1919, First Kaunas Issue 10 and 20 skatiku tied by straight line "TAURAGE" to reverse of cover to Kaunas, slightly reduced at left, a fine rare cover
Heinrich Köhler 388 - Day 7 Baltic States from 1918 & Germany from 1849
By: Heinrich Koehler Auktionen
Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 388 - Day 7 Baltic States from 1918 & Germany from 1849
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| 16 – 19 March 2026 | Monday – Thursday | 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. |
| 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 #6350 - europe Lithuania
1919, Second Kaunas Issue 30 and 60 skatiku, tied by cds. "KAUNAS 14.IV.19" to registered and censored cover, with pre-printed senders-address “Oberrabbiner B. Schapiro Kowno” with provisional registered “Vom Ausland über…” label to Zürich with full contents, the registered label added with a hinge, some imperfections, a scarce cover, and an attractive entire
Lot #6351 - europe Lithuania
1919, Second Kaunas Issue 40 skatiku, horizontal pair, together with Fourth Berlin Issue 20 skatiku blue, tied by cds. “KAUNAS” to registered cover to Pforzheim, with transit-r-label “Vom Ausland über Königsberg Pr. 1”, arrival mark on reverse, imperceptible, folded vertically three times, not affecting the stamps, a rare and attractive entire
Lot #6352 - europe Lithuania
1919, Second Kaunas Issue 60 skatiku, from lower sheet margin, imperforated at bottom, tied by violet cancel of “GRODNO” to cover addressed to Head of Volunteers at German Field Post 3007, fine
Lot #6353 - europe Lithuania
1919, 2nd and 3rd. Kaunas Issue, complete se-tenant sheet, used with cds. “KAUNAS 15.III.19”, lower left sheet detached, otherwise fine
Lot #6354 - europe Lithuania
1919, Third Kaunas Issue 10 skatiku, horizontal pair, together with Fourth Berlin Issue 10 skatiku block of six, horizontal pair and two singles, tied by cds. “RASEINIAI 23.IX.19” to reverse of registered cover to Dresden with arrival mark, minor aging, otherwise a fine and very attractive entire
Lot #6355 - europe Lithuania
1920, National Assembly 20 and 40-80 sk. special printing, mint never hinged, fine
Lot #6356 - europe Lithuania
1920, Second Anniversary of Independence 5 auksinas green/red, imperforated vertical pair, upper stamp with "double 5 in red and green", mint never hinged, a very scarce and attractive variety
Lot #6357 - europe Lithuania
1920, National Assembly 60 skatiku, horizontal pair, imperforated between, used, very fine and scarce, ProFi has registered no further used copy of this prominent error
Lot #6358 - europe Lithuania
1922, New Currency surcharge Airmail 50 centu and 10 auksinas, inverted surcharge, block of six with gutters at top, reverse with offsett of surcharge, mint never hinged, one stamp unused, very fine
Lot #6359 - europe Lithuania
1922, New Currency surcharge 1 cent on 20 skatiku dark blue with horizontal watermark, bottom marginal gutter block of four, the left stamp with imperforated margin, also partly printed stamps on bottom selvage, unused, very fine, signed Matuzas (PSL 139a,b)
Lot #6360 - europe Lithuania
1922, New Currency surcharge 2 centu on 60 skatiku, together with additional franking, tied by cds. “KLAIPEDA 27.X.24” to newspaper-wrapper with full content ""Osteuropäischer Briefmarken-Courier" to Udine, Italy, some minor aging and wear, a very scarce and attractive entire
Lot #6361 - europe Lithuania
1922, New Currency surcharge 3 cent on 5 auksinai, together with additional franking, tied by cds. “KAUNAS 27.XII.22” to cover to Tyriseva, Finnlad. A very rare cover, only very few registered, the majority being from the Baggo-Correspondence, certificate Klein BPP (2005)
Lot #6362 - europe Lithuania
1922, New Currency surcharge 3 cent on 40 skatiku, block of four from the lower right sheet corner, the lower right stamp, due to a paperfold, with surcharge mostly omitted, unused, a fine and striking variety
Lot #6363 - europe Lithuania
1922, New Currency surcharge 3 centu on 40 skatiku, block of 20, tied by cds. “MAZEIKIAI 28.VIII.23” to reverse of cover to London, few minor imperfections, a scarce and attractive franking
Lot #6364 - europe Lithuania
1922, New Currency surcharge 15 centu on 4 auksinas, block of four with bottom sheet margin, inverted surcharge, together with additional franking tied by cds. “KAUNAS N 1 31.XII.24” to registered cover to New York with arrival mark, a scarce and very attractive franking, fine, short-opinion Klein (2008)
Lot #6365 - europe Lithuania
1922, New Currency surcharge Airmail 50 centu on 10 auksinas, block of six with gutter at top, with inverted surcharge, shifted offsett on reverse, mint never hinged, two stamps unused, fine and attractive multiple
Lot #6366 - europe Lithuania
1923, Cross issue 5 centu green, vertical strip of ten with sheet margins, mint never hinged, cleary showing progressive fading of watermark, leaving the last three stamps completly without watermark, a very scarce and interesing multiple clearing showing the process of fading out watermark due to a machine error, certificate Huylmans BPP (2016)
Lot #6367 - europe Lithuania
1924, Cross 25 c. with watermark "Schlingen", with bottom sheet margin, unused, fine and attractive, signed Klein BPP with short-opinion (2003)
Lot #6368 - europe Lithuania
1924, Cross 25 c. with watermark "Schlingen", used, few irregular perfs at right, otherwise fine, a very scarce stamp in used condition, certificate Wassmann (1993)
Lot #6369 - europe Lithuania
1924, Airmail 60 centu, without watermark, used, a quite scarce stamp used, short perf at bottom, otherwise fine
Lot #6370 - europe Lithuania
1924, War Orphans 60 centu, tied by cds. "KAUNAS 26.XII.25" to cover to Boston, little spot at bottom, otherwise fine, scarce single franking
Lot #6371 - europe Lithuania
1924, War Orphans 1-5 litas, with additional franking tied by cds. "KLAIPEDA -3.III.24" to local registered cover, minor aging at bottom, fine, certificate Lindberg (1976)
Lot #6372 - europe Lithuania
1924, War Oprhans Airmail 20 centu - 1 litas, tied by cds. “KLAIPEDA -7.VI.24” to registered airmail cover to Paris, fine
Lot #6373 - europe Lithuania
1924, War Oprhans Airmail 60 centu, with additional franking, tied by cds. “KAUNAS 31.III.1924” to slightly soiled registered cover to Geneva with arrival mark, quite scarce commercial mail



























