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GERMAN EAST AFRICA Portuguese Occupation - Kionga continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

3361

1-4

1916 1/2c-5c surcharges, two sets of four, canceled by Feb 14, 1918 pmks on registered cover to Switzerland, Registry "label" drawn by hand, Nyassa Company and Mozambique transits, censored by the Portuguese, South Africans and the British, with "Passed By Censor" handstamp and bilingual red label at left, London transit and Basel arrival (7 VI.18) pmks on back, v.f. (The Kionga Triangle was a tiny territory on the border between German East Africa (largely overlapping the present-day United Republic of Tanzania) and the Portuguese colony of Portuguese East Africa (present day Republic of Mozambique). Originally, the Germans established this as their outpost south of the Rovuma River, and there was a settlement called Kionga (now Quionga). After the war, the Treaty of Versailles defined the border as running along the Rovuma, thus allotting the triangle to Mozambique) (Cat No. 1-4) (Image)

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3362

1915 (6 Nov) cover (opened for display) to London, franked with pair of 5c on 100r dark blue, registered from Mozambique, with 1c Postal Tax stamp added on reverse, along with provisional "Correios-Quionga Registrado" Registry label, Portuguese Censor label, Lisbon (15 Jan 17) and London (19 Jan) arrival pmks, fine and extremely rare commercial usage from Portuguese Kionga (Image)

SOLD for $3,250.00
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3363

1916-17 cover and three cards from Kionga to Portugal, written-up on two exhibit pages, showing military markings of Kionga, Mozambique Expeditionary Corps, "Civil Administration of Occupied Territory / Kionga", including a stationery cover with Kionga preprinted address, franked with a single 2 1/2c surcharge on 100r, addressed to Lisbon, fine-v.f. (Image) (image 3363a)

SOLD for $3,500.00
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3364

1917 (4 Feb) coverfront addressed to England, franked with pair of 5c on 100r dark blue, used in combination with 1c Postal Tax stamp, canceled "Kionga", with provisional Registry box inserted by hand, red Mozambique and Lourenco Marques Censor cachets, another unidentified handstamp at bottom, some toning, rare commercial usage from Kionga to England (Image)

SOLD for $2,000.00
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3365

1918 (12 Feb) Civil Administration of Occupied Territories Kionga, corner cachet cover to Switzerland, franked with Lourenco Marques 2 1/2c (single and pair), tied by departure datestamps, with Portuguese and English Censor markings, South-African bilingual censor label, Lourenco Marques and Mozambique transits, Basel (1.V.18) arrival pmk on back. A fine and rare cover used after the supply of Kionga overprints was exhausted. (Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Kionga was Portugal's only reward for its participation in the War. It was incorporated into Mozambique in 1920) (Image)

SOLD for $1,400.00
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3366

Military Mail. 1916 Mozambique Expeditionary Force, five covers or cards to Lisbon, one with violet handstamp indicating that the card was sent by a member of Mountain Artillery unit based at Camp Delgado, others with censor markings, "Expedicao A Macambique", also "Expedicao Militara Mocambique Servico Postal" handstamp, another with Lourence Marques transit, etc., written-up on five exhibit pages, seldom offered (British units forced the Germans south and on 23 November, Lettow-Vorbeck crossed into Mozambique to plunder supplies from the Portuguese garrisons. The Germans fought the Battle of Ngomano in which the Portuguese were routed, then marched through Mozambique, where they won a number of important victories which allowed it to remain active) (Image) (image 3366a) (image 3366b) (image 3366c) (image 3366d)

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GERMAN EAST AFRICA French Liaison Group

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

3367

1917 (11 June) "On Active Service" cover to France, sent by a Lieutenant Colonel of the French Army on active service in GEA to the War Ministry in Paris, censored and postmarked on back (as customary) at FPO 343 in Dar-es-Salaam, fine. The French participation in German East Africa was limited to a small group of liaison officers stationed in the former German capital of the colony (Image) (image 3367a)

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GERMAN NEW GUINEA Forerunners

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

3368

1888 50pf gray green, tied on piece by "Kerawara" (1888) cds, v.f., scarce (Image)

SOLD for $450.00
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3369

Mi.V40II,V42c

1889 (18 Apr) registered cover from "Finshafen" to Germany, franked with a vertical strip of 3x20pf ultramarine (bottom stamp defective), tied by two clear departure cds, repeated below, with corresponding Registry label, Gotha arrival (1.6.89), part of backflap missing, otherwise fine. Also included is a pair of 5pf lilac, canceled on piece by "Finshafen 22.1.90" cds (in 1891, the entire German population of Finshafen, including the doctor, succumbed to malaria, effectively ending all commercial activity there for more than a decade) (Cat No. Mi.V40II,V42c) (Image)

SOLD for $950.00
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3370

1889-92 German stamps canceled on pieces by "Stephansort" cds, including 20pf ultramarine, strip of three, also 2m, used with single 20pf and pair of 50pfr Eagle on piece of a parcel card, plus a registered 10pf postal card, additionally franked with 25pf orange, tied by 7.5.92 Stephansort cds, with Rosenthal (23.6.92) arrival pmk below, fine-v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $250.00
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3371

Mi.V46,49

1891 (23 June) 10pf carmine, stationery entire envelope additionally franked with 5pf green and 25pf orange, tied by "Hatzeldhafen" cds, registered to Rob Roesner in Mainz, with corresponding Registry label below, Soerabaija (13.8.91) and Weltevreden transit pmks, with Mainz (20.9.) arrival on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and incredibly rare usage from Hatzfeldhafen (a second post office opened in New Guinea, closed after 42 months due to economic and health reasons) (Cat No. Mi.V46,49) (Image)

SOLD for $675.00
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3372

Mi.V46,49

1891 (9 July) 10pf carmine, stationery entire envelope additionally franked with 5pf green and 25pf orange, tied by "Konstantinhafen" cds, registered to Rob Roesner in Mainz, with corresponding Registry label below, Soerabaija (13.8.91) and Weltevreden (16.8) transits, with Mainz (20.9.) arrival on back, v.f., scarce usage from Konstantinhafen (Cat No. Mi.V46,49) (Image)

SOLD for $850.00
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3373

Mi.V47c

1894-95 two covers from "Herbertshoh" to Germany, showing two different departure pmks, first registered and franked with 4x10pf rose, with Registry label below, Hannover arrival pmk on back, with 1994 Steuer certificate. The other cover is franked with pair of 10pf carmine rose, fine-v.f. (Cat No. Mi.V47c) (Image)

SOLD for $950.00
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GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

3374

1900-01 cover and stationery card, registered and sent from "Matupi" and "Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen" to Germany, franked with five different overprinted adhesives, each with appropriate Registry label, fine-v.f., with arrival pmks (Image)

SOLD for $230.00
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3375

1906-08 postcard and cover from "Simpsonhafen" to Germany, the latter registered and franked with 30pf, 40pf and 50pf Yacht, tied by departure cds, registry label below, Apolda arrival pmk on back, v.f. (in 1906, Simpsonhafen was declared the capital of German New Guinea, but in 1910, the town was renamed to its native name, Rabaul) (Image)

SOLD for $200.00
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3376

16-19

1907 (13 Feb) registered cover from Herbertshoh to Germany, franked with 1m-5m Yacht, with Registry label, Hersfeld arrival (5.4.07) on back, v.f. Also included is a parcel card with single 3m on front and pair of 30pf on back, canceled by the older "Herbertshoh" marking, corresponding label alongside, Frankenberg arrival pmk on back (Cat No. 16-19) (Image)

SOLD for $2,100.00
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3377

1907-13 two registered covers to Germany, first franked with 30pf Yacht, the other with 3pf, 30pf and 5m, all tied by "Finshafen D-N-G" departure pmks, with two different types of Registry labels, some cover wear and filing folds away from the stamps, with arrival pmks (Image)

SOLD for $575.00
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3378

1908-14 two registered covers to Germany, first with 40pf, tied by "Berlinhafen" (29/05/08) cds, sent to Berlin, the other with 30pf Yacht (rounded lower right corner), tied by "Kawieng Deutsch-Neuguinea" 1914 departure cds, Stuttgart (1 Dec 14) arrival pmk on back, fine-v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $1,200.00
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3379

1909 (25 Mar) cover (backflap missing) franked with single 10pf carmine, canceled by manuscript "S.S. Siar 25/3/09", addressed to a resident of small island of Selen, located near Eitape, signed and accompanied by 1969 Bothe certificate. (Trading vessels traveling between the atolls of Marshall Islands were required to deliver mail to the scattered atolls. Covers received manuscript cancelations with the date of receipt and the name of the ship or name of the atoll. While no regulations were applied in New Guinea, the captain of the steamer "Siar" provided "Atoll Mail" service, canceling stamps by hand and delivering letters to addressees along his route) (Image)

SOLD for $1,700.00
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3380

1910 (Mar) registered cover from Kieta to Tsingtau, franked with single 50pf Yacht, tied by "Kieta Deutsch Neu Guinea" cds, supported by the corresponding Registry label, with Shanghai China (12 Mar) and "Tsingtau Kiautschou" (15 3 10) arrival pmks on back, fine and scarce inter-colony usage, signed Mansfeld (Image)

SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction