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| Lot |
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Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
Prices realized...
| 271° |
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GREAT BRITAIN, The Postal History of Ruhleben. Mounted collection of 170-plus items in a single volume. Ruhleben was a race track outside Berlin converted into a POW camp in 1914, housing about 4,400 British Civilians in retaliation for the
internment in England of 30,000 German civilians. The internees were more or less allowed to run their own affairs including the creation of their own postal system, which produced stamps, postal stationery and the placement of letter boxes
throughout the camp. The collection shows proofs, stamps (and their various printings), cancellations, usages including internment mail, a triple-franked cover bearing the 1915 Christmas cancel, forgeries on cover, postal stationery used & unused,
also a remarkable (and highly entertaining) group of rare picture postcards showing various aspects of camp life including the Ruhleben Gondoliers, the camp dramatic troup, also 1915-1917 Christmas cards and a copy of The Ruhleben Camp
Magazine, notes throughout, Fine and fascinating, a rare opportunity. Includes photocopied notes and a signed copy of "The Ruhleben P.O.W. Camp 1914-1918" by Frank Bachenheimer Search for comparables |
E. 3,000-4,000 |
0.00 |
| 272° |
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 HANOVER, 1853, 3pf Rose (7). Vertical pair, full to large margins, tied by bold blue "Harburg" June 4 double-circle ds on 1855 theater newspaper with illustration of lyre, Extremely Fine, a scarce and
beautiful showpiece, with 1977 Brettl, 1978 Buhler and 1979 Friedl certificates (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 2,000-2,500 |
3,250.00 |
| 273° |
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 THURN AND TAXIS, 1852-53, 1kr Black on Light Green, 3kr Black on Blue (42, 44). Rough separation, well-tied by target cancels on illustrated circus cover for "The Original and Celebrated American
General Tom Thumb," addressed to a bookseller in Frankfurt in the hand of P.T. Barnum while at Weisbaden, original enclosure is one-page Barnum ALS which reads (in full): "I send you per Poste Restante (charges paid) 45 English
copies of `Life of Barnum,' which I will thank you to take on commission. If any are sold the price to you will be 1/= English or 36k each. I expect to be in Frankfurt in a few days, & will do myself the pleasure of calling on you. Truly yours P.T.
Barnum" Fine and very desirable, very rare European use of an American advertising cover (Image
Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 3,000-4,000 |
3,000.00 |
| 274° |
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 INDIAN NATIVE FEUDATORY STATES, Charkhari, 1894, 2a Green (2, SG 3). Large margins all around, without gum as issued, vertical crease, still appears Extremely Fine and scarce, with 1995 B.P.A. certificate, SG £1,800 (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
2,750.00 |
0.00 |
| 275° |
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 INDIAN NATIVE FEUDATORY STATES, Soruth, 1868, 1a Black on Pink Wove, First Two Characters in Last Word of Bottom Line Omitted (6 var, SG 10a). Pos. R 4/1, tied on piece by black ink cancel, Very Fine and
rare, with 1995 B.P.A. certificate, unlisted in Scott, SG £190 (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 1,200-1,500 |
950.00 |
| 276° |
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 JAPAN, 1882, 10s Brown Orange (79). Vertical pair tied on back of United States multicolor advertising cover to Yokohama from Chicago, franked with U.S. 1c Green (279) and 2c Red (279B, two),
forwarding slips attached, 2c bit faded and some staining, otherwise Fine, scarce and colorful franking, opened to show both sides (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 1,000-1,500 |
500.00 |
| 277° |
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 NEWFOUNDLAND, 1857, 8p Scarlet Vermilion, Diagonal Half Used as 4p (8a, SG 8a). Upper right half, huge margins, tied by grid on 1860 folded cover to Baltimore, red "St. Johns-Newfoundland Paid My 23, 1860"
ds and black "5 Boston Br. Pkt. May 30" debit ds, file folds far from bisect, a Very Fine and exceptionally choice usage, ex Dale-Lichtenstein (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 1,200-1,500 |
2,300.00 |
| 278° |
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 NEWFOUNDLAND, 1927, 60c De Pinedo (C4, SG 163). Well-centered, tied by "St. Johns, N`fld May 20, 1927" machine cancel on large piece with typed flight endorsement and backstamps, Very Fine and choice,
signed Bloch with 1979 Friedl certificate, SG £6,500 (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
6,250.00 |
4,500.00 |
| 279° |
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 NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE, 1893, 1sh on 2p Green & Carmine Rose, Black Surcharge (31, SG 39). Well-centered and bright colors, o.g., lightly hinged, Very Fine and choice, extremely scarce as only eight were
printed with the black surcharge, Gibbons backstamp, with 1980 P.F. certificate and 1939 B.P.A. certificate, SG £5,000 (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
5,500.00 |
3,750.00 |
| 280° |
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 RHODESIA, 1910, £1 Bluish Slate & Carmine (118, SG 165). Mint,
Extremely Fine, an incredibly choice copy, with 1978 Friedl certificate, SG £900 (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
900.00 |
700.00 |
| 281° |
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 RHODESIA, 1910, £1 Plum & Red Error of Color (11var, SG 166b). Lightly hinged and well-centered, fresh colors, Extremely Fine, a great rarity - only 100 were discovered, with 1979 Nussbaum certificate, SG £8,500 (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 6,000-8,000 |
5,250.00 |
