1899 3pf-50pf, overprinted at 48 degree angle, set of six, each tied by "Ponape 2.12.99" cds on cover to Berlin, v.f. and rare complete set on cover, with 2002 Brekenfeld cert. (Mi.1I-6I; catalogue value for used off cover)
Cat. Val. €7,000
Estimate: $2500
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
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Lot #386 - german colonies caroline islands
Lot #387 - german colonies caroline islands
1899 3pf dark brown, overprinted at 48 degree angle, right margin single, n.h., v.f., signed Dr. Lantelme (Mi.1I)
Cat. Val. €1,900
Estimate: $500
Lot #388 - german colonies caroline islands
1899 3pf dark brown, overprinted at 48 degree angle, vertical gutter pair, n.h., light crease in the gutter, otherwise v.f. and rare, with 2000 Steuer cert. (Mi.1I ZS)
Cat. Val. €6,000
Estimate: $1000
Lot #389 - german colonies caroline islands
1899 25pf orange, overprinted at 48 degree angle, neat Ponape cancel, v.f., signed Bothe (Mi.5I)
Cat. Val. €3,400
Estimate: $750
Lot #390 - german colonies caroline islands
1899 25pf orange, overprinted at 48 degree angle, used on combination with 20pf ultramarine on registered cover from Yap (7.2.01) to Lubeck, 20pf with minor perf. flaw, 25pf v.f. and scarce on cover, backstamped on arrival, with 2007 Steuer certificate (Mi.4I,5I, catalogued as 25pf on cover)
Cat. Val. €5,000
Estimate: $1500
Lot #391 - german colonies caroline islands
1899 50pf red brown, overprinted at 48 degree angle, n.h., v.f., with 1993 Buhler cert. (Mi.6I)
Cat. Val. €1,800
Estimate: $500
Lot #392 - german colonies caroline islands
1899 50pf red brown, overprinted at 48 degree angle, Ponape cancel, v.f., signed Mansfeld (Mi.6I)
Cat. Val. €1,800
Estimate: $500
Lot #393 - german colonies caroline islands
1899 50pf red brown, overprinted at 48 degree angle, Yap (31.7.00) cds, clipped perfs at lower left, otherwise fine, with 2007 Jaschke-Lantelme cert. (Mi.6I)
Cat. Val. €1,800
Estimate: $200
Lot #394 - german colonies caroline islands
1901 Yacht, 2m, 3m and 5m, each tied by "Deutsche Seepost Neu Guinea-Zweiglinie 30/12/13" cds on registered cover to Germany, with arrival on reverse, fine-v.f., with 1994 Steuer cert. (Mi.17-19)
Estimate: $500
Lot #395 - german colonies caroline islands
1901 5m slate and carmine, used, v.f., with 1970 Grobe cert. (Mi.19)
Cat. Val. €600
Estimate: $200
Lot #396 - german colonies caroline islands
1901 5m slate and carmine, tied on piece by Truk cancels, stamp lifted and replaced, v.f. (Mi.19)
Cat. Val. €600
Estimate: $250
Lot #397 - german colonies caroline islands
1909 (28 Jan) cover to Kaiserslautern, franked with unoverprinted 20pf ultramarine, tied by Deutsche Seepost pmk, with Yap Karolinen departure cds alongside, with arrival pmk, re-addressed to Hamburg, fine
Estimate: $250
Lot #398 - german colonies caroline islands
1910 picture postcard dated 12.7.10, with manuscript "5 Pf " and postmaster's initials in red ink, so-called "Barfrankatur" (cash payment), "per Orion", with "Ponape 31.7.10" cds, addressed to Truk, v.f., with 2006 Jaschke-Lantelme certificate. A rare provisional (in use only from 13-31 July, 1910). Mi.
Cat. Val. €12,000
Estimate: $5000
Lot #399 - german colonies caroline islands
1910 20pf ultramarine, right half correctly used as 10pf on small piece, tied by Ponape "12.7.10" cds, v.f. (Mi.10H)
Cat. Val. €3,000
Estimate: $500
Lot #400 - german colonies caroline islands
1910 20pf ultramarine, left half used as 10pf on cover from Ponape (12.7.10) to Saipan, with official seal handstamp alongside, filing fold at bottom of cover, v.f., signed Kohler (Mi.10H)
Cat. Val. €9,000
Estimate: $2500
Lot #401 - german colonies caroline islands
1910 "Second Ponape Provisional", surcharged 5pf on 3pf brown, tied by "12.7.10 Ponape" cds on picture postcard, with official seal handstamp alongside, v.f., signed Bloch, with 1993 Dr. Lantelme cert. (Mi.7Pv)
Cat. Val. €6,000
Estimate: $2500
Lot #402 - german colonies caroline islands
1910 5pf on 3pf brown, surcharge inverted, tied by Ponape 12.7.10 cds on picture postcard ("Teilansicht der Kolonie"), addressed to Baden-Baden, with official seal handstamp alongside, v.f., signed V.Willman, with 1999 Steuer certificate (Mi.7PvK)
Cat. Val. €7,000
Estimate: $3000
Lot #403 - german colonies caroline islands
1914 (24 May) picture postcard (Police detachment from the island of YAP, German West Caroline Islands), franked with 5pf green, tied by "DSP Neu Guinea Zweiglinie c" (8 June 14) pmk, addressed to Germany, fine and scarce usage
Estimate: $500
Lot #404 - german colonies caroline islands
1914 picture postcard (S.M.S. "Gneisenau"), free-frank fieldpost datelined Ponape 5 Aug 1914, with "Marine Schiffspost No.22" handstamp, addressed to Germany. At the outbreak of World War I, the armored cruiser "Gneisenau" was part of the East Asia Squadron, still at Ponape as of 6th August, under the command of Admiral von Spee. Mail was offloaded and buried under an altar at a mission station. It was not until 1923, that the few...
Lot #405 - german colonies caroline islands
1914 (16 Jan) registered cover from Angaur to Laggenbeck, franked with 10pf and 20pf, tied by "Angaur Palau" cds, with corresponding registry label "Angaur Palau Inseln", fine and rare usage, signed Steuer (this tiny island in the island nation of Palau, forms its own state, has an area of three square miles and its population in 2012 was 130)
Estimate: $500
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