“GEORGIYEVSK” undated straightline (Dobin-Nr. 48.1.02), fair strike to reverse of folded entire without correspondance to Tambov, the letter disinfected with rastel marks during the early 19th century cholera pandemic in the Caucasus, very fine and scarce
Heinrich Köhler 388 - Day 1 Croatia 1940–1945, Russia No. 1, Great Britain and British Commonwealth
By: Heinrich Koehler Auktionen
Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 388 - Day 1 Croatia 1940–1945, Russia No. 1, Great Britain and British Commonwealth
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| 20 March 2026 | Friday | 8.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. |
| 23 – 27 March 2026 | Monday – Friday | 8.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. |
| 28 March 2026 | Saturday | starting 8.30 a.m. |
Auction Schedule
| Friday, 20 March 2026 | 09:00 CET | 1001 – 1516 | Single lots: Europe and Colonies: A–Z Special part: Croatia 1940–1945 – The Prof. Dr. Shaul P. Ladany Collection |
| Friday, 20 March 2026 | 13:00 CET | 7001 – 7077 | Special catalogue: Russia No. 1 – The "Elin" Collection (part II) |
| Friday, 20 March 2026 | 14:00 CET | 1517 – 1860 | Single lots: Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries, Ship mail, Airmail and Zeppelin mail, Olympics, Numismatics Special part: Ship Mail to 1945 – The Friedrich Steinmeyer Collection (part II) |
| Monday, 23 March 2026 | 09:00 CET | 1861 – 2816 | Single lots: German Empire from 1872, Private Mail Special part: Horseshoe cancels – The Jens Kuhn Collection (Part I) Special part: Weimar and the Third Reich with variants, proofs and essays – The Nils Schmidt Collection Special part: German private posts 1873–1914 – The Pol Wijnants Collection |
| Tuesday, 24 March 2026 | 08:30 CET | 2817 – 3167 | Single lots: German foreign Post Offices and Colonies |
| Tuesday, 24 March 2026 | 11:30 CET | 7501 – 7638 | Special catalogue: German East Africa – The "Waldersee" Collection |
| Tuesday, 24 March 2026 | 13:00 CET | 3168 – 3749 | Single lots: German Occupation WWI & WWII, German Areas and Plebiscites, Germany after 1945 |
| Tuesday, 24 March 2026 | 17:00 CET | 10001 – 10361 | Collections: Country collections: Europe, including Great Britain and British Commonwealth |
| Wednesday, 25 March 2026 | 08:00 CET | 10362 – 11553 | Collections: Country collections: Overseas General collections All World / Europe / Overseas 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 |
| Thursday, 26 March 2026 | 09:00 CET | 3750 – 4329 | Single lots: German States Baden – Württemberg, North German Postal District, Alsace-Lorraine Special part: Grand Duchy of Oldenburg – The Jens Kuhn Collection (Part I) Special part: The stamps of the North German Postal District during the era of the German Empire from 4 May 1871 onwards – The Hansmichael Krug Collection |
| Thursday, 26 March 2026 | 15:00 CET | 8001 – 8156 | Special catalogue: Hamburg 1857–1867 – The "St Georg" Collection |
| Thursday, 26 March 2026 | 16:30 CET | 8501 – 8716 | Special catalogue: Kingdom of Saxony – King John – The Michael Schewe Collection |
| Friday, 27 March 2026 | 08:00 CET | 5001 – 6048 | Special catalogue: The "Mare Balticum" Collection – German war and post-war areas WWI & WWII |
| Saturday, 28 March 2026 | 09:00 CET | 6049 – 6420 | Special catalogue: The "Mare Balticum" Collection – Baltic States from 1918 |
| Saturday, 28 March 2026 | 12:00 CET | 9001 – 9347 | Special catalogue: Germany from 1849 – The "American" Bruce Wright Collection (part III) |
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Lot #1352 - Russia cancellations
“MURAVIEVSKI LAGER 20 VI 1907” CAMP MURAVIEV on postal money transfer order for the sum of 262 roubles and 15 kopek with the camp label alongside, reverse arrival “KOVNO 21 VI 1907”, 5 k. couple of short perfs. of no importance, very fine and very rare, one of only a few postal money order from this temporary post and telegraph office which was opened during Summer only
Lot #1353 - Russia cancellations
“PARAKHODA. OBSCH. R.V.A.P. z 19 4 09” (STEAMSHIP OF EAST ASIATIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY), fine strike on 2 k. (2) to postcard to Shanghai, China with arrival cds “SHANGHAI POSTE RUSSE 6 5 09” and Chinese PO “SHANGHAI 6 MAY”, very fine and attractive. A very scarce combination
Lot #1354 - Russia cancellations
“VILNA TEMP(ERORY) P. O. V LAGER 16 May 1892” VILNA MILITARY CAMP special cds. on 20 k. registered postal stationery envelope to Roma with reverse arrival cds. “ROMA 6 -92”, minor imperfections no detracting, still fine. Extremely rare and the earliest date of usage recorded for this camp
Lot #1355 - Russia Russia - civil war issues 1918/23
“FIELDPOST OFFICE P.B. 55 23 MY 19” cds, fine strike on small soldier´s envelope to England, vertical fold and flap rebacked, still fine. A scarce mail from the British forces during their intervention in Northern Russia
Lot #1356 - siberia Russia - Republic of the Far East
1920, 20k. on 14k. cobalt/red tied by cds. "VLADIVOSTOK 28 10 21" to registered cover with Russian and French r-label to Miloslaw, Poland with adjacent polish censor mark "P10" of Posen, London transit and "MILOSLAW 16.12.21" arrival mark, horizontal fold and some light transport wear, a very rare and with polish censor mark probably unique cover, certificate Mikulski (2005)
Lot #1357 - siberia Russia - Republic of the Far East
1920, Vladivostok issue 70 k. on 1 k. imperforate, four large margins all around, tied by cds. “VLADIVOSTOK 4 10 21” to registered envelope to New York with reverse transit and arrival marks, fine and scarce usage
Lot #1358 - siberia Russia - Republic of the Far East
1921, Vladivostok issue 2 k., good to large margins, tied by cds. “VLADIVOSTOK -1 3 21” to printed matter band to Riga, Latvia, alongside singleline “PECHATNOE”, mail sent “via Japan”, reverse arrival cds. 13 IV 21, very fine. A very scarce single usage at the printed matter rate
Lot #1359 - Russia zemstvo
SHATSK: 1886, 3 k. black with Zemstvo PO head office straightline “RYAB(inski)” to registered envelope from “MORSHANSK 7 FEV. 1887” correctly franked at the 14 kopek rate, reverse Imperial post transit cds “SHATSK 9 FEV. 1887”; light vertical archival fold and negligible aging mentioned for accuracy, still very fine. A scarce mixed franking (Schmidt-Nr. 7)
Lot #1360 - europe sovjet union
1945, Science Academy 2 r., left sheet margin with paper production variety “part of the design printed on additional strip of paper”, mint never hinged (the right half with traces of the underlying paper on back), very fine. A most unusual variety
Lot #1361 - europe sovjet union
1958, Mendeleev Congress unissued 40 k. Butlerov with the special congress blue overprint, mint never hinged, very fine. A very scarce stamp
Lot #1362 - europe serbia
1869/70, Prince Milan IV. 20 pa. blue tied by cds. “BELGRADE 15.VII.(70) to underfranked entire letter with boxed ”AFFRAN.INSUFF." and red tax note “4” via Semlin to Neusath with change blue tax note “6x” (Kreuzer), fine
Lot #1363 - europe serbia
1869/71, Prince Milan IV. 35 pa. green tied by cds. “BEORGRAD 31.12.(75)” to letter sheet with black hand stamp “PD” via Wien to Triest with the arrival mark, fine
Lot #1364 - europe serbia
1914, King Peter I. 35 pa violet, imperforate proof on white, ungummed paper (114x140mm), tiny creases at the margins, otherwise fine
Lot #1365 - europe serbia
1915, King Peter & Military Staff without value, imperforated single die proof in black, on white, ungummed paper (90x75mm), fine, signed Calves
Lot #1366 - europe serbia
1915,King Peter & Military Staff 20 pa. rose, imperforated singel die proof on ungummed, white paper (88x85mm), fine, signed Calves
Lot #1367 - serbia postage due
1918, Coat of Arms without value, imperforate single die proof in black on white, ungummed paper (165x170mm), small creases on tiny tears in the margins only, otherwise fine
Lot #1368 - serbia postage due
1918, Coat of Arms 5 pa. black, imperforate single die proof on white, ungummed paper (115x140mm), tiny creases at left margin with one small tear, otherwise fine
Lot #1369 - serbia postage due
1918, Coat of Arms 5 pa. blue, imperforae single die proof on glossy, ungummed paper (113x114mm), fine
Lot #1370 - serbia postage due
1918, Coat of Arms 30 pa. black, imperforate single die proof on glossy, ungummed paper (107x127mm), small tear at right and small corner fault at upper right, otherwise fine
Lot #1371 - Spain Pre-Philatelie
1811, “LISBON F” in blue on envelope cancelled upon arrival in Falmouth by the packet, rated “7/3” d., dated 6. March 1811 from Tarragona via Lisbon, Falmouth and Weymouth to Guernsey
Lot #1372 - europe Spain
1879, Alfonso 4 pts. and 10 pts., fresh colours, unused with original gum, very fine and fresh. Each with certificate Baschwitz BPP (2025)
Lot #1373 - europe Sweden
1858, coat of arms 5 ö. green , 3 copies, and 30 ö. brown, tied by Danish no. "1" with adjacent "FRA SVERRIG 22/2 1866", to ship letter to London, with transit marks of Copenhagen and Lübeck. One 5 ö. affected by vertical cover crease, resulting in a small tear, otherwise fine. And attractive and rare entire. Certificate Sjöman (1971)
Lot #1374 - Sweden Postal stationery
1879/83, UPU stationery card 15 (femton) green, neatly used with cds “STOCKHOLM 15 10 90” to Shanghai with transit and arrival cds “SHANGHAI NO 24 90 LOCAL POST”, tiny closed teared at bottom and negligible edge faults, still fine. A very rare card, being the convergence of a most unusual use to an elusive destination
Lot #1375 - Switzerland pre-philately
1847, “WOHLEN 7 OKT 1847” auf kpl. Faltbrief, via Mailand mit rotem L3 “TA Svizz via di Milano” nach Florenz, ausgewiesen “10” Soldi




























