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Falkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands continued...
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582 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, British ships, selection comprising 1908 (Sept. 12) and 1915 (June 2) postcards endorsed from HMS “Kent”, sent from Port Lazeroff (Wuhan, N. Korea) and Esquimault, Canada respectively, undated photographic card of natives in the Magellan Straits endorsed sent from HMS “Macedonia”, Argentinian and Uruguayan postcards to England endorsed ‘O.A.S.’ and sent from unknown vessels, the latter (likely incorrectly) charged by 1/2d. postage due pair cancelled Oct. 21 1915, and 1891-1902 1s. cancelled fine PS.1A “De 30/14” c.d.s., late use of this higher value having been necessitated by increased demand from visiting sailors. (6 items) (Image1)

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
583 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands: Visit of HMAS “Australia”, postcard of the cathedral (Heyburn AC-2-acz) inscribed on reverse “W.B. Crandon/Leading Stoker/H.M.A.S. Australia/Port Stanley/Falkland Islands/off Patagonia/South America/South Atlantic Ocean/Jan 3rd 1915”. A scarce card from the brief visit of the “Australia” for repair to her propeller and where she finally received news of the defeat of the German squadron. On Jan. 6th, having left Stanley the previous day, she intercepted and sank the “Eleanore Woermann”. Also unused p.p.c. showing members of the crew of the “Australia” on deck and undated envelope to Aberdeen bearing G.B. 1d. red tied by dumb cross with double circle “PASSED/CENSOR” (Gould 36C) known to be from the “Australia”. (3 items) Photo. (Image1)

Est. £300-350

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
584 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Cormoran”, Envelope noted “Feldpostbrief” to Worms, endorsed from the “Cormoran” on reverse, with two light strikes of Marine Schiffspost No. 8 “1 3/15” c.d.s., resealed by U.S. censor label and with “Auslandstelle Emmerich/Frei-/gegehen” cachet in violet. Also unused photographic card of the Russian officers of the “Ryazan” being transferred to the “Emden” after their capture. SMS ”Cormoran” was originally a Russian merchant vessel named “Ryazan”. Captured by SMS “Emden” on Aug. 4 1914 she was converted into a raider at Kiautschou but forced to later seek port at Apra Harbour in Guam. The United States, then neutral, refused to supply provisions sufficient for Cormoran to make a German port and after the U.S. declaration of war on Apr. 6, 1917, the Naval Governor of Guam informed “Cormoran” that she would be seized as a hostile combatant, prompting her crew to scuttle her. In the resulting action seven members of the crew were killed, the others taken into custody as prisoners of war. This incident constituted the first violent action of the United States in World War I. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £200-250

SOLD for £380.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
585 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Cormoran”, Envelope from Lt. Fratescher to Hamburg noted “Feldpostbrief” , endorsed from the “Cormoran” on reverse, with two fine strikes of Marine Schiffspost No. 8 “30 10/15” c.d.s., also Guam picture postcard to Kassel similarly noted with c.d.s. of “29 4/16”, both showing “Auslandstelle Emmerich/Frei-/gegehen” cachet in blue and violet respectively. SMS ”Cormoran” was originally a Russian merchant vessel named “Ryazan”. Captured by SMS “Emden” on Aug. 4 1914 she was converted into a raider at Kiautschou but forced to later seek port at Apra Harbor in Guam. The United States, then neutral, refused to supply provisions sufficient for Cormoran to make a German port and after the U.S. declaration of war on Apr. 6, 1917, the Naval Governor of Guam informed “Cormoran” that she would be seized as a hostile combatant, prompting her crew to scuttle her. In the resulting action seven members of the crew were killed, the others taken into custody as prisoners of war. This incident constituted the first violent action of the United States in World War I. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £400-500

SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
586 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Dresden”, selection incl. 1914 (Apr. 23) cover to Brunswick franked 10pf. cancelled ship’s Marine Schiffspost No. 66 c.d.s., range of unused and used cards of the “Dresden”, its pursuers, damage caused (incl. unused photographic card showing her on fire), later artistic impressions, commemorative items, etc. (19 items) Photo. (Image1)

Est. £100-120

SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
587 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Dresden”, 1914 envelope with enclosed letters dated July 9 and July 11, addressed by his wife to engineer Fritz Schmidt on board SMS “Dresden”, sent from Halberstadt with 10pf. franking, there being no exemption from postage for servicemen at this time, and with sender’s endorsement at lower left, a little soiled. At the Battle of the Falkland Islands on December 8th the “Dresden” was the only survivor from Spee’s squadron but, after pursuit into the Pacific, HMS “Glasgow”, “Kent” and the “Orama” caught up with her at Mas a Tierra, forcing her to scuttle after heavy shelling. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £250-300

SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
588 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Dresden”, 1914 cover (with enclosed letter, transcript included) addressed by his wife to engineer Fritz Schmidt on board the SMS “Dresden”, sent from Blankenburg Nov. 2 with 10pf. franking, there being no exemption from postage for servicemen at this time, and with sender’s endorsement (in German) that it is a ‘soldier’s letter, private affair of the receiver’. Ex Mitchell. At the Battle of the Falkland Islands on December 8th the “Dresden” was the only survivor from Spee’s squadron but, after pursuit into the Pacific, HMS “Glasgow”, “Kent” and the “Orama” caught up with her at Mas a Tierra, forcing her to scuttle after heavy shelling. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £200-250

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
589 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Dresden”, 1916 stampless P.O.W. cover sent from Quiriquina Island, Chile by survivor from the “Dresden” to Kiel headed “Marine-Feldpostbrief” with Berlin Naval Mail receiving c.d.s. of Mar. 2 1916. Also five rare unused postcards showing the prison camp, one showing two German sailors. (6 items) Photo. (Image1)

Est. £500-600

SOLD for £350.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
590 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Dresden”, 1919 (Apr.) stampless printed P.O.W. envelope with enclosed form addressed to the Deutschen Hülfsverein in Sweden by a member of the crew interned on Quiriquina Island after the sinking of the “Dresden” by British warships at Juan Fernandez Island, showing straight line “Prisoner of War.” handstamp with Tacuahano Apr. 16 despatch part covered by two “OPENED BY/CENSOR” labels and Stockholm arrival backstamps. Photo. (Image1)

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Est. £500-600

SOLD for £480.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
591 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Dresden”, 1919 stampless P.O.W. cover sent unsealed from Quiriquina Island, Chile by Marine Flag Master W. Barth (endorsed on reverse) to his family in Berlin headed “Kriegsgefangenensendung” with three line “COMITÉ IMTERNATIONAL DE LA CROIX ROUGE/GENEVE/AGENCE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE” and Geneva Apr. 29 machine transit. Also rare unused postcard showing the internment barracks. (2 items) Photo. (Image1)

Est. £350-400

SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
592 / c, entire, etc. Falkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Dresden”, scarce H.M. Government blue paper “THE FALKLAND ISLANDS ACTION./8 DECEMBER 1914.” produced by the Intelligence Division of the Admiralty War Staff (I.D. 1015) in Aug. 1915, based on an intercepted letter containing an account given by Sub-Lieutenant Richarz of the “Dresden” (ex Faulkner), also 1915 (July 3) official bulletin from C.F. Condell, Colonial Secretary in Stanley relaying extract from Supplement to the London Gazette of Mar. 2, with “CLIFTON STATION/WEST FALKLAND” oval handstamp, some folds and other minor faults but both scarce items.

Est. £150-200

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
593 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Emden”, 1914 (Feb. 15, Mar. 2) two covers to New York cancelled by ship’s Marine Schiffspost No. 28 c.d.s., also an extensive range of postcards etc. unused or used, showing the ship, imagined battle scenes, contemporary and later patriotic and propaganda cards. (38 items) Photo. (Image1)

Est. £200-250

SOLD for £900.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
594 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Emden”, 1914 (July 27) envelope to Halle sent from the ship at Tsingtau four days before her departure, franked 10pf. pair with three strikes of Marine Schiffspost No. 28 c.d.s. SMS “Emden” was the second and final member of the Dresden class of light cruisers built for the Imperial German Navy. In the early months of the War she was detached for independent raiding in the Indian Ocean enjoying considerable success. Whilst engaged in a raid on the Cocos Islands on Nov. 19 1914 the “Emden” was attacked by the Australian cruiser HMAS “Sydney” and run aground. Out of a crew of 376, 133 were killed in the battle and the “Emden” was raised to iconic status both during and long after the hostilities. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £200-250

SOLD for £680.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
595 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Emden”, P.O.W. mail, 1915 (July 5) plain postcard endorsed sent by Karl Grün, bosun’s mate from SMS “Emden”, interned at Fort Salvatore, Malta, addressed to Frankfurt with violet oval cachet “FREE FROM PRISONER OF WAR/P.C./MALTA”, also a selection of items sent to Germany by P.O.W. Hermann Oswald from Verdala Barracks (apparently unconnected to the “Emden”) comprising plain postcard, photographic card depicting prisoners’ choir and orchestra, P.O.W. letter card and 1916 printed Christmas postcard (stained, but with also another in better condition sent by French P.O.W. to Paris). (6 items) The 117 uninjured survivors from the “Emden” were taken on the “Sydney” to Colombo and subsequently transferred to Malta where officers were sent to Verdala Barracks and other ranks to Fort Salvatore. They were not released until the end of 1919/early 1920. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £250-300

SOLD for £480.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
596 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Emden”, Incoming envelope from SMS “Stettin” addressed to Stoker Heizer Holze (injured in the engagement) “Prisoner of War from/S.M.S. Emden/Liverpool N.S.W./Australien”, bearing two 10pf. largely torn away by suspicious censor, cancelled by Marine Schiffspost No. 55 “20/4 /15” c.d.s’s, “Auslandstelle Emmerich/Frei-/gegehen” cachet in blue-black, red circular “POST FREE/P.C./PRISONERS OF WAR” and boxed “PASSED BY/CENSOR”, and with “GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL N.S.W.” facsimile signature mark in blue. After the battle HMAS “Sydney” returned to North Keeling Island only after two days by which time 134 of the men from the “Emden” had died. The 66 seriously wounded were transferred on the “Sydney” and “Empress of Russia” to Colombo and eventually to the P.O.W. camp in Liverpool, N.S.W. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £300-400

SOLD for £380.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
597 / c, entire, etc. Falkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Von Spee’s Asiatic Squadron 1906-15, SMS “Emden”, P.O.W. mail, selection of five items not specifically guaranteed to relate to survivors of the “Emden”, comprising incoming stationery card from Vienna and Feldpostkarte from Varel addressed to the Liverpool Camp, P.O.W. envelope from the camp to Sydney, stampless envelope from Torrens Island to International Red Cross in Geneva with two line “PRISONER OF WAR/LETTER”, and envelope from Detention Barracks at Trial Bay addressed to editor of Holdsworthy camp newspaper “Der Kamp Spiegel”.

Est. £150-200

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
598 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falklands: P.O.W. entire letter sent by German sailor (ship unknown) “Untffz. Edmund Ernst/Prisoner of War Gen. No. 5791/Stobs near Hawick N. Br./Camp D, Hutte 137” to his family in Frankfurt, dated 1917 (May 4) P.W. 141 censor label on reverse. Also unused Von Spee mourning card with cardboard replica Iron Cross attached. (2 items) Photo. (Image1)

Est. £150-200

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
599 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, German ships, selection on leaves etc. with postcards of ships incl. some photographic, unused and used, incl. the “Gneisenau”, “Leipzig”, “Nürnberg”, “Scharnhorst”, imagined battle scenes, patriotic and propaganda types, also other ships of the German Imperial Navy, with supply ships of the East Asiatic Squadron incl. covers from sailors from the “König Wilhelm II”, “Nitokris”, “Olympia” and “Stolberg” addressed to the Deutsche Hülfsverin committee in Stockholm and censored by the British en route, postcard of Hawaii to 2nd Officer of the “Ahlers” detained in New Jersey, also unusual 1905 registered cover from Accrington to U.S.A. franked 1902-10 1/2d., 4d. endorsed per SS “Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse”, stampless ‘Feldpostbrief’ to a survivor from the “Cap Trafalgar” interned on Isla Martín Garcia, and incoming 1914 (June 22) postal packet card to the “Tabora” in East Africa. (approx. 50 items) (Image1)

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Est. £300-400

SOLD for £700.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
600 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Balance collection on leaves and loose with postcards of mainly British ships from the actions off Coronel and the Falklands incl. some photographic, unused and used, incl. the “Bristol”, “Canopus”, “Carnarvon”,”Cornwall”, “Defence”, “Glasgow”, “Good Hope”, “Inflexible”, “Invincible”, “Kent”, “Monmouth”, “Otranto” and other RN vessels, also imagined battle scenes, contemporary and later patriotic and commemorative items incl. 1934 20th Anniversary cover (1st printing with “Britian” error), Oxford Pamphlet describing battles and charitable pamphlet containing poem “A Man”, Falklands postcards of funeral and graves (Heyburn AA-1-aay, AA-2-aay (trimmed at top), AA-3 var., AA-5-aa, AA-6-aaz, AC-6-ac) unused, etc. (approx. 75 items) (Image1)

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Est. £250-300

SOLD for £580.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
Falkland Islands: 1939 Battle of the River Plate
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601 / c, entire, etc. imageFalkland Islands: 1939 Battle of the River Plate: HMS “Achilles”: Selection on leaves incl. boxed Naval Censor No. 10 mark in red on 1941 cover from the ship to Antarctic explorer Dr. J. Harvey Pirie in London (ex Alan Brown) at 5s.9d. rate and in blue-black on stampless cover to Auckland with framed “ON ACTIVE SERVICE”, also stampless “H.M. Ships” envelope to Switzerland and 1934 cover from Montserrat to Antigua flown by aircraft from “Achilles”, both ms. with endorsement, also 1935 incoming cover to Commander Cooper bearing Gibraltar 1935 Silver Jubilee set, photographs etc. (16 items) (Image1)

Est. £80-100

SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.

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