Ended on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 2:30 AM.

Kanada: 1944, Canada 2c + 3c KGVI war paying the 5c UPU rate to Switzerland tied by „EDMONTON March

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Start of the sale:
Monday, September 16, 2019 at 1:48 PM
Item n°838047565
Sale ends:
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 2:30 AM
Lot:
#10485
Catalog:
45. Christoph Gärtner Auction - 15. October 2019 - Single lots Overseas & Europe

1944, Canada 2c + 3c KGVI war paying the 5c UPU rate to Switzerland tied by „EDMONTON March 30 1944“ cds- letter addressed to "INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS COMMITTEE, GENEVA SWITZERLAND. Red circle German censor marking Ax (A Auslandsprüfstelle, X Paris Commission - France censure) alongside red "COUPON RÉPONSE" which would have probably contained a request for the address of a Canadian P.O.W in Germany along with an International Reply Coupon to pay the postage for the answer. Label „Examined by Censor DB / C 80“. The combination of the Ax censor marking with the „COUPON-REPONSE“ HANDSTAMP NOT MENTIONED IN THE HORST LANDSMANN HANDBOOK (Censorship of Civil Mail in Germany in World War II).Very fine and scarce.

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Christoph Gärtner made his hobby into his profession. He started in 1984 and within two decades the Gärtner GmbH developed into a world leading mail order house for postal stationery and became a specialist for thematics and postal history.
In april 2005 the idea to build a place where collectors, customers and investors from all over the world could meet, was realized.
Since that time both, the Mail Order House and Auction House Gärtner, have been united on 2.700 m2 in the easy accessible building owned by Christoph Gärtner.
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Kanada: 1944, Canada 2c + 3c KGVI war paying the 5c UPU rate to Switzerland tied by „EDMONTON March

Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG