Lot no. 11065

383rd Auction

Condition

6

Catalogue no.

Opening1.000 €
Sold for850 €

1875/1990 (approx.), comprehensive group of covers from the German Reich with breast plate frankings, private postcards, postal stationary incl. a 5 Pf. card from 1879 with multicoloured hand-illustrated "Glückwunsch zum neuen Jahr" on the reverse or to destinations such as Denmark, Finland, Bulgaria, Russia or Java, parcel card with Germania to Copenhagen but also early telegrams or printed forms such as ackowledgments of reciepts from 1895. Later also Infla, better special stamp frankings, NSDAP service correspondence, extensive groups of fieldpost from both world wars, often with contents and including an SS fieldpost letter from Switzerland, censorship and occupation issues. Then local issues, cash frankings and larger groups from all occupation zones, the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR. Specialities such as a passport from 1943, a FRG postal savings book from 1964 or an "ID for the purchase of 3 sets of special postage stamps" from the GDR give this item additional character. Plus some items from abroad, often addressed to Germany. A very varied and wide-ranging item in well used condition, each cover neatly in a plastic sleeve.