THURN und TAXIS: Attractive postal history display from pre-stamp entires & outers, Classic frankings & numeral cancels, 1852 Danish-Schleswig War military entire with boxed 'WOLDENBERG' datestamp, Franco-Prussian War, Postal Stationery usages, etc; also the continuation issues of the North German C
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Potential treasure chest with a stamp collection including lots of pickings especially in the States, a batch of pre-stamp mail, several hundred Postal Cards from States to 1930s including commemorative issues with a high proportion commercially used (about half of which have filing holes), excelle
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1948-1990 issues ex-retail stock in two cartons with mint and used duplicates in stockbooks with Berlin including Black Overprints to 84pf, Red Overprints to 80pf, 1951-53 Bells Clapper to Left, Centre, & Right ** & used; US & British Zones with Net & Band Overprints; some East Germany, and West Ger
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WEST GERMANY: 1949-1989 issues on Hagners including 1949 Relief Fund, 1951 Exhibition, 30pf Nobel Prize, 1952 Otto & Youth Hostels, 1951 1952 &1953 Relief Fund sets, 1953 Transport, 1954-60 Heuss to 2mk including 50pf slate-black, some later M/Ss, all unmounted, Cat (to 1959 only) stated to exceed £
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WEST GERMANY: Very fine ex-retail stock on Hagners including 1949 Parliament *, 30pf UPU ** & Relief Fund *, 1950 Bach * & 30pf Nobel Prize *, 1952 Relief Fund **, then mostly unmounted from 1960 with duplicates and M/Ss, all priced with a stated retail total of $13,000+. Ex Australian Philatelic Wh
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DANZIG: 1920-39 collection with the mint issues largely complete including 1930 Overprints (*), 1937 M/S (**) and 'PORT/GDANSK' Overprints (*), used including 1921-22 Airs, 1921 Anti-Tuberculosis set, 1923 (Jan) Airs (no 40pf), 1923 Charity duo, 1923 (Aug-Oct) Surcharges 40,000mk on 200mk & 1,000,00
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DANZIG: Neat collection with lots of overprints including Hyper-Inflation Issues & Officials, better stamps mostly used including 1920 Diagonal Script Overprints 50pf Mi 39, 1921 Proclamation set, 1921 Anti-TB set plus extra 1mk20+1mk20, 1922 50mk Mi 100Xb, 1923 500,000mk as Mi 157 but Inscribed '55
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1930 (June 22) Graf Zeppelin postcard to Australia with Airmail 1Mk Eagle tied 'LUFTSCHIFF/GRAF ZEPPELIN' cds, 'BERLIN C' transit d/s of same day alongside, a couple of tiny corner bends. Posted on board Graf Zeppelin on the Munich-Berlin sector of its Germany Round Trip with the hil
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1933-45 Third Reich collection of commemorative datestamps on covers postcards & postal cards, noted Anschluss, several registered & some are commercially used.
(120 approx)Grade A
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POSTAL STATIONERY: Third Reich Postal Cards high quality collection in heavy Mylar pages that weigh 6kg, strength in the postally used material most of which is of a commercial or social nature with many very scarce items including Hindenburg 5pf perforated at top & base P216ii x2 (Cat €250 each), 6
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Complete sheet of six sheetlets of 80pf (or equivalent) values for 12 different colonies, a few minor imperfections otherwise superb with full unmounted gum. Attractive fakes.
Grade A-/A+
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GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CHINA: 1901 Boxer Rebellion cover with faint regimental cachet at lower-left, to Germany with 'China' Overprints 10pf x2 tied by 'KD FELDPOSTEXPED/DES/OSTASIATISCHE/ EXPEDITIONSCORPS/28 5 b ' cds, superb 'WESTERLAND' arrival backstamp, the flap opened a bit roughly.
Grade A
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GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CHINA: 1901 Boxer Rebellion usage from Germany of 'Feldpostkarte' with pre-printed part-address including 'Ostasiat' at lower-left slightly obscured by 'PEKING/16 3/01/DEUTSCHE POST' arrival cds, minor corner bend.
Grade A-
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GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CHINA: 1910 commercial cover underpaid to Switzerland "via Siberia" with 4c on 10pf only tied by Schanghai cds, taxed with Swiss "30" in blue pencil, Postage Due 10c & 20c & tied by 'BERN/BRF DISTR' cds.
Grade A-
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KIAUTSCHOU: 1900 '5 Pf.' on 'China' Overprint on 10pf Mi 2 (SG 8a), large-part original gum with several expertising marks including 'KILLIAN' & very minor hinge remnants, Cat €4000 (£4500). Ronald Steuer Certificate (2015) identifies the overprint as Type II, of which Michel states only 640 were p
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KIAUTSCHOU: 1900 '5 Pf.' on 'China' Overprint on 10pf Mi 2 (SG 8a), full unmounted (postfrisch) original gum with Kohler expertising mark, Cat €6000+ (£4500+, for mounted). Superb. Michael Jaschke-Lantelme Certificate (2007) identifies the overprint as Sub-Type 4 (see footnote in Michel where it is
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KIAUTSCHOU: 1898 usage of German 10pf Postal Card with 'Nur fur Marine-Schiffsposten' Overprint * faint roneo'd 'Gruss aus China' illustration on the reverse, to Germany with very fine 'TSINANFORT/5 3/98/MARINE-FELDPOST' cancel & 'LAER' arrival cds. An important forerunner. Lease negotiations with C
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KIAUTSCHOU: 1900 (Apr 30) Gruss aus Berlin PPC ('Kaiser-Friedrich...Kirche') to "Tsintau/Deutsch China" with 2pf 3pf & 10pf x2 tied by Berlin cds & with 'Berlin 22' R label, full social message.
Grade A
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KIAUTSCHOU: 1900 'DEUTSHE REICHSPOST/Feld-Postkarte' endorsed at the top "...3/III Seebataillon", the brief message headed "Kaumi 15 11 1900", to Germany with 'WILHELMSHAVEN' arrival cds, a trifle aged, the cds Cat €750 on cover. Scarce Boxer Rebellion usage. [The cds recorded 26.9/00 to 1.1.01 only
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KIAUTSCHOU: 1901-14 group with local PPCx x3 (two with Undivided Backs: Railway Station and Kaumi Mandarin with his Sedan Chair), two Japanese PPCs (one to Turkey) & 2c Postal Card x2 (one written entirely in Chinese), fine to very fine datestamps of 'TSINGTAU' ("bridge" type), 'SCHATSYKOU', 'TAITUN
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KIAUTSCHOU: 1911 cover to Germany with scarce albeit philatelic franking of Yachts $½ red superb lower-right corner block of 4 (Cat €400+, for used singles) tied by 'TSINGTAU-Gr HAFEN' cds, 'Tsingtau-Gr. Hafen' R label, 'WILMERSDORF' arrival backstamp.
Grade A
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MARIANAS: 1919 Lost Colonies label complete sheet of 20 (5x4) with an Extra Line of Perfs across the second-last column, well centred, the first unit creased, some spotting mostly at upper-left but most units are very fine unmounted.
Grade A/B
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BRUNSWICK-LUNEBURG-CALENBERG 1659HS 'Wildman' Thaler KM57.1 (dav 6258), obverse arms, rev. wildman facing forward, Die Cracks both sides, gVF.
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