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| Sale number: 40 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Early Letters: 1908 (July 18) Wreck of the S.S. ''Aeon'' at Christmas Island, a large cover from the New York agency of the Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd, sent from Wall Street on June 27 and addressed to New Zealand, showing fine strike of two line cachet in red ''DAMAGED IN WRECK/OF S.S. AEON'' and parts of two New Zealand Officially Sealed labels on reverse the adhesives unsurprisingly missing. A rare and attractive item, very little mail from the wreck having been salvaged. R.P.S. certificate (2004). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 124 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Early Letters: 1895 (Mar.) envelope from Paul Dolch on Butaritari to a relative in Meissen, Germany, showing his framed handstamp ''P. Dolch/Butaritari/Gilbert Islands/Pacific Ocean'' in blue on reverse, taken by ship to Sydney where New South Wales 21/2d. and 5d. were added and cancelled ''697'' barred ovals with Walton Street Mar. 25 1895 c.d.s. alongside. Reverse shows same day Sydney and Apr. 29 arrival datestamps, some creasing and slightly stained, the cover a little foreshortened at left. Paul Dolch had been shipwrecked on Butaritari in 1887 and had become the harbour master, piloting ships within the lagoon. He returned to Germany but came back to Butaritari with wife Joahnna, settling on the atoll until around 1905. Photo. Price Realised £1150 |
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| Sale number: 124 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Early Letters: 1895 (June) envelope from Paul Dolch on Butaritari to his father-in-law in Meissen, Germany, showing a lighter strike of his framed handstamp ''P. Dolch/Butaritari/Gilbert Islands/Pacific Ocean'' in blue on reverse, endorsed ''pr S/S Oruba'' and taken to Sydney where New South Wales 21/2d. cancelled by Sydney June 24 duplex, with ''JUSTUS SCHARF/24 JUN. 95/SYDNEY'' double oval, in blue, three line ''Butaritari Station/der/Jaluit Gesellschaft'' in violet, and July 29 arrival on reverse, the cover very slightly trimmed at left. Paul Dolch had been shipwrecked on Butaritari in 1887 and had become the harbour master, piloting ships within the lagoon. He returned to Germany but came back to Butaritari with wife Joahnna, settling on the atoll until around 1905. In 1949, aged 84, Frau Johanna Dolch (née Busse) claimed that only three letters were sent to the Busse family from Butaritari. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 124 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Early Letters: 1896 envelope from Paul Dolch to a relative in Meissen, Germany, with ms. endorsement ''Absender Paul Dolch/Butaritari/Gilbert Islands'' on reverse, sent via the German Marshall Islands with Reichspost 20pf. added cancelled by ''JALUIT/MARSCHALL/INSELN/18 2/96'' c.d.s. with Sydney Mar. 12 transit and Apr. 20 arrival datestamps on reverse, the cover trimmed at foot and with repaired tears. Carried to Europe on the ''Cuzco''. Paul Dolch had been shipwrecked on Butaritari in 1887 and had become the harbour master, piloting ships within the lagoon. He returned to Germany but came back to Butaritari with wife Joahnna, settling on the atoll until around 1905. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 124 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Early Letters: 1898 envelope from E. Lossner of the Jaluit Gesellschaft to his wife in Dresden, with ms. endorsement ''via Jaluit'', sent via the German Marshall Islands and franked at five times normal rate by Reichspost 50pf. horizontal pair added and cancelled by ''JALUIT/MARSCHALL/INSELN/28 2/98'' c.d.s. with Sydney Mar. 19 transit and Apr. 23 arrival datestamps on reverse, the cover with flap missing and foreshortened at left. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 124 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Early Letters: 1899 envelope from Paul Dolch on Butaritari to his mother-in-law in Meissen, Germany, showing his framed handstamp ''P. Dolch/Butaritari/Gilbert Islands/Pacific Ocean'' in blue on reverse, sent via the German Marshall Islands where 1897 ''Marschall-Inseln'' overprint 20pf. added and cancelled by ''JALUIT/MARSCHALL/INSELN/2 2/99'' c.d.s. with additional strike alongside and Apr. 23 arrival datestamps on reverse. Paul Dolch had been shipwrecked on Butaritari in 1887 and had become the harbour master, piloting ships within the lagoon. He returned to Germany but came back to Butaritari with wife Joahnna, settling on the atoll until around 1905. In 1949, aged 84, Frau Johanna Dolch (née Busse) claimed that only three letters were sent to the Busse family from Butaritari. Photo. Price Realised £750 |
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| Sale number: 124 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Early Letters: 1905 envelope from a German missionary of the Sacred Heart Mission in Abaiang (ms. endorsement on flap) to the Deutsche Seewarte institute in Hamburg, Germany, bearing Deutsches Reich 10pf. tied by ''DEUTSCHE SEEPOSTR/JALUIT-/LINIE/22/9/05'' c.d.s. in violet and with Nov. 4 arrival datestamp on reverse. Photo. Price Realised £800 |
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| Sale number: 124 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Early Letters: 1906 (Sept.) real photographic picture postcard of tramline ''ON THE LINE/OCEAN I.'', sent by George ''Will'' Cozens, to Northern Wairoa, New Zealand, with personal message dated ''20-9-06'', bearing New South Wales 1/2d. and 1d. cancelled by Oct. 15 1905 Sydney duplex. In 1892 Cozens had been the sole passenger on board the brigantine ''Ryno'' wrecked off Flint Island in in 1892, leaving him and the crew shipwrecked on the island. After the discovery of rich guano deposits on Ocean Island George William Washington Cozens of the Pacific Islands Company and Capt. Peter Theet had been employed to supervise the building of deep sea moorings and jetties. In 1907 Cozens was appointed mooring superintendent at Ocean Island, a position he held until 1920. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
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| Sale number: 124 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Early Letters: 1906 (Dec.) coloured picture postcard of the ''Postdampfer Germania'' with missionary's message in German on picture side headed ''Butaritari 20/12/06'', addressed to the Sacred Heart Mission in Rome with New South Wales 1/2d. and 1d. cancelled by Jan. 29 1907 Sydney duplex overstruck by Mar. 27 1908 arrival c.d.s. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
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| Sale number: 124 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Early Letters: 1908 envelope from Tarawa to Charlottenburg, Germany, with sender's endorsement on flap ''Abs. Loucke Tarawa/Gilbert-Inseln/über Australien'', bearing Marshall Islands 1901 10pf. tied by fine ''DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/JALUIT/LINIE11/11 B/08'' c.d.s. with ''16 12/08'' arrival backstamps. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
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| Sale number: 124 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Early Letters: 1909 (May) Caroline Islands 10pf. stationery card to Capt. Teschke in Ponape, with message in German headed ''Butaritari I. 1 Mai 1909'', cancelled by fine ''DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/JALUIT-/LINIE/15 5 b/09'' c.d.s. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
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| Sale number: 124 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Early Letters: 1910 (Feb.) Deutsches Reich 10pf. stationery card to Michigan, U.S.A. headed ''S.S. Germania/Feb. 20th 10'', cancelled by fine ''DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/JALUIT-/LINIE/21 2 b/10'' c.d.s., ''Am just coming back from two months, mostly in the Gilbert Islands.'' Photo. Price Realised £190 |
