U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 12-13, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #528 GERMANY 1900 Reichspost, 5m type II, fine used (Mi.66II) O Catalog #65A Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #529 GERMANY 1900 Reichspost, 5M type III, overprinted "Specimen", n.h., v.f., with Dr.Oechsner cert. (Mi. 66IIISP) S Catalog #65dS Catalog Value €2,500 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #530 GERMANY 1901 surcharged "3PF" on left half of 5pf green, the so-called Vineta provisional, tied on small piece by "Kais. Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No.1 12/5/01" pmk, some perf. toning, otherwise v.f., with clear 1965 BPA and 1969 Hoffman-Giesecke certificates. This famous provisional was created on April 13, 1901 on board the cruiser SMS Vineta. As the postal officer had not been supplied with 3 Pfennig Germania stamps, he bisected his stock of the 5 Pfennig stamps and stamped them by hand with a "3PF" mark. Mail with the Vineta provisional stamp was sent from Pernambuco to Germany on April 17, 1901. Only 600 were surcharged, with majority destroyed or disappeared over the years, making this provisional one of the rarities of German philately (Mi.AI, Euro 10,000) O Catalog #65B Catalog Value $7,500 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #531 GERMANY 1901 3PF on right half of 5pf green, the so-called Vineta provisional, tied by "Kais. Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No.1 12/5/01" pmk on full newspaper wrapper addressed to Berlin, with Vineta return address on reverse, v.f. example of this German rarity, signed Richter, Dr. Hindrichs, etc., with 1949 Friedl certificate. This iconic provisional was used aboard the "Vineta" for sailors who wished to send newspapers documenting the Kaiser's birthday back home to Germany (Mi.AI, Euro 22,000)  Catalog #65B Catalog Value $16,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #532 GERMANY 1920 5pf-1m Deutsches Reich, unadapted designs, selection of 20 different on chalky paper, v.f., rare E | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #533 GERMANY 1920 Deutsches Reich, imperf. sheetlet of 12 different values 5pf-1.50m, entirely in black, few minor marginal flaws, still v.f. and rare essay sheetlet, signed Ludin, with his 1976 cert.  E | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #534 GERMANY 1920 watermarked Quatrefoils, 1 1/4m vermilion & magenta, cancelled 28 April 1922, v.f., O Catalog #210 Catalog Value $975 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #535 GERMANY 1920 60pf dark olive, the Cologne (Koln) postal forgery, n.h., few gum bends, otherwise fine, ** Catalog #Mi. 147PFa Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #536 GERMANY 1920 3m, 5m sheets of 20, n.h., folded between stamps, fine-v.f., signed Jaschke-Lantelme, **Catalog #Mi.96BIIa,97BII Catalog Value €420 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #537 GERMANY 1926 Famous Germans, complete set of 13 matching lower right sheet corner margin blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. A premium set of blocks, seldom offered in such perfect quality (Mi.385-397) **Catalog #351-362 Catalog Value €4,400 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #538 GERMANY 1933 letter headed "Adolf Hitler", dated 8.2.1933 (Berlin), addressed to "Sehr geehrter Herr Generalkonsul!" and signed "Mit Deutschen Gruss!" by Hitler, just a few days after becoming chancellor | Unsold |
 | Lot #539 GERMANY 1934 Colonial Commemoration, set of four sheet corner margin blocks of six, l.h. in margin, stamps n.h., v.f. (Mi.540-543) **Catalog #432-435 Catalog Value €1,140 | Unsold |
 | Lot #540 GERMANY 1935 6pf gray green, watermark inverted, n.h., v.f., less than 50 believed to exist, signed Dr.Oertel (Mi.586Y) ** Catalog #465var Catalog Value €1,800 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #541 GERMANY 1935 12pf dark carmine, imperforate bottom margin horizontal pair with positional numbers, n.h., few tiny gum disturbances, v.f. and rare (Mi.587U) ** Catalog #466var Catalog Value €5,000 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #542 GERMANY 1948 Allied Zone overprints "Band" and "Net", complete set of 52 including nine unissued values of each type (footnoted in Scott's), l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.52-68,I-IX/I+II) * Catalog #585A-599 Catalog Value €1,400 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #543 GERMANY 1948 "Band" overprints, complete set of 17, n.h., fine-v.f., signed "SB", ** Catalog #585A-593 Catalog Value $375 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #544 GERMANY 1948 "Band" overprint inverted, 2pf-84pf, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f., signed "SB", Diena, etc. (Mi.52I-68IK) * Catalog #585A-593var Catalog Value €900 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #545 GERMANY 1948 6pf violet, "Band" overprint in dark blue variety (Bonn Printing), l.h., signed Schlegel, etc., * Catalog #Mi.37IFI Catalog Value €1,200 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #546 GERMANY 1951 15pf violet, inverted watermark ("4Z"), n.h., v.f., signed Schlegel (Mi.129Z) ** Catalog #676var Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #547 GERMANY 1951 70pf and 90pf, essays on carton paper, slightly larger format, v.f. and rare, with 1976 Ludin cert. (Mi.136,138E) E Catalog #683,685E | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #548 GERMANY 1970 Heinemann, Federal Republic and Berlin (44 values), 100 sets in blocks and half-sheets, n.h., v.f. (Mi.635-45,727-32, Euro 5,900) **Catalog #1028-44,9N284-301 Catalog Value $5,190 | Price Realized $450.00 |
