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Lot 3045
Württemberg 1kr yellow brown and pair of 1865 3kr rose (Michel 6b, 31a), cancelled "Stuttgart, 7/1 (6)" c.d.s.s. on 3kr rose postal stationery envelope sent registered to Berlin, magenta "Stuttgart/Chargé" handstamp, backstamped Berlin distribution datestamp (8.1); two light vertical file folds not affecting stamps, Very Fine. Postage was apparently 3kr plus 7kr for registration indicating the probable year as 1868 when the 6kr registration fee was raised to 7kr. Scott 7, 42.
Estimate 80,000 - 100,000
UNDOUBTEDLY THE PREMIER MIXED FRANKING OF WÜRTTEMBERG COMBINING THE 2ND AND 7TH ISSUE AND AS SUCH EQUALLY POSSIBLY THE MOST IMPORTANT GERMAN STATES MIXED FRANKING.
Expertization: 2005 Briefmarkenprüfstelle Basel Certificate.
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Lot 3449
Samoa 1895 (18 Apr.) registered envelope from Apia to Sydney, N.S.W. (30.4), bearing pair of 1889 20pf bright ultramarine tied by boxed "POSTAGE PAID/Imperial German Post-office/Apia 13-4-1895.", violet sender's oval datestamp on reverse (P.C. Fabricius); opening tears (one large at top), otherwise Very Fine and exceedingly rare.
Estimate 40,000 - 50,000
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THIS HANDSTAMP ON COVER.
Expertization: signed Kruschel.
Provenance: Branz
This 1889 handstamp was provisionally employed as a cancelling device from late April until early September of 1895. Two examples of the English version are recorded— both are dated 18 April. Already described in the Berlin 1904 exhibition catalogue.
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Lot 3354
German New Guinea 1913 (13 Oct.) envelope from Buka to Ahus, Sweden (1.12), bearing a pair of 10pf yachts tied by Buka c.d.s.s., redirected to Ystad (1.12); slight wrinkles from thick contents (not present), Very Fine double-weight letter from this rare Solomon Islands post office.
Estimate 35,000 - 45,000
Expertization: signed Bothe BPP.
Provenance: Branz, Woltas
One of three covers recorded, the only with a black strike. Featured in ArGe-Berichte 1382.
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Lot 3177
German East Africa 1890 (28 May) registered envelope (two seals on reverse) to Berlin (18.6), bearing 2m "trübrosalila" (Michel 37c) cancelled by "Lamu/Ostafrika" c.d.s. with another strike alongside and printed registration label, extremely fine and a great rarity.
Estimate 30,000 - 40,000
IRREFUTABLY THE FINEST SINGLE FRANKING OF THE 2 MARK USED FROM LAMU EXTANT.
Expertization: 1986 Steuer certificate.
Provenance: Siebentritt
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Lot 3388
Marshall Islands 1890 (20 June) registered envelope from Christian Johannsen at Nauru via Jaluit to Itzehoe (10.9), bearing 1880 10pf red (single and strip of three) and 20pf blue (V41b, 42c) little negligible perf toning, Very Fine.
Estimate 30,000 - 40,000
Expertization: 1993 F. Steuer Certificate.
Provenance: Fuchs, Wilkommen
Carried on "Janet Nicole" via Sydney (4.8) and San Francisco.
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Lot 3394
Marshall Islands 1892 (11 Aug.) large envelope from Jaluit to Langar, Ponape, Caroline Islands, bearing strip of three 2mk brown purple and pair 20pf blue (V37e, 48b) tied by Jaluit c.d.s.s., addressed to the Jaluit Co. and carried by the Schooner Milly; the heavy linen-lined envelope has two vertical creases, a Fine and unique franking bearing 32 times the 20pf letter rate.
Estimate 30,000 - 40,000
ONE OF FIVE 2MK COVERS RECORDED.
Provenance: Branz, Willkommen
Illustrated in National Exhibition Berlin 1940 catalogue.
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Lot 3044
Württemberg 18kr light blue (Michel 10), vertical strip of five with bottom sheet margin, second stamp with "apostrophe" after right "U" (Mi. 10 I), most framelines intact, tied by several strikes "Weill D Stadt, 7 Mar. 1859" c.d.s. on large envelope sent registered to Kensington (Philadelphia) Pa., U.S.A. magenta "Chargé" and black "Recomandirt" handstamps, red "Aachen, Paid 50 Cts., 10/3" c.d.s., London crowned "Registered" and "Boston, Br. Pkt., Paid, Mar 29", various rate markings in "60" handstamp, backstamped Stuttgart (7.3), Wurttemberg (8.3) and Coblenz-Coeln (9.3) railroads; cover restored at edges and refreshed but an attractive cover and one of the rarest of all Wurttemberg frankings. A double weight letter requiring 6kr for internal postage, 78kr for passage to the U.S., and 6kr for registration. Scott 12.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000
THE STRIP OF FIVE IS THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THIS STAMP.
Expertization: 1988 Thoma Certificate.
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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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Lot 3330
German New Guinea 1889 (17 May) registered envelope from Konstantinhafen to Serajevo, Bosnia (13.7), via Soerabaja (4.6) and Weltevreden (7.6), Dutch Indies and Genoa, Italy (10.7), bearing pair of 1880 20pf blue (V42c) tied by two of three strikes Konstantinhafen c.d.s., Konstantinhafen registration label and Genoa registration handstamp; light file folds, left stamp with rounded corner. A Fine and exceedingly rare usage.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000
THE ONLY COMMERCIAL REGISTERED COVER RECORDED.
Expertization: signed Dr. Steuer BPP with his 1986 Certificate.
Provenance: Woitas
Addressed to previous commissioner for New Guinea. Illustrated in the 2nd edition of Dr. Steuer's Handbook and Catalogue of German Colonial Forerunners.
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Lot 3427
Marshall Islands 1914 (12 Mar.) parcel card from Nauru to Hamburg, bearing 50pf yacht and, on reverse, a pair of the 5pf and 50pf yacht tied by "Nauru, Marshall-Inseln" c.d.s.s., blue manuscript "180" for a 1kg. parcel with a 20pf carrier fee paid in cash (handstamped "Verzollungs-Brazer. Bestellgebühr 20pf" on reverse), Very Fine. The Nauru postmark has the variety "raised dot between day and month".
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000
THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED PARCEL CARD FROM NAURU AND ONE OF TWO FROM MARSHALL ISLANDS FRANKED WITH THE YACHT ISSUE.
Expertization: signed Dr. Lantelme BPP.
Provenance: Woitas
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