FRANCE, Ballon Monté. Gazette des Absents No. 7 dated 12 November 1870, insufficiently franked with 20c Yv.29B by Ballon Monté ´Général Uhrich´ from Paris/Bt. Beaumarchais 14 Nov via Paris à Calais to Le Tréport (Seine Inférieure) 25 Nov and forwarded to Brussels 26 Nov

FRANCE, pink colored acknowledgement of receipt form for registered mail bearing 5c Yv.53 and 15c Yv.55 tied by numeral 259 from Nancy 6 Feb 1873 via Avricourt à Paris to Lille 7 Feb and on 8 Feb back to Nancy 9 Feb

FRANCE, Yvert 321, "Trans-Atlantique", 10 Fr. dark-green in 'Epreuve de Luxe', a few stainy parts but a fine and rare piece. Cat.value Yv. € 1400

FRANCE 1903-1906, Yvert nos. 129/33, 134 and 135/36, all very fine unmounted mint. Cat.value € 1472

OLD GERMAN STATES, Baden. 6 Kr. black on blue green Mi.3a, very fine copy tied by five ring cancel no. 95 (6 Kr. schwarz/blaugrün, farbfrisches Kabinettstück mit Stp. 95) on fresh letter-wrapper from Müllheim 6 Dec 1851 sent by registered mail (Chargé) to Blansingen, backstamped E.B. 6.Dez.51/Cur.II. in frame

OLD GERMAN STATES, Bavaria. 3 Kr. blue, Plate II, Mi.2-II, with superb margins, tied by the rare mill wheel postmark no. 32 on fresh complete letter from Bobingen 7 Sep (1852) to Noerdlingen 8 Sep., 6 Kr. brown, Mi.2-II, corner piece with superb margins, tied by the mill wheel postmark no. 106 on partly printed letter (invoice) from Eichstätt 20 Feb (1858) to Kaufbeuren 21 Feb., 9 Kr. yellow green Mi.5d, with wonderful margins, tied by the open mill wheel postmark no. 28 on fresh letter-wrapper from Augsburg 24 Aug 1859 to Schönheyde 25 Aug., 12 Kr. red Mi.6, with fine margins, tied by the open mill wheel postmark no. 91 on fresh letter-wrapper sent by registered mail (Chargé in red) from Donauwörth 1 Jan 1862 to Künzelsau 2 Jan., and 9 Kr. grey-brown Mi.11, with wonderful margins, tied by railway postmark on fresh letter-wrapper from Nürnberg 17 May 1864 to Coeln 18 May.

OLD GERMAN STATES, Bavaria o/* selection with better numbers on stockpages with f.i.: Mi.7, 18/19, 26x (Befund Maria Brettl), 27x, PI (sign M. Brettl), FI on cover, 116/53 on cover, etc., etc.

OLD GERMAN STATES, o/*/** selection on stockpages with better numbers with f.e.: Bavaria 2a in pair, Hamburg 17, Helgoland 4 (fine), 6c, 8a/b, 16b, 18g, Prussia 14b in strip of three, etc., etc.

OLD GERMAN STATES, Braunschweig. 1 Sgr. black on brown yellow Mi.6b with very fine margins tied by rectangular cachet on letter-wrapper from Holzminden 13 March 1853 to Alfeld

OLD GERMAN STATES, Hannover. 1 Ggr. black on light blue-green Mi.2a, wonderful copy on very fresh letter-wrapper from Hameln 3 Sep (1855-56?) to Hannover 3 Sep, and 1/30 Th. black on pinkish purple Mi.3b, beautiful copy (1/30 Th. schwarz/himbeerrot, farbfrisches Prachtstück mit selt. blauen Stpl. von Neuenhaus) on very fresh complete letter from Neuenhaus 3 Nov 1859 (rare postmark in blue) to Lönningen, hallmark Pfenninger

OLD GERMAN STATES, Oldenburg. 1/30 Th. blue Mi.2-I, superb margins, on beautiful letter-wrapper from Lohne 29 Nov (1853?) to Damme 30 Nov. Signed Decker. 1/30 Th. blau, einzigartig schöner Qualitätsbrief, sign. Decker, Liebhaberwert

OLD GERMAN STATES, Thurn and Taxis. ½ Sgr. black on olive grey, Mi.3, with very fine margins, tied by four ring postmark 225 in blue (most rare) on very fresh letter-wrapper from Blankenhain 26 May 1855 to Berka 26 May, 2 Sgr. black on grey-red, Mi.5, with very fine margins, tied by four ring postmark 61 on wonderful letter-wrapper from Rotenburg 2 Jan 1855 to Quedlinburg 4 Jan., and 3 Sgr. black on gray blue, Mi.12-IA, with very fine margins, tied by four ring postmark 94 on very fresh letter-wrapper from Berstadt 17 Aug 1860 via Friedberg 18 Aug to Nidda 18 (?) Aug.

OLD GERMAN STATES, Württemberg. 3 Kr. black on bright yellow, Mi.2b, very fine margins, on wonderfully fresh letter from Gmünd 13 Aug 1853 to Stuttgard 14 Aug., 9 Kr. black on rose, Mi.4a, superb margins, on very fresh letter-wrapper from Esslingen 21 June 1857 to Frankfurt a. M 21 June, backstamped with a very fine strike of the cds K.Württ.Fahrend.Postamt. 21/6/Z.4 and 9 Kr. carmine, Mi.14a, very fine margins, on beautiful fresh letter-wrapper sent by registered mail (Chargé in red) from Esslingen 11 Apr 1861 to Frankfurt a.M., backstamped with a very fine strike of the cds K.Württ.Fahrend.Postambt 11/4/Z.

BR.COMMONWEALTH, Colonies in Africa, o/* small selection on stockpages with better numbers incl.: K.U.T. S.G.144 b and c, 148, Nyasaland 141a/42a, Rhodesia 127, Cape triangles with Woodblocks (both fine), etc. Nice lot with useful numbers

BR.COMMONWEALTH, Barbados, small used selection on stockpages with 7/9, 11 + 11a, 12 + 12a, 13 and 63 (2)

BR.COMMONWEALTH, Bermuda 1938-1953, George VI high values, selection on stock page with: S.G.116b (P.14½), 117, 117a (P.14½), 119, 119a, 119b (P.14½). Nice lot for the specialist