Germany - 1948 Soviet Zone Hand Overprints

Covers and Postal Stationery
 



APS # 51714

Jay T. Carrigan


(USA)


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Literature: "Bezirkshandstempelaufdruckmarken", Berlin, 1991
 
Important Notice:  Most of the lots in this sale are not my property and special terms will apply.  Lots numbered H0nn belong to me and the usual terms will apply, i.e. they are returnable for a full refund (including postage) up to one year from date of sale if found to be not as described.  Lots numbered H1nn are from the estate of a good friend.  Returns can only be accepted up to 4 months from the date of sale and refunds will be for purchase price only.  It will be appreciated if we are informed of your intent to have an item authenticated.
 

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No.

Description

Net Price

H101

Sold

3 Berlin 8 Type g? - Red 60 Pf. plus 10:1 on 2.7.48 local registered cover [exp. GPSy, but probably not genuine]

$10.00
H102

Sold

3 Berlin 17 Type d - attempted late usage (23.7.48), invalid stamps replaced by 24 Pf. SBZ [exp. GPSy]

$6.00
H103

Sold

3 Berlin 54 Type d? - 2 Pf. + 2 Pf. SBZ and a total of 6.0 Pf. (including 12 Pf. postal card) at 10:1 on 5.7.48 local post card [exp. GPSy] - pencil note on reverse: "text was probably inserted after the card had been mailed !"

$12.50
H104

Sold

3 Berlin-Oberschöneweide Type c - pair of 12 Pf., plus 3 Berlin-Weißensee 1 Type b - 10 Pf., apparent 3-way franking with 10:1 (15.8 Pf.) and SBZ (22 Pf.) - BUT - card postmarked 16.7.48 so HOPs were invalid, making the total valid franking only 37 Pf. versus the required 70 Pf. for a local registered card; however the amount of postage due (78 Pf.) does not compute.  Curiosity!  [exp. GPSy]

$12.50
H105
3 Berlin Bohnsdorf - the famous forgery on 45 Pf. postal card, addressed and cancelled (2.12.48 !!), no message [exp. Forgery / G. P. S.]

$5.00
H106
3 Berlin - 6 Pf. postal forgery on 10.7.48 printed matter cover, charged 9 Pf. postage due [not signed]

$15.00
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No.

Description

Net Price

H107

Sold

14 Dresden 1 a(?) - 8 Pf. CTO 1.7.48 on card [exp. GPSy]

$5.00
H008
14 Dresden 1 k - 6 Pf. + 10:1 on unaddressed 1.7.48 philatelic cover [exp. F.Müller]

$5.00
H109

Sold

14 Dresden 24 Type a - 24 Pf. single franking on 2.7.48 Behördenpost cover (official mail) [exp. Schmidt]

$20.00
H110
14 Dresden N25 u - 10 Pf. postal card (this die is only known on this card) [exp. Rank]

$80.00
H111
14 Bautzen 1 d - 12 Pf. strip of 7 on oversize 25.6.48 registered cover, vertical fold [exp. Hall / Fl]

$30.00
H112
14 Freiberg (probably Freiberg 1 Type a) - 6 Pf. single franking on 3.7.48 cover, Dresden postmark [exp. Hall / Fl]

$10.00

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No.

Description

Net Price

H113

Sold

16 Erfurt 1 Types a, d, g & 16 Erfurt 6 - 76 Pf. HOP franking on 2.7.48 local registered cover, flap missing [exp Hall / v.H]

$25.00
H114
16 Erfurt 1 Type g - 6, 20 and 50 Pf. on 27.6.48 (Sunday!) local registered cover [exp. GPSy]

$20.00
H115

Sold

16 Erfurt 1 Type g - similar cover but with vertical fold and return address cut from back [exp. Schmidt]

$12.50
H116

Sold

16 Erfurt 1 a - 9 copies of 10 Pf. on 28.6.48 cover postmarked Arnstadt, inverted overprints in bottom row of block, endorsed "Rückschein" [exp. GPSy, probably backdated cancels]

$10.00
H117

Sold

16 Gera 4 Type h - 24 Pf. attempted late use (14.7.48), charged 36 Pf. postage due [exp. GPSy]

$12.50
H118
16 Jena 1 Type k - 24 Pf. single franking on 26.6.48 cover [exp. Hall / Fl]

$12.50
H119

Sold

16 Katzhütte - 50, 30, 20 and 10 Pf. on 9.7.48 registered cover from Saalfeld to US, New York and Jackson Heights backstamps [exp. GPSy, but the overprints are probably postal forgeries]

$12.50
H120

Sold

16 Weida Types a & b - 2 Pf. red overprint plus 8, 20, 30 and 40 Pf. black overprints plus 8.1 Pf. at 10:1 on 25.6.48 double weight registered cover [exp. Hall / v.H, Schmidt, GPSy]

$40.00
H121

Sold

16 Weida Type b - 15 Pf. block of 4 plus 24.0 Pf. in 10:1 on 25.6.48 registered cover [exp. GPSy]

$110.00
H122
16 Weimar 1 Type a? - late usage of 12 Pf. plus 12.0 Pf. at 10:1 on 12.7.48, not charged postage due [exp. Heweker]

$12.50
H123

Sold

16 Weimar 1 Type d? - 2 x 8 Pf. on 6.7.48 cover, very weak strikes [exp. Schmidt]

$10.00
H124

Sold

16 ? (OK, I give up.  I can't identify the die) - 12 Pf. with 3 x 10 Pf. at 10:1 on 25.6.48 cover (underfranked for Geschäftspapier rate) [exp. Schmidt]

$5.00

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No.

Description

Net Price

H125

Sold

20 Bitterfeld Type b - 24 Pf. single franking on 8.7.48 cover, tear in top margin [exp. Schmidt]

$10.00
H026
20 Dessau 1 - 10 Pf. + SBZ on 6.7.48 local cover [exp. GPSY-HOP]

$20.00
H127
20 Dessau 1 f - 12 Pf plus 10:1 (10 & 30 Pf.) on 8.7.48 double weight local cover [exp. Heweker]

$12.50
H128
20 Dessau 1 f - late use of pair of 6 Pf. on 12.7.48 post card, apparently accepted without postage due (message dated 8.7.48) [exp. GPSy]

$12.50
H129
20 Halle 1 Type d - 16 Pf. single franking on 2.7.48 local cover [exp. Hall / Fl]

$15.00 
H130
20 Halle 1 Types d & g - 6 (d) + 84 (g) on 9.7.48 local registered cover, overfranked for single weight but underfranked for double weight [exp. GPSy]

 $30.00
H031
20 Halle 2 Type h - 16 Pf. single franking on 3.7.48 local cover [exp. Hall / Fl]

$15.00
H132
20 Halle 2 Type m - 24 Pf. single franking on 3.7.48 cover [exp. Hall / Fl]

 $12.50
H033
20 Merseburg Type b - 12 Pf. postal card, philatelic usage on 3.7.48 (poem printed on reverse) [exp. Hall / Fl]

$75.00
H134

Sold

20 Naumburg Types a & b - 5 values totaling 84 Pf. on 10.7.48 (last day) registered cover, no backstamp [exp. Schmidt]

$60.00
H135
20 Naumburg Type b - 24 Pf. single franking on 2.7.48 cover [exp. GPSy]

 $12.50
H136

Sold

20 Naumburg Type b - 80 Pf. and 20 Naumburg (Saale) 1 a - 6 Pf. on registered 10.7.48 (last day) cover, not backstamped [exp. Schmidt]

$10.00
H137
20 Stendal 1 Type b? - 12 Pf. on old 12 Pf. postal card, 6.7.48 [exp. Schmidt]

$12.50
H038
20 Weißenfels Type b - late use of 24 Pf. on 11.7.48 (Sunday!), not charged postage due [exp. GPSy]

$15.00
H139
20 Wittenberg g - 12 Pf. postal card [not signed]

 $6.00

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No.

Description

Net Price

H140

Sold

27 Leipzig 1 Type a - pair of 12 Pf. (one damaged) on 5.7.48 cover [exp. Schmidt]

$10.00
H041
27 Leipzig 1 Type a - 12 Pf. strip of 4 on 10.7.48 (last day) double rate cover [exp. F.BERGER and GPSy]

$18.00
H142
27 Leipzig 1 Type a - 10 Pf. + 15 Pf. on underfranked 28.6.48 post card to New York, tear and crease at right (price based on used 15 Pf. - Michel €50.--) [exp. GPSy]

$18.00
H143

Sold

27 Leipzig 1 Type b - 24 Pf single franking on 6.7.48 cover [exp. GPSy]

$16.00
H144

Sold

27 Leipzig 2 Type b - 2 + 10 Pf. on 6.7.48 commemorative card [exp. Hall / Fl]

$8.00
H045

Sold

27 Leipzig 14 Type a - pair of 45 Pf. numerals + SBZ on 9.7.48 registered cover [exp. W.F.]

$100.00
H146

Sold

27 Aue (Sachs) c - 20 Pf. attempted late usage (12.7.48), charged 36 Pf. postage due [exp. GPSy]

$6.00
H147
27 Hainichen - 12 Pf. postal card [not signed, probable forgery]

$3.00

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No.

Description

Net Price

H148

Sold

29 Salzwedel Type a - 5 copies of 80 Pf. on 29.6.48 package card clip [exp. Schmidt]

$50.00
H149
2° Köthen 1 d - Forgery of 10 Pf. Numeral postal card [Dealer's mark Dr. K. Blumel on reverse]

$3.00
H150
2° Köthen 1 d - Forgery of 12 Pf. Gray Numeral postal card [Dealer's mark Dr. K. Blumel on reverse]

$3.00
H151
2° Köthen 1 d - Forgery of 12 Pf. Red Numeral postal card [Dealer's mark Dr. K. Blumel on reverse]

$3.00
H152

Sold

2° Köthen 2 Land - 12. Pf. on 10.7.48 (last day) post card, corner torn [not signed]

$5.00
H053

Sold

2° Raguhn - 2, 10 & 20 Pf. on 6.7.48 cover, marked as forgery ! [by Dr. Böheim BPP; formerly exp. as genuine by Hall / Fl]

$8.00

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No.

Description

Net Price

H154
36 Caputh - 12 Pf. postal card [not signed, probable forgery]

$3.00
H155
36 Caputh - 12 Pf. postal card [not signed, probable forgery]

$3.00
H156

Sold

36 Eichwalde c - 24 Pf. plus 3 Berlin-Köpenick 1 - 24 & 60 Pf. and 3 Berlin Köpenick a? - 80 Pf. on 3.7.48 double weight registered express cover to Berlin (note on reverse states that express mail service to Berlin was not possible during the currency reform) [exp. Schmidt, but may not be signable today]

$16.00
H157

Sold

36 Michendorf - 12 Pf. postal card, unused [exp. Schmidt, but believed to be a forgery]

$6.00
H158

Sold

36 Oranienburg a - Fantasy cover (7.7.48, front only) with HOPs, SBZ, 10:1 and Posthorns (!),  [exp. Hall / Fl]

$6.00
H159
36 Potsdam 1 Type b? - 12 Pf. single franking on 1.7.48 folded post card [exp. Schmidt]

$15.00

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No.

Description

Net Price

H160

Sold

37 Schwerin - 2 Pf., and 37 Warnemünde - 12 Pf. on local registered, backstamped 10.7.48 (last day) fantasy cover with 33.9 Pf. at 10:1, 189 Pf. of SBZ overprints and 102 Pf of illegal Posthorn overprints ! [exp. GPSy]

$8.00

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Description

Net Price

H061
38 Greifswald Type a - 6 Pf. on famous Bundfuss Lottery cover (9.7.48), stamp overprinted while affixed to cover [not signed as usual]

$100.00

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Description

Net Price

H162

Sold

41 Bad Elster Type b - 24 Pf. von Stephan single franking on 24.6.48 cover with handstamp 'FIRST DAY COVER' [exp. GPSY-HOP]

$60.00
H163
41 Bad Elster Type b - 24 Pf von Stephan on 24.6.48 FDC [exp. GPSy]

$60.00
H164

Sold

41 Oelsnitz (Vogtl) Type b - 12 Pf. plus SBZ and 10:1, 3 way franking on a 10.7.48 (last day) COD package card clip [exp. GPSy]

$15.00
H165
41 Oberwiesenthal - Forged 24 Pf. Numeral fraudulently added to otherwise genuine (but underfranked) 9.7.48 censored cover to Austria with 10:1 franking [exp. Fraudulent / G. P. S.]

$5.00
H066

Sold

41 Plauen 1 Type a - 1 Mark on 25.6.48 cover to US stamp dealer [exp. GPSy]

$60.00
H167

Sold

41 Plauen 1 Type f - 6 + 84 Pf. and 2 Pf. SBZ on 6.7.48 double weight local registered cover [exp. Schmidt]

$35.00
H068

Sold

41 Rabenstein - 8 Pf. + 10:1 on unoverprinted 10 Pf. postal card (29.6.48), no message on reverse [exp. GPSY-HOP]

$20.00
H169

Sold

41 Zschopau - 24 Pf. single franking on 9.7.48 cover, postmarked Drebach [exp. Schmidt]

$15.00
H070

Sold

41 Zwickau 1 Type f - 2 Pf., plus Type e - pair of 25 Pf. (yellow) numerals + 10:1 on 25.6.48 local registered cover, backstamped 28.6.48 (!), some fading along right edge [exp. J. Heweker]

$65.00
H171
41 Zwickau - Forgery of 12 Pf. postal card [exp. Forgery / G. P. S.]

$3.00

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Description

Net Price

H172

Sold

3 Berlin N 4 e - 4 way franking with 20 Pf. HOP, 6 Pf. posthorn, 15 & 25 SBZ and 45 Pf. at 10:1 on 6.7.48 registered local post card, no message [exp. GPSy (card) and Busse BPP (stamp)]

$30.00
H173

Sold

3 Berlin 9 Type c - 12 Pf. plus 20 Pf. posthorn and a total of 44 Pf. at 10:1 (front & back) on properly franked 6.7.48 local registered cover [exp. GPSy]

$35.00
H074

Sold

 

3 Berlin 66 Type a - 12 Pf. postal card with additional SBZ and posthorn franking making the proper rate for a local registered post card, reverse blank except for backstamp, used in Berlin-Charlottenburg 7

$300.00
H075
3 Berlin-Köpenick 1 - 3-way cover with Posthorns and SBZ; 3 copies of 15 Pf. + 2 Pf. with both red and violet overprints, all with the rubber handstamp with the large '3', used in Berlin-Charlottenburg 5

$100.00
H176

Sold

 

14 Dresden illegible die - 40 Pf. plus 3 Berlin 8 Type k - 12 Pf. on 3 way 10.7.48 (last day) local registered card including 8 Pf. posthorn and 10 Pf. SBZ postal card, 11.7.48 (Sunday!) arrival postmark, no message [exp. GPSy, but more than likely a fabricated cover]

$50.00
H077
14 Görlitz 6 - 40 Pf. on philatelic 4-way express cover (HOP + SBZ + Posthorns + 10:1), used in Berlin-Schöneberg 1

$125.00
H178

Sold

36 Potsdam 1 Type c - 12 Pf. on 10.7.48 (last day) local(?) registered 4 way cover with 20 Pf. posthorn, 8 Pf. SBZ and 37.5 Pf. in 10:1 postage; flap missing and tape over address, open at top and bottom [HOP exp. Hall / Fl]

$10.00

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Terms: All prices are in U.S. Dollars.  Send email orders to .  Since most items are one-of-a-kind, you will be invoiced for those items not already sold.  Layaway plans and other extended payment arrangements are possible; please inquire when ordering.  

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  $2.00 - Rest of the world
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