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German States - Hamburg continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
121 cover   imageHamburg, 1840 (July 17), transatlantic forwarded folded letter from
Hamburg to Guatemala via Liverpool and Veracruz, concerning a
five-year mercantile dispute, privately forwarded by Frederick Huth
& Co. with red oval “FORWARDED BY YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANTS / FRED’K
HUTH & Co. / LIVERPOOL” handstamp, conveyed to Veracruz and struck
with boxed “VERACRUZ / OCTUBRE 23,” rated “4” in black for 4 reales
postage due, addressed to Messrs. Espada & Piloña, “Guatimala,”
endorsed “Duplicate” with an additional partly legible routing
notation, usual filing folds and small internal tears and tiny
portions missing, none visible externally or materially affecting
the text, fine, an uncommon destination. Datelined Hamburg, July
17, 1840, during the dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central
America and the rise of Rafael Carrera in Guatemala, the two-page
letter from merchant J.F.C. Refardt concerns the unresolved
proceeds of nine cases of merchandise consigned in April 1835: “It
was by the request of your Agent Mr. J.W.C. Müller that I consigned
you…9 cases of Merchandise amounting to £73.15 with the request to
sell these goods for my account…& remitting me the Proceeds in good
Bills on London.” Five years later, Refardt had received neither an
accounting nor payment, writing, “I since never heard a word of
these goods. Mr. Müller told me several years ago, that the goods
were sold, but you never informed me, nor did you send me
remittance for the proceeds.” (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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German Sates - Prussia
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
122 cover   imagePrussia, 1831 (November 1), disinfected letter from Stettin,
Prussia, to Stockholm, Sweden, stampless folded letter addressed to
the Quarantine Commission in Stockholm, sent during the Second
Cholera Pandemic of 1829-37, with clear Greifswald (1 Nov) c.d.s.
and manuscript 8 rate on front, the reverse with a superb large
oval Prussian disinfection cachet bearing crowned shield and
inscribed PURIFIÉ À STETTIN / COMIT. AT BISCHOF, together with
boxed K.S.&N.P.O. / HAMBURG / 4. NOV. 31 Royal Swedish and
Norwegian Post Office transit marking, the paper showing prominent
rastel punctures from the purification process, unusually fresh for
such disinfected mail. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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123 cover   imagePrussia, 1846 (April 8), stampless merchant’s letter from Cologne
to Huth & Co. in London via Ostende, printed exchange-rate
circular, entire struck with black COELN despatch c.d.s. (8 Apr),
straight-line FRANCO handstamp, red HERVE transit (10 Apr) and red
LONDON / PAID arrival (13 Apr), with red crayon manuscript 1/8 and
1/9 accountancy notations, the circular recording exchange
quotations for major European centres including Amsterdam, Hamburg,
Paris and Vienna, together with values relevant to gold and bills
of exchange, heavy filing folds, fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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124 cover   imagePrussia, 1846 (July 7), Joseph Bardwell Lyman correspondence,
friend of Emily Dickinson, stampless folded letter from Berlin,
Prussia, to Lowell, Massachusetts, struck with black double-circle
BERLIN / 7 / 7 despatch and matching FRANCO handstamp, endorsed
“via England” and routed through London with red PAID / 13 JY 13 /
1846 transit c.d.s. and black oval L / JY 13 / R departure marking,
rated “1/8” in manuscript and “26” in red, with BOSTON / MS / SHIP
/ AUG / 1 arrival c.d.s., the reverse with green ALLEMAGNE / PAR /
ERQUELINES transit and large red “100” centimes accountancy
marking; internal fold separations reinforced with archival tape,
otherwise sound. Joseph Bardwell Lyman (1829–1872), a Yale graduate
who later became agricultural editor of the New York Tribune, was a
close friend and correspondent of Emily Dickinson and her family.
The enclosed letter dates from his formative years as an art
student in Prussia, describing a Fourth of July gathering of eight
American students in Berlin, his work copying Raphael’s “Madonna”
and a “Head of Christ,” and the “horrid smells” and dust of the
city in summer. He also records the students’ anxious wait for news
from America and relief at the peaceful settlement of the Oregon
Question, refers to U.S. Minister Major Donelson, and discusses
plans to travel “mostly on foot” through the Tyrol and Switzerland. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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German Sates - Saxony
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
125 cover   imageSaxony, 1835 (September 1), merchant’s folded letter from Leipzig
to Huth & Co. in London, routed “via Hambro’ Steamer,” with
extensive contents concerning the Michaelmas Fair, manuscript due
marking, with red accountancy notations, the reverse with black FPO
/ SE-7 / 1835 Foreign Post Office arrival c.d.s., fine-very fine,
accompanied by a detailed letter in German written at the opening
of Leipzig’s Michaelismesse, one of Central Europe’s most important
trade fairs, with discussion of market conditions and transactions
in colonial goods. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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126 cover   imageSaxony, 1855 (June 18), stampless folded letter from Leipzig,
Saxony, to New York via England, with extensive contents on the
international fur trade, routed “via England pr Mailsteamer,” the
reverse with black double-circle POST-EXPED: / LEIPZIG / 19 / 6 /
55 c.d.s. and matching three-line LEIPZIG / 19 / JUN. handstamp,
red AACHEN / 21 / 6 c.d.s., the reverse with red semi-circular
Brit: / Packet. marking, the front with blue manuscript 5 and black
BOSTON / Br. Pkt. / 30 / JUL / 6 arrival c.d.s.; light filing fold,
else fine-very fine. The enclosed correspondence from B. Hötter &
Sons regards the international fur trade; the writers discuss the
“extravagant prices” paid for American mink and “Eastern Coons,”
complain that certain lots were worth “scarce 3/4 of their
Costprice” because of coarse hair and pale colour, and compare
skins from Green Bay, Chicago, St. Louis and Upper Canada, with
“Indian handled” pelts described as particularly good and
priceworthy. "Spencer’s minks” are criticized as too expensive and
“silvery” sea otters singled out as especially desirable. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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German States - Schleswig-Holstein
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
127 cover   imageSchleswig-Holstein, 1853 (August 30), transatlantic folded
lettersheet from Kiel to New York via Bremen, enclosing three
family letters concerning postal surveillance and cholera, the
enclosures datelined Schleswig (20 Aug), Hornheim (27 Aug), and 31
July, addressed to C.L. Gude, care of W. Franke, 104 Cedar Street,
New York, bearing Kiel (30 Aug) c.d.s., manuscript “25,” blue
crayon “4” and crossed-out “11/15” accounting, with partial
“New-York / U.S.A.” handstamp on front, the reverse with Rendsburg
(30 Aug) railway transit, “ST.P.A. / Bremen” (2 Sep) transit and
intact red wax seal, outer lettersheet with minor wear and brown
mounting stains showing through one internal page, one enclosure
with heavy ink bleed-through and another fold reinforced with
archival tape, otherwise intact and legible. An interestign group,
written following the First Schleswig War and the severe 1853
cholera epidemic. One writer warns that “all letters are read by
the inspector” and reports that “here in Schleswig, the cholera is
raging as fiercely as it was in Copenhagen.” The correspondence
also discusses a debt of 303 Banco marks owed to a Hamburg
attorney, a 100-thaler Lombard loan and a remittance sent from New
York to support the recipient’s mother and siblings, while his
father praises his prudence in remaining with his New York
employer. The Copenhagen epidemic lasted from June to October 1853. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9)

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German States - Thurn & Taxis
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
128 cover   imageThurn & Taxis, 1821 (January 14), stampless folded letter from
Rudolstadt, Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, to Paul
Alexander Leopold, Prince of Lippe struck with two-line black
RUDOLSTADT / 14 JAN / 1821 despatch handstamp and rated “6” in red
manuscript, the reverse with manuscript filing notation “2.” and
complete black wax seal bearing the heraldic arms of the princely
house, the interior written on paper with broad black mourning
border; light overall ageing and minor edge wear, otherwise sound.
Paul Alexander Leopold (1796-1851), later Leopold II, succeeded his
father as Prince of Lippe in 1802 while still a child and assumed
personal rule upon attaining his majority in 1820, only shortly
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129 cover   imageThurn & Taxis, 1840 (January 27), stampless forwarding agent letter
from Frankfurt to New York via Paris and Le Havre, with forwarding
handstamps of H. Edwards & Co. and A. G. Smith & Co., struck with
red double-circle BUREAU MARITIME / HAVRE transit c.d.s. (1 Feb)
and red boxed P.P. handstamp, with large manuscript notation at
upper right, the reverse with red oval FORWARDED BY / H. EDWARDS &
CO / PARIS and black oval RECEIVED / AND FORWARDED BY / A. G. SMITH
& CO. / HAVRE cachets; sound with clean contents, light peripheral
wear and small fold separations reinforced with archival tape,
lovely forwarder's strikes. The correspondence from W. C.
Woodbridge to his family and the Reverend Orman Eastman is an
interesting reflection of medical beliefs and practices of the
time. Woodbridge reports that the children had been ill with
measles and describes severe ear infections, remarking after caring
for several invalids that “I have made up my mind to vote for
Homeopathy & houses on one floor when I am nurse to 4 invalids at
once.” He also records advice received from his physicians
concerning diet and digestion, including the belief that excessive
salt “infallibly produces that irritability of the stomach which we
call dyspepsia.” (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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130 cover   imageThurn & Taxis, 1853 (March 13), stampless folded letter from
Cassel, Thurn & Taxis, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, via New
York,addressed to Johann Jacob Gerhardt, with contents comprising
family news between home and the growing German immigrant community
in Pennsylvania, entering the United States with black NEW-YORK / 5
cts. / MAY 4 exchange c.d.s., the reverse with faint transit c.d.s.
some light uniform toning, else fine with readable contents. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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German States - Wurttemberg
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
131 cover   imageWurttemberg, 1829 (October 26), prepaid letter from Stuttgart to
Autun, France, redirected to Lucenay, with extensive contents on
the wine trade, political economy and family life, struck with
black STUTTGART despatch marking, circular P.P. and red double-ring
A.E.D. handstamp applied at Paris, with red boxed FRANCE / P.
STRASBOURG entry marking, the reverse with manuscript 30/12 rate
notations, fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8)

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132 cover   imageWurttemberg, 1837 (October 9), letter from physicist, scientist,
and surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache, from Stuttgart, Württemberg,
to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, via France and New York, to James C.
Biddle, recording Bache’s acceptance of an honorary Doctor of Laws
degree conferred by the University of Pennsylvania, with no German
postal markings, struck with black double-circle HAVRE / BUREAU
MARITIME despatch c.d.s. (16 Oct), red boxed P.P. handstamp and red
NEW-YORK / SHIP / NOV 29 entry c.d.s., light wrinkles and filing
fold, else exceptionally clean and very fine. Writing to James C.
Biddle, Secretary of the University’s Board of Trustees, Bache
expresses particular gratitude for the honour in light of his more
than seven years’ association with the institution and asks that
his thanks be conveyed formally to the Board. He writes
appreciatively of the "very flattering testimonial of regard... the
connexion which existed between us for more than seven years
renders this testimonial particularly grateful to my feelings."
Written during the period in which Bache was studying European
educational systems. Bache, initially an army engineer, later
became Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, leading
its development into the most significant scientific institution in
the United States of the pre-Civil War era. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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133 cover   imageWurttemberg, 1838 (April 25), transatlantic folded letter from
Calw, to Philadelphia via Le Havre and New York, with original
family contents, enclosing a single-page letter from J.H. Frederich
datelined Calw, 22 Apr 1838, addressed to C.L. Mayer, care of Chs.
Cseinwein & Co., Philadelphia, bearing straight-line “CALW / 25
APR. 1838” origin and red New-York / Ship (6 Jun) entry datestamp,
endorsed “franco / Havre / de grace,” reverse with extensive
red-crayon transit accounting, clean and sound with fully readable
contents. The letter's family contents include a response from the
sender to his brother’s concern over a prolonged silence,
explaining that he delayed writing until important family decisions
had been reached. He reports their aging mother’s declining
physical and mental health, reflects on his own twenty years of
recurring illness and expresses regret at his brother’s wish to
leave Philadelphia, while promising another update by an
approaching vessel. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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134 cover   imageWurttemberg, 1841 (April 15), transatlantic folded letter from
Stuttgart to the American Bible Society in New York, written by W.
G. Schauffler concerning the financial crisis threatening his
Ladino Bible translation project , struck with black two-line
STUTTGART / 17 APR. 1841 despatch handstamp and black double-circle
transit c.d.s. (20 Apr), handled in London by Schunck, Souchay &
Co., with red boxed PAID / 4 MY 4 / 1841 handstamp and black PD,
various accountancy notations including 10d, 1/-, 20 and large 1/4,
carried by Cunard Caledonia and arriving Boston with light red
BOSTON / SHIP / MAY 19 c.d.s.; right edges frayed and toned, with
small internal fold separations and edge faults reinforced with
archival tape, otherwise sound. Written by William Gottlieb
Schauffler, the linguist and missionary associated with the
American Bible Society and later known for his work among Sephardic
Jews and for translating Scripture into Ladino, the letter gives a
first-hand account of the financial difficulties surrounding his
publication work; Schauffler explains that continuing “pecuniary
difficulties” in America had left him without the expected funds to
meet a $500 printing obligation for the Old Testament, placing him
in the precarious position of having contracted European printers
and materials while depending upon American sponsorship. He fears
that, unless funds arrive by the next Cunard steamer, he may be
forced to dispose of two editions of the Pentateuch in Germany to
satisfy local creditors, an outcome he describes as a deeply
“reproachful alternative.” (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Germany
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
135 cover   image1873 (December 15), insured money letter from Schönau im Wiesenthal
to Zeit, franked with 1kr green and 7kr blue Large Shield issues
tied by framed Schoenau im Wiesenthal (15 Dec) datestamps, with red
crayon and manuscript value and accounting notations including “3
fl,” reverse with Zeit (16 Dec) receiver, complete internal brewery
letter inside fom Brauerei Atzenbach concerning a cash remittance
and a request for patience over outstanding balances, filing folds.
(Scott 10, 21). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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136 cover   image1912 (June 19), “Gelber Hund” pioneer airmail postcard from
Darmstadt to Mainz, bearing 1M on 10pf “Gelber Hund” semi-official
airmail and 5pf Germania, tied by Flugpost am Rhein u. am Main /
Darmstadt (19 Jun) datestamps, on orange special-print card with
Hessian arms and printed address to the Palais-Verwaltung at Mainz,
reverse with printed account of the flights by Lieutenant von
Hiddessen in the Euler biplane *Gelber Hund*, very fine. (Scott
CL4, Michel 4). The card was flown during the June 1912 Flugpost am
Rhein und Main aviation week, held under the patronage of Grand
Duchess Eleonore of Hesse and among Germany’s earliest organized
airmail experiments. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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137 cover   image1923 (August 31), registered Avis de Réception inflation-period
cover from Jena to Canada, large-format stampless envelope to
Ottawa, bearing blue-black TAXE PERÇUE / 430,000 postage-paid
marking, with Jena 1 registration label and Ottawa DUTY FREE
arrival handstamp, the reverse with pink Rückschein / Avis de
Réception form, it bearing four "Rheinland und Ruhrgebiet in Not!"
cinderella labels; usual handling wear and filing folds,
nevertheless a scarce commercial usage from the final day of
Inflation Period 15. By August 31, 1923, German postal rates were
rising so rapidly that supplies of suitably denominated stamps
could not always keep pace, and cash-payment Taxe Perçue markings
were used when the required postage could not conveniently be made
up with adhesives. This 430,000 Mark franking falls on the final
day before the substantial September 1 rate increase. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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138 cover   image1925 (April 13), Regensberg Easter Flight, flown semi-official
postcard, franked with 10pf Regensberg Osterflugtage semi-official
airmail, tied by "Oster-Flugtage Regensburg 12/13.4.1926" c.d.s.,
"Mit Flugzeug / D409 befordert" handstamp confirming the card was
flown, the card showing portrait of famed pilot Ernst Udet, scarce
and very fine. The Regensburg Easter Flight of 1925 was a
short-lived German special airmail service operated over the Easter
holidays in late March–early April 1925, linking Regensburg
(Bavaria) with nearby regional destinations as part of a
promotional and experimental aviation initiative. Its goal was to
demonstrate the reliability and speed of civil aviation in southern
Germany. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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139 cover   image1925 (April 20), Büchelberg pioneer glider-flight postcard, bearing
semi-official 10pf “Segelflüge Pforzheim” overprint on 3M blue
Deutsche Flugpost issue with 5pf green adhesive, tied by Segelflüge
am Büchelberg / Mühlhausen (Amt Pforzheim) (20 Apr) flight
datestamp, with blue Flugsport-Club Pforzheim flight-fee
handstamps, red Büchelberg cachet and boxed “Mit Segelflugpost
befördert Tiefenbronn / Preis 20 Pfennig” marking, reverse printed
for the April 1925 glider week, tiny hinge remnants on reverse,
otherwise very fine. (Michel 13c). Organized by the Flugsport-Club
Pforzheim, the Büchelberg glider week used specially prepared
semi-official adhesives and cachets for mail carried during the
motorless-flight trials. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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140 cover   image1937 (May 1), postcard prepared for the cancelled LZ 129 Hindenburg
Germany Flight, franked at 50pf with blue Hindenburg airmail issue
tied by “LUFTSCHIFF HINDENBURG” (1 May) onboard datestamp, struck
with blue circular Zeppelin pictorial cache "Luftschiff Hindenburg
/ Deutschlandfahrt / am 1. Mai 1937,” together with red boxed
“Wegen Ausfalls der / Deutschlandfahrt / Postabwurf bei /
Nordamerikafahrt” auxiliary handstamp, addressed to Frankfurt, with
Köln 1 (3 May) transit and Frankfurt (Main) 1 Flughafen (4 May)
receiver, the photo side depicting the airship’s smoking room, very
fine. The promotional flight over Germany scheduled for May 1,
1937, was cancelled because of severe weather. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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