"NASLIDJ "(Neapoli), cds (ISFILA type 3) on postcard with long text, dated 1903, endorsed "via Salonique - Athens". Most likely unique. (ISFILA unpriced on entire)
Heinrich Köhler 389th Auction - Day 1 - Special catalogue: Lombardy-Venetia – The “Kronlande” Collection, Russia No. 1 – The “Elin” Collection, Europe and Colonies & Great Britain and British Commonwealth
By: Heinrich Koehler Auktionen
Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 389th Auction - Day 1 - Special catalogue: Lombardy-Venetia – The “Kronlande” Collection, Russia No. 1 – The “Elin” Collection, Europe and Colonies & Great Britain and British Commonwealth
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Auction sequence
| Day | Time | Lots | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 17.09.2026 | 09:00 | 7001–7250 | Special catalogue: Lombardy-Venetia – The “Kronlande” Collection (part I) |
| Thursday, 17.09.2026 | 11:30 | 1001–1584 | Single lots: Europe and Colonies: A–Z |
| Thursday, 17.09.2026 | 15:00 | 7401–7489 | Special catalogue: Russia No. 1 – The “Elin” Collection (part III) |
| Thursday, 17.09.2026 | 16:00 | 1585–1753 | Single lots: Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries |
| Friday, 18.09.2026 | 09:00 | 1754–1918 | Single lots: Airmail and Zeppelin Mail, Thematics, Olympics |
| Friday, 18.09.2026 | 10:15 | 1919–2470 | Single lots: Germany after 1945 |
| Friday, 18.09.2026 | 14:30 | 20001–20510 | Coins, Medals and Numismatic Literature: Featuring items from the estate of the late Bernt Ahlström |
| Monday, 21.09.2026 | 09:00 | 2471–3198 | Single lots: German Empire from 1872, Private Mail |
| Monday, 21.09.2026 | 14:00 | 7501–7989 | Special catalogue: A Plunge into the Abyss – Currency Devaluation in the German Empire up to the End of 1923 – The Claus Claussen Collection |
| Tuesday, 22.09.2026 | 09:00 | 3199–4388 | Single Lots: German Related Areas, First and Second World War — with special sections Weimar Republic/Third Reich (Nils Schmidt, Part II), Erich Meerwald, Se-tenants, Machine Cancellations |
| Wednesday, 23.09.2026 | 09:00 | 4389–4652 | Single lots: German Foreign Post Offices and Colonies |
| Wednesday, 23.09.2026 | 11:00 | 8001–8939 | Special catalogue: German Foreign Post Offices and Colonies – The Nikolaus Krings Collection |
| Thursday, 24.09.2026 | 08:00 | 10001–11104 | Collections: Country Collections: Europe, General Collections, Airmail & Zeppelin, Thematics, Picture Postcards, Literature and Germany |
| Friday, 25.09.2026 | 08:00 | 11105–11424 | Collections: German Occupation WWI & WWII, German Areas and Plebiscites, Danzig, Memel, Germany after 1945 |
| Friday, 25.09.2026 | 11:00 | 4653–5350 | Single lots: German States Baden – Württemberg, North German Postal District, Alsace-Lorraine |
| Saturday, 26.09.2026 | 09:00 | 9001–9280 | Special catalogue: The Hartmut C. Schwenn Collection – The Kingdom of Bavaria – The Kreuzer Era (part I) & The Kingdom of Hanover |
| Saturday, 26.09.2026 | 12:00 | 9501–9896 | Special catalogue: Germany from 1849 – Austria from 1850 – The “American” Bruce Wright Collection (part IV) |
The auction will be held at our premises in Wiesbaden.
Heinrich Köhler Auktionshaus GmbH & Co. KG, Hasengartenstr. 25, 65189 Wiesbaden
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Lot #1578 - europe ukraine
1919, Ministerial Trident overprints on Romanov 10 k. on 7 k. brown, three singles and 20 k. on 14 k. blue-green, two singles, all with Kiev Type 7, each neatly tied by clear “KIEV 11 1 19” cds as additional franking to registered Romanov 4 k. red postal stationery card to Fastov, with arrival datestamp. Subsequently redirected (16 January) to Kiev, with final arrival datestamp (17 january). Very fine. A lovely and rare card, illustrating an...
Lot #1579 - europe ukraine
14 k. blue-green, Kiev Type 7, horizontal pair, neatly tied by clear “KIEV 3 4 19” cds with matching registration handstamp alongside, to registered envelope to Vinnitsa. Minor tears at top clear away of the adhesives, otherwise very fine. A scarce usage, signed Kobylanski BPP.
Lot #1580 - western ukraine stamps
1918, Austria Postage Due 10 h. red, two singles tied by cds. and boxed two-line “CENSURA KOLOMYJA” to picture postcard to a pharmacy in Drohobycz, card with vertical crease not affecting adhesives, minor aging, otherwise fine and rare, signed Petriuk with certificate (2026)
Lot #1581 - western ukraine stamps
1918, Austria Coat of arms 5 h. and Emperor Charles I. 30 h., tied by cds. “STRYJ -3.II.19” to COD-money order to Gross-Schönau, adhesives with minor imperfections, a very rare entire with only very few COD-money orders registered, signed Schmutz and Petriuk with the latters certificate (2026)
Lot #1582 - western ukraine stamps
1918, Austria Coat of arms 5h. and Emperor Charles I. 20 h. and 30 h., tied by cds. “TARNOPOL -5.XI.18” to front and reverse COD-money order to Gablonz, some transportation wear, tiny tear at lower left corner, a very rare entire with only very few COD-money orders registered, signed Petriuk with certificate (2026)
Lot #1583 - western ukraine stamps
1918, Austria Emperor Charles I. 20 h. and Coat of arms 40 h., tied by cyrillic cds. “KUTY 31.I.19” to COD-money order to Tetschen, vertical fold not affecting adhesives, a very rare entire with only very few COD-money orders registered, signed Petriuk with certificate (2026)
Lot #1584 - europe Yugoslavia
1982, museum items 4 Din., with "double blue color print" variety, small sheet of nine stamps, mint never hinged, flawless, certificate Zrinjscak BPP (1987)
Lot #1585 - europe Great Britain
1780 (ca.), folded lettersheet bearing red “POST PAID” handstamp applied in London and addressed to Paris, France; owing to the postal service suspension between France and Great Britain during the American War of Independence, the letter was routed via Brussels, where the blue “DAB” handstamp was applied, then taxed “20” (sols) on arrival. Fine and very scarce, showing the exceptional combination of the London “POST PAID” and Brussels “DAB”...
Lot #1586 - europe Great Britain
1856, clear crown postmark “B* 25.OC.1856” on a complete folded letter with an amended postage notation and routing notation “via Ostend + Trieste” via Aachen, with a transit postmark on the reverse reading “FROM ENGLAND VIA AACHEN B 26.10.” to Athens, with arrival postmark; in good condition
Lot #1587 - stamps official stamps
1896, O.W. OFFICIAL: Edward VII. 10 sh. dull-purple and carmine, fresh color and good perforation tied by clear cds. to small piece, certificates mentiones “surface abrasions” which are barely perceptible, a very attractive example of this rare and elusive stamp, certificate RPSL (2025) (SG Spec. MO18)
Lot #1588 - Great Britain Postal stationery
1840, Muldready letter sheet 1 d. with advertisements printed inside “Cheap new books” (A231), used with black MC from “CAMBRIDGE FE 19 1842” to Bristol with arrival mark, fine
Lot #1589 - australian states tasmania
1853, Recess by H. and C. Best at the Courier newspaper: First Issue on thin, hard white paper: Courier 1 d. pale blue, fresh color, wide margins all around, neatly used with barred numeral “13”, very fine, signed Mohrmann
Lot #1590 - australian states tasmania
1853, Courier Issue 4 d. orange, fresh color, close to wide margins all around, neatly used, fine, signed Köhler
Lot #1591 - australian states tasmania
1853, Courier Issue 4 d. orange, fresh color, close to wide margins all around, neatly used, fine, signed
Lot #1592 - australian states victoria
1863/81, Laureated Issue1 d. yellow-green, 2 d. violet and 6 d. blue, tied by barred oval obliterator “268” to envelope via Brindisi to England, with matching desptach datestamp “CHILTERN MR 24 72”, on reverse Melbourne transit (26 March) and Oswestry arrival (13 may). Minor gum toning affecting a few perforations tip, the envelope with vertical archival fold well clear of the adhesives and a few short perfs as usual, still a fine and...
Lot #1593 - australian states victoria
1867/81, Laureated Issue 2 d. slate-grey (three singles) and 6 d. deep blue (two singles), tied by barred oval obliterator “612”, with matching “COROP OC 7 69 VICTORIA” datestamp alongside, to cover front (back separated) to USA, endorsed “via England / Overland Road”, with transit Rochester Victoria (7 Oc.), Melbourne (8 Oc.), London (29 Nov.), New York (11 Dec.). Adhesives with faults, envelope front and back opened on all sides and...
Lot #1594 - australian states western australia
1854, Lithographed by Samson & Hillman: Swan 6d. gray-black, watermark sideways, fresh color and good to huge margins with parts of adjoining stamp at right and top, neatly used with barred numeral “2” of Perth, very fine and a beautiful stamp, signed Thier
Lot #1595 - British Commonwealth british guiana
1851, Typeset at the Office of the 'Royal Gazette', Georgetown: Cottonreel 4 c. orange, Robson Lowe Type A, cut round, showing the majority of the, initialed “W.H.L.” (Lorimer), fresh color, used with clear double-arc “DEMERARA SP 2? 1851", tiny hole (in the P of SP), otherwise very fine, a beautiful and exceptionally rare, iconic classic, signed Star(auschek) and the Ferrary trefoil and certificate Philatelic.Experts (2026)
Lot #1596 - British Commonwealth british guiana
1851, Typeset at the Office of the 'Royal Gazette', Georgetown: Cottonreel 4 c. lemon-yellow, Robson Lowe Type A, cut round, showing virtually complete frameline, initialed “E.D.W.” (Wright, Clerk to the Colonial Post Office), fresh color, used with clear double-arc “DEMERARA DE 11 1851" and red cancel color, a beautiful, and especially with full frame lines, highly desirable example of this most recognizable and classic iconic rarity, a.o....
Lot #1597 - British Commonwealth british guiana
1851, Typeset at the Office of the 'Royal Gazette', Georgetown: Cottonreel 8 c. green, Robson Lowe Type A, cut round, showing virtually complete frameline, initialed “E.D.W.” (Wright, Clerk to the Colonial Post Office), fresh color, used with clear double-arc “DEMERARA OC 25 1850", some thinning, tiny paper splits away from frameline, two small holes backed with green paper, despite the imperfections, a beautiful well-presenting, and...
Lot #1598 - British Commonwealth british guiana
1851, Typeset at the Office of the 'Royal Gazette', Georgetown: Cottonreel 12 c. pale-blue, Robson Lowe Type C, cut square, showing majority of frameline, initialed “E.D.W.” (Wright, Clerk to the Colonial Post Office), fresh color, used with clear double-arc “BERBICE”, a gorgeous and highly desirable cut-square example of this iconic and most recognizable rarity, a.o. sign. Grobe and Thier and certificate Philatelic.Experts (2026)
Lot #1599 - British Commonwealth british guiana
1852, Lithographed by Walterlow 1c. black on magenta, type II, fresh color, good margins, barely touched at lower left, used with part cds. of Demerara, the inevitable small surface scrapes and minor imperfections, otherwise an attractive example of this classic rarity, a.o. signed Köhler and certificate Philatelic.Experts (2026)
Lot #1600 - British Commonwealth british guiana
1852, Lithographed by Walterlow 4c. black on deep-blue, fresh color, good margins on top and bottom, touched at left and right, tied by clear strike of “DEMERARA JA 1862” to small piece, the inevitable small surface scrapes, otherwise an attractive example of this classic rarity, signed Star(auschek) and certificate Philatelic.Experts (2026)
Lot #1601 - British Commonwealth british guiana
1853/59, Lithographed by Waterlow, Original Printing, First Stone 1 c. vermilion, type V, imperforate, fresh color, bright shade, large margins all around, used with clear cds. of Berbice, tiny abhrasion on reverse, a fine example of this rare stamp, signed Richter and certificate Philatelic.Experts (2026)




























