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Old German States Bavaria Pre-philately

Old German States Baden Pre-philately

Old German States Bavaria Pre-philately

Lot 2128

80.00 CAD

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Holy Roman Empire, 1651 (June 15), Oettingen in Swabia, official correspondence of Count Joachim Ernst of Oettingen, folded manuscript

Holy 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.

Lot 2129

60.00 CAD

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Holy Roman Empire, 1688 (September 2), Burghaslach, Franconia, folded official correspondence with red wax armorial seal, written in

Holy 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.

Old German States Baden Pre-philately

Old German States Bremen Pre-philately

Old German States Baden Pre-philately

Lot 2130

60.00 CAD

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1784 (August 28), pre-stamp folded lettersheet from Carlsruhe (Karlsruhe) to Liège, struck with scarce straight-line "DE CRUHE" origin

1784 (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.

Old German States Bremen Pre-philately

Old German States Wurttemberg

Old German States Bavaria Pre-philately

Old German States Bremen Pre-philately

Lot 2131

60.00 CAD

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1839 (August 27), stampless folded letter from Bremen to London, England, with superb strike of the Bremen Schlüsselstempel (27

1839 (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.

Old German States Wurttemberg

Old German States Bavaria Pre-philately

Old German States Wurttemberg

Lot 2132

60.00 CAD

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1865 (January 28), folded letter from Stuttgart to Montpellier, France, franked with single perforated 9Kr red-brown Coat of Arms issue,

1865 (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).

Old German States Bavaria Pre-philately

Lot 2133

50.00 CAD

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1827 (October 24), Bamberg, Bavaria, to London, with SHIP LETTER / LONDON crowned cancel on stampless folded letter, black two-line BAMBERG

1827 (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."