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1868: Entire letter from Leipzig to Soerabaja, Netherlands Indies (Steudemann correspondence) franked on front and back with 1868 1/4 gr. red-lilac (2), 1/2 gr. orange, 1 gr. rose-carmine (6, two singles and two horizontal pairs) and 5 gr. ochre-brown pair all tied by LEIPZIG-DRESDEN Travelling P.O. datestamps in black (Nov 14). Red 'PD' on front and manuscript '2' at top left (single weight within Germany = 3 sgr., double through France  and sea postage = 14 sgr.). Reverse with Marseille cds (Nov 17) in black and Soerabaja arrival cds (Dec 30) in red. A marvellous four colour franking and most appealing cover. Cert. Mehlmann (2016). Albert Steudemann (1842-unknown) was a German pharmacist. On his second trip to the Far East he settled down in Soerabaja, soon got a wealthy person. When he was older he returned back to Germany and was dedicated in many charity actions. Furthermore Steudemann was a passionate 'Skat' card player and donated a fountain in Altenburg 1897, called 'Skatbrunnen'.

1869: 1/4 gr. pale violet, 1/2 gr. orange, 1 gr. rose and 5 gr. olive brown (2) all used on 1871 cover (Steudemann correspondence) endorsed 'via Niederlande' to Soerabaya, Netherlands East Indies tied by neat ALTENBURG datestamps (Jan 12) in black. ´Soerabaja´ arrival cds (Aug 12) well struck in red on reverse. Slight repaired flap tear of no significance, an exceptional rate and a most attractive four colour franking. Cert. Mehlmann (2016). Albert Steudemann (1842-unknown) was a German pharmacist. On his second trip to the Far East he settled down in Soerabaja, soon got a wealthy person. When he was older he returned back to Germany and was dedicated in many charity actions. Furthermore Steudemann was a passionate 'Skat' card player and donated a fountain in Altenburg 1897, called 'Skatbrunnen'.

1869: 5 gr. olive-brown, two examples used on 1870 single rate cover (Steudemann correspondence) endorsed 'via Marseilles' to Soerabaja, Java, each tied by neat ALTENBURG datestamp (April 9) in black. Red 'PD' at left and 'Forbach' French entry mark below, reverse with Paris (April 11), Marseille transits and 'Soerabaja' arrival cds (May 25) in red. A fresh and fine cover to an unusual destination. Cert. Mehlmann (2016). Albert Steudemann (1842-unknown) was a German pharmacist. On his second trip to the Far East he settled down in Soerabaja, soon got a wealthy person. When he was older he returned back to Germany and was dedicated in many charity actions. Furthermore Steudemann was a passionate 'Skat' card player and donated a fountain in Altenburg 1897, called 'Skatbrunnen'.

1864: Second page of entire letter from Leipzig to Batavia, Netherlands Indies endorsed 'Per Landmail via Triest', franked by third printing 1856/61 10 ngr. blue imperforate, large margins but just touched on outer right frameline, in combination with slightly oxidised 1863 1/2 ngr. orange and two 3 ngr. brown tied by LEIPZIG / DRESDEN BAHNH. datestamp (Nov 8) and by sender's cachet at left. Weiter franco '13 4/10' in blue manuscript and struck on front with British P.O. ALEXANDRIA cds in red (Nov 17) in transit with manuscript '1/-' in red crayon alongside. Reverse with Vienna cds (Nov 9), oval Triest datestamp (Nov 11) with handstruck '15/52' in black adjacent (Triest to Alexandria = 15 kr.), SINGAPORE P.O. datestamp (Dec) in red and Batavia arrival cds (Dec 18) in red. A delightful and extremely rare mixed issue cover to an exotic destination. Signed Kruschel. Cert. Rismondo (1996).  Wolf Curt von Schierbrand (1807-1888) came in 1825 to Batavia as a Corporal. He later worked as a zoological scientist.

1866: Part paid cover from Altenburg to Soerabaja, Netherlands Indies (Steudemann correspondence) endorsed 'frco. Triest Überlandspost' in manuscript, franked by 1863 3 ngr. deep yellow-brown (2 examples) each tied by '11' numeral obliterators with corresponding ALTENBURG datestamp (May 21) below. '1/-' British tax in manuscript on front with British P.O. single ring datestamp of Alexandria (June 2) in black and SINGAPORE transit cds (June 28) in black. Reverse with Triest transit (May 24) and Soerabaja arrival cds (July 6) in red with '20' Neths Indies due in manuscript. A superb and rare cover to a most unusual destination. Certs. Pröschold (1988), Vaatz (2016). Albert Steudemann (1842-unknown) was a German pharmacist. On his second trip to the Far East he settled down in Soerabaja, soon got a wealthy person. When he was older he returned back to Germany and was dedicated in many charity actions. Furthermore Steudemann was a passionate 'Skat' card player and donated a fountain in Altenburg 1897, called 'Skatbrunnen'.

1846: Entire letter from Mainz to Samarang, Netherlands East Indies, sensibly restored to prevent acid ink erosion, endorsed at top left 'per overlandpost via Marseilles', with 'Mainz' despatch cds in black (Jan 10) and 'PD' alongside. Fine complete "Aangebragt per Land - Mail / Te betalen port f 2-16 koper. / BATAVIA 17 Maart 1846" label (Type 1) on obverse for amount due (British Postage 2/2d. + Netherlands 50 cents Sea Postage). Reverse with six French transit datestamps including Marseille (Jan 15 and Jan 22). A small ink spot somewhat reduced. A remarkable and extremely rare entire, the 'Landmail' labels being extremely rare on letters from the German States, with only 2 letters recorded from any German State (Corinphila Netherlands Archive/Global Philatelic Network). For a ‚Land-Mail‘ label used on the same day on entire from Rotterdam see lot 8173. Cert. Vleeming (2016). Provenance: David Feldman Auction (1985) 

1864 (Jan 12): Single rate cover from Dillenburg to Batavia, Netherlands Indies enorsed 'via Triest' franked by 1862 6 kr. blue (2 examples, both with one margin added, otherwise fine)) and 1859 15 kr. brown-purple in a horizontal strip of three, for 57 kreuzer rate for a cover under 1 loth (9kr. internal postage, 11kr. for Austrian seapost and 37kr. for British post from Alexandria), all individually tied by '173' numeral obliterators with corresponding DILLENBURG cds at right (Jan 13). Reverse with Frankfurt cds, Vienna cds (Jan 15), Triest transit (Jan 17) and struck there with "15/52" handstamp in black (Triest to Alexandria = 15 kr.), together with oxidised 'Singapore' datestamp in red. The front bears single ring ALEXANDRIA cds in red (Jan 25). An extraordinary cover in excellent condition for such a journey to this most unusual destination. Signed Dr. Sommer AIEP. Cert. P. Sem (2016).

1867: Cover from Wiesbaden to Batavia, Netherlands Indies endorsed 'via Marseilles' franked by scarce 1859 30 kr. orange in a horizontal pair overlapped by 1865 6 kr. blue (two examples) all tied by individual strikes of the '215' numeral obliterator with WIESBADEN cds (Feb 5) at right and 'PD' in black and in red. Erquelines French entry mark in blue (Feb 6) and reverse with Mainz cds, Marseille cds (Feb 7) and Soerabaja arrival datestamp in red. The envelope has been somewhat cleaned and strengthened, the stamps removed and replaced (30 kr. with small marginal repairs) but nevetheless a remarkable and rare cover to a most unusual destination. Certs. Dr. Sommer (1990), P. Sem (2016).