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Public Auction #428

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended May 20, 2016 at 7:00pm (New York time)
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Bids updated May 21, 2016 at 9:26am (New York time)

POSTCARDS — Germany
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
25CVGermany propaganda picture postcards. Around 100 in all with hardly any duplication. Appear to be 1932-1942 vintage with military, Nationalistic, and Nazi Party themes. Mixed mint and used variable condition. Some better cards in this group.Cat. Value: S. B. 800.00
Price Realized: $1,150.00
26CVGermany over 200 Third Reich Nazi postcards in three small cover albums in plastic pockets. Already labeled having a mixture of postally used and unused. Great source of period themes for German Patriotic, Hitler, and military leaders.Cat. Value: S. B. 600.00
Price Realized: $950.00
27CVGermany propaganda picture postcards. Over 100 in all with limited, if any, duplication. Appears to be 1936-1941 vintage with military, art, and “troops in action” themes. Mixed mint and used. Plenty of better cards among the group. Another easy lot to figure.Cat. Value: S. B. 500.00
Price Realized: $750.00
28CVGermany propaganda picture postcards. Over 100 in all with duplication. Appear to be 1940-1941 vintage with military, art, and Arian themes. Mixed. Easy lot to figure.Cat. Value: S. B. 500.00
Price Realized: $400.00
29CVGermany postcards in two binders. All 175 are private posts using the Hindenburg medallion design of 1933. Most are between 1935 and 1941. Slight duplication. Almost all are the 5pf rate. Mixed mint and used in average collectable condition. Just a few propaganda types with many event cards. A good selection of these elusive cards.Cat. Value: S. B. 450.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
30CVGermany around 200 Royalty postcards from early 1990s to WW I in a binder or loose plastic sleeves in a medium box. Has a strong presence of Prussia and Kaiser Wilhelm but also includes other German Royals from various States. Good variety.Cat. Value: S. B. 375.00
Price Realized: $450.00
31CVGermany Propaganda postcard used during the First Party Rally of the NSDAP in Nuremberg August of 1933. Produced for the movie “Hitlerjunge Quex” to come out in September 1933 showing the struggles and victories of Quex Norkus young Nazi hero. Mailed to Argentina, August 1, 1933 with an interesting propaganda slogan cancel and equally interesting message. Shows the fervor of the time that lead to the rise of Hitler and his propaganda machine. Rare. Better than usually seen condition even after its journey across the Atlantic.Cat. Value: S. B. 70.00
Price Realized: $80.00
32CVGerman oversize (6.5” x 10”) picture post card from 1900. Commemorates Prince Henry’s, the Kaisers brother’s, victory in China with the royal fleet. Prince Henry commanded several naval task forces, these included an improvised squadron that took part with the East Asia Squadron in consolidating and securing the German hold on the region of Kiaochow and the port of Tsingtao in 1898. The prince’s success was more of the diplomatic than the military variety, he became the first European potentate ever to be received at the Chinese imperial court. In 1899 he became officially the commander of the East Asia Squadron shown here on the card. Mailed double rate from Kiel (19.2.00) to Klein-Waabs (20.2.00). Amazing condition, with a few bends and wrinkles, for its age and size.Cat. Value: S .B. 50.00
Price Realized: $160.00
33CVGermany used picture post card. 1941 famous real photo card of Hitler standing in front of the Eifel Tower. Typed addressed to Karl Hennig in Hamburg, from occupied Netherlands August 26, 1941. Unusual and collectable.Cat. Value: S. B. 50.00
Price Realized: $60.00