Lobdell German East Africa, Eppel Russia and Worldwide Rarities
December 14-16, 2010
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #138 GERMAN EAST AFRICA BRITISH INVASION AND OCCUPATION 1914 seven propaganda labels, same design as the German East Africa Yacht (but much larger), five overprinted and surcharged "G.E. A. British Occupation", apparently printed early to celebrate the anticipated British victory, probably bogus, but interesting * | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #139 GERMAN EAST AFRICA BRITISH INVASION AND OCCUPATION 1916 (12 Dec) stampless cover, with letter from a Goan merchant in British-occupied Lindi to his brother-in-law in Portuguese East Africa. Sent via Mombasa, Quelimane and Zanzibar, it arrived at Ibo (10.2), having been passed by British and Portuguese censors (Beira). The letter mentions "here there is no post office and not be had stamps, so I have to post my letters as bearing letters. Mail comes this side every month twice with Man-of-War, by which we get post." The letter does not mention that at that time, Lindi was bombarded daily by a naval detachment of the Schutztruppe, using a 4.1 inch gum salvaged from SMS Konigsberg  | Price Realized $325.00 |
