2013 CHICAGOPEX Stamp Show November 2013

Session II: Sunday, November 24, 2013 Estimate Estimate France – Foreign Covers, cont. 2366 1912 RARE TITANIC COVER IN PREMIUM CONDITION ....................................................... PH $5000-7000 Quite possibly the finest existing ‘Titanic’ cover (most have tears or other significant faults), one of only 14 known and documented covers slated for transit on the ill-fated ship and transferred to a different vessel due to launch delay of the ‘Titanic’. All known covers were mailed in March 1912 and sent to the M.A. Winters Company in Washington, DC. This cover bears a 25c French Sower stamp (on reverse), tied by indistinct March 13 ‘Sathonay-Camp’ postmark, and clear Washington, DC, March 27 machine cancel. On front, below slightly cleaner ‘Sathonay-Camp’ postmark, is the distinctive and bold ‘TITANIC’ marking, handstamped in violet, as well as a violet boxed Winter Co (recipient) March 28 receiving mark, and registration number. Due to travel schedules, cover was likely carried aboard the ‘Batavia’. The ‘Titanic’ was originally scheduled to set sail March 20, 1912, with a stop at Cherbourg to take on mail and passengers. We know, of course, the launch was postponed until April 10, because the vessel was not quite ready. Philatelic mementos of the ‘Titanic’ are extremely rare, consisting of a few covers and cards dropped off at Cherbourg or Queenstown (now Cobh, Ireland), after the liner left Southampton, but before the failed crossing, and those few marked ‘Titanic’ were sent to Washington in March. This well documented example (#14 in census) is fresh and extremely fine. An extremely RARE and desirable exhibition piece! An analysis of all known covers may be found at: www.titaniccovers.com. 2368 Nine picture postcards (five different), gray or white stock, most with special postmarks, for Goebbels’ 1942 anti-Bolshevik exhibition held in Berlin. Very fine. 2369 1900-30s ASSORTMENT OF COVERS & CARDS .... $400-600 Selection of 45 covers & cards. Includes: Germania postal cards (x7, years 1900-07) with cacheted ‘1900’ card with Dresden ’31.12.99' & ‘1.1.00’ cds and Germania 30pf ‘Rohrpost=Brief’ (pneumatic) pink envelope, back flap missing; 12 covers & cards flown on 1924 LZ126 (Luftshiff Z.R.3) flight to NYC with various German frankings (1 card without NYC receiving cds) including 5 originating from other cities than Friedrichshafen. (LZ126 renamed USS Los Angeles); 3 1929 CATAPULT covers with proper cachets including (by German North Atlantic Catapult Flights catalog): 1 (K1) with German franking & 2 (K2) with USA stamps, one with Roessler cachet; 12 assorted inflation era covers/cards with various frankings including a couple registered; 1930 First Flight ‘BOBLINGEN FLUGHAFEN’ to Barcelona, Spain with red flight label on front and 2 boxed handstamps & Barcelona cds on back; group of 6 WWI picture postcards of soldiers/nurses; color picture postcard of dirigible over artillery battalion (scrape on front); 1860 stampless letter Germany to Philadelphia (faults). Interesting assortment. Overall fine to very fine, except as noted. 2370 1923-45 WWII PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS ......... $1000-1500 Collection of 47 Hitler related picture and propaganda postcards. None showing Hitler, but his birthplace, his father's house, etc, includes 'Braune Haus' in Munich, Braunau Am Inn and Leonding, plus others. Interesting offering. Fresh, very fine material. 2371 1923-89 PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS ................... $1500-2000 Collection of approximately 70 picture postcards, used and unused, nearly all with images of Hitler, including Hitler with children, soldiers and crowds of people, paintings and drawings of Hitler, and more. Some minor duplication, but generally with different slogan and propaganda markings on back, fresh, very fine throughout. Worth a look, lots of worthwhile material, many with retail values of $50 or more. 2372 1933-39 HITLER PROPAGANDA CARDS .............. $1000-1500 Collection of 51 mostly different Hitler and Hitler-related items, unused or with corresponding special cancels, including Braun Haus in Munich, 'Ehrentempels' in Munich and various other important buildings, such as Braunau Am Inn and Leonding (Hitler's birth place and childhood home), Berchtesgaden, old and new Reich chancellery in Berlin, Ordensburg Vogelsand, and others. Fresh, very fine material, interesting and worthwhile group. Individual retail values to $50 or more. (800) 782-0066 • www.RegencySuperior.com Page 206 FOREIGN-COVERS.pmd 1923-39 HITLER PROPAGANDA PICTURE POSTCARDS ........................................................... $1000-1500 Collection of 48 picture postcards in a cover binder, nearly all with B&W images of Hitler, many of him as Chancellor, through his days as Fuhrer, a few with images relating to Hitler, such as his father or his father's grave. Mostly unused, but some franked with Third Reich adhesives (including Michel #846 I plate flaw, CV €€140 for used single). Minor duplication, fresh, very fine material, many scarce items with individual retail values of $50 or more. – GERMANY – 2367 1942 ‘DAS SOVIET PARADIES’ ANTI-BOLSHEVIK EXHIBITION CARDS ............................................ PH $250-350 206 10/2/2013, 7:42 PM Regency-Superior

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