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Lot 4149 |
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Prinzenbucht: 1912 (4 Oct.) registered envelope to Leipzig (27.10), bearing 1900 30pf red orange and black on salmon (Michel 16), cancelled by "Prinzenbucht/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" c.d.s., with printed registration label, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4150 |
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Ramansdrift: 1899 (22 July) registered envelope to Warmbad, bearing 1897 overprint 3pf grey brown vertical pair, 20pf bright ultramarine and 1898 overprint 5pf bluish green (Michel 1a, 4, 6), cancelled by two-line "Ramansdrift/Deutsch-Südwestafrika" handstamp in violet with manuscript "22/7.99", the 20pf uncancelled and applied over handstamp, with blank registration label, one 3pf creased, Very Fine and a great cancellation rarity.
Estimate 12,000 - 15,000
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY RARE CANCELLATION ON REGISTERED MAIL.
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Lot 4151 |
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Richthofen: 1908 (28 Jan.) registered envelope to Leipzig (1.3), bearing 1900 20pf blue and 1906 5pf green (Michel 14, 25) singles (2), cancelled by "Richthofen/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" c.d.s., with printed registration label, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,200
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Lot 4152 |
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Rössing: 1898 (5 Aug.) overprinted 10pf stationery card from Lieutenant Woerner (enroute to Omaruru) to Hamburg (5.9), cancelled by "Rössing/Südwest-Afrika" Wanderstempel I, town name in manuscript, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
Provenance: Wollbrandt
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Lot 4153 |
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Seeheim: 1908 (9 June) registered envelope to Berlin (6.7), bearing 50pf purple and black on salmon (Michel 18), cancelled by "Seeheim/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel IV, town name handstamped in violet, blank registration label similarly handstamped in blue, Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 4154 |
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Seeheim: 1908 (10 June) "Lüderitzbucht-Gesellschaft L. Scholz & Co. M.B.H." to Keetmanshoop (13.6), bearing 1906 10pf bright rose (Michel 26a), cancelled by "Seeheim/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel IV, town name handstamped twice in violet, light central letter fold, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
Provenance: Fischer
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Lot 4155 |
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Swakopmund: 1897 (20 July) "Max Corleis, Tsaobis, D. Südwest-Afrika" corner card envelope registered to Verden (28.8), redirected to Rotenburg (28.8), bearing 1897 overprint 20pf bright ultramarine (Michel 4) vertical pair, cancelled by "Swakopmund" c.d.s., with "Bahnpost 10 (Verviers-Cöln)" registration label, corner fault at lower left and stamps have a couple of lightly foxed perfs, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,200
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Lot 4156 |
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Swakopmund: 1902 (29 Aug.) "Mertens & Sichel, Walfish Bay" corner card envelope to Munich (30.9), bearing 10pf rose (Michel 13), cancelled by pen cross indicating not valid for postage from Walfish Bay and tied by "Swakopmund" transit c.d.s., Very Fine and unusual.
Estimate 600 - 800
Provenance: J. and H. Walldorf
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Lot 4157 |
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Swakopmund: 1912 (31 July) "Heidsieck & Co." champangne (sic!) bottle advertising envelope to Johann-Albrechtshöhe, bearing 1906 10pf bright rose (Michel 26a), cancelled by "Swakopmund/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" segmented c.d.s, small stain in address, Very Fine and appealing.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 4158 |
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Uhabis: 1897 (12 Oct.) 10pf stationery card to Dortmund (3.1.98), cancelled by "Uhabis/Deutsch-/Südwest-Afrika" c.d.s., the latest recorded date, Extremely Fine and rare.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Provenance: Berker, Grothuesmann
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Lot 4159 |
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Walfish Bay: 1907 (1 Dec.) photographic card of Karibib to Berlin (29.12), bearing Cape of Good Hope KEVII 1d carmine, cancelled by "Walfish Bay" c.d.s., Very Fine and unrecorded provisional cancellation.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4160 |
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Walfish Bay: 1909 (28 June) Cape of Good Hope KEVII 1d stationery envelope to "Mr. F. Kastner, S.M.S. Panther", cancelled by provisional "Walfish Bay, 28/6/09" in manuscript, with "Swakopmund/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" arrival c.d.s. (30.6), minor age spots and rounded lower right corner, Very Fine and rare usage in lieu of non-existent canceller after the post office burnt down.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4161 |
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Wilhelmstal: 1908 (16 Mar.) registered envelope to Wiesbaden (19.4), bearing 5pf green singles (2) and 20pf blue (Michel 14, 25), cancelled by "Wilhelmstal/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" segmented c.d.s., Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
Provenance: Einfeldt
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Lot 4162 |
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Windhoek: 1899 (2 Mar.) registered local envelope from a naval official, bearing 1897 overprint 5pf bluish green and 1898 overprint 10pf carmine (Michel 2, 7) overlapping singles (2), cancelled by "Windhoek" c.d.s., with printed registration label, the addressee gone, so the letter opened and resealed with "Zur Ermittelung des Absenders/Amlicht Geröffnet/durch das/Kaiserl. Postamt/im/Windhoek" embossed label, sent on to Lissa, Posen (26.8), taxed "35" in crayon, double postage less existing franking and registration, various instructional endorsements on reverse, Very Fine and unusual.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
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Lot 4163 |
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Windhoek: 1900 (21 Aug.) Reichspost 5pf stationery card registered to Berlin (8.10), bearing 1898 overprint 10pf carmine (Michel 7) singles (2), cancelled by "Windhoek" c.d.s., with printed registration label, card signed by senders Samuel Izaak and Hendrik Witbooi, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4164 |
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Windhoek: 1901 (16 July) Reichspost 5pf + 5pf reply paid card (both halves intact), sender's portion from Bodenteich to the Post Office in Windhoek (14.10, official receiving date stamp), and reply portion (15.10) from Windhoek to Bodenteich (13.12), Very Fine and scarce intact surviving usage.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 4165 |
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Windhoek: 1902 (20-21 June) Second Agricultural Exhibition in Windhoek, the set of four postcards with different printed designs and text on reverse, one is 5pf stationery and the other three each bear 5pf, all cancelled by unframed "Austellungsplatz" handstamp in violet and "Windhoek/Deutsch-/Südwest-Afrika" c.d.s. (21.6), Very Fine.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
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Lot 4166 |
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Windhoek: 1912 (25 July) registered envelope to Frankfurt (20.8), bearing 40pf carmine and black (Michel 17), cancelled by "Windhuk/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" segmented c.d.s., with "Vom Auslande über Swakopmund" printed registration label (roughly torn at left), light vertical filing fold, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4167 |
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Windhoek: 1913 (9 Nov.) registered envelope to Louisenthal (arrival c.d.s.), bearing watermarked 30pf red orange and black on salmon (Michel 28x), cancelled by "Windhuk/Deutsche/Südwestafrika" index "c" c.d.s., with printed registration label, light central vertical filing fold, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,200
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Lot 4168 |
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Windhoek: 1913 (23 Dec.) registered envelope from a medical sergeant at the main health facility to Wriezen (23.1.14), bearing watermarked 30pf red orange and black on salmon (Michel 28x), cancelled by "Windhuk/Deutsche-Südwestafrika" segmented c.d.s., with printed registration label, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,200
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Lot 4169 |
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The fabulous balance of the specialized collection of town cancellations 1894-1903, comprising approximately 320 envelopes and postcards (a number unused) and registered receipts, including forerunners (10) and an outstanding range of towns with frankings and unusual usages, Fine to Very Fine and a marvelous nucleus for serious study of this subject.
Estimate 50,000 - 60,000
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