375th Auction

1941/43, interesting collection of 66 cards, covers and forms with many interesting items such as use of official stamps, postage free mail, "Postsache", postal stationery, airmail, registered mail, mixed franking Ostland-stamps with Deutsches Reich and Stelle "C" etc., in addition some large format cover(fronts) from the Ostland Öl-Vertriebs GmbH, mostly fine

1941, unused/mint never hinged and used collection with multiples, paper folds, Hitler 5 Pfg. as complete sheet, se-tenants including strips of 11, small handbook for Latvian postal workers and more than 25 covers including registered and censored, "Deutsche Dienstpost Ostland", Official mail with official stamps, all in two albums  

POSTAL STATIONERY: 1941, with more than 60 cards (few envelopes) with many interesting items like Latvian tourism postcard and many Advertising postcards including three used ones

CANCELLATIONS: Very extensive collection with approx. 600 items of "Deutsche Dienspost Ostland" postmarks "BRENE-WINDAU", Riga machine cancellations, amended Latvian and Sovjet Latvian postmarks, German postmarks for Latvian post offices, dumb cancellations, provisional cancellation, different r-labels and cancellations etc.

CANCELLATIONS: Interesting collection of more than 100 cards and covers plus loose stamps and pieces, German and Latvian cancels, "Deutsche Dienstpost" cancels and meter marks, adjusted Russian cancels, 2nd. class post offices for instance "Hasenpoth-Kloster über Hasenpoth", provisional cancellation including manuscript, railway, muted fieldpost cancellations with one cover depicted in "Lettland vor dem und als Teil vom Generalkommissariat OSTLAND", page 184, Harry von Hofmann (2001), all written up in 4 volumes

1941/43,very interesting collection with more than 60 cards and covers, with marking "taken from the mailbox with changed address", postage due with different markings, "address unknown retour", "zurück unzulässig", "Zurück z. Zt. keine Postverbindung", label "Covers with stamps not in proper place will not be carried in the future", "Ansichtskarten unzulässig", "Zurück Absenderangabe fehlt ungenügend", "Überprüft! Keine Bedenken" etc., meist gute Erhaltung

REGISTERED MAIL: 1941/43, very interesting collection with 46 cards and covers, showing re-used latvian r-labels, provisional r-label and german r-labels, german receipts, Sovjet Latvian receipt (depicted in "Lettland vor dem und als Teil vom Generalkommissariat OSTLAND", page 240, Harry von Hofmann (2001)), mostly fine

TELEGRAMS: 1942, very interesting collection starting with 19 telegrams and 5 corresponding envelopes, in addition five GREETINGS TELEGRAMS and five corresponding envelopes, mostly good condition  

PARCEL CARDS/FORMS: 1941/44, interesting collection with 29 forms containing International COD form, Notification for a package, usage of sovjet forms, emergency parcel card etc., fine

MONEY SERVICE: 1941/44, interesting collection with 24 various forms, postal giro letters, postal savings book, identity cards and return coupons, good condition

TELEPHONE SERVICE: 1941/44, interesting collection with 19 various forms, phone book announcements,  telephone bill envelopes, telephone bills, telephone accounting slips, radio subscriber card on Lithuania postal stationery, receipt book for radio license fee, receipt for PO Box fees, various pieces illustrated in the handbook

SPECIAL SERVICES: 1941/44, interesting collection with 31 various forms like notification for a package, Newspaper purchasing permits, newspaper subscription order cards, delivery slips, letter bundle slips, waybills, identity cards etc., various pieces illustrated in the handbook

INCOMING MAIL: Interesting collection of 12 cards and covers including censored and registered, airmail cover with meter mark, field post with handstamp "Zurück z. Ut. keine Postverbindung", postcard written in latvian with marking "Zurück an den Absender unzulässig" etc, mostly fine

RESETTLEMENT MAIL: Interesting collection of 9 cards and covers including  pre-printed envelopes "Volksdeutsche Einwanderer-Beratungsstelle", cachet "Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle" and "Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle Umsiedlung Lager Nr. Villa Werneck", card with request to provide additional information on the replacement of the property left behind etc., good condition

​UNAUTHORIZED USE OF OSTLAND STAMPS: 1942/43, interesting group of 15 cards and covers included registered, mostly transported un-rejected

FISCALS: 1942/43, very interesting group of 9 documents including one passport, fine

1942/44, interesting collection with 40 cards and covers, with registered mail, Latvian in the Wehrmacht, mail posted in civil post offices including one cover with railway mark, SS-Fieldpost etc., all written up

1940/44, interessante Partie von 10 Briefen und Karten, alle mit litauischen Stempeln, dabei Einschreiben mit Ostland-Marken und mit unüberdruckten Hindenburg bzw. Hitler Marken, außerdem Kriegsgefangenpost, meist gute Erhaltung

1942/44, Partie mit 10 Briefen, ein Telegramm und ein größeres Briefstück mit Absendervordruck, dabei Postsache, R-Feldpostbrief, R-Rückschein-Brief und zwei Bedarfsbriefe mit Dienstmarken-Frankaturen (ein R-Brief)