Estland: 1927, 20+20 M and 40+40 M 'Estonian Castles', both stamps with horizontal overprint PROOV,
1927, 20+20 M and 40+40 M 'Estonian Castles', both stamps with horizontal overprint PROOV, VF MH condition.
52nd Auction - All World stamps & covers - Day 3
By: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - All World stamps & covers - Day 3
52nd AUCTION at 11. February and 7 - 11 March 2022
Was the racing reporter perhaps a philatelist?
Or perhaps the recipient of the pictured cover from China, Jarmila Haasová?
Most philatelists would say: Philatelically influenced cover! when they see the arrangement of the stamps on the cover and the squiggly written address. The sender was the author Egon Erwin Kisch, also called "Der rasende Reporter" (The racing reporter), who stayed in China in 1932.
The result of this trip was the last book that was allowed to be published in Germany before the Nazis came to power, entitled "China geheim" (China secret). The addressee of the letter was his friend and translator Jarmila Haasová, who translated his works into Czech. "Egonek", as he signed his letters, also quite squiggly, was already a "crazy dog". Among other things, his book "Landing in Australia" and its prehistory are also well known.
Kisch was on his way to Australia with the British passenger ship Strathaird. Here, however, he was officially banned from entering the country (Haven't we seen similar things in the press in recent weeks?) Not because of a pandemic, but because it was feared that as a representative of the anti-war conference in Melbourne would spread communist ideas. Kisch was certainly not athletic, but his landing in Australia: He broke the entry ban by jumping off the ship, broke his leg, was arrested, then released under public pressure and was able to attend the conference.
Now back to the cover. Neither Egonek nor his translator Jarmila Haasová collected stamps - otherwise the correspondence and the contents of Kisch's books would have provided information about this. He probably "composed" the stamps on the envelope as carefully as he wrote his texts. Because he was not quite "racing" when writing. It is known that he himself submitted small stories and text passages to his wife Gisela and Jarmila for criticism and proofreading, and then revised them up to twelve times.
The pictured cover was found in the estate of Jarmila Haasová, which was auctioned last year by a Berlin auction house, which does not specialize in philately - and fell, how could it be otherwise, into the possession of a philatelist.
In our spring auction in March, you will not have to look through non-philatelic estates to find something for your collection. We have a rich and varied offer of unique lots and collections, to fulfil every collector’s desires.
I cordially invite you to the viewing and to the auction days and already today I wish you much success.
Yours
Christoph Gärtner
Sale Terms
Lot #5087 - estland
Lot #5088 - estland
Estland: 1928, 1 S, coat of arms, thick paper, IMPERFORATED, WITHOUT MESH PRINT, 19 mint never hinge
1928, 1 S, coat of arms, thick paper, IMPERFORATED, WITHOUT MESH PRINT, 19 mint never hinged stamps in units: a block of nine, two blocks of four and a horizontal pair from the sheet margin. H/O G:3. ÷ 1928, 1 S, Wappenlöwe, dickes Papier, UNGEZÄHNT, OHNE NETZUNTERDRUCK, 19 postfrische Werte in Einheiten: ein Neunerblock, zwei...
Lot #5089 - estland
Estland: 1928, 5 S, coat of arms, used, with PLATE ERROR "five paws". H/O E: 7. ÷ 1928, 5 S, Wappenl
1928, 5 S, coat of arms, used, with PLATE ERROR "five paws". H/O E: 7. ÷ 1928, 5 S, Wappenlöwe, gestempelt, mit PLATTENFEHLER "Fünf Tatzen". H/O E:7.
Lot #5090 - estland
Estland: 1929, postage stamps 10 Senti, thick paper as PROBEDRUCK in mint block of four, Hurt / Ojas
1929, postage stamps 10 Senti, thick paper as PROBEDRUCK in mint block of four, Hurt / Ojaste G:12, "genuine and perfect", photo certificate Löbbering BPP. ÷ 1929, Freimarken 10 Senti, dickes Papier als PROBEDRUCK im postfrischen Viererblock, Hurt / Ojaste G:12, "echt und einwandfrei", Fotoattest Löbbering BPP.
Lot #5091 - estland
Estland: 1928, 10 S blue, coat of arms, WITHOUT MESH PRINT, mint never hinged block of four, vertica
1928, 10 S blue, coat of arms, WITHOUT MESH PRINT, mint never hinged block of four, vertical folded. ÷ 1928, 10 S blau, Wappenlöwe, OHNE NETZUNTERDRUCK, postfrischer Viererblock, senkrecht gefaltet.
Lot #5092 - estland
Estland: 1938/1939, three souvenir sheets cancelled to order (Bl. 2 to 4): Bl. 3 perfect, Bl. 2 lowe
1938/1939, three souvenir sheets cancelled to order (Bl. 2 to 4): Bl. 3 perfect, Bl. 2 lower left corner minimally round and Bl. 4 lower left with corner flaw. Michel catalog value 440 EUR. ÷ 1938/1939, drei gestempelte Blockausgaben (Bl. 2 bis 4): Bl. 3 einwandfrei, Bl. 2 links unten minimal bestoßen und Bl. 4 unten links mit Eckfehler....
Lot #5093 - estland
Estland: 1941, Estonia 10s. violet in combination with Soviet Union 60kop. carmine and 3rbl. green o
1941, Estonia 10s. violet in combination with Soviet Union 60kop. carmine and 3rbl. green on registered printed matter wrapper from "TALLINN 27.V.41" to Moscow with arrival mark 29.5.41.
Lot #5094 - estland
Estland: 1940, Dove 15s. carmine-brown in combination with Soviet Union 5kop. red and 10kop. blue on
1940, Dove 15s. carmine-brown in combination with Soviet Union 5kop. red and 10kop. blue on commercial cover from "TALLINN-SADAM 12.XII.40" (Tallinn Harbour) to Tallinnn, envelope some tears at base and slightly shortened at left (irrelevant).
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