ORCOEXPO Stamp Show Auction ORCOEXPO Stamp Show Auction Jan. 2014 | Page 177

Session III: Sunday, January 19, 2014 Estimate Estimate 2970 2967 2972X 2971X Session III: Sunday, January 19, 2014 2968 Estimate 1933-40 HITLER-RELATED SELECTION (7 COVERS) ................................ View photo online $200-300 Estimate 2971 Seven covers, three domestic covers addressed to Adolph Hitler, and four covers from his Chancellery. One small cover addressed to Hitler with franked with 3pf brown slightly wrapped over top and light toning lower right, otherwise very fine, the other two franked with 12pf stamps, very fine; all four Chancellery covers sent free, three with meter slogan postmarks, one with handstamp postmark, all very fine. 2969 2970 1937 ‘BLINDENSCHRIFT’ COVER W/ENCLOSURE ......................................................... PH 2972 $500 Mail for the blind franked at correct 3pf rate, stamp tied with 10/2/37 Wernigerude cds. ‘Blindenschrift’ (‘Blind Writing’) straight line handstamp at top, enclosed letter in braille, tiny tear at top, otherwise very fine. These are extremely scarce. OrcoExpo 2014 • Anaheim, California Covers 02.pmd 175 $500 Four covers and a parcel card franked with 9 Hitler Heads, each with private perfins. One cover oversized (10"x13"), red printed address and instructions including ‘Bahnhofsbrief!’ at top, franked with 20pfr blue pair perfins tied with oval 1942 ‘Berlin-Wurzburg Bahnpost postmark; parcel card franked with Hitler 1rm & 5pf singles, ‘KB’ (Kaut-Bullinger) perfins; one cover from Austria to Portugal franked with Hitler 20pf & 5pf singles, ‘W.M.’ (Werner Weltmode return address handstamp on back) perfins; two other domestic covers with perfins identifiable by printed return address lower left. Very fine and scarce group. 1935-36 FOUR ‘POSTWURFSENDUNG’ (HOUSEHOLDER MAIL) COVERS ..................................................... View photo online $150-250 Four Postwurfsendung covers, what we today call ‘junk mail’, each franked with 1pf meter stamp and with printed address. All very fine. Scarce items. 1942-44 COVERS & CARDS FRANKED W/ PRIVATE PERFINS .................................................... PH 1944 COVER FROM BRANDENBURG PENITENTIARY ......................................................... PH $150 Cover from Brandenburg Penitentiary franked with 12pf Hitler tied with 8/16/44 Brandenburg (Havel) cds, to Bohemia, with censored letter enclosure, address label strip removed, otherwise very fine. Very scarce item. Stamps & Postal History Page 175 11/27/2013, 3:44 PM