1917, Postcard from "TURINO 24 AGO 1917" to a member of the Italian general staff at Palestine with boxed "... VERIFICATO PER CENSURA"
Auction #368- Day 1
By: Heinrich Koehler Auktionen
Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #368- Day 1
From Saxony to the Danish West Indies, from early postal history to modern philately: rarities and exceptional top-class collections
The programme for the 368th auction of Germany's oldest stamp auction house is again impressive with philatelic and postal history material of the highest standard. Three special catalogues with unique collections and many special sections in an overwhelming main catalogue speak in a clear language. The spectrum ranges from early postal history to modern philately, from Germany to Europe and worldwide, and offers almost everything the collector's heart desires.
Auction Schedule
Tuesday, 26 March 2019 from 9:00 am Lot 1 - 808A
Single Lots: Liechtenstein, Austria, Switzerland, Europe and Colonies: Belgium - Yugoslavia, including
Special offer: Belgium - Postal History 1459-1794 – The Jürgen Briese Collection
Special offer: Incoming mail from Central- and South America to Italy 1837-1889 – The Dr. Giorgio Magnani Collection
Tuesday, 26 March 2019 from 3:00 pm Lot 809 - 1142
Single Lots: Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries
Wednesday, 27 March 2019 from 9:00 am Lot 1143 - 1532
Single Lots: Shipmail, Airmail, Zeppelin, Olympics, Thematics and Literature , including
Special offer: Commercial Zeppelin Mail 1928-1937 – The Dickson H. Preston Collection
Wednesday, 27 March 2019 from 12:00 pm Lot 7001 - 7312
Special Catalogue: Ireland - The Path to Independence - The "Dublin" Collection (part I)
& Irish Coil Stamps 1922 to 1940 - The Robert M. Benninghoff Collection (part I)
Wednesday, 27 March 2019 following from ca. 2:00 pm Lot 6001 - 6337
Special Catalogue: Danish West Indies 1773-1917 – The "Høgensborg" Collection (part I)
Thursday, 28 March 2019 from 9:00 am Lot 4001 - 4608
Collections: Europe: Albania - Vatican, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries, General collections All World / Europe / Overseas, Airmail and Zeppelin, Thematic collections
Thursday, 28 March 2019 from 2:00 pm Lot 4609 - 5266
Collections: German States, German Empire, German post offices abroad and Colonies, General collections Germany, Germany after 1945
Friday, 29 March 2019 from 9:00 am Lot 1533 - 2269
Single Lots: German Occupation WWI, German Areas and Plebiscites, Danzig, Memel, German Occupation WWII, including
Special offer: WITU Postal History
Friday, 29 March 2019 from 1:30 pm Lot 2270 - 2981
Single Lots: Germany after 1945: Local issues after 1945, Allied Forces issues, Soviet Occupation Zone, German Democratic Republic, Berlin, Bizone, Federal Republik of Germany, including the „George Marshall“ Collection
Saturday, 30 March 2019 from 9:00 am Lot 2982 - 3571
Single Lots: German Empire 1872 - 1945, German States Baden - North German Confederation, Alsace-Lorraine
Saturday, 30 March 2019 from 1:00 pm Lot 8001 - 8160
Special Catalogue: Kingdom of Saxony - The Christian and Renate Springer Collection (part I)
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Lot #1015 - Overseas palestine
1917, Cover from "ALTAMORA 26.8.17" sent to Port Said and re-directed "Distace. Italiano di Palestina" with transit mark "BASE ARMY POST-OFFICE ICE T" and arrival mark of "APO SZ22", Italian censor label at top
Lot #1016 - Overseas palestine
1918, "Official correspondence" envelope with handstamps "COMMANDO TAPPA" with adjacent "ARMY TELEGRAPHS 25.VII.18", addressed to Italian Palestine detachment, on reverse weak violet "ARMY SIGNALS"; on front countersigned by commanding officer and endorsed "D.R.L.S." (Dispatch Rider Letter Service), a scarce item, most likely unique
Provenance: Michael Sacher (Corinphila 1998)
Lot #1017 - Overseas palestine
1918, Franked postcard with rare "COMANDO TAPPA ITALIANA / PORTO SAID" to a member of the Italian contingent in Palestine with double line "VERFICATO PER CENSURA", fine and scarce, sign. A. Diena
Lot #1018 - Overseas palestine
"FPO HM / 20 NO 17", light but mostly legible strike on envelope with Gedeira return address to Alexandria with censor mark and Cairo transit on front and arrival mark on reverse, filing punch hole at right, otherwise fine and very scarce, demonstrating the earliest recorded civilian use of the army postal services in Palestine
Provenance: Michael Sacher (Corinphila 1998)
Lot #1019 - Overseas palestine
"APO SZ 44 / 20 DE 17" on commercial letter to Cairo with 2 different censor marks on front and censor label at top; small tear on reverse fixed with tape, slight transportation marks; a fine and scarce early letter
Lot #1020 - Overseas palestine
"FPO D 60 / 25 DE 17" on envelope to Manchester with adjacent censor mark, small stain, otherwise fine
Lot #1021 - Overseas palestine
"APO SZ44 / 26 DE 17" on postcard with violet censor mark via the international Red Cross with transit mark "BERN 18.II.18" to Stuttgart with German censor mark; some minor corner creasing, still fine and very scarce
Lot #1022 - Overseas palestine
"APO SZ 44 27 DE 17", clear strike on commercial postcard to Tel Aviv with adjacent censor mark, punch holes at top; very scarce inland postcard
Lot #1023 - Overseas palestine
"APO SZ44 / 27 DE 17", clear strike on cover with Jerusalem return address to Boston and re-directed to Brooklyn, frontside censor mark; some tears at top fixed with tape
Lot #1024 - Overseas palestine
"APO SZ44 30 DE 17" on cover to England, folded and backflap removed incl. most part of censor label
Lot #1025 - Overseas palestine
"APO SZ44 / 10 JA 18" on nice picture postcard to Tel Aviv with adjacent censor mark; fine and very scarce
Lot #1026 - Overseas palestine
"FPO 180 JA 13 18" on picture postcard to England with adjacent censor mark, small corner crease, otherwise fine
Lot #1027 - Overseas palestine
"APO SZ44 28 JA 18" on cover to Santiago de Chile, a very scarce cover to Southamerica, only few recorded
Lot #1028 - Overseas palestine
"APO SZ45 / 29 JA 18" on small envelope to Lausanne, Switzerland and returned due to unsufficient address with corresponding label on front, tied by Lausanne cds., arrival mark of November 27, 1918; one of two recorded returned letters during this period
Lot #1029 - Overseas palestine
"APO SZ44 / 2 FE 18" on postcard to Cairo, taxed on arrival with postage due stamps 2 m. green and 4 m. lilac applied, cancelled by Cairo cds., very fine. The only recorded taxed postcard from the pre-stamp period
Lot #1030 - Overseas palestine
"APO SZ45 4 FE 18" on small envelope to Paris with violet "PALESTINE CENSORSHIP No.1", very fine, sign. Tsachor, certificate Muentz (1995)
Lot #1031 - Overseas palestine
"APO SZ44 8 FE 18" on commercial postcard to Florence, Italy, as undeliverable returned with arrival mark "APO SZ34 / 27 AP 18"; one of 2 returned items in this period
Lot #1032 - Overseas palestine
"APO SZ45 / 11 FE 18" on censored cover to Jerusalem with arrival mark of February 23, small censor label at top, somewhat defected, very scarce, the only recorded inland letter from Jaffa during this period
Lot #1033 - Overseas palestine
"APO Z44 / 11 FE 18" on cover to Cairo, here not accepted and postage due stamp 1 pia. blue applied, tied "CAIRO 21 FE 18", very fine and scarce, just about 6 similar recorded
Lot #1034 - Overseas palestine
1 pia. deep blue, tied by cds. "APO SZ 44" to small envelope to Slave Island, Colombo, Ceylon with transit and arrival marks and 2 different censor marks on front, very fine (Bale 1a)
Lot #1035 - Overseas palestine
1 pia. deep blue, tied by "FPO GM 1" to prepaid envelope from "FPO D.M.1 4 MR 18" to Ismailia with arrival mark of March 8 on front with adjacent censor mark, on reverse "FZ 32"; the cover restored at right, still attractive and very scarce
Lot #1036 - Overseas palestine
1 pia. deep blue, tied by cds. "FPO GM 1 / 1 MR 18" (Bir Salem) to prepaid cover from Bethlehem with cds. "FPO D.M. 1 / 28 FE 18" (Australia New Zealand mounted divisoin headquarters, Jerusalem), addressed to Westminter Dragoons of the EEF, on reverse "APO SZ 32 2 MR 18" and censor mark on front; by opening slightly reduced at top and vertical fold, a fine and rare entire, merely a dozen prepaid letters recorded with the first issue
Lot #1037 - Overseas palestine
1918, 1 pia. indigo, tied by clear cds. "APO SZ 45 / 10 FE 18" of Jaffa to envelope addressed to London; a very fine and rare first day cover, correctly franked for the foreign letter rate, certificate Dorfman (1998) (Bale 1 FDC)
Provenance: Michael Sacher (Corinphila 1998)
Lot #1038 - Overseas palestine
1 pia. ultramarine, tied by "APO SZ45 24 JU 18" to registered cover to the aliens internment camp at Sidi Bishr with transit marks "APO SZ32" and "FPO GM1"; the letter being free of charge, the stamp paying only the registry fee, a scarce letter (Bale 3)
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