PUBLIC AUCTION #117

Sale date: 
December 7, 2025

GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917

Lot #: 761

FELDPOST COVER, October 13, 1916, only known German Miliary Mail FRO Beer Sheva to LUXEMBURG mailed through a member of the AVIATION UNIT 300 (Felflieger Abteilung 300), STATIONE IN Beer Sheba, with special handstamp "checked and approved in Trier" to send to Luxemburg. 20 Para stamp tied by 1st EXPEDITIONSKORPS cancel. Unusual. Photo. Estimated Value $500

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Start: $225
Lot #: 762

COVER mailed from Beer Sheva (Royal German Field Hospital 213), to Berlin (Halensee), Dec. 9, 1916, with Turkish stamps tied to cover by BIR-ES-SEBA by 5x cancels. Censored in Berlin Dec. 31, with transparent censor tape. (Bir-es-Seba cancel put into use on October 6, 1916). Photo. Estimated Value $350

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Start: $175
Lot #: 763

POSTKARTE (Feldpost), from MOBILR RADIO STATION 2, in Beer Sheva October 14, 1916, addressed to Germany with BIR-ES-SEBA cancel. Photo. Estimated Value $200

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Start: $100
Lot #: 764

POSTKARTE ( Feldpost), to Germany with handstamp "TRAGBARE FUNKSTATION" (Mobile Radio Station) handstamp. October 16, 1916 BIR-ES-SEBA cancel. Photo. Estimated Value $200

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Start: $100
Lot #: 765

EL ARISH Aug. 18,1916, Picture postcard written by a member of the "Special Well Drilling Unit", cancel of Feldpost/Mil. Miss. 1st Expeditionskorps in Beer Sheva, and mailed to Soldier in the Eastern Front (Russian Front), rare destination. Corner fold. Photo. Estimated Value $750

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Start: $350
Lot #: 766

FELDPOST KORRESPONDENZKARTE from Hungarian soldier of the Austro-Hungarian Mountain Haubitzer Battery 1/4 stationed at Beer Sheva, mailed via the German Military Mission Field Post office with first day of BIR-ES-SHEBA cancel October 6, 1916, to BUDAPEST. Photo. Estimated Value $400

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Start: $175
Lot #: 767

PICTURE POSTCARD written in HAFIR, Oct.. 1, 1916, German Military Health Depot 101 "PASCHA", postmarked "BIR-ES-SHEBA" Oct. 10, 1916, cancelling 2x Turkish stamps (15 Paras, "Feldpost" handstamp in violet. Corner crease, Photo. Estimated Value $300

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Start: $125
Lot #: 768

"AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN MOUNTAIN--ARTILERY REGIMENT 6, HOWITZER BATTERY 2"" handstamp on Picture Postcard, MAILED Oct. 13, 1916, mailed through the German Military Mission Field post in BIR-ES-SHEBA to Bohemia, censored in Vienna. Howitzer handstamp. Photo. Estimated Value $400

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Start: $175
Lot #: 769

PICTURE POSTCARD written in BIRIN (in Sinai) , Oct. 5, 1916 postmarked BEER SHEVA, Oct. 7, 1916 with BIR-EL-SEBA cancel. Violet handstamp "KOMMANDEUR DES KRAFTFAHR FORMATIONEN 505" and mailed to Mettmear, Germany. Photo. Estimated Value $400

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Start: $175
Lot #: 770

"SOUTH PALESTINE", Picture Postcard, Oct. 8, 1916, German Fieldpost "BIR-ES-SEBA" cancel Oct. 8, from "FLOWN ARTILLERY OBSERVER CONVOY Nr. 142" (Cachet handstamp), unreported before. Addressed to Germany. Photo. Estimated Value $400

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Start: $175
Lot #: 771

similar to above except cachet in Blue, very clear, card looks like "chewed on by animal", but still scarce. Photo. Estimated Value $100

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Start: $50
Lot #: 772

FELDPOST ENVELOPE Nov. 21, 1916, mailed from Beer Sheva to Kiel, Germany with unrecorded 3-line rubber cachet "Milatar--Mission, Bir-Es-Seba" on the reverse. Semi transparent censor tape folded over both sides of the top in Berlin. Photo. Estimated Value $400

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Start: $175
Lot #: 773

HAND DRAWN POSTCARD, Dec. 6, 1916, from a soldier in Field Hospital 213, in Beer Sheva, mailed to Berlin using (unrequired) Turkish postage stamps as souvenirs. Photo. Estimated Value $400

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Start: $175
Lot #: 774

DEC. 12, 1916 cover from BEER SHEVA to Leipzig, with the only known 4-line cachet "German Field Flight Detachment 300 "Pascha"". Also violet handstamp Bale M-20 "DEUTSCHE FELD-FLIEGER ABT. 300 "PASCHA''' (Catalogue value $2000). Most unusual Exhibit Item. (File holes). Photo. Estimated Value $1000

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Start: $600
Lot #: 775

AUSTRIAN "K.u.K. Gebirgshaubitzbattrie 1/4'" cancel on cover, located in Beer Sheva and mailed from there on Oct. 6, 1916 with "BIR-ES-SHEBA" cancel, first day of use, sent to Budapest, Hungary. Some stains. Photo. Estimated Value $400

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Start: $175
Lot #: 776

POSTCARDS, 2, from German MACHINE GUN COMPANIES 601 & 602, Both cancelled "BIR-ES-SEBA", Feb. 1917. Addressed to Germany. Photo. Estimated Value $500

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Start: $200
Lot #: 777

FIELD HOSPITAL 213 COVER, Feb. 6, 1917, with "BIR-ES-SHEBA" cancels, Turkish stamps, addressed to Bamberg, Bayern. Hospital handstamp, plus Censor tape. Photo. Estimated Value $350

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Start: $175
Lot #: 778

PICTURE POSTCARD FROM soldier with the ARTILLERY EXPEDITIONS KORPS, March 3, 1917, with red most unusual handstamp "SEND NO FOOD TO TURKEY". Bend corner. Photo. Estimated Value $350

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Start: $175
Lot #: 779

OCTOBER 25, 1917 COVER from "Royal German Telegraph Dept., Asia Minor" mailed to Germany from "BIR-ES-SHEBA" six days prior to its conquest by the British. Red "FELDPOST" label attached. Unusual. Photo. Estimated Value $450

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Start: $225
Lot #: 780

FELDPOSTBRIEF LETTER SHEET, from Filed Hospital "PASCHA", cancelled March 5, 1917, BIR-ES-SHEBA, addressed to Bamberg, Bayern. Censor strip. Stain on front. Photo. Estimated Value $259

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Start: $100