GERMANY AND STATES
1762 E.L.headed Camp de Crombach struck on the front with a straight line AR.D.H.RHIN handstamp, the letter with references to the English army. Fine letter from the Seven Years War. £150

1881 German 10pfg postal stationery card used to Constantinople cancelled with the Aachen cds. The front is struck with the single ring KAISERLICH DEUTSCHES POSTAMT No. 1 datestamp, only applied as an arrival mark in the German P.O. in Constantinople. Rare. £70

1846 E.L. from Luebeck to St. Petersburg cancelled with the double ring LUEBECK cds and inscribed Per dampfschiff Naslednik and backstamped on
arrival. One of the 4 ships using this route and an 1850 registered cover to England via Ostende struck with the double ring LEIPZIG cds, the P in circle and a Crown/REGISTERED handstamp, all in black. The front also shows the London Paid cds and Crown/REGISTERED handstamp in red. Various manuscript rates and registration notations. Scarce. £100

1866 Registered cover to England from Breslau with manuscript 7 rate. The front shows various registered handstamps all in red, including a fine PRUSSIA / crown / REGISTERED handstamp. £90

1870c (1st Dec.) cover to Lubeck struck with the single ring K.PR. FELD-POST-EXPED. / 18 INF. DIV. datestamp. Backstamped on arrival. 1870 (20th Dec) cover addressed to Saarbrucken and re-addressed to Metz, struck with the single ring K.PR.FELD-POST-EXPED. / 1 INF. DIV. datestamp. Metz arrival backstamp. 1872 Feldpostbrief to Metz from Verdun, struck on the front with a double ring K.PR.FELDPOST-RELAIS No.9 cds. Metz backstamp on arrival. £100

1871c cover to Berlin inscribed Military struck with the single ring FELDPOSTAMT DER OCCUPATIONS- ARMEE datestamp. Military cachet on the reverse and the arrival datestamp. £40

1805 E.L. to France from Bremen inscribed frco Amsterdam and struck with a straight line HOLLANDE in transit. 16 decimes charged. 1881 Consignees cover with handstruck BRIEFLADE struck on the front with the ENDINGEN cds & on the reverse with the Hamburg cds. The front shows a handstruck T in octagon and on arrival was struck with the NEW YORK / DUE 10 CENTS duplex, with a pair of pen cancelled 5c US postage due adhesives added to the reverse. A little fore shortened at the right on opening. Scarce. 1886 cover franked with 20pfg adhesive cancelled with the HAMBURG cds and inscribed Via Lissabon and addressed to Porongos, Uruguay. A scarce destination. Hanover- 1866 E.L. franked with 1 gr. roulette adhesive cancelled with the scarce double ring KIRCHDORF cds in blue. £75

Franco-Prussian War- 1870 Franco Prussian war period stampless cover from Mainz to Southern France inscribed Via Suisse. The front is struck with the military cachet and the boxed PORTO FREI handstamp, both in blue, together with the boxed PD and MAINZ cds in black. On the reverse is the TOULOUSE A BORDEAUX A TPO cds and the PENNE arrival cds. and an 1871 Franco Prussian war period cover to Belgium struck on the front with the COBLENZ cds and the framed PORTO FREI / ORDRE / 7.8.70 cachet in blue together with a boxed PD in red. On the reverse is a military cachet and the arrival datestamps. £130

Brunswick - 1862 E.L. to Holzminden franked with 4 x 1/4 gg adhesive cancelled with numeral 8 in bars and also tied with the BRAUNSCHWEIG cds in blue. £110

Brunswick - 1864 cover to Leipzig franked with a fine imperf. 3sgr red adhesive cancelled with the numeral 8 in bars in blue, with the double ring BRAUNSCHWEIG cds in blue opposite. £110

Hamburg - 1860 E.L. from Hamburg to Stockholm struck on the front with the boxed HAMBURG / K.S.P.A. (D) / 10/5 1860 datestamp and on arrival with the handstruck 45öre postage due mark. and an 1832 cover to France struck on the front with a fine ³T.T.R.4 HAMBOURG² handstamp in black and the half round framed Allemagne P.Givet French entry handstamp in red. £45

Mecklenberg - 1864 (Sept.) Design with plain black ground, rouletted 11 1/2, 4/4s. rose, ribbed paper (1st printing) pair and single (very faint peripheral rust toning) on neat 1865 (c.) envelope to Boizenburg cancelled by OBUTZOW 27/1 double ring d.s. A very scarce and attractive franking. Signed A. Bolaffi, G. Bolaffi, AD. M.5a. £290

Wurttemberg - 1878 10pfg postal stationery envelope used to France with an additional pair of 5pfg adhesives cancelled with the ULM BAHNHOF cds. The front shows the double ring Allemagne Belfort French entry cds. The reverse shows the 4169 Bureau de Passe cds of Vesoul. An attractive cover. £30

Zeppelin - 1929 - Air mail cover to Germany franked with 1928 Air 2m value SG444 neatly cancelled with Auftschiff c.d.s. A neat red circular Luftschaft Graf Zeppelin Orientfahr 1929 cancel; and Er Ramle arrival c.d.s. of 26 MR 29. £145

Zeppelin - 1929 - Air mail cover to Germany franked with 1926 2m value SG398 neatly cancelled with Friedrichshafen c.d.s. A neat red circular Luftschaft Graf Zeppelin Orientfahrt 1929 cancel and Er Ramle arrival c.d.s. of 26 MR 29. £100

1931-Card to Manilla franked with 2m Polar Fahrt overprint SG 470, neatly tied with Berlin c.d.s. The card is also handstamped with the Zeppelen-2 Sudamerikafahrt 1931 boxed cachet in violet and red circular Zeppelin cachet. St Vincent, cape Verde Transit and Manilla arrival c.d.s. Some foxing bur a rare destination card £240