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OST-SACHSEN: Beautiful letter from 1945

OST-SACHSEN: Beautiful letter from 1945

OST-SACHSEN: Beautiful letter from 1945 with so-called “Postmeistertrennungen” (Postmaster perforation). These stamps were used in the town of Loschwitz in the Soviet Zone Ost-Sachsen just after WW2. The stamps were issued imperforate, but the postmasters in the...

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NORWAYS first stamp from 1855

NORWAYS first stamp from 1855

NORWAYS first stamp was issued 1. Januar 1855. It is very rare in mint condition with a CV of 35.000 Nkr. (approx. 4.000 €). A cancelled copy have a CV of only 100 €. Many used copies were pen cancelled, and some people tried to remove the cancellation to get a mint...

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RARE block from Germany 1933

RARE block from Germany 1933

This block ws issued as a tribute to “10 Jahre Deutsche Nothilfe” (10 years of German emergency aid) on 29. November 1933. It is the most valuable block issue from the German Reich. CV is 6.000 € for a mint (**) copy and no less than 10.000 € for a cancelled copy as...

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BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC STAMP FROM SPAIN 1850

BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC STAMP FROM SPAIN 1850

 I found this beautiful stamp from Spain in a collection that I bought last year from a German auction house. It is one of the first six stamps, that were issued in Spain on 1. January 1850. It shows queen Isabella II and the denomination is 6 Real. As you can see...

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Rare French imperforate airmail stamps from 1927

Rare French imperforate airmail stamps from 1927

I found this interesting imperforate stamp in an old stock book with only common German stamps. There was also a similar 5 F imperforate stamp. The stamps are issued in connection with the “Exhibition of Flight and Navigation” in Marseilles in 1927. In the Michel...

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Denmarks first stamp

Denmarks first stamp

DENMARKS first stamp, the brown 4 RBS (Rigsbankskilling) was issued 1. April 1851. The blue 2 RBS shown in the picture, was issued a month later. Its main use was for internal postage in the capital Copenhagen. There are two printings, the Ferslev printing and the...

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