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German Post China

German Navy Ship post

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German Navy Ship post

German Post China

Lot 235

50.00 CAD

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1900 (September 5), German feldpost card from Wusung, Marine Schiffspost No. 28, from the ship Bavaria, written from Wusung (4 Sep), with

1900 (September 5), German feldpost card from Wusung, Marine Schiffspost No. 28, from the ship Bavaria, written from Wusung (4 Sep), with very fine strike of boxed military cachet “S.B. Ostas. Exped. 1. Infant.-Regmt.” of the German East Asian Expeditionary Corps, addressed to Berlin, message headed “Wosung 4 Sep 1900” describing recent arrival and forthcoming duties, a very fine Boxer campaign feldpost usage, sent from this historic subdistrict in northern Shanghai

German Navy Ship post

Lot 236

80.00 CAD

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1900 (September 9), Marine Schiffspost No. 28, steamer Bavaria off Hong Kong, Boxer Rebellion feldpost card to Leipzig, struck with clear

1900 (September 9), Marine Schiffspost No. 28, steamer Bavaria off Hong Kong, Boxer Rebellion feldpost card to Leipzig, struck with clear strike of "KAIS. DEUTSCHE / MARINE- / SHIFFSPOST / No 28" c.d.s., equally crisp framed "S.B. / OSTAS. EXPED. / 1 INFANT-REGMT." military marking of the First Infantry Regiment, Leipzig c.d.s. receiver (14 Oct) struck overtop, remarkably fresh and very fine

German Post China

Lot 237

120.00 CAD

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1900 (October 9), postcard from the SMS Furst Bismarck to the SMS Charlotte, feldpost card, datelined Taku, struck with two clear KAIS

1900 (October 9), postcard from the SMS Furst Bismarck to the SMS Charlotte, feldpost card, datelined Taku, struck with two clear KAIS DEUTSCHE MARINE SCHIFFSPOST 43 c.d.s. used by the SMS Furst Bismarck, to a Lieutenant of the SMS Charlotte, superior quality strikes, scarce and very fine. The SMS Furst Bismarck formed part of the East Asia Squadron during the Boxer Rebellion; in September 1900 it participated in the blockade of the Yangtze, moving to Taku on October 5

German Post China

German Navy Ship post

Lot 239

Michel 7II

350.00 CAD

Live

1900, Foochow Issue, 5pf on 10pf, overprinted at 56 degrees, used with neatly-struck corner cancel, fresh colour, clean

1900, Foochow Issue, 5pf on 10pf, overprinted at 56 degrees, used with neatly-struck corner cancel, fresh colour, clean perforations, multiple expert signatures on reverse, a lovely example of this elusive stamp, very fine; with 2022 Jaschke-Lantelme BPP certificate

German Post China

German Navy Ship post

Lot 240

Michel 24

50.00 CAD

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1901, 1m dark red, overprinted China in black, struck with exceptional socked-on-the-nose c.d.s. of Tshingtschoufu (ARGE Ty. 2), brilliant

German Navy Ship post

Lot 244

70.00 CAD

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1901 (June 5), SMS Iltis, Russian Guard postcard from Tschifu, postcard struck with MARINE SCHIFFSPOST No. 20 c.d.s., assigned to the

1901 (June 5), SMS Iltis, Russian Guard postcard from Tschifu, postcard struck with MARINE SCHIFFSPOST No. 20 c.d.s., assigned to the gunboat SMS Iltis, to Burbach, Saarbrucken, redirected to Halle, the card depicting a Russian Guard of Honour, message on reverse datelined Tschifu, some usual edge wear, fine-very fine

German Post China

Lot 248

150.00 CAD

Live

1901 (December 27), typed SHANGHAI registration label on oversized cover to Switzerland, franked with 20pf Crown & Eagle vertical pair,

1901 (December 27), typed SHANGHAI registration label on oversized cover to Switzerland, franked with 20pf Crown & Eagle vertical pair, overprinted China diagonally, tied by Shanghai / Deutsche Post c.d.s., affixed alongside with "Deutsche Post / SHANGHAI / Eingeschrieben / No 509" registration etiquette with typed "SHANGHAI", to Basel, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (4 Jan), filing folds clear of stamps, typical edge creasing for such larger covers which carried thick contents, a scarce rate and unusual registration label

Lot 249

700.00 CAD

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1902 (June 5), quintuple rate registered cover from Tientsin to San Francisco via Japan, franked with 20pf dark violet-ultramarine and 50pf

1902 (June 5), quintuple rate registered cover from Tientsin to San Francisco via Japan, franked with 20pf dark violet-ultramarine and 50pf dark brownish-purple horizontal pair, each tied by neatly-struck Tientsin / Deutsche Post c.d.s., paying the fivefold registered letter rate, affixed with Tientsin No. 16 registered letter etiquette (Einfeldt Type 3a), the reverse with Nagasaki (25 Jun) and Yokohama (28 Jun) transit backstamps, San Francisco c.d.s. receiver (15 Jul), vertical fold through label but well clear of adjesives, which are all of very fine centring, a remarkable and rare franking; with 2023 Steuer BPP certificate. (Mi. 18, 22)

German Post China

German Colonies Kiautschou, Japanese Prisoner of War Camps

Lot 252

Michel 46IA

60.00 CAD

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1906/1919, 1½D on 3M, surcharged in red, Peace Printing, 26:17 perf holes, exceptional centring, struck with crisp Tsinanfu c.d.s.,

1906/1919, 1½D on 3M, surcharged in red, Peace Printing, 26:17 perf holes, exceptional centring, struck with crisp Tsinanfu c.d.s., a lovely stamp in all respects, very fine. (Mi. 46IA, €150+)

German Colonies Kiautschou, Japanese Prisoner of War Camps

German Empire

German Colonies Kiautschou, Japanese Prisoner of War Camps

Lot 311

50.00 CAD

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1916 (June 26), Marugame Camp, prisoner of war postcard to Theuma, Vogtland, Germany, "Lake Scene" stippled surface

1916 (June 26), Marugame Camp, prisoner of war postcard to Theuma, Vogtland, Germany, "Lake Scene" stippled surface multi-coloured postcard, endorsed with red stamped "Sce DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE", dated June 22 at Marugame, with black June 26 double-circle despatch c.d.s., next-day Kobe foreign-mail transit cancel, multiple Japanese censor strikes, scarce and fine-very fine

German Colonies Kiautschou, Japanese Prisoner of War Camps

German Empire

Lot 312

50.00 CAD

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1916 (November 19), Matsuyama Camp, prisoner of war postcard to Hamburg, Germany, ‘Maiko-no-hama Banshin’ hand-tinted

1916 (November 19), Matsuyama Camp, prisoner of war postcard to Hamburg, Germany, ‘Maiko-no-hama Banshin’ hand-tinted multi-colour Christmas greetings postcard endorsed with manuscript ‘Kriegsgefangenen Sendung’, black Matsuyama c.d.s. and violet Kobe transit (20 Nov), red boxed censor handstamp and three-line violet oval POW marking, scarce and fine

German Empire

Lot 313

40.00 CAD

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1923 (November 17), incoming inflation-era postcard from Germany, picture postcard from Schmolln to Osaka, franked on front and back with

1923 (November 17), incoming inflation-era postcard from Germany, picture postcard from Schmolln to Osaka, franked on front and back with combined 24 billion mark rate, the correct rate for the period of November 12-19, 1923, some light edge wear, a scarce destination for inflation-period mail

German Colonies Kiautschou

Lot 325

Michel 16

80.00 CAD

Live

1901, 3m black violet Kaiser's Yacht, deep colour and lovely centring, neatly-struck with two Tsingtau c.d.s., a choice example, fresh and

Lot 326

160.00 CAD

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1902 (November), two postcards from Tsingtau to Uruguay, from the same correspondence, though each franked at a different rate and bearing

1902 (November), two postcards from Tsingtau to Uruguay, from the same correspondence, though each franked at a different rate and bearing different transit markings, the first franked with two 5pf Yacht issues, with Japanese and Paraguayan transit markings, Montevideo (2 Feb) and Paysandu c.d.s. receiver, the second franked at 6pf, with Yokohama transit and Paysandu receiver, some toning, particularly to the first card, else a fine duo to a scarce destination

Lot 327

50.00 CAD

Live

1916 (June 11), Kriegsgefangenlager Kurume, Japan, to Guben, Germany, redirected prisoner of war cover, from Paul Fischer, Heizer (Stoker)

1916 (June 11), Kriegsgefangenlager Kurume, Japan, to Guben, Germany, redirected prisoner of war cover, from Paul Fischer, Heizer (Stoker) confined in Barracks 13, addressed to Otto Fischer of Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 12, Replacement Battalion, 1st Company, struck with straight-line "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", Kurume c.d.s. (11 Jun), and purple Japanese camp censor stamp of Kurume, the recipient's unit address updated in red crayon to 3. Landwehr Ersatz Infantry Regiment No. 111, 3rd Field Post Station 165, filing fold, small repaired punch hole at right, and some edge wear, else a fine POW cover. Fischer's rank of Heizer places him among the German sailors taken prisoner at the fall of Tsingtao in November 1914; the naval prisoners held at Kurume were drawn principally from crews of SMS Jaguar, SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Gneisenau, and associated auxiliary vessels