Germany – BalkanPhila

1916 Germany Leipzig Censored to Son in Law Ottoman Sultan

Kemal Giray — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:36:08 +0000

Germany: 1916 (14 October). Cover addressed to Staff Captain Ismail Hakki (Okday), son-in-law of the Ottoman Sultan, tied by Leipzig datestamps, Istanbul censor cachet and red rosette censor label. Reverse Istanbul and Galata transit and Arnavutköy – Arnaoud-Keui arrival cds’s and German military censor cachet.

1917 Germany Leipzig Censored to Son in Law Ottoman Sultan

Kemal Giray — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:23:44 +0000

Germany: 1917 (23 April). Cover addressed to Staff Captain Ismail Hakki (Okday), son-in-law of the Ottoman Sultan, tied by Leipzig datestamps, red censor mark and Arnavutköy – Arnaoud-Keui arrival cds. reverse 27 April Istanbul cancellation. Cover sent by a prominent philatelist Albert Friedemann.

1896 Germany 5pf Picture Stationery Hoffman’s Starke Cat

Kemal Giray — Mon, 18 May 2026 16:00:48 +0000

Germany: 1895 5pf ‘Hoffmann’s Starke’ illustrated card of a cat licking its paw fine used from Leipzig to Oelsnitz.

1896 Germany 5pf Picture Stationery Hoffman’s Starke

Kemal Giray — Mon, 18 May 2026 15:58:13 +0000

Germany: 1896 5pf illustrated stationery card ‘Hoffmann’s Starke’ with image of young girl and cat, used from Leipzig to Cologne; some slight staining.

1881 Germany 10pf Advertising Letter Sheet to Berlin

Kemal Giray — Mon, 18 May 2026 15:55:47 +0000

Germany: 1881 10pf advertising letter sheet with fine range of adverts with ten illustrated, in very fine used condition, used from Leipzig to Berlin

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.