March 8, 2010
March Sale
This sale is well represented with pre-1945 Austria and Germany including German Offices (Turkey/Morocco/China),
an MSP from the SMS Kaiserin Augusta stationed off of the Philippines during the Manila Blockade;
WWII feldpost including a unique SS Norway Totenkopf privately printed Christmas card -- on the verso of a Churchill "Wert kein Pfennig!"
propaganda card. The Austria contains many Empire-period stamps, a Boxer Rebellion Schiffspost, etc. Also antique maps and books from the area as well.
Click here or on the image to view the sale.
August 1, 2009
Rheinfels Castle Sankt Goar
I've added a photo tour of the Sankt Goar area on the Rhine river. There are about 40 castles within an hour of the town. The largest ruin, that of Schloss Rheinfels, sits above the town itself, and just around the bend is the Lorelei rock, famous for it's siren that drove sailors mad and had them crash their ships against the rocks.
Click here or on the image to go to history-of-germany.com to view the tour.
June 14, 2009
Speyer Cathedral and Technical Museum
A photo tour of two impressive sites in Speyer, Germany: the Imperial Cathedral including the crypt of three Holy Roman Emperors and the founder of the
Imperial House of Habsburg, Koenig Rudolf; and the Speyer Technical Museum, sister organization to the fantastic Sinsheim Technik Museum.
Of the many highlights at the Speyer technical museum are an original German submarine to walk around in (the U9), and
rare copies of the one and two man (Biber) late-WWII subs as well (these can't be walked around in, for obvious reasons). There are a few
pieces of other assorted WWII-era machinery, a large number of airplanes and trains,
and the complete Soviet Space Shuttle, which was a functional, working copy of the US Space Shuttle
that was abruptly discontinued when the USSR fell.
Click here or on the image to go to history-of-germany.com to view the tour.
January 18, 2009
Christmas in January Sale
Germany and Austria Postal History and Stamps: Flown Zeppelins, Germany WWII Volunteer Feldpost, German SW Africa Weather Station reports from small towns, Austria classic stamps,
15-16th century European cartography, and miscellenaous better German postal history.
Click here or on the image to view the sale.
