1914, 3mm Spacing: 5 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, used with clear central cds. "LOME 30.10.14", fine, a scarce stamp with only 40 printed, signed Holcombe with certificate (1996)
Viewing times of the 380th Heinrich Köhler auction and
The ERIVAN Collection – 9th auction
Viewing at any time by prior appointment in our office in Wiesbaden.
27 February – 10 March 2023 Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
13 – 24 March 2023 Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
25 March 2023 Saturday starting 8.30 a.m.
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Auction Schedule
COLLECTIONS
Thursday, 16 March 2023 from 9:00 a.m. Lot 10001–10832
Country Collections: Europe and Overseas: A – Z, including Great Britain and British Commonwealth
Collections and Lots: General collections All World / Europe / Overseas, Airmail and Zeppelin, Thematic collections, Picture Postcards, Literature, Coins
Special offer: Liquidation of a „long-established“ shop
Friday, 17 March 2023 from 9:00 a.m. Lot 10833–11538 Collections Germany: German States, German Empire, German post offices abroad and Colonies, German Occupation WWI, German Areas and Plebiscites, Danzig, Memel, German Occupation WWII, General collections Germany, Germany after 1945
SINGLE LOTS
Monday, 20 March 2023 from 9:00 a.m. Lot 1001–1692 Single Lots: Europe and Colonies: A – Z, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth
Monday, 20 March 2023 from ca. 3:00 p.m. Lot 1693–2005
Single Lots: Overseas countries, Transatlantic Mail, Shipmail, Airmail, Zeppelin, Olympics, Thematics and Coins, including
Special offer: El Salvador · The Michael Peter Collection
Special offer: Guadalajara
Tuesday, 21 March 2023 from 9:00 a.m. Lot 2010–2554
Single Lots: German Empire 1872 – 1945
Special offer: German Private Posts – The Peter Rogers Collections
Tuesday, 21 March 2023 from ca. 2:30 p.m. Lot 2555–3070
Single Lots: German post offices abroad and colonies, including
Special offer: Registered letters of the German Foreign Post Offices and Colonies (part I)
Wednesday, 22 March 2023 from 9:00 a.m. Lot 3071–3620 Single Lots: German Occupation WWI, German Areas and Plebiscites, Saar, Danzig, Memel, German Occupation WWII
Wednesday, 22 March 2023 from ca. 3:00 p.m. Lot 3621–3830 Single Lots: Germany after 1945: Local issues, Allied Forces issues, Soviet Occupation Zone, German Democratic Republic, Berlin, Bizone, Federal Republik of Germany
Thursday, 23 March 2023 from 9:00 a.m. Lot 6001–6933 Special Catalogue: Germany 1849–2000 – German States and German Colonies with Occupation Issues (G.R.I. and MAFIA) · The Erik B. Nagel Collection (part I)
Friday, 24 March 2023 from 9:00 a.m. Lot 3831–4283 Single Lots: German States Baden –
Wuerttemberg, North German Confederation
Friday, 24 March 2023 from ca. 1:30 p.m. Lot 7001–7122 Special Catalogue: Bavaria from 1849 · The Eliahu Weber Collection (part IV)
Friday, 24 March 2023 from ca. 3:00 p.m. Lot 8001–8060 Special Catalogue: Free Hanseatic City of Bremen · The Karl-Hillard Geuther Collection (part I)
Friday, 24 March 2023 from ca. 4:00 p.m. Lot 9001–9248 Special Catalogue: American Trans Atlantic Mail Carriers 1800–1870 · The Graham Booth Collection
Saturday, 25 March 2023 from 10:00 a.m. Lot 1–307 Special Catalogue: German States – The ERIVAN Collection – 9th Auction
Breaks when appropriate. We expect to auction off 50-120 lots per hour, depending on the area.
1914, 3mm Spacing: 5 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, used with clear central cds. "LOME 30.10.14", fine, a scarce stamp with only 40 printed, signed Holcombe with certificate (1996)
1914, 2mm Spacing: 10 pfg. tied by cds. "ANECHO 31/12 14" to small piece, minuscule toned perf tip, otherwise very fine and rare with approximately 15-20 copies existant, signed Holcombe with certificate (1994) (Gibbs 16)
1914, 2mm Spacing: 10 and 40 pfg. with additional franking tied by cds. "LOME 17.10.14" to locally adressed cover, two folds not affecting adhesives, 10 pfg. a bit stained, 25 pfg. of additional franking corner fault, otherwise fine, rare with approximately 15-20 copies of the 10 pfg. existant
1914, 2mm Spacing: 40 pfg. fresh color and good perforation, unused, an exceptionally rare stamp, most of the already small print run of 25-30 pieces is known used, only very few unused pieces known, signed Schlesinger and certificate Behr (1998)
INDIVIDUAL SETTING 2 c (2mm between Anglo and French and wide "O" in Occupation: 40 pfg. fresh color and good perforation, used with central cds. "LOME 30.10.14", a very rare stamp showing an unrecorded sub-setting of 2b by Gibbs, a fine, rare and possibly unique stamp, signed with detailed certificate Holcombe (1996)
INDIVIDUAL SETTING 2b (2¼mm between Anglo and French and all "O"s narrow: 40 pfg. fresh color and good perforation, just one short perf at top, tied by cds. "LOME 13.11.14" to small piece, a very rare stamp with only few recorded, signed Holcombe with certificate (1988)
Reference: depicted in G.R.I. by Robert M. Gibbs, page 167
INDIVIDUAL SETTING 3c - Anglo-French spaced approx. 1¾mm and three narrow "0"s in Togo : 1915, 30 pfg, fresh color, neatly used with clear blue cds. "LOME 8.4.15", utterly insignificantly shortened perf at bottom, a fine and very rare stamp with less than a handful known, signed Holcombe with certificate (1996)
1914, 2mm Spacing: 50 pfg. fresh color and good perforation, tied by part cds. of Lome to small piece, a very rare stamp with only 20 printed, all of them known used, signed Bothe BPP
1914, 2mm Spacing: 80 pfg. fresh color and good perforation, used, a very rare stamp with only 25 printed, signed Bothe BPP (Gibbs 22)
1914, 2mm Spacing: 1m. carmine, fresh color and good perforations, used with clear cds. of "LOME 29.9.14", one perf at bottom slightly thinned of no importance, a very rare stamp with only 40 issued, signed Kilian BPP and Holcome with certificate (1993)
1915, Sansane-Mangu: 3 pfg, fresh color and good perforation, tied by clear part cds. of "LOME -7..." to small piece, very fine and rare with only approx. 50 printed, signed Holcombe with certificate (1994)
INDIVIDUAL SETTING 3d: 1915, 3 pfg, fresh color and good perforation, showing first broken "O" in Togo, being the characteristic of this rare setting, used with clear blue cds. "LOME 8/4 15"., very fine and rare with only very few copies extant, signed Holcombe with certificate (1990)
1915, Sansane-Mangu: 5 pfg, fresh color and good perforation, with variety "TOGU" from position 5 within the setting of 25, unused, minimally toned, otherwise fine, scarce with only 35 printed, signed Holcombe with Opinion (1998) (Gibbs 30a)
1915, Sansane-Mangu: 5 pfg., horizontal strip of three , fresh color and good perforation, position 3-5 with position 5 showing variety "TOGU", used with clear cds. "LOME", two left stamps some light staining not affecting the variety, left stamp vertical stain, otherwise fine and scarce, copy of certificate Holcombe (1995)
Provenance: Collection Marquess of Bute (Robson Lowe, 1959)
1915, Sansane-Mangu: 10 pfg., three singles, each fresh color and good perforation, printed from positions 15 "mixed Os", 17 "TOG corrected" and 23 "notch in the T", position 17 and 23 minimal toned, otherwise fine and scarce group, signed Bothe BPP
1915, Sansane-Mangu: 10 pfg. horizontal pair, tied by central first day cds. "LOME -7.1.15" to small piece, fine, signed Bothe BPP
1915, Sansane-Mangu: 10 pfg., horizontal strip of three, fresh color and good perforation, position 3-5 with position 5 showing variety "TOGU", used with clear cds. "LOME", left stamp small blue dot, right stamp with on front side quasi invisible corner crease, otherwise fine, certificate Holcombe (1995)
Provenance: Collection Marquess of Bute (Robson Lowe, 1959)
1915, Sansane-Mangu: 50 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, tied by clear cds. "LOME 7.1.15" to small piece; a superb copy of this rare stamp of which only 19 examples were overprinted, signed Champion, Köhler and Bühler with certificate (1987)
POSTAL STATIONERY: 1914, Postal stationery card 5 pfg., Setting B, with overprint error "One Penny" instead of "Half Penny", used with clear "ASSAHUN 10.1.15", minor wrinkles, a very rare card, probaply unique, signed Ebel and Holcombe with certificate (1993) (Gibbs PS1 Note 1) (Higgins & Gage (1F)
1914, 05-80 pfg., complete set with additional franking tied by cds. "ATAKPAME 26 12 14" to registered cover, with generic french r-label with handstamped "ATAKPAME", via Grand Popo and Porto Novo to Trévières, France, fine
40 pfg., block of six with right sheet margin, used with clear cds. "ANECHO 19/10 14", a scarce and attractive multiple, signed Bühler
1914, 40 pfg. with lower sheet margin, tied by cds. "ANECHO 20/10 14" to small piece, fine and scarce, signed Champion and Calves and certificate Ceremuga (2003)
1914, 40 pfg. with overprint variety "thick O in Occupation", position 41, tied by cds. "ANECHO 20/10 14" to small piece, tiny corner crease, otherwise fine and scarce, signed Bloch with opinion (1998)
1914, 40 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, with overprint variety "spacing between TOGO and Occupation 3½ instead of 2mm", a very rare stamp with only a few registered, most of them used, very fine, certificate BPA (2005)
80 pfg., block of eight from the upper right sheet corner, used with clear cds. "ANECHO 19/10 14", a scarce and attractive multiple, certificate Holcombe (1998)
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