"DEUTSCHE Feld-Flieger-ABT 300 Pascha" violet double circle bilingual cachet (Bale #M20) on "Real Photo" Picture Postcard of Aviation officers in the desert, probably Sinai. November 8, 1916, the only known postal item FLOWN INTO BEER SHIVA. Addressed to Germany. Exhibit item. Photo. Estimated Value $1000
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GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
Lot #: 742
PICTURE POSTCARD from soldier with the MACHINE GUN COMPANY 607 (violet handstamp), July 14, 1016, addressed to Germany. Corner bend. Photo. Estimated Value $250
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Start: $100
Lot #: 743
TWO PICTURE POSTCARDS, FIRST EXPEDITIONSKORPS, June and October, addressed to Germany, one with damage. Photo. Estimated Value $300
PPC MB
Start: $125
Lot #: 744
FELDPOSTKARTE Postcard, July 16, 1916, from a member of the German Machine Gun Company 606, stationed in Auja-El-Kafir, mailed to Germany via Austrian Field post in Beer Sheva, through Beyrouth, as indicated by the red Austro-Hungarian censor mark in Zemun. The only proven case where the KuK fieldpost has handles German mail in the Holy Land. Photo. Estimated Value $400
PC MB
Start: $200
Lot #: 745
JULY 21, 1916 Cover + Letter from the Military Health Depot 101, in Auja-el-Hafir, mailed from Beer Sheva to Berlin, with the only known UNIT OFFICE CACHET on the from of the envelope. Photo. Estimated Value $400
CVR MB
Start: $175
Lot #: 746
PICTURE POSTCARD July 29, 1916 from Beer Sheva, Machine Gun Company 602, addressed to Germany, Feldpost cancel. Large corner crease. Photo. Estimated Value $150
PPC MB
Start: $75
Lot #: 747
FELDPOSTKARTE July 29, 1916 from nurse Paula Koch in El-Arish, with Field Hospital 213, stationed there (Belonging to the 1st Expedition Corp headquartered in Beer Sheva, censor mark 35. Postcard mentions Bir Mezar (=Bir-ul-Mezar) in the Sinai desert. Photo. Estimated Value $400
PC MB
Start: $175
Lot #: 748
PICTURE POSTCARD of WILHELMA, written there on Aug. 6, 1916, addressed to an under-officer of the "Field Flight Detachment 300" in Beer Sheva, and sent via a courier to Beer Sheva (probably flown by a member of FFA 300). Redirected in Beer Sheva to "Convalescence Home, Jeruslame", and posted as fieldpost receiving "1st Expeditionary Corps, August 9, 1916 postmark of Beer Sheva. The ONLY KNOWN German Military Misson item addressed into Beer Sheva, and the ONLY KNOWN German Mil. Miss. REDIRECTED from Beer Sheva. Scarce. Photo. Estimated Value $450
PPC MB
Start: $200
Lot #: 749
EL ARISH Aug. 18,1916, Picture postcard written by a member of the "Special Well Drilling Unit", cancel of Feldpost/Mil. Miss. 1st Expeditionkorp in Beer Sheva, and mailed to Soldier in the Eastern Front (Russian Front), rare destination. Corner fold. Photo. Estimated Value $400
PPC MB
Start: $175
Lot #: 750
GERMAN FIELD Hospital "Feldlazarett 213" Located in Beer Sheva, dated August 23, 1916. Special censor markings. Photo. Estimated Value $350
PPC MB
Start: $175
Lot #: 751
GERMAN FIELD HOSPITAL "Feldlazarret 212" stationed in Beer Sheva, at "Pascha" base, May 15, 1916, with special violet handstamp. Photo. Estimated Value $300
PPC MB
Start: $125
Lot #: 752
SEPT. 2, 1916 PICTURE POSTCARD from Beer Sheva to Koln (Cologne) from a member of the "MINE TROWER DETACHMENT 350" (with violet handstamp), unusual. Photo. Estimated Value $400
PPC MB
Start: $175
Lot #: 753
CAR PARK 505 (Green handstamp) on cover from the driver of the First Expedition Corp. Headquarters in Constantinople, mailed Sept. 8, 1916 from Beer Sheva to Germany. Photo. Estimated Value $400
CVR MB
Start: $175
Lot #: 754
PICTURE POSTCARDS (2). First Sept. 3, 1916 addressed to Berlin; Second Sept. 26, 191 from the Communications Detachment 105 in Beer Sheva to DENMARK. The only known German Military Mission Free -franked mail from Beer Sheva to a destination outside of Germany or Austro-Hungary. Photo. Estimated Value $500
PPC MB
Start: $250
Lot #: 755
REGISTERED COVER, Sept. 17, 1916 addressed to JERUSALEM, TURKEY, with Registration label "Feldpost d. Militar-Mission/-- 1. Expeditionskorps/Nr. 107. (Bale #R40-1) Return address "Birsaba". Rough opening. Bale value $6000. Photo. Estimated Value $3500
CVR MB
Start: $1,500
Lot #: 756
REGISTERED COVER, Sept. 18, 1916 addressed to VIENNA, with Registration label "Feldpost d. Militar-Mission/--1, Expeditionskorps/Nr.109. (Bale #R40-1, page 207), return address "KuK" Austrian forces Marno. Violet handstamp "Postage Free Registered Service". Exhibit item. (see previous lot one day earlier, two numbers earlier). Photo. Estimated Value $4500
CVR MB
Start: $2,000
Lot #: 757
REGISTRATION LABEL, "Feldpost d.Miltar-/Miss. Bir-es-seba/Nr. 889", Hard to find. Photo. Estimated Value $100
lbl MB
Start: $50
Lot #: 758
FELDPOSTKARTE Sept; 23, 1916 from the AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN AMBULANCE UNIT in Beer Shiva to AOK6, return address "Biresaba". Photo. Estimated Value $400
PC MB
Start: $175
Lot #: 759
SEPT. 11, 1916 COVER + LEETER, from Austrian KuK HOWITZER BATTERY to Budapest, with a most unusual HUNGARIAN CENSOR handstamp, (3-line in violet), First Expeditionskorps cancel. Photo.Estimated Value $450
CVR MB
Start: $200
Lot #: 760
AUSTRIAN KuK HOWITZER BATT. No,2, Cover, Sept. 12, 1916 to Feldpost No.96, (2 Turkish stamps added as a souvenir). Unit violet handstamp front and back. Photo. Estimated Value $350
CVR MB
Start: $175