373rd Auction
23-27 June 2020 in Wiesbaden
Pages
1875, Second printing 10 cents black on green-blue and yellow, right marginal, tied by red oval agents cachet "G. Keitel & Cie, Port au Prince" to cover front endorsed "par Steamer Allemand" to Puerto Plata, Venezuela. There two-line "Affranchissement Obligatoire" and boxed "RETOUR" applied, a very fine and interesting coverfront, certificate Nielsen (1997) (Facit HP2)
The Dominican Republic did not recognize the HAPAG stamp as having any franking power and returned the cover for "real" postage.
1875, small group of 5 used stamps, showing different cancellations, few with small faults, some signed
1892, 5-50 cents and 1$, except 1$ all with sheet margin, mint never hinged, 10 cents and 1$ unused, in addition the reprints two sets blocks of four and a single set, mint never hinged, the latter unused, mostly fine
Miscellaneous: Interesting group with some forgeries including the famous "Lady McLeod", some genuine single of other companies etc., mostly fine