Rumänien: 1854, incoming cover from Triest/Austria: 9kr. blue, fresh colour and full to large margin
1854, incoming cover from Triest/Austria: 9kr. blue, fresh colour and full to large margins, single franking on cover (removed seal on reverse) from "TRIEST 14/6" addressed to "Graf Alphons Wimpffen k.k. Hauptmann im Generalquartiermeisterstab in Bukarest" with arrival mark "K.K.FELDPOSTAMT No.I 22/6".
Duke Alphons Wimpffen was a...
52nd Auction - All World stamps & covers - Day 3
By: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - All World stamps & covers - Day 3
52nd AUCTION at 11. February and 7 - 11 March 2022
Was the racing reporter perhaps a philatelist?
Or perhaps the recipient of the pictured cover from China, Jarmila Haasová?
Most philatelists would say: Philatelically influenced cover! when they see the arrangement of the stamps on the cover and the squiggly written address. The sender was the author Egon Erwin Kisch, also called "Der rasende Reporter" (The racing reporter), who stayed in China in 1932.
The result of this trip was the last book that was allowed to be published in Germany before the Nazis came to power, entitled "China geheim" (China secret). The addressee of the letter was his friend and translator Jarmila Haasová, who translated his works into Czech. "Egonek", as he signed his letters, also quite squiggly, was already a "crazy dog". Among other things, his book "Landing in Australia" and its prehistory are also well known.
Kisch was on his way to Australia with the British passenger ship Strathaird. Here, however, he was officially banned from entering the country (Haven't we seen similar things in the press in recent weeks?) Not because of a pandemic, but because it was feared that as a representative of the anti-war conference in Melbourne would spread communist ideas. Kisch was certainly not athletic, but his landing in Australia: He broke the entry ban by jumping off the ship, broke his leg, was arrested, then released under public pressure and was able to attend the conference.
Now back to the cover. Neither Egonek nor his translator Jarmila Haasová collected stamps - otherwise the correspondence and the contents of Kisch's books would have provided information about this. He probably "composed" the stamps on the envelope as carefully as he wrote his texts. Because he was not quite "racing" when writing. It is known that he himself submitted small stories and text passages to his wife Gisela and Jarmila for criticism and proofreading, and then revised them up to twelve times.
The pictured cover was found in the estate of Jarmila Haasová, which was auctioned last year by a Berlin auction house, which does not specialize in philately - and fell, how could it be otherwise, into the possession of a philatelist.
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In our spring auction in March, you will not have to look through non-philatelic estates to find something for your collection. We have a rich and varied offer of unique lots and collections, to fulfil every collector’s desires.
I cordially invite you to the viewing and to the auction days and already today I wish you much success.
Yours
Christoph Gärtner
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Lot #5703 - rumänien
Lot #5704 - rumänien
Rumänien: 1860 (approx). 'POSTA ROMANA PARALE'. Proof in blue with coat of arms, embossed center, un
1860 (approx). 'POSTA ROMANA PARALE'. Proof in blue with coat of arms, embossed center, unadopted design. Small paper faults. Very scarce tentative draft, possibly UNIQUE.
Lot #5705 - rumänien
Rumänien: 1864 (approx). Prince CUZA, 5 Parale brown, unadopted colour and design. Seldom seen!
1864 (approx). Prince CUZA, 5 Parale brown, unadopted colour and design. Seldom seen!
Lot #5706 - rumänien
Rumänien: 1865, Cuza 20par. red, fresh colour and full to wide margins, single franking on lettershe
1865, Cuza 20par. red, fresh colour and full to wide margins, single franking on lettersheet from "DOROHOI 24/5" to Bucarest with arrival mark 20/5 on reverse. Opinion Heimbüchler BPP.
Lot #5707 - rumänien
Rumänien: 1870, 2 B. and 3 B. both full to large margins tied "GALATZ" to registration bill, which h
1870, 2 B. and 3 B. both full to large margins tied "GALATZ" to registration bill, which has two vertical bends/tears (not affecting stamps) and is backed there.
Lot #5708 - rumänien
Rumänien: 1869, Carol 25b. orange/blue, fresh colour and full margins (slight tear/nick at upper rig
1869, Carol 25b. orange/blue, fresh colour and full margins (slight tear/nick at upper right), single franking on lettersheet from "BUCURESTI 22/6" to Vienna with arrival mark on reverse, signed Calves.
Lot #5709 - rumänien
Rumänien: 1909, 3 B red-brown in the horizontal pair and 5 B light green, King Carol I., with K2 "CR
1909, 3 B red-brown in the horizontal pair and 5 B light green, King Carol I., with K2 "CRAIOVA, 1? JUN 09" on picture postcard to Peking / Beijing (China). On the reverse with the arrival mark of the Russian Post in China "PEKIN d, 21 6 09". ÷ 1909, 3 B rotbraun im waagerechten Paar und 5 B hellgrün, König Karl I., mit K2 "CRAIOVA, 1?...
Lot #5710 - rumänien
Rumänien: 1926, ESSAYS: Birthday King Ferdinand I., composite essay 10 Lei (2) and 25 Bani (2), adop
1926, ESSAYS: Birthday King Ferdinand I., composite essay 10 Lei (2) and 25 Bani (2), adopted design. 15 strips of four in different colours, watermarked paper, ungummed. Fine and choice group, exceedingly rare!
Lot #5711 - rumänien
Rumänien: 1930, Definitives Carol II., 25b.-20l., complete set IMPERFORATE on unaddressed envelope (
1930, Definitives Carol II., 25b.-20l., complete set IMPERFORATE on unaddressed envelope (vertical fold not affecting stamps), clearly oblit. "BUCURESCI EXPED.SCRIS 24.III.931". Only 3000 sets have been issued imperforate, of which only a very few have been used!
Lot #5712 - rumänien
Rumänien: 1935, Definitives Carol, 25b. brown, two corner pairs showing varieties (caused by foldove
1935, Definitives Carol, 25b. brown, two corner pairs showing varieties (caused by foldover of corner during printing process): horizontal pair with partly missing design on both stamps and subsequently showing an impression on reverse; vertical pair partly imperforate. Both pairs mint original gum with hinge remnant.
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