1870, May, Bantam ½d. die proof in rose taken after the engraving of the head was strengthened and the die was hardened, affixed to card. Very rare, said to be one of only six produced of which some are unavailable in Institutional Collections & Museums. (S.G.Cat. GBP 12.000)
Heinrich Köhler 386 Auction – Day 2
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Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 386 Auction – Day 2
Viewing times of the 386th auction
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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 #391 - Great Britain stamps
Bantam ½d. rose-red, Imprimaturs, the attractive selection of eight: plate 3, TJ, plate 4, TO, plate 5, TO, plate 8, TO, plate 14, AJ, plate 15, TH, plate 19, TH and plate 20, AO. All with large margins and very fresh. (S.G.Cat. GBP 7.600)
Lot #392 - Great Britain stamps
1/2 d. rose, plate 1, variety Imperforate, horizontal pair SW-SX with inverted watermark, large margins all round, large part or full original gum, very fresh and rare. According to J.B.Seymour in the Kohl Handbook (1930), a part perforated sheet was released having two rows completely imperforate. Most stamps were cut from the sheet as singles, only very few pairs recorded. (S.G. Cat.: GBP 6.000)
Lot #393 - Great Britain stamps
1871, 1½d. carmine-rose, Ormond Hill Die Proof on thin hard yellowish white wove paper, fresh and very fine, rare and beautiful proof. B.P.A. certificate (2010) (S.G.Cat. GBP 18.000)
Lot #394 - Great Britain stamps
1860, Prepared for use, but not issued: 1 ½ d. rosy mauve on blued paper (strong Ivory Head), AD, Imprimatur with top margin and inscription, removed small stain, fresh and very fine. Rare: only 38 stamps were taken from the Imprimatur sheet. (S.G.Cat.: GBP 7.000)
Lot #395 - Great Britain stamps
1870, 1 ½ d. lake-red, plate 3, AH, Imprimatur with top margin and inscription, some gum remnants in the top margin from the original mounting, fresh and very fine. Only 25 stamps were taken from the Imprimatur sheet, of which AK and AL (both N.P.M. London) and TA (Royal Collection) unavailable for private collectors. (S.G.Cat. GBP 6.000)
Lot #396 - Great Britain stamps
1½d. rose-red, plate 1, AB, imperforate, a much paler shade of rose-red than the printing on Dr. Perkins chemically prepared paper, large part original gum. (S.G.Cat. GBP 7.500)
Lot #397 - Great Britain stamps
1½d. rose-red, plate 1, NK-NL, imperforate horizontal pair with sheet margin and inscription on Dr. Perkins chemically prepared paper with Wmk. Large Crown, wonderful fresh colour and gum. (S.G.Cat. GBP 15.500)
Lot #398 - Great Britain stamps
1½d. pale rose-red, plate 3, PI, imperforate plate proof on ‚Large Crown‘ watermarked paper without gum, of unknown status, possibly unique in private hands. (S.G.Cat. GBP 7.500)
Lot #399 - Great Britain stamps
1840, (February), Wyon’s head without pendant curl and Whitings Engraving: Essay ONE PENNY in light blue, extremely rare essay, embossed on thick card, some minor staining.
Lot #400 - Great Britain stamps
1841, Postal Stationery 1d. pink envelope cancelled by black Maltese Cross, mailed to Alcester, Warwickshire, on reverse large part datestemp „12 FE (1841)“ in red with docketing at left of receipt “Feb. 13/41“ in manuscript and internally on flap „Arthur sends you this envelope as a specimen of the new Royal Postage Stamp“. The second earliest example recorded , the 1d pink enveople being issued 10 February 1841 and was initially confined to...
Lot #401 - Great Britain stamps
Postal Stationery 1841, 2d. blue, embossed envelope, cancelled with black Maltese Cross and „EXETER MR 13 1842“ c.d.s. alongside, locally used, in addition 1841, 2d. blue, plate 3, MK, large margins all round, tied by black Maltese Cross to entire, „EXETER JU 19 1843“ c.d.s. on front for dispatch, addressed to Yeovil, an extremely fine and fresh „pair of covers“ showing the EXETER datestamp struck on front (instead on reverse). The 1841, 2d...
Lot #402 - Great Britain stamps
1915, Seahorses 2s.6d., 5s. and 10s., the left hand marginal set of Imprimaturs, removed by the N.P.M. in 1984, mint, 2/6 and 5 sh. showing portion of cross guide marks, full original gum, lightly hinged in the margins only, extremely fine and fresh. Handstamped „B.P.M.A.“ on reverse, the 10s. with additional small ink stroke of most likely official nature. An extremely rare set.
Lot #1924 - Great Britain stamps
1840, 1d. black, plate 1A (earliest printing), LK, attached to Postal Notice „TO ALL POSTMASTERS“ from the General Post Office in Edinburgh, April 1840 (the month before the Penny Black, the first postage stamp in the world, was issued on May 6, 1840). The 1d. black with good to large margins, another 1d. black stamp, KK, formerly in a pair with the1d. LK, was removed, very fresh state of preservation. Karl Louis BPP certificate (2025) (SG...
Lot #1925 - Great Britain stamps
1840, Mulready Envelope 1d. black, a complete unused sheet of 12, forme 4, stereos A172 (upper left) to A189 (bottom right), some folds as can be expected, but in a very fresh state of preservation. Rare, most of the sheets found in The Dublin Find have later been cut, only a few complete sheets of 12 are still preserved intact. Karl Louis BPP certificate (2025) (SG GBP 5.500)
Lot #1926 - Great Britain stamps
Mulready Letter Sheet 2d. blue, a complete unused sheet of 12, stereos a92 (upper left) to a91 (bottom right), variously folded as can be expected with some wear, splitting and minor age toning along the folds. Only a few complete sheets of 12 of The Dublin Find are still preserved intact. Karl Louis BPP certificate (2025) (SG GBP 5.500)
Lot #1927 - Great Britain stamps
1841, 1d. red-brown, plate 5, IB, 1841, 2d. blue, printing from the small trial plate of 12 without corner letters, and Postal stationery 1841, 1d. pink, two envelopes in two different sizes overprinted ‚SPECIMEN‘ in red, attached to Postal Notice „TO ALL POSTMASTERS“ from the General Post Office in Edinburgh, 1841. Both adhesives with good to large margins, the 2d. with corner sheet margins, very fresh state of preservation. Karl Louis BPP...
Lot #1928 - Great Britain stamps
1841, Postal Sationery 2d. blue envelope overprinted ‚SPECIMEN‘ in red attached to Postal Notice „TO ALL POSTMASTERS“ from the General Post Office in Edinburgh, April 1841. Usual light folds, the 2d. envelope was originally stuck with the outer tip of the flap to the notice.Very fresh state of preservation. Karl Louis BPP certificate (2025) (SG GBP 2.250)
Lot #1929 - Great Britain stamps
1680, "A Penny Well Bestowed", William Dockwra's original advertising broadsheet for his Penny Post, printed by Thomas James. Part of base missing and here folded once. A great rarity of British Postal History; supposed to be the only copy in private hands.
Lot #1930 - Great Britain stamps
1731, “Anno Regni Georgii II. ..” , act of Parliament referring to the Penny Post.
Lot #1931 - Great Britain stamps
1840, 1d. black, plate 8, lettered KG-LH, margins touching to close, cancelled with four clear strikes ofMaltese Cross, block has been torn through LG-LH and re-assembled, vertical crease through centralmargin and other small imperfections, of good appearance. (SG £22,000)
Lot #1932 - Great Britain stamps
1 P. purple, large margins imperforated fine, extremely rare!
Lot #1933 - Great Britain stamps
1867/83, wm 'Maltese Cross', 10 sh. greenish grey, nice colour and good perforation, lightly cancelled, very fine, certificate Louis BPP (2024)
Lot #1934 - Great Britain stamps
5 Shilling plate 1 pale rose, unused with original gum, slightly toned, otherwise fine
Lot #1935 - Great Britain stamps
5 Sh. pale rose plate 2, slightly off centre, unused without gum, otherwise fine




























