| Id/Pic | Title/Description | Price |
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A unique photo album from a member of the Czech Legion in Siberia. In an almost forgotten chapter of WWI, large numbers of Czechs left their homeland (under Austrian rule) and fought with the Allies in the hopes of winning their freedom in the event of an Allied victory (which they did). Also, large numbers of Czech POWs (still fighting for Austria) captured in Russia also switched sides and fought for the Russians -- until the Russian Revolution, when the Bolsheviks tried to disarm and imprison the Czechs, who were thought to have monarchist leanings. The Czechs, of course, weren't happy with this, and fought their way free. They captured the entire Trans-Siberian railway and fought all the way across Russia and Siberia, ending up in the port city of Vladivostok on the Pacific rim. The Allies wanted to make use of them to continue to fight the Communists -- the pre-Cold War had already begun -- but the Allies lost their nerve, and eventually just helped to repatriate ... |
US$1999 (ca EUR1574.39) | |
Stamp issue from the former state of Bavaria, subsumed into the greater Weimar (Deutsches Reich, nothing to do with Hitler) socialist republic. Flat-top Reich variety from the upper margin. CV EUR300. |
US$159 (ca EUR125.23) | |
Milano Lombardei Venetien / Lombardo Veneto / Lombardia Venetia cancel on 15 centes stamp, scarce because it is the ribbed (Geripptes Papier) paper variety, nicely on piece with complete Milano 1851 box. |
US$119 (ca EUR93.72) | |
'With ear' on minister at lower right, type II, CV EUR260 |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Stamp issue from the former state of Bavaria, subsumed into the greater Weimar (Deutsches Reich, nothing to do with Hitler) socialist republic. Flat-top Reich variety from the upper margin. CV EUR250. |
US$129 (ca EUR101.6) | |
Clean Trieste cancel, on piece. CV EUR230 |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Stamp issue from the former state of Bavaria, subsumed into the greater Weimar (Deutsches Reich, nothing to do with Hitler) socialist republic. Flat-top Reich variety from the upper margin. Staple hole in upper margin whete the sheets were stapled together in a bundle. Stamp perfect MNH. CV EUR400. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Clean red Reco box cancel, on piece. CV EUR230 |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Stamp issue from the former state of Bavaria, subsumed into the greater Weimar (Deutsches Reich, nothing to do with Hitler) socialist republic. Apostrophe D variety (Plattenfehler V) CV EUR160. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Invoice sent first day of 1855, frsnked with 1st issue imperf, brilliant yellow color. CV EUR400... or CV EUR550 if it's gold-yellow (what I would call it). |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Clean red Reco Wiencancel, on piece. CV EUR260 |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Stamp issue from the former state of Bavaria, subsumed into the greater Weimar (Deutsches Reich, nothing to do with Hitler) socialist republic. Apostrophe D variety (Plattenfehler V) CV EUR150. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
German Offices Marocco MNH unissued type II values with PHOTOCOPY of Steuer certificate for the strips, and new Ceremuga cert. |
US$1999 (ca EUR1574.39) | |
Clean Wien oval cancel, on piece. CV EUR180 |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Stamp issue from the former state of Bavaria, subsumed into the greater Weimar (Deutsches Reich, nothing to do with Hitler) socialist republic. Apostrophe D variety (Plattenfehler V) CV EUR160. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
German Offices Turkey with watermark set, complete used, very fine. Key value (3M) has nice Beirut cancels. |
US$349 (ca EUR274.87) | |
Double strike of Windisch Graz cancel on piece, very attractive. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Stamp issue from the former state of Bavaria, subsumed into the greater Weimar (Deutsches Reich, nothing to do with Hitler) socialist republic. Apostrophe D variety (Plattenfehler V) CV EUR300. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
German Offices Turkey with watermark set, complete used, very fine. Key value (3M) has nice Beirut cancels. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Canceled Vadutz, slightly thinned (Dunne Stelle) at bottom. Very scarce used in Liechtenstein. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Stamp issue from the former state of Bavaria, subsumed into the greater Weimar (Deutsches Reich, nothing to do with Hitler) socialist republic. White wedge (Kiel) between flag and bounding circle on the left, CV EUR160. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
German Offices Turkey 23I TII (type I 'A' -- no crossbar on top, and type II stamp undertype, shows the ear of the minister at lower right. |
US$399 (ca EUR314.25) | |
Very scarce Nahtwasserzeichen / watermark, Ferchenbauer EUR175. Socked on nose Innichen cancel. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Stamp issue from the former state of Bavaria, subsumed into the greater Weimar (Deutsches Reich, nothing to do with Hitler) socialist republic. Horn/hump (Sporn) on right of D in Deutsches variety, CV EUR80. |
US$49 (ca EUR38.59) | |
Stamp issue from the former state of Bavaria, subsumed into the greater Weimar (Deutsches Reich, nothing to do with Hitler) socialist republic. Flat-top Reich variety from the upper margin. CV EUR600. |
US$299 (ca EUR235.49) | |
Milano Lombardei Venetien / Lombardo Veneto / Lombardia Venetia cancel on 15 centes stamp, scarce because it is the ribbed (Geripptes Papier) paper variety, and has a manufacturing paper fold (Papierfalt) down the middle. A rare curiosity. CV EUR150++. |
US$119 (ca EUR93.72) | |
'No ear' on minister at lower right, retouched, type III, CV EUR260 |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Kempten half circle plus pen cross cancel. |
US$139 (ca EUR109.47) | |
Marineschiffspost (MSP) from member of Unterseeboot V, the submarine which had been commanded by the famed Captain von Trapp (Sound of Music). Picked up at sea and transferred via the SMS Monarch (censor handstamp from that ship) as well as a cachet of the KuK Ubootsgruppenkommando Golf von Catarro / Submarine Group Command at the Gulf of Catarro, reponsible for prowling the Adriatic, and responsible for sinking the French cruiser Léon Gambetta, as well as three other ships. An authentic piece of early submarine history. |
US$499 (ca EUR393.01) | |
Inflation-era Weimar Germany cover, with local 'paid' label from Leverkusen (Bezirk Coeln / Cologne Region) Sent to Rotterdam. Quite a unique piece. First day of the new rate, September 1st. |
US$299 (ca EUR235.49) | |
German Inflation-era sheets attached to cover which has been elongated and folded to accept them -- rough, but rare as such. Nine columns of two sheets of 400 mark stamps were used, one front, one back, plus eleven 300 marks. Faulty, but impressive. From the courts in Gera, with handstamp of Griez, used on the first day od thw new rate, September 1st, 1923. |
US$279 (ca EUR219.74) | |
Original 1938 Rally Day card by Hans Friedmann of Munich. |
US$179 (ca EUR140.98) | |
Hitler Jugend / Deutschlands Zukunft (Hitler Youth, Germany's Future) propaganda card, used in 1933, less than a year into the Reich. Tiny corner bump upper right; excellent condition. |
US$399 (ca EUR314.25) | |
PPC of a Bedouin, used in Jerusalem, with scarce Jerusalem bars and hours 1907 cancel. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
PPC of a City of Zion, used in Jerusalem, with scarce Jerusalem bars and hours 1907 cancel. Lloyd Hotel Jerusalem cachet. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
PPC of the Mount of Olives with Jaffa CDS and the very scarce Aus Jerusalem Deutsche Post boxed cancel in blue-violet. Choice card. |
US$159 (ca EUR125.23) | |
Austria 3kr TII with Wien diamond cancel. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Group of six original, private photos taken of Adolf Hitler with Hungarian head of state Miklós von Horthy and wife at the launch / Stapellauf of the Kriegsmarine Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, 22 August 1938. The photos are in excellent condition and well executed -- all are sharp, in focus, and a loupe can be used to see additional detail. Quite probably a unique group, historically significant... for those who care. Otherwise it's just a group of photos of yet another megalomaniac et al. |
US$849 (ca EUR668.66) | |
Austria 3kr TII with Railway (B.H.) cancel |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Austria 3kr TII with Smichow / Smichov (Prague area) cancel. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Austria 3kr TII used. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Austria 3kr TIc with red registered Vienna / Wien box cancel. |
US$349 (ca EUR274.87) | |
Austria 9kr with heavy printing paper fold / Papierfalt at top, with socked on nose Bahnhof Stockerau double circle date stamp. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Austria 3Kr green with Nedwieditz CDS. |
US$89 (ca EUR70.1) | |
Austria 2Kr Mi10, Light Orange Vienna Vienna CDS. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Austria 9Kr with Ersekujvar Hungary Fancy Cancel, on piece. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Austria 3kr TII with Vienna red diamond registered cancel |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Austria 3kr green, Prag Kleins oval CDS. |
US$169 (ca EUR133.1) | |
Austria 3kr green with Wien oval CDS. |
US$169 (ca EUR133.1) | |
Austria 3kr green with Wien oval CDS. |
US$169 (ca EUR133.1) | |
Austria 3kr green with Wien Diamant / diamond CDS. |
US$169 (ca EUR133.1) | |
Austria 2kr TII, brilliant middle-orange color. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Austria 3kr green with Kopreinitz Double Circle Cancel |
US$179 (ca EUR140.98) | |
Austria 3kr TI with Milano CDS. |
US$399 (ca EUR314.25) | |
Austria 3kr green with Wien circle CDS. |
US$169 (ca EUR133.1) | |
Austria 3kr TI, top 'R' verstummelt |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Austria 3kr green with Wien oval CDS. Freakishly off center with part of bottom stamp showing. |
US$159 (ca EUR125.23) | |
Austria 3kr TI, top 'R' verstummelt |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Austria 3kr green with Trieste Circle CDS |
US$169 (ca EUR133.1) | |
Austria 3kr TI, top 'R' verstummelt |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Austria 9Kr Mi5 BATTONYA Hungary Line Cancel, Mueller 500P. From right margin. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
The Dream City, a photographic view book of the 1893 Columbian Exposition, published in the same year. Oblong folio (13.5x11inches) in 3/4 Calf with morocco panels and marbled endpapers. Contents very clean (last page hand numbered), few small marginal tears, spine very worn as per scan. Original book, interesting viewing. That Exposition would certainly have been something to see. |
US$89 (ca EUR70.1) | |
Dijon , Levée par les Officiers du Corps Royal d'Etat-Major ; et gravée au Dépôt de la Guerre en 1858. Large folding map in 21 sections, laid on linen, prepared by the Ministry of War. Highly detailed map of Dijon and environs. Absolutely guaranteed original antique map ca150 years old. |
US$349 (ca EUR274.87) | |
Map of Venetian islands, with decorative compass rose and cartouche. From an Italian edition of the famous book "L'Isole piu famose del mondo" by Tommaso Porcacchi, 1620. Please see scan for condition. Measurements are of the image plate mark; page size is much larger. Will rolled for safe shipping. Absolutely guaranteed, original copperplate map ca 400 years old. |
US$449 (ca EUR353.63) | |
Metz, Levée par les Officiers du Corps Royal d'Etat-Major ; et gravée au Dépôt de la Guerre en 1854. Large folding map in 21 sections, laid on linen, prepared by the Ministry of War. Highly detailed map of Mezieres and environs. Absolutely guaranteed original antique map ca150 years old. |
US$349 (ca EUR274.87) | |
Map of the Greek island of Milo; with decorative compass rose and cartouche and sea monsters frolicking about. From an Italian edition of the famous book "L'Isole piu famose del mondo" by Tommaso Porcacchi, 1620. Please see scan for condition. Measurements are of the image plate mark; page size is much larger. Will rolled for safe shipping. Absolutely guaranteed, original copperplate map ca 400 years old. |
US$249 (ca EUR196.11) | |
Altkirch, Levée par les Officiers du Corps Royal d'Etat-Major ; et gravée au Dépôt de la Guerre en 1858. Large folding map in 15 sections, laid on linen, prepared by the Ministry of War. Highly detailed map of Altkirch and environs. Absolutely guaranteed original antique map ca150 years old. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Wuerttemberg, Germany. Huge map in four parts, each ca 52x67mm, and each in 12 sections. Laid on linen for traveling use. Highly detailed map in excellent condition, showing all of Wuerttemberg and part of Bavaria, down to the Bodensee, lake Constance / Constanz. Absolutely guaranteed original antique map ca150 years old. |
US$249 (ca EUR196.11) | |
American Notes, by Archibald Sutter. Excelent first person account of his travels across the USA from NYC to Boston to Washington to St Louis. With large fold-out map (intact, ca 20.25x17.5inches) and multiple illustrations. Fascinating reading. Ex-Library, with plates, amrkings, etc from Denver Public. Absolutely guaranteed original antique book ca 128 year sold. A great gift for that historian in the family. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Das grossere biblische Erbaungsbuch. Two volumes of tracts over the Bible, from 1788 (236+190pp) and 1803 (382pp), by Velthusen and Seiler in Erlangen, Germany. 2/4 calf with marbled boards, bookplate of Pennsylvania College, dedication inside cover. Text (linen paper) in both volumes is clean and intact, minor foxing to title pages. Cover heavily worn (as per scan) but plenty tight. In German. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Handbuch der Alten Numismatik by Dr J. G. Th. Graesse. Detailed book on ancient coins, in German. Worn extremities, very minor foxing to first few pages, text generally clean, tight, and bright. Very nice original book on ancients. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Original copy of 1920 biography of German WWI Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz. In original dustjacket(!), a bit worn with repaired tears, but still, an original dustjacket. Small bookplate of the seller (Buecher-Boerse) inside front cover. Contents clean and tight, in German. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Historia Numismatum by Caroli Patini, Amsterdam 1683, [251+1p errata]. Bound with De numismatis et nummis antiquis dissertatio, Josephi Mariae Suaresii, Amsterdam, 1683, [49+2] and Eleytheyriasive de Manumissone Servorum apud Romanos, Libri Quator, Wilhelmo a Loon, Utrecht, 1685, [230+28+1addenda]. Three books bound as one, in beautiful period vellum. Apart from some notes on the title page, a fine and beautiful copy, with numerous illustrations and a key to inscriptions on antique (Greek and Roman) coins, as well as the Suaresi dissertaion on ancient numismatics, and Loon's work on Roman slaves. A fine copy for the finest collection. |
US$599 (ca EUR471.76) | |
1905 limited edition (250 copies) of incunabula in the collection of Library of Exter College, Oxford, England. Bookplate of noted collector Robert Hoe. Partially unopened. Cloth boards with calf spine. Clean and tight. First edition as such. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Metz, Levée par les Officiers du Corps Royal d'Etat-Major ; et gravée au Dépôt de la Guerre en 1856. Large folding map in 21 sections, laid on linen, prepared by the Ministry of War. Highly detailed map of Metz and environs. Absolutely guaranteed original antique map ca150 years old. |
US$349 (ca EUR274.87) | |
Feldpost card sent from the Schuette-Lanz 7 (SL7) crewmember stationed with the airship in Koenigsberg, Preussen / Prussia. Hand-written note mentioning the SL7, and with sender as J.H. (Auemin?), as crew of the airship. Schuette-Lanz airship feldposts are much rarer than their more recognizable Zeppelin counterparts. |
US$399 (ca EUR314.25) | |
Imperial decree from Franz I / Francis I -- by God's grace Roman Caesar (Kaiser), King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomerien (now part of Poland and Ukraine) and Jeusalem, Grand Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Lothringen / Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Duke of Milan, etc. Folded. Relating to the tarifs of 1788. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Imperial decree from Franz II / Francis II -- by God's grace Roman Caesar (Kaiser), King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomerien (now part of Poland and Ukraine), Grand Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Lothringen / Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, etc. Folded. New rules regarding the recording of the Bohemian nobility in the Landtafel registry. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Imperial decree from Franz II / Francis II -- by God's grace Roman Caesar (Kaiser), King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomerien (now part of Poland and Ukraine), Grand Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Lothringen / Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, etc. Regarding the raising of duties on Coffee, Sugar, and Cocoa, with accompanying example forms. Complete in 15 pages, folded. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Imperial decree from Leopold II -- by God's grace Roman Caesar (Kaiser), King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomerien (now part of Poland and Ukraine), Grand Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Lothringen / Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, etc. Folded. Regarding the Austrian/german rights of succession following the death of ethnic Czechs, Hungarians, or Illyrians (part of Dalmatian coast and Balkans). |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Imperial decree from Joseph II -- by God's grace Roman Caesar (Kaiser), King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomerien (now part of Poland and Ukraine), Grand Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Lothringen / Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, etc. Folded, cut in top margin. Realting to the removal of the rights of Roman (Catholic) dispensations regarding legal impediments to marriage. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Imperial decree from Joseph II (literally the Other Joseph) -- by God's grace Roman Caesar (Kaiser), King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomerien (now part of Poland and Ukraine), Grand Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Lothringen / Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, etc. Folded. Regarding the laws of punishment of desertion and subsequent confiscations. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
The topography and currents of the Indian Ocean. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$89 (ca EUR70.1) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the river drainage systems of Europe and Asia. Light original hand-coloring. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger at top and bottom and is just in the frames on the sides. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$89 (ca EUR70.1) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the largest mountains the world in order of ascending size, left to right. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving, lightly hand colored as published, by the London engraver Thomas Starling published in his 'Geographical Annual' 1833. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 176 years old. |
US$49 (ca EUR38.59) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the isotherm curves in the Northern Hemisphere, plus at the bottom are illustrations to scale of the hemisphere's tallest peaks (with altidues). Loveley detalied piece. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the longest rivers the world in order of ascending size, left to right. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving, lightly hand colored as published, by the London engraver Thomas Starling published in his 'Geographical Annual' 1833. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 176 years old. |
US$49 (ca EUR38.59) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the world's prevailign winds, and some other weather stuff I'm not smart enough to figure out. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$129 (ca EUR101.6) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the longest rivers the world in order of ascending size, left to right. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving, lightly hand colored as published, by the London engraver Thomas Starling published in his 'Geographical Annual' 1833. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 176 years old. |
US$49 (ca EUR38.59) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the different envirnments around the world, with illustrations of various mountain ranges and their bands of life at the top. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$79 (ca EUR62.22) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the Atlantic 'ring of fire' (or Volcanic Girdle, in German) with inset maps of different volcanic regions (ince little picture of Vesuvius). This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$89 (ca EUR70.1) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the largest peaks in the world one over another for comparison, with a table of all their names and heights. Extremely detailed. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the plant cultures of the world. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$69 (ca EUR54.34) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing isotherm curves in a Mercator's projection of the world. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$69 (ca EUR54.34) | |
Lombardia Venetia / Lombardei und Venetien / Lombardo-Veneto 10 Centes. Four margins, dep black. |
US$139 (ca EUR109.47) | |
Austrian Empire 2 Kreuzer black, four large margins. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Austrian Empire 2 Kreuzer grey black, four good margins. Ferchenbauer variety 3 with the narrrowed upper left corner. Type 1a, CV EUR350. Pesth (Pest,Budapes) box cancel. |
US$299 (ca EUR235.49) | |
Austrian Empire 2 Kreuzer gray-black, four large margins. |
US$139 (ca EUR109.47) | |
Austrian Empire 2 Kreuzer black, four good margins. |
US$109 (ca EUR85.85) | |
Lombardia Venetia / Lombardei und Venetien / Lombardo-Veneto 10 Centes. Four margins. Venezia / Venice CDS. |
US$209 (ca EUR164.61) | |
Lombardia Venetia / Lombardei und Venetien / Lombardo-Veneto 10 Centes. Four margins. Grey-Black |
US$109 (ca EUR85.85) | |
Lombardia Venetia / Lombardei und Venetien / Lombardo-Veneto 10 Centes. Four margins, bottom of stamp above showing in top margin. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Lombardia Venetia / Lombardei und Venetien / Lombardo-Veneto 45 Centes. Four margins. Milano box cancel, lightly ribbed (can be seen clearly as striations in the cancel and at top margin) Also with Unterlegte mitte / shifted center. |
US$189 (ca EUR148.85) | |
Essay/proof for a pre-1945 stamp featuring the 19th century Leipzig Volkerdenkmal (Memorial celebrating victory over Napoleon's occupying forces). This imprint was used for postal stationary, but not for stamps |
US$349 (ca EUR274.87) | |
MNH Specimen for a 5 (Cent?) stamp featuring the portrait of painter Rembrandt |
US$299 (ca EUR235.49) | |
Unissued essay for a Third Reich stamp featuring (surprise!) Adolf Hitler. Rare and fine. |
US$349 (ca EUR274.87) | |
Unissued essay for a pre-1945 stamp with the legend 'Stahldruck' or Steel Printing. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Attinelli Bibliography of American Numismatic Auction Catalogues 1828-1875 by Emmanuel Joseph Attinelli. A scarce Quarterman reprint ogf the rare 1876 original work on American Numismatic Auctions, an 'on-the-scene' so to speak history of American numismatics of the 19th century. DUst jcket hipped, in protective plastic cover. Bookplates. With invaluable modern (1976) rarity ratings of the various catalogs in the reverse by John Adams. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Study of the postmarks of the British Isles from 1840 to 1876, with numerous illustrations. Worn, good reading copy for philatelic reference library. |
US$49 (ca EUR38.59) | |
The American Air Mail Society's publciation of O'Sullivan's The Pioneer Airplane Mails of the United States. New, still in shrink wrap. |
US$49 (ca EUR38.59) | |
Rare pioneer post Gelber Hund (Yellow Dog) card with Flugpost am Rhein und Main Darmstadt cancels on the three stamps front and back. Michel IV |
US$529 (ca EUR416.63) | |
Scarce pioneer Zeppelin airship Schwaben post with 3 copies of the 30pf green dove (MiIII) card with Flugpost am Rhein und Main Darmstadt cancels. Michel CV EUR400, Sieger CV EUR335. |
US$289 (ca EUR227.61) | |
Feldpost cover from aboard the battleship Lutzow (MSP5e), formerly the Deutschland. Hitler cause dthe name to be changed because he was worried of the propaganda effect if a ship named Deutschland was sunk. This was a provisional feldpost usage and thus very scarce. With contents from the sailor. Schlimgen handbook CV DM800 (ca EUR400) |
US$329 (ca EUR259.12) | |
Graf Zeppelin Deutschlandfahrt / Germany flight, dropped over Dueseldorf in 1929 on RPPC card with photo of the airship. |
US$219 (ca EUR172.48) | |
Feldpost cover from aboard Unterseeboot U866. This ship was lost march 18, 1945 (about two month after this cover was sent) while on a mission on the Northern US and Canadian coast, thought to have been sunk north of Boston. Source: Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945, Band 3, 1997, Rainer Bush and Hans-Joachim Roell. |
US$229 (ca EUR180.36) | |
Graf Zeppelin flown cover with Liechtenstein 2Franc Zeppelin stamp. Sieger cv EUR425. |
US$349 (ca EUR274.87) | |
Graf Zeppelin Kurzfahrt in der Schweiz / Short Flight to Switzerland in 1933 on RPPC card with photo of the airship. Bordpost / on board cancel. |
US$299 (ca EUR235.49) | |
Graf Zeppelin Pendelfahrt / shuttle flight between Recife and Bathurst in British Gambia. From crew member, with Via Zeppelin etiquette overprinted An Bord Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin. Rare usage on RPPC showing the tethered airship discharging water. |
US$399 (ca EUR314.25) | |
Hindenburg Zeppelin Rundfahrt nach Nuernberg / Round-trip to Nuremberg for the 1935 Reichsparteitag / Party Day Rally, on RPPC of the airship over Freirchshafen. Franked with two Paul von Hindenburg stamps (nicely centered Hindenburg cancel on them) and a block of four 1936 Party Day stamps. |
US$249 (ca EUR196.11) | |
Graf Zeppelin II (LZ130) flown Leipzigfahrt 1939, one of the last Zeppelin flights before the LZ130 was trashed at the start of WWII. Franked with a pair of Graf Zeppelin 25pf stamps. |
US$129 (ca EUR101.6) | |
Rare Hindenburg Zeppelin flown from El Salvador. The date was mistakenly stamped as 1935 and then corrected by hand, a Sieger listed error variety. Besides a creased lower right corner the card is in excellent condition. Sieger CV EUR937. |
US$789 (ca EUR621.41) | |
Feldpost from submariner with the IV. Uunterseeboot Flottille ship U105. |
US$189 (ca EUR148.85) | |
Graf Zeppelin Suedwestdeutschlandfahrt / Southwest Germany flight, dropped over Mannheim in 1929 on RPPC card with photo of the airship over its hangar. |
US$249 (ca EUR196.11) | |
Rare picture of German Southwest Africa camel calvary unit in for mation with their gear and animals. With Otavi CDS. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Graf Zeppelin Ruckfahrt Leipzig/ Leipzig return flight, and sent to Bern in 1930 on RPPC card with photo of the airship. |
US$229 (ca EUR180.36) | |
London Map-Sellers 1660-1720, map reference book by Sara Tyacke. Meticulously researched book on the map-sellers of London. With bookplate of David Christopher Jolly, noted, late antique map expert and author. With map in appendix giving locations of the map shops, where known. A priceless reference on the subject. |
US$59 (ca EUR46.47) | |
Original pamphlet on the subject of attaching tariffs to foreign goods. Bound with thread, missing final page and rear cover |
US$79 (ca EUR62.22) | |
Graf Zeppelin Oesterreichfahrt / Austria flight in 1929, Sieger 25Ic, as unfranked, because the 3pf Ebert stamp was unusable on the Austria drop and uncanceled, so was via Austria post sent after being retrieved, and thus carries the Austrian 10g postage due. A scarce RPPC card with nice photo of the airship over Friedrichshafen, Bodensee, Germany. |
US$279 (ca EUR219.74) | |
Graf Zeppelin Ostsee fahrt / Baltic Sea flight in 1930 on RPPC card with attractive photo of the airship by moonlight. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Original detailed map of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, showign the Island and the tip of the boot as well as an inset of Malta. From German atlas out of the Schweinfurt Geographical Society. Blank verso. Measurements are of the image, with margins the map is larger. Absolutely guaranteed antique map ca150 years old. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Original detailed map of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, showing the island and the tip of the boot as well as an inset of Malta. From German atlas out of the Schweinfurt Geographical Society. Blank verso. Measurements are of the image, with margins the map is larger. Absolutely guaranteed antique map ca150 years old. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Original detailed map of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, northern half, showing the part of the boot and heel including Abruzz, Calabria, Apulia and with an inset of Naples and Vesuvius region. From German atlas out of the Schweinfurt Geographical Society. Blank verso. Measurements are of the image, with margins the map is larger. Absolutely guaranteed antique map ca150 years old. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Original map of Moravia and Silesia from 1790, from the press of Carli Pazzini in Sienna. Laid paper with nice hand coloring; blank verso. Some ink on reverse, bleeding through mostly in the margins. On temporary map will be removed and rolled for secure shipping. Measurements are of the image, with margins the map is larger. Absolutely guaranteed antique copperplate map ca200 years old. |
US$249 (ca EUR196.11) | |
Original detailed map of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, northern half, showing the part of the boot and heel including Abruzz, Calabria, Apulia and with an inset of Naples and Vesuvius region. From German atlas out of the Schweinfurt Geographical Society. Blank verso. Measurements are of the image, with margins the map is larger. Absolutely guaranteed antique map ca150 years old. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Original map of 'La Serenissima' showing venice and it's islands, the rest of the gulf est to Trieste and the Dalmatian coast, and on west to the Duchy of Trentino. Laid paper with blank verso. Old folds. Measurements are of the image, with margins the map is larger. Absolutely guaranteed antique copperplate map ca250 years old. |
US$249 (ca EUR196.11) | |
Original detailed map of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, northern half, showing the part of the boot and heel including Abruzz, Calabria, Apulia and with an inset of Naples and Vesuvius region. From German atlas out of the Schweinfurt Geographical Society. Blank verso. Measurements are of the image, with margins the map is larger. Absolutely guaranteed antique map ca150 years old. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Original detailed map of northern Italy, shopwing Lombardia Venetia, Papal States et al. From 1850 German atlas. Blank verso. Measurements are of the image, with margins the map is larger. Absolutely guaranteed antique map ca150 years old. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Original detailed map of northern Italy, showing Lombardia Venetia as owned by the Austrian Empire after the Congress of Vienna. Inset city maps og Milan, Manua and a really nice one of Venice showing the islands, Grand Canal and Guidecca. From German atlas out of the Schweinfurt Geographical Society. Blank verso. Measurements are of the image, with margins the map is larger. Absolutely guaranteed antique map ca150 years old. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Original detailed map of northern Italy, showing Lombardia Venetia as owned by the Austrian Empire after the Congress of Vienna. Inset city maps og Milan, Manua and a really nice one of Venice showing the islands, Grand Canal and Guidecca. From German atlas out of the Schweinfurt Geographical Society. Blank verso. Measurements are of the image, with margins the map is larger. Absolutely guaranteed antique map ca150 years old. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Original detailed map of northern Italy, showing Lombardia Venetia as owned by the Austrian Empire after the Congress of Vienna. Inset city maps og Milan, Manua and a really nice one of Venice showing the islands, Grand Canal and Guidecca. From German atlas out of the Schweinfurt Geographical Society. Blank verso. Measurements are of the image, with margins the map is larger. Absolutely guaranteed antique map ca150 years old. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Original detailed map of the Kingdom of Sardinia showing the island and the mainland centere on Turin, Italy. From German atlas out of the Schweinfurt Geographical Society. Blank verso. Measurements are of the image, with margins the map is larger. Absolutely guaranteed antique map ca150 years old. |
US$99 (ca EUR77.97) | |
Large map of Austria with several suggested vacation itineraries and various toursitic information. From the early Republic period -- note the inset picture of electric train lower right. |
US$49 (ca EUR38.59) | |
From Schauplatz der funf Theile der Welt, Franz Johann von Reilly (1766-1820), published Vienna 1789-1791. Original light outline and wash color. Clean image on very heavy, laid white paper (blank verso) with a deep impression. A fine map. Will be rolled and placed in a very heavy-gauge tube for security in shipping. Measurements are of the image -- page size with margins is larger. Absolutely guaranteed genuine, original copperplate engraving ca 215 years old |
US$249 (ca EUR196.11) | |
Huge map of Sachsenburg and Weissenseein the Thueringen Kreis / the Thuringia region of Germany with a register of place names down each side. A rare map. The size given is of the image -- with ample margins it is larger. On heavy laid paper with blank verso. Absolutely guaranteed original antique copperplate ca250 years old. |
US$999 (ca EUR786.8) | |
Two maps, one showing the eastern and the other the western hemisphere. The size given is of the plate mark -- with margins each is larger. On laid paper with blank verso. Absolutely guaranteed original antique copperplate maps ca200 years old. |
US$299 (ca EUR235.49) | |
Map of the Lower Rhine from Cologne to Fulda areas by M. Mentelle ca1795. Laid paper, blank verso. tattered and wrinkled around the edges well away from image (would be cover by matting). Absolutely guaranteed original copperplate map ca 200 years old. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Large map of Wurtzburg, Bamberg, Saxony, Thuringia et al. by I.W.A. jaeger circa 1788. Sectioned and mounted on linen for travel. Some of the pieces are loose (the glue is 200 years old!) but are all present. Absolutely guaranteed antique copperplate map over 200 years old. |
US$249 (ca EUR196.11) | |
Large map of German state of Hesse, Nassau, Hanau Mayence, etc in the upper Rhine region; by I.W.A. jaeger circa 1788. Sectioned and mounted on linen for travel. Some of the pieces are loose (the glue is 200 years old!) but are all present. Absolutely guaranteed antique copperplate map over 200 years old. |
US$249 (ca EUR196.11) | |
Large map of German Franconia / Bavaria including Wurzburg, Bamberg, Eichstadt et al; by I.W.A. jaeger circa 1788. Sectioned and mounted on linen for travel. Some of the pieces are loose (the glue is 200 years old!) but are all present. Absolutely guaranteed antique copperplate map over 200 years old. |
US$249 (ca EUR196.11) | |
Large map of Austrian region of Steiermark, centered on Graz, by Carl Keiter in 1829. The map is sectioned and mounted on heavy linen backing and folded for travel. With large city/site key to the right. Absolutely guaranteed antique copperplate map over 200 years old. |
US$349 (ca EUR274.87) | |
Huge four-sheet map of the Kingdom of Spain and Portugal. Each sheet measures approx 36x30cm, so the whole map is 72x60cm. Blank verso, on heavy cream paper. Absolutely guaranteed original antique map ca 170 years old. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Large detailed map showing the the North and South America, with the United States and Mexico as they existed in 1818, with Mexico stretching up to the Oregon Territory and encompassing all of California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Texas up to the Red River and most of Colorado. Shows indian tribes/territories (e.g. Apacheria). Edges rough and tanned and some minor foxing. Had been folded into 16ths. Impression sharp and attractive. An absolutely guaranteed original antique map ca180 years old. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Huge map of Thueringen Kreis / the Thuringia region of Germany with a register of place names down each side. A rare map. On heavy laid paper with blank verso. The size given is of the image -- with ample margins it is larger. On heavy laid paper with blank verso. Absolutely guaranteed original antique copperplate ca250 years old. |
US$999 (ca EUR786.8) | |
Wow. A privately printed Christmas card for the SS Totenkopf, 6. Kompanie SS-Standarte K, in Norway 1940. For stock the Chamberlain 'Wert Keinen Pfennig' propaganda forgery Ganzsachen / Postal card entire was used. Written, uncanceled, as it came inside the cover from a member of SS-Standarte K, with appropriate FP11243 Dienstsiegel. Likely unique. From a correspondence we recently purchased with lots of covers from the same sender over a long period of time. Absolutely original. |
US$999 (ca EUR786.8) | |
Franked cover with MSP5 cancel of the SMS Nuernberg on the West American Station guarding European interests following the coup of Victoriano Huerta in February 1913. This is just prior to the US seizure of the port of Vera Cruz to prevent the German delivery of arms to General Huerta. Quite a piece of history. |
US$249 (ca EUR196.11) | |
Kraft durch Freude (KdF) Wagen 5 Reichsmarke Sparmarke (Savings Stamp) strip of eight with left margin and KdF logo. |
US$329 (ca EUR259.12) | |
Rare feldpost from a member of the Deutsch-Arab Infanterie Bataillon, with contents, from the Berlin area in the final stages of the war. |
US$499 (ca EUR393.01) | |
SS Totenkopf, 6. Kompanie SS-Standarte K, in Norway 1940. With contents and three original photographs as included in the cover. From a correspondence of the soldier we recently purchased. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
SS Totenkopf, 6. Kompanie SS-Standarte K, in Norway 1940. With contents and original photograph (dated and noted) as included in the cover. From a correspondence of the soldier we recently purchased. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Original photograph of an ethnic German family in Lithuania. Two of the men, the father and uncle have on Wehrmacht uniforms and the son is with the SS and has a hat with the Totenkopf (Deaths-head) symbol, and shows the SS runes on his lapel. Colorized black and white photo, 5x7inches. |
US$149 (ca EUR117.35) | |
Mixed frank Swiss/German Zeppelin -- very rare, swiss treaties catalog EUR2400 in Sieger, but while the Sender is swiss, the postcard is Swiss, and the dual franking is Swiss, a Swiss cancel is lacking. |
US$499 (ca EUR393.01) | |
Graf Zeppelin portrait card flown Bordpost / On Board Mail with the Graf on the Schlesienfahrt / Silesia trip and dropped over Beuthen. Rare; Sieger 43c, only 63 of these were carried - unknown how many were Bordposts. Some ink in the margin, else excellent condition; a really lovely card. |
US$349 (ca EUR274.87) | |
Graf Zeppelin Mail flown on the 1929 Orientfahrt. Er Ramle arrival cancel. On a great RPPC of the Graf in flight. |
US$199 (ca EUR156.73) | |
Graf Zeppelin Mail flown on the 1929 Orientfahrt; sent from Wien / Vienna and franked with Austrian airmails, including the key 3 Schilling. |
US$279 (ca EUR219.74) | |
Graf Zeppelin Mail flown Ganzsachen / postal Entire Card from Danzig. Used on the 1929 Orientfahrt; sent from Danzig via airmail to Freidrichshafen and from there to Constantinople via the Graf Zeppelin. With Stamboul arrival machine receivers. Only 101 such cards carried. |
US$349 (ca EUR274.87) | |
Tsimo, China litho postcard dated 7/22/1901, used from on board the SMS Maria Theresia, in China to support the Alliance of 8 troops in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion. This is a scace card from the small contingent of the Austrian Kriegsmarine in China at this period. Austria had a relatively small Navy which became landlocked after WWI. |
US$449 (ca EUR353.63) | |
Clean four-margin stamp with 358 Muhlradstempel / Mill-wheel cancel. |
US$15 (ca EUR11.81) | |
US$39 (ca EUR30.72) | ||
Heavily hinged with remnant, may have thin underneath. |
US$29 (ca EUR22.84) | |
Propaganda card with Hitler-head floating in map of greater Germany, flown on Sudetenland flight celebrating the annexation of that part of Czechoslovakia after the Munich Accord. Some slight toning reverse. |
US$59 (ca EUR46.47) |
