1917/23, collection of used stamps, complete sets and 52 covers & cards, including registered mails and Angora Government parcels. Armistice complete set, presentation sheets and four covers, many issues with overprint varieties, 1919 Sultan access to the Throne complete set, neatly mounted and described on self made album pages.
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 #10303 - europe Turkey
1920-23, TURKEY IN ASIA Collection in Borek album starting first Ankara overprints including inverted overprint and a block of nine, 1336 handstamps with parcel cards up to 1000 pia. brown from Cesaree to Samsun (cut as usual), many good values, some signed, some doubtful as usual, mainly unused, overall a fine and extremely scarce collection build in decades.
Lot #10304 - europe Turkey
1920/69, mostly unused/mint and cancelled collection ‘Republic of Turkey’ in album with some better and complete issues Angora Government (Mi.705-708, 714-15, A721, 728H inverted and double), as well as some special items, including Mi. No. 754-766 unused (better signed or cert.), Sivas Railway (Mi. 913-934) unused. Many better stamps signed, condition from slightly flawed to flawless.
Lot #10305 - europe Turkey
1921/55, valuable holding in stock book with many better issues, often in blocks, some varieties and specialities, containing for instance First Adana set (Mi. 754-66), Crescent issue with 500 pia. green (Mi.825) and Sivas Railway complete sets unused, Women Congress mnh, imperf sets, air mails and official issues in blocks of four, etc. A great lot
Lot #10306 - europe Turkey
1922, Collection of Ottoman Revenue stamps overprinted "OSMANLI POSTALARI 1338" on 22 covers and cards, 14 of them registerd used, 5 to Albert Friedemann in Germany, mainly with military censor and arrival marks. In Isfila cataloged ex no. YPA72-YPA94. These overprinted stamps are extremely scarce on registered covers and with foreign destinations. This is the most extensive collection of its kind from the early collection of Max Plantinga....
Lot #10307 - europe Turkey
1923-40, Collection including two used sets ‘Crescent and Star' including 500 pia. green, London printings, two sets Lausanne up to 200 Krs., London printings, two sets Sivas Railway 1930, mainly used and fine.
Lot #10308 - europe Turkey
1930, ANKARA-SIVAS RAILWAY 1930 Specialized Collection on 13 album pages including an unused set, first day cancellations, overprint varieties 309, 390, inverted 930, Divas, Sivav, Sivae, blocks with margin sheets, an opportunity for the railway specialist.
Lot #10309 - europe Turkey
1930-55, Atatürk specialized collection including plate flaws, first set some values blocks of four, off-set prints, small '4' and large '4', 250 krs. tie variety, perforation varieties with pairs and blocks imperf between, mourning set three values margin blocks of 20, imperf blocks of four, complete on 15 album pages, mainly mint never hinged, a very fine and scarce offer.
Lot #10310 - europe Turkey
1955-75, Stock of hundreds of complete sheets in a box, 49 complete sets great counts towns, se-tenant pairs in sheets, stamp-on-stamp issues, souvenir sheets, all mint never hinged.
Lot #10311 - europe Turkey
1897/1960 (ca.), nice collection of about 300 covers, cards and postal stationery including many interesting items as P1 to Egypt and the US, registered mail, multiple frankings, destinations like Hong Kong, Yokohama and Danish West Indies, items from the lost territories with better cancellations including negative seal “BÜYÜKDERE POSTA SUBESI”, double cards used both ways, etc., etc. very interesting object
Lot #10312 - europe Turkey
1924-40, 46 covers and cards starting Lausanne up to 50 Krs. on last day cancelled card, Atatürk 200 Krs. parcel cards, railway labels, early registered mail to USA and Denmark, newspaper, attractive multi colour frankings, mainly fine.
Lot #10313 - local issues Liannos - Lokalpost Konstantin Opel
1865-67, City Post of Constantinopel : Liannos Collection on five album pages starting proof pair 5 pa. black on dull rose imperforated with guide line for printing on top, perforation varieties, imperforated blocks, colour shades, blocks of four, fine and unusual.
Lot #10314 - europe turkish cyprus
1974/89, seemingly complete mint never hinged collection on Leuchtturm album pages including year books 1985-89, miniature sheets and WWF issues in glassines.
Lot #10315 - europe ukraine
1918, Romanov with Kiev Ministerial Trident Overprints, collection of 33 mint never hinged/unused and used together with 4 postal stationeries, all with overprint Type 7, comprising values to 5 roubles, including some multiples. Overall in very fine condition, neatly mounted on exhibition album pages. A very scarce and attractive group (ex Mi.-Nr. 47-65)
Lot #10316 - europe ukraine
1918/20, large unused/used and predominantly unmounted mint accumulation, showing an abundance of the Trident issues in various types, including multiples, following by the Shagiv issues through to the Vienna printings, and more. A useful lot, neatly housed in one stockbook
Lot #10317 - europe vatican
1852/1974, in the beginning mostly unused, later mint never hinged mostly complete collection, incl. postage due, Mi.-Nr. 39-44 used on cover (Cert. Lummer BPP), better sets, e.g., good condition
Lot #10318 - europe Yugoslavia
1918/43, used collection, apperently complete in the main numbers exept for Mi.-Nr 61, including Postage Dues and a handful of covers, in one album, overall in good condition, plus one album with doubles, in mixed condition
Lot #10319 - europe Yugoslavia
1941, group of five postal stationery items (1 dinar green), including one with additional 1 dinar green definitive stamp franking, and one dated April 2nd bearing a black "T" mark (due to a rate change on April 1st); clean condition.
Lot #10320 - Expenditure of the individual People's Republics monténégro
1943/45, group of 10 covers, including fine usages of both the Cyrillic and Latin “LIRE” overprints, showing some better items with Cetinje 1945 second issue with star overprints “Democratskaya federadtivna Yugoslavia” in Cyrillic, complete set (Mi.-Nr. 8-11) tied by cds “KOTOR -7 III. 45” to censored envelope to Josice with arrival postmark (certificate Chiavarello), together with a small group of unused. An unusual assembly, overall in good...
Lot #10321 - Overseas Afghanistan
1871/1921, interesting unused and used collection with some covers, some signed, usual condition
Lot #10322 - Overseas Argentina
1858/1980 (ca.), mint never hinged, predominantly unused and used collection with a fair amount of duplicates, including Officials, Buenos Aires and Corrientes, in the early issues specialized with some shades, commencing with the Confederación and Escuditos, the latter with both types represented, including 15 c. blue without accent used (Mi.-Nr. 7I, certificate APS), 10 c. green with scarcer dotted cancel, followed by an attractive group...
Lot #10323 - Overseas bolivia
1867/2010, mint never hinged, predominantly unused and used collection with a few covers, including Postage Dues, commencing with an attractive selection of the 1867 Condors, showing 5 c. green (x25) with shades including unused multiples (Mi.-Nr. 1), 10 c. brown used (Mi.-Nr. 2), 1868 5 c. violet, a fine horizontal pair used with large “CORREO DE LA PAZ” handstamp (Mi.-Nr. 5, signed Todd), followed by the 1868 Nine Stars issue to the 500...
Lot #10324 - Overseas bolivia
1867/1987, mint never hinged/unused and mostly used collection, including Postage Dues, some duplicates in the early issues, starting with the Condor issues with better items like Mi.-Nr. 2 unused no gum, etc., some occasional faults as to be expected, mostly in good and fresh condition, a few values signed Georg Bühler, neatly mounted in one album
Lot #10325 - Overseas Chile
1853/2008, unmounted mint and predominantly unused and used colelction with a few covers, including Officials and Postage Dues, showing a fair amount of duplicates, commencing with a fine selection of the imperforated Colons, showing the First London, Desmadryl and Gillet printings with Lithographed 5 c. reddish-brown used (Mi.-Nr. 3, certificate BPA), Second London printing 5 c. on slightly blued paper, block of six used (small faults), 1861...
Lot #10326 - Overseas China Empire and Republic
1878/1991 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with some duplicates, including Postage Dues, Taiwan and Local Posts; opening with a selection of 1878/85 Large and Small Dragons up to the 5 candarins, the collection follows with an attractive choice of the first Chinese Imperial Post “cent” overprints extending to the Red Revenues, further issues showing 1897/1908 Coiling Dragons with some duplicates and including 1902 50 c....






















