| SINGLE COVER LOTS — Germany |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
| 276 |  | Germany (47, 50) on an 1895 registered parcel tag to Japan from Tientsin. Bold TIENTSIN KaiseP. L. Deutsche Postagfntur 1/6.95 cancel. Originally the 25pf stamp was folded over the tag, but long ago was rebacked to preserve the stamp. Only the company stamp on the reverse: Droste & Walte, Tientsin China. A truly amazing piece of China postal history. | Cat. Value: S. B. 200.00
Price Realized: $550.00 |
| 277 | | Germany (B292-B293) pure philatelic fantasy cover tied by a (21.4.45-10 Berlin W8 ss) cancel. No backstamp nor return address. Familiar handwriting and address. Causes discussion whenever it is shown. Great philatelic conversation starter. | Cat. Value: S. B. 50.00
Price Realized: $32.00 |
| 278 | | Germany (B294-B295) on separate registered covers to the same Illinois address. Each pays part of the 160pf overseas registered rate. From Seebruck to Illinois with New York transit marks along with appropriate Granite City Receiver. Took from January 16, 1948 to February 24, 1948 to make the trip. Condition just average from the rough handling of a long, in tandem, journey. | Cat. Value: S. B. 80.00
Price Realized: $90.00 |
| 279 | | Germany (B310-B313) philatelic cover with tied by a (22.112.49 Berlin) CD cancel. No backstamp. A little roughly opened at the top. Clean complete set cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00
Price Realized: $24.00 |
| 280 | | Germany (C45) On a round trip Graff Zeppelin cover (14.10.33) Friedrichshafen to Fort Wayne, Indiana. On a No. 6 Linnprint airmail envelope. Visible stains and pencil markings not affecting the stamp. | Cat. Value: Catalog. 650.00
Price Realized: $85.00 |
| 281 | | Germany philatelic cover featuring a trimmed but tied souvenir sheet Scott B58. From Breslau (14.5.34.) to Rothenburg. No backstamp. Envelope folded before the stamps affixed. Proper express label. Stamps appear to be genuinely watermarked. Offered as is. | Cat. Value: S. B. 200.00
Price Realized: $425.00 |
| 282 | | Germany zusammendrucke cover featuring the advertising label pair Michel #S1.9 and a strip of five (Germania) Scott #81 with Han number paying the 20pf rate to London From Leipzig (12.1.12). No backstamp. Some sort of political message on the reverse. This rare cover is in poor condition foxed at the top, torn at the bottom with wrinkles, but a lot of character. Huge Michel premium on cover, but offered as a used position piece. Rare. | Cat. Value: S. B. 200.00
Price Realized: $900.00 |
| 283 | | Germany three philatelic registered mail covers. Across all three Wagner related covers the entire set is found used. All are philatelic not one with the correct rate. Great way to show B49-B57 used during their postal validity on cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 150.00
Price Realized: $120.00 |
| 284 | | Germany rare FDC for #B51, B52, B55a, and B56 on registered cover Lorch to Aiud in Romania. Bold Lorch 1.11.33 cancel, the first day of issue for the stamps. Pays the 71pf rate for an International Registered Letter. Cachet and bold red seal indicate its Hermann Sieger origin and is sporting the bright blue Sieger dated backstamps of November 1, 1933. Lightly soiled from its trip, with rounded corners and back flap stains. European sized, proper backstamps with few visible faults. An extraordinary cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 150.00
Price Realized: $180.00 |
| 285 | | Germany airmail registered cover Berlin (18.9.34) to Braunschweig (29.9.34). Features zusammendrucke strips # W54 and W58 X 2, in a huge margin block of six blocks of six to overpay the 71pf registered airmail rate. Transit mark Frankfurt (28.9.34) proves the service. Nice and clean within the use validity by one day. Showpiece philatelic cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 120.00
Price Realized: $260.00 |
| 286 | | Germany special delivery cover from Berlin to Warsaw, Poland. Features a margin copy block of four of #B55 of Wagner set paying the 80pf special delivery rate. Postmarked December 21, 1933 then traveled through Zbaszyn to Warsaw the next day. Rough handling caused by the search for the recipient is evident on the reverse of the cover. Impressive multiple backstamps. Huge Michel premium for multiples of this stamp on a legitimate usage. Wrinkled, torn backflap, overall soiling, bends and creases add to the story of this cover’s rough journey. Outstanding example of a rare used multiple. | Cat. Value: S. B. 120.00
Price Realized: $450.00 |
| 287 | | Germany oversize (7” x 6.5”) philatelic cover. Seems to be some sort of special flight from Wittenberg to Berlin 10.11.1933 and returned 11.11.1933. Multi color cachet commemorates Martin Luther Day November 10, 1933. Registered and airmailed using #394, B57, and B55a to pay the rates. Transit mark on reverse Konigsberg 12.11.33. Striking showpiece. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00
Price Realized: $120.00 |
| 288 | | Germany registered cover from Elmshorn to Kiel post marked May 4, 1934 using B50a and B58d to pay the 54pf double letter rate. Rare commercial use of a single from the then current souvenir sheet. Average condition. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
| 289 | | Germany catapult cover. Carried by plane from the steamship Europa to Southampton on July 29, 1934. It reached Berlin the following day on its way to Dresden. Very unusual and high Michel premium franking using Scott #435 and Michel zusammendrucke #W52 and W56 on the reverse. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00
Price Realized: $180.00 |
| 290 | | Germany commercial Zeppelin cover. Colorful using 12 stamps for the franking. Postmarked May 26, 1934 on a special connecting flight to Friedrichshafen where it left for Brazil aboard the Zeppelin. High Michel catalog with featuring #W48, W56, SK19, SK20 along with Scott #B49, and C43. The cover has faults, crude tape patch over the registration label, foxing of the high sulfur gum of the booklet combinations, and trimmed opening at the top of the cover. Rare franking on a presentable cover offered appropriately. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00
Price Realized: $150.00 |
| 291 | | Germany registered cover from Augsburg to Fussen post marked May 7, 1934 using B58b and B58c along with Michel #W58 to pay the 58pf double oversize letter rate. Rare stamp dealer commercial/philatelic use of singles from the then current souvenir sheet along with a zusammendrucke strip. Better than average condition. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00
Price Realized: $240.00 |
| 292 | | Germany local cover within Baden-Baden. Features two values of the Wagner set #B55-B56 paying the 48pf special delivery rate. Postmarked October 20, 1934 which is well after the expiration of this sets postal validity September 30, 1934 deadline. No backstamps or visible faults. Slight foxing from the residual gum. An outstanding cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00
Price Realized: $70.00 |
| 293 | | Germany registered cover Landsberg to Augsburg in Bavaria (9.11.33) with philatelic undertones. Features the high value of the Wagner set # #B57 paying the registered rate. Huge Michel catalog premium for the margin pair on cover. European sized, clean, proper backstamps with no visible faults. A remarkable cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00
Price Realized: $180.00 |
| 294 | | Germany registered local commercial cover Calbe (22.2.34). Features zusammendrucke strips #W52, W56, W54 and W58 in two blocks of six to pay the 80pf registered rate. Folds, creases, and loose backflap are the only drawbacks. Decent appearance. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00
Price Realized: $220.00 |
| 295 | | Germany internal registered commercial cover, Osnabruck (29.5.34). Features zusammendrucke strips #SK19 X3 tete beche in a block of six and W53 to pay the 38 pf registered rate. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00
Price Realized: $200.00 |
| 296 | | Germany rocket flight January 28, 1934. Pair of covers both to “Erich Beck” from this historic first flight. One uses all three stamps (airmail) while the other uses just one. Odd zusammendrucke frankings, the autograph of Zucker, the recipient, and backstamps are typical for these purely philatelic events. Clean and nice. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00
Price Realized: $140.00 |
| 297 | | Germany pair of Zucker rocket mail pieces from November 4, 1933. Both cards are launched and posted. Five rocket labels on the first and only three on the second. All the proper markings and cachets including Zucker’s signature. Both use parts of the Wagner Opera set to pay for posting. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00
Price Realized: $160.00 |
| 298 | | Germany philatelic catapult cover, Leipzig to New York (6.6.34). Features zusammendrucke strips #W29, W48, and #SK19 X2 tete beche in a block of four to help pay the rate. As a bonus includes a postcard showing Hitler scaring children with flowers. | Cat. Value: S. B. 80.00
Price Realized: $85.00 |
| 299 | | Germany philatelic express mail cover. Uses four zusammendrucke pieces: W49, W50, W58, and a S114/W51 block to pay the rate. Postmarked and registered Essen (8.6.34). Not backstamped. | Cat. Value: S. B. 80.00
Price Realized: $130.00 |
| 300 | | Germany philatelic “sets” cover. Uses B34-B37 on a complementary private mailing card. Indistinctly postmarked Ludwigshaffen November 1, 1930 which would make it a first day of use cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 80.00
Price Realized: $80.00 |
| 301 | | Germany registered commercial cover Frankfurt to Bodenbach in Czechoslovakia (5.6.34). Features zusammendrucke strips #W54 and W58 in a block of six to help pay the 50pf international registered rate. | Cat. Value: S. B. 80.00
Price Realized: $240.00 |
| 302 | | Germany registered cover used in Regensburg with philatelic undertones. Features #364-365 in pairs. Huge Michel premium for multiples on cover. Hinge remnants on the reverse and folded down the center. Tied with Regensburg 26 Oct, 27 CDS cancels. Striking. | Cat. Value: S. B. 80.00
Price Realized: $60.00 |
| 303 | | Germany zeppelin flight cover. Uses #B52, B55a, B56, and C32 to pay the 150pf airmail letter rate (1pf overfranked) to South America. Postmarked “on board the Graff Zeppelin” May 28, 1934. Clean souvenir cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 80.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
| 304 | | Germany Century of Progress zeppelin flight cover. Uses #C31, C44, and 425 to pay the “to Chicago” airmail letter rate. Postmarked in Friedrichshafen, October 14, 1933. Appropriately backstamped.( | Cat. Value: S .B. 80.00
Price Realized: $140.00 |
| 305 | | Germany zeppelin flight cover. Uses #B49, B51, B54, B55a, B56, B57, and C28 to pay the 150pf airmail letter rate to South America. Postmarked “on board the Graff Zeppelin” May 31, 1934. Clean souvenir cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 80.00
Price Realized: $150.00 |
| 306 | | Germany zeppelin flight cover. Uses #B49, B54, B55a, B56, B57, and 413 to pay the 180pf registered airmail letter rate to South Brazil. Postmarked in Berlin, January 31, 1934. To the German consulate in Rio De Janeiro properly backstamped. | Cat. Value: S. B. 80.00
Price Realized: $140.00 |
| 307 | | Germany zeppelin flight card. Uses #C29 x2, C43, B50, and a 6pf postal card to pay the 140pf airmail postcard rate to Brazil. Postmarked in Stuttgart, March 1, 1934. To the German Zeppelin Port in Brazil. | Cat. Value: S. B. 70. 00
Price Realized: $120.00 |
| 308 | | Germany registered cover Regensburg to Neu-Ulm with philatelic undertones. Features #363-365 (the full set) just overpaying the rate. Huge Michel catalog premium for the set on one cover. Oversized, clean, Neu-Ulm backstamp (28.10.27) with one fold down the center. Appears to be a commercial use. | Cat. Value: S. B. 70.00
Price Realized: $65.00 |
| 309 | | Germany registered commercial cover Essen to Dusseldorf (28.6.34). Features zusammendrucke strips #W52 and W56 in a block of six to help pay the registered rate. Philatelic overfranked cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 60.00
Price Realized: $160.00 |
| 310 | | Germany pair of Zucker rocket mail pieces from November 10, 1933. The first is a card launched and posted, while the second is a cover handled the same way. All the proper markings including Zucker’s signature. Both use parts of the Wagner Opera set to pay for posting. Both are part of the “Eric Beck” hoard. | Cat. Value: S. B. 60.00
Price Realized: $160.00 |
| 311 | | Germany pair of Zucker rocket mail pieces from mid 1933. The first is a card launched and posted, while the second is a cover handled the same way. All the proper markings including Zucker’s signature. Both use parts of the Wagner Opera set to pay for posting. | Cat. Value: S. B. 60.00
Price Realized: $150.00 |
| 312 | | Germany catapult mail cover off the Europa to Berlin (16.9.34). Features zusammendrucke strips #W50 and W56 plus one extra B53 to pay the rate. Launched on June 23, and received in Berlin the next day. | Cat. Value: S. B. 60.00
Price Realized: $130.00 |
| 313 | | Germany local registered cover within Hamburg from suburban Wandsbek (16.2.34) to central Hamburg (17.2.34 backstamp). Features two zusammendrucke pairs of the Wagner set #SK19 and SK20 along with Scott #B58a single from the souvenir sheet helping to pay the 38pf correct rate. No visible faults. | Cat. Value: S. B. 60.00
Price Realized: $95.00 |
| 314 | | Germany registered cover Berlin to Brunn in Czechoslovakia (November 7, 1933) with philatelic undertones. Features #B49-B54, B55a, B56-B57 just overpaying the overseas rate. Huge Michel catalog premium for the set on one cover. Oversized, clean, no backstamp with one fold down the center. | Cat. Value: S. B. 60.00
Price Realized: $80.00 |
| 315 | | Germany commercial cover to Hamburg with philatelic undertones. Features #B34-B35 in zusammendrucke strips of three and four canceled March 2, 1931, paying the 130 pf multi service rate. Huge Michel catalog premium on cover (S77, S79). One fold and rough topside opening do not detract from this attractive cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 50.00
Price Realized: $100.00 |
| 316 | | Germany philatelic cover from the 1930 International Philatelic Exhibition. Features the four stamps from #B33a on an apparent hand back souvenir cover. Canceled September 12, 1930, the first day for this issue. Not tied SOTN cancel. Appears to be addressed sometime after the event. Nice and clean never sealed. | Cat. Value: S. B. 50.00
Price Realized: $100.00 |
| 317 | | Germany commercial cover to Uruguay with philatelic undertones. Features #B34-B37 in corner margin copies canceled November 11, 1930, paying the registered postage. Huge premium as a full set on cover. Rough condition and soiled with one fold and tear. Try to find another. | Cat. Value: S. B. 50.00
Price Realized: $38.00 |
| 318 | | Germany printed matter commercial cover Bayreuth to Tubingen (25.9.34). Features the zusammendrucke strip #W52 to pay the rate. Philatelic overfranked cover or possible double weight price list was enclosed at one time. | Cat. Value: S. B. 50.00
Price Realized: $130.00 |
| 319 | | Germany express letter cover Wurzburg (25 Jun, 34) to a police station in Furth (25.6.34). Features zusammendrucke pairs #S110, S104, S103, and W45 to pay the 52pf express mail rate. Faults include back staining, gum foxing, and old mount marks. Fine appearance. | Cat. Value: S. B. 50.00
Price Realized: $75.00 |
| 320 | | Germany registered commercial cover bearing four values of the Wagner Opera Series (B49, B50, B53 and B57), was mailed in Rostock on May15, 1934. Transit marks on the reverse show its arrival in Lisbon, Portugal (19.5, 34) and its appearance in the Azores on May 29, 1934. A rare destination indeed. A little soiled, but not worse for wear. | Cat. Value: S. B. 50.00
Price Realized: $80.00 |
| 321 | | Germany special delivery postal card Hamburg (2.6.34) to Freiburg (3.6.34). Special postmark tying #B57 and a 1931 commemorative postal card (Dr. Heinrich von Stephan) indicates mailing from a rare streetcar post station (Strassenbahn). Lengthy message on reverse indicates actual usage which is uncommon all the way around. Amazing condition for such. | Cat. Value: S. B. 50.00
Price Realized: $120.00 |
| 322 | | Germany express letter cover Wurzburg (25 Jun, 34) to a police station in Furth (25.6.34). Features zusammendrucke strips #WZ10, and WZ11 to pay the 52pf express mail rate. Faults include back staining, gum foxing, and old mount marks. Fine appearance. | Cat. Value: S. B. 50.00
Price Realized: $75.00 |
| 323 | | Germany registered local commercial cover Frankfurt (12.1.32) delivered the same day. Features zusammendrucke combinations #S92 and S96 in two blocks of four to pay some sort of 62pf registered rate. Heavy cancellations, and open on all three sides are the only drawbacks. Decent appearance. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00
Price Realized: $44.00 |
| 324 | | Germany registered mail cover. Uses two zusammendrucke pieces W50, and W58 to pay the rate. Postmarked and registered Wildberg (5.3.34). Backstamped Calw (5.3.34) and Unterreichenbach (March 6, 1934) showing proper usage. Pretty cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00
Price Realized: $130.00 |
| 325 | | Germany philatelic registered mail cover. Uses three zusammendrucke pieces: W36, and a S68 block of four to pay the rate. Postmarked and registered Sudenburg (15.11.29). Properly backstamped: Lubeck (16.11.29) the next day. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00
Price Realized: $65.00 |
| 326 | | German registered cover from Cottbus (28.12.29) to Easton, Pennsylvania (January 11, 1930). Philadelphia receiving mark on the reverse from a day previous. Uses Scott #371, B28, B30, and B31 to pay the overseas rate. A bit soiled and scuffed, but still an elusive use of semipostals. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00
Price Realized: $26.00 |
| 327 | | Germany commercial special delivery mail cover front. Uses S114/W51/W55 zusammendrucke block of six along with Scott #402 to pay the 52pf rate. Postmarked Bopfingen (24.11.33). Receiving mark Berlin (25.11.33) also on the front. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00
Price Realized: $28.00 |
| 328 | | Germany philatelic registered mail cover. Uses Scott #B48, 352 and a Michel #W41 pair to pay the 55pf rate. Postmarked and registered Cham (10.11.32). Properly backstamped: Regensburg (November 12, 1932) two days later. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00
Price Realized: $24.00 |
| 329 | | Germany catapult mail cover. Uses B49, C49 and zusammendrucke K12 block of four to pay the 55pf rate. Postmarked June 19, 1934, launched June 23, and delivered to Frankfurt by plane from England the next day. Properly backstamped. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00
Price Realized: $36.00 |
| 330 | | Germany special delivery postal card Dessau train station to Dusseldorf (24.12.34). Features zusammendrucke strips #W51 and W55 X2, pays the rate for delivery on Christmas day. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
| 331 | | Germany commercial cover Munich to New York with philatelic undertones. Features #B19-B22 in corner margin copies canceled March 13, 1928. Huge Michel catalog premium for the Hindenburg set on one cover. The postal markings tell the story of air service across Germany and then by ship to its destination 11 days later. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00
Price Realized: $44.00 |
| 332 | | Germany internal inflation era cover from Kuppenheim. Uses 35 stamps to exactly pay the 10 million mark single letter rate that was about to expire and increase by a factor of ten in just a few days. Postmarked October 29, 1923, which is one of the final days of this rate. Rough condition from mailing and storage, but all 35 stamps were fit to the front of the cover. An impressive example. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00
Price Realized: $40.00 |
| 333 | | Germany inflation era consular mail cover from Dusseldorf to The Haag in Netherlands. Uses 24 #298 to pay the 480 billion mark rate for foreign letters up to 40 grams. Postmarked Dusseldorf November 26, 1923, which is the first day of this rate. Two stamps with faults, but an attractive example of this rare rate. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00
Price Realized: $42.00 |
| 334 | | Germany zeppelin flight picture post card. Shows the airship LZ 127 over an expanse of water with a May 2, 1930 Luftschiff cancel. Switzerland receiving markings for the same day. Uses Scott #337 for the franking. Crisp and clean. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00
Price Realized: $36.00 |
| 335 | | Germany airmail philatelic cover Berlin to Lithuania (15.9.34). Special sports cancel. Features zusammendrucke pairs #W45, W61, and W51 to pay the rate. Backstamped and returned to sender – bad address. | Cat. Value: S. B. 30.00
Price Realized: $48.00 |
| 336 | | Germany early postwar charity set B316-B317 on a picture postcard. Pays the 30pf rate to Vienna from Lubeck with a September 2, 1951 commemorative cancel. Includes a civil censor marking adding to the interest. Unusual set usage. | Cat. Value: S. B. 30.00
Price Realized: $36.00 |
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