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Lot 955 |
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Guam "Post Office Order No.3", mimeographed 5"x 7½" order headed Government House, Agana, Island of Guam, December 18th 1901 which reads, in part, "the sale of overprinted stamps will cease on December 31st of this year… (signed) Seaton Schroeder, U.S.N. Governor"; sensible strengthening of folds and creases, few other flaws, eminently readable.
Estimate 400 - 500
AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF GUAM POSTAL HISTORY.
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Lot 956 |
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Guam U.S. Navy Department penalty envelope, legal size envelope with violet "Government House,/Agaña, Guam./Navy./Navy Department" handstamped penalty clause postmarked matching "AGANA ISLE/ OF GUAM." type 1.4 with "JUN 19 1900" datestamp to the Postmaster Sterling, Il., backstamped Manila, Aug 7, Fulton and Sterling, Ill., Sept 12; file fold at left, minor edge wear, Fine.
Estimate 150 - 220
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Lot 957 |
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Guam U.S. Navy Department penalty envelope, legal size envelope with blue "Navy Department/Agana Isle of Guam" handstamped penalty clause postmarked type 1.9 "Agana, Island of Guam, Nov 19 1901" c.d.s., addressed in the hand of U.S. Naval governor Seaton Schroeder to the "Senior Office Present, USN, Cavite, P.I.", Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 958 |
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Guam 1915-17 S.M.S. Cormoran Internee and P.O.W. mail, two covers and four postcards mailed from Guam by the crew of the German merchant raider Cormoran between Jan 29, 1915 and Jan 26, 1917. Two are stampless Feldpost with the "K.D.M. Schiffspost No. 8" c.d.s., one is mailed from the Navy station ship U.S.S. Supply. Also a cover mailed by a crew member from Guam after war was declared with Germany on April 6, 1917 and a card mailed by a Cormoran P.O.W. from Ft. Douglas, Utah, Nov 30, 1919, Fine-Very Fine and a very scarce group. Eight items in all, five from one correspondence between one Walter Kendelbacher and a Martha Karsch in Berlin.
Estimate 500 - 750
On December 14, 1914 the Cormoran, short of coal, pulled into the neutral port of Guam. Due to the uncertain relationship between Germany and the U.S., and to the fact that Guam also had a very limited amount of coal, the Guam Military Governor refused to supply the Cormoran with more than a token amount of coal. Since she was a warship of a warring nation her presence violated the neutrality of the United States. Accordingly, on December 15th, the ship, her officers and her crew were forced to remain in Guam in a de facto state of internment. Over the next two and a half years the crew became guests of the Guamanians and settled into a "normal" routine.
When the U.S. declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, American officials on Guam demanded the surrender of the Cormoran and her crew. Because of the excellent relationships between the Germans and the Americans, the German captain was fully expected to cooperate and surrender peacefully. He did not.
On the morning of April 7th, the Captain, Adalbert Zuckschwerdt, ordered his crew to scuttle the Cormoran rather than surrender her to the Americans. In the explosion and resulting fire 13 of her crew were lost. They were buried with full military honors in the Agana Naval cemetery. The remainder of the crew was held on Guam as prisoners of war until mid-June when they were transferred to San Francisco and then to Ft. Douglas, Utah. They were repatriated to Germany after the war.
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Lot 959 |
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Guam 1944 Misuse of "Guam" place name in postmark, four 6¢ airmail entires, two each of two different types of "U.S. Navy" duplex cancellers: first type Aug 3rd and 5th, used by the 53rd Naval Construction Batallion; 2nd type Aug 6th and 10th, used by U.S. Naval Argus #17 and by Headquarters Batallion, Island Command, respectively; all with Naval Censor handstamps, F-VF and rare group.
Estimate 500 - 750
Security regulations prohibited the use of place names on outgoing mail from active war zones. Some commanders used their discretion to allow the insertion of the word "Guam" into the canceller for one day only to commemorate the recapture of Guam. The term "one day" was apparently not taken literally.
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Lot 960 |
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Guam 1899-1902, Overprinted stamps on cover, selection of seven covers still on exhibition pages, all to the U.S., four are single 2¢ usages; one with pair of the 1¢ (also a strip of four 1¢ on piece) marked for 6¢ [postage due but apparently not collected; one bears a 1¢, 2¢ and 5¢, Oct 21, 1899; and the last a 1¢, two 2¢ and a 5¢, Jan 25, 1900; all but two 2¢ are cancelled type 1.3 "Agana, Isle of Guam." on 2¢ March 28, 1901, the last day of the Navy's operation of the post office; some flaws, generally Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 961 |
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Guam 1904-1982, U.S. Stamps used from Guam, selection of about 30 covers still on exhibition pages, includes Naval ship cancels, few philatelic covers and some very nice commercial usages (a couple are to Guam; also includes a 2¢ #279B tied on small piece by type 1.3 straightline, Oct 21, 1899; Fine-Very Fine and interesting group.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 962 |
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Guam 1935-1940, Trans-Pacific airmail, selection of 20 covers still on exhibition pages, 12 are first flights, balance are very nice commercial usages, Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 963 |
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Guam U.S. Naval Ships servicing Guam, selection of five covers comprising U.S.S. Charleston (two, Nov 1898 and May 1899), U.S.S. Nanshan (Nov 1900), U.S.S. Solace (Aug 1899), U.S.S. General Alava (1926), all cancelled U.S. Mil. Sta. No. 1, Manila except the 1898 Charleston, which is Cavite, and the General Alava, Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 964 |
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Guam 1900-1969, U.S. Military in Guam, mounted collection of about 30 covers, mostly Navy including Official Business, Ship cancels, W.W. II markings, etc., scarce group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 965 |
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Guam Balance of Guam postal history, assortment of 60-70 unmounted covers relating to Guam, mostly U.S. stamps used from Guam, a good deal of them being naval ships or APOs but also some interesting commercial usages.
Estimate 300 - 400
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