1857, stampless folded cover, postmarked on reverse with St. Thomas despatch c.d.s. (28 Jan), neatly-struck on front with FRANCO in circle, to Judge A. Sorgensen in St. John’s, a fine and scarce strike, with only nine examples recored; with 1989 Nielsen certificate.
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 #6013 - Denmark danish west indies
1861, folded letter, datelined St. Thomas, 28 September, to Carupano [Venezuela], with oval “Gruner & Co” (forwarding agents) sender’s handstamp, ship endorsement at lower left, reverse with fine strike of large oval “ST. THOMAS / EXPRESS / OFFICE”, horizontal fold and small stain on back clear of postmark, a rare marking, with only seven examples recorded on mail originating in St. Thomas.
Lot #6014 - Denmark danish west indies
1862, folded letter datelined October 26, struck on reverse with St. Thomas double split-ring despatch in black (28 Oct), to Lubeck, front with blue oval handstamp of forwarding agents Schon, Willink & Co, carried via London (14 Nov), Ostende, and Aachen (15 Nov), British “10” in black at upper left, Prussian “12” (silbergroschen) converted to “16” (schilling) in Lubeck, some light edge wrinkling and crease to back, but a scarce entire....
Lot #6015 - Denmark danish west indies
1863, folded letter to New York, datelined Caracas, 7 September, struck on reverse with oval ST THOMAS EXPRESS OFFICE, “New York Ship Letter / 4” c.d.s. on front (27 Apr), adhesive removed, portion of front with datestamp cut to allow for display with reverse of cover; approximately 29 covers are recorded with this Express marking, many of which are unclear strikes.
Lot #6016 - Denmark danish west indies
1863, folded letter to New York, with printed contents from Charles Bennett, Surveyor, General Post Office, indicating to the recipient that a parcel is awaiting shipment but can only be carried onwards upon payment of 24c due, suggesting to the recipient that one of his “correspondents in this Island to call at my Office between the hours of 10 o’clock and 3 o’clock, and pay the above postage,”postmarked on reverse with St. Thomas c.d.s. (12...
Lot #6017 - Denmark danish west indies
1864, folded letter datelined St. Croix, November 5, to Madeira, endorsed “via Lisbon / p. Brazil mail”, prepaid 1/4 to London and struck with “Lombard Street PAID” c.d.s. upon arrival (8 Jun), Lisbon boxed transit backstamp (13 Jun), struck “320” (reis) in black indicating postage due from the recipient, filing folds an light edge creasing, an uncommon destination.
Lot #6018 - Denmark danish west indies
1872, folded entire, dated 27 April, to Copenhagen, Denmark, postmarked with black St. Thomas despatch c.d.s., endorsed “p. Steamer via Bremen” and struck with boxed “Aus Westindien / uber Bremen”, manuscript “6” (silbergroschen) in red converted in Denmark to “34” (skillinge) due from recipient, backstamped Bremen (15 May), Copenhagen (17 May) and Copenhagen - Christiansh (17 May), fresh and fine.
Lot #6019 - Denmark danish west indies
1860, 3c carmine, two singles, margins generally close to into, tied to folded cover by black target cancels, to Norfolk, England, endorsed “p. Steamer” and struck with crisp Frederiksted c.d.s. (11 Sep), “2/-“ United Kingdom tax mark in manuscript on front, reverse with St. Thomas c.d.s. (12 Sep), same-day St. Thomas double arc of the British Post Office, London (27 Sep) split-ring transit and next-day Thetford c.d.s. receiver in blue, an...
Lot #6020 - Denmark danish west indies
1860, 3c dark carmine, clear to very large margins, showing portion of adjoining stamp at left, tied to folded letter to the Burgher Council in Christiansted by five-ring target cancel, postmarked with neatly-struck Frederiksted c.d.s. (6 May), a striking franking and fresh letter; with 1979 Arno Debo certificate.
Lot #6021 - Denmark danish west indies
1860, 3c carmine, four ample to large margins, tied to folded cover by clear target cancel, postmarked Frederiksted (20 Apr), to the Burgher Council at Christiansted, the odd trivial spot, else very fine and scarce.
Lot #6022 - Denmark danish west indies
1866, 3c rose, four good to large margins, tied to folded letter, datelined “St. Thomas, 16 November, 1866”, to Christiansted, St. Croix, horizontal filing fold well clear of adhesive, fine and scarce, believed to be the earliest recorded example on cover, pre-dating the 21 November, 1866 recorded by Engstrom; with 1978 Copenhagen Philatelic Society certificate.
Lot #6023 - Denmark danish west indies
1868, 3c rose, three large margins, tied by target cancel to folded letter docketed “Mayaguez, 10 April” (Puerto Rico), carried to St. Thomas via forwarding agents George A. Phillips & Co, twice struck on reverse with their oval marking in blue, postmarked with St. Thomas c.d.s. (11 Apr 1868), endorsed “per Steamer” in manuscript and addressed to New York, unpaid and struck with “New York / U.S. 10 Notes” c.d.s. (21 Apr), light horizontal...
Lot #6024 - Denmark danish west indies
1876, 3c carmine rose, margins largely close to into, large at top, cancelled with black target, postmarked St. Thomas (6 Apr), to New York, endorsed “via Havana”, the domestic rate only prepaid, thus struck with “New-York / Due 5 CTS” c.d.s. (17 Apr), a fresh and fine entire.
Lot #6025 - Denmark danish west indies
1930, 3c black Coat of Arms, horizontal plate proof pair for the 1930 Hagermann reprint, on ungummed, unwatermarked paper, four even margins, plate positions “85” and “86” in small pencil notations on reverse, an infrequently-offered proof, taken prior to the creation of the official reprints for the 1930 publication “Stamps of the Danish West Indies” by G.A. Hagermann.
Lot #6026 - Denmark danish west indies
1930, 3c black Coat of Arms, horizontal plate proof pair for the 1930 Hagermann reprint, on ungummed, unwatermarked paper, four balanced margins, manuscript “Thiele’s” in ink on reverse, with plate positions “27” and “28” in small pencil notations, a scarce proof taken prior to the creation of the official reprints for the 1930 publication “Stamps of the Danish West Indies” by G.A. Hagermann.
Lot #6027 - Denmark danish west indies
1872, 4c blue, imperforate vertically, horizontal pair, original gum with hinge remnants, nicely-centered and with pleasing pastel-like shade, fine-very fine; with 1977 Helge Witt certificate.
Lot #6028 - Denmark danish west indies
1902, 2c on 3c light blue and carmine, upper right corner block of twenty five, lower right stamp showing the normal frameline, the balance inverted, hinged in corners and reinforcing perf separation in places, leaving ten examples never hinged, normal frameline example hinged, bright and fresh color, several positions showing small varieties, a fine and scarce large multiple, ideal for plating study.
Lot #6029 - Denmark danish west indies
c. 1904, King Christian IX, 5c essay for unissued design, in black on thick carton paper, four large even margins, scarce and very fine.
Lot #6030 - Denmark danish west indies
c. 1904, King Christian IX, 5c essay for unissued design, in black on thick carton paper, approx. 110mm x 114mm, trace of fingerprint clear of design, scarce and unusual.
Lot #6031 - Denmark danish west indies
c. 1904, 5c King Christian IX, eight essays for unissued design, two impressions struck on cream-colored, gummed wove paper, hinged, with range of colors including light blue, two shades of violet/lilac, orange, black, red, brown, and olive-grey, hinged, the occasional corner crease, tone spot at top of darker violet example, else fine and most unusual group, believed to have been prepared by Alfred Jacobsen.
Lot #6032 - Denmark danish west indies
1905, 5bit light green to 5fr yellow & brown, perforated 12 or 12-3/4, watermark new crown, unused, several with part original gum, overprinted SPECIMEN in black by the receiving postal administration, various flaws, including small thins, 2fr with upper corner tear, many with heavily toned gum, a scarce set; with 1977 British Philatelic Association certificate.
Lot #6033 - Denmark danish west indies
1905, 5bit on 4c brown & blue to 4bit on 8c brown, part original gum, overprinted SPECIMEN in black by the receiving postal administration, the 5bit on 4c value with feathered perfs at left, all with heavily toned gum, yet a scarce set of very good appearance; with 1977 British Philatelic Association certificate.
Lot #6034 - Denmark danish west indies
1915/6, 5bit light green to 50bit yellow & brown, most with part or large part original gum, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in black by the receiving postal administration, various small faults, 10bit with rounded corner, 20bit with thin, 40 bit horizontal crease and crayon mark, yet a scarce set; with 1977 British Philatelic Association certificate.
Lot #6035 - Denmark danish west indies
1877, folded letter franked with 1c lilac-purple & green, 4c ultramarine & brown, and 7c yellow & lilac, cancelled with black target cancels, postmarked St. Thomas (17 Sep), to St. Johns (San Juan), Puerto Rico, neatly-struck oval datestamp of St. Thomas forwarding agents J.F.D. Jurgens & Co, indistinct c.d.s. backstamp, light horizontal fold, a scarce and pleasing three-colour franking; with 1988 Nielsen certificate....
Lot #6036 - Denmark danish west indies
1877, folded letter franked with 5c light green & grey and 7c lilac & yellow horizontal pairs, paying the 24c UPU double rate, each cancelled by black target, postmarked with Christiansted c.d.s. (2 Sep), to Copenhagen, Denmark, red London Paid transit in red struck on front (13 Oct), St. Thomas transit and Copenhagen receiver on reverse, vertical fold crossing one 5c adhesive, discolored portion on reverse, a visually appealing and...
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