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| Auction Details | |||
| Auction number 59 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 | ||
| Date: | 5th November 2026 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Fine Great Britain Stamps, G.B Postal History with First UK Aerial Post, Royalty, Cancellations, Paquebot Mail of the World, World War One German & British Naval Mail, Specimen Stamps from the Rhodesia Post Office, India, St. Helena, Mozambique, Baham |
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| Auction Lots - Page 15 | |||
| 703 | |||
| 1915 Picture postcards of the "Dresden" on fire off Juan Fernandez (9, also an artist drawn card of the ship being bombarded) and a card of the graves of the three German casualties. Also cards of the internment camp at Isla Quiriquina (2) and a card of the graves of three German sailors who died at the hospital in Conception. (13). £120-150 |
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| 704 | |||
| 1915 Stampless cards from internees at Isla Quiriquina sent through the Marine Postbureau in Berlin, both with the "BERLIN C / 2 / MARINE / POSTBUREAU" c.d.s of Sept. 15th, one a Feldpost card, the other an unusual card with "Por Vapor Neutral" and "Talcahuano, Chile" printed on the front and a 1914 Iron Cross on the reverse, handstamped "Zuruck". (2). £200-240 |
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| 705 | |||
| 1915-17 Covers with Talcahuano datestamps and S.M.S "Dresden" return addresses, a 1915 10c postal stationery envelope franked 4c to Germany endorsed "Por Vapor neutral via Buenos Aires - Amsterdam", and 1917 stampless cover to Sweden with violet "Prisoner of War" and British censor seal. (2). £200-240 |
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| 706 | |||
| 1915-16 Picture postcard from Valparaiso franked 4c and a 20c stationery envelope from Santiago both to S.M.S "Dresden" internees at Isla Quiriquina, the card believed to be from an escaped prisoner. (2). £120-150 |
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| 707 | |||
| 1916-17 Stampless covers (3, two with enclosed letters) from Germany to Friedrich Lauer, S.M.S "Dresden", the first addressed via the Marine Postbureau in Berlin and redirected to Insel Quiriquina, the others addressed directly to the camp in Chile. One with red "Prisoner of War", one from a soldier in a balloon detachment with red circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR", the third with red "FRANC DE PORT" and "COMITE INTERNATIONALE DE LA CROIX ROUGE / GENEVE / AGENCE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE", unusual. (3). £250-300 |
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| 708 | |||
| 1919 Stampless covers to Germany both with four line cachets of the Spanish Red Cross and "Prisoner of War", one also with violet "Internationales Friedensbureau" and a Bern datestamp, S.M.S "Dresden" return address. (2). £200-240 |
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| 709 | |||
| 1918 Cover and card from internees at Isla Quiriquina to Germany sent through the International Friedensbureau in Switzerland, the stampless postcard of the camp with violet "Bitte Porto Verguten / Internationales Friedensbureau", the cover with S.M.S "Dresden" return address handstamped "CROIX ROUGE ESPAGNOLE / CORRESPONDANCE DES / PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE / FRANC DE PORT", "Internationales Friedensbureau" and "Prisoner of War" with a French censor, unusually franked Swiss 25c cancelled in Bern. (2). £200-240 |
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| 710 | |||
1919 Printed P.O.W envelopes to the Deutsche Hulfsverein in Stockholm with differing "KRIEGSGEFANGENENSENDUNG - TAXFREI" headings, one with printed address at left "Ex. S.M.S Dresden. Internierungslager Isla-Quiriquina, CHILE Sud-America" with a space for the senders name. The first with Ambulancia 80 and Santiago datestamps, the second with Talcahuano c.d.s and "T" handstamp, scarce envelopes. (2). Photo on Page 94. £300-350S.M.S "Gneisenau""Gneisenau" under Captain Pochhammer was with "Scharnhorst" in the Caroline Islands at the start of the war accompanying her to Easter Island, was present at the Battle of Coronel and sunk at the Battle of the Falklands on December 8th 1914. Prisoners from the ship were sent to Britain, many to Stobs Camp in Scotland. |
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| 711 | |||
| 1909-14 Covers and cards, five items with K.D.M.S No. 22 (4) or 24 datestamps (three from Japan or India, one from home waters), picture postcards of the ship (15) and 1913 (Jan 13) printed play and crossing the line certificate. (22). £180-220 |
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| 712 | |||
| 1914 (July 22) Picture postcard from Ponape to Germany franked 5pf tied by K.D.M.S No. 22 c.d.s, from the mails buried under the Capuchin Mission Church in Ponape, dug up and delivered in 1923, bearing the German Post Office label explaining the nine year delay in delivery, fine and very scarce. With Ronald Steuer Certificate (2014). Photo on Page 92. £600-700 |
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| 713 | |||
| 1914 (Aug 2) Stampless official cover front with "Kommando / S.M.S Gneisenau / Journ. Nr (1245)" and K.D.M.S No. 22 c.d.s applied when the ship was at Ponape, from the mails buried under the Capuchin Mission Church in Ponape, dug up and delivered in 1923. £100-120 |
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| 714 | |||
| 1914 (Aug 5) Stampless Feldpostbrief cover with two strikes of K.D.M.S No. 22 c.d.s, posted whilst at Ponape, from the mail buried under the Capuchin Mission Church at Ponape, dug up and delivered in 1923. Both sides with differing German Post Office labels explaining the nine year delay in delivery, reverse also bearing an Officially Sealed label. Fine and very scarce, with Ronald Steuer Certificate (2014). Photo on Page 92. £700-800 |
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| 715 | |||
| 1914 (Oct 17) Stampless Feldpostbrief cover from Captain Pochhammer to his wife in Berlin, signed in the corner, posted from Easter Island with K.D.M.S No. 22 c.d.s, very scarce. Photo on Page 94. £300-400 |
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| 716 | |||
| 1914 (Nov 26) Stampless Feldpostbrief cover posted at St. Quentin Bay, Chile, where the squadron coaled, with K.D.M.S No. 22 c.d.s, unusually sent to another officer on the N.D.L S.S "Seydlitz" (acting hospital ship), closed tear at right, very scarce. £180-220 |
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| 717 | |||
| 1914 (Sep 21/Dec 22) Stampless Feldpost covers to the "Gneisenau" care of the Marine Postbureau in Berlin, both returned handstamped "Zuruck" and "Unbestellbar / Marine-Postbureau". Also a 1915 (Jan. 20) card with Berlin c.d.s and circular "REICHS-MARINE-AMT / ZENTRAL-NACHWEISE-BUREAU" informing the address that Lt. von Lemke is not is not on the list of "Gneisenau" survivors received from the naval attaché in Buenos Aires. (3). £240-280 |
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| 718 | |||
| 1915 Stampless Prisoner of War envelope from Stoker C. Dovern of the "Gneisenau" in Stobs Camp, unusually sent to another naval P.O.W at Fukuoka in Japan, circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR" with Japanese censor marks and arrival datestamps. Photo on Page 94. £120-140 |
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| 719 | |||
| 1915 Stampless picture postcards from Germany to "Georg Unkelbach of the late S.M.S Gneisenau, P.O.W Information Bureau, London", with circular "POST FREE / P.C / PRISONERS OF WAR", one forwarded to Handforth Camp, the other to Stobs. (2). £80-100 |
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| 720 | |||
1915 Stampless cover from an officer on S.M.S "Derfflinger" with K.D.M.S No. 107 c.d.s, to Kapitanleutnant Busch formerly of "Gneisenau" at Holyport Camp, redirected to Netley Hospital and then to Germany with green P.O.W Information Bureau cachets "Released from Internment / RETURN TO SENDER" inscribed "Repatriated". £100-120S.M.S "Leipzig""Leipzig" was off Mexico when war was declared. She rendezvouzed with the squadron at Easter Island, participated in the Battle of Coronel, and was sunk at the Battle of the Falklands on 8th December 1914. |
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| 721 | |||
| 1908-14 Covers and cards posted from the ship with K.D.M.S No. 21 c.d.s (7, from China, Hong Kong, Japan or Mexico) and an official cover to Tsingtau with Amoy Deutsche Post c.d.s and violet "Kaiserliche Marine / BRIEFSTEMPEL / S.M.S "Leipzig"", also thirteen postcards of the ship. (21). £250-300 |
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| 722 | |||
| 1914 (Oct 17) Cover from Chief Engineer Hahn posted from Easter Island to his wife in Germany franked 10pf pair tied by K.D.M.S No.21 c.d.s, a second strike on the front, fine and very scarce from Easter Island. Photo on Page 94. £300-350 |
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| 723 | |||
1914 Cover and card to S.M.S "Leipzig", the July 31st cover from Berlin posted just before the war, returned handstamped "Zuruck" and "Unbestellbar / Marine-Postbureau", a stampless Feldpost card of S.M.S "Karlsruhe" sent after war was declared with circular "ADMIRALSTAB DER MARINE" cachets, probably forwarded through a German embassy to von Spee's Squadron. (2). £100-120S.M.S "Nurnberg"The "Nurnberg" was at the Caroline Islands when war was declared. On September 7th a landing party from the ship destroyed the cable station on Fanning Island. "Nurnberg" rendezvouzed with von Spee's Squadron at Easter Island in October, participated in the Battle of Coronel and was sunk at the Battle of the Falklands on December 8th 1914. |
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| 724 | |||
| 1910-14 Covers and cards with K.D.M.S No. 5 c.d.s (8, from Ponape, Tsingtao, Mexico or Hawaii), postcards of the ship (13), 1914 postcard of crew members posted from Mexico, and a 1913 card from Singapore to the ship at Tsingtao. (23). £250-300 |
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| 725 | |||
| 1914 Photos and postcards of the attack on Fanning Island or damaged machinery (7), a photo of the Fanning Island Volunteer Reserve training (12 men!), a real photo card of "Nurnberg" and two news cuttings. (11). £300-400 |
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| 726 | |||
| 1914 (Aug 6) Cover to Germany franked 10pf tied by K.D.M.S No. 5 c.d.s, a second strike on the front, applied when the ship was at Ponape, S.M.S "Nurnberg" return address. This was amongst the mail buried under the Capuchin Mission Church in Ponape, dug up and delivered in 1923, the cover with clear signs where the German Post Office explanatory label was applied, folded over the left edge, now sadly removed, still very scarce. £140-160 |
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| 727 | |||
1914 (Sep/Oct) Covers from Hamburg to Friedrich Hoffman on the sailing ship "Petschili" at Valparaiso, the first redirected to "On Board S.M.S Nurnberg", the second with violet "An Bord S.M.S "Nuernberg"", the third with violet "An Bord der Deutschen Auslandsflotte", Valparaiso backstamps, also a note from a Hamburg shipping agent about a letter received from Hoffman who had joined the "Nurnberg" in Valparaiso. The second cover with stamps cut out, the others franked 20pf or 30pf, an interesting correspondence. (4). £180-220S.M.S "Cormoran"The original "Cormoran" was a gunboat, recommissioned in 1909 when her masts were reduced from 3 to 2. On August 4th 1914 the Russian steamer "Ryazan" was captured, taken to Tsingtau and renamed "Cormoran", manned by the crew of the original gun boat, the K.D.M.S No. 8 datestamp also transferred. She operated as an independent raider in Australian waters until lack of coal forced her to seek refuge in Guam in December 1914 where the crew were interned on the ship. In 1917, with the entry of the U.S.A into the war, the crew became P.O.Ws and were moved to the U.S mainland. |
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| 728 | |||
| 1900-13 Covers and cards with K.D.M.S No. 8 c.d.s (4) sent whilst at Samoa (2), Fiji or Sydney, also an early postcard of the ship and a photo of a sailor in a rickshaw taken in Hong Kong. (6). £120-140 |
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| 729 | |||
| 1915 Stampless picture postcards (2, one showing the ship) and an official cover handstamped "Kassenverwaltung / S.M.S "Cormoran" / B. No. (235)" with Briefstempel cachet on reverse, all with K.D.M.S No. 8 datestamps, sent from the Cormoran while interned at Guam. (3). £150-180 |
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| 730 | |||
| 1915 Covers (2) and a postcard from the Comoran interned at Guam, all to Germany, the postcard with U.S 2c cancelled on the U.S.S Supply, a stampless cover and cover franked 5c both with "GUAM / GUAM" duplexs. (3). £150-180 |
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| 731 | |||
| 1915 Stampless Feldpost cards from Germany (2) or the S.M.S "Nassau", all to the "Cormoran" in Guam, one handstamped "Prisoner of War" and circular "P.C", also a stampless 1916 cover from the ship with K.D.M.S No. 8 c.d.s, the last two with corner faults or staining, two others fine. (4). £100-120 |
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| 732 | |||
| 1918-19 Stampless picture postcard and P.O.W envelopes (2) to Germany from "Cormoran" prisoners in Fort Douglas, Utah, Fort McPherson, Ga., or Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., the first with unusual embossed "EXAMINED AND PASSED / D. U.S.A". (3). £120-150 |
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| 733 | |||
1918 Stampless P.O.W postcard and a "Frohliche Weihnachten Fort McPherson" picture postcard from "Cormoran" prisoners in Fort McPherson to Germany, the first with four line censor cachet, also a card from New York to a prisoner in the camp. (3). £180-220S.M.S "Prinz Eitel Friedrich"The N.D.L Liner "Prinz Eitel Friedrich" sailed from Shanghai to Tsingtao where she was converted to an armed cruiser. She joined Graf von Spee's Squadron at the Caroline Islands and was then ordered to operate as a lone raider in Australian waters. In March 1915 with coal running out she entered Newport News harbour where the crew were interned on the ship. In 1917, with the U.S entry into the war, the crew were moved to P.O.W camps on shore. |
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| 734 | |||
| c.1904-14 Covers (2) and a card of the ship, c.1904 cover handstamped "CONSIGNEES MAIL" with Colombia 5c cancelled violet oval "HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE / ATLAS SERVICE / Posted on High Seas / S.S PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH", and 1914 (Dec 3) Feldpostbrief cover posted off Chile with two strikes of the K.D.M.S No. 3 c.d.s, also a card of the ship. (3). £120-150 |
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| 735 | |||
| 1915-16 Stampless picture postcards to Germany from the ship interned at Newport News all with the K.D.M.S No. 3 c.d.s, one depicting the ship and her Captain. (3). £150-180 |
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| 736 | |||
1918 Stampless cover from Philadelphia Navy Yard and P.O.W postcard from Fort McPherson with four line censor cachet, also a postcard from New York to a P.O.W at Fort McPherson. (3). £150-180S.M.S "Kronprinz Wilhelm"In July 1914 the N.D.L Liner "Kronprinz Wilhelm" secretly sailed to meet the "Karlsruhe" in the West Indies, two guns were transferred onto the ship and a regular naval officer, Paul Thierfelder, appointed Captain. She operated as an independent raider capturing 14 ships in seven months, but with engines in need of repair sailed into Newport News harbour where the crew were interned on the ship. In 1917 with the entry of the U.S.A into the war the crew were sent as P.O.Ws to camps, and the ship used as a U.S troopship. |
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| 737 | |||
| 1903-15 Pre-war postcards of the ship (7), stampless 1915 cover and card sent to Germany whilst interned at Newport News both with K.D.M.S No. 44 c.d.s, also a U.S 2c envelope from Newport News to Germany franked 3c probably from a crew member. (11). £200-240 |
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| 738 | |||
1915-18 Covers and cards, a 1915 Feldpost lettercard sent to S.M.S "Stettin" whilst interned at Newport News with K.D.M.S No. 3 c.d.s and "Kronprinz Wilhelm" cachet on reverse; 1917 stampless cover to Sweden from Aug. Nork of the "Kronprinz Wilhelm" in Fort McPherson with censor cachet and "PRISONER OF WAR MAIL"; and an unusual postcard produced in Fort McPherson showing the ship, captain and crew and internment camps posted to New York franked 2c. (3). £200-240S.M.S "Karlsruhe"The "Karlsruhe" was in the West Indies at the start of the war, sailing south with two supply ships and operating as an independent raider capturing 19 ships in ten weeks. On November 5th 1914, when off the Brazil coast, ammunition exploded causing the ship to sink, some crew rescued by the supply ship "Rio Negro". |
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| 739 | |||
| 1914 (July 18) Cover from Kingston, Jamaica to Germany with 5pf pair each tied by K.D.M.S No. 11 c.d.s, a third strike on the front, a very scarce cancel, also six cards of the ship. (7). Photo on Page 94. £300-350 |
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| 740 | |||
1914 (June 17) Cover franked 10pf from Germany to the S.M.S "Karlsruhe", c/o Marine Post Bureau Berlin, returned handstamped "Zuruck", reverse with "Unbestellbar / Marine - Postbureau" and endorsed "schiff gesunken" (ship sunk), the cover held at the Marine Post Bureau until November (manuscript "20/11"). Very scarce. £150-180S.M.S "Emden"The "Emden" under Capt. von Muller acted as an independent surface raider with her own collier, the "Markomannia" - 31 ships were captured in the Bay of Bengal and Madras attacked before the "Emden" steamed eastwards, attacking Penang harbour on the night of October 28th sinking a Russian Cruiser and French Destroyer. The "Emden" with a captured collier, the "Buresk", then proceeded to attack the wireless station on Cocos Island but was discovered there and sunk by H.M.A.S "Sydney" on November 9th. Captured crew were taken to Colombo from where all fit men were sent on to Malta and the wounded to New South Wales. The Cocos landing party of 50 men led by Lt. Com. von Mucke escaped on the schooner "Ayesha" to Sumatra, transferring to a German freighter "Choising" sailing to Hodeida in Yemen and then trekking across the desert to Constantinople. A prize crew from the "Emden" on the captured ship "Exford" were interned in Batavia after the recapture of the ship. "Emden" crew also sailed on the "Choising" from Hodeida to East Africa, intending to supply the "Konigsberg" with coal, but had to put into Asmara in neutral Italian Eritrea where they were interned. |
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| 741 | |||
| Literature. Various books including the "Official German History of the War at Sea 1914-18 Volume II, operations of the Emden, Konigsberg and Karlsruhe" published by the U.S Dept of Intelligence and Research in 1935 (2 copies, one superb leather bound), etc. (9)£80-120 |
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| 742 | |||
| Metal Canteen tokens for 10pf (2) or 50pf, reverse inscribed "KANTINE / S.M.S / EMDEN", unusual and scarce. (3). £150-200 |
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| 743 | |||
| 1911-14 Covers (4) and a postcard from the "Emden", all from China, the covers cancelled K.D.M.S No.28 c.d.s, the card from Tsingtau with 5pf cancelled by Berlin Marine Postbureau c.d.s. (5). £180-220 |
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| 744 | |||
| 1912-16 Covers, cards and labels, including pre-war covers with K.D.M.S No. 28 c.d.s (3, one with punch holes, another with a stamp removed), postcards of the ship or Capt. von Muller, propaganda labels (5), card and cover with "Emden" heroes charity fund label or cachet (also three related official letters). (27). £250-300 |
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| 745 | |||
| 1914 (Aug 31) Postcard from Berlin to S.M.S "Emden" franked at the 3pf printed matter rate, returned handstamped violet "Schiff Ausser Dienst" (ship out of service) and boxed "Zuruck", not returned until after the "Emden" had been sunk in November, very unusual. Photo on Page 94. £150-180 |
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| 746 | |||
| 1914 (Oct 24) Cover and letter from Port Blair in the Andaman Islands, the cover with KEVII ½a pair tied by "PORT BLAIR" c.d.s, the long letter including references to the "Emden" not having rolled up, a Russian cruiser is in the harbour and the officers have to stay on board in case the "Emden" arrives. £100-120 |
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| 747 | |||
| 1914-16 German propaganda cards, mainly artist drawn cards depicting the "Emden", the ship sinking enemy shipping, or Captain von Muller, a fine lot. (33). £300-350 |
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| 748 | |||
| Seven picture postcards published by C.A Ribeiro of Singapore including card 3 showing H.M.S "Cadmus" (creased) and card 6 showing the schooner "Ayesha", cards 4, 6, 7, 9 and 10 showing the "Emden" wreck, "Emden" survivors or damage to the Cocos wireless station, also a card of the recovered "Emden" gun and label of H.M.A.S Sydney. (9). Photo on Page 94. £300-400 |
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| 749 | |||
| "Ayesha". Propaganda postcards depicting von Mucke or the "Ayesha" (9), a press photo of von Mucke in Constantinople, and a later S.M.S Ayesha hat band. (11). £130-160 |
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| 750 | |||
| "Ayesha". 1915 (May 9) Postcard franked 20pa, posted from Dera in Syria to Germany by some of the "Ayesha"/"Emden" crew during their escape, en route from Hodeida to Constantinople, Beyrouth transit c.d.s and a Turkish censor cachet, the reverse signed by von Mucke and eight other crew. Minor creasing, a unique and historic card. Photo on Page 100 £700-800 |
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| 751 | |||
| "Ayesha". 1915 (May 26) Postcard of Constantinople with an arrow on the picture side alongside the message "The Emden crew landed here Whitmonday", sent stampless to Germany headed "Feldpost", K.D.M.S No. 14 c.d.s applied on S.M.S "Lovely", the message refers to the torpedoing of the British Battleship "Triumph" and non arrival in Malta of the "Queen Elizabeth". An interesting associated card. £200-250 |
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| 752 | |||
| "Exford". 1915 (Aug 26) Netherlands Indies 5c + 5c postcard from Gustav Kohler, a member of the "Emden" prize crew on the "Exford", interned in Batavia after the "Exford" was recaptured, to Germany. Also a signed photo of Capt. Lauterbach, Captain of the prize crew on the "Exford" who was taken as a prisoner to Singapore but escaped and made his way back to Germany. (2). £300-400 |
| Auction Details | |||
| Auction number 59 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 | ||
| Date: | 5th November 2026 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Fine Great Britain Stamps, G.B Postal History with First UK Aerial Post, Royalty, Cancellations, Paquebot Mail of the World, World War One German & British Naval Mail, Specimen Stamps from the Rhodesia Post Office, India, St. Helena, Mozambique, Baham |
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