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3521

1909 (6 July) cover franked with single 40c Yacht, tied by two strikes "Shatsykou Kiautschou 6.7.09" pmks, addressed to Germany (no arrival), also a picture postcard (Rickshaw) ro Germany, endorsed "Via Siberien", franked with 2x1c Yacht, tied by Schatsykou departure pmk, fine-v.f. (Schatsykou, a small village on the southeast coast of Kiautschou, did not receive its own canceller until 5 July 1909. Prior, mail from Schatsykou was canceled in nearby Litsun) (Image)

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

3522

1906-10 (1 Aug) double-circle undated "Syfang Kiautschou", so-called attendant cancel on 2c stationery card uprated with 2c Yacht, sent to a German naval officer in Hong Kong (stated to be the earliest recorded date for this marking), with arrival (10 Aug) pmk below. Also included is a registered cover sent 6 Nov1910 from Syfang to Leipzig, Registry label (torn) alongside (Image)

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

3523

1911 registered cover to Germany, franked with two each 1c, 2c, 4c Yacht adhesives, tied by "Taitungtschen (Kiautschou)" 28.10.11 cds, with "Tsingtau" Registry label crossed out and overwritten "Taitungtschen", also picture postcard with 2c franking and single stamp canceled on piece, all neatly displayed on exhibit page (Image)

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction

3524

1898 two registered covers to Germany, one franked with five different "China" overprints, the other with pair of 25pf orange "China", each canceled "Tsintanfort", with corresponding Registry labels below, with arrival pmks on back. Also included two stamps on pieces, with similar pmks, all mounted on exhibit page, fine-v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

KIAUCHAU Japanese Occupation of Kiauchau

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3525

1915-22 collection of 14 covers or cards, with Fieldpost usages with red "Gunji Yubin" cachets denoting military mail from Tsingtao, Kaumi, Zhangdian, Fangzi, official mail from Shantung Railway Administration, registered and censored mail ("Passed by Censor I.J.P.O. Tsingtau"), "Opened by Censor" Russian and American censor labels, with or without stamps, destinations include United States, Shanghai, France and Sweden, all written-up on exhibit pages, fine-v.f. (Image) (image 3525a) (image 3525b) (image 3525c) (image 3525d) (image 3525e) (image 3525f)

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

3526

1918 (7 Apr) cover from Tokyo to USA, with corner card of "The Special Mission of Japan" sent by Kikujiro Ishii, a Japanese diplomat (Minister of Foreign Affairs 1915-16, Special Envoy to the United States in 1917), who negotiated the Langsing-Ishii Agreement which required Japan to return Kiauchau to China in 1923, following the peace settlement, cover opened by censor, with arrival pmk, also Viscount Ishii's carte-de-visite. A fine collateral item (Image)

CLOSED
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MARIANA ISLANDS

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3527

1899 (24 Aug) packet mailed from the Colonial Office in Berlin to the Imperial District Commissioner, Herr Fritz in "Saipan Karolinen", franked with Germany 10pf and 25pf Reichspost, tied by departure cds, "Reichsdienstsache" handstamp, with "Saipan Marianen 21/8/00" arrival pmks on front, Jaluit, Marshall Islands (24.11.99) and Yap (15.1.00) transit markings on reverse, with brown "Kolonial Abtheilung Auswartiges Amt" seal, fine (the first German postal steamer arriving in the Marianas was the "Munchen" of the New Guinea Branch. It arrived on 17th August, 1900 with this item, which also bears the latest recorded date for the old marking, which had the bottoms of the "99" filed off to make the small "oo" in the year-date) (Image)

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

3528

1904-06 exhibit page showing the "Rota" handstamp, 10pf carmine, pair on large piece of a registered cover, single on cover addressed to Saipan, plus a single on piece, the latter with "Reichel" signature, fine and interesting group (at the end of 1903, the population of Rota was 480 natives and a single Spaniard. The Germans decided to colonize Rota and sent in an agronomist, Volkmar Reichel to the island. Reichel began operating an auxiliary postal station and created a "ROTA" handstamp, with a datestamp and later his signature below. These markings were not officially authorized, most of the existing examples are on pieces and only a few covers are recorded) (Image)

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

MARIANA ISLANDS Japanese Occupation of Mariana Isl

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3529

1915 (21 Oct) picture postcard ("Native Kanaks on Saipan"), sent without franking by a Japanese sailor at "Saipan Island, Southern Ocean Islands" to Kyoto, canceled "Naval Ship Postal Agency 2" (assigned to the "Kagoshima Maru" from December 5, 1914 to December 22, 1915), red censor mark, v.f., rare, one of perhaps only 4-5 recorded examples of Mariana mail sent through the Japanese military postal system during the war (Image)

CLOSED
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3530

1919 (18 June) Imperial Post Office, Yokohama, Official Business cover endorsed "Saipan", with Japanese franking canceled "Saipan Imperial Naval Post Office", Saipan registry handstamp and label, framed Yokohama No.C101 by hand, addressed to Switzerland, Zurich transit and Basel (25.VIII.19) arrival pmk, fine and attractive cover (Image)

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

MARSHALL ISLANDS Forerunners

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3531

Mi.V48b

1894 (13 Dec) large registered cover to Berlin, franked with two singles and a horizontal pair of 20pf blue, all with interpanneau margins, tied by Jaluit departure cds, corresponding Registry label below, intact wax seal and arrival (23 Feb 95) pmks on back, minor cover folds, fine commercial cover, with 1991 Steuer certificate (Cat No. Mi.V48b) (Image)

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

MARSHALL ISLANDS Post Offices - postmarks

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3532

1913 (5 Dec) diagonal half of 10pf carmine, used as 5pf on cover from Jaluit to Ponape, with arrival pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamp, fine (Image)

SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction

3533

1913 picture postcard and registered cover, each showing "Nauru Marshall Inseln" departure pmks, the cover with corresponding Registry label, card addressed to Liverpool, cover to Leipzig, fine-v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

MARSHALL ISLANDS Japanese Occupation of Marshall I

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3534

1917 (13 Jan) commercial cover from a German at the Jaluit Company to a firm with a German name in Yokohama, franked with 3sen (domestic letter rate), canceled in Kanji "Jaluit Imperial Naval Post Office", red censor marking and arrival pmk. A fine cover from Japanese occupied Jaluit, one of only a few recorded (Image)

CLOSED
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3535

1918 (1 June) registered cover from Jaluit to Switzerland, franked with N.W.P.I. 2d and 3d Kangaroos, canceled by "Jaluit Imperial Naval Post Office" pmks, Jaluit and Yokohama Registry labels, "Controle Postal Militaire" censor label, also "ouvert par L'autorite militaire" handstamps, Japanese censor markings, Taxed "100 Ctmes", Basel (7.IX.18) arrival pmk on back, small cover tear at bottom, v.f., most unusual usage of N.W.P.I. overprints on mail from a Japanese held territory, spectacular exhibition piece (Image) (image 3535a)

SOLD for $2,900.00
Will close during Public Auction

SAMOA Forerunners

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3536

1887-1889 two exhibit pages, with "Apia" pmks, showing "Apia Deutsche Postdampfschiffs Agentur" and "Apia Kaiserl. Postagentur" markings, 20pf ultramarine, pairs, blocks of four and six, 50pf pairs, one together with 20pf, also 10pf stationery card canceled by "Apia 2/5/88" cds and sent to Schwarzenberg, some perf. flaws, mostly fine, attractive group with three different types of Steamship and Postal Agency markings (Image) (image 3536a)

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

3537

1889 cover franked with 20pf Reichspost, tied by "Apia Kaiserl. Postagentur" 1889 pmk, with a handstamp of "U.S.S. Iroquois" alongside, endorsed "Apia, Samoa", addressed to Honolulu, Hawaii, care of the U.S. Consul General, with Honolulu, H.I. Sep 25, 1891 arrival pmk and endorsement docketing on reverse, fine (The "Iroquois" had a long and distinguished service in the U.S. Navy, protecting American interests and commerce. She was sent to Samoa in 1889 to reinforce American forces in the aftermath of the 1889 Apia cyclone. Her engines broke down after leaving Honolulu and she spent the next 82 days being blown around the Pacific before washing up in Port Townsend, Washington. After repairs at Mare Island, she again set out for Samoa) (Image)

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

3538

1889 20pf ultramarine, canceled on piece by "Imperial German Post Office Apia 5.2.1889", another piece with pair of 10pf carmine tied by framed "Bezahlt Kaiserl. Deutsche Postagentur Apia 1-2-1889" (First Day of usage), plus a registered cover franked with a single and vertical pair of 20pf Reichspost, tied by bold "Bezahlt Kaiserl. Deutsche Postagentur Apia 4-4-1895", with Apia Registry label, sent to Breslau, with arrival (25.5.95) cds on back, little toning, filing fold away from the stamps, two earlier items with 1994 Steuer and 1976 GPS certificates. (The German Consulate in Apia, which also housed the Postal Agency, burned down destroying all the postal equipment. A local print shop produced cancels in both German and English for use to the homeland and on international mail) (Image)

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction

3539

1895 cover addressed to New York, with "Apia Kaiserl. Postagentur 2/1/95" pmk, red "10 Cts Paid" in manuscript, endorsed "Per S.S.Alameda via Frisco", with U.S. 5c adhesive added (and covering the cash mark) on arrival and tied by oval registry pmk, San Francisco Jan.8, 1895 Paid All transit and another, possibly arrival pmk on back, fine and extremely rare (after the German Post Office in Apia burned down, destroying the postal equipment and stocks of stamps, the postal agent used a manuscript "Paid" in red on letters to non-German destinations. On arrival, local stamps were purchased and applied to letters forwarded to addressees) (Mi. Euro 5,000+) (Image)

SOLD for $5,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

3540

1895 cover addressed to Christchurch, New Zealand, with "Apia Kaiserl. Postagentur 24/1/95" pmk, red "Paid 1 1/2" in manuscript, with New Zealand 2 1/2d Victoria added alongside, showing Auckland (2 Feb) and Christchurch (7 Feb 95) arrival pmks on back, fine and extremely rare (after the German Post Office in Apia burned down, destroying the postal equipment and stocks of stamps, the postal agent used a manuscript "Paid" in red on letters to non-German destinations. On arrival, local stamps were purchased and applied to letters forwarded to addressees) (Mi. Euro 5,000+) (Image)

SOLD for $4,750.00
Will close during Public Auction