Germany – BalkanPhila

1892 Germany Garding 10pf Postal Card to Mauritius

Kemal Giray — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:34:56 +0000

Germany: 1892 (5/10) 10pf stationery card from Garding to Port Louis, Mauritius with index A initial arrival of 10/11, framed ‘envelope’ Carrier date stamp of same date plus a final Mahebourg arrival of following day; some slight tones, a full message on reverse.

1895 Germany Borgholzhausen 10pf Postal Card RETOUR to Suriname

Kemal Giray — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:23:41 +0000

Germany: 1895 (1/4) 10pf stationery card used to Para, Suriname with Borgholzhausen despatch cds, large stright-line RETOUR applied on arrival with red on white U.P.U. label ‘NON RECLAME/ nao reclamado’ tied by return arrival of 17/12, reverse with outward Lisboa transit (5.4.), transit backstamps.

1898 Germany Goerlitz 10pf Reply Postal Card to Paraguay

Kemal Giray — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:19:53 +0000

Germany: 1898 (3.3.) 10pf reply postal stationery card from Goerlitz to San Bernardino, Paraguay with two arrival date stamps of 3/Abr, returned the following day with San Bernandino date stamp, Paraguay Assuncion cds of same date and Gorlitz arrival of 6.5. The outward section with some stains, the card itself separated into two halves, a
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1888 Germany Kleinfurra 10pf Reply part Postal Card to Yokohama

Kemal Giray — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:17:39 +0000

Germany: 1888 (10/10) reply section of 10pf stationery card used from Kleinfurra to Yokohama, Japan, endorsed “Via New York – San Francisco” with ‘opera glass’ New York transit and San Francisco transit (Oct 25), not found or delivered and returned, small Yokohama cds of 24 Nov arriving back 13/1/89, blue manuscript charge has been partly
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1889 Germany 10pf + 10pf Postal Stationery Reply Card to Lausanne

Kemal Giray — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:15:55 +0000

Germany: 1889 10pf + 10pf intact postal stationery reply card used from Mainz to Lausanne, Switzerland with oval Franke-Mainz-Strassb ZUG 27 date stamp, Ambulant No 20 Swiss tpo and arrival backstamp, the reply section used back to Mainz with Lausanne cds, Basel transit and arrival cds, good condition with full messages.

1874 Germany 1/2g Postal Stationery Card to Frustenberg

Kemal Giray — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:54:25 +0000

Germany: 1874 (2 Decbr) 1/2Gr. postal stationery card to Frustenberg cancelled by good strike of Wesel horseshoe date stamp; fine condition.

1873 Germany Insufficiently Prepaid to Avignon

Kemal Giray — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:50:45 +0000

Germany: 1873 (30 April) entire to Avignon, France franked Large Shield 1Gr. and 2Gr. tied two Hamburg I.A. horseshoe date stamps, blue Paris transit and three-line ‘BOITE./ AFFRANCHISSEMENT/ INSUFFISANT.’, manuscript rates, reverse closed by three red seals, Paris transit and arrival cds; some heavy horizontal creasing.

1873 Germany Insufficiently Prepaid to London with certificate

Kemal Giray — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:43:16 +0000

Germany: 1873 (17/7) small envelope to London franked vertical pair 1Gr. Large Shield tied Berlin Post Exped cds, on arrival framed ‘Insufficiently/ prepaid’ handstamp applied with manuscript rate charge and circular MORE/ TO/ PAY handstamp, arrival backstamp, trimmed perfs at top of pair not detracting from fine appearance. With letter. Sommer Cert (2002)

1857 Germany entire Rostock to Bordeaux bahnpost

Kemal Giray — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:41:18 +0000

Germany: 1857 entire from Rostock to Bordeaux bearing two-ring ROSTOCK/BAHNPOST handstamp, red framed U.P.A.3eR. and blue French entry cds, reverse with Hamburg/Berlin tpo, Paris and Paris a Bordeaux transits plus arrival cds, manuscript rate markings; fine and clean.

1865 Germany Thurn Taxis 2kr Stationery Cut-out to Graefenthal

Kemal Giray — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:21:06 +0000

German States: THURN und TAXIS: 1865 (12/8) entire to Graefenthal franked by postal stationery 2Kr. yellow cut-out (Mi. GAA 13) tied four-ring numeral with Sonneberg cds alongside; fine and clean condition.