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  • Lot# : 1770 Austria

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    Austrian Naval Forces 1839/1913: The collection of pre Great War covers/cards/telegrams (50+), with 1839 entire regarding the Naval Arsenal at Venice with details of payments due to 800 men of the 9th Feldlager Battalion, 1868 cover franked 1867 5 kr. used from Sternberg to Pola addressed with framed "S.M.S. FREGATTE / VENUS" arrival handstamp on reverse, 1888 card from "SMS Schwarzenberg" at Pola with violet cachet, 1894 cover from Pola to "SMS Andreas Hofer" large arrival cachet in violet, 1891 registered cover from Triest to "SMS Pola" with superb arrival cachet in black, 1896 Telegram from Teodo to Pola with violet "S.M.Schiff Donau" circular cachet, 1901 Boxer War cards ex Cruiser "SMS Maria Theresia" with black or blue cachets, 1903 cards from SMS ZENTA mailed from Cape of Good Hope and Brazil, 1904 rare cover with Hungary Torul 10 f. mailed to German P.O. in Peking with arrival cds and "K u K GESANDTSCHAFTS / WACHDETACHEMENT / PEKING" datestamp (May 12) in black and another 1906 cover with similar PEKING datestamp of despatch; 1909 card with 5 h. with "S.M. Schiff Aspern" cachet in violet, "K und K Kriegsmarine / Erzherzog Ferdinand Max" datestamps on cards (3) mailed from Volos or Smyrna and an 1883 Telegram from the Battleship, 1901 Boxer War cover from "SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth" with violet cachet, 1902 postcard with Ceylon 6 c. mailed from "SMS Kaiser Karl VI" from Colombo and a second card mailed from Japan with 5 h. adhesive, 1903 card ex Constantinople with "K.u.K. Kommando SMS / TAURUS" cachet in violet, May 1914 card from Japan with "K UND K KREIGSMARINE / SMS KAISERIN ELISABETH" cds tying 5 h. green, 1908 card from Osaka, Japan with 5 h. tied by similar "Franz Josef I" datestamp, 1911 card mailed with 5 h. with "SMS LACROMA" cachet in blue, 1912 card from Corinth with 5 h. cancelled "Maria Theresia" cds in blue, 1912 cover with two 5 h. tied by Crusier "SZIGETVAR" and 1913 card used with same cds mailed at Constantinople, 1912 cover with Hungary Torul 10 f. tied by Battleshiop "K u K KRIEGSMARINE / S.M.S. ZRINYI" datestamp in violet, 1916 Chinese receipt with circular "K.u.k. Marinedetachement / Tientsin" cachet in red. A fine collection with much ancillary material incl. a range of usages on piece, photographs, postcards of ships and documents. Ex collection Keith Tranmer.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF