1 Kreuzer green in horizontal pair with clear boxed cancel "FRANKFURT A.M. POSTEXPED. No.1 21.2.73" on complete printed matter folding cover of the company "Seck & Co." with inside an illustration of a "Patent-Getreide-Reinigungs-(Schäl)-Maschine" to Bern, Switzerland with arrival postmark in perfect condition. Very decorative advertising cover franked at the correct rate, in connection with the multiple franking 1 Kreuzer a scarce use, certificate Brugger BPP (1996)
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2 Groschen blue in a block of four from the lower left sheet corner of four with plate mark "H" under field 141, stamps perforated from above. The upper right stamp is unused, the other stamps mint never hinged and in perfect condition, interesting multiples with very rare plate mark, unsigned with certificate Sommer BPP (1998)
Provenance: Reinhardt collection (private sale)
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2 ½ groschen reddish brown in small size L15 with very clear "AUMA 30.4." on piece in perfect condition
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5 Groschen ochre-brown in mixed franking with issue 1875 10 Pfennige carmine and 25 Pfennige reddish-brown each with clear franking mark "STALLUPOENEN 9.5.75" on face of valuable cover to Königsberg in perfect condition. An attractive and scarce, rate-compliant mixed currency franking in the present stamp combination
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3 Kreuzer carmine in marginal block of four, including the top two stamps with plate flaw "colour dot on the outer circle below O in POST" (field 39) resp. "colour stroke on the second line above TS in DEUTSCHE" (field 40) as well as the two stamps at bottom each with plate flaw "accent above RE" in REICHS" (field 49-50). The stamps are mint never hinged and in fine condition (in margin remainder of fold), not frequent block of four with four plate flaws, unsigned with certificates Hennies BPP (1977) and Sommer (1993)
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2 Groschen grey-ultramarine, two single stamps each with clear EKr. "LEOBSCHÜTZ 23.1.75" on registered 2nd weight folded letter with first R-Zetteltype of the Reichspost "Eingeschrieben No." to Cosel with issue cancellation in well overall condition. Scarce registered covers with the earliest use of the R-Zetteltype, certificate Brugger BPP (2008)
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5 Groschen ochre-brown with wide upper margin, mint never hinged, fine, unsigned
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2 Kreuzer orange, fresh colours with strong embossing, mint never hinged, in fine condition, very rare stamp, unsigned with certificate Sommer BPP (1990)
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2 Groschen blue with NDP cipher "BROECKEL 4.10.73" of the OPD Hannover postal agency established in the fourth quarter of 1871 on folded letter to Celle in perfect condition, signed Sommer BPP
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1 Kreuzer yellowish green with cancellation "MAINZ 1.2.73" in mixed franking 1 Kreuzer dark green with cancellation "MAINZ 2.2.73" on initially underfranked, complete printed matter folding cover (mourning announcement) with handwritten note "noch 1x" (Kreuzer) and then a day later glued second stamp, addressed to Bern, Switzerland in well overall condition. An unusual and scarce mixed franking in this form, certificate Sommer BPP (1993)
Provenance: 353rd Heinrich Köhler auction (2013)
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