244th Auction Rauhut & Kruschel

1857, K1 "Schleiden" on express letter with bar tax "1" and "2 1/2" (for express) to Cöln

1859, Ra3 "Magdeburg Bahnhof" on telegram cover to Fräulein von Bismarck in Gohre near Stendal, registered as rural express, for which the recipient…

1860, Ra2 "Jessnitz im Anh." on Reco-Expreß letter to Penig/Saxony in the postal union, with associated pink express slip, on which the recipient…

1865 (ca.), Ra2 "Trier" on registered express letter to Luxembourg, at that time DÖPV, postage therefore 1 Sgr., plus 2 Sgr. Reco and 3 Sgr. express, vs.…

1865, K2 "Stargard i. Pom." on rare cash-paid rural express letter to Schoeningen near Pyritz, tax of "7 1/4" Sgr. showing that instead of 2 1/2 Sgr. per mile, only 1 1/4 Sgr. per half-mile was charged

1/2 Sgr. brick red single on local express letter with NS "103" and Ra3 "Berlin Stadtpost-Exp. XIV" from 1856, ms. "aus dem Briefkasten", preprinted New Year's Eve joke letter as "hochnothpeinliche Gerichtssache" with corresponding inner form. Since mail in Berlin was often delivered during the day, addressed express conveyance was superfluous, a unique item!

1/2 Sgr. brick red and 2 Sgr. black/blue (already affixed with "crease") on express letter with bumped edges, NS "1655" and Ra2 "Wittenberg" to Berlin, only the express fee affixed, the postage of "2" Sgr. collected from the recipient, signed Krause, Banker

1/2 Sgr. brick red (min. touched) and 2 Sgr. black/blue as express fee on reverse (min. crease marks), on front another 2 Sgr. black/blue as postage, on express letter from Birnbaum (faint Ra2) to Frankfurt/O. The two reverse stamps cancelled with NS "132" of Birnbaum, the front 2 Sgr. however in transit with NS "291" and adjacent ms. note "in Cüstrin nachentwertet". Very unusual procedure with two different

1/2 Sgr. brick red and 2 Sgr. black/blue, perfectly margined examples as express fee on reverse, on front another 2 Sgr. black/blue (top right somewhat short) as postage, on express letter with NS "1292" and Ra2 "Sachsenburg". Signed Bühler, ex Gunn

1/2 Sgr. brick red and 2 Sgr. black/blue as express fee on reverse, front 3 Sgr. black/yellow as postage and registration fee, on rare early registered express letter with NS "824" and K2 "Leitersdorf" to Crossen, additionally ms. "Recepisse wird zurück verlangt", in combination with the registered express probably a unique letter of the 1st issue in flawless condition

1/2 Sgr. brick red and 2 Sgr. blue as express fee on reverse, front 3 Sgr. black/yellow as postage, all perfectly perforated, on very early express letter with NS "982" (on the 1/2 Sgr. the poorly struck digit "9" corrected in manuscript postally) and Ra3 "Münster Bahnhof" (16.11.!) to Berlin

1/2 Sgr. brick red and 2 Sgr. black/blue, two slightly touched examples on postal stationery 2 Sgr. blue as rare rural express letter with NS "462" and Ra2 "Gardelegen" to Dosendorf near Cöthen, front "5 Sgr. per Expreß" collected for the rural order, rare with the 1st issue

1/2 Sgr. brick red and 2 Sgr. black/blue, perfect examples on postal stationery 3 Sgr. orange, with NS "1384" and Ra2 "Seehausen Altm." as express letter into the postal union to Leipzig. These were on the one hand only possible registered, on the other hand here only the 2 1/2 Sgr. inland instead of 3 Sgr. postal union registration fee paid, probably unique

1 Sgr. black/rose, superb item on folded rural express letter ("cito Pr. Expreß bestellen") with NS "386" and Ra2 "Erfurt" 1856 to Wasserberg near Großbreitenbach/Taxis. Rural express letters in the DÖPV had to be sent by registered mail, however, this one as "Brfkast." letter very unusual. Photo exp. Brettl

1 Sgr. black/pink and 2 Sgr. black/blue each in pairs, one 1 and 2 Sgr. slightly touched on right, on registered express letter with NS "269" and Ra3 "Cöthen…"

1 Sgr. black/pink, 2 Sgr. black/blue and 3 Sgr. black/yellow, all perfect and well margined, on very early express letter (from 21.5.1851) with NS "1442"…

1 Sgr. black/pink and 3 Sgr. black/yellow, perfect examples on 2 Sgr. blue postal stationery, with clear NS "1341" and Ra2 "Schmiedeberg i. Sach." as…

2 Sgr. black/blue, very wide-margined cabinet piece with NS "110" and K2 "Bernburg" on express letter in the postal union to Braunschweig, curiosity with missing…

2 Sgr. black/blue, rare horizontal cabinet strip of four of this stamp with NS "1085" and side K2 "Preuss. Oderberg Bahnh." on express letter of the 2nd…

2 Sgr. black/blue (small margin) and 3 Sgr. black/dark orange on large part of an underfranked registered express letter with NS "578" and K2 "Hamburg" to Dresden and forwarded to Chemnitz, ms. "to be delivered immediately against extra order fee" with ms. addition "Nothing reimbursed" (as only postage and registration fee paid), the forwarding first calculated at "3" and then at 4 Ngr. and additionally to the recipient "3 gr. paid cash express" for the express

3 Sgr. black/yellow in vertical luxury pair on registered express letter with NS "866" and Ra2 "Lippstadt" to Lemgo in the postal union. Unique and decorative

1 Sgr. pink, strip of three with left 19mm wide sheet margin and row number "4", right stamp min. top margin split, on head postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink large format, with NS "494" and Ra2 "Gleiwitz" as express letter to Königshütte. As such a wide margin unit of the 2nd issue, unusual!

3 Sgr. orange in pair (left value small split) in mixed franking with 1 Sgr. pink on rare express parcel accompanying letter with Ra2 "Wartha" to Breslau, on reverse letter flaps slightly shortened, rare form of use as parcel letter additionally by express

4 Pfge. green as well as twice 1 Sgr. carmine and 3 Sgr. orange on rural express parcel accompanying letter with Ra2 "Stettin" to Golberg near Cönnern. One 1 Sgr. (with plate flaw of field 121) on right very tiny touched, otherwise all stamps full-margined, on reverse 6 Sgr. rural express fee (with 5 Sgr. messenger wage) receipted. A unique letter from the Gunn collection, signed Banker