David Feldman All World & Collections Including Rarities of the World December 11-12 2019

168 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) All World & Collections – Including Rarities of the World Wurttemberg 40652 F 1854 Entire from Valdivia, Chile, to Württemberg, Germany, endorsed “p Vapor via Panama”, with “VALDIVIA” s/l hs, “PANAMA / TRANSIT” hs, reverse with British PO Valparaiso cds, London cds, Calais cds and Brackenheim arrival, very high manuscript postage due rate of 4 Gulden 55 kreuzer, with the contents mentioning the high postage rate, minor cover faults, probably the earliest recorded cover to the state of Württemberg 700 40653 CC 42a 1873 70Kr Violet, single lines, huge corner marginal example, never hinged (hinge in bottom margin), a exceptional example in very fine condition 2’400 Germany German Empire 40654 F / 166 1878 Insufficiently franked cover with 1875-77 10pf rose from Falkenberg to Riehen/Switzerland, taxed by four Swiss 1878 10c postage dues, (taxation: 2X25c minus 10pfennig X 1.25 (exchange rate) = 37.5c rounded up to 40c), scarce first taxation period from 1 July 1878 to 30 March 1879, interesting and scarce franking 340