2½d. on 20 pfg., block of four with bottom sheet margin, the two lower stamps with variety “Comma after I”., the varities mint never hinged, upper stamps and margins unused, a fine and attractive multiple, opinion Holcombe (1992)
Heinrich Köhler 385 Auction – Day 1
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Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 385 Auction – Day 1
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Auction Schedule
| Monday, March 24, 2025 | 09:00 CET | 1001 – 2003 | Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries |
| Monday, March 24, 2025 | 17:00 CET | 6801 – 6923 | Special catalogue: Turkey from 1863 – Stamps and Postal History – The „Primavera“ Collection |
| Tuesday, March 25, 2025 | 09:00 CET | 2004 – 2364 | Single Lots: Thematics, Airmail, Autographs Special part: All-World-Postal Stationery – The Dankward Ufer Collection |
| Tuesday, March 25, 2025 | 12:30 CET | 2365 – 2765 | Single Lots: German Empire from 1872 – Private Mail Special part: German Reichspost – Shield Issues - The Dr. Dietmar Kipping Collection (part II) |
| Tuesday, March 25, 2025 | 16:30 CET | 9001 – 9218 | Special catalogue:
German Reichspost - The Shield issues 1872-1875 - The "Baghira" Collection (part I) |
| Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | 08:00 CET | 10001 – 11245 | Country Collections: Europe, including Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas Collections and Lots: 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 |
| Thursday, March 27, 2025 | 08:00 CET | 13001 – 13308 | Collections Germany: German Occupation WWII, General collections Germany, Germany after 1945 |
| Thursday, March 27, 2025 | 13:00 CET | 2766 – 2970 | Single Lots: German foreign Post Offices and Colonies |
| Thursday, March 27, 2025 | 15:00 CET | 9501 – 9881 | Special catalogue:
German foreign Post Offices and Colonies - The "Calibra" Collection (part I) |
| Friday, March 28, 2025 | 09:00 CET | 2971 – 4183 | Single Lots: German Occupation WWI, German Areas and Plebiscites, Saar, Danzig, Memel Special part: The Postal History of Gdansk, from pre-philately to the end of March 1945 - the Ton Hulkenberg collection |
| Saturday, March 29, 2025 | 09:00 CET | 4184 – 4462 | Single Lots: Germany after 1945 Special part: Germany Federal Republic - Frankings and se-tenants |
| Saturday, March 29, 2025 | 11:30 CET | 4463 – 4915 | Single Lots: German States Baden – Alsace-Lorraine Special part within: Schleswig Holstein - Letter mail between the Duchies and the GAPU |
| Saturday, March 29, 2025 | 15:30 CET | 8001 – 8301 | Special catalogue:
Heligoland – The Hans-Jürgen Borowski Collection (part II) |
| Monday, April 7, 2025 | 11:00 CET | 5001 – 5660 | Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia – The "P.G." Collection (final part), Day 1 |
| Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | 09:00 CET | 5661 – 6305 | Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia – The "P.G." Collection (final part), Day 2 |
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Lot #1775 - samoa new zealand occupation
3d. on 25 pfg., white paper, block of four, fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. “APIA 12.9.14” to small piece, printed as presumably part of the "Unofficial Issue" of Jimmy Ah Sue, executed with the original printing types, an interesting item
Lot #1776 - samoa new zealand occupation
1914, 6d. on 50 pfg. as top marginal horizontal strip of three, the center stamp with double surcharge, tied by cds. “APIA 12.9.14” to small piece, the outer stamp with corner fault, the center stamp in fine condition, a scarce and attractive multiple
Lot #1777 - samoa new zealand occupation
9d. on 80 pfg., block of four, fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. “APIA 12.9.14” to small piece, fine
Lot #1778 - samoa new zealand occupation
1 Sh. on 1 m. with variety “broken stop after I", used with central cds. “APIA 8.9.14”., small vertical crease, otherwise fine, scarce, certificate Ceremuga (2001) and Miro (1955)
Lot #1779 - samoa new zealand occupation
2 Sh. on 2m. blue, very fresh and deep color, unused without gum, very fine, scarce with only 126 printed, certificate Ceremuga (2003)
Lot #1780 - samoa new zealand occupation
2 Sh. on 2m. blue with bottom sheet margin, fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. “APIA 28.8.14” to large part of cover addressed to Captain A. Loftus Tottenham, few toned spots on the letterpiece only, fine
Lot #1781 - samoa new zealand occupation
3 sh. on 3 m., unused, small corner crease, otherwise fine
Lot #1782 - samoa new zealand occupation
5 Sh. on 5m., fresh color and good perforation, mint never hinged, a rare stamp in this condition, signed Bothe with certificate (1972)
Lot #1783 - samoa new zealand occupation
5 Sh. on 5m. with variety “broken stop after I”, with additional franking 3sh. on 3m. and ½-9d., mostly fresh color and good perforation, all tied by cds. “APIA 14.9.14” to locally addressed cover, 2½d. slight discoloration, the envelope folded at bottom, otherwise fine
Lot #1784 - samoa new zealand occupation
1915, Postal Stationery card ½d. on 5pfg. with additional franking Samoa George V. 2d. yellow and 2s. deep-blue, used from “APIA 14.SP.18” as registered card with adjacent boxed “PASSED BY CENSOR G.R.I.” to Bern with transit and arrival mark, minor transportation wear, scarce and attractive, signed Kilian
Lot #1785 - samoa new zealand occupation
Postal stationery double-card 1d. on 10 pfg. with clear and heavily shifted double overprint, thus the reply card with corresponding normal and albino overprint, unused, very fine and scarce
Lot #1786 - samoa new zealand occupation
Postal Stationery cards ½d on 5 pfg., with single ½d. on 5 pfg. and pair ½d. on 3 pfg. as additional franking, all with cds. “APIA 30.9.14” to Wellington, fine
Lot #1787 - British Commonwealth south africa
1928-30, 2d. grey & maroon, overprint OFFICIAL (Type I) on the left and OFFISIEEL reading up, without stops, London Printing, full top left pane of sixty stamps, with Bradbury Wilkinson imprint at foot, showing the “Apostrophe between Fs of OFFICIAL” in position 9/1, never hinged, a few stamps with small tone spot on gum, a scarce pane, fine.
Lot #1788 - British Commonwealth south africa
1941-8, 1-1/2d. blue-grey & yellow-buff, horizontal pair, watermark sideways, overprinted “OFFICIAL / OFFISIEEL” horizontally, never hinged, fresh colour and well-centered, a fine and scarce variety; with photocopy of 2004 RPSL certificate.
Lot #1789 - south africa Issues of the British military authorities during the Boer War (1899-1902)
“Gdeopend onder Krijgswet. (P.no.30.)” Boer censor seal on rose paper (Type 3), on a franked mourning envelope from “BULTFONTEIN AP 13 (1900)” to Green Point in Cape Colony with reverse transit cds. “JOHANNESBURG APR.-00”, thereafter two additional British paper seals applied (Type 2 A+B) and violet circular “PRISONER OF WAR CENSOR” possibly applied as arrival, one adhesive slightly defective, still very fine. A quite spectacular and rare...
Lot #1790 - south africa Issues of the British military authorities during the Boer War (1899-1902)
“Gdeopend onder Krijgswet. (P.no.30.)” censor seal on rose paper (Type 3), closing a franked envelope from “SMALDEEL JAN 9 (1900)” to Lourenco Marquez with reverse arrival cds., fine. Rare usage from the Smaaldel Station during the early part of the conflict
Lot #1791 - south africa Issues of the British military authorities during the Boer War (1899-1902)
“KANTOOR VAN DEN POSTMEESTER GENERAAL O.V. STAAT.” large circular censor handstamp in blue on franked postcard from Bloemfontein to London, dated on reverse 5 November 1899, transit via Natal and Pretoria, light horizontal crease and some toning, still fine. A very rare Boer censor mark
Lot #1792 - south africa Issues of the British military authorities during the Boer War (1899-1902)
INCOMING MAIL TO A BRITISH PRISONER OF WAR: British 2½ d. tied by cds. “FARNBOROUGH” to an envelope addressed to “Prisoner of war Capt. W.G. Thompson, Suffolk Regt. c/o Boer Commander Pretoria”, endorsed via Hamburg and Delagoy Bay, transit cds. “PRETORIA 27 APR. 00”, Boer censor label and arrival, some wear and minor tear, also a stampless cover (faulty) from Pretoria via “FIELD POST OFFICE FE 9 00” to Maritzburg via Delagoy Bay, with large...
Lot #1793 - south africa Issues of the British military authorities during the Boer War (1899-1902)
“GEZIEN CENSOR. 8 APR. 1900” violet decorated cds. on a franked envelope addressed to England, endorsed “Prisoner of war at Pretoria” and sent via Lourenco Marques with both reverse transit and arrival cds., some tears and imperfections, also a similar violet cds. “GEZIEN CENSOR. 8- APR. 1900” to an envelope England, reverse transit via Lourenco Marques and arrival cds., small tear at top, still fine. A very scarce duo from occupied Pretoria...
Lot #1794 - south africa Issues of the British military authorities during the Boer War (1899-1902)
“ELANDSLAAGTE 8 - FEB. 1900” violet truncated oval field post office cancellation on a ½ d. postal stationery card to Johannesburg, very fine, also violet two-line “P K, NEWCASTLE 1 NOV 1899.” on another ½ d. postal stationery card to Johannesburg, and a four-colour franking tied by cds. “DUNDEE DE 4 99" to an envelope to Johannesburg, insignificant toning spot otherwise very fine. A very scarce group
Lot #1795 - south africa Issues of the British military authorities during the Boer War (1899-1902)
“VELD-POST G.F. FLEISCHER, DUITSCH & JOHANNESBURG COMMANDOS 16 DEC. 1899” blue cds., superb strike on franked envelope from “HOOFDLAGER 16 DEC 99” to Johannesburg with reverse arrival, very fine. A very scarce postmarks combination
Lot #1796 - south africa Issues of the British military authorities during the Boer War (1899-1902)
“VELDPOST Z.A.R. GLENCOE, 25 DEC. 1899.”, superb strike of the violet three-line cancellation on Natal ½ d. postal stationery card to Hattingspruit, reverse oval arrival, very fine and scarce
Lot #1797 - south africa Issues of the British military authorities during the Boer War (1899-1902)
“LADYSMITH SIEGE POST OFFICE / Feb. 14th 1900.” blue two-line cancel tying a 1 d. natal adhesive to a locally addressed envelope to a staff officer, very fine, together with a similar strike dated 28 February 1900 to a stampless envelope addressed locally with cds. “LADYSMITH NATAL FE28 1900” alongside, slightly soiled, in addition three illustrated postcards in mixed condition
Lot #1798 - south africa Issues of the British military authorities during the Boer War (1899-1902)
“LADYSMITH NATAL FE 12 1900” cds., clear strike on a stampless envelope addressed to London, endorsed “On active service no stamps available” and (district) “N°5”, postage due mark “20c” covered by a London barred circle “F(oreign) B(ranch)”, red transit cds. “LONDON SL PAID 25 MR 00” and reverse arrival the following day, some minor imperfections but still fine. A very scarce outgoing cover from Ladysmith, most of the siege mail being...




























