Stamp Auctions

The 135th auction’s more than 8,000 lots contain the following highlights:

German states: extensive supply with many cancelled lots, items in mint condition, including many from Helgoland, as well as further Preußen, Thurn & Taxis and all other states with equally attractive offers.

German Empire: interesting selection from the breastplate issues on, very extensive in regard to types, varieties, colours, etc., further se-tenant printings, stamp booklets, etc.; also Nothilfe-Blocks, rare trials, unissued “Burg Rheinstein”, imperforated four-colour proofs of Mi.-Nr. 45, to name only a few highlights.

German colonies / Post offices abroad: extensive supply with many top items and rarities, very strong in forerunner issues, covers and in mint, never hinged issues; equally interesting is the comprehensive supply of “cancellations”.

Occupation I. World War/Plebiscites/Danzig/Memel/Saar: specialized supply with many types, varieties, rarities and sought-after standard values, including - among others, Saar Block 1 cancelled (1,200), mint never hinged Urdruck-Satz (1,300), Memel with mnh green overprint, etc.

WW II/Fieldpost: premium supply with many types, rare stamps and varieties, also including Mi.-Nr. 8A cancelled (1,350), Mi.-Nr. 10BbIDDKI/3 mnh (450), Mi.-Nr. 12II mnh (400) and also Mi.-Nr. 12V mnh (400), as well as others.

German local issues: more than 300 lots with interesting covers, sought-after standard issues and varieties, including nearly all cities represented - from A like Arnsberg to W like Wittenberg.

West zones/Bund/Berlin: extensive selection with many varieties, rarities and top pieces, including among others Bund with numerous varieties, and mnh standard issues, Berlin with sought-after overprint items, numerous Währungsbeschädigten-Blocks, etc.

SBZ/DDR: more than 500 lots, including many rarities, sought-after standard issues, watermark varieties, colours, etc., also includes Mi.-Nr. 439aIIgXI mnh (750), Mi.-Nr. 3091F mnh (130), etc.

Europe: contains among other items a very interesting series (Strecke) of lots from Austria, incl. Rosa Merkur, Wipa-Blocks, Dollfuss, furthermore Switzerland with good initial issues, classics and specialities, also Liechtensteinwith sought-after sets.

Varied collections offerings: a total of more than 900 collections, ranging from items from treasure troves to specialized stamp collections, from brief items to kilo ware, just about everything is represented.

Coins: more than 400 selected lots with numerous collectors’ coins and gold coins. That includes an extensive number of medallions.

Please note that conditions have changed - a buyers premium of 20% will be added to the final price, as well as a lot fee of 2,50 and postage. VAT of 19 % applies only on buyers premium, lot fee and postage and only if shipped in the EC. Please see this page for all terms and conditions

We are pleased to present our January 14-15 sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World.
You are invited to browse through this select offering of 1400 lots representing virtually every area of International Philately.
The United States section ranges from Special Printings to better cacheted FDCs.  Foreign Countries include Western Europe, with Austria, France and Colonies, and specialized German Area (with excellent Locals and Occupation Issues). Great Britain and British Commonwealth are also well represented.  In addition, there are numerous rarities from South America, Asia, including China and Japan,  Eastern Europe and Russia. As always there are over 120 large lots and collections, balances of estates and much more.  

Interasia’s January 11-14 auction of China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history will take place at the Excelsior Hotel in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong. The four day, 3,600 lot sale includes another outstanding offering of China and Hong Kong stamps and postal history, with important Ching Dynasty and Republic, substantial postal history and a large offering of People’s Republic and Liberated Areas with major rarities. Among the Hong Kong and Treaty Ports highlights is the earliest recorded letter from Hong Kong.
 
Session 8 is the first part of the Elling O. Eide Collection of Chinese Local Posts and includes in this part a wonderful representation of combination covers, including an outstanding treatment of Wei Hai Wei.

Interasia’s January 11-14 auction of China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history will take place at the Excelsior Hotel in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong. The four day, 3,600 lot sale includes another outstanding offering of China and Hong Kong stamps and postal history, with important Ching Dynasty and Republic, substantial postal history and a large offering of People’s Republic and Liberated Areas with major rarities. Among the Hong Kong and Treaty Ports highlights is the earliest recorded letter from Hong Kong.
 
Session 6 presents special collections of China Official Postal Seals and the 1912 Republic of China overprints. The latter includes rare Provisional Neutrality and high values covers, local overprints, as well as the overprinted express letter stamps.