1851/57, Washington 12 c. black, horizontal pair, with long pre-cut, almost parting the stamps, tied by cds. “BRISTOL R.I. JAN 12” to buff envelope with red tax mark "3" via London to Birmingham with arrival mark, stamps touched due to pre-cut, envelope with transportation wear including partially missing backflap, an interesting and attractive entire
Heinrich Köhler 386 Auction – Day 2
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Sep 19, 2025 Europe/Berlin
Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 386 Auction – Day 2
Friday Sep 19, 2025 07:00 to 22:30 Europe/Berlin Europe/Berlin
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| 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 #2194 - United States of America USA Issues
1859, 10 cents green, type III, vertical strip of 3, tied by New Orleans cds. to letter sheet via "BOSTON Br. PKt.", England, Belgium and Aachen 1858 to Hamburg. Upper stamp with perforation cut at top and horizontal crease, otherwise fine.
Lot #2195 - United States of America USA Issues
1875 1c blue, 2 copies, tied by intaglio corks with adjacent “ST. THOMAS 12/2 1876” to entire letter to New York, datelined St. Thomas, 9th of February, with oval Lamb & Co (Forwarding Agents) anchor handstamp. The franking paying the 10c rate for carriage on the King Line, whose King Richard called at St. Thomas on its final northbound journey on February 12; postmarked on arrival in Baltimore with two “BALT / PAID ALL” c.d.s. Edge...
Lot #2196 - United States of America USA Issues
1930, Zeppelin 65 c. – 2,60 $, mint never hinged, very fine; unsigned, each stamp certificate Philatelic Foundation (2007/2011)
Lot #2197 - United States of America USA Issues
1930, Zeppelin 2,60$, well centered, tied to Round flight cover
Lot #2198 - United States of America USA Issues
1938, 5 $ red brown & black, top plate no. 22168 F single, deeply rich color, mint never hinged. Very fine. Certificate APS (1990)(Scott 834a)
Lot #2199 - United States of America USA Issues
1984, Olympic Games Los Angeles Airmail 28 c., Zip block of 10, the lower 5 values imperforated at bottom, mint never hinged, very fine and scarce (Scott C101-04var)
Lot #2203 - United States of America local stamps
New York, Metropolitan Post Office, 1852, (2c) blue, cut to shape, tied by boxed "PAID / WH LAWS" to folded cover front wit adjacent “PAID …” at left, postmarked "Metropolian / P.O. / Mar / 20", to G. Robertson 135 Water Street. Stamp affected by strong filing crease, A rare franking. Philatelic Foundation certificate (2023) (Scott 108L3A)
Lot #2204 - United States of America u.s. postal history
Coast Line San Juan & Los Angeles, U.S. Mail Stage Company, via Paso Robles Hot Springs, San Luis Obispo, imprint in blue on 1868 cover to San Juan, California, franked with two 1867 3c. Grills, tied by geometric cork cancels, New York c.d.s. alongside, to the firm of Flint, Bixby & Co, with their blue handstamp (17 Jul), endorsed "per Steamer", cover fault at upper right, else remarkably fresh, an attractive example of this scarce...
Lot #2205 - United States of America u.s. postal history
Coast Line Stage Company, six horse drawn stagecoach design, on cover franked with 3c green Bank Note, tied by cork cancel, postmarked San Jose (1 Apr), with original enclosure on matching illutrated letterhead, (aside from the removal of "Coast Line Stage Co / F.B. & C." on the coach), datelined "San Jose, Mch 31, 1874", written by William Buckley, Superintendent of the company, to Dr. Thomas Flint, one of the firm's owners, roughly...
Lot #2206 - United States of America u.s. postal history
Eagle City Post, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (2c) black on grayish paper, without "WS" initials, cut to shape and affixed to cover, cancelled in manuscript, red handstamped "5" alongside, postmarked "Norristown Pa / Aug / 7" c.d.s., to Nathan R. Potts of Philadelphia, some wrinkling, small tear and ink stain affecting adhesive, the odd spot of discoloration, yet an immensely rare local stamp, one of only four examples recorded; with 2024...
Lot #2207 - United States of America u.s. postal history
Everts, Wilson & Co's Express, Paid, 1861, ornamental printed frank on 3c. Nesbitt postal stationery cover, struck with large blue oval “Everts, Davis & Co's Express / Forbestown / Feb 27 1861”, with year in manuscript, alongside blue oval “Wells, Fargo & Co / Marysville / Feb 28” datestamp, or Oroville, California, slightly reduced at left, otherwise quite fresh, a rare Everts & Wells Fargo conjunctive use, illustrating the...
Lot #2208 - United States of America u.s. postal history
Humboldt Express, 1863, 25c. blue, ample to large margins all around, affixed to legal-sized envelope from Star City to San Francisco, franked with pair of 1861 3c. Washington, cover struck with red PAID and choice strike of red oval “Langton's Pioneer Express / Star City”, reverse with yellow “LANGTON'S / PIONEER EXPRESS / FROM / Star City NT” label with city in manuscript, some small edge flaws, the Humboldt Express stamp not original to...
Lot #2209 - United States of America u.s. postal history
1865, Langton's Pioneer Express, Paid, ornate printed frank on 3c. Nesbitt entire to San Francisco, struck with "Lamping & Co's / Express / Downieville" oval, alongside double-oval "Wells, Fargo & Co / Marysville" datestamp in blue (15 Feb), opening tear to back flap, a fine and scarce conjunctive usage, from the period following the purchase of the company by P.A. Lamping after the death of Samuel Langton, but prior to his subsequent...
Lot #2210 - United States of America u.s. postal history
Pacific Express Paid, printed frank on 3 c. red postal stationery entire, struck with light “Pacific Express / San Francisco” double-circle in blue (9 Jan), unusual near-complete offset on frank on reverse, a fine cover from this successor to Adams & Co, founded in 1855 by a group of former Adams employees.
Lot #2211 - United States of America u.s. postal history
Swift & Co Express, Paid, printed frank in black on 3c. Nesbitt postal stationery entire to San Francisco, struck with fair oval "Wells, Fargo & Co / Petaluma" handstamp in blue, repaired tears to flap, else a fine conjunctive use.
Lot #2212 - United States of America u.s. postal history
"VIA PANAMA" directive with illustrated sidewheel steamship design, 1860 (April 5), with imprint of Geo H. Bell, stationer, franked with 1859 10c green, tied by neatly-struck San Francisco c.d.s., to New York, reduced at top and sides and repaired in places, a few small edge tears, but a scarce illustrated route directive, with 1979 Philatelic Foundation certificate.
Lot #2213 - United States of America u.s. postal history
Wells, Fargo & Co, Virginia City Pony Express, 1862-4, 20c red, margins mostly ample to large on all sides, barely touched at top right, affixed to 3c pink postal stationery entire, with printed address of the Mexican Silver Mining Co., Virginia City, struck with clear oval “Wells, Fargo & Co / Carson City” in blue, hinge remnants on reverse, the adhesive not originating on this cover, fine.
Lot #2214 - United States of America u.s. postal history
Whiting & Co's Feather River Express, Paid, 1866 (July 11), banner frank in black on 3c. Nesbitt postal stationery cover to Quincy, struck with faint blue double-circle Marysville c.d.s., likely of Wells Fargo, with which Whiting & Co's met in Marysville, reverse with sender's datestamp of the tobacco & dry goods importers M. Marcuse & Co. slightly reduced at right and repaired, some overall discolouration, but scarce.
Lot #2408 - United States of America USA Issues
1861, Jackson 2C. schwarz, farbfrisch, sauber mit Korkstempel auf Drucksache mit Hinweis “open printed sheet” sowie großem Handstempel “½” von New York (angewendet infolge der Verhandlungen zwischen Deutschland und den USA Ende 1866/Anfang 1867, in denen die Tarife für Drucksachen über die GAPU hinaus festgelegt und die US-Gutschriften pro Sendung festgelegt wurden) nach Bremen mit blauem L3 “AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN FRANCO”, die Marke...
Lot #2409 - United States of America USA Issues
1861, Jackson 2C. schwarz, farbfrisch, sauber L1 “PAID ALL” und zusätzlichem Korkstempel auf Drucksache mit Leitvermerk “pr Str. New York” nach Bremen mit blauem L3 “AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN FRANCO”, die Marke unauffällig verkürzte Zähne, sonst tadellos, eine schöne und seltene Frankatur
Lot #2410 - United States of America USA Issues
1861, Washington 3c. rot (oxydiert), straight edge, sauber mit Korkstempel und nebengesetztem Aufgabestempel “LOCKPORT SEP 1 1864” auf Briefkuvert “Poste Restante” nach Berlin, dort nicht zustellbar und nachgesandt nach Breslau. Die US-Frankatur deckte nur das US-Porto ab, entsprechend in New York mit “15” und später in blau mit “6½” belastet, vorderseitig DKr. “Entlastet Berlin 20 9”, der Brief stärker gereinigt, dabei die Marke winzig...
Lot #2411 - United States of America USA Issues
1861, Washington 10C. grün, zwei Einzelwerte, je farbfrisch und meist gut gezähnt, sauber mit EKr. “NEW ORLEANS JUL 25” auf Faltbrief mit Leitvermerk “Via Bremen” mit rotem EKr. “N. YORK HAMBURG PAID AUG 3” nach Bern, die rechte Marke durch Randklebung etwas bestoßene Zähne, sonst in schöner und ursprünglicher Brief in guter Erhaltung
Lot #2412 - United States of America USA Issues
1867, Washington 10C. grün mit Waffeleinpressung, waagerechtes Paar, farbfrisch und meist gut gezähnt, sauber mit Korkstempel auf Briefkuvert, privat aus Havanna befördert mit rückseitigem Absenderstempel “L WILL & CO HAVANA.”, mit Leitvermerk “via New York per next Hamb. or Bremen Steamer” nach Jena, nebengesetzt roter EKr. “NEW YORK PAID ALL Br. TRANSIT APR 22” sowie roter L4 “VERVIERS . A 4.5. COELN FRANCO”, winzig fleckig, die linke...
Lot #2413 - United States of America USA Issues
1861, Washington 12C. schwarz, farbfrisch, mit Korkstempel und rotem L1 “PAID” als Zufrankatur auf Ganzsachenumschlag 3C. pink von Nebraska mit Leitvermerk “First Steamer via Bremen or Hamburg” mit blauem L3 “AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN FRANCO” nach Großenenglis bei Borken, die Marke unauffällige Mängel, die rückseitige Klappe fehlt, sonst in guter und attraktiver Erhaltung
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