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German WWI Submarine Mail continued...

Third Voyage to the US continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
3241 cover 55 imageSubmarine Letter to Bremen - Austrian Mail, forwarding cover franked with three Austrian 2k blue tied by Vienna c.d.s.s, 12 Jan 1917; red framed Vienna Censor's handstamp on the front, Very Fine. Would have contained two properly franked and addressed covers at a cost of 3k each. Illustrated on page 55 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $350-500
Currently Opening at...$180.00
Will close during Public Auction
3242 cover 56a imageSubmarine Letter to Bremen - Austrian Mail, forwarding cover franked with five Austrian 3k claret tied by Baden bei Wien c.d.s., 15 Jan 1917; red framed Vienna Censor's handstamp and manuscript initials on the front, paper seal of the same Agency on the flap, Very Fine. Would have contained five covers at a cost of 3k each. Illustrated on page 56 of the Handbook, signed Sam Ray and one other. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $500-750
Currently Opening at...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
3243 cover 56b imageSubmarine Letter to Bremen - Hungarian Mail, forwarding cover—a 35f stamped envelope—uprated with four stamps, totaling the proper 3.20k rate, tied by Temerrékas c.d.s.s, 30 Jan 1917; red "Tauchbootbrief nach Bremen." handstamp applied at Budapest alongside a partial Budapest c.d.s., Very Fine. Would have contained a single properly franked and addressed cover. Illustrated on page 56 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-600
Currently Opening at...$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
3244 cover 57 imageSubmarine Letter to Bremen - Hungarian Mail, forwarding cover franked with three stamps totaling 3.20k tied by Brasso c.d.s.s, 15 Jan 1917; faintly struck red "Tauchbootbrief nach Bremen." handstamp applied at Budapest alongside an 18 Jan Budapest c.d.s., Very Fine. Illustrated on page 57 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-600
Currently Opening at...$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
3245 cover 58a imageSubmarine Letter to Bremen, Violation of Regulations, forwarding cover franked with a 2m blue tied by two of three Stuttgart c.d.s.s, 30 Dec 1916; originally addressed to the recipient, rather than the required "Tauchbootbrief nach Bremen;" the sender realized the error and corrected it himself, Very Fine. Illustrated on page 58 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $350-500
Currently Opening at...$180.00
Will close during Public Auction
3246 cover 58b imageSubmarine Letter to Bremen, Violation of Regulations, forwarding cover franked with 2m blue tied by two Trossingen c.d.s.s, 9 Jan 1917; originally addressed to the recipient, rather than the required "Tauchbootbrief nach Bremen;" the sender realized the error and corrected it himself, Very Fine. Illustrated on page 58 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $350-500
Currently Opening at...$180.00
Will close during Public Auction
3247 cover 58z imageGroup of Four Outer Submarine Covers, with the required manuscript "Tauchbootbrief nach Bremen" address; two of them with a single 2m blue (one of them with an edge tear), one with two 1m carmine (this one partly toned), and one with two 2m blue; still on Hennig's Exhibition pages, none of them illustrated in the Handbook, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
3248 (cover) 61 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, commercial cover front only from Schramberg to Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4 Jan 1917 with the Bremen Submarine cachet (15 Jan 1917) and the type 2-A Return handstamp, Very Fine. Illustrated on page 61 of the Handbook. (Image)

Estimate $100-150
Currently Opening at...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
3249 cover 63 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service - Austrian Mail, cover from Vienna to Chicago, 11 Jan 1917, with red Vienna censor's handstamp, manuscript initials, a Bremen Submarine cachet (20 Jan 1917) and a Bremen small "O" censor's handstamp; no indication of return or refund; light vertical file fold, Very Fine. Illustrated on page 63 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
Currently Opening at...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
3250 cover 64 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service - Austrian Mail, cover from Vienna to the U.S., 16 Jan 1917, with red Vienna censor's handstamp, Bremen Submarine cachet (16 Jan 1917), type 3 Return handstamp, "Zurûck Postverkehr eingestellt," and a Bremen small "Q" censor's handstamp; no indication of refund; egde flaws including one damaged stamp, Fine. Illustrated on page 64 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
Currently Opening at...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
3251 (cover) 64a imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service - Austrian Mail, cover front only from Gmunden to Pittsburgh, Pa., 12 Jan 1917, with red Vienna censor's handstamp and manuscript initials, purple "Unzulässig Zurûck" (Inadmissable - Return) censor's handstamp, Bremen Submarine cachet (20 Jan 1917 and small "O" censor's handstamp; no indication of refund; egde flaws including one damaged stamp, Extremely Fine. Not illustrated in the Handbook. (Image)

Estimate $100-150
Currently Opening at...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
3252 cover 65 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service - Austrian Mail, cover from Vienna to New York, 13 Jan 1917, with red Vienna censor's handstamp and manuscript initials, purple type 4 Return handstamp, "Tauchbootverkehr eingestellt. Zurûck," Bremen Submarine cachet (20 Jan 1917), and small "O" censor's handstamp; no indication of refund; central vertical file fold slightly split at the top, Very Fine. Illustrated on page 65 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
Currently Opening at...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
3253 cover 66a imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service - Hungarian Mail, cover from Brasso to São Paulo, Brazil, 15 Jan 1917, with blurry strike of a Hungarian censor's handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (30 Jan 1917) small "O" censor's handstamp; Martial Law label on the reverse; no indication of refund; includes a small Budapest Post Office form explaining the reason for the return, "[D]elivery by submarine is no longer in force.", Fine to Very Fine. Illustrated on pages 66 & 99 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
Currently Opening at...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
3254 cover 66b imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service - Hungarian Mail, cover from Budapest to New York, 15 Jan 1917; Hungarian censor's handstamp and initials, Bremen Submarine cachet (20 Jan 1917) and small censor's "O", plus a red "Tauchbootbriefe nach Bremen;" Hungarian Martial Law label on the reverse. Upon return to Hungary, "New York City" was crossed out and the sender's address was transcribed from the back to the front to facilitate delivery; no indication of refund; opened out for display, Very Fine. Illustrated on pages 66 & 93 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
Currently Opening at...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
3255 cover 67 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, partly-printed (mimeographed) Refund Receipt for the 2m Submarine fee, issued by the Mannheim Post Office on 6 Mar 1917 for a cover that had been mailed to New York on 30 Jan 1917, Very Fine, and rare. Illustrated on page 67 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
3256 cover 71 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Halle to New York, 5 Jan 1917, with type 2-A Return handstamp, Bremen Submarine cachet (15 Jan 1917) and small "(single rays)" censor handstamp; notification of 2m refund handwritten on the reverse; name(s) of sender cut out, Very Fine. Illustrated on page 71 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
Currently Opening at...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
3257 cover 72a imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Cannstatt to New York, 9 Jan 1917, with type 2-A Return handstamp, Bremen Submarine cachet (15 Jan 1917) and small "(asterisk)" censor handstamp; notification of 2m refund handwritten on the reverse; opened out for display; name(s) of sender cut out, Very Fine. Illustrated on page 72 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
Currently Opening at...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
3258 cover 72b imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Stuttgart to, Flatbush - Brooklyn, N.Y., 16 Jan 1917, with type 2-A Return handstamp, Bremen Submarine cachet (22 Jan 1917) and small "&" censor handstamp; notification of 2m refund handwritten on the reverse; part of top flap missing, Very Fine. Illustrated on page 72 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

image

Estimate $150-200
Currently Opening at...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
3259 cover 76 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Stuttgart to New York, 13 Jan 1917, with type 2-A Return handstamp, Bremen Submarine cachet (18 Jan 1917) and small "Q" censor handstamp; notification of 2m refund handwritten on the reverse; the cover is unfranked with a red crayon "20pf" and a manuscript notation that the postage was paid by a stamp on the outer envelope; opened out for display, name of sender cut out, Very Fine. Most unusual! Illustrated on page 76 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $250-350
Currently Opening at...$130.00
Will close during Public Auction
3260 cover 77 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, Mourning cover from Schõntal to New York, 18 Jan 1917, with type 2-A Return handstamp in blue, Bremen Submarine cachet (22 Jan 1917) and small "O" censor handstamp; notification of 2m refund handwritten on the reverse; opened out for display, name of sender cut out, Very Fine. Illustrated on page 77 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
Currently Opening at...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
3261 cover 79 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service - Austrian Mail, cover from Vienna to Los Angeles, 26 Jan 1917, with red framed Vienna censor's handstamp and manuscript initials, Bremen Submarine cachet (30 Jan 1917, on front and back), and small "A" censor's handstamp; no indication of return or refund; opened out for display, Very Fine. Illustrated on page 79 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
Currently Opening at...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
3262 cover 80 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, formular Feldpost Card mailed in the field to New York City; two 10pf Germanias with manuscript cancels and an "Aus dem Felde" handstamp, the (long) neatly written message (in German) is dated 27 Jan 1917; with scarcer type 2-B Return handstamp and two different Bremen Submarine cachets (1 Jan & 10 Feb 1917) and a Hamburg censor's handstamp with a manuscript return of fee notation; heavy (reinforced) central vertical file fold and two small corner repairs, otherwise Very Fine. Illustrated on page 80 of the Handbook.


Military personnel were not entitled to free foreign mail, so 20pf in stamps was necessary; the card bears a Hamburg censor's handstamp. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
3263 cover 81 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Reutlingen to New York, 1 Feb 1917, with scarcer type 2-B Return handstamp, two different Bremen Submarine cachets (10 Feb on the front and 3 Feb on the back) and small "B" censor handstamp; notification of 2m refund handwritten on the reverse; opened out for display with name of sender cut out and botm fold slightly separated, otherwise Very Fine. Illustrated on page 81 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
Currently Opening at...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
3264 cover 82 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Berlin to New York, 1 Feb 1917, with type 2-A Return handstamp and two different Bremen Submarine cachets (10 Feb on the front and 2 Feb on the back); no indication of refund; opened out for display; horizontal file fold near the bottom, otherwise Very Fine. Illustrated on page 82 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
Currently Opening at...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
3265 cover 83 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Stuttgart to New York, 3 Feb 1917, with scarcer type 2-B Return handstamp, two different Bremen Submarine cachets (10 Feb on the front and 5 Feb on the back) and small "O" censor handstamp; notification of 2m refund handwritten on the reverse; opened out for display with small repair of upper left corner, otherwise Very Fine. Illustrated on page 83 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
Currently Opening at...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
3266 cover 84 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service - Hungarian Mail, cover from Ótura to Cleveland, Ohio, 22 Jan 1917, with a normal Bremen Post Office c.d.s., 29 Jan; also a Hungarian censor's handstamp and initials, Bremen Submarine cachet (10 Feb 1917), plus a Hungarian Martial Law label on the reverse; also said to have the Bremen censor's small handstamped "M" handstamp, but we are unable to locate it; opened out for display, Very Fine. Illustrated on page 84 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
Currently Opening at...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
3267 cover 86 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Bremen to Barranquilla, Colombia, 4 Jan 1917, with Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (15 Jan 1917)) and small "O" censor handstamp; on the reverse is a lightly struck Return of Submarine Fee handstamp (page 95, cachet 10 in the handbook);no indication of censorship other than possible censor's initials to the left of the stamp; opened out for display with small repair of upper left corner, Very Fine. Illustrated on page 86 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
Currently Opening at...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
3268 cover 87 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, small cover from Husum to Bowling Green, Mo., 2 Jan 1917, with Bremen censor's small "single rays" handstamp; contents was deemed to be in violation of War Secrets laws and the cover was marked with a clear strike of the censor's Refusal handstamp, "Beanstandet/ ueberwachungstelle Bremen;" top flap missing, otherwise Extremely Fine. Illustrated on page 87 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
Currently Opening at...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
3269 cover 88a imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service - Bavarian Mail, small cover from Nürnberg to New York City, 8 Jan 1917, with Bremen censor's small "double rays" handstamp; contents deemed in violation of War Secrets laws and cover marked with censor's Refusal handstamp, "Beanstandet/ ueberwachungstelle Bremen;" part of back cut away, otherwise Very Fine. Illustrated on page 88 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
Currently Opening at...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
3270 cover 88b imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service - Bavarian Mail, small cover from Kûps to Havana, Cuba, 2 Feb 1917, with Bremen censor's small "C" handstamp; contents deemed in violation of War Secrets laws and cover marked with censor's Refusal handstamp, "Beanstandet/ ueberwachungstelle Bremen;" top flap missing, otherwise Very Fine. A rare destination. Illustrated on page 88 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $350-500
Currently Opening at...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
3271 cover 88z imageReturned Submarine Mail - Small Bremen Censor Handstamps, Group of six different: "Single Rays," "Double Rays," "Star," "X," "&," and "Q;" all to the U.S. and all with the type 2-A Return handstamp and all but the "X" and "Q" with manuscript Refund notifications; still on Hennig's Exhibition pages, none of them illustrated in the Handbook, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (All Images)

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Estimate $350-500
Currently Opening at...$180.00
Will close during Public Auction
3272 cover 89 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Stuttgart to Door of Hope, China, 12 Jan 1917, with Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (15 Jan 1917) and small "X" censor handstamp, as well as the Bremen directional handstamp, "via San Francisco;" notification of 2m refund handwritten on the reverse, Very Fine. A scarce destination. Illustrated on page 89 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
3273 cover 90 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Gönningen to Hunan, China, 12 Jan 1917, with Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (18 Jan 1917)) and small "X" censor handstamp, as well as the Bremen directional handstamp, "via San Francisco;" notification of 2m refund handwritten on the reverse; also said to have the Bremen censor's small handstamped "Q" handstamp, but we are unable to locate it; opened out for display with sender's name cut out, Very Fine. A scarce destination. Illustrated on page 90 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
3274 cover 91 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Stuttgart to Kanton, China, 2 Feb 1917, with a small Merchant's handstamped corner card; scarcer type 2-B Return handstamp and two different Bremen Submarine cachets (10 Feb on the front, 5 Feb on the back) and small "C" censor handstamp, as well as the Bremen directional handstamp, "via San Francisco;" notification of 2m refund handwritten on the reverse, exceptionally clean and Extremely Fine. A scarce destination. Illustrated on page 91 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
3275 cover 92 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service - Austrian Mail, cover from Vienna to Java, Dutch East Indies, 8 Jan 1917, with red framed Vienna censor's handstamp and manuscript initials, Bremen Submarine cachet (15 Jan 1917) and small "X" censor's handstamp; also with a very light Bremen directional handstamp, "via San Francisco-Manila, U.S. Transport;" no indication of refund; opened out for display, Fine to Very Fine. A very rare destination. Illustrated on page 92 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $500-750
Currently Opening at...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
3276 cover 94 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, large cover (approximately 10" x 5") from Bremen to New York, 3 Jan 1917, with a small Merchant's handstamped corner card, Return handstamp and Bremen Submarine cachets (18 Jan 1917), and three different Refund of Submarine fee handstamps (cachets 9, 10 & 11 on page 95 of the Handbook), one showing 6m refunded—three times the 2m fee—indicating that a single refund could be made for sendings, possibly explaining why some covers give no indication of a refund; opened out for display with a central vertical file fold, Fine. Illustrated on pages 94-95 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
3277 cover 96 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Bremen to Bogota, Colombia, 2 Jan 1917, with Return handstamp and Bremen Submarine cachets (15 Jan 1917) and two different Refund of Submarine fee handstamps (cachets 10 & 11 on page 95 of the Handbook); opened out for display with a central vertical file fold, Fine. Scarce destination. Illustrated on page 96 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
3278 cover 97 imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Frankfurt (Main) to Sancti Spiritu, Argentina, 25 Jan 1917, with two impressions of the Bremen Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (30 Jan 1917) and small censor's "W" handstamp; there are also two different Refund handstamps, one on the front in red, applied in Frankfurt, "Tauchb. Gebür/erstattet," with a manuscript 4m refund indicated (cachet 12), the other on the back (cachets 9) applied in Bremen but indicating only a 2m refund (?); opened out for display, Very Fine. Scarce destination. Illustrated on pages 78 & 97 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
3279 cover   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Kiel to Cabedello, Brazil, 15 Jan 1917, with Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (30 Jan 1917) and small "&" censor's handstamp; on the reverse is a manuscript notification of the return of the 2m Submarine fee with a handstamped date of 7 Mar 1917; opened out for display with a few minor flap repairs, Very Fine. Not illustrated in the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
Currently Opening at...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
3280 cover   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Stuttgart to Bogota, Colombia, 13 Jan 1917, with Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (18 Jan 1917) and small "Q" censor's handstamp; on the reverse is a manuscript notification of the return of the 2m Submarine fee; opened out for display, Very Fine. A scarcer destination. Not illustrated in the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
Currently Opening at...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction

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