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GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa continued...

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6141

1915 South African Occupation (26 May) registered cover to Windhuk, franked with 1d, 6d and 1sh George V, tied by large double circle cds, with framed bilingual censor mark, with oval "Army Base Post Office / South Africa No.6" (30 May 1915) receiving pmk, one stamp defective, otherwise rare Registered cover from Base Post Office, only two recorded (Putzel 2a and 3) (Image)

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6142

1915 South African Occupation (29 June) cover to Nova Scotia, mailed by a Canadian serving with the 7th Field Mounted Troop of the South African Engineers, sent probably from Keetmanshoop, Army Base Post Office 8, bilingual censor handstamp, Canadian franking added on arrival in Halifax, as usual with Canadian military mail, backflap missing, rare usage (Image)

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6143

Military Mail. 1914 British Occupation (8 Oct) cover to Port Elizabeth, with Cape Town South Africa departure pmk, violet "German War O.C. Prince Alfred's Guard / Official Free" handstamp at bottom, "O.C." (Officer commanding) indicates that the letter had been censored, rare marking, only a few recorded (Image)

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GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands

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6144

Postal Stationery. 1901 5pf and 10pf folded double reply cards, used locally in Ponape, one addressed to Jaluit, fine-v.f. (Image)

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6145

Japanese Occupation. 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 a private nature. The Japanese took possession of Ponape on Oct 7th,1914) (Image)

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6146

Japanese Occupation. 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)

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6147

Japanese Occupation. 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)

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6148

Japanese Occupation. 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)

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6149

Japanese Occupation. 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)

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6150

Japanese Occupation. 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 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (All Images)

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GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau

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6151

1900 5Pf on 10pf carmine, single with the blue crayon, used (25.10.00) on picture postcard (Chinese tomb of a Mandarin) to Germany, with additional franking (3pf (2), 5pf and 10pf "China" overprints), all tied by Tsingtau cds, with Registry label and addressed locally to the postal agent in town, minor toned spots, still v.f. and scarce, especially on a registered card (when a German relief force arrived in China on the "S.S.Koln" on 16 June, 1900, an additional 2,000 stamps were overprinted "5 Pf" and placed on sale on July 19th. All copies had crayon lines drawn under the new denomination), cat. $7500 (Cat No. 5) (Image)

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6152

1901 (6 July) Fieldpost postcard (German fortifications Peking) free-frank to Berlin, canceled by Tsingtau Kiautschou "b" cds, with arrival pmk at bottom, fine, early use of the Tsingtau canceling device (Image)

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6153

Japanese Occupation. 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)

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6154

Japanese Occupation. 1920-22 Exhibit pages, with cover and card from Tsingtau to Germany, each with Japanese franking, tied by English version departure pmk, the former with "I.J.P.O.Tsingtau" Registry label at bottom, the latter with Japanese Offices in China stamps (one defective), fine. Also included is a 1920 card sent by a member of the Civil Affairs department of the Tsingtau Garrison Forces to Japan (Image) (Image 2) (All Images)

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GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands

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6155

Japanese Occupation. 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)

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6156

Japanese Occupation. 1941 (3 Apr) cover from Japan to Tinian, franked with 68sen, found on the island by the U.S. Army forces who occupied the island on 23 July, 1944, with large "Examined in the Field Passed by Joint Intelligence" censor handstamp, fine and rare cover (Image)

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GERMAN COLONIES Marshall Islands

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6157

Japanese Occupation. 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)

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GERMAN COLONIES Samoa

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6158

Mi.V47a,50d

1896 registered cover franked with 10pf and 50pf Reichspost, tied by "Apia Kaiserl. Postagentur 16/6/96" pmks, sent to Wilhelmshaven, with Apia Registry label alongside and on back "Kaiserl. Deutsche Konsulat fur die Suidsee Inseln", filing fold away from the stamps, with arrival (15.7.96) pmk, signed Bothe (Cat No. Mi.V47a,50d) (Image)

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6159

1901 (5 Dec) stampless cover endorsed "50 Centimes", with "Apia Samoa" departure pmk alongside, addressed to Christchurch, New Zealand, handstamped "T" on arrival, with "Kaiserl. Deutsche Postampt Apia" label on back, Auckland (17 Dec) and Christchurch (20 Dec) arrival pmks on back, minor faults, rare (occasional spot shortages of stamps developed when supplies ran low and an unanticipated ship arrived with a substantial number of potential writers of letters and cards. This cover, sent from Apia was forwarded to New Zealand along with the money to pay the postage due charge) (Image)

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6160

1908 (7 June) registered cover to the United States, franked with 40pf Yacht, tied by "Salelavalu Samoa" cds, with corresponding Registry label below, Apia (7.6.09) transit, San Francisco (July 27) and Hoboken (Aug 2) arrival pmks on back, fine and extremely rare cover from Salelavalu (village district at the east end of Savaii Island) (Image)

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