1885 (September 27), 20pa rose, perforated 11.5, overprinted Type III in black, paying the 10pa inland postcard rate plus 10pa registration, tied to postal card to Sofia by blue Poste Slivno c.d.s., handstamped “Recommandee” in blue, reverse with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (Sep 29), a scarce registered stationery card.
Heinrich Köhler 386 Auction – Day 3
By: Heinrich Koehler Auktionen
Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 386 Auction – Day 3
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| 15 – 19 September 2025 | Monday – Friday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| 22 – 26 September 2025 | Monday – Friday | 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
| 27 September 2025 | Saturday | from 8:30 AM |
Auction Schedule 386th auction
| Thursday, 18 September 2025 | 9:00 CET | 1001 – 1625 | Single lots: Europe and Colonies: Austria–Romania |
| Thursday, 18 September 2025 | 15:00 CET | 501 – 583 | Special catalogue: Russia No. 1 – Extracts from the "Elin" Collection |
| Thursday, 18 September 2025 | 16:00 CET | 1626 – 1923 |
Single lots: Europe and Colonies: Russia–Western Ukraine Special part: Russian Mail – The Jack Moyes Collection |
| Friday, 19 September 2025 | 9:00 CET | 1 – 258 | Special catalogue: Universal Postal Union ("UPU") and Its Impact on Global Postal Services – The JP Gough Collection (part I) |
| Friday, 19 September 2025 | 11:30 CET | 301 – 402 | Special catalogue: Great Britain – Queen Victoria: The Line Engraved Imperforate Adhesives – The Richard Frajola Collection |
| Friday, 19 September 2025 | 13:00 CET | 1924 – 2546 |
Single lots: Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries, Ship mail, Airmail and Zeppelin mail, Olympics, Numismatics Special part: The Kiefersfelden Stamp Find – Great Britain Special part: Ship Mail to 1945 – The Friedrich Steinmeyer Collection |
| Saturday, 20 September 2025 | 9:00 CET | 15001 – 15829 | Petite Treasures – Exclusive Online Auction: Europe and Colonies: A–I, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth |
| Sunday, 21 September 2025 | 9:00 CET | 15830 – 16433 | Petite Treasures – Exclusive Online Auction: Europe and Colonies: L–Z, Overseas countries, Germany |
| Monday, 22 September 2025 | 9:00 CET | 6501 – 6774 | Special catalogue: German Reichspost – Shield issues 1872–1875 – The "Baghira" Collection (part II) |
| Monday, 22 September 2025 | 11:00 CET | 2547 – 3017 |
Single lots: German Empire from 1872, Private Mail Special part: Contemporary German History 1918/48 – The Dr. Heinz Jaeger Collection |
| Monday, 22 September 2025 | 14:00 CET | 7001 – 7373 | Special catalogue: German foreign Post Offices and Colonies – The "Calibra" Collection (part II) |
| Monday, 22 September 2025 | 17:00 CET | 3018 – 3225 | Single lots: German foreign Post Offices and Colonies |
| Tuesday, 23 September 2025 | 9:00 CET | 3226 – 4169 |
Single lots: German Occupation WWI & WWII, German Areas and Plebiscites Special part: Gdańsk – From pre-philately to 1945 – The Ton Hulkenberg Collection (part II) |
| Tuesday, 23 September 2025 | 16:30 CET | 4170 – 4520 |
Single lots: Germany after 1945 Special part: Designs by artist Heinz Schillinger |
| Wednesday, 24 September 2025 | 9:00 CET | 10001 – 10854 |
Country collections: Europe, including Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas Collections and Lots: General collections All World / Europe / Overseas |
| Thursday, 25 September 2025 | 9:00 CET | 10855 – 11740 |
Collections and Lots: 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, 26 September 2025 | 9:00 CET | 4521 – 5017 |
Single lots: German States Baden – Alsace-Lorraine Special part: The City of Munich from 1519 – Homeland Collection Special part: Kingdom of Hanover – The Knut Gerschau Collection Special part: Heligoland – Original printing clichés |
| Friday, 26 September 2025 | 14:00 CET | 6001 – 6252 | Special catalogue: Heligoland – The Hans-Jürgen Borowski Collection (part III) |
| Saturday, 27 September 2025 | 10:00 CET | 8001 – 8451 | Special catalogue: Germany from 1849 – The "American" Bruce Wright Collection (part II) |
Breaks when appropriate. We expect to auction off 80-120 lots per hour, depending on the area.
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Lot #15226 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
Lot #15227 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 20pa rose on pale rose, overprinted Type II, tied by blue Yambol c.d.s. (Sep 23),to postal card to a well-known collector and dealer in Brussels, c.d.s. receiver struck on front (Oct 11), with message on reverse from the Postmaster of Yambol, S. Georgieff, discussing these overprinted stamps, which had been issued less than two weeks prior to the posting of this card, fine.
Lot #15228 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 20pa rose on pale rose, perforated 11.5, two singles, one each overprinted Type III and IV in black and affixed to unused postal stationery card, Type IV with attached reply card, fine.
Lot #15229 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 20 pa. rose on dull rose perf 11½, unused, showing variety double overprint, tiny thin, otherwise fine, signed
Lot #15230 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 20 pa. rose on dull rose perf 11½, block of eight unused, third stamp on top row showing variety double overprint, fine, signed Kosack
Lot #15231 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 20pa rose, perforated 11.5, overprint Type III inverted, affixed to unused postal stationery card to pay the foreign postcard rate, scarce and fine.
Lot #15232 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 1 pia. black on blue, showing variety inverted overprint, unused part gum and few short perfs, otherwise fine, scarce, signed Kosack and Thier
Lot #15233 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 1 pia. black on blue, showing variety inverted overprint, clear cancelled, fine and scarce, signed Thier
Lot #15234 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 1pi black & blue, perforated 13.5, overprint Type III inverted, cancelled by multiple partial strikes of c.d.s., upper right corner fault, but a rare variety.
Lot #15235 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 5 piaster red and light blue, boxed type I overprint showing circular "o", unused with original gum, very fine and fresh, one of the major rarities of this area. Signed Fulpius, Thier and Hassel
Lot #15236 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 5pa black on olive, perforated 13.5, overprinted Type IV, affixed to unused postal card, a few trivial marks to card, an extremely scarce Type IV overprint on an 1880/1 issue, which were not officially overprinted, and could only be overprinted if brought to the post office privately; signed Zagorsky, with his 1996 certificate.
Lot #15237 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 5 pa. lilac on dull lilac perf 13½, mint never hinged block of 25, some usual gum crease and bottom corner crease, otherwise very fine and fresh, signed Hassel Basel
Lot #15238 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, South Bulgaria issue 5 pa. lilac on dull lilac, perforated 13.5, overprinted Mi. Type II, affixed to postal card, cancelled by circular bar grid in green blue with POSTE BURGAS datestamp 27/9/85 alongside, tiny toned, otherwise fine
Lot #15239 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885 (September 22), 5pa lilac on pale lilac, perforated 13.5, overprint Type IV, horizontal pair, tied to postal card to Plovdiv by blue Poste Slivno c.d.s., with next-day c.d.s. arrival backstamp, a fine example paying the 10pa inland postcard rate, handstamped “Rossl”
Lot #15240 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885 (September 14), 10pa green on light green, perforated 11.5, overprinted Type IV in black, tied to postal card by green Tirnova Seimen c.d.s., to Plovdiv, without backstamps, small marks on upper back corners from prior mounting, a fine early usage from a provincial town, which received its supplies of the overprinted stamps several days after they were made available in Plovdiv.
Lot #15241 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 10 pa. green on dull green, horizontal pair showing inverted overprint, unused, signed Köhler
Lot #15242 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 10 pa. green on dull green, inverted overprint, unused, signed Kosack and Thier
Lot #15243 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 20pa black on rose, perforated 13.5, overprinted Type IV, tied to small piece of postal card overprint, adhesive with perf flaws at lower right, an unusual example illustrating the occasional consequence of stamps behind handstamped with the Lion Provisional after having been affixed to card.
Lot #15244 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 20pa black on rose, perforated 13.5, overprinted Type IV, affixed to unused postal stationery card, an uncommon usage of overprinted 1880/1 issues, fine.
Lot #15245 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, Type II overprints, set of four stamps, 5 pa. lilac on dull lilac perf 13½, 10 pa. green on dull green, 20 pa. black on rose, 20 pa. rose on dull rose and 1 pia. black on blue (this heavy hinged), all unused and otherwise fine, signed Kosack, Thier, Köhler
Lot #15246 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885 (September 27), 20pa rose, perforated 11.5, overprint Type I, tied to registered postal card to Sofia by blue Poste Slivno c.d.s., faint blue “Recommandee” straight-line, a fine and rare usage, Bulgaria then being subject to the 10pa inland postcard rate following the revolution of September 6.
Lot #15247 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 20 pa. rose on dull rose, red overprint OZ (Specimen). Unused, vertical crease, otherwise fine, signed Hertsch
Lot #15248 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 5 piaster red and light blue, boxed type II overprint showing oval "o", unused with part gum, two corners tiny short perfs, otherwise fine and fresh, one of the major rarities of this area. Signed four times and Cert. Zumstein (1954)
Lot #15249 - eastern rumelia Southern Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory occupied
1885, 5 piaster red and light blue, boxed type II overprint showing oval "o", unused regummed, otherwise fine, a rare stamp. Signed Kosack
Lot #15250 - Crete (KPhth) Russian administrative region in the province of Rethymnon
1899, 2m. black on white with violet contral mark, fresh color and good margins, tied by blue straight-line “Rethymnon” to cover to Heraklion, fine and scarce




























