German (Deutsch) New Guinea - Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1033 |
PSE |
 1905 (Dec 5) Ceylon KEVII 6c brown Envelope to "Ralum/Deutsch New Guinea" uprated with KEVII 4c & 5c tied 'MATALE' cds, Colombo &
Singapore transits and Herbertshohe arrival backstamp (the latter struck over the Singapore cds), a couple of minor blemishes. Ralum Plantation was located at Blanche Bay on the island of Neu-Pommern (New Britain).
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1034 |
 |
 1905 (Nov 23) to Germany with Yachts 10pf red solo tied by very fine strike of 'KAEWIENG/DEUTSCH/ NEUGUINEA/29/11/05' cds,
'STRAUSSFURT/12.06.06' arrival backstamp. PO 1.1.1904; closed 17.10.1914. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1035 |
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 1906 (May 12) PPC of Namatanai Station House to "Saipan - Marianen/Südsee" with 5pf tied by light 'HERBERTSHOHE' cds, with 'YAP/3
8/06/KAROLINEN' and 'SAIPAN/14 9/06/MARIANEN' cds on face, re-directed to Germany with Trachtenberg arrival d/s of 17.11.1906, small faults including a closed tear at left. A fabulous origin/destination item. Mail between the German Colonies is quite
scarce; items that travelled between three of the smallest settlements in the South Pacific even more so. Namatanai Post Office did not open until -.12.1911.
Grade B (Image1)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1036 |
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 1908 (Jan 6) social usage of PPC ('Herbertshöhe Fischerhütte') to Australia with 'HERBERTSHOHE' straight-line h/s at U/L, personal
message dated "Jan 6 08" and Germany 10pf tied by superb strike of 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/NEU-/GUINEA-/ZWEIGLINIE/15 1/08' cds with code letter 'c' used on board the steamer 'Prinz Waldemar', Hong Kong transit cds of same date & Sydney 'FEB 13' arrival
alongside, a couple of minor blemishes.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1037 |
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 1908 (July 29) social usage of real photo PPC ('Prinz Waldemar' steamship) to German sailor care of the ND Lloyd Agents, New York
with personal message headed "Simpsonhafen, 29 Juli 08" and Germany 10pf tied by light but discernible strike of 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/NEU-/GUINEA-/ ZWEIGLINIE/21 8/08' cds with code letter 'a' used on board the steamer 'Manila', Hong Kong transit cds of
same date alongside, a couple of minor blemishes. The cds was used on the 'Manila' from 21.12.1906 to 11.8.1909 only, then transferred to the 'Coblenz' from 13.8.1909 onwards. Mail from German New Guinea to America is very scarce.
Grade A- (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1038 |
PSE |
 1908 (Sept 26) irregular usage from Germany of DNG 5pf+5pf Reply Postal Card to a passenger on board the survey ship "S.M.S. Planet,
Australien, Berlin Marine-Postbüro" [Maritime PO] with Germania 5pf added tied 'COLN' cds with another strike on the printed indicium, returned unseparated with message headed "Manus 30/11 08 (Admiralitaetsinsel)" and largely very fine strike of
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/NEU-/GUINEA/ ZWEIGLINIE/27 11/08' cds with code letter 'c' used on board the steamship 'Prinz Waldemar', a couple of very minor blemishes. A remarkable usage, all the more so for being returned from remote Manus Island in the
Admiralty Group almost 400km NNE of Madang. The Post Office at Manus did not open until 6.12.1912, closing in late-1914 upon the Australian Occupation.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [New Guinea Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$1,600.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1039 |
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 1908 (Dec 18) to Germany with return address "SMS Jaguar/Marine-Postamt Berlin" and Yachts 10pf red tied by largely fine strike of
'SIMPSONSHAFEN/DEUTSCH-/NEU-GUINEA' cds, on reverse wax seal and Iserlohn '31.-1.09' arrival b/s, a couple of minor ink marks not affecting the stamp or markings. The German Navy gunboat 'Jaguar' served in New Guinea waters from 1899 to 1914.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1040 |
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 1908 (Dec 20) use of 'Austral-Japan-Linie' PPC of the Hernsheim offices & wharves at Matupi, to Germany with message headed "Matupi"
and Germany 5pf green tied by largely very fine strike of 'KAIS. DEUTSCHE/ MARINE-/SCHIFFSPOST/No.45' cds used on board the SMS 'Jaguar', minor blemishes & light crease at left not affecting the stamp or markings. The German Navy gunboat 'Jaguar'
served in New Guinea waters from 1899 to 1914.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1041 |
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 1908 (Dec 29) to "Herrn W Halm/Constantinhafen" with German New Guinea Yachts 10pf red with 'Siar' rubber h/s in violet endorsed
"29/12/08" in black ink and 'FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN/16 1/09' cds struck alongside, slightly trimmed at right clear of stamp, a few trivial blemishes. A rare shipboard cover from a German coastal steamer to a remote domestic destination.
The SS 'Siar' was owned by the Neu-Guinea Compagnie. Friedemann at page 748 states "The captain cancelled, without specific authority, postal matter which was delivered after the close of the local post office, or matter originating in localities
without postal facilities ... Postage stamps cancelled in this fashion were sometimes also subsequently cancelled with the regular canceller of the next post office". The NGC set up a station at Konstantinhafen on Astrolabe Bay & its Post Office
opened 15.5.1888, but closed on 30.9.1891. Having been posted on board the SS 'Siar', the item was put ashore at the nearest Post Office some 2½ weeks later and carried overland to destination.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$6,000.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1042 |
PSE |
 1910 (circa) usage of New South Wales Arms 1d Wrapper with 'NSW'-in-bars cancel, to "Herbertshohe/ Neu-Pommern/(New Britain)" endorsed
"Pr RMS Stettin", opened-out for display, small repaired tear at the lower fold. ['Stettin' was a German naval cruiser, launched in 1907] See website for illustration.
Grade (A) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1043 |
PSE |
 1910 (Aug 2) usage of New Guinea 5pf Postal Card to Germany with a lengthy personal message headed "SS Germania/Pelau - Hong Kong/Ende
Juli" [end July] and a largely fine strike of 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/ JALUIT-/LINIE/2 8/10' cds with code letter 'b' used on board the steamer 'Germania', a couple of minor blemishes. The Jaluit Line operated between New Guinea, the Marshall, Caroline &
Mariana Islands and Hong Kong. Pelau (Palau) lies between the Phillipines and the Carolines. Following its defeat in the 1898 Spanish-American War, Spain sold all these island groups to Germany.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [New Guinea Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$360.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1044 |
PSE |
 1910 (Feb 12) rare albeit philatelic usage of Queensland 1d orange-brown Postal Card ('Arrowroot Farm, Pimpama') to Germany with
Queensland ½d green added tied by two largely fine strikes of 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/ NEU-/GUINEA-/ZWEIGLINIE' cds with code letter 'b' used on board the steamer 'Prinz Sigismund' on its Sydney-New Guinea-Singapore route, a couple of tiny blemishes. The
German Colonies Study Group (ARGE) does not record any usage on Queensland stamps or stationery.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [New Guinea Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1045 |
PSE |
 1912 (Feb 12) usage of 10pf Postal Card registered to Germany with typed message ordering seeds, uprated with 5pf & 10pf tied by three
largely fine strikes of 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/NEU-/GUINEA-/ZWEIGLINIE/21 2/12' cds with code letter 'b', black & red/white registration label inscribed 'Deutsche Seepost/Neu-Guinea- Zweiglinie' alongside tied by boxed 'Reichspostdampfer/Prinz Sigismund'
h/s in violet, Erfurt '21.3.12' arrival cds on face, one tiny central borer hole otherwise superb. An extraordinary commercial usage paying the 5pf postcard rate plus 20pf registration fee. Registered postcards are rare.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1046 |
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 1912 (July 7) registered cover to Germany with 'VIA SIBERIA' h/s, Yachts 10pf & 20pf and Germany 10pf all tied by three light but
legible strikes of 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/NEU-/GUINEA-/ZWEIGLINIE/21 2/12' cds with code letter 'a', black & red/white registration label inscribed 'Deutsche Seepost/Neu-Guinea-Zweiglinie' alongside with boxed 'Reichspostdampfer/Coblenz' h/s in blue,
Löderburg arrival b/s of 11.8.1912, a couple of tiny blemishes. It appears that the item was originally posted franked only with the two DNG stamps for the 10pf letter rate to Germany (up to 20g) plus 20pf registration fee, but was found to be
overweight and the Germania 10pf added to pay the additional letter rate up to 250g.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1047 |
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 1913 Austral-Japan-Linie PPC ('Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen Am Pier') to Germany with Yachts 20pf tied by Rabaul cds, full message in
German.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1048 |
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 1913 (July 27) PPC 'Eingeborener vom Huon Golf zum Kakadu-Tanz geschmünckt' [=Huon Gulf Native dressed for Kakadu dance] endorsed from
"Matupi Rabaul", to Germany with Germania 5pf & German New Guinea Yachts 5pf both tied by three largely fine strikes of 'KAIS. DEUTSCHE/MARINE-/SCHIFFPOST/No8' cds used on board the 'Cormoran', a couple of minor blemishes. Either stamp was sufficient
to pay the postcard rate to Germany; it appears the sender was concerned that the Germania stamp may not have been valid for use in New Guinea.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1049 |
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 1914 (Feb 14) registered to Germany with Yachts 3pf brown x10 singles tied by very fine 'RABAUL/ DEUTSCH/ NEUGUINEA/14.2.14' cds and
black & red/white R label alongside, 'BERLIN/25.3.14' arrival backstamp, minor transmission marks & two small adhesions on back. The rate was 10pf up to 20g letter plus 20pf registration. A very attractive multiple franking.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1050 |
|
 1914 (June 22) large linen-backed banker's cover (217x140mm) with 'REICHSBANK-HAUPKASSE/[Eagle]' h/s in blue on reverse and
pre-printed 'Einschreiben' [= Registration] on face, to "Gouvernments- Hauptkasse/in/Rabaul" [= Government Treasury] endorsed per "Princess Alice" with Germania 40pf solo tied by Berlin cds and red & black/white 'Berlin 111' R label, unusally without
any transit or arrival markings, a few aging marks and rounded U/L corner.
Upon the outbreak of WWI on 28.7.1914 the North German Lloyd 'Princess Alice' was steaming between Singapore & Hong Kong en route to Rabaul. To avoid capture, she diverted to the neutral port of Cebu in the Philippine Islands, where she was
impounded. In 1917 she was seized by the US, renamed 'Princess Matoika' and used as a troop transport for the remainder of the war. It is not known what happened to the contents of the envelope, but it certainly never reached its intended
destination.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1051 |
PSE |
 POSTMARKS: 'NAMATANAI/(DEUTSCH/NEUGUINEA)/18.3/12' largely very fine strike on German New Guinea Postal Card 5pf green to Germany (no
message). PO -.12.1911; closed -.11.1914. [German Station on the island of Neu-Mecklenburg (= New Ireland)]
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
