366. Auktion März 2018

1693, Entire letter from Luxemburg to Holebac with manuscript postage "2", very fine; a rare letter from the first French period (1684-97)

1699, Entire letter from Luxemburg to Bruxelles with manuscript postage "4 s" (sols); a scarce early letter

1708, "de luxembg" in manuscript on entire letter with manuscript postage "4" to Nancy; very fine and scarce letter from the second Spanish period

1734, entire letter dated "Bastogne le 25 juin 1734" to Bruxelles, manuscript tax "4" cancelled and replaced by "3"; a rare letter, illustrated in "Catalgue spécialisé de Luxembourg" (Goebel AB1, 32 points)

1760, "De Malmaison", manuscript on entire letter from Martelange to Bruxelles, Belgium, tax "6" cancelled and replaced by "3"; very scarce, only few entires recorded

1794, "8E DIVON / ARMÉE DE LA MOSELLE", good strike on entire letter written "Du Bivaque d'autun le 9 floréal .." to France; from the contents: ..we have taken a small village called Arlan on our way to Luxembourg ..", fine military letter

1795, "I. DON ARM S: / LUXEMBOURG", double line in red, good strike on entire letter to France, fine and rare

1795, "3E DIVON / ARMÉE DE LA MOSELLE" on entire military letter dated "Bivacque près de luxant. .." to Lanion with manuscript postage "17", fine, sign. Goebel

1795, "3e DIV.ON / ARMÉE DE LA MOSELLE" on entire letter from Strassen, endorsed inside 'armée devant Luxembourg' to France; a fine and rare letter of the siege of the fortress

"2. DON ARM S: LUXEMBOURG" in black, on entire letter from Trier (Treves) 1795 to Landau; small tear at top closed, still fine

1829, "DIEKIRCH" in black with adjacent red "LUXEMBURG" on lettersheet to Marche, faint creases, still fine and very scarce (Goebel HD3)

10 c. grey-black with good to large margins, showing small part of neighbour stamp at bottom, tied by target with broken circles to entire letter with adjacent cds. "REMICH 12 VI 1857" to Luxemburg; the front of the letter small paper fault, otherwise very fine, certificate Demuth BPP (1981)

1852, William 10 c. grey-black, good to large margins with part of neighbour stamp at top, tied by clear circle of 6 bars to small lettersheet with adjacent cds. "MERSCH 22 X 1856" to Luxemburg, very fine, certificate Soluphil (2014)

10 c. grey-black, horizontal pair with clear to large margins, tied by target to small entire letter with adjacent clear "REDANGE 22 IV 1856" to Arlon in Belgium with transit and arrival marks; a fine and scarce letter to abroad, certificate Demuth BPP (1981) Provenance: Isaac Seligson (1982)

1 sgr. sanguine with good to large margins, cancelled by clear green target, very fine and scarce, certificate Soluphil (2014) (Soluphil 2b)

1 sgr. sanguine with good to large margins, tied by circle of 9 bars to lettersheet with adjacent red "LUXEMBOURG 5 AOUT 53" to Trier; a very scarce and fine franking, sign. Goebel and certificate Soluphil (2014)

1 sgr. brownish-red, 1st printing, vertical strip of 3 with good to large margins, tied by target to entire letter with adjacent red cds. "LUXEMBOURG 17 JANV. (53)" to Ruhla in Saxony with several transit and arrival marks on reverse; the folds of the letter strengthened by hinges, otherwise a very fine and scarce franking Provenance: Gary Houser (2014)

1951, Europa 80c-4fr., within presentation booklet, scarce, fine

1956, CEPT 2-4 fr. in complete sheets with complete perforated empty space at bottom, unmounted mint, veritical fold, otherwise fine (Mi. 12.000,-)

2-4fr. within presentation booklet, scarce, fine

2000, Europa 21fr. as horizontal gutter pair with bottom margin, mint never hinged, fine