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| Id/Pic | Title/Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
USA Farley Imperf Cover to Braunschweig Brunswick Germany |
US$19 | |
Single franking of 30c Prexie Theodore Roosevelt on airmail cover via Clipper to Basel, Switzerland via Rome and Lisbon. |
US$29 | |
Cover sent from WWII Turku, Finland to the USA, with Finnish censors and red-violet handstamp 'Par Service Aerien Transatlantique Europe-Stats-Unis'; a bit worn, as per scan. |
US$39 | |
"There are many roads to Rome but all of them are undermined" - AI-125a-5-44, double-sided English-language leaflet dropped over Allied troops in Italy 1944-45, saying that all the promises made by the Allies about a quick advance have not come true and there is still a long and deadly path ahead. The AI in the coding stands for "Propaganda Abschnitts Offizier Italien" and indicates that the leaflet was used in Italy. Ca 5x3.5 inches. |
US$99 | |
"There's no way like the American Way" - AI-070a-5-44 dropped over Allied troops in Italy 1944-45. The "American Way" will sooner or later lead the soldier to his death, with picture of dead GI in a gas mask. The AI in the coding stands for "Propaganda Abschnitts Offizier Italien" and indicates that the leaflet was used in Italy. Ca 5.5x2.5 (postcard sized). |
US$89 | |
"I fought in Italy, too..." - AI-067a-5-44 dropped over Allied troops in Italy 1944-45. Double-sided English leaflet with story about a British soldier that has fallen for his country in Italy, but that his sacrifice and that of countless other soldiers was "of no avail!". The AI in the coding stands for "Propaganda Abschnitts Offizier Italien" and indicates that the leaflet was used in Italy. Ca 5.5x2.5 (postcard sized). |
US$89 | |
"The Cassino debacle" - AI-058a-3-44, dropped over Allied troops in Italy 1944-45. A double sided leaflet featuring the skull of a British soidler leaking blood with English text saying that Monte Cassino is still in German hands. AI-058 was the larger version to be dropped by airplane and AI-058a is the smaller version to be delivered by V1, though in the event the V1's weren't deployed in Italy. The AI in the coding stands for "Propaganda Abschnitts Offizier Italien" and indicates that the leaflet was used in Italy. Ca 5x3.5 inches. |
US$99 | |
"NETTUNO - Your Grave?" - AI-061-4-44, double-sided English-language leaflet dropped over Allied troops in Italy 1944-45, saying that the German troops have defended Cassino against every attack and that Nettuno is also well defended. The AI in the coding stands for "Propaganda Abschnitts Offizier Italien" and indicates that the leaflet was used in Italy. Small tears. ca 15x21cm. |
US$149 | |
"There are many roads to Rome but all of them are undermined" - AI-125-5-44, double-sided English-language leaflet dropped over Allied troops in Italy 1944-45, saying that all the promises made by the Allies about a quick advance have not come true and there is still a long and deadly path ahead. The AI in the coding stands for "Propaganda Abschnitts Offizier Italien" and indicates that the leaflet was used in Italy. ca 15x21cm. |
US$119 | |
"There are many roads to Rome but all of them are undermined" - AI-045-3-44, double-sided English-language leaflet dropped over Allied troops in Italy 1944-45, a poem of a GI wanting to go home "this God-forsaken foxhole is a substitute for hell." The AI in the coding stands for "Propaganda Abschnitts Offizier Italien" and indicates that the leaflet was used in Italy. Small flaws. ca 15x21cm. |
US$99 | |
The complete set of 12 (plus variant) of the "Prisoners-of-War Get a Square Deal" propaganda leaflets. A nice set, but what makes it special are the several original Nazi press photographs from which the POW leaflets were taken -- in some cases altered, such as to remove the barbed-wire from the background. A difficult to assemble lot. |
US$999 | |
"The Cassino debacle" - AI-058-3-44, dropped over Allied troops in Italy 1944-45. A double sided leaflet featuring the skull of a British soidler leaking blood with English text saying that Monte Cassino is still in German hands. AI-058 is the larger version to be dropped by airplane and AI-058a is the smaller version to be delivered by V1. The AI in the coding stands for "Propaganda Abschnitts Offizier Italien" and indicates that the leaflet was used in Italy. ca 15x21cm. A bit chipped and worn, as per scan. |
US$129 | |
An original, period Real Photo (RPPC) postcard of the Wright brothers airplane flying past the Sphinx in Heliopolis, Egypt. |
US$99 | |
Great Real Photo RPPC of Valdez, Alaska volunteer firefighters testing their equipment; used, dated July 9, 1920. |
US$89 | |
Original stamp set for 1936 American / Canadian rocket mail flight. |
US$19 | |
Original stamp set for 1936 American / Canadian rocket mail flight. |
US$19 | |
Original stamp set for 1936 American / Canadian rocket mail flight. |
US$19 | |
Large, lavishly illustrated book (with a huge number of period photos) on the history of Clear Creek County, Colorado, the famous Western county that's the home of Georgetown, Silver Plume, and Idaho Springs -- some of the richest mining towns in the history of the United States. Covers the history of the town, mines, businesses and has a huge section covering individual families. If the history of Colorado mining is your area of interest, this is a must-have book. Or -- if you need a boat anchor -- this puppy is big and heavy. 451 pages plus a 48 page index. |
US$99 | |
One of the sensational "The Girl You Left Behind" series produced by the Germans to demoralize the Anglo-American troops in Italy in 1944, showing the forlorn girlfriend/wife being taken advantage of by the profiteers back at home. 3.5x5 inches. |
US$79 | |
US military OSS forgery of the WWII Hitler-head stamp in a full sheet. CV EUR1750. |
US$849 | |
Schencks Mandrake Pills box with original packaging. Perfect ancillary material for Match and Medicine collection; with a label on the circular wrapper of a very similar design to the private die revenue, but without a value. |
US$229 | |
The American Air Mail Society's publciation of O'Sullivan's The Pioneer Airplane Mails of the United States. New, still in shrink wrap. |
US$49 | |
Real photo of the German American Bund (An American arm of the Nazi party) with American Hitler Youth under the flags of the USA, the German Empire, and the Third Reich. A bit unusual, to say the least. Sent from Buffalo (The German-American Bund's home) to Germany. Reverse of the card is signed with a bunch of strange slogans, such as 'Friends of the New Germany', a hand-drawn swastika under "Kraft durch Freude" (Strength through Joy, a Nazi slogan and NSDAP travel agency). An odd, one-of-a-kind souvenir of the misguided use of political freedom. |
US$649 | |
Street Horses Carts Real Photo North Manchester Indiana 1903 (or 1908) Very rare real photo street scene picturing grocery 'CF Smith The Leading Grocer' with two of his delivery horse and carts (nice advertising visible) used, and except for some minor cancel bleed-through, in absolutely pristine condition. |
US$249 | |
Like-new copy of the 4th Quarter 1992 issue of this valuable research magazine. Includes good articles on the 1869 Pictorial issues, along with the 1893 and 1992 Columbian issues, including the printing quantities of the original (1893) Columbians by denomination and month. For example, in April of 1894 there were 9,465 $5 Columbians printed. This nowdefunct magazine had information that was difficult or impossible to find elsewhere. |
US$12 | |
POW cover from a German Africa Corp member being held in the US camp in Trinidad, Colorado. Instead of the usual postage free usage (required for POWs as per the Geneva Convention) this has a 30c Theodore Roosevelt Presidential series stamp attached to pay for airmail service to Germany. Item bears both US and German censors. The sender was with Panzergrenadier-Regiment 361 (Afrika-Regiment), a unit destroyed at Tunis. The 'Africa Regiment' was established with former French Legionnaires. |
US$129 |
