Argentinien: 1853/1973, collection of nearly 400 covers/cards with plenty of interesting material an
1853/1973, collection of nearly 400 covers/cards with plenty of interesting material and especially a strong section 1890/1905, many interesting and attractive frankings, domestic and foreign mail, (uprated) stationeries; also a considerable postwar period with airmail to Europe.
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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 #12052 - argentinien
Lot #12053 - argentinien
Argentinien: 1858-1945. Very well filled, mint hinged and used stamp collection Argentina 1858-1945
1858-1945. Very well filled, mint hinged and used stamp collection Argentina 1858-1945 in stockbook, in which good classic material and better stamps such as (Michel no's): 151, 363*, 364*, 384-386, 386*, 390-394*, 447- 449*, souvenir sheet 1, 4*, 5**, good part service stamps, provincial stamps etc.
Lot #12054 - argentinien
Argentinien: 1860's-1990's: Collection of hundreds of mint and used stamps, more than 100 picture po
1860's-1990's: Collection of hundreds of mint and used stamps, more than 100 picture postcards (about 80 pre-1945), and approx. 50 covers etc., plus some stamps, ppc's etc. from Falkland Islands, all presented hingeless on individually designed pages, and housed in a big binders.
Lot #12055 - argentinien
Argentinien: From 1868, apprx. 240 covers resp. stationeries, mainly foreign usages.
From 1868, apprx. 240 covers resp. stationeries, mainly foreign usages.
Lot #12056 - argentinien
Argentinien: 1875/1946, lot of ten covers, incl. 1873 1c. violet+4c. brown on lettersheet to Veracru
1875/1946, lot of ten covers, incl. 1873 1c. violet+4c. brown on lettersheet to Veracruz, 1890 surcharge ¼c. on 12c. blue multiple franking of eight pieces, vignette "PRO AVIACION MILITAR 1912" on reverse of cover, etc.
Lot #12057 - argentinien
Argentinien: 1878/1949, Sammlung von 243 Ganzsachen, anfangs gebraucht, mit Postkarten (170) und Kar
1878/1949, Sammlung von 243 Ganzsachen, anfangs gebraucht, mit Postkarten (170) und Kartenbriefen (73), darunter seltene Nebenstempel, Destinationen, Bildganzsachen, etc.
Lot #12058 - argentinien
Argentinien: 1890-1980's: Thousands and thousands of stamps and miniature sheets, most of them in mu
1890-1980's: Thousands and thousands of stamps and miniature sheets, most of them in multiples up to complete sheets, with definitives, commemorative stamps and miniature sheets (first miniature sheets without gum), specials like se-tenants in sheets, fiscal stamps (Tabak, Cigarillos) etc., almost all fine mint, few used.
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Lot #12059 - argentinien
Argentinien: 1899-1920's: Official puncture "ZADO IN UTILIZ" (= "UNUSED") in more than 300 stamps of
1899-1920's: Official puncture "ZADO IN UTILIZ" (= "UNUSED") in more than 300 stamps of mostly high denomination up to 20p., mostly large multiples up to part sheets, few single stamps, most of them unmounted mint, some cancelled by pen-strokes or handstamps, some slightly stained but still good to very fine.
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Lot #12060 - argentinien
Argentinien: 1900/1908, Lot of 18 covers and cards sent from Argentina in the period mentioned to Sw
1900/1908, Lot of 18 covers and cards sent from Argentina in the period mentioned to Switzerland.
Lot #12061 - argentinien
Argentinien: 1929-56 AIR MAIL: 34 airmail covers to North and South America, Europe or inland includ
1929-56 AIR MAIL: 34 airmail covers to North and South America, Europe or inland including many First Flight covers like 1929 to Paraguay, FAMA, Zonta or Lufthansa, with illustrated envelopes, covers with vignettes etc., plus a ship mail cover and a picture postcard.
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