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  • Lot# : 1780 Austria

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    Austrian Navy / Submarines 1914/1918: The collection of U-Boat Mail with covers/cards (60), with 1915 card with hand-drawn greetings from Submarine No. U-3 on reverse and Depot ship "S.M.S. PELIKAN" cds, 1916 card with "Unterseeboot 5" cachet in red (this commanded by Captain von Trapp of "Sound of Music" fame until Oct 1915) and a similar 1915 usage from "Unterseeboot 6" also in red, 1916 Feldpost card with violet circular cachet "S.M. Unterseeboot 4" in violet, 1916 autographed photograph sent as card with "U-Bootsgruppen Kommando" cachet in violet mailed via SMS Monarch, 1917 cover and card with "Marine Feldpostamt / Pola" cds's and handstamped "K. u. K. U-Bootstation Pola" straight line cachets in blue or violet, 1916 circular cachets of same with Austrian Arms in blue, 1917 card with straight "S.M.S. Unterseeboot 10" cachet in red sent via SMS Teodo aand a 1916 card from a crew member, 1916 cover and card from captured French sub "Curie" with circular red "Unterseeboot XIV" cachet in red (from October 1915 commanded by Capt. Von Trapp until May 1918), 1917 card with violet straight line cachet from "S.M.U. XIV", 1916 and 1918 cards from U-Boat No. 15 with different cachets, card from Sebenico with U-Boat No. 17 cachets in red and violet, 1918 card from Pola with U-Boat No. 21 cachet in violet, 1918 card from Pola with U-Boat No. 22 cachet in red, 1918 Red Cross card with U-Boat No. 28 cachet in violet and a card to a crew member, 1917 cards (2) from U-Boat No. 31 with violet and red cachets, 1918 registered Official cover from Pola handstamped "S.M.U. 32" in red and a card with this cachet in violet; 1916 card from S.M.S.U. No 35 with violet cachet of the Captain (and signed by him) with red Censor; 1918 card from U-Boat No. 43 from Pola, 1918 card from the "Submarine Search Flotilla" ex Pola, cards (4) from German submarine serving with Austrians as U-Boat No. 33 with "Marine / Schiffspost / No. 204" datestamps; Censored cover and card from German "Marine / Schiffspost / No. 98" (rare) and cards (3) with K.D.M.S.P. 64, 1917 card from U-Boat No. 48 (sunk in 1918) etc. A fabulous collection, together with a wealth of information on the subject, postcards (the U-Boat commanders were deemed to be the 'stars' of the War by the Austrian public), photographs and ephemera. Ex collection Keith Tranmer.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF