Every week we compile list of rare stamps and covers on the market. These are some of the most interesting philatelic items that we felt are interesting enough for collectors to browse.
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Lithuania 1919 registered cover to Basel
Nice but highly overpriced cover with a provisional registration in manuscript No 135 sent from Kaunas to Basel dated 3. VI. 1919.
eBay Listing – Ended: Oct 27, 2010. Did not sell: $405
Lithuania 1926 registered express cover to Germany
A nice philatelic cover with 1926 war orphans issue values (Mi 257-267). Scarce on cover.
Hellman Auctions Ltd – Ended: Oct 1, 2010. Sold: 75€
Lithuania 1920 Telsiai hectograph on a cover
A very rare 1920 Telšiai Postmaster’s provisional issue (30 sk.) on local cover to Varniai.
Hellman Auctions Ltd – Ended: Oct 1, 2010. Sold: 640€
Lithuania 1921 color error Mi 94F block x4
Lithuania the first definitive issue of 1922. Scarce color error of 1 Auksinas Mi # 94F. Very rare as multiples. Mi CV 240 €
eBay Listing – Ended: Oct 3, 2010. Sold: $442
Lithuania 1924 War Orphans values on a cover
A nice local philatelic cover in Siauliai franked with 1924 war orphans issue values 50c + 50c, 60c + 60c & 3L + 2L x2. Scarce on cover.
eBay Listing – Ended: Sep 22, 2010. Sold: $45
Lithuania 1935 Vaitkus Flight Cover Lituanica II
The 1935 flight cover No 943 carried on the second transatlantic flight from New York to Kaunas by a Lithuanian-American aviator Felix Waitkus (Feliksas Vaitkus). Cover is addressed to pilot’s family in the US. Similar cover No 951 franked with Mi 404 earlier this week sold for 850€ at the Christoph Gärtner.
Behr Philatelie Listing – Ending: Sep 22, 2010. Currently: 850€
Lithuania 1919 cover to Magdeburg, rare “Wilna” one-liner
A rare 1919 cover sent from Vilnius to Magdeburg, mixed franking, First and Second Vilnius issues, 15 sk. vertical pair and 20 sk., canceled by a purple provisional “Wilna” one-liner.
Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner – Ended: Sep 8, 2010. Sold: 940€
Lithuania 1919 cover to Magdeburg, rare “Wilna” one-liner
A rare 1919 cover sent from Vilnius to Magdeburg, First Vilnius issue stamps, 10 sk. and 15 sk. canceled by a purple provisional “Wilna” one-liner, Königsberg military censorship mark “M.P.k”.
Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner – Ended: Sep 8, 2010. Sold: 520€
Lithuania 1919 registered cover from Kaunas to Görlitz
A nice philatelic cover with a provisional registration in manuscript No 373 sent from Kaunas to Görlitz dated 17. III. 1919.
eBay Listing – Ended: Sep 7, 2010. Sold: $132