1867, 2nd Issue, black on yellow paper, vertical strip of four with two tête-bêche pairs, without gum, diagonal paper irregularity, a very attractive and rare multiple
Provenance: ex Von Lind
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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Lot #6091 - Overseas Venezuela, Ship Mail
Lot #6092 - Overseas Venezuela, Ship Mail
1867, black on blue, fresh colour, close to slightly touched, on folded lettersheet from La Vela to Curacao with arrival mark on front, a very rare and attractive cover with only three covers in total recorded, signed Bloch and Holcombe with certificate (1991)
Provenance: ex Gebauer
ex Heister
Lot #6093 - Main catalogue Ship Mail, Venezuela
1870, 3rd issue, black on rose paper, fresh colour and good to large margins, unused without gum, tear at top, otherwise fine, scarce, signed and certificate Heister BPP
Lot #6094 - Overseas Venezuela, Ship Mail
1875, 4th issue, black on rose paper, vertical strip of three with fresh colour and good margins, unused with large part original gum, a fine and attractive multiple
Provenance: ex Von Lind
Lot #6095 - Overseas Venezuela, Ship Mail
187?, 5th issue, 1 real black on yellow paper, vertical strip of four with fresh colour and good margins, unused with original gum, a fine and attractive multiple
Provenance: ex Von Lind
Lot #6096 - Overseas Venezuela, Ship Mail
1889, "Correo del Comercio/Entre Coro y La Vela", Bird carrying a letter ½ real black on blue, large balanced margins all round, with violet three-line handstamp "Anotada/Correo Del/Komercio" on envelope to Bayonne City, New York with transit and arrival mark. Carried by sea from La Vela to Curaçao, where Curaçao 1873 Willem III 25c. yellowish brown with cds. "CURAÇAO 30 1 1891" was added, paying the single weight up to 15 gr., an extremely...
Lot #6097 - Main catalogue Ship Mail, Venezuela
1889, "Correo del Comercio/Entre Coro y La Vela", "Port Libre - Bird carrying a letter" black on yellow, large balanced margins all round, with violet three-line handstamp "Anotada/Correo Del/Komercio" on envelope to New York with arrival mark. Carried by sea from La Vela to Curaçao, where Curaçao 1873 Willem III 25c. yellowish brown with cds. "CURAÇAO 25 9 1890" was added, paying the single weight up to 15 gr., the envelope and Curaçao stamp...
Lot #6098 - Overseas United States of America, Ship Mail
1861, Side-wheeler steamboat black, complete sheet of 40, original gum, most stamps mint never hinged, couple slight creases in margin, still as very fine item, certificate PF (2000)
Provenance: The David Golden Collection of U.S. Carriers and Locals (Siegel Auctions 1999)
Lot #6099 - Overseas United States of America, Ship Mail
1861, Side-wheeler steamboat black, good margins on three sides, just touched at bottom, used with blue company handstamp and part of Portland cds., small thins, otherwise fine, certificate PF (1999)
Provenance: Alfred Caspary
Lot #6100 - Overseas United States of America, Ship Mail
1861, Side-wheeler steamboat black, large margins all around, with manuscript cancel, together with Washington 3c. rose, both stamps tied by cds. "Boston Mass. Sep. 11" and quartered cork to cover to Albany N.Y., 1865 receipt docketing, sealed tear in 3c stamp, backflap removed, one of the rarest of all independent mail usages from the only steamboat carrier to issue stamps, this is one of the earliest covers of a total of 11 registered (see ...
Lot #6101 - Overseas United States of America, Ship Mail
1861, Side-wheeler steamboat black, close to margins all around, tied by cork and by blue "Prince's Express 9 Milk St." in serrated oval to postal stationery envelope 3 cent pink to Hinsdale N.H., cds. "Boston Mass. Jun. 23 5 A.M." alongside, original June 21, 1869 datelined letter from Portland included, overall soiling. Fine appearance and the only recorded example of this rare stamp used on U.S. postal stationery, certificate PF (1982) (...
Lot #6102 - Overseas United States of America, Ship Mail
1861, Side-wheeler steamboat black, large margins all around, with manuscript cancel, together with Washington 3c. rose, both stamps tied by cds. "Boston Mass" and quartered cork to coverfront to RhinebeckN.Y., small part of cover front added, one of the rarest of all independent mail usages from the only steamboat carrier to issue stamps, a scarce item with only a total of 11 covers registered (see Penny Post, October 2002, "Cancels on...
Lot #6103 - Overseas United States of America, Ship Mail
"Forwarded by Prince's Boston and Portland Express.", black on red-surface coloured paper, label for forwarded items, and forwarding receipt for package at the value of $ 1142,62 sent from Boston October 21, 1865 to Portland, the label some imperfections
Lot #6104 - British Commonwealth British Honduras, Ship Mail
1895 "Caye Service 3 Cents" violet three-line typed label, tied by "CUTHBERT BROS." straightline handstamp with adjacent matching "Sep. 18 1895" datestamp alongside to cover, a fine and rare entire of which only about a dozen are known to exist
Provenance: The Jim Czyl Collection British Honduras (Grosvenor 2014)
Around 1892 a Belize merchant named Cuthbert built a house on St. George's Cay. He also bought a steam yacht which...
Lot #6105 - Argentina Tierra del Fuego, Ship Mail
Tierra del Fuego 1891, Julio Popper's private mail stamp issue: Colour proofs 10 Centavos, two horizontal pairs in red and brown plus single in blue, also black plate proof with red circular handstamp and in addition the issued stamp as single and as block of six with double horizontal perforation, a fine and scarce group
Lot #6106 - Argentina Tierra del Fuego, Ship Mail
Tierra del Fuego 1891, Julio Popper's private mail stamp issue: Colour proofs 10 Centavos orange, miniature sheets of 4, perforated 11½, at top inscription "PRUEBAS EN COLOR DE LAS PREMERAS ESTAMPILLAS DE LA TIERRA DEL FUEGO..:", unused resp. the stamps mint never hinged, partly strengthened by hinges, small marginal imperfections, rare
Lot #6107 - Argentina Tierra del Fuego, Ship Mail
Tierra del Fuego 1891, Julio Popper's private mail stamp issue: 10 Centavos red, corner marginal block of 20, position 68 with distinctive flaw and retouch to the area around the "E of FUEGO", in addition two blocks of four with upper sheet margin, one with inscription "KIDD y Cia LIm. Sn MARTIN 35l" and a used example, the multiples mint never hinged, small part of margin missing, fine
Lot #6108 - Main catalogue ship mail
1886, Steamer 1-50 cents and 5 centavos on 1 cent, unused resp. 10 cents without gum, plus few duplicates, mostly fine
Lot #6109 - Main catalogue ship mail
1864, McRobish & Co., Acapulcoto San Francisco, bogus issue, interesting written up collection on three pages starting with the "Original Issue", followed by different types of forgeries etc.
Lot #6110 - Canada Crown Colony of Canada, Ship Mail
Upper Columbia Co., 1898 5 cent local red, unused with original gum, rare as only 1,000 printed, fine
Lot #6111 - Canada Crown Colony of Canada, Ship Mail
Upper Columbia Co., 1898 5 cent local red, used with clear cancel "BEAVER FE 20 99 B.C.", few irregular perfs, small thin, otherwise fine, rare as only 1,000 printed
Lot #6112 - europe Finland, Ship Mail
1874, 10 penni proof sheet of thirty-five in seven rows of five, printed on paper with printer's imprint. some creasing and two tears in margin, otherwise fine, rare and attractive
Lot #6113 - europe Finland, Ship Mail
1873, 10 penni deep reddish orange and deep blue, block of 25 with good margins all around, one vertical and one horizontal fold between stamps, few stamps unused, mostly mint never hinged, a fine and rare multiple, signed Faberge
Lot #6114 - europe Finland, Ship Mail
1872/1900, interesting collection starting with 19 trial printings, followed by the first imperforate issue including a horizontal pair of 50 penni yellowish green/ deep dull blue, followed by the serpentine-rouletted stamps and the second issue including one card and one cover, in total 79 stamps including a pair and a block of four
Lot #6115 - europe Finland, Ship Mail
1884, 10-25 penni dull vermilion and deep dull blue, fresh colour and good perforations, each unused and in addition 10 penni with blue grid-cancel, fine
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