The Autumn Auction Series #194

1890 Franz Joseph enlarged hand-drawn pen & ink essay for the 12 Kreuzer value showing incomplete design with frame and one value tablet complete, dated "5.October 1889", a unique showpiece designed by Karl Steidel

1890 Franz Joseph enlarged pencil essay for the Gulden values showing partial design, dated "24.April.89", a unique showpiece designed by Karl Steidel

1890 1G blue and 2G red, each in 2 different shades as IMPERFORATE proofs on ungummed paper, rare

1890 1kr to 50kr, 10 proofs in original colours in vertical strips of 3 without black print on ungummed granite paper, very rare group

1890 1kr to 50kr, 9 proofs in original colours in without black print in se-tenant sheetlet (2 of each value) on ungummed granite paper, very rare, possibly unique

1890 1kr to 15kr & 1891 20kr to 50kr in blocks of 4 with trial VARNISH BARS, top pair hinge remainder, bottom pair never hinged, superb condition & very rare group

1890-1891 Beautiful selection of 52 imperforate colour proofs of the 2kr and 1891 values 20kr to 50kr, an impossible assembly to replicate and the largest group of these colour proofs offered

1899 1K to 4K imperforate set on ungummed paper, diverse colour proofs, some values on printer's waste paper and diverse proofs of later Heller issues, nice specialist group, mostly very fine

1899 1kr red-rose in small format of Heller values with denomination of 1 KRONE, ungummed, very fine and elusive proof, rarely seen

1899-1901 Newspaper Issue complete sets 2h to 20h WITH & WITHOUT varnish bars in sheets of 100, very few with hinges and mostly superb quality, a unique offer

1905 Complete set 1h to 72h WITHOUT VARNISH BARS in sheets of 100 adhesives each, hinges in outer margin rows otherwise mostly superb never hinged quality, a unique offer

1908-13 Definitives group of 20 proofs with line perforations for values 1h to 3h, 6h, 12h, 30h and 35h with centre of adhesives and surrounding inscription pasted on coloured background of basic adhesive, all are taken from off from presentation cards, these little artwork "mockups" have never been seen by us and are probably unique