244th Auction Rauhut & Kruschel

Head postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink (on reverse minor opening traces) with K2 "Posen" as rural express letter to Wulka near Strzalkowo, the rural delivery fee on reverse receipted by the recipient

Coat of arms postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink (on right reverse significant opening traces) with very rare blue Hanover K2 "Georg-Marienhütte" (opened only 9/66) as rural express letter to Lecker near Ostercappeln, "8" Sgr. rural delivery fee collected by recipient. Unique item from 35th Kruschel auction 1992 (hammer price DM 6500), signed Kruschel

Arms postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink (slight fold mark at left edge) with Ra2 "Vreden" as express letter to Coesfeld. "2 1/2" Sgr. express fee paid in cash

Arms postal stationery 1 Sgr. pink, cabinet cover with double red franco K1 "Elbing F." as express letter to Danzig, postage paid by stationery, "2 1/2" Sgr.…

Arms postal stationery 2 Sgr. blue as registered express cover with Ra2 "Birkenfeld" to Düsseldorf, remaining postage of 5 1/2 Sgr. paid in cash

Arms postal stationery 3 Sgr. ochre-brown, superb cover with K2 "Gardschau" as rural express letter to the rural district of Segeberg in Schleswig-Holstein, 1867 belonging to Prussia…

Arms postal stationery 3 Sgr. ochre-brown, superb cover with Ra3 "Rosenberg i. West-Preussen" as registered rural express letter to Patrow near Gadebusch. One of the few…

Arms postal stationery 3 Sgr. ochre-brown, magnificent cover as registered rural express letter with blue Ra3 "Berlin Post-Exp. 8" 1865 to the sugar beet factory in Hedwigsburg in the rural district of Wolfenbüttel.

1/2 Sgr. brick-red, luxury item with ideally centred pre-philatelic K2 "Brüggen"

1/2 Sgr. brick-red, horizontal block of six, each stamp clearly cancelled with better NS "1879" (Königshuld). The lower left stamp touched at lower left, two stamps with crease trace. Decorative overall appearance of this rare and long-known block piece! Signed Diena and certificate Brettl. Registered with us since the 43rd Corinphila auction 1956

1/2 Sgr. red-orange, wide-margined vertical block of eight with 10 to 11 mm wide right sheet margin, there inscription "Platte No. 11" and parts of the sheet watermark "DER", cancelled with vertical annulation strokes (min. cleaning traces), possibly the only example of this plate number in particularly beautiful condition, certificate Wasels, signed Metzer, Bühler

1/2 Sgr. brick-red in same-colour and same-value mixed franking with 1/2 Sgr. dark brick-red, without watermark, as well as pair 1 Sgr. pink, on letter with K2 "Hamburg Bahnhof" to Frauenmühle. All stamps well margined, slight crease traces pressed (left 1/2 Sgr. horizontal, left 1 Sgr. vertical), nevertheless a rare combination. Signed Kastaun

1/2 Sgr. brick red, two examples, the right one with inverted watermark, on cabinet cover with NS "907" and Ra3 "Magdeburg Bahnhof" to Schönebeck

1/2 Sgr. brick red, slightly touched example on octagonal postal stationery 4 Sgr. red-brown (Schilling no. "2", upper flap on reverse not quite complete), with clear NS "988" and Ra2 "Myslowitz" as registered letter to Landsberg, sign. Banker

1 Sgr. black/pink on cabinet letter with red NS "973" and black adjacent Ra3 "Mühlhausen R.B. Erfurt" to Duderstadt. Stamp detached and replaced for quality control

1 Sgr. black/pink and 3 Sgr. black/yellow, luxury items with clear NS "1659" on post insurance document from Wittkowo (K2 and reverse crown-posthorn cancel)

2 Sgr. black/blue, unused upper left cabinet sheet corner with row numbers "1", ex Metzer, Amundsen, sign. Metzer, Kruschel and certificate Jäschke-L.

2 Sgr. black/blue in mixed franking with next issue 1 Sgr. pink, grid background, choice items on cover with NS "982" and Ra2 "Münster", 25.2.1859,…

2 Sgr. black/blue on choice cover with NS "995" and L2 "Naumburg", 19.12.1850, to Bunzlau. The cover is distinguished by two peculiarities that make it unique…

3 Sgr. black/yellow, lower right choice sheet corner with NS "345" (Driesen), only small corner crease in margin, well signed Kastaun

3 Sgr. black/yellow, rare upper left sheet corner with NS "103", row number "1". Certificate Jäschke-L. "in flawless condition", also signed Pfenninger, Banker

3 Sgr. black/yellow, choice item as part franking on cover (slightly toned in the center fold) with NS "1439" and Ra3 "Stettin Bahnhof" 1857 to Naples/Sicily.…

3 Sgr. black/yellow, superb full to wide-margined item with NS "1439" and K2 "Stettin" on letter to Naples, rare partial postage (the Italian share of 87 Grana incl. Papal States transit was charged to the recipient), certificate Wasels

3 Sgr. black/yellow on superb letter fragment with rare foreign cancellation by Saxon K2 "Dresden Bahnpost-Exp." 1852 and handwritten in blue "B"