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German Navy Ship post

German Post China

German Navy Ship post

German Post China

German Navy Ship post

Lot 2134

70.00 CAD

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1900 (June 22), Chefoo (Yantai) to Lörrach, Baden, forwarded to Hamburg, Boxer Rebellion naval picture postcard, franked with 5pf green

1900 (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.

German Post China

Lot 2147

50.00 CAD

Live

1899 (January 30), Tsintau to Friedenau bei Berlin, pictorial postcard franked with 10pf carmine Crown & Eagle, tied by TSINTAU/CHINA

1899 (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.

Lot 2148

50.00 CAD

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1901 (April 21), Tongku to Erfurt, Railway Construction Co. feldpost card, message dated from Kaiping, struck with clear TONGKU / DEUTSCHE

1901 (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.

German Post China

German Colonies Kiautschou

Lot 2149

50.00 CAD

Live

1902 (September 16), Tientsin to Sülfeld (Holstein), redirected to Kiel, Boxer Rebellion feldpost card, franked with 5pf green Germania

1902 (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.

German Post China

German Colonies Kiautschou

Lot 2152

30.00 CAD

Live

1910 (June 13), SMS Luchs postcard from Shanghai to Segeberg, Holstein, franked with 1c on surcharged Germania pair, tied by

1910 (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.

German Colonies Kiautschou

Lot 2246

50.00 CAD

Live

1915 (December 4), Matsuyama Camp prisoner of war postcard to Kurume Camp, "Hai Ukimido on Lake Biwa" hand-tinted colour postcard, with

1915 (December 4), Matsuyama Camp prisoner of war postcard to Kurume Camp, "Hai Ukimido on Lake Biwa" hand-tinted colour postcard, with message datelined Nov. 20 at Matsuyama, with Christmas greetings in German, faint black December 4 double-circle c.d.s. despatch, red boxed censor handstamp and dual violet Japanese handstamps, scarce correspondence between prisoner of war camps, fine-very fine

Lot 2247

50.00 CAD

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1917 (April 7), Ninoshima Camp, prisoner of war postcard to Schonwalde, Germany, Views of Hiroshima card, endorsed with manuscript "Service

1917 (April 7), Ninoshima Camp, prisoner of war postcard to Schonwalde, Germany, Views of Hiroshima card, endorsed with manuscript "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", dated April 4, with black Japanese double-circle despach c.d.s. of April 7, violet Yokohama foreign mail transit (9 Apr), bilingual red oval NINOSHIMA handstamp, multiple Japanese censor markings and violet German "Auslandstelle Emmerich XV 14 - Frei Gegeben" foreign mail control marking, scarce and fine-very fine.