1775, Entire letter dated "St. Croix 3d August 1775" to Burlington, N.J. endorsed "p the Pennsylvania farmer Capt. Newton via N. York"
373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1
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Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1
Viewing times of the 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction
Viewing in our office in Wiesbaden.
17 - 20 March 2020 | Tuesday to Friday | 9.00 a.m. to 5 p-m. |
23 - 27 March 2020 | Monday to Friday | 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
28 March 2020 | Saturday | starting 8.30 a.m. |
You may also view at other times by appointment.
Due to a high number of visitors we recommend viewing the collection lots before the auction week.
Auction Schedule
Tuesday, 24th. March 2020 | from 9:00 a.m. | Lot 1 - 1016 |
Single Lots: Liechtenstein, Austria, Switzerland, Europe and Colonies: Belgium - Yugoslavia, including
Special offer: From Odessa via Constantinople to Mont Athos Special offer: Ireland - The Path to Independence – The "Dublin" Collection (part III)
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from 3:00 p.m. | Lot 6001-6216 |
Special Catalogue: Private Ship Letter Stamp Issuing Companies up to 1900 – The Jan Berg Collection
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Wednesday, 25th. March 2020 | from 9:30 a.m. | Lot 1017-1342 |
Single Lots: Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries, Shipmail, Airmail, Zeppelin, Olympics, Thematics and Literature
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from 1:00 p.m. | Lot 4001-4443 |
Collections: Europe: Albania - Vatikan, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries
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Thursday 26th. March 2020 | from 9:00 a.m. | Lot 4444-4892 |
Collections: General collections All World / Europe / Overseas, Airmail and Zeppelin, Thematic collections, Coins, Literature, German States, German Empire, German post offices abroad and Colonies
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from 1:00 p.m. | Lot 4893-5431 |
Collections: German Occupation WWI, German Areas and Plebiscites, Danzig, Memel, German Occupation WWII, General collections Germany, Germany after 1945
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Friday, 27th. March 2020 | from 9:30 a.m. | Lot 1343-1809 |
Single Lots: German Occupation WWI, German Areas and Plebiscites, Danzig, Memel, German Occupation WWII, including Special offer: Germania Sarre – The
Karlheinz Menges Collection
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from 1:30 p.m. | Lot 1991-2616 |
Single Lots: Germany after 1945: Local issues after 1945, Allied Forces issues, Soviet Occupation Zone, German Democratic Republic, Berlin, Bizone, Federal Republik of Germany, including the „George Marshall“
Collection (part IV)
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Saturday, 28th. March 2020 | from 10:00 a.m. | Lot 2617 – 3124 |
Single Lots: German Empire 1872 - 1945,
German post offices abroad and colonies
German States Baden – Württemberg, North
German Confederation, Alsace-Lorraine
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Auction Venue
The auction takes place at our premises in Hasengartenstr. 25, Wiesbaden, Germany.
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Lot #340 - europe danish west indies
1804, Entire letter from St. Thomas to Hartford, Ct., on front red "SHIP" and "NEW YORK FEB 19", charged "14½" c.
Lot #341 - europe danish west indies
1809, Lettersheet docketed "ST. CROIX 25th AUGUST 1809" and marked "1 oz" (= quadruple rate), addressed to Bristol, showing on front superb strike of black "LEEWARD ISLAND F / 24 NO 24 1809", charged with a total of "7/8". A fine and important item of DWI postal history, the earliest recorded strike of the "LEEWARD ISLAND F"-postmark, which lateron was struck in green colour
Lot #342 - europe danish west indies
1810, Entire letter dated "St. Croix 5th March 1810" to Aberdeen with frontside superb blue "LEEWARD ISLAND F / 3 AP 3 1810" with adjacent Scottish exchange mark "APR W8 M 1810", charged on arrival "2/5"; horizontal cover crease with slight paper break, still a fine and attractive letter and of just 2 recorded with the Leeward Island handstamp in blue colour
Lot #343 - europe danish west indies
1810, "ST. CROIX DE 26 1810", superb strike of the fleuron post mark on dated lettersheet to Guernsey, charged on arrival "2/1". A striking entire with the earliest recorded strike of the St. Croix fleuron
Lot #344 - europe danish west indies
1814, "ST. THOMAS MAR 12 1814", good strike of the large fleuron cancel on entire letter, dated "Antigua March 7th 1814" to England, charged "2/-", fine and very scarce
Lot #345 - europe danish west indies
1814, "ST:THOMAS NOV 29 1814", large fleuron, nice strike on unpaid double rate lettersheet to London, charged on arrival with "4/4". Slightly stained on reverse, otherwise fine and very scarce
Lot #346 - europe danish west indies
1819, "(S)T. THOMAS", straight line in black on entire printed circular from La Guaira, Venezuela to London, charged "2/2"
Lot #347 - europe danish west indies
1822, Entire letter, dated "St. Thomas le 9 juillet 1822" to Bordeaux with frontside clear "COLONIES PAR BAYONNE", charged "6" decimes on arrival; desinfection slits and corresponding light stains, very fine and scarce
Lot #348 - europe danish west indies
1829, Entire letter from St. Croix to Aberdeen, transported by the "Sheldrake" of the Leeward Line, charged with "5/2", transported to Falmouth with unframed "F/LEEWARD ISLAND FE 26 1829", fine
Lot #349 - europe danish west indies
1829, Entire letter from St. Thomas to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with red "SHIP" and "NEW-YORK JAN 23", charged "12½" cents
Lot #350 - europe danish west indies
1837, Entire letter from St. Croix to Toronto, Canada, showing on front red "SHIP" and "NEW-YORK APR 2" and green "QUEENSTON AP 10 1837", charged with a total of "1/11½"; 2 vertical file folds, one affecting the Queenston cancel; a fine letter with scarce destination
Lot #351 - europe danish west indies
1837, Entire letter from St. Croix to Madeira via London forwarding agent Thomas Murdoch, showing on front red boxed "PACKET LETTER", charged "4/4" for double rate postage
Lot #353 - europe danish west indies
1857, Entire double rate letter from "CHRISTIANSTED 28/7 1857" to Copenhagen, transported via Danish and British PO at St. Thomas, London and Hamburg, charged with a total of 119 skilling (noted on reverse), a scarce letter
Lot #354 - europe danish west indies
1859, Entire letter from "CHRISTIANSTED 29 7 1859" via St. Thomas Danish and British PO (single semi-circle), London and Hamburg to Copenhagen, charged with a total of "60" skilling on front
Lot #355 - europe danish west indies
1866, 3 c. carmine-rose, complete sheet of 100 stamps with full sheet margins, unused with original gum, 86 stamps mint never hinged; a vertical fold between the 2nd and 3rd row from right, touching some of the stamps slightly, otherwise extremely fine and fresh, very rare, certificate Nielsen (1994)
Lot #356 - europe danish west indies
3 cents carmine-rose, privately rouletted 4½, tied by target to lettersheet with adjacent "ST. THOMAS 24/1 1871" to Bassin, St. Croix. The entire with some minor staining, the stamp due to the primitive rouletting applied with tear at top, still fine and very rare. Certificate Nielsen (1988) (Facit 2v2)
Lot #357 - europe danish west indies
1866, 3 c. carmine-rose, just touched at upper left, otherwise clear to large margins, tied by target cancel to entire letter from "ST. THOMAS 23 10 1868" to Basin/St. Croix; the stamp with tiny termite hole and the letter with slight paper breaks, still fine
Lot #358 - europe danish west indies
1873/90, Bi-coloured type 1 c. purple/green, horizontal pair tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS 17/8 1891" to small printed matter wrapper to New Jersey; left stamp rounded corner at lower left, still fine
Lot #359 - europe danish west indies
1 c. purple/green with inverted frame and 3 c. red/blue with inverted frame in horizontal strip of 3, tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS 24/5 1892" to envelope of the Bank of St. Thomas to Halifax, Nova Scotia with arrival mark, very fine
Lot #360 - europe danish west indies
4 c. blue/brown, diagonal bisect, tied by cds. "CHRISTIANSTED 10/2 1903" to envelope to Frederiksted with arrival mark, very fine
Lot #361 - europe danish west indies
7 c. deep yellow/lilac in horizontal pair, tied by mute 4-ring handstamp to lettersheet from "ST. THOMAS 17/9 1878" to Veracruz, Mexico; the lower right corner of the right hand stamp added, otherwise fine; a very rare multiple franking
Lot #362 - europe danish west indies
7 c. orange.-yellow/lilac with 3 c. red/grey and 4 c. blue/brown, tied to postal startionery envelope 3 c. red without watermark, as registered letter from "ST. THOMAS 7/4 1883" to Germany with arrival mark; a very attractive and rare cover with a most unusual variety
Lot #363 - europe danish west indies
7 c. yellow/lilac, tied by cds. "ST. THOMAS 25/5 1885" to postal stationery envelope 3 c. red to Germany with arrival mark; lower left corner perf slightly shortened, otherwise fine. A scarce combination, certificate Paaskesen (1990)
Lot #364 - europe danish west indies
14 c. green/lilac with inverted frame, unused with part original gum, 2 short perfs, tiny inclusion in the lower margin; alltogether a fine copy of this extremely rare stamp (Facit 12v1)
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