U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 10-11, 2014

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Lot #535
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1891 (4 Feb) registered cover from Zanzibar to Germany, franked with 2x20pf ultramarine, tied by overlapping strikes, with registry label alongside, German East Africa trade label (damaged) and Wriezen arrival pmks on back, some cover flaws, otherwise fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #536
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1896 Forerunners, 2M dark red carmine, vertical pair, tied by Tanga cancel on card to Dusseldorf, additionally franked with 10p on 20pf, Hamburg transit and Dusseldorf arrival on reverse, few minor card flaws and two stamps removed, otherwise fine,
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.VO37e
Catalog Value €1,500
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #537
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1897 (27 May) cover franked with three values paying 7 pesa from Marangu to Germany, with Tanga transit pmk, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #538
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1900 (9 Jan) 5pf stationery card, additionally franked with 5p on 10pf, used from Songea, via Dar-es-Salaam and Kilwa to Germany, card creased away from the stamps, v.f., with Arosa arrival pmk
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #539
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1900 (5 Oct) 5pesa unsevered stationery, additionally franked with 10pe on 20pf, registered from Iringa, via Dar-es-Salaam and Kilwa to Germany, with Wiesbaden arrival pmk
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #540
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1901 2p-40p overprinted Specimen, eight different, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #Mi.11-18S
Catalog Value €1,200
Unsold
Lot #541
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1901 Yacht, complete set used on two registered covers from Mombo to Germany, fine-v.f., with Leipzig and Duisburg arrival pmks
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.11-21
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #542
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1901 1r and 2r Yacht, each tied on piece by two Taveta Fieldpost cds, v.f.
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Catalog #Mi.19,20
Unsold
Lot #543
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1901 3r carmine red & gray, tied on piece by two Dodoma cds, v.f.
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Catalog #Mi.21
Unsold
Lot #544
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1901 3r carmine red & gray, tied on piece by two Taveta Fieldpost cds, v.f.
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Catalog #Mi.21
Unsold
Lot #545
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1901 3r carmine red & gray, vertical strip of three, cancelled Muanga, fine-v.f.
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Catalog #Mi.21
Unsold
Lot #546
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1901 3r carmine red & gray, cancelled Iringa, v.f.
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Catalog #Mi.21
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #547
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1901 3r upper right sheet corner margin single, used on registered cover from Moschi (6 Mar 07) to Leipzig, v.f., with Tanga transit and arrival pmks
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.21
Unsold
Lot #548
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1910 coverfront franked with 2 1/2h and 20h, registered from Udjidji to Germany, fine (Udjidji was a town on the east shore of Lake Tanganyika, where Morton Stanley found Dr.Livingstone, a quarter century before its German post office opened)
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #549
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1912 registered cover from Mkalama to Germany, franked with single 20h Yacht, tied by cds, fine usage, backflap (and arrival pmk) missing
Envelope
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #550
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1915 British Occupation, never issued or privately produced 3c on 4h large format adhesive, cancelled Field Post Office Dec 19, fine and intriguing item
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Unsold
Lot #551
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1916 Wuga Provisionals, set of three, unused without gum as issued, usual faults, fine appearance,
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Catalog #Mi.III-V
Catalog Value €1,800
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #552
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1917 pre-printed postal card for use by POWs in the Lourenco Marques Camp, with an oval camp handstamp, Provincial Red Cross and "Porte Franco" cachet, also the International Committee of the Red Cross Service des Prisonniers de Guerre handstamped in Geneva; also a cover, both sent to a Mrs Petersen in Hamburg. The pre-printed regulations on the card show that prisoners were allowed only a bare minimum of information about themselves
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #553
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1919 registered cover from Kigoma, franked with Belgian Congo overprints, sent to Holland, with Wildervank arrival pmk, backflap missing, otherwise fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #554
GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa
1919 registered cover from Bogamoya to New York, franked with 1r and 2r G.E.A. overprints, provisional registration marking, London transit and arrival pmk, fine and interesting usage
Envelope
Price Realized
$280.00

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