Nepal: 1866-2000: Collection of classic stamps used plus a more modern part (1940's-2000) mint, well
1866-2000: Collection of classic stamps used plus a more modern part (1940's-2000) mint, well written up on pages and housed in three binders, starting with more than 120 square stamps of 'Gorakha' issues, mint and used, including multiples, tête-bêche pairs, pin-perf. stamps, the scarce 1899 ½a. red-orange, etc., the following issues...
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 #12767 - Nepal
Lot #12768 - Nepal
Nepal: 1881-1930's: Collection/assortment of about 100 stamps of first Gorakha issues, mint/unused/u
1881-1930's: Collection/assortment of about 100 stamps of first Gorakha issues, mint/unused/used, with all denominations, perf and imperf stamps, colour shades, multiples up to block of 20, tête-bêche pairs, also reprints etc., plus several 1899 ½a. black and about 60 stamps of later Pashupati issues, most of them mint incl. cpl. sheet of...
Lot #12769 - Nepal
Nepal: 1881-1941, first square (Gorakha) issues (1a., 2a., 4a.), collection of 90 copies incl. three
1881-1941, first square (Gorakha) issues (1a., 2a., 4a.), collection of 90 copies incl. three blocks of four and 11 tête-bêche pairs, mainly used, plus several 1899-1903 ½a- black (including pin-perf tête-bêche pair etc.), and 30 stamps of the various Pashupati issues (1907-41), in mostly good condition.
Lot #12770 - Nepal
Nepal: 1881-1970: "NEPAL" Exhibition collection of Heinrich Georgi, well written up on old exhibitio
1881-1970: "NEPAL" Exhibition collection of Heinrich Georgi, well written up on old exhibition pages, with mint and used stamps, covers, FDC's and postal stationery, with several early square issues, later mint sets of the 1950's etc., plus Officials and few covers/postmarks of foreign P.O.'s like India used in Nepal. This old collection...
Lot #12771 - Nepal
Nepal: 1881-2000's: Mint and used collection from first Shri Gorakha square issues to modern, housed
1881-2000's: Mint and used collection from first Shri Gorakha square issues to modern, housed in seven binders, plus two catalogues and a Nepal stamp album. There are a lot of stamps from the various early issues, sets up to top values, also duplication up to modern, also hundreds of covers, FDC's and postal stationery, dozens of complete...
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