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Auction #3 - DR1O1 Wrap-up
Our auction attempts are in big trouble. Please give us some help, such as telling us why no one is interested in bidding the material in the last listing. Probable cause is the fact thaL almost all of our nienibers are so advanced that they doii’i require the material that is provided. On the other hand, we have tried to Imd the specialii.d stult that would improve any collection or exhibit. So here is our preliminary thinking on the matter: Let’s try once more--- in the lastquartcrof the year (I)R-105) to set up a super-large auction with a wide variety of stamps. cancels and covers. Received are several lots of cancels that are quite interestilig; you can check your collection against the article by John Whiteside in l)R-M (April 1976). “Postmarks of the Smaller Offices ui the Free State”.

Prices realized fur Auction #3 (less commission) are I - $29: 2 - $7: 3 - $15: 4 - $5; 5 - $4: 6 - $3: 31 - $40; 32 - 18: 36 - $7. l’lenLy 01 good stuff left on the table! Please give us your thoughts!

e-mail LISTING

An Ongoing Feature. To e updated in every Report. If you have the capacity for attachments, tell your correspondents. We won’t publish lnf ormat ion on attachments, for security.

We’ve decided to give all of us an opportunity Lu list our Danzig (or other) interesis along with uur e-mail addresses so that those of similar interests can correspond in this fast and interesting med ium. Send in your info, or tell us to exclude such notes in the future. For those who have tried e-mail, it has provided a wonderiul method olcorresponding. We’ll use stamps on other stuff!

NAME                                            CITY                          e-mail ADDRESS                       INTERESTS
John Bloecher            Baltimore MD           jbloecher@juno.com                  Danzig — all
This is a sample listing; please send in your address to the editor for future lists.

Port area viewed from the Kuh Tor bridge, looking north. The next drawbridge is at the Green Gate. Detall from engraving by .1. F Schuster in 1770. A nobleman points toward Granary Island wirh his  sword. When the king of France stayed in Danzig in 1635.1636, the secretary of his special envoy, Carotus Ogierus, wrote, “By those huge granaries full of wheat grain, the Dutch load their ships.The part of the town with granaries is as vast as itself as any big town. People do not live there and no R 3 fires are allowed, not even a candle; empty In winter, It becomes a lively trade center in summer.”

 

Danzig Report Vol. 1 - Nr. 103 - April - May - June - 1999, Page 35.