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Lot 4248 |
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1898 (12 Jan.) overprinted 10pf stationery card, from Swakopmund to Wendisch-Tychow (24.2) via Lüderitzbucht (26.1) and Cape Town (30.1), cancelled by "Deutsche Seepost/Linie/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika-/Capstad" oval date stamp (24.1), slightly doubled strike, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4249 |
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1898 (8 June) unoverprinted 10pf stationery card from Swakopmund to Frankfurt (11.7) via Cape Town (16.6), cancelled by "Deutsche Seepost/Linie/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika-/Capstad" oval date stamp (11.6), Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4250 |
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1898 (19 Aug.) envelope to Windhoek (1.9) via Swakopmund (25.8) "per 'Leutwein'", bearing Cape of Good Hope 2½d ultramarine, cancelled by "G.P.O. Capetown/Cape Colony" c.d.s., Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4251 |
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1900 envelope ("South African Milling Co. Ltd./Cape Town" printed embossed sender's cachet on reverse), to Swakopmund (26.4), showing "Deutsche Seepost/Linie/Hamburg-/Westafrika/VII." oval date stamp (19.4), manuscript "T" and crayon "40" tax charged, carried on the "Gertrud Woermann", Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,200
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Lot 4252 |
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1900 (7 Nov.) "Koch & Dixie, Ironmongers, Capetown" corner card envelope to the Officer's Casino, Outjo (23.11), endorsed "s/s Leutwein", bearing Cape of Good Hope 2½d ultramarine, cancelled by "Deutsche Seepost/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika-/Capstadt" oval date stamp (7.11), actually carried on the first trip of the "Gertrud Woermann", Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4253 |
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1901 (31 Dec.) unfranked postcard from Grand Canaries to Oppeln (5.1.02), showing "Deutsche Seepost/Ost-Afrikanische/Hauptlinie/k" c.d.s., endorsed "Porto cassirt", Very Fine and exceptionally rare provisional usage.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
Expertization: signed Friedemann.
The Steamer "König" replaced the Woermann ship in November, 1901, on the return trip to Hamburg. The "König" reached Swakopmund on the eastern round trip on 12 December and took on 171 soldiers homeward bound. The ship was delayed and Christmas was spent at sea. Hamburg was not reached until 7 January 1902. The ship's steward Meiling endorsed 57 cards "Porto cassirt" (postage paid in cash) as an emergency measure since there were no stamps aboard the ship. Once in Hamburg, Meiling gave the post office the equivalent of 57 examples of 10 pfennig stamps (the postal rate for each card) in cash to justify this postal emergency.
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Lot 4254 |
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1903 (11 May) 5pf stationery card from Lüderitzbucht to Berlin (15.6), cancelled by "Deutsche Seepost/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika/Capstadt" oval date stamp of the "Gertrud Woermann", Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4255 |
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1903 (12 Aug.) Cape of Good Hope 1d on 1½d stationery card from Swakopmund to Stettin (20.9) via Walfish Bay, cancelled by "Cape Town/5" c.d.s. (28.8) and showing framed "Paquebot" handstamp, carried on the "Gertrud Woermann" which ran aground off Port Nolloth yet card eventually delivered, 1903 (25 Aug.) telegram from Windhoek to the Imperial Reichs Post Office informing it of the shipwreck which occured on 23 August, and 1903 (25 Aug.) letter from Woermann Line on printed letterhead to the German Imperial Post Office in Berlin about the wreck of the "Gertrud Woermann", and sending the "Nautilus" to pick up the passengers and mail, Very Fine.
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500
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Lot 4256 |
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1904 (4 June) "Feld Postkarte" from a crew member of the S.M.S. Wolf at Lüderitzbuch to Hamburg (11.7), showing "Deutsche Seepost/Linie/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika-/Capstadt/I." oval date stamp of the "Eduard Bohlen", Very Fine.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
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Lot 4257 |
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1906 (18 Mar.) 5pf stationery card from Swakopmund to Wiesbaden (15.4), cancelled by "Deutsche Seepost/Hamburg/Westafrika II" oval date stamp (22.3) of the first trip of the "Aline Woermann", also 1906 (16 Mar.) official letter from the Woermann Line on printed stationery from Hamburg announcing the first trip of the "Aline Woermann" from Swakopmund on 19 March, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
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Lot 4258 |
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1907 (13 Mar.) postcard to Hamburg (8.4), bearing Germany 5pf green cancelled by "Deutsche Seepost/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika/Capstadt/II" oval date stamp of the "Aline Woermann" and showing straight-line "Deutsches/Schutzgebiet" handstamp, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
THE EARLIEST KNOWN USAGE OF THE SEEPOST DATESTAMP WITH THE ADDITIONAL NUMERAL "II".
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Lot 4259 |
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1908 (13 July) 5pf stationery card to Hamburg, cancelled by "Deutsche Seepost/Linie/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika/Capstadt/I." oval date stamp (5.7 error of date) of the "Eduard Bohlen", showing straight-line "Deutsches Schutzgebiet" handstamp in violet, card has a diagonal crease at right, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4260 |
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1908 "Deutsche Colonial-Gesellschaft für Südwest-Afrika, Swakopmund" corner card envelope to the Imperial Railroad Commissioner in Aus, bearing 10pf rose (Michel 13) singles (2), cancelled by two-line "Georg J. Hesselmann/Houston Line Agent" handstamp in violet and "Lüderitzbucht/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" segmented transit c.d.s., one 10pf defective, minor ageing, Fine and outstanding usage.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF A COVER WITH THE HOUSTON LINE AGENT'S HANDSTAMP USED TO FORWARD MAIL.
The German Government entered into a contract with the Houston Line in January, 1907 guaranteeing the fresh water supply from Lüderitzbuch, which only lasted for six months. The Houston Line ship "Hippomenes" operated along the coast between Cape Town and Swakopmund.
An original example of the "Houston Line. Time Table, 1909-1910" accompanies the cover.
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Lot 4261 |
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1909 (1 Sept.) registered postcard from Lüderitzbucht to Altenburg via Windhoek, bearing on picture side 1900 50pf (Michel 18), cancelled by "Deutsche Seepost/Ost-/Afrikanische/Hauptlinie" c.d.s. (22.9) and also tied by straight-line "Deutsches Schutzgebiet" handstamp in violet, with provisional registration label manuscript "R/Deutsche Seepost O.A. Linie No. 451", and 1909 (2 Sept.) identical postcard except from Swakopmund bearing 1900 25pf, 1906 5pf and German East Africa 7½h similarly cancelled by c.d.s. and straight-line handstamp, with provisional registration label (No. 452), carried on the eastern round trip, Very Fine pair.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
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Lot 4262 |
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1911 (Jan.) advertising corner card envelope from Cape Town to Keetmanshoop (23.1), bearing South Africa 1910 2½d blue, cancelled by "Lüderitzbucht/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" segmented transit c.d.s. (21.1), cover a little reduced at left, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4263 |
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1897-1915, the comprehensive original archive of the German Imperial Post, Berlin concerning the steamship connection Cape Town and Swakopmund, comprising approximately 500 pages in three original files partly originating in the territory itself from the shipping companies or colonial authorities, including sailing schedules, Fine to Very Fine state of conservation, a unique historical documentation.
Estimate 8,000 - 10,000
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Lot 4264 |
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1899-1914, the valuable specialized collection of maritime mail, with much rare and interesting collateral material, comprising envelopes (14), postcards (25), postal stationery cards (4), registered letter receipt, sailing schedules of various shipping companies and lines (4), menu, and 1907 German Post Office contract for Woermann Line to carry mail between the Cape and South West Africa, including "Deutsche Seepost/Linie/Deutsch/Südwestafrika-/Capstadt" oval date stamp cancelling stamps on 1899-1900 postcard and envelope, 1914 (26 Mar.) Transvaal 4d registered envelope to Lüderitzbuch bearing South Africa 1d pairs (2) cancelled by "Port Nolloth" c.d.s. (carried on the "Frieda Woermann"), various cancellations from other Woermann ships, fine range of East Africa Line round trips, 1898 German South West Africa overprint on 5pf cancelled by barred "1" obliterator of Cape Town on 1900 postcard to Germany, "Deutsches/Schutzgebiet" handstamps and "Marine Schiffspost", mainly Very Fine.
Estimate 8,000 - 10,000
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