Lobdell German East Africa, Eppel Russia and Worldwide Rarities
December 14-16, 2010
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #188 GERMAN EAST AFRICA PORTUGUESE INVASION AND OCCUPATION (Kionga) 1916 surcharges, set of four, also cover franked with 2 1/2c on 100c, from Kionga to Nyassa, fine-v.f. The Kionga Triangle was a tiny territory on the border between German East Africa (largely overlapping the present-day United Republic of Tanzania) and the Portuguese colony of Portuguese East Africa (present day Republic of Mozambique). Originally, the Germans established this as their outpost south of the Rovuma River, and there was a settlement called Kionga (now Quionga). After the war, the Treaty of Versailles defined the border as running along the Rovuma, thus allotting the triangle to Mozambique  Catalog #1-4 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #189 GERMAN EAST AFRICA PORTUGUESE INVASION AND OCCUPATION (Kionga) 1917 (June) registered cover to France franked with 3x5c/100c surcharges and 1c Mozambique tax stamp, with "Passou Pela Cenzura" (Beira) and French censor handstamps, French "Controle Postal Militaire" censor tape, registry "No.130" Kionga by hand, arrival 24 September, partial wax seals, fine and rare commercial letter from Kionga | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
