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German WWI Submarine Mail continued...

Third Voyage to the US continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
3281 cover   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Kiel to Santiago, Chile, 13 Jan 1917, with Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (18 Jan 1917); said to have the small "Q" Bremen censor's handstamp, but we couldn't locate it; on the reverse is a manuscript notification of the return of the 2m Submarine fee; opened out for display, minor toning around stamp, Fine to Very Fine. Not illustrated in the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
Currently Opening at...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
3282 cover   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Berlin-Lankwitz to Pernambuco, Brazil, 11 Jan 1917, with Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (16 Jan 1917) and small "X" censor's handstamp; on the reverse is a manuscript notification of the return of the 2m Submarine fee, dated 1 Mar; opened out for display, 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
3283 cover   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Mittweida to Lewiston, Me., 12 Jan 1917, with Return handstamp in blue and a Bremen Submarine cachet (16 Jan 1917) with no indication of censorship or a refund; the cover and the included original letter was apparently never returned to the sender, despite a "label"attached to the front, repeating the return address from the back; the long, 4-page letter (in German) includes references to the Submarine Post, Very Fine. Not illustrated in the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
Currently Opening at...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
3284 cover   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Weimar to Missiones (Misiones), Argentina, 12 Jan 1917, with Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (16 Jan 1917) and small "X" censor's handstamp; no indication of refund; light horizontal file fold and small repaired tear at the bottom, Fine. Not illustrated in the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
Currently Opening at...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
3285 cover   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Berlin to San Francisco, 12 Jan 1917, with Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (16 Jan 1917) and small "X" censor's handstamp; Berlin "Officially Opened" paper seal on the reverse, as well as manuscript notification of the return of the 2m Submarine fee, 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
3286 (cover)   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover front only from Bremen to Montevideo, Uruguay, 3 Jan 1917, with a perfectly struck Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine (cachet 15 Jan 1917) and small "asterisk" censor's handstamp (not clearly struck); Very Fine, Very Fine. Most unusual! Not illustrated in the Handbook. (Image)

Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
3287 (cover)   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover front & side flaps only from Tamm (Würt) to Germantown (Phila.), Pa., 20 Jan 1917, mistakenly franked with a 2m stamp—that should have gone on the outer envelope—instead of a 20pf stamp;with the scarcer type 2-B Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (30 Jan 1917) and small "asterisk" censor's handstamp (not clear; Very Fine. Uruguay is said to be the rarest destination for the Submarine mail. Not illustrated in the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
3288 cover   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Stuttgart to Havana, Cuba, 9 Jan 1917, franked with a 15pf and two 2½pf Germanias; Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (16 Jan 1917) and small "double rays" censor's handstamp; opened out for display, Very Fine. A rare destination and an unusual franking. Not illustrated in the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
3289 cover   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service, cover from Stuttgart to Cincinnati, O., 12 Jan 1917, with a perfectly struck Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (16 Jan 1917) and small "X" censor's handstamp; on the reverse is a manuscript notification of the return of the Submarine fee, which was initially marked for 2m, but corrected to 4m; opened out for display, 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
3290 cover   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service - Bavarian Mail, cover originating in Geneva, Switzerland, franked with a 20pf Bavarian stamp and sent from Munich to New York, 4 Jan 1917, with Return handstamp and a Bremen Submarine cachet (15 Jan 1917); two Geneva c.d.s.s upon return, one 3 Mar, the other 4 Mar, Very Fine. Submarine mail was accepted from neutral nations. Not illustrated in the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
3291 cover   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Discontinuation of Service - Austrian Mail, cover from Vienna to New York City, 16 Jan 1917, with the purple Vienna Return handstamp (cachet 4), the Bremen Submarine cachet (22 Jan 1917) and small "O" censor's handstamp (the "O" is not noted in the Handbook as being used on Austrian mail), central vertical file fold, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
Currently Opening at...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
3292 cover   imageReturned Submarine Mail - Small Balance of Collection, Nine covers, all to U.S. destinations, all with the type 2-A Bremen Return handstamp and the dated Submarine handstamp, and seven of them with the small Bremen censor's handstamp and one of those originating in Bavaria; still on Hennig's Exhibition pages, none of them illustrated in the Handbook, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

Estimate $600-800
Currently Opening at...$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
3293 cover 100 imageDeutschland Military Mail, small cover from a sailor aboard the Deutchland to Hamburg, with a weak strike of the circular "S.M.S. Deutschland/ * U-Boots-Z.K. */ Briefstempel" handstamp; sender's return address includes "S.M.S. ‘Deutschland,' W'haven;" small corner repair, Fine to Very Fine. Illustrated on page 100 of the Handbook.


On 10 Feb 1917, the Deutschland was removed from civilian service, converted to use by the German Navy and stationed at Wilhelmshaven. Naval personnel's mail was marked by the mail clerk with the circular handstamp. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
Currently Opening at...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
Bayern Trial Cancellation
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
3294 og 101 imageSubmarine Mail Mail - Administrative handstamp, pictorial handstamp of the German Ocean Shipping Co. unofficially applied by the Submarine Postal Personnel to the mail of the Submarine Officers. Two different examples, one on separated envelope flap, the other two strikes tying 20pf and a 15pf Germanias on a piece (crease through the 20pf., otherwise Very Fine. Illustrated on page 101 of the Handbook. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
Currently Opening at...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

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