244th Auction Rauhut & Kruschel

1/4 Gr. red-violet in mixed franking with pair 2 Gr. blue and 10 Gr. yellowish-grey (this one small margin) as complete franking on beige cover (this one at top somewhat faulty with rebacked corner fault) from Hamburg 1870 to Montevideo/Uruguay. Rare destination! Certificate Mehlmann

1 Gr. pink in block of ten from right sheet margin, row number "8" and "9". Two stamps and the sheet margin with hinge remnant, eight values mint never hinged. Since there were no unused remainders of the first perforated issue, larger unused units are rare, the present block piece is probably the largest known unit!

2 Kr. orange and twice 7 Kr. blue on beige cover from "Frankfurt a.M. Bahnhof" to Alexandria/Egypt, known "Kalb" correspondence via Trieste. Stamps scissor separation on one side, signed Kruschel

2 Kr. orange and 18 Kr. ochre-brown in mixed franking with perforated 3 Kr. pink and 7 Kr. blue on overseas cover 1870 with Taxis-K1 "Coburg" via Marseille to Calcutta/India. Despite visible faults extremely rare, only one other NDP four-colour franking to India recorded (see 228th Rauhut & Kruschel, the present letter recorded with us since the 19th Rauhut auction 1994)

1/4 Gr. red-violet, 1/2 Gr. orange, 1 Gr. pink and 5 Gr. ochre-brown, well perforated, on overseas cover (typical small usage fault) with Taxis-K2 "Oestrich" 1871 to New South Wales/Australia. Rare destination, certificate Mehlmann "only a few franked letters registered"

1/2 Gr. orange, well perforated, used during the Brustschild period on 9.9.1872 on Reich postcard form, with Ra3 "Cöthen Bahnhof" without surcharge to Hamburg, form with slight signs of wear, a rare use

1/2 Gr. orange and five times 1 Gr. pink on beige telegram preprinted cover, "Telegraphische Depesche, Recommandirt Sofort pr. Expressen zu bestellen", with new K1 "Weimar" of 22.11.1871 to Cölleda. Small defects on stamps (not mentioned in Blecher certificate) and cover, but completely original and very rare as a telegram from the former Taxis area, ex Blecher, Bültmann

1/2 Gr. orange in mixed franking with service 1 Gr. black/pink on superb letter with Ra3 "Königstein Reg. Bez. Wiesbaden", 26.5.71, to Fischbach in the rural district of Eppstein, therefore the additional 1/2 Gr. was required for rural delivery

Four ornamental letters from the same correspondence, 5.1. to 24.3.1870, each with K2 "Elberfeld" to a "Mademoiselle Julie Thies" in Strasbourg, all franked with 1/2 Gr. orange, 1 Gr. pink and 2 Gr. blue (a few values with short perforations). Three different variants of ornamental letters were used: one particularly opulent ornamental letter with rich embossing, without printing, as well as a cover with gold printing on front and back, and two others

1 Gr. pink (min. "square-round") single in rare use on correspondence card with K2 "Breslau" and red franco K1 "Breslau F.N.5" as divisible franking…

1 Gr. pink in horizontal pair in currency mixed franking with 3 Kr. pink on beige cabinet cover (pre-printed of the Agricultural Association) with K1…

2 Gr. blue (very slight edge patina) as single franking with clear Prussia-Ra2 "Grosskreuz" on pre-printed postal order for 2 Thaler and 6 Groschen to…

2 Gr. blue, perfect copy in rare use on correspondence card (typical center fold outside), with Ra3 "Rosenberg i. Ober-Schlesien" as…

2 Gr. blue, largely well-perforated pair (one short tooth at bottom) on complete postal order (this typical slight center fold outside) with K1 "Hamburg…

5 Gr. ochre-brown, well-perforated cabinet pair with K2 "Leipzig" on cover from the known "Trefftz" correspondence (see 103rd Rauhut auction 2007) to Calcutta/India

1 Kr. green, 2 Kr. red-orange and 7 Kr. blue, well-perforated cabinet pieces on cover with K1 "Frankfurt a.M.", Nov. 1871, from the known "Kalb" correspondence to Alexandria/Egypt

2 Kr. orange in cabinet block of 12, well-perforated, the four corner stamps unused with hinge remnants, the other eight values mint never hinged, probably the largest existing unit of this stamp! Mi. of the loose single stamps (!) = 1160,-

7 Kr. blue in mint never hinged cabinet block of four from the lower left sheet corner with plate marking "A", due to production also on the front some original gum

3 Kr. pink in block of four from the lower left sheet corner, the upper pair unused, the lower pair with rare plate marking "B" mint never hinged

18 Kr. ochre-brown, far above-average perforated cabinet piece with central K1 "Rudolstadt", signed Pfenninger and Spalink with certificate "excellently preserved". Mi. 2200,-

18 Kr. ochre-brown, together with 1 Kr. green and 2 Kr. red-orange, on beige-brown parcel accompanying cover with K1 "Darmstadt", 9.10.1871, to Berlin. The 18 Kr. two slightly shortened perforation tips (typical of issue), according to certificate Engel "flawless". A probably unique three-colour franking with the good perforated 18 Kr., also signed Köhler, M.K. Maier. Mi. 7500,- +

Dienst 1/3 Gr. black/pink, very rare block of six, somewhat compressed when affixed (therefore also slightly separated) on folded letter with K2 "Höxter", 13.9.71, to Holzminden. Letters with this franking are among the rarities of the NDP service stamps! Certificate Mehlmann

Dienst 1 Gr. black/pink in mint never hinged superb block of 20 from the left sheet margin with margin inscription "Pc. f. d. Dr." (= point for the printer) and two printed marking points. In the intermediate space horizontally slight pre-folding traces. Very rare large unit of this stamp, of which there were no remaining stocks

Dienst 1 Kr. black/grey, two well perforated superb examples as prepaid rural delivery fee, together with 3 Kr. black/grey as postage (this one a short perforation) on letter with Taxis-K1 "Alsfeld", 24.11.71, to Nieder-Ofleiden in the rural district of Homburg/Ohm. With this combination very rare!