Auction # 2629 WORLDWIDE + ARGENTINA: General August auction

Yvert 1, 1930 IPOSTA, mint with minor hinge marks (the stamps MNH perfect), very fresh, excellent quality!

MAIL OF SAILORS OF THE CRUISER ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE at first "interned" and then "prisoners" of war in several camps in Argentina: Airmail cover sent by Mr. Arthur Meier in Frankestein to his friend Erich Pilz in Buenos Aires on 8/JUN/1940, addressed to the German Embassy so they could forward it to the sailor. Franked with 1.75M., very fine quality, there are no censor marks (very rare!), and with the date of the postmarks (month) corrected by...

31 Covers, cards etc. of years 1896 to 1948, there are interesting cancels, good postages etc., in general of very fine quality, low start! IMPORTANT: Please view ALL the photos of the lot, because all the material has been scanned.

6 Postcards (one double or triple) sent to Argentina between 1900 and 1930, most dispatched from German ships at sea (2 from the "Kiel Kaiserl Yachtklub"), very fine quality, attractive group!

Attractive postcard illustrated with view of the naval battle of September 22, 1914 between a German submarine and the English ships Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy (the 3 were sank, and over 1,400 sailors lost their lives!), sent to Argentina on 2/OC/1914, with arrival mark of B.Aires 29/OC, excellent quality!

Postcard with view of SWISS GUARDS (Germans living in Switzerland drafted for war), sent from Saarbrücken to Basel on 30/JUL/1915, VF and interesting!

Interesting card sent from Berlin to Köln on 29/JUL/1920 without postage, on back in bears a calculation for an order of postage stamps to the Mail, a receipt of a money order to pay that purchase, and a price list of stamps and copy of the original order, very interesting!

14 Covers and cards of years 1922 to 1941, some are very interesting! ATTENTION: please view ALL the photos of the lot, because all the material has been scanned!

10 Covers, cards etc. of years 1927 to 1948, in general of very fine quality! IMPORTANT: Please view ALL the photos of the lot, because all the content has been scanned.

Postcard sent from Friedrichshafen to Argentina on 18/MAY/1930 by ZEPPELIN flight, franked with 2RM. "Südamerika Fahrt", transit mark of Rio de Janeiro 25/MAY and arrival, very fine quality!

15/SE/1930 Haah - United States, card with nice multicolor postage, carried on the first catapulted flight from ship "Europa" to New York, VF quality!