Mexiko: 1856-1916 Exhibition collection (Large Silver award, Berlin 1988) of about 100 covers, lette
1856-1916 Exhibition collection (Large Silver award, Berlin 1988) of about 100 covers, letters, postcards and postal stationery items as well as used stamps (some on pieces) well written up on pages, plus additions, including four stampless covers (1839-52), an 1891 letter with gold/silver monogram and original signature of President...
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
Sale Terms
Lot #12754 - mexiko
Lot #12755 - mexiko
Mexiko: 1860/2009, comprehensive dealer's stock on retail cards in eight albums, well sorted from cl
1860/2009, comprehensive dealer's stock on retail cards in eight albums, well sorted from classic issues to modern.
Value Add Taxes (19%) will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium.
Lot #12756 - mexiko
Mexiko: 1868/71, six covers Hidalgo issue 12 C. resp. 25 C., inc pairs and two-colour frank.
1868/71, six covers Hidalgo issue 12 C. resp. 25 C., inc pairs and two-colour frank.
Lot #12757 - mexiko
Mexiko: 1910/1970 (ca.), comprehensive accumulation on album pages (plus plenty of loose material, t
1910/1970 (ca.), comprehensive accumulation on album pages (plus plenty of loose material, this is the reason why this lot isn't pictured online), showing a vast range of various issues, especially Civil War overprints. Very interesting lot for the specialist, viewing recommended!
Lot #12758 - mexiko
Mexiko: 1934. Complete set Mexico airmail 1934, for the benefit of the University in MNH blocks of 4
1934. Complete set Mexico airmail 1934, for the benefit of the University in MNH blocks of 4. Extremely rare, Scott C 54-61, catalogue value 19,000 US$!!
Lot #12759 - mexiko
Mexiko: 1960s/1970s. Large stock of various issues from the mentioned period. Everything in complete
1960s/1970s. Large stock of various issues from the mentioned period. Everything in complete, mint sheets. Inclusive souvenir sheets. Thereby also interesting motifs. High catalogue value. Please look at. Stored in 7 folders.
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