fancy bordure at left. Lar ge pa rt o . g., tr ace of thinning, otherwise very fin e ............................ (8a ) 20.00+

I / ]0 th black

See illustra.tion pr evi o11,3pag e

406

*

I / 10th bla ck & oliv e yellow ( unis sued , Michel 7c) horiz . strip of 4, sheet mar g in with fancy bordure at left. 0. g. , g um wrink les and a few n eg lig ibl e tiny t hinnin gs .......................................................... (8 var.)

See illitstra ,tion previoit.s pag e

409

407

410

blo ck orf 4, with fancy bordur e and numerals "4" and "5" at bottom. 0. g. , fresh , minor gum wrinkles , ve ry fine and rare blo ck ........................... (8 var.)

407 * EB I / 10th black & oli ve ye llow ( unis sued , Michel 7c), marginal S ee illustration

408

*

I / 10th black & oliv e ye llow (unissued, Mi chel 7c), horiz. strip of 10, compr. comp!. top row of sheet with fancy bordure s at left, top and right , incl. numerals "l" to "10" at top . O . g., ve rt. fold throu g h 6th stamp, 3rd stamp thin spot (also thinnin g in ri g ht sheet mar g in ).

A ma gnifi ce nt strip , ve ry rare and unu suall y impressi ve (8 var .)

S ee illitstration

409 0

I / 10th bla ck & oran ge, top sheet mar g in co py with fan cy bordure, numeral " 5" a nd imprint " NOYER". M a rg in s othe r sides. lig htly ca nc elled; a ch o ice s ta mp ................................ ...................... ....... ... (8a)

S ee illustrat ion

410 6

I/10th bla ck on oran ge, corner copy with fan cy bordure top and left and numeral "I" at top. Lar ge mar g ins other sides, tied on pie ce by Brilliant color and a r eal ge m clear doubl e circular HILDESHEIM. (Sa)

See illustratia11

SECOND

SESSION

HANOVER

1856-57 Large

411

*

90

Network.

Jpf rose & gray, co rn e r copy with fan cy bordures le ft and top and num eral "1" at left. Full o. g ., mar gi n s other s id es, minor g um wrinkles and tiny natural spot in paper . A ve ry fine c op y of gr eat rari ty ............................. ..................... ............................... .. (9)

F rom th e "Ferrari " Collection See illustra.tion opposit e 412

*

Jpf ros e & g ray, hori z. s h eet ma rg in pair with fancy bordur e at bottom .

F ull o. g., fresh, mar gi n s all sid es, s up e rb a nd very rare pair ...... (9)

From t he "F errari " Collec-tion S ee illustration opposit <' 413

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Jpf ros e & g ray, blo ck of 9. F ull o.g., fresh, lar ge mar g in s 3 sides, s mall at ri g ht, cuttin g along frame lin e of low e r ri g ht s tamp. On e stamp tiny stain. A very fine blo ck and ve r y rare ..... ............... ..

(9) 315.00+

See illustration opposite 414

0

Jpf ros e & gray, fancy bordur e wit h num era l "2" at ri g ht. Large mar g ins, lig htl y ca nce lled , s up er b .. ......... ................ ...... .............................. (9)

S ee illustration opposit 4 15

0

Jpf ros e & gray, co rn er copy, w ith fancy bordur es at ri g ht num e ral " 12" at ri g ht a nd ye ar dat e "1856" at bottom. gins other s id es, s howin g portion of adjoining sta mp at adheres to pap er. A n ext raordinar y copy of g r eat rarit

a nd bottom , Hu ~ e m a rleft . Stamp y ........ (9)

S ee il11tstration opposite 416

0

Jpf ro se & gray, vert. corn e r pair , w ith fancy bordur es top a nd left and num era l "I" and "2 " at left . Mar g ins other sid e s showin g portion of adjoining sta mp at bottom . A wo nderful pair of g r ea t ra r it y (9)

See illustration opposite 417

*

Jpf rose & bla ck, o. g .. fre h, d eep co lo r. yery fine desp it e tiny co rn e r crease .................. .................................................................. ........ .. ...... ..... (9a )

418

0

J pf rose & black,

4 19

0

Jp ·f rose & black, lar ge mar g in s how in g about sta m p at rig-ht , v er y fin e ........ ..... ........ .

blu e HARB U RG ca ncel lat io n, y e r y fin r

(9a )

((}a)

Jpf rose & bla ck, fancy bordure wit h num era l "4'" at ri g ht. ~l a rg ii. s o th e r sid es s ho win , po rti on of ad joi nin g s tamps a t t o p a nd bo tt o m .

Ti ed o n p iece by cl ea r blu e HAMB URG ca n ce llati o n. extre mely fine ···-· ·················-···· ···············-·······-··-··· ···-- ···- ·········•••·••································ (9a)

Se e ill'UStration opposite

22.:'0

two th ird s of a dj o ining

S ee illustration opposit e 420 6

3~.00

22.~0+

S ECO N D S E S SIO N

HANOVER

, 1856 -57

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0

Jpf rose & black, horiz . corner pair with fan cy bordur es left and bottom , sho w ing num eral "12" at left and printin g order numb er "V .A." and y ear dat e "1857" at bottom. Mar g ins oth er sides w ith portion s of adjoinin g stamp s at top. Gum remo val, po ss ibly tra ce of thinnin g at top. A mag nifi cent pair of g reat rarit y ...................................... (9 a) lll11slrnl ccl in t he Kohl Handbo ol.; Vol. I V, p. 593 .

S ee illus tration opposit e

-122

0

Jpf rose & black, hori z. strip of J. Dee p colo r, marg ins all sides, ti ed on frag ment by blue H A MB U RG, very fi ne ............................... . (9a) S ee illustration oppo site

92

-123 IZ!

Jpf rose & black, deep co lor , sm a ll t o la rge mar g in s a ll sid e, . Ti ed by blue .HANNOVER , J a n. 16 ( 1857) in r ec tan gle to small , neat pr int ed circu lar to E lb erf eld ..................................................... ............................ (9a) 22.50+

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Jpf rose & bla ck, bottom rig ht corner copy, ho win g po rti o n, o f fa 11(y bord ur es a nd " I " o f num era l " 12"' at rig ht. Lar ge m a rg in s o th er sides , ti ed by blu e HARBUR G, M arch 2 1 ( 1857) t o print ed cir cular (9a ) S ee illustration opp osi te

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426

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Jp¡f ro se & bla ck, two blo cks of 4 and ve rt. st rip of 4. A ll larg e ma rg ins, on e blo ck a trifl e st ain ed and sli2:ht fa ults, botto m s tamp of strip small tea r; otherw ise ve ry fin e. All on fo lded lett er t o N orden, th e two blo cks ove rlapping, can ce lled by double circl e G REETSY H L, Aug . 6 (1857) in blue, th e stri p t ied. A remarkable cove r of th e g reat est rarity ...................................................................................... (9a) Front th e "S eybold " Collection S l'I' i1111stration opposi t ,, l gg bla ck &. g ree n, corn er blo ck of 9 ( 5x2 less upper left stamp) w ith fan cy bordur es left and bottom , sho w ing numeral "12" at lef t and printin g ord er numb er "V I 11. A." at bottom . F ull o. g., corner crease and s ome g um wrinkl es, sciss ors cut betwee n fi rst ve rt. pa ir cle ar of des ign, one stamp neg lig ible small age st ain. A brilliant blo ck of g reat rarit y .............................................................................................. ( 11) S ee illust ration oppos it e lgg bla ck & gree n, corner copy with fan cy bordure s r ig ht and t op, sho wing num era l "I" a t ri ght; supe rb ............................................ ( 11) S ee i lhistrat ion opposil e l gg bla ck & g ree n, a mag nifi ce nt corn er co py w it h fa ncy bordures rig ht and bottom, show ing num eral "12" at rig ht and ye ar dat e "1856" at bottom . T ied on piece by blu e W AG E NFE L D. Brilliant fres h, superb in every res pect, and a real ge m . ............. (11) S ee i llustration op posit

-129

0

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l gg black & g ree n, horiz. co rner pair w ith fa ncy bordures 'left and top , showin g num eral "l " at left and "K" of imprin t at top . Large marg in s other sides, showin g portion of adjoinin g stamp at rio-ht, single blu e r ec t a ng ula r HAN)JOVER ca nce lla t io n. Slig ht t hinnin gs in t op shee t mar g in far fr om des ig n. Ch oic e pair ( 11) 'ee il/11,Stration opposil e l gg blac k & g ree n, fan cy bordur e with num eral "10" at left , supe rb.

Tied by red "RECO M MAN DIER T " t o sm all. nea t folded le tt er Go ede ns t o Osnabruck.

Ver y pr ett y and de sirabl e co ver des pit another tamp removed ............................................................................ ( I I )

S ECOND

S E SS IO N

H ANOV ER,

1856-57

.UJ

*

-132

0

I/ 30th bla ck & rose, bottom left corn er copy w ith fan cy bordur es , showin g num eral "12" at left and portion of y ear dat e at bottom .

0. g., cr ea e, and s ma ll t hi nn ing s but at tr ac tiv e and rar e .... . ( 12) See illustrat ion opposite

433

0

I/ 30th black & ros e, bottom rig ht corn er cop y w ith fan cy bordu res and s howin g num eral "10" at bottom. N eg lig ible tin y tear in left marg in not tou ching des ig n, deep color and ve ry fin e .......................... (lZ) See illustration opposite

434

0

I/ 30th black & rose, pair with fan cy bordu re and nume ral "3" at rig ht .

S ing le blue centered HANNOVER cancellation, ma rg ins a ll sid e, and ext r em ely fine . .. . .................. .. .... ... .... ............ ( 12 ) See illustration opposite

435

0

l/30th black & rose, hori z. strip of 3. M arg in s all sides, adhering to paper, very fine ........................................................................................... (12) See ill1t.Stration opposit e

-136

*

437

*

I/ 30th black & ros e, fan cy bordure at rig ht . Part o. g., exceptiona lly deep color, very fin e ........................................................ .. . ... .. ... .... ( 12) See illustration opposite

I/ 15th black & blu e, horiz . top sh ee t marg in pair w ith fancy bordur e, numeraJs "2" and "3" and imprin t "KON IGL I". 0. g ., fresh , very fin e; a beautiful pair .................................................................................... ( 13) See ilht.Stration opposite I/ 15th black & blue, hori z. strip of 3. 0. g., ir esh, marg in s all sides , cr ease in ma r gin between ri gh t hand pair clear of desi g n, very fine ( 13) See illustr ation opposit e

438 * EE

I/15 t h black & blue, blo ck of 4. Full o. g ., brilliant fres h, ext rem ely fin e (13) See -illustration opposit e

439 * EE

1/ l Sth bla ck & blue, blo ck of 4 with fa ncy bordur e at left . F ull o. g ., brilliant fr es h, gum wrin kles, very fin e and ve ry attra cti ve .... (13) See ill1tslrat ion oppo. it e

¡1-1 0

0

I/ 15th blac k & blue, bottom rig ht corn er cop y with fa ncy bordu res and num eral "10" and ye ar dat e "1856" at bottom . Large marg ins oth er sides, attra ctive blue B U R.GiDOR.F cance llat ion. A wo nderful copy ( 13) ee ill11stration oppn. i l r

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0

442

*

I/ 15th black & blue, two copi es, large mar g im. o n~ \Try fi11~; ol lit¡r up erb ........... ................................................................................................... ( 13)

443

*

-144 0

94

.lu.oo+

15.00

I /10th black & ye llow. Part o. g ., fres h, marg ins all sides, very fi ne .

Ve ry rare in unu sed condition ........................................ ...................... (14) See illit.Stration opposite

150.00

I/ 10t h black & ye llow. 0. g., t iny thinning and corner cr ease top left. very fine appearance; very rare un u sed ............................

(14) See illustrat ion opposite

150.00

l jl Oth black & ye llow , bo-ttom rig ht corn er copy w it h fa ncy bordures and num eral "12" at rig ht . Large marg ins other sides s how ing portion of adjoinin g stamp at left , lig htl y cance lled in blue. A brilli ant copy .................................................................................................................... (14) See illustr ation opposite

SECOND

SESSION

HANOVER

185HJ

*83 Jpf carmin e rose,

445

Without

98

Network .

block of 4. 0. g., fresh , s light gum wrinkles,

S ee illitstratfon opposit e

very fine ( 16) 30.00+

Jpf pink, blo ck of 4. 0. g. , fr es h, extr emely fine ............ .................... ( 16a) 3-1 . .00+ S ee illustrat ion opposite -1-1 7 !:,

-l-18

Jpf pink, two horiz. pairs, small t o lar o-e mar g in s a ll round, o ne le ft num eral "2", s lig htly ove rl appi ng o n pi ece, t ied by clear blu e doubl circular HA N NOVER ....................................... .......................... ......... ( 16a)e 30.00+ S ee illustrat ion opposit e

CB:l Jpf pink , blo ck o-f 4. :-Ia rg in s all

ides, tin y thinnin gs and cr ea se , ve ry fin e a pp ea ranc e .................... .. .............

See illustrat ion opposite

4-19 I,

Jpf pink , super b. Ti ed by blu e doubl e cir cle EM DEX t o . mall, neat wrapp er to Buxt ehud e ............................................. ............ ... .. . ...... ( I Ga) Jpf pink, left sheet marg in with num eral "Z", la rge m a rg in s o th er . id es. sho w ing porti o ns o f adj oinin g tamp s a t l op a nd bott m . brill iant co lo r, up erb. Ti ed by clear HA NO \ . ER t o small , neat folded loc ally use d lett er ....................................................................................... ( 16a ) S ee illustrat ion opp osite Jpf pink, horiz. st rip of 4. Fr e h, small t o lar ge mar g in s all sid es .

Canc elled by two n eat strik es of blu e " BR E MEN Bahnh o f" in re ctan g le, on small , clean fo lded le tt er Br emen (Oct. 29, 1862) t o Hilde she im . V ery pr e tty cover ............................................................................ (16a) See illus tratio n opp osit e

-150 I

-151 I

452 /I

co rn er ( 16a ) 30.00+

_

Jpf pâ&#x20AC;˘ink . Horiz. strip of 3 and diag onal bise ct unsevered, to mak e a l0pf or l grosc hen rate. The strip is in exce llent co ndition with marg ins all sides and sheet margi n with numb er "5" at left. Beautifully tied by two clear impressions of doubl e circular POLLE, Feb. 27 (1862) to a small , neat folded letter to Halzm.inden . A famous and uniqu e cove r.

One o,f the most outstandin g Hanover bisects known (16a bis, 16a) F rom th e "F errari" Collecti on S ee illust ration

S ECOND

453

*

454

0

S ESSION

HANOVER

, 1859 •63

98

J pf g r ee n , o. g., nic e co lor, margins a ll sides, small at t op; fine .... ( 17) See illustrat ion opposit e

50.00

Jpf g r ee n, left sh ee t margin copy with num eral "10". La rge mar g ins oth er sid es, showin g portion of adjoinin g stamp at ri g ht, attra cti ve ly can ce lled, sup erb . A wond erful copy ................................................ ( 17} See ill11.stration opposit e

-155 l:::.

Jpf g r ee n, hori z. pair with part left she et mar gin and num eral " 8" V cry sm a ll to la rge margin s other sid es, ti ed o n piec e ............ ( 17) 120.00+ Se e illustration opposite

-156 IZ]

J p-f g r ee n, part she et ma rg in with num eral "5 " at left, g ood mar g ins oth er sid es, ve ry fin e. Tied by clear blu e H A N OYER to small, neat loc all y use d w hit e enve lope ( surnam e of addre sse e ink ed out ) .

Choic e cove r ................ ······························-·· ·············· ......... ............. ..... ( 17) S ee illustration opposit e 1859--61 Issue

-157

0

½ g bla ck, hu ge ma rg ins all sides, s ho w ing portion s of four ad join in~ stamp s, lig htl y can e. and SUQerb; a ma gni f icent stamp ···-··-··• ( 18) S ee illi1,Stration opposite

-15 l:::.

½ g bla ck , hori z. pa ir. Tied on piece by blue HA ELUE TNE; gins all sid e , ve ry fin e ................................................ ........................

S ee illustration opposite

-l59

½g bla ck, hori z. pair with ri g ht shee t ma rg in and num eral "5". Attra ~ t ive sin g le blu e WI SEN A/D . L. can ce llation in r ec tan gle. L ar ge ma rg ins, s up erb ···-· ····•············-····- ········-·· ····-····•···-··· ·······- ······-·· ··········· ( 18) See illustration opposit e

mar( 18) 35.00+

-160 Olru

1

-l<il I

½g bla ck, rig ht sh ee t ma rg in cop y wi th num eral "Z" (sciss or s cut a t left top out sid e of des ign ) , used with ve rt . pair of zi ultramarin e ; ve ry fine . Tied by blu e doubl e cir cular HARB U RG , Jun e 24 ( 1864) t o sm a ll, nea t fold ed lett er to Pari s .............. ( 18, ZO) S ee illi1,Stration opposit e

-162* !al

Ro se g um ½g bla ck , hori z. bl oc k of 6 with left sh eet mar g in a nd num erals "7" and "8". F ulJ o. g ., ma rg in s all s ides, ve r y fin e and ve r y rar e ...... ·········-························•··•·····-············-·· ·- ····························· .............. (18a ) S ee illustration opposite

/2g black, blo ck of ZO (IOxZ). Lar ge mar g in s t op a nd bottom , cut into a t t he s ides. Ea c h blo ck of 4 ca nce lled in cent er by blu e BE-NT HEIM . Som e defects, mainl y in th e tw o ou ts ide pair s. A r emarkabl e blo ck of g r eat rarit y, on e of th e lar ge st unit s known of t his stamp ....·•········•·········•···························••.......... ................................... ..

(18) See illustration

• • •

HANNOVER~ANNOVER HANNOVER

\fOI 10,1 Ji\fOI Groschen JiGroschen

½Groschen

l SECOND

SESSION

HANOVER , 1859-61

100

Rose gum ½ g black, tied on m a ll p iece by fu ll centered blue HA NNOVER. V ery lar e mar g ins show ing porti o n o f adj oinin g stamp a t left, supe rb .......................................................................... ..................... ( 18a) 22.:0+ S ee illustration opposite 0

464

*~

465 0

lg violet ro-se , horiz . block of JO with right sheet mar g in and numerals "4" and "5". Full o. g., fres h. superb ... .... ......................................

-15.00+ S ee il lustrat ion opposite 1g rose, Jg carmine, two matchin~ horiz. bottom left corner pairs, each with number "12" at left, former year date "1861" at bo tt om , latt er yea r elat e " !862·•. Sup er'b pai r s and cho ice lo t ... ...... ( 19, 19b) S ee ilhtstrat ion opposite l g carmine . two singles, one bottom left, other bottom rig ht corner, supe rb . Form er ti cl to lg cntir -e en velope. !a lt er t o fold ed lette r. bo th small and neat ..... ( 19h l

467

*~

2g ultramarine, block of 4 with right sheet marg in and numerals "8" and "9". Full o. g., fr es h, x tr em cly fin e . ... ......

(20) 12.00+ 2g ultramarine, bottom left corner block of 9. showin1t numerals "IO" "11" and "12" at left and year date "1861" at bottom, l'o-wer left corner stamp variety curved "2". Brilliant mint and superb (20) See illustration opposite.

469 1::8:1 2g ultramarine, two singles, one lar ge m a rg in wi th sheet mar g in at rig ht and num eral "JO". ot her enorm o us mar g in . , . how ing por -

ti o ns o f fiv e ad j oi nin g s t a mp s. Ti ed o n tw o small , nea t fold ed lett er s (20)

Jg oran ge yellow, block of 4 with right sheet marg in and numerals "S" and "6". 0. y ., fresh, nice color, tiny tear in sheet mar gin and possibly trace of thinnin g under the gum. A very fine block and very rare ... ····•······················································································ ········ (22) 80.00+ S ee illustratio n opposite

471 0

Jg orange yellow, left sheet margin copy with numeral "J". L arge mar gi ns o th er sides show ing po r t ion of adj o inin g s tamp a t r ig ht: . up erb ............. .................. .. .................... .. .... . (22) Jg oran ge vellow, horiz. bottom left "12" at left and year date "1859" sides. fa int bend , st ill a bea utif ul S ee illit trat-ion

corner strio of J with numeral at bottom. Large mar g in o th er . trip ... ....

(22) opposite

3g orange yello -w, blo ck of 12 ( 4xJ) with left sheet marg in and numeral s

"8", "9" and "IO". Large margins all sides, attractively ca ncelled , bottom left stamp diagonal crease at bottom ; a bea utiful block (22) S ee illustrat ion opposit e

-174 IZ]

Jg oran ite yellow, two shades, bo th mar g ins a ll . id es and pa rt sh eet m a rg in at top, ver y fin e t o sup erb . Ti ed on tw o small , neat fo lded lett er .......................................................................................................... .... (22) Jg brown , block of 4, o.

0 .,

supe rb ................. ............................................. (2.3) 22.00+

Jg brown , bottom right corner block of 4 with numerals "11" and "12" at rig ht. 0. g., upe rb ...................................................................

(2.3) 23.00+ See illitstrat ion opposite

477

*~

Jg bro,wn, horiz. block of 10 with right sheet mar g in and numerals "7" and "8". 0 . g., sup erb .......................................................................... (23) 55.00+

SECOND

478 6.

SESSION

HANOVER

, 1859-61

102

Jg dark brown, bottom right corner copy with num eral "IZ" at right.

Ti ed on small piece by full clear blu e OSNABRU ECK; sup erb (23 l

S ee illustrat ion opposit e

-t79 I~

480

Jg brown, left sheet margin copy with num eral " 7". Sup erb . Ti ed b y blue OS. ABRUECK , Aug. 7 (]862) to small , nea t fo lded lett er to Amsterdam ................................................................................................ .... (23)

*83 10g green,

margins -t8 1

*~

482

0

blo ck of 4. Full o. g., brilliant fresh, clear impr ess ion , lar ge and superb ·········•·············-·· ·•·································· ....... ... (24) 180.00+

See illustration opposit e

10g j!'reen, horiz. block of 10 with sheet margin and numeral s "J" and "4" at right. Full o. g., brilliant fresh, clear impr ess ion, lar ge margins, some gum creases. Very fine block and a g reat show pie ce (Z4) 450.00+

S ee ilhtStrat ion opposite

10g green, blu e double circle E'MDEN cancellation. Lar ge mar g ins with pa.rt sheet margin at top, very fine •··-············ ..... .. .. ..... .. .... ...... (Z4) so.oo+

See illustration opposite

483 6.

10g green, top right comer copy with numeral "l " at ri g ht , mar g ins other sides showing portion of adjoinin g stamp at left. Small age stains removed at top left, still an exceptional copy . Tied on pi ece by blue HANNOVER also by red dated London Paid Transit marking ..........···························-········- ························-····························-············· (24) 80.00+

S ee illustrat ion opposite First

484 l;zJ

Da y Cover .

10g green, horiz. top sheet mar g in pair, larg e mar g ins all sides, superb.

Used with two sin g les Jg orange yellow (o ne cut into at bottom ) and one lg, slightly ove rlapping on small, neat envelope to Caldera, Chile. Nicely cancelled in blue HA NOYER, Mar ch 1 (1861), the day of issue of the '.lOg stamp, one Jg tied . Envelope bear s man y despat ch and transit markings. A remarkable cove r of the greatest rarit y ............ ......................................................... ....... ....... ...... (Z4, 19, ZZ)

See illustrat ion opposit e 1864 Roul etted

Ros e gum.

Jpf deep green, horiz. bottom left com er blo ck of 6 with numeral s "11" and "12" at left and y ear dat e "1863" at bottom . Brilliant mint , exce llent color and very fine ............................................................... (ZSa)

See illustrat ion opposite

486 IZI

*

487 488 I~

Jpf g reen, wrapper

ve r y fine. Tied by blu e OS ABRUECK to small, neat with enclosure to La ge ; ve ry attra ct ive .......................... (25a )

½g black , o. g., roul ett e

all sid es, ce nt ered t o top rig ht, fine (26a) 25.00 ½g bla ck, two singles, one tain on back , bar ely no tic eable fr om th e front , othe r very -fine. Tied by sing le bl u LE UM , pt. l (] 866) in r ecta ng le to very small, nea t folded lett er t o Br em en ...... (26a) 60.00+

See illustrat ion opposit e

-+89

*rnl

Jg brown,

hori z. block

of 6, Full o. g., fresh,

See illustratiO'lt opposite

ve r y fin e; sca rc e block (29a) 150.00+

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SECON D SESS ION

HANOVER,

White

1864

104

g um.

-190 ,H B

Jpf g reen, blo ck of 4 with left shee t marg in and numerals "J" and "4".

Full o. g ., £re h, se parati on in t op center , very fin e ................ (25) J.S.00+

491 IZJ

Jpf gree n, four singles, a rr anged in fo rm of a block of 4 on co 1·e r t o Goettingen, cance lled by ingle blue HANNOVER; fine (25) -10.00+

492 0

½g black, blue HAN OVER and po1·tion of re I transit ma r ki ng, ver v f in e ................................................................................. .................................. (26)

493 0

½g black, right sheet mar g in with num era l "4", thinnings. ve r y fine appearance ........................................................................................ ............. (26) 2j.00+

/

·./4 ,X .,~

-19-l I

25.00

.

\Jw

.~'it

½g black, bottom left cor ner copy with "2" o-f numeral "lZ" at left and showing "18" of year dat e at bottom; ve ry fine, used with two Jg brown (severed by scisso rs). T ied by blu e MUE DEN, Sept.

21 (1866) to s mall , neat folded letter to ew York ............. (26, 29)

S ee illustration -195

ultramarine, block of 4 with sheet *83 2g "9'.' at left . . 0. g ., fr es h, ce nt er ed to

mar g in and numerals "8" and t op, o ne stamp neg lig ibl e ti ny th1n111ng, [m e ................................................................... .. .... ...... ............ (28) -l0.00+

APRIL

HELIGOLANO

105

HELICiOLA

24th,

1956

D

1867--68 Rouletted

1/z sch, ty pe II, Isch , 2sch, fine. Tied by clear "HELIGOLAND , 26AU ' enve lop e to Bue ckeburg.

1868" to sma ll, neat white backstamped Very ea rly date and rare cover ....................................... .......... (IA, 2, 3) S ee illustratfon

-196 I

497 0 49 IC8:I

499

0

.............................................................. (2- 4) Isch rose & deep green, horiz. pair , very fine w ith sma ll po rti on of hee t ma rg in a t rig ht. Tied by clear '·HE LIGOLAND , AU5, 1869" to very sma ll, nea t wh ite bac k sta mped env elope to Hambur g .

(2) ................ \ ·c ry pr et t y cover .. . ............... .. ... .... .. ...... .

Isch, 2sch, 6sch , fine used copie

30.50

See i/111slrati o11 z. strip of 3. Blu e double cir cle HAM hori n, gree deep & )sch rose B RG ST. P ., July 4, 67 -ca ncellat ion. One s•tamp tiny age stain in (2; -15.00+ ................. top ma rg in. Attr ac tive a nd ra re s tr ip S ee i11118lrnlion

SECOND

SESSION

·

HELIGOLAND,

VOtn

.Adr eu fll c,11

btl nebt n1tcher'ut. Sl'rich~ abg,trurnt uutf nl,B t lag

su rtldb t llalt111wUdtn .)

41,.S- .Jj.

106

I

Coupon.

( Kar m

1867-68

~tligolanb :

O!J(!)ffict /·'

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f'iawe nud Wobnorl des .Absen

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V1to9ol t

:;-,

-

our die

Post-A.11weis1111g .2,

Snu1m,• von ~ ~ -If. Zu wicdecholcn (die Mork in Bnchstabe n).

HELiGOLAND

(J'

PO'

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t•sch g ray g reen & rose. Tied by clear "HELIGOLA D, SP 17, 1873" to neat m oney order card (Postanweis un g ) to Hambur g . Ve r y fine and very rare ............................................................ .... ( 4)

See illustration 5()1 t:,

1869-71 ½ sch, Isch used with roul. 2sc h 0 11piece , t ied by ckar '' H ELI GO LA'.'/D , 29JY, 1872"; ve r y fin e . .

(5. 6. 3) IR.50+

502 I

1873 ¼ sc h pale rose & pa le g r een and ½ sc h bri g ht gree n & rose, fine to very fine . Tied by clea r " H ELIGOLAND, AP 14, 1874" to neat official postcard blank, add r essed to Post m aster Pilger in H elig oland . Cards bear in g these val ues were officially use d by the Post Office. Ve ry rare .. ........ ............................. ... ......... .....

(7, 9)

ee illustration

503

*~

1879 Sm blue g r ee n & salmon,

horiz. blo ck of 6, o. g., fr e, h, H:ry fin e

See illustration 504

505

* *

-

-

(23) 60.00+

P erf . 11½ Im dee p g reen & carmine, o. g ., t iny co rn er thi 1111i11,l.!. n th erwi . e fin e ............ ········--· ( 2-l ) .... ··••·· ··-·· ·······-

.10.00

ditto. Sm blu e g reen & rose red, 0. g., a lmost \·e r y fine

:lS.00

(25)

107

LUBECK

APRIL

24th,

1956

LUBECK 1859 Wate rmark ed Small Flowers .

Pri ces to r No s. 1-7 unus ed are fo r copi es w ithou t gum. Copl es wi t h gum se ll for abo u t twice t h e figu r es quoted , Nos . 8- 14 w ith ou t gum se ll for a bou t hal f t he pr ice quo te d .

506 I

1 ½ s g ra y lila c, four sin g les use d w ith an 1862 unwat ermark ed /z s lila c.

On e of th e wat ermarked clo se a t top , all oth er s ma r g in s all r ound t hou g h pa rt ly ve ry small. A rran g ed in form of a hori z. strip and ti ed by bar can ce llation to small , n ea t fold ed lett er LUEBECK , Dec. 17 (1862) to Malch in . A r emarkabl e cove r of th e g r eat est rarit y, prob abl y uniqu e ..............................................••·················································• (I , 6)

See ill1tstrat ion

507 IIZI

l s oran ge, fr es h and ve ry f in e. T ied by bar can ce llation See ill11,3traf i ()'71,

t o par t cove r (2) 90.oo+

SECOND

SESSION

LUBECK,

1859

j0 8 6.

Zs brown, margins all sides, tied to piece by double circle LUEB -ECK, superb. Very pretty ···-········································ (3) S ec W 11strn I io11 opz!Ositc

509 I

Zs brown,

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Zs brown

:ii I

108

margins all sides, almost very fine. Tied by bar canceHation to small, neat folded letter LUEBECK, Aug. 25 (1862) to Hamburg, bearing oval arrival postmark of following day on front and back (3) Se c il111 s lratio11 opposit e

used with 4s green, former very fine , latter fine. Tied by bar cancellation to small, folded letter. Address · inked out but attractive and scarce cover ............................................................................. (3, 5) S ee ill iist rati on ovposit e

*EEZs brown,

error " Zwei-ein-Halb", bottom right stamp of block of 4 with 3 normals. Unu se d , ma rg in s all sid es, w ide shee t ma rg in w it h o fficial cont ro l mark ing in bo ttom . Cr eased in sh ee t m a rgin , sta mp s are ,·c ry fine ............................................................. . (3a, 3) 37.~0+ S ee illii st rat-ion ovpo ·it e

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Zs brown,

513 I

Z½ s rose, fresh, zood color, margins all sides and extremely fine. Tied by bar cancellation also just by the town postmark LUEBECK, Jan. 23 to small , very neat folded letter to Malchin. A brilliant cover of great rarity . ............. .... ....... ........

(4) S ee illitslrafion opposite

ERROR "ZWEI EI HALB". Fresh , large margins , very fine but for slight thinnings. Tied by clear strike of the bar cancellation (stamp bears guarantee mark on back and is affixed by hinge) to small, neat folded letter to Hamburg. Postmarked on front LUEBECK, May 27 (1862) and bearing on back Hambur g arrival marking of the following day. Only a very few Lubeck errors are known on covers ....................••·-··················································· (3a) F ront th e "Koch " and "R ot hschild " Col/eclfo11s See illiistration

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LUBE C K, 1859

A PRI L 24th,

1956

2'h s ro se , mar g in s all sid es, ve r y fin e. T ied b y clear L UEiBECK , J a n. ?7 to small , ve ry n eat fold ed lett er. Po stmark r e p ea t ed on co ve r , - (4) addr esse d to Wi smar. A noth er choi ce cove r of g r eat rarit y

See illustration opposite

515 1:::8:l

4s g r ee n , mar g in s all sid es, fr es h and ve ry fin e. T ied b y bar can ce llation to small , n ea t folded lette r , po stmark ed L UE BECK , April 17 ( 1861) addr esse d to Roll enha ge n n ea r e u str e lit z. Pr ett y and sca r ce - ( 5) --·----------------------------------------------------------------------------___----------________ cove r _____

See illustration opposite

516 l'.ZJ

4s jt'r ee n , d ee p color , mar g in s all sid es, unnoti ceabl e tin y natur a l pap er flaw, ve r y fin e. Tie d by strikin g doubl e circl e L U EBECK B A H NH0F , Au g . 18 (186~) to small , n eat fold ed lett e r to K oe ni g sb er g.

---- ( 5) -------------------------------------Anoth er pr ett y and sca rce cove r --------------

517 I

4s g r ee n, lar ge mar g in s, unnoti cea bl e faint sc rat ch at bottom , still ve r y fin e. T ied by bar can ce llation to sm a ll, n eat fold ed lett er po stmark ed L UE BECK B A H HO F ' III Z', Se pt. 18 (186?), a ddr esse d to St ettin ( 5)

See illitStration opposite

See illustration opposite 186? U nwa t enn ark ed . .'i l S 6.

½s lila c, margins all sid e , ve r y fine, tied by doubl e circ ul ar LUEBECK -- (6) 65.00+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------_____ to large piece ________

See illustration opposite

519 6.

½ s tila c and l s ye llo w oran ge, both marg in s a ll sid es, ve r y fin e. Ti ed ( 6, 7) 155.00+ _____ b y bar can ce llation s t o small pi ece, ve r y r a r e ------------··------

See illustration opposite

520 I,

½s lila c, a ve r y fin e and ex tr em e ly rar e horiz . strip of 3 with mar g in s all round, u se d with a less fin e Vh s ro se . T ied by bar can ce llation to small , n ea t cove r fr ont to Qu edlinbur g . Out standin g it em of g r ea t (6, 4) ------·_______________ -----·----------··-------------------------------·-----------rarit y ---------···-------

From t he "R othschild" Collection See illustration

SEC O N D S E SS IO N

LUBE C K , 1862

112

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·d ½ s lilac, m ag nifi ce n t B L OC K OF FOU R . Abso lut e ly perfec t a nd s upe rb. O n sm a ll, n ea t blu e fold ed lette r to Be rgedorf, b eautifull y ca n ce lled in ce nt e r by stri k in g s ing le " L UE BECK BA H H OF 14/ 3 II Z", re pea te d on cove r w hi ch b ear s att ra ct ive sta m pe d r e turn ca rd o,f " L UEBECKE R LI E D E RTAFEL" w it h lyre in upp er left co rn er . Fa m o us un iqu e cove r ; undoubt edl y t h e m os t out st a ndin g a nd m ost valu a bl e Lub eck ite m in ex ist e n ce ............. .... . ........ ... . ...... (6) F ro111/lie "il oc/1" Col1Prtio11 , et' ill11slralio11 a11il color 11/olr

APR IL 24th , 1956

LUBE C K , 1862

113

5?2

I s ye llow orange, marg ins all sides, ve ry fin e. Tied by bar canc ellation to small , nea t enve lope L UE B ECK, Aug . 21 t o Dassow . Ve ry rare on cover .................................................................................. ........................... (7) From t he "Roths child " Collection See illustration

523 * ;[BJ

1864 l ¼ s brown , block of 9. Full old wrinkly

5.24 I

- F/4s brow n, lar ge mar o-in s, very fine. Ti ed by clear circula r TRA \ "[-

525

g um, ve ry fine ........ ( 13) 45.00+

March 18 (1867) to small, n eat blu e e nv e lope t o R einMUENDE, fe ld ...................................................................................................................... ( 13)

*

1872 R.e pri_nts, the co mp(. iss ue of 11 diff. , also extra copy of #9 o n ,,·ith bo tt o m sh ee t thick pap er . 0. g. , very fin e ; th e 1863-65 iss u m a rg in s, very rar e, o nly 250 se t s printed; Mich e l l\Ik. 580 ....... .

ME CKLENBU RG-SCH WE R.IN

a re Pri ces fo r unu se d stamps g u m. Copies fo r copi es with without gum se ll for abo u t half the figur es quoted.

1856 lm perf orate.

526

*

4/ 4s red, o. g. , almo t ve r y fine .................................................................. (I )

15.00

527

0

4/ 4s red, Ss blue, forme r blui h clo ts cance llat io n of Re st ock, latt er blu e ( I, 3) mall th innin gs, ve r y fin e appearance cir cle BRAHLSTORF;

37.00

.i28 6.

4/ 4s red, vert. pair and tw o v ert. halves unseve red (3,x4 qua1•t e r s) . mar g in Ti e d o n piece b y doubl e circl e HAMB URG BAHNHOF; a ll id e , fine .................................................................................................. ( I )

SECOND

SESSION

MECK

LEN BURG . SCHWERIN

, 1856

114

529 I

4/ 4s red, s heet margin copy with numeral "7". ' hee t marg in a t lefi (20mm ), mar g in s o th er sid es. ci so r s cu t a t righ t bet w ee n th e st a m ps a nd cr ease in t op ma rg in. Ti ed by do ub le circle T AV ENHAG EN t o sm a ll, n eat cove r ( m end ed in ce nt er J to T et er o\l' ( I )

530

4/ 4s red and 3s orang e ye llow, bot h m a rg in all ro un d. T ied by do ubl e cir cle ROS T OC K to m all. nea t hom e- m ade envelope t o . t ave nhage n . .................. .. .................... ...................... ..... ( l , 2) See illustration opposit e

531 I

4/ 4s red , horiz. pair, ve r y fin e. Ti ed b y b lu e do ub le cir cle ROS T OC K to sma ll, neat fol ded lett er to B ru e! ..... ........ ( I)

ee ill1tstration

532

*83 3s

opp osite

oran ge, blo ck of 4. F ull o. g ., fr es h, ma rgins all sides. f,"a int ve rt. cr ea e and sma ll th innin g at botto m . o th cr\l' ise very fin e : , ra r ce bloc k .. . ........ ........... .............................. ( 2) 30.00+ See i llus tra tion opp osit e

533 t:,

3s orange, la rge ma rg in , ti ed by full blu e do t cance lla ti o n t o pi ece . bea rin g b lue R ostock t ow n pos tmark (2)

534 t:,

3s oran ge ye llow and one quarter of 4/ 4s red; s upe rb. Ti ed to p iece b y in g le clea r blu e doub le cir cle R OS T OCK. \ ' ery pretty (2. l l S ee illustration opposit e

535 t:,

Js oran ge ye llow and one quarter of 4/4s red, affixed to the e normous rig ht sheet ma rg in (22 mm ) of th e Js . Tied on sma ll piece by do ub le cir cle SU ELZE . Mi nut ely age st a ined . \ ¡e r y unu sual and rar e (2, l ) ee ill1tStration oppos it e

536 t:,

3s oran)!:e ye llow, vert. pair. M argins a ll sides, fin e. Ti ed by do ub le cir cle WT MA R to pi ece

fres h a nd ext r em elv (.?)

S ee illus t ration opposite

537

blu e, blo ck of 4. O. Jt., fresh, *83 Ss thinnin g at bottom. Choice

538

0

large ma rg ins, very fin e desp it e tiny and rar e blo ck ......................

(3) 100.00+ ee ill1tstration opposit e

Ss blue, do ub le cir cle GROEPL IN cancellation. large t r em ely fin e ............................................................ .

ee illustration 539 t:,

(3)

25.00

opposite

Ss blu e, tied on small pi ece by do uble circl e la rg,e ma rg in s, ve ry fin e ...................................

, ee illustration

ma rg in s. ex-

H \ ,VER l \: ca nce llatio n . ...

(:l) 25.00+

opposit e

540 t:,

Ss blu e, two s ing les and one quarter of 4/4s red. Large ma r gin , one t iny tea r at top left o ut sid e des ig n. All ti ed o n p iece of I s o ra nge envelope by do uble line GR A B O\ ,V .. .... ... (3, 1l See illust rnt ion opp osite

541 /C8:)

Ss blu e, slig h t ly cut int o. Ti ed by WIS M A R t o sm a ll, nea t e nve lope t o Dr es den ...................................................................................................... (3) 25.00+

11

SECOND

SESSION

MECK

LEN BURG .S CHWERIN

116

1864-67 Rouletted.

542 I

4/ 4s red, with dotted background. Roulettes on all sides except tiny piece missin g in extreme upper left corner. Tied by double circle ROSTOCK to small, neat folded letter to Schwaan. Rare cover (4) 200.00+ S ee illustrati on opposi"te

543

4/ 4s red, with dotted background, horiz . pair. Fresh, g ood color, roulettes show on all sides except at upper part of right marg in, very fine. Cancelled by double line MALCHOW on small, neat folded letter to Rostock. Very rare pair and cover ...... ............ (4) From th e "R othschild " Collection S ee illustration opposit e

544 I

4/ 4s red, with dotted background, vert. half . Tied by double circle LUDWlGSL.UST to neat 1860-01 l ¼ s g reen entire envelope to Sternberg. Choice co-ver .................................... •······························ .. ( 4) S ee illustration oppo ite 4/ 4s red, block of 4, o. g., fresh, corn er cr ea se top le ft , ot herwi se verv fine ... ·• ................................................................ . . .

(5) 16.00+ 4/ 4s, horiz. strip of 4. Bl ue ROS T OCK cancel lation, fine to very fine

5-15* EB 546 0

( 5)

S ee illiistration opposit e 5471~ 548

*

5-190

550

551

:lS.00 85.00

Zs gray lilac, two very fine singles used with 4/4s red (slight crease).

Arranged in form of a strip and tied by double circular ROSTOCK , Oct. 29 (11867) to small, neat folded letter to Berlin. Exceptionally rare cover ............................................................................................... ... (6, 5) From the "R othschild " Collection S ee illit.Stration opposite

0

2s red v iolet,

552 IC8J

553 *

555 tzl

* *

557 558 t:,

·trai g ht line (M ) ALCHOW can ce lla ti on, very fin e (6a) S ee illit.Stration opposite

25.00

Zs red violet, horiz. pair. Nic e color, clear ro ulette thr ee ides , seve r ed by sc isso r at t op clipping r oulettes sma ll plac e left top . Ti ed by single ROSTOCK in doubl e circl e to la rge size (f o lded) co ver to Schwerin. Rar e pai r and cover ............................................................. (6a)

EB Js orange yellow, wide margin, block of 4. 0. g ., fr e h, very fine ( 7) 20.00+

554 0

556

4/ 4s red, horiz . pair. Tied by SCHvVERTN , Oct . 11 ( 1865) to smal l. neat folded lett er to Lu ebz ........................ ......... ..

(5 ) Zs gray lilac, Zs red violet, o. g ., fresh , form e1· trace of thinning: fine to very fin e ...................................................... ......... ............. ...... .. (6 . 6a) Zs gray lilac. Full clear dou ·bJ.e circl e ROEBEL canc ellati o n. Traces of age stain s and slight thinnings; rare use d ..................................... (6) S ee illustration opposite

S ee illustration opposite Js orange ye llow , wide margin. Negligibl e faint age stain in bott o m margin, fine ............................................................................................ .......... (7) 30.00 3s orange yellow, wide margin. Ti ed by double circl e ROSTOCK, Oct . 12 (1867) , also by blue crayon to - 5 brown entire envelope to Liverpool. Fine and rare ............................................................ ............... (7) 30.00+ S ee illit.Stration opposit e Js orange yellow, narrow margin, o. g., a lmost very fin e ................ (7a) brown , o. g., almost centered, very fine ................................ (9)

5s bistre

17.50

17.50 Ss bistre brown, tied on small piece by clear RO TOCK. Very attractive --·-········-·····-·-········-····- ······-······································- ······························· (8) ?5.00+

I

2 ~ {7 ~

1/1/1;

(l ~

d':

~-

? '73

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J

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)

SECOND

S59

0

SESSION

M ECKL

EN BURG-SCHWER

IN , 1864- 67

5s bistre brown, thick paper, blue R O TOCK

cancellation,

118

fine (Sa)

25.00

M ECKLEN BUR. G-ST R.ELITZ P ri ces fo r un u sed stamps are cop ies with g u m. Copies w it h ou t g um se ll fo r abo u t half the f ig ur es qu ot ed.

r r

1864

560

* ffil

*

5()1 562 * i[6]

¼ sg orange, horiz. block of 8. O. g., very faintl y age stained and bottom left stamp gum crease; fine and rare block ·······-··············....... (1) 120.00+ See illustrnlion on page 117 ¼ sg yellow orange , o. g., fresh, alm a t very fin e ................................ ( l a) 25.00 1/2 sg green, horiz. block of 8. 0 . g., fa int ly age sta ined, fine ............ (2) 60.00+

,.) ,._~

v

e

~

563 I

/2sg g reen , three singles, fresh and ve ry fine , arranged in form of a horiz. strip on a small, neat cover to ew-Strel itz.

Beautifully cancelled and tied by clear s ing le strike of STAR.GAR.D i. Mcklbg , Aug. 17, 67 in Z lines in rectangle and bearing arrival postmark on back. A marv elous cover of g reat rarit y ······························•··-······•······································ (Z) From the "K och" Collection See illustration and color plat e

1

MECK LEN BU R G · STRELI

119

TZ , 1864

APRIL

24th , 1956

l sch viol et. Fr es h, g ood color , w e ll ce nt e r ed and fin e. Ti ed by to small , n eat e n v e lop e to Strelitz . circular N E U STRELITZ On e of th e rar es t of all German Stat es cove r s, es pec iall y w ithout p en or cra y on mark. Probabl y a s fin e a s it ex ist s ( 3)

56-1-liZI

S ee illustration 565 1:::8:1 l sg ro se, almo t very fine. Tied by e mi- cir cular NEUBRANDENBURG, Oct. 13, 66 to sm aJI, neat fol d ed lett er to Neuhof n ea r 5·66

Feldberg ··············••·······-····-············· ·••······························································· (4) ultram a rin e, c om er blo c k of 4, sh ee t m a rg in s w ith num eral s "I " and "2" at left and top . 0 . g. , fin e to very fin e . ...... .............. .... (5)

*EEiZsg

Zsg u ltramarin e. Ti ed b y clear se mi -c ir cular WE S E N BER G to small , n ea t ba ckstamp ed en ve lop e to B erlin . Cho ice and very rar e cove r ( 5)

S ee illustration 568

*EEi

3sg bi st r e, upp er ri g h t corn er blo ck of 4, with

num e ral s "9" a nd "10"

at top and "l" and "Z" at right. 0 . g., fine to very fine .............. (6)

SECOND

569 I

SESSION

MECKLENBURG

· STRELITZ

120

, 1864

3sg bist re, ve rt. pair, ve ry fine. Tied by two clea r strik es of circular WOLDEGK to small, neat reg ist ered enve lope to St arg ardt . A bea utiful cover of g reat rarity ................. ....................... ............ (6) From t he "Koch " Collection S ec illustra-tion opposit e OLDE NBU RG Pri ces for No s . 1-15 unu sed ar e for co pies w it h out gum.

Cop i s wilh g um se ll for abo u t twice l h e figur es q u oted. Nos. 16-25 witho u t g um se ll for about hair lhe price s.

A ll cancellations are blue unless otherwise mentioned.

185Z-55 Iss ue.

*

570 571 t:,

I/ 30th black on blue, ty pe 111, o. g ., ve r y fin e ......... .

572 0

I/ 3()th bla ck on blue, ty pe I , very fin e. Beautifully ca nce lled by centered strik e of the rare "ZZ/s " of Abbehausen .................................. (I ) S ee illitstrat ion opposit e

573 t:,

I/ 30th black on blu e, ty pe I , horiz . pair, s up erb. Ti ed on sma ll piece

by DEL~IEt\HOR T in r ectang le 11·ith elate below .................... . ( I )

574 I

I / 30th black on blue, th e thr ee diff. types, on e fine, ot hers very f ine.

Ti ed on thr ee mall. n eat covers, in cl. b lack ST. P. A . J31RE11EN, and black r ec tan o-ular BREMEN ·····-··· ·················· ................................. ( I )

... ········ ( 1) 1'5.00+

I/ 30th black on blue, the thre e diff. typ es, tied on small piece s, o ne black cancellat ion; sup erb ....................................................................... ( 1)

I/ 30th black on blue, typ e 111, maro-ins all round. Ti ed by ,lea r strik e of th e sca rce oval "tower" ca nce llation ("Delmenhorst er Ha euschen") to sm,dl, neat fo lded Jett r, pos tmark ed in blue D E L~lE~HORST , Aug. 26 ( 1855), addr essed to Wilcleshau en ·······-··········· (1) See illustration opposite

576 r

577

*

I/30th black on blue, type 11I, horiz. pair , very fine. Ti ed by "F RANCO" to small, neat fo lded letter OL D ENB RG, Nov. 18 (1858) to Hanover ( 1) I/15th black on rose, shad ed hermin e mantle. Part o. g., thinni ngs an d minut ely sta in ed, mar gi n s all round a nd fin e appea r a nce .......... (.2)

578 0

!I/ 15th black on ros e, thin pap er, very

579 0

I/15th black on rose, shad ed hermin e mantl e, exce llen t colo r , huge ma rg 111, upe rb ······································•················-·········•······· .......... ........ (2) ee illustration opposit e

580 t:,

I/ 15th black on rose, large ma rg ins and superb, bea utifull y tied on piece by s trikin g sing le DEDESDORF . A lo ve ly sta mp .......... (Z) ee illustration opposit e

5' 1

0

582 I

80.00

fin e ............................................ (2) 10.00+

I/ 15th black on lilac ros e, t hin pap er, hori z . pair , ve ry [inc and ·ca r cc (2) ee illiistration opposite I/ 15th blac.k on lila c rose, clea r impr ess ion, very fine, ti ed by OLDENBURG 111 r ec tan g le to v ery small, n ea t en1·elope .......................... (2)

SECOND

SES S ION

122

O L DENBU RG, 1852 -55

583 IJZI

I/15th black on ro se, hori z. pair, large margin s, superb. Tied by TOSSENS in r ectang le t o mall, n ea t folded lett er t o Ovelgoenne. R are pai r and cover .................................................................................................. (2) See illi1-strat ion opposit e

584 1:zl

I/ 15th black on lilac rose , hori z. strip of 4, large marg ins, v ery fin e.

T ied by HE P P ENS in rectan g le t o small , neat reg ist ered fold ed lett er (s tr engt hen ed inside) to Hanover. Excess ive ly rar e strip and probabl y unique cover ............................. .................................................. (Z) From th e "Roths child" Collection S ee illustration opposit e

*

585

I/10th black on ye llow, o. g., margins all round , small thinn ings, fin e ; rar,e unu se d ···- ······· ........................................................... .....................

(3) 100.00+ S ee illustrat ion opposit e

586 0

I/ 10th black on ye llow , large margins , sup erb ..... .................... .. .

587 0

1/ll Oth black on y ellow, margins all sides , ver y fine. Can ce lled bv full cent er ed trike of the carce oval "tower " ca nce llati on of De lmenho rst. Pr etty tamp ........................................................................................ (3) See illustrat ion opposit e

588 l!Zl

I/ 10th bla ck on ye llow, extremely fin e. Ti ed by r ec tan g ula r OLDEN BURG t o small, neat env elop e t o Birk enf eld ....

(3)

589 IZJ

I/ 10th black on ye llow , hori z. pair. Mar g in s a ll round , tiny s·cis so r s cut at bo tt om betwe en th e stamp s. Ti ed by r ec t a ng ular ROHEN K I RCHEN t o small , n eat fold ed lett er t o O snabru ec k . V ery rar e pa ir and cov er ...... ........ . ........................ ................ ..... . ............. (3) S ee illustrat ion opposit e

590

591

*

(3)

12.50

1/2sg r

black on g reen. Part o. g ., lar ge ma rg in s, slig ht thinnin gs . ve r y (-l ) fine a ppearan ce . .... ... .......... ...... . .....

See illustration opposit e

6j.00

*El3½ sgcolor r black on green, blo ck of 4. Brilliant mint and fresh, ex cellent , marg ins all sides, on e st amp neg lig ible. tin y natural paper flaw. A bea utiful block of great rarit y ............................................. (4) S ee illustration ancl color plate

592 0

1/4sg r black on g ree n, marg ins all sides, large on three, very fi ne (4) S ee illustration opposit e

90.00

llOUE:Nk l HCilEN

-~

-~

SECOND

SESSION

OL DENBURG , 1852-55

124

594

593 j9.'l

0

% sg r bla ck on g r ee n, sh ee t mar g in cop y . L ar ge mar g in s all side s, wid e sh ee t mar g in at left , a brilliant s tamp ; ve r y rar e in thi s condition (4 ) S ee illustrat ion

594

t:,.

1/4sg r black on g r ee n, block of 3. Fr esh , g ood color , sma ll to large mar g in s all round , sciss or s c uts in ce nt er between stamp s (with slig ht g um stain s), clea r of de sig n. T ied on pi ece by SANDE in r ec t ang le. An attra ctive it em of g r eat rar it y _________________________________ ( 4) _ S ee illustration

;-. r-· ..;:~-, -::~I

f •

t"'

4

~

;

'

595 I

~

:. ~...-..

1/, sg r 1

-

t-

1

.

•

. .

' . f

.·. - ..:J

bla ck on g r ee n, horiz. strip of 3. Brilliant fr esh , exce llent color , ver y lar ge margins all sid es showin g portions of two adjoinin g stamp s at bottom ( neg lig ibl e tiny pin hole in outs ide mar g in clear of des ign ), sup erb. Ti ed by r ec tan g ular HEPPE S, ov. 14 ( 1856) to · small , n eat folded lett er to J ev er . A mar ve lou s strip and scarce cover (4) S Pe i111ts-/ration

OLDENBURG

125

APRIL

24th,

1956

1859 Issue.

Pl eas e 110/e that t he pap er of th e 1/ Ss_qr oft en app ears to be thinn ed, biit //,ere i.~ r,d1wlly ,w damag e. Thi s is caus ecl by a crnde and f011lty maniifactur e.

Csuolly referr ed to as " cloiu1y" pap er it is not considered, a def ec t.

596

BLOCK OF FOUR. O. g. , fresh *63 /4grsheetblackmarong ing reaten,left,marginal ve ry lar ge mar g ins at bottom and right, 1

small mar g in at top (just clear at top ri g ht ) . Scissors cut (17mm) in ri g ht hand pair betwee n the stamps, "c loud y" pap er , mai .nly in mar g in and neg lig ibl e tin y pin hol e just outside desi g n in left sheet mar g in . An excess ive ly rare and po ss ibly unique block ..............••················································ (5) 800.00+ S ee illustration

597 0

¼g bla ck on g r ee n, a brilliant top sheet mar g in cop y. Hu ge even margins other s ides. "Cloudiness" in top left corn er in sheet mar g in and n eg lig ibl e tiny natural paper flaw . U nu suall y impr ess ive and a marvelous stamp ............................................................................................ (5) 250.00+ · See illustr ati on

SECOND

SESSION

OLDENBURG,

1859

ttungi=-C~t tllffdjttft.

tnrn

t nt.rtl I. mtr ftl lU lU I·ung.

fter &'eut3dmt\)ttau~ (fl~ftet9. er @. !l~{~ornau~·~ab e.

598 I

599 6.

600

0

601 IIZJ

602 IZ)

¼ g black on green. Fres h, large margins, very fine. Tied by circuJar OLDE BURG to attractive wrapper with original circ ular , addressed to Barschluete. Great cover rarity , especially used singly -·········-··················-··•··•········································· (5) See illustration lg black pieces, lg black margin

on blue, three copies, incl. one sca rc e sha de. Ti ed on thr ee very fine to supe rb ·······-··················································· ............ (6) on blue, horiz. pair. R ec tan g ular VAREL ca nce llati on, la rge s, extremely fine ............................................................. ................ (6) lg black on blue, top sheet margin copy, sup erb. Ti ed by r cta ng ular BER E to small, neat e nv elope t o Ov elgoe nn e ................... ............ (6) lg black on blue , two copies , very f~ne, ti ed on sma ll, neat co ,·er , (6)

126

127

(i03

OLDENBUR

*

G , 1859

A PRIL

24th , 1956

2g bla ck on ro se. 0. g., g ood color, lar ge mar g ins an d ex tremely fin e, ... ( 7) 100.00+ choi ce copy .................................................................................................

S ee illustrat ion 2g bla ck on ros e. 0. g ., lar ge mar g in s, very fin e but for tiny thi nn ing

(7) 100.00+

See illustrat ion

605 6.

2g bla ck on ro se, ti ed on piece by circular OLDE B URG. Hu ge marg ins, superb; a r ecor d copy ...................................................................... ( 7) S ee illustration

606 6.

2g bla ck on ro se. Brilliant color , lar ge mar g in s, tied by cir cular OLDE BU RG to Jg ye llow cut squar e. Unu s uall y ¡ pr ett y ... ................ (7) S ee illustration

607

Zg bla ck on ro se, hori z. strip of 3. Lar ge mar g ins all sid es , with re ctan ~ gular HEPP EN S can cellation , on pie ce. Unnotic eabl e faint vert. cr ea se in rig ht hand stamp. A marv elous strip of g reat rarit y (7) See illustrati011

t:,.

S ECOND

SESSION

OLDENBURG

, 1859

128

6081~

2g bla ck on rose , brilliant color, ve ry lar ge eve n mar g in s, superb in eve r y re spec t . T ied by clear re cta ng ular HEPPENS to small , neat fold ed lett er to J eve r, ma g nific ent stamp and cover ·················-··· (7)

609 I

2g black on rose , fresh and ex tremely fin e. Tied by r ecta ng ular ELSFLETH to small, neat fold ed letter to Old enbur g .............................. (7)

ee illustrat ion opposite

See illu,strat ion opposite

610 IX!

2g black on ro se ; fresh, large mar g in s and sup erb. Tied by clear r ectan g ular HOOKSIEL , Nov. 8 (1861) to s mall , neat r eg ist ere d folded lett er to J eve r , bearin g red fram ed " R ec ommandi ert" . Ve,r y prett y cov er ········•························-················································································· (7)

6 11 l!ZJ

2g bla ck on ro ,se, horiz. pair. Fresh , mar g in s all sides, ve ry lar ge on thr ee, 12mm scissors cut at bottom betwee n th e stamps, ve r y fine.

On small , neat enve lope to Hano ve r , can ce lled by rectangular OLDENBURG , repeated on the front . Very rare pair ancf cover ........ (7)

See illustrat ion opposite

See illiistration opposite

612 012

*

613

614

Jg bla ck on ye llow . Large part o. g., fresh, lar ge m a rg in s, very fine but for tiny hin ge thinnin g ...................................................................... (8)

See illustration

013 I:::,.

Jg bla ck on ye llow . Tied on smalJ piece by full cir cular OLDE BURG ca nce llation , lar ge mar g in s; sup er b ........................................................ (8)

614 I:::,.

Jg bla ck on ye llo w, brilliant mar g inal cop y . T ied on pi ece by r ecta ng ular OLDENBURG. Part sh eet mar g in at ri ght , hu ge margins oth er sides, fresh and superb in eve ry respect. A wonderful sta mp .... (8)

See illustration

S ee illustrat ion

615 I:::,.

Jg bla ck on ye llo,w, hori z. strip , of J. Lar ge ma rg in s, fr es h, go od co lor, tiny sciss or s cut at bottom of rig ht hand pair clear of design, minor wrinkle in mar g in betwee n the same stamps. T ied on sma ll piece by rectangular SEEFELD. A ve r y fine strip of g r eat rarity ...... (8)

S ee illustrat i on

75.00

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OLDENBURG

, 1859

130

Jg black on y ellow. Brilliant fresh, very lar g e mar g in s, exce lle nt color and sup e rb . T ied b y clear rectan g ular DEDE SD OR F t o a b ea utiful tin y folded lett e r to Sar stedt . A wond e rful stamp a nd co ver (8) S rr i l l 11s/ ro f 1n11 f/ 11 po.or 12.9 Jg bla ck on y ellow. Fr esh, g ood' color , ve ry lar ge m a rg in s, t in y un noti ceabl e natural brown spot in pap er, ex tr e m e ly fin e . T ied b y r ec t a ng ular VA R B L to small , n eat fold ed lett e r to Han o,ve r . Ch oice cove r .... ........................ ..... ..... ......................... ....

(8)

S ee illustration on pag e 129

6 1'8 1:zl

Jg bla ck on y ellow , two sin g le s. Both brilliant fr es h , hu g e m a rg in s, exce llent co lor and sup e rb. Ti ed b y r ect an g ular J EVE R , Jan . 18 {1861) to small , neat e n ve lop e to W eimar. A w ond erful cove r (8) T-'to m 11,e "Rot hscliilr7" Collrl'lion

ee illustration 3g bla ck on ye llow , plat e vari e t y " OLBE N B U R G" . Brilliant fr es h , goo d c olor , lar ge mar g ins all sid es, sho w in g por ti on o f ad jo inin g st amp at bottom , sup erb. T ied b y clear V ECH TA, A ug . 14 ( 1860) t o, s m a ll, n eat folded lett er to e uss . Anoth e r wond e rful cove r of grea t rarit y (Sa ) 125.00+

See ilhtstration

EN D

OF

SECON D

SESSIO N

THIRD

DA Y OF SALE

WEDNESDAY , A PRIL 25th, 1956 AT TWO

O'CLOCK

IN THE TRIANON

R OOM

of the AMB AS SA DOR -

Park

A ,·enue a nd SL t

SA LE

HOT E L

treet,

New

Yo rk

City -

o. 100~

O L DEN B U R G ( Continu ed) 1861 Iss u e.

620

*

¼ g oran ge, large pa rt o . g., fresh, ve r y fine ........... .

621

622

621

*

622

ffl

1

623

O

¼ g or a nge, ve rt . pair . M ar g in s all sid es, lig ht r ec tan g ular YT H E cance lla t ion , ex tr em ely fin e an d r a r e pair . ......

See i.llustration

¼ g ora nge , hori z. pa ir, o. g., fres h, ve r y fi ne ..... ee ill1t tration

30.00

. (9)

623 ( 9) 60.00

/4g or ange, h ori z. C OR E R B LO CK OF S IX . O. g ., fr es h, shee t mar gin left a nd bottom , lar ge m a rgi ns oth er s ides . B ottom ce nt er st a mp int erior defect w hich is r epa ir ed, few minor fault s. B eautiful a pp ear a nce a nd excess ively rar e, poss ibly uniqu e as corn er blo ck .. -••· (9) S ee illustrntio n F RI E SO(9) 450.00+

THIRD

S E SSIO N

OLDENBURG

, 1861

1

/4g oran ge, 1/:, ,g r eddi sh brown , two sin g les of Jg lemon ye llow , al so 1859 l g bla ck on blu e. On e Jg cut into , oth er s four ma rgin s of var ying sizes. All t ied by r ec tan g ular VA R E L , Aug . 2 (~861) to small , neat enve lop e via B r em en and Ne w York to Cub a . Cove r bear s num erou s di spat ch, tran s it and arri val markin gs. Ve ry unu sual combin ation and a colorful and exce ptional cove r of g r ea t rarit y (9, 6, 12, 15) See ill11 trnt ion

(i.2j

I

/4g oran g e, horiz. pair. F re sh, nic e color , lar ge mar g in s and ex tr em ely fin e. Tied by two full and cl ea r str ik es of doubl e cir cular OLDE B U Ru to a small , neat w hit e locall y use u enve lop e. A mag nifi cent co ve r of g r eat rarit y ............

(9) S ee illust rn'lioi.

1

132

OLDE N B UR G, 1861

133

626

*

APRIL

25th, 1956

½ g g ree n, showin g transfer vari et y at upp e r and low er left corn er, o. g,, YCry fine ............................................................................................. ( 10) 60.00+

ee illustration 627

*

628

0

1/4g blu e g r ee n, large m a rg in s, clear r ectan gular BRAKE ca nce llat io n, ext r em ely fi ne ............................................................................................ ( !Oa) See illustration

629

!:::,

J1~g

630

0

'/2g

1/4g blui sh g r ee n , ve rt . strip of 3. O. g ., brilliant fr es h , lar ge mar g in s, upp er stamp t iny thinnin g , ot herwi se a beautiful strip .......... ( l0a ) 180.00+ See illustration

g ree n. T ied o n piece by r ec t ang ula r VA REL. La r ge ma rg in s with pa rt s hee t m arg in at top and showin g portion of fra m e line of ad tamp at rig ht , extremely fine .................................... ......... ( 10) 7j.00+ joining S ee illi1stration

g r ee n, t ran sfe r vari et y " DRI TTO".

Mar g in s all sides , ve r y fin e ( 10d)

S ee ill11stra'tion 63 1 l'ZJ

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1/4g g r ee n, hori z. strip , of 3. Fr es h, g ood color , lar ge mar g in s. Tied by r ec tan g ular A PE N, Au g . 12 ( 1862) to small, neat folded letter to Oldenbur g . Cr ea se in ce nter of cove r run s into upp er half of ri g ht ma rg in of ri g ht hand stamp just tou chin g fram e lin e at top, r emainin g pair is sup erb. A ttracti ve and rar e cover ................... ( IOa)

S ee illustration

150.00

THIRD

632

*

633

*

63+

SESSION

OLDENBURG,

1861

134

'/2g mo ss g reen. O. g ., brilliant fr es h, excellent co lor , superb ___( 10b) S ee ill11stro/im1 npposit r ½g moss g re e n. O. g ., fresh , excellent color, slig ht diagonal crease and tiny thinnin g, very fine appearanc e ________ __________ _______ __________ ______ (I Ob) 100.00+ S ee illustrat ion op p osit,e

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/2g mo ss g r ee n, horiz. BLOCK OF SIX. Full o. g., fr es h, marg ins all sides (cl ose but clear top right). Tiny scissors cut at left top. A ve ry fin e blo ck , excess ive ly rare, pos s ibly unique __________ -----------____-------------------------__ ( 10b) , ee ilhistration

1

635 i~

1

6J(,C8J

'/2g mo ss green, thre e singles. All small to hu ge mar g in s all round.

Faintl y toned in pla ces and one tiny pap er br ea k throu gh can ce llation device, slightly o,ve rlappin g on small , neat folded lett er to Lohne, tied by re cta ng ular CLOPPENBURG, Dec. 21 ( 1861). Extremel y rare cove r -------------- --- --- ___ _ ( l0b ) 360.00+ S er il/11 .~tmlion opp osi/ c

637

*

(>38 0

/4g moss g reen . Fresh, excellent co lor , ver y lar g e mar gi ns and superb .

Ti ed by rectan g ular VAREL, Dec. 5 ( 1861) to part cove r (l0b) See ill11-•f roti on opposi /r

½ g reddish

brown ,

O-

g., fr es h . Yer y f in e __ _ , 'ee illustrn t ion opp ositr

(12) 50.00+

½g reddish bro ,wn, horiz. pair . Fresh , mar g in s all si des, beautifull y cancelled b y single centered strike o,f doubl e circular OLDENBURG. Extremely fin e and pretty pair __ (12) 100.00+ S ec ill11strnlion opp o.•ife ½g reddish brown, horiz. pair. Excellent co lor , ve r y lar ge mar g in s, possibly some wrinkles smoothed out, still superb. Tied by single double circle of OLDE BURG to small , neat folded lette r to Varel.

A beautiful pair and cover ____________________ _ ____ (12) S ec ill us/ rat ion op71osil e

iH I RD SESSION

64-0 * '[§]

OLDENBURG

, 1861

136

½g dark brown, horiz. marginal BLOCK OF SIX . O.g., fresh, g ood color, clear impression . Sheet mar g in at ri g ht, lar ge mar g ins other sides. Gum wrinkles and neg lig ible tiny thinnings in bottom left hand pair. A very fin e block, excessively rare, possibl y unique ....................................... ...................... (IZa) S ee illustration

641

I:::,

½g

642

!:::,

½ g dark brown, horiz. pair. Excellent co lor , large mar g ins, ext remely fine. Ti ed by two nice impr ess ions of do,uble circl e OLDENBURG to pie ce. Very prett y pair and piece .......................................... ...... (12a) See ill11,StraUon opposite

dark brown , fres h, good co lor , m a rg in al l sid es ve r y la r 00 ·e o n th r ee . Ti ed o n p iece by r ec tan g ul a r VAREL; cxtr ; m c ly fine ( 12a ) ..60.00+ S ee ill11stration opposite

6•1i IIZJ

½g dark brown , very fine. Ti ed by rec tangular HEPPENS to small size neat 1861 ½g brown entire envelope to Oldenburg. Choice and scarce cover ............................................... ................................................................ ( 12a) See illiistrat-ion opposite

6+1-IZJ

½g dark brown , 2g red and Jg ye llo-w. With varying mar g ins on small, neat folded letter via Bremen to Loui svi lle, Ky., U.S. A. Cancelled by rectangular DEiLMENHORST, Dec. 21 (1861), the ½g tied.

Cover bears red "N. YORK BREM. PKT , PAID , Jan . 9" and other markin gs. Slight crease thro-ug h cove r and ½g and Zg at lef t. Attractive and scarce cover ........................................................ (ilZa, 14, 15) 165.00+ S ee ill11stration opposite

645 6-16

0-17

* * *

l g blue, o . g ., fres h, yc ry fin e ............................... .................

S ee illus ·tration oppos ite

(24) 35.00+

l g deep blue, o. g., ni ce colo r, sm all to la rge mar g in s, al m ost ,·c r y fine ( 13) 35.00+ S ee i ll11stration opposit e l g g ray blu e, o . g ., tiny thinnin g, fin e .................................

S ee ill11stration opposi"le

( 13a) 35.00+

lg blue, horiz . mar g inal strip of 6. 0. g., fresh, sheet mar g in at rig ht, mar gins other sides. Few slight faults, ve ry attractive strip o,f the g reate st rarit y ................................................................................................ (13) S ee illustration opposite

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.

TH I RD SESSION

OLDENBURG

, 1861

138

6-19

*EB l g

650

0

lg blue , mce color, ve r y fin e ........................................................................ ( 13)

25.00

651

0

lg blue , l g deep blu e, fine t o ve r y fine but for small thinnin gs

50.00

652

0

lg de ep indi g o, ve ry rar e shade. Brilliant co lor , lar ge ma rg ins and superb ...................................................................................................... (13 var. ) See illustrat ion opposite

(;5.1 0

l g dee p indi g o, ve ry rare shade, horiz. pair showin g wide spacin g.

Brilliant color , hu ge margins except dose but clear small pla ce top left showin g portion of ad 'joining stamps at bottom, ve ry fine. Also in cl. superb copy of 1859 lg black on blue on pi ece from same po sition on st one as left hand stamp of pair , pro ving that th e pair was print ed from th e ea rl y stone. Very int er es tin g lot of g reat philatelic va lue .. .... ............ ................................................................................ (•13 var ., 6) See illustration opposite

65-1 0

lg blu e, horiz . pair , margins all sid es, small at rig ht; See illustration opposite

g ra y blue, blo ck of 4. 0. g., fresh, partl y close top and bottom center but fram e lin e intact. Left hand pair faintly creased and scissors cut at top ce nter just touching frame line of left stamp. Interesting and rare block showing the poor alignment of the transfers on the stone ·····•······•···················································•············································· (13a) See illustration opposite

( 13)

ca r ce ....... .. ( 13) 50.00+

l g blu e, lar ge margin , ext 1·e mely fine. Ti ed by rectangular CL OP PEN BURG , July 14 ( 1862) to mall , nea t fo lded le tt er t o Badbe rgen (13) See illustration opposite 656I~

657

l g blu e, large mar g ins , very fin e. Tied by double circle OLDENBURG to small , neat folded let ter to F ri e oy th e ................. ...................... ( 13) , ee illustration opposite

* fill

2g red , top left hori z. CORNER BLOCK OF SIX. Full o. g., fresh, shee t mar g in top and left, larg e margins other sides .

A perf ect blo ck , excessively rare, probabl y unique .......... (14)

See illustrat ion

./

~~

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TH I RD SESSION

658

659

0 0

OLDENBURG

, 1861

140

2g red, attractive doubl e circular OLDENBURG ca nce llation , ve ry large marg ins showin g portion of adjoinin g sta mp at rig ht , s uperb ( 14) S ee illustrat ion oppo sit e

50.00

2g red, goo d mar a in s, very fin e ...................................................................... ( 1-1) S ee il!iistrat ¡ion opposit e

:.0.00

660 6.

2g red, goo d co lor , fr esh , mar g ins all sid es, sho win g po rti on o f adjo inin g stamp s a t le ft and rig ht , very fin e. Ti ed o n pi tct! by clea r r ec tan g ular BRAKE canc ellati o n ............................... ..... .. .......... (1-1) 50.00+ S ee Wu strat-ion opposit e

66 ]

Zg red, goo d co lo r . ver y fin e with mar g in s all sid es. Ti ed by do ubl e cir cle OLD E N BU RG t o sm all. neat fold ed let t er t o R as t ede (1-1) S0.00+ S ee i llus trat-ion opposi te

I

(,62 I

(,(i.1

({i4

* *

( (ij

666 0 667

0

Zg red, bottom sheet mar g in copâ&#x20AC;˘y. Nice color , large ma rv.ins all side <; and extremely fin e. Tied by scarc e rectan g ular WARDE:NBURG, Aug. 8 ( 1867) to small , neat folded lett er to Jeve r. Choice cover ( 14) S ee illitstration oppo sit e Jg yellow, o. g ., fr es h, neg lig ibl e tiny natur a l spo t , alm os t very fin e ( 15) 60.00+ Jg ye llow , she et ma rg in copy. 0. g. , fr es h. shee t m a rg in at rig ht. clea r mar g in s o th er sides , n eg lig ible tiny thinnin g in hee l m a rg in fa r fro m des ig n, ve ry fin e .............................................................. ( 15 ) 60.00+ S ee i ll-list rat ion oppo site

*~

Jg yellow, horiz . mar g inal B'LOCK OF SIX . 0. g., fre sh, marg ins all sides with part sheet mar g in at rig ht . Trace of ve rt. creas e in ri g ht hand pair. A very fin e blo ck of the gr ea t est rarit y, po ss ibly uniqu e ................................................................ ( 15) S ee illustrat ion

Jg ye llow , fre h, large margins, nice color, negligibl e tiny natural paper flaw, lightly canc elled and a beautiful s<tamp ................................ ( 15) S ee i llustrat ion oppo sit e

55.00

Jg lemo11_ ye llow ,_ fr_es h, nea t HEPPENS can ce lla ti o n, ve r y fine hut (o r mmut e th111111n gs ..................................... .......................................

(I'S) S ee i llustrat ion oppo sit e

55.00

Jg yello ,w, mar g in s a ll sid e ha win g porti on of a dj o inin g stamp a t rig h t. Ti ed o n pi ece (affix ed by hin ge) by "F RA N 0 "; sup erb (15) 55.00+ S e!' il/11s/rati on opp osi te

[Ill

;VAR'.Etl

L ? 1/;j

J;

THIRD

SESSION

OLDENBURG

, 1861

142

Jg yello -w , horiz. pair. Large margins , ri g ht hand stamp tin y natural "pin" hole, extremely fin e. Tied on small piece by doubl e circl e OLDENB U RG. Extremely rar e pair _________________ ---·------__________ ___ (15)

ee ill11s/ration on pa,g e 141

I

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Jg ye llow, lar ge margins, extremely fine. Tied by r ec tan g ular VAREL to neat part cover to Ov elgoe nne _____ ----------··. .... ············--· ·····- ... ( 15)

ee illits/ration on pa,ge 141 6il I

Jg yellow, fr e,h co py with ma rg in s a ll ro und except close right top bu t fra m e lin e intact . Ti ed by clea r r ectan g ular PE , Ma r ch 6 ( 1862) to . ma ll, neat folded lett er to Magdebur g ·--·· ····-·-····-·-····-·····-····-····-··· (15) 55.00+

ee illustrat ion on pa,ge 141 PIR USS IA

i, .-ir es fo r u n u sed ~t a mp s a r e f o r co pi es with gum.

Cop i es witho u t g u m sell for about half th figu r es quot ed .

1850,..-56 Issue.

"""1 !el

6i2

4pf ye llow green, block of 9. O. g., fr es h, mar gi n s all sides, top left hand pair thinnin g at top , oth erw ise ve ry fin e ··--·--------·-·--··--·-···----· (1) 90.00+

See illustration opposite

673 0

4pf ye llow gr ee n, horiz . pair , sing le doubl e circl e LTCHTENAU cancellat ion , ver y fin e ------······-···----···············---··-·-····-· --···- -----··-·········-······---·( 1) 12.00+

67-t

O

4pf dark g r ee n, hori z. pair , beautiful d eep color, clea r nume ral "699", very fin e b ut for tiny co rn er thinnin g -------------··--·-··--· ··--·--····---··-········ ( l a) 20.00+

075

* !el

6pf red orange, top left co rn er blo ck of 20 (5x4) . Wide sheet mar g in at left and top with num eral s " l" to "4" and " l " t o "5" respectively.

Brilliant mint , fresh co lor , lar ge mar g in s other sides. Few g um wrinkles. A bea utiful and very rar e blo ck ·- ·- ····----....

-·---·-- (2)

See illustration opvos itr.

676 00]

6pf- red oran ge, hori z. blo ck of 6. Margins all sid es, numeral can ce llation "485", ve ry fin e ·········-···········--·-·---.......__........._.......--........._............_ ... (2)

S ee illustration opposite

C,i7 678

*

*

1,79

*

080

* EB

l sg bla ck on ro se, Zsg bla ck on blue , o . g ., fine to ve ry fine ·-· (3, 4)

l sg bla ck on rose, hori z. pair, o. g ., ve ry fine _____ -··-··-----··-·-···---······--···· (3) 20.00+ I sg bla ck on ro se, hori z . pair , o. g. , sm all part sheet mar g in at lef t, fine to very fine ·---·····-·····-············--··-····------·---------······--··--········--·········-·-· (3) 20.00+ ls g bla ck on ro se, blo ck of 4. O.g., fresh, goo d color , mar g ins alf sides, ve r y fin e. Choice blo ck ·-··--··-·····-----······-······-·-- -----------·-·---··-··-··· .. (3) 40.00+

ee illustration opposite

(181

OEB

20.00

l sg bla ck on ro se, bl ock of 4. Margins

all sid es, ve ry fin e; sca r ce blo ck (3)

See illustrat ion opposite

THIRD

SE SSION

PRUSSIA,

144

1850 -56

682 li:8J

l sg black on rose, horiz . pair with rig ht shee t marg in and Imprint "PLATTE N o. 9", clea r marg ins oth er sides and ex tremel y fin e.

T ied by nume ral "149" to small, neat cover (fold ed) GROSS BOD UN GE N to Gerterode. Rare pair and cover ...................................... (3) S ee illustration opposit e

683 1~

l sg, Zsg, very fin e. T ied by red numeral "1748" t o small , neat f ld ed INter. bea rin g m s. ''D uer en , Jun e 19'' ( 1852) , addrc ss-e d to Frankfort.

Pr etty cov er ..... .......................................................................................... (3, -1) S ee illiis'trat ion opposit e

685

* *

686

* EB

2sg blac k on blu e, blo ck of 4. 0. g., fre sh. mar g in s all sid es, horiz. fold in ce nt er clear o f de s-ign but partly breakin g thr o ug h ............... (4) 40.00+ S ee illustrntion opposite

687

O

2sg bla ck on blue , ve rt. right marginal pair w ith imprin t "Platt e o. 2".

Iar g in s other sides (ju st clear bo tt o m J.ef t ) . A very rar e pair (4) S ee illustra.ti.on opposit e

68-1

2sg black on blue, h·oriz. pair, o. g., ver y fin e .......................................

(-1) 20.00+

2sg black on blue, hori z. pair with enormou s sheet marg in at left with numeral "5". Lar g e pa r t o. g ., tra ce of thi nnin g in shee t ma rg in, fin e t o very fin e ......................................................................................... (4) S ee ill1tstration oppos ite

688 O EB 2sg black on blue, blo ck of 4. Cut into and r epair ed o n pi ece t o w hi ch it doe no t be lo ng . Quit e attract ive and o ne o f the rar es t bl ock s (-1) 689

690

*

*

3sg black on ye llow , o. g ., fr es h, very fine ................................................ (5)

12.00

3sg bla ck on ye llow, ho riz. strip o,f 4. 0. g., early print , lar ge mar g in s, slig ht g um cr ea ses in ce nt er pair ; Ycry fin e ......

(S) -18.00+ S ec illu 'tra,ti on opposit e 3sg bla ck on ye llow , bloc k of 4 with wid e shee t mar g in at rig ht . 0 . g., fres h, ea rly impr ess ion , marg ins oth er sides, s lig ht hori z. crease in bottom mar g in. An impr ess ive blo ck ........ ...... .... ...... . ( 5) S ec -ill11stra ,tio n opp osit e

692 t;.

3sg black on oran ge buff , ti ed 0 11 Ycry sm a ll piec e by blue doubl e circular H AN OV ER , Ycry fin e ............ ... .................... ............. ( .Sa)

693

* EB

69-.

*!~ -

1873 Reprint s, comp!. se t, blo cks of 4, o. g ., very fin e

.... ( 1- 5 R cpr. )

6pf red oran ge, bottom left corn er blo ck of 16 (-Ix-I) wit h nu m era ls --12·• to " 15" at lef t and ha win g in t op r o\\· th e narr o w a nd w ide spac ing rnri eti es; o . g ., \·c ry fin e ............ ... .....

(2 R epr. ) 1857 Solid Ba ckg round.

695

*

696 t;.

697

*

lsg rose, hori z. pair, o. g., fres h, bright color , large mar gins, minu te ly hinge thinn ed, oth erw ise ve ry f ine ........................................................ (6) 90.00+ ee ill1istra.ti on opposit e lsg, 3sg, ti ed o n piec e , superb

................................................................ (6, 8)

2sg dark blue, o. g ., mall t o lar g•e mar g in a ll r ound, tiny th innin gs , attr a ctive copy a nd rare .......................................................................... (7a ) ee il histra.ti on oppo sit e

175.00

THIRD

S ESSION

PRUSSIA

146

, 1857

698 l':i

2sg blue, ext r em ely fine. t ied on piece by full clear and nicely s,truck "SPED. COMTOIR o. 3 STETTIN" ............................................. (7)

699 l':i

2sg blue, 3sg ye llo w, tied on piece by s•ingle cir cular KOEN I GSBE RG : v•ery fine ............... ................................. ...... .................................. (7, 8a) 17.50+

0

Zsg blue, 2sg dark blue, latte r R ailroad ca ncellatio n , sm all thinnin gs, fine t o very fin e appeara n ce ............................................................ (7, 7a)

0

2sg blue, hori z. pair, nicely cancelled by cente r ed clear strike of RY ZYWOL in r ectangle. Very fine and att r activ e ........................ (7) See illiistra.tion opposite

702 l':i

2sg blue, horiz. strip of 6. T ied on piece by clear circular KOENIGSBERG. Margins all sides, s lig htl y faulty. Ve ry attractive and one of th e larges t strips known ···············································- ········- ··········- ··· (7) S ee illiistra ,tion opposite

703 l'.ZJ

Zsg blu e, extre m ely fine: tied to small , neat fo lded lett er by full clea r doub le cir cular CHM I EDEBERG i. CH, Jun e 8 ( 1860) , a ddre ss~d to Breslau . ... . . ... .. ..... ................ .......... ......

(7)

700 701

i04

*

705

* EB

706

*

707

0

3sg oran ge, o. g ., very fine but for tiny thinning

.................................. (8)

27.50

20.00

3sg orange , blo ck of 4. F ull o. g ., brilliant fresh, nic e color, tra ce of thinnin g at top, margins all s ides and very fine; blo cks in the orange color are very rare ·································-································ ...... . (8) 80.00+ See ill1tstra.tion opposite 3sg ye llow , hori z. pair, o. g. , fre h, margins all ides, ma ll at left, very fine ................................ ...................................... ........................... ............ (Sa) 50.00+ See illiistra ,tion opposite 3sg orange, hori z. st rip o,f 3. Large mar g ins three sides, ve r y sm all and a tri fie ro ughened up at left. Cancelled by cir cular KOEN IGS BERG, cen t e1· sta mp a lso light blue pen stroke; fine ......

(8) 15.00+ 1858-60 Backg round of Cros se d Lines - Unwate rmark ed.

708

* EB

4pf gre en, blo ck of 4. 0. g., fresh, margins a ll sid es, very fin e but for sm all thinnings in bottom pair ................................................................ . (9) 30.00+ See illustrat ion opposite

709

O

710

*

4,pf green , hori z. strip of 3, ve r y fine. Cancelled by single st riking centered BIRKENFELD in recta ng le. Latter b elong ,ed to Oldenb ur g b ut it s posta l affa ir s were handled by Pru ssia . ............. (9) 15.00+

711

*1!m

6pf orange, blo ck of 4. Full o. g ., fresh, exce llent co lor, marg ins all sides, slig ht g um wrinkles, ve ry fin e ........................ ................ ( 10) S ee illustration opposite

712

I'::,

6pf orange, rig ht sh eet m,argin with imprint "Platte No. 7". Margin s o th er sides a nd very fin e. Tied by double cir cle DA NZ I G to small p iece. Very rar e .... .................................................................................... ( 10) See ilfo,stra ,tion opposit e

713

0

6pf orange, hori z. pair. Single fuH re ctangu lar E.RKNER mar g in s ali side s, very fine ...... ........................

714 0

6pf orange, left she et mar g in copy wit h num eral "12". 0. g .. vert . cr ease , very fine appearance ..... ...... ........ .......... ............ (10) 10.00+

ca nce llati o n, .......... ( 10) 13.00+

6pf orange, hori z. pair, large marg in s, extremely fine. Ca ncelle d by two strik es of doubl e circular EUTEICH in red. Very attrac tiv e and r a r e .............................................................................. .... ...... ............... ( 10) See illustration opposite

THIRD

715

S E SSION

0

PRUSSIA

148

, 1857

6pf oran ge, hori z. strip of 4. La rge marg in s. ligh tl y canc elled , vcrt. fold in ce nt er mar g in and seco nd stamp tiny thin spo t. \ ·e ry a ttr act ive st ri p __.. ............ ................ ...... ( 10) , 'n

i1111 Rtrntio n on p a.r;P 14 7

716

*

7 17

0

lsg rose, bottom ri,zht c orner copy with num er al;; " IO" a t bot t o m a nd " 1.-·• at right. :'l[ino r fa ult. in shee t mar g·ins. A n eno rm o us sta m p ( 11)

718 6.

Zsg blue, superb. T ied on small piece by a perfec t st rike of the pretty auxiliary post office cance llation "LA UCKN EN". One of t he pretti est ca nce llation pieces we have eve r see n (12)

l sg rose, hori z. strip of 4. 0. g .. fr es h. bri g ht co lo r. Tw o yer t. cr ea ses, 11c bet\\'e e11 th e stamp s. tiny sc is. or , cut at bott om 110 1 t ouch in g des ig n. Pl eas ing st ri p ,,· ith mos tly la rge ma rg in s a ll r o und ( 11) 20.00+

S PP i ll11s/rnlio11 011 pa.ff" 147

S rP i/711R/ r alion

719 6.

720

* EE

Zsg blue, horiz. strip of 5. Ti ed o n sm a ll piece. la rge m a rg in .. ver y fine but for tiny tear s at bo,tt o m . R a r e strip .... ( 12) 3sg orange, blo ck of 4. F ull o. g . an<l b rilli a nt fr es h, lar ge margi n s, o ne s ta mp tin y g um remova ls. poss ibly tr aces of thinni ng s. A ve r y fine b lock _ .. .............. ........ ..... ... .. . .. ..... .. .... ... ( 13) , er -illuR/rotion

721

OEE

i22 I

i23

m1 pa.r; P 1./7

on 1}((.f/P 147

3sg oran ge, used blo ck of 4. Sma ll t o la rge ma rg in s a ll ro und . tiny fa ul t in bot t om rig ht co rn er . Ve r y ra r e bloc k .. ____________ ( 13) Srr il111R/rnlion on par, e 147 1861-65 4pf ye llo w g reen, hori z. st rip of 5, pair and two singles. Ti ed by at tr ac ti ve r ec t a ng ul a r BERL D J GF.SUNDB RU:'\ ~EN Oct. 28.

63 t o . ma ll. neat folded lette r t o K oe nigs berg _.. ......... (15)

* -

Zsg blue , hori z. pair, o. g., fr es h, fin e to ,·ery fine; r a r e ................ ( 18a) 70.00+ Sn m11s/rotion on po,r,e 147

72-1 6.

-

725 /Zl

- 3sg bistre, horiz. pair use d in combination with Spain 1865 IZc blue

Zsg blue, horiz . pair , ce nt er ed to le ft. ti ed on pi ece by sing le r ect a ng ula r :'l[UELHE[ '.\f A. R . Pr etty p iece . . .. .... .. ........ ( 18a ) &. rose on small , neat folded lett er to Madrid. Former tied by doubl e circular REIM•SCHE;I D, Dec. 18, 65, latter by full strike of doubl e line "ESTRA GIERO BARCELONA". Co,ver bear s several transit markin gs . A s plendid and rare cover in remarkably fine condition _ ... _ ...... -- ................................................

(20; Spain 69) , Pf' il1 11s lration

on pa,q e 147

7Z6

*

1866 l0sg ro se, 30sg blu e, o. g ., fin e ........................

(2 1. 22)

17.50

727

0

-

l0 sg ro se, 30sg blue, part ly seve r ed by sc isso r s, fin e for th ese (2 1, 22)

37.50

728 6.

-

30sg blu e, hori z. stri p of 3 and pair, arranged in form of a strip on piece, t ied by b lue cir cular HA NNOVE R . J uly 11, 67. Sev er ed by sc isso r s as usual. slight st ain and a fe w \\'rink les . scarce .... (22) 125.00+

729 IZJ

- 30sg blue , two vert. strips of 3, forming

730

* EE

731 1::8:l

.....

strip of 6. Sev er ed by sc i so r s as usual. one sta mp fa int crease. \ Vi th r ec t a n g u I a r SCH:'\E ID E i\f UE HL ca nc ella ti on o n hac k (of \\' hi ch pa rt is mi ssing) of folded lett er to Be rlin . On hack a lso t\\' O . G. P. D. Sg r (one def ec tiv e). V ery 1·are cover ... . .... ........... (22) 150.00+ See illus tration on pa.r; e 147

1867 lkr to 9kr, compl. set, blk s of 4, o. g ., hea vily r einf or ced. o n-e 9kr sm all thinn ing; oth ern ·ise fin e t o ve ry fine ............................ (23- 27) 69.00+

-

6kr ultram arine, two hori z. pairs and 3kr rose, ti ed t o 9kr br own entir e env elop e- front , F RANKFURT, :--l' ov. 14, 67 to Paris; fin e (25, 26) 18.00+

SAXONY

149

A PRIL

25th , 1956

S AX ONY

Pr i ces fo r unu s d stamps arc g u m. Copies for cop i es with w i tho u t gum sell for about half t h e fi g ur es quot ed .

1850 3pf re d

732

*

733

Jpf dark r ed. Unu se d, lar g e mar g in s, exce ptionall y dee p color, ve ry fin e but for slig ht horiz. creas e ...................... ..................................... ..... (l a) 1,000.00 ee illu stration

*EB Jpf

dark red, MARGI N AL BLOCK O F F OU R.. B rilliant fr es h, full o. g . and of beautiful de ep brown r ed col or . Sh ee t mar g in at ri g ht , ver y lar ge mar g in s top and bottom, mar g in a trifl e irre g ular but clear at left. Lefthand pair s lig htl y thinn ed and tin y pin hole in bottom ri g ht stamp. Still a ma g nifi ce nt blo ck of th e g reate st rarit y, unu suall y attra cti ve and one of th e g r eat sho w piece s of the coll ec tion . Sig n ed by W. H. C.( ols on ) and Thier. Pri ce d by Scott at $4,000 and Mi che l #le Mk. 24,000 a s four sing les .................................... ( la ) 4,000.00+ ee ill 11stratfon ancZ color plat e

THIRD

SES S ION

i3 4 f':i.

i3 S f':i.

SAXO N Y , 1850

160

Jp f r ed, bottom sheet mar g in copy . Lar ge ma rg ins oth er sides, bri ght fr e~h color, minut e pap er fla w in left mar g in out side of design . T ied on piece by clear doubl e cir cular LE IP Z IG, Jul y 15, 51. Ve ry pr ett y copy ·········································································· ·······································• ( 1) 400.00+ See illustration 3pf dark r ed. A mag nif ice nt CO!>Y, fr es h, g ood color , large margin s, all sides. T ied on piece by clea r doub le circ ula r L E I P ZI G, Dec. lZ, 50, sup erb ······················•···································•································-··············· ( la ) 500.00+ See illustration

)

736 UZI

3pf red, COR N ER COP Y. Wid e sh ee t mar g ins ri ght and bottom , large mar g in s oth er sides, g ood color an d fr es h. T ied by fram ed " LEIP Z IG 15 AUG . 1850" to small , neat w rapp er with ori g inal cir cular to Ep erjes, Hun g ar y. F aint ve rt. b end (ca used by ove rlap of stamp t o cir cular ), endin g in small tear in extre me sh eet mar g in , fa r from stamp , slig ht cr ea ses in corn er marg ins, al s o far from de sign. A wond erful , stamp and remarkabl e cover ; s ig ned Philipp Kosack .................... ( 1) See illustration

SAXONY,

161

APRIL

1850

25th , 1956

.M 2..[3 ~";_ VomDirectorinm des deutscben National- Vereines ftlr Bandel and Gewerbe.

Enl a rge m e nt of

737 l;:8'.l

Jpf

tamp

red, vert. pair. Good co lor, mar g ins all round, smal .l top and bottom, lar ge at th e sid es . Tied b y doubl e circular ov . 14, 50 to small , neat g r ee n wrapper to Gratz LEIPZIG, ( 1)

S ee illust ration 1851 Jpf green.

First printin g in sheets

of ten.

738 6.

Jpf deep g reen , upper rig ht corner copy . M a rg in s a ll sid e , ti ed o n ................................ .. (2 ) mall p iece , up erb ..............................................

S ee illust rati on on pag e 153

739 0

Jpf deep g reen, bottom rig ht com er co py. Full circular g ri d can ce llation, slight horiz . cr ease, fin e ................................... ........... ........... (2 ) Jpf deep green, horiz. pair. Fr a m e lin e j u s t t o u ch ed at le ft top, o t h er( 2) wise m a rg in s all round, d ee p co lor a nd v e ry fin e ..............

740 0 741 0

Jpf deep green, ve rt. pair with part s heet marg in top, rig ht and bottom.

Lar ge mar g ins o th er sid e. Tin y pe n et ra ti o n s o f can ce lla ti o n s d e vic e .

Ch o ice and ca rc e pair .............................................................. ................. (2) S ee illustrat ion on pag e 153

742 [8J

Jpf deep green , v e ry f in e. Ti ed b y clear circular g rid to s m a ll, neat ug . ::,.i (fo ld ed ) , po tm a rk ed POTSCHAPP E L, print ed circular and b earin g r ed boxe d "A S SACH E r " . V er y a l tr ac tiv e ...... (2) Later printin gs.

743

*

744

* ml

Jpf green, horiz. block o,f 6. 0 . g. , m a rg in s n early a ll r o und, t o p le ft lightly thinn e d , at t rac tiv e a nd ca r ce bl o ck ................ . (2) 60.00+ tamp S ee i ll1istra tion on pag e 15 8

745 .,ltirn]

Jpf g reen , horiz. blo ck of 10. 0. g ., faint toning, close or frame lin e touched in plac es, top right stamp thinnin g . One of the lar gest blocks known ................................................................................................ (Z) 100.00+ S ee illustration on pag e 153

3pf ~ reen! two distinct _ shad es. 0. g., fr e h, ni ce co lo r s, o n e tiny thin nm g, J1ne to v ery fm e ................................................................................ (2)

20.00

TH I RD SESSION

152

SAXONY , 1851

74G !:::,.

3pf g ree n, two shades , YCry f in e on small pieces .................................... (2) ,J-1.00+

'~ 7-17 /:::,.

3pf g ree n, block of 5 and sing le, forming block of 6. The b loc k has m argi n s practically all ro u n d . ·cisso r s cut bd11"cc 11 s ta m p s at ri g h t end in g in tiny tear , ju st t o uch ing des ign. Ti ed o n p iece by n um eral .................. (2 ) ca nee Ila ti o n "I' ' . . ........... .......................... ...... .. cc ill11slratio11 on pag e 153 1851-52 Iss ue.

7-1'

7-19

*

½ ng black on g ray, Ing black on rose, o . g .. ,·cr y fin e

on g ray , blo ck of 4, o. g .. mar g in s all *EE½ ngmi.black no r g um p c 11ctratio11, fin e t o ,·e ry fin e ..

.. (3, 5)

19.00

sid es . laro-c 0 11 three.

(3) -10.00+

S ee ill11strali on on pag e 153 ½ ng bla ck on gray, blo ck of 4. 0. g .. small t o lar ge m a rgi n s a ll ro und .

B o ri z. fold in cente r c lea r of d es ig n , ti n y age , ta in at left. att ract ive ............. (3) -10.00+ b loc k . .

751 !:::,.

½ ng (4) , In g (2), 2ng on pale blue (2), Zng on dark blu e ( 1); a ll o n (3-7) 22.30+ p ieces excep t o n e 2ng pal e blue. ,·e ry fin e t o supe rb

½ ng black on pale blue , the ERROR T AL PA IR. Full o. g. and brilliant hand stamp negligible tiny tra ces pair of this classic rarity; Michel f:Je(' illu~traliou

753

*

75-1

, block of *EEInglarbla·e,ckupponer rose pair thin spot

aucl co l or plat e

Ing bla ck on rose, horiz. pair. 0 . g ., n ~ry fin e but io r slight age stain .. (5) 18.00+ 0 11 hac k at t o p ldt .

0

755

OF COLOR, HORI ZON fresh, large marg ins. Left of thinnings. A ve ry fin e Mk. 20,000 as two sing les (3a) 3,000.00+

4. 0. g .. fr e, h . mar g in s all silk s. mo stly in ce nt e r: a ttra ct i,·e bl oc k . . ( 5) 36.00+ Se e illustration on pag e 153

bla ck on ro se, blo ck of 4, bottom *EElng plate.

0. g. , m a rgin s all side s. slight

right stamp s howin g crack in faults . mainly in r ight margin (5) 36.00+

--

.

------

TH I RD SESSION

756

* EB

757 6

758

*

759

*

760

*

761 0

762

763 764

IZl

* *

154

SAXONY , 1851 -52

2ng black on pale blue, block of 4. 0. g ., brilliant fresh , margins all sides and ve ry fin e ; rare block ............................................................. . ( 6) S ee illu-stration on page 153 Zng on pale blue, horiz. pair; ti ed on sma ll pi ece, cu t t o fr a me lin e top lef t, o t herwi c large m a rg in s a n d ve ry f in e . .... ................................ (6) 12.00+ 2ng black on dark blu e. Crac kl y orig ina l g um, marg ins all sides (irr egula r but clear top r ig h t), fi ne fres h copy .............. ................... ....... (7) S ee illi1,Str ation on page 153

60.00

2ng black on dark blue. U nu sed . la rge m a rgins a ll sides, neg lig ible fa int co rn er cr ease bo t to m ri g h t, v ery fine ........................................ (7) S ee illll-stration on page 153

60.00

Zng black on dark blue, horiz . strip of 4 with rig ht sheet margin . Unused, large marg ins other sides, horiz. creas e at top and tiny tear at left. A very attractive strip of great rarity (7) 240.00+ See i llll-stration on pag e 153

2ng bla ck on dark blue , ve r y fine, ca nce lled by strik ing circular DR.ESDBN-BODE BACH . Town cancellations ar e ver y rare on this stamp ....... . .. .................................... .. .... ·············-········ ....... ....... . ..... .. .. (7) See il lustration on page 153 2ng bla ck on dark blue, a lm os t ve ry fi ne. Tied by clear "P. D." t o small, neat fo lded lette r D R E SD EN, Dec . 30, 53 to E rfur t. Ve r y ra r e cove r ........................................................................................................... (7 ) See illu trati on on page 153 Jn g black on ye llow . 0. g., a lmos t ve r y fin e ............................................ (8)

20.00

Jn g black on yellow, horiz. pair, o. g., ve ry fi ne bu t fo r n eg lig ib le ti n y ru b at bottom ......................................................... ............... ......................... (8) 40.00+ S ee illustration on pag e 153

1855-56 Issue.

765

* EB

½ ng, In g, 2ng (both colors) , blocks of 4, o. g., very fine ........ (9- 11, 11a) 25.00+

766

*

767

O EB

½ ng black on gray , blo ck of 4; few min o r im p rfec ti o ns; a t tr act ive fine bl oc k a nd sca rce .................................................. ............... .. ............... (9)

768

* EB

Jng bla ck

769

*

770 771

½ ng , Ing, Jng, ho r iz. pai r ; ½ ng, 2ng dark blue, bloc k s of 4, o. g .. m ost ly fine to ve r y fine ....................................................... (9, 10, l l a, 12) 26.00

011

ye llow, blo ck of 4.

0. g., very fin ................. .

( 12) 12.00+

Sng vermilion , horiz . pair . 0. g ., ve ry fin e ................. ....... ....

( 13) 12.00

* EB

Sng vermilion , block of 4, 0 . g., fres h, ve r y fin e See illll-strati on on pag e 153

( 13) 24.00+

0

Sng v ermilion , Sng oran g e brown, lat t er on supe rb - ···--·----···--··-····-····-··-········-

7721ZJ

m all piece; v ery fine to - ············ (13, 13a) 12.50+

Sng vermilion , 3 copies , ti ed on 3 sm a ll, n ea t fo lded let t ers Ch emnit z to Am ste rd am, on e regis ter ed w ith a ddit . 2ng da rk blu e; fine to ve ry fine -·-· ·-· ·············- ········-····-···································-·················· (13, lla ) 15.75+

SAXONY,

155

773

774 I,

776

* *

777

*

775

* Im

1855-56

APRIL

25th,

1956

Sng deep br ow n, error of color, hori z. block of IO. 0. g., fresh, excellent co lor, m a r gi ns all sides a nd very fine. One of the lar ges t known blocks of this rare stamp and in exceptional (13b) --------------------------------------------------------------------·--condition _________ See illustration

Sng de ep brown, error of co lor, v-ery fine u sed with a fine lng ro e; Feb. 17, both tied to sma ll, nea t fo lded lette r LEIPZIG-BAHNH., - - ( 13b, l 0) 30.20+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------58 to Bruen n -----lOng blu e,

O-

g., nry

45.00 ( 14) ----------·---------fine -------------·------····--------------·------------·-----S ee illustrat ion on page 157

lOng blue, o_g., tiny thinnin g. fine ,Yith mar g in all round Se e illits lration on pag e 157

45.00 ( 14) ____________ __

lOng blue, horiz. st rip of 5. Brilliant mint and fre s h, g ood color, marg ins all sides. A mag nific ent strip of g reat rarity, probabl y unique (14) F rom t he "F errari" Collection S ee illustr atio n

TH I RD

S ES S ION

156

lOng blue, hori z. pair. Sm a ll to lar ge m a rgim all r o und. Tied on pi ece by do uble circular D R ES DE~ NEUST., Feb. 20, (12 ...... .. ... ( 14) 90.00+ See illustrcition opposit e

778 6

779

S AXO N Y , 1855 · 56

C!m

lOng blue, hori z. blo ck of 6. Part bottom sheet marg in, clear marg ins oth er sides . Sci sso rs cut betw ee n stamp s at left , just clear of des ig n, tra ces of thinnin g s and on e stamp tin y pin hol e. As a w hol e a choi ce blo ck of g reat rarity .................................................................................... (14) S ee ilhistrat ion

7ROI

IOng blue, ve ry fin e but for tin y co rner crease, use d w ith 3ng black on ye llow. Both tied by num eral "10" to small, nea t enve lope LEIPZI G. Jun e 6, 60 "via Aa chen" to U S A, bearing red tr ansit markim i;. At tra cti ve cove r . .. ............ .. .. .. ...... .. . ...... . . ( 14, 12) 46.00+ S ee ill·11stmtion op/J08itl'

78 1 1·

1863 Sng dull violet, Sng s lat e, eac h w it h a n a clclit . J ng fo ld ed lette r Leipzig · to Vie n na, fin e to n r y fin e .

011

sm a ll. n ea t (20. 20c. JC))

SC HL ESW IG-HOLS T E I P ri <'e:· fo r u n u sed s tamp s are for ropies w i lh gum.

Cop i es witho u t g u m sell for about ha]( th figu r e.· q u ot ed .

1850 Iss ue of th e Loca l Gove rnm ent .

78.2

783

* Im

*83 l s

*

7R-l 785 I

l s dull blue & g reeni sh blue, Zs dee p pink & rose, B LOCKS OF TW E LVE (3x4) . Form e r top shee t mar g in, latt er bottom rig ht corn er. Full o. g ., fr es h, g ood color s, 23 hori z. fold thr ough t op of t hird row, both marg ins all round . Very fin e and rare blocks ... . .................. ...... ............. .... .. .. ... ( 1, Za) S ee i ll11stralion oppo si te dull blu e & g ree nish blu e, blo ck of 4. Full o. g. , rath er crackly .

Fine to ve ry fine w ith marg ins all round .............................

(I) 100.00+ S ee ill1tstra.tion opposit e

ls d ee p blu e & blu e, o. g ., pa rtl y to uched, fin e ...................................... ( la) I s dull blu e & g r ee ni sh blu e. Mar g ins all round , mo stl y la rge . T ied b y clea r barr ed num eral " 3" to ve ry small , n eat fo ld ed le tt e r , po s tmark e d A l T ONA, Dec . 4, 1850, a ddr es sed to P inn eb erg a nd bea rin g " L. P .

No . 5" in r ec t a ng le b ac k stamp . Choi ce co ve r , ve r y ra r e in thi s condition ....................................................................................................... .... ( I ) S ee illustration opposi"/e

:l0.00

THIRD

SESSION

786 i,

SCH LESWIG

- HOLSTEIN

158

, 1850

l s dull blu e & gree ni s h blu e, horiz . pair , fresh, lar ge mar g ins and s up er b. Beaut ifull y ti ed by sing le, brilliant clear st rik e of barred numeral "12" to a small , neat folded lette r to Rend sbur g, bearing doubl e circular " HOLST . P. HAM BURG." Excess ive ly rar e in thi s wonderful condition . On e of the finest ear ly Schleswig-Holstein cove r s known ( 1)

See illustrat ion

*

787

2s ro se & pin k, lar ge part o. g., very fin e ......

······-·········•·····•······· .... (2)

40.00

See illustration opposite

*EE2s attra ro se & pink, blo ck of 4. O. g., small mar g in s ctive block ...........................................

788

all round, fresh and ............................... ........... ..... (Z) 160.00+

See illustration opposit e

789 I

2s ro se & pink. A ma g nific ent co py, deep co lor , lar ge mar g in s a ll sides and supe rb in every r es pect . T ied by a beautiful clear str ik e of ba r r ed num e ral "35" to a ve ry neat s mall folded letter to Hambur g, bea rin g town po st mark of origin SEGEBERG, Feb . 3 (1851) . Great rarit y and probably th e finest Zs cover in ex ist e nce .............. .............. .......................... (Z)

See illustration opposite

790 I

2s ro se & pink. Another s up erb copy, nea rl y as fine and outstanding as pr evious. Tied by lig ht and clea r st rik e of barr ed numeral "35" to a very neat, s mall fold ed letter from sa m e co rr espon dence as previous, mailed one da y ea rli er. Another wonderful cover of great rarity ..... ............... .. ........................... (2)

See illustra,tion opposite

TH I RD SESSION

7CJ1

*

SCHLESWIG

160

- HOL STEIN

1865 ½ s to 4s, co mpl. set, o . g., fresh,

(3-7)

,·c r y fin e ...

2-1.00

SCHLESWIG 7CJ2

*'~

1865 l ¼ s red lila c, top rig ht corner block of 20 ( Sx ..\) wit h s h ee t ma rg in a nd num e r a ls "6" to "10'' at top a nd " I" to "-1" a t ri g ht. 0 . g .. fr es h , h o ri z . fold in ce nt e r a ff ec tin g thr ee s tamp s; fin e t o very

f in e

( 11) 30.00+

793

*

-

( 11a )

l ¼ s g ray, o. g., fres h, ve r y fin e .

30.00

S ec ill11stra;tio11 opposit e 794 -,ltl ~

795

-

*~ -

11/.-i s ros e, blo ck of 4. 0. g ., fin e t o n ~r y jjn c

( 12) 1'2.00+

11/2s rose, blo ck of 10 (5x2). 0. g., fin e to ve r y fin e .

( 12 ) 30.00+

HOLSTEIN 1864 Iss ue.

796

*

1 1/4s blue & g ray, type I, left shee t mar g in co py . 0 . g., fr es h , deep co lo r. s up e rb .

( 15)

I ¼ s blue & g ray, typ e I, blo ck of 5. 0 . g ., fr es h , sl ig htl y faulty, fine

ve r y

( 11) 50.00+

appea r a n ce .................. ................ ............ ......... ....... ............. ..

Se e illuslr a,tion oppo site

798 0 799 I:,.

I ¼ s blue & g r~_Y, type I, I ¼s blue & g ray, type 111, fo rm er su p erb , latte r ,·c ry !m e .................. ............. .................... .... .... ......... .... .

(15, 17)

13.00

1 1/4s blue & g ray, ty pe I , horiz. pair with privat e roul. 9¼ . Ex trem e ly fine , tied on large piece by clear num era l ca nce llation s ''127" and bear ing circular OLDENB U RG , May 10, 1864. Ve ry rare, es peciall y in pair; Michel Mk. 500+ (15 va r.)

a,tion opposite See <ill1tslr 800

1 1/4s blue & g ray, type I, two si ng les, cliff. s ha des, tied

s ma ll, ( 15)

1-\.oo+

*

I ¼ s blue & g ray, typ e 111. O. g ., fres h, large mar g ins and superb ( 16)

85.00

*

I ¼ s blue & gray, typ e II , <liff. s hade . 0 . g., ,·e ry fin e but

1

n eat

801

802

CO\·er s, \'Cr y l in e ...............

on

l \\'O

See illu~tra.lion oppo~it e

c r ease

........ .. ......... ............................... ....... ....................

Sec il/ 11 s lrn,lio11 011po~ill'

io r fa int ,·e rt. ( 16 )

85.00

THIRD

SESSION

803 * EE

804 0

HOLSTEIN

, 1864

162

I ¼ s blue & g ray, ty pe II , BLOCK OF FO UR. Full o. g ., brilliant fres h, larg e marg ins all sid es. Sci s sor s cut (7mm ) in top ce nt er betw een th e stamp s, clear of des ig n. A mag nifi cent block of g rea t rarity. Only one other believe d to ex ist ( 16) S ee illiistration rmcl color plate

I' /4s blue & g ray, ty pe I I. Numeral can ce llation "113", margins all sides, ve ry fine .............. ....... ............................................... ................... ( 16) S ee illustrat ion on pag e 161

100.00

l ¼ s blue & g ray, ty pe 111, blo ck of 4 with top s heet marg in and colorless imprint. 0 . g ., fres h, clear marg ins oth er sides, left hand pair s lig ht ve rt. crease . Cho ice and rare block ........................................... (17) S ee illiistra ti on on pag e 161

806 0

l ¼ s blue & g ray, ty pe 111, ve rt. strip of 5. Larg e ma rg in s, n eatly ca ncelled by num eral s " 123". Tw o hor iz. cr ea ses (one pract ica lly betw ee n s tamp s) and slig ht thinnin g . Extr em ely fin e appeara nce and very rar e ................................................................. ...................................... (17) 30.00+

807 6

Roulett ed I ¼ s blue & rose, roul ett es sho w on thr ee sides . T ied on p iece by clear doub le strik e o f th e bar cancellat ion of Be rge dorf (,18)

,081~

l 1/1 s blue & rose , ti ed on v ery small , ne a t fold ed letter by clear circula1· HEILIGENHAFEN with po sth orn; p r etty co ver (18)

WU RTTEM BER G Pri ces for No s. 1-40 unused ar e for copi es witho u t gum.

Copl es with gum sell for about twi ce th e figur es quoted. Nos. 41-54 without gum s ell for about half th e pri ce s.

1851-5 2 Issue.

809

*

810

*

811 0 8 12 6

l kr black on buff. 0. g., fres ,h, very fine but for tiny thinning S ee illustrat ion on pag e 161

........ ( I) 35.00+

lkr bla ck on buff , diff . shade. 0. g., very fin e but for slig ht cr ea se (I ) 35.00+ S ee i llus tration on pag e 161 l kr black on buff , ve r y_ la rge margin s, cent ered attra ct ive sem icir cular GR. SA CHSENHEIM can cellati o n ; sup erb .................... (I) l kr bla ck on buff , marg in s all sides, can ce lled by full blu e dist ribution can ce llat ion "0 2 18/ 10" in circle. Very pr e tty and sc arc e ........... (2 ) ee ill11st ration o,i pag e 161

WURTTEMBERG

163

, 1851-52

APRIL

25th,

1956

0

Ikr black on buff, two distinct shades, one on piece ; ver y fin e ........ ( I) 1·3.00+

81..f0

lkr black on buff , vert. strip of J. Ma rg ins a ll sides , t in y co rn er cr ease t op le ft and botto m st,amp small t ai n ................................................ ( I ) 19.50+

815 I

lkr black on buff and Jkr black on yello -w, ex tr em ely fine. O n sm a ll, neat fo lded lette r wi t h sing le bl ue SULZ, A ug. 27, 1853 ca ncella ti on in t wo lin es. V er y p r ett y cover ...................................................... ( I , 2)

813

, 16 817

*

Jkr black on yellow, o. g., fr es h, ve ry fine ................................................ (2) 15.00+

black on yellow, vert. rig ht marginal block of 6. Full o. g., fresh, *·[§] Jkrmarg ins all sides. Some faults but beautiful appearance and very rare

(2) 90.00+

See il lustration on page 161

818 818

*

823

824

825

Jkr black on oran g e. 0. g ., brilliant fresh, nice color, very fine despite trace of thinning ... ....................................................................... ......... (2a) 100.00+ See illustration

8 19 l!Zl

3kr black on yellow. Margins all sides, on ver y small , neat folded letter cancelled by full strike of the blue mute dots in circle of Backnang and bearin l!; the latter's dated town postmark, addressed to Heilbronn. Pretty and very rare cover ..................···················-····················· (2) S ee illiistration 011 pag e 161

820 t:,.

3kr black on yellow. M a rg in s a ll sides. o n sma ll piece ca nce lled hy strikin g blue four ring mute cancellation of Tuebin g en. Ve r y pr et t y (2) S ee illustration on page 161

821 t:,.

3kr black on yellow. M a rg in s a ll sides. ti ed on s ma ll piece by br illia nt f ull strik e in blu e o f th e fancy "ULM Charge". V e ry pr et t y a nd (.2) ca r ce on ,t a m p ........................................................................................

See illiistra.t-ion on page 161

822 1::8:l Jkr black on yellow, vert. strip of 4. M a rg in s a ll ro und , t ied by doubl e cir cular L U DWI GSBU R G, Oct. 15, 55 t o sm a ll, nea t fo lclecl lett er t o Bas el. Ve r y ra r e stri p a nd cov er .......................................................... (2J

823

*

6kr black on blue green. 0. g., v ivid oolor, margins all sides, very fine for this rare stamp .................................................................................... (4a) 125.00+ S ee illustrati on

824 6.

6kr black on yell'ow green. Margins all sides , tied to small piece by a very nice full strike in blue of the circular mute 22 segment cancellation of ,Riedbach. Great cancellation rarity ................................ (3) See illustrati on

825 0

6kr black on yelJow green. M a rg in s a ll sides , ve r y fine. N ice ly ca nce lled by fu ll ce nt er ed s trik e in blu e o f th e 16 segment mute cancel lation of Tuttlingen. Ver y p r etty a nd sc a r ce ........................... . ......... (:l) See illustr ation

l THIRD

0

826

S E S SION

WURTTEMBERG

, 1851 -52

164

6kr blac k on ye llow g r ee n, hori z. pair . Railro ad cance lla ti on, ve r y fine (3)

8.27 I

6kr bla ck on blu e g r ee n, horiz. pair. M a rg ins all sid es . ex t r em~ly fine.

T ied by ci r cula r STU TT GART , F eb. 16, 1856, al so ju s t by r ed " \ ' IA OT S \ ' TZZERA' ' to sma ll, neat fo lded letter to Bresci la ·······- (3a)

8.28

*

829

0

9kr bla ck on ro se , fine (ti ny t hi nnin g,). a nce lled by blu e mute 12 bar squar e g rid of T uttlin g en (4) 'ee ill1tslra,tion opposit e

830 I.

9kr bla ck on ro se, fi ve sing les. All fo ur m a rg in s, fine t o ,·er y fine. Ti ed

by STUT T GART. Au o-. 2~. 1857 t o sm a ll. neat folded le tt er "pr Pr uss ian closed ma il" to N ew Y o rk , bea r ing r ed Aa chen a nd r ed ''BOSTO~ BR. PK T , Paid 30, ep . 10" . Cho ice and r ar e con ' r (5)

9kr bla ck on rose . O. g ., brilliant fre sh, larg e mar g in s and ex tr em ely fin e. On e of th e g r eat rarities of th e German Stat es in unus ed condition , of whi ch onl y a ve r y few ex ist. On e of th e fin est, if not t h e fin es t copi es known ........ ··-·····-··-·····-···························-··-··············•·..---····- (5) 500.00+ See illustration

18kr bla ck on dull violet. F ull old cr a ckl y g um , fr es h, lar ge eve n marg in s a nd ex tr em ely fin e ................................... ...........

(6) 70.00+ See illustra ;tion opposit e

*

832

18kr bla ck on dull violet , hori z. pair . 0 . g. and brilliant fr es h, lar ge mar g in s and ex tr em ely fin e ............... ..... ... . .. (6) 140.00+ S ee ill ustra ,tion opposite

83.1 6.

18kr bla ck on dull viol et. Lar ge ma rg in s all sides, brilli a n t col or , neglig ible tra ce of corn er cr ease out sid e des ig n a t ri g ht bottom. Ti ed on piece by str ikin g larg e blu e doubl e cir cula r L U DWIGSB U RG, Mar ch 29, 1853. A ma g nifi cent stamp ·····-························ ............... (6) 75.00+ See illustra ,tion opposi t e

0

18kr bl ac k on dull v iolet , horiz. pair . Lar ge m arg in s, eac h stamp ni ce ly can celled by blu e circ ular G OEPPI GE , Dec . 27, 1852. Ve ry fin e des pite s lig ht corn er cr eas es -····-·-··-····-······•··························· ............... . (6) 150.00+ S ee illustra.t-ion oppo si t e

8.H

835 t

18kr bla ck on dull viol et, hori z. pair and 9kr bla ck on ro se. All lar ge ma rg in s, v ivid color s and ex tr em ely fin e. On sm a ll, neat fold ed lett er "v ia Aachen & Ostende" to U.S. A . T he stamp s ar e slig htl y ove rlappin g, tied by doubl e cir cular STU T TGA R T, Mar ch 15, 1856.

Co ve r bear s r ed Aa chen and "N. YORK BR . PK T P A ID JO, Apr . 4" markin gs . Choic e and rar e cove r ................. ........... .. . .. . .. (6, 5) 153.00+ See ill11strati.on oppo site

166

WURTTEMBERG

SESSION

l"HIRD

1857 With Silk Threads.

Sta m ps of thi is sue are pr int ed unu suall y close to ge th er , fra,me lines so m et imes even to uchi ng. op ies with ma rg in s all round sell for co n s,id erab ly highe r pr ices. For m ar g in sec t he illust r ation s.

836

*

837

*

838 0

839

*

840

*

841

*

842

*

lkr yellow brown with part sheet margin at top. 0. g ., faint ag e stain, fine . .................................................................................................................... (7) 35.00+ ee illustration on pag e 165 Jkr dark brown. 0. g ., sllllall thinnings , very fi11c appea rance ....... (7a) 40.00+ S ee illustration on pag e 165 canc elled and show i11g lkr yellow brown, horiz. strip of 3. Attractively por ti on of many adjoi nin g sta mp s. A bri llia nt strip .............. ......... (7) See illiistration on page 165

Jkr yellow orange. 0. g ., fin e ........................................................................ (9) S ee illustrat-ion on pag e 165 6kr green, o. o-., fr es h, faint be nd top ri ght, very See illiistration on pag e 165

40.00

fin e ............ ....... ( 10) 45.00+

6kr green, horiz. pair with part bottom she et margi n. O. g., brilliant fresh, very fine for these and very rare ...............................- ............. (10) 90.00+ S ee illiistrat ion on pag e 165 9kr carmine rose, rig ht sheet margin copy. 0. g ., trn cc o [ thinnin g top left , attract ive and rar e ............................................................................ ( 11) 60.00+

See illustration on pag e 165

843 843

*

S-44

*

845 0

844

9kr. carmine rose, horiz. pair. O. g ., brilJiant fresh , left stamp negligible tiny pin hole, ve ry fine. An exce llent pair of great rarity .... (ll) 120.00+ From the "F errari" Collection S ee illustrat ion 18kr dark blue , horiz. pair. 0. g., fresh, tiny thinnings. Very attractive pair of great rarit y .................................................................................... (12) zso.oo + See illustration 18kr dark blue, tiny thinning , fre sh, neatly canc elled copy .......... (12) See illustration on page 165

75.00

WURTTEMB£RG

161

, 185?'

APRIL

25th, 1956

·'

-~

846 1:zl

·•; ~~~

18kr dark blue, vert. strip of 5 and 6kr green without thread, both wit h part sheet margin at bottom. Tied by circular STUTTGART, Aug. 28, 1860 to small, neat folded letter to New York, bear ing various dispatch, trans it and arrival markin gs . A remarkable cover of great rarity ........ (12, 16) 382.00+ S ee illustrat ion

1859 Without 8-17

*

8-lS

O

1

-19 6.

Silk T hreads.

lkr dark brown, o . g ., almo st very fine ................................... ..

See illiistra ti on on pag e 169

(13a )

so.oo+

lkr dark brown, a magnific ent copy with enormou s m argin s a ll si de , s how ing port io n of ev en ad j oining s t a m p .................................... (13a ) ec illiistrn'/.ion on pag e 169 lkr brown, horiz. pair, t ied on piece, very fine .................................... (13) 12.00+

Sjl)

*

851

*83 Jkr yellow

852

*

Jkr yello ,w orange, horiz . top marg inal pair . 0. g., right hand stamp · faint vert. crease. Impressi ve and extremely rare pair .......... (15) 70.00+ See illustration on pag e 169 oran ge, block of 4 with part sheet marg in at top. O. g., slight vert. crease between the stamps and top pair minutely soi led in center, otherwise very fine. Very rare block .................................. (15) 140.00+ Froni the "F errari" Collection See illustration on page 169

9kr carmine rose. Nearly full o,. g., fresh and ve ry fin e; ve ry rare (17) 150.00+ S ee illustration on pag e 169

THIRD

S E SSION

WURTTEMBERG

853 853

* EB

168

, 1859

860

9kr carmin e rose, block of 4. Full o. g ., clear marg ins thr ee sides, cut alon g fram e line at left, s lig ht ve rt. bend. A ve ry fine block and excess ive ly rare .......................................................... .. ... ........ .. .. ......... (17) 600.00+ Fro,n i11e "F erra ri" Collection 'ee illust rat-ion

,- 0

9kr carmin e rose, two shad es, one o n yery :,mall piece, ,·ery fine ( 17)

855 I

9kr carmin e rose, two s ing les . Ti ed 0 11 t\\ ·o mall , nea t con :r s, fine to ye ry fine ...................................................................................................... ( 17) 10.00+

10.00

857 856

857

* *

18kr dark blue , o. g. , marg ins all sides and part sheet marg in at top, ve ry fine .............................. ·································································-····• ( 18) 150.00+ S ee illustration 18kr dark blue, hori z. pair. O. g., nice color and brilliant fresh. Partly cut close, lig ht ve rt. fold in ce nt er and left hand sta mp tiny pin hol e. Ve ry rare and probabl y as fin e as it ex ists ...................... (18) 300.oo+ : S ee illustration

858 0

18kr dark blu e. i\Iar g ins all sides, yery lar ge 0 11 thre e, ,l ig htly t hin ned, attractiYe copy ....................... ................................................................... (l ) ec illus/rat ion on pag e 169

'59

18kr dark blue and 1860 6kr g ree n perforat ed, tied on piece. The 18kr has larg e mar ·in 3½ ide s, frame line ju st touch ed at r ig ht top.

Attractive piece ..................................................................................... (18, 2 1) 88.50+ ec illu /rat ion on pag e 169

t::,.

85.00

8/JOOEB 18kr dark blue, blo ck of 4. Mar g ins all sides, lig htl y cancelled. Small scisso rs cut at left betwee n th e stamp s. Bottom pair creas ed and rig ht hand sta mp of sam e pair tiny thinnin g. A very rare blo ck (18) 340.00+ See illustration 861

*

18k blue , offi cial reiss ue ( reprint ), lar ge part o. g., fine ........ ( 18 R ep r.)

TH I RD

SESSION

1860 Thick paper, perforated 862

*

170

WURTTEMBERG

131/z.

.... ( 19)

Ikr brown, o. g., well ce nt er ed , \·e r y fin e ...........

See illns l rotion on pag e 169

so.oo+

863 6.

lkr brown, vert. strip of 3. Ti ,ed on pi ece, fin e to ver y fin e ........... ( 19) 2 1.00+

864

Jkr yellow

orange , pa rt o . g., fin e hut fo r n eg lig ibl e ti ny thinning

6kr green.

0. g ., brilliant fresh, fine and rare ............ ................... (21) 110.00+ S ee i171i stration 011 pag e 169

* 865 *

866

*El:l6krners green, block o.f 4. 0. g ., brilli a nt fresh, upper left stamp top corrounded . An excessively rare block , pr<rbably as fine as it exists (21) 440.00+

S ee illi,str at ion

867

(20) 35.00+

*

9kr carmine. 0. g., very fine but for negli g ible tiny thinnings S ee illu-stration 011 pag e 169

........ (22) 85.00+

1861 Thin pap e r.

Pl ease no t e t hat th e pr ices by Scott forat io n fa ul ts .

are for sta m p. \1·i th the u sua l pe r-

orange, blo ck of 4. 0 . g., cr ease d and u sual perfo r a ti on * El:l3krfayellow ul ts; r are b lock ................................................................. ............... . (25) 3-1.00+ 6kr green, block of 4, o. g ., fr es h, r einf o rce m ent s, \1·ell centered a nd 869 *El:l a ttr ac t iv e bloc k ; rar e ............................................... ..................... ......... (25 ) 60.00+ 868

870

*

871

* *

872

873 0

'ee illiistra tion on pag e 169 9kr claret,

o. g ., w ell ce ntered, f in e ....................... ............................ (27a) 50.00+ See illiistration 011 pag e 169

9kr claret, o. g ., slight ly thin and u sual m ino r perforation

fault s (27a ) 50.00+

18kr blue, horiz. pair, o. g ., fresh, perfectly ce nt ered, rounded corners , otherwise very fin e; very rare ................................ ............ ............ (29) 180.00+ See illu-stration on pag e 169 18kr dark blue , top left co rn er perforation

mi ss ing, fin e .................

S ee illu-stration on pag e 169

(29)

85.00

1862 Perforated

*

87-1875 , 7(,

* *

878

(30)

30.00

(33) 90.00+ 9kr claret , o. g ., small thinning s, fine app a ra nce -·--···----···-----······--·---·

IO - Changes of Color.

yellow green, block of 4. 0. g .. fin e t o v ery fin e ----·

(3-l) 24.00+

6kr blue, two distinct shades. 0 . g ., on e slig htly cr ea se d, fin e ·--··

*EEiokr

87<1

1956

_ (32) 25.00+ ·-·----··-·---···--·-----··--•-·--·······----·----·--·----·__________ 6kr green, o. g., f ine ____________

*EEilkr

*

25th,

10.

---···· lkr black brown, unu se d, fin e •··············-····-··-·-------·--······---··--

1863 Perforated 877

APRIL

WURTTEMBERG

171

(37) 35.00'+

blue, block of 4. Lar ge pa.rt o. g .. r ein forced and sm all fa ult s, at (37 ) 70.00+ ---·--··-· tra cti, ·e and sca r ce bl ock .. ··----·--·-·_______ Se e ilhtstrntion on png e 172

880

*

5.00+ 9kr ye llow brown, 9kr red brown. 0. g ., fr es h, fin e to n ry fin e (39. 39a) -1-

881

*

9kr yellow brown, 9kr black brown. Fo rm er o. g. ; . m all thinning s, fin e (39, 39b) ___···-------------··-. appeara nce --------------··------·--·------·--

882

*

·-·-----18kr orau ge, o. g., fin e __--------------------··--·-·-·' ee illiist rnt ion on poq e 172 I8kr oran ge, t ied o n sma ll p iece, tiny fau lt s. fin e ___

884 I!_

*

886 0

, Si * illl

(40) 50.00+

__ (-10) 30.00+

18kr oran ge, two singles, also 6kr and 9kr; the 6kr small faults, others fine to ve ry fine. Tied by double circular Railroad cancellation, Sept.

26 (1865) to small, neat envelope "via Southampton" to Vera Cruz, Mexico. Cove r bears "STUTTGART BAHNHOF" and other mark(40, 37, J.9a) 67.oo+ .---·--·-··--···· -----------··---ings. Scarce and desirable cover _______ S ee illiistration on po.ge 172

18~8

885

65.00

Rouletted.

) J6j0+ lkr, horiz. strip of 3; 3kr, horiz. pair, o. g ., fin e t o ver y fin e (41, -1-2 lkr to 9kr compl. incl. s hade s o f 6kr and 7k r : thr ee red cancellati on, . ·····--·---· ( 41-l-4, -I-Sa) ·----------------------------··mostly fin e to very fine _____________

31.20

6kr blue, horiz . blo ck of 6. Full o. g., brilliant fresh , ve ry fine and very ····- ( 43) 120.00+ _ ----·-······-·______ --··•-------·-------·------·---··---·-·---··________ rare ___________________ See illustration on pag e 172 _ ___ -----··---·-·---·-·-· ____________ 7kr slate blue, o. g_, f in e ___

(44)

:l5.00

(44)

35.00

S.~9

*

.. ___ --------------··· 7kr slate blue , unu se d, fine _ -··-··---------

890

0

7kr ~late blue, . horiz. pair, I ft hand , tamp , lig ht ,·e rt. cr ea se , o th er_ (44) 20.00+ ··-·······•··-•························•-····-····-·___ ·----·-·······----··-w1s·e very fme -····--··--·----

~11~~

7,_:_ z;,(~

~

Âť~ ~

~

. (:\) ,~f,:::;;;~

'~'I

,.'A ~~

-~

~~~~ ____,# ~<

~ed-. - - -

WURTTEMBERG

173

* 892 * 891

893 0

894

OEE

895 1:8:1

9kr red brown, o. g ., rounded

, 1866-68

APRIL

corner, f'l.ne .........................................

1956

25th,

(45a)

18kr orange, o. g., fresh, very fine ···························-································ . ( 46) See illustrat ion opposite 18kr orange. Neat circular KORNTHAL cancellation , al mo t ce nt er ed, very fin e ·······-··············-··-···· ······································································.. (46) See illustrat ion opposite

JO.DO

75.00

60.00

cancellation . Ad18kr orange, block of 4. Neat cir cular STUTTGART bering to paper, one stamp apparently thin spot. A very attractive block of great rarit y ····················- ···············-······················-··············· (46) 240.00+ See illustration opposite 18kr oran ge and horiz. strip of 3 of 7kr; slight fault . Tied by do ub le circular VAIHI GEr , May 4, 69 to p-art cove r to Schilti ghe im in (46, 40) 90.00 Alsace ···-·····-···•········-·····-···- ·-·· ··············--····························· See ill'U8tration opposite

1813 70 Kreuzer.

6

896 -,Ir~

2 1lfotf, fen bll 70 fr. :--- I ff.· 10 fr.

6tiicfe ~oftfreimm: 12 ffibrf. .

4 St:9fr n im fmertI;e non 7 f(. bufammc

=

70kr r ed violet, compl. sheet of 6 with sheet margins all sides and imprint at top. 0. g., stamps neve r hin ged . Thinning in left sheet margin on outer edge, the stamps are sup erb. A real showpiece ··················•·········- ··············································· (53) 750.00+ See illustratio n

TH I RD

SESSION

WURTTEMBERG

174

, 1873

IUJ I

UfttJ:fiO10 lliiO 897 897 f::.

898

899

70kr r ed viol et , showing di\·idinff line 0 11 all sid es. superb aft er being demon e t ized .. ............. ....

but ca n celled (S.l)

130.00

See ill1istration

89

*

70kr vio let , hori z. pair , o. g ., fresh, very lar ge mar g ins with part shee t mar g in top and ri g ht, faint cor ner cr ease bottom left, oth erwis e very fine _ ...... ...... -·-····---·-··----·-··-------·-·------------·-·- (5Ja) Joo.oo + See illustration

899 0

70kr viol et. Excellent co lor , ve r y lar ge mar g in s, showin g interestin g shifted dotted lin es; mino r wrinkle , ext r em e ly fine --·-··----- (5Ja) 175.00+ ee ill1istration

900

900

*

901

1875-1900 Zm ye llo w. Unused, fresh, ce nter ed to bot tom right; scarce __-·--· ·--··· -----·----···--·--·------··· ·-·---·---·-·--

fine and ( 69)

I00.()()

See illustration 901

*

-

Zm ve nnilion on buff . O. g., fr es h, ce nter ed slig htl y to bottom, fine; rare --·-· ·-·---·--·-----···--·-············-··-··· ·· .. _

Se e illustration

ED

OF CASPARY SALE FOR

very ( 70)

125.00

THE

COLLECTION

SALE ONE:

$225,340.50.

SALE TWO:

$296,189.50Âą:

SALE THREE:

$234,699.00

first

three

of the sixteen

requires

a result

of handling

capable

H . Caspary

gives

a clear

Collection

for the of

picture

of which this

" Sale Four " .

comprises

Such

auctions

Caspary

of the Alfred

the magnificence catalogue

dollars

of over three-quarters-of-a-million

A realization

not only fine stamps

so complex

but an organization

smoothly

an operation

and

success-

fully .

That

is why the

where , in their important

â&#x20AC;˘ World :;z World

of the

Caspary

Estate,

spaciou s Galleries

collections

are offered

at 6 West

in accordance

of philately.

record record

for a single -day auction. for an auction.

48th Street,

with

along

of other owners and Executors , chose H. R. HARMER

hundreds

ditions

Executor

, Inc .,

New York ,

with the finest

tra-

BRITISH COMMONWEAL TH Part One

BRITISH NORTH

AMERICA

Tuesday-Wednesday

•

October

9, 10, 1956

Br iti sh No i-th America is a lw ays popular and ther e is littl e do ubt th a t the many \\·ond erful it em s fr om thi porti on of th e Ca spar y Class ics a re go ing to r ece iv e ve r y co n siderabl e at t enti on from phil a t elist thr oug ho ut th e W o rld.

Cana da wil l co m pri se th e fir,;t ses s-ion o ffer ed on Tu e day, October 9th . I ncl ud ed in t he 2-10 l ts is a wond erfu l r epres entation of the im pe r f. is ues \\"ith many unu se d s ing le s a nd pa ir s and s uch out stand ing items as a n unu sed marg inal 12p and thr ee use d cop ie . a u se d bl ock of six of th e 3p. hori zon t a l st ri p of three of th e lOp, e t c. In the Ce nt s i, s11es th er e a r e thr ee cop ies of th e 1859 10c bl ac k brown used on a pi ece.

T he seco nd sess ion co mpri ses Briti sh Co lum bia. e w Brun sw ick , Ne \\·fo undland. N ova co ti a an d Prin ce Edw a rd Tsla nd. In Brit ish Co lumbi a th er e is a co rn er copy of th e imp erf. Sc use d a nd a n int er es t ing _group of cover .. X e,,. Brun swi ck in clu des some eig ht "On e Shil lings" . New foundl a nd "P ence" a r e ext ensive and in clud e l sh sca rl et ,·ermili on unu sed a nd used, strip of thr ee 2p on cove r. num er ous bisec t a nd co ver s. In th e "O range" pence i ue tl1er e ar e mint cor ner co pi e of th e 4p a nd Gp ! N ova Sco tia a l o ha a p age of "O ne Shilling s" includin g t,Yo unu sed copie s.

A n auc ti on th a t Bri t ish N orth Ame ri ca n co llec t o1·s w ill awa it " ·ith k ee n anticipati on.

THE

COLLECTION SALE

4 OLD GERMAN -

STATES

Part One -

LIST OF PRICES

REALIZED

at the auction helcl on

Monday, Tuesday,

Wednesda y

April 23, 24, 25, 1956

â&#x20AC;¢

rJ-lrR.Uarme~

!Jnc.

6 WEST 48th STREET, NEW YORK 36, N. Y. PRICE 75c: 6/ -

SALE FOUR April 23, 24, 25, 1956

OLD GERMAN STATES -

Part One -

Total Realized

. . . $198,123.00

R a t es of E x ch a nge on Ap ri l 25th, 1956 were as fo llows:

Lond on Do lla r s pe r £ 1 2.80¼

Lo t I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Pri ce 220.00 100.00 250.00 15.00 100.00 875.00 32.00 125.00 20,000.00 48.00 72.50 15.00 95.00 95.00 1200.00 460.00 140.00 600.00 360.00 47.50 40.00 40.00

Pa ri s frs pe r $ 350.

L ot 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

Pr ice 40.00 52.50 170.00 200.00 30.00 57.50 57.50 110.GO 20.00 15.00 60.00 60.00 14.00 150.00 16.00 375.00 24.00 10.00 60.00 85.00 75.00 125.00

Sw itzerland frs pe r $ 4.28

Lo t 45 4(,

47 48 49

50 51 J" ?-

53 54

55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66

Pr ice 1300.00 140.00 I 100.00 1600.00 28.00 46.00 950.00 28.00 250.00 20.00 38.00 38.00 75.00 2 1.00 20.00 23.00 170.00 29.00 46.00 500.00 190.00 52.50

Ber lin DM per $ 4.21

Lot 67

68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85

86 87 88

Pri ce 22.00 55.00 18.00 34.00 21.00 95.00 60.00 85.00 85.00 95.00 220.00 57.50 !3.00 26.00 12.50 90.00 21.00 21.00 28.00 62.50 36.00 100.00

Bru ssels f rs pe r $ 50.

Lot 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 %

97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 10\i 110

P ri ce 42.00

:io.oo

67.50 46.00 150.00 36.00 24.00 40.00 87.50 380.00 320.00 2200.00 500.00 1250.00 340.00 1200.00 67.50 25.00 340.00 30.00 100.00 11.00

Lot 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 JS<; 160 161 16~ 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173

P r ice 19.00 37.00 40.00 30.00 210.00 52.50 15.00 52.50 18.00 17.00 85.00 13.50 120.00 1700.00 82.50 28.00 100.00 110.00 -140.00 170.00 16.00 37.50 380.00 50.00 21.00 JO.SO 21.00 12.00 10.00 210.00 150.00 220.00 19.00 90.00 40.00 35.00 250.00 155.00 10.50 6.00 40.00 220.00 12.50 825.00 160.00 105.00 105.00 20.00 14.00 52.50 31.00 16.00 18.00 12.00 130.00 11.00 50.CO 25.UO 19.00 12.00 18.00 14.00 34.uO

Lot 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 19-1 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236

Price 16.CO JOO.GO 160.00 38.00 450.uO :l8.GO 11500 21.00 37.50 SS.fJO 400.00 260.00 60.00 340.00 280.00 12.50 12.00 38.00 120.00 100.00 70.00 52.00 140.00 45.00 16.00 55.00 32.00 30.00 38.00 36.00 27.00 47.50 44.00 500.00 57.50 52.50 190.00 750.00 150.00 650.00 450.00 340.00 28.00 65.00 110.00 82.50 170.00 5.00 60.00 12.00 16.00 42.50 10.50 17.00 250.00 18.00 50.00 36.00 10.50 26.00 29.00 38.00 40.00

Lot 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 7 ,- , _JJ

256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289

290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299

P r ice Lot 65.00 300 301 6.50 52.50 302 40.00 303 55.00 304 520.00 305 110.00 306 13.00 307 310.00 308 21.00 309 130.00 310 311 35.00 312 13.00 100.00 313 34.00 314 315 25.00 600.00 316 317 50.00 26.00 318 319 5.00 8.00 320 321 200.00 42.50 322 340.00 323 324 32.00 325 50.00 14.00 326 327 70.00 328 62.50 44.00 329 330 28.00 331 24.00 332 24.00 16.00 333 334 105.00 17.00 335 80.00 336 337 28.00 338 18.00 339 12.00 340 27.00 341 29.00 342 13.00 343 12.00 344 75.00 345 67.50 346 8.50 347 65.00 348 10.00 349 11.00 350 34.00 351 27.00 352 20.00 353 38.00 354 105.00 355 18.00 356 17.00 357 190.00 358 210.00 359 57.50 360 1000.00 361 260.00 362 72.50

P rice 50.00 130.00 20.00 52.50 30.00 55.00 30.00 36.00 15.00 60.00 52.50 330.00 42.00 55.00 135.00 625.00 160.00 65.00 24.00 16.00 37.50 925.00 30.00 34.00 12.00 70.00 10.00 36.00 40.00 60.00 55.00 750.00 17.00 220.00 725.00 30.00 12.00 42.50 67.50 37.50 280.00 3~0.00 380.00 625.00 2200.00 380.00 110.00 19.00 48.00 20.00 11.00 16.00 14.00 55.00 15.00 42.50 50.00 25.00 28.00 6.50 42.50 11.00 1600.00

Lot 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 !403 404 405 406 407 408 409 4)0, 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425

P rice 675.00 65.00 18.00 55.00 180.00 170.00 40.00 34.00 45.00 34.00 15.00 750.00 80.00 23.00 220.00 40.00 90.00 25.00 22.00 100.00 30.00 12.00 50.00 21.00 13.00 24.00 26.00 250.00 42.50 925.00 12.50 300.00 87.50 400.00 45.00 32.50 35.00 75.00 170.00 1.20.00 190.00 320.00 19.00 37.50 90.00 240.00 65.00 170.00 110.00 475.00 525.00 120.00 400.00 525.00 19.00 14.00 22.00 100.00 425.00 110.00 36.00 85.00 650.00

I

_J

Lot 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471

472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488

Price 450.00 32.00 425.00 200.00 35.00 45.00 21.00 75.00 32.50 34.00 170.00 40.00 90.00 240.00 450.00 10.50 110.00 40.00 130.00 27.00 35.00 34.00 50.00 37.50 65.00 120.00 2600.00 22.00 160.00 52.50 140.00 100.00 30.00 100.00 1100.00 95.00 230.00 70.00 37.50 65.00 23.00 9.00 55.00 22.00 115.00 21.00 85.00 260.00 23.00 11.00 16.00 29.00 50.00 20.00 180.00 450.00 82.50 87.50 625.00 52.50 12.00 12.00

Lot 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 SOI 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542

32.50

551

543

544 545 546 547 548 549 550

Price 110.00 19.00 52.50 12.00 9.00 90.00 18.00 290.00 19.00 220.00 62.50 100.00 34.00 230.00 85.00 lfi.00 21.00 800.00 170.00 80.00 75.00 130.00 27.00 850.00 340.00 190.00 110.00 140.00 80.00 77.50 80.00 825.00 6750.00 250.00 27.00 34.00 36.00 15.00 14.00 11.00 23.00 55.00 20.00 42.00 8.50 38.00 48.00 34.00 170.00 28.00 25.00 55.00 13.00 155.00 440.00 35.00 24.00 21.00 16.00 33.00 18.00 1300.00 28.00

Lot 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603, 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614

Price 55.00 42.00 17.00 21.00 16.00 12.00 26.00 17.00

87.50 16.00 23.00 1900.00 1150.00 50.00 18.00 170.00 21.00 650.00 22.00 23.00 57.50 13.00 27.00 120.00 16.00 32.00 10.00 22.00 21.00 17.00

11.00 44.00

525.00 35.00 16.00 38.00 15.00 87.50 19.00 1900.00 47.50 210.00 230.00 750.00 3200.00 360.00 1200.00 28.00 23.00 28.00

18.00 110.00 32.50 180.00 150.00 800.00 330.00 140.00 160.001 220.00 67.50 90.00 170.00

Lot 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 62.9 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 &57 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677

Price 580.00 220.00 150.00 480.00 220.00 30.00 82.50 450.00 400.00 825.00 1300.00 70.00 220.00 87.50 100.00 67.50 275.00 160.00 32.50 3000.00 500.00 425.00 47.50 170.00 280.00 2100.00 72.50 210.00 220.00 120.00 34.00 24.00 10.00 340.00 160.00 16.00 12.00 140.00 130.00 45.00 65.00 55.00 4600.00 190.00 50.00 80.00 120.00 240.00 47.50 130.00 3100.00 62.50 21.00 77.50 170.00 190.00 57.50 85.00 15.00 60.00 575.00 220.00 8.50

Lot 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729

730 731 732

733 734 735 736

737 738 739 740

Price 10.f!O JO.GO 210.00 120 r.o 320.00 130.00 15.00 32.00 67.50 220.00 8.00 9.50 77.50 120.00 48.00 11.00 17.00 42.50 JO.SO 50.00 10.00 12.00 6.50 21.00

230.00 32.00 12.r,o 120.00 28.00 10.00 30.00 32.00 6.00 62.50 160.00 15.00 120.00 25.00 IO.SO 160.00 270.00 14.00 -10IJO 25.00 2(1.00 67.50 6.00 350.00 13.00 6.50 ti0.00 90.00 16.00 12.00 420.00 7000.00 575.00 900.00 2200.00 1300.00 90.00 17.00 13.00

Lot i41 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773

Price 60.00 42.00 13.00 32.50 82.50 10.50 150.00 16.00 40.00 40.00 20.00 50CO.OO 7.00 21.00 19.00 150.00 7.00 35.00 28.00 180.00 40.00 21.00 11.00 34.00 13.00 13.00 15.00 12.GO 9.00 32.00 14.00 13.00 3800.00

Price 50.00 42.00 20.00 700.00 95.00 1300.00 82.50 11.00 1400.00 110.00 7.50 550.00 1800.00 26.00 120.00 1100.00 825.00 16.00 21.00 26.00 7.00 15.00 22.00 82.50 10.00 110.00 9.50 130.00 37.50 2300.00 92 ,o 55.00 23.00

Lot 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785, 786 787 788 79 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 80(} 801· 802 803 8(14 805 806

·Lot 807 808 809 810 ' 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 8.18 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 8:l7 838 839

CATALOGUE

Lot

23

Sold with tin y pinhol e

Lot

67

For "pair" r ea d "copy "

Lot 248

F or "(17)"

Lo t 4J2

Use d sign

L ot 467

Blo ck sig n ill] should be EE

Lot 773

Fii·st lin e, for "10" mad "8"

Lot 801

For "typ e III"

Price 19.00 13.00 30.00 26.00 14.00 52.50 6.50 13.00 36.00 19.00 170.00 62.50 230.00 40.00 30.00 62.50 140.00 130.00 75.00 9.00 15.00 1000.00 23.00 60.00 62.50 190.00 140.00 135.00 320.00 20.00 10.00 52.50 16.00

should be unu sed sign

r ead "type lI"

Lot s 832,834 Rc,·cr ·e numb ers on photo-plat e

w

845 846 847 848 849 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 872

CORRECTIONS

r ea d "(18)"

O

Lot 840 841 842 843

*

Price 25.00 90.00 34.00 180.00 140 00 26.00 725.00 34.00 82.50 7.00 200.00 190.00 130.00 650.00 9.50 9.50 240.00 200.00 30.00 27.50 320.00 9.50 80.00 JO.SO 17.00 75.00 725.00 85.00 16.00 120.00 15.00 13.00 75.00

Lot 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 87 .888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 901

Price 15.00 9.00 16.00 38.00 22.00 8.00 45.00 17.00 15.00 21.00 8.00 42.50 10.00 7.00 120.00 16.00 14.00 8.50 13.00 90.00 42.50 260.00 230.00 2200.00 105.00 190.00 160.00 26.00 115.00