Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

The Old German States continued...

**Saxony**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
1038		1850, 3pf Brick Red (1, Michel 1a). Plate I, position 14, full original gum, very lightly hinged, if at all, truly appears Mint N.H., lovely fresh color and large balanced margins with full cutting line at right EXTREMELY FINE. THE PERFECT HIGH-QUALITY ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THIS POPULAR GERMAN STATES ISSUE. With 1996 Buhler certificate whereon the gum is described as "postfrischem Originalgummi". Michel catalog value 8,000 Euros (Image)	4,250.00	8,500.00
1039		1850, 3pf Brick Red (1, Michel 1a). Plate IV, position 16, full balanced margins all around and fresh color, tied by Dresden double-circle datestamp on piece, Extremely Fine, very rare in such choice condition, signed Georg Buhler and with his 1995 certificate, Michel catalog value 7,000 Euros (Image)	4,000.00	3,500.00
1040		1855-56, 10ng Blue (14, Michel 13a). Used with 3ng Black on yellow (12, Michel 11), both with large to huge margins and tied by "9" in criss-cross grid, "ZWICKAU 26 DEC" datestamp on December 1856 folded cover to Danville, Texas, red "AACHEN PAID 25 CENTS" and red "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid 30" transit, ms. routing across top of cover "Per Prussian Closed Mail", red pencil "11 Wfco" indicating amount of external postage VERY FINE AND A RARE SAXONY USAGE TO TEXAS IN THE UNITEd STATES. With 1996 Van Der Linden certificate (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	3,750.00
1041		1856, 10ng Blue (14, Michel 13c). Clear to large margins, used with 1ng Rose (17, Michel 16a) on 1864 registered folded cover to "Warchau" (Warsaw, Poland) tied by Leipzig double-circle datestamps, red "RECOMANDIRT" in sawtooth box, backstamps include red Warsaw, fresh and Very Fine, signed Georg Buhler and with his and Van Der Linden's 1996 certificates (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	1,250.00
1042		1856, 10ng Blue (14, Michel 13a). Three large to huge margins, used with a -1/2ng Orange and two single 3ng Red Brown (16, 19, Michel 15c, 18b) on 1864 folded letter to Batavia, Java (Indonesia), tied by boxed "LEIPZIG DRESD. BAHNH. 8/XI * 64.9" railway station datestamp, ms. "Per Land Mail via Trieste" route instructions, small red "ALEXANDRIA" transit and various rate markings, great range of transits on back incl. Vienna, Trieste, Singapore and Batavia, in addition "15" over "52" accounting mark, the "15" Nkr was the Austrian Lloyd's shipping charge to Alexandria and the "52" Nkr was the fee for the British authorities at Alexandria for further travel, there is a slight central cover toning spot from the wax seal A VERY FINE AND IMPORTANT MIXED-ISSUE FRANKING COVER FROM THIS WELL-KNOWN CORRESPONDENCE TO BATAVIA. With 1996 Tilo Rismondo certificate (Image)	E. 5,000-7,500	6,250.00
1043		1863, 2ng Blue, 5ng Dull Violet (18, 20, Michel 17a, 19b). Tied by Chemnitz round-ended box datestamps on 1867 registered cover to England, five different registry handstamps in red including "RECOMANDIRT" in sawtooth box, rimless "PRUSSIA -REGISTERED" with crown in center, "REGISTERED" in arc below crown, "REGISTERED LONDON" in oval (tying stamps) and "REGISTERED MANCHESTER" oval backstamp, trivial cover edge nick at top left, still Very Fine, scarce usage, with 1996 Van Der Linden certificate (Image)	E. 500-750	900.00
1044		Saxony, 1842, "Leipzig 26 Nov 42" pre-stamp oval datestamp at top center of a small ladies envelope with border of two fine red lines, ms. rate marks, small circle backstamp of the following day, Fine and scarce (Image)	E. 100-150	70.00

Saxony

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

1038

1850, 3pf Brick Red (1, Michel 1a). Plate I, position 14, full original gum, very lightly hinged, if at all, truly appears Mint N.H., lovely fresh color and large balanced margins with full cutting line at right

EXTREMELY FINE. THE PERFECT HIGH-QUALITY ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THIS POPULAR GERMAN STATES ISSUE.

With 1996 Buhler certificate whereon the gum is described as "postfrischem Originalgummi". Michel catalog value 8,000 Euros (Image)

4,250.00

8,500.00

1039

1850, 3pf Brick Red (1, Michel 1a). Plate IV, position 16, full balanced margins all around and fresh color, tied by Dresden double-circle datestamp on piece, Extremely Fine, very rare in such choice condition, signed Georg Buhler and with his 1995 certificate, Michel catalog value 7,000 Euros (Image)

4,000.00

3,500.00

1040

1855-56, 10ng Blue (14, Michel 13a). Used with 3ng Black on yellow (12, Michel 11), both with large to huge margins and tied by "9" in criss-cross grid, "ZWICKAU 26 DEC" datestamp on December 1856 folded cover to Danville, Texas, red "AACHEN PAID 25 CENTS" and red "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid 30" transit, ms. routing across top of cover "Per Prussian Closed Mail", red pencil "11 Wfco" indicating amount of external postage

VERY FINE AND A RARE SAXONY USAGE TO TEXAS IN THE UNITEd STATES.

With 1996 Van Der Linden certificate (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

3,750.00

1041

1856, 10ng Blue (14, Michel 13c). Clear to large margins, used with 1ng Rose (17, Michel 16a) on 1864 registered folded cover to "Warchau" (Warsaw, Poland) tied by Leipzig double-circle datestamps, red "RECOMANDIRT" in sawtooth box, backstamps include red Warsaw, fresh and Very Fine, signed Georg Buhler and with his and Van Der Linden's 1996 certificates (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

1,250.00

1042

1856, 10ng Blue (14, Michel 13a). Three large to huge margins, used with a -1/2ng Orange and two single 3ng Red Brown (16, 19, Michel 15c, 18b) on 1864 folded letter to Batavia, Java (Indonesia), tied by boxed "LEIPZIG DRESD. BAHNH. 8/XI * 64.9" railway station datestamp, ms. "Per Land Mail via Trieste" route instructions, small red "ALEXANDRIA" transit and various rate markings, great range of transits on back incl. Vienna, Trieste, Singapore and Batavia, in addition "15" over "52" accounting mark, the "15" Nkr was the Austrian Lloyd's shipping charge to Alexandria and the "52" Nkr was the fee for the British authorities at Alexandria for further travel, there is a slight central cover toning spot from the wax seal

A VERY FINE AND IMPORTANT MIXED-ISSUE FRANKING COVER FROM THIS WELL-KNOWN CORRESPONDENCE TO BATAVIA.

With 1996 Tilo Rismondo certificate (Image)

E. 5,000-7,500

6,250.00

1043

1863, 2ng Blue, 5ng Dull Violet (18, 20, Michel 17a, 19b). Tied by Chemnitz round-ended box datestamps on 1867 registered cover to England, five different registry handstamps in red including "RECOMANDIRT" in sawtooth box, rimless "PRUSSIA -REGISTERED" with crown in center, "REGISTERED" in arc below crown, "REGISTERED LONDON" in oval (tying stamps) and "REGISTERED MANCHESTER" oval backstamp, trivial cover edge nick at top left, still Very Fine, scarce usage, with 1996 Van Der Linden certificate (Image)

E. 500-750

900.00

1044

Saxony, 1842, "Leipzig 26 Nov 42" pre-stamp oval datestamp at top center of a small ladies envelope with border of two fine red lines, ms. rate marks, small circle backstamp of the following day, Fine and scarce (Image)

E. 100-150

70.00