WORLD WAR ONE GERMAN & BRITISH NAVAL MAIL continued...
S.M.S "Emden" continued...
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 751 |
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Ayesha. 1915 (May 26) Postcard of Constantinople with an arrow on the picture side alongside the message "The Emden crew landed here Whitmonday", sent stampless to Germany headed "Feldpost", K.D.M.S No. 14 c.d.s applied on S.M.S "Lovely", the
message refers to the torpedoing of the British Battleship "Triumph" and non arrival in Malta of the "Queen Elizabeth". An interesting associated card.
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Est. £200-250
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 752 |
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Exford. 1915 (Aug 26) Netherlands Indies 5c + 5c postcard from Gustav Kohler, a member of the "Emden" prize crew on the "Exford", interned in Batavia after the "Exford" was recaptured, to Germany. Also a signed Photo of Capt. Lauterbach, Captain of
the prize crew on the "Exford" who was taken as a prisoner to Singapore but escaped and made his way back to Germany. (2).
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Est. £300-400
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 753 |
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Choising. 1917 (Sep 13) Registered cover from Italy to "Commandante P. Minkwitz, ex S.S "Choising", Casa Messina Antonio, Asmara", Eritrea arrival c.d.s, censor label and cachet. Minkwitz was Captain of the "Emden" prize crew who tried to sail the
"Choising" from Hodeida to East Africa to supply the "Konigsberg" with coal; they were forced into the port of Asmara in neutral Italian Eritrea where they were interned.
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Est. £150-200
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 754 |
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 1915 (June 4) Australia 1d postcard to Germany, sent to Herman Ottinger, one of the 17 prize crew on the "Exford" who were taken to Singapore but transferred to Australia after the 1915 Mutiny (when Capt. Lauterbach escaped).
The printed stamp cancelled by violet boxed "PRISONER / OF / WAR / MAIL" and "PASSED BY CENSOR" c.d.s, circular "POST FREE / P.C / PRISONERS OF WAR". Minor edge faults, a scarce use of this stationery card, also a reproduction Photo of "Emden"
prisoners with Ottinger identified. Photo on Page 94. (Image1)
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Est. £150-200
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 755 |
|
 c.1917 Liverpool Camp P.O.W envelope with large circular printed "PRISONER OF WAR LETTER / FREE", return address of "Heizer Otto Guhrack, S.M.S Emden", boxed censor cachet, unusually sent to another P.O.W at Ninoshima, Japan.
Photo on Page 100. (Image1)
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Est. £150-180
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 756 |
|
 1915 (Oct 28) Stampless cover from S.M.S "Posen" with two shrikes of K.D.M.S No. 53 c.d.s and circular violet "KAISERLICHE MARINE / GEPRUFT" censor cachets, to "Machinist Hugo Oden, prisoner of war of the Emden, German
Concentration Camp, Liverpool N.S.W", redirected to Trial Bay, circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR" and Liverpool Camp censor cachet, fine and unusual. Photo on Page 100. (Image1)
|
Est. £150-180
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 757 |
|
1915 (Feb 15) Postcard written by Karl von Muller, Captain of the "Emden", to Switzerland with violet oval "FREE FROM PRISONER OF WAR / P.C / 8 / MALTA". Also a card from the Reichs-Naval-Office in Berlin stating that Capt. von Muller of the Emden
is now a P.O.W in Malta with instruction on how letters are to be addressed to him, presumably sent within another envelope. (2).
|
Est. £240-280
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 758 |
|
1917 Printed Christmas and New Year greetings card produced in camp, from Petty Officer Meyer in Verdala Barracks unusually to another P.O.W in Pietermaritzburg Camp 2 in South Africa, violet oval "FREE FROM PRISONER OF WAR / P.C / MALTA" and
straight line censor applied in Natal, picture side with some staining, address side fine.
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Est. £100-120
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 759 |
|
1915-18 Covers (3) and lettersheets (4) all with enclosed letters, from Wilhelm Pieper, Engineer on the "Emden", to his girlfriend in Germany, the letters written in English from Fort Salvatore, all with oval "FREE FROM PRISONER OF WAR / MALTA" (two
numbered "1" or "4"). (7).
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Est. £550-650
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 760 |
|
1915-17 Printed postcard of Verdala Barracks and a photographic card of the camp orchestra and choir, both sent by H.G Osswald to Germany, with oval "FREE FROM PRISONER OF WAR / PC / MALTA", fine. (2).
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Est. £200-240
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 761 |
|
1915 (Feb 14) Stampless picture postcard from Georg Korber, machinist on the "Emden", sent from Fort Salvatore, unusually to another P.O.W of the Tsingtau Detachment c/o American Consulate at Kobe, redirected to Fukuoka Detention Camp, violet oval
"FREE FROM PRISONER OF WAR / PC / MALTA" with Japanese datestamps and censor cachets.
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Est. £100-120
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 762 |
|
Three medallions commemorating the Emden, all well produced with depictions of the ship on the reverse, the obverse depicting Captain von Muller (2) or Captain Lieutenant von Mucke, one in silver metal. (3).
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Est. £120-150
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 763 |
|
 Emden Medal, made from an 1895 Mexican silver dollar coin found on the "Emden", surmounted by a crown and scrolls inscribed "NOV 9 1914 / HMAS SYDNEY - SMS EMDEN", reverse with makers name "W. Kerr, Sydney". Fine and scarce;
these were presented to the crew of H.M.A.S "Sydney" as a memento of the action. Photo on Inside Back Cover. (Image1)
|
Est. £1,000-1,200
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
S.M.S "Geier"
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 764 |
|
1913-15 Covers and cards, two 1913 stampless official covers to Germany and 1915 postcard sent whilst interned at Honolulu, all with K.D.M.S No. 67 c.d.s, also 1914 (Sep. 22) Reichs-Marine-Amt official postcard from Berlin to the "Geier", the 1915
card creased, the others fine. (4).
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Est. £120-140
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 765 |
|
1915 Stampless picture postcards (2) and a cover all from the "Geier" whilst interned at Honolulu, to Germany, each with two strikes of the K.D.M.S No. 67 c.d.s, one card a fine real Photo of surfers, the cover with a British censor seal. (3).
|
Est. £160-180
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 766 |
|
1917 Stampless covers, the first (Feb 25) to Sweden with green "PRISONER OF WAR / S.M.S "Geier"" and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii duplex; the second (Sep 25) from Washington DC with "PRISONER OF WAR MAIL / NO CHARGE FOR POSTAGE" and "Mail of War
Prisoners No (A1) / CENSORED". (2).
|
Est. £100-120
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
Smaller German Ships
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 767 |
|
1897-1915 Covers and cards, all but one pre-WW1, K.D.M.S cancels with numbers 88 (Berlin), 16 (Titania), 82 (Prinzess Alice), 5 (Prinzess Wilhelm), 24 (Koln), 4 (4, Irene, Patricia or Koningin Louise), 28 (Batavia), 3 (3, Luchs, two sent during the
Boxer Rebellion, one on a fine Chinese red band envelope), also a cover franked 10pf cancelled "Rhakotis / 22 Jul 1913", and postcards of ships. An interesting lot, various supply and transport ships, light cruisers and armed merchantmen serving
with the China Squadron. (25).
|
Est. £250-300
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 768 |
|
S.S Yorck/Glukstadt. 1916 Chile 4c envelopes franked 16c to Sweden, posted from Valparaiso by internees from the "Yorck" (2); and 1918 Chile 15c envelope franked 25c posted registered from Taltal to Sweden by an internee from the "Glukstadt". Both
ships served as colliers and supply ships for von Spee’s Squadron in 1914. (3).
|
Est. £150-200
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 769 |
|
O.J.D Ahlers. 1915 (Mar 15) 2c Postcard to Germany, from the supply ship "O.J.D Ahlers" interned in Hawaii with Hilo cancel, and a Photo of the ship taken in Hawaii in 1915. Also a 1917 stampless P.O.W cover from Baguio Internment Camp in the
Philippines to Sweden, probably from an interned sailor from a supply ship. (3).
|
Est. £100-120
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
The Battle of Coronel
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 770 |
|
c.1904-14 Picture postcards of the British ships, Cradock, German propaganda cards produced after the battle depicting sinking British ships, a pre-war Japanese Christmas card with fine paintings of H.M.S "Monmouth" and Mt. Fujiama, etc. (62).
|
Est. £350-500
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 771 |
|
1914 (Sep 28/Oct 21) Letters from Stoker Frederick Campbell on H.M.S "Good Hope" to his wife, written on Naval Signal forms (the Oct. 21st letter from the Falkland Islands), a copy of Campbell’s marriage banns published on H.M.S "Hindustan" in
1909, a card of Campbell and another sailor, a card "Roll of Honour, H.M.S Good Hope" named to Campbell, and 1914 (Aug 4) cover franked 1d from Manchester to "Sto. F. Campbell R.F.R, H.M.S Good Hope, 13 Mess, Portsmouth or elsewhere" returned with
violet boxed "SHIP LOST" cachet. The cover with minor edge faults, otherwise fine, a poignant group. (6).
|
Est. £300-350
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 772 |
|
 1914 (Oct 28) Mourning envelope franked 1d, from London to "Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, Commanding 4th Cruiser Squadron, c/o G.P.O London", inscribed "H.M.S Good Hope" but returned with violet boxed "SHIP LOST". A scarce
cachet, probably unique on a cover to Cradock, very fine. Photo on Page 100. (Image1)
|
Est. £350-400
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 773 |
|
 1914 (Aug 11) Cover franked 1d, from Devonport to "Staff Surgeon H. Woods, H.M.S Monmouth, c/o G.P.O", returned with violet boxed "SHIP LOST". Also a postcard of Royal Marine Pte F. Stiles shown within a lifebelt and
background of a ship and Union Jack worded "H.M.S Monmouth, Sunk Nov. 1st 1914, In Loving Memory of Pte F. Stiles". The cover fine and scarce. (2). Photo on Page 100. (Image1)
|
Est. £240-280
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 774 |
|
c.1916 German commemorative medal produced after the battle depicting a skeleton and sinking British ship with the wording "Britannia Rule the Waves though?", reverse with "Dem Ersten Seelord Fisher 1916", well produced, diameter 68mm.
|
Est. £100-150
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 775 |
|
Medals - H.M.S Good Hope. 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals, group of three all named to "211637 A.R THOMPSON A.B R.N" and Memorial Plaque (ALBERT RICHARD THOMPSON) in its original transmission box with Buckingham Palace condolence slip,
also a Photo believed to be Thompson and a Royal Navy sweetheart brooch. Albert Thompson, from Nottingham, was killed on H.M.S "Good Hope" at the Battle of Coronel; he is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. A fine and rare group. (4).
|
Est. £600-700
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
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