Germany and German Colonies Bavaria - Postal History
Sale No: 1
Lot No: 300
Symbol: C
1886 cover to "Mandalay, Burmah" endorsed "via Brindisi/& Rangoon" with lengthy personal letter enclosed and Arms 20pf 'solo' tied 'NURNBERG/23/11/86' cds, carried via Bombay-Aden Sea Post with 'SEA POST OFFICE/C/2DE/86' thimble b/s, small 'RANGOON/DE19/86' transit b/s from where it was carried by riverboat north up the Irrawaddy River, 'MANDALAY/DE24/86' arrival thimble b/s, couple of very minor blemishes.
KIAUTSCHOU: 1905-19 Lozenges Watermark 1½ Dollar Yacht (26x17 perforation holes) SG 42, fine used with two partial strikes of 'TSINGTAO-TAPAUTAU/2.7.12' cds, Cat £275.
SAAR: 1922 French Currency Redrawn Definitives/New Colours 5fr Factory imperforate 'kleinbogen' proof in the issued colours on ungummed unwatermarked paper.
1901 & 1907 Germania 10f Stamped to Order Envelopes for August Stukenbrock, both with embossed titles, the first with illustration of their 15,409sqm complex & 'Mein Feld ise de Welt', the other with a steam engine on the face; the first is superb!, the latter with a repaired fault at the top. Gorgeous! [Famous mail-order business and bicycle factory]
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1923 (Nov 24 & 26) mercantile cover with Hyper-Inflation '20/Milliarden' vertical strip of 4, and postcard with '1/Milliarden' vertical strip of 3 & '10/Milliarden' single & pair, both to Sweden.
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1941 Reich & 1955 Bundespost sample envelopes both to Sweden each with triangular 'Nachnahme' label, the first unusually registered & with Swedish 'Tullgods' Customs label.
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POSTCARDS: 1905-17 illustrated advertising PPCs for Schaubek stamp albums (two different), Lyptol, Leibniz Keks artist cards x4 different all with Feldpost usages, and 1901 5pf Postal Card with gorgeous illustration for Ronnefeldt Thee (= tea) on the reverse.
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