Lobdell German East Africa, Eppel Russia and Worldwide Rarities
December 14-16, 2010
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #102 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Adversity Wrappers and Envelopes 1915-16 selection on pages, four items including wrapper made from an old land contract, sent as official mail from Moschi to Korogwe, fieldpost, made from a page of a prison ledger, sent from Morogoro (large "16" year date) to army storage depot at Mkalamo/Mombo; turned envelope from Ssongea to Liwale, with Mahenge and Kilwa markings, plus prepaid 7 1/2 Heller cash franking envelope (Friedemann BF 17), reused to Amani, great lot  | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #103 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Adversity Wrappers and Envelopes 1916 (27.5) photo section of a newspaper used as wrapper, from Tanga, with cash franking "2 1/2 H" (Fr. It Einn. Nachw in Tanga) handstamp (Friedemann BF 15), supplemented by a handwritten 7 1/2 to pay for excess weight, addressed to Dar-es-Salaam, with Tanga cds, fine, with note attributed to Hans Bothe in which he considers this wrapper to be a unique example of double cash franking! Use of wrappers for printed matter mail was a direct result of shortage of paper as the war progressed | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #104 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Adversity Wrappers and Envelopes 1916 (27.5) wrapper from Tanga, with cash franking "2 1/2 H" (Frei laut Ein. Nachw. in Tanga) handstamp (Friedemann BF 12), addressed to Amani, also another page from the "Usambara Post" (scene from the Mexican Revolution), with "Feldpost" hs from Tanga to an army doctor in New Moschi | Unsold |
