1915, “O.H.B.M.S MAFIA” Fiscals "STATISTIK DES WAAREN-VERKEHRS" 12½h., fresh color and mostly good perforation, used with handwritten date “18/1/16”, closed tear at top and small split at upper right perf, otherwise fine and scarce
Heinrich Köhler 386 Auction – Day 2
By: Heinrich Koehler Auktionen
Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 386 Auction – Day 2
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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 #2061 - tanganyika Mafia Island (British Occupation)
1915, “O.H.B.M.S MAFIA” Fiscals "ÜBERSETZUNGS-GEBÜHREN" 25h., fresh color and good perforation and centering, unused with slightly tropicalized gum, as usual, very fine for this, very rare with only a few printed, certificate Ceremuga (2002)
Lot #2062 - tanganyika Mafia Island (British Occupation)
Indian Expeditionary Forces with G.R. POST MAFIA: 3p., used, fine, certificate BPA (2024)
Lot #2063 - tanganyika Mafia Island (British Occupation)
Indian Expeditionary Forces with G.R. POST MAFIA: ½a., block of four from lower sheet margin, used with greenish cds. “MAFIA 22 SP 16”, fine, certificate BPA (2024)
Lot #2064 - tanganyika Mafia Island (British Occupation)
Indian Expeditionary Forces with G.R. POST MAFIA: 2a., block of four from lower sheet margin, used with greenish cds. “MAFIA 22 SP 16”, light gum bend and diagonal crease through margin and lower right stamp, otherwise fine, certificate BPA (2024)
Lot #2065 - tanganyika Mafia Island (British Occupation)
Indian Expeditionary Forces with G.R. POST MAFIA: 3a., block of four from upper sheet margin, used with greenish cds. “MAFIA 22 SP 16”, fine, certificate BPA (2024)
Lot #2066 - tanganyika Mafia Island (British Occupation)
1917, Indian Expeditionary Forces with new G.R. POST MAFIA overprint in greenish-blue: 3p-12a. and 1r., tied by backdated cds. "MAFIA NO 19 1916" to adressed envelope, very fine and rare, certificate Brandon (2004)
Lot #2067 - tanganyika Mafia Island (British Occupation)
1917, Indian Expeditionary Forces Postal stationery card with new G.R. POST MAFIA overprint: ¼a. grey, used with cds. "MAFIA NO 9 1916", a scarce an interesting item, message added at a later date, very fine, opinion Holcombe (2000) and certificate Scheller (2023)
Lot #2068 - British Commonwealth togo
1914, 3mm Spacing: 10 pfg. block of four with upper sheet margin (Setting 1A pos. 7-8, 17-18), showing the characteristic variety of this setting on position 8 "large spacing between G and O of TOGO thus very wide TOGO 7½mm", fine and scarce, certificate Scheller (2023)
Lot #2069 - British Commonwealth togo
1914, 3mm Spacing: 40 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, mint never hinged, very fine, scarce, signed a.o. Bothe BPP with certificate (1979; still with bottom sheet margin)
Lot #2070 - British Commonwealth togo
1914, 3mm Spacing: 1m. fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. "LOME 30.9.14" to piece, a fine and rare stamp, signed a.o. Grobe and certificate RPSL (1957)
Lot #2071 - British Commonwealth togo
1914, 2mm Spacing: 5 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, used with clear central cds. "LOME 30.10.14", fine, a scarce stamp with only 40 printed, signed Holcombe with certificate (1996) and certificate Scheller (2023)
Lot #2072 - British Commonwealth togo
1914, 20 pfg. ultramarine, with variety from position 37 "TOG for TOGO", fresh color, good perforation, tied by cds. "LOME -1.10.14" to small piece, a very rare variety with only 40 printed, fine, signed Calves and Bühler with certificate (1980) and certificate BPA (2001)
Lot #2073 - British Commonwealth togo
1914, 20 pfg. ultramarine, with variety from position 37 “TOG for TOGO” and 25 pfg., all with 2mm spacing, together with 1m. red, 3mm spacing, all tied by cds. “ANECHO 23 12 16” to registered cover to Basle, Switzerland with arrival mark, very fine. ProFi has not registered another cover with the overprint variety of which only about 40 were printed, signed Bühler with certificate (1993) and certificates BPA (1937), RPSL (1993) and Brandon (...
Lot #2074 - British Commonwealth togo
1915, 30 pfg. with lower sheet margin together with two singles 1d. on 5 pfg., all tied by cds. “LOME 14.6.15” to registered cover to Denmark with transit and arrival mark, fine, signed Holcombe
Lot #2075 - British Commonwealth togo
1914, 2mm Spacing: 80 pfg. fresh color and good perforation, used, a very rare stamp with only 25 printed, signed Bothe BPP and certificate Scheller (2023)
Lot #2076 - British Commonwealth togo
1915, Sansane-Mangu: 5 pfg., horizontal strip of three , fresh color and good perforation, position 3-5 with position 5 showing variety "TOGU", used with clear cds. "LOME", two left stamps some light staining not affecting the variety, left stamp vertical stain, otherwise fine and scarce, copy of certificate Holcombe (1995) and certificate Scheller (2023)
Lot #2077 - British Commonwealth togo
1915, Sansane-Mangu: 10 pfg., three singles, each fresh color and good perforation, printed from positions 15 "mixed Os", 17 "TOG corrected" and 23 "notch in the T", position 17 and 23 minimal toned, otherwise fine and scarce group, signed Bothe BPP and three certificates Scheller (2023)
Lot #2078 - British Commonwealth togo
1915, Sansane-Mangu: 10 pfg., horizontal strip of three, fresh color and good perforation, position 3-5 with position 5 showing variety "TOGU", used with clear cds. "LOME", left stamp small blue dot, right stamp with on front side quasi invisible corner crease, otherwise fine, certificate Holcombe (1995) and Scheller (2023)
Lot #2079 - trinidad and tobago tobago
1879, 1 Pound lilac, unused with original gum, very fine and fresh. Certificate BPA (2025)
Lot #2080 - Overseas Argentina
1860 (February 8), (3c) black on blue, with pen stroke through “UN REAL” indicating revaluation, large margins on three sides, touched at lower left, affixed to Hermanos correspondence folded cover to Goya, cancelled in manuscript, light vertical filing fold clear of stamp, a fine and uncommon franking.
Lot #2081 - Argentina tierra del fuego
1891, Julius Popper's private mail service, 10c carmine red, upper right corner block of eighteen from the sheet of 100 subjects, showing inscription in upper selvedge, mint never hinged, one stamp with gum slightly disturbed, else light gum wrinkles as commonly found, fresh and fine, with various research notes accompanying.
Lot #2082 - Chile stamps
1861, Third London printing, 20 c. green, fresh colour and good margins all around,, used with large part "CANCELLED" obliterator handstamps in black, tiny thin, otherwise fine and very rare, certificate Sociedad Filatelica de Chile (2023)
Lot #2083 - China Empire and Republic Postal stationery
1940, card 4 c. used from Shanghai with both sides printing “German radio station XGRS Shangai… Heil Hitler…Greetings from Berlin…from the German shortwave transmitter….” (dated Berlin 26.8.42) to Canton with arrival mark on front. Extremely rare radio message to China, at that time the only possibility of postal traffic, fine
Lot #2084 - China Empire and Republic russian post in china
1910/18, KITAI 7 kop., tied by Tientsin c.d.s. to reverse of registered red envelope "Service des prisonniers de guerre", to Nikolsk, with censor-, transit- and arrival marks.




























