1855/1980 (ca.), unused without gum and used collection, starting from Mi.-Nr. 1, mixed condition
Heinrich Köhler 388 - Day 3 German foreign Post Offices and Colonies
By: Heinrich Koehler Auktionen
Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 388 - Day 3 German foreign Post Offices and Colonies
Viewing times of the 388th Heinrich Köhler auction
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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) |
Breaks when appropriate. We expect to auction off 80-120 lots per hour, depending on the area.
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Lot #10256 - europe Norway
1937/2001, mint never hinged and small parts used collection, starting with some better semiclassics, Yearbooks 1984-2001, some multiple, also booklets and FDC, good condition
Lot #10257 - Norway Postal stationery
1872/1900, Collection of 41 postal stationery cards starting Mi.P1-P5, including 17 complete answering cards, some watermarked, all unused, tiny hinge remains on reverse, otherwise fine.
Lot #10258 - europe Poland
1860/1990 (ca.), large mint never hinged/unused and used assembly, including Officials, Postage Dues, Locals, Port Gdansk and other Polish areas, strength before the 1960s with an abundance of duplicates, noted a nice group of locals with Zarki, etc., together with a selection of covers, in 7 stockbooks
Lot #10259 - europe Poland
1918/19, interesting, unused/mint never hinged/used collection “Germania overprint issues,” including local issues with better items, including Mi.-No. 135-136, overprint varieties, stamps with margins, multiples, better postmarks, and some covers, including Mi.-No. 10 DD and 11 DD unused, Mi.-Nr. 135 as unused and mint never hinged block of four, and local issues including Brzeziny 2½-60 pfg. complete on letter fragments, Kolo Type II 2½-60...
Lot #10260 - europe Poland
1918/69, mint never hinged and unused collection with souvenir sheets, a few multiples and some better sets throughout, fairly complete after 1919, a few values signed, except for the occasional fault in overall very fine and fresh condition, neatly housed in one album (ex Mi.-Nr. 2-1985)
Lot #10261 - europe Poland
1918/90, unused and used collection starting with “Stadtpost Warschau”, Przedborz, Luboml and Zawierce, later some better issues like Naskarb unused, extensive duplicates with mint never hinged including souvenir sheets etc., mostly good condition
Lot #10262 - europe Poland
1918/89 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and mostly used collection with duplicates, including Polish areas, Schlesien, etc., together with a few multiples and covers, overall in good condition, neatly housed in 6 albums/stockbook
Lot #10263 - europe Portugal
1853/1866, MARIA/PEDRO/LUIS imperforate issues, used collection of 78 stamps of all denominations, slight imperfections to fine, neatly arranged on album pages, incl. two copies each 1853 5r. brown, 50r. green and 100r. lilac, two copies 1855 5r. brown and following issues, good range of shades and postmarks, some units (two strips of four) etc.
Lot #10264 - europe Portugal
1847/59, 3 letters: 30 Nov. 1847 to Paris, rated “1/9” d., framed “LISBON” and “COLONIES/&C ART.13”, Calais transit and London cds.; 1859 letter to Genoa, rated “1/9” d., straight-line “LISBON”, circular “GB/1F”, Calais transit cds., also 1861 letter to Paris, posted after closure of the Consular P.O. but carried by Peninsular Mail Packet with Lisbon cds., on described pages
Lot #10265 - europe portuguese colonies
1872/1950 (approx.), unused and stamped lot in stockbook, including India and Macau.
Lot #10266 - europe Romania
1872/1980 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including officials and postage dues, together with some souvenir sheets and doubles, mostly in good condition, in eight albums
Lot #10267 - europe Romania
1858/1978 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including Postage Dues, Officials and Parcel stamps, many duplicates throughout, overall in good condition, neatly housed in 2 stockbooks
Lot #10268 - europe Romania
1893/1997 (ca.), used and mostly mint never hinged collection with duplicates, including Postage Dues, strength after 1957, overall in very good quality, neatly housed in one stockbook
Lot #10269 - europe Romania
1875/1940 (ca.), over 100 postal stationery cards, mostly unused, overall in very good quality
Lot #10270 - europe Russia
1866/1992, mint never hinged/unused and used group, eclectic material with some printing varieties, scarce Nikolsk railway fiscals, Zemstvo Borisolevsk, modern postal forgeries with 1992 25 roubles, etc., neatly housed in one booklet
Lot #10271 - europe Russia
1880/1923 (ca.), Russian Fiscals and Zemstvo, group of unused/used including some multiples, noted Moscow chancellery, Simbirsk, Armavir, Voronezh and more, 1871 “Tabak” 3 roubles green imperforate unused (Standart-Nr. 5, ex Fabergé), small Zemstvo part with Ustssissolsk, Krememchug, Borigolevsk, etc, except for the occasional fault mostly in fine condition, an interesting assembly neatly housed in two booklets
Lot #10272 - europe Russia
1889/2012, mostly unsed/mint never hinged and used stamps in multiple albums and folders and plastic sheets, focus on the modern material with FDC, booklets, souvenir sheets ans minor sheet, in a large box
Lot #10273 - europe Russia
1874/1909, 5 postal stationeries and 1 cover, including two Incoming Mail from USA and England to Revel, some registered mail, etc., overall in very fine condition
Lot #10274 - europe Russia
1875/1913, group of 8 covers and cards, some interesting usages including ship mail with “PARAKHODA. OBSCH. R.V.A.P. z 17 7 08” (STEAMSHIP OF EAST ASIATIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY) on 4 k., repeated alongside to postcard to Switzerland, Caspian sea mail with “BAKU-ENZELI PAROKH. 30 1 13” oval cds. on 10 k. on reverse of envelope to Ispahan with transit cds. “TEHERAN (DÉPART) 17. 11 13”, “(TEHERAN) 20.11.13”, very fine, also a similar cover from 1912...
Lot #10275 - europe Russia
1900/15 (ca.), Red Cross Illustrated Postcards, impressive collection with well over 300 mostly unused cards, depicting scenic scenes, art, cities and village folks, many better and scarcer types noted throughout. Overall in fine condition, neatly mounted on exhibition pages
Lot #10276 - europe Russia
1911/14, Russian Temporary Postmarks, small group of 5 cards, some better items with “DVINSK POLIGON VITEB. 4 VII 1911” (DVINSK ARTILLERY POLIGON) temporary cds. tying a 4 k. (one negligible perf toning) to postcard to St Petersburg, latest date of usage recorded, “SERGIEVSKI POLIGON 11. 8. 11” SERGIEVSKI ARTILLERY POLIGON cds. as a receiving mark on postcard with travelling post office “RIGA 39 TAPS 10. 8. 11” addressed to the Artillery...
Lot #10277 - Russia - civil war issues 1918/23 siberia
1920/23, 8 covers and card including some better frankings, usage from Kolchak, Chita, and Far East Republic issues, registered mail, etc., rather mixed condition
Lot #10278 - Russian Post abroad post in china
1899/1909, small group of used, together with two covers and one card from Hankow and Shanghai, mixed condition
Lot #10279 - europe russia and soviet union
1857/1980 (ca.), unused and used holding in 2 big boxes, with some better items/sets, some without gum or grease hinges, also some modern covers















