German Area continued...
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2441 |
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Germany, Zeppelin Flight, 1936 (5-11 Aug), Hindenburg 6th North American Flight, Frankfurt - Lakehurst (Michel 33), franked with complete Olympic set (B82-89) tied by
5 Aug Frankfurt cancels on registered cover to the U.S., magenta flight cachet, backstamped New York, Very Fine. Michel €150 ($170). Estimate $75 - 100. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $75-100
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2442 |
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Germany, The 1910 Forerunner cards, three different photo cards produced by the Grand Duchess Committee for Infant and Mother Care; they feature 1.) the Grand Duke (used with a 5pf
Germania; 2.) the Grand Duchess (written & addressed but unfranked & unposted); and 3.) the Grand Duke & Duchess together; the last has some light bends, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $200-300
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Will close during Public Auction |
2443 |
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Germany, The 1910 Forerunner cards, five different photo cards produced by the retitled Grand Duchess of Hesse Committee for Mother and Infant Care; they are numbered 1.) the Grand Duke;
2.) the Grand Duchess; and 3.) the Grand Duke & Duchess together; 7.) the two Hessian princes and the Russian crown prince; and 27.) the two princes in a pony-drawn carriage; all but the last bear a 10pf Semi-Official Airmail and a
5pf Germania canceled Worms, Frankfurt, Darmstadt & Darmstadt, respectively; card #27 bears only a 5pf Germania canceled Flonheim, 21 Jun; card #7 has two small punched filing holes, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600 - 800. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $600-800
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2444 |
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Germany, Allgemeine Elsässische Bankgesellschaft, printed message on Official card franked with 10pf Semi-Official Airmail and 5pf Germania canceled Mainz, 13 June, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2445 |
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Germany, Berliner Allgemeine Zeitung, printed message on Official card franked with 10pf Semi-Official Airmail and 5pf Germania canceled Darmstadt, 17 June, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate
$200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $200-300
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2446 |
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Germany, Berliner Allgemeine Zeitung, printed message on Official card franked with 10pf Semi-Official Airmail and 5pf Germania canceled Darmstadt, 17 June; light wrinkles and small tear at
right, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $150-200
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Will close during Public Auction |
2447 |
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Germany, Champagnekellerei, Luginsland, printed message on Official card franked with 10pf Semi-Official Airmail and 5pf Germania canceled Worms, 13 Jun, Very Fine. Estimate
$200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $200-300
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Will close during Public Auction |
2448 |
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Germany, Chr. Adt. Kupferberg & Co., press-printed ad for "Kupferberg Gold" on Official card franked with 10pf Semi-Official Airmail and 5pf Germania canceled Mainz, 13 Jun,
Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
2449 |
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Germany, The Eugen Bracht cards, set of three Official cards reproducing paintings by the famed landscape painter on the occasion of his 70th birthday, all with a 10pf Semi-Official Airmail
and a 5pf Germania canceled Darmstadt, 12 June; also included is a matching set of three unused private postcards featuring the same three paintings. Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2450 |
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Germany, The Eugen Sekula cards, set of four Official cards numbered 832-835 by German dealer Eugen Sekula, plus an extra No. 832 card, as follows: No. 832 is an Official card with a 20pf
Semi-Official Airmail canceled 22 June, the first card with a spelling error in Sekula's message corrected with an over-strike, the second without the error; No. 833 bears three 30pf Semi-Official Airmails canceled 23 June; No. 834 is an orange
"Gelber Hund" card with a single 1m on 10pf "Gelber Hund" canceled 19 June; and No. 835 is similar but with two 1m "Gelber Hund" singles canceled 18 June; all are franked with a 5pf Germania and each has a different printed
message from Sekula. Estimate $500 - 750
Sekula purchased these cards with blank message sides from a consortium of German dealers who had acquired the large surplus of cards the Committee had left over after the event. He then
hand numbered them and added the printed messages. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $500-750
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2451 |
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Germany, Ferdinand von Hiddessen, three items: 1.) an autographed photo-reproduction of the picture side of a "Weisser Hund" card picturing the pilot arriving at Darmstadt in the
"Gelber Hund" [likely signed many years later]; 2.) an mint real-photo postcard of mail being loaded on the "Gelber Hund"; and 3.) a reproduction of a World War I postcard showing Lt. von Hiddessen returning from the first
bombing run over Paris, Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2452 |
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Germany, Ferdinand von Hiddessen, autographed "F. Hiddessen" on reverse of an orange "Gelber Hund" card franked with a 1m "Gelber Hund" and a 5pf Germania
canceled Darmstadt, 19 June; pre-printed address for the committee offices in Mainz, Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2453 |
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Germany, Roques-Maumont Insurance Agency, red press-printed for the firm's blouses on Official card franked with 20pf Semi-Official Airmail and 5pf Germania canceled Frankfurt, 12 June;
minor creases, Fine to Very Fine, message mentions the "…first post airship ‘Schwaben’". Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2454 |
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Germany, Georg Aug. Walter's Druckerei, blue press-printed ad promoting the firm's printing headed "The first advertisement in the world carried by airpost" on
Official card franked with 20pf Semi-Official Airmail and 5pf Germania canceled Mainz, 12 June; minor creases, Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2455 |
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Germany, Harms & Co., Frankfurt, rubberstamped name and handwritten message on Official card franked with 20pf Semi-Official Airmail and 5pf Germania canceled Frankfurt, 23 June, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2456 |
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Germany, Junker & Ruh - Gasherde, press-printed illustrated ad for the firm's newest gas stove on Official card franked with 20pf Semi-Official Airmail and 10pf
Germania canceled Darmstadt, 22 June; addressed to Luzern, Switzerland, no receiving postmark; the 10pf Germania, carries the firm's "J&R" perfin (it also has a nibbed corner), Very Fine, a rare combination
of an advertising card sent to a foreign destination with the added bonus of a perfin. Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $300-400
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Will close during Public Auction |
2457 |
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Germany, Junker & Ruh-Gasherde, press-printed illustrated ad for the firm's newest gas stove on Official card franked with 20pf Semi-Official Airmail and 5pf Germania canceled
Frankfurt, 22 Jun, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $200-300
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Will close during Public Auction |
2458 |
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Germany, Louis Peter, Mitteldeutsche Gummiwaren=Fabrik, black & red press-printed ad promoting "Peter's Union Pneumatic" tires on Official card franked with 10pf
Semi-Official Airmail and 5pf Germania canceled Frankfurt, 12 Jun, Very Fine, message notes that the firm's rubber goods can be found "even aboard the Zeppelin". Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
2459 |
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Germany, O. Fritze & Co., printed message on Official card franked with 10pf Semi-Official Airmail and 5pf Germania (with Fritze's "F&Co." perfin) canceled
Offenbach, 12 June, the First Day of use in Offenbach; creases, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, all cards canceled Offenbach are quite scarce, the first day even more so. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
2460 |
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Germany, Obersky - Corsets, typewritten message on Official card franked with 20pf Semi-Official Airmail and 5pf Germania canceled Darmstadt, 21 Jun (month and year switched in
canceller: "21.12.6"), Very Fine, all recorded cards from this advertiser have this date error. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction |