1s. on 1m. red (Setting 2, position 3), fresh color and good perforation, unused, tiny and shallow thin, otherwise a very attractive example of this rare stamp, signed Bothe and Bloch with certificate (1983)
Viewing times of the 382nd Heinrich Köhler auction and
The ERIVAN Collection – 10th 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.
Heinrich Köhler Auktionshaus GmbH & Co. KG
Hasengartenstr. 25, 65189 Wiesbaden
Germany
Telefon +49 (0)611 34 14 9-0
E-Mail [email protected]
11 – 15 September 2023 Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
18 – 22 September 2023 Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
23 September 2023 Saturday starting 8.30 a.m.
On Thursday 31 August and Friday 1 September 2023 the office will be closed and no viewing will be possible.
Auction Schedule
Monday, 18 September 2023 from 8.30 a.m. Lot 1001–2083
Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries, Transatlantic Mail, Shipmail, Airmail, Zeppelin, Olympics, Thematics and Coins, including
Special offer: Chile – The Colon Issues
Special offer: Ocean Telegram Letters – The Otto Kjærgaard Collection
Monday, 18 September 2023 from ca. 5.00 p.m. Lot 5001–5329 Special Catalogue: Summer Olympic Games – The Fredrik C. Schreuder Collection
Tuesday, 19 September 2023 from 8.30 a.m. Lot 8001–8372 Special Catalogue: German Reichspost – Shield Issues – The Michael Rehme Collection (part I)
Tuesday, 19 September 2023 from ca. 12.00 a.m. Lot 2084–2521
Single Lots: German Empire 1872 – 1945
Special offer: Franco and horseshoe cancellations
Tuesday, 19 September 2023 from ca. 3.30 p.m. Lot 2522–3258
Single Lots: German Occupation WWI, German Areas and Plebiscites, Saar, Danzig, Memel, German Occupation WWII, Germany after 1945
Special offer: Berlin – The Currency Reform of 1948/49
Special offer: Berlin – Special Collection 1948/59
Wednesday, 20 September 2023 from 8.30 a.m. Lot 7001–7728 Special Catalogue: Germany 1849–2000 – Bavaria, German Reich, German Colonies with Occupation Issues (G.R.I. and MAFIA) – The Erik B. Nagel Collection (part II)
Wednesday, 20 September 2023 from ca. 3.30 p.m. Lot 3259–3691
Single Lots: German post offices abroad and colonies
Special offer: Registered letters of the German Foreign Post Offices and Colonies (part II)
Thursday, 21 September 2023 from 8.00 a.m. Lot 10001–11290
Country Collections: Europe and Overseas, including Great Britain and British Commonwealth
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 September 2023 from 8.30 a.m. Lot 5501–5679 Special Catalogue: Ludwig van Beethoven – The Yukio Onuma Collection
Friday, 22 September 2023 from ca. 10.30 a.m. Lot 6001–6212 Special Catalogue: The Principalities of Lippe, Germany from 1849, European Countries – The Gustav Strunk Collections (part I)
Friday, 22 September 2023 from ca. 12.30 p.m. Lot 9001–9070 Special Catalogue: Free Hanseatic City of Bremen – The Karl-Hillard Geuther Collection (part II)
Friday, 22 September 2023 from ca. 1.30 p.m. Lot 9501–9691 Special Catalogue: Heligoland – The Dr. Hans Friedrich Häuser Collection (part I)
Friday, 22 September 2023 from ca. 3.30 p.m. Lot 3692–4288
Single Lots: German States Baden – Wuerttemberg, North German Confederation
Special offer: Kingdom of Hanover – The Horst Schafmeyer Collection
Saturday, 23 September 2023 from 9.30 a.m. Lot 1–342 Special Catalogue: German States – The ERIVAN Collection – 10th Auction
Breaks when appropriate. We expect to auction off 50-120 lots per hour, depending on the area.
Auction Venue
The auction takes place at our premises in Hasengartenstr. 25, Wiesbaden, Germany.
1s. on 1m. red (Setting 2, position 3), fresh color and good perforation, unused, tiny and shallow thin, otherwise a very attractive example of this rare stamp, signed Bothe and Bloch with certificate (1983)
1s. on 1m. carmine, fresh color and good perforation, setting 3, position 2, fresh vibrant color and good perforation, unused, a very rare stamp with only 133 printed. An exceptional example of a very rare stamp, signed Gibbons and certificate PF (1991)
3s. on 3m. violet-black, setting 3, position 2 with variety "no stop after I", fresh color, very well centered and good perforation, unused, a very fine and fresh example of this rare variety, signed Holcombe with certificate (1997)
5s. on 5m. slate/carmine, fresh color and good perforation, setting 3, position 4, unused, with the typical overprint offset on reverse, small thinning, otherwise a very fine example of this key rarity with only 72 printed, signed Champion and Holcombe with certificate (1994)
3s. on 3m. violet-black, fresh color and good perforation, clearly from Setting 7 as this is a very clean-cut surcharge, unused, two light brownish gum spots, otherwise fine and a superb copy of this tremendously rare stamp, signed
3d. on Rabaul, position 2, in combination with horizontal pair 2½d. NW Pacific Island, tied by oval "RABAUL NEW BRITAIN FEB 6 - 1915" to small piece, fine and attractive, signed Kilian BPP and Kosack
3d. on Käwieng, "Deutsch Neuguinea", block of four, positions 4-5, fresh color and good perforation, without gum, small crease through left stamps, an attractive multiple
3d. on Käwieng, position 1, with variety "s in Deutsch appears inverted", without gum, tiny thin at top, otherwise fine, certificate Ceremuga (2001)
3d. on Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, vertical strip of four, positio 1, fresh color and good perforation, the 2nd stamp with variety "missing ( before Deutsch", without gum, lower stamp small corner crease, otherwise fine and attractive multiple
3d. on Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, marginal horizontal pair, positions 4-5, the left stamp showing variety "missing stop after d", fresh color and good perforation, without gum, very fine and attractive, certificate BPA (1980)
3d. on Käwieng, horizontal pair, positions 4-5, the left stamp showing variety "missing dot after d", fresh color, without gum, very fine and attractive, certificate Ceremuga (1999)
3d. on Kieta, block of four, position 4-5, fresh color and good perforation, left stamps showing variety "missing dot after d", without gum, very fine and attractive multiple
3d. on Rabaul, vertical pair with right sheet margin, position 5, the lower stamp with tilted double-overprint "G.R.I.", unused, very fine with just three copies recorded a great and very attractive rarity, signed Holcombe with certificate (1993) (Gibbs 33d)
3d. on Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, block of four, positions 2-3, fresh color and good perforation, without gum, very fine and attractive
3d. on Manus (sans serif), block of four, positions 3-4, fresh color and good perforation, mint never hinged, horizontal perforation partially separated, a fine and attractive multiple, certificate Ceremuga (2004)
3d. on Manus (sans serif) with right sheet margin, position 5, unused, very fine
3d. on Manus (sans serif) from the upper left sheet margin, fresh color and good perforation, unused with large part original gum, fine
3d. on Rabaul, fresh color and good perforation, straight edge at right, showing variety "Deutsch-Neuguinea", in combination with horizontal pair NWPI ½d., tied by oval "RABAUL JUN 8 - 1915" to cover addressed to Kodak Ltd. in Sydney, some very minor aging, otherwise fine and attractive
3d. on Kieta, position 4, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine
3d. on Manus (serif), fresh color and good perforation, position 5, unused, very fine and attractive, very rare with just approx. 25 printed from this setting, signed Holcombe with certificate (1999)
3d. on Herbertshöhe, marginal horizontal pair, positions 9-10, the right stamp showing variety "comma shaped dot after d", fresh color, without gum, some perf faults at top, otherwise very fine and attractive
Provenance: Marquess of Bute (Robson Lowe, 1959)
3d. on Stephansort, block of four (#962-963, 967-968), positions 3-4 and 8-9, block of four, vertical perfs re-enforced, fresh color and good perforations, used with clear strikes of cds. "STEPHANSORT", a very rare and attractive multiple, just 50 labels were overprinted for postage from this setting (numbered between 951 and 1000), Gibbs stating on page 103 of the handbook, that no unused examples are recorded, this being one of just three...
3d. on Kieta "301", position 10, showing typical flaws except for the letter "R" whichs seems to have been substituted from Setting H, Position 10, unused without gum, very fine and interesting item, signed Bloch and certificate Sismondo (2006)
The following 9 lots represent one of the two known sets of covers of N.W.P.L/German New Guinea Reg. labels surcharged GRI prepared by Major J. P. Fry of the Rabaul Australian Naval and Military Exped. Force. This, the first set, has the "Passed by Censor" handstamp, the second set does not have this.
3d. on Rabaul "#992" in combination with KGV "N.W. PACIFIC ISLANDS." 1d. red, block of four, left stamps Die I, right stamps Die II, all...
3d. on Rabaul "#993" in combination with Kangaroo "N.W. PACIFIC ISLANDS." 2d. grey, block of four, all tied by cds. "STEPHANSORT 13" to cover with adjacent straight-line "PASSED BY CENSOR", adhesives some toning, otherwise fine, one of the two known
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