1851, King Friedrich August II. the misprint ½ Neugroschen black on matt Prussian blue in a souvenir sheet of 4, very attractive fresh colours and full to mostly wide margins on all sides, unused with original gum, the upper right stamp with a small light spot (partly rebacked), the two left values have - like almost all stamps of the misprint - very few small sand grain holes, of which only one is noticeable in the outer margin of the lower...
Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 8 Special Catalogue: German States: Bavaria from 1849 – Auction of 'Missed Opportunities' – Collections – The ERIVAN Collection – 11th Auction
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Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 8 Special Catalogue: German States: Bavaria from 1849 – Auction of 'Missed Opportunities' – Collections – The ERIVAN Collection – 11th Auction
Viewing times of the 383rd Heinrich Köhler auction and
The ERIVAN Collection – 11th auction
Due to a high number of visitors we recommend viewing the collection lots before the auction week. Viewing at any time by prior appointment in our office in Wiesbaden.
Heinrich Köhler Auktionshaus GmbH & Co. KG
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Germany
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11 – 13 March 2024 Monday to Wednesday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
14 – 15 March 2024 Thursday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
18 – 22 March 2024 Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
23 March 2024 Saturday starting 8.30 a.m.
Special Viewing: From 1–3 March 2024, no single lots Bavaria can be viewed in our office in Wiesbaden, as they will be at the Philatelia Munich for viewing.
Auction Schedule
Thursday, 14 March 2024 09:00 CET 1001–1841
Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries
Special offer: Departements Conquis – The Wilma Droemont Collection
Special offer: Chile – The Colon Issues (part II)
Thursday, 14 March 2024 16:00 CET 6001–6204 Special Catalogue: Danish West Indies 1806–1917 – The "Baghira" Collection
Friday, 15 March 2024 09:00 CET 1842–2109
Single Lots: Olympics, Thematics, Literature
Special offer: Summer Olympic Games – The Fredrik C. Schreuder Collection (part II)
Special offer: Ludwig van Beethoven – The Yukio Onuma Collection (part II)
Special offer: Volkswagen – a German Myth – The Dr Edo-Meino Eden Collection
Friday, 15 March 2024 12:00 CET 5001–5569 Special Catalogue: Airmail and Zeppelin Mail – inclusive the collection of the Sieger family
Monday, 18 March 2024 10:00 CET 2110–2328 Single Lots: German Empire 1872 – 1945
Monday, 18 March 2024 12:30 CET 6601–6960 Special Catalogue: German Reichspost – Shield Issues – The Michael Rehme Collection (part II)
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 09:00 CET 2329–2887
Single Lots: German post offices abroad and colonies
Special offer: Registered Letters of the German Foreign Post Offices and German Colonies (part III)
Special offer: German South West Africa – Cancellations on Private and Field Post
Special offer: German Post in China and Kiautschou – Post during WWI and Trans-Siberian Railway – The Dr Heinz Findeiss Collection
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 14:00 CET 6501–6600 Special Catalogue: German Post Offices in Morocco & German Post Offices in Turkey – The "Waldersee" Collection
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 15:00 CET 2888–3653
Single Lots: German Occupation WWI, German Areas and Plebiscites, Saar, Danzig, Memel, German Occupation WWII, Germany after 1945
Special offer: Definitive Issue Posthorn 1951 – Specialised Collection
Wednesday, 20 March 2024 09:00 CET 7001–7758 Special Catalogue: Germany 1849–2000 – German Empire, German Colonies with Occupation Issues (G.R.I. and MAFIA), Plebiscite Areas, Germany after WWII – The Erik B. Nagel Collection (part III)
Wednesday, 20 March 2024 16:00 CET 10001–10331 Country Collections: Europe, including Great Britain and British Commonwealth
Thursday, 21 March 2024 09:00 CET 10332–11234
Country Collections: Overseas
Collections and Lots: 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
Friday, 22 March 2024 10:00 CET 8001–8097 Special Catalogue: Grand Duchy of Baden – Frankings and Postal History – The Klaus Peter Geis Collection
Friday, 22 March 2024 11:00 CET 8201–8299 Special Catalogue: Kingdom of Bavaria – Postal History and Social Philately 1806–1875 – The Oliver Reifenrath Collection
Friday, 22 March 2024 12:00 CET 8501–8571 Special Catalogue: Free Hanseatic City of Bremen – The Karl-Hillard Geuther Collection (part III)
Friday, 22 March 2024 13:00 CET 8601–8815 Special Catalogue: Heligoland – The Dr. Hans Friedrich Häuser Collection (part II)
Friday, 22 March 2024 15:00 CET 9001–9244 Special Catalogue: Schleswig-Holstein 1850–1867 – The Rolf Beyerodt Collection
Saturday, 23 March 2024 08:30 CET 3654–4207
Single Lots: German States Baden – Wuerttemberg, North German Confederation
Special offer: The Principalities of Lippe – The Gustav Strunk Collections (part II)
Saturday, 23 March 2024 14:30 CET 1–160 Special Catalogue: German States: Bavaria from 1849 – Auction of 'Missed Opportunities' – Collections – The ERIVAN Collection – 11th Auction
Breaks when appropriate. We expect to auction off 50-120 lots per hour, depending on the area.
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Auction Venue
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Sale Terms
Lot #125 - saxony stamps
1863/67, coat of arms issue ½ Neugroschen vivid reddish orange, two single values together with 1 Neugroschen magenta and horizontal pair and single stamp 5 Neugroschen grey ultramarine with double circle cancellation "DRESDEN 23 JUN. 65" on envelope via France to Porto Alegre, Brazil with transit and arrival postmarks on face. The letter fell into the 1st German and 2nd French weight class, accordingly correctly franked with 3 Neugroschen...
Lot #126 - saxony stamps
2 Neugroschen blue and 2 single values 5 Neugroschen grey-ultramarine with no. "12" and neatly adjacent DKr. "FREIBERG 1/IX 64" on envelope with pre-printed address to Virginia City in the 'Nevada Territory'. It was carried via Aachen, England and Boston with on face red "BOSTON BR. PKT. 28 PAID" on the front, then wide via the American overland or Wells Fargo route by ship across the Mississippi and then by mail coach overland and through...
Lot #3954 - saxony stamps
3 Pfennig vivid red, large margins all round imperforated, at bottom, above and left with full dividing lines, neatly cancelled with DKr. "DRESDEN BAHNH: POST-EXPED 21 NOV 50", at bottom small margin gap outside the stamp-face, fine, a scarce cancellation, sign. Ressel and Dietrich and certificate Vaatz BPP (2023)
Lot #3955 - saxony stamps
3 Pfennig vivid red, in nice nice and deep colour, on all sides large margins all round, above with full dividing line, neatly and clearly cancelled with DKr. "DRESDEN 11½-12 3 JUN 51", fine, a.o. sign. Drahn and certificate Vaatz BPP (2023)
Lot #3956 - saxony stamps
3 Pfg. dark vermilion in vertical pair, plate III, pos. 12 and 17, very attractive deep colour and well full to very large margins, with neatly upward stamped DKr. "LEIPZIG 4 DEC. 50" on green printed paper ribbon "Vom Directorium des deutschen National-Vereines für Handel und Gewerbe" to the royal Prussian consul general Oswald in Hamburg, with postmark of the Prussian postoffice. Slight folds outside the postage paid, otherwise fine and...
Lot #3957 - saxony stamps
3 Pfg. vivid red, plate III, pos. 10, fresh colours and large margins on all sides, with intermediate line above, with neatly affixed "GLAUCHAU 10 MAE 51" franking mark on complete printed matter (sales announcement for wallets, cigarette cases, etc.), reverse sealed and addressed to Chemnitz. A very attractive and interesting piece; due to the seal, the printed matter should have been franked. Attractive and perfect condition (the printed...
Lot #3958 - saxony stamps
1850, 3 Pfennige red, plate III, type 8, nice deep and nice colours, on all sides large margins all round, above and left with dividing lines, Bavarian line system recognisable, with neatly applied double circle cancel "LEIPZIG 4. JAN. 51" on cross ribbon to "Drehbach bei Zwoenitz" and with Ra.2 "ZWÖNITZ 6 JAN 51" forwarded to Ehrenfriedersdorf, in whose ordering district Drebach lay, with Landbote order fee of 10 Pfg. noted on reverse....
Lot #3959 - saxony stamps
3 Pfg. brick-red, plate III, type 12, fresh colours and large margins on all sides, with dividing lines visible on all sides, with cancel "ZWICKAU 15 NOV. 50" on printed matter without wrapper, with adjacent blue sender's cancellation from Magdeburg. A circular tear runs through the upper left corner of the stamp (postage stamp), otherwise perfect. Certificate Rismondo BPP (1998)
Lot #3960 - saxony stamps
3 Pfennig brownish red, in nice fresh and deep colour, large margins all round, neatly and clearly cancelled with DKr. "DRESDEN 4½-5 APR 51", a very rare piece, sign. Drahn and certificate Vaatz BPP (2023)
Lot #3961 - saxony stamps
3 Pfg. vivid brownish red, plate III, pos. 20, very attractive deep colour and large margins on all sides, above with visible intermediate line, with neatly applied DKr. "LEIPZIG 15 DEC. 50" on complete printed matter without wrapper (brochure of a fire engine). The printed matter with small paper defects and partly supported in the folds, the postage paid fine. An attractive entire of the scarce colour. Signed HK and Müller-Mark, certificate...
Lot #3962 - saxony stamps
3 Pfg. green in a souvenir sheet of 10 resp. complete sheet of stamps, deep colour, only tiny touched above left, otherwise fully imperforated with large margins, with full original gum, minor age patina, otherwise a fine, scarce and very attractive multiples, only a few sheets of stamps are left, sign. Starauschek and Leonhard and certificate Vaatz BPP (2018)
Lot #3963 - saxony stamps
3 Pfg. blue-green in a horizontal souvenir sheet of 6, very attractive fresh colours and fantastic for this issue, large margins all round, unused with original gum, three small thin spots, otherwise fine, a very attractive and scarce unit, a.o. sign. Pfenninger and certificate Rismondo BPP (2000)
Lot #3964 - saxony stamps
½ Ngr. a. light blue, the colour misprint, very attractive fresh colours and evenly wide margins on all sides, unused with original gum. Very attractive and fine condition, without the sand grain holes found in most pieces. Undoubtedly one of the most attractive examples of this scarce variety. Signed Friedl with certificate (1952), certificate Philatelic Foundation (1949) and quality expertisation Maria Brettl (1994), certificate Vaatz BPP (...
Lot #3965 - saxony stamps
1851, 1 Ngr. black on matt grey-red, full to large margins, with neat no. "1" and adjacent despatch datestamp "DRESDEN 20 JULY" on very attractive colourless embossed decorative cover to Leipzig with back postmark. Arrival cancellation, in good condition
Lot #3966 - saxony stamps
1855, ½ Ngr. black on matt grey, full margins, cancelled by numeral obliteration with adjacent DKr. "LEIPZIG 6 XI 60" on insufficiently franked complaint cover from Leipzig to Grosskugel, there forwarded to Merseburg and taxed with 1½ Sgr.; for the forwarding route an additional single postage rate of 1 Sgr. was required, therefore "1½" cancelled and "2½" postage paid. Slight patina and traces of transport, otherwise a scarce use in good...
Lot #3967 - saxony stamps
5 Ngr. vivid orange-red, fresh colours, wide margins on all sides and above, with portions of adjoining stamps, imperforated, neatly numbered "2" and with adjacent despatch datestamp "LEIPZIG 15/VIII" on registered envelope to Prague, fine, certificate Vaatz BPP (2020)
Lot #3968 - saxony stamps
5 Ngr. vivid brown-red, fresh colours and three-sided imperforated with full margins, tangent above, small sticker crease, clean with number "4" and adjacent despatch datestamp "LEIPZIG-BAHNHOF 25 /II" on envelope with designated onward franking "2 3/4" to London, the pink-brown shade is scarce on letter, certificate Vaatz BPP (2018)
Lot #3969 - saxony stamps
1864, postal stationery envelope Johann 5 Ngr. purple with additional franking 1 Ngr. magenta, from "CHEMNITZ 17/IX 64" via Trieste to Alexandria with arrival postmark of the Austrian postoffice. 3 Neugroschen foreign postage for Austrian Lloyd shown on face. An attractive and scarce letter in fine condition. Certificate Rismondo BPP (2000)
Provenance: Silvain Wyler (354th Heinrich Köhler auction, 2013), Arnim Knapp (366th Heinrich...
Lot #3971 - saxony Saxony - postal stationery
1863, postal stationery envelope ½ Ngr. orange, full to large margins, as additional franking on postal stationery envelope ½ Ngr. with neat 3 times upward and adjacent DKr. "DRESDEN 30 I 67 XII" to Seifhennersdorf. An attractive piece in perfect condition
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