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| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #254 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Japanese Occupation 1916 (17 Nov) picture postcard ("Gruss von den Karolinen-Inseln") addressed to Mr.Werner, German Embassy, Peking, franked with Japanese 3s and pair of 1/2s (tiny perf. toning), tied by YAP 5.11.16 (17 Nov 1916) "Kansenyubinsho" Warship post office pmk, framed censor cachet at left, with ms docketing and arrival markings, fine and rare usage from a German missionary on Yap, with a detailed 2017 Florian Eichhorn certificate (in 1919, the Japanese forcibly expelled the last of the German missionaries stationed in Yap, thus ending the Capuchin period on Western Carolines)  | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #255 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Japanese Occupation 1917 (26 July) Prisoner of War cover addressed to a sailor "Wilhelm" of "S.M.S. Jaguar" at POW Camp Narashino, sent from "Ponape", with Naval Post Office departure pmk, various directional and censor markings, usual cover wear, accompanied by a photograph of German POWs at Narashino, fine cover, one of six recorded from the same correspondence, with 2009 Eichhorn certificate (the Narashino POW camp was opened in 1915 to take some of the German navy and army personnel who had been captured by Japanese forces in the early stages of World War I at the fall of some of Germany's possessions in the Pacific Ocean, such as the Marshall and Mariana Islands) | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #256 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Japanese Occupation 1928 (16 Oct) registered cover to Boston, USA, franked with pair of Tazawa 10s blue, tied by "Ponape" departure cds, with Yokohama transit alongside, showing return address of "J.R. Hoppin, Jaluit, Marshall Isls", Registry label with Yokohama handstamp, violet "Passed Free U.S.Customs" and Boston (Nov 24) arrival pmks, minor cover flaws, v.f., with 2008 Eichhorn certificate (after World War I, Japan received a League of Nations mandate to control the Caroline and Marshall Islands) | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
