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1895, Denmark, envelope, franked with (2x) 20o blue (Y&T 37),
sent ...di più 1895, Denmark, envelope, franked with (2x) 20o blue (Y&T 37), sent from Vallo July 16, 1895 to "Mr. Le Baron de Salmuth Sous Lieutenant de la Force Publique - zone Arabe - Congo Afrique" (=Mr. Le Baron de Salmuth Second Lieutenant of the Public Force - Arab Zone - Congo Africa) / Congo Free State, via Lisboa / Portugal (July 22), Banana (August 13), Boma and Leopoldville (September 4), with Congolese handwritten note "Décédé" (passed away) in blue pen, boxed mark "DECEDE" in blue and handwritten note "5 août 1895" + signatures (double confirmation) in red, "REBUT" mark in blue and returned to sender, it arrived in Vallo November 29, via Kjobenhavn (Nov. 29), a superb cover written during the Arab campaign, which ended with the capture of Redjaf in Lado in 1897, this is an exceptional historical document, one of the earliest known examples of the framed ‘DECEDE’ mark, a master piece of Congo. (Baron) SALMUTH (de). Officer in the Force Publique (Ballenstadt, Duchy of Anhalt, Germany, 10 February 1868 – Micici, Ponthierville, 5 August 1895). He studied law and political science at the University of Leipzig from 1888 until early 1890, enlisting in May of that year in the 8th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to second lieutenant in December and resigned his commission on 15 July 1892 to settle in Belgium, where he had many friends and acquaintances. After spending a year and a half working for the V. Mabille company in Mariemont, he applied in 1894 for a position with the Congo Free State. On the recommendation of General de Villiers, aide-de-camp of the King Leopold II, he was accepted as a second lieutenant in the Public Force and embarked at Antwerp aboard of the s/s Coomassie on 6 April 1894. Assigned to the Arab zone upon his arrival in the Congo in early May, he left Boma on the 10th of that month and reached Wabundu on 19 July. From there, he was sent to the Nyangwe region, which had just been cleared of Arab traffickers by Dhanis, Ponthier, Lothaire and Henry, and was given command of the Micici post. It was there that he succumbed to haemorrhagic fever on 5 August 1895
Market report from Brazil with 2 RBS Thiele plate II No. 79
type 5, ...di più Market report from Brazil with 2 RBS Thiele plate II No. 79 type 5, dated "Rio de Janeiro 30 Sept 1854" and acc. to the contents sent by ship "Lusitania" via Liverpool. Privately forwarded to Copenhagen, franked with a stamp and delivered by the footpost. Very fine numeral "1" and blue "F:P: 6.11 54". Ex Weigel. Cert. Møller. VERY FINE & RARE
1945 envelope addressed to Denmark. Franked Great Britain
overprinted ...di più 1945 envelope addressed to Denmark. Franked Great Britain overprinted 'M.E.F.' adhesive tied by the rare "SIMI EGEO" negative seal cancellation '23 11 45' A further strike on the front. A light vertical paper fold in the centre
(Picture Stationery) 1898 2c. card to Bassin, St Croix with the
stamp ...di più (Picture Stationery) 1898 2c. card to Bassin, St Croix with the stamp used to uprate the item removed and part St Thomas cds remaining, the front bears multi blue images of other picture postcards including a panorama at top, Christiansted arrival cds
JAPAN Lyaotung Peninsula 1937 (7 Nov) cover from the Danish ...di più
JAPAN Lyaotung Peninsula 1937 (7 Nov) cover from the Danish Mission
in Port Arthur to the home country, franked with single 10s
ultramarine, endorsed "Via Siberia", with "Danish Mission
S.Manchuria" handstamp on reverse
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1921 multi franked registered OHMS envelope addressed to ...di più
1921 multi franked registered OHMS envelope addressed to Denmark.
Franking includes 1/2d stationery wrapper cut out, tied
"GEORGETOWN" c.d.s. 'MR 4 21' '4' inverted. Transit and receiving
cancellations on the reverse
1901 incoming cover from Denmark to Gotthard Christensen of ...di più
1901 incoming cover from Denmark to Gotthard Christensen of the
Scandinavian Corps, with a 4 and two 8 Ore cancelled Nakskov FE 01.
The cover was censored on arrival in St Helena. The Scandinavian
Corps was formed in Pretoria on 12 October 1899, the day after war
was declared. Officers and NCO’s of the various Scandinavian
nationals were elected and Christensen was elected Sergeant of the
Danish Troop. He, along with 47 members of the Scandinavian Corps,
was captured at Paardeberg with General Cronje on 27 February 1900.
An exceptionally rare incoming cover to a member of the Danish
Contingent – much rarer than outgoing
1938 taxed envelope addressed to Copenhagen Denmark. Franked ...di più
1938 taxed envelope addressed to Copenhagen Denmark. Franked 20c
adhesive tied "MOMBASA" c.d.s. '12 MR 38' 20c meter postage due
cachet struck in green on the front
1950 taxed ppc addressed to Denmark from Kampala on arrival 15 ...di più
1950 taxed ppc addressed to Denmark from Kampala on arrival 15 ore
postage due applied paying the violet charge handstamp
1949 4d registered stationery envelope (Size G) addressed to
Denmark. ...di più 1949 4d registered stationery envelope (Size G) addressed to Denmark. Franked 2 x 1/- adhesives tied "KITWE" c.d.s. '2 V11 49'
1900 (May 27) Picture postcard from Copenhagen to "The ...di più
1900 (May 27) Picture postcard from Copenhagen to "The Danish
Prisoners at St. Helena, via Southampton" franked 5ore, black
circular censor cachet without initials, unusual from Denmark
Matagorda Txs. Aug. 28 (1855). Circular datestamp with ...di più
Matagorda Txs. Aug. 28 (1855). Circular datestamp with "PAID"
handstamp and manuscript "37" rate on Aug. 23, 1855 folded letter
to Madame Christiane Olsen in Aalborg, Denmark, via Copenhagen, red
"New-York Am. Packet Sep. 19" backstamp, "37" rate crossed out and
large "12" U.S. credit written in same magenta ink at foreign-mail
office, red "AACHEN 2/10 FRANCO" framed datestamp, "FRANCO" framed
handstamp, blue manuscript "2" rate, "K.D.O.P.A. Hamburg 3/10"
(Oct. 3) Royal Danish datestamp on back, Very Fine, a rare cover
from Texas to Denmark via Prussian Closed Mail, Aalborg lies about
200 miles northwest of Copenhagen
SAF 1930, sehr selt. Bedarfsbrief amerik. Post von der Rückfahrt
mit ...di più SAF 1930, sehr selt. Bedarfsbrief amerik. Post von der Rückfahrt mit EF 2,60 D. Zeppelin nach Dänemark
3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Block of six and two strips of three ...di più
3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Block of six and two strips of three —
affixed on back with sender's notation "Postage payd on the back of
it" — each of the 12 stamps cancelled by clear strike of unusual
Four Crossed Arrows and Dots in Circle fancy cancel, perfect bold
strike of "Fort Davis Texas Jan. 22, 1861" circular datestamp on
blue folded letter to Glückstadt, Denmark, "near Hamburg, Germany,"
carried by stage to Indianola Tex. on Matagorda Bay, then by
steamer to New Orleans and on to New York, red "N. York Am. Pkt. 7
Paid Feb. 9" 7c credit datestamp — the foreign-mail office applied
the 7c credit instead of 12c, so this was marked as paid to Prussia
only and not to its final destination — carried on the Inman Etna,
departing New York Feb. 9, 1861, and arriving Queenstown Feb. 19
and Liverpool Feb. 20 — red "AACHEN 22 2 FRANCO" (Feb. 22) framed
datestamp and red "Franco/Preuss.Resp. Vereins/Ausgangs-Grenze"
framed handstamp (paid only to limits of German-Austrian Postal
Union), "HAMBURG 23/2 61" (Feb. 23) oval and "KDOPA HAMBURG 23/2"
(Feb. 23) Royal Danish Postal Agency in Hamburg double-circle
datestamp on back, blue Glückstadt receiving backstamp (Feb. 23),
red crayon "4" Danish skillings due, approximately six stamps have
faults including a few defective, folded letter repaired with blue
paper patches on back panelsFINE OVERALL APPEARANCE. A SPECTACULAR
COVER FROM FORT DAVIS, TEXAS, TO GLÜCKSTADT IN SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN,
THEN UNDER DANISH CROWN RULE. THE 35-CENT PRUSSIAN CLOSED MAIL RATE
IS PAID WITH 3-CENT 1857 STAMPS CANCELLED BY THE DISTINCTIVE FANCY
CANCEL USED AT THE FORT DAVIS POST OFFICE ON THE EVE OF SECESSION.
A TRULY REMARKABLE POSTAL HISTORY ARTIFACT FROM SEVERAL
PERSPECTIVES.The cover is addressed to Frau A. L. Daus at
Glückstadt in Schleswig-Holstein, then under Danish crown rule,
with sender's directive "near Hamburg, Germany." The 35c Prussian
Closed Mail rate was paid with twelve 3c 1857 Issue stamps affixed
on back, which was duly noted by the sender on the address side
("Postage payd on the back of it"). This was transported by the
eastbound stage on the San Antonio-San Diego overland mail route
from Fort Davis to San Antonio, then on to Indianola. From there it
was carried by a contract steamer to New Orleans and on to New
York. At the New York foreign-mail exchange office, it was marked
and bagged for the Prussian Closed Mail route and sent on the Etna
on its first sailing as an Inman line vessel following service on
the Cunard line. The Etna departed New York on February 9, 1861,
and arrived at the port of Queenstown on February 19 and Liverpool
on February 20. The letter entered the German mail system at Aachen
on February 22, and on the following day it was transferred to the
Danish postal system in Hamburg, then delivered to nearby
Glückstadt.Fort Davis was established on October 23, 1854, under
the authority of General Persifor F. Smith of the Department of
Texas. General Smith selected the site and named it in honor of
Jefferson Davis, the Secretary of War. The fort was under the
command of Lieutenant Colonel Washington Seawell and manned by
companies of the 8th U. S. Infantry from 1854 until April 1861.
Fort Davis was the site of the U.S. military's "Camel Corps,"
championed by Jefferson Davis, which employed camels imported from
the Middle East to provide transportation in the southwestern
desert.At the time this letter was mailed, Texas was still a part
of the United States. The secession convention convened on January
28, 1861, and passed the Ordinance of Secession on February 1,
1861. The requisite popular referendum was held on February 23 and
the ordinance was passed, effective March 2, 1861. On the same
date, the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States admitted
Texas into the CSA, and on March 5 the Texas Convention accepted
the invitation to join.The U.S. postmaster of Fort Davis from 1855
to 1861 was Lieut. Thomas Gamble Pitcher. In 1861 he resigned and
was replaced by Patrick Murphy, the fort sutler, or another Murphy
named Daniel (there are two conflicting reports). Col. John R.
Baylor's Confederate cavalry brigade reached Fort Davis on April
13, 1861, and U.S. troops withdrew in compliance with orders
already received from Brig. Gen. David E. Twiggs. The Fort Davis
postmark on this cover is found on covers dated in both the U.S.
and Confederate periods. The fort functioned as a supply depot for
General Henry H. Sibley's New Mexico Campaign. In August 1862, U.S.
forces regained control of Fort Davis, but did not occupy it. The
fort remained abandoned from September 1862 until June 1867, when
it was reestablished in a different location.Ex King
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sent ...di più 1895, Denmark, envelope, franked with (2x) 20o blue (Y&T 37), sent from Vallo July 16, 1895 to "Mr. Le Baron de Salmuth Sous Lieutenant de la Force Publique - zone Arabe - Congo Afrique" (=Mr. Le Baron de Salmuth Second Lieutenant of the Public Force - Arab Zone - Congo Africa) / Congo Free State, via Lisboa / Portugal (July 22), Banana (August 13), Boma and Leopoldville (September 4), with Congolese handwritten note "Décédé" (passed away) in blue pen, boxed mark "DECEDE" in blue and handwritten note "5 août 1895" + signatures (double confirmation) in red, "REBUT" mark in blue and returned to sender, it arrived in Vallo November 29, via Kjobenhavn (Nov. 29), a superb cover written during the Arab campaign, which ended with the capture of Redjaf in Lado in 1897, this is an exceptional historical document, one of the earliest known examples of the framed ‘DECEDE’ mark, a master piece of Congo. (Baron) SALMUTH (de). Officer in the Force Publique (Ballenstadt, Duchy of Anhalt, Germany, 10 February 1868 – Micici, Ponthierville, 5 August 1895). He studied law and political science at the University of Leipzig from 1888 until early 1890, enlisting in May of that year in the 8th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to second lieutenant in December and resigned his commission on 15 July 1892 to settle in Belgium, where he had many friends and acquaintances. After spending a year and a half working for the V. Mabille company in Mariemont, he applied in 1894 for a position with the Congo Free State. On the recommendation of General de Villiers, aide-de-camp of the King Leopold II, he was accepted as a second lieutenant in the Public Force and embarked at Antwerp aboard of the s/s Coomassie on 6 April 1894. Assigned to the Arab zone upon his arrival in the Congo in early May, he left Boma on the 10th of that month and reached Wabundu on 19 July. From there, he was sent to the Nyangwe region, which had just been cleared of Arab traffickers by Dhanis, Ponthier, Lothaire and Henry, and was given command of the Micici post. It was there that he succumbed to haemorrhagic fever on 5 August 1895
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600.00 EUR
16.05.2026 08:30 CEST
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1 II
type 5, ...di più Market report from Brazil with 2 RBS Thiele plate II No. 79 type 5, dated "Rio de Janeiro 30 Sept 1854" and acc. to the contents sent by ship "Lusitania" via Liverpool. Privately forwarded to Copenhagen, franked with a stamp and delivered by the footpost. Very fine numeral "1" and blue "F:P: 6.11 54". Ex Weigel. Cert. Møller. VERY FINE & RARE
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500.00 EUR
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Chris Rainey
Lotto 5056
overprinted ...di più 1945 envelope addressed to Denmark. Franked Great Britain overprinted 'M.E.F.' adhesive tied by the rare "SIMI EGEO" negative seal cancellation '23 11 45' A further strike on the front. A light vertical paper fold in the centre
Prezzo fisso
450.00 GBP
(app. 519 EUR)
(app. 519 EUR)
Cover Story
Lotto 6377
stamp ...di più (Picture Stationery) 1898 2c. card to Bassin, St Croix with the stamp used to uprate the item removed and part St Thomas cds remaining, the front bears multi blue images of other picture postcards including a panorama at top, Christiansted arrival cds
Prezzo fisso
115.00 GBP
(app. 133 EUR)
(app. 133 EUR)
Cherrystone Auction
Lotto 908
130.00 USD
(app. 111 EUR)
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(app. 111 EUR)
Chris Rainey
Lotto 3776
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275.00 GBP
(app. 317 EUR)
(app. 317 EUR)
David Morrison
Lotto G4909
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750.00 GBP
(app. 866 EUR)
(app. 866 EUR)
Chris Rainey
Lotto 4464
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35.00 GBP
(app. 40 EUR)
(app. 40 EUR)
Chris Rainey
Lotto 2146
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40.00 GBP
(app. 46 EUR)
(app. 46 EUR)
Chris Rainey
Lotto 2816
Denmark. ...di più 1949 4d registered stationery envelope (Size G) addressed to Denmark. Franked 2 x 1/- adhesives tied "KITWE" c.d.s. '2 V11 49'
Prezzo fisso
45.00 GBP
(app. 52 EUR)
(app. 52 EUR)
Argyll Etkin
Lotto 1837
LIVE!
120.00 GBP
(app. 138 EUR)
08.05.2026 08:00 BST
(app. 138 EUR)
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries
Lotto 2125
450.00 USD
(app. 385 EUR)
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(app. 385 EUR)
Auktionshaus Klüttermann GmbH
Lotto 13512
Mi
S.64H
mit ...di più SAF 1930, sehr selt. Bedarfsbrief amerik. Post von der Rückfahrt mit EF 2,60 D. Zeppelin nach Dänemark
ONLINE LIVE
350.00 EUR
30.04.2026 23:59 CEST
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries
Lotto 2122
SC
26
10500.00 USD
(app. 8978 EUR)
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