244th Auction Rauhut & Kruschel

1 Kr. yellow-green, watermark "wide lozenges", and 7 Kr. matt ultramarine, watermark "narrow lozenges", each in pairs, perfect examples on cover 1872 with HK "Germersheim" to Tunis/Africa.

7 Kr. blue single on cabinet registered express letter against receipt of 2nd weight step with Ra2 "Kaufbeuern" to Kempten. The sender had to pay an additional 6 Kr. registration fee, 6 Kr. for the return receipt and 9 Kr. express fee in cash, totaling 28 Kr. Such a rare franking, certificate Stegmüller

12 Kr. purple, unused large upper left luxury sheet corner. Sign. Stock and certificate Sem. Mi. 450,- +

12 Kr. purple, rare single franking on centrally folded letter with blue cancel "Bahnh. Augsburg" 1872 to Paris. The top margin of the stamp is inconspicuously repaired. Blue transit K2 "Baviere Avricourt" alongside. Mi. 6000,-, sign. Ebel, Ullmann and certificate Schmitt. From the same correspondence to the well-known furniture company "Drucker", we have registered several identical letters (8. Stock 1920, Slg. "Rheingold")

12 Kr. purple on luxury letter piece with ideal K1 "München I". This stamp, often poorly and unclearly cancelled, is rare in this beautiful condition! Certificate Brettl. Mi. 1400,- +

12 Kr. purple, watermark "narrow lozenges", in cabinet block of four from the upper right sheet corner, the sheet corner stamp flawlessly mint never hinged, the other three values unused ("like mint never hinged", tiny hinge traces). Mi. of the loose single stamps 2350,- +, sign. Pfenninger, M.K. Maier and certificate Schmitt

9 Kr. brown, good watermark "narrow lozenges" in flawless block of four, the upper pair unused (left stamp natural paper inclusion, no fault), the lower pair mint never hinged. A very rare unit of the X watermark. Certificate Sem "genuine and flawless". Mi. for two pairs = 4000,-

9 Kr. brown, two well-perforated examples on decorative blue lithographed pre-printed cover of the "Kunstanstalt Schreiner & Stoll" from Munich with corresponding K1 1874 to Genoa/Italy (2nd weight step). Cover opened at the side for demonstration and slight patina. A very unusual and particularly decorative company advertising cover from the Kreuzer period. Certificate Stegmüller

1 Mk. dark violet, wide-margined and very fresh luxury block of four on small original letter piece with oval cancel of the newspaper expedition of the Nuremberg main post office. A beautiful and rare unit, signed Stock and certificate Brettl. Mi. 2500,-

1 Mk. purple violet, cabinet block of six with K1 from Munich, well-perforated, very slightly separated. A rare unit (Mi. for block of four 1200,-!), certificate Brettl

1 Kr. green, watermark "wavy lines", in block of four on cabinet letter piece with K1 "Weilheim". A rare unit of this issue! Signed Pfenninger and certificate Schmitt. Mi. 1600,-

3 Kr. pink, vertical block of six with cancel K1 "Griesbach", slightly separated and lower left stamp with crease marks. From the "wide wave" issue a…

50 Pfg. vermilion red, perfect copy on reverse as rare single franking on registered value letter from Neunburg to Nuremberg, Mi. 2200,-

1 Mk. purple, ten copies front and back as very rare high pure multiple franking on complete parcel card with K1 "Laberweinting" 1896 to…

1 Mk. purple per six, together with 5, 10 and 50 Pfg., on complete page of the inspection protocol with seal of the Oberpostamt Bamberg about the proper management…

1 Mk. lilac, together with 10 Pfg. pink and 50 Pfg. lilac-brown on complete foreign postal order (typical center fold) with K1 "Lambach" 1896 to the USA, but…

5 Pfg. Luitpold, stamp booklet sheet 2 mint never hinged (usual center pre-fold), a rare sheet. Mi. for hinge 3200,-

20 Mk. "Freistaat Bayern", variety "double overprint" mint never hinged (slight bend). The double overprint is particularly clearly visible, Bavaria rarity, of which only one sheet of 20 examples is known (here from field 7), noted in Michel only with "-.-". Signed Helbig and certificate Bauer

Postage due stamp 3 Kr. black in pair on cabinet letter piece with K1 "Mallersdorf", certificate Sem. Mi. 2000,-

Telegraph stamps 1 Sgr. black and 14 Kr. 50 C. light blue, each in good condition, on complete telegram 1873 with blue K1 "Hof" and prescribed perforation, the form is typically somewhat "frayed" at the edge. Complete telegrams with telegraph stamps of the 1st issue are very rare! Certificate Pieper

1/2 Sch. black/blue, touched only at bottom, otherwise full-margined example single on small letter to Hamburg (recipient's name erased, as is also the case with the four other letters from this correspondence), dated 19.6.1866, a rare entire, signed Thier, Werner, Decker, and certificate Jakubek. Mi. 5000,-

1 Sch. black, exceptionally wide-margined luxury item with cutting lines on all four sides on ladies' cover from the "Magers" correspondence with double bar cancel and auxiliary postmark "Bergedorf" 1866 to Hamburg.

1 Sch. black, full to wide-margined cabinet piece on small letter (fold outside) from Bergedorf (bar cancel and auxiliary postmark dated 23.4.1863) to Hamburg.

1 1/2 Sch. black/yellow in largely unmounted mint sheet part of 48 examples, with only hinge remnants in the four corners, otherwise unmounted mint, once with tête-bêche pair, as well as four stamps with empty field.