244th Auction Rauhut & Kruschel

1 Sgr. carmine and 3 Sgr. orange, each barely touched, with octagonal cut postal stationery cutout 7 Sgr. brick red on registered express cover…

2 Sgr. blue, choice piece with Ra3 "Herzberg Provinz Sachsen" on express cover to Berlin, only the letter postage paid, the express fee of "2 1/2" Sgr.…

2 Sgr. blue (top left "magnifying glass margin") and 3 Sgr. orange, perfect examples on express letter with K2 "Breslau" to Neustadt. Rare exact ms. express instruction "7…

3 Sgr. orange, wide-margined pair in mixed franking with coat of arms 6 Pf. orange-red also in pair on flawless beige rural express letter with Ra2 "Seyda"…

3 Sgr. yellow-orange in mixed franking with coat of arms 6 Pf. orange-red on express cover with ideal pre-philatelic K2 "Garz auf Rügen" to Stralsund. A particularly…

4 Pfge. green and 1 Sgr. pink each in pairs, superb items on postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink (seal cut-out on reverse), with Ra2 "Obernigk" as express letter with unusual express instruction "to be delivered by express before 8 a.m. on 28 August" to Breslau. Unusual express letter with 2 Pfge. overfranking

4 Pfge. green, 1 Sgr. rose carmine as well as strip of three and single piece 3 Sgr. ochre brown on postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink, with K1 "Bonn" as…

6 Pfge. orange-red in pair, together with 1 Sgr. pink, 2 Sgr. blue and 3 Sgr. ochre brown as unusual representation of the registered express rate on letter with K2 "Berlin"…

6 Pfge. orange-red in magnificent strip of three, together with 2 Sgr. blue (small corner crease), on postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink, with Ra2 "Bischofsburg" as double express letter to…

6 Pfge. orange-red, three times 1 Sgr. rose carmine and 3 Sgr. ochre brown on (side-opened) registered express letter of the 2nd weight class (2 Sgr. postage, 2 Sgr. registration,…

6 Pfg. red-orange and strip of four 1 Sgr. pink on 1 Sgr. pink postal stationery, with K2 "Coeslin Bahnhof" 1867 as express letter to a lieutenant in Berlin, cabinet

6 Pfge. red-orange, 1 Sgr. pink and 3 Sgr. ochre-brown on cabinet express double letter with Ra3 "Hansdorf Reg. bez. Liegnitz" 1866 to Goerlitz, signed Krause

6 Pfge. red-orange, 1 Sgr. carmine and two times 3 Sgr. ochre-brown on value parcel express letter with blue K2 "Berlin" to Frankfurt/Oder. The only Prussian value parcel express letter in original condition

6 Pfg. red-orange and 1 Sgr. pink on 3 Sgr. yellow headed postal stationery (seal removed on reverse), with Ra2 "Luckau" as express parcel accompanying letter to Berlin

6 Pfge. red-orange and two times 2 Sgr. blue (once on right small perforation irregularity) on express letter with rare grotesque K1 "Magdeburg E.P.B.1" 1865 to Berlin with unusual exact express instruction "Morgens 7 Uhr Expreß zu bestellen"

6 Pfge. red-orange, 2 Sgr. blue (these defects) and 3 Sgr. ochre-brown on registered express letter from Berlin to Strausberg. The 2 and 3 Sgr. first incorrectly cancelled with the grey-violet Ra3 "Berlin P.E. 34 Ostbahnhof" (in the colour of the registered cancel), then the same cancel struck again correctly in blue. Cancel rarity from the 28th Kruschel auction 1988 (hammer price DM 6000 + fees)

6 Pfge. red-orange and 2 Sgr. blue on large-format postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink (slightly toned towards the left), with Ra2 "Appelwerder" as rural express letter to Bose near Arensfelde, here with the special feature that the rural place was so close to the delivering post office that the normal express fee of 2 1/2 Sgr. (instead of 5 Sgr.) was sufficient. Signed Meier

6 Pfge. red-orange (inconspicuous tear) and 3 Sgr. ochre-brown on beige rural express envelope with K2 "Breslau" to Ober-Schönheide near Gnadenfrey. Here the rare case that only the normal express fee of 2 1/2 Sgr. was franked with the express note that the rural place was only 1/2 mile away

1 Sgr. carmine, superb pair on postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink, as registered express letter with K2 "Breslau" to Carlsbad in Bohemia. L2 "Im Briefkasten vorgefunden", in Austria only the missing 3 Sgr. express fee (converted to "15 Xr.") was collected, but not the missing registered fee

1 Sgr. pink in seven, partly in units, on large-format postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink, with K2 "Erfurt" 1865 as registered rural express letter to Cantnitz near Neustrelitz. Despite minor defects, probably the only existing registered rural express letter from Prussia to Strelitz. Franked 8 Sgr., of which 3 for postage, 2 for registration and 3 for express, the recipient had to pay according to the reverse note "botenlohn für 3 1/2 Meilen = 35 Sch." another enormous 35 shillings

1 Sgr. carmine and pair 2 Sgr. Prussian blue, each flawless, on postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink (opening faults on reverse, small scuff inside) with Ra2 "Stralsund" as…

1 Sgr. pink in pair, as well as 3 Sgr. earth brown, magnificent pieces on postal stationery 3 Sgr. ochre brown (this one slight signs of use), with Ra2 "Camen" as…

1 Sgr. carmine (round cut) as additional franking on postal stationery envelope 3 Sgr. yellow with Ra3 "Burg Reg. Bez. Magdeburg" 1862 to Lauenburg/Elbe, reverse…

1 Sgr. pink (slightly toned) on postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink, with reused blue Hanover K2 "Soltau" as registered express letter to Neuenkirchen, old Hanover postage 1…