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CAROLINE ISLANDS Post Offices - postmarks continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

3481

1905 two picture postcards, franked with left and right halves of 10pf carmine, tied by official seals of the postal agent, addressed to Saipan, one with arrival (19/7/05) pmk at left, signed Peinelt, Lange (this so-called "Typhoon provisional" was used from 25th April to 13 November 1905, when most of Ponape, along with the stock of the 5pf postage stamps was destroyed) (Image)

SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction

3482

1906 (25 June) registered cover from Ponape to Hamburg, franked with 10pf, 20pf, 25pf and 3M Yacht, tied by cds, with arrival (4.9.06) pmk on back (Image)

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction

3483

1908-09 (22 May) registered cover franked with sheet corner margin 5m Yacht, tied by "Truk / Karolinen" departure pmk, addressed to Weimar, with arrival pmk on back (with 1992 Steuer certificate), also picture postcard from Truk to Belgium, plus 20pf, 40pf canceled on pieces and 2m single, all with "Truk" pmks, neatly displayed on exhibit page (Image)

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

3484

1908-14 postcard (creased) and cover franked with Yacht adhesives, the latter Registered to Metternich, with "Palau / Palau Inseln" Registry label, departure (16.01.08) cds, Yap (23.10.08) transit pmk and Metternich (11.12.08) arrival on back. Also included are 20pf and 80pf adhesives, each canceled by violet "Palau" pmk (Image)

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

3485

1909 5pf stationery card, canceled "Angaur / Palau-Inseln" (18.2.09) cds, addressed to Swatow, China, with Victoria, Hong Kong (6 Mar) and Swatow (8 Mar 09) arrival pmks. Also included is a block of 4x3pf Yacht, canceled Angaur, fine-v.f., scarce usage from the second post office in the Palau Group (opened at the side of the German South Sea Phosphate Company) (Image)

SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction

3486

1910 picture postcard dated 12.7.10, with manuscript "5 Pf" and postmaster's initials in red ink, so-called "Barfrankatur" (cash payment), with "Ponape 31.7.10" cds, addressed locally by Mr. Hollborn, the postal agent, fine and rare Ponape Cash franking, signed Bothe, with his 1981 certificate (Mi. Euro 12,000) (Image)

SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

3487

1911 (9 Sep) registered cover franked with 40pf Yacht, canceled "Angaur / Palau-Inseln", with corresponding Registry label below, addressed to Shanghai, arrival pmk on front, additional message and framed (I.J.P.O. Post Office) marking on back, fine cover from Angaur, Palau to China (Image)

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

3488

1912 (10 Dec) reply half of Caroline Islands 5pf card, with two additional 3pf adhesives, sent from the British Protectorate of Gilbert & Ellice Islands, stamps canceled by large "Gilbert Ellice Islands Protectorate Postal Department" handstamps, addressed to Ponape and from there forwarded to Jaluit in the Marshall Islands, written at "Butaritari", with Jaluit (14.12.12) arrival pmk, fine and exceptional usage of the German Caroline Islands card and adhesives from the British Protectorate (Image)

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction

3489

1913 (16 Jan) large registered free-frank cover, endorsed "Postsache" at bottom, with "Palau / Palau-Inseln" departure pmk, corresponding Registry label, addressed to the Imperial Post Office at Rabaul, with Rabaul Deutsch Neuguinea (10.2.13) arrival on back, filing fold, unusual example of official mail sent between Palau and Rabaul (a distance of 1,450+ miles) (Image)

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

3490

Postal Stationery. 1901 5pf green, folded postal reply card, additionally franked with 5pf and 10f Yacht, registered from Ponape to Germany, with Domitz 9.8.08 arrival pmk below, fine and scarce registered stationery (Image)

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction

CAROLINE ISLANDS Japanese Occupation of Caroline I

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

3491

1914-15 picture postcard addressed to Shanghai, franked with German 3pf Yacht, canceled (as a souvenir) by Japanese "Ponape 7 Oct 1914" pmk. Also a cover with 25sen adhesive overprinted "I.J.O Ponape", tied by 11 Dec. 1915 "Ponape Imperial Naval Post Office" cds, red chops at bottom, fine (this typewritten overprint might have been authorized by the Japanese naval commander on the island, but is considered to be of private nature. The Japanese took possession of Ponape on Oct 7th,1914) (Image)

CLOSED
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3492

1915 (4 Aug) picture postcard (German-Dutch Telegraph office on Yao, German West Carolines), free frank from Naval Fieldpost No.5 on "IJNS Kamakura Maru", one of three Japanese freighters which maintained Naval Post Offices, addressed to Tokyo, text mentions further visits to Truk and Palau, with red censor markings, extremely rare usage from a mobile naval post office, 1997 Florian Eichhorn certificate ("Postal History Rarity of Significant Importance") (Image)

CLOSED
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3493

1916 (1 May) "West-Karolinen Gesselschaft M.B.H.JAP" cover with 20sen franking, tied by "Yap Imperial Naval Post Office" pmk, registered to Imperial German Legation in Peking, with corresponding Registry label, violet "Peking I.J.P.O." (26.5.16) arrival pmk on front, v.f., unusual commercial registered cover from Japanese Occupied Caroline Islands to German Legation in Peking (Image)

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

3494

1916 postcard with 3pf Yacht, also 5pf and 10pf stationery cards, each with typewritten "I.J.P.Ponape" and surcharged with new value in Sen, locally addressed, with additional red chops alongside, fine and interesting philatelic creations (while these overprints may have been authorized by the Japanese naval commander on the island, they were not approved by the Communications Ministry and as such, should be considered as curiosities or souvenirs of the Japanese Occupation of the Carolines) (Image)

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction

3495

1916 (16 Oct) cover to Yokohama, franked with 4x3sen carmine, tied by Ponape Japanese Naval cancels, apparently sent by a German national to a German-named commercial firm in Japan, minor cover flaws, extremely rare example of non-philatelic mail from the Japanese Occupied Caroline Islands (Image)

CLOSED
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3496

1916 (18 Apr) "Truk Station der Jaluit-Gessellschaft, Truk" cover franked with 10sen blue, tied by "Truk Imperial Naval Post Office" Japanese pmk, Registered to Yokohama, with red directional markings, Registry label, 9.4.30 arrival pmk on back, fine and rare commercial cover from Japanese Occupied Truk (Image)

CLOSED
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3497

1917 (21 July) free-frank registered cover addressed to a German sailor from "S.M.S. Jaguar", currently a POW at the Narashino Camp new Tokyo, Registry handstamp and corresponding label, censor chops and directional endorsements, with 6.8.17 arrival and red censor mark on reverse, fine and extremely unusual cover from the Japanese Occupied Caroline Islands to a German POW in Tokyo ("SMS Jaguar" participated in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion and later in combat operations against the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Siege of Qingdao. On November 7, the "Jaguar" was scuttled at the German Colony of Kiauchau) (Image)

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

3498

1919 (4 July) Imperial Post Office, Yokohama, Official Business cover to Switzerland, endorsed "Imperial navy P.O.Yap", franked with four different Japanese adhesives, tied by "Yap Imperial Naval Post Office" departure pmks, with Yap and Yokohama Registry labels, red censor cachet and Basel (10.IX.19) arrival pmk, fine and attractive cover (Image)

CLOSED
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3499

1918-21 balance of the collection, 8 covers or cards displayed and written-up on exhibit pages from occupied Caroline Islands, one from Yap, with provisional Registry and censor markings, two postcards from Ponape franked with captured Yacht adhesives, tied by Ponape Japanese Imperial Navy pmks, one with the invalid German postage actually accepted, "Ponape Imperial Naval Post Office" markings on a censored fieldpost cover from a member of South Pacific Defense Corps, military covers with Gunji Yubin ("to secure free franking") and censor marks from Truk and from Palau, fine, representative selection from this elusive area (Image) (image 3499a) (image 3499b) (image 3499c) (image 3499d)

CLOSED
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KIAUCHAU Forerunners

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

3500

Mi.V 4I

1898 unoverprinted 10pf stationery card, additionally franked with "China" 20c ultramarine, canceled by Tsingtau, China cds and registered to Germany (with 1990 Steuer certificate). Also included is a cover (opened for display) with pair of 20pf "China" overprints, similar departure cds, addressed to his Majesty the German Kaiser and King of Prussia at the German Consulate in Port Said, with Registry label, blue "Heinrich Prinz von Preussen" seal, Suez and Port Said arrival pmks, backcover tears and minor faults, unusual destination. As "Kiauchau" had not been declared a protectorate when this device was ordered, it was inscribed "China" at bottom (Cat No. Mi.V 4I) (Image) (image 3500a)

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction