| Id/Pic | Title/Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
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) |
