U.S. & Worldwide; Vladivistok Collection of Russia; A. Cronin Collection
September 16-17, 2009 and September 22-24, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #502 GERMAN STATES Saxony 1850 3pf carmine red (mittelkarminrot), plate V, pos.11, unusually fresh color large margins all around, with red dividing lines on four sides, tied by Dresden 3 Feb 61 "6 1/2" pmk on complete wrapper addressed to Chemnitz, where "Wird nich angenommen" refusal was applied on back, also "Nich wechselseitig" (partly refreshed) in red crayon, also through the stamp, returned to sender, with appropriate pmks on arrival, v.f. and outstanding Three Kreuzer Saxony on a "refused" wrapper, possibly unique, with 2003 BPB cert. ("eine aussergewohnlitche verwendung dieser beliebten marke von grossem postgeschichtlichen interesse. Moglicherweise in dieser form und insbesorndere qualitat der marke inubertreffloch")  Catalog #Mi.1b Catalog Value €40,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #503 GERMAN STATES Saxony 1851 1/2ng black on pale blue paper, printed in error (paper color of 2ng, rather than the gray color of the 1/2ng), full margins all around, original gum (h.r.), fresh and v.f. example of this rarity, signed Richter, with 1957 Grobe and 1999 Rismondo Certs, ex-Manus (Mi.3F) * Catalog #3a Catalog Value €25,000 | Unsold |
