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French Offices continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
611 CVR 13 imageFrench Levant, Bulgaria, Crimean War, 1854 (July 25), cover from General Couston in Camp near Varna, Bulgaria, to his wife in France, franked with 1853 10c yellow-bistre horizontal pair with marginal "filet d'encadrement", large margins but selvedge folded over edge of envelope, tied by black "AOB" dotted lozenge and struck with circular "ARMÉE D'ORIENT / BAU SEDre" c.d.s, reverse with Nimes arrival backstamp (5 Aug), some docketing over address, but a rare Crimean War cover, signed Todd; ex Francois X. Piat Dewavrin Grand Prix Collection of The British Army and the Crimean War. (Yvert 13) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 750

SOLD for C$750.00
Will close during Public Auction
612 CVR 14 imageFrench Levant, Bulgaria, Crimean War 1854 (7 September), double rate cover from Camp near Varna to Castres, franked at 40c double rate by 1853 20c blue horizontal pair, good to large margins all around, tied by dotted "AOQG" lozenge with circular "ARMÉE D'ORIENT / QUARTR GAL" datestamp (7 Sep) below, Marseille (18 Sep) transit backstamp, some soiling and faults as to be expected from field correspondence, but a scarce and desirable double rate usage posted on the very day the French Army embarked for the Crimea; ex Francois X. Piat Dewavrin Grand Prix Collection of The British Army and the Crimean War. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 600

SOLD for C$650.00
Will close during Public Auction
613 CVR   imageFrench Levant, Bulgaria, Crimean War, 1854 (September 30), entire letter from Varna to Huttenheim, Alsace, sealed with margin of a 20c blue stamp, struck on front with a fine "ARMÉE D'ORIENT / QUARTR GAL" c.d.s. in black (4 Oct), reverse with Marseille (16 Oct), Paris, and Benfeld transit and arrival backstamps, rated above 7½ grams (noted as "8g.") and charged "60" centimes due in manuscript, double the unpaid concessionary rate, typical imperfections for military correspondence, a fine and rare concession usage from the French Army in the Balkans, signed Chevalier; ex Thomas Hitzler. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 1,200

SOLD for C$800.00
Will close during Public Auction
Gambia
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
614 ng 1 image1869, 4d pale brown Queen Victoria, unused, without gum, unwatermarked, four margins, three particularly large, ample at left, good colour and embossing, fine-very fine. (S.G. 1, £600) (Image 1)

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Scott U$ 400

SOLD for C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction
German Colonies
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
615 O 19 image1900, 5m slate & carmine Kaiser's Yacht Hohenzollern, a fresh single with select centring, neatly-struck with Rio Del Rey c.d.s. (26 April, 1907), almost imperceptible thin below "M" of Kamerun, a most attractive example of this key value, very fine. (Mi. 19, €600). (Image 1)

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Michel € 450

SOLD for C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
German States -- Baden
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
616 CVR 1 image1859 (December 16), 1kr black imperforate on folded official letter, Freiburg to Waldkirch, with contents from the Großherzoglich Badisches Bürgermeister-Amt Freiburg, franked with 1kr black Numeral issue, margins clear to cut into at one side, tied by “43” five-ring numeral cancel with boxed Freiburg (16 Dec) datestamp alongside, addressed to Waldkirch with intact embossed seal on reverse, letter contents datelined 13 Dec 1859, piece cut out at upper left corner affecting all pages but not detracting from exterior presence, a fine and attractive early Baden adhesive-franked official correspondence. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Scott U$ 600

SOLD for C$110.00
Will close during Public Auction
German States -- Bavaria
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
617 CVR   image1681 (June 27), Holy Roman Empire, stampless folded letter, Munich to Nuremberg, datelined at Munich and issued under the authority of Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria (1662–1726), addressed to the Nuremberg City Council, written in chancery German with decorative pen flourishes concerning fiscal and municipal matters, reverse with intact red wax seal bearing a sharp heraldic impression of the Bavarian arms symbolising ducal authority, a scarce and historically interesting piece, particularly desirable so well-preserved. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 120

SOLD for C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
Germany
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
618 og 1 image1872, ¼gr violet Eagle & Small Shield, lightly hinged original gum, a fresh example with strong embossing, much nicer than usually encountered, fine-very fine; signed (Walter) Engel. (Image 1)

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Scott U$ 200

SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
619 CVR 8,10, 21 image1873 (June 23), three-colour Small & Large Eagle mixed franking cover from Darmstadt to Longwood, Massachusetts, franked with 1kr green large Eagle, 2kr orange and 7kr blue small Eagle paying the 10kr rate, each tied by neat Darmstadt c.d.s, with clear red circular “New York Paid All” exchange marking and red straight-line “Franco” handstamp on front, minor toning and edge wear with a few opening faults and small portion of top backflap removed, otherwise attractive, a desirable mixed franking to the United States. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 100

SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction
620 CVR CL4 image1912 (June), “Gelber Hund” pair on Rhein–Main Flugpost card, Darmstadt to Mainz, official orange Flugpost-Karte for the 1912 “Rhein–Main” pioneer flights, franked with Germania 5pf green for postage and two 1m on 10pf orange “Gelber Hund” semi-official airmail labels (charity/carriage fee), all tied by large circular “Flugpost am Rhein u. am Main / Darmstadt” event c.d.s, reverse with printed Grand Duchess of Hesse patronage text, minor edge wear from handling otherwise very fine, carried during the Rhein–Main flights (10–23 June 1912) linking Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Mainz, Worms and Offenbach, the “Gelber Hund” being the yellow-winged biplane which, together with airship LZ10 Schwaben, transported the mails. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 300

SOLD for C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction
621 CVR CL1 image1912 (June 12), Rhein–Main Flugpost card from Offenbach to Los Angeles, official orange “Flug-Post-Karte” for the pioneer service under the patronage of the Grand Duchess of Hesse, franked with 10pf carmine Germania for postage and 10pf orange semi-official “Flugpost am Rhein u. Main” vignette for flight fee, both tied by large double-circle “Flugpost am Rhein u. Main / Offenbach (Main)” c.d.s, addressed to Los Angeles, front additionally showing green circular “Welthilfssprache Esperanto” propaganda label likewise tied by the flight cancel, reverse with printed service notice and message in Esperanto, minor edge wear only, clean with crisp strikes, a scarce and attractive usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 60

SOLD for C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
622 CVR   image1912 (October 13), Augsburg Aviation Meet, semi-official airmail on Otto Schäfer postcard, Regensburg to Stadtamhof, picture postcard depicting aviator Otto Schäfer with his aircraft, franked with Bavaria 5pf green for postage together with 10pf violet semi-official vignette “Erste Augsburg-Flugpost 1912” (flight fee), the 5pf. tied by “Regensburg / 13.10.12” c.d.s. and the vignette tied by large violet double-circle commemorative flight cachet of the same date, addressed to Stadtamhof, very fine, issued for the Augsburg aviation meeting of October 1912, this semi-official label being among the scarcer German pioneer vignettes genuinely tied. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 500

SOLD for C$400.00
Will close during Public Auction
623 CVR   image1931 (June 4), Graf Zeppelin postal card from Hannover to Dresden, franked with two German semi-postals 25+10pf blue and 50+40pf with surtax benefiting charity, both tied by “Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin” c.d.s. with additional “Hannover Flughafen” c.d.s. of the same date at left, with printed “Mit Luftpost / Par Avion” etiquette and violet boxed “Mit Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin” handstamp at upper left, addressed to Dresden-Wachwitz, clean and crisp strikes with only minor routine handling, a fine and attractive Zeppelin usage. (Sieger 111Ab). (Image 1)

Estimate C$ 80

SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
624 CVR 119 image1931 (July 2), 4m black brown “Polar-Fahrt” Zeppelin franking on cover Friedrichshafen to Leningrad, carried on the 1931 Arctic “Polar-Fahrt” of LZ127 Graf Zeppelin, with red italic “Mit Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin befördert” handstamp at upper left, franked with the 4m Zeppelin issue tied by “Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin / 2.7.31” c.d.s, alongside the special red fan-shaped “Luftschiff Polar-Fahrt 1931” cachet, also struck with the anchor-design “Brise Glace ‘Malyguin’ Arctique / 27 VII 31” c.d.s. confirming carriage via the Soviet icebreaker Malygin on the joint German-Soviet Arctic mail exchange, addressed to Leningrad with Cyrillic “Leningrad / 27.8.31” arrival on face, light routine handling only, a fresh and well-preserved Polar Flight. (Sieger 119C). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 300

SOLD for C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
625 CVR   image1933 (June 3), Graf Zeppelin Second South America Flight cover from Essen to Santa Cruz, Brazil, endorsed in violet manuscript “Mit Luftschiff ‘Graf Zeppelin’” at upper left, franked with vertical strip of three 50pf orange Eagle airmails (150pf. rate) tied by Essen c.d.s, with Friedrichshafen (3 Jun) airmail transit alongside, bearing green flight cachet “2. Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin / 2. Südamerikafahrt / 1933” and blue airmail etiquette, reverse with Porto Alegre (7 Jun) transit (two strikes), light edge wear only otherwise very fine. (Sieger 214Aa). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 150

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
626 CVR C28-34, C36-37 image1928 (September 6), complete Eagle Airmail set and Zeppelin values on Graf Zeppelin cover, Freiburg to New York. Cover franked with the complete 1928 “Eagle” airmail set 10pf to 3m, all tied by four Freiburg (6 Sep) c.d.s, additionally franked with 2m and 4m Zeppelin issues, tied by Friedrichshafen (10 Oct) Luftpost datestamps, struck with violet flight cachet “Mit Luftschiff LZ 127 befördert” and bearing blue “Mit Luftpost” etiquette, addressed to Long Island City, New York with New York (16 Oct) arrival on reverse, a rare and eye-catching Zeppelin franking bearing the complete 1928 airmail series with Zeppelin values, very fine and desirable. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 200

SOLD for C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
627 CVR C37 image1929 (August 15), 4m black brown “Graf Zeppelin” on Round-the-World Flight cover, Friedrichshafen to Tokyo (via Moscow), forwarded to Libau, Latvia, fine airmail cover endorsed “Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) – Tokio,” franked with 1928 4m Zeppelin issue tied by Friedrichshafen (15.8.29) c.d.s, struck with bold red circular “Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin / Weltrundfahrt 1929” cachet, with blue “Mit Luftpost / Par Avion” etiquette and additional red bilingual Russian “Воздушная Почта / Par avion” etiquette, with Tokyo (19.8.29) arrival on front and Moscow (6.9.29) transit on reverse, addressed to Libau (Liepāja), Latvia, carried on the Friedrichshafen–Tokyo leg via the Soviet route, a highly attractive usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 180

SOLD for C$140.00
Will close during Public Auction
628 O C43-C45 image1933, 1m to 4m Graf Zeppelin Chicago Flight, overprinted “Chicagofahrt / Weltausstellung / 1933”, a neatly cancelled set of these ever-popular issues, fine–very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Scott U$ 755

SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
629 CVR C45 B88(3_ image1936 (March 13), 4m Chicago Flight Zeppelin franking on cover from Düsseldorf to Buenos Aires, commercial envelope franked with strip of three 25+15pf Olympic semi-postals of 1936 and 4m “Chicagofahrt Weltausstellung 1933 – Graf Zeppelin” airmail, all tied by Düsseldorf c.d.s, with blue “Mit Luftpost / Par Avion” etiquette at left, reverse with Buenos Aires (18 Mar) machine receiver, light normal handling otherwise very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 200

CLOSED
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630 CVR B166, C49, C55 (block of image1939 (December 31), registered censored airmail cover Berlin to Newark, New Jersey, franked 8.35 RM, comprising 15+10pf “Buildings” semi-postal (15pf postage + 10pf charity), 20pf blue airmail, and 2m green “Liebenthal” airmail corner block of four, all tied by Berlin c.d.s, with red Berlin registration label and blue “Mit Luftpost / Par Avion” etiquette at lower left, reverse with New York (16 Jan) and Baltimore (16 Jan) transits and Newark (17 Jan) arrival, opened and resealed by Wehrmacht censors with printed tape, edge wear and light soiling as expected, otherwise fine and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 120

SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction

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