365 / September 2017
365. Heinrich Koehler Auction
PREPHILATELY AND STAMPLESS LETTERS: 1776, folded letter from London (dated 27.7.) with red mark "POST PAID" and handwritten endorsement "per Hillsborough" to Madeira, fine
1778, Lettersheet from London by Westindies Packet to Madeira, charged for triple rate with "3/-"
1814, folded letter from London (dated 8.8.) with handwritten tax "10/4d." and two post mark of the London Foreign Office "FOREIGN 134" and "FOREIGN 149" on reverse to Madeira with handwritten tax "120" (Reis) for domestic rate, fine, certificate Wijnants A.I.E.P. (2016)
1819, Prepaid entire double rate letter from "KIRKCUDBRIGHT", Scotland to Madeira, charged with a total of 5/8½ d. incl. ½ d. Scottish turnpike charge; according to opinion Wijnants AIEP the only recorded letter with this rate up to date (2016)
1839, May 7, London Two Penny Post entire from Bow Lane to Holborn, rated ‚2‘ at ‚T.P. Queens St. C.S.‘ receiving office, annulated by zig zag handstamp and rated ‚4‘ (very rare handstamp in black ink). GBPS members commented when shown in an exhibit at the GBCWPS meeting in Paderborn 2016: ‚a rarity‘ and ‚never seen before‘.
1847, "PAID J 4.JY.1857" in red on folded letter from London with red boxed "P.P." via Paris with French ship mail to Rio de Janeiro with arrival mark on front and taxed in manuscript "660", fine
1849, folded letter from London with red post mark "PAID JY.25.1849" via Aachen with German transit mark "Aus England per Aachen franco" in black to Constantinopel, fine
1852, unpaid folded letter from London with post mark "BJ MY 17.1852" with German transit mark "ENGLAND PER AACHEN 18.5." and erased handwritten tax with new rate "6/2" via Austria to Constantinopel with arrival mark and handwritten endorsement "Piaster 14 paid" on reverse, crease, otherwise fine
1852, "DAILY PACKET LIST" issued by the postmaster general 26. Juli 1852
1854, folded letter from London with red post mark "PAID 16.SP.1854" via Aachen with transit mark "AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN FRANCO 17.9." and Triest to Athens with arrival mark and two handwritten accounting marks "18" and "35" (lepta) on reverse for the domestic rate, crease, rare
1871, Envelope from France endorsed "In care of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Commanding in Chief British Army" to the Secretary of State in London with accountancy mark "*FR*1 F 50 c" crossed out and adjacent red "OFFICIAL-PAID JA 11 71", fine and scarce
1840, 1 d. black, plate 1b, QB, large margins, small corner crease at lower right and small thin covered by re-gumming, opinion Louis BPP and certificate RPS (1974), stating genuine / soiled
1840, 1 d. black, plate 2, NK, good to large margins with part of neighbour stamp at right, used with red MC, very fine, sign. Pröschold
1840, 1 d. black, plate 3, with close to good margins all around, used with red maltese, fine
1840, 1 d. black, plate 1b, IL, tied by 2 strikes of red MC to entire letter with adjacent blue "NEWCASTLE ON TYNE JA 2 1841" to Funchal, Madeira with London transit mark of January 5, charged on front "1/10" in red ink; stamp with small corner crease at upper left, otherwise fine; a very rare letter to an overseas foreign destination
2 d. blue, SI, good to wide margins all around, tied by red MC to folded letter from "WELLS SOMMERSET AU.12.1840" to Dulverton, folded, fine
1862, 3d. rose, plate 2, PA, and 1858/79, 1d. plate 71, KG and 2d. plate 9, QB, tied by ‚705‘ SHIFFNAL barred oval obliteration to registered envelope to Newport, Salop, horizontal filing crease crossing 2d, otherwise fine. A rarely seen domestic use of the 1862, 3d. adhesive paying part of the 4d. registered fee., (Mi 16+17+18)
1862, 9d. straw, plate 2, RG, and 1858, 2d. blue, plate 9, DE, tied by ‚W-21 / LONDON-W AP 25 64 duplex cancellation to entire routed via France & Italy to the Vatican, Rome, with arrival marking ‚ROMA – VIA DI MARE 2 MAG 64‘ on reverse, a very rare letter to the Vatican! The sender of the letter was Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman (1802-1865), Archbishop of Westminster writing to George Talbot (1816-1886) an English curial official who had served as private secretary to Pope Pius IX., (Mi 21 + 17)
1862/64, 1 sh. green, plate no. 1, tied by New York sunburst kork cancel with adjacent "NEW YORK MAY 20 1863" to embossed commercial letter "ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL BROADWAY NEW YORK" to Canada with Motreal transit mark; the envelope with corner faults and crease at right not effecting the stamp, otherwise fine; a very unusual and rare use of a British stamp on the US, apparently fully accepted
1873, 1 sh. green, plate 12, tied by duplex "PORTSMOUTH MR 16 78" to envelope to "Captain Laurenson, care of the British Consul, Callao, Peru" re-directed to Eten, franked on reverse with 1874 postage due 10 c. orange, tied by cork cancel (slight corner fault); a fine and scarce combination cover, certificate Louis BPP (2007)
1882/1904, Board of Trade, ½d. green as vertical pair with perfin "CROWN BT" tied by cancel "LONDON 1904" to wrapper to Ghent, scarce, one stamp affixed over the edge, otherwise fine ex Waelbroeck
16 FOTOS
1840/70, anfangs gestempelte, später dann postfrische Sammlung, dabei Mi.-Nr. 1 (1+Brief), 2 (2), 85, 99, 118, 144 und 174
103 FOTOS
1840/1959, vorwiegend gestempelte Sammlung ab Mulready-Umschlägen, mit vielen besseren Werten, oft mehrfach, teils nach Platten usw., differenziert, dazu ein guter Teil Dienstmarken inkl. Dienstlochungen und ein sehr umfangreicher Teil Stempelmarken, Telegraphenmarken und weitere "back of the book", stark unterschiedliche Erhaltung ex Waelbroeck
1840/1980, postfrische, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Partie mit u.a. Mi.-Nr. 1 und 2, dazu etwas Nauru etc.
28 FOTOS
1841/33, interessante Plattierungssammlung ab Mi.-Nr. 3-4 mit tausenden von Werten, dabei viele bessere, stark unterschiedliche Erhaltung ex Waelbroeck
166 FOTOS
1850/1994, postfrische, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Sammlungen mit u.a. Mi.-Nr. 66, 85, 99, 118, 144, 174 etc., dazu Kolonien, teils Beanstandungen
16 FOTOS
1858/79, mostly used specialised collection with singles pairs, strips and 37 covers (mostly mixed frankings) incl. plate 7: AH & NB re-entries, 2d+4d on cover to Hamburgh, plate 8: 2d+1d+1s on cover to California, two 2d+1d+6d mixed franking covers to India, plate 9: strips of three and four, 2d+4d (pair) on cover to India, 2d+1d+6d on cover to Madras, plate reconstruction of 240 singles AA-TL, plate 12, AA re-entry, 2d(3)+ 1d on cover to Switzerland, plate 13: inverted wmk., 2d single franking ‚Book post‘, 2d+3d(3) on cover to Sweden, plate 14: mint block of 4 (slightly age toned), plate 15 incl. SPECIMEN ovpt., 2d+2½d (3) on registered cover to Norway, condition mostly good with many fine, a wonderful selection for further studies!
1937/2014, ungebrauchte bzw. meist postfrische Sammlung in 5 Alben; ab 1948 in den Hauptnummern weitgehend komplett (vereinzelte Lücken u. Dauerserien fehlend), dabei u.a. Mi.-Nr.278-281, Zusammendrucke, Kleinbogen undeinige Dubletten
1967/2009 (ca.), fast ausschließlich postfrischer Sammlungsbestand mit einigen tausend Werten bis hin zu höheren Pfundwerten, dabei auch 6er-Blocks mit Druckvermerken, Zusammendrucke, etc.; fast alles bestimmt, in 2 Kartons
52 FOTOS
1795/ 1840, Inspector ‚stars‘ markings and ‚manuscript & handstamped corrected tax markings‘, very specialised collection containing 83 covers & fronts showing various corrections of tax markings by zig zag handstamps, pen & ink markings and notes mainly from London but also from Scotland and Ireland. A wonderful basis for the start of an interesting pre-philatelic (stampless mail) postal history collection.
76 FOTOS
1841/1956, Sammlung Einschreibebriefe, dabei 1846, 1 P. rot auf Brief mit handschriftlich "Registered" und Taxvermerk "1/-", 1848, 1 P. rot auf Brief mit rotem L2 "REGISTERED, EDINBURGH" und Taxvermerk "6", Brief aus dem Norddeutschen Postbezirk nach Manchester mit seltenem K1 "PRUSIA REGISTERED", 3 Briefe nach Deutschland mit deutschem R-Zettel "vom Auslande über Bahnpost", 2 Briefe nach Belgien mit belgischen R-Zetteln, weiter gute Frankaturen, Ganzsachenausschnitte, amtliche Umschläge, Privatganzsachen etc., sehr schönes Los auf Ausstellungsblättern in 2 Alben
1850/70, Partie mit fünf unfrankierten bzw. frankierten Briefen über Belgien/Aachen nach Russland bzw. einmal nach Bonn, dabei verschiedene Treansitstempel (u.a. roter Ra2 "Aus England per Aachen franco", zweimal mit Tax-Stempel "7 1/2 d" und weiteren Besonderheiten
1855/89, Partie mit sieben frankierten Briefen nach Gibraltar, dabei u.a. Mi.-Nr. 5 und waagerechtes Paar Mi.-Nr. 30 jeweils auf Brief von London, alle Briefe auf Albenblättern mit Beschriftung
213 FOTOS
1870/1904, interessante Sammlung mit über 100 (Privat)Ganzsachen, Einschreiben, Drucksachen usw., dabei einige Specimen, außerdem ein Teil Vorphila bzw. markenlose Briefe, etwas unterschiedliche Erhaltung ex Waelbroeck
BACK OF THE BOOK: Sehr interessante Sammlung von hundrten Railway-Marken, außerdem Zeitungs- und einige Privatpostmarken, teils auf Albenseiten geklebt, meist gute Erhaltung ex Waelbroeck