Australia, Postage Due, 1957, 8d carmine & green. Tied by "Elizabeth St. P.O., Melbourne, 23 Ap, 57" First Day of Issue postmark on unaddressed cacheted cover; cover toning on reverse, otherwise Very Fine, a surprisingly rare first day of th
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Albania, 1913, 1pi Bright Blue, Eagle and Beyiye Overprints, Beyiye Overprint inverted. In combination with 1913, 5pa + 10pa + 20pa + 2pi + 5pi inverted overprint, on unaddressed cover canceled by blue "Vlone 11-7-1913" cds's, Very Fine,
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Albania, 1913 Postal Card to Munich, Germany. 1913 20pa rose postal card uprated with 1913, 20pa pair + 1pi pair + 2pi two singles on with inverted overprint (Scott 6-8) all tied by blue "Vlone, 9.8-1913" cds's; light card staining at r
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Bergedorf, 1869, 1½s "Schillinge - Schilling" essay-proof se-tenant pairs. An early private Moen proof, 11 horizontal pairs, and one essay single (position 7L), o.g., all with clear to large margins, Very Fine, a very rare group, a c
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Bergedorf, 1859 3s Arms Essay. On medium wove, four in colors black, brown, green and orange, clear to huge margins, a Very Fine set, scarce.
Scott No. 4E; Estimate $400 - 600. Est. $400-600
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Schleswig-Holstein, 1865, ½sch-2sch "Holstein" complete, die proofs on thin paper. In the small mini-sheet format (each approximately 33 x 79 mm), each in pristine condition, Extremely Fine, an extremely rare set and possibly unique
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Schleswig-Holstein, 1864-66, ½sch-4sch "Holstein" complete, die proofs on thin paper. Complete set of seven values in original issued colors, couple with minor sheet flaws well away from designs, accompanied by two 1¼sch trial colors (re
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Schleswig-Holstein, 1865-66, 1¼sch-4sch "Holstein" complete, die proofs on thin paper. Set of four values in original issued colors, reduced to stamp size, a Very Fine set, not cataloged in Michel.
Michel No. 22P-25P; Estimate $750 -
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Schleswig-Holstein, 1865, 1-1/3sch carmine "Holstein", die proofs on thin paper. In the small mini-sheet format (33 x 79 mm), in pristine condition, Extremely Fine, an extremely rare proof and possibly unique in full "mini sheet" fo
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Schleswig-Holstein, 1866, 2sch blue "Holstein", die proofs on thin paper. In the small mini-sheet format (39 x 79 mm), in pristine condition, Extremely Fine, an extremely rare proof and possibly unique in full "mini sheet" format, n
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Germany, 1944 Hitler OSS Birthday Propaganda souvenir sheet. Sheet of 4 (147x104mm) in dark grey-green with sawtooth roulettes, glazed o.g. and partly stuck to an OSS (Office of Strategic Services) propaganda leaflet with purple "311" hand
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Germany, 1933 Nothilfe souvenir sheet. O.g., never hinged (barest trace of hinge mark in ungummed portion of sheet), rich colors, fresh and pristine, free from the usual faint sheet bends from gum, Extremely Fine, one of finest examples of this diff
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Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express Co., Denver City, K.T. Oval date stamp on cover addressed to Leavenworth City, Kans., franked with 1857, 3¢ dull red tied by grid handstamp; cover a bit reduced at left, Very Fine.
Scott No. 26; Estimate $300 - 400. E
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Gregory's Express "Not Paid". Straightline handstamp on blue cover addressed to J.W. Gregory, Express Office at San Francisco, Cal.; toned upper right corner, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200
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Northern Pacific Express Co. Dark blue frank on 2¢ brown entire addressed to Juneau, Alaska, purple "Northern Pacific Express Co., San Francisco, Cal., Jun 3, 1887" oval date stamp, Very Fine, a rare usage to Alaska.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400
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(New Hampshire) New Hampshire Stampless Postal History. Group of four better covers comprising 1795 "Portsmouth/July 15" italic two-line postmark to Newburyport, 1797 "Portsmouth, N.H./Septr. 15" two-line postmark to Boston, 1844 "Orford.Ville, N.H." red arc p
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Confederacy, Owensville, Tex., Dec. 24. Cds with matching straight line "Paid" handstamp on cover with military address to 3rd Calvary Battalion, Texas State Troops, Sabine Pass, Texas, small stain at bottom left, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150
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Confederacy, Texana, Tex., May 31. Balloon type cds with "Paid" handstamp on adversity cover made from printed form, addressed to San Antonio, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300
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Confederacy, Junction (Va.) Apr. 24th, 1861. Manuscript postmark on cover franked with U.S. 1857 3¢ dull red, cover sent to Harper's Ferry (West Virginia), the adhesive was uncancelled and cancelled on arrival with "Harper's Ferry
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Finland, Revenue and Railway Issue Collection, 1866-1963. Of 491 stamps neatly mounted and written up on quadrille pages in Scott album; includes 329 documentary issues, 141 railway stamps, 12 Helsingfors local post and 9 railway parcel stamps; those listed in 19
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German Area, Germany Balance. Mix of material in large box; includes Bavaria stock, perfin collection and other German States including some on cover items, stockbook of Heligoland with some better genuine high values, Thurn & Taxis shield essays, Zepp sets, stud
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German Area, Collection, 1850-1930's. Various areas on album pages; includes States including Prussia, Saxony, Wurttemberg, Danzig near complete missing only a handful of key items, Marienwerder, Memel with occupationals including the better surcharges (s
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German Area, Collection, 1872-1971. Mint and used collection of a couple thousand stamps in mounts on quad pages in a Scott album, 19th and early 20th Century mostly used; begins with Empire through Germania, Reich issues, used Officials, WWII occupations, post-w
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German Area, Germany Occupation and Colonies Collection. Extensive "Old School" collection in Scott album; tremendous completeness with numerous better items (mostly signed if necessary!); Yacht issuing countries alone Scott nearly $16,000; co
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German Area, Group. Of mostly mint sets and singles on stockcards; includes good Inselpost issues, propaganda issues and array of 1940's local issues; a nice specialist group, worth review.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400
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German States, Forgery Collection. Remarkable 5 volume collection of many thousands housed on stockpages in Linder albums, with material from stocks and collections including L. Razatz, F. Billig, John N. Luff, Y. Sperati, C. Kane, Dr. Bohne and K. Lowy among oth
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German States, Stock. Substantial holding of mostly used issues on stockpages in 9 albums and stockbooks; mostly more common issues including Baden first and second issues in quantities, similar Bavaria early numerals with a few high values, with later issues in
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German States, Peter Winter German States Forgery Collection. Approximately 450 items arranged on stockpages in Linder album; extensive showing of Winter creations starting with Baden 1851 9kr deep rose gutter pairs including various cancels and the 9kr blue erro
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Bavaria, Collection, 1849-1920. Housed on album and stock pages in Linder album; comprehensive showing of issues starting with 1849 1kr unused from plate 1 and a used 4-margin example, 3kr including a scarce 3kr unused from plate 1 (4 margins, with cert.)
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Bavaria, Specialized Numeral Cogwheel Collection, 1850-69. Several hundred issues mounted in specialized early Kasbohrer numeral cogwheel album; album with spaces for both regular cogwheel and segmented target giving spaces for each number, includes and additiona
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Bergedorf, Private (City) Post Collection (A. Salvador). Annotated on exhibit pages with many rare items throughout; starting with the 2pf provisional triangle issue with a unique photo of the five pen essay designs and imperforate proof (from
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Bergedorf, Private (City) Post Unique Sheet Collection. Group of six different sheets of 100 each known to be unique in sheet format; includes the 2pf brown, 3pf orange brown 10pf dark green and 15pf yellow brown perforated and the 3pf orange brown
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Hamburg, Reference Collection. Of approximately 400 items on album pages in binder; 1859 issues doubtful & forged postmark, various 1864 reprints showing color and shade varieties, paper types with sections of forged cancellations, study of 1866-67 issues includi
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Germany, Auschwitz POW Card Group. 7 Auschwitz POW cards from correspondence plus a few other items; inspect.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400
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Germany, Collection, 1852-1949. Well formed collection on Scott album pages; mixed */o with much parallel */o throughout, some states material including nice Baden and Bavaria, regular issues near complete starting with 1872 Eagles complete as well as the later E
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Germany, Stock. Mixed stock of mint and used on dealer cards in two stockboxes; includes some States material, early Empire to modern issues, back-of-the-book with airs including Zepps, officials, some colonies, etc.; modest to moderate duplication, owner's a
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Germany, Collections, 1952-2003. In 10 Lighthouse albums combining to make at least three collections; includes Bundespost, Berlin, DDR, good value in early used Berlin some signed, early Bundespost semi-postals, DDR some better souvenir sheets, few sparsely fill
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Germany, Hindenburg Specialized Post Card Group. Of 14 unused cards; includes scarce group of 10 1938 "Verlag Gebr. Metz, Tubingen" multicolored photocards of the airships interior, also an unusual black & white realphoto card of Hindenburg in flight (
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Germany Post World War II, Collections, 1945-89. Collections of Berlin and DDR housed in four albums; Berlin mostly mint to 1989 with better early mint sets present including 1949 von Stephen, 1949 green surcharges with high value n.h., virtually complete
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Germany Post World War II, Collection, 1960-90's. Of Berlin and DDR in 8 albums; mint and used all with neat town cancels, also 1940-90s Austria in two volumes; inspect.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200
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Germany - Soviet Zone, Collection, 1944-46. Various singles and sets housed in Lighthouse albums; includes useful general occupationals, better items in local issues with highlights including scarce Fredersdorf overprint issues (most items signed), better
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