1902, 8c on 10c Provisional, two singles, and 5c light blue 1900 Issue, correctly paying the registered double-letter rate, tied to cover by St. Thomas c.d.s. (4 Apr), to Zehlendorf, Germany, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (23 Apr), docketing on reverse indicating that the letter was found unsealed upon receipt in Germany, with contents found to be $45, matching sender’s declaration on front, sealed with wax impressed with postal seal of...
Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries
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Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries
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.
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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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Lot #6063 - Denmark danish west indies
1902, 1c on 3c postal stationery card, uprated with 2c on 3c and 8c on 10c surcharged adhesives, the former with inverted frame, postmarked Frederiksted (28 Apr), registered to Zehlendorf, Germany, with c.d.s. receiver (21 May) struck on front adjacent St. Thomas transit mark, a beautiful and scarce franking with fresh, bright colors, very fine.
Lot #6064 - Denmark danish west indies
1902, 2c on 3c surcharge, perforated 14:13.5, inverted frame, tied to postcard of Commercial Hotel by St. Thomas c.d.s. (11 Apr),. to Manila, Philippines, reverse with New York (24 Apr) and San Francisco (29 Apr) machine transit markings, trivial corner creases of no importance given the tremendous desirability of this franking, believed to be the only such example extant, further enhanced by its exotic destination, fine and extremely rare. (...
Lot #6065 - Denmark danish west indies
1903, 1c light green (1900) and 2c carmine strip of six (1903), correctly paying the 15c registered letter rate to New York, United States, tied by St. Thomas c.d.s. (31 Dec), with arrival backstamp, fine.
Lot #6066 - Denmark danish west indies
1905, 5bit on 4c block of eight, 5bit on 5c single, and 5bit on 8c block of four, correctly paying the foreign registered letter rate of 65b, cancelled Christiansted (16 Dec), to Copenhagen, with next-day St. Thomas transit and Copenhagen (10 Mar) c.d.s. arrival backstamp, a dramatic and rare franking.
Lot #6067 - Denmark danish west indies
1905, 5bit on 5c Provisional, irregular block of thirteen, correctly paying the foreign registered letter rate of 65bit, tied by Christiansted c.d.s. (16 Dec), to Copenhagen, Denmark, with St. Thomas transit (17 Dec) and Copenhagen (8 Jan) backstamps, a striking and rare franking.
Lot #6068 - Denmark danish west indies
1906, cover franked with 5bit light green vertical pair, 10bit brick red, 20bit green & ultramarine, and 25bit ultramarine, King Christian IX, tied by Christiansted c.d.s. (6 Dec), registered to La Sarthe, France, with St. Thomas (7 Dec) c.d.s. transit and two French c.d.s. backstamps, vertical fold at left, a pleasing four-color franking; with 1987 Nielsen certificate.
Lot #6069 - Denmark danish west indies
1906, 5bit light green, 10bit brick red horizontal pair, and 20bit green & ultramarine Christian IX, tied to registered cover by Christiansted c.d.s. (6 Feb), to Wiesbaden, Germany, with Le Havre transit (24 Feb) on front, St. Thomas and Wiesbaden (25 Feb) c.d.s. backstamps, fresh and attractive.
Lot #6070 - Denmark danish west indies
1906, 1fr green & blue Harbour Issue, pair and single, with two 25bit ultramarine Christian IX, on parcel card postmarked St. Thomas (24 Jan) to Kjorring, Denmark, correctly paying the rate for a single parcel of 2.7kg, with Hamburg (16 Feb), Kolding (17 Feb) and Kjorring (18 Feb) c.d.s. backstamps, trivial edge creases, a rare and impressive franking.
Lot #6071 - Denmark danish west indies
1907, postcard franked with 5bit light green Christian IX horizontal pair, “Julen 1907” tuberculosis charity fundraising seal affixed beside, postmarked with Frederiksted c.d.s. (28 Dec), next-day St. Thomas transit c.d.s. ties seal, to Copenhagen, Denmark, with trace of c.d.s. receiver at top right, a superb example of this label.
Beginning in 1904, sales began of charity labels such as the example offered here, which were sold...
Lot #6072 - Denmark danish west indies
1907, cover franked with 40bit red & grey and 25bit ultramarine Christian IX, paying the second step registered letter rate, postmarked with Frederiksted c.d.s. (17 Jan), boxed “FREDERIKSTED / R” registration handstamp adjacent, with additional violet boxed St. Thomas D.W.I. registration marking at lower left, to New York City, with St. Thomas c.d.s. transit (19 Jan), New York, and New York P.O. / Madison Square Station (28 Jan)...
Lot #6073 - Denmark danish west indies
1907, 5fr yellow & brown Harbour, upper left corner single, tied to registered philatelic cover to Dresden, Germany, by St. Thomas c.d.s. (16 Aug), with c.d.s. arrival backstamp, attractive.
Lot #6074 - Denmark danish west indies
1908, printed price list, franked with 5bit light green, tied by Frederiksted c.d.s. (10 Feb), to Germany, with St. Thomas (13 Feb) transit and Aue (8 Mar) c.d.s. arrival backstamps, a remarkably fresh entire and scarce single franking.
Lot #6075 - Denmark danish west indies
1908, cover franked with 5bit light green and 20bit green & ultramarine Christian IX, tied to cover to Tortola (Virgin Islands), with Road Town / Tortola V.I. c.d.s. arrival backstamp (5 Jun), the odd trivial spot of soiling, else a fine illustration of this rate to a nearby island.
Lot #6076 - Denmark danish west indies
1908, cover franked with 25bit ultramarine Christian IX, 10bit red Friedrich VIII, paying the correct registered domestic letter rate, tied by Frederiksted c.d.s. (2 Feb), struck with boxed rose “FREDERIKSTED” registration marking, to St. Thomas, with next-day c.d.s. arrival backstamp, some light creasing due to flimsy nature of the envelope, else a fine and desirable mixed franking.
Lot #6077 - Denmark danish west indies
1909, 10c brick red Christian IX, horizontal strip of five, tied to registered cover to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States by St. Thomas c.d.s. (23 May), with c.d.s. arrival and New York transit backstamps, light creases, yet an uncommon franking.
Lot #6078 - Denmark danish west indies
1909, cover franked with 1fr green & blue Harbour Issue, 10bit brick red and 15bit lilac & brown Friedrich VIII, tied to registered cover by Frederiksted c.d.s. (30 Sep), to Copenhagen, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp and New York (6 Oct) transit, reduced at either side, a scarce franking.
Lot #6079 - Denmark danish west indies
1909, 5bit green, 15bit violet & brown, 20bit green & blue, and 25bit blue & dark blue Christian X, tied by St. Thomas c.d.s. to cover from the German Consulate to Berlin, Germany, without backstamps, a pleasing four-color franking.
Lot #6080 - Denmark danish west indies
1909, 1c on 3c postal stationery card, uprated with 5b, 10b, and 15b Friedrich VIII issues, tied by Frederiksted c.d.s. (22/1), registered to Copenhagen, Denmark, with New York (1/31) transit and c.d.s. receiver (10/2) on front, 1908 Charlotte Amalie label affixed at lower left, with New York registration label overtop, an impressive franking and scarce registered usage.
Lot #6081 - Denmark danish west indies
1909, 20bit green & blue and 30bit red-brown and bluish-black Friedrich VIII, tied to registered cover by St. Thomas c.d.s. (20 Feb), to Brooklyn, New York, with New York (27 Feb), same-day Brooklyn and Sta C Brooklyn backstamps, small adhesions to reverse, else a fine usage of the elusive 30b value.
Lot #6082 - Denmark danish west indies
1911, 5c green Friedrich VIII horizontal pair, tied to cover to Westend, St. Thomas by KINGSHILL c.d.s. (26 Jan), with Frederiksted c.d.s. transit backstamp, light edge toning, but a rare Danish West Indies cancellation.
Lot #6083 - Denmark danish west indies
1912, cover franked with 5bit green Friedrich VIII strip of six, pair, and two singles, correctly paying the 50bit registered letter rate to Quebec, Canada, adhesives cancelled with St. Thomas c.d.s. (20 Jan), boxed violet ST THOMAS registration handstamp, with Montreal transit and Quebec (31 Jan) arrival backstamps, International Exchange club label affixed to reverse, an impressive franking to an uncommon destination
Lot #6084 - Denmark danish west indies
1912, 10bit red and 40bit red & grey Friedrich VIII, tied to registered cover by St. Thomas c.d.s. (21 Oct), to Seattle, Washington, redirected within the city, with New York (29 Oct), Seattle (2 Nov) and Seattle Sta F (4 Nov) backstamps, typical light wrinkles, fine.
Lot #6085 - Denmark danish west indies
1912, 15bit, tied to bilingual Avis de Reception, postmarked St. Thomas (25 May), to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, with May 31 c.d.s. receiver, signed by recipient and returned, with St. Thomas c.d.s. arrival backstamp (15 Jun), filing folds and trivial edge tears do not detract, a rare postal form; with 2001 Moller certificate.
Lot #6086 - Denmark danish west indies
1913, parcel card franked with two 1fr & blue Harbour Issue, 20bit green & blue and 30bit red-brown and bluish-black Friedrich VIII, postmarked St. Thomas (6 Dec), in payment for shipment of 1.9kg to Copenhagen, with c.d.s. receiver (26 Dec) struck on front, Hamburg and Copenhagen backstamps, a rare usage; with 1988 Moller certificate.
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