Australien - Ganzsachen: 1918/1923, 1 ½d brown KGV 'STAR' EMBOSSED ENVELOPES, selection of 22 used e
1918/1923, 1 ½d brown KGV 'STAR' EMBOSSED ENVELOPES, selection of 22 used envelopes comprising 9 post office and 13 stamped-to-order items, i.a. post office envelopes EP19 + EP20 with three examples uprated to foreign destinations (Czechoslovakia, Norway and USA), one envelope CTO Melbourne for U.P.U. distribution; stamped-to-order...
52nd Auction - Day 5
By: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 5
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
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Lot #12112 - Australien - Ganzsachen
Lot #12113 - Australien - Ganzsachen
Australien - Ganzsachen: 1924/1928, 1 ½d scarlet KGV 'STAR' EMBOSSED ENVELOPE (BW EP28), selection o
1924/1928, 1 ½d scarlet KGV 'STAR' EMBOSSED ENVELOPE (BW EP28), selection of 14 used envelopes, comprising five uprated examples to foreign destinations (Germany, Switzerland) incl. one registered envelope from Kerang to Holland, furthermore domestic usages with postmarks from smaller places, i.a. Dunkeld/Vic., Koroit/Vic., scarce rubber...
Lot #12114 - Australien - Ganzsachen
Australien - Ganzsachen: 1928/1930, 1 ½d red KGV OVAL EMBOSSED ENVELOPES (BW EP31 + BW ES69), collec
1928/1930, 1 ½d red KGV OVAL EMBOSSED ENVELOPES (BW EP31 + BW ES69), collection with 26 used examples, comprising both post office (12 items) and stamped-to-order (14 items) envelopes. Included are domestic usages and mail to foreign destinations, airmail and registered mail, i.a. EP31 used for the first flight Daly Waters-Camooweal (1930...
Lot #12115 - Australien - Ganzsachen
Australien - Ganzsachen: 1930, FIVE/PENCE on 4 ½d violet KGV OVAL EMBOSSED REGISTRATION ENVELOPES, a
1930, FIVE/PENCE on 4 ½d violet KGV OVAL EMBOSSED REGISTRATION ENVELOPES, attractive collection of 25 used envelopes (BW RE24 + RE25), comprising domestic usages and many uprated items to domestic and foreign destinations. Included are 12 envelopes (RE24), i.a. mail to unusual destinations, presented by an uprated envelope from Grafton to...
Lot #12116 - Australien - Ganzsachen
Australien - Ganzsachen: 1930/1937, 5d brown KGV OVAL EMBOSSED REGISTRATION ENVELOPES, comprehensive
1930/1937, 5d brown KGV OVAL EMBOSSED REGISTRATION ENVELOPES, comprehensive collection with ca.50 used envelopes (BW RE26 + RE27), comprising domestic usages and many uprated items to domestic and foreign destinations, i.a. uprated envelopes from Melbourne to Greece with customs censor, Merbein to Finland, Adelaide to Russia, Brisbane to...
Lot #12117 - Australien - Ganzsachen
Australien - Ganzsachen: 1938/1953, 2d, 2 ½d, 3d and 3 ½d KGVI LETTERCARDS (ex BW LC65/75) , collect
1938/1953, 2d, 2 ½d, 3d and 3 ½d KGVI LETTERCARDS (ex BW LC65/75) , collection with ca.40 used lettercards, comprising all different issues (except LC67) from 2 to 6 items each. Predominantly domestic mail/airmail, ten lettercards uprated to foreign destinations, also included censored mail, i.a. LC69 per airmail from A.P.O. Katherine/N.T...
Lot #12118 - Australien - Ganzsachen
Australien - Ganzsachen: 1941/1950, 2 ½d red KGVI OVAL EMBOSSED STAMPED-TO-ORDER ENVELOPES (BW ES86)
1941/1950, 2 ½d red KGVI OVAL EMBOSSED STAMPED-TO-ORDER ENVELOPES (BW ES86), substantial collection with ca.30 used envelopes, comprising mail from many different users, i.a. 'W.Elton & Son, Lampshade Manufacturers', 'Colac Dairying Co.', 'J.S.Kiddle & Co.Pty.Ltd.', 'Invincible Motors Pty.Ltd.' (illustration of an engine), '...
Lot #12119 - Australien - Ganzsachen
Australien - Ganzsachen: 1942/1950, 2 ½d red KGVI OVAL EMBOSSED ENVELOPES (BW EP42 + EP44), substant
1942/1950, 2 ½d red KGVI OVAL EMBOSSED ENVELOPES (BW EP42 + EP44), substantial collection with 37 used envelopes, comprising domestic usages and mail to various foreign destinations, airmail, registered and censored mail, postmarks from smaller places and further specialities. Included are envelopes EP42 (27 items), i.a. uprated...
Lot #12120 - Australien - Ganzsachen
Australien - Ganzsachen: 1943/1953, 2d, 2 ½d and 3d KGVI POSTCARDS (BW P72+P73+P74), interesting col
1943/1953, 2d, 2 ½d and 3d KGVI POSTCARDS (BW P72+P73+P74), interesting collection with 44 used postcards, comprising 2d mauve postcard (P72, 30 items) incl. domestic usages, many uprated airmail cards to foreign destinations (Austria, France, Germany, Greece etc.), one card uprated with 2s kangaroo et al. from Melbourne to USA, censored...
Lot #12121 - Australien - Ganzsachen
Australien - Ganzsachen: 1951/1953, 3 ½d red KGVI CROWNED CIRCLE EMBOSSED ENVELOPES (BW EP48 + EP49)
1951/1953, 3 ½d red KGVI CROWNED CIRCLE EMBOSSED ENVELOPES (BW EP48 + EP49), comprehensive collection with 31 used envelopes, comprising domestic usages and mail to various foreign destinations, airmail, registered mail, postmarks from smaller places and further specialities. Included are envelopes EP48 (26 items), i.a. two examples with...
Lot #12122 - Australien - Ganzsachen
Australien - Ganzsachen: 1951/1953, 3d green KGVI CROWNED CIRCLE STAMPED-TO-ORDER ENVELOPES (BW ES89
1951/1953, 3d green KGVI CROWNED CIRCLE STAMPED-TO-ORDER ENVELOPES (BW ES89), comprehensive collection with 34 used envelopes, comprising mail from many different users, i.a. Robert Harper and Co.Ltd.' (oats), 'Peters Ice Cream Pty.Ltd.', 'The Old Melburnians' (football club, 2 examples), 'PERSIL', 'Bayer's Aspirin Tablets', 'Pfaff' (...
Lot #12123 - Australien - Ganzsachen
Australien - Ganzsachen: 1953/1969 ca., QUEEN ELISABETH II. REGISTRATION ENVELOPES:, comprehensive a
1953/1969 ca., QUEEN ELISABETH II. REGISTRATION ENVELOPES:, comprehensive and attractive collection with more than 180 used registration envelopes, comprising issues with denominations from 1s 0½d to 25 C (BW RE37 to RE46). Included are domestic usages and mail to foreign destinations, furthermore a vast array of uprated examples with...
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