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19–20 & 23–28 September 2024 in Wiesbaden

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19–20 & 23–28 September 2024 in Wiesbaden

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62 Results Found

265100 | Europe ➝ Great Britain ➝ Stamps

Opening: 100 €

1929, UPU 1£ black, used with central cds., very fine

Opening: 100 €

1929, UPU 1£ black, with left sheet margin, used with almost central cds., very fine

Opening: 100 €

1929, UPU 1£ black, from the lower left sheet corner, used with oval cds., very fine

Opening: 100 €

1929, UPU 1£ black, from the upper right sheet corner, used with oval cds. “REGISTERED GUERNSEY 10 DEC 30”, very fine

Opening: 100 €

1929, UPU 1£ black, tied by oval cds. “REGISTERED” to piece, very fine

Opening: 100 €

1929, UPU 1£ black, tied by oval cancel “REGISTERED” to small piece, very fine

265110 | Europe ➝ Great Britain ➝ Stamps ➝ Official stamps

Opening: 1.500 €

I.R. OFFICIAL 1 £ green, BC, fresh deep colour, unused with large part original gum, light corner crease and some gum bends, violet handstamp shining through slightly. An overall fine copy of this rare stamp. Certificate BPA (2024)

Opening: 300 €

BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1902, Edward 5 d., neatly cancelled "KIRKHILL SP 24 03". Colour of value tablets slightly faded, still very fine. Certificate BPA (2024)

265150 | Europe ➝ Great Britain ➝ postal stationery

Opening: 150 €

1840, "Mulready" postal stationery letter sheet 1 pence with red MC and date stamp "PD JY.3.1840" to Barnes with arrival mark, inside with printed advertisement "The Envelope Select Advertiser", i.a. for musical instruments and composers. Due to opening inside right with small missing part, otherwise fine

265400 | Europe ➝ Great Britain ➝ United Kingdom - Used abroad

Opening: 800 €

“C51” St. Thomas on  three 1870, 1/2d rose, plate 11, and 1875 1sh green, plate 12, 1876, on folded letter datelined Mayaguez, Porto Rico, 22 September, to Genova, Italy, blue commercial datestamp of Farbe & Co, postmarked with Mayaguez / Porto Rico / Paid c.d.s. (23 Sep), endorsed “via Inglesa” in manuscript, with red London PAID transit (16 Oct), c.d.s. arrival backstamp (18 Oct), pressed filing folds, a most attractive and scarce usage from the British Post Office in Puerto Rico via the Danish West Indies.

Provenance:

Collection Glassco, Robson Lowe, 25-7 November, 1969, lot 774

Opening: 600 €

“C51” St. Thomas on 1864 1d rose red , plate 125, an horizontal strip of four 3d rose, plate 5, on 1870 folded letter, datelined St. Thomas, July 28, to Hamburg, Germany with London transit, Hamburg machine arrival backstamp (8 Aug), horizontal fold clear of adhesives, an impressive double rate letter, fine.

Provenance: André Bollen (Heinrich Köhler1983)

750000 | transatlantic post

Opening: 300 €

1843, GREAT WESTERN: Folded letter dated "Edinburg 8th February 1843", franked with 1841 GB Victoria 2d. horizontal strip of six and horizontal pair, tied by maltese cross, endorsed "p. Great Western from Bristol", adressed to New York. Especially the first two stamps of the strip somewhat touched, vertical crease through the second stamp as well as further right, still and attractive entire

Opening: 200 €

1844, ACADIA: Folded letter dated "Edinburgh 2nd August 1844" to New York, franked with 1841 Victoria 2d. blue horizontal strip of five and single, tied by numeral "131", right stamp touched at bottom, some faults, otherwise fine

265100 | Europe ➝ Great Britain ➝ Stamps

Opening: 200 €

1856, Victoria 6 Pence purpurviolett, farbfrisch und gut gezähnt, leichte Aufklebeknitter, sauber mit Nummernstempel auf Briefkuvert via Hamburg mit Schmetterlingsstempel “HAMBURG 12 MAY 1857” nach Helgoland, in Rötel mit “2” taxiert, winzig Altersfleckig, dreiseitig geöffnet, sonst gute Erhaltung, sign. Starauschek

Opening: 400 €

1858, 1 Pence rot, zwei Einzelwerte zusammen mit 1870 ½ Pence rot mit stummen Balkenstempel als Zufrankatur auf Einschreiben-Ganzsachenumschlag 2 Pence blau, adressiert nach Helgoland an den Postmeister, mit frühem Transit-R-Zettel “Vom Auslande über Bahnp. 10 Verviers-Cöln”, ein sehr attraktiver und seltener Brief

Opening: 500 €

1865, Victoria 4 Pence orangerot, farbfrisch, meist gut gezähnt, sauber mit Duplexstempel “CAMBRIDGE 158 AP8 73” als Zufrankatur auf Ganzsachenumschlag 1 Pence rosa via “CUXHAVEN  11 4 73” an den deutschen Ornithologen und Maler Heinrich Gätke auf Helgoland, übliche rote Taxe “2”, gering unfrisch, sonst in guter Erhaltung, ein sehr seltenes und attraktives Ganzstück


Heinrich Gätke

19. März oder 19.Mai 1814 in Pritzwalk

+1. Januar 1897 auf Helgoland

war ein deutscher Ornithologe und Maler, Regierungs-Sekretär des Britischen Gouverneurs.

Sohn eines Bäckers und Brauers wurde zur kaufmännischen Ausbildung nach Berlin geschickt, änderte dort aber seine Berufspläne und wurde Kunstmaler.

1837 reiste er zum ersten Mal nach Helgoland; die Insel blieb ab 1841 sein ständiger Wohnsitz.

Er freundete sich mit Ferdinand Julius Hindemann (Unehelicher Sohn Goethes) an, dieser brachte Gätke mit einer Nasenflöte die Nachahmung der Mövenrufe bei.

26.8.1841 dichtete August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben das Lied der Deutschen Ab 1843 galt sein Interesse vorrangig der Vogelkunde; etwa zehn Jahre später begann der Autodidakt, der bis dahin eine umfangreiche Vogelbalgsammlung zusammengetragen und Kontakte mit zahlreichen deutschen und englischen Ornithologen gepflegt hatte, wissenschaftliche Arbeiten zu publizieren. 1891 erschien sein Werk 'Die Vogelwarte Helgoland'. Im gleichen Jahr erwarb die preußische Regierung seine Sammlung für das Nordsee-Museum der Biologischen Anstalt Helgoland. Der größte Teil dieser Sammlung fiel 1944 den Bomben des 2. Weltkriegs zum Opfer, die erhaltenen Stücke sind im Wattenmeerhaus des Instituts für Vogelforschung in Wilhelmshaven zu besichtigen.

Theodor Fontane, der seinen Verwandten Heinrich Gätke in seiner Jugend zuletzt gesehen hatte, bezeichnete Gätke 1891 in einem Brief, der ein Wiedersehen nach über sechzig Jahren in Aussicht stellte, als Inselkönig.

Die Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation bewahrt Briefmarkenentwürfe Gätkes, die dieser um 1874/1875 für die Reichsdruckerei in Berlin herstellte und mit Angaben zum Druck versah, auf.

Opening: 400 €

1876, 2½ Pence lilarot, farbfrisch und gut gezähnt, sauber mit Duplexstempel “COLCHESTER OC 18 78 210” als Zufrankatur auf Einschreiben-Ganzsachenumschlag 2 Pence blau, adressiert nach Helgoland an den Postmeister Pilger, mit frühem Transit-R-Zettel “Vom Auslande über Bahnp. 10 Verviers-Cöln”, ein sehr attraktiver und seltener Brief

265000 | Europe ➝ Great Britain

Opening: 400 €

1733/1998 (ca.), very large mint never hinged/unused and mostly used balance of a collection, incl. Postage Dues, with an abundance of duplicates and some better items, starting with Queen Victoria Penny Black(6), 1847 1 sh. (2), Victorian imperforates in numbers, etc., together with a selection of prephilatelic entires, 1733 Bishop´s Mark, Penny Reds frankings, etc., mixed condition, neatly housed in two stockbooks and one album

Opening: 5.000 €

1815/1900 (ca.), extensive unused and mostly used collection with plenty of covers, incl. Fiscals and Related Areas, specialized with an abundance of duplicates, many better items starting with a used Mulready and some caricatures, the Penny Black SG-Nr.1/3(46) used and on covers (6) including plates 1a-b until 10 cpl., Two  Pence Blue SG-Nr. 4/6(21) used, 1d. red-brown printed from the black plates SG-Nr. 7 cpl. range of the eleven plates, SG-Nr. 13/15(95), 54/56(6, one on cover), 57(6), 58/60(4), later issues up to the highest values, etc., together with a fine selction of entires and covers with multiple and combination frankings. Somewhat in mixed condition as to be expected, mostly fresh, a most remarkable, impressive and attractive collection, in two albums

Opening: 200 €

1841/1994 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation, incl. Postage Dues, Revenues and Related Areas, with an abundance of duplicates, some better values, a strong selection of Machin, some perfins and booklets, together with a few covers and postal stationeries, also a small group of Ireland. Overall condition fine to very fine, in four stockbooks and one album

Opening: 200 €

1817/55, group of over 160 entires, incl. incoming mail and foreign destinations, plenty of postmarks, fee annotations, etc., mostly fine 

Opening: 3.000 €

1840/1970, valuable, mostly used selection with emphasis on classic issues, starting with Penny Black, furthermore Mi.-Nr. 2 on cover and on piece, Mi.-Nr. 5-7 with several copiues each, also Mi.-Nr.49, 50(3), 54, 66(4), 67(2), 68(2),69y, 84ax(3), 84ay, 84bx(2), 85, 99(4) and 118(2) used, furthermore Mi.-Nr. 7b, 70-71, 78, 80, 82(2), 83, 118(3) and 144 unused, in addition some better modern varities like Mi.-Nr. 491FI, 504FIII and Mi.-Nr. 506FI, conditions vary, some signed and 14 certificates Louis BPP

Opening: 1.000 €

1840/1940, Introduction of the Uniform Penny Post, collection on exhibition pages beginning with a small handwritten note dated “2 July 1852” and signed “your obedient servant, William Mulready”, then an unused example each of the 1d black and 2d blue lettersheets and envelopes, lettersheet 1d black cancelled by black maltese cross and “LYNN /JY 12/1841" double-arc cds in black, correctly used to Falkenham and an unused Mulready caricature. There follows a page on the stamp issues with a used example each of the 1d black and 2d blue, 1d black on folded letter and 2d blue on slightly blued paper, cancelled by crisp black maltese cross and used on folded letter “with day list” within London. Also extensive documentation of commemoration in 1890 and 1940. Slightly mixed condition. 

Opening: 600 €

1840/1951(ca.), unused and used collection starting with Mi.-Nr. 1, also Mi.-Nr. 5, 7, 35, 84, 99 and 117-18, in addition some covers, Officials and foreign postoffices, mixed condition

Opening: 500 €

1840/2000, mostly used and some mint never hinged and unused collection with many typified stamps, incl. Mi. 1b (Cert. Louis BPP), 66 (defects, signed Matl VÖB), 99 (defects, Cert. Louis BPP), 174, etc., in three albums