1881 (March 31), 10pa black & green, perforated 13.5, horizontal pair, tied to folded letter from Klissura (per sender’s notation), cancelled with purple provisional cork cancel, to Plovdiv via Karolovo, in Karlovo further cancelled with circular blue grid and corresponding c.d.s. (Apr 1), backstamped the next day with “Poste Plovdiv” c.d.s. receiver, a fine and important cover, demonstrating both an early usage of the rare Klissura...
Heinrich Köhler 384 Auction – Day 1 Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia – The "P.G." Collection
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Sep 19, 2024 Europe/Berlin
Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 384 Auction – Day 1 Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia – The "P.G." Collection
Thursday Sep 19, 2024 09:00 Europe/Berlin
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Auction Schedule
Thursday, 19 September 2024 09:00 CET 1001 – 1522 Single Lots: Europe and Colonies
Thursday, 19 September 2024 14:00 CET 5001 – 5471 Special Catalogue: Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia – The "P.G." Collection
Friday, 20 September 2024 09:00 CET 1523 – 1883 Single Lots: Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries, Olympics, Thematics, Literature, Numismatics
Friday, 20 September 2024 13:00 CET 5501 – 5991 Special Catalogue: Airmail and Zeppelin Mail – inclusive the collection of the Sieger family (part II)
Monday, 23 September 2024 09:00 CET 1884 – 2441 Single Lots: German Empire 1872 – 1945
Special Offer: German Reichspost – Shield Issues 1872–75 – The Dr. Dietmar Kipping Collection
Special Offer: German Empire – The Issues 'Pfennige' and 'Pfennig' – The "Baghira" Collection
Monday, 23 September 2024 14:00 CET 6001 – 6394 Special Catalogue: German Reichspost – Shield Issues – The Michael Rehme Collection (part III)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024 09:00 CET 2442 – 2600 Single Lots: German post offices abroad and colonies
Tuesday, 24 September 2024 10:00 CET 2601 – 3359 Single Lots: German Occupation WWI, German Areas and Plebiscites, Saar, Danzig, Memel, German Occupation WWII, Germany after 1945: Control Council, Soviet Occupation Zone
Special Offer: Memel Territory 1920–1939 – The Dr Heinrich Hirschfelder Collection
Wednesday, 25 September 2024 09:00 CET 3360 – 3932 Single Lots: Germany after 1945: GDR, Berlin, Saarland, Bizone, Federal Republic of Germany
Special Offer: GDR Special Collection with Booklets
Special Offer: Berlin – Frankings and Se-tenants
Special Offer: Definitive Issue Posthorn 1951 – Specialised Collection (part II)
Wednesday, 25 September 2024 14:00 CET 10001 – 10500 Country Collections: Europe: Aegean Islands – Romania, including Great Britain and British Commonwealth
Special Offer: Germany, Europe and Overseas – The Dr Jürgen Wiedemann Collection
Thursday, 26 September 2024 09:00 CET 10501 – 11712 Country Collections: Europe: Russia – Yugoslavia, 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, 27 September 2024 09:00 CET 3933 – 4395 Single Lots: German States Baden – Wuerttemberg, North German Confederation
Special Offer: Local Collection Mannheim
Special Offer: Thurn and Taxis – 'The Thuringian principalities' – The Heinz Peter Wenzel Collection
Friday, 27 September 2024 12:30 CET 6501 – 6615 Special Catalogue: Grand Duchy of Baden – Frankings and Postal History – The Klaus Peter Geis Collection (part II)
Friday, 27 September 2024 13:30 CET 7001 – 7362 Special Catalogue: Heligoland – The Hans-Jürgen Borowski Collection (part I)
Friday, 27 September 2024 17:00 CET 7501 – 7591 Special Catalogue: Kingdom of Saxony – 'Frederick Augustus' – The Michael Schewe Collection
Friday, 27 September 2024 18:00 CET 7601 – 7681 Special Catalogue: The Gustav Strunk Collections (part III): The Principalities of Lippe, Germany, Europe – Collections and Single Lots
Saturday, 28 September 2024 09:00 CET 8001 – 8366 Special Catalogue: Germany from 1849 – Austria from 1850 – The "American" Bruce Wright Collection (part I)
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Lot #1077 - europe eastern rumelia
1881 (April 9), registered cover franked with 10pa black & green, 20pa black & rose, and 1pi black & blue, tied to back of registered cover by blue circular grid cancels, Aitos c.d.s. despatch struck on front, with Sofia transit datestamps (April 15/16) on front and back, Orsova c.d.s. and multiple Breslau backstamps (May 5), adhesives with some toning and one 10pa stamp torn, but a rare franking, paying the 2pi foreign registered...
Lot #1078 - europe eastern rumelia
1881 (April 28), folded letter, datelined Klissura, to Plovdiv, franked with two 10pa black & green, tied by dual purple cork and green circular grid cancels, blue “Post Karlovo” Russian-type c.d.s. alongside (Apr 29), reverse with bilingual Plovdiv c.d.s. arrival backstamp (Apr 30), a fine and fascinating entire, provisionally cancelled in Klissura, and datetamped only upon arrival in Karlovo; rare, with 2022 Hitzler certificate.
Lot #1079 - europe eastern rumelia
1881 (May 13), 10pa black & green, three singles tied to newspaper “Maritza” by green circular grid cancels, paying the rate for three bundled newspapers of up to 30g, likely originating in Plovdiv as the newspaper was printed there, destination unknown as address label has fallen off, yet a rare and striking franking, likely the only such extant; with 2022 Hitzler certificate.
Lot #1080 - europe eastern rumelia
1881 (August 5), 10pa black & green, tied to postal card to Kazanluk by blue circular grid cancel, matching Karlovo despatch c.d.s. alongside, reverse with fine strike of Kazanluk c.d.s. receiver, an early example of the usage of the bilingual circular date stamp in Eastern Rumelia.
Lot #1081 - europe eastern rumelia
1881 (September 6), receipt for the private conveyance of mail by Ivan Mihalev and Kanju Valkov between Sliven and Jambol, struck with blue double Post Horn negative seal “East Rumelian Post / Jambol”, light filing folds, a scarce document.
Note: Under the Eastern Rumelia postal regulations of September 1881, post offices were permitted to have mail transported privately; receipts such as these were issued for mail transported by such...
Lot #1082 - europe eastern rumelia
1882 (September 28), postal card franked with two 5pa black & olive, each tied by blue grid cancel, neatly-struck Karlovo c.d.s. alongside, one adhesive further tied by next-day Plovdiv c.d.s. receiver, a most attractive example of the 10pa domestic postcard rate.
Lot #1083 - europe eastern rumelia
1881 (October 4), 10pa black & rose, overprinted “R.O.” in blue, tied by neatly-struck circular grid cancel in blue to bilingual newspaper “Maritza”, Vol. 3, No. 322, published in Plovdiv, adhesive with remarkably bright colour, the newspaper with trivial flaws but similarly fresh, a superb and late usage, an extremely rare example of a sound “R.O.” overprinted issue on a newspaper; with 2022 Hitzler certificate.
Lot #1084 - europe eastern rumelia
1882 (February 9), 10pa black & lilac, overprinted “R.O.” and “Roumélie Orientale” in blue, tied by neatly-struck circular grid cancel in blue to bilingual part newspaper “Maritza”, Vol. 5, No. 360, published in Plovdiv, adhesive with various small flaws, newspaper quite fresh, both a late usage and rare franking, one of only two recorded examples recorded by Hitzler of genuine “R.O.” overprinted issue on newspaper, and the latest...
Lot #1085 - europe eastern rumelia
1883 (January 23), 20pa black & rose, tied to postal card by blue Pechtera c.d.s., year date incorrectly set to “82”, sent via Constantinople to Tatar with Constantinople Yeni-Djani transit and blue c.d.s. arrival backstamp, a few trivial stains, but an uncommon cancellation.
Lot #1086 - europe eastern rumelia
1883 (March 10), 20pa black & rose, tied to cover to Sheravna by blue “Poststation Schipka” Russian-type c.d.s., indistinct free strike alongside, toned and opening tear to reverse, but a scarce usage of this datestamp, with Sheravna continuing to use the Russian hammer after most other towns had replaced theirs with bilingual examples .
Lot #1087 - europe eastern rumelia
1883 (June 6), cover franked with 20pa black on rose horizontal pair, paying the 1pi foreign letter rate to Schumen, adhesives tied by blue Haskoy c.d.s., matching free strike at lower left, alongside Gaborovo c.d.s. transit (Jun 10), second Gabrovo backstamp (Jun 12), and Schumen c.d.s. receiver (Jun 13), somewhat roughly opened through back flap, else a fine and unusual cover, the adhesives being cancelled by a c.d.s., contrary to...
Lot #1088 - europe eastern rumelia
1883 (September 8), 10pa black & green, perforated 13.5, paying the 10pa inland postcard rate, tied to stationery card by blue Achielo c.d.s., reverse with Plovdiv c.d.s. arrival backstamp, light horizontal crease, else fine.
Lot #1089 - europe eastern rumelia
1883 (December 18), 5pa black & olive, tied by green grid cancel to December 15 edition of the “South Bulgarian” newspaper, with blue Plovdiv despatch c.d.s., the odd small edge tear to paper, a choice franking illustrating this inland newspaper rate.
Lot #1090 - europe eastern rumelia
1884 (April 1), 10pa black & green, tied by circular grid cancel to March 28, 1884 edition of the “South Bulgarian” newspaper, with blue Plovdiv despatch c.d.s., to Tirnovo, typical small edge tears to news paper, the adhesive with some perf toning, else a fine example of the scarce foreign newspaper rate.
Lot #1091 - europe eastern rumelia
1884 (June 18), 1pi black & blue, tied to cover from Kazanluk to Dresden by green grid cancel, Kazanluk c.d.s. despatch, dual Gabrovo transit marks, with both Russian (Jun 19) and bilingual type (Jun 21), reverse with Russe transit (Jun 22) and Dresden (Jul 7) c.d.s. arrival backstamps, light wrinkles, else a fine single franking paying the foreign letter rate.
Lot #1092 - europe eastern rumelia
1884 (July 31), 20pa black & rose, dark shade, perforated 13.5, tied to postal card to Vienna by green circular grid cancel, matching green Tatar Pazardjik despatch c.d.s. at lower left, neatly-struck Constantinople-Galata / Départ transit (Aug 5) on front and Istanbul c.d.s. backstamp, redirected upon receipt in Vienna to Vardenberg, with c.d.s. receiver (Aug 10), fine.
Lot #1093 - europe eastern rumelia
1884 (September 5), 5pa black & olive, perforated 13.5, tied to cover by scarce green triangular Post Horn local cancel of Plovdiv, corresponding c.d.s. struck above, light vertical fold, else a desirable franking of the 5pa local post rate for printed matter, and demonstrating the recurrence in 1884 of the triangular handstamp originally introduced in 1880-81; with 2022 Hitzler certificate.
Lot #1094 - europe eastern rumelia
1884 (October 3), 5pa black & olive, tied to front cover of newspaper “Science” by green circular grid cancel, below struck with ornate crossed Post Horn negative seal “Eastern Rumelian Post Plovdiv”, trivial edge flaws as commonly seen, not detracting from the tremendous visual appeal of this scarce franking, illustrating the domestic printed matter rate.
Lot #1095 - europe eastern rumelia
1884 (October 20), 10pa green and light green, tied to large newspaper piece by blue circular grid cancel, faint “Poste Kasanlik” despatch c.d.s. alongside, a scarce franking, paying the inland newspaper rate for the 15g to 30g weight class, fine.
Lot #1096 - europe eastern rumelia
1884 (November 9), three 1pi black & blue, perforated 13.5, tied to registered cover to Prague by blue grid cancel, fine Poste Slivno c.d.s. despatch above, black “Constantinople-Galata / Départ” (25 Nov) transit on front, reverse with two faint c.d.s. and Prague c.d.s. receiver (28 Nov), a few trivial edge flaws of no importance given the scarcity of this striking cover, paying the 1pi registered letter fee and 2pi foreign letter rate...
Lot #1097 - europe eastern rumelia
1884 (December 17), cover franked with 5pa lilac on pale lilac, perforated 11.5, tied to Plovdiv local cover by triangular “Plovdiv City Post” Post Horn handstamp, blue c.d.s. alongside, light vertical fold, else fine.
Lot #1098 - europe eastern rumelia
1884 (December 30), postal card to from Burgas to Kotal, franked with 10pa green on light green, perforated 11.5, tied by blue circular grid cancel, matching blue c.d.s. despatch below, reverse with unusual intaglio sender’s seal, a fine example of the 10pa inland postcard rate.
Lot #1099 - europe eastern rumelia
1885 (January 10), 20pa black & rose, perforated 13.5, tied to stationery card by green circular grid cancel, Kavakli c.d.s. despatch strike below, carried to Vienna via Burgas, with blue c.d.s. transit backstamp, oval Landstrasse/Wien receiver on front, name erased from address panel, else a fine example of the foreign postcard rate with a small village origin in present-day Turkey.
Lot #1100 - europe eastern rumelia
1885 (February 2), postal stationery card franked with 5pa lilac on pale lilac, perforated 11.5, tied to Plovdiv local cover by triangular “Plovdiv City Post” Post Horn in blue, with c.d.s. struck at left, an uncommon local usage, attractive and fine.
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