Lobdell German East Africa, Eppel Russia and Worldwide Rarities
December 14-16, 2010
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| Lot #170 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from Occupied G.E.A. to Germany 1916 (Nov) wrapper to Germany from Frau Schafer, interned at the Schliesen Mission station near Morogoro, franked for the international letter mail rate by I.E.F. overprinted Indian stamps totaling 2 1/2 annas, cancelled at FPO 343 (Dar-es-Salaam), passed by censor and again by the Germans in Emmerich, filing folds and some toning
| Price Realized $150.00
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| Lot #171 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from Occupied G.E.A. to Germany 1916 (22.8) 4h stationery card to Germany, from Konezai, recently occupied by the British, probably sent in a dispatch bag to British East Africa, censored in Nairobi, with German censor office in Emmerich hs indicating that the card reached its destination, interesting item
| Price Realized $800.00
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| Lot #172 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from Occupied G.E.A. to Germany 1917 (1.1) New Year's Day card from a Pastor Gleiss, interned at the Mission Station in Wuga, to his superior in Germany. The card, written in English for the benefit of the censor, was forwarded by the International Peace Bureau in Bern, where it received Swiss franking and large "P.C." censor hs
| Unsold
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| Lot #173 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from Occupied G.E.A. to Germany 1917 cover to Germany from a prisoner of war von Arnim, with Dar-es Salaam censor hs on both sides, also "opened under Martial Law" label. The British allowed a limited amount of censored mail to Germany from the occupied area of the colony. After reaching England, this mail was forwarded to Germany via neutral Holland
| Unsold
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