Australien - Stempel: 1910/1930, Queensland RAILWAY cancellations on Commonwealth Stamps: interestin
1910/1930, Queensland RAILWAY cancellations on Commonwealth Stamps: interesting collection with ca.30 stamps, comprising mostly different railway postmarks. Included are T.P.O. daters (UP and DOWN) from southern, northern and central railway lines (C.R., N.C, N.C.R. and S&W) from number 1 to 8 and one example of cds T.P.O.CAIRNS RLY....
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 #12124 - Australien - Stempel
Lot #12125 - Australien - Stempel
Australien - Stempel: 1913/1936 ca., New South Wales RAILWAY cancellations on Commonwealth Stamps: i
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Lot #12126 - Australien - Stempel
Australien - Stempel: 1914/1940 ca., VICTORIA DATESTAMPS ON COMMONWEALTH STAMPS, very comprehensive
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Lot #12127 - Australien - Stempel
Australien - Stempel: 1928/1949, METER STAMPS "MIDGET", comprehensive collection with ca.130 covers/
1928/1949, METER STAMPS "MIDGET", comprehensive collection with ca.130 covers/cards, comprising mail from many different users, various denominations, airmail, registered mail, censored mail, specimen, mixed frankings with postage stamps, advertising covers, attractive thematic content and further specialities. Included are many...
Lot #12128 - Australien - Stempel
Australien - Stempel: 1928/1951, METER STAMPS "NEOPOST", attractive collection with ca.60 covers/car
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Lot #12129 - Australien - Stempel
Australien - Stempel: 1932/1953 ca., COMMEMORATIVE POSTMARKS OF AUSTRALIA, interesting collection wi
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Lot #12130 - Australien - Stempel
Australien - Stempel: 1939/1953, METER STAMPS "MULTI-VALUE", interesting collection with ca.60 cover
1939/1953, METER STAMPS "MULTI-VALUE", interesting collection with ca.60 covers, comprising mail from many different users, various denominations, airmail, registered mail, censored mail, illustrated advertising covers, attractive thematic content and further specialities. Included are meters from 'Qantas Airlines', 'ABC Radio', 'Mazda...
Lot #12131 - Australien - Stempel
Australien - Stempel: 1945/1952, AUSTRALIAN STAMPS USED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA, comprehensive collectio
1945/1952, AUSTRALIAN STAMPS USED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA, comprehensive collection with ca. 250 covers, comprising an attractive and valuable array of mail from many different places in Papua New Guinea. The collection is sorted by postmarks in alphabetical order as listed below: Abau, Aitape, Angoram, Bainings, Buin, Bulolo, Bwagaoia,...
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