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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2121 cover   image1909 (October 11), Port Aviation poster stamp on Grande Semaine d'Aviation cover, franked with 10c red Sower issue placed on a gray green ‘PORT DE AVIATION (3 AU 17 OCTOBRE 1909)’ label depicting the airfield and a variety of airplanes and dirigibles, to Trouville sur Mer, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp, despatch c.d.s. unclear, but sent during the ‘Grande Quinzane de Paris,’ likely dispatched from the area during the event, some edge wear, fine (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2122 cover   image1910 (August 18), “Nantes Aviation” flight label tied to Aviation Week cover, small envelope franked with France 4c Sage and two 3c Blanc definitives, alongside 10c “Nantes Aviation Août 1910” vignette, all tied by three neat “Nantes / Loire-Inférieure” c.d.s. strikes, no backstamps, issued for the Semaine d’Aviation de Nantes (14–21 August 1910) and widely regarded as the first non-official airmail stamp, only 9,800 believed printed and comparatively few surviving, labels were typically affixed at the airfield without postal cancellation, this tied example thus particularly desirable, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2123 cover   image1918 (December 15), Djibouti to Argenteuil, France, military postcard from the French Aeronautical Mission to Japan, bold purple circular MISSION AÉRONAUTIQUE FRANÇAISE AU JAPON / LE CHEF DE MISSION cachet, posted during a return stopover in Djibouti aboard Paquebot No. 4 of the Marseille-Yokohama line, Yokohama / Japon c.d.s. with manuscript "F.M." (Franchise Militaire) notation, pictorial side with black-and-white photograph "Souvenir de Djibouti — La Nuit par Clair de Lune," signed and dated 9 Dec 18, lengthy handwritten message in French on reverse discussing the mission's return journey, fine-very fine and a scarce postal connection to the French Aeronautical Mission to Japan (1918–1919). the first foreign military mission to Japan since the 1890s, sent at the request of the Japanese government to modernise its naval aviation capabilities following World War I. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
2124 cover   image1930 (November 12), commemorative airmail cover for the "1re Exposition Internationale de Poste Aérienne", Paris, franked with a 1f50 blue airmail definitive (View of Marseille) with E.I.P.A. 30 perfin (Yvert #PA 6) tied by "EXPOSITION INTle POSTE AERIENNE PARIS" c.d.s. (12 Nov), with green 1930 Paris Exposition biplane-over-globe label below the stamp, printed red, white, and blue border with heading "1re Exposition Internationale de Poste Aérienne / Musée des Arts Décoratifs," very fine; signed Calves. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2125 cover   imageFrench Occupation of China, 1937 (March), military cover from Peiping, China, to Marseille, with bold violet circular Corps d'Occupation de Chine / Le Vaguemestre unit cachet, reverse with two-line L. Viaud, 16ème R.I.C., 3ème Cie., Peiping / (via Sibérie — Franchise Militaire) (Chine) handstamp and Marseille arrival c.d.s. (23 Mar), framed VIA SIBERIE handstamp on front, slightly roughly opened with small piece missing at back flap edge and contemporary pencil marginalia on reverse, fine; sent months before the Marco Polo Bridge Incident triggered the Second Sino-Japanese War. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
French Congo
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2126 cover   image1927 (June 9), “SS Largeau” wreck cover from Liranga, Moyen Congo to Eure, France, franked with 75c French Equatorial Africa overprint tied by Liranga c.d.s. with a further strike alongside, bearing two strikes of the black two-line handstamp “Courrier Naufragé / Sur le Congo”, reverse with Brazzaville (24 Jun) transit, although the vessel itself suffered little harm the mails on board were soaked when the ship ran aground near Brazzaville on 23 June, the 15-day delay to Brazzaville reflecting the disruption caused by the incident, fine–very fine for this, a seldom-seen wreck cover from the Congo River. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
French Equatorial Africa
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2127 cover   image1943 (August 22), censored cover from Fort Lamy, Chad, to St. Georges, Grenada, British West Indies, franked with single 2fr50 blue France Libre Phoenix, tied by Fort Lamy / Tchad c.d.s. (22 Aug), with circular Contrôle Postal / Afrique Équatoriale Française and Contrôle Postal / Territoire du Cameroun censor handstamps, manuscript "Maiduguri" overland routing, Lagos / Nigeria transit (30 Oct) where the cover was opened and resealed with Opened by Examiner / P.C.90 censor tape and manuscript examiner number I.S.S./36, reverse with Grenada B.W.I. arrival (12 Mar 1944), small edge tears and handling wear as expected, but an extremely unusual destination. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
Germany (Pre-Philately)
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2128 cover   imageHoly Roman Empire, 1651 (June 15), Oettingen in Swabia, official correspondence of Count Joachim Ernst of Oettingen, folded manuscript letter written at Oettingen and addressed to Lembdingen, the outer panel displaying elegant contemporary chancery-style script with calligraphic flourishes, the reverse preserving a crisp blind-embossed paper seal inscribed "Otingensis S. Joachim Ernesti Comitis" representing Count Joachim Ernst of Oettingen (1612–1659), who ruled the Oettingen-Oettingen line of Franconian-Swabian nobility in the turbulent aftermath of the Thirty Years’ War, the contents regarding government administration, trivial edge marks in places, else remarkably fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
2129 cover   imageHoly Roman Empire, 1688 (September 2), Burghaslach, Franconia, folded official correspondence with red wax armorial seal, written in chancery-style German with flowing calligraphic script and local officials’ signatures, the address panel showing contemporary manuscript accounting figures and a circular 3 possibly representing a due fee, the reverse retaining a well-preserved red wax seal applied over the wrapper and showing clear armorial detail , Burghaslach at this time forming part of the Franconian Imperial Circle on the important route linking Nuremberg and Würzburg, the letter produced at the outset of the Nine Years’ War (1688–1697) when the Empire entered the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV, a lovely and fresh letter, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2130 cover   image1784 (August 28), pre-stamp folded lettersheet from Carlsruhe (Karlsruhe) to Liège, struck with scarce straight-line "DE CRUHE" origin handstamp, a late 18th-century postal abbreviation for the city, addressed in formal nobiliary style to Caesar Constantin Franz von Hoensbroech, Prince-Bishop of Liège, central filing fold and minor edge wear with small loss where seal was removed, fine.

The letter is signed by Charles Frederick, Margrave of Baden (later the first Grand Duke of Baden), and details a jurisdictional conflict with the Imperial Knights of Swabia over the territory of Gemmingen, which Charles Frederick asserts as a Baden fief. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2131 cover   image1839 (August 27), stampless folded letter from Bremen to London, England, with superb strike of the Bremen Schlüsselstempel (27 Aug) featuring the city's heraldic key emblem, manuscript "1/11" rate due and "8/4" accountancy marking tracking credits between postal administrations, reverse with London arrival (31 Aug), addressed to Messrs. Fredk. Huth & Co., typical file folds, a very fine strike. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2132 cover   image1865 (January 28), folded letter from Stuttgart to Montpellier, France, franked with single perforated 9Kr red-brown Coat of Arms issue, tied by black Stuttgart c.d.s., struck with red oval "PD" and "BADE STRASS." (29 Jan) octagonal entry mark on front, reverse "BADEN BAHNHOF" (29 Jan) railway transit, "K. WURTT. FAHREND. POSTAMT Z.2" c.d.s. and Montpellier, France arrival backstamp, horizontal fold, a fine and pleasing single franking. (Sc. #39a; Mi. #28a). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
German States (Bavaria)
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2133 cover   image1827 (October 24), Bamberg, Bavaria, to London, with SHIP LETTER / LONDON crowned cancel on stampless folded letter, black two-line BAMBERG (25 Oct 1827) departure handstamp and manuscript "affranchi bord de mer" on face, red boxed Dutch transit DUITSCH-GRENSK: / TE / ARNHEM on reverse with large crowned SHIP LETTER / LONDON (31 Oct 1827) strike, total rate 1/8 for ship letter fee and inland carriage, small imperfections along folds professionally reinforced with archival tape, fine-very fine.

The letter, written by Baron Karl von Schauroth, a Lieutenant Colonel in the service of the King of Bavaria, is a formal instruction to the prominent merchant house of Frederick Huth & Co. to forward an enclosure to "Buenos-Ayres" at the "first occasion." He notes that "already a letter under my address was lost." (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
Germany
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2134 cover   image1900 (June 22), Chefoo (Yantai) to Lörrach, Baden, forwarded to Hamburg, Boxer Rebellion naval picture postcard, franked with 5pf green Numeral tied by circular Kais. Deutsche Marine / Schiffspost / No. 38 (22 Jun) c.d.s. with free strike at lower left, assigned to SMS Gefion of the China Station, pictorial side by H. Sietas & Co. with tinted view of the Chefoo coastline, fine-very fine.

Written by crew member "Fritz," the message is an eyewitness naval report from the opening phase of the Rebellion, stating bluntly "we have war" and recording casualties from the Taku Forts bombardment five days earlier, with seven dead aboard SMS Iltis and her commander Captain Lans wounded, his left leg shot off, further noting the Gefion anchored at Chefoo only briefly before returning to the fighting at Taku. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
2135 cover   image1900 (September 18), Singapore to Berlin, Boxer Rebellion naval picture postcard, franked with 5pf green German Numeral tied by circular KAIS. DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFSPOST / No. 6 (18 Sep) c.d.s., assigned to SMS Arcona during its 1900–1901 China Station deployment, pictorial side with three monochrome views of Singapore - Johnston's Pier, Scene on Boat Quai, and Entrance to New Harbour - Berlin (14 Oct) arrival backstamp, fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2136 cover   image1915 (12 January), LZ-30, feldpost card from Ahlhorn to Düsseldorf, postcard from an Airman of the 3. Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung attached to Zeppelin LZ 30 (Army Z XI), struck on the front with the violet circular unit cachet III. Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung / Prüfstelle and cancelled Ahlhorn (Oldenburg), address panel showing the sender’s return notation identifying him as a crewman of the detachment, with a brief personal message, a fine and scarce early Zeppelin crew Feldpost usage from the important naval airship base at Ahlhorn. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
2137 cover   image1915 (July 1), Marine Luftschiff-Abteilung Leipzig-Mockau, feldpost picture postcard to Biersbach, showing a view of Leipzig (Neues Rathaus) and bearing the violet circular "Marine Luftschiff-Abteilung / Leipzig-Mockau / Briefstempel alongside" a Leipzig-Eutritzsch machine cancel of the same date, the sender identifying himself as “Abs: Klein, II. Komp. Leipzig-Mockau,” the handwritten message dated 6 May 1915 and signed “Klein” with a possible second signature, fresh and very fine, with superb quality strikes; mail from Leipzig-Mockau, one of the major German naval Zeppelin bases of the First World War, is quite elusive. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
2138 cover   image1916 (August 24), LZ-88, naval Feldpost from Seddin to Hamburg, picture postcard showing Stolp i. Pom, endorsed Feldpost, struck with a bold violet circular Kommando L.Z.88 / Seddin (Kr. Stolp) cachet with Imperial eagle at centre, the message signed “Otto,” a fresh example with choice strikes. The LZ-88—later redesignated L-25—served as an army reconnaissance airship before transfer to the navy for bombing operations; it remained in service until its crash on 15 September 1917. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
2139 cover   image1916 (13 February), Zeppelin Military Construction Detachment, feldpost card from Kowno to Berlin, official military service card headed Fahrt im Dienste der Heeresleitung, sent by a soldier of the Luftschiffhallenbau-Kommando (Airship Hangar Construction Command) at Kowno, struck with a clear black Feldpoststation Nr. 209(13/2/16) circular datestamp, violet oval cachet Luftschiffhallenbau-Kommando Kowno, and violet circular seal of the Königlich Preußisches XIV. Armeekorps, picture side showing a contemporary view of Kowno, a fine and scarce Feldpost item from a Zeppelin construction detachment operating under the XIV Army Corps. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$30.00
Will close during Public Auction
2140 cover   image1923 (August 24), 8.38 million mark large-format registered A/R cover from Jena to Ottawa, Ontario, first day of Inflation Period 15, with spectacular franking of 8,380,000 Marks comprising 33 copies of the 250,000m on 200pf, including a block of eighteen, strip of four, strip of three, and block of eight, supplemented by a 100,000m and 30,000m overprint, Jena 1 registration label, red Avis de Réception handstamp, Ottawa registered arrival (8 Oct), usual imperfections for such a large commercial item, fine, an striking hyperinflation cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction

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