9 Kreuzer blue, 3 single values, all with full to mostly large margins, with upward neatly applied blue company cancellation and cachet "WIEN 19/5" (1858) on envelope with note "Muster ohne Werth anhängend" and a weight indication of "4 ¼" Loth, to Kitzingen with routing mark "via Leipzig". A very unusual and scarce piece.
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USA: 1865 (ca.), orange envelope with 1861/67.30 C. orange, with centric "Philadelphia MAR 11 186...", and adjacent blue "AMERIKA ÜBER BREMEN FRANCO", to Rodt near Landau in the Bavarian Palatinate. Very attractive condition.
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1 Kreuzer opal green, full to large margins, with clearly applied franking mark "BAMBERG BAHNH.24 7" (1869) on complete local cover to Freiherr von Pölnitz, forwarded to Schloss Aschbach near Burgwindheim, newly franked with 3 Kreuzer rose, still full to large margins, at bottom with almost continuous pre-cut in stamp-face, subsequently cancelled "BURGWINDHEIM 24/7". An interesting and very rare letter in this form.
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1 Kreuzer green and 3 Kreuzer rose, both fresh colours and fine, with franking mark "MÜNCHEN II 16 AUG." as postage paid 4 Kreuzer franking on printed matter (offer of engraved portraits of King Ludwig II) with routing mark "via Bremen" to New York, USA. Small tear in the stationery glued, otherwise perfect. An extraordinarily scarce and attractive piece. Signed Brettl BPP and certificate Stegmüller BPP (2024)
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1862 (ca.), small envelope (reverse embossed princely crown with monogram in gold) from Offenbach, franked with Taxis 3 Kreuzer rose, to Prince zu Löwenstein-Wertheim at the hunting lodge Karlshöhe in Spessart
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3 Kreuzer pink and 6 Kreuzer blue, each with full to mostly large margins and fresh colours, with closed Mühlrad-cancel "297" and adjacent "MAISACH 30/4" on bishop's cover of the third weight step to Archbishop Gregor in Munich. Fresh and fine condition. A very rare colour franking on bishop's letter, not registered here a second time. Certificates Brettl BPP (2002) and Stegmüller BPP (2016)
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12 Kreuzer purple and 3 Kreuzer rose, the former touched at base, otherwise both with full to large margins, with open Mühlrad-cancel "325" and neatly adjacent red "MÜNCHEN 10/8 (10) Chargé" on small envelope to the celebrated tenor of the Munich Court Theatre, Franz Nachbauer, to Lucerne. Inconspicuous tear in the envelope, otherwise in good condition. A scarce and interesting registered covers abroad. Signed Drahn and Pfenninger.
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18 Kreuzer yellow-orange, 2 single values, full to large margins, together with right slightly touched 9 Kreuzer bluish green, with neatly closed Mühlradrad-cancel "196" and neatly adjacent semicircle "MARKTBREIT 7/1" on folded cover (one side part missing) via England to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. One 18 cross inconspicuous vertical scratch mark, otherwise perfect. An attractive and scarce transatlantic letter. Signed Schmitt BPP and certificate Stegmüller BPP (2024)
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18 cross vermilion and 12 cross green, both fresh colours and large margins, with only one open Mühlrad-cancel "384" and adjacent semicircle "PASING 10/6" (1866) on small envelope to the Austrian Major General Paul Maximilian von Hompesch-Bollheim, to Veracruz, Mexico, with forwarding mark "Tulancingo" on the postage paid. The envelope with the usual traces of transport and minor signs of age; the 18 crosses inconspicuously creased with tiny paper splits, otherwise perfect. A very rare letter from the time of the French intervention and the only registered square issue postage paid to Mexico. Certificate Brettl BPP (1990)
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9 cross brown, still full to over-margined, with closed Mühlrad-cancel "250" and adjacent semicircle "KLEINHEUBACH 6/11" (1867) on small envelope (princely crown and princely lacquer seal imprinted on the reverse) to the Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim to Haid in Bohemia, since departed returned with pink-coloured note "retour Kleinheubach" on face. Stamp (postage stamp) above slightly glued over the margin.
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