Cherrystone Auctions Sale

To see new sales and other StampAuctionNetwork news in your Facebook newsfeed then Like us on Facebook!

StampAuctionNetwork Extended Features

StampAuctionNetwork Channels

Worldwide Stamps and Covers continued...

GERMANY continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

481

65B

1901 3PF on left half of 5pf green, the legendary "Vineta" provisional, h.r., signed Miro, Friedemann, also Roumet, with 1971 certificate, as well as Georg Buhler, with his 1975 certificate. A considerable rarity unused (This famous provisional was created on April 13, 1901 on board the cruiser SMS Vineta. As the postal officer had not been supplied with 3 Pfennig Germania stamps, he bisected his stock of the 5 Pfennig stamps and stamped them by hand with a "3 PF" mark. Mail with the Vineta provisional stamp was sent from Pernambuco to Germany on April 17, 1901. Only 600 were surcharged, with majority used, destroyed or disappeared over the years, making this unused provisional one of the rarities of German philately) (Mi.AI, Euro 13,000) cat. $9000 (Cat No. 65B) (Image) (image 481a)

Get Market Data for [Germany 65B] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

SOLD for $7,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

482

Zeppelin Flights. 1930 Pan-America Round Flight cover, franked with German stamps cancelled on board 12.4.1930, with Bern Flugplatz cds the same day, additionally franked with Netherlands adhesives cancelled Gouda 6.V.30, endorsed "Alpengebiet", "mit "L.Z.127" in red ink, some staining, otherwise fine and rare combination cover (Image)

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

483

Zeppelin Flights. 1930 South America flight card addressed to Haiti, franked with 1m and 3m Eagle, tied by Friedrichshafen cds, with Port-au-Prince arrival pmk on back, scarce destination (Image)

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction

484

Zeppelin Flights. 1931 Polar Flight, 4c Colombia stationery entire envelope, with additional Colombian franking, mixed with 2M Polar Flight and US pair of 5c Beacon, with appropriate markings incl. Leningrad, Berlin and Cali, fine triple combination cover (Image)

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

485

Si.129Ab

Zeppelin Flights. 1931 2nd SAF picture postcard (LZ127) addressed to Hermann Sieger, Cape Verde drop (S.Vincente 19 Sep), v.f. (Cat No. Si.129Ab) (Image)

Get Market Data for [Germany Si.129Ab] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction

486

Si.286Ba

Zeppelin Flights. 1934 Christmas flight card from Stuttgart to Montevideo, with green "Weinachten" and violet "Via Condor/Zeppelin Navidad" cachets, the latter applied in Uruguay, fine and unusual mixed-cachet card (Cat No. Si.286Ba) (Image)

Get Market Data for [Germany Si.286Ba] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

487

Zeppelin Flights. 1936 Zeppelin/Glider combination flight card, with Germany and Austrian stamps, Budapest drop, fine and scarce, with appropriate cachets, only 10 carried (Image)

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

488

Zeppelin Flights. 1936 Hindenburg, return flight to North America, legal-size cover franked with the complete set of 1936 Olympics, canceled on board (9.5.36), with New York arrival pmk on back, v.f., scarce franking (Image)

SOLD for $290.00
Will close during Public Auction

GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

489

1886 native Chinese cover from German destroyer "Iltis I", endorsed "An Bord S.M. Kbt. Iltis, Hong Kong China", franked with 10pf carmine canceled "Kiel 3.4/I 86" and blue crayon, with additional Kiel and Stettin arrival pmks, rare usage (Image)

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

490

1893 (6 May) Germany 10pf rose and 50pf brown, handwritten "Tientsin" and canceled "Kaisrl. Deutsche Postagentur" on small piece, fine and rare forerunner (Image)

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

491

1893 Shanghai Local Post stationery 1c lettersheet, faint blue cancel, endorsed "Feldpostbrief" with "Deutsche Post Agentur Shanghai" 13/10/93 pmk and sent to Dusseldorf, where "T" handstamp was applied and "40" charge in blue crayon imposed on arrival, some toning, interesting usage (Image)

SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction

492

1894 (31 May) cover franked with unoverprinted Germany 10pf vertical pair, tied by "Deutsche Postagentur Shanghai" cancels, addressed to "Coast Guard Station (near Maldon), Essex, England", with arrival pmk, marked "Retour", also "Gone Away" blue crayon, sent back via Bremen (where it was opened and resealed with two official labels), marked "Absender Unbekannt", showing return address of William R.Faries in Wei-Hien, via Chefoo, North China, with Shanghai Local Post pmks on arrival back in China, overall ageing, well traveled cover from German Missionaries in Wei-Hien, China (Image)

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

493

1895 (30 Aug) cover from Tientsin to Kobe, franked with unoverprinted 10pf, 20pf and 50pf German Eagle, tied by two clear strikes of Tientsin KDPA forerunner pmks, with Japanese arrival (10 Sep) on back, fine three-color forerunner usage from Tientsin, China (Image)

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

494

1900 (10 Dec) cover franked with Hong Kong 10c Victoria, canceled "Marine Schifspost No.35" addressed to Germany, with Kassel arrival pmk, showing return address of a sailor on board S.M.S. Weissenburg, Hong Kong-Woosung-Shanghai, filing fold away from the stamp, fine cover (SMS Weissenburg was one of the first ocean-going battleships of the Imperial German Navy and was deployed to China during the Boxer Uprising) (Image)

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

495

1900 (19 Oct) "Feldpostbrief" free-frank cover addressed to a field hospital in China, sent from Southampton, with violet "Paquebot" handstamp, sent from a German national on a boat to England, carried free because of the Boxer Rebellion, with Base Post Office and "Singapore to Hong Kong" (Nov.19, 00) markings (Image)

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

496

1900 (16 Feb) Shanghai Municipal Council envelope, franked with 7x3pf ocher brown, tied by Shanghai Deutsche Post cds, sent to Hannover, with arrival (22/3/00) cds on back, fine and scarce cover, signed Steuer (Mi.IIc) (Image)

SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction

497

1900 (24 Oct) Army & Navy Dept of YMCA cover franked with 5pf (2),10pf and 20pf "China", diagonal overprints, paying 40pf from Tientsin to San Diego, Nagasaki and Yokohama transits, San Diego arrival (Nov 23,1900) pmks on back, minor cover wear, scarce usage during the Boxer Rebellion (Image)

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction

498

1900 5pf green, canceled on piece by Tientsin cds, v.f., signed Senf, Pfeninnger, Ebel, etc., cat. $360 (Cat No. 18) (Image)

Get Market Data for [German Offices in China 18] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction

499

1901 (6 May) picture postcard from Singapore to Shanghai, franked with 10pf carmine "China" overprint, tied by German East Asia ship cancel, with Singapore departure, Hong Kong transit and Shanghai May 18, 01 arrival pmks. Also another ppc from German Shanghai to a British soldier in Kowloon, Hong Kong, with Canton transit and Victoria, Hong Kong arrival pmks, fine (Image)

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

500

1901 (26 Feb) German stationery 5pf postal card, additionally franked with 2pf and 5pf Reichspost, canceled Peking Deutsche Post and sent to Gera, with 13.4.01 arrival cds below (Image)

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction