Lobdell German East Africa, Eppel Russia and Worldwide Rarities
December 14-16, 2010
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 | Lot #53 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Cash Franking Handstamps 1915 (24.9) boxed framed handstamps "Fr. It. Einn. Nachw. In" (Postage paid on account of receipt in" (town name), collection on pages with "Morogoro" (two wrappers), "Tanga" (receipt, also a Kriegsnachrichten card No.541), "Daressalam" (cash slip to Prof. Zimmermann in Amani), fine group of five items, showing various dates and types of handstamps. By May 1915, the supply of stamps in the colony was depleted. Parcels and printed matter from the larger post offices were handstamped to indicate that postage was paid in cash. The counter clerk accepting the money initialed the left corner of the handstamp, the dispatching clerk at right. The program was so successful that it was extended to the other classes of mail at the end of 1915, discontinued in June 1916 after a shipment of stamps from Berlin arrived by a blockade-runner  | Unsold |
 | Lot #54 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Cash Franking Handstamps 1915 (14.12) boxed framed handstamp "Fr. It. Einn. Nachw. in Morogoro" in violet, wrapper to Dr.Zimmermann, head of the Biological Institute at Amani, with departure (year-date missing) on front, v.f. This wrapper was made from a page of a weapons ledger | Unsold |
 | Lot #55 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Cash Franking Handstamps 1916 (17.4) boxed framed handstamp "Fr. It. Einn. Nachw. in Morogoro" in violet, postal card to Amani, with departure and arrival pmks on front, v.f. This card is illustrated in Friedemann (page 34) | Unsold |
 | Lot #56 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Cash Franking Handstamps 1916 (18.5) boxed framed handstamp "Fr. It. Einn. Nachw. in Dar-es-Salaam" in violet, cover sent via the Central Railroad (oval pmk) to Tabora, with arrival (19.5) on back; also another cover from Tabora to Kidele, with bixed "Nachw. In Tabora" hs and endorsement, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #57 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Cash Franking Handstamps 1916 (29.4) boxed framed handstamp "Fr. It. Einn. Nachw. in Dar-es-Salaam" in violet, registered C.O.D. cover sent to Dr. Henings in Morogoro, with notation on back "nicht abgeholt" (not called for), backstamped on arrival and returned back (17.6), rare | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #58 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Cash Franking Handstamps 1916 (26.3) boxed framed handstamp "Fr. It. Einn. Nachw. in Tanga" in violet, registered cover to Amani, with "22 1/2 H" value handwritten (15h fee for registration and 7 1/2h letter rate), with arrival (29.5) on back, registration label partly torn, signed Bothe. Registered letters bearing cash franking handstamps are uncommon | Unsold |
