Syke halving
The Syke halving is a philatelic peculiarity from the year 1872/73. It is traded among philatelists for up to € 261,000.
characterization
The Syke halves are the stamps for 1 Groschen , German Empire with small or large breastplate , Michel catalog no. 4 or 19. In the Syke post office , in the then province of Hanover , approx. 25 km south of Bremen the marks were cut in half lengthways, i.e. H. cut across. They were used in the rural delivery district for franking service mail from the Syke Office. The Michel catalog names letter valuations of up to € 70,000.
The Harpstedter Rolf Rohlfs (* 1941, Hof Sürstedt) in 1982 wrote a monograph on the Syke-halving and published.
In the Württemberg auction house in Stuttgart , the 99th auction on 16./17. March 2007 two Syke halves sold for € 35,000 and € 62,000 respectively. On November 24, 2010, one of three remaining known specimens was auctioned at the Gärtner auction house in Bietigheim-Bissingen for € 261,000.
literature
- Rolf Rohlfs: The Syke halving. Divided postage stamps of the German Empire in the Office Syke 1872–74. Rolf Rohlfs, Harpstedt 1982
- Deutsche Briefmarken-Review issue No. 8/2001, p. 46
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2 “Syke Halving” In: Württembergisches Auktionshaus Postwertzeichen GmbH; 99th auction on 16./17. March 2007
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated November 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
