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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2141 cover   image1923 (June 23), large-format registered A/R inflation cover from Jena to Ottawa, Canada, from Knorre & Co., franked with 200m red, two 1,000m, and pair of 30m Post Horns, Jena 1 registration label (No. 163), reverse with five original red wax seals and multiple v. Knorre & Co. blue handstamps, edge wear and wrinkling typical of such oversized mail, a scarce rate and uncommon destination. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2142 cover   image1925 (April 20), Flugsport-Club Pforzheim, 10pf Segel-flüge overprint on glider postcard, franked with a 5pf green Air Post, tied by Segelflüge am Buchelberg / Mühlhausen / (Amt Pforzheim) double-ring c.d.s., with purple 10pf Segel-flüge semi-official airmail stamp tied by blue circular Flugsport-Club / Pforzheim cachet, red boxed "Mit Segelflugpost befördert / Hausen a. d. Wurth" instructional mark, reverse identifying the card as a Luftpost-Karte issued "Zur Erinnerung an die Segel-Flug-Woche am Büchelberg / April 1925," very fine.

The 10pf Pforzheim overprint was a semi-official issue produced to raise funds for the local Flugsport-Club and to frank mail carried by motorless gliders during the Büchelberg Gliding Week. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
2143 cover   image1929 (August 15), Graf Zeppelin Round-the-World flight cover from Friedrichshafen to Bremen, franked with 2m blue and 4m black Zeppelin airmail issues, 5pf green Speyer Cathedral, and 3m black and olive green Eagle airmail, all tied by Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) / Luftpost c.d.s. (15 Aug), with red circular Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin / Weltrundfahrt 1929 cachet and yellow Mit Luftpost / Par Avion label, reverse with c.d.s. (4 Sep) and Bremen arrival (5 Sep), the 5pf with the odd trivial toned perf, else very fine. (Sieger #30A) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$140.00
Will close during Public Auction
2144 cover   image1931 (July 27), 4 Mk Graf Zeppelin Polar Flight on United States stationery cover, stamp tied by Friedrichahfen c.d.s., red ‘LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN- POLARFAHRT 1931’ semi-circular cachet and ‘BRISE-GLACE (MALYGUIN) ARCTIQUE’ (27 Jul) anchor datestamp, to Rochester New York, no backstamps, a fresh and most attractive example of this difficult franking, very fine. (Scott # 42 Cat. $825) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
2145 cover   image1933 (August 4), Graf Zeppelin, 4th South America Flight, Chemnitz to São Paulo, Brazil, cover franked with 25pf blue and 50pf brown Hindenburg (the latter with a small fault) and two 100pf purple numerals, all tied by Chemnitz (4 Aug) c.d.s., blue "Mit Luftpost / Par Avion" etiquette, circular Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) transit (5 Aug), bold red circular flight cachet, reverse with partial Brazilian (9 Aug) receiver and boxed Devisenkontrolle (foreign exchange control) inspection marking, sound and attractive. (Sieger 223Aa) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
2146 cover   image1936 (April 15), Graf Zeppelin South America Flight, on-board cancel, postcard franked with 50pf and 75pf Zeppelin, 15pf Air Post, all tied by DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST / EUROPA-SUDAMERIKA on-board datestamp, with rose confirmation cachet and left, and Pernambuco arrival c.d.s. (17 Apr), the card a real photo depicting the Graf Zeppelin in flight above Friedrichshafen, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
German Offices in China
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2147 cover   image1899 (January 30), Tsintau to Friedenau bei Berlin, pictorial postcard franked with 10pf carmine Crown & Eagle, tied by TSINTAU/CHINA c.d.s., the pictorial side a panoramic monochrome view "Tsingtau von Süden gesehen," Friedenau (12 Mar) arrival backstamp, fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2148 cover   image1901 (April 21), Tongku to Erfurt, Railway Construction Co. feldpost card, message dated from Kaiping, struck with clear TONGKU / DEUTSCHE POST (21 Apr) c.d.s., sender "Krüger" of the 1st Railway Construction Company (1. Eisenb. Bau-Comp.), pictorial side a monochrome photograph "Eine Chinesische Mühle" (A Chinese Mill), Erfurt (3 Jun) arrival backstamp, fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2149 cover   image1902 (September 16), Tientsin to Sülfeld (Holstein), redirected to Kiel, Boxer Rebellion feldpost card, franked with 5pf green Germania with diagonal "China" overprint tied by Tientsin / Deutsche Post (16 Sep) c.d.s., marked "Feld" at top left, pictorial side a riverfront with cathedral and pagoda view of Tientsin, manuscript Kiel redirection markings in blue, with Sülfeld (26 Oct) transit and Kiel (27 Oct) receiver, light edge wear, else very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2150 cover   image1903 (December 27), Tientsin to Ulm a. Donau, 2nd East Asia Infantry Regiment, occupation period military picture postcard, with message datelined Taku, franked with 5pf green Germania with horizontal "China" overprint, tied by Tientsin / Deutsche Post (17 Dec) c.d.s., violet unit cachet of the 2nd East Asian Infantry Regiment (2. Ostas. Inftr. Regt.) at left, ULM / BAHN-P. (12 May) railway mail transit, pictorial side by E. Lee with monochrome multi-view "PEI-TAI-HO", fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
2151 cover   image1905 (June 17), military postcard from Peking to Tientsin, franked with a 5pf Germania overprinted "China" horizontally, tied by Peking / Deutsche Post c.d.s. (17 Jun), with rectangular boxed S.B. / Ostas. Besatz. Brigade / 1. Bat. 2. Inf.-Regmts. unit cachet identifying the sender as belonging to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, East Asian Occupation Brigade, pictorial side a view of a Pai-lou (ceremonial archway) in Peking showing the bridge leading to the Imperial City, fine to very fine.

The writer informs the recipient of his intent to visit Langfang, a strategically significant point on the Peking–Tientsin railway line and the site where the Seymour Relief Expedition was halted during the Boxer Rebellion, and urges the recipient not to miss Peking, noting that "8 days" is necessary to properly see the city. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
2152 cover   image1910 (June 13), SMS Luchs postcard from Shanghai to Segeberg, Holstein, franked with 1c on surcharged Germania pair, tied by a double-strike Schanghai / Deutsche Post c.d.s. (13 Jun), pictorial side with monochrome photographic view of S.M.S. Luchs, an Iltis-class gunboat of the Imperial German Navy on the China Station, light edge toning at one side, else fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$30.00
Will close during Public Auction
Gold Coast
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2153 cover   image1902 (January 2), ship letter litho postcard to Bremen, Germany, franked with two ½d dull mauve and green Victorian adhesives, tied by a crisp black Southampton / Ship Letter c.d.s. (2 Jan), manuscript "Per Amersville" endorsement of the Cie. Belge Maritime, which left Matadi on December 11 and arrived in Southampton on January 2,, Bremen c.d.s. arrival (4 Jan), some light tone spots, fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2154 cover   image1906 (January 13), Accra to Germany via ship "Lucie Woermann," franked with 2½d King Edward VII, tied by Accra c.d.s., endorsed "per Lucie Woermann" at top, reverse with Kervenheim c.d.s. receiver (30 Jun), fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$30.00
Will close during Public Auction
Great Britain (Pre-Stamp)
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2155 cover   image1792 (March 23), folded entire from London to Pontarlier, France, redirected to Yverdon, Switzerland, with black straight-line Angleterre and bold manuscript "16" (decimes) in black, crossed-out red manuscript rate markings at centre, remarkably fresh and attractive, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2156 cover   image1795 (July 13), folded entire from London to Yverdon, Switzerland, with contents on illustrated Reeves & Son letterhead, with manuscript "Londres le 13 Juillet 1795" departure date, bold manuscript "10" decimes and manuscript "paid 11"m large red manuscript cross markings applied by postal exchange offices to record transit fees in accounts, fresh and very fine.

The letter is from Reeves & Son, "Superfine Colour Manufacturers to the Royal Family," operating at "The Kings Arms & Blue Coat Boy" on Holborn Bridge, detailing a shipment of "cake" watercolours and brushes forwarded via "Messrs. Duvins" to ensure safe delivery during the French Revolutionary Wars. Reeves details their pricing for "cakes without boxes," noting that expensive pigments such as Lake and Vermillion "stand us in more than 12/- a Dozen." (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2157 cover   image1801 (August 24), Glasgow to New York, stampless folded letter, being a letter of introduction and market report, to prominent merchant Isaac Hicks, two clear strikes of the GLASGOW (1 Sep 1801) straight-line handstamp and circular POST PAID strike, octagonal red PAID (4 Sep 1801) transit mark, large red manuscript "2/8" (two shillings eight pence) double-rate for a two-sheet letter, remarkably fresh, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
2158 cover   image1803 (February), Scotland to New York, stampless transatlantic forwarded letter, datelined "Mill Bank", to Mrs. Divie Bethune, New York, wife of American Bible Society founder Divie Bethune, from Janet Bethune routed via Greenock, bold black circular DING / WALL mileage mark and red London (17 Feb 1803) transit datestamp, red manuscript "paid 1/1" (one shilling one penny) for the 8d inland rate from Dingwall to London plus 5d ship letter rate, manuscript "Care of Messrs John & Jas. MacGown, Greenock" private forwarding instruction at lower left, light wear, fine-very fine.

Written from the "MillBank" estate, the letter mentions "Mrs. Graham," the famous educator Isabella Graham, mother of the recipient, and an "amiable cousin Mrs. Gladstone" (likely of the family that produced the future Prime Minister) nursing a child in Liverpool, alongside details of the "distress of the worthy family at Mount Harmon." (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2159 cover   image1814 (July 4), War of 1812 emergency surcharge folded letter from Glasgow to New York, with family contents, arriving via Norfolk, Virginia, struck with two distinct Glasgow markings, an undated oval PAID AT GLASGOW and three-line GLASGOW / 4 JUL 1814 / 405 A handstamp, initially prepaid red manuscript "2/5½", redirected to London due to the American naval blockade and forwarded by private ship with red PAID SHIP LETTER LONDON (13 Jul 1814) circular handstamp, black Norfolk (8 Mar 1815) circular datestamp on arrival, rated "33" cents due, quite fresh, a desirable example of this elusive rate.

Written just weeks before the Burning of Washington D.C. in August 1814, the letter remained at sea for nearly a year as the conflict raged across the Atlantic states, reaching Virginia in March 1815 only after the Treaty of Ghent had already been ratified. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
2160 cover   image1830 (May), "2/1" rate transatlantic stampless folded letter from Warrington, via Liverpool and New York, to Montreal, conveyed via Law R. Dowie in Liverpool (struck through), addressed to William Lunn in Montreal, black Warrington (22 May) c.d.s. and manuscript "Paid to L'pool" with red rectangular SHIP handstamp and red circular NEW-YORK (7 Jul) datestamp, "1/7" currency rate for North American transit at upper left, ultimately rated "2/1" total rate due from the recipient, some archival reinforcement of internal fold tears, else a very fine and elusive rate, the letter sent to one of the most influential city fathers of Montreal. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction

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