Lobdell German East Africa, Eppel Russia and Worldwide Rarities
December 14-16, 2010
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 | Lot #28 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1892-1917 collection of 73 covers and cards written-up exhibition style on pages, with Post Offices displayed in chronological order of opening, starting with Bagamoyo (30.8.92), Dar-es-Salaam, Tanga, Lindi, Kilwa, Saadani, Pangani, Mogorro, Mikindani, Kilossa, Moschi, Mpapua, Langenburg, Marangu. Tabora, Bukoba, Muanza, Kilimatinde, Ujiji, Iringa, Wilhelmsthal, Songea, usually 2-4 from each, including forerunners and War usages, all commercially used, either internally, to Germany, United States, one to Tsingtao, also to British Central Africa, Cape Colony, some registered, with a study of evolution of cancellations. An excellent opportunity to obtain a comprehensive grouping of rare markings from German East Africa, generally fine-v.f.  | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #29 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1892-1917 collection of 103 covers and cards, partly written-up exhibition style on pages, with various Post Offices including Muhesa, Tanga, Muansa, Kilwa, Kilimatinde, Iringa, Daressalam (including forerunners), Bukoba, Bagamayo, Tanga, Wilhelmsthal, Ssongea, Wiedhafen, Mahenge, Bismarckburg, Korogwe, Usumbura, Amani, Morogoro, Wugiri, Mombo, Schirati, Kondoa-Iringi, Aruscha, Tschole, Mkumbara, Muaja, Neu Langenburg, Tuanda, Buiko, Mkalama, Dodoma, Leganga, Salale (feldpostkarte from an officer stationed in the Rufiji delta with troops protecting the "Konigsberg"), Soga, Handeni, Kissenji, Ngomeni, Mnyussi, Kigoma, also Northern and Central Railroad postmarks. Ship Mail with East Africa Hauptlinie, Zweigline I, II, Reserve, Bombay Lignie, Deutsche-Schutzgebiet (both double and single-line handstamps), Paquebot cancels, Feldpost Stations No. 1 and Feldpost Station No.3; often 2-4 from each, including War usages, all commercially used, either internally, to Germany, one to Greece, also to Sweden, some registered, censor markings etc. A definitive collection, mostly fine-v.f. | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #30 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1893 Dar-es-Salaam, 10pf German stationery card (lower left corner missing), cancelled with the provisional postmark (21/1), missing the "93" year-date, sent to Kiel, with arrival cds. The authorities in Berlin failed to sent "1893" canceller year-slugs to German East Africa early enough to arrived before the New Year. Consequently, for several weeks in early 1893, cancellers either lacked the year, or had it written in by postal clerks. The postmark on this card represents the latest known (Jan 21) for Dar-es-Salaam without year-slug, with 1999 Pauligk cert. Catalog #Friedemann 10/I | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #31 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1895 Kisaki, 5 Pesa/10pf stationery card with a good strike of Kisaki 12/7/95, sent via Dar-es-Salaam (20/7) to Germany, where it was redirected several times to Gottingen (25/8), fine. Kisaki was a small military post on the Kingani River southwest of Dar-es-Salaam. The location was so disease-ridden (malaria, sleeping sickness) that it was closed (15 March 1896) less than a year after it opened (29 April 1895). Owing to the fact that only a few letter-writers were stationed at Kisaki during the 10+ months its post office was open, the Kisaki cancel is the most elusive from German East Africa Catalog #Friedemann 24 | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #32 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1907 Kondoa-Irangi (27.12) registered cover franked with single 20h to Germany, two well struck cancels and arrival pmk, fine. Kondoa-Irangi began as a military post. It later became the seat of government of an agricultural and cattle raising district and a location of a Catholic mission Catalog #Friedemann 26 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #33 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1895 Masinde, cover franked with single 10pa/20pf with good strike of Masinde 10/10/95, sent via Tanga (13/10), Zanzibar (16/10), Aden (11/1) to Bad Kissingen (11/11), fine. Masinde was a village in the Usambara highlands, with post office closed (15 March 1896) less than a year after it opened (15 April 1895). Covers cancelled at Masinde are among the most elusive from German East Africa Catalog #Friedemann 35 | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #34 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1912 Muaja (30.4), 4h stationery card to Hamburg, sent by a government assistant Westphal from Muaja, fine | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #35 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1906 Muanza, 7 1/2h stationery card with clear (10/5) departure pmk, sent to the German Post Office in Smyrna, via Kisumu (15 May), with Deutsche Seepost (20/5), Suez (9/6), both Turkish and German Offices arrival pmks, fine and interesting usage, with 1997 Steuer cert. Catalog #Friedemann 48 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #36 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1914 Musoma (31/1) registered cover franked with 2 1/2h and 20h (Mi.30,34), single typically ill-struck blue green cancellation, addressed to Germany, with Loderburg (8/3) arrival (28/2) on back, fine, with Hans Bothe cert. ("grosse seltenheit"). Musoma was a small harbor and customs station on the south bank of Mara Bay near the eastern end of Lake Victoria. Only a few covers from Musoma are recorded Catalog #Friedemann 51 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #37 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1916 Neu-Langenburg (9/1) fieldpost cover to Missions Handlung in Wuga, with "Mombo" arrival (9/2 without year date), filing fold, fine and scarce, signed Friedemann, Pauligk, BPP Catalog #Friedemann 52 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #38 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1909 Ngeregere (2/2) registered cover franked with 2 1/2h and 20h, two clear strikes, addressed to Germany, with Charlottenburg arrival (28/2) on back, fine. Ngerege village, was a small whistle-stop on the Central Railroad, 150km from Dar-es-Salaam. Only a small volume of mail was processed through this small prose office, rare Catalog #Friedemann 53 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #39 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1913 Nyembe-Bulungwa (24/1) 4h stationery card from Tabora to Berlin (addressed to the Kaufhaus des Westens, a department store better known today as KaDeWe), with arrival pmk. The Usumbwa Company in Nyembe-Bulungwa, on the trade route between Muansa and Tabora, used a private canceller to control local incoming and outgoing mail, v.f., signed Mansfeld Catalog #Friedemann NS2 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #40 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1912-13 Ruanda (10/6) cover (from an Indian merchant) franked with 7 1/2h addressed to Flensburg, with clear departure strike, also 4h stationery card from Kigali, with a good strike of Ruanda, addressed to Germany, fine. The post office for the rich province of Ruanda was located in the town of Kigali, as indicated by the sender's endorsement Catalog #Friedemann 56 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #41 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1911 Tschole (18.8) 4h stationery card (minor toning) to Berlin, clear cancel, fine. The village of Tschole had the only post office on Mafia island, off the Rufiji delta. The British took it over early in 1915, as a base of operations against the "Konigsberg" Catalog #Friedemann 69 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #42 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1913 Umbulu (10/2) cover franked with 7 1/2h from Friedrich Wilhelm Siedentoph, (German Lutheran Missionary) Post Aruscha, clear strike, addressed to "Polizei-Direktion" in Brunswick (interesting destination for a priest's letter), filing folds and some toning. Umbulu (today Mbulu) was a cattle-breeding center in the northeastern protectorate. A White Fathers mission was located there. Only a small volume of mail was processed through this small post office, rare Catalog #Friedemann 72 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #43 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1914 Urundi (21/6) cancel in part of a record book carried with registered and other special handling mail by a runner between Kitega and the lake port of Usumbura (5/7), fine, with 2001 Steuer cert. Urundi cancellations are extremely rare. This post office was located at Kitega, the administrative seal for the populous and cattle-rich province of Urundi (today Burundi, an independent country) Catalog #Friedemann 73 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #44 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1914 Utete (14/1) registered cover franked with 2 1/2h and 20h, reasonably struck, sent to Germany, with Loderburg arrival (8.3) on back, some toning, otherwise fine-v.f., with 1983 Bothe cert. A rare usage from Utete (a village on the south bank of the Rufiji river) Catalog #Friedemann 75 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #45 GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations 1914 Wilhelmsthal (25/2) district government entire with official seal, handstamped R.D.S., addressed to the Missionsdruckerei in Wuga, with "Mombo" same day arrival pmk, filing fold and minor toning, fine Catalog #Friedemann 77 | Price Realized $240.00 |
