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1915 Motuihe to Germany Single line hand-stamp from “Prisoner of War” block capitals in red. Opened by Military Censor hand-stamp. Item in superb condition although minor wear. Original document in perfect condition included. Rare… |
NZ$2750 €1300 |
Note: Motuihe Island was one of two POW camps established in New Zealand
and is situated in the Waitemata Harbour near Auckland. It was established to
detain German and Austrian internees as well as German nationals deported from
Samoa. POW mails were dispatched free of postage. Up to 80 POW were detained.
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1915 (13th September) Somes Island to Palmerston North 1d Dominion Official and Wellington machine cancel. Passed by the Military Censor NZ hand-stamp in lilac. Addressee is Mr Jones, Defence Department, Palmerston North. Boxed Somes Island Internment Camp hand stamp on back and single line adjustable date stamp in lilac. Cover in good condition with small tear at top. Example of non-POW Official mail from Somes… |
NZ$1500 €725 |
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1915 (3rd December) Motuihe Superb cover in near perfect condition with documents similar. M/S from Prisoner of War and hand-stamp block capitals in red. Passed by the Military Censor NZ in lilac. 33mm circular h/s in red “Post Free Prisoners of War” with 8mm “P/C” in centre on front. Return address on reverse “Alb. Paulsen (Naval Cadet) Motuihe, Auckland New Zealand Prisoner of War!” Another superb example of POW mail to Germany from one of the less than 80 prisoners on the island. “PC” circular marking not illustrated in Proud. |
NZ$3500 €1700 |
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Somes Island 1915 (25th December) Wellington to Auckland OHMS printed envelope with ½d Edward and 1d Dominion Officials. “Passed by the Military Censor NZ” in red, two strikes and signature and stamp of “Matheson, Major Somes Island”. Censor tape. Example of Official mail. |
NZ$1925 €915 |
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1916 (29th March) Motuihe Island. Auckland to Germany. “From Prisoner of War” single line hand-stamp block capitals and passed by the Military Censor NZ, h/s in purple typed document another item from Albert Paulsen |
NZ$3000 €1450 |
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1916 (25th May) Motuihe Island to Germany. Description as above, this time handwritten and document included, both in perfect condition. |
NZ$3000 €1450 |
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1916 (2nd October) Motuihe to GCC, Liverpool, New South Wales. Rare example of correspondence between German Prisoners of War in the Pacific. K. Rudolph POW No. 9 at Motuihe writes to Klaus Klink POW in Liverpool, NSW, Australia. From Prisoner of War Free hand-stamp in C/LC in purple “Passed by the Military Censor NZ”, signature hand-stamp of R.S. Sands Lieutenant, German Concentration Camps, Liverpool, NSW. Important usage and markings. Conceivably unique. |
NZ$4950 €2350 |
625(h) |
1916 (2nd October) Motuihe Island Prisoner of War postcard in German with optional answers. “Passed by the Military Censor” hand-stamp on the front in purple. Signed by Albert Paulsen POW MI No.15. Card headed “On Postal Service” POW correspondence. Superb and rare. Note: The print no. is 1000/5/16-6781 rare |
NZ$2750 €1300 |
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1917 (11th January) Somes Island to Hamburg. OHMS printed envelope printing detail 3000/7-16-10037 “Internment Camp Somes Island, NZ”. “From Prisoner of War Free”” hand-stamp in purple. Front and flap only. |
NZ$500 €235 |
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1917 (2nd November) Motuihe to Germany. Another multiple-choice card this time Order No. 1000/4/17-4933. Censor stamp in purple and significantly Motuihe CDS which may have been used for telegrams from the island (the Motuihe Post Office was not open until December 1918). |
NZ$2250 €1100 |
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1918 (3rd January) Motuihe Internment Camp to Liverpool NSW Prison Camp. Karl Rudolph POW No. 9 to H. Klink in Liverpool. New Zealand and Australian censor markings in purple. A well-censored item between POWs. Cover torn at top and stains. Another remarkable item. |
NZ$2750 €1300 |
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1918 (4th April) Motuihe to Darmstadt. Printed envelope (4000/6/17-8484) “Internment Camp, Motuihe Island, NZ” and “from Prisoner of War” at top left. Printed “Post Free” in stamp space. Signed on the back by the sender “No.66”. Pinholes at left but cover in superb condition. |
NZ$2250 €1075 |
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1918 (7th May) Somes Island to Germany Another item in the fabulous Emma Myer correspondence. Albert Paulsen has now been transferred from Motuihe Island to the internment camp at Somes, Wellington (see below). Printed cover headed “Prisoner of War” and at lower left “Internment Camp, Somes Island, Wellington”, item 5000/3/18-3127. Document and cover in superb condition. The letter carries the number 476 on printed stationery of Somes Island Camp. A really wonderful item. |
NZ$3250 €1575 |
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Postkarte Für Kriegsgefangenen. Somes Island Prisoner of War postcard ID1000/5/16-6781. Multiple-choice card from Somes Island 1918 (11th July). Military Censor hand-stamp and hand-stamp “Frei”. The origin of the latter is not clear. To Germany. |
NZ$3000 €1450 |
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Prisoner of War Postcard Somes Island to Haya a.d.Weser ID2000/7/17-9498. Military Censor hand-stamp,multiple choice |
NZ$2950 €1425 |
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1919 (12th March) Featherston Military Camp Prisoner of War correspondence card with multiple-choice Featherston to Germany. Albert Paulsen has been transferred to Featherston probably preparatory to repatriation. ID1000/9/16-14683 |
NZ$3750 €1825 |
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1919 (28th April) Plain envelope with 1½d George V, Chestnut. Auckland to Devonport. Addressed to Military Barracks, Devonport. Very rare hand-stamp in purple “Must be written in English, French, Italian or German”. Military Censor hand-stamp very fine and rare to internee at Devonport Barracks |
NZ$2000 €950 |
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Undated cover to Germany “On His Majesty’s Service”. Military Censor hand-stamp in purple and two line caps and l/c “From Prisoner of War Free”. Hand-stamp is repeated on back. |
NZ$500 €235 |
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Undated as above. On His Majesty’s Service and passed by the Military Censor hand-stamp. From Prisoner of War Free as above, envelope with embossed flap. Undated to Germany |
NZ$500 €235 |
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The Albert Paulsen-Emma Myer correspondence comprises ten items five of them covers in beautiful
condition with complete document written in German. The other five items are Prisoner of War postcards
with multiple-choice provisions for messages on the back. The correspondence covers the period 1915 to
1919. Naval Cadet Paulsen is believed to have been taken prisoner when the New Zealand Navy captured the
German installation in Samoa. Moreover, he was part of the group surrounding Count Felix von Luckner which
escaped from Motuihe Island in 1917 by commandeered barge which was then sailed to the Kermadec Islands.
The escapees were then captured and brought back to New Zealand. Albert Paulsen had been captive at Motuihe
Island from early in the war. Later Paulsen was transferred to Somes Island presumably as an “escape risk” and
just before his repatriation to Germany, was held briefly at Featherston Military Camp. The collection is a
remarkable record and may be unique in the annals of German Prisoner of War history.
The entire collection is offered this month at POA
700(a) |
1915 (25th October) Tauherenikau Military Camp to Westport. 1d Dominion and ½d Green Edward with two strikes of Military Camp Postmark. Back-stamped Cape Foulwind. Superb |
NZ$775 €365 |
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of these rare POW covers including a correspondence
of ten items with letters.
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