1932, Mongolian Revolution 5 m. gray-blue, two horizontal strips of three, tied by violet cds. “ULANBATOR” to reverse of red band cover to Kalgan, upon arrival China Postage Due Numerals 30 c. blue and 10 c. orange applied and tied by bilingual cds. “KALGAN”, one stamp of one strip of three short perfs, otherwise fine, scarce, signed Dr. Orth BPP
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.
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Lot #1729 - Overseas Peru
1857, Pacific Steam Navigation Co. 1 r. blue on bluish paper, fresh color and good margins all around, unused with original gum, a very fine and attractive copy, signed Köhler and Grobe
Lot #1730 - Overseas Peru
1857, Pacific Steam Navigation Co. 1 und 2 r., proofs, ½ r. on thin paper in blue, yellow and red, 2 r. in black in thick carton paper and on thin paper in blue, yellow, red, brown and green, fresh colors and mostly good margins, no gum as issued, very fine group
Lot #1731 - Overseas Peru
1857, Pacific Steam Navigation Co. 2 r. red on bluish paper, fresh color and close to good margins all around, unused with original gum, a very fine and attractive copy, signed Köhler
Lot #1732 - Saudi Arabia cancellations
1905, 1 Piaster Turkey stationery envelope to China cancelled "DJIDDE 19/1/06" (DJEDDAH) Saudi Arabia, (Uexkull Fig.19, Type Jg), a very unusual begging letter adressed to "His Majesty King of China", on reverse transit marks "SUEZ 24/1/06" and "SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG 18/2/06", arrival marks "SHANGHAI 27/FEB/06" and " PEKING 1/MAR/06", ms. "REFUSED 5/3/06" on reverse. A very unusual addressee and destination cover showing all transit marks, a...
Lot #1733 - Overseas tannu tuva
1926, Wheel of Eternity 1 m. red, four singles, 2 m. light-blue, two singles and 10 m. lilac, horizontal-pair, fresh color and good perforations, tied by cds. “KIZIL-TOUWA 8-2 27” to registered cover to Moscow with arrival mark, cover with small tear, 10 m. one stamp small tear, otherwise fine, a scarce and attractive First-Issue cover
Lot #1734 - Overseas tannu tuva
1933, Fiscalstamps with new surcharge: Large figures 15 k. on 6 k. orange, unused, fine, signed
Lot #1735 - Overseas thailand
1885, Chulalongkorn with red surcharge 1 t. on 1 s. dark-blue, type II, unused, very fine, signed Senf
Lot #1736 - Overseas thailand
1890, Elephant-Essay violet-gray/red, fresh color and good margins, without gum, tiny thin, otherwise fine, scarce and attractive
Lot #1737 - Overseas Uruguay
1856, Diligencia 60 c. blue, 80 c. green and 1 r. carmine, fresh colors and close, but mostly good margins all around, without gum, fine and attractive, a.o. signed Köhler
Lot #1738A - u.s. postal history Patriotics
Soldier on Rearing Horse, Patriotic envelope from “WASHINGTON” via “BOSTON Am. PKT. 22 MAY” to Karlsruhe in Germany, reverse with transit and arrival mark, heavy transportation and opening wear, vertical fold
Lot #1738 - Overseas Uruguay
1924, Football 2c.-12 c. , complete unissued set on yellowish paper, unmounted mint except for the 12 centesimos unused, extremely fine. A very scarce set, 12 c. with certificate Behr (2018)
Lot #1739 - United States of America USA Issues
1847, Washington 10 c. black on greenish-blue, fresh color and good margins all around, tied by red grid (lifted for inspection) to folded letter with adjacent red cds. “BOSTON 9 NOV 10cts” to New York, some soiling in the folds, otherwise very fine and fresh
Lot #1740 - United States of America USA Issues
1861/67, Black Jack 2c. and Washington 3c. rose and 10 c. green, all tied by target cancel resp. cds to ilustrated envelope of the "38th Congress/House of Representatives/ Washington D.C.", endorsed “Pr. Steamer via Hamburg” with adjacent red “N. YORK PAID HAMB Pkt. JUN 24 12” to Ludwigsburg in Germany, reverse with transit mark of Stadtpost Hamburg and arrival mark, vertical fold not visible on front, franking some faults, yet an attractive...
Lot #1741 - United States of America USA Issues
1861, Black Jack 2 c. black and Washington 12 c. black, used in combination with Vancouver Island 5 c. carmine, fresh colors and mostly good perforations, all tied by segmented cork cancel to small piece of a Wells, Fargo & Co envelope, fine
Lot #1742 - United States of America USA Issues
1869, pictorial issue 2 c. brown, 2 copies, with 1861/67, 10 c. green with grill, tied by target to yellow envelope from Cambridge, Illinois, to Salo, Sweden, with transit and arrival marks including frontside "Weiterfr. 1½ Sgr." and "BREMEN/FRANCO". Small faults.
Lot #1743 - United States of America USA Issues
1869, Pictorial Issue 10 c. orange, fresh color and good perforation, tied by grid to small envelope to Hamburg with adajacent red “NEW YORK PAID ALL DIRECT MAR 15”, fine, signed Köhler
Lot #1744 - United States of America USA Issues
1869, Pictorial Issue 90 c. carmine/black, fresh color and good perforation, used with blackish grid cancel, a fine copy of this rare stamp, a.o. signed Köhler
Lot #1745 - United States of America USA Issues
1870/71, 2 c. brown, 3 c. green and 10 c. brown, tied to orange envelope from New York to Christiania, Norway. Fine and scarce.
Lot #1746 - United States of America USA Issues
1870/71, 12 c. blackish violet, used with 1873, 10 c. brown, nicely centered and fresh colors, tied by black killer cancels to envelope, addressed to Ahmednagar, India (Rev. Bissell correspondence), with a lightly struck red "BOSTON PAID MAY 6" and red "LONDON PAID 18 MY 74" transit, crayon "1d" (Colonial penny) and "18" credit markings, backstamped "Sea Post Office F 5 Jun:". Very Fine (Scott 162)
Lot #1748 - United States of America USA Issues
1893, Columbus 1c. - 5$, deep and fresh colors, good perforations, unused, the 3$ and 5% without gum, otherwise hinged with original gum, a fine and scarce set, 2, 4 and 5$ signed Köhler
Lot #1749 - United States of America USA Issues
1903, Mc Kinley 1 c. postal stationery card, used with machine cancel “NEW YORK DEC 17 1903” to Toronto, Canada, with arrival datestamp (18 December) on reverse, bearing on reverse a complete manuscript message written in the Sherlock Holmes "Dancing Men" cipher devised by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Minor sopiling spots, still very fine. Accompanied by the bound volume of the Strand Magazine, July to December 1903, containing the first first...
Lot #1750 - USA Issues official stamps
1873, STATE 20 $ light-green/black, 2nd. printing, position 6, fresh color, without gum, one pulled perf, slight toning, otherwise fine, certificate Ebner BPP (2026)
Lot #1751 - USA Issues Newspaper and Periodical Stamps
1867, Colored Border: Franklin 10 c. green on pelure paper, fresh color and good perforation, without gum, de-centered, otherwise fine, scarce, signed Kosack and certificate Ebner BPP (2026)
Lot #1752 - USA Issues Newspaper and Periodical Stamps
1867, Colored Border: Lincoln 25 c. orange-red, fresh color and mostly good perforation, without gum, one short perf at top, otherwise fine, scarce, signed Kosack and certificate Ebner BPP (2026)




























