In 1924, his bankrupty bestate/b was the subject of litigation in the United States Supreme Court brought by some of his defrauded investors. In the case report, Chief Justice Taft notes that Ponzi began his fraudulent arbitrage enterprise with capital of $150. ... Paul-August Koch, Wim V. M. Wiggers de Vries, and Auguste Wery, Die Internationalen Antwortscheine von Belgien und Luxemburg (Krefeld-Traar: Bund Deutscher Philatelisten e.V., 1984). posted by bArsdorf/b | 8:43 PM ...
I've often wondered if this might be the smallest registered Luxembourg cover. It measures only 96 mm. x 60 mm. Yes, I know, some visiting cards that were sent at New Year's are smaller, but I've never seen one that was registered. b.../b
036. The 5-franc 'Three Towers' pictorial was overprinted Officiel in 1934 and proved to be the second to the last of the many officiel overprints that first appeared in 1875. Used examples are scarce; covers even more so. ...
