Auction: 3032 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1098
†German States A valuable mixed unused and used selection, contained in a small stockbook, including Baden 1862 18k. large part original gum; 1849 (1 Nov.) 1k. black marginal single and pair unused; Bergedorf 1861 3s. blue/rose used; Bremen 1867 7gr. black/yellow used; Brunswick 1856 1/4ggr. vertical strip of three used (pen cancelled); Hamburg 1859 4s. yellow-green left marginal, showing sheet rows "7-9", block of 12 sheet rows "7-9" unused and 1863 P131/2 9s. yellow cancelled by blue double-ring d.s.; Hannover 1853 (15 April) 3pf. pale rose vertical strip of four cancelled in blue and 1863 3pf. yellow-green cancelled in blue; Lübeck 1859 1/4s. slate-lilac used and 2s. brown on entire letter to Hamburg tied by five staight line cancel; Meckleburg-Schwerin 1856 4/4s. red horizontal pair used; Meckleburg-Strelitz 1864 1/4sgr. orange-red, 1/3sgr. pale green, and 2sgr. pale ulramarine blocks of four mint; Saxony 1850 (29 June) 3pf. red (Rismondo Certificate 2001) and Heligoland three covers, with a mixture of frankings, used out of period. Overall condition mixed with very careful viewing essential Estimate £ 2,000-3,000
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£3,200