244th Auction Rauhut & Kruschel

Hamburg 1 Sch. brown, cut, wide-margined cabinet piece with clear crosswise bar cancel of Bergedorf. A rare stamp in this quality, certificate Mozek.

1 Sgr. black/buff, good watermark, luxury item with ideally centred K2 "Börssum" in the good variant without date

2 Sgr. black/blue, well-cut diagonal half (lower half) on piece with blue NS "18" (Halle a.d. Weser), small corner crease, otherwise good, signed Drahn and certificate Lange. Mi. 3500,-. Registered with us since the 109th Grobe auction 1957

3 Sgr. black/pink, outstanding huge-margined luxury piece with NS "8" (Braunschweig), all four sides (!) cut with neighbouring stamps, such an exceptional piece

1/2 Gr. black/green, wide-margined, on particularly beautifully cancelled luxury piece with ideal NS "36" (Salder, thin bars), signed Ressel and photo exp. Lange. Mi. 500,- +

1 Sgr. yellow ochre, typical line perforation, on piece with very unusual and decorative double cancellation by clear black NS "19" and blue K2 "Harzburg"

3 Sgr. lilac pink, cabinet piece with clear and centred NS "36" (Salder, thin bars), signed Lange. Mi. 650,-

"49" with K2 "Vorwohle", each in blue, on flawless postal money order entire 1 Gr. carmine.

3 Gr. black/grey-blue, Type II, wide-margined cabinet piece with crossed L1 "FRANCO".

5 Gr. black/pink, full margins all round, mostly wide, on cabinet letter piece with clear Ra2 "Bremen".

5 Sgr. moss green, wide margins all round, small corner crease bottom left, on foreign letter with Ra2 "Bremen" 1863.

"Hamburg Th. & T.", Taxis-K2 1851 on lady's cover with decorative print of a postal ocean steamer.

"Hamburg", 1863, oval cancel on rare overseas letter of the 2nd weight step with manuscript tax "38" (schillings) to Port-au-Prince, Haiti

1/2 Sch. black, luxury piece with even wide margins on all sides, clear fine four-bar cancel, multiple signatures and Lange certificate. Mi. 750,-

4 Sch. bluish green, cabinet piece with full, mostly wide margins, clear bar cancel, Mehlmann and Engel certificates "impeccable". Mi. 1500,-

4 Sch. bluish green, cabinet piece with partly very wide margins, clear line cancel. Sign. Grobe, Starauschek and Bühler as well as Lange certificate. Mi. 1500,-

9 Sch. yellow-orange, wide-margined horizontal pair with crossed double line cancel. The right stamp with a really tiny…

1 1/4 Sch. gray-purple with full left sheet margin, row number "4", on cabinet letter piece with centered NS "2". Margin pieces are very rare from the perforated issue!

2 1/2 Sch. green, worn printing from the 1st printing stone, with variety "double perforation vertical" on both sides, with clean K1 "St. P. A. Hamburg" on folded letter to Copenhagen, with arrival postmark on reverse. The overwide stamp leaves no doubt about the authenticity of this striking special feature. Apart from a short tooth at bottom, flawless. Rarity for the specialist. Photo certificate Lange "... on letter of very great rarity".

3 Sch. Prussian blue, unused cabinet block of four, with the upper left stamp showing the rare plate flaw "l of Schilling broken", Mi. for normal block of four 1400,-, plate flaw already without gum 600,- loose

"Goslar", 1808, 6.10., clear Westphalian L2 "FRANCO GOSLAR" on decorative cabinet letter (dated cover) from Clausthal to the bookseller Vieweg in Braunschweig, only a few letters with this postmark are known

"Göttingen", (1808), very rare L2 "DÉBOURSÉS GOETTINGEN" on front of cabinet letter (with contents, without date, probably 12.11.1808) to Hedemünden, only a few examples are known

"Hannover F.N.2", red Franko-K1 twice as sole cancellation on Prussia coat of arms postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink, 1867 as foreign letter to Paris, remaining postage of "3 1/2" Sgr. paid in cash

"Hannover", 1817, the good large oval stamp clearly on six letters, some with contents. This stamp was used only from 1 to 7 December 1817 and…