Petite Treasures – May 2026

1885, 5 pa. lilac on dull lilac perf 13¼, strip of four tied on piece by PHILIPPOPLE cds. fine and fresh, signed Thier and Kosack

1885, 5 pa. lilac on dull lilac, 10 pa. green and 20 pa. rose, five stamps unused with Lion overprint, all with Opinion Hitzler.

1885, 5 pa. lilac, perforated 13½, unused, additional 10 pa. green on dull green perf 11½, unused and mint never hinged block of nine, both overprinted in black Type I, very fine pair, both signed Kosack and Thier

1885, Set of five mint and used stamps with overprint Type I, usual perf, 1 pia. gum spots, otherwise fine, signed Fulpius, Kosack and Buscher

1885, Set of five used stamps with overprint Type II, usual perf, otherwise fine, signed Zumstein, Kosack and Thier

1865, Folded letter from Burgas to Constantinople bearing Lomb.-Ven. pair 10 sld. blue tied by very fine single circle ‘BURGAS 4/12’ datestamp in black (Tchilinghirian fig.936), on reverse ‘Lloyd Agenzie/Constantinople’ arrival cds., additional five stamps Levante with same cancellation, fine. Cert. Ferchenbauer (1996)

1885, 10 pa. green on dull green perf 11½, unused and mint never hinged block of six, some gum crease, otherwise very and fresh, signed Thier and Kosack

1885, 20 pa. rose, perforated 11.5, partly double overprint Type I, affixed to unused postal stationery card to pay the foreign postcard rate, scarce and fine. Opinion Hitzler (2016)

1885, 20 pa. rose on dull rose perf 11½, inverted overprint, unused, signed Kosack and Thier

1885, 5 pa. lilac on dull lilac perf 11½, inverted overprint, clear cancelled, signed Hassel, Fulpius and Thier

1880/84, Five formular cards bearing, 5 pa., 10 pa. and 20 pa. stamps, including two complete answering cards, all unused, very fine and extremely fresh

1945, "100" blue and red, bottom sheet margin block of four and "200" brown and red block of four, with value strongly shifted to the right, mint never hinged, fine pair

1905, Complete set of 9 values imperf proofs on thin paper with separation lines, fine and attractive.

1899, 2m. black on white with violet contral mark, fresh color and good margins, tied by blue straight-line “Rethymnon” to cover to Heraklion, fine and scarce

1943, Red Cross, 10 values, each imperf showing cliché printings and 2 k. with all printing phases, interesting and fine

1918, Kaiserkrone 3 h. bis 1 k. und 15 h. bis 30 h. Karl I je mit Aufdruck "CESKO-SLOVENSKY STAT" auf Express-Sammlerbrief (Randbüge) von"BUDWEIS 10.XI.18" nach Mährisch-Ostrau.

1918, Scouts Mail, 20 haleru red on local cover in Prague with first day cancel 7-11-1918, fine/very fine (cover vertical crease) signed Darmietzel

 

1918/20, unused and used collection on nine album leaves with 1919 overprints unused and imperf issues, mostly good condition

1842, CZASLAU 3 Decm: L2 in blau auf komplettem Faltbrief mit rotem 'Franco' und hs. ‘Franco Gränze’ an den Fürsten Ludwig über Dürnberg und Kaltenbrunnhofen, ver. Taxvermerke, sehr sauberer Beleg aus dem Bezirk Kolin

1854, 16 sk. lilac, 2 copies, and 1858, 8 sk. green, one 16 sk. slightly touched, otherwise all clear to large margins and fresh colour, tied by no. "181" and duplex "182/SJAELL.POST.SPED.BUREAU 25/10 1859" to mourning cover to England. A fine and rare franking. Certificate Kaiser (1981)

1864, 2 sk. blue, 4 sk. red and 8 skilling ocre, tied by duplex "229/N.SJ.JB.P.B. 14/4"(1870) to letter sheet to London. Fine and attractive. Certificate Lasse Nielsen (2003). 

1864, 16 sk. greenish dark grey and 2 sk. blue, tied by no. "1" to lettersheet from "KJOBENHAVN 27 11" to lettersheet to Leiden, Netherlands. Some minor toning, still fine.

1892, Numeral 3 ö. blue grey, four snigle stamps tied to envelope by KJOBENHAVN 10/10, addressed to Lund Sweden with arrival mark 10/10 on reverse, vertical fold, otherwise fine and scarce

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1929, Cancer & Air Mails, two unused sets, mint never hinged, fine (Cat.400€).

Ganzsachenkarte 10 Ø grün ab “KJØBENHAVEN 20 7” nach Helgoland, Karte mit winzigem Eckbug, sonst tadellos

1872/73, 4 c. blue ultramarine, unused with part gum, variety ‘parts of sheet marginal watermark’, good perforation for this issue and fresh colour, fine.

1873/96, bi-coloured numerals, nine unused stamps on thin and thick paper, good perforation for this issue and fresh colour, fine.

1876/93, 5c green & grey, horizontal pair, tied to cover from St. Thomas , endorsed “pr. Allianca, via New York”, to Toronto, Canada, with transit- and arrival marks,one short corner perf, else fresh and fine, an uncommon destination. 

1887, 1 CENT on 7 c. yellow lilac, unused no gum, perfs apart and hinged, margin pair showing ‘parts of sheet marginal watermark’, plus Mi. 14I, 15, 21-22, 23AII, 24AI, 25II, 26I, 38-40, usual perforation, fresh colour, fine group.

1896/1901, 4c brown & blue, horizontal pair, tied to commercial cover to Hamburg, endorsed “per German Mail”, with Hamburg c.d.s. arrival backstamp (21 Mar), smal pin hole  at upper left, a pleasing and scarce franking. 

1902, 2 CENTS on 3 c. ,perf. 12¾, normal frame in strip with 2 copies inverted frame, unused

1887, Christian IX and Sailing Ship two complete sets unused, good perforation, fresh colour, fine.

1907, Frederic VIII complete set of 8 stamps unused with gum, good perforation, fresh colour, plus two postage due sets with faults, otherwise fine.

1873/1915, collection on two album pages, mainly used, including Mi.29-34, 38-40, 1903 bisect 4 c. on piece, fresh colours, fine.

1909, postal stationery asking part 10 b. red cancelled ST THOMAS 27/11/1909 to Karlsbad Germany, addressee could not be found and with twoliner in blue ‘Nicht ermittelt P.A. Berlin W35’ and violet ‘Unbekannt/Inconnu’ label sent back to St. Thomas, on reverse christmas greeting written on ship S.M.S. Victoria Luise, fine and very attractive.

1980, CEPT 200 oere, the unissued first printing, mint never hinged; from the only officially sold miniature sheet. Very fine and rare.