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Lot #5201
GERMAN COLONIES German-Persian Military Mission
1916 (21 Jun) picture postcard ("Koot", a village on the Banks of the Tigris), datelined "Bagdad" and addressed to Berlin, franked with Ottoman pair of 10pa green, tied by departure cds, bilingual markings and framed censor handstamp on the address portion, with bilingual "Deutsch-Persische Militar-Mission" in red violet letters on the picture side, fine card, with 2000 Rolf Haspel certificate. Mail from the German-Persian Military Campaign is virtually non-existent, only a few pieces recorded (in 1914, Enver Pasha ordered his forces to move towards Persia and proceed through Tabriz to Dagestan, with the aim to displace the Russians from the Caspian Sea. The German operations were carried out by Wilhelm Wassmuss (the "German Lawrence") and Count Kanitz)
Envelope
$1,600.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #5202
GERMAN COLONIES German-Persian Military Mission
1916 (3 July) cover from Aleppo to Sweden (addressed to Ludwig Hedin, a family member of the famous Sven Hedin), "Mil.Miss.Aleppo" departure pmk, datelined in red "Aleppo 1 July", with faint but readable round bilingual "Deutsch-Persische Militar-Mission" handstamp in red violet, opened and resealed by Military Censor, with Stockholm (22 July) arrival pmks on back, fine (mail from the German-Persian Military Campaign is virtually non-existent, only a few pieces recorded)
Envelope
$1,400.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #5203
GERMAN COLONIES German-Persian Military Mission
1916 German-Persian Military Mission, two cards and cover addressed to Germany, showing different military markings, including "Staab von der Goltz Sondermission P" (Staff of von der Goltz Special Mission P (Persia) and others, showing Aleppo and Constantinople departure pmks, fine and scarce group. While these items probably did not originate from Persia, they were most likely posted by rear echelon members of the Military Mission
Envelope
$1,500.00
Bidding Closed

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