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Lot 3304 |
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Caroline Islands 1858 (20 Aug.) cover front from New York to Ponape, postmarked red New Paid York c.d.s. with blue manuscript "10", addressed to Protestant missionary, L.G. Gulick, "Ponape, Ascension Isl, Micronesia" in care of Prof. Dewitt Alexander in Honolulu; extensive restoration onto a new envelope with bits of original back, Very Fine appearance.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
The American Protestant mission was first established on Kusaie Island in early 1852. Gullick lived in Ponape beginning in December of that year. Alexander was the son of early Hawaiian missionaries and became Hawaii's first Surveyor General.
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Lot 3305 |
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Caroline Islands 1890 (17 May) envelope from Kusaie to Janesville, Wis. (9.7), via Jaluit, Apia (1.6) and San Francisco (5.7), posted in Jaluit, Marshall, Is. bearing 1880 10pf red pair (V41b) tied by Jaluit c.d.s.; small faults, Fine and rare.
Estimate 6,000 - 8,000
Expertization: 1998 R. Steuer Certificate.
Provenance: Branz
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Lot 3306 |
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Caroline Islands 1899 (12 Oct.) 10pf overprinted postal card from Ponape to Shanghai, cancelled Ponape c.d.s. with inverted "12" on the first day of the German Post Office in Caroline Is., addressed to the S.M.S. Jaguar, which was on station in Shanghai until 30 Nov., message is datelined 14 Oct., Very Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
SAID TO BE ONE OF THE ONLY TWO RECORDED STRIKES WITH THE INVERTED "12".
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Lot 3307 |
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Caroline Islands 1899 (12 Oct.) 10pf overprinted postal card from Ponape to Yap (7.11), cancelled Ponape c.d.s. with Yap receiver on front, Extremely Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Provenance: Branz
Sent by Dr. Albert Hahl, governor of German New Guinea, to Rudolf von Benningsen, his counterpart in the Carolines, on the first day of operation of the German Post Office in Ponape. Illustrated in Berichte p. 1956.
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Lot 3308 |
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Caroline Islands 1899 (6 Nov.) 5pf German postal card from Yap to Berlin (7.1.00), cancelled Naval Shippost No. 45 c.d.s. of the S.M.S. Jaguar, Extremely Fine. The card datelined Yap, would have travelled via Manila, Rota, Tinian, Saipan, Shanghai and Monat (Burma).
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
Provenance: Branz
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Lot 3309 |
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Caroline Islands 1899 (2 Dec.) envelope from Ponape to Berlin (3.2.00), bearing the complete set of type I overprints (Mi. 1I-6I, Scott 1a-6a), Extremely Fine. Sent from Dr. Georg Irmer, the German administrator to the Colonial Branch of the Foreign Office in Berlin.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
Expertization: 2002 Brekenfeld Certificate.
Provenance: Branz
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Lot 3310 |
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Caroline Islands 1908 (3 Jan.) unfranked registered envelope from Ponape to Solingen (19.2), manuscript "Post-Sache" indicating Post Office Business, blue and white paper seal of the Ponape Postal Agency on flap; minor foxing, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3311 |
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Caroline Islands 1908 (18 Oct.) registered envelope from Ponape to Yap, bearing 40pf yacht cancelled Ponape c.d.s., blue Naval Shippost No. 60 c.d.s. of the light cruiser Condor, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3312 |
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Caroline Islands 1909 (5 Sept.) 10pf + 10pf message/reply card to Krombach, Bohemia (11.10), cancelled "Neu-Guinea-Zweiglinie a" Seapost c.d.s. of the S.M.S. Coblenz, Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3313 |
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Caroline Islands 1910 (10 Feb.) letter from the Postal Directorate in Bremen to Ponape, requesting reimbursement for a 10pf stamp which they had replaced on a letter card from Ponape the previous year. A German 10pf Germania has been affixed to the letter and is dutifully cancelled by a Ponape c.d.s. (5.5), green K.O.P.D. datestamp has been applied upon final receipt in Bremen (4.10); letter folded through stamp, Very Fine and most unusual postal document.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3314 |
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Caroline Islands 1910 (22 Sept.) registered cover from Truk to Friedrichshagen (21.11), bearing 10pf Germania and two 10pf yacht cancelled "Jaluit-Linie b" Seapost c.d.s.s., boxed "Reichspostdampfer, Germania." handstamp, printed Liebenzeller Mission corner card, F-VF. Scarce German/Caroline mixed franking.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 3315 |
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Caroline Islands 1911 (10 Feb.) registered wrapper from Ponape to Hamburg (22.4) via Siberia, bearing 50pf yacht cancelled Ponape c.d.s., manuscript "via Siberia", Very Fine. 50pf was the printed matter rate for up to 1,000 grams (about 35 ounces).
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Caroline Islands 1911 (12 Feb.) picture postcard from Ponape to Altona, bearing 5pf Germania cancelled Naval Shippost No. 5 c.d.s.s. of the light cruiser Nürnberg, Fine. Card shows view of the ruins of an old Spanish fort in Ponape.
Estimate 500 - 750
The "Nürnberg" was one of four naval ships sent to quell the Ponape rebellion of 1910.
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Caroline Islands 1911 (13 Feb.) envelope from Ponape to Chemnitz, bearing pair of 5pf Germania cancelled Naval Shippost No. (2)8 c.d.s.s. of the light cruiser Emden, Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
The "Emden" was another of the ships sent to quell the Ponape rebellion.
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Lot 3318 |
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Caroline Islands 1912 (4 Jan.) envelope to Angaur to Korror, bearing 10pf G.N.G. yacht tied by manuscript "Seepost, K.D.S. Komet, 4 Jan. 1912", Palau receiver dated 1 Jan; file folds and light toning, Fine and rare. The Komet was the government steamer sent from R. Peybach to Winkler, the head of the Palau Station.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
Provenance: Grobe
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Lot 3319 |
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Caroline Islands 1914 (7 July) registered value letter from Bremen to Angaur, Palau, bearing two 1902 2mk blue cancelled Bremen c.d.s.s., the envelope, with 2400mks, was from the German South Sea Phosphate Corp. in Bremen to its offices in Angaur via Milan (10.7), Naples (11.7), Brindisi (12.7), Hong Kong (27.8), Singapore and Cebu aboard the Prinzess Alice then by a baggage ship in the Spee Squadron to Palau, Very Fine. 4mk rate comprised 3.60mk for insurance on the 2400mk plus 20pf for postage and 20pf for registration.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Expertization: signed Mansfeld.
Provenance: Woitas
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Lot 3320 |
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Caroline Islands 1914 (7 July) 5pf yacht postal card to Oldenburg, cancelled Truk c.d.s.s., delayed for nine years due to the onset of World War I in the Pacific (actually hidden under the floor of a church!), finally discovered in September of 1923, the card was forwarded to the Naval Postal Bureau in Berlin where an explanatory label (type Ic) was attached (manuscript date 20.9.1923), Fine and rare. Written by Otto Vorwerk of the heavy cruiser "Gneisenau".
Estimate 3,500 - 4,500
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Lot 3321 |
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Caroline Islands 1914 (7 Aug.) 5pf Bavarian postal card from Kirchheim, addressed to a sailor aboard the light cruiser Emden, handstamped "Zurück" with purple boxed Naval Post Office handstamp indicating that mail could not be delivered to the addressee due to the war, Very Fine. The "Emden" joined the "Spee" Squadron on 12 August 1914.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3322 |
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Caroline Islands 1914 (17 Nov.) cover from the Scharnhorst to Wiesdorf, bearing 10pf Germania tied by Naval Shippost No. 16 c.d.s., Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
A rare cover from Admiral Spee's flagship, fresh from victory at the Battle of Coronel and shortly before she was sunk at the Battle of the Falklands.
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Lot 3323 |
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Caroline Islands 1914 (10 May) censored envelope from Yokohama to Truk, bearing a 2s and two 4s adhesives tied by violet Yokohama c.d.s.s., marked for carriage by the Niyushiro Maru, delayed by the war with Sydney censor handstamp, 18 July 1916 and Yokosuka backstamp 22 Oct, censor tape at left; edge faults, Fine and scarce.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3324 |
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Caroline Islands 1916 (21 June) registered envelope from Truk to San Francisco (22.7) redirected to New York (29.7), bearing pair of Japan 10s cancelled by Japanese Truk c.d.s., Truk and Yokohama registration labels and Japanese censor markings, Fine.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
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Caroline Islands 1916 (3 Oct.) registered envelope from Ponape to Boston (24.11) via Yokohama (28.11), bearing Japan 10s pair tied by Japanese Ponape c.d.s., Yokohama registration label, U.S. Customs handstamp, cover originated in Jaluit, Marshall Islands, F-VF.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3326 |
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Caroline Islands 1905-09, Five clippings from money orders or parcel cards, all bearing yachts, first is an 80pf tied by Yap c.d.s. (8.9.09), the balance are tied by the type I Ponape seal used as a cancelling device: 10pf pair (with BP Basel Certificate.); 20pf + 40pf; 1mk; and 2mk + 3mk; Very Fine and scarce group.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
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Lot 3327 |
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Caroline Islands cover balance, eleven cards or covers, 1903-1918, including 5pf and 10pf yacht postal cards from Yap to Germany, a 5pf Germania reply card Ponape to Germany (1907), a 10pf yacht on Seapost cover (Jaluit Line) to Germany (1909), a 1910 cover from Truk to Switzerland with two 10pf yachts, picture postcards from Yap, from Ponape, and Naval Shippost No. 16 (1913) to Germany, and Japan 1½s postal card to Ponape (1.4.1918); F-VF, all on exhibition pages.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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