383rd Auction
14–15 & 18–23 March 2024 in Wiesbaden
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1898, HAPAG ship-illustrated cover, franked with 10c grey-blue & red-brown, inverted frameline, cancelled in manuscript and tied by faint FLANDRIA straight-line in violet, to Altona, Germany, endorsed in manuscript “per S.S. Flandria”, postmarked “AUS WESTINDIEN / UBER COLN / P. HAMBURG DAMPFER” and “Coln(Rhein) - Verviers / Bahnpost / Zug 5” railway transit (30 Mar), same-day Altona c.d.s. arrival backstamp, edge creasing and the odd toning spot, a difficult purser’s mark.
1899, St. Thomas postcard franked with 3c light blue & carmine, inverted frameline, cancelled in manuscript and tied by bold violet SYRIA purser’s mark, manuscript dated “10/6/99” below, to Hamburg, with c.d.s. receiver (27 Jun), a very fine cancellation.
Puerto Cabello Steam Ship Co, 1864, Rasco issue, 2 r. green, on 1866 folded letter to Genoa, Italy, tied by neat strike of 'La Guaira' despatch c.d.s. (25 Feb), carried to St. Thomas on the steamer “Robert Todd”, thence to London, with red transit cds on reverse (16 Mar), struck there with 'GB / 1F 60c.' accountancy mark in black, next-day Paris transit c.d.s., taxed on arrival in Genoa with manuscript '10' for the 1 lire due from the recipient, boxed arrival backstamp (19 Mar), Dietrich/Leipzig dealer mark at lower left, a scarce and most attractive entire, with exceptional colour and roulettes for this issue; with 1971 Fiecchi and 2014 Moorehouse certificates.
Puerto Cabello Steam Ship Co, 1866 folded entire, datelined Porto Cabello, 24 October, to Bordeaux, France, the 2r fee presumably paid in cash, endorsed “p. R.M. Stmr” in manuscript, choice strike of scarce sailing-ship illustrated “St Thomas La Guayra & Po. Cabello Steam Packet” handstamp, blue London c.d.s. transit backstamp (12 Nov), boxed black “G B / 1F60c” accountancy mark on front and black “10” (decimes) due mark of France, indistinct Calais entry mark on front, backstamped Paris, Paris a Bordeaux (13 Nov) and Bordeaux (14 Nov), light filing folds, a fine rare entire with visually-appealing ship marking, of which only a handful are recorded.
Puerto Cabello Steam Ship Co, 1866, 2 r. rose red, perforated 11.5 x 12.5, tied to cover to Bordeaux, France, by Caracas double-circle, endorsed “voie Anglaise”, with boxed “G B / 1F60c” accountancy mark, black “20” (decimes) due, London (30 Aug), Paris (31 Aug) and Bordeaux (1 Sept) c.d.s. backstamps, some creasing, two small holes near address, slight perf toning to adhesive, but a rare franking, with only five examples recorded with this perforation variety; with 1984 Holcombe certificate.
Puerto Cabello Steam Ship Co, 1866, two 2r green singles, rouletted 9 x 9.5, one in distinctly darker shade, each tied by Caracas double circle to folded entire to Bordeaux, France, France, paying the rate for 15g carried via the United Kingdom, lower adhesive further tied by blue oval Montamat & Adoue commercial handstamp, endorsed “voie d’Angleterre”, struck with British “G B / 1F60c” accountancy mark, “ANGL AMB CALAIS” (28 Feb) entry mark on front, adjacent “8” (decimes) due marking, backstamped Paris (1 Mar), Paris a Bordeaux (1 Mar), and Bordeaux c.d.s. backstamps, horizontal fold through lower adhesive, else a fine and rare double rate entire, signed Lamy, with 1989 Holcombe certificate.
Puerto Cabello Steam Ship Co, 1866, 2 r. green, Type IIB, tied by Caracas double circle to entire letter to Bordeaux, France, endorsed “voie d’Angleterre”, with red London transit (16 Aug), black boxed “G B / 1F60c” accountancy mark, ‘ANGL AMB CALAIS” (16 Aug) entry mark, and black “10” (decimes) French due mark on front, backstamped Paris, Paris a Bordeaux (17 Aug), next-day c.d.s. arrival backstamp, small portion of text removed (but included), slight internal hinge repairs, a scarce entire.
Puerto Cabello Steam Ship Co, 1866, 2 r. green, tied to folded letter by Caracas double circle, to Bordeaux, France, endorsed in manuscript “par le paquet Anglais”, struck with black French “10” (decimes) tax mark and boxed “GB / 1F60c” accountancy mark, “ANGL AMB CALAIS” entry c.d.s. on front (16 Oct), with Paris and Paris a Bordeaux c.d.s. backstamps of same date, next-day Bordeaux receiver, via St. Thomas and England to Bordeaux, tear to front near “10”, light wrinkles, else fine and scarce. (Facit LG11)
Puerto Cabello Steam Ship Co, 1867, 2r. orange-yellow, Caracas printing, tied to folded cover to Livorno, Italy by “Correos/Caracas” double-circle, endorsed in manuscript “Steamer via Southampton”, carried thus via London, where struck with boxed “G B/ 1F60c” accountancy mark, “ANGL AMB CALAIS” (29 Oct) entry c.d.s., French “10” (decimes) due mark for unpaid letters over 7.5g, backstamped Paris (29 Oct), Paris a Bordeaux (29 Oct) and Libourne (30 Oct), light filing folds and slight toning spots, covers appears to have been lightly cleaned, otherwise fine and scarce, with only a small number of examples recorded on cover.
1856/1910s, a powerful and specialized collection with many desirable items, note selection of approximately fifty items 1856/72 issues, mix of mint and used, noting better examples including 1856 3c mint pair, 1872 4c blue imperforate and imperforate between pairs, note one with partial New York cancellation, study of 1873/1902 Coat of Arms issues, over four hundred stamps, many mint, often carefully identified by the AFA catalogue, including frame types, inverted watermarks, plate flaws, etc, with some mint multiples including 1c block of four, 3c block of nine, and 5c block of four, these also noting postmark interest including St. Jan, steamship cancels, etc, fulsome twentieth century issues noting 1905 Christian IX set mint and used, 1905 Harbour set mint and used, including a mint set in blocks of four, 1905 surcharge set mint and used, 1907 Frederick VIII mint and used including some shade varieties, useful Postage Dues including 1905 set in imperforate singles and pairs, over forty stamps with British Post Office cancellations, strikes of varying quality, a nice selection of 1906/16 “Julien” labels, private ship mail with RMSP, Rasco, 1864-9 St Thomas – La Guaira – Porto Cabello, two mint HAPAG issues, showing both types, etc, note a handful of items with certificates from S. Gronlund or Helge Witt, varied condition as expected, though assembled over many years with great diligence, with many difficult items included, chiefly fine, an impressive and in-depth holding that could form the basis for a significant specialized collection.
Balance of postal history collection, 1850s/1910s, replete with desirable items, noting multiple stampless examples to France, mostly via the British Post Office, one with forwarding agent mark, United States 10c brown Bank Note 1870 single franking from St. Thomas to Baltimore, French frankings with 1fr olive on 1877 cover from Bordeaux to Veracruz, another on 1878 cover from La Guaira to Bordeaux, two 80c Napoleon imperforate pairs of France on 1858 cover from Dax to Mexico via St. Thomas (ex Hogensborg), examples from the British Post Office including multiple 4d vermilion frankings, one 1sh plus 3d on 1869 cover from St. Thomas to Copenhagen, range of Arms issues including 4c bisects, 5c single franking on 1880 cover to Mexico, 3c single frankings on postcards to France and Denmark, 8c on 10c surcharge on 1889 cover to Copenhagen, 12c single franking on 1879 cover front to Sweden, 1c uprated 2c stationery cover 1895 domestic rate usage to St. Thomas, 3c and 5c uprating 2c stationery cover 1891 usage to Hamburg, 1905 Christian IX multi-franking part cover with ship CROATIA straight-line, 10bit single franking on 1906 postcard to Germany, fresh 50bit grey & yellow single franking on 1917 registered cover to Denmark, 1907-8 Frederik VII issues with choice 10bit red single franking postcard to New Jersey, 5bit uprated 5bit postal stationery card to Germany, some scarcer used stationery including postally used 1 CENT 1901 overprints on 3c stationery cards, one with attached reply card, 1891-5 Type 3c red stationery cover used from St. Jan to St. Croix, 1910-11 “Dansk Vestinden / Julien” labels on cover, incoming registered mail from Austria and Peru, 1915-16 Christian X frankings on parcel cards, and much more, varied condition as expected, but many fine items in this powerful holding, approximately 70 items, a superb opportunity to begin a study of this challenging but popular area.
Postal stationery, 1877/1910s, a mostly-mint collection, neatly organized on pages, showing a wide range of postal stationery cards and covers from the early 1870s examples onwards to the later cards of King Frederik VIII, showing a range of printings, covers with various watermark types, the odd used example, noting a most unusual 1896 usage of an indicia from a 3c entire trimmed and affixed to an envelope from Frederiksted, 1904 usage from St. Jan to St. Thomas, examples to Denmark, 1909 usage of 6c violet card to Salzburg, etc, with unsorted including nearly 20 2c/3c stationery covers showing a range of flap fold types and indicia shades, one 1891-5 3c domestic usage from Frederiksted, unused 1891-5 Type IV, stationery cards with scarce 1CENT 1902 overprint used from St. Thomas with attached reply card, 1913 5c green used from Frederiksted to St. Thomas, over 150 items included, an exceptional group for further study and expansion
Postal Stationery to foreign destinations, 1880s/1900s, with 30 items, many scarce, noting usages of 2c blue stationery cover including 1883 to Norway, 1885 to New York, and 1886 to Hamburg with St. Thomas paquebot transit, range of 3c Arms stationery types, noting postage due to Denmark, 1884 usage to St. Kitts, 1887 to Canada, 1890 to British Guiana, 1892 to Dominica, 1893 usages to Paris, and Denmark with French paquebot transit, another endorsed “per Royal Mail Steamer”, 1894 usage to Haiti and from Christiansted to Leipzig via St. Thomas, 1896 3c stationery cover to Oppeln, 1905 Type 5bit+5bit postage due to Denmark, with attached reply card, 1905 Type 10bit card to Switzerland, Netherlands, and to Denmark, 1909 to Hannover with attached reply card, some faults to be expected, yet a rare and diverse assembly with many desirable destinations, much being fine and quite scarce.
1891,"AUS WESTAFRIKA", Rahmenstempel, auf Krone/Adler 5 Pfg. auf wertstufengleicher Ganzsachenkarte, datiert "Mogador 21.4.91", mit Text und Leitvermerk "Per Woermann-Dampfer", nach Hannover mit Ankunftsstempel.
"DSP HAMBURG-WESTAFRIKA VI. 16.11.95", klar auf Krone/Ader 20 Pfg., auf Geschäftsbrief mit vorgedruckter Adresse aus Mogador und Leitvermerk "per D. Erna Woermann", nach Hamburg mit Ankunftsstempel. Schöne Erhaltung. Ein seltener Vorläufer.
1900, 3 Cts. auf 3 Pfennig – 3 Pes. 75 Cts. auf 3 Mark und Fetter Aufdruck 6 Pes. 25 Cts. auf 5 Mark, mit Aufdruck "SPECIMEN", ungebraucht. Ein Wert signiert Ebel, Höchstwert rückseitig mit kleiner Bleistift-Beschriftung, sonst einwandfrei.
35 Cts. auf 30 Pfennig, mit Handstempel "Deutsches Reich" über Inschrift Reichspost, ungebraucht. Seltene Probe als Vorschlag für die Weiterverwendung der Restbestände. Ähnliche Stücke kennen wir nur in den Beständen der Museumsstiftung (siehe Andreas Hahn, "Germania: Marke & Mythos")
6 Pes. 25 Cts. auf 5 Mark in Type II mit dünnem Aufdruck, , farbfrisch und gut gezähnt, ungebraucht mit leichten Falzspuren. Eine seltene Marke in einwandfreier Erhaltung. Signiert Lemaire und Grobe
1905, unverausgabte 10 Pfg. Reichspost mit Aufdruck in Frakturschrift, postfrisch, in tadelloser Erhaltung. Unsigniert, Fotoattest Jäschke-L. BPP (2023)
50 Cts. auf 40 Pfg., mit sauber auf- und nebengesetztem "MARRAKESCH (MAROCCO) b 5.7.10", portogerecht auf R-Brief nach Krombach in Österreich, mit Ankunftsstempel. Ein schöner Beleg des seltenen Stempels signierten Noske.
5 Cts. auf 5 Pfg., 2 Rand-Paare und Einzelwert, mit mit 10 Cts. auf 10 Pfg., mit sauber auf- und nebengesetztem "MARRAKESCH (KK) 14/3 12", portogerecht auf R-Brief nach Chemnitz, mit Ankunftsstempel und zugehörigem Einlieferungsschein.
10 Cts. auf 10 Pfg. und 25 Cts. auf 20 Pfg., mit klar auf- und nebengesetztem "ARSILA 11.10.11", portogerecht auf R-Brief nach Borna, mit Ankunftsstempel. Ein schöner Beleg des seltenen Stempels. Signiert Noske.
35 Cts. auf 30 Pfennig mit Aufdruck-HAN "H 5060. 09" und 50 Cts. auf 40 Pfennig mit Aufdruck-HAN "H 7296", postfrisch, tadellos
50 Cts. auf 40 Pfennig im Viererblock vom rechten Bogenrand, mit HAN "H 4859", postfrisch, tadellos
35 Cts. auf 30 Pfennig, portogerecht auf Nachnahme-R-Brief von "TANGER 25/3 08" nach Metternich mit Ankunftsstempel. Im Umschlag oben kleine Kerbe, sonst gute Bedarfserhaltung.
50 Cts. auf 40 Pfennig, auf R-Brief (portogerecht bei einem Gewicht über 50 g) von "MARRAKESCH b 9.6.10" nach Borna mit Ankunftsstempel. Im Umschlag oben kleiner Fleck, sonst gute Bedarfserhaltung. Ein schöner Beleg des seltenen Stempels.
6 Pes. 25 Cts. auf 5 M., rechte untere Bogenecke mit Aufdruck-HAN "H 7293", postfrisch, in tadelloser Erhaltung. Unsigniert, Fotoattest Jäschke-L. BPP (2023)
30 Cts. auf 25 Pfg., mit sauber auf- und nebengesetztem "ASIMMUR 5.1.12", portogerecht auf eingeschriebener Drucksache mit provisorischem R-Zettel (Einfeldt Nr.4) nach Borna, mit Ankunftsstempel.
1 Pes. auf 80 Pfg. und 50 C. auf 40 Pfg. auf Paketkarte von "TANGER 3.11.12" nach Mazagan mit Ankunftsstempel der Deutschen Post. 1 Pes. Kleine Zahn Schürfung, sonst gute und frische Erhaltung. Ein seltenes Stück; wir haben insgesamt nur rund ein Dutzend Paketkarten der Deutschen Post in Marokko registriert.
1911/19, 1 Pes. 25 Cts., 2 Pes. 75 Cts. und 6 Pes. 25 Cts., mit leicht aufgesetztem Stempel "MARRAKECH 2/7 12" auf Postanweisungsausschnitt mit rückseitigem Ankunftsstempel von Masagan. Wenige kleine Zahnverkürzungen, sonst einwandfrei.
1 Pes. 25 Cts. auf 1 M. mit sauberen Stempeln "MOGADOR 3/5 14" auf kompletter Postanweisung mit Coupon nach Marrakech, mit Ankunftsstempel und Auszahlungsvermerk. Schöne Erhaltung.
2 Pes. 50 Cts. auf 2 M. mit sauberen Stempeln "CASABLANCA 3/6 13" auf Postanweisungsstammteil nach Tanger, mit Ankunftsstempel und Auszahlungsvermerk. Leichte Aufklebeknitter, sonst einwandfrei.
6 Pes. 75 C. auf 5 Mark, farbfrisch und gut gezähnt, mit Stempel „MASAGAN 8/11.11“ auf überfrankiertem Wert-Brief nach Borna mit Ankunftsstempel, tadellos, Fotoattest Jäschke-L. BPP (2023)
6 Pes. 25 Cts. auf 5 M., sogenannter Ministerdruck mit rein schwarzer Rahmenfarbe, Viererblock aus der linken unteren Bogenecke mit Aufdruck-HAN "H 1036.11" sowie Formnummern "14" und "1(?)", postfrisch. In der waagerechten Zähnung leicht vorgefaltet und vorderseitig kleine Bleistiftbeschriftung, sonst tadellos. Ein sehr seltenes Stück; wir haben nur einen weiteren Vierer-Block aber keine weitere HAN-Einheit dieser Marke registriert. Fotoattest Jäschke-L. BPP (2023)
KRIEGSPOST: "TANGER 23.7.14" auf 5 Cts. auf 5 Pfg. und 60 Cts. auf 50 Pfg., auf Bedarfs-R-Brief nach Kopenhagen und nachgesandt nach Skagen, mit vorderseitigem Ankunftsstempel vom 31.7., nochmals nachgesandt nach Berlin mit vorderseitigem "P. HAMBURG" sowie hektographiertem Zensur-Zettel "Militärisch unter Kriegsrecht geöffnet Hamburg, 1914 (Unterschrift) Überwachungsoffizier" und Post-Verschlusszettel von Hamburg (rückseitig entfernt); Ankunftsstempel Berlin vom 3. 8. Frankatur leicht fehlerhaft. Ein seltener und interessanter Brief aus den ersten Tagen des Krieges.
"LARASCH 30/7 14" auf 5 Cts. auf 5 Pfg. auf Geschäftskarte an das KaDeWe in Berlin, mit Hektogramm 4. Zettel ""Sendung beim Postamt Bahnhof Antwerpen vorgefunden. Zur Beförderung freigegeben. Postamt 1 Aachen" sowie Eingangsstempel des KaDeWe vom 25. Januar 1915. Äußerst selten; wir haben nur 5 weitere Belege mit diesem Zettel registriert.
