CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1950) Vladimir Mayakovsky*. Die proof in black. 20th anniversary of death. Scott No 405, Yvert No 527. Czech proofs are very rare - only 2-5 were ever made!
AVAILABLE AT $125
CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1959) Peter Bezruc*. Die proof in brownish-black. Scott No 926, Yvert No 1030. Czech proofs are very rare - only 2-5 were ever made!
AVAILABLE AT $125
GERMANY (1955) Hans Sachs*. Photo essay (See Note) of unaccepted design for meistersinger of Nuremberg, one of the "Helpers of Mankind". Scott No B347, Yvert No 101.
AVAILABLE AT $60
GERMANY (1957) Stagecoach*. Photo essay (See Note) of unaccepted design for death centenary of Joseph von Eichendorff, romantic poet. Scott No 776, Yvert No 151.
AVAILABLE AT $60
GERMANY (1965) Matthias Claudius. Hat*. Cane*. Photo essay (See Note) of unaccepted design 150th anniversary of death of poet who wrote "Death and the Maiden". Scott No 917, Yvert No 329.
AVAILABLE AT $60
GERMANY (1969) Ernst Moritz Arndt*. Photo essay (See Note) of unaccepted design for 100th anniversary of birth of founder of German Nationalism and opposer of serfdom and Napoleonic rule. Scott No 1013, Yvert No 474. Very similar to final design!
AVAILABLE AT $60
EAST GERMANY (1970) Friedrich Hölderlin*. Imperforate phase proof pair with gutter in final colors. Scott No 1170, Yvert No 1232.
AVAILABLE AT $80
GERMANY (1971) Dante Alighieri*. Photo essay (See Note) of unaccepted design for 650th anniversary of death. Scott No 1073, Yvert No 549.
AVAILABLE AT $75
GERMANY (1973) Text of poem*. Photo essay (See Note) of unaccepted design for 100th anniversary of death of first female German poet Roswitha von Gandersheim. Scott No 1117, Yvert No 620.
AVAILABLE AT $60
GERMANY (1993) Friedrich Holderlin*. Photo essay (See Note) of unaccepted design for issue honoring Romantic poet. Scott No 1791, Yvert No 1511.
AVAILABLE AT $60
BELGIUM (1955) Emile Verhaeren. Ministerial proof. Scott No 488, Yvert No 967.
AVAILABLE AT $50
GERMANY (1957) Tree*. Feather*. Archive photo (See Note) of unaccepted design for J. Freiherr Eichendorf centennial. Scott No 779, Yvert No 151. Measures 90 x 110 mm.
AVAILABLE AT $100
EAST GERMANY (1967) Schiller's house*. Imperforate proof (Phasendrucke). Scott No 967, Yvert No 1027. Final colors.
AVAILABLE AT $40
BELGIUM (1986) Maurice Carême. Ministerial proof. Scott No 1257, Yvert No 2228.
AVAILABLE AT $50
INDIA (1965) Vidyapati Thakkura*. Photographic proof from the archives of India Security Printers. These proofs were made before printing the stamps and often show levels of detail missing in the issued stamps. Scott No 427, Yvert No 199.
AVAILABLE AT $80
INDIA (1969) Mirza Ghalib*. Photographic proof from the archives of India Security Printers. These proofs were made before printing the stamps and often show levels of detail missing in the issued stamps. Scott No 487, Yvert No 269. Poet who modernized the Urdu language.
AVAILABLE AT $80