1757/1956, group of 100 covers and cards, showing a fine range of interesting usages, commencing with eight covers bearing 1849 20 c. black, some better items throughout with 1849 Official Announcement bearing 20 c. black (Mi.-Nr. 3) tied by lozenge grid and paying the double rate; 1861 envelope bearing 1853 20 c. blue, horizontal pair with line perforations tied by Paris star cancel to Pau; also some better shades with 1853 20 c. blue on...
Heinrich Köhler 389th Auction - Day 6 - Collections: Country Collections: Europe, General Collections, Airmail & Zeppelin, Thematics, Picture Postcards, Literature and Germany
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Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 389th Auction - Day 6 - Collections: Country Collections: Europe, General Collections, Airmail & Zeppelin, Thematics, Picture Postcards, Literature and Germany
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Auction sequence
| Day | Time | Lots | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 17.09.2026 | 09:00 | 7001–7250 | Special catalogue: Lombardy-Venetia – The “Kronlande” Collection (part I) |
| Thursday, 17.09.2026 | 11:30 | 1001–1584 | Single lots: Europe and Colonies: A–Z |
| Thursday, 17.09.2026 | 15:00 | 7401–7489 | Special catalogue: Russia No. 1 – The “Elin” Collection (part III) |
| Thursday, 17.09.2026 | 16:00 | 1585–1753 | Single lots: Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries |
| Friday, 18.09.2026 | 09:00 | 1754–1918 | Single lots: Airmail and Zeppelin Mail, Thematics, Olympics |
| Friday, 18.09.2026 | 10:15 | 1919–2470 | Single lots: Germany after 1945 |
| Friday, 18.09.2026 | 14:30 | 20001–20510 | Coins, Medals and Numismatic Literature: Featuring items from the estate of the late Bernt Ahlström |
| Monday, 21.09.2026 | 09:00 | 2471–3198 | Single lots: German Empire from 1872, Private Mail |
| Monday, 21.09.2026 | 14:00 | 7501–7989 | Special catalogue: A Plunge into the Abyss – Currency Devaluation in the German Empire up to the End of 1923 – The Claus Claussen Collection |
| Tuesday, 22.09.2026 | 09:00 | 3199–4388 | Single Lots: German Related Areas, First and Second World War — with special sections Weimar Republic/Third Reich (Nils Schmidt, Part II), Erich Meerwald, Se-tenants, Machine Cancellations |
| Wednesday, 23.09.2026 | 09:00 | 4389–4652 | Single lots: German Foreign Post Offices and Colonies |
| Wednesday, 23.09.2026 | 11:00 | 8001–8939 | Special catalogue: German Foreign Post Offices and Colonies – The Nikolaus Krings Collection |
| Thursday, 24.09.2026 | 08:00 | 10001–11104 | Collections: Country Collections: Europe, General Collections, Airmail & Zeppelin, Thematics, Picture Postcards, Literature and Germany |
| Friday, 25.09.2026 | 08:00 | 11105–11424 | Collections: German Occupation WWI & WWII, German Areas and Plebiscites, Danzig, Memel, Germany after 1945 |
| Friday, 25.09.2026 | 11:00 | 4653–5350 | Single lots: German States Baden – Württemberg, North German Postal District, Alsace-Lorraine |
| Saturday, 26.09.2026 | 09:00 | 9001–9280 | Special catalogue: The Hartmut C. Schwenn Collection – The Kingdom of Bavaria – The Kreuzer Era (part I) & The Kingdom of Hanover |
| Saturday, 26.09.2026 | 12:00 | 9501–9896 | Special catalogue: Germany from 1849 – Austria from 1850 – The “American” Bruce Wright Collection (part IV) |
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Lot #10102 - France Post in Marocco
1891/1998 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with over 90 covers and cards, including local posts, with duplicates, varieties, multiples up to the complete sheets, gutter pairs and other specialties; noted registered mail and other interesting usages, with a scarce 1933 Crash cover from Casablanca to Paris with cachet “CORRESPONDANCE AVION (…) accident aérien survenu le 9 MAI 1933”, fine group of French Protectorate issues,...
Lot #10103 - France french colonies
1875/1965 (ca.), large unused and predominantly used collection with many duplicates, strength from the 1892 Allegory issues onwards, noted some better values from TAAF and St Pierre & Miquelon, La Réunion, etc., together with a small group of mail from the Foreign Legion, and more. Few forgeries noted, slightly mixed condition, mostly neatly mounted on album pages
Lot #10104 - France french colonies
1887/1940 (ca.), in the beginning used and later mostly unused collection of French India, Indochina, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Haiti, and Dedeagatsch, incl. better early issues, sets, also postage due, parcel stamps and postage due, in stockbook
Lot #10105 - France french colonies
1892/2001 (ca.), French Southern Hemisphere, comprehensive used collection with over 200 covers and cards, comprising TAAF incl. better early issues, French Oceania, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, including usages from Terre Adelie, Archipel des Kerguelen, noted a Terre Adelie 22.6.1950 cover. Except for the occasional overall in good condition, in one album
Lot #10106 - french colonies french polynesia
1892/2001, unused/used and mint never hinged holding, beginning with first issues, incl. better Souvenir Sheets Mi.-Nr. Bl. 1-4, etc., from ca. 1958 mostly complete, in one album
Lot #10107 - french colonies ivory coast
1892/1964, unused and used collection with covers, some better values with 1905 Parcel Card 2 fr. imperforate unused (Mi.-Nr. PK 22, signed A. Brun), small selection of post offices cancellations, as well as some registered and airmail including 1931 incoming mail from Braunschweig to Grand Bassam, 1897 Sage type 25 c. postal stationery envelope to Holland, posted onboard and obliterated with the English “PAQUEBOT LIVERPOOL” handstamp and...
Lot #10108 - europe Great Britain
1840/1980 (ca.), large unmounted mint/unused and used collection, including Officials and British Post offices Abroad, showing a substantial degree of specialization with shades and plate numbers in the classic period, with the collection openening with the Penny Black (8) including on entire letter, a selection of the 1 d. red with identified plate numbers; Victorian and Edwardian issues well represented up to the shilling values, together...
Lot #10109 - europe Great Britain
1840/1948, used collection beginning with Mi.-Nr. 1 (3), 2 (1), 4 (2), 5, 35b pale rose used with Cert. Louis BPP, 99 used, also QV and KE issues, varying condition, on pages
Lot #10110 - europe Great Britain
1840/1990, used collection, beginning with Nr. 1, plus one stock album including some Officials, overall in good condition
Lot #10111 - europe Great Britain
1840/2025, extensive mint never hinged/unused and used collection with some duplicates, well represented from the early issues onwards up to the One Pound and fairly comprehensive from 1950 onwards, some better items throughout with Mi-Nr. 1b used with red Maltese Cross, 1883 10 shillings Mi.-Nr. 84a used, 1929 Postal Union 1 pound Mi.-Nr. 174 unused , etc., from 2004 predominantly mint never hinged with a substantial amount of face value...
Lot #10112 - europe Great Britain
1841/1980 (ca.), mnh, unused and used holding in stock books and pergamines with some better items, Wedgewood booklet, etc.
Lot #10113 - europe Great Britain
1840/1879, 5 covers, some better frankings including Penny Black first month of use with entire from “Nanptwich 25 MY 1840” to Wakefield bearing Penny Black tied by red Maltese Cross, 1879 registered entire to Norway bearing 1 d. and 6 d., endorsed “Via Ostende”, and more. An interesting group, in rather mixed condition
Lot #10114 - Main catalogue British Commonwealth
1857/1920(ca.), unused and used collection with a few covers, containing good section Cape of Good Hope and Ceylon, Mauritius with original reprints Mi.-Nr. 1-2, New Zealand, New Southwales, Tasmania, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, also Labuan, Brunei, Natal, Niger Coast, Rhodesia, also India incl. Jammu and Kashmir, with better items througout, mostly good quality
Lot #10115 - Main catalogue British Commonwealth
1857/1983 (ca.), large unmounted mint, unused and used collection, including Officials, noted a fair representation of Ceylon and Gold Coast, the latter commencing with the 1876 Crown CC issues, also good parts of North Borneo, Mauritius with 1857/59 Post Paid 1 d. red, two used examples showing worn and latest impression (both faulty, and both signed Bühler), Burma and Cape of Good Hope with Triangulars ranging from the 1853 Bacons printing...
Lot #10116 - British Commonwealth British colonies in Africa
1860/1955 (ca.), unused and used old collection including many better stamps and cpl. sets with e.g. (all SG numbers) Basutoland 1-10, Gambia 122-42, Rhodesia Double Heads up to 1 £, 12 Cape triangles, St. Helena 96, Tanganyika 83/88a, etc., etc.
Lot #10117 - British Commonwealth british west indies
1854/1986 (ca.), Antigua to Trinidad, attractive mint never hinged and essentially unused/used collection, including Officials and Fiscals, showing a fair display of classical and semi-classical issues with some duplicates, noted Grenada from the early Crown Colony issues, St Lucia opening with the Crown CC issues, Bermuda up to the 12sh/6d. value, Barbados Sitting Britannia, fine selection of St Vincent, together with some Omnibus, a few...
Lot #10118 - British Commonwealth australian states
1850-1910, Australian States collection on 12 stockcards, mostly used, with NSW incl. Sydney Views 1 d., 2 d. and 3 d. (tiny faults), Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania 4 d. Courier cut to shape and range of Chalons, Victoria incl. three half-lengths, etc., postage dues, officals, a few Specimens, mixed condition but worth inspecting.
Lot #10119 - British Commonwealth australian states
1850/1991 (ca.), Australia, States and New Zealand, mint never hinged and predominantly unused and used collection, including Postage Dues, Officials and Newspaper Stamps, showing some substantial degree of duplication, some multiples, plate flaws and other specialties, with strength in the pre-1930 period. The collection opens with a fine range of Australian States, noted Victoria with early lithographs, Western Australia with both Recess...
Lot #10120 - British Commonwealth bahrain
1904/1979 (ca.), extensive postal history collection with about 200 covers, cards and postal stationery, plus some single stamps, proofs and multiples, including many interesting and rare items, early mail, experimental P.O., provisional postcard George VI HALF ANNA on 9 p., high values on cover, air mail, registered mail, India used abroad, incoming mail, etc., etc.
Lot #10121 - British Commonwealth Bermuda
1865/2000 (ca.), mostly mint never hinged holding, in one stockbook
Lot #10122 - British Commonwealth Canada
1851–2004, extensive collection in seven large-format binders on designed pages; includes the Classic period with nearly all major catalogue numbers—some with specialized varieties—complemented by numerous covers, such as Scott No. 2 on cover to New York (V. Graves certificate), as well as Scott Nos. 15, 17, 18, and 19 (each on cover) and the 1897 Jubilee issue up to the $5 value; later issues collected mostly unused and subsequently mint...
Lot #10123 - British Commonwealth Canada
1871/1935, collection of over 500 unused and partly used postal stationery cards, including duplicates, neatly arranged in two albums; mostly in good condition
Lot #10124 - British Commonwealth Cyprus
1880/1960, collection of unused and predominantly used with a few duplicates, some better items like 1880 “CYPRUS” overprint SG-Nr. 1-5, some forerunners with barred oval “969” (Nicosia) on 1 d. strip of three (SG-Nr. Z36), and more. An interesting lot, except for the occasional fault especially in the early issues, overall in good condition
Lot #10125 - British Commonwealth gambia
1869, Victoria 4 d. brown and 6 d. blue, nice group of nine used singles and one horizontal pair of the 6d. blue, usually fresh colors, from slightly touched to wide margins, all but one used with red “GAMBIA” cds., mostly fine




















