Lot 3328
German New Guinea 1888, New Guinea Company 2mk parcel card (Michel 1), for a 3.2kg. parcel sent from the Astrolabe Co. in Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen to its headquarters in Berlin via Finschafen or Soerabaya, postmarked "Hatzfeldthafen, 23.12, 90" c.d.s., handstamped New Guinea Company seal featuring a lion motif, folded between card and receipt.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED PARCEL CARDS WITH A HANDSTAMPED POSTMARK — THE OTHER BEING FROM FINSCHAFEN. IN ADDITION, ONLY TWO USED CARDS WITH THE RECEIPT STILL ATTACHED ARE KNOWN.
Expertization: 2002 Provinsky Certificate.
As recently proved by F. Grieshaber, these parcel cards were legitimately used by the New Guinea Company. See Berichte, 12/05.
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