1920 5pf-40pf unissued, set of five blocks of four, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski, cat. €3600 (Cat No. Mi.II-VI) (Image)

Cat. €3600, Est.US$1,000

1920 5pf-40pf unissued, set of five blocks of eight, with bottom sheet margin imprints or HAN numbers, positions indicated in pencil, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski, cat. €8800 (Cat No. Mi.II-VI) (Image)

Cat. €8800, Est.US$2,500

1932 Luposta, two sets of five used on cover and card, one Round-trip, the other return flight, each with appropriate markings, slight toning, address obliterated, fine-v.f. (Cat No. C31-35) (Image)

Est.US$150

1901 (17 June) German 2pf Postal Stationery card additionally franked with 3pf Yacht, canceled "YAP" and sent to Germany, with Domitz arrival cds (Image)

Est.US$150

1901 20pf ultramarine (3), 30pf orange & black (2) and 50pf purple & black (3), each canceled "PALAU", two on pieces, fine-v.f. (Cat No. 10,12,14) (Image)

Est.US$300

1903 (27 Feb) German 2pf stationery return card additionally franked with 2x2pf gray, canceled "YAP" (mirror inverted year-date "03") and sent to Germany, with Stettin arrival pmk, v.f., signed Steuer, BPP (Image)

Est.US$250

1905 (3 June) 5pf and 20pf Yacht, tied by cds on picture postcard (Grus Aus Yap) registered (!) to Germany, with "Jap Karolinen" registry label canceled on arrival in Wiesbaden, scarce (Image)

Est.US$150

1916 (27 Apr) cover sent to an internee (A.E. Deverell) at Tabora, from The East Africa Trading Company, a local firm with which Deverell was associated, with boxed cash franking "Fr. It. Einn. Nachw. in Dar-es-Salaam" handstamp, "7 1/2" by hand. Although no mail sent by civilians interned at the Tabora camp is known to have survived, there are rare examples of letters sent to the internees from friends and former associates elsewhere in the colony, this one with '"Mitellandbahn Bahnpost Zug 5 Deutsch Ostafrika" Railroad cancel and Tabora arrival (28.4.16), fine (Image)

Est.US$500

1913 German-English Airship Expedition, 2pf and 1m, set of two, first one l.h., the latter sheet corner margin example n.h., v.f. (In 1913, the three colonial powers began planning for a joint expedition to New Guinea with the purpose of exploring and mapping the interior of the island via airship. The Dutch backed out of the project at its very beginning, with the Germans and English continuing to schedule a planned expedition. The project assembled a joint British-German crew for the airship, with scientists from both countries. The Airship Expedition was scheduled for the second half of 1914, exactly the time when World War I broke out. In August German Zeppelin dirigibles were being used to drop bombs on British cities) (Cat No. Si.I-II) (Image)

Est.US$2,000

1865 (ca) cover to Lauterberg showing on reverse "H. Henkel/Ningpo" sender's handstamp in red, carried privately to Hamburg and bearing Hannover 1sgr rouletted, canceled by Hamburg cds (17.10) in blue, endorsed "Franco", fine (Image)

Est.US$250

1890 (25 Sep) cover (with Reuter Brockelmann & Co. sender's imprint on inside of flap) to Bremen (25.10) "p S.S. Bay", bearing Hong Kong 5c blue, block of six, canceled by "Deutsche Seepost/Ost-Asiatische Hauptlinie/d" cds, minor toning, fine-v.f., scarce (Image)

Est.US$500

1891 cover from Shanghai to Rogasen (25.5) with sender's endorsement "S.M.S. Leipzig, Z.Z. Shanghai, China", bearing Eagle 10pf red, canceled by "Berlin C" transit cds (24.5), cover has slight uniform aging, fine maritime cover with stamp canceled on arrival in Germany (carried inside a "Hofpostamtsbrief" and mailed in Berlin) (Image)

Est.US$500

1893 (13 June) registered cover (reduced at left) from Shanghai to Germany, franked with pairs of overprinted Germany Reichspost Eagle 10pf, 20pf and 50pf vertical or horizontal pairs, all tied by "Deutsche Post Agentur Shanghai" and addressed to Husum, with filing fold away from the stamps, fine and impressive forerunner cover, with arrival pmk and signed Bothe, BPP, etc. (Cat No. Mi.47b,48b.50d) (Image)

Est.US$250

1894 (22 Jan) cover from Shanghai to Kiel, franked with pair of 20pf ultramarine, tied by Kaiserlich Deutsche Ostasien Shanghai departure pmks, with oval "Forwarded by H.Sietas & Co. CHEFOO" hs, fine, with 6.3.94 arrival pmk on back, scarce forwarded via Chefoo cover (Image)

Est.US$250

1895 (10 Dec) Naval officer's letter from Shanghai to Hamburg, franked with unoverprinted 20pf, tied by "Marine Schiffspost" naval pmk, with Hamburg arrival (11.1.96) and Imperial Post Office Berlin label sealing the backflap (The German Cruiser "Arcona" was in Shanghai at that time. The cover did not bear the sender's name and it was opened by censor and resealed with label. Each crew member was permitted to send two letters per month) (Image)

Est.US$250

1897 (14 May) Northdeutscher Lloyd cacheted "Melchers & Co. Agents Shanghai" cover franked with pair of German 10pf carmine, tied by Shanghai departure cds and sent to Bremen, with Bruxelles Exposition label on back and arrival pmk, filing fold and overall toning, still an attractive cover (Image)

Est.US$150

1900 newspaper wrapper franked with 5pf and 10pf "China" overprints, with "Per Ostasiatische Lloyd Saipan" address label, showing clear Saipan Marianen 24.8.00 arrival, unusual and scarce wrapper from German Shanghai to Mariana Islands (Image)

Est.US$250

1901 (21 Sep) registered free frank cover from Tientsin to Germany, "Ostasiatische Feldartillerie-Abteilung" (East-Asia Field Artillery Unit) military hs and red "R Tientsin" registry, number filled in by hand, fine Boxer Rebellion usage, Altona arrival pmk (Image)

Est.US$250

1901 cover to Germany, franked with pair of 10pf China overprints, canceled by red "IPP Swatow" with corresponding bilingual departure pmk alongside, sent via Hong Kong, where stamps were additionally canceled (June 1901), arriving in Nienburg (9.7.01), fine and undoubtedly rare departure combination Swatow via Hong Kong to Germany (Image)

Est.US$500

1901 (17 June) registered cover from "Hankau" to Vienna, franked with 10pf (2) and block of 4x25pf orange, tied by departure pmks, with corresponding Registry label at left, filing fold away from the stamps, fine registered usage from German post office in Hankow (Image)

Est.US$200

1901 "China" overprints, 13 different, complete set to 5m (red retouched at left), all canceled on pieces, last one with "Tschifu" cds, fine-v.f., cat. $492 (Cat No. 24-35,36b) (Image)

Cat. $492, Est.US$250

1902 (29 Apr)10pf stationery card from Tientsin to Yokohama, with "Tongku I.J.P.O." May 1 transit, Yokohama arrival, sent back to Tientsin, with I.J.P.O. Tientsin arrival (29 May), with censor chop alongside, scarce application of the Japanese Post Office markings (Image)

Est.US$500

1903 (11 May) cover from Basel to "German Brigade" in Peking, China, franked with five copies of 5rp green, tied departure pmks, endorsed "Uber Russland", crossed out and in red "l'envoie par la Suisse et defendu" in red (sending from Switzerland is forbidden), Moscow (2.5.03 = May 13) transit (Trans-Siberian Rail Road was not opened to foreign mail until June 1), with German Post Office in Peking arrival (28.5.03), fine and rare incoming cover to the German Brigade in Peking (Image)

Est.US$500

1904 (4 Aug) registered cover from Tsinanfu to Tsingtau, franked with pair of 20pf China overprints, tied by Tsinanfu departure pmks, with Tsinanfu Deutsche Post registry label and Tsingtau arrival pmk, v.f. usage from German Offices in China to Kiauchau (Image)

Est.US$150

1905 surcharges (unwatermarked), complete set used on pieces, fine-v.f., cat. $486 (Cat No. 37-46) (Image)

Cat. $486, Est.US$200