Heinrich Koehler auction house is to present to collectors’ attention a great number of philatelic items from lifelong collection of German-born billionaire businessman Erivan Haub, who died March 6, 2018, at his ranch in Wyoming. He was 85. One of the highlights of this sale is the 9-kreuzer black stamp on the mailed cover that should have been printed on rose paper, not blue green. This world-famous philatelic rarity is to be sold on June 8.
Erivan Haub’s collection will be offered in more than 30 auctions over the course of the next five years. The material will be sold by such auction houses as Heinrich Köhler, Corinphila and H.R. Harmer. The June 8 auction will take place at the Hotel Nassauer Hof in Wiesbaden, part of Germany’s Frankfurt Rhine-Main region, and home to the Heinrich Koehler auction house that is presenting the sale. Baden 9-kreuzer black erroneously printed on blue green paper instead of the intended rose paper is an outstanding philatelic rarity. It was mailed from Ettenheim to Karlsruhe. This philatelic item was previously owned by such eminent collectors as Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, Alfred Caspary and John R. Boker Jr.
The opening bid for the 9kr error on cover is €800,000 (or roughly $900,000).
