244th Auction Rauhut & Kruschel

12 Kr. yellow-green, complete sheet of 90 examples with two half-sheets of 45 examples and nine gutter pairs, with all three Michel-registered plate flaws…

12 Kr. green and 6 Kr. blue each in pairs in mixed franking coat of arms 1 Kr. green in pairs and 3 Kr. pink (this slightly stained) on beige cover from the…

18 Kr. vermilion red, cabinet piece as single franking on foreign letter with light oMR "28" and HK "Bahnh. Augsburg" 1863 to Gressoney/Piedmont (Sardinia),…

18 Kr. vermilion red in pairs, one full-margined, one very wide-margined, on cover of 2nd weight with oMR "325" and Ra2 "München" to Gloucester/England. The…

18 Kr. orange-red, oversized cabinet piece in mixed franking with coat of arms 6 Kr. light blue (top right barely touched) on letter fragment with oMR "134" (Frankenthal).…

1 Kr. green as a pair (once slightly touched on the right), together with 3 Kr. pink and 7 Kr. light ultramarine as an attractive and fresh, original three-colour franking on 1870 letter with K2 "Augsburg" to Paris, known correspondence "Drucker", a furniture manufacturer still in existence today, world-famous among other things for the production of the typical Parisian bistro chairs made of rattan. The letter comes from the Rothschild collection, certificate Brettl

1 Kr. dark green, partly very wide-margined unused cabinet block of four, bottom right stamp even mint never hinged. Small pre-separation cut only in the gap. Very rare unit of this shade, certificate Sem. Mi. for hinge 1600,-

3 Kr. pink with very clearly struck and very rare oMR "917" (Kirchheim a. Eck). On the left margin a closed cut (inconspicuous), otherwise a beautiful specimen for this mill wheel cancellation rarity! Feuser + 5000,-, signed Pfenninger and certificate Schmitt

3 Kr. pink (bottom left minimally touched) single on cover with HK "Bayreuth" to a battalion doctor in the camp near Schweinfurt with reverse HK "K. BAYER. LAGERPOST". Rare early letter from the first days of the war against France, posted in Bayreuth on 6.9.1869, arrival 7.9.1869. The reverse camp cancellation is so far only known from the training camp in Schweinfurt, which for the manoeuvre from 1 to 17.9.1869 in preparation

3 Kr. pink on luxury letter with very clear oMR "617" as pre-cancellation and side HK "Scheinfeld" to Marksteft. The stamp shows all typical authenticity features of a pre-cancellation, on the left non-overlapping cancellation and on the right parts of the rings of another mill wheel cancellation. On the coat of arms issue it is said to be a unique item. Signed Pfenninger

6 Kr. light blue, mint never hinged luxury interpanneau pair, Mi. for hinge already 2000,-

18 Kr. vermilion red, rare postally used right margin pair with K1 "Bayreuth Stadt", wide margins all round, right 6mm sheet margin. Mi. 1200,- +, signed Drahn and certificate Schmitt "in fresh colour and flawless condition"

18 Kr. brick red, horizontal strip of four with K1 from Aschaffenburg. Left strip of three full to wide margined and good, right stamp at bottom slightly cut into the border line. As a postally used strip of four a rarity! Certificate Brettl and signed Pfenninger

18 Kr. vermilion red, mint never hinged top margin strip of five with up to 24.5mm wide sheet margins and both sheet corners, only hinge remnants in the margin, a decorative and perfect unit, signed Brettl. Mi. for pair and strip of three = 1650,-

6 Kr. ochre brown on yellow (!) luxury letter piece with ideal HK "Offenbach a.d.O."

6 Kr. brown, block of 12 unused without gum, one stamp slightly stained, rare

6 Kr. ochre-brown, reprint for the 1873 Vienna World's Fair, luxury block of four

7 Kr. dark ultramarine, cabinet piece with 18mm wide left sheet margin, K1 from Aschaffenburg

7 Kr. Prussian blue, with 7 Kr. normal ultramarine on small ladies' cover, Munich 1869

7 Kr. Prussian blue, plate flaw "oval broken at top left", luxury piece, Füssen

7 Kr. royal blue, good colour, on particularly beautifully cancelled luxury piece with ideal HK "Kadolzburg". A collector's item! Signed with certificate Schmitt. Mi.…

1 Kr. light green, very unusual overfranking of a German Reich postal stationery card 1/2 Gr. brown (P1), used as a postcard in accordance with regulations and without objection, from Nuremberg 1874 to Leipzig.

1 Kr. bluish green in horizontal strip of four, together with 3 Kr. pink, on letter with K1 "Bamberg Bahnh." to Effelterich. Rare franking combination. Certificate Sem.

1 Kr. light green (top right corner perforation slightly blunt) on postal stationery card 2 Kr. green with K1 "Fuerth" to London, 19.7.1875. Rare tariff period. Photo exp. Brettl.