Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
January 9-10, 2024
Welcome to our January 9-10 Sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. The sale contains 1,508 lots and will be offered in four sessions, beginning with United States and U.S. Possessions. Worldwide sections include France, Germany, Italian Area, with many individual rarities. British Commonwealth, with a further selection of G.R.I. errors and varieties. There are solid selections from rest of the world, with additional items from the Carl A. Kilgas and Martin Stempien estates, plus nearly 200 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings and featuring a comprehensive collection of British Commonwealth (estimated to realize $100,000), multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
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 | Lot #438 GERMANY 1901 3pf surcharge on left half of 5pf green, two copies, tied by a single "Kais. Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No.1 17/4/01" pmk on picture postcard (native huts) from Pernambuco, Brazil to Stuttgart, with arrival pmk at lower left, v.f. A rare example of a double "Vineta", actually used from Pernambuco, signed Kohler and Richter, with 1999 Jakubek and 2000 APS certificates. In 1901 the S.M. Cruiser "Vineta" made a goodwill tour to the West Indies and South America. The ship happened to be in port at New Orleans at the time of the Kaiser's Birthday. The celebrations of the crew were given special coverage in the newspapers, but the ship sailed before a supply was delivered to the crew. These newspapers caught up with the ship in Port of Spain, Trinidad and the crew wanted to send copies of the newspapers back home. Naval personnel had been given the privilege of sending mail home at domestic German rates no matter what part of the world the ship was in. The rate for newspapers was 3pf, but the ship was not supplied with 3pf stamps, since newspapers were rarely sent home. En route from Port of Spain to Pernambuco, Brazil, the ship's Purser, with the Captain's approval, devised a 3pf handstamp which was applied to vertical halves of the 5pf green. Three sheets of 100, or 600 provisionals, were thus produced. The ship reached Pernambuco on April 17, 1901, the first opportunity for mail to be posted. On that day and later, the crew used these provisionals to send newspapers, post cards and even letters to Germany. The card offered here is special and exceptionally desirable in a number of ways. While this is not the intended newspaper usage, it has the advantage of requiring two of these rare stamps to pay the 5pf rate, overpaying by 1pf. In addition, it was postal regulation at that time that receiving cancellations be applied to cards and letters, while that was not the normal practice for printed matter. Thus the arrival cds on this card documents its actual postal usage and confirms its authenticity in a way that is often lacking on newspaper bands. Furthermore, this card is one of the first sendings on April 17, 1901 with its location confirmed by the Pernambuco picture postcard (Mi.AI)  Catalog #65B Catalog Value €32,000 | Price Realized $14,500.00 |
