Lobdell German East Africa, Eppel Russia and Worldwide Rarities
December 14-16, 2010
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #84 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail to the Outside 1914 (23.10) 4h stationery card from Morogoro, written by Heinrich Schnee, Imperial Governor of German East Africa, to the Berlin branch of New York Life Insurance company, giving instructions on the transfer of funds to pay premiums on his policies. Schnee survived the war to become an enthusiastic Nazi  | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #85 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail to the Outside 1914 (22.7) registered cover franked with 3x7 1/2h, from a plantation owner in Moschi to a relative, care of the German Consulate in Baghdad, Asian Turkey. This cover was posted just before the outbreak of war, paying for registered mail within the German Empire, hence taxed "T25c(entimes), carried on a French steamer of the "La Reunion a Marseille No.2" line (postmark on back) to a Turkish port (France and Turkey were not at war until November 1914), handstamped "Stopped by Censor" (English) and also by Turkish censor (endorsements on back), cover faults, otherwise fine | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #86 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail to the Outside 1915 (22.2) 7 1/2h stationery card from Morogoro, cancelled Dar-es-Salaam to New York, sent via Portuguese East Africa (Nyassa transit) and London, with Lindi district handstamp, Dar-es-Salaam and English censor markings | Price Realized $800.00 |
