„HEZARGRAD“, all arabic double circle, to clear to fair strikes tying Duloz 1873, 10 pa. in horizontal pair and 1876, 1 pia. to entire letter to Varna. A fine and rare letter. Signed Nakri with certificate (Isfila RR)
Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries
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Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries
Viewing times of the 383rd Heinrich Köhler auction and
The ERIVAN Collection – 11th auction
Due to a high number of visitors we recommend viewing the collection lots before the auction week. Viewing at any time by prior appointment in our office in Wiesbaden.
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11 – 13 March 2024 Monday to Wednesday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
14 – 15 March 2024 Thursday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
18 – 22 March 2024 Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
23 March 2024 Saturday starting 8.30 a.m.
Special Viewing: From 1–3 March 2024, no single lots Bavaria can be viewed in our office in Wiesbaden, as they will be at the Philatelia Munich for viewing.
Auction Schedule
Thursday, 14 March 2024 09:00 CET 1001–1841
Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries
Special offer: Departements Conquis – The Wilma Droemont Collection
Special offer: Chile – The Colon Issues (part II)
Thursday, 14 March 2024 16:00 CET 6001–6204 Special Catalogue: Danish West Indies 1806–1917 – The "Baghira" Collection
Friday, 15 March 2024 09:00 CET 1842–2109
Single Lots: Olympics, Thematics, Literature
Special offer: Summer Olympic Games – The Fredrik C. Schreuder Collection (part II)
Special offer: Ludwig van Beethoven – The Yukio Onuma Collection (part II)
Special offer: Volkswagen – a German Myth – The Dr Edo-Meino Eden Collection
Friday, 15 March 2024 12:00 CET 5001–5569 Special Catalogue: Airmail and Zeppelin Mail – inclusive the collection of the Sieger family
Monday, 18 March 2024 10:00 CET 2110–2328 Single Lots: German Empire 1872 – 1945
Monday, 18 March 2024 12:30 CET 6601–6960 Special Catalogue: German Reichspost – Shield Issues – The Michael Rehme Collection (part II)
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 09:00 CET 2329–2887
Single Lots: German post offices abroad and colonies
Special offer: Registered Letters of the German Foreign Post Offices and German Colonies (part III)
Special offer: German South West Africa – Cancellations on Private and Field Post
Special offer: German Post in China and Kiautschou – Post during WWI and Trans-Siberian Railway – The Dr Heinz Findeiss Collection
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 14:00 CET 6501–6600 Special Catalogue: German Post Offices in Morocco & German Post Offices in Turkey – The "Waldersee" Collection
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 15:00 CET 2888–3653
Single Lots: German Occupation WWI, German Areas and Plebiscites, Saar, Danzig, Memel, German Occupation WWII, Germany after 1945
Special offer: Definitive Issue Posthorn 1951 – Specialised Collection
Wednesday, 20 March 2024 09:00 CET 7001–7758 Special Catalogue: Germany 1849–2000 – German Empire, German Colonies with Occupation Issues (G.R.I. and MAFIA), Plebiscite Areas, Germany after WWII – The Erik B. Nagel Collection (part III)
Wednesday, 20 March 2024 16:00 CET 10001–10331 Country Collections: Europe, including Great Britain and British Commonwealth
Thursday, 21 March 2024 09:00 CET 10332–11234
Country Collections: Overseas
Collections and Lots: General collections All World / Europe / Overseas, Airmail and Zeppelin, Thematic collections, Picture Postcards, Literature, Coins
Collections Germany: German States, German Empire, German post offices abroad and Colonies, German Occupation WWI, German Areas and Plebiscites, Danzig, Memel, German Occupation WWII, General collections Germany, Germany after 1945
Friday, 22 March 2024 10:00 CET 8001–8097 Special Catalogue: Grand Duchy of Baden – Frankings and Postal History – The Klaus Peter Geis Collection
Friday, 22 March 2024 11:00 CET 8201–8299 Special Catalogue: Kingdom of Bavaria – Postal History and Social Philately 1806–1875 – The Oliver Reifenrath Collection
Friday, 22 March 2024 12:00 CET 8501–8571 Special Catalogue: Free Hanseatic City of Bremen – The Karl-Hillard Geuther Collection (part III)
Friday, 22 March 2024 13:00 CET 8601–8815 Special Catalogue: Heligoland – The Dr. Hans Friedrich Häuser Collection (part II)
Friday, 22 March 2024 15:00 CET 9001–9244 Special Catalogue: Schleswig-Holstein 1850–1867 – The Rolf Beyerodt Collection
Saturday, 23 March 2024 08:30 CET 3654–4207
Single Lots: German States Baden – Wuerttemberg, North German Confederation
Special offer: The Principalities of Lippe – The Gustav Strunk Collections (part II)
Saturday, 23 March 2024 14:30 CET 1–160 Special Catalogue: German States: Bavaria from 1849 – Auction of 'Missed Opportunities' – Collections – The ERIVAN Collection – 11th Auction
Breaks when appropriate. We expect to auction off 50-120 lots per hour, depending on the area.
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Lot #1126 - europe Bulgaria
ISLIMIYE: 1864, entire letter to Ruscuk, franked with Tughra postage due 1 pia. and 2 pia., cancelled upon arrival by dotted „RUSCUK“ handstamp. Despite a sharp but almost invisible crease affecting the two stamps a fine and very rare letter. Opinion Todd AIEP
Provenance: "Sultan" (David Feldman 2016, described as "very fine")
Lot #1127 - europe Bulgaria
KAZGAN: 1864, entire letter to Ruscuk, franked with Tughra postage due 1 pia. with large margins and wide sheet margin at right, cancelled upon arrival by dotted „RUSCUK“ handstamp. An extremely fine and rare letter. Opinion Todd AIEP
Lot #1128 - europe Bulgaria
„LOFCA 81“, all arabic double circle, 2 clear strikes tying Duloz 2 pia. red and 1 pia. yellow to entire letter to Tirnova: The stamps affected by light horizontal cover crease, otherwise fine and fresh. A very rare letter; just a few entires have been recorded with this handstamp. Opinion Todd AIEP (Isfila RRR)
Lot #1129 - europe Bulgaria
MUSTAFA PASHA: 1882, military cover with clear arabic seal handstamp „2nd army, 7th cavalry regiment“, to Thessaloniki; fine and very rare; the sole recorded entire bearing this handstamp. Signed Nakri and opinion Todd AIEP
Lot #1130 - europe Bulgaria
„PAZARCIK“, all arabic double circle, two very clear and almost full strikes on Duloz 1868/71, 1 pia. in strip of 3 on piece; very fine and rare (Isfila RRR)
Lot #1131 - europe Bulgaria
„Petric posta subesi 294“, all arabic negative seal handstamp, 4 ample to very clear full strikes on 2 strips of 4 of 1876, 10 pa. lilac (left stamp scissors cut); very fine and most attractive. A rare cancellation of which only few stamps/pieces but no entires have been recorded; unrecorded by Isfila. Ex Hitzler
Lot #1132 - europe Bulgaria
RUSCUK: „RUSCUK“, dotted handstamp, clear strike tying Tughra 2nd printing, 5 pia. with wide margins, showing white sheet margin left, to entire letter from Deraliye to Ruscuk. A very fine and rare letter. Opinion Todd AIEP
Lot #1133 - europe Bulgaria
„An canib-i Postahane-I Samakov 1274“ large arabic negative seal, superb strike cover to Sevlievo, rated 2 piasters in manuscript. Fine and scarce. Opinion Todd AIEP. (Isfila RR)
Lot #1134 - europe Bulgaria
„SAMAKOV: letter sheet (part on reverse missing) from the well-known correspondence to the Zahari of the Bulgarian church at Constantinople, franked with Tughra 2nd setting 20 pa. in tête-bêche pair with large margins and 2 copies 1 pia., all tied by blue ‚battal‘. The pair lightly affected by a cover crease. A fine and extremely rare entire; just 2 further tête-bêches on cover from Bulgarian soil have been recorded. Certificates Isfila and...
Lot #1135 - europe Bulgaria
SAMAKOV: letter sheet from the well-known correspondence to the Zahari of the Bulgarian church at Constantinople, franked with Tughra 1st setting 2 pia. And 2nd setting 20 pa. in pair with enormous margins including wide sheet margin at left, tied by ‚battal‘. A fine and rare usage from Bulgarian soil. Certificates Isfila and Nakri.
Lot #1136 - europe Bulgaria
„SAMAKOV 81“, all arabic double circle, tying Duloz 1875, 10 pa. lilac-rose, 2 pairs, and postage due 2 pia. yellowish brown to reverse of entire cover to Saraybosna, bosnia; fine and rare. Certificate Isfila. Ex Hitzler (Isfila RR)
Lot #1137 - europe Bulgaria
SOFYA: 1748, entire letter, written in French, from Sofia to Marseille, showing slight traces of desinfection. Tiny part of inner text sheet missing (most likely removed by opening), otherwise very fine. The earliest recorded letter from Bulgaria in private hands. Opinion Todd AIEP
Lot #1138 - europe Bulgaria
„AN CANIB-I POSTA-I SUMNU 260“, clear arabic negative seal on registered letter sheet to Constantinople with adjacent small negative registration handstamp. Fine and scarce. Opinion Todd AIEP
Lot #1139 - europe Bulgaria
„SUMNU“, dotted handstamp in blue, good strike on Tughra 2nd printing 1 pia. on entire letter to Ruscuk. The cover with vertical paper repair on face panel and the stamp with light horizontal bend. A rare letter. Ex Passer. Opinion Todd AIEP
Lot #1140 - europe Bulgaria
"T.PAZARDJIK 17 1 87", cds. on front and reverse of unpaid cover to Constantinople, charged upon arrival, franked with 1884, 1 pia., tied by blue cds.. little roughly opened, otherwise very fine. Certificate Nakri (2017) and Todd (2013)
Lot #1141 - Turkey Turkey - former Ottoman territories:
„TUTRAKAN“, all arabic double circle in greenish blue, almost complete and clear strike, centrally struck on Duloz 1875, 20 pa. green. Very fine and extremely rare; just few strikes on singles stamps but no covers have been recorded from this small village at the Danube. Ex Hitzler Reference: illustration copy of the Isfila handbook
Lot #1142 - europe Bulgaria
„VARNA“, dotted handstamp in blue, nice clear strike with full name on 1865, Duloz 5 pia. carmine. Very attractive and fine example of this rare handstamp, of which only three singles stamps but no entires been reported. Ex Hitzler
Lot #1143 - europe Bulgaria
„ZAGRA 81“ all arabic double circle, four good strikes on 1865, 20 pa. orange and 1 pia. Lilac-grey on entire double rate letter to Constantinople. A fine and scarce franking with quite rare cancellation. Opinion Todd AIEP
Lot #1144 - europe Bulgaria
1879, 50 c. black/blue, fresh colours and nicely perforated, neatly tied by bilingual cds. "SOFIA 20 VII 81" to registered mourning cover to Wien, adjacent registration boxed postmark and reverse arrival cds., small opening tear on the back flap, of no importance. A very fine, very scarce and delightful cover.
Lot #1145 - europe Bulgaria
1931, Balcan Games 1 l. - 50 l. in blocks of 4, unmounted mint
Lot #1146 - europe Bulgaria
1934, Schipka monument 1-14 l. as ministers souvenir sheet, unmounted mint, fine, rare, only 100 pieces issued
Lot #1147 - europe Bulgaria
Incoming mail: 1887, cover from the U.S. to Sistov, with blue transit mark of Roustschuk and arrival mark
Lot #1148 - europe Croatia
1945, storm division souvenir sheet, used with cds. "ZAGREB 60 9.1.45", slightly wavy paper on top margins, otherwise fine, signed Gilbert and Dr. Rommerskirchen BPP
Lot #1149 - europe Croatia
1945, storm division souvenir sheet, unmounted mint with diagonal bend at top, otherwise fine, signed Dr. RommerskirchenPP. Dr. Rommerskirchen BPP
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