353 / März 2013

1849, 10 c. brown and 20 c. blue, good to mostly large margins, both with ideal matching numeral "102" ROULERS, extremely choice pair

10 c. brown and 2 copies 20 c. blue in different shades with clear central strike of "76" MAESEYCK, "24" BRUXELLES" and "46" GEDINNE, extremely fine, 2 values signed Pfenninger

1849, 10 c. brown with good to wide margins, tied by ideal numeral "22" to entire letter with adjacent red "BRAINE-LE-COMTE 22 SEPT. 1849" to Charleroy, beautiful and choice letter

1851, FIRE R.B.S. chocolate-brown, Ferslew, plate I, type 73, good even margins, cancelled by mute ring cancel with dot with adjacent clear "SOROE 20/4 1852" on letter sheet to Ringsted (not quite complete on reverse); a filing crease in the entire not effecting the stamp, very fine, certificate Witschi

FIRE R.B.F. brown, Ferslew, 2 single copies, both with central ring cancel with dot in centre, also Danish Westindies 1855, 3 c. carmine with central ring cancel in blue, very fine

1851, FIRE R.B.S., 4 copies with ideal strikes of numerals "16" FLENSBURG, "65" SLAGELSE, "67" SOHO and "118" HEILIGENHAFEN, also 1855, 4 sh. brown as single stamp with central "131" BREETZ and on piece with 8 s.

1852, 2 Rigsbank-Skilling, Thiele printing, plate II, type II, with 'DISJOINTED FOOT', nice fresh colour and enormous margins on all sides, neatly cancelled by numeral "1", on entire letter with adjacent blue oval "F.P. 24/3 1853" addressed to "Borgergade N. 150"; since the address was outside the ramparts, the letter was taxed additionally "2" skilling in red crayon. Without doubt one of the most attractive and choice frankings of this stamp, certificate Dr. Debo (1989) (Facit 1IIv1)

1864/70, 4 skilling vermilion, horizontal strip of 3 with 3 clear strikes "24" on entire letter from "HELSINGÖR 3/7" (1867) to Laurvig, Norway, very fine, also same stamp in two pairs and single with clear numeral "17" FREDERICIA on large piece, some creases and small faults, still attractive

1875/1905, 8 ö. rose, grey, 3 copies with central numeral "58" ROESKILDE resp. star cancels "STORE SNODE" and "GANDRUP"

20 p. blue, horizontal pair with perfect rouletting, cancelled with one central clear strike of cds. "WIBORG 27 6 1869", extremely fine

1866/67, Coat of Arms 20 p. blue, horizontal pair in perfect condition with clear date stamp "JAKOBSTAD 3 6 1870" with additional strike alongside on entire letter to Björneborg with front side boxed "ANK 5 6"; in the letter at left slight and subtly paper fault, all in all extremely fine and very attractive

20 k. blue, single stamp and horizontal pair in different shades and 40 k. rose, single stamp and single franking, the latter from Helsingfors to Wasa, all very neatly cancelled, some short perfs, still very attractive

40 k. rose on ribbed paper, roulette I, full perfs, cancelled by perfect strike of black "JAKOBSTAD 2 5 1873", a perfect stamp (Facit 9v5)

15 c. green, very fine fresh and deep colour, large margins all around with small part of neighbour stamp at left, tied by clear horizontal grid to small folded local letter sheet of Paris, extremely fine

1849, Ceres 20 c. black, single on piece and horizontal pair (prefold between stamps), 25 c. blue, single stamp and 2 single stamps on piece and 40 c. orange, all beautifully cancelled the same way by clear grid applied vertically on each stamp; a marvelous group

1 fr. carmine, fresh and good even margins, tied by clear grid to small piece with adjacent cds. "HAGUENAU 5 NOV. 51", extremely fine, signed Calves (Mi. 1000,- +)

1849/71, collection on 5 album pages with 9 stamps, partly on pieces, and 9 covers, all with very fine cancellations including "5083" of Constantinople on Laurée 80 c. on cover

1853, 20 c. blue, good to wide margins, cancelled by clear central "CRESCENTINO 26 GIU 54" and 1855/63, 80 c. orange with good to wide margins and perfect central cds. "MILANO 5 MAR 60"

1855/63, 5 c. yellow-green and 40 c. red in combination with Kingdom 1863, 15 c. blue, type II, all in beautiful fresh colour and good to mostly wide margins, tied by clear cds. "TORINO 22 LUGL 63" to entire letter to Belgium with transit and arrival marks; a marvelous entire in beautiful condition

1851/52, Marzocco 1 cr. on grey, horizontal strip of 5, the 2 left stamps slightly touched at top, otherwise clear to good margins, neatly cancelled by 4 clear strikes of "P.D", the left stamp faint horizontal crease, otherwise fine; a rare and very attractive strip

9 cr. brown-lilac on grey, horizontal pair, clear at lower right, otherwise good to extremely wide margins with parts of 3 neighbour stamps, fine fresh colour and neatly cancelled "LIVORNO 19 SET 1856" on small envelope to France with adjacent red transit mark; extremely fine cover with a magnificant pair, signed Enzo Diena and certificate (1987) (Sassone 8)

1860, 10 c. brown, good to large margins with perfect central cds. "CONTONA 6 LUG. 62", a beautiful stamp

1863, 15 c. blue, horizontal pair with good margins all around, neatly cancelled with perfect strike of Neapolitan cds. "SIRACUSA 12 1 63", outstanding, signed A. Diena

1852, Guillaume III 10 c. (2) and 1 sgr., all in fresh colour and good to mostly wide margins, cancelled with perfect strikes of 3-ring-cancel with central dot, extremely fine, 2 values signed FSTL resp. Demuth BPP

1859, Coat of Arms 37½ c. green (tiny thin spot) and 40 c. orange, both with good to mostly wide margins, fresh colours, each with central strike of Luxembourg cds. (Mi. 550,-)

1865/75, Coate of Arms rouletted in colour: 12½ c. rose in horizontal pair and 3 copies 40 c. orange, all with perfect strikes of cds. of Luxembourg, Diekirch and Trois-Vierges, extremely choice and fine

1852, 5 c.-15 c., the collection on 3 album pages with 5 c. three pairs and single franking 10 c., 4 single stamps including sheet corner and 3 single frankings including copy of the top sheet margin and special rate letter to Germany and 15 c. in horizontal pair and colour franking with 10 c. on piece, all very nicely cancelled

1855, Coat of arms 4 sk. blue with large margins all around, cancelled by perfect strike of numeral "172" LAURVIG, outstanding

4 sk. blue, large to enormous margins and beautiful deep colour, cancelled by central clear numeral "327" VAAGEN; a magnificent stamp

4 sk. blue, 2 copies with good to large margins, perfectly cancelled by clear strikes of numeral "2" AALESUND resp. circle of 11 bars, extremely fine

4 sk. blue, pos. A23, nice deep colour and good to large margins, neatly cancelled by circle of 12 bars to small letter sheet with adjacent blue "RORAAS 15/2 1855" to Trondheim, fine and very attractive, certificate Nussbaum (1978)

1856/57, Oscar 2 sk. yellow, 2 single copies, each neatly cancelled by numeral "76" to small blue cover with adjacent clear blue "FREDERIKSSTAD 11 11 1857", fine and attractive

2 sk. orange, 4 sk. blue (2) and 8 sk. red, all with clear central numeral cancellations

3 sk. grey-violet, 4 sk. blue and 8 sk. carmine, all in fresh colour and good perforation, tied by 3 superb strikes of numeral "25" BERGEN to small piece (for optical reasons backed at lower right); extremely fine and scarce

1890, 2 ö. brown with 1893, 3 ö. orange as additional franking on envelope 5 ö. blue with 4 clear strikes "FREDRIKSTAD 26. II.95" to Rekefjord; 2 filing creases in the lower envelope not effecting the stamps

1860, 10 k. blue/rose used with clear central numeral "1" WARSZAWA on piece and "155" KONSKIE, the latter one perforation corrected at left