1873/2001, used collection with many duplicates, starting from the Skilling issues, some better sets throughout, except for the occasional fault in overall fine condition, neatly housed in 5 stockbooks and 1 album
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 #10152 - europe ireland
1920/81 (ca.), group of unused and mostly used Perfins, together with a few covers, including some normal incoming mail to Ireland
Lot #10153 - europe ireland
1922/71, used collection including better values and Postage Dues, with 1922, 2´6 s´pg. - 10 sc. type I, 5 sc. type II, 1935, 2´6 s´pg. - 10 sc., slightly mixed condition, neatly housed in one album
Lot #10154 - europe ireland
1767/1851, Irish Stampless Mail, superb collection of 39 covers, showing a remarkable range of fine mail and postmarks, commencing with Bishops´ marks (1767 and 1774); 1845 entire letter bearing scarce blue “PAID at OMAGH” dotted frame handstamp (SG-Nr. PL5/135); 1801 entire letter with Belfast “POST PAID” scroll handstamp to Edinburgh; 1830 registered entire letter bearing red “T-OFF NOT PAID POSTAGE TO DUBLIN” framed handstamp, from New...
Lot #10155 - europe ireland
1837/1990 (ca.), Postage Due on Foreign Incoming & Outgoing Mail, research collection of over 145 covers and cards, illustrating a wide range of Postage Due stamp and marking usages, and showing the treatment of underpaid correspondence with an abundance of foreign destinations, including USA, Greenland, Denmark, Egypt or Temganyka, as well as incoming mail from India, Gold Coast, Austria, Jamaica, Germany, etc. Better items with 1869...
Lot #10156 - europe ireland
1838/73, Irish Mail to Germany and the German States, collection of 16 covers, showing a fine range of rates and routes, including 1840 entire letter via Belgium and Prussia to Mecklenburg-Schwerin, rare 1853 envelope via Belgium and Aachen to Kingdom of Hannover, very scarce 1873 printed matter to Saxony bearing 1 d. rose-red correctly paying the one penny rate, 1866 entire letter bearing 1d. rose-red (two horizontal strips of three) and...
Lot #10157 - europe ireland
1839/75, Irish Mail to Italy and the Italian States, collection of 11 covers, including mail to the Papal States and the Two Sicilies, showing a fine range of usages, some better items with 1866 entire letter bearing a three-colour franking of 4d. rose, 6 d. lilac and 1 sh. green, tied by Belfast “62” duplex cancel (24 January 1866) to Rome; 1867 envelope bearing 1sh. green with Drogheda duplex cancel, with two-line “INSUFFICIENT PREPAID”...
Lot #10158 - europe ireland
1840/64, Irish Mail to USA, collection of 15 covers, showing a delightful range of tarifs and routes, with fine examples of transatlantic mail carried by Cunard Line steamers, via British or American Packets. Some better items throughout, including 1849 entire letter bearing 1847/54 1 sh. green, cut into at right (SG-Nr. 54/56), tied by Belfast “62” barred lozenge, with matching despatch handstamp on reverse, and showing “PAID” and “5 CENTS”...
Lot #10159 - europe ireland
1840/78, Irish Mail to India, collection of 10 covers, with examples of mail routed via Marseilles and Bombay or Brindisi, some better items including 1840 entire letter endorsed “Overland via Falmouth”, sent to Assam and subsequently redirected to a Lieutenant in Allahabad; scarce 1843 small envelope from Limerick, carried as British Closed Mail via Marseilles; a scarce duo of envelopes sent via Marseilles to Dum Dum, Bengal, both correctly...
Lot #10160 - europe ireland
1841/75, Irish Mail to (16) or from (3) France, collection of 19 covers, showing a fine range of weight steps and rates, including registered mail, printed matter, incoming mail insufficiently franked, some better items throughout including 1854 large part of entire letter bearing scarce single franking of 1847/54 10 d. brown, Die 3 (SG-Nr. 57iii), tied by indistinct barred numeral to Bordeaux (some faults); 1850 entire letter bearing 1841...
Lot #10161 - europe ireland
1843/70, Irish Mail to Spain, collection of 10 covers, showing some fine range of single-, multiple- and combination frankings, various routes including Atlantic mail via Southampton, also first and second weight steps rates, and more. A colourful and attractive group, neatly mounted and expertly described on exhibit album pages.
Lot #10162 - europe ireland
1844/79, Irish to Foreign Destinations Before the UPU, collection of over 45 covers, including four covers to Latin America, among them 1876 entire letter bearing 1 sh. green tied Belfast “62” duplex cancel to Vera Cruz, and 1851 entire letter via Panama to Lima; also 1861 entire letter bearing 1856/58 1 d. red-brown, Die II, perf. 14 on white paper (SG-Nr. 36), horizontal strip of three and 5 single, paying the more expensive route via...
Lot #10163 - europe ireland
1844/65, Irish Mail to Canada, collection of 9 covers, showing a vairiety of rates, due markings, forwarding, mail carried by Cunard Line steamships, etc. A fine assembly in slighlty mixed condition, expertly described on exhibit album pages.
Lot #10164 - europe ireland
1846/2003 (ca.), Irish Postage Due Domestic Mail, extensive research collection of over 125 covers and cards, illustrating a wide range of Postage Due stamp and marking usages, including on request and telegraph forms, on parcel labels, together with a fine group of “POSTED OUT OF COURSE” and “LIABLE TO LETTER” due markings, among many others. Some better items throughout with 1922 Civil War envelope to Limerick, bearing Postage Due 1 d. and...
Lot #10165 - europe ireland
1850/84, Irish Mail to Australia and the Australian States, collection of 19 covers, including a rare 1863 envelope bearing 3 d. rose (horizontal pair) tied by scarce Waterford “445” spoon duplex cancel, paying the 6 d. rate, to Tasmania; 1850 entire letter to Melbourne; 1878 registered envelope bearing 2 d. blue and 6 d. lilac, tied by Cork “156” duplex (10 September 1878) to New South Wales, also some insufficiently paid mail, combination...
Lot #10166 - europe ireland
1850/52, Irish Mail to Russia, group of four entires, showing routes via Ostende and Prussia, including 1852 printed matter “Steam Communication from Liverpool By Way of Philadelphia”, listing the steamships departure to USA, sent to Reval. A very scarce specialist assembly, neatly mounted and expertly described on exhibit album pages.
Lot #10167 - europe ireland
1870/72, Irish Mail to Scandinavia, group of 4 covers, including 1870 entire letter bearing 3 d. rose (horizontal pair), paying the 6 d. rate to Sweden, with red “3d” due marking; scarce 1872 envelope bearing 3 d. rose (horizontal pair) to Christiana, Norway, with red “3d” marking; together with two entires to Denmark. A fine group, neatly mounted and expertly described on two exhibit album pages.
Lot #10168 - europe Italy
1851–1945, mostly used collection on old album pages; includes Sardinia, Tuscany, Parma, Modena, and Sicily, followed by issues of the Kingdom featuring various higher-value stamps and sets; condition varies somewhat.
Lot #10169 - europe Italy
1851/2003, unmounted mint/unused and used collection, including Post Offices Abroad and Occupations, showing a substantial degree of duplication, with some multiples and a few covers, the collection opens with a generous selection of the Old States with Two Sicilies including 1859 King Ferdinand up to the 50 grana, Sardinia with three entires each bearing 40 c. and 20 c. (Mi.-Nr. 12-13) making up the 60 c. rate to England (all shaved or...
Lot #10170 - europe Italy
1761/1960, group of 300 cards, covers and postal stationery, incuding several better items, 13 covers papal states with attractive frankings, better pre-philately, Airmail, some other areas, interesting group, mostly good condition
Lot #10171 - europe Italy
1775/1868, group of 27 covers, showing a fine range of usages, commencing with 10 entires to France franked with Papal Sates issues, a fine group of covers from France to Civita Vecchia, with 1863 entire letter bearing Napoléon 40 c. orange, perforated, underpaiying the 50 c. rate and tied by two-line “FRANCA VIA DI MARE” repeated alongside, with due “6” erased and new “20” applied (signed Diena); 1863 entire letter bearing Sardinia 40 c....
Lot #10172 - Italy italian states
1850/60 (ca.), unused and used collection with some goo items like Papal States Mi. 10II, Tuscany Mi. 9 (certificate Enzo Diena), Naples Mi. 8 and 9 (repaired), etc., little mixed, but generally nice condition
Lot #10173 - Italy italian states
1851/68, unused and used collection with some duplicates, some better issues, including Modena 1859 15 C. unused (sign. Diena), Papal States 1867 10 C. unused (sign. Pfenninger), Naples 1858 ½ Gr. used, etc., few reprints and forgeries noted. Slightly mixed condition
Lot #10174 - Italy italian states
1852/60(ca.), very nice and interesting unused and used collection, with many better items like Papal States Mi.-Nr. 1 corner copy “otto filetti”, postal forgeries, multiples, marginal copies, Mi.-Nr. 6 in combination with LV 30 c., Parma Mi.-Nr. 1 strip of three with red boxed grid, Sardinia Mi.-Nr. 2 on folded letter with cancellation “Nodo di Savoia”, Tuscany Mi.-Nr. 9y used, signed Pfenninger and Köhler, mostly good condition
Lot #10175 - italian states papal states
1852/1998 (ca.), unmounted mint/unused and used collection, in the classical and semi-modern period with duplicates, opening with a fine range of the Papal States, some better values throughout with 1934 Legal Congress 25 c.-1,25 l. (Mi.-Nr. 47-50) unused, 1936 Catholic Press (51-58) unused (25 c. and 75 c. each twice), and more. Few reprints or forgeries noted; slightly mixed condition in the early issues, overall in good and fresh condition...

























