14. 12. 88 clear Port-Gentil hand cancels on 125-f UPU stamp franking greeting-card cover to Chicago Illinois, envelope glue show-through on back, stamp over edge but it has led a charmed life. $2.25 g

24.9.90 clear MOANDA cancel ties 150-f Rotary International & 25-f woman nursing child stamps to greeting-card size airmail cover to Chicago Illinois, small US P8 & K9 routing marks on back, corner furthest from stamps torn but closes well, tiny staple holes in address area, bend at stamp corner affects stamp. $2.00 rg^

29.11.90 GABON cover to Illinois, with four 25-f woman nursing child & six 100-f Ndjembe dance stamps, clear cancels, opened neatly. $2.50

27 1 95 metered mail from SDV Gabon at Port Gentil to Columbus Ohio (495 rate). $1.75 g

OFFICIAL MAIL 1968 -1980

Lot of 86 unstamped official mail covers from Office des Postes et Télécommunications to various addresses in Michigan & Maryland. Specialized study is possible on originating markings, covers, US routing marks, etc. A sequence all to the same person, all neatly opened. 1972 example shown.

All for $67.50 g

REGISTERED COMMERCIAL MAIL TO USA
1957 - 1993

22 greeting-card size covers such as the ones shown. All opened neatly or with very slight reduction. Towns included: Bamako (shown left), Franceville, Lambarene (2), Lastourville, Libreville-Akebe, Libreville-Lalala (3), Libreville-Mont-Bouet, Libreville R. P. (5), Libreville-Université, Mont-Boue, Njole (shown right), Oyem & Tchibanga (2). Includes 2 express registered mail from Libreville RP. Most covers have small staple holes in address area.

All for $95.00 g

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COMMERCIAL MAIL TO USA 1973 - 1995

17 covers selected for their variety of stamps (at least 2 different each cover) on commercial mail to the US. Most cancels Libreville or Port-Gentil, but also Fougamou & Omboue. We also note: forwarded, slogan cancel, 84-cents postage due in US (shown left). Generally opened neatly or with very slight reduction. One has a missing stamp that might have fallen off & one is soiled; a few have small staple holes in the address area. All for $26.00. g

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GAMBIAN POSTAL HISTORY

    11 NO 71 registered letter 2-1/2-p stationery (#6 size) with additional 50-b electric catfish stamp, airmailed from Brikama to Chicago Illinois, 3 different backstamps. Neatly opened. $7.00 gf

31 MY 79 registered letter 25b stationery (approx. #9 size) with additional D1.25 Banjul Declaration & pair 13b clappertonia ficifolia stamps, airmailed from Brikama to Washington DC, opened neatly, bend & small corner crease along bottom edge. $5.50 g

20.6.87 Libreville Gabon cancel (a couple of letters light) on 100-f Lastoursville centenary stamp franking #9 cover to Chicago Illinois, slight edge wrinkling, 2 corner creases. Commercial mail from Novotel Rapontchombo. $2.50 cg

11 MY [c.1990] registered airmail greeting card cover from Serekunda to Chicago, franked by 20-b Nobel Prize-winner Charles Nicolle stamp tied by light cancel, Serekunda backstamp clear, reduced slightly along one edge in opening, staple in address area. Underfranked in our opinion. $9.00 gn

23 MY [c.1990] airmail greeting card cover from Serekunda to Chicago Illinois, franked by D1.25 Tendaba Camp stamp tied by light cancel, wrinkling along upper edge did not damage stamp, neatly opened. $2.00

THE GAMBIA PHILATELIC LITERATURE

"The Gambia" by R. E. R. Dalwick, hardbound book of 66 pages, 1953 copyright. The cover is badly stained, but the insides are unaffected, with eye-popping photographic plates of seldom-seen material. Includes printing quantities, forgeries, proofs, specimens & cancellations. The photographic plates are not counted in the pagination. $25.00 g-g%

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GAMBIAN WANTED TO BUY NOTICES

Wanted to buy--better early covers from there: errors, Up River, TPO, destinations, etc. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c NEW/NEU/NUOVO

    AUG 11 1943 Hydaburg hand cancel on pair of 1-1/2-c Martha Washington stamps franking #6 cover to Ohio. Autographed by Postmaster Mrs. Linda Frank. Large, well struck black & red cachet honoring the 200th anniversary of Alaska's discovery by Vitus Bering. Text in lower right corner: "This cover carried by Emergency Airmail Service/at the domestic 3c rate from place nearest point of discovery--the Indian Village of Hydaburg, Alaska." Neatly addressed, never opened, slight browning of the paper, diagonal waviness in the paper, otherwise nice. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ag%

3 BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY
GEOGRAPHY COVERS

    -2 DEC 1981 clear Signy Island South Orkneys cancel ties 22-p Royal Geographical Society stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed, small KA & RA US routing marks on back, recipient's annotations on back about when sent & received. 1 in 81 appears to be missing.

    -8 DEC 1981 clear Argentine Islands dial cancel ties 11-d Lord Curzon & 3-d Sir Barrow stamps franking #6 cover to Ohio, neatly addressed, recipient's annotations about timing on back, small K9, RC & R3 US routing marks on back, never sealed, light wrinkling.

    8 MR 82 bold Rothera cancel on 15-p Sir Goodenough stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, clear black-text British Antarctic Survey handstamp in lower left corner serves as cachet, neatly addressed, recipient's markings on back, never sealed.

All 3 above for $12.50 bg

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    March 30 1892 Great Britain penny postal card with gorgeous squared-circle London cancel from the Astronomer Royal to the Chief Clerk of the US Geological Survey in Washington DC, acknowledging donation of literature to the Library of the Observatory, New York City paid-all transit mark on front, a little crinkling at the top (hardly visible from the front), partial arrival mark in DC on the back, unimportant tiny toning spots & browning of the paper. $10.00 agg

Somewhat blurred DEC 1962 San Sebastian P.R. hand cancel ties pair of 4-c eagle airmail stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from the University of Kansas' Geology Deparment 1962-1963 expedidtion to Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania, clear red cachet, neatly addressed. never sealed, with stiffener. $1.25 gp

Set of 4 covers from Ontario to Michigan, each franked by one tied 15-c Canadian geology/ geography/ cartography/ photogrammetry stamp, typed addresses, all from same 1972 correspondence. Nice. $6.00 gc

    23.1.1977 Vestmannaeyjar fancy volcanic cancels on paris of 20 Jardeldar a Heimaey 1973 Icelandic stamps on cacheted unaddressed cover. $1.75 gi

circa 1979 partially legible Barcelona machine cancel with slogan ties 10-pta leader & 50-pta art stamp (affected by 2 paper bends) franking #10 cover from Curso Internacional de Hidrologia Subterranea to Ohio, small green US Z1 route marking on back, neatly opened, backflap glue shows on back. $0.75 g

24 JAN 1980 fairly clear Melbourne machine cancel with PLEASE POST/EARLY/BEFORE LUNCH/ & BEFORE FOUR O'CLOCK slogan cancel ties 50-c sailfish Australian stamp franking #10 O. H. M. S. cover airmailed from their Geological Survey Division, Department of Minerals & Energy to Ohio. $1.50 gfa

16-8-1985 GODTHÅB hand cancel ties 2,30 & 1,00 Queen Greenland stamps franking #6 cover from the University of Exeter geological expedition at Ivisârtoq, Inner Godthåbsfjord to Ohio, unsealed, neatly addressed, recipient's penciled docketing on back, autographed by expedition member Brian Chadwick. $6.00 gg

    -5-9-1985 GODTHÅB hand cancel ties 2,30 & 1,00 Queen Greenland stamps franking #6 cover from QAMANARSSUP SERMIA geological research station to Ohio, unsealed, neatly addressed, recipient's penciled docketing on back. Straight-line black handstamp over their location at 64º28'N 49º28;W. 1985 was their sixth year. $5.00 gg

circa 1985 light hand cancel ties vertical pair of 20-Lira Ataturk stamps franking #10 cover from Geoteknik in Istanbul to Ohio, recipient's docketing on front, small US B8 & Z1 routing marks on back. $0.75 g

03/15/86 Worthington Ohio forwarding label (to Dublin Ohio) on #6 airmail cover from the Geological Survey Division in Kingston Jamaica, franked by 50-c Jamaican woodpecker & 5-c revalued walkway stamps, neatly opened, small green US MA routing mark on front. $1.25 gjo

GEOLOGY PHILATELIC LITERATURE

Official illustrated PTT announcement of the 1959 Netherlands New Guinea stamps commemorating the Stars Mountains Expedition to study the geological structure of the area. $0.75 g

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The cancellation collector self-addressed postcards with images from all over the world and sent them under cover to the various postmasters to form this collection. He almost always used commemoratives, and those stamps which were rectangular were oriented vertically -- permitting the dial portion of the cancel to be easily read. He wrote vertically at the left edge of the message side so as to leave maximum room for cancels & auxiliary marks. Occasionally he would decorate the postcard with a seal, but not many got tied. While not all postmasters took special pains with their cancels, it is obvious that many did in response to the politeness of the request. (An example letter of request will be provided with the collection, in case you want to add to the collection yourself.) Almost always regular size postcards were used--avoiding the tendency of larger continentals to get bent. Some postcards got damaged in the mails, but most of them are quite presentable. Truly a labor of love that took hundreds of hours.

We list them all--starting with 117 items of special interest (reasons in parens), then the others. All population figures quoted in parens are from the 1950 census; we note those that are 100 or less throughout the listing.

PRICE: $257.50 postpaid & insured to any US address.

Illustrations show only the stamps and cancels to minimize bandwidth. But everything in this collection is on full-size postcards that have been mailed at the post offices indicated.

List of special Georgia cancels:
(1950 populations 100 or less noted in parens)

Alexander (before it became a rural branch of Waynesboro--population 90)

Amsterdam (DPO)

Apalachee (DPO)

Arrowhead Branch of Jonesboro (DPO)

Ashburn (2 different on same card)

Barnett (DPO--population 60)

Berlin (2 different on same card, one tieing 1955 Christmas seal)

Berryton Rural Station of Summerville (DPO)

Bethlehem (DPO, with auxiliary Missent marking)

Blairsville (with note about Youngcane)

Bluffton (2 different on same card)

Boys Estate (DPO)

Bradley (DPO--population 100)

Brooklyn (DPO)

Cairo (2 different on same card)

Carl Rural Station of Auburn (before it became a rural branch there)

Carnegie (DPO)

Chamblee (before it became a branch of Atlanta)

Chatsworth (2 different on same card)

Chestnut Mt. (before it became a rural branch of Gainesville)

Clermont (2 different on same card)

Cochran (DPO)

Collins (2 different on same card)

Council (DPO)

Covena (with 1956 Boys Town seal tied)

Crescent (2 different on same card)

Cross Keys Station of Macon (DPO)

Dahlonega (2 different on same card, one tieing 1963 NWF seal)

Deepstep Rural Station of Sandersville (before it became a rural branch there)

Devereux Rural Station of Sparta (before it became a rural branch there)

Doctortown (DPO)

Doraville (before it became a branch of Atlanta)

Dudley (2 different on same card)

East Point (before it became a branch of Atlanta)

Eastman (with note about Gresston)

Elko (2 different on same card)

Empire (before it became a rural branch of Cochran)

Fender (DPO)

Finleyson (DPO--population 79)

Flemington (DPO--population 90)

Fort Gordon (before it became a branch of Augusta)

Fry (before it became a rural branch of Copperhill TN)

Georgia Southern Branch of Statesboro (before it became a station there, 2 different on same card)

Godfrey (before it became a rural branch of Madison)

Graham Rural Station of Baxley (DPO)

Granite Hill (DPO)

Guyton (DPO)

Habersham (before it became a rural branch of Demorest)

Hapeville (before it became a branch of Atlanta)

Head River (DPO)

Hiawassee (2 different on same card)

Higgston Rural Station of Ailey (DPO)

Hill City Rural Station of Resaca (before it became a rural branch there--population 100)

Hillman (DPO)

Hilltonia Rural Station of Sylvania (before it became a rural branch there)

Hilton (DPO)

Holywood (DPO--population 100)

Hurst (DPO)

Inman (before it became a rural branch of Fayetteville)

Kelly (DPO--population 100)

Kensington (DPO)

Kenwood (DPO)

Lake Park (with note about Howell)

Lexsy (DPO--population 75)

Linton (DPO)

Lizella (2 different on same card)

Lovett (DPO--population 80)

Lula (2 different on same card, with note about Bellton)

Lumpkin (2 different on same card)

Machen (DPO--population 40)

Manor (2 different on same card)

Margaret (DPO)

Martin (with note about Avalon)

Martinez (before it became a branch of Augusta)

Maxeys Rural Station (before it became a rural branch of Union Point)

McBean as a rural station (DPO)

Mendes (DPO, 2 different on same card, one tying 1957 Easter seal)

Milstead (DPO)

Moniac (DPO)

Mountville (with Postmaster's autograph)

Nacoochee (DPO)

Newport (DPO)

Norman Park (2 different on same card)

Ocilla (favor cancel with note from Postmaster)

Oglethorpe (before it became a branch of Savannah)

Osierfield (DPO)

Point Peter (DPO--population 100)

Presley (DPO)

Raleigh (DPO--population 48)

Ridgeville (DPO)

Rocky Face (2 different on same card)

Round Oak (DPO)

Saint Simons Island (before it became a branch of Brunswick)

Scott (before it became a rural branch of Dublin)

Sparta (with postmaster's note about Culverton mail)

Spring Place Rural Station of Chatsworth (DPO)

Sterling Rural Station of Brunswick (DPO--population  30)

Sugar Hill (DPO)

Summertown (before it became a rural branch of Swainsboro)

Swords (DPO--population 35)

Sylvester (with note about Doles)

Titus (DPO)

Toccoa (with note about Tugalo)

Union Point (DPO)

Union Point (with a note about Bairdstown)

Vada Rural Station of Climax (DPO, 2 different on same card)

Valdosta (2 different on same card, one tying 1964 Christmas seal)

Vidette (DPO)

Villa Rica (2 different on same card, one tieing 1964 Christmas seal)

Waco (2 different on same card)

Walnutgrove Rural Station of Covington (before it became a rural branch there)

Warwick (2 different on same card)

Washington (2 different on same card)

Wayside (DPO)

West Green (2 different on same card)

Weston (2 different on same card)

White Hall Rural Station of Athens (DPO)

Illustrations show only the stamps and cancels to minimize bandwidth. But everything in this collection is on full-size postcards that have been mailed at the post offices indicated.

The other GEORGIA postmarks in the collection:

    USS TAUTOG at SAVANNAH GA clear OCT 27 1940 cancel on 3-c Sherman/Grant/Sheridan stamp, well struck Navy Day 1940 cachet in purple, neatly addressed. $4.50 ng%

JAN 22 1942 Fort Benning cancel on #6 cover franked by 3-c Jefferson, to Illinois. lightly toned front, envelope glue show-through. $0.75

MAR 17 1943 clear Fort Benning cancel on #6 cover sent free by Staff Sgt A. Sprandel to Indiana, toned front, envelope glue show-through, 2 small corner creases. $0.75 g

UJUL 9 1943 Fort Benning cancel on #6 cover sent free by Sgt Karl L. Sprandel to Indiana, opened neatly, envelope glue show-through, small ink smear on front. $1.75 g

JUL 12 1943 Fort Benning free mail from Sgt Karl L. Sprandel to Indiana, clear cancel, envelope glue show-through. $1.25 g

MAR 31 1945 clear Savannah Red Cross slogan cancel on greeting card cover mailed free by Lt. H. F. Fausler at the ASF Depot to Michigan, light envelope glue show-through. $1.25 g

JUN 30 1945 clear Savannah cancel on #10 cover sent free by a Lt. Homer F. Fausler at Camp Beale, now-yellowing tape used to close backflap. $1.00 g

AUG 18 1945 clear Valdosta cancel on #6 cover sent free by Sgt. T. J. Godlewski at Moody Field, opened neatly, trivial edge faults, corner crease. $1.75 g

JUL 1 1947 first flight cover from Macon to Atlanta, blue Delta Air Lines cachet, clear cancels & backstamps. $2.00 gf

JUL 1 1947 first flight cover from Columbus to Atlanta, blue Delta Air Lines cachet, clear cancels & backstamps. $2.00 gf

OCT 19 1954 Augusta Returned for Postage #10 cover with 6-c airmail stamp finally supplied, from Pvt. B. F. Penn at Camp Gordon, a little wrinkling at corner before stamp was applied, opened neatly. $1.75 g

    "White Star/Line/R. M. S. Cedric at New York" signed Dixon art, an old post card (circa 1910) with very late usage at Cogdell Georgia (June 29 56, missent to Bethlehem Georgia), corner & edge wear, 1/3-inch tear connected to an internal crease at the top (closes well), another internal crease, corner crease, lightly toned front & back, as is. $6.50 s(w)sIo)n-g+

AUG 7 1957 Vienna 1-1/2-cent #6 penalty cover from Postmaster R. D. Power to Bexley Ohio on a COD matter, his handstamp for a return address, clear cancel, long tear in lower corner, lightly toned back. $1.00 g

MAR 26 1959 Thomasville "ROSE FESTIVAL/4^th FRIDAY IN APRIL/THOMASVILLE GEORGIA" slogan cancel clearly struck on postcard, 1959 Easter seal not tied, floral view. $1.00 gf

"A CORNER OF THE 7 ACRES OF LAWN AT THE SUGAR MAPLES, MAPLECREST, N. Y." showing a circular walkway around a garden in the foreground, sepia-tone Artvue postcard with very late 1960 usage a Tallapodosa Georgia (complete 100th anniversary commemorative cancel), corner crease, back paper browning with age. $2.50 n-g

    August 28, 1962 Savannah Ga. slogan cancel in honor of the N/S Savannah (world's first nuclear powered merchant vessel), #6 cover with 4-cent atomic energy stamp, attractive violet cachet, still with insert, some light cancel ink in address label, crease affecting back only. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (agm)

August 28, 1962 Savannah Ga. slogan cancel in honor of the N/S Savannah (world's first nuclear powered merchant vessel), #6 cover with 4-cent atomic energy stamp, attractive violet cachet, still with insert, some light cancel ink in address label, crease affecting back only. $1.50 (agn)

25 AUG 1966 Atlanta 2A "NAVAL AIR RESERVE/ 50^th ANNIVERSARY/ 1916 - 1966" lightly but legibly struck on postcard. $1.00 gm

NOV 15 1966 Brunswick "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE/ 50^th ANNIVERSARY" boldly struck on postcard to Connecticut, violet Glynco Branch handstamp also applied clearly, children in view, one corner badly creased but affecting nothing philatelic. $0.75 g

JAN 20 1977 Inauguration Day cancel of Plains Georgia on US Bicentennial Peale art stamp, backstamped Vermilion Ohio, forwarded to Bradenton Florida with yellow label. $2.00 gi

APR 16 1977 clear Savannah cancel ties 13-c flag & 1-c Eli Whitney stamps to cacheted unaddressed cover honoring the cotton gin invention in 1793, with interesting explanatory enclosure. $1.25 g

SEP 19 1977 bold Stone Mountain cancel ties 13-c eagle with shield stamp to #6 cover commemorating the anniversary of the issuance of the 6-c Stone Mountain commemorative (a mint example which is encapsulated as a cachet), pertinent information on back, neatly addressed. $0.75 g

OCT 1 1977 Plains cancel ties 13-c flag coil to #6 cover honoring Jimmy Carter as 39th president, multicolor cachet with portrait & simulated signature from The White House Historical Association. unaddressed, lightly toned back. $1.50 ga

JUN 8 1978 Augusta cancels tie 13-c flag coil & pair of 1-c writing stamps to #6 cover honoring William Few (Georgia signer of the Constitution), multicolor cachet with portrait & simulated signature from The United States Capitol Historical Society, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.50 ga

NOV 22 1978 bold Athens cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 cover honoring Abraham Baldwin (Georgia signer of the Constitution), multicolor cachet with portrait & simulated signature from The United States Capitol Historical Society, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.50 ga

DEC 29 1978 clear Savannah cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 cover commemorating the fall of Savannah in 1778, multicolor cachet with art, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.50 gb

JAN 9 1979 clear Midway cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 cover commemorating the surrender at Fort Morris in 1779, multicolor cachet with art, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.50 gb

FEB 14 1979 clear Washington cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 envelop honoring the battle at Kettle Creek in 1779, multicolor cachet with art, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.50 gb

MAR 3 1979 clear Sylvania cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 cover commemorating bicentennial of the British victory at nearby Briar Creek in 1779, multicolor cachet with art, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.50 gb

MAY 15 1979 clear Savannah cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 cover honoring Ellen Wilson (First Lady 1913-1914), multicolor Fleetwood cachet with portrait & simulated signature, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.50 gw

AUG 18 1979 clear Plains cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 cover honoring Rosalynn Carter (First Lady), multicolor Fleetwood cachet with portrait & simulated signature, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.50 gw

SEP 16 1979 clear Savannah cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 cover commemorating the commencement of the siege of Savannah  in 1779, multicolored cachet with art, unaddressed. $1.50 gb

OCT 9 1979 clear Savannah cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 cover commemorating Pulaski's death at  Savannah  in 1779, multicolored cachet with art, unaddressed. $1.50 gb

JUN 5 1981 crisp Augusta cancel ties 15-c flag coil & 3-c ballot box stamps to #6 cover commemorating the capture of Augusta by Greene in 1781, multicolored cachet with art, unaddressed. $1.50 gb

circa 1989-90 (25-c rate) unused business reply envelope under permit no 30 of Americus (Habitat for Humanity), recipient's address label on back, fresh appearance. $0.75 g

OCT 17'91 metered #10 windowed cover sent at 23.9-c rate, opened neatly. $0.75 g

NOV 12 1991 clear Oliver GA hand cancel on business reply card (under permit no. 156 of Webster City Iowa) sent by Lee Tinnie to Dublin Ohio. $0.75 g

circa 1994 unused business reply card under first class permit no. 10938 of Atlanta Georgia (Wine Spectator), multicolored advertising, fresh appearance. $1.00 g-a

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    "D.-S.-W.-Afrika  Missions-Garten - Warmbad" TCV but stamp removed. originated in Seeheim, canceled clearly in Aus 30.4.08 on back, to Corder Missouri. The strength of the cancel on the face was so great as to cause an internal crease tangential to that cancel, but not passing anywhere near the postal markings on the back. This postcard has sold. A full-size 72-bpi scan of it in .jpg or .tif format is still available for $2.00

    "THE MAIL IN GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA" showing a mailman riding an ox, with another ox at his side & showing images of 4 cancelled stamps at the corners, advertising card bearing the advertising of The Best Light Company of Canton Ohio on its back, exceptionally colorful, trivial corner & edge wear. Circa 1905. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 gpa-g

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HESSIAN STAMPLESS 1846 - 1857
The covers below were from a correspondence from the Hessian Forest Service in Cassel to Philippinendorf (whose name derives from the New Testament book) which is very small. The nearby Wolfhagen provided postal services then.

    22 5 1846 clear CASSEL cancel on sealed cover to Pfilippinendorf, light Wolfhagen transit mark on back next day, seal removed carefully. Shown unfolded here.

20 4 49 clear CASSEL cancel on sealed cover to Pfilippinendorf, clear Wolfhagen transit mark on back next day has missing 4 in 1849, seal removed carefully.

    29 NOV 1852 bold CASSELL 10 1/2 11V on sealed cover to Pfilippinendorf bei Wolfhagen, light but complete Wolfhagen cancel 2 12, red wax seal intact, brownish paper. Seal reads 'SIEBENBERG: K. HESS: OB: FORSTEREI' a district office of the Princely Hessian Forest Service.

27 12 1856 bold CASSELL 2 - 3 N cancel on cover to Wolfhagen, backstamp shows receipt same day, wax seal removed but most of its impression remains on the paper, brownish paper.

17 1 1857 clear CASSELL 10 11V cancel on cover to Wolfhagen, incomplete backstamp, seal removed, yellowish paper.

22 5 1857 bold CASSEL 22 5 1857 cancel on cover to Wolfhagen, light backstamp shows receipt next day, seal removed by enough to determing that it was from the Hessian Forest Service.

All the above 6 covers for $55.00

EARLY MAIL TO GERMANY (PRE-1899)

    20-réis, postal card mailed 2 JUL 1898 from Mocambique (Mozambique) to Frankfurt Germany, with various postage due markings on arrival (including the pfennig amount owed handwritten in blue). View: Vasco da Gama, marred by large album adhesion. Strong vertical crease, two small tape remnants at the centers of the sides, unimportant corner wear. SALE IN PROGRESS p-pmg&

STAMPED POSTCARDS & QSL CARDS
1899 - 1949

    "GRUSS aus THORN." multiview Postkarte with 5 river-related images, including the Eisenbahnbrücke & long rafts; published by Ottmar Zieher, mailed there -4.7.99 (clear hand cancel on German 5-pfg stamp) to Weingarten Württemberg (clear receiving mark 2 days later), small faint corner crease not into any image, paper yellowing consistent with age. $16.50 pg-g%

    "...Werkehr:/...Ecke Dönhoffplatz." post card numbered 8 on back, real photo Berlin street scene showing streetcars, cyclists, pedestrians & signage; mailed -6.3.28 in Berlin (bold cancel), TCV stamp obscures some lettering in caption. Crisp focus & excellent contrast will make you reach for your magnifying glass, because the details are there! $10.00 (asg-g)+

    "Corbach i. Waldeck.  Am Ensertor." real photo (echte Photographie) postcard mailed there TCV 27.7.30 to Berwyn Illinois (cancels well struck front & back), good focus & contrast for details, 2 small corner creases (1 is just tangential to the image). $4.75 p-g NEW/NEU/NUOVO

"Schlossgarten Schwetzingen/Moschee" postcard showing a mosque in Germany, real photo postcard mailed 16.8.30 TCV to Illinois (two 8-pfg 30 JUNI 1930 overprint stamps tied by clear cancel), tiny spot on one back edge. $4.50 r-g

    "INTERNATIONALE HYGIENE-AUSSTELLUNG/DRESDEN 1930" showing a ball-shaped building in color, mailed from Freital to Illinois (3-, 4- & 8-pfg stamps tied by clear cancels, two of which are TCV), much wear & creasing at and near one corner, small corner crease, writing on front. $3.00 e-g

    "Berlin  Potsdamer und Liepziger Platz mit Verkehrsturm" sepia-tone including 2 double-deckers & a streetcar in the foreground, TCV (3 different stamps clearly cancelled there) 27.7.1931 to Illinois, from a photo by Conrad Junga, one bent corner, attractive. $4.50 gb-g

    "Berlin  Potsdamer und Liepziger Platz mit Verkehrsturm" sepia-tone postcard including 2 double-deckers & a streetcar in the foreground, TCV (3 different stamps clearly cancelled there) 1931 to Illinois, from a photo by Conrad Junga, one bent corner, attractive. $4.50

    "On the Emerald Coast / Sopra il lido smeraidino..." captioned in 4 other languages (all on the back), 1931 TCV from Brachbach Germany to Illinois, minor corner & edge wear. $5.00 aw-g

"W1OUP" QSL card with attractive blue & red decorative graphics mailed Jun 10 1949 by operator Omar G. Simmonds, corners noticeably worn, returned from Oldenburg Germany with 6 interesting postal markings & a tied Unbekannt / inconnu label. $2.50 m(b)-g& NEW/NEU/NUOVO

US FORCES IN GERMANY
1945 - 1967

    MAR 12 1945 clear U. S. Postal Service No. 3 machine cancel on windowed V-mail penalty cover from S/Sgt. William H. Pasend at APO 80 (at Mittendorf for one week only) to Lima Ohio. Contents (shown) included. $5.00 ga

MAY 26 1945 clear Toledo Ohio machine cancel on US 3-c Washington #10 postal cover to APO 510 (US forces at Hersfeld), clear violet circular POSTAL DIRECTORY COMPANY 2686 hand marking accompanied by forwarding address, 3/5-inch tear misses everything important, Example of American troops in British Zone a mere 19 days after war's end. $5.00 ga

JUN 5 1945 U. S. Army Postal Service 94 (Dusseldorf, British Zone) cancel ties US 6-c airmail stamp franking greeting-card size cover to Wheeling West Virginia, rubber band mark on back. The 5 denoting the day is upside-down. $5.00 ga

FEB 20 1946 clear Burbank California cancel ties 6-c airmail stamp franking cover to APO 173 (Bensheim), violet pointing-finger RETURN TO WRITER/RETURNED TO U.S./NO FORWARDING ADDRESS handstamped on front, almost complete backstamp of APO 173 on the back (late usage), 1/3-inch tear, minor edge wrinkling. $4.00 ga

NOV 21 1949 clear U. S. NAVY 10440 BR. hand cancel ties 3-c Edgar Allen Poe stamp to #6 cover from Navy 913 (shore station at Bremerhaven) to Belmont North Carolina, violet double-ring marking of 10440 crisply struck on back. Accompanied by a short clipping from the philatelic press announcing a similar cover. $3.75 g

APR 7 1960 clear APO 175 (Darmstadt) machine cancel ties US 7-c airmail stamp franking #6 cover from Frank Jenich to Millburn New Jersey, front fresh, a little envelope glue show-through on back. $1.00 ga

9 JUN 1965 APO 09751 cancel ties US 8-c plane over Capitol airmail stamp franking #6 cover from P.F.C. Roger L. Phelps to San Diego California, opened nearly. Clear receiving mark on back 2 days later & recipient annotation on front. 09751 was then Crailsheim. $1.00 ga

FIRST DAY COVERS & GERMAN EVENT COVERS
1961 - 1981

28.5.61 Germany event cover for the XII Kongress der Europaunion, fancy cancel ties 10-pfg Europa stamp, unaddressed. (2 available) $1.75 each. eg

22.12.1961 FDC for 10-pf W. E. von Ketteler stamp, unaddressed, multicolor cachet shows bishops hat & mitre, 2 tiny spots at right front center edge. $2.00 g

14.5.1963 FDC for the bridge opening securing Europe's fastest N-S railroad & auto ferry connection (Denmark - Germany), unaddressed, multicolor cachet shows ship & long bridge. (2 available) $7.00 each. g

17.5.1956 Bonn FDC for capitol building of Baden- Württemberg, neatly addressed, multicolor cachet showing buildings. $2.00 g. Same, but cancelled Stuttgart, state flag cachet. $2.00 g. Both for $3.75 g

29.5.1965 FDC for 20-pf stamp honoring the centenary of the Ship Rescue Society, neat typed address, multicolor cachet. $1.75 gs

25.6.1965 FDC for 40-pf Munich International Traffic Exposition stamp, neatly typed address, multicolor cachet shows old & new trains. $2.75 gt

23.10.1965 Bonn FDC for 20-pf stamp showing the state capitol of Saarland, neatly typed address, multicolor building cachet. $2.25 g. Same but cancelled at Saarbrücken, flag cachet. $2.25 g. Both for $4.25 gs.

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18.6.1970 FDC for 20-pf stamp marking the 75th year since the opening of the Nroth Sea-Baltic canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal), unaddressed, multicolor cachet, fresh appearance. $1.00 g

    5. 2. 1971 FDC for four-stamp Berlin children semi-postals, multicolor cachet, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $7.50 gc

5.10.1971 FDC for four-stamp Berlin Wohlfahrtsmarken semi-postals showing toys, multicolor cachet, unaddressed, fresh appearance & very attractive. $4.25 g

5. 7. 1972 FDC for 20-pf workplace safety stamp showing a hand & a protected saw blade, unaddressed, multicolor cachet. $1.00 g

13.5.76 FDC for two-stamp Europa issue depicting hard porcelain figures, unaddressed, multicolor Fleetwood cachet, explanatory insert in English. $1.75 ge

13.-5.1976 FDC for 70-pf US bicentennial stamp showing a successful German-American immigrant who became a politician in the US, unaddressed, multicolor cachet. (2 available) $1.75 each. gb

13.01.1977 FDC for 50-pf Zill Eulenspiegel (a fairy-tale character) stamp, unaddressed, multicolor cachet. $1.50 g

17.-5.1977 FDC for two-stamp Europa issue depicting landscapes & transportation, multicolor cachet, unaddressed, fresh appearance & very attractive. $1.75 ge

22.05.1978 Germany FDC for its 3-stamp Europa/CEPT issue showing some of its significant architecture, unaddressed, cacheted in color, with explanatory insert. $4.25 ega NEW/NEU/NUOVO

17.08.78 FDC for 40-pf German Catholic Day stamp, multicolor cachet, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.25 gr

08.05.80 two FDC for Europa issue--pair of 50-pf Albertus Magnus & one 60-pf Gottfried Wilhelm Liebniz(both philosophers) stamps-- unaddressed, multicolor Fleetwood cachets, pertinent information on back. Both for $3.25 ge

7.5.1981 FDC for two-stamp Europa issue showing dancing couples, unaddressed, multicolor Fleetwood cachet with uncommonly interesting explanation printed on the back. $2.75 gd

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SHIFFSPOST, SHIP & PAQUEBOT COVERS
1955 - 1994

18.VII.1955 #6 cover franked by pair of tied 5-pf German leader stamps with Rotterdam Netherlands PAQUEBOT straight-line marking in black, from ship m.s. Lisboa to Detroit Michigan at printed matter rate, neatly addressed, never sealed. $4.50 gp

23.7.59 clear DEUTSCHE SHIFFSPOST / JUNGFERNREISE / T.S. BREMEN / N.D.L cancel ties 10-pf leader stamp to #6 cover sent to Knoxville Tennessee, folder insert with much detailed information (Kurzinformation) about the Turbinenschiff in German, neatly addressed & opened. $4.50 gs

29. 3. 66 #6 cover mailed at Drucksache rate from ship M/S Europa (clear Rotterdaam-Basel- Rotterdam blue-green cachet with date) to Saarbruücken West-Germany, franked by 10-pf satellite communications stamp tied by light Internationale Kölner Messen und Ausstellungen fancy cancel, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.00 gs

-3.11.67 clear Kiel cancel ties 10+5-pf Frau Holle spinning stamp to #6 cover from Indienststellung Eisbrecher Max Waldeck (violet cachet with yellow brown toning depicts the icebreaker) to Merkstein Deutschland, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.50 gs

23 JAN. 1968 airmail #6 cover from ship M-M Pasteur (including their clear Messageries Maritime & date markings) to West Elizabeth Pennsylvania, franked by 40-pf leader stamp lightly cancelled at Hamburg, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.50 gs

    27.-2.68 clear Kiel cancels tie two 10-pf Dresden building & one 20-pf Lorsch building stamps to airmail #6 cover from ship Taufe Shell-Tanker Murex (bright violet cachet) to West Elizabeth Pennsylvania, neatly addressed, never sealed, corner of airmail label missing. $2.50 g%

29.-2.68 Kiel cancel ties pair 20-pf CEPT stamps franking airmail #6 cover from Indienststellung Shell-Tanker Murex (violet cachet depicts ship) to West Elizabeth Pennsylvania, Drucksache rate, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.50 g%

23-30 JUNI 1968 fancy Kiel cancel ties pair of 20-pf CEPT stamps to airmail #6 cover with purple Aufschwimmen/2. Esso-Tanker 190 00 tdw/Neubau Nr. 1198 ship cachet, to West Elizabeth Pennsylvania at Drucksache rate, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.50 ge

circa JUNI 1968 light fancy Kiel cancel ties pair of 20-pf CEPT stamps to airmail #6 cover with violet & green cachets for Werft-Probefahrt Shell-Tanker Murex (on front & on back), to West Elizabeth Pennsylvania at Drucksache rate, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.50 ge%

-2.-7.68 Kiel cancel ties two 20-pf CEPT stamps to airmail #6 cover with red ship Shell-Tanker Mactra keel laying cachet to West Elizabeth Pennsylvania at Drucksache rate, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.50 ge

    23.-7.68 #6 cover from Flensburg (3 clear cancels, 2 different) to Detroit Michigan, franked by 20-pf Aicide de Gaspari & 20-pf CEPT & 10+5-pf 1968 jugend cat stamps, bold red cachet of 3-Schnellbootgeschwader/ Flensburg & bold black cachet P6059/ Schnellboot-Jaguar, neatly addressed, never sealed. $12.00 g

29.-8.68 Kiel cancel ties pair of 20-pf CEPT stamps to airmail cover from ship Indienststellung Gastanker (clear violet cachet depicts ship) to West Elizabeth Pennsylvania at Drucksache rate, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.50 ge

-1.12.68 Flensburg cancels (2 different) & MAR 11 1969 East Lansing Michigan cancel (overlapping) on 10-pf Churchill & 10-pf Dresden building stamp (Berlin issue) franking #6 cover from Schnellboot-Fuchs (bold violet cachet) to East Detroit Michigan at Drucksache rate, neatly addressed, never sealed. $14.00 g

-3.12.68 fancy Flensburg 3 heraldic shield cancel ties 30-pf Robert Schuman stamp franking #6 cover from ship Tender Rhein (blue-green cachet) to East Detroit Michigan, Drucksache rate, stamp also cancelled MAR 11 1969 at East Lansing Michigan, neatly addressed, never sealed, small bends at bottom corners. $5.00 gs

    -4-6-68 airmail #6 cover from Nordkapfahrt der Prinsesse-Ragnhild (fancy blue cachet & black handstamp) with its cancels on a pair of 20-pf CEPT stamps, large blue boxed Paquebot marking, sent Drucksache rate to West Elizabeth Pennsylvania, neatly addressed, never sealed. Gorgeous! $3.75 gs

-9.12.69 clear Kiel cancel ties 10-pf Marie Juchacz stamp franking #6 envelop from Zerstörer Lutjens (destroyer D-185, gray & purple cachets) to Düsseldorf-Gerresheim at Drucksache rate, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.75 g

    18-8.72 greeting card cover from ship Zerstörer Hessen (multicolor cachet for destroyer's arrival at Wilhelmshaven after training) to Hamburg at Drucksache rate, franked by 30-pf leader stamp tied by light Wilhelmshaven cancel, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.00 g

18.11.1973 Hamburg St. Gabriel 20 jahre fancy commemorative cancel ties 30-pf rundfunk stamp with selvedge to #6 cover from tall ship Barba Negra (black 'sailing since 1896' cachet) to Worthington Ohio, also postmarked clearly 14.12.73 at Hamburg, Drucksache rate. $2.50 gs

    31 -7 75 faint Reykjavïk cancel on 18 Europa stamp franking #6 cover from the German ship MS Europa (clear ship handstamp at LL) to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.75 ieg NEW/NEU/NUOVO

    22 VI 1979 light Reykjavïk Iceland cancel ties 50 Einar Jönsson stamp franking #6 cover from Schulschiff Deutschland to Ohio; Arctic map cachet in green, red Polartalife handstamp with polar bear & the ship's straight-line marking in violet, neatly addressed, never sealed. $6.00 ig

3 MAR 1980 Portsmouth New Hampshire cancel  on 40+20-pf E-lokderbaureihe 103 (1975) & 40+20-pf fingerhut flower semipostals, clear black PAQUEBOT marking in rectangle, franking #6 cover from ship c/v Yankee Clipper (clear blue cachet with signature of captain) to Absecon New Jersey, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.75 gp

GERMANY PHILATELIC LITERATURE

May 1968 American Philatelist: US--Matches ... Upstream on the Canal--American Match Company of Amsterdam; Bohemia & Moravia--Official German Railway Mail System, 1939-45; Tasmania--Postal Notes, 1889-1912; & much more. $3.75 the complete journal. agtu NEW/NEU/NUOVO

"MICHEL Gazasachen-Katalog Deutschland 1975" authoritative specialized reference on German postal stationery, 232 pages softbound plus appendix & see-through sizing template. Includes Zones, local issues, German colonies, Danzig, Membelgebeit, Saarbebeit, Sudentenland & a lot more. Lightly used-- a few page corners turned down. Ideal starting reference. $11.50 g

"Germany Philatelic Society 1949 - 1989 40th Anniversary Anthology" approximately 154 pages softbound, autographed by the editor Diana Manchester, almost new condition. Numerous illustrated articles--perfins of the German plebiscites, the rarest propaganda stamp, swapping in the DDR, railroad cancels of the inflation period & much much more. $25.00 g-g

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    1 MY 58 small 6-pence registered cover from Accra--A to New York City, 3-d independence overprint stamp showing a manganese mine, backstamped on arrival May 12th, typed address, neatly opened, yellowish paper. $3.50 g

28 February 1993 pair of Ghana C50 stamps showing Boti falls franking airmail cover from Accra to Indiana, neatly opened. $1.75 (gw)

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GIBRALTAR POSTAL HISTORY

   "Southport Gates, Gibraltar." color view with dark red caption at upper left front, postcard mailed there 20 DEC 1913 to New York (clear cancel on one-penny King stamp). $5.00 g-g

23 JA 29 clear GIBRALTAR 25 cancel ties 3-p King stamp franking greeting-card-size cover to Newburyport Massachusetts, White Star Line Mediterranean cruise of the S. S. Laurentic stationery (flag in color on backflap), neatly addressed, crinkling along short edge nearest stamp, grayish paper. $7.00 g

AUG 3 1930 clear U. S. S. NORTHAMPTON cancel with GIBRALTAR in  killer bars on #10 Navy Department penalty cover to their Bureau of Navigation in Washington DC, neatly addressed & opened, mild corner toning on back due to mounts, small corner crease. $3.00 gn

circa 1935 clear U. S. S. ARKANSAS cancel with GIBRALTAR in the killer bars ties US 3-c Maryland Tercentenary stamp (centered to UR) franking #6 cover to Washington DC, yellowish paper, no envelope glue show-through. Year date is not given in the cancel. $5.00 gn

NOV 20 1936 almost complete U. S. S. H...FIELD cancel ties 3-c Susan B. Anthony stamp franki9ng #6 cover to Joliet Illinois, neatly addressed, unsealed, slight yellowing of the paper with age, faint envelope glue show-through both sides. $4.75 g

11 JY 1966 clear GIBRALTAR cancel ties 6-d World Cup football stamp franking #10 ON HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE cover to Chicago Illinois, hotel mark on back shows receipt August 4, top a little ragged for opening (trim possible), wrinkling at one lower corner. $1.50 gs NEW/NEU/NUOVO

3 JA 1974 light but clear POST OFFICE / GIBRALTAR cancel franking ON HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE greeting-card size cover airmailed to Ann Arbor Michigan, recipient's annotation on backflap noting receipt 5 days later, crinkling along 3 edges. $0.75 g

28 MAY 1976 FDC for 25-p US Bicentennial stamp, neatly addressed to Columbus Ohio, green & black eagle cachet. $1.75 gb

    16 MAR 79 FDC for 3-stamp Europa issue, unaddressed, multicolor Fleetwood cachet depicting Victoria stamp within an embossed border, fresh appearance. $4.25 ge NEW/NEU/NUOVO

6 MAY 1980 three FDC's for 12-p Archbishop Amigo & Gustavo Bacarisas & John Mackintosh stamps issued for Europa, all unaddressed & with multicolor cachets. Three for $2.50 ge

20th AUGUST 1980 large FDC for four stamps honoring 175th anniversary of the death of Nelson, unaddressed. $3.75 g

24 FEBRUARY 1981 FDC for 2 Europa stamps, unaddressed, multicolor Fleetwood cachet with pertinent information on back, fresh appearance. $2.00 ge

11 June 1982 FDC for 2 Europa stamps, unaddressed, Fleetwood cachet, stiffener gives historical details of Operation Torch in World War II, fresh appearance. $2.25 ge

circa 1990 light VLISSINGEN 12 (Netherlands) cancel ties Gibralatar 2-o Vickers Viking aircraft & 19-p 64-pounder gun stamps franking #6 cover from ship M.V. Westgate to Columbus Ohio, small violet US A1 routing mark on back. $3.00 gp

    circa 9 JA 93 PAQUEBOT/ POSTED AT SEA/ RECEIVED/CARDIFF (Wa