386th Auction
18–27 September 2025 in Wiesbaden
1761, entire disinfected letter from Plovdiv to Rome, Papal States, written in Italian, endorsed on reverse "Profumato di Fuori". A fine and rare early letter.
1944, Complete set of 7 values in mint never hinged blocks of eight, high value 1 Lira with very scarce margin imprint, very fine, largest recorded mint never hinged blocks of this issue, a red cross/red crescent rarity!
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1878/1916, Imperial Russia Red Cross, delightful collection of 39 stationeries and cards, including the Odessa District Board visiting card envelopes series, Sisters of Mercy of the Red Cross visiting card envelope, scarce Izmail Town Council charity envelopes (circa 1880), etc., together with a fine group of vignettes from the Vyborg Red Cross, some occasional toning, mostly fine. A rare group
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1900/1917 (ca.), Imperial Russia Charity and WWI Labels and Postcards, magnificent collection of many hundreds, including some large multiples, noted Aid Society for Victims of War, Moscow Section of the Siberia Aid Society for the Sick & Wounded, “Flag Days” vignettes, very rare group of 12 sheetlets of the Fellin 1916 “For the Victims of the War” (possibly unique), 1912 Anti-Tubercolisis Association vignettes and card, Tiflis Commission for the Provision of Tobacco to Soldiers, Poltava Town Council decorative envelopes “For the Soldiers”, fine group of the Skobelev Committee, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolayevna´s Committtee, and much more, except for the occasional fault in overall in good condition, expertly described and neatly housed in 4 albums. A quite extraordinary assembly
“ON WAR”, Teile einer ursprünglichen Ausstellungssammlung, dabei Handzeichnungen Essays für spätere Briefmarken, Tschechoslowakei Mi.-Nr. 1737 “Kampfpanzer, Rakete und Selbstfahrtstafette”, Isle of Man Mi.-Nr. 197 “Robert Henry Cain (1909-1974), Kommandeur; Viktoriakreuz”, sowie Island Mi.-Nr. 945 “Thorfinn Karlsefni (um 1010), erster Amerikasiedler aus Europa; Weltkugel” als großformatiges Essay in entgültigem Design, dazu diverse Briefe etc., vieles noch auf ursprünglichen Ausstellungsseiten aufgezogen, gute Erhaltung
1859, Austrian P.O. cover from Bucharest to Triest struck on despatch with "BUKAREST / 21 FEB." handstamp in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 710) and charged 6+9=15 kreuzer to pay, boxed transit WIEN 29/2 and red arrival mark TRIEST2/3 on reverse, rastel punched for Disinfection, file fold, very fresh and fine