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Postal History - World War I POW Camps - NSW - Tri continued...
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description Estimate in AU$'s
4855 c image1916 stampless envelope endorsed on the flap "Otto Wortmann/GDB Trial Bay" with lower-case 'Service...' & 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' cachets in violet, to "Burns Philp & Co/Sydney" with seriffed 'CENSORED/RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet & 'LIVERPOOL/4JL16/=NSW=' cds. Wortmann was an internee from German New Guinea. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$150

Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4856 PSE/D image1916 (Oct) printed POW Envelope with 25mm 'FREE' at upper-right, endorsed on the flap "H Ermekeil POW B24/Trial Bay Detention Barracks/...", to Germany with small 'RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in blue & German 'Frei-/gegben' cachet in violet. With the enclosure on 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS OF AUSTRALIA/PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/TRIAL BAY' letterhead dated "4 Octob 1916". (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4857 D image1916 (Dec) postcard-size photographic print of a POW's skilfully rendered 'Prosit Neujahr/TRIAL BAY/1917' illustration, apparently posted under cover to Argentina with "Feliz Ano Nuevo" on the reverse. See EFR at page 135. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$100

Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4858 PSE image1916 & 1917 printed POW Envelopes with differing degrees of damage to the 'FREE' indicium, both endorsed on the flap "W Flierl German Detention Barracks E4/Trial Bay" to a Lutheran minister in Queensland with 'RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in blue, the first with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney, the other with 'KEMPSEY/11AP17/=NSW=' cds, both apparently rejected by the censor & returned with large "X" in pencil across the face, minor blemishes. See EFR at page 148. (2) (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4859 PSE image1917 (circa) printed POW Envelope with Exaggerated 'S's & 27mm 'FREE' indicium, endorsed on the flap "[name]Trial Bay", to an internee (?) in Russia with 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' both in violet, German 'Zuruck/...' cachet that roughly translates as 'Service Suspended', boxed 'PRESENT LOCATION/UNCERTAIN' cachet of Sydney (?), large "fickle finger" inscribed 'RETURN TO SENDER/SEE BACK' & double-ring 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/6AU18/SYDNEY NSW' backstamp, minor toning/soiling. Something of an enigma. Apparently sent (under cover ?) via Britain and then perhaps through the Baltic where it was intercepted by the Germans. But how then was it returned? "Curiouser and curiouser", said Alice. See EFR at page 157. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4860 PSE/D image1917 (Jan 5) printed POW Envelope with 25mm 'FREE' indicium, endorsed on the flap "Ad[olf] Schmidt/Trial Bay Detention Barracks/A46", to Germany with 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' in blue & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' in violet, with the enclosed message on 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AUSTRALIA/PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/TRIAL BAY' letterhead. (2 items) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4861 PSE/D image1917 (Jan) printed POW Envelope with 25mm 'FREE' indicium, endorsed on the flap "H Ermekeil POW B24/Trial Bay Detention Barracks", to Germany with 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' in blue & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' in violet, with the enclosed message on 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AUSTRALIA/PRISONER OF WAR LETTER' letterhead with manuscript "TBay 1.22.1917". (2 items) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4862 PSE image1917 (Apr) printed POW Envelope with 25mm 'FREE' indicium, endorsed on the flap "H von Blankensee/Trial Bay", sent with unsealed flap to the Philippines with 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' in blue & Sydney 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' boxed handstamp in violet, 'MANILA PI/MAY15/1917/RECD' arrival backstamp. Superb. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4863 PSE image1917 (mid) printed POW Envelope with defective 'FREE' indicium, endorsed on the flap "H Raum Detent Barracks Trial Bay/(E4)" to his daughter (?) at "Finschhafen/German New Guinea/in Austral Occupation" with faint 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachets in violet, large German 'Freigegeben/Auslandstelle Coln-Duetz' cachet (= Released by Foreign Branch at Cologne) in violet, eventually delivered - probably under cover after the war ended - with Australian Occupation black/white 'Passed by Censor' label & '[crown]/PASSED CENSOR/["initials"]/RABAUL' cachet without date in violet, some gum-staining at left & damp-spotting/toning at right. An important cover. Hans Raum was a Lutheran missionary accused of assisting German officials to escape from Morobe. He was arrested & interned in NSW. Almost certainly from the New Guinea-bound mails aboard SS 'Matunga' which was captured on 6.8.1917 by the German Raider 'Wolf'. The crew & passengers were landed on an island in Dutch New Guinea, but the ship's five officers and the mails were taken to Germany. We have sold several of the seven recorded 'Matunga' covers. All were addressed to servicemen; all were opened in Germany, receiving an 'Opened under Military Law' cachet; and all were returned after the war by the Danish Red Cross. This item was almost certainly handled differently because it was addressed to a German national. Although there are no dates on this item, we note the following points: 1) the Colonel Holman cachets were introduced from late-1916; 2) the defective 'FREE' indicium is recorded from 21.1.1917; 3) the date was removed from the Rabaul censor cachet later than '6MAR1918', meaning that this item was received at Rabaul at a later date (see Lot 4865 for an item from the same correspondence with Rabaul handstamp of '4JAN1918'); and 4) and most importantly, the only dated mail with the censor label we have located was dated in October 1918, five months after all Trial Bay inmates were transferred to Holdsworthy. We suggest that it was forwarded to New Guinea under cover after the war finished. The sum of the evidence is compelling: this must have been in the seized mail from the 'Matunga'. See EFR at page 162. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Estimate AU$1,000

Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4864 PSE image1917 (Nov 7) printed POW Postal Card with 25mm 'FREE' indicium, endorsed on the reverse "Trial Bay 7 Novbr 1917" & signed "G[ustav] Vierich/Mess E1", to his father (?) in Hungary with briefest Christmas greetings, very fine 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' in violet & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' in rosine, large-part 'BUDAPEST/18FEB19' (= 19th February 1918), minor bends. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4865 PSE image1917 (Dec) printed POW Envelope with badly defective 'FREE' indicium, endorsed on the flap "H Raum Detent Barracks Trial Bay/(E4)" to his wife (?) at "Finschhafen/German New Guinea/in Austral Occupation" with faint 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachets in violet, very fine '[crown]/PASSED CENSOR/4JAN1918/RABAUL' datestamp in violet, endorsed at the base "Berlin" & with traces of two apparently German cachets, minor imperfections. Hans Raum was a Lutheran missionary accused of assisting German officials to escape from Morobe. He was arrested & interned in NSW. See also Lot 4863. See EFR at page 155. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4866 PSE image1918 printed POW Envelope with Exaggerated 'S's & 27mm 'FREE' indicium, endorsed on the flap "C Rosenmann Detension [sic] Barracks Trial Bay", sent unsealed to China with faint 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' in violet & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' both in violet, the reverse with bilingual 'SHANGHAI' cds & partial British Post Office at Shanghai cds both of 21MY18 and largely fine rounded-boxed 'BUY WAR BONDS/THROUGH/CHINA & JAPAN/WAR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION/SHANGHAI' cachet on the face, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4867 c imageINWARDS MAIL: 1915 (Dec 10) cover from Dutch Indies with 2½c & 10c tied by 'BATAVIA' cds, apparently twice censored at Sydney with two violet/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' labels tied by seriffed 'CENSORED/ DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet in violet. See EFR at page 132. Ex Neil Russell: sold at our auction of 28.11.2016 for $228. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4868 PSE imageINWARDS MAIL: 1915 (Oct 22) Siam (Thailand) '5 Satang' on Rama VI 20stg Postal Card with Impressed 'N' at Upper-Left, to "K Siebenkittl/Prisoner of war/Trial Bay Detention Camp/South West Rocks" with Singapore transit of '25OC/1915', Sydney boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' & light but fine strike of the seriffed 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet in violet. The message states "...I am sending you your tarock [tarot?] cards. They are rather dirty but as a POW you can't expect very much"! (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4869 long cover imageINWARDS MAIL: 1916 (Oct 24) stampless envelope from Germany without POW superscription, to "Karl Wehle/Detention Barracks/Trial Bay" with 'T'-in-octagon handstamp obscured by British censor label, unusually forwarded via the United States with large-part 'DUE/10/CENTS' duplex of New York, 'SYDNEY/10JA17/ 53 ' backstamp, minor faults. Karl Wehle was one of 76 internees transferred from Hung Hong Camp (Hong Kong) to Trial Bay in 1916 per HMS 'Empire'. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4870 PSE imageINWARDS MAIL: 1916 (Feb 2) Spanish 10c Postal Card from 'BILBAO' to "Joseph Leist interned/Trial Bay Detention Barracks/..." with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' plus seriffed & sans sarif 'CENSORED/ DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachets all in violet, endorsed "not known at Trial Bay" in rosine, 'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL' cachet in violet & Major Sands cachet in blue at lower-left but "not known/Liverpool" and "Try Bourke" in red pencil, "Not at/Bourke" at lower-right, returned to Trial Bay where again endorsed "Not known/at TB" in blue pencil at lower-left, finally endorsed "Berrima", hardly surprising there are minor blemishes. Ex Oscar Blau Hoard: sold at our auction of 21.11.1995 for $935. A spectacular origin/destination item. The writer, an old friend, states "[I'm told] you have been detained by error...[and] the American authorities are taking the necessary steps to get you off...", which might explain why Leist was so elusive! See EFR at page 134. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Estimate AU$1,000

Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4871 PSE imageINWARDS MAIL: 1916 (Mar 4) Siam (Thailand) '5 Satang' on Rama V 4atts Postal Card with Impressed 'N' at Upper-Left, to "K Siebenkittl/Prisoner of war/Trial Bay Detention Camp" with Singapore transit of '14MR/1916', superb Sydney boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' and fine strike of the seriffed 'CENSORED/ DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet in violet, minor defects. The message states "...The 40£ you desired are [sic] being forwarded to you...To cover the cost I shall withdraw your salaries of June and July...I trust you got the 200 cigars I sent you"! (Image1) (Image2)

image

Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4872 c imageINWARDS MAIL: 1916 (July 16) real photo PPC of German soldiers with Infantry Regiment & 'Frei' cachets in violet and 'ZEGRZE' cds (now in Central Poland), to "H Ermekeil/Trial Bay Detention Barracks/South West Rocks" with partial sans-serif 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/[TRIAL BAY NSW]' cachet in blue, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Estimate AU$150

Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4873 c imageINWARDS MAIL: 1916 (July 24) PPC to "H Siebenkittl/Trial Bay" with Austrian triangular censor cachet in rosine & & Cyrillic cachet in violet, on arrival the Austrian stamp removed by the censor & sans-serif 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet in blue applied, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$150

Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4874 PSE imageINWARDS MAIL: 1917 (Jan 22) usage of Indian printed POW Envelope with 'PRISONERS OF WAR/ AHMEDNAGAR' at left, to "Willy Pinkel/.../Koncentration camp/Trial Bay" with large Indian 'PASSED BY CENSOR/25JAN1917/[signature]' cachet in violet, British 'PW 76' censor label on the reverse (used in India, or was the cover missent to England?), and endorsed "Trial Bay" in blue pencil, minor defects. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM

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